Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 6, 1917, Page 9

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, DEGEWMD:. .THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE- BGYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT " Rules for Young Writers. 4. Write piuinly on one side of the Paper saly, and mumber the cofes e pen and ink, not pencil. 8. Short and pointed articles will ®e given preference. Do not use over : i ords. 1 Ormn stories or letters omly " %8 "Rupite your bame: age and ad- | s Mmoot Ahe hottom " of the ! dfess all communications t Uncle “The Wildwood Christmas Trees. The little ‘wildwood people Are planning Christmas joys. They're just ybout as happy As children with their toys. _ “Their Christmas trees stand ready; They haven't got to be Brought home from out the woodland And then dressed up, you see. Kind Mother Nature trims them ‘With jewels bright and rare. “The little woodland people /- Have not a thought or care. They just race round the forest And bave the greatest fan; They have a lot of Christmas trees While you have only ome. —Helen M. Richardson. Santa on the Way. I ean hear him singing faintly, ~As he urges on his deer, And his song is mellowed quaintly, - As the measures strike the ear, ‘But the it of it is jolly. And the words of it are gay: : “Get the mistletoe and holly I have started on the way.’ Icen hear the hoof-beats thudding, As the spow is flung behind, ‘While the laden sleigh is scudding ~With the swiftness of the wind, | And the. echoes now are flinging | . Broken murmurs of the song ! That old Santa Claus is singing ‘While the reindeer speed along: I *Littte fellow; little feilow, z While-you eit and dream of me, " And the ‘marvel of the morning That shall show the wondrous tree, _ For your trust in all the fancies Of ‘the shadow and the gleam, I am starting on my journey Down the hizhway of your dream.” ~&W. H. Nesbit, in Our Dumb Ani- meals. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1-—Maude Buckley, of Norwich—The Ametican Gir! in Korea. 2 Albert Phillips, bf Versailles— The Boy Chums in Mystery Land. 3—CThristine Burdick, of Jewett City —Red Cross Girls in Belgium. +—Alfred Levitsky, of Norwich— Young Aeroplane Scouts in Turkey. 5—Miriam_Shershevsky, of Norwich —The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie. Williamson, of Norwich— Red Croes Giris in Russian Army. ;i—Derothy Blake, of Storrs — The Red Cross Girls at the French Firing -3—~Sarah 8. @ill, of Jewett City — Fed-Cross Girls in British Trenches. ¢ SThe winners of prize books living in ibe city may call at The Bulletin bus- iriesss offiee for them at any hour after 16 a. m: Thursdsy. et LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. . Ellen Powers of Oakdale—I received the prize book sent me, The Boy Scouts Down in Disie, and thank you very “muech for ft.- - X Helen Hulme of Baltic—I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. 1 haveronly: read part of it, but I think 1t fs good 8o far. Cartié Tinker of Oakdale—1 received the prize book and.like it very much. T thank you for it. Katherine Taylor of Norwich Town— Many thanks for prize book, Her Wil- ful Way. I was surprised and pleased to get it. : Esther of Yantic—I received the prize you sent me and thank #ou many times. I have read some of it and find it very interesting. Solpmareeuta UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH THE WIDE-AWAKES. How many times do you suppose you winke in 2 minute?’ You would never imagine that you did so 150 times in 2 minute, or 9,000 times in an hour. ‘Well, perhaps, you do not, but some people do; and those who wink but seldom are the people who stare. Balentists have tried to find out why humman beings wink bat they canhot {ell whether it is to rest the eye or to wipe it with the lid and keep it clean; doubtless it has a great deal to do with keeping it moist. Some folks wink ten times and then the eye rests a little; and others rest their eyelids oftener. The lid of the eye comes down, rests and rises again in four-tenths of a second, so that the famous sixty winks of sleep doesn’t amount to more than ten shakes of & lamb’s tail. It seems strange that there is no uniformity about winking. When some- thing attracts our attention we wink less often, and when we are surprised we look so long without winking that we are said to stare. It seems strange our winking does not interfere with our sight; but the Dpicture fades from tbe lense of the eye so slowly that it is renewed before it can fade away. We may wink to cleanse as well as lubricate the eyeball, or this may be Nature’s way to proteet the eyve from the intense glare of the iight. ‘The eyes are wonderful organs’ and should be well taken care of. STORIES 'WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Polly’s Thanksgiving. One day Polly was in Mr. Burnham’s store after some brown meal. The lit- tle store was crowded, as it was the day before Thanksgiving. She heard all the people ordering turkeys, chick- ens, nuts, pumpkins, and all sorts of good things. She was very poor and she knew she wouldn't have a nice dinmer, Her parents worked all - day and when they came home at night, tired with. the day’s work, ‘they would only find a sad little girl in two or three dark. stuffy rooms in a crowded tene- ment. That night after her parents had sone to bed.she sat thinking and think- ing what she could do to make it seem like Thanksgiving.. Ail- of a sudden she heard a faint rap on the doer and then a great deal of scuffling -snd running. ‘When she opened the @wor there was no one there, but themw was a large basket full of good things: miso a note from her schoolmates saying they had remembered her, s0 -they got together and bousht a Thanksgiv- ing_dinner. The next morning - Polly was up bright and early, busy with the happy preparations of a very good dinner. She had not told her parents, but was going to surprise them. ‘When they came home to dinner, in- stead of coming to a few- cold, ‘gloomy rooms, they found taree very cozy and tright rooms. Polly’s eyes were spark- ling with joy. After it was over, Polly said: have never been so happy in my life.” DOROTHY BLAKE, Age 12. Storrs. An Accident. One day in December as I was walk- ing along the streets of New, York I saw a small boy slip on.a banana peel and fall on the hard pavement, right in the -midst of a rushing erowd. of wagons, automobiles, trucks,- trolley cars and ail sorts of vehicles. Before 1 could go to the rescue a large policeman jumped in between the vehicles and picked up the fainting boy and put-up his hand as a sign-that the traffic should stop. g A ‘The boy soon recovered and told the policeman where he lived, which was not far away. The policeman took the boy home and was thanked by his parents. who were among the richest people in the city. The boy’s parents gave the po- Heeman a large reward, which he de- served. MARTIN DELMSKY. Bozrahville. 5 A Hallowe’sn Party. One night my sister and I were in- vited to a Hallowe'en party by one of our friends. Before dark it looked as though it would rain, but about 7 o'clock the moon rose and ‘it turned out to be a lovely evening. When we arrived thers.were about fifteen there. . Out in the yard there ‘was.a large pumpkin moonshine light- ing the way to the door. In the room where we sat, having a social chat, there were witches, ghosts, cats, pumpkins, apples and other frightful things reminding us of Hal- lowe’en. ‘After all had got there, about twen- ty-five, we began to play games. We bobbed for apples, caught apples on-a string. pinned the tail on a donke and lots of other games. B About half past 9 lunch was served. ‘We then played other games and had our fortunes told. We had to go into tiving. a dark room where a witch sat.. Some of the girls screamed after they got in there, and some wouldn't go in at all. % We sang a numberiof . songs . and <onte danced. We then. went outdoors and played’ shadow and cross tag till {jve-were tired.. It was quite late-when we left for home, having spent a very enjoyable_evening. ETHEL M. BROWN, Age 13. Yantic. Good Hunting. . Once a trapper from the backwoods, {6t Kentucky was riding in a railroad car for the fust time. Right in front of him sat a bald- headed man reading a newspaper. He was pretty “thin on top,” but there was a good fringe of hair around the base of his head. The man was scratching these lower regions vigorously from time to_time and it appeared as if he would never get done scratching. The trapper; much interested in the operation, leaned forward and said in a confidential wa “That's right. neighbor: that's right. Chase ‘em up inter th’ clearin’ an’ then yer kin ketch ’em easier.” LENA O'BRIEN, Age 10. Taftville. N At A Long Trip by Wagon. On May 4th we left Cisco to make a 630-mile trip to Arkansas by wagon. We headed east, following the Texas and Pacific railway until we reached Wetherford. We ocrossed the Brazos river and_ crossed Red.river at. Col- bert’s bridge, a toll bridge four. miles north of Denison. The name Red river does not deceive one in looks, for it-is indeed “red.” On May 17th we reached Oklahoma soil and made a crescent shaped tour from Colbert to Poteau. We crossed the Shallow Boggy, Muddy Boggy, Sandy Bogsy, Little Boggy, Big Bogsy. Clear Goggy ard Deep Boggy rivers. In eastern Oklahoma we reached the timber region. Here we found elm, pine, spruce, hickory, gum, both black and_sweet, and many other trees., e caught sight of Sugar Loaf mountain, a peak In eastern Oklahoma, soon af- terward, and we camped on the boun- dary of Oklahoma and Arkansas at roon that day. ‘We arrived at Dardanelle. a small place on the south bank of the Arkan- sas river, the same day. We crossed this stream on a .pontoon bridge and here we saw a steamboat. However, it was a small craft, and the river was different ones’ told their doings the past year. My mother and my aunts helped grandma set the table for dinmner. My, how delicious evervthing look- ed to a hungry girl. The table was loaded with good thinzs. \There was the customary Thanksgiving turkey and dressing, two_ chickens, creamed potatoes, several kinds of vegetables, celery, cranberry sauce pumpkin pie, squash pie, huckleberry pie, —mince pie, plum pudding, rosy oheeked ap- ples, russet pears, all kinds of can- dy_and nuts; and last, but best of all, a heaping dish of ice cream. Oh, how Bood everything tasted. . After dinner I played with my cous- ins while our mothers helped grandma clear the table and wash the dishes. We playel hide and seek, blindman’s luff, taz, farmer in the dell, moth- er buy me a milking pan, drop the handkerchief and many similar games until we were t In the early November twilight we all sat before the huse open fire-place and _popped corn,’ roasted apples, dradk sweet cider, and told interest- inz stories. We lef: about eight o'clock as we had a lons, cold ride be- fore we reached home.. A cheery good-bve was shouted aft- er us as we drove off. I had a hap- Py day. 1 like to o to grandma’s for Thanks- ng as I always have a lovely time. MAUDE BUCKLEY. Norwich. The First Thanksgiving Day. ‘When James I was king of England he was very harsh with = class of peo- ple called Separatists, who fled to Holland, where they staved for about twelve years. But' the Pilgrims, as they now call- ed themselves, thought that if they should stay in Holland their children weuld forget Enilish customs, so they made arrangements with the Virginia Company to carry them across the ocean. & The yeople were fitted out with two ships, the Speedwell and Mayflower. But the Speedwell sprang a leak and The Coast Guard, by Austin Smith of Through Daily Train To Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St. Louis Via Hell Gate Bridge Route Effective Nov. 25, 1917 Boston - Provideuce Westerly .+ New London . New Haven Bridgeport New York (Penna. Harrisburg Pittsburgh Columb Cincinnati Indianapofis St. Louis The convenicnt, comfortable way from New England to the West. Through Slecping Cars and Goaches For detailed information, consult Ticket Agent. 0.10 140 P. M 315 e 935 = (Central Time) 1 Yantic. passed around. About six o'clock we started home all assuring aunty that it the best Thanksgiving day we had. GLADYS WILLIAMSON, Age 1% Norwich. LETTERS TO UNGLE JED. He Didn’t Think. Dear Uncle Jed; It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon and a little boy for was | ever the neorle were forced to pile into the Mavflower. . The Pilgrims were on the ocean for about two months before they saw land. Put one day 2 storm came up and forced them to land at Cape Cod, instead of goinx south. ‘While the Mayflower ’ay in the har- bor an_agreement called the “May- Yantie. Appleton, a emall village in -the foot-- hills, and followed the ridge road. Af- ter traveling 37 miles we met a man hauling -stave bolts. He informed us we had traveled 37 miles, yet Apple- ton was only seven miles south. On June 4th we reached our destination. ALBERT PHILLIPS, Age 12. Versailles. A Pleasant Day in September. I gazed dreamily into the distance. It was toward the close of day, and what a day it had been! It was a golden, sunshiny day that had succeed- ed a dull, foggy September one. Before meé stretched a miniature copse, with a surgling stream crossing at' the base, so clear that it seemed to invite me to refresh my thirst. The leaves were just beginning to be tinted with bright crimson. - At my right a few stras- gling’ farmhouses and several orchar® sreeted my eye. Above the tranquil scene was ‘the calm, blue sky, slow/¥ changing to scarlet, that indicated an- other giorious dav that made one's blood respond -and be glad of health and life. SARAH HYMAN, Age 13. Norwich. What |-Did One Day. On Thanksgiving day as I was walk- ing through the forest I saw.a squifrel. He must have been very clever, cause he jumped from tree to tree and pickéd up some acorns and sat up straight to eat them. 1 tried to catch him, hit he was too quick for me, and rap far away from me, and I climbed up a tree.. I did’t mind him, but when I came back T caught him and briuzht him home. Mother wanted me fo let him go. She said it. was very cruel to catch a poor little squirrel, and I never caught any. more after that, and I told my plavmats not to catch any poor. Ht- tle” squirrel. 2 = ‘WILFORD DISCO, Age “ Norwich. 12 How | Came to Find a Dog. One day I thought that I would ask my friend to zo out walking with me. She said she: would, so- we got a lunch and went. As we were walk- ing down the path we heard a noise, and. we looked around and foond | & poor, helpléss dog, which was tied up to a tree. 3 A riote was left on him which said: “Anyone who finds this dog may have it” It was a very sad sight. 1 brought the dog horae, but I could rot keep it because we had two beau- tigul cats, and mother said that was He Yas a good master and. is still FLORENCE DISCO. grandme’s farm was many miles from town. How merrilly - the sleigh bells rang as we. sped along the white roads. It ~to ;Smow. asain- while -we were on the way-and when we arrived at grandma’s; you might -have imam-|. ‘brim the leftovers wers put away and ined ‘we had just come- from the North -'_ . each other. All:my -uncles, aunts President Wilson, by ‘Austin Smith of s0_low .it.could mot rum: - l Our journey through the Ozark: mountains was interesting. We left I Co flower Compact,” was drawn ‘up and signed by forty-one men who pledg- ed themselves to obey the government which was established. The voyag- ers then elected John Carver governor. After landing, the men _ looked around for a place of which they named Plymouth, after Plymouth, England. - e There was a very bad future for the wanderers. Almost half of them died but when spring came matters looked more encousaging. The people had to lect a new gov- ernor and they chose a young man, Williamn Bradford, because Governor Carver had died. There were only a few Red Men around so the people enjoyed some peace, but the Indians that Were there were friendly, among whom were Massasoit, Samoset. and Squan- to. who could speak English. The _Pilgrims_prosper=d through the summer, ‘but ohe day a bundle of ar- rows’ tied around with a rattlesnake’s skin, a_ sign of war, was sént by a tride of Narragansett Indians to the people to frighten them. The captain of the people was no coward, so he stuffed the. skin full of powder and sent it back. The Narragansetts knew what this meant so they let the peo- ple Alone in the times to come. After” a plentiful harvest the Pil- grims invited their Indisn friends to a :eelrst on the last Thursday in Novem- “They certainly had a good time. To eat they had wild turk>y and venison, bread, pies, cake, pumpkins, grapes, and plums. After dinner the Indians brought out 2 bushel bag of popped corn for the children. What a time they had! The men enjoyed talking with. tre Indians and had some fun in Indian sports. < MARY PELECHATZ, Age 14. ‘Willimantic. Thanksgivieg at Aunty’s. It was Thanksgiving day -and we were all going to aunty’s for dinner. Outside it was snowing and father was getting the horse ready. The carriage was soon ready and being eager to go everyhody tried to get in at once,. Whea we were all bundied in the horses started. As aunty lived a good dirtance from our home it took us cuite a while to get there. - We soon reached our destination and after ~many joyous welcomes and greetings we took our coats off and gathe around the fireplace where ehch one rélated his or her experiences during the past year. After we were all warmed aunty led us to the dining room and told use to each take a chair and sit down 'at ‘the table, which was enough to make one's mouth water. In the center of the table was a_large- tur- wey, aressing, gravy, mashed - pota- toes, turnips, onions, celery, cider, settlement | James Steele, was just going out i He had been working on hi skates for about two hours, fixin: straps_and putting on new buckles. They had been too small for him for more than a year; but when his new skates were unpacked he decided to give his old pair to Jerry Murphy, who was a poor boy, and had never owned a pair of his own. “Oh!” said.a-boy -to. whom I was telling this story, “I have two old pairs of skates which I would have ‘wiven him if 1 had only thought,” but he didn’t think.” ETHEL BROWN, Age 12. 5 e T Little Six. Dear Uncle Jed: Some years ago there was a terrible flood in Ohio. The Ohio river overflowed its banks for thousands _of miles. People went around in boats and handed the un- fcrtunate people food. Six children in Pennsylvania heard of this flood and decided to heip them in_some way, so they gave an enter- tainment and got together fifty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. gave it to Miss Clara Barton, who went .out there. She found a family living in a_corn crib. She gave the money to the mother and the woman said, “My boys and I can make nice home on the hill.” Miss Clara Barton' asked her what she would name it. She said “I will nafne it “The Little Six.” This is only one of the sreat and many thines Miss Barton, the founder of the Red Cross Society, did. HARRY DUER, Age i4. Yantic. A Trip to Hartford. Dear Uncle Jed: Thought perhaps the Wide-Awakes would be interested to hear about my trip to Hartford during my vacation. When we passed East Hartford and wére’ going over v slowly. In the distance you could isee the deme of the capitol. It is a {L,eautiful sight when lighted at night. ‘When 1 was there I went to Eliza- hefh Park, while the roses were in i blcom. i 1 expect to go azain when we have jour Christmas vaeation. i JAMES L. M LINS, Age 8. A Hallowe'en Party. Dear Uncle Jed: Wednesday night I went home after school and got my knitting. Then I went down to a chum’s house. We knitted a while, then we played hide and go seek. We were having such a good time we for- got how late it was getting. When we looked at the clock we found it was half past four. My sister and I had to hurry home and get ready to go to a Hallowe'en party. We got dressed up in our oo | .masks, hats and sheets. Then we took our pumpkins and went down to my chum’s. She was-=readv with her brother and sister. There were also a boy and girl going to the party We all took our pumpkins and .went down the street to the girl’s house where the party was to be. When we got there we found that a lot of the chil- dren were already there. There were thirty of us. We all lit our candles and paraded around the streets. When we got back to the house we went in and found it all decorated with pumpkin moonshines, witches and bats. In the sitting room there were strings hanging from the ceil- ing with apples on them. We played the ten-cent same. There e ten bottles with different liquids them. We smelt of the liquids and then told what they were. 1 guessed eight of them. We also put little pumpkins into the eves, nose and mouth of a large pumpkin. ‘We had cockies, ice cream and can- & Wi I went home tired but happy. CHRISTINE BURDICK, Age 10. Jewett City. He Goes to School. Dear Uncle Jed: T go to schoel and we have an organ with a stool, and a Victor and a new chair for the teach- or, and new seats for the children, and library books to read. Sometimes I go down to the store and buy some candy and give it to my mother: and sometimes I go out and hitch the horse and my brother rides for my sister and carries her tc the mill and takes her home from the mill. We have three horses and six cows. We've got flags and bells. We learn reading and spelling and arithmetic and we have a big clock and pictures and flowers and a new ficor ana_pictures of Chinese and In- dians. and Arabs, and we have new reading and spelling. We have pic- tures of spiders and flies and a globe. MORRIS RIBEN, Age S. Mansfield Center. Feeds the Hens. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 live on a farm and have many things to tell vou ibout. We have about two hundred ns which my brother and I feed; five turkeys, seven geese, eight horses and one colt, which is very cunnming. It has a white spot on its forehead, it goes' by its mother's Every night we put it in the shed where it is very warm. ELLEN POWERS, Age Oakaale. 10. . A True Story. Dear Uncle Jed: T anr going to tell You a true story about a squirrel. The lady who lives in the house with me had a nut tree in the yard. A red squirrel played in the tree every day. The Connecticut river, the train moved | in the fall the iady gathered the nuts and stored them in her part of the house. Some way the squirrel got into the house and brought the nuts into our part to eat. We had a trap in our attic to catch rats. One night we heard an awful roise and father went up and brought the trap down stairs and found a red squirrel in it. He put the trap with the squirrel in it outdoors and tied it to the porch: . In the morning I went to look at the squirrel. The trap was there but the squirrel had gone. RICHARD MAGUIRE, Age 8. Norwich. y A Medicine Cupboard. Dear Uncle Jed: A medicine eup- board is always a handy and useful thing to have in the house. I am go- ing to tell you and the Wide Awakes how to make one if you live im a holse where the medicine cupboard is not buill in the_bathroom. Take an ordinary box and fit two little shelves into it. The shelves can e made from the cover of the bor. Make a little curtain to hang in front of the cupboard. This will keep the dust put. Many medicines ke”p better away from the light. In this cuphoard should be put those medicines which your mother- ordinar- ilv_uses when anyone is sick. These are the most important things which should be put into the medicine cranberry sauce, mince and pumpkin| ples and.plum pudding. When everybody had disposed of as much as they could the dishes were cleared off. Then: came cheeked apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, dates, figs, and many different kinds of nuts. When ‘everybedy was filled to the . Tosy the table cleared. The women them washed and dried the dishes.while the men talked and smoked their pipes. ¢ children played games and then corn popper was ‘brought out from 'its msual place in the pantry shelf and. the children enjoyed thcmselves pop- ping corn until they were tired. - Cake, bon bons and fruit were then NN 2 N.Y,N.H.&H.R.R. TOMMY TIDD. What Tommy Tidd Say Do Do not hurry, not worry, As this world you travel through, No regretting, Fuming, fretting, Ever can advantage vou. Be content with what you've won What on earth you leave undone There are plenty left to do. cupboard: Witch hazel, a pair of scis- | mors, absorbent cotton, a spool of linen thread, cheesscloth, peroxide and white vaseline. The bottles should be la- beled and_nothing like poison should be kept in the cupboard. MIRIAM SHERSHEVSKY, Age 9. Norwich. The Little Decr Mouse. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about Uncle George's little deer mouse. He caught it in the potato field and brought it home. He made a cage for it out of a wooden box and u piece of wire screen in which he brought the mouse home. He carried it in his pocket and the mouse never for- got it, because once the mouse crawl- ea_into his- pocket. When Uncle George took it out of its cage it was a brownish grey col- or, had eyes like beads and a very long il. But its tale is ort, for the live long. He slept nearly all day in his bed of patches till one day be fell asleep and never awakened. He used to look so cunning washing up like a cat. He would stretch like a cat, too. Uncle George fed it pumpkin seeds, corn and milk. It was -also fond of ‘watermelon. This ends the tale of the little deer mouse—a dear little mouse. This is my first letter to you so I will say good bye. SARAH S. GILL, Age 8. Jewett City. My Kitten. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about my cat. It is a little cat and has gray fur. One day my brother went out in the woods to get some nuts and found the cat. He looked around but could not sce the mother around so he thought he would take it home and feed it on milk, after he got some nuts, he slarted for home. ' When he got home my mother asked him what he*had in his arms and he told her it was a cat he found in the woods. He asked her if he could keep it and she told him he could. T like my cat very much and I will feed it good. I named it Tiger be- cause it looks like one. : THOMAS SHEA, Age 8, ° Norwich. Bathing at Mohegan Park. Dear Uncle Jed: Last summer I took my bathing suit and started for Mo- hegan Park. It was a hot and sultry day and locusts buzzed until I grew sick of my surroundings so a swim was welcomed with good cheer. .I soon reached the park and the first thing I did was to run to the spring for.a cold drink. I then ran up to the bathing house and went in swim- ming. It -was great fun to splash about in the water. But after » had been in it for about a half hour a large blood=ucker fastened his tenacles into my i=—wwm o had to pinch his tail to get him out. I soon got"tired jumping up and down in the water so I came out.and began to hunt frogs. I went to the swamp below the lake and caught ten frogs. Suddenly a large frog leaped into the water with a ioud splash and immediately bobbed up in the center of the swamp. A small young tree down a few days before and lay di- rectly across the swamp. I then atepped ihto mud and sank up to my knees. I had my stick raised when suddenly something else averted my attention. . A large %rown moccasin enake lay stretcned out before my eyes. 'He had not noticed me yet, but was endeavoring to get the frog. I brought my club down with a hard whack right on his head. He started to come toward me, but I hit him 2gain_square on the head. It took four blows to knock him senseless. I seized him around the neck with my thumb and forefinger. 1 then brought him up on the road and stretched him out. He was more than a yard long and ‘was about an inch thick in the thickest part. I brought it home and skinned it but our cats pulled it off the stick that I had put it on and tore it to pieces. I like to go up in the park, and T hope other Wide-Awakes do, too. ALFRED LEVITSKY, Age 1% had been cut