Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 29, 1917, Page 9

3 i NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1917 THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS ta Rules for ' Young Woiters. 1. Write pisinly on one aide of the yaper pnly, and number the pasges. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over ‘words. 250 - 4 Original stories or letters only will be used, 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom: of the s Address all communieations tu Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! Whatever you say—Be truel Straightforwardly act, Be honest—in fact, = Be nobody else but you. POETRY. MORE ABOUT MARY. Mary had a little lamb, Which grew to be a sheep: The wool upon its back became Too thick and warm- to keep. Then Mary's sheep did with the rest Down to the brookside. go, And _soon again it well could boast “A fleece as white as snow.” The shearer camie, and with his ;- shearg P Cut off the heavy wool, sheep. was shorn at last, the bags were full. that came from Mary's 3 I Ana all The wool sheep Was spun and woven, dears, And made .info a nice warm coat That Mary wore for years! THE HANDY MAN. The handy man around the house Can mend a broken Jock, Or neditly’ set a pane of glass, Or start a striking clock. He knows exactly what to do To fix a worn-out hose, nd ha¥ expedients on tap f For countless other woes. The haridy man around the house Need never Jack for work: He'll always find a host of tasks That_other people shirk. He seldom has deposits in A ot of savings banks: Folks keep him always busyv, but He. gets his pay in thanks. ¥ —Somerville Journal. THE SQUIRRELS. T knew a young couple who lived in a wood, Up In a tese-top their dwelling it . = ood, Chipperee, chipperee, chin came, the summer it chipperee. chip, And theré they lived on, . they never paid rent, Chipperee, #id Your little babies peeped out at the sky, Chipperee, chipperee, chip. chipperee, chip. i You_never saw darlings so pretty and shy, Chipperee, chipperee, chip. s —Our Dumb Animals. UNCLE JED'S . TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. - You know people collect all kinds of +thiflgs from colored earfh to postage stdmps and from star-Ssh to erooked sticks, and this last is doubtless the ‘strangest collection ever made by a man. E. A Miles of Clifton ~¥. ¥, took to collecting sticks a great many vears ist think. what ‘sharp ‘eves bad to fihd the whole Springs, crooked ago and he must He found his A growing on the shore| of Lake Ontario, Canada. and-his V ' came from the plains of Abraham, Quebec, and his C was found growing on a mountain in Califernia. The H was a root which grew under ground, and is the only letter not grown in the sunshine. The X grew on the little Round Top at Gettys- bure and the Y was discovered at Pe- tersburgh, Va. The T came from a iree near the tomb of Abraham Lin- coln at Springfield, Ill, and when he found the letter M, he’ was walking in the woods near Malone, N. Y., in company with his mother. Only six of the letters were found in the vi- cinity of Clifton Springs where Mr. Milés lives. J was found growing Grénd Canyen in Colorado. So you see this collection of crook- near th TOMMY TIDD What Tommy Tidd says: “I’ will ' avoid all waste—to this I ‘.. truly swear, : I fwill be carefu]l of my clothes and ;> everything 1 s P JeEs No foolish pennies will I spend, but save that I1/might git Bit v int because I'm not o, A v Il ent, sc_far as T thi ieky DEPARTMENT ed sticks represents’ many famous places in America. Mr. Miles seems to have been the first man to discover nature growing the English alphabet, and he is not discouraged if he. has not found the ampersand—&. He may vet find this. This nature made alphabet has been framed and it is one of the strangest exhibits ever made by man. THE WINNERS OF Pi!IZE BOOKS, 1—Vera Ofin of Mansfield Center— Jack Lorimer’s Holidays. 2—Elizabeth Service of Norwiche— Meadow Brook Girls Across Country. | 3—Florence Sholes of Willimantic Miss Elliot's Girls. 4—Ivy Fiske of Springfield, Mass.— Marjorie Dean. ) \ 5—Helen Congdon of Moosup—Camp Fire Girls on Helen's Isle. 6—Joseph Underwood of North Ston- ington—The Boy Allies in.the Baltic. 7—Silvey Zavattoni of North Ston- ington—Aeroplane Scouts in Russfa. 8—Agres Cronin of Baltic—Chasing a Yacht. The winners of prize books living in the city ntay call at The Bulletin busi- ness office for them. at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. : A LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Ashford—I thank you for the prize book, Three Little Women As Wiyes. I now have seven books in my library. Lot Zeigelmayer, of —I wish to thank you for the prize book I received last week. It is very interesting. ¥ - - Anna Corcoran, of Lowell, Mass —I thank you very-much for. the nice prize-book vou sent me. . I have read it and find it-very interesting. g Isadore Riben, of Coventry received the prize book and thank you very much for it. T have read part he book and find it very in- teresthhe | Ida Freeman; of Baltic—I thank you for the prize book: you -senmt me:en titled, Three Little Women. I hav read part of it ang have found it very interesting. Theresa M. Bennette, of Ashford—I thank you very much for the prize book, A Little Girl of Old Quebec. I enjoy reading it very much. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE. AWAKES. The Soldier Boy's Thanksgiving. ‘This Thanksgiving. we - “are - .think- ing of the soldiers who are spending their Thanksgiving- far away * in France. These boys have left their homes, their parents, wives,. friends, sweet- hearts, and gone forth to fight for freedom and for truth. As their families gather at the ta- ble for their festagl dinner, many are the vacant chairs,nd as grace is said, many are the prayers offered for the boys across the water. As we eat our dinner of turkey and goodies, the soldiers are sitting in the trenches or on the hard ground, eat- ing their Thanksgiving dinner of hard tack and drinking coffee. . As they say their grace, they.asl God to give them victory, and bring therna back to homes and friends once mo: - “May the God of battles Guide us all the way! Pray. that He will hasten The decisive day. ‘When our Allled armies Shall havg won the figh Freedom for all nations— Might o’erthrown by righ VERA OLY Mansfield Center. The First Paper Makers. A great many years ago it was dis- -covered that wasps and hornets were the first paper makers. = Instinct had taught them how to find’'the fiber and how to make it into nests. paper y make is not like the. paper on Age 12. armchair. The ladies asked her to tell them the story of her life. Miss Woods began: My father, who was a sailor, his life at sea. My mother, {never had good health, died { months later. One day she called me to her and said, “God save my child from the evil that is in the world and give her the grace of a good conscience.” The next day she died. A kind lady named Mrs, Brown took me to livé with her. T had not been long in school beforc my. con- science was_ tested. One day the teacher left the room and left her penknife on the desk. All of the girls went up and handled. it. As I was one of the smallest I had to wait until they had ail gone out to the playground. When the teacher came back she asked the girls if they had taken the knife. ~They -all- said mo. T feit so bad that night that I told Mrs. Brown. She told me to tell the teacher the next day. I told the teacher next day. She told me I was a good girl to tell her. She said, “Follow your ‘conscience and it will lead you to heaven.” ANNA CORCORAN. Mass. lost who six Lowell, Work for the Red Cross. I am going to tell the Wide Awakes about the Red Cross. grand- mother has joined and is knitting and sewing for ‘the Red Cross. 1 have learned to knit. So I .am knitting a sweater for my father. And if 1 knit it good I will knit for the Red Cross. I think everyone should knit or sew for the soldier boys who have gone to fight for their country. FLORENCE SHOLES. Willimantic. . Troops of Girl" Scouts. We have formed a troop of Girl Scouts at our church. There are 30 in the troop with three patrois. The troop number is 10 and the name is the Oak Troop. The officers’ ranks are captain, lieutenant, patrol leader { Norwich{and corporal. There are three classes of scouts— fenderfoot, second class and first class scouts. I have taken my ten- derfoot. To become a tenderfoot a girl must know the following things: Know how to tie six knots, the reef knot, the bowline, sheep shank, sheetbend, clove bitch and the fisherman’s knot. The name of the governor of the state and the mayor of the city: know the his- tory of the flag and how to fly it, the ten scout laws and the scout promise. The promise is: I promise on my honor: 1. To do my duty my country. 2. To help other people tirges. To obey the secout laws. We went on several hikes this sum- mer. One Saturday early in September w8 hiked around the Watershops 2 It is seven and one-half miles around. At noon Wwe stopped. Some of the girls helped the captain to make a fire while the others went after wood. We roasted frankfurts over the fire. After we had finished our dinner some of the- girls went in -wading. - ¥ Two sirls made a see-saw of some logs and we had fun see-sawing. Af- ter we had played a while we sig- nalied. In my next Jetter I will some more about scout work. IVY FISK, Age 12. Springfield, Mas; AV to. Rhode Island. Last June I took a wonderful trip to Rhode -Island. It was a beautiful Saturday morning when we started. When I was on the car I saw some animals feeding in the pasture. When E“got theré my cousin was at the depot iting for me. Then I went to’ her house and ate dinner. We went to a show at 2 o'clock. It was callea Buster Brown and Mary Jane. It was a beautiful show, too. 1t _lasted four hours. When we eame out we went into an ice cream parlor and had some ice cream. I stayed there threc wecks. ‘When I was on my way home I saw some little boys' picking straw- berries in baskets for market. I was very glad when I got home and when night came was glad to go to bed and rest. LILLTE BEBO, Age 13. ‘Voluntown. The Indians. The Indians are of a red color. They were not white like we are, and they to God and to at “all tell you the; which this is printed, but. quite likely it is made out of the same kind of fiber. 1 they used to make them: They live in colonies which consist| They would take some sticks and of the queen. drones and workers. In|make some holes in the ground, then the early spring the queen, which is|put the sticks in. They would take the only member of the colony that|hides off of animals and put them lives through thé winter, selects a|around the wigwam. They did not place for a nest, makes a few cells and | have any.stoves. They used to make places in them some eggs, and then{a fire right on the ground. They would builds a paper wall about them. Then|rub two sticks together and the sparks more cells are made, more eggs laid,{would light the fire. and as the young wasps become big| -These sparks wefe their mmatches. enough they are pbut to work to in-{They had bows and arrows, and they crease the size of the nest. Before|could shoot just as good with them as the summer is gone there will be three|any white man could with a gun! or four hundred- in the colony. They had to go out hunting while The wasps have stings to defend|the sguaws would cook.’ They would themselves with, and if you get them|go fishing and Kkill deer and animals. . you will lidve to look out or!Hunting was the Indians” joy. ey will sting. They do # _so| THe Indians were the first people to auickly. the only safé way is t6 let them alone. \The large hornets are very useful 'in kiHing flies and other insects. 1f you ever find a large, hungry hornet in a room where there are many- flies, you can almost hear the poor creatures telling how fright- ened they are at the presence of such did not live in houses like we do now. They had wigwams. This is the way a monster. ‘We do not know what they say, but we are very sure f{l re ta] t s Dmother e e ke to Kinds of ‘There are a greal Wwasps, as many as nine_hundred.the they are not all found | books say. but in the United States.. HELEN WISNESKE. Yanmtic. How We May Help Win the Wal Bvery one must Help in this'’zreat problem. One way is to somserve fofi. % g:;o; the United su;"/'x rg'uit not on er Swn r- ut she mu: gend food across A Tince and Bagy and. One thing which the ailies want wheat. Now where to get' al th‘: wheat is the question. For the people at home must have some of it as well | as_those al 5 b Don't you think if all the people the United States would have at least one ess day a week it save a great deal? :There is al: great demand for meat in the army. therefore T think it would help a lot if we would all have a meatless day. arfs, t many oth- things which v:e might make for ‘Still another way is to buy Liberty| Bonds. Of eourss, the w4 3 needs a great deal of 3 S ry on the war. And although there is| a war tax, that is not encugh to > ply for the needs of our soldiers. So ould Delp DUt conntey and She Aol el / # u:i'- to fight in ‘m\;r: “Mi%(”l £ ~ __ELIZABETH Age 12. A Littie GirP’s Conscience. ” t bee H | stayed in about half an hour: then dres | | Year she worked us swim and sometimes you imagine you are at the beach, there are so many people sitting on' the sand with umbrellas over them to keep the sun oft. We were very sorry when it got too cold to go in the water, but now we are just longing for freezing weather so we can go skating on the same spot. After ali, it is a place we enjoy all the year. AGNES CRONIN, Age 12. Baltic. All De Their Part. Desr Uncle Jed: 1 have two sisters. Cne is 10 and one is 15. The one who is 15 vears old has graduated. Last in the house. She watered the horses every night and zathered leaves. My little sister brings in wood for the house, and I go and get the cows. My father milks the cows. My mother works in the house and she cooks the food. I am 1i years old and I am in the third_grade. CLAUDE McDANIELS, Mansfield . Center. UNCASVILLE Odd Fellows Ocoupying New Quarters —War Rallies This Week—Red Cross “Reccives’ $144 for Christm Packpté~James Beckwith Missing. Mrs. Winfield Hanney and daughter, Miss (‘atherine, have returned to Sa- Age T. RIGHT FROM PAKIS, by Ella Bandreau, Age 11, of J'aw.gt City. lant corn. To make the corn grow they would take fish and let it decay and after it was ready they would put it in the ground. That would make the corn nice and green and the ears large. They would make a hole in the rosk and then put some corn in the hole. Then they would pound it into corns meal #SILVEY ZAVATTONI, Age 12. North Stonington. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Their Pet Coon. Dear Uncle Jed: We have a pet coon. We keep him in the barn. My brother climbed up a tree,and got him some grapes. We give him corn, srapes and appias for food. One time when my brother went to the barn to milk he saw the coon sit- ting on the manger. He had n over to the cornstalks and got him some corn. We got him back where he_belonged. -Many pupils are knitting in school. 1 -have knit a face cloth and now I am knitting a square for an afghan. Others are knitting hot_water bottle govers. ELEN CONGDON. Moosup. Beach Pond Pic Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thought the Wide Awakes would like to hear about the picnic we had at Beach pond. We started about half past 12. We sang songs going over. When we got thele we had a rest. -Then we had ice cream and cookies and went in bathing. We sed and had some more cookies, ice cream and candy. Then most of us were thirsty, so a few went across to the well on the other side. They brought us some water in a Thermos bottle. We also played hide and seek. Then we went out for a boat ride. ‘We started home about 6 o’clock. We sang The Star Spangled Banner. Then ‘we went home after having had a very good . NIE LAMOINE, Age 11. Voluntown. Es Her Summer Vacation. Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about my summer vacation. The Fourth of July I went with my mother to the . We had a fine time at the beach. A few Sundays after we went to Rocky Point. There were many little. ture and finally 1 lost sight of her. By and by my father came. After a while I fouhd the calf and her mother. We got them home. She is now_quite large. WILLIAM COTTER, Age 12. South Coventry ; “*The Frog. Dear Uncle Je An English woman whé had jusSt comé over from England was not used- te seeing things like there %¢.in .America. . She bought a place near us. One day slte went into her barn and as she went in she saw before her éves a big green frog. It looked very funny to her. She said: “What a queer looking objec’! Who —e ponies. We stayed at my uncle’s house, |- for he only lives a mile away from there. ‘When my miother told me that must go home I was very Sorry; x I was promised to go next year. Uncle went with me to the train. was very glad to go_to school. DONA DUGAS. Versailles. r Mauds Dear Uncle Jed: We have a calf whose name is Maude. She was born in July. We had a hard job to find her because she was born in the ‘woods. ‘We found the cow and followed hej for a while, but she was too wise an S0 did not go to her calf that time. ‘We drove her home and into the -barn. One day I followed her in the pas- I RED cRO”: NURSE, by Geraldine wants you here? Get out!™ She took the hay fork and chased it out. * But when she saw it jumping about she thought it was the funniest thing she ever saw. She still lives there. She is_guite old now. IRENE DONNBLLY, Age 13. ‘. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 am going to tell you about the Colonfal homes and cus- toms. . = The houses of ‘the early settlers nd-the cracks ware The floor was half with the we were made of oiled. e s . t The Pul:sfzm colony and the James- town_ colony. made their houses close together, to ‘make it easier to defend themselves: in' .Case of "an. attack by The" Plymouth - colony had ‘a queer way of putting out fires. Bvery man had t Pails for ‘that .purpose. If ‘he N Tire Warntas e eoma. take the lem after a week spent with relatives in_town. Mrs..-Sarah Wilbur, who has been sp2nding ‘a while with friends in Ches- terfield, has returned. home. John' Vogletanz, who is on the .sup- ply boat Fulton, spent the week end with his family. The Good Cheer Sunshine society held ‘its meeting at the home of Mrs. Nathan Woodworth. A short business session was held during which it was voted to hold the next meeting Tri- day, as Thanksgiving day falls on the regular meeting day. Plans were dif- cussed for the Christmas sale. Mrs. Henry McArdle of Gay Hill re- cently entertained Mr. and Mrs. John McArdle of Washington, D. C. Dr. Morton E. Fox and Dwight Kel- sey enjoyed a day’s hunting Saturday: Teachers Meet. A meeting of the teachers in the . TRACE DISEASE 3TO CONSTIPATION ©One of the points om which different schools of medicine prac- tically agree is, that about 95% of all human ease 1is t) traceable to intestinal putrefac- tion of stomach waste due to in- activity of the bowels, or consti- pation. The eliminaiive process an essemtial factor in digestion and om its proper funoti do- pends the welfare of the entire 2 sh s Comsitpation 15 & condition that onld never be meglected. As 300n as the bowols evidonce the slightest disposition to slow up, & mila laxative shomld be takem. on the governor's proclamation was special music, the choir, Lillian Sawver, soprano, i Huggard, aito, Frederick W. Chapel, tenor, Ray Woodmansee, bass, rende: ing a Thanksgiving anthem, Praise Ye the Lord, BEmerson, with excellent effect. The Christian Endeavor meet- ing in the evening was followed by a praise service and an address by Rev Mr. Cla Judge Homie Moving. Din D. Home, town clerk and judge of probate, desifing ‘to be near his place of business, is moving from his farm to the house in the village known as the Captain Phelps property, own- ed by Mr. Home's sister-in-law, Mrs, Charles Home, of New London, WESTMINSTER Governor's Proclamation Text For Sermon—Convention Reports Heard —Special Vesper Service—Holiday Guests Expected. Baptist church. was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Church Tues- day evening. In New Quarters. Thames lodge, 1. O. O. F. which mince the burning of the Palmer Me- morial school building about two years ago has held its meetings in the chapel of the Baptist church, held its first meeting Tuesday night in the new rooms-in the rebuilt Palmer Memorial buflding. The rooms are mnot fully furnished yet. The lodge has received = Gareau of Southbridge, Mass. its regalia and is planning on an open- ing night the first week in December at which a class of candidates will re- ceive the degrees. League Meets. The Epworth league held ‘a business meeting in the church Friday evenins. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chapel' have received word that their son, Charles Chapel, who is in the U. S. navy, has returned from a trip to France. Miss Teresa Hickey, after a week spent. with friends in Providence, has returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hickey. Rallies Arranged. Arrangements were - made to - hold two. patriotic rallies in the town. (fe was held- in - Palmertown Tuesday, Nov. 27, -and the other will be held in- this village Nov.'30.- George H. Bradford obtained George B. Chandler of the state -council .to speak. The program of patriotic music in charge of Miss Edith Huggard. There was a large attendance at the old fashioned supper given by the Center.church. Friday -evenine. “"_ “ Red Cross Meets. {The Red Cross members were enter- tained. this week at the home of Mrs. Alice P. Mitchell. The afternoon was t sewing and making bandages. t refreshments were served. :The | society members are holding rehearsals entitled” The the contributions = to the Christmas vackets which they are fitting out for e sum of $144 was secured by ‘Annie Rogers g admitted at the last meeting. James Beckwith Missing. * . When said to Mrs. Beckwith that “lgad ‘“. going to Norwich for a to . Meyers spent a few days with Harry Bogue the lward Carter, Jr.,has men at work a coul pocket. At the Sunday morning service, the Governor's Thanksgivinz proclamation was read and the vital necessity shown for the continuance of the day as a real religious element in private and national life, and the privileze and duty of all in any way respousible for chiidren to -teach these facts and the history of the day. The time of the service was taken up by reports from the State Conven- tion ‘at Middletown and from the W B. Jubilee in Boston. Working For Sale. The Ladies’ Aid society met Tues- day to place for, and to work on arti- cles for the sale. Considerable was accémplished. 5 The W. C. T. U. met last Wednes- day at the parsonags. Eleven ‘were present. A report of the annual state meeting at Middletown was given. St. John 10:1-18, “The Hospitali- t} of the Kingdom,” is the subject for the home vrayer circles this Thanks- giving week The flowers at church were beauti- ful in spite of bad weatheér and frosts and greatly added to the pleasure and he’pfulness. Special Vesper Sunday. December 2 is to be a vesper service for which socme of the younger musical talent has been practising fos some weeks It is essentially that which has drgwn 'the peop'e to the First Center church -in Hartford each vear for over twenty-five years, and is one of great beauty. Mrs. Service. m. there of Rosedale zoes to her daughter’s in New York for the Thanksgiving-season. Miss Laura Noott and her broth- er, George Noott, of East Orange, N. J., are to spend Thanksgiving with the family of Mrs. Ida Shorier. who al- so entertains at their feast. Mrs. Short- er's sister, Mrs. Jessie Mcade, and her nephew, Fréd Meade, and Dwight Bushnell. The town schools close Wednesday for Thanksgiving recess, with special exercises. Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Smith ex- pect their son from Wilton, with his family to spend Thanksgiving at Brookside. The Red Cross auxiliary met Tues- Simon Rosenw: day with Mrs. William Rollinson. WARRENVILLE Town Contributes Generously to Y. M. C. A. Fund—Service Flags Dis- played. The town of Ashford contributed $197.40 to the Y. M. C. A. fund for the benefit of the soldiers and sailors. The Ashford boys, now in the service, must feel encouraged at the patriotic spirit shown by their townspeople as nearly everyone gave gladly and free- ly. There was one boy's pledge of $10 taken by Allen A. James. Service Flags. A service flag is_displayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Baich for their son, Robert M. Balch, who is in the service ot Camp Gor- don, Atlanta, Georgia. There is also a service flag at the rooms of the ‘Who-do club for Robert Batch, who is a member of the club. _ Profitable Sale. A large number attended the an- nual church fair at Baker's hall Tues- day and Wednesday evenings of last week. A good sum was realized from | the sale of fancy and useful articles, ice cream, food and candy. Mrs. R. O. Baker hag returned from a visit to New York. STRICKEN IN THE STREET j Resfored To Health B] “Fruif-a-fives ” 882 8r. Vanzr Sr., Moxranar., “In 1912, .1 was taken suddenly ill with Acute Slomach ZTvouble and dropped in the sireet. I was treated by several physicians for mearly twe years, and my weight dropped from 225 pounds to 160 pounds. Then several of my friends advised me to try *“Fruit- a-tives”. I began to improve almost with the first dose, and by using them, I recovered from the distressing Stomach Trouble—and all pain and | Constipation were cured. - Now I weigh 208 pounds. I eannot praise “‘Fruit- a-tives’ enough”. H. WHITMAN. 0. 8 box, & for $2.50, trial size, 25¢. | Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit a-tives Limi Ogdeasburg, N.Y, AR WHEN YOU WANT to put your has- ; Detter tnan tifough. the: ads i corumns of The EinldS i