Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 31, 1918, Page 9

BCYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Fair Japan.” it is fine. terest the Wide-A! It very much. a theusend times again. l" ‘your name, l:l Ai~ @ress pluinly at the b faiema o received for the picture Future Lieutenant.” ke Liohody ize bk your, p FOETRY. much for it. find it very interesting. book you sent me_ “Where's that chiid * went | Ing. Anm’ cut a mng besch M an’ trum an’ really meant jacket when he come— an’ learn him not 1 thank you for it. &m‘l!\ when he knows n!&ml 1 : T get the cows an’ do the o ."here s tha! boy™ 1 gave. an" ast The naybor' fo.ks, a-thinkin' they ight o' seen him oin' past, An’ halled him when hé fen awa Nary hide ner hair they'd seen $ No moren me! an’ law, I stretehed Fingers ‘round that limgber green % Beech gad o' mine . ugtyell 3 etched! valentines. they v colored pictures. st, paper pre Fi ere’s that.child®” T ast; an' got S A lsetle trembly, T expeck. inkin' mebbe like as not P Hed fell some'cres-ant-sbruk -his neck! Hunted through the loft an’ out 3 Behind the barn an’ down the run, r.uvu young ‘uns think aboat % An’ head for when they look for fun. wnm' s my boy? I whined, an’ tien % As it in anewer there he come Down the patstche: lane again § A headin’ steaight, for - home — 4 G .lwpln high ap' straight an' sla nch H An proud ak Grafit, as lke as not— * dragzin' from a wlller ‘branch Toe et horned pouts per is ueed, leave as it red ink or boxes. an|Cut four one imch wide. &nd o o Right ln his eyes an' there | saw itehers of the fields ‘an’ brooks T An Ihlnsl a young ‘un.Jjoves! : -y \emper left my lhead, 1 throwed the beech gad good an’ fiagfl%x T4 ylanned, J said: ¥ don’t ¥ take your pa along?” —)DhHA D. Wells. God’s Girls. think God took a pateh of biue : To make your baby eves; are so much alike, the two— God's bables and God's skies. ‘M God todk 1 robin’s call To Make vour baby words: gannot 1#31 your song at-all From music of the birds for your'picture. lacé place a Heart. My different. lked them? meyaser. Jewett City. fan to run away. would do him no harm. went to see. The giant said: foot up with it. s His baby gms ~Douglu Malloch. NCLE JED'S TALK To WIDE. AWAKES. will_eat” 1 Do you know all trees kezp a record maturalist. couid 16l a tre<’s'age, how (to eat. Wher many years of @routh and good weath- | People asked er it had seen; how many vears to| 500 he sald: grew in the shade or thé sunshine, if ‘l'shc boy it had been séarred by = forest fire{am rich" ord. how many years had passed since, and | ! how many vears some of the frees had lain full length upon the earth aft- Jewett City. and if it is & thin Hng it Was 4 year of food shortage or if fiill Tinged or year of full - food " and W it Is continuously thin-ringed it hag net the sunshine and grew in.: the shade. Ome tree in Alaska told Mr Muir that it bad spent 80 years of its life in the shade, One tree in the' west kept a rec- ord of a tragedy and the story was Botten from it 72 years afterwards. This tres grew on a' mountain side and & mountain sheep came shding down on a snow-slide and its head was forced between a vttons limb and the trunk of the tree and the sheep perished, but the skull and horfis were ® firmiy grasped that they became a Part or the ireefand when recently acovered it was 12 feat, 3 tches from the ground. - The tree was §o that the part of the Wunk could be saved & matoral curiosity. The tree 1814 the woodsmen. who investigated that ft was 180 vears old cut agd that when 1* was 110 Years oid tl(, tain sheen got his in the branch aal the horns had Seen KA by it for 70 years, ot that“this sfiow -side ocourred about the year :1B47. Tou see ally stick of wood is wome- thing more than & mere block. THE 'INNm OF PRIZE BOOKS.; 1—Helona n-.-«. of Jeweit City— Comrades in New York, 2—Ruth Glover. of wmmmre R. L ~Dogothy on 2 Rapedh: sie T 4—Mildred Grandy. of Yartic—The Border Doys in the Canadian Rockies 5—Raymord Phillips, of Vprsajjlese— The Moving Picture Boys at hv!-ms $—Raymond M. Young, o :joosup— Dorothy’s Town. T—Jennie Lemoine,” ‘of ~ Voluntown ~—The Flyip: Machine Boys. in_my schoolhouse. 1t stands of pine trees. near by. but two rooms. which is room. This Jack-knives of the hoys. grades. bare city schoolyard school. Providence, R. I. i old. He could ride himself, rmis to prevent thé enemy the cauw remark: foot. The Winners of Prize books may edy his, pistol . at the. Dook you gave me entitied, “T} lotor - lhnm. SRR 1 ot | P 12 on batibask? n-v-‘q,uwm—xw THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE you very, vgry much for book entitled, “The Motor “Maids in I have rend it and think You will hear from me again when 1 have something that will in- Stanley A. Skraba, ue Versailles—t have received my prize book and like I thank you for it, and Faith Curtis, of Norwich--I thank you very muth for the prize whn:hAl b T bought a thrift entitled, “WhAtever you aro—Bp -hait stamp with it. s.:“-n:x:fr\o'}'-:fi-;‘f;.”' truel Mary Pelechatz, of 'fllllrunhue—l . 7 received my prize book, “D)rothy At u honest—in fact, Oak Knowe,' and I thank u_very 1 have rex2 it all and Albert Phillips, of Versailles — I thank you very much for the prize Tt is very interest- Albert Phillips, of Versailles—I re- teived the prize book you sent mq and 1 have read it and found it very interesting. STORIES BY THE WIDS-AWAKES. How to Make Valentines. As St. Valentine’s day will soon be here, T thought I would tell the Wide- Awakes how to make some home-made You should have all the tinfoil and go!dfoil from bonbone, yeast cakes, etc. Also the lace from candy boxes and take a plece of water rolored a double sheet of unruled writing paper will do just as well. Double the paper, but it writing pa- On the inside write neatly a pretty verse in water colors. 4 1t you wish, you fay add a heart or two cut out of feil or painted. For the outside, paste directly in the center a pretty colored picture. lake some of the lace from the candy Cut it in four lengths, two as wide and two as long as the valentine. lengths of plain white paper about a quarter of an inch Fold these each four times, so s to make a sort of a spring. Now paste eaeh piece of lace end to “the shpe of the valentine. $ caugne! be’ eVeT| BN the conter underside of each strip H of lace paste one of each spring and ou been? I says an’ looks|On the other end of the springs to the valentine. Now you have a lace frame At each corner of the WAL you bave made one you can \* think of various ways to make thei \'%uupn- ‘makes pretty valentines, [l any Wide-Awakes try this, won't thes please write and say how they HELENA MAGEL, Age 13. A Little Kindness. One night as a boy was minding\a herd of sheep he heard a gioan in back of a bush. The boy went to see and he saw a giant there, and he be- The glant cailed him and Said he So the boy “Will )en Dle!se take this thorn out of my foot™ The boy looked under his foot and saw the thorn and he took it out. Then be took off his elip and wrapped his When he was done the giant eaid: “Come with me to my cave and we . When tifey were done eating the giant gave the boy a loat of bread, so Woula he be hungry he would eat. it The next morning came. hungry and he pui his hand in his bag and he began to bite it. He sai “This is hard bread.” He took the & their age and of W w tfier, and|piece out of his mouth and he saw of accidents to themselves® that it was-gold. John Mulr, the great American When the boy saw that it was gold he ran down town to buy soluetning he was through the how he got the goid, T got this gold by kind- went out and he said: and he was no more a shep- HOMER FONTAINE. The Little Old Schoolhouse. t] A few years ago my granafather, ,{ Who lives in Nova Scotis, was taken suddenly ill. so with my mother I took & hurried trip to see him. As I look back, the one thing which stands out memory is the little old red the brow of a small hill in the midst of a grove Leading to its only door is a small winding path made of pob- bles taken from the river which flows Within the school there are As you &tep into the door you enter the smaller of these, used as the chiidrens’ coat- in turn leads into larger room, which like our modern schoolrooms ‘has blackboard walls. However, instead of our desks of wood and ircy, T found rustic benches marred and cut up b on Sometimes when T lpok out over my wish 1 went to this pretty little pire-scented country RUTH GLOVER, Age 12. Joe On Horseback. Joe was not quite seveareen years anytiing that happened to possess a back. He there- fore had a great love for his horse the noblest one in the battery. During the preliminary skirmish in advance of Pocotaligo. on that terri- ble 22nd of October, 1862, his gun de- tachment was cut to.pieces i way, until he had to work His piece with three men sarving as 2 rannonesr When we retired from line at Yemassee ¥ Pocota- ligo proper. and it was obvicus that we must fight pnormous o0dds in order - crossing s Wwe were dafending, suggested to Joe that he distaount, as the rest had done, and taks 1o a tree. Joe resented the suggestion with the place is on horseeback. 'm a sergeant.” Two minutes later a cannon ball carried away his horse's tail. Five seconds afterwards another ball carricd off the beast's ieft fore- Teeling that the horse #inking undér him, Joe dismounted to see. what the damage had been. he stooped to look at the dismembered back. Thereupon Joe turned, present- horse's head, averted his head and fired. ‘Then he Look a horse out of the bat. | tety and mounted him remarting: ‘1 still contend that as a sergeant my ~Joe was mentioned in zeneral or- ders for hu &Illmtrs that day, the prize Now He felt “ the polished th a fearful the cannon was As but the 09 mu matter| of the horse. HAROLD OLSEN, Age 11 Baltic, piee A Good Future Citizen. The educators of our country have a right to expect that when they are gone we can urrx n the affairs u |the government which they are doing now. In order to grow up and be a good man, that America can be proud we must be loyal, strong. and form! £00d habits when we are young. In or- der to be strong and healthy we -m work hard and play hard. It is ml these conditions that we shall be minded and clean lived. ‘We must set good examples for oth- ers to follow. We should lead our lives as in a football game. Hit the line hard, don’ lfo tfixl unl flont shirk. D, Age 13 North ' Franklin, Paths. It Harold had gone straight to the barn, the path his feet made in the Enow would ‘have -been’ straight. But he wanteq to sce what Jim Hammond was doing, so he stepped aside to lobk ever the fence and that ‘made his path cr . Then when Mary went to the barn to feed the hens because it was easier to take Haroid’s path then to make one for herself she followed his Tom Went out to look after his ral bits and he took the same way and as everyone who went that way did the same the path was soon beaten hard, but it was still a_crooked path. One day Uncle John came over and he asked what made that path o0 crooked. Harold had not thought about it be- fore, but now he said it must be be- cause he had not gonme straight the morning after the snow storm. Uncle John looked out at the creoks ed path and‘said, "Next time wal% straight, my boy; those who follow you will wall straight.” Tt may not always be evident that it you go a littie crooked 1- Jow you. Keep a straight path. Watch yeur steps. ALBBERT PHILLIPS. Versailles, \ Snowbeund. When the Christmas vacation came 2 chum and I went camping. Wt up in the Maine woods. cabin there for a week. When we were 'going there we had to_walk through three inches of snow. ‘The next morning we -got up lnd Armond, my chum, trying to open the door. so' as to get something . to. eat. We couldn't open the doof, 50 we had to eat some hard Discuits. The next morning we got out by a window and started to, shovel snow door we could see tracks of ani ‘We followed these until we caie upon three rapbits. We shot two and took them to’our cabh We spent the Christmas vacation very good, with lots of adventures of which I shall write in.my next stor§. DANIEL LEONE, Age 13. Norwich. 3 v Where He Thought He Was. It was a warm spring day and the teacher had been reading to ‘the chil- dren. One .of the boys famed Wil- liam had fallen aslecp. AN of a sud- den he tumbled to the floor. Of course, everyone had to laugh, “Where did you think you were, Wil- liam?” asked the teacher. “T thought I was in bed,” answered William, “and when I rolled over tum- bled to the floor.” It was the first and last dme that William fell asleep in>schy DORIS WEAVER; AE 185 Providence. Kindling a Fire. One day I was left home to make dinner. Mother and father had gone nmflcflsmmmm ANURRY 1, Tors e e —————— ~ the value of coffee(i:rthe " price per cup rather than the price,ner pound,” = A pound bag of La Tou- raine may “cost slightly more.% Even sb it is the| .7 : ' most “economical coffee for | . Ryou to buy and use. It ;1 goes further, it serves better, ) it satisfies. aTouraine | ~ 35 a pound —all grocers. MR. HOOVER'S MUTTON, by Ch arles Maneer, Age 11, of Norwich. trele, pioturss taken they. nnd their promised curls, eimost in tears, quired the causeé. ‘wasn't going school. such nice, shiny desks. thought it was a very pretty little school.” -b,‘nt a little school I once visited.” ton, m was the superintendent of the schools in that county. Visited the schools with her. “we went to a little school around the cabin. When we got to the | woods. or stone, or brick, preat, brown sods, cut gparth, and the roof was mad: of three Ereat cottonwood trees out of which the life was msl gune and the twigs wwere still spro were when their pretty littje teacher told. them to arange their books nice- Jy in their desks before going out to reces: their ‘desks were ‘made of? nailed to four smooth boards, just big. enough to hold their books und slate, were the new déesks that had been put in the day before, flowers and found ground-nuts. That Bort of school would look very queer were proud of it om going to like this school ane:__gll. L answered he was a sepsible boy, he could not help getting the truth of the situation. He was the only one who was having an unpleasant dl'ne. . not ‘going to. Be a silly, and have no fun,” said.Ward., “Hi, fel lows, ‘will you-let me'in the game 1 . d “Why, of course, if yeu Wan: to play Prisoners, -Base,” shid the ieads “I want to play..what: the does,” said' Ward. He 'had Aeimed that in play or work the game “does not fall to pieces because the pouiters dwp bu! 'No one really: misses them. plen- The Freshly OL'ISE WELTIN,, Age 14. GI'OUHd 0 ee - LaTouraine coffee is ground by your grocer when you buy it. None of its strength has been lost through long standing in bags or cans. All the * life, the richness, the flavor, have been preserved for you. | Norwicl The Sod Schoolhou One day after school Eva came in Her mother in- fer. crowa, Eva said that she was sure she to like her new school. “I'm sure I'm not going to like this Our school in the city had The desks in thia one are not so pretty and the win- | {1"of cheertul ones to. u N (e b~ e 14, The goodness 6f La Touraine is sealed in the plump, round dow panes are so small es, and the work or fun goes on, The coffee beans, the pick of the world’s markets. ‘Why,” exclaimed ~her ~ mother.| pguter, himseif, is the only ioser. : “When T was there the other day T AL BERT PHILI PS, Age 12. 3 2% Versailics, Distinctive in quahtyjs are all Quinby products. , She said, “Let me tell you a great friend, Mrs. Nettle- LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. His’ Three Ducks, - Dear Uncle: Jed:, Last spring m: = SHTERS mother gave me some Gucks’ ,‘}’m ssn’; = Your dealer realizes that cvery salt of @ Quinky product makes & old me ind a setti en. So v 7 s vk it g L mn:d e . _satisfied customer. That's why be recommends La Touraine 5 1 got a box and put some straw in it ' and put the hen on the nest. After awhile she hatched nine littie ducks. The rats caught four and the fain kill- ed two. T fed thé others and they grew to big ducks. Papa sold them and gave me therc { dollars. . RAYMOND M. YOUNG, Ate 6. ‘W. S. Qu.'mby‘ Companytl ‘j Boston — Chicago ™ 1 sometimes One day in * the o “This schoo! was not made of wood, Tt was made of ont of the 00d ' sliding. ~ Along - With” several friends I skated to school, having much fun. We also skated back homa. Afterwards we decided to slide. We glided along at & great rate of speed. I and three other girls wanted to see how we would fare going back- wards. “'We chained our sleds together and slid down a hill, but we never had a good turn; we either "tipped over or went into the gutter. At last we went farther than usual, but we coulq not see what was going on be- cause we were going backwards. The next thing we knew we were under a|. team. It was a mystery how we pass- ed_the horse without being hurt. A “We ‘crept from under the t much excited, 'h-vlns had enough sud- Deat Uncle Jed:- Richmond was a|ing for that "day. very rich boy and Charlie was very{ I dlm'*t thlnk I shall slide bm~ poor. wards an: One morning as they were going to KATHLEEN JOHNSON Age 13. school Richard began throwing stenes| Baltic. t ®harlie. Charlie was very mad, ot 1o forgave him for this time. And how hfixfil lhe children’s faces ' ~And what do you suppose Going to Buy Thrift Stamps; Boxes Dear Uncle Jed: I Have ' a twin brother Raymond..He -is six years old. He is writing te yéu. W are in the se¢ond grade at schoel. Papa gave me, one. dollar for feeding the chickens Raymond and 1 are going to buy war thriff stamps. with our money. RICHMOND A. YOUNG, Age $. just “At recess we went out and picked but those children certainly “Well,” said Eva slowly, “perhaps I “T-a1d-my old_one.” MILDRED GRANDY, Age 12. Yantic. The Real Loser. ‘play Duck on a Rack” ‘ard in a loud voice. T want t; away to spend the day in Hartford. It was necessary to make the fire, as it was cold in the kitchen and the €as did not give enough heat. Tt was the first time I ever had to make the fire in the kitchen stove: but I thought I could try it anyway. 1 started it two or three times and it all proved a failure. T called up my aunt and told to_come over and kelp me. She came. This is the way ehe mado the fire in the stove: First she icok ai few newspapers and poked them down 50 they stuck out on the hottom of the grate. Thep she put in pieces of wood which were ot very big. She opened the dampers to ai air and opened th drafts. She lit the Papers where the ashes fall. When the wood _started to burn she put eome bigger pieces of wood on and then some - coal. After she put the coal on she told me to pyt some more on when the coals- were all red, 1 did as she told me and the fire was all right. MIRTAV SHERSHEVSKY, Age 9. Norwich. A Trip to New Jersey. Alyear-ago last simmer, after school was let ou I thought I wouid like to spend my vacation in New Jersey at my- cousin’s, _ So_one night'my mother and I left on the half-past ten train.. We ar- rived in New London after 11 o'clock. Then we took the midnight boat. It was such a lovely night on the boat I did not sleep much. Just before we landed in New York We got off the boat and took the trolley and then we took the ferry to Jersey City ang then we took a train to my cousin’s home in Patterson. 1 spent two weeks there and 1 had a lovely time. 1 visited very many in- teresting things theré, among these was the Newark Museum. There I saw them making dishes with clay and saw a lot of faney around there, numerous. to meation. We came back by train and wken 1 £0t home T had lots to tell FLORENCE HALL, Age 10. Norwich. The Foster Twins. Tt was thé day before Dorothy was away to teach school In Mill- , and was just packing her trunk, when Lisa and Polly came rushing in. Dorothy was the oldest in a family of seven. Polly and Lisa were twin sisters, each seven..years old. The twins never had their picture tak- en that Dorothy could take with her. and look at when she was jonesome. 1{ 8o father decided to take them to a photographer. They were promised to have curls, but Dorothy was too busy to make them. So they rode away In the sur- rey disappointed. At last they arrived and were seated in the chair in the photographer's studio. Lisa remembered the water waves she was promised. while Polly smooth- ed her hair flat to-her head, Just as the man said Took at the birdle, Lisa pushed her hand through f foor, il another cannon ball pass-|one side of the hair while Polly_twist- cali at The Bulletin businecs office fof | eq just over his head, split his sad-|ed her ¢ves to sec. . hem Mter 1) & mM.idle, and broke the poor animal's| The next day when the pictures were brought home Dorothy and _ mother, and John Jaughed till tears rolled down their checks. John said, “Polly like Iooked Buppy half chewed up? Dorothy said she would hang them on the foot of the bed to make, her smile when she felt [onesomé. The next e Polly and Lisa hld Prisoners, “You ousht not ask all the rest to give up to you." rather { other took anvay Ward's breath stalked over near the fence in gloomy soiicitude, and watched the rest play They were having a lovely tlme with- out shouting wholeheartedly. w{would not have noticed that he had dropped out. I saw The Statue of Liberty which |’ e |was a beantiful sight. In this one Toom most of the village children ré- ceive their only education, They enter here at kindergarten and here remain through the primary and grammar dishes which school children had mfade |+ T saw many other things there too{ . A True Story. Dear Uncle Jed: I.am going to tell|* you a true story about a dear little girl and how she spent her Christmas. She was very poor and Christmas Eve the. little girl ran to her mother and asked her if she would have any- thing for Christmas and she also ask- ed her if Santa would stop at her house. Her mother told her that she would not get anything for this Christmas for they were t00 DOOT. The little girl ran to her bded and began_to cry. “When her mother was sound asleep she ran to the chimney fire and put her little shoe there.. She was expect- ing Santa. In the early morning she woke up. She ran to her shoe. What do you think she saw there. She saw a little bird sitting in her shoe, and she took it out and ran to her mother. Her mother was very glad. Since that the little ‘girl always felt happy. LEOZA CYR, Age 12. Jewett . City. All Children Should Do Their Share. Dear Uncle' Jed: There were sev- 7 eral cold days and the ground was all . - : fce. - Some of the boys went skating > . . g on the street and others went sliding. We couldn’t stay out long because it {was so cold. We- could go into the house. - But think of the soldiers out in the fields in this cold. We say it is cold out doors but we can go indoors. But they perhaps have to guard' the camps. We are all sorry for them. ;| 1 am knitting faceclothes for them, ang later T will make scarfs and other | useful things for the soldiers. I will @lso try to buy thrift stamps which will help. I think that all the children should do_their share. 4 JENNIE LAMOINE, Age 11 Voluntown. A Birthday Party. Dear Uncle Jed: I went to the par- ty of Blizabeth Blackburn. She was L : g Efi years old on the 12th of January. v . £ beth zave prizes. I got first orize . 3 s which was a piece of cake and some candy, and I got last prize which was ; {2 little vase. < . . We Lazy Mary and the Far- j 4 “lmer in the Dell. Then Elizabeth plaved on the piano. Her mother called us t6 lunch and we had hot cocoa, sandwiches, cooki cake. Tt was about § o'clock when i 2ot home. EDNA WEAVER, Agze 10. “But ‘evervone else wants to play e,” pointed out John. Next morning Charlie woke up and washed and dressed. Then he ate his brealkfast. When he was goinz to school Richmond saw him. He threw some more stones and tried to hide, but Charlie saw_him. He was very mad and so Charlie ran aftér him. He caught him, and then slapped him. When their mother knew that they made each of their sons shake hands. And after that Richmond and Charlie ‘went to school together. JOSEPH ANTON, Age 1t. Jewett C! Stiding Backwards. Dear Uncle Jed: The rain that had frozen on the streets made it possible for us to have good skating and also jay Duck on a Rock. said John. “then you can with someoné else. We'd Prisoners, Base.” his threat was received He play The way him. They were running and Tn fact, you He watched for a while, and since THE DRUMMER BOY, by John Lee, Norwich, Conn, ASHFORD vigorously profesting that they wani no such scinool as that. - Versamel L PRILLIPS, A 13- pyjiet Lays Quarter-pound Egg—lce v 2 R | 25 Inches Too Thick for Harvesting . WESTMISNSTE STER il Ji ford has a Wys.ndotle' pullet that laid an egs m Annual Famine—Funeral of Oscar Peck. A second sermon on Maj was preached by the pastor. life must feed on life. Two great laws of action, selfishness and self denial. Instances iilustra of the iatter and our “if any man | will-follow Me, let him deny himself” were cited. Considering the snow of the early morning, and the continued abomina- ble walking, a fair sized audience was present in the morning. All but one of the audience stayed in the church- sohool, this one having to leave for & good cau Suyervmor ‘Bliss was here Friday. Thrift Stamp Clubs. Thrift stamp clubs are being formed. by pupils to include grownups as well as themselves. All are invited to be- 59 and weighing one-quarter of & pound. | pJirs, Poart sdams, a patient at Ao Day Kimball hospital, is rapidly proving and expects to be home soon, Loren Bosworth has béen in_town moving hay which he bought of Ga~ bor Kosa a_year ago. William Poole is_unable to fill his ice house now, as the ice on his pond is 26 inches thick. Providence. A Mexican School. Dear Uncle Jed: A traveler in Mex- ico some years ago. tells this curious and characteristic story. He was jour- neying along with several Mexicans in a public conveyance. They Werse go- Jing at a leisurely rate, but presently the bus stopped, the ‘driver got down, gisappeared into a house. Minutes |passea and he did not return. The Mexicans sat there serenely, as if they ‘had forever to get to their destina- tions. But the American grew impa- tient, and presently got down, and went into the house to see what had become of the driver. { He found that' he had entered a schoolroom. Several children were sitting about studying or reciting from. one of their religious books. But the schodl wae also a barber shop, and the teacher was shaving the driver. \ Besides these combined utilities it ‘was also a shelter for livestock. Sev- eral goats and chickens wandered about among the scholars, and seemed Felt Wretched Uniil He Started To Take “Fruif-a-tives” 594 CmaxpraiN St., MONTREAL, *For two years, I was a miserable. sufferer from Rhewmatism and Stomath Trouble. 1had frequent Dizzy Spells, and when I took food, felt wretched end sleepy. I suffered from Rheu- matism dreadfally, with pains in my back and joints, and my hands swollen. A friend advised “Frait-a-tives” and from the outset, they did me good. After the first box, I felt I was gething zell and 1 can trathfully say that “Fruit-a-tives” is the only medicine thathelpedme”, LOUIS LABRIE, 50c. a box, 6for §2.50, trial. sise, 250, long. Faithy Adequate, True, Sufficient, is the topic . for the mid-week home praves. sorvices. Saturday_evening Fred Green had a surprise party to mark his birth- day.. ‘Annual Meeting. At the deferred annual meeting of the Westminster Ecclesiastical Society Monday, Jan. 21, several new mem- bafs were admitted- and routine bus- fness transacted. Columbus Smith was elected wuditor for the ensuing year, and sexton of Smith cemetery. Frank Linnéll, employed at Eagle- ville, was a week-end visitor in his home. Louise Raymond has returned from a_trip to New. York. Hulii Senior froze his feet lately, and is making good recovery. Out of Oil. Recently, residentsaof the hill, in some cases, had to keep good hours, v s o baraues” they and both stores were e R t of oil; oilmen not delivering on all deslersorsent postpaid by Fraif. “How would vou like to £0 to & schoo] | U like that? As you think of your fine |26couRt of roads. a-tives Limited, Ogdemsburg, N.Y, Funeral of Oscar Peck. The funeral of "Oscar {Peck_took place last Saturday, Jen. 26, Burial was at Smith cemetery. buildings with pictures, pianos, books; your- fln\ver gardens and playgrounds outside I hnc! I hear m children s IONA. a Cn.mp Fir‘ Girl, by Dorothy King, Aked 13, of m Church Mesting — Brief Oil | fnches one way and 6 1-2 the nr 3 MISERIBLE FRON STOMACHTROUBLE - i