Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 25, 1918, Page 9

Size For The Bulletin They must be either 2 3-16 wide for single column, and 4 6716 for double column. The lines must come within these measure- be given vreference. Do not use over 250 words. “fi Original stories or letters only be used, { B Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the Lottom of the i Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “"Whatever you are—Be that! true! fact, Be nobody else bui you.” POETRY. Laughing Aprik * My name is April, sir; and I Often laugh, as often cry; . And I cannot tell what makes me; Only as the fit me smile and frown. 1 must le, Laughing the tears roll down. But ‘tis nnu;‘e. sir, n;t art! And I'm haj at my heart. " i —Selected. In God's Out of Doors. Beautiful things in the heart of the ‘woods, Silence and sweetness and songs of rds, - A gentle breeze in the leafy trees, And thoughts of peace too deep words. for \ Out of the clamor, and dust, and din, Into the woods as one enters in, Leaving the crowded, traveled way, Who will, may muse of heaven today. +—Margaret Sangster. An Arber Day Tree. Dear lu%e tree that we plant today, ‘What will you be when we're old and gray? The savings bank of the squirrel and mouse, For robin and wren an apartment house, The dres]aing-ronm of the butterfly’s ball, The locust's and Kkatydid's hall, The schoolboys’ ladder in pleasant concert une, The schoolgirl's tent in the July noon. And my leaves shall whisper them merrily A tale of the children who planted me. —Selected. My French Dell. When I make tea for my Mam'selle, She only wants a pinch, The wee-est slice of wartime bread— No digger than an fnch. Bhe never takes one little cake, Nor sugar in her tea, For Mam’selle says that she must fast With dolls across the sea. My Mam'selle takes her knitting bag, Ne longer will she dance, knits, all day, ce. But knits and knits and Tor soldier dolls in Fran —Bessie Cuhoone Newtor, Rochester Herald. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. in the The fields and brooks are very mvit- ing, and have been every spring since brooks began to flow and grass and vielets to grow. How lonz ago that was no man &rows. No one can tell how long ago men began to fish and to make gar- dens. Tt is likely that he began to fish some time after he began to hunt wilg game—defore a hook or twine had Been Invented. At first man tied together vegetable fibers and attached thereto a straight piece of bone over which he slipped a worm, and when the fish swallowed the worm the pulling of the fibre made the bone cross the fish's throat and held him. Tt was many centuries after this that a cut pole and a bent wirs or pin was thought of, and a great many more hundreds of years before the rod and reel and fiy were invented to im- prove the sport of anziing. Three or four hundred yoars ago the brook fishermen used to make their own flies, They carried with them the floss and the hair and the tinsel and thread to make flies with, and when they saw the fmh catching floating fiies they caught one of which the fish seemed most fond, and then proceeded t6 make a false ong as near like it as possible, and from this practice grew the great industry of making flies of many kinds to deceive the fish and to make their capture easy. You go to the brook with rod and THE RUNAWAY BABY, no name opended. RGN N Winning Wide~Awake Letters are rewarded with a Thrift Stamp, with an extra Stamp for every fourth book won. State your preference, stamp or book. —_— Boys Who go to the brooks learn they learn the habits of the birds and is a joy to them as long as thoy live. ‘When you go to the brooks, boys, stream which gives you sport. —1 thank you very much for the prize arrows and in some parts of China they have trained birds to go into the ['the heart ts wake her, water and bring the fish out to them.|softly and kissed her om LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Emma F. White of North Stonington something more than how to fish, for| . wake up ‘to the age of that pretty little | She feed the pold}ex'i" T ica, They are doing all they can us,'so we should do our best 16 and by Thrift Stamps help win the war, : Mr. Hoover has asked all the boys and girls of America to ext less candy and that will save more sugar for oar ‘boys over there. BERTHA KONIG, Age 11. Norwich. < - ' Grandma’s Angel. Bettie's grandmother. was very old and used to always take a nap in the afternoon. - : i 'One day Bettie's mother said: " “Go and see if grandma is read§ to er- for ¢ 3 line, with the most modern apparatus, °g:do tea, Betty. tty ran off to get grandma and to catchfish; but the wild men in hti.‘ifid h:sre fast k:;uleep én ‘her high arm 5 i i fish with | chair. tty knew that it was time South America still shoot fish wi for eriia s bul he hoked mot sweet, sitting ‘there, that she hadn't S0 she went up _on the cheek. Just then grandma opened eyes a.nc}i:a.wketty‘ lunfln‘m?fi* “Why, Pet, I just dreamed that flowers and insects and beget a love |little angel came and kissed me on the for Nature which endures, and which chézk." o e pointed Betty hag kh-?m for them, | Eetty smiled but said nothing. Then took her hand and they went to BLIZABETH SHAW, € qm;o. s S 14 ~EESR Blissville Busy Boesters, In_our school we have all joined tea. book you sent me. I have read it and | the Junior Home found it very iriteresting. : Helen. M. Babbitt of Hanover—i re- thank you very much. Grace Mahoney of Thanks very much for Colchester— the am saving all my pennles to Thrift Stamps and was so glad get this ong as it makes another ons in my beok. I will try again. Bertha Mathewson of Votuntown—I thank you for the prize book, Doro- thy’s Triumph. As far as I have read it is very interesting. much pleased with it. Mildred E. Grandy of Yantic—I wish to thank Uncle Jed for my book, Comrades at Winton Hall. have read it and found it very inter- esting. STORIES WRITTEN ( AWAKES. The American Flag. BY WIDE- ceived a Thrift Stamp, for which Ify t | four times. Stamp which came so omexpected. Ilcame she latest | houses are made out of snow and skins Economics club. The name of our club is Blissville Busy mofla%mfmhm the health. e hand, and Our cooking lessons have been held Te first time the teacher made cereal; the g:; cream potato soup; the third, bread, -and the fourth; bread pudding. We' all try these at home and keep oD, TUCKER, RED 12 Norwich. A;n X a T was Very|A Story About Alaska and lts People. Alaska is a very cold region. T The people are mainly ‘Eskimos. The of animais. Their only !lamp consists of a hole dug out of a stone. It also serves fog a stove to keep themselves warm. The ©i] is obtained from the seal. ‘When a boy is born in Alaska there is a dark spot on his back. In time this grew, and spread over the boy’s The American flag represents a na- | éntire body and makes him yellow. tion, one of the leading nations of the world. the men of America; —mnot in color, but in our actions, It represents all the deeds of |US. therefore we |Skin. They have no pins or buttons ousht to keep our flag clean and bright | o0 their clothes. ‘They are dressed very different from The jacket is made of rheindeer There is a hole on he top of their dress and they slip it Our flag was made by Betsey Ross |OVer their head. She lived in Philadelphia. The flag ol the United States was made at the en the boys get big they love to fish and hunt. They have about fif- beginning of the Revolutionary war. |teen dogs to drag their sleigh. It then had thirteen stripes of red and white and thirteen stars, while|Very tall because it.is too cold. “The people of Alaska do not grow They the latter were arranged in a circle |d0 not feel the cold because they are the stars being white and the fleld |dressed ail in fur. blue. We now have forty-eight stars and thirteen stripes. ‘The stripes stand for the original The colors stand for “red for cour- age, blue for truth, and white for puri- ty and for youth.” DOROTHY. PASNIK, Age 11. Norwich. Work P've Got to Do. FLORENCE DISCO, Age 12. Norwich, states, the stars for.the presént states. | Why We Ought to Buy Thrift Stamps. We ought to buy thrift stamps to help stamp out the kaiser and lick him. If we all buy thrift stamps we will, win this war. I have bought four thrift stampsand and I am going to buy some more. Thrift stamps will buy most of the I will tell the Wide-Awakes how |things that the soldiers.need, but if much interested I am.in this war. in the army six months, and it is very hard for my father, as he had an op-|Win this war. I am doing my bit and eration on his leg and was very ill and | oSt of my friends are doing their’s. couldn't work, but had to after my brother left. I|We don’t buy thrift stamps we won't hope every child, boy or girl, is as|be helping Uncle Sam, but the kaiser interested as I am. My brother is|Whom most of us hate, Now let us all start right in and One' of my friends who has been sicl for six or seven weeks has started Now V'l tell you what I have to do.|Fisht in on thrift stamps. She would Tl have to help with all cattle, I also want to tell you how I do my bit. I bought Thrift Stamps and gave my drother to his country. I am willing to do anything to help win the war. AGNES GAYESKI, Age 11. Colchester. War and Sugar. Before this war England most of her sugar Austria, and bought from Germany, far-away Java, France Ttaly raised their own sug {ow the sugar fields of France are ruined. So the allies must buy from the United States and her islands or Java. Java is too far away. In an ail- round trip it takes one hundred and fifty days. s The allies need their ships and this is too long a trip. It is for the United States to help supply them. It takes fifty days to go to France and back again from New York. They neeg ten billion pounds of sugar a year extra. Sugar is one of the’ cheapest foods wWe have, and is sold at a lower price | X in the ted States than in any other country. It is often sold in ‘barrels— three hundred and fifty pounds to the barrel. We must all be saving on sugar. Food will win this war, so be care- ful of your sugar and help the allies win. EDNA KENDALL. Versailles. Why Must We Help? We must try to win the war because {he soldiers are helping ue. They need clothing and food to help us, don’t they? We must go without for them. We don't need new dresses evegy month, or new hats, either. I am knitting wristlets for the sol- diers, and I am buying Thrift Stamps. Xshgva my book full, so I have a %5. I am beginning another Thrift Stamp book. 1 am going to belong to the Junior Red Cross. Tt takes 25 cents to belong. Knitting needles, size seven— they will give you the rest of the things. Another thing. T am gathering silver ner, too. If I ¥t 2 pound of it I il get 50 cents. have half a pound ' it. When I sell it T will get two rift Stamps. T hope_all the chiidren will do as h as T am doing. BE! CE BURDICE, Age 10. | ! Dani Everycne Should Buy a Thrift Stamp. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 will tell you a2bout the Thrift Stamps the governmént has asked the people of the United States to buy which are for sale at almost every hank and postoflice over the cotntry. | The Thrift Stamp is to teach all the | hoys and girls of the United States to be thrifty and save their money, in- stead of spending it for candy and other things they do not need. It also one stamp that costs 25 cents, and sixteen miust be purchased to complete a book.: There is also one that costs $4, and twenty must be Bought to fill a Yook, which will ‘hold .1 $80 worth. ‘When a $4 book is completeq it is returned to a bank or postofice and x certificate given to the person who the farm |sooner stamp out Kaiser Bill work, mow, weed, hoe and tend the|Stamp him in. Wouldn't vou? than DORIS OLDHAM, Age 13. Bread and Butter. “I love little ones,” said the moon, “‘especially the very little ones, Many times I peep in the room between the curtains, when they are not thinking of me. “This evening I looked through a window before the curtain was drawn. I saw many #ittle sisters and brothers playing together. “Among them was a sis ur years old, who-had been taught to say ‘Our Father,' as well as the rest.. “The mother sits by her bedside ev- ery night to hear her say her prayers. After she has said them her mother gives her a kiss, and waits till she is asleep. “This evening the mother told them to be still as tre little sisier was go- ing to say her prave:s. “I looked in over the lamo tc the little girl's bed. There she laid, under a white quilt, her white little hands were folded, and her face serious. Then she repeated the Lord’s Prayer out oud. “‘What is that what you say? asked her mother as tie little one stopped for a moment in the middle of her prayer. “‘When you say ‘Give us this day our daily bread, you always add some- thing I cannot hear. “The little one laid still and looked at Jher mother. “‘Don’t be angry, mother, she wh pered in her mother’s ear. I only say, and plenty of butter on it “The mother then kissed the littie child and told her to go to sleep.” LYDIA DUGAS, Age 10. Versaiiles. The Porpoise. The porpoise is a large animal sometimes called the sea hog. Por- poises herd together in large shoals. They sometimes swim in Indian file, shooting over the surface of the sea, Just showing their black and glossy backs above the water. Porpoises have a great array of teeth. These are so arranged that the upper and iower sets interlock when the animal closes its mouth. The food of these animals ~onsists mostly of fish, of which they ¢onsume large quantities. This greatly disgusts the human fishermen. All kinds of sale- able fish are consumed by these great animals, sprats, pilchards and her- ring. The porpoise drives its prey to the vast shores, diving in among the large shoals in which the fish congregate and destroy immense quantities of them. - The fish fly before the por- poises sometimes right into the fisher- men’s nets. Not even the marvelous jumping powers of the salmon save him from this voracious animal. The porpoise keeps closely to the coast and it is seldom seen in mid- ocean. It appears to be a. migratory animal, as the season of its disappear- ance from one locality generally coin- cides with that of its arrival on some other coast. It is very widely spread, appearing to inhabit with equal secur- ity the warm waters of the Mediterra- nean, the cool seas of our own coasts, or the icy région of the high latitudes. The length of a full is extremely variable, average be- ing six feet to eight feet.. The color is a blue-black on the upper part of the body and a bright silvery white below, so that when the animal exe- ‘cutes one of its favorite gyrations the WRITING TO DAD SOMEWHE Wauregan, contrasting tints produce a strange effect as they rapidly succeed each oth- er. The iris of the eye is yellow. MILDRED GRANDY, Age 12. Yantic. An April Fool. Grandpa Brown was a very old man. As he sat looking at his morning pa- per he said, “Mildred, Ted and John come here I bave a bargain. Today is A fool's day. Anyone who can_ fool me shall get a large wagon, horse and rider’s outfit.” Mildred was a girl of twelve, John ‘was nine, and small Ted was only five. At first John said, “Oh, he always said T looked like you, so let me take your dress and go to see him.” So the dress was slipped on to John. He went to the house and found his grandpa in the parior reading. As he went in he began to-talk. Before he had ended his first sen- tence grandpa said, “Why, John, you are a good looking girl!” All day passed until about 4 o’ciock and as Grandpa always had a nap, he said, “My, but it is dark in here after be- ing out in the sunshine.” He was about to lie down but he thought he sat on the cat and got up, saying: “Oh, my dear little cat, did I hurt you?” “April fool! April fool! at last. It's only ma’s muffler you sat on. Ha! Ha! The wagon's mine!” exclaimed Ted. The next day they went to get the ‘wagon, which was made to hold three —Ted, John ang Mildred. HBELENA MAGEL, Age 14. Jewett City. Tn a small New England town there lived a quiet awkward fellow who went by the name of “Big Ben.” He never went around with the other fellows; but always stayed home with his books. It was saiq that he would al- ways stay a farmer. There was not much excitement in this small village till the papers were filled with the following headlines: “President Wilson Declares War Against Germany.” It was then that they really awak-| ened to the fact that the United States was at_war. Big Ben then decided to do his bit to help America protect her rights so he enlisted ang was sent to a training €amp in New England. In a few weeks Ben was happlly sailing across the seas. How happy he was when French soil came to view. He was sent to another camp, then he was ready to fight. One day before the battle he spied an enemy creeping towards the American trenches. He hurried to headquarters as fast as he could to report what he had seen. Before the enemy had a chance. to do any harm he was sent back by the Americans with shot and shell. Although Big Ben was not worth much in his own home town he was worth something to Uncle Sam. BERTHA IRELAND, Age 13. Doing Her Bit. Dear Wide-Awakes: I will tell you about my brother in the army. It was one day in July when we read a long list of names of boys to be drafted and at the very bottom was my brother's mame. He was examined twice and passed. The first camp he was sent to was Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. He was there about three weeks. One Satur- -| day mother went to town and on her way back she met one of our neigh- bors who said: “Your son is at the depot.” He had come home on a forty-eight hour furlough, because he was leaving for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. We spent a very nice Sunday with him. Many of our friends came to bid him farewell. Sunday night mother and I took him to Amston in an automobile, and en- Joyed it very much. I am doing my bit by saving my pennies to buy Thrift Stamps. When I fill one book I'll work hard to fill an- other. I also try to use as little sugar and wheat as possible, so as to give to our soldiers abroad. ANNA GAYESKI, Age 13. Colchester. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. My Work at Home. Dear Uncle Jed: Now that spring is here ang the days are warmer I work out of doors. I sweep the lawn and the back yard and am fixing my flower bed 2nd planning tc plant a large garden with vegetables. Near the house I raked the leaves from the gtass fleld and helped my father pick stones. At night I milk the cows and some- times I help to feed them and clean zhe barn. I water the horse and help 0 unharness him from the wagon; then I take him to the barn and tie him up, Our herse is called Jim, so when Jim puts his head in the manger it’s very hard to take the bridle off and put on the halter;. but I scatter some hay below the manger and when he down to eat it I unbuckle the bridle and put on the halter with hardly any trouble. In the heuse I help mother to cook dinner and to prepare breakfast and supper. I always wash the milk pails, separator and dishes. I churn butter three and four times a week. Besides I embroider, crochet and — e RE IN FRANCE, by Ralph Austin of knit. I knitted a bandage for { he Red Cross and am knitting a was| and T've knitted a pair of socks for my brother in France. 1 belong to the Red Cross and younger brother belongs to the Junlor Red Cross. We cut clippings and ravelings. The women sew hospital shirts, pajamas and Dbiankets. They knit bandages, washrags, helmets, socks, wristers, scarfs and sweaters for the soldiers. America, I love you and I'm not a man; I'll help you in this war as much as I can. This ear I'll plant my gar- den with lots of spuds to eat, and in this way I can help the U. S. A. the foe to_defeat. I will try to conserve food, sugar and wheat, T'll be sure to save some and with the flag pinned to the hoe TIll work ’neath the burning sun. While my brother is “over there”, fighting the foe, I'll fight the weeds at home with my patriotic hoe. Then when m work is over and not once did I lag, I'll be proud fo say that I fought for the flag. GABRIELLE BUJAK, Age 15. Mansfield Center. Patricia’s Donkey. Dear TUncle Jed: Although I know that most of the letteds to you are about pets, I thought you might want to_hear about my donkey. He is high enough so that I can stretch out my arm and have it come about two inches over his back; and long enough so that I can lie on his back- with my arms around his neck and my feet hanging off (provided he is in the mood to let me). His color cannot be described. It changes ev- ery day, being a dirty yellow one day and a dully gray the next. Between his ears a black line starts: it runs to the tip;of his tail. "Another line starts up one fore leg, goes across his back and ‘down on the other. He likes me quite well. He will bear my caresses; it is plain, however, that he doesn’t believe in them. He does of driving, though. It is to mount up- on his back, begin clucking, and after futile efforts to make nim 8o where 1 want him to, to succumb to exhaus- tion. He then meanders down the road, stopping now and then to eat an orange peel, a cream box, or an advertisement of the great show to be given at the theatre. He is a jewel, in"that he never bites nor kicks, nor bucks except when he wants to. Last fall, Sammy, the donkey, was taken to Waterford. He was intro- duced to my little puppy dog, Lewis, Buster Brown, Raymond, White Spar- row, Darrow Cassidy. Yelp—of. the famous breed of mouse-hound). Now Lewis had been brought up in close contact with Wilhelmina, the cow (she was named hefore there was any taint on that name). When she was a calf he would jump upon her while she was lying down and chew her ears. When she was full grown he was afraid of her, as she was not as amiable as formerly. But he re- tained the habit of visiting her daily to exercise his lungs. He is a fleet runner and hardly ever gets out of breath. E One -crisp autumn morning Lewis set out to visit Willie (short for Wil- helmina). Meeting Sammy, he de- cided that he was just as good an ob- ject for his barks as was Willie. There- fore he began barking. He continued until Sammy, exasperated beyond en- durance, started to chase him. Lewis had a beautiful time, barking and dodging, but by and by he was forced to stop dodging if he would keep up his barking. Round and round in a circle they went, Sammy increasing his speed all the while, Lewis going more slowly. If you have never seen an enraged donkey chasing a frightened mongrel, you have no idea how it looks. At last Lewis was forced to give up barking, start panting, and run for his life. His wits were thrown to the winds, and he kept to the beaten track (the circle, I mean). He could not think to run toward the house, but ran on, on, and on. ‘He probably would have been run- ning now if my aunt, nearly con- vulsed with laughter, had not called him to her. His tail was drooping and his head hanging as he came to her, and when he barked at Sammy. again he took care to be near the fence, where he could retreat, if necessary. Although Sammy was victorious that time, he is not-always, in his fre- quent scraps with the cow. He is still at Waterford, enjoying a peaceful (?7) vacation. PATRICIA CASSIDY, Age 11. Norwich. A Welcome Sign of Spring. spring quite so’ welcome as the of the first' bluebird, unless it is his softly whistled song? x Before the farmers began to plough the wet earth, often while the snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is makinng Thimself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the south. Now is the time to have ready on top of the grape arbors, or under the eaves of the barn, or nailed up in the apple tree, a little one room house, which these birds are only too glad to, occupy. . GRACE GEER, Age 12, Norwich Town. Helping to Win the War. Dear Untle Jed: T am in the Prim- ary room of the Poquetanuck school. I have five thrift stamps. I earned my money by going to the my | Stamps of my own. We have $105. believe quite strongly in my method | ve joined the the soidiers, and we are helping .in| ‘the- thrift stamp campaign. have. over $100 worth of thrift DS NOW. We have brought books: to- school to send to the soldiers. I hope we can win this war quick- GERTRUDE WILCOX, Age 9. Norwich. Won By Obedience. Dear Uncle Jed: Once a little boy asked his father how he could help his country. “Well, my son,” said his father, T will show you a way. “First, you must do as you are told. Be good to every one. Then we will see if you are help- ing your country. If you do this I will get you a surpris “Oh, please tell me what it will be,” said his son. Not now. First you must do as ) tell you. Now this little boy did not like. to do as he was told. But he did then unwillingly. Soon he had learned to like his job. One day his father called him. He told him to come with him with his eves closed. His father led him into the vard. In the yard was a tent. He led his son intos it. “Now open your eyes,” he said. The boy opened his eves. His father had gone out. “Oh! a real tent! A gun, and a soldier suit! Now I am a real soldier.” He looked around and in the corner of his tent was a box. He looked in. There he found a thrift card with one stamp. He was so glad. MARCIA BRUCKNER, Age 12. Hopes mm War. school in my class are writing to Dear Uncié Jed: All the children in|148 Main Street, you; we want you to know how hard: pympg we are working to get thrift stamps.| I have one war stamp and ten thrift in my room. I feed' and water the hens every mornirg and go up to my uncles. for milk before I go to school. I go home and chop wood nights for the fire That is how I earned my money. My sister, Alice, is buying thrift stamps, too. She is in the Grammar room. I hope we will win this war. CHARLES FLYNN, Age 8. Norwich. Workihg For Untle Sam. Dear Uncle Jed: We are buying thrift stambs in our school at Poque- tanue. I have eleven now. I like to" buy thrift stamps be- tause it is helping my country. I am going to buy more just as scon as T earn my money. I earned my money by washing and drying dishes, dusting, sweeping the floor and running to the store for my mother. My two brothers are buying thrift stamps. The government needs all the money it can get to buy food, clothinz and other war supplies for the soldiers and if everybodvy would do his par:t in buying stamps we should win this war scon. My mother belon: Cross society and every day for the sol We are doing Red our school. The children in my Yoom at school! have joined the Red Cross society. I wish every boy and girl would buy stamps and bel® win the war. MAUDE WOOLLEY, Age 9. gs n the Red vs nearly + work in Why You Should Buy Liberty Bonds. Dear Uncle Jed: We should buy Liberty bonds because our sons and our neighbo: ons are making our flight abroad. Victory depends largely on whether they are supplied with suf- ficent guns, ammunition and other necessaries to win; and their condi- dition upon returning depends upon the care which is taken of them in and behind the lines. It is up to us to supply money for the sinews of war and every com- fort that can be given to our fight- ing men. They offer their lives for us and our country—could we do Iess and remain true to ourselves, = our country,, and our flag. Let us try and all buy Liberty bonds. BERTHA MATHEWSON, Age 13. Voluntown. Shz Has 2 War Savi Stamp. Dear Uncle Jed. 1 will tell the Witde- Awakes how I help Uncle Sam win the war. I have filled one thrift stamp book and exchanged it for a war sav- ing stamp, and started to fill anoth- er. I have made two scarfs and nave started another. I made one wash- cloth and a square for a blanket. Every Monday the children of my Sunday school go down to church and work for the Red Cross. I hope all the Wide-Aakes try to help Uncle Sam win the war. PHYLLIS BURDICK, Age 10. Middietown, \Conn. 8She Will Have a Garden. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to have a garden this summer. It is going to be quite a large garden. I am going to ra some potatoes, onions, carrots, tomatoes and beets. 1 2m going to take zood care of my garden so that the things will grow. Then, when the things grow up, I am going to sell them. The money I ive for them I am going to buy stamps with. - I am_golng to pick berries and sell them, the money vhich T receive for them I am going to buy thrift stamps with. I also am going to work this sum- mer so that I can earn money to buy thrift stamps with. I live in Willington and go to the beans, corn and cabbage, cucumbers,| R e . figused. Troubled6Months. 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Licensed Dr. of Chiropractic 220-221 Thayer Bldg., Norwich, Conn. Glass_Factory school. My teacher is Miss Maud J. Lynch. ANNIE BINOK. West Willington. The Glass Factory School. Dear Uncle Jed: I live in Willing- ton in the part of the town called Glass Factory. I go to the Glass Fac- tory school. A long time ago thére was a glass factory in this place where people made different articles fgom glass. Some of the people have some of the bottles that were made in the factory. I live in the house on the spot where the glass factory used to stand. Our school glass factory. MARY KOLAR, Age 12 ‘West Willington. A Thrift Stamp Club. Dear Uncle Jed: We have a Thrift Stamp club in our school. T had a five dollar war saving stamp from grandma and grandpa Christ- mas. 3 I have eleven thrift stamps. 1 save all my pennies to lend to Uncle Sam. I want to get my thrift card as soom as T can. I am learning to knit and am knit- ting a scarf for my doll of pink vafn. I have eighteen stitches on my needles. It is going to be twelve in- ches long. When I can knit good I am going to knit for the Red Cross. MARY, CHAPPELL, Age 7. Chestnut Hill. was named after that Sailing Boats. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you of an adventure of a friend of miner had. We were plaving around my house. Presently a thought cameé to me. T was very fond of sailing boats, and especially up in a dam by my house. 1 then asked my companion to join me. So we went up to the dam near my house and we were playing when my friend saw his boat Zoing over the dam. He reached omt, getting hold of a branch, the branch broke, and he fell into the water. Fortunately it was not deep. Them Ne pulled himself out of the water. Then he started to run home, but he was awful wet. He hasn't been sail- ing boats with me since. NORMAN McFALL, Voluntown.