Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 15, 1919, Page 10

<Y by o e Shdeded MAY- - g T : R upplimesit that tme , 2nd T hove he has gfihemd‘ and fed it fo_the two birds POETRY ‘h’ " A X BN ‘ot been disturbed since. & that were left. 5 THE IDE"AWAKE C‘IRCLE, -~ JOSEPH B. DOWNES, Age 12, Then' she “started to build/ another’ ONE MORFE VETERAN. ; 7 B S S rich. o > A : nest, but while the was at work : ' L v : LRy SRS T w building it she was- very-unhappy. She was building another nest be- cause she didn’t want her youag: tg Gver Gince the oid war, of the 8 A Trip h ’ilrflquty. With “The ot hunder 'round g : 1 the .attle o tl % ‘ We had a week's vacation. During i o s Al < . old home sky— " || this vacation T took a trip to Uruguay. / h':'h(::lt?ri:mxhe bulls it 0. the o VN thelcUunty whs a-ngiitintot ¥s Rules for Young Writers. 17took a_train from Willimantic to! barn, so if they fell out they'd fall Grandidse hees fakin' ‘bhut the batiles f the York and from . there. another 1 = e 1 S 2 \ L Write plainiy on onemllde of 4 in to San Fraholes. eiees T took o on the hay a»d.not hurt themselves. s i e in paper_only, and number the pages. e o LavtPle) STELLA GASKA, Aze i1, 8 if there wasn't books to tell usjo’ 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil 3—Beatrice Heberd, ‘of e ner to Urnshepsesion | Jewett City. . .. the time he did his part. . % i Short and poinied articles will| The Boy Scouts for Home Protestion.| gt en ooy 1“%‘;“&?‘,? bay logtc S e w1d \{?lf.llsp-:‘:::::eu"&ll we kngw B oy Dogriyee The winners of prize books living in|is so large that hundreds of vessels Going to Have a Garden. But. or boy's Lo from fhe “ehtin, 4 Orh.hu stories or letters' only | the ¢ity may call at-The Bulletin busi- | were anchored. at tAe same time. I am going to have a earden this'_ an' he says: “Well, I'll allow oy ol .ness office for them:at/any hour after|: There are no more neople in Uru- vear. It is all plowed and ready to THETe'S one o=~ veteran in the eld l"l! b"Vr‘:u your name, and aa- |10 a m. Thursday. A fiay than in Boston, and tl;xehhouse: ant. tome no 5 Ok i i lof the farmers are like mud huts.” 1 am going to plant tomatoes pare- idress plainly at the bottom Of the|) prrppe op ABKNO\V,LEMENT. saw only a few large towns in Uru-| - nips, radishes, \?var:k beetg.w ca';'rutS'c—mana ctarts '|iIn!; talkin' ‘bout the v, Doris A. Wood of Eagleville—I thank | guay and the railroad trains and carts _ Finded jeiact ity talkiniCihe you very much for the niceé prize. move to and from the capital. 5 in our An' p: shouider., “Got POETRY. which you sent me. T have read it and| ' Later I togktn R Liio 13 BERLIN ot rom me! - & " 0D | found it very interesting. on a steambdat and from there I wen % T havi ister a ther, <ke his daddy here before him, he's '“””h‘;":',fle ;:,,:‘E,;::,Y e Arline Bennett of Preston—I thark|through the city of Montevido, There fater, ia:d0 \;pdart ]:53.' o et SRR & X0k, 2 you ever so much-for the prite book|are many large buildings all about the ; s Dorls; my brother is 4 years ttraight fro Camping out in The Piney Wood, you sent me entitled Grace Harlowe's|City, and many carts going through L old, and his name is Hollis. One of my grandfathers died last and the other grandfather,: e ces' 1 Warreaville, is moving prg to_Gurleyville. My grandmother lves with ve. My There's cne m teacher’'s name is Fraijces i1 B home now ARTHUR OLIVER NASON WOOD, 10, he sare keni hoss b kniwed w Dick, and Jimmy and me— A noise that none of us understood Came down from a tall old tree. the clean cobblestone streets, each drawn by two or three mules. After visiting the city I went out into the country, where I passed many beautiful houses with gardens about them. - The next day I visited the Solls the- 3T atre. It is one of the largest in South Fourth Year at Overton College. I read it through and found it very in- teresting. Margie Gahan of Voluntown—I ceived the, prize boek you sent a Xe: days ago. ‘I have never read m: boys' stories, but this one is fine as f: 1 s} at_he was ihere for,'a. cbuilet found the ifun time t1 do the talkin’, for m tune's up, anyhow— Jimmy he called, “Who's there?™ The rest of us hollorew, too, (At night a holler will keep off scare.) that up veicran in the o1 p Off scare.) | 35T have read, and I thank you for it. Sl Sl Eagleville, Aze 8. S . The answer came back, “Who? Ruth Davis of} Canterbury— iva: :‘?egfiscgfl: ks Hhediaad peonie: : = [An aimt we glal its that way—that That sounded fresh! Dick called,| (ived the prize book you'sent me ef-| From the theatre I went to the cathe- The Indians of Connecticut. I'Gainst tae terror “Who's Who? titled Floating Treasure, and thank|dral, and spent some time in visiting 3 f The different tribes of Indians in' battle for th b 1 ' you very much for it. 1 have read itfthe national museum and the public| - Third Prize. $0.75 Connecticut were the Pequots, the Mo- Thes he stayed tiil 1 You'd better tell us, quick! and found it very interesting. " 1 Bedtime, by Dora Main of Ledyard. Ners S = the hom We're after you—we mean it, too!” 3 librarfes. AR A ) by yard. e~ans, and the Niantics. An Country, Wilh fiee s el “Whoo? Whoo?" came back to Dick.| Earl Carpenter of = Canterbury—I| Montevido has a university 5 The Tndian men were lazy and lot Drowt to shake his hand received my' prize bogk and thank vou|commeon schools. Only about one child the women do the hard work. like “My " Says his moinel—wat Then Dick caught up a blazing brand,| Very much. T*have Tead it and let|in ten goes fo school, and the most of The Story of a Little Seed. were leafless and the grass had just|plantingthe corn and skinning the _ ° aims about him Fo And marched off toward that tree! |Some of my schoolmates read it, too. Sqrei“common people cannof For a long time T lay with some of he‘;&y ”m ]gi‘t gre;n, ‘ 5 : ztx:xmals t'n:;‘t :he mef'l;\ aught whne|M ot "C'\E:’xu h“’;fl Yol stand, S - - my brothers and sisters in an envelope ell” 1 thought, “I must hurry and, they were hunting fiching, or fight- like ! o fee what ‘“"‘:tg"g:“‘rg'*’::?emmn TS L el fBx: (WIDE. ne‘d“;fi“’h;";‘ O r it “%;jlin) a store window patiently waiting grow so that my purple blossoms will | ini other trihes ‘of Tndjins. 2 P And what d'you think? 'Twas a great| The Ha i,‘:n’:;(if;, Children, | c2Use I heard the children study gut f°E),;;;’"}i‘,’3§v‘,';,a",‘,‘,~m;’5 o s e s e aon ST Thercig g skt s ey owit 4 e m;: e et " Aok lo\_xtdk; beople in Montevido are very|Mer came in and bought us. He took |until on the second of May 1'had two | were made from reeds from the' in tie Atiants And we boys understood, had two little gitle Thar - nates] rich and ive is houses with marble|us home with him. The next day the Of my. blossoms in bloom. .| Swamps and were pointed with stone, | titution When we faced the glare of that proud! ware Ai b wai st 10, | fsoks lanateniiniza farmer put me with the rest of my| About the.time the sun is highest|flint or bone. ! e T old fowl, A Tl e Ao yea s oL Toot A OROL, Age 1. |Drothers and sisters in a dark hole inin the sk¥ a voung lady and a groun| Their weapons were the how and| HUMOR OF THE DAY “Who's' Who". in the Piney Wood! | oo Dislenwhaiwas seven. Jhice was K7 5 iofmnd the ground. I did not like to stay injof children came into sight. I really|arow. the hatchet of stonc and fhel 8 : b4 to be ten in a couple of days. Gurleyville. the ground so I began to grow and|trembled with fear lest they take|tomshawk. Driggs—Well, 1 bLear our income oy It was the day before Easter when = Frew (ojthe Neht away my two blossoms, in Which I| hen the white men came they had| 1AXes can be pail for in instalments. AFTER THE ‘RAIN. their mother sent the two girls to the| gert and Flossie Visiting the Farm, | When I reached the light I looked to ! took such pride. - | trouble” with serma e 1e. Xk | " Griggs —But are we going to fter. the riln, wien ‘fhe ground a0 0r ar} CoSl One day Bert and Flossie were sit- |S¢e who my neighbors would be. There| Finally, a girl with durk brown hair HENRY, KERR, Age .1, | Va¥ the i L molst _ On their way back they were look- 5 em hmr father's lap -and their| Were many vines larger than I T didiand blue cves stopped beside me and| rooxiyn, f g First Agr -z —Hello, And fhe grass is green with dew, ing in the windows of the stores. They| 108 O ‘100" | LI E o MPeasy chair, [Nt want thém to laugh at me so I{cried, : s L Al S whaicha going to raise this vear? e Howers revive saw little rabbi ster eggs, and| MO o IeON "Bert asked their mo-|BTeW to be a large vine. i "Oh! What lovely ones! I'm going COLUMBIA | Second Farmer—Prices, if the gov- And the birds are alive many other pretty things that they| . . %0 i "5 they could go on| Soon my neighbors began to send|to pick them” . + £ |ernment will let . me.—Indianapolis With their sopg of joy for vou. admired. Then they went to look in {he farm and visit grandma and|out shoo 1 thought I would look as| [ was very sad! o Y The Raymond Sruaer residence and Star the other windows. - Alice saw many| 7 3007 “And they kept on teasing|nice as they, so I did the same. Just then another child cried, “NO!|farm have heen sold to Sbhraham and’ lawyer— SO sir: - that o in our hearts, when tears are past| things that she would like for her;&randpa’ AR ther BB 7 jeacfa| Soon I had little green grapes on Let's take it up and plant it in our| Solomon Sierel of New Vork. One of wiat yon contemuiate 1o iflesat? And sorrow i= melted by love, st Yes When vacation time comes you|Mmy vines. In September my grapes|flower garden. the nurchasers 'bas arrived and has | Clieas-Certainly. Wnat do . you The clouds blow by There was a wealthy woman and herls on o5 see thepn” began to turn purple. Some - of my| They took me up as ecarefully 25 {asenmed the manazement of the farm.|suppose | came (o consult you for?— B the olecr htas cky little girl standing near ~Eisie and|' oy 4y et o'clock, Go to bed or|neighbors did mot have time to get|they could and carried me (o their| There was a Red Cross whist Friday, Bacion Traa s 3 Bevents the deplis abave Alice. The woman heard ‘what Allce| .oy ‘wn-t"l;.'b ofu the farm, ripe, but were picked and sent north. cchool gzarden. - Now I am proudly ievening at the town hall. | i 4 G as Podunk 3 D. A She asked Alice what her name| > (00 B {5 hed as quick as they | ©One day a man came and picked me, [growing here, trying to 'make thiS| Georze M. Chamnlin has purchased , KPicker- What need has o e and where she lived; how 0ld|.mild. When they woke up in the|l was left in the fatmer's house with|werld Took brighter. . For I've heanl!a handsome automobile. jfor. a m stoffice ? . ¢ k i vas, and when her birthday came. ing they ~said, “They _had,some of my brothers. s that even small flowers may help this| = A demonstration regardinz the care: Podunkite—Lots: by the time .a UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE-| "\jico” answered ‘all fthe questions | Tommns (ree were on the farm. They| Some of miy ‘brothers were sent, to|dark:tworld {o be ‘more bright and|of the beds in use by {avalids mariie|letter is delivered we oxpect to be a AWAKES. very politely. Then the girls ran|feq the chickent, the cow, the horse|the store and others were made into |sunshiny.—Unsigned. ularly the chansing of sheets while; big town—New York Sun We will have a chat about a little| home ad told their mother about it.|and the goat.” . . e AN e Hoibedaconicn Dy rmeme jenty el (B SRR right, then g 1 n_ Alice’ 8 i asi v v - me day a Ji ", 5 ven iss Coste Friday ahea R0 Jun, WER Rese taodh Sbo Y vhgch:i\léfienslsi;lu:‘gg z'i,irir."é‘lts}t"irfi?.lf‘ d'h{‘:c ot the ’i-‘c,‘?“f;s‘?“ga,'-hf;} ;Z:l\;;l me. - Then she ran home and asked arryiesNev; Rair of T'.""“f’" |§es|dem‘e of Mrs, Emily Little, i “But lots of times the traffic con lte, and of which most folks seem 10| eg which were nof 80 very nice, Then | o (e %arm i & her mother if she could buy.me. -}':""yt‘}di“ “3_‘;9‘1 by his Sunda¥i “The auction held by C. E. Leonard|won't'let me,” objected Mr. Wombat. know little, By the personal ‘quality| they heard the door bell ring. Alice's , ‘went to their fathers office; Now I am im her mother's dining|school teacher if he would speak lin Willimantic Friday attracted resi-|—Louisville Courier-Journai. this little word represents Ave are| mother went to tlie door. There sheland asked him whar time they were|room in a dish with ‘an apple and 4 et e i e deqits ot s fowiisumisdfot Swhom, _«itficel isiiol ot oG iwhat Beiped, or hindered because we lack ft.| S L=, Sithiithe woman, the girls| going to o, fo fheitamm - o L0 e iin b bome to ask his mother about it. il hon . et Seat would von iR ie T This little word is TACT! Thers| nice Jittle children awith her. ' Thoylvon o surprise, ‘when ' six. o'cloplt| > 2. BEDA BUTLER. | He Sy, Gieappolnted for Sh®i Randail Porter with a.friend was at' he'll tarn up at the hotel fh three of {a another little five-lettered word it| brought many nice presents and many 5 Lot r : wear. 2 bome from college spending Sunday four Loure.' - Kansis Cits_Journal in a measure represents: Skill! Mind| Nice things to_eat. There was a big automobile with ] : After awhile when she saw how dis- | Shat p 5 : | Teacher—Now, children, I want you gou, skill is not always tactful: hut| . They all had a 'very nice time at|only room for, six to get in. They 2 My Litih Bosods. _|appointed: he was, she said she would | omieyepairman of the Liberty loan| ke a drawing of what you you, skill the surpri; ty.—U) d. Jucky because there were only| I am very fond of birds, so I am go = : i committee announces that the 13 R S¥e fact is always skiliful. - Tact fs thel — o Ty Loz ynaigned. [}:,eurf torgain 4 ing to tell you abotit some of them|iry lo find ;°;'1°l;h‘:5 10 2 could fsariptions to the loan amount to $21.-{ Would like ‘when wou are grawh up. % 9% IR rect thing | 2 Ty eara s vhi re my dear-friends. They arc; . T 2 ha £ sers, s0 hel109) from & nersons, which may be it e Rl ab o do the correct thing at the An April Shower. !mf“k:e: ‘;w}?;e‘ tsl::\{le\geét ,,1: :hefgrvfg; :gfx]:o?mm)morenribies e ar)riv.ed u;uk;) syeakh She found a plece OO G reiaad G had NGB aY Ssotisns lare marrxc;‘l‘jgldl (iox;‘tqlkrt\p\\ how to proper time; to sneak ihe right word( The thermometer went un to 95 de-| the tire burst. They had to stop |here about a week ago, Every morh- l:;mg'm? and made him a pair of|received. The quota at present is 93 draw t Sydney Bulletin. in the right nlace: the ability to offer| #rees at noon. The sun shone =0!¢or two hours and it was 9 o'clock|ing when I am just about to £e: up “({i;i’:lp Ko o ot *'|per cent. oversubscribed. “William,” snaped the dear lady, RS wikaus Datne amanarde bright that it seemed as if the heav-|when they reached the farm. from bed L caniheaf their swest Voices |\ L€ 1€ 2ot on the platform to) Congratulatory letters from the state, viciousty, “didn't I hear the = clock id withe . e ens were on fire. ‘In the afterncon; Bert and Flossie ran in the house|from the orchard nearby. speak he forgot all of his piece and|chairman of the Liberty loan commit-|strike two_as yeu came in? The hey who malies a polite reply tof black clouds chone in the west. The|and no one was there. Grandma and| Last year théy built their aest in on|DeEaL to tell the people about his first|tee have heen reccived by the chair-! “You did, my dear. It started to f cross or rson. or a fault| people that were on the streets were|grandpa werc on the porch, taking|elm tree near our flower gavden. - It fi;‘s‘"'x:m{‘ms trousers made of one of|man of thé local committee. thanking strike 10, by I stopped it ‘to_keep it finde man tact So does the| hnnf{pd for home. some fresh™ air. was alout six - inches deep, i i her’s aplg{né;m CLELAND lhelmembt‘rs fc:' the le'mme“;‘ work | from waking you up.”—Tid-Bits. ; 4 # Five Girl Scouts that were out hik-| When they heard ,the door slam.|woven out of strings, bits of siraw,| g ooc . AND. | they have done in mearly doubling the| «yoy say you have good reference air o eems able to tUTN| ing hegan to seek shelter. They ran in the house to see what it |horse hair and plant down. “The fe- i quota assigned fo the town, and Stat-| . #vay wrath coft er. All of a sudden the rain came down|was, and there were two little tots|male bird does the mest building. 2 {ing that “it is a privilege to iive in the| “iyey matam. T have a hundred Here is an ¢ of tact and skill: | in torrents, which made them pick up|with their mother and father. They| 1 think these birds are very piretty.! _ The Yankee’s Luck. same " state “Ft‘,‘h such - patriotic and/o,10nq{q references.” P Pero fishermen on a trout hrook came] TR hea=s were full of pleasnre that!had a big package in their hand for | The male is of a bright \gold#a cuxr,| Charlie was a Yankee, strong and|Centerprising citizens. “And how long have you been in do- x k { 2 deserted hut which was in the mid-|grandpa and grandma—a workbasket | while tie female’s coat is duilez. Tieir|brave. He was fighting for his coun- mestic service?” to an old hole near the bank heneathj dla of a forest. for grandma and a lovely pipe forisong is a loud, bold;: whistle. fome- | try, America, when one day as he was! HEBRON “Two years, ma’am—Philadelphia € tree. One tells the other, “Old| _After the ‘storm was .over the sn|grandpa, times they are called’ “Firebirls" l-ut| going through the woods in No Man's| Evening Bulletin. $ed. the big trout no one can catch | Aione once mote: A beantiful rains| BEATRICE HEBERT., |they are better known as Baltimore|lLand he heard a tremendous moise in| elron has gone over the top again| «Can a literary man do anything on o : 3 bow appeared in the western sky. Plainfield. Orioles . for their, colors ‘are those of|the bushes by his slde, and to his sur-!for the Victory loan. The quota was|a farm? * fives in this hole. He has heen hook-| ~ When the Girl Seouts rexcheq Tome| the first proprietor of Maryland. prise he saw some German soldiers.|$12.700; $15,000 has already been sub Sare. If hé. makes a sticcess: of e 2 'undred times, hut never causht.| their hearts was full of pleasure that| its the Z. 1 like to help little birds, and .f..3-!But that did not scare him. It seemed: scribed. it he can write wise articles telling B bl R e they had found some place to stay Tommy Visits the Zeoo. times when I have any spare nm: as it he did not know what fear was.| Rev. John H. Fitzgerald of New|paople how to doit. If not, he can » e | during the <hower. i i “Bessy! Tommy! Freddy! Get up|I like to go out and help them build; = They muttered something to each!York conducted the service at the write funy stuff about his failures.” Do v all fish from this side the| * HELEN GAT: Age 12, |this minute, if you think you are go-|their nests. I-know where there arc’otheér that Charlie could not under-| Episcopal church Sunday morning. S Ravts Clty iSter Brook?” inquired the other. Willimantie, A% 12 ling with me," exclaimed Tommy’s fa-|several this vear's nests already, but stand. They rushed upon him and| School in the primary department in| ioloes G BGR Yes" replicd first speaker. i e el ! th I am not going to destroy them. captured him. No help was near and!pistrict No. 1 was closed Friday, the| ,L° ¥ “b Lb rming ‘1"}:1 e Then T wil tr the other side2| She Wanted fo Be.a Viglord Girl |1 ry Tt B oROIEL Re sre 03| T Bl very Elad that (apiine sty Bl =0 Nedkent aulet teacher, Miss Fleanor Lord, atfend-| ‘“No doubt about it replie - hen T will tr. m the o side, a e v Girl. e ing t !" cried Freddy. One of the soldie: er Feedtosser. again, for all my bird neighbors will! “But the sure way to remunerative - is ‘to be : d ¢ € s could tallc a little jng the teachers’ convention held in taetful man. In the terrifving times of wa After br come back, and what happy times we| English, so he was the first one to when| ther all went up to make farmin’ orwich. 3 f the men are called unon for service in!the ba with Uncle Fred to get thejshall have together. break the sllence. S Tin = East | the hired man and let the other feller od the brook, cast his fiy, ! o $ e injthe barn with Uncle shall have tog e Mrs. Elizabeth Cummings of Eas " e 1t i A9 the arm and navy. there are duties fn|big red auto. Away they flew down SOPHIE GASKA. “You Yankeeman, huh?” he asked.!periin was the guest of her parents, |hustle to provide your board & and i no S M ‘r‘ll;'»fhuflv; \” homes can be use-|the broad avenue as if they had beenj Jewett City. “‘;’Ies," reph‘edkt;harlie_ reter o ME: and Mrs. H. C. Porter for the week wages."—Detroit Free Press. 1 ent direction, sprang at}ful. Such things as Liherty bons{on wings. — “Me gonna look in your pockets,” he ond, e e halt and in & few moments, ) uiarina Cun e’ BouehE T e e e A e bink| o Our Luskion Siemeniat Daj. |ead el L | (A pumber of ebron people were t1| » THE KALEIDOSCOPE ' FREC TN s can’ be boug! h men who|claimed Tommy's father. “Come a, 5 g £ & K . i 'l Wednesday to attend the E urd frout that had defied alllare foo 00 to serve in the army or|the children want you! Come into the| On Memorial Day we go to Uncas-| . sq he fished in one pocket and then| Liar or e mes 0y 1 ot 'fho fiss;| The Oregon legislature has reject- comers was lying on the hank {navy, and by both women and chil-|park with them,” said Mr. Brown. Tille to the pagade. A truck takes us.in another. In one he found a hand-|mesting of the general assembly un. |ed a bill to permit women to sit on This fisherman showed tact fn ,,m!“r"“ “You do'm ketch me to go in dat|there. We put flowers on the soldiers' yerchiet, which he put back again. He|dar the present sonstitution. juries. beshtnioth of b ot 1| b M the owner of a $i0 Libertviah park!” exclaimed Dina.” “But after|ETaVes. We bave spocches and We Te-: expected to find an important letter,|" yivg Olive Parkhurst of Middletown| Women motormen now operats gosA il of those who had failed:!hond of the third I r‘H' loan. T did:awhile she said he would go if Freddy d‘é}fl;(}"’;’;“s""&dng‘l; i‘;’]g? = shoum“’“‘khf did;l't; so the Ee s;) dthe left| was the week-end guest of her moth- |nearly hali the street cars in Great in capturing Not earn this monev. It was soi | Wi 4 = £ her. * pocket in his coat. He pulled out a 3 Britain. e e [l tie curn 60 Ber to ine|with my sister. I filled my pail and Heqe hosk ler, Mrs. ¥. A, Burnham. i had in the bank. I also bought one go over V. S, 8 9 rocking stone hotel’ said Mr. Brown. After they had lunch they went ts money than if one lived in thelover to the birdhcuse and then citv, and as T wanted to be a Victory: walked over to the reindeer cave., As eirl. 1 asked my mother and father tothey walked over to the reindeer cave e , and on it In " was “Key to Heaven.” we Started off ‘without them. When| "'y, et e A S we reached the place wherc the track !y then asked: “What dat mean?” was to start some people told us that “That shows you how to get the truck had left. We started toward peaven” said Charlie., golden letters; "\ g Evarts of Middletown was in town Friday and Saturdar, Rev. Mr, Champ of Hartford Theo- logical seminary occupied the pulpit at the Congregational church Sunday | time, but the girls did not come, An English time-recording machine i for workmen uses thumb prints for identification. Service on the County Grand Jury is a new privilege .acorded women men that he had| | ing in the countrr, it fs harder \ asons, | | vou to eriticise to im. | iiiney : ‘h di i aven, s .. |morning. 1t is expected Mr. Chamn 5 ! £ Sy pay me for the work I did. T n this| Teddy shouted, “Look, there is a man |home, much disappointed. Huh!” was all the German said;|min conduct service mext Sunday|Of 108 Angeles and yicinity. said Talent is some-! way I earned $3 wh I zave to be a'gelling boats! Oh, can we have one?” | \When.we came near our house Tianq because he didn't care for it he! s According to a government repgrt thing—the in. | Victory girl {” “We will try and hire a boat If you|SaW my brother and sister in the au-|pyt it back again. { ™Mrs. 5. A. Raymond was a Middle: |more than 3,500,000 acres of gover\. |, 1 belons to the Junior Red Cross and| children promise . to it very still, |0 20ing to the parade. We were very| ™ Tpen out of the same pocket he took| Mrs: I% A. Raymond w ment land has been freed recenti . Ito the Rel Cross, O ohed e " |glad. We got on the auto and my!some cards, On one was a picture of|OF" Visitor Saturday afternoon. of prairie dogs by poisoning the s anger quick-| 1 collected iearly, four nounds of| They all got in and were about inqPTgther caught up to the truck. - = |Charlie's beloved mother. i s dogs. il bring joy to an tinfoll which T gave to the Red Cross:|ine conter of the 'pond when Mr.j e were very glad to see the parade; ~“Who's dat?” he inquired. “Your CHESTERFIELD Dansk Mose-Industri is the name also collected meach stones and vari-| prown exclamed. “Freddy, domt lean|Decause we never miss : e he "SC 7 g 2 of a new corporation being formed us other shefls that T gd¥e tothemd’ o far over o you Jell fallifmy bugl |~ o JDATLIFSCHITZ, Age 11 s replied Charlie; with tears tn; . Mrs. John Traser has returned home ) 4 A0 TElR ! witn a capital THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, \,DUrink noon hour at sehool 1 etithe warning came:too late, for over| 1 L hig eves. and put out his hand for It | M rerrimac; Mass, also attendiig the|Stocic of $34,430. ;T¢ will dévelap pedt 1--Stella Gaska of Jewett City—The initting a facseloth for the Rod Cron | Tas’ Sohb was & good Swimmer| She Spilled Her Berries. o e rtant lotton oy vmar:| memorial services held there for the|beds and work certain i prics Boy Scouts in Italy | " Tast summer the neighbors of ks ick 2 3 4 “ | boys who died overseas. A pair of oxen hauling wood down ; RE S ¥land. & t Ireddy out. Once T went picking _huckleberries | he asked. vs e _2-Helen Kahn of Yantic—The Red vicinity gathered together one_ after- | "p aony S0 "o S wets” sput-|with my sister. 1 gilled my pail and| “No'” was the only reply he got. Miss Hazel Powers of Hartford hasia steep woodroad from Bald Moun (Joes Girls Atioar With the Flag jnoon 2 week to sew for the Belglan|iered Freddy. started {o climb. the fence. But my| Then his eves caught a white plecs| been spending a few days here with|tain at Camden, Me., suddenly made h B. Downes of Norwich— children. T belonged to tbis sewing! «well. son, how could you go in|pail fell down and my berries spilled ' of ' paper which Charlie carelessly relatives. a dash defying all efforts to step B club, to whieh T gave most of My SDATS| (e water without getting wet” acked |out. I went back, but the mosquitoes| dropped on the ground. e peked it| Miss Doris Saxton closad sehool |them and fan down the hill. A dig Leber of Plainfield—Ruth' Hme: T also gave to the Near East|nr Brown. bit so hard that I only half filled my|up hastily and began to read it, but it Thursda’y mg'ht L§o ais 1‘3 au_.egd ane ox{vln:xad alighted on -the back one Moving Plctures. Ty - Bt Come, Dina will put some dry|pail ‘ % : was only a lettersfrom “Home, Sweet| teachers’ convention in Norwich, Fri- |of them. e 1 Bl Butier of wich—The o had a war gardem of my ownm Inlothes on vou, for we brought some MINNIE LIFSCHITZ, Age 9. ‘ ¥ B _The gbvernment of : Victoria and eda Butler o rwich—The which T raised several kinds of vege-|; nieE " Montvill “If you got a letter of business I kill| The dance in the Eureka Soeial club| New South Wales have approved the Boy Scouts on the Roll Honor. B : izt lagh o {in case of any mishaps. Montville. d of le i 3 % Boy Scc il of Honor. tables. I worked in my garden nearly! ' preqdy was soon in a dry suit and you, he said. ; attracted a large crowd of people from | construction of an_iron drawbridge asville—A ! ¢ day until it was time to gather!jooied as happy as ever only he didn't! My Rathor’s Ton “Go to it!”. replied Charlie. “I| Norwich, New London. Lyme and|gver the Murray River between Pi- { in the crops. | want to go, home ¢ S z t ‘| haven't any; that's all I can say!"” Montville. Ashley’s orchestra furnished| angil, Victoria and Toleeybuc, New s m——— 1 tried to be saving of my money by “2Ntel T tnink: we had better start |0ne_dids ast summer Y Teel| " Just then it seemed to . Charlic he|the music and Alfred and George|South Wales, at a cost of £13500 ‘;\‘fg‘t_"hu{irr‘;id;&::‘:'. e:!‘ ‘nnd gf f‘o?d.“m. home, because you might get C’;:;; 1‘7'(‘ ‘:e'a Latemy ?nothe"r had just| 3% some objectf moving h? back of| Ctgpr?g:n&rog:&le%ehn Radikn Tou ($65,698).. Each state will bear halt n e, ete, T used only aj.,1q" Jaughed good father Brown. g het Kettle -with, cOlA. Mater. the bushes, Just then_ a shower of| BenJ % = pan, Louis|the cost. 4 ; ou an | small amount of wheat flour and used|“*\5, Wil ledus Tommy safe in beq|reflled the kettle with. c . 20| bullets came from the bushes, fol-| Arievitz, Florence — Powers, Ruth| mp0" . nove e i i e substitutes. Tn the same way 1 tried! o another few ni he went out to hoe the potatoes untilljoweq by about ten Americans. Tinker, Hazel Powers and Abraham to be economi i ghts. o hould be boiled S : * M/ (rade of Venzuela' with the United ° ical in the use of paper. I} rprp\ T 3 > 5 |the water shou o Gy Rk Charlie’s heart jumped with joy. The| Savin attended the entertainment in 3 ! 4 would use scrap pleces to fizure on, Hgkafifiewm UISE JEROME, Age'12. In about fifteen mindtes the Water|Germans fell dead at Charlie's Téet, one! Palmer Memoridl school in Montville, Statfi: ?:gxng:i";l;ea}n;‘::‘ oCV;l;suw:& eau } y yfiur eto- " was Dboiled and my mother ‘filled a|omy happening to escape, but he didn't| Friday night. ‘-e’“m“ Tports - Hve - -Chatiged i e e P e B e cerhes with o ilale o, sake| TD, far before he Walkined todi llittle in_the last six ‘vears, the share ots ey try. ecause the war is| . rees toge e ) harli as taken back to cai T 3 3 i is over, some people think it is not neces- | TOMMY TIDD. Ot Hired migh. siw’. the -t iy, Costlie was mp by} New Haven. — President Arthur|of the United States in this trade has the soldiers on their shoulders, . After the war was over they all went home across the seas to their families. ° Com ]exlon Twining Hadley of Yale will represent! the university at the meeting of the! representatives of the associated west-! sary to e different things. thought it was for him, for he alwayys It is said the United States is the! ate out of doors. He sat down and| more than -doubled. A large demand for a f i ti:®st in the : s most wasteful country in the world. drank the tea and ate the-cake. All who heard the story of Charlie's”ern Yale clubs to be held in St. Loujs \mmediate future is antiéipated by an —and rid the skin of un- |This is due to the carelessness of its) My father came along and saw thel,icentire had tears in their eyos, fov,?\xuy S and 2% jexpert in Montevideo, Urguay, ac- P E B inhabitants. It would not be so if the | empty glass, so he told my mother. '+ {raRCIRE) AT €Ot narrow escape from: j cording to- Consul William -Dawsop, sightly blemishes, quicker |people were more economical in their | She sald: “There's no_harm done; | qeoth: | Before the war the only firms han. . everyday life. Il fill another glass” = She took the LOUISE LEBER, Age 11. dling Urugauyan stones were Ger- and surer, by putting your HELEN G. KAHN, Age 13. glass and went -into the house. Plainfield. HCAN l BE man, and they exported them in the bl 3 = When she came there. the kettle had Lty {rough. Considerable saviag may be ood, stomach and liver in Bunny's Strategy. dissgyeatelySliogeSis,) WL Sohdln The Swallows. i effected, it is thought, by preliminary good order, than in any other way. Clear complex- ion, bright eyes, rosy cheeks ana red lips follow the use of B&echam’s Pills, They eliminate poisonous matter from the system, purify the blood and tone One cold November day a boy and his dog Bluff were going through a stretch of woods as a short cut to the boy's home. All went well until the boy noticed a single rabbit apparently sleeping at the foot of a tree. He got out of sight and sent the dog for Bunny. Bluff crept slowly and cauticusly toward the sleeper. Ten feet, seven feet, five feet, Bunny never moved. The dog then crouched for the final| spring and just as he leaped Peter Cottontail showed that he was more awake than the dog. He eprang in the opposite direction, and the dog landed on a tuft of grass. Again the the organs of digestion—Use BEECHAMS dog tried, but failed. After a few movements of this kind, Bunny scam- pered into the bushes, Bluff walked back to his master with a look of disgust. He was fooled. If the rabbit had run as &oon as he had seen the dog, he likely would have been caught; but by taking short jumps he did not give the dog time to PILLS Sale of Madicine in et M e e Wrta . get his heavier body under full swing. By doing this he reached the thicket| and. when he got near enough he ‘What Tommy Tidd says: It I knew that a ‘word of mine, A word not kind and true,’ Might leave+its trace scampered into the~bushes where the dax could not met him. ~On-a-loved one's face— have happened to it in those brief five minutes. She hunted high and low,' and then she found that . my cousin had to bathe her baby, so she took the kettle. Then she filled it agdin and set it to boil. Meanwhile my mother got disgusted, with the tea, and went to pick some, green peas. The water boiled and ‘my father came in and said, “Now Tl take some tea myself, so I'll be sure to have it.”” He filled three glasses for my two cousins and himself. Then he took a bag filled with clothespins which he thought was cake and with- out looking he filled the dish ' with clothespins. Then . everybody laughed at his ex- pencse. . 3 % ' LIFSCHITZ; Age*13, - .~ JENNIE Montville. A Flower’s Biography. I am a violet. Last fall'my leaves all withered and dri€d ‘up, but.from. my stem I sent some very small seed: The next 'eprin, the earth and found the and the was a beglrining. ‘Bat, “oh! | looking out of doors when I saw the ‘| mother swallow with something in her 1 'came up. thfough} noticed that one of her yvoung birds ¢ alr warm| was missing, so she began {o look all ky blue. T thought that this} around her, but she soon found out how’! where he was. savad’! I'd never'd speak harshly. weuld you?!dreary the earth did look! The trees Last summer there was a mother swallow who built her nest in our old hen coop She: had three- little birds in it. But orne day what happened to them? Two of them fell from the nest, when she was away gathering food. The other one stayed in the nest, but very unhappy was he. One of the birds that fell from the nest was dead, and the other was dying. The one that was dead, T took and buried, but the other one 1 saved and put him back into the nest. Then I went home, but I couldn’t stay ‘there even five minutes without thinking of the birds. Just then I was by the window bill. ‘I ran out as fast as I could go and looked to see what she was going to do. % As soon as she looked in her nest she CURED?” SAYS | “THE SUFFERER How often have you beard that sad cry from the’ cittims of disease. Per- kaps the disorder has gone teo far for belp, but oftener it is just in its first stages and the pains and aches are only nature's first cries for help. Do not despair. Find out the cause and give vature all the help yoh can and she will repay you with health. Look after the kidoeys. The kidneys are the most overworked organs of the human body, and when they. fail in their work of filtering and_ throwing off the poison Eht eon:tutz accumulates in the sys- em, everything goes wromg. GOLD MEDAL Haarlen Oit Cl‘p'mls will give almost immedidte relief from kid- ey and bladder. troubl nd their kin- dred “ailments. They' will free your body from pain in short order. But be siire to get GOLD MEDAL. Look for She put down the food she had {gdea ™ the name on every box. In three sizes, e packages. Momey refanded if *uey de mot. heln you. g cutting before shipment. Branford. very interesting dfs- play of war souvenirs is on exhibition at the Bradley Bros. store. 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