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- - - e e - : . |t tence archna the once spacious garden is 4 In tho Earden are old scraggly rose bushes . THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE R SRR g o : ; Voll-outs with a" long PARTMEN H VN 3, Foloush RO¥S A“D Gml's - ", - < ¥ . WT;_: open door, the broken windows - / NG and the dull gray color of the house give it a very spoo look. When 1 . S S anyone goes by lg:a K.er noises that . F 3 Rules for Young Writers: them. 2 i 2 3 : 2. Vs Ghatiily (5w one: aide o, the |- DY tisse tpetpbs. e Csmp ¥ire .\ aries “trom within send cold chill N : i 3 ¥ Girls are saving thousands of. bushels n 3 ‘Although this deserdsd farmhouse . b \t YT e and ik not eRch ¥ 3 seems like a haunted place it inter- \ \ 2. Use pen and ink, not ‘pencil. 8. Short and pointed articles will De given preference. Do not use over 230 words. 4. Ofiginal stories or letters omly wiil be used, 5. Write your name, age and &d- dress plainly at the bottom: of the story. of grain and other food products which{ . ems like o ha: X might otherwise be ruined and they : < o festa oné who g it. are thus doing thelr bit in Increasing Stattora Qfl‘:g“#‘" BUBRILL. the nation’s crops and In lending sup- 2 —_—— port to the allies who are engaged in = Russi: o ¥ ‘ Russia Is the largest country in the :‘:t:::nl the enemies of mankind lnfl - - |world. It extends from, central Euy- s a : - Jed, Bulletin Office. o THE WINNERS QF FRIZE ROQKs 3 . gontiaant. of. Europe and. more taen T 1—Josephine Berovicka, of Storrs— R , a9e-thisg Jt _ineludes ahou o batever sou ray—Be truel |rpg oy Scouts on Sturgeon Tsiand. - gygf;gt:f il %o ad surtade ot Be_honest—in fact, 2—Agnge Garjeski, of Colchester— s g \Buropean Rusala has but little Be nobody else but you" The sunv-lrn Hrls Go Motoring. ' - A riety opl‘aphy.xcal .(uguu.. It is for —~— l—ls-hrry Schatz, ;{ Yantlc — The H rg:x n}oll 1::‘1;&‘2 b:a,:: plain, with { Boy Scouts in the Rockigs. 7 searcaly a o Dbe seen. POETRY. M Statrord The country has about @fty thous- . fl',...‘L'u 1.‘;‘ Pot:‘t‘."m' * i 7 and miles- of navigable waterways. 3 - Hoppy and Floppy. e 3 B : V Russia has great “extremés of cli- q - iy v 5—Helgn Frin Y mate. The summers are warm, but : - R the winters, except ‘in the southern part, are long and.very cold. o 6—William Cotter, of South Coven- J In' the -mountains of Russia are try—The Boy Scouts Along the Sus- i found large caal and iron mines as quehanna. s well as other x%lqcnk. Next to the - i — . jnited States, Russia produces more S el MOSR as petroleum than any other country. Next door, there lives a little bay, rass inary > With cheeks just llke a poppy; 1days. I do not know his truly name, And so I call him Hoppy. When mother calls him from his play He,_hops up in a mfhute; - L work ‘for him to do, RNl 1 L GRS ¥ - Odessa is a place in Russia where : T , s to besin it. ] - the larzest fairs of the world are . 4 ¥ - _8—Laeo Paliquin, of Versailles— - held. Peovle from all parts of Russia % It there's an srrand to be rum, ¥oung Asropisne Scouts In Rusis UNCLE SAM'S BOYS, by Earl J chnson of Norwich. a5, Europs, game te. Cileses, o “the 4 Y air. The winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business office for them &t any KOUT|i; iite. The house, for example, was | supreme _court. This commission, He hurries off $o do it; If there's a hard thing to be done, He heps his way right through it LILLIENNE MATHIEU. ‘Willimantie, PRIDE OF THE PRAIRIE, by Angie White of Norwich, There also lives a little girl. Riter 10 & . THoreday. gmail “and unattractive. Tt faced di- | which was made up of eight Repub: LETTERS TO UNGLE JED. i) In this same house with Hoppy. NOWLE ENT |ectly on the street, often without any | licans_and seven Democrats, decide 7 ’ * AR - And her name, too, I do not know, LETTRRE OF ADENGWL M cpening- except the door whicl swung|that the votes must be counted, as Ruth's Thres Little Chickens. friends laughing merrily in the par- Madsline’s Auto Ride. But I have dubbed her Floppy. —~ | Jcesie L. Brehaut, of Huntington, L.|cutward. 2 they came from the people or officers B youlor: ,one glrl shouted, “We've 0% 0ne | . Bdr Uncle Jed: This 1s 4 true. s 1.:—Many thanks for the nice prize| The Wwomen's apartments were sep-;of the states, and that it had no power abent iy thaes' Mbile’ eiickany. o v ,‘2 w;fi“‘;w i BTl oy WHtC ARt ey Does mother call straigytway sh flops book . you sent me entitl ‘The Boy[arated ard secluded. to examine them, the eight Republ One morning when 1 Went @own to |law: . F to yont.one R ihe ] ’ ¥ v Dewn on a chair or rffa; Chums Perflous Cruise” ¥t is a| The heuse serveg the Greek chiefly | cans voting in faver of, and the sevem| . = barn-yard ‘1 found an old hen ;"“fl g’;r u{?k _v.he;’rh pictures in|mother, aunt, brother and mnother Or_creeps into a hldir(phc. splandfa book and I enjoy reading it.|for sleeping purposes, the storing of; Democrats against it: 'so Mr. Hayes % GWrR-yeld *t ound &n o [19h meny different views with my camera | man named Mr. Lann. He owns the Just like a lfttle gop \ Florida Reil, -of Versalles:—I re !}\l;s“iggf; and the keeping of his :;:m:i:e‘l_z‘;.;:dm}:r t;lsr ag!e_‘c‘?ed“ president | o hed ont ;h,u little B},i-ck,:,m ;l;:hey ;:mc" \was to pin the fail on the don- |34to Jund it was he. who invited us i book you sent 2 : g were very hungry so I.gave them |key. Nellie pinned the tail cor to take the auto’ ride, At sight of work she flops right down |Ceived tHe nice prize From it he went out very early in CARRIE A. GELO. > E e x e . 1 & Whetever ohis 15 iiRAIRE] | me. I have read it through and it is|,, (oW I he went out very eafly 1| o ontic. some scratch feed. z and won a large fower ; We waited" anxjously for Mf. Lahn «All Hred outl” et Onls Toves very interesting. I thank vou very|p.o CWIOITE BHEL.a Lot of i eage The next day I found one chicken|pinned thé -tail on T G e SR & an much for it. h . Gur F. missing. 1. wondered where it had|donkey and won the bgoby prize. skdi e ceety Aytes .gt. o ‘At mother’s stern commanding, Coute. Teigelmayer; of Norsich:—| i Bublic business in' the assembly or | A i Farem. . 40|E0ne, 50 hunted around and found that |pickininny doll. - § ] the auto" was at our door. We o 2 D s 15 B Tonl ) T uy farm comsists o acres. it had fallen into.a large puddle of ext mother called us in to dine|in to_the autofmabile and off ‘we' Sver ot s e at e I o eony? | oeioch, Tt I hust the Kind Of read | rome meaaiina T:d?;:ngdtl?ho‘;?a:z:!fi?'fi' {peing cultivated land. The rest|water in a corner of the barnyard. |We had randwiches, cake, cookies, ice | MP Tailn ‘sala’he was taking s to L ¥ - ed t4°'m every day, and afier the|cream, candy, fruit and coffee. ‘iliimantic and back, #It_sou live in my nelghbarhioad, Ing I ltke. gossiped in the public Walks or POFti- | {wo hayiields, one six acres and the | two NitC chickens wesd olier the ol . Aftér ba all we ireh | w WPEEL -G, Bl Jew Yorl I'hope it won't be Floppy! i " Jeville:—1 | coes. Y 4 ickens , the ol 5 desired we | My aint,” wiio lives in New Yor AL Mary Stel nmayer, l}o !':g:; 9‘4“ H fi o PR e P PR other four acres. hen made a nest in the barn -where|Dplaysd gsames, played a few selecticris |was 'delizhted, althpush we all liked —Pauyline Frances Camp. thank vou very much for. the beautiful an-c"mg‘ sy o otpe i e There are two cornfields, one of | she and her little .chiekens stayed atinn the piano, and made mervy - until [the ride, We saw s0 many trees h - prize book 'you sent me. e worotas, them - consisting of eight acres, and|njght. They are continually growing o'clock, when the girls departed, [epen- fields, that -my aunt had never The “Tootums.” Carrie A. Gelo, of Yantle:—I re.|intercourse with friends, the other four acres. We have .most|and are now a month and a nalf old. {wishing me many happy -returns of | seen befora except om Riverside ° ooy o’ cefved the prize bngk you sept mg; ;'\‘i;:: ot che day. ‘fl"]:f the c;’;“l (:;\!i ‘l:t'e I‘Ound ;fllll of RUTH DAVIS, Age 11. e day. Drive. 3 3 . 4 guite awhile ago, “Ruth Fielding of! g | fiela _corn -2 inches lonz, having| Canterbury. 2 i received many presents, such as|. We got to Willlmantie at 9 g'clock ? .l;flm- xl:earutx;‘ toG‘;r&e:;- ;:x‘z:o H the Stiver Ranch T have read it| If 3 poor man he went to bed early: { 163 kernels of corn from the bottom y —_— .. | ribbons. stockings, glaves, candy, etc.|and svopped- at «x friend's Touse t e recites the shrough pad found it very interesting.;if Well to do and socially inciined, he{ (o the, t: and .the stalks were 2 1-2 " The Fair She Attended. T went to bed very happy that night{ten o'elock.: When we got home and thanked mother very much, for | just:-struck 11 o'clock. I was very spent the evening at a banquet Wwith | inches' thick and 8 feet high. e e ket - (Not the Rule of Three), "We have eight cows, one bull, elght i (e it et a0 tired and fell asieep i T thank $ou very much fer it. It was MADELINE THUN But every morning you can hear | splendid, his friends. the surprise she hail given me, te table queer, - K. 2 5 J T 1e And padea e Harry' Schatz, of Yantic:—T thank| giopg’ o o DOROVICRA | heifers and twelve calves We ‘aloinricen cents for my ticket and I gave PELEN FTRINK, Age 1t z it's the Tootums family: - you for the prize book sent me. : kxe fwo horees Leeldm . i e B o s man stanaing ‘at the gail. | |' Norwich. v e Norwich. f the) the seem to be— hor g b 3 h ¥ went into the buildi hy - Sk Sad yeopts, tosh” STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- The ‘District School. barn during the winter, but the calves |ing fing ‘and other kinds of Towls : For I cannot understand 3 " AWAKES, A acheol of ewniy years age sicod |80 hepves siay iy shads. THe Worse|waye ghaws. Thess was ome KInd!| - E 7 y All about this Teotum band— N AR GUAE. Bl SIUE - S En byro S which I had never secen hefore. It had = Suth g things Doy T ik the cross roads. The schoolhouse was| During summer we have had sum-|foafia s sticking far out ower its evos THE GIRL WITH -THE SEEING EYE OO woh e Aaar mol i small end one story high. It only had | mer boarders and roomers. e made | e sossony Mo rimat over its eves || : 5 S Now, what can uer‘h'v be Silk seems to have come into use|two windows on each side. The door |[about $200 from them. Some of them As.1 was:coming out I met my aunt- A - ‘ P R L after wool and linen. and is one of the | faced the road, the doorsteps low be- | were pur cousins. - and we went and pousht some vanilia| . T v Cosce i Around . the house there ‘e large |ice cream, which was very good. % Not long-ago I hear® a woman talk- | one, has greater need of the geeing eve early industries mentioned in history. | fore the doar. 2 5 maple trees, all being different kinds. ing about a new.maid in her home, and | than the person who goes eut’into the I've-asked Tommy to explain, ’ The Chinese records state that the| Inside the schoolhouse wers no, ple- sy, ke i P ¥ bought s Bug he. caunpt make i pisin wife of Hoang-Tl, the third emperor of | tures. It was not painted inside or| In the orchard we have 45 appie|whistie sud a‘whip " = C2H%0% " &1 che said: e world te-garn a diving, - These who do Tootums Threars sias poor thing! | China. firet tested the practicability of | putside, The ‘e of summer and thef trees; and about ten other scattersd|" | staried. Lome bt about haif-past| . SHe is a vers good girl in many re-|cnly what they are-toid to do and are Thus does Tommy ever sing. using the thread from the cocoons, and [ winds of winter had their fun. trees, four, and reached there at about 6] SPeCts. She is clean and.hones:t and{blind to everything else are. serious 2 alscovered the methad of reeling the | This schoolhouse was only made for| In the peach orchard we have 13|gcigci. g : caoks very well and will do anything | handicapped. - “What shelt T do now’ I tell her to do. The trouble is that|is often a very annoying auestion “Pootums Farer ate.” k. 3 What he ate T d RABW. silk and of employing it to make|thirty scholars, but it contained fifty.| trees which yielded many peaches this SUSIE HOPKINS. y il ke ave Thiaen Silk is one of the most|The teacher had to come to move his|year. My mather canned most all of PRINS. |ihe does not do so many things she]an emplayers ‘The employe-who non- ought to do without being. told to de|setantly sees things-te be dane and does “Tootums ate are sixteen,” thou, garments. I've heard him relate, n raiuable ef fabrics, and the mdumz desk and chair, as there was no room. | them, except the soft ones which we - . them. She seems never..to see -that|them without asking questions is. like- Temmy knows the Tootums well, of it has attracted much attention in|Their fireplace .was small. Op ane| ate. % £ . t =helves which were use for desks. | which is cut. Some wi! e used for|. . A i : 2 3 wa . A gl vho secured 0si- A vexkier cand s tall L Stk ZbagEs iy ing | the dishes afier ehe has them piled Up | flon &s an asiistant. tp & Waman wha Of this family anything t at Te, the hens and .chickens, and industry, and the increased interes There were only one dozen small chil. eding 2 trip.” There was a &rook a little wayvs | in" the dishpan, bad eharge of a certain department in h ip. of ‘a cer men g syt boem g g present manifested in it in this coun o _coyld not_read. the rest for flour. _That the children, every day, 3 3 {@ren who coyla not read. 3 ; from our house I went dowh to the il selntin i . 4 - e m:_m(u ewm‘lmimghnu:{led t?m: knew more than his seholars. This A - A ;!bsgofha:;l;n thé pole broke and ;;?1 do, but :eg{nffl to'have a peculiar [der whaose direction che worked: said Happy. O tar dlotent 1t BAE ChiG T o'y tcul(\;r frfit T 'd“ oo I fln&u:h L] Walking the Rope to Fortune, I went Home net in' very good cheer, sse':g:“t‘l‘\i:gv‘:z::‘ o g:mdeon!: B R A arit4 N Ster Pder g R e = Most of us desire wealth, but prob- |and the next day I'bad a pole which 1) She was in great contrast to.a girl|eyes dltf-notasem to reach. heyond the Happy hearts and happy faces, The silkwosm. thkes its plice amons AGNES GARYESKI, Age 10, |20IY _Very few of us would care to|sot from the woods. ‘I went down to|whose mother said of her: e Ak ghal Happy play in grassy places, the scaly winged insects or spinmers.| colchester R. I No. 2. F¢ 10- | fallow the route to fame and fortume the brook:and-cgught, two large fish| «I never saw such a girl, as Helen | That ‘.ra very- poor kind of eve to TUELiF Haw I anzisuf wats There are several closely allied species e i T No. 2. .+ |pursued by Jean Francols Gravelet,|and since they ‘were 'the frst g0odis for secing something fo o Sne |have. Tt Wil SIwave Keep. one in C";L‘},'.".‘.,';?",LER gi‘)‘fiv}é{‘( s.:::’io which spin silk of different qualities, Samusl Champlain. pr?;eslssxg‘;m;{ tlg:n::e - Elogin.made ;l:‘;&’fl::; I.h::. *;V:“rufl“sm I'ran, | never has to be told to do anything.| very matrow, circle of effart ;"isra 17: i orength and Ancneen In the same ag. |, Samuel Champlain was n French |hig debut in France, his native coun-| ‘We had. the fish-for brealfast and | gacs ips o -t needs to be dons—and fnone of .the “branching out? spirlt in UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. |mirable proportions does ‘that of | e¥plerer. Champlain attracted at-|try, as a professienal tight-rope walk. |they tasted good. Congratulations to hoth Miss Helen ['showed . me a very handsome basket s the mulberry. specles. The quality|iention in the maritine war against|er and nast. His theatrical ap-( I went up the brook afterwards and'|ana her mother: — Such a daughter|ohe Nad Made after o purelv: otisinal AWAKES. which man has endeavored to select | SPAIn- pearance brought him considerable |caught some trout, pickerel and perch. fmyust be a source of great satisfaction | design, She made baskets to be gold . . Henry . the Fourth. commissioned |fame, but he owed his fortune to the| I can catch the fish better with [{0"3" oo 5 SOWFEE Of SEqat Saveraetion | dosien, She made baskets £ be 3id breedi this i t is, of , " ANk producing. and hence we find that | Rim to make settlemicnts in North |feat 'of crossing Niagara Falls on a|the wdoden pole than I can with the |19 dignaver the conson ahy Miso Hielon AT A Y RS T e o g e Mide- b meres | sux prownting wn{Tiiener smatnON RAY | S SE tightrope, eleven hundred fest long | boughten . pole when old enough will join the Boy|when we compare it with its wild re- s pe. ¢ - Bole. £ has such-a cleaT-secing eve. It is to|baskets she made she said Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls, for |lations the coccon is vastly dispropor- 0‘{)‘" ‘g” yoveges he founded|ans one hhn%fltg #nd sixty feet above| I mearly always have good luck now.|pe found in the fact that the spirit of Not all of them, but I sometimes e ats t5n o d girla b tionate to the size of the worm which | Quebec. ter He discovered Lakethe surface of the water. s he ald|There are not so many fish now be-|jelpfulness is-se strong in her. and |like to ‘do with baskets as T,do, with eans for the boys and girls bet- | noTC 8, %0 "5 SRt that ssues from | Champiain, which is named after him.|first in 1386. Cause the fishermon have been around | that she hates idleness. The giri who |‘other. things. . I.like to branch.qut and ter training and a more Intelligent and | j;. He then was appointed governmor of | Once he crossed the Falls blindfold- |catching them.. has a good; big bump of the spirit of | see what I can do all by myselt. Canada. ed, another time on stilts. His great- WILLIAM COTTER, Age 12. |gervice always has with it an eye that| There was a girl with.a sceing. eve. rappy life than they might otherwise| Other peculiarities have fncidengally Champlain had much to do with the [cst sensation was when he crossed a| South Coventry. - - §ico-s lead. appeared, and the great numbeM of o wi the makes it -easy for her to discover |Tt looked ah 1 hat gou The Boy Scouts soon be hel varieties or races of the silkworm al- | introduction of French influence and|1160 foot tightrope with a man on x T 3 things that need to be done. w ::fiuov:o‘g:llnivqr LRI ecome helpers | ;ost equals these of tie domestic dog. | Civilization’ throughout North Amert-|Iis back. ondin made the journey A Surprise Party, 3 This sharpness of vision is‘sure to be | tain things could be dome. and did in public ways, as do also the girls, | The silkworm exists in four states— | ca. safely, however, and a few years later : i i i frable * kL rm s in four si es. H th a B di b: 1 ar Uncle Jed: One Saturday I|cambined witih a quick readiness to do {them. Tt had that admirable thing, and they are all taught so many use- | ¢g& larva, chryalls and adult or| 1is alllanee with -the Algenquin In-|! rille “‘t";?:”;n'“m:‘;“'ndym‘“l"' awoke very happy for what reason I{the thing that needs to he done andiimagination, back of it. Then an alert ful things all boys and girls ought to | image. ¥ | dians agaisst the Iroquis made a de-|IME & BB rObe e middie. s "Sldid not know. Mother was husthng | this cannot but make one a uséful and | eve adds so much to the pleasure of Eenawr: Th really fakes s Soolite & he egg of the siikworm moth is|termining influence in Ameican his- helght of 175 feet from the grownd. 2 |around ' downstairs, . which was very | self-reliant person. 1ifé. Nothing is lost that comes with- called by silk raisers the seed. It ig|tory. ] unusual. I went downstairs and found A friend of mine onde told me of the ''|n its range, and this ecannot e pald scribe them and there is pleasure in | nearly round. slightly flattened. and in CHARLES N. RRUSH. | In spite “.f‘;;‘;d”;“mr Which n¢|breakfast all ready. I pariook of it|Way in which his daughter, a girl of | of the full eve ~When T see a girl ¥ quickly. Mother sent me over to aun- | but 15 years. eaw just what needed to | with a keen, alert ey that discovers Fitchville. these studies. size resembles a turnip seed. Tts color is yellow when first depesited, thi e reached the age of 73 vears. His last s d i 4 : e How the Boy Scouts have helped in | o 2 0", SGE, Mgt SHRRSCS S0 i Ruthorreid 8. Wiayes. feat war pressnted in Irelana in 1336, |CloG, 74 2I6 me to stay umtll ® o f g feus, and Q1 (L0 5 Hme o v [0 Tagh of interest or value ov charm Bufisns on wpecial Fuard duty, and | impregnated, it soon acquires a gray.| Rutherfield B. Hayes was the nine- e O POLIQUIN, Age 13. All the way aver I tried to ‘think | house when she discovered a fire un- |iiries by Thomas Moore: 1 y elped promote good | slate, lilac. violet or even dark green |ieenth president of the United States,| Versallles > ' yhat mother was doing (hls for,: but | der very good headway in one of the not_succeed. Toems of the house. The nearest| Nothing is lost on him who sees that feeling save— m therc's a story in every order and advance great causes in our ?:e,hagc;{mng §otvarlety o}: br::d. As Jg\d was born in Delaware, Ohio, en —— own country in the .| the hatching point approaches. the egg | Ostober 4, 1822. He was gradmated at . When I reached auntie’s I asked her | water was dawn two flights of stairs, g sl Falled ‘tor in wii | becomes lgnter in color which is dus | Kényon college in 1842, and befarme & The Deserted Farmhoues: it she knew, but she. said she didn . |and the girl readily saw that it was | oy s are called for in all{to the fact that its fluid contents be- |iawyer. He served in the Civil war,| On one of the shady backroads in| I did not havé a very enjovable | improbable that she would be able to " breeze great civic gatherings. come concemtrated, as it were. Intofand became a general of volunteers|the town is a deserted farmhouse. It |time gver there because I was amxious | extinguish the flames by trying t0{' An a pioture In every wave. The alm of the Camp Mire Girls in | the eentral, forming worm, leaving an|and. resigned in 1865. when he was|!s a low, eld-fashioned building with |[te know what all this was for. threw water on them when the water these war times 1s to save as muen of | [1LSTVeNIng space between it and the | clecied Governor of Ohia. 2 haunted appearance. It is weather-| I reached home at 2 o'clock and |Wwas so far away. What she did was (0] Tife will mean =o much more to the - . e shell which s semi-transparent. Just| In 1576 he was nominated by the|beaten and many of the windows are |mother would not let me in the din- | close the door and a Window of the | epsen with the clear-seeins and the e crops as possible, in which alm|before hatching. the worm within be- | Republican party for presigent of the|Proken. The large oaken door with |ing room, and I knew something must | room so that there could be no draff |fur sesing eye than It oan ever mean they are following the urgent appeals|coming more active. & slight clicking | United States. Tn the eloction, one|the iron knocker swings on its rusty |be in there. T begged to be let in, |te fan the flames into greater activity. |4 the person with narrow or seem- of President Wiison and Food Director | $0UNd is frequently heard, which i§, lhundred and eighty-four Demacrats |iren hinges. but it was®all in vain. Mother told | Then she Tap down the stairs and out | inoiv hijded . visign. The = girl who The square red chimney on the top [me ta B0 upstairs and put my white | of the house to a fire alarm box around | (oAl out on life with an eve bacl 5= J however, common te tie eggs of many |and one hundred and seventy-three Hoover. Theattention of the girls has [other insects. Fepublican eleotars ware aaacbeiiree |of the hause is falling down and the | shoes and dress on. This T did apiok. | the carner. She rang in an Alarm and a5 een called to the fact that the an- After the worm has made tts exit by [ably chosen, but the four wotes of brieks le scattered on the saggingfly for I was very eager to sec what|went back home without having utter- bearance, a keen desi ; to know. and was_next. e- fhe least cutery. I wonder how [ % E™ B e O O oW what nual loss to crops because of weeds is [gRawing a hole throygh ene side of | Figrida and the eight votes of Louis- |Foof very great. and, as our soldiePs in |iNe hell this last .Dbecomes quite{iana wére claimed by both pg’me" In|, The walk that leads from the door white. Fach female produceg on an|each of thase states the votes were|tQ the read is of flat stones. The piek- When I came down I was more than | many of the girls who read this would | 1 43 i surprised to meet fourteen of my girl | bave been so quick to ses what needed | i\t '5 0 be either dull or idle. to be donme and so level headed as to Companian. Prance have pledged themselves to[average from 300 to 400 eggs, and one i required by law to he counted by of- ———————— tcigm the one enemy, so have the E.v".f-lfmnl: e:lfshgon‘:aén a,b':iut d‘ofl?“? ::- ficers ealled returning hos’x‘-dc; v'vhfch 3 TN “| have done the right thing at the right amp Fire Girls pledged themselves s. s been rotice a @ | were made up of Republicans declar- = — time. : to fignt crop destroying weeds. of |CO1°F Oof the aibuminous fluid of the [y that the Republican. siogiome h‘ - = ; It is a great help in life to have the . Beyond Human Conceptien. th s Bave B i egg corresponds to that of the cocoon |peen chosen. The Democratic - voters 2 - clearenss of visien that enables one ta |- Wonder what he kaiser would do course, the girls have besn vigllant in |so that wifen the fluid is white the co- [agked Congress ta refuse fo aecent - - 2 see the thing that nceds to:be done |if h»“were successful in what he set this matter throushout the year, but | coon produced is also white, and when | iReir declsion. n . without having to be told- ahwthing | buf 00, capture the warld? He near- they have chosen September and Octo- | Yellow the cocoon again corresponds. To aveld g possible civil war, a; === = - = about it. No employer will “put @p' Ily. Went dragy over capturing a little ber for making a special drive against MISS JESSIE I. BREHAUT. [called the Electorial Commisaion :3 2 - - long with a person who must:bé told | ¢ity~fhai the Russians ran away from it was passed by Congress, which created B E to do evervthing he or:she daes. No. | :Washingtop Herald. the enemy of the food erops. Greek Society. - Com: ‘Whenever it is possible the girls| Greek society was :;:{efly a_society :1.,?.0"-"“3;2"?» o 533:‘-":,!:‘“.,‘ e - — ~ p : . aTe seeking to get at the root of the |Of men Whoge ‘interests lay in pub-|representatives and five justiees of the " £ Jai o is undesirable plants so as to eliminate . them entirely. In other cases they are assisting in burning over fields where weeds are flourishing, or spraying the weeds with salt water 8o as te destroy THE DRAWING CONTEST 11 Prizes Every Second Month Pictures to the width of a col- umn of The Bulletin or of two solumins. Pencil or ink—no color Write name and address plainly on back of drawing, otherwise you may not get credit. PRESENT CONTEST CLOSES OCTOBER 23rd Ak --~4’ . s - #l BURRER AEABY, by Jomn H. Burrill of Stafiord Springt. : I PLAvING A BLACK BA%S, by Ruth Curtis of Norwich. s S ' - . N « &