Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 14, 1918, Page 9

atores ‘or letters only mltv-'l truel Fou gay—Be truel ’lmd.‘ m ‘N‘p‘ U' Ill Hi‘hfi Today' I told my mr Jane T'd st up Yor the night, ” And Wateh the sun come.up again To ‘make the world all jbright. But sipee it mwent:down gold and red Behind thé great big hill, Whyy evervbody’s gone to bed things are very still "lour o'clocks are fast asleep, way up in a tree a robin faintly peep, -night” he says to me. moon is one big candle lit d hung up in the sky: idn't ever get to,it, I should try and try. ¢ owl, he sits up very late nd says: “To Whit, To Whoo." o poppies nod beside the gate, J: think I'm sleepy, too. ~From John Martin's Book. i feot, A strous dog, in manner wild; often had he chanced to meet deg o flerce of mien. the man loved all good dogs, one's appearance made his | roorn, rt most umcemfoftably fast, beads of perspiration start terror on his brow. 3 the two met face to face, hen—jo, what was the m: prise » To. the ereature but a pup mildest aspect, with soft eyes nd friendly wagging tail! 5 !fi:"su‘t-"a‘r 3 sur- m; must be sither 2'3-16° wide doubls column. The: lines. must ety fourtiv bk, wen, - come: within thm ‘ measure- for single column, and 4:6°16 for 0-- with an extra Stamp for " Mrs. Haton's living room presented | dvors. R . & Every mother breathes a sigh est pleasing picture’ one winter's ‘W fl-fle thiflg right ;lws 0 i in 18 pa i cessful unlnu- mln. mm W out. nl um- things big shtn‘- g usp and the doing of these ftrivial Ry R s on pictures uu:' wall decora.uq f °s into practical use. A 1. oge end of the Jour h you will want to be -nqmu 5 | Bats anly ehild, al ui 1 all business in a general landscape. appear: in your vicinity and lives near your jof m H 00k, Was opem, hm lu u will want to study the bflnfll residence. was not studying for he sem.d to be mu up uou thoroughly.” Thus mm g thor- ; — - 2 ° 2 ; relief- when she first tries the North not 9 § Carplina treatment, Vick's VapoRub,| Al- and chest the My heat insredhnu the form- ynu . ; vapors, _ inbaled with each his . ¥ reul. il night long, carry the medi- The first flower of &r‘\b"flkmfi. in a meditalive mood. His elbows never ta be forgotten avcning onded.” - e and one that rivals rested on the table and his hands sup. Guy left scheol the next cation direct to the air passages and ueibr'thennl bl will o, Solor, tn my estimetion, ln the. Aanile) | Ortad Bls head: | Ons. oouls asty dis- |on the folawing WARInG o Srelend GeE Tungs. AL tho sem time VapoRo lign. It arrives at the choiee pertion nrn his wayy light locks, which were |himself at the desk of one of of year which in this latitude answers pmnr style. He was so lost |larzest business houges in the ndjoin- to the description of the frst of in d? J“outhz ‘that his mother who |ing city. He was shown into ;%g. Spring. other side of the table |ing room whore twenty oe thirty boys h : 1 / o s fi i - P Bafore this, wintet is ‘apt’ty return |working fine embroidery, looking sat waiting their turn to be calied into . - > on its traces and blight the mnlu ve:;:ai“oamy with an auxious look |the private office for the managers of ; Fon thes winter evenings (you imeed t attracting his attention. the establishment to interview them. . - 4 s long m ( ? the parching and panting and After a time Guy raised his head | - They iere well dressed, alert and beauties of the year, and later, solving heat of summer, In the and pushed his hooks aside. rose: and |smart-looking lads, as a whole, genial interyal nature is in- all her|took a seat by the side of his momer. each wore a dejected look when freshness and fragrance. The rains|saying with a smile eame out of the office, are over and gone; r.ha flowers begin | “Mather, eur‘ You must let’ me| Although Guy was sure that to appear upon the earth; the time of |leave lehua}, for it is my duty and | would share the same fate ags the the singing of birds is come; and the |the right thing.to do.” er fellows he quickly vesponded voice of the turtle is heard in the| “But, Guy,” replied she, *“If you |person when his name was called. fand. The trees are mow in their full- |could secure an education you could r. Foster ~glanced at woods are gay with the clustered flow- |aiso commang a higher salary; then pointed questions. ers of the laurei; the meadows are|You could care and look out for me enameled with clover blossoms, while |2s you wish, and I would not say a manager, but he could give ne|father went out to feed the hens. I|skinned and sold the pelts when dry Remember that at the PanamaPacific A -Bposiee the yopng apple, the peach and the [word. i 1 7 IR M Going 86, for | went with him. There are two gray | for five dollars. With this money Exposition, Sonora won highest - ’ By Louella C. Poole plum in io swell, and tho eherry| “That is just what I have ‘tried to the other boys were all carefully |Squirrels.that live in our cornhozgse|Zoing to buy, thrift stamps to helpwin score for tone quality. . 4 to_glow abong the green leaves. think, mother, dear: but you are worth dressed and he had noticed that many | They were in there at this time. Our |the war. - ; A man, walking down a road, | This is the chosen eason of revelry|more to me than a high sehool edu-|of their hands and finger nails were |dog was along with us, "Phe sauirrels ALVIN LACHAPELLE, Age 13. $50, 955, $60, $90, $115; $150, $180, rushing toward him, on sWwift|ef the dandelion. It is to be found in|cation, if it is to deprive me of you.!carefully. cared for; but their teeth |saw him and were frightened and one| Canterbury. the midst of long, flaunting weeds, |sinee you had 'the fever vou are net |that d]:1 part of his person had looking up at the sun, strong and often have/bad attacks and |1« ed; ,|and waso't mewed up in a sehool- |it is.not good for vou, and that you|fice boy, so he dismissed ought not to do it. Since your imvest- | As Guy bade him geod morning As spring fades into summer, the|ed mondy has ceased paying interest |went from the room he stoaped to and assumes blown away. 3 LBAH L'H. HALL, Age 12. |siven up your hope for a college edu- [erything, so he reealled him. Sterling. cation for me: but it must not be.| After a few preliminaries Guy ———t Your attacks come oftener. It must |engaged, as an office and errand W*e from his mouth he dropped a|ily. Others, belonging to neighbors, apd he thinks 1 am in the right. He |employer or employe. $ stone 4he man's feet, as if to say: - , T4 be obliged to you If #mly you would please to play game of ball with me!™ , awkward, loving pup ' he, quite innocent of guile; was that big man, was expecting all the while meet 4 savage beast! “Fow often is it thus in life, Saqme bugbear connected with our history, serenading! educatign, for I can attend night {In thesopen air or to slight some Tha ekl Eat Wo Dot Wis Thnined longer but where “there is a will there [and businesslike manner. thing the matter with one paw. ;::1;”}:'?\::\; a business man In the (assisted him by giving him pri Next came Mutt, with gray angora 4 Vas), oL dacided th cive Mt %eras|0f Your plans, for I, realize that T am [passed the was promoted to higher full of sickening |sene bath. This memorable bath not not able to do enough this work o |sitions ard was able to suppo: lves as morning ' dew.” mn-ed the man as on_he sptd [®scaped. His reproachful howls moved T e easy TeRTOAChIL) noWLs moved | ctieek lovingly with his lips, as he|made a partner. Forts % e’ peon 1o mmon boa. fysald:: L know vou aid, but now I'will| He has saved a small sum of money | SficInoon while thelr uncie tald them ;o VY FISK, Aze 12 JED'S TALK TO ' WIDE: {ow months iater he dissppeared. | PYl, ¥, shovider to the wheel and yeu | {°F thie purpose, Bt his Snilites and | “imey arivea home- at six ool Forss I AWAKES,- MGy we have two cats, Qui Vive|™ uncieco fast, my hoy! You must|money usually reaniredr - °r. 1| very tired and hungry, but verv ham My Trip to New Haven. ows } gnd Bijou, Qui Vive is & dear. e | omember that vou will have to hegin| He always credited His success {0 FANNIE GREEN, Age 14 || Dear Unele Jed: T started out last pussy willows have burst their | has caug wu”;":memc‘:::::”“‘;‘“; at the foot of the ladder and climb |his mother's early training in teaghing| S¢fth Coventry. August with my father on the eleven nd are parading in fur as silky big rat that he could mot Kill it. up, o you will mot earn very much|him to pick up things and placing o'clock train and went to Williman- hair upon mole's skin, And | Bijou is & sily little thing, She is|MOREY at first; but I shall not have |them in ther right, or in a se re mathering them and putting | actually atfaid of a tiny mouse ang|10.40 %0 much.'and gradually less and |place. . less of it. Very many times our prosperity It in vases of water to see them ::::;;“:;“g’mf’,‘;r";fn::: Tt ohe |, “Beginning at the foot means that [successes hang on a very gle throw off .,.l.,, furs and display their | S0 it m wour 1an far hours ety |lf. You make a number one office or (thread at the beginnine. As tassels. arefolg friends and have been - ex- | 308 Is her ugual cHanging greetings for 2 million years dueing plants on New England soil, How do you suppose Uncle Jed Beauty and is of a grayish color wlt‘; boil when there was a sharp rap-at t trees in New England? It is because in sub- | hears the least noise he will set him. knows these are the olde: 5ol near them. All-over ‘the wod- where iceberga are defiantly. jooking up at them—it S3d affectionkl tice vour early training of putting and |small doings for great enterprises having evervihing present a brjzht ap- [small things combined together. pearance, not allowing any ‘dust to collect in the corners or behind the' N. H. My Pet Cat. est follage and brightest verdure; the [attain a higher position ir life and kaenlv as he plied him with many Guy’s manner and answers pleased | Is fond of chasing squirrels. One day | 8ix muskrats this season which T the sweet smelling meadows and in|l am in my third vear. You know (bhad been neglected and -Goy's pruvea of them ran out and our dog chased nt. P Vot Mr. Foster hesitated for | (o & larse oak tree, It was fun o 560 | Dear Uncle Jed: There is o kind of The dandelion was the envy of my |this fine embroidery in your eondition - was not reason enoush to prove |them going. star just now that is the hope of the girlhosd. It had no lessons and ¢uk- strains your eyes and the doctor says |that he had the making of a good of-| I hope that the Wide-Awakes have dandelion changes its suiz of yellow|and both principal and interest are{up a pin, and stuek it in his eont. A Y it showing itself from the it lost, you have apdlied yoursel o that | M Foster percsived the act and A Day in thé Woads, O s The flower i§ now eud of plucked | work continually that I might be able | deci that he was an exceptional John and Herbert’s uncle had prom- | of the poor. You see the stone and ma by dogens and having its feathers|to finish the high school course and|led, one who would keep things in |j; f the wealthy and se: T don't think that you have reslly their biaoe and N & BInse Jor ev- ised them that he would go.into the|ble palaces of e y hoy kiss. Rars SR be me and not vou to be the worker. |to begin work the next marming. Tis | Friin M o very mischicvous | oorane Save it dte st kiss. Ra We have BES- Sonk<aRty- {3 our Shen= T talked with Principal Falkner today !decision never was regretted by elther . t 1 , At th tie, Bl rs nestling_tor Ly, Others, pelonging to nelehbors|ays T need not necessarily end my| Guy was tempied at timen to lnker | by Sy o tne o sots may g GARN. Sars DK, connected Tith our hislory, serenadind|schools ‘and even an evening business [tastetul work that he might Ainish it Rome the report that Hiey 20 esni Kour hansing al nlons. chrride ifs AR s o 7O d(n‘x’:’e e - under|cOllege and prepare myself for a bus- |sooner, but he persevered to do what| b ;Em, ey’;' iness ocareer; Of course it wi)l take |was required of him in a.thorough er : ke their uncle. . They prapared| You, who are one of the millions of is-a way" S6 please dear give your| He attended a night school three | ¥ e 3 Rose of New England. All I can re- o ol breakfast and their mother put them|passersby, salute these mute pro- Rose of New England. Al I can re-|consent 1o my leaving school and to |evenings a week and his old principal Joseons, o ail his spare. time. oven | Vhen they started. Every time I see you, Little Blue “I am gorry we lost our money. my |the holidays were spent in studyingz, tan e . s 2 s fhur and Souble pave T thousht helwon,cang I withdraw my disspproval| From time to time as the ears |18 up nuts and having a joyful time|eway. Maybe now, “Oyer There, defray all our expenses” and her lips . He had heen'a clerit, hepa | SO%is of tricks. l'_';,"'":‘:t"}"fm.“,f‘v';:“”,‘:"min‘:‘figy fluivered, as she added “as I wanted |bookkeeper and stenographer,ard i . Joon Euey S foundl -2 Badl, to! now one of the leading assistant man- Jand. " -} can gis ; > 3 3 ibe pall of kerosene he objected and{i®ype 1y 1aq ‘bent and touched her |Rgers head saissman, and will soon be | A3 1 Was 8 comfortable place they | ~Soldier oy, already you are immor Guy’s :ll\‘lrk Ertdu 1y ]?etiflstdl;awz\ un%:r.ml We had lets of candy and ice cream errand boy or even perform the work |picking up the pin and placing it |thoush to myself that it wds probably|and after dinner we went for a ride vy Mg B e "‘fll‘;“:’!‘;‘;‘v{"‘d of a janitor or of a orter in a cred- |carefully away brought him success, | & Muskrat that was causing the trou-|on the horses and we had a ride on b/ Frost and the pussy willows ’:mf ntish, sle:;'y ftable manner, you will put into prac- (%0 we should never dekpise the day of gt SMITH, Age 14, |(eePing evervthing in its place: and |big undertakings are made up of many [&nd some apples and set oyt to eatch | o'clock and landed in New London at ey grow on a-shrub, not upon a| Norwich. trge. and. this willow shrub was @oubtiess one of the first wood-pro- DIANA. 1 set the trap in water abouwt four the a phonograph and yonwn.ll selewthe one famous for its beauty, the 4 nghalCIdekmg“mm_fluwuu onog CLEAR aS A BELL S| THE JANUARY 0OLD WAVE 1918, by Catherine E. Kirby of Norwich, 11th prize 0.25, boi —— o in | black and tan. We got him when we | winter months; the kind of traps T set | went to the Norwich fair. A lady|fre called figure fours, because the him | gave him to me. I like him, for he is sticks which form part of the trap are & loving dog. In the shape of a figure four when set Toodle likes to sit in our lap and|up. For bait T use apples. [ caught $200, 9215, $300, $375. 9500, $10000 fimmwhh-fl'm INCORPORATED. ‘The other squirrel ran behind the dos The Little Blue Star, world. a pet like this. & 1 mean the little blue star _that and ALICE KRUE, Age 10. |is hanging in the windows all ove: pick | Norwich. Amsrica. unpretentious out-of-the-way homes woods with them en Saturday. But|cure. With'its background of white, he had told them that they had to be|and then red. Wa8|good at scheol, or else he would noti Love put the Little Elue Star there boy and jt was hard for him ito be-| Sometimes there is a company of dis. the end of the week both boys brourht | gether. But the solitary Little Blue very good. force and meaning of pathos and pa- Saturcly dawned a very bright| trietism as displays through it were morning. The beys were,up early and | among hundreds. il up a good Junch, It was about seven | tectors of your freedom. They roamed about the woods, pick-| Star. I think of one you represent far h their ' uncle. They climbed| And I think of the life you have birches and swung over, and did all{so wiHingly given. And I think of the life that has, as willingly, given shady | you. For mothers can't fight, but they spot ‘and sat down to eat their lunch. | can give, 0- s stayed there the greater part of the|tal; » The Musky Muskrat. tie and I had to change trains to go One day when I was passing near | Hartford where I had to change and |2 pond T heard a queer noise. I looked |trains again then we were on our way nder | Out on the pond and saw a large white | to New Haven. cure | the chair swings. - 7 a3 N staria To: homo apogt dbnr A GOOD TARGET, by Abraham Markoff of m"r?mh. 6th prize 025, e, and| The next night I took my steel trap Mr. Muskrat. seven and then we took the train for g Norwich. There we had some candy| Wednesday and wwich weighed 30: inches deep. About.a foot over thelang ice cream, pounds. trap I had pieces of apples on. stick then started for homs and ws Shot Two Foxes. fire at his home recently which @i a large amoun¥ of ~damage. To begin with my eat's name very sharp looking eves. the kitchen door. fun and be down again for the Heauty is a very fine hunter. If ha| My father went o the door and |l28Ses within a few minutes, up. ~ This means that it is time for [ were making molasses candy he said IR #ales of laughter and gossip me to gt up. that he disliked foed containing mo- not a blessed one of us thought of I though I could get my share of the |reaching for the apples. ALICE HUSSEY, Age 12. |time in the same swamp. Mr. Thomas saw that it was an old man who had| But Uncle Bill was in a teasing|the trap which I set for him. He had| Baitic. has been very success‘m] so far this arstie'countrie where the icebergs are | ¥lf ready to. catch a mouse, lost his way in the woods. Father |M00d and prolonged the diversion ajhis leg almost gnawed off. I imme- — retirine these dwarf wiliows are among | A7 (Ne morninz he is up in my room |invited him in and seated him near |lons time. Then he had so much news | diately skinned him and put the skin | and jumps on the bed and wakes me [the fire. When we told him that we| !0 tell the folks that supper went off the firgt things to grow. on the sandy We morning the chimney at E. P. Knee- so that. the muskrat would get caught |janded in Baltic at half past eisht | James A, Thomas proved his skill|land's and & cmmne;' at O. A. Nettle- Whan we got home we were very tired|as a fox hunter Friday when he shot|ton's were afire but both fires wera mo- | Farly the next morning I went over | byt we _enjoyed the ride very much. |two gray foxes within a very short|put out before any damage was done. to the pond and found a muskrat in season in capturing sly Reynard. ;Ne:td Hrdv- Ar‘;’ny officers being on a shingle to streteh. * Looking For the Cows. Theodore Bland is confined to his | OTdeT ho;&;}vfi:t R and| Affer that I tried to catch another| Dear Tincle Jed: One day my two "e; FLF:L‘QM:TQSQ"L“L e Wflflest Tospiay st e S that | many times, .but I couldn’t catch an- | brothers and I were in the waods ohn. Istenes snd 3 ouise Istenes o . New York, |military set of the town. They will Duciee the das be Is.ob Disy with]hecas old molasses! I went to bed full of | other muskrat. looking for vur cows. On the way we |fe spending a_rew da).s in New York. |, accompanied Dy their families, the ] s me, SuPAPing On one ChAlr LT am| Hessing this, we wers anxious fo]|98ndy and excitement. The muskrats most. always live in|saw a rabbit. We had a dog with us Chimney Fire. first to arrive being Capt. and Mrs. meniice the land these little willows sitting.on and geting on.my shoulders, | know the reason, so he told us.this|. At b father called us as.usual and as|Donds, brooks and marshes. Their|and he chased the rabbit into a hole in| George A. Mills had a bad.chimney | Charles H. Merrill and daughter. } then climbing on my head and jump-|story of his experience: I was dressing an ear-piercing scream | home consists chiefly of dead graas|the ground. is the -habit of the little willows to|ing to the floor, sometimes “#:lling always be in sight of frost and snow and fee; they thrive where icebergs an- his nose and getting hurt, but very from top to bottom. seldom. a boy, it was my special duty to go down cellar” every evening and draw Many, many vears ago, when 1 was |$i0denly scemed to cleave the house|ind small sticks ~They are a dark; We waited about a minute when the ‘With one bound I was downstairs, | {all about ten inches long. rahbit in his mouth. brown color, \with a very hard black |dog came out of the hole with the ‘ Sometimes when 1 am coming back : and the confusion led me atreight| ,Their food is chiefly fish and ocea-| /fter we had walked abont a mile — ¥ and snow-covered mountains refiect | from school T call him and al of o | i ol e, lor supper. I remember | down into the eslar! What a_sight |slonally 2 duck we saw _the cews on the hill and ws 1heeaties of- Ik 4 th dde: Harts i as | fhat this night of which T am speak-|met my horrified eyes! ‘Thers was| HOWARD S. GARRIGUS, Age 15. - | chased them home. ;,.c rs of the sunset and the sun- freg i b u‘mon“:n Tn ):vl;n-ys ‘qr:fitr:‘t::l:‘l;rn;fimifilt!heseel:::';'i mother standing several inches deep| Storr [ We drove the cows to the barn and Y in molasses and f had to milk them and we’got ahout The willows, like the crocuses, are | T8 I €Ty him heme i family and go down to that dark, cold d father trying to pull frost-line plants and they parade in all their finery in frost-laden airwhere [best to eave’ him. T made most plantg would &ie. New. England was once coverell with lce ana we picnic beside boulders | very well and has not heen sick since. I T ception, T had no sooner gotten down where the water must, have once been OVILA BLANCHETTE, Age 13- | cellar when I heard voices of greet-| pojqic 400 feet doep: and these willows were| ~Danielson. and laughter upstairs and T knew s here on the frost-line just as early as Natufe would permit, and this is how Unclp Jed knows the dwarf willows and Jack Frost have been exchanging| greetings for a million years. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.| If a penny is given to them or earn- Earl Phillips of Baltic—I thank you very miueh for' the prize book you sent|and every time they have money p\u ma entitied Bob, the Castawdy. I have|it in until they have saved 26 cen he would die, but I tried to do my|moelasses had filled up the big piteher, a nice warm and was better. After his illness he was We all went to bed, pleased Sure enoush, this night, without ex- | " Seory Uh‘:le Bill had come. In an instant ¥ Children in the United States can help to save jt in a great many ways. ed they should not buy candy and sweets, but put it into a little bank read It through and found it very In- [Then they can give their rnonw ln teresting. 7 their teacher or take it to the post- Williamsen of .Norwich— |Office and ask for & thrift stamp and T e b hor Lo ih | card on which to stick It. Then take Thres Lattie Women. 1 have|the card home and put it away care- read it and found it very interestin, fully in a good place; then ¥ more Eloreda Reil of Voluntown—Many|TONeY 18 earned buy another until you thanks for the prize book you sent me haye filled the card. Keep the card entitied. The: Boy ~ Inveniors' Radic' until 1923 and send it te Washington, Telephone. As far as T have read it is very interesting. and receive $5. This is one of the best ways to help the government in winning the war. Lillie_Bedo ¢f Voluntown—I thlnk Another way i8 not'to waste food. for the prize book u | When bread and things to eat are o ‘E&e tizled Ocean Wirpless |hard and stale these can be steamed, THE Wlfllm OF PRIZES. 1—Lsy Fiske, of Springeid, Mass The dare Boys and the Swamp Fox. .|pudding can be made, and rice and other thi ? o o1t % be, vaed childre 00 old to o n Tai backyard poultry, hogs and m:”y n:‘h 2nimals that do not cost much.'to —Alvin sells, of Camterbury |raise. A Thrift Stamp: - —The ?‘ nieers with the Sub- s—m of Ndrwich— ‘wash elml tor wristlef ‘_‘m A M ot Y“fle—m the- goldiers, which will help ernment. In dxrlfloll.llflum and trylng their M T hope that'all ehildren ‘will try and | do their best to help and win the war: h CARRIE A. G! - O&LADV.OF TODAY, by Catherine E. Kirby, of No_riv'wh. One day he fell sick and 1 thought | cellar and walt il that slow-moving | Der, OUt At last, after great strusgling, LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. ! D TRt ] Rapyity. e ! i a ; bed, while I was doing. this un; te- So mow you understand, children, | at school which we built out of cakes z Y — J Fave him his milk twice a day Il he | st rask . €rate- | why I don't care for molasses. mother was lifted out of her glippers polaasice 2 sure to happen up.|®"d. then father turned to me—! Dear Unecle Jed: We had a snow fort antfe. J to tl farm - ab 10.30 - VERONICA ROCHELEAU. |to capture us. '« We had a lot of snow | riy ba o b mupniar & pail of milk. BERNARD SCHATZ. of snow, and it was very strong. My Visit to the Farm. 0 > ohmm. with |~ 'We fight the other boys and capture| TDear Uncle Jed: We started to go ?—“Alt-%— . some if we can. The other hovs try rived about eleven. When we got thers | (3l == = nd balls in our fort. We kept firing them | the children were glad to see 5; 2] % Moflnm Know M at the -ather boys. They had a fort,| = After we had been there a while my ¢ Children's Patriotism. my mind was made \‘1‘1:. (Il ?l't the b Toodie. togzv h‘i:;::'fh;:‘ btfli;e.l;:flm fort and | COUSIn, Beatrice, wanted to go for 3 X - 3 We are now having war with Ger- |Ditcher under the cask and let the ve & pet dog named Toodie. He s haw t walk ' 'We went into the cemetery | M8 asses Tun in while I eped upstairs. |8 one and one-haif two outside. I am one of the boys|to get some arbutus, We found the Z = < many and s, of Couree, costs mol years old. He is| gytgide. One of our boye got ausht|cweetest and nicest I had seen. A : and his face rubbed. When we came back, they told us The bell rang then and we had to|the cow had got out of the pasture, 8o _in school and studs We chased it away over to our T hope all the Wide-Awakes had a | peighbor's, = We caught her after a fort like ours. hard batfle. - Running such a long JOSEPH GREBNE, Age 9. |time gave us an appetite. So we went in and had lunch. It consisted of milk, : cream, cake, and pineapple, and His Little Calf. ‘on;:gn 1 went home that nizht aft- Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to write] er having a verv good time. about my little calf. He was born BERTHA MATHEWSON, Age 13. on St. Valentine's day. I am going to| Veluntown. have a pair of steers. 1 am going to get another little calf to_mate him. My caif is black and white, T take care of him and feed him night and merning. idge and about . the e bunts me all around when T 50 :fl',’“; LS s s ;5 ns_o;t from" feeding him. ‘I call| "She is about eight vears old. After im Dick. vhil - K. NELSON MAIN, Age 10 | [F¢ had.had her a while she beghn lay. ing upstairs in the house and in a Mystie. few days changed her nest from up- stairs .to the wood-box behind - the A Mischievous Goat, “nv‘é; e (0 Dear Uncle Jed: My goat is a Nan. en we 2o out to feed the hens ny goat and we, called her, Pollyanna, | Bhe jumps into the pail and eats ths beeause she was so happy. J3ut she|feed until it is all gone; then we have was full.of mischief. We kept her in|to nut her on the xround She is so a shed near the house’ = When the|tame anyone can catch. he r. ‘Brass was we tied her to.a MABEL MAH\ Age 11. qnwbfir on "the Tawn. | But she got| Mystic. . tired of staying in one place o ;he : S wonld chew the rope in two and ther % Foc oo troubie”"Ehe' otz the wuise| LEONARD BRIDGE he flower bed and lettuce in t g = 5 in t‘; Mme'rm, ek the coties i 4. Al Thomas Shoots Two Gray Foxes ALOmonths ¢ the line, She would come in the . hnu}:o n the Sand Swamp—Recent Chim- - ‘(\ T if the door was open, or up on the i s 5 Do rch and, chaw ARG bhéem. | Sne goi| - 1Y Fires. 3 fa be such a muisance that We sold | Harold J. Cummings was in New| #“—J er. " e ndon the of the k fo WESLEY P. GARRIGUS, Ase 8. | chamination by the toasl bonrar Eouth Covenry. Miss Peters. Dear Uncle Jed: I am gzoing: to tell ou about my little pet bantam hen. er name is Miss Peters, She is the For llm Thirty Years s Btorrs. Mr, and‘Mrs. W. H. lcnuhlld of R A Columbia spent Friday with the form- 3d Trapping. er’s brother, Edwin P. Kneeland. Dear Uncle Jed: I set traps during, David Walsh butchered a hog onl