Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1919, Page 9

The Horse That Draws Yeur Ceal. | Tm just a commen herse that through Day -m“'rmcay, teils with the coal yom ‘Willing am I that you should feel the slow ot nh.-rful warmth within your cosy omes; — Ay, nm than willing, glad to be eof Doln‘ L work in my own humble Yet, pr;thef. friends. I fain weuld ask u To spare me from the winter's ice and snow, And let me minister unte your n-el; Lee, When streets are not frest-bound, is the way So fraught with danger that each om- ward step Imperiis life. 1 cannot choose my Way, ‘And oft an unkind driver urges me Beyond the limit of my will and power. TUp hills a human would not dase fo tread I must essay to pass. Pledged by my sturdy make the test though a broken wreck the load? So when you sit within 7 we've made So full of comfort by our willing aid, My mate and 1, grant us the pledge we ask STaRIES Wim!u BY WIDE- AWAKES. The Exact Truth. yOung mMasons buflding a brick wali—the mu( l of a high ing a brick, house, One of them, in pi discovered that it was a little thicker Feor am I not strength to shoutd ] it out. . make your wall untrue, Ben.” said h ‘Paoh!” angwered Ben. “What dif- ferenee will such » mae asithat make? You're too particnl “My mother, Anl'emd he, “taught that ‘truth is truth!’ and ever lictle an untruth is a lie. and a lie Eer 1imb the homes Of bins well filled before returns Sihter f : waid Ben, “thags att very well: 4 The v:ial;;er snow with iev sleet ahd bu‘t T ain net ing e el This is our plea—ponder it well, I pray, A horse can ask veu in no other way. ——Helen M. Richardson, in Our Dumb Animals. Tv true: but you e vour wall tell a lie, and 1 have X that a lie in one's work is' like 2 ife in his charac- ; it will shaw itself seoper or later, 1R e ahan g n answered Ben. and he warked away, laying more bricks, and earrving the wall up high- er, til] the clese of the day, when they quit work and went heme. The next morning they went to re- sume their work when, behold! the lie had wrought out the resuit of all lies! The wall gettlmg a Hetle slant. had toppled ever in obliging the masons to do a! o e R again. ~ RUTH SABROWSKI, Age 13. Norwich. The Nightingale and ‘Glowwerm. A nightingale, that all day long Had cheered the village with his seng, r vet at eve his note suspended, Ner vet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might. ‘The keen demands of appetit When, looking eageriy around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A somethi: shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn tep, He thought to put him in his crep. The worm, aware of his intent, arangued him, right Qloquenl Did you admire my lamp,” quoth he, As much as 1 your minstreisy, You would abhor to do me wron As much as T to spoil your seng. For 'twas the selfsame power divin Taught you to sing and me to shine. Phat you with music. I with light, “i'ht beautify and cheer the night.” heard his short oration, And wa‘l:nng out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. William Cowper. Little Lame Pete: Peter was @ little boy of about 10 vears and was very brave. He had a jeg that was about two inches shorter than the other and had much difficulty abeut walking, but he was always mnml. He was far different from Lame J who was about the same, but was ulrlys grumbling because he was lame. Tame Peter had many pets, o he always found plenty to do. Peter's home ras nnr mg raijroad, and he was made | le saving one of his pets from h‘mg killed, and risked be- ing killed himself. One.day Lame Peter and his favor- ite pet, Shepherd, a huge St. Bernard dog, were wukip&ugn; the railroad when all ey Saw a Ireat big boylder q.v' from a hillside, right ox :l;- track. ::u P;ter saw it his pst impulse was op and try to push it Ifl‘lhn track bu’l try as he might, e couldn’ it off the track. Away in the distance he heard the whistle of a lacomotive. Perspiration Stood on Paters brow. What should he do? he thought. If he did not met the boulder off the track it would mean disaster” for the . Then fTooking| at Shepherd for a minute, he said: “Run home, Shep, and brln; me mother's table, cover, quick!" The dog, fUlly understanding, ran heme and pulled the e cover from the table and ran back to his younz master. Nearsr and nearer sounded the rumble of the train! Peter climbed as fast'as he could en the boulder aid, taking the table cloth in his hands. be- gan frantically waving it. The train UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE: AWAKES, SUNFLOWER. Have you ever thought of a plant as being an auto-machine, and so much more wonderful than the automobile that there is no comparison between them? Every single plant in the garden has energy, speed, capacity nad purpose. The purpose of every plant is the production of seed for continuing the life of its own species. The plant has to hunt and select its own food, defy competition, and strug- gle to overcome its enemies, which may be plants or ravaging insects You are acquainted with the sun- flower, or sunrose, as they c3ll it in England, a true Ameriean plant—yel- orange or rec—and varying in low, size from 2 to 12 inches in diameter. :‘ns h‘!hslghl:.t PW':uld (t));(: zngl’:nee‘:i see, t grows 18 i m? thoug eter. e hoped so, It grows 13 feet or more high in af fiM7 SRERERG PEISE, CO He BoRed o geason, and each plant produces thou- sands of seeds, and it averages a growth of three inches a day, and in all its fine work there is design showh and speed. Toqt! Teot! The whistie soupder loud- er and Peter waved the cloth faster and shouted louder. The engineer, see- ing Peter didn't gef off the track, stopped the trpin, e mq‘: “Get off the trac) he shouted, every co; (8% mm did lewfnt for J’&Wb nnql efl day, as icks. On'this particular. -,!t-mm she stood there longer than usual + “I wish I were rich mu Rutn” sai Helen did not say much about her Easter, bl‘il: ‘l;:stenfil 'l‘th wide ooen.g eyes to of a W spied .a tiny. gray thing that looked very much like a stone, but it was mot. It was a baby sparrow. “Oh! what a lovely little bird will take it for uck.” So she took off her scarf and warn- ped the shivering little thing When.she got home she work basket ad made a_bed for it and]| then she prepared supper. She had been given a bun for lunch and she had saved it for her mother. © She made some toast and then ghe sat down to wait for her mother. In a few minutes mother came. When she had eaten her supper, Helen showed her the little sparrow. They gave it some bread crumbs. Soon it was fast asleep with its head under its .wing. In the morning Helen went out as usual to get wood. She opened the door and there before her very eves avas a large basket full of everything good. .There were many surprises and mysterious packages: After it was all unpacked Helen said: “Mother, 1 _do believe that it is a fairy bird. When I picked it up T said I hoped it would bring good luck and it did ALICE JOHNSON, Age 11. Birds That Can Talk. Birds seem to be the only animals in_all the world that can be taught to talk. Who ever heard of a four-feoted animal that could utter one single word, or even one clear syllable? A dog can bark, a horse can neigh and a pig can squeal, but can any of them say even so much as “Polly?" Dogs, we knosv. are very clever, but did any dog, big or little, ever: say so much as “Puppy?” And we have seen and heard of learned pigs that could play cards and do other won- dersul but dia any pig ever Piggy wants a oracker!” No, all & pix can do is grunt. Those four handéd amimals, the can chatter and make faces, and even go so far as to learn to chew »co and smoke a pipe, but with all their smartness was there ever a monkey that could say even so much there are th curfous ani- the seals, that ve in the sea. in the sea and look like fish, fish, but are not fish. Some of them make a moise in their throats that seunds somewhat like 17 But suppose they do say ' any one of them ever say * Was_there ever an insect that could 1k? Bee. %z, mosquitoes can but they do not talk. But a parrot can be taught English, German, French, Spanish, or any other language. - .The, raven, which is to be found almost everywhere in the world, is a very good babbler. He learns very fast, catches up a great many words, takes in long sentences a#nd remembers them well. The gray. parrot which comes from western: -Africa is the best. talker of all, unless it is that the Mino bird dogs even better than the parrot. There is one thing that some birds t can de, that no other animals have ever done. They can learn to imi- tate very clearly the words which men speak. ELLEN BOROVICKA, Age 12. West Willington. How 1 Helped a Dog. One day while I was out walking in the field T heard something mean- ing. I ran toward the direction the noise came from and found a peor helpless dog lying on a_bed of therns. He had been-caught in Farmer Green's deer srap. I took his leg from the trap and dressed his wound and car- ride him home across the field. When I reached home my sister, Grace,-was afraid of him, but after a few feedings the dog became very fat and gentle. I hope all boys: and girls of the Wide-Awake Circle will help the ones And some of these plants color their|ARgFily & S ae Tor KISDeN s belras o o 5, 1, sir” shouted Peter, back. . seeds ‘hlack. some brown and some|, Well sir® shouted Teter. —ba FLORENCE' McGOVERN, Age 13. striped gray and white. HBach kind] O% e e enpincersaw Tt he Sum- Glasgo. !rqm the en- Eine- and ther s The Paulder o rad Meanwhile, the ather passengers, wondering why the train had stopped, g0t off, and as soon as they knew the reaspn why, one said: “Gentlemen, fhis little lad has nob- saved our lives. I will give him a hundred dollars. Who else will give hin® something, to show our grati- tude.” “I will,” said ene, “and 1” “and I and soon a large amount was col- Then the one who had spoken what's your name?’ Lame Petey! “I megn your last name!"” “Oh, you mean my full name! It's David Peter Herbert -and I live all alone with pay mother. over there, pointing in “the direction. “My -m ther is Yoey, Deor, but semehow we to 1 M u did a peble . thing. Here, take thu money as representing sur .r-txtu o, said Peter, “thank you, bug_v;‘dnn: want te take it.” y > Because, I dld nothipg to deserve !h"'.l'hgl take it !oll yeur -Mher, “said e “Oh yes sir,” instantly replied Peter, “T, will take it for her bt ot for miyse 3 “v-y well! ‘And may God tect you my 1pd. Goox SUMMER DANGERS OF FAT PEOPLE Liability to Collapse, MFMM m-flo&umm makes its geeds in the same form and coler, and with laterals makes from 50 to 75 feet of stalks in 20 weeks. It is the favorite flower of the American yellow bird, er wild canary, and these birds feed upon its seeds, and know how tp test the flowers for ripe seeds; and it can stand on the face of the flower as the climbing birds can stand on the trunk of a tree. What a useful plant this is! The seeds are good foed for fowls, and the geeds are baked in European cauntries and used as a substitute for coffee: and the ofl from the seed is used te adulterate olive oil, to which in qual- ity it is only second: oilcakes are made of it for the cattie. and the long fibres are woven into mats and baskets, and the leaves even are valued as a fer- tilizer, How true to pattern and to every purpose this flewer is. It is a thing of beauty whieh autematically produees what other Tlving creatures need. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOK mong Eine and th it 2—Norman McFall of anul\t.vrn— The Navy Boys' Cruise "With Panl Jones. 3—Ellen l.nviek- of West Willing. ever pro. bye, and Why t Reat Bocanse you are Bioated Witk ocs | mboh, Soisx :»z 2i%, follow the|Going down to Dbreakfast everybedy|also have potatoes, bread and. fruit. y Trom the unsightiiness end 18- °°" m % | sreeted her as usual. They eat very little meat. comfort, you are risking your life, i c.m"& u In If:r“ux 5 Neddy said “good morning, dear,”| The ‘Swiss children have to go to 4 ‘are overstout you should de- | wril Hoe r Warein ‘27565 | the sante as usual; and mether gave|school when -tney are six vears old. ‘Hn't:!flxtt;°)'.u;hd‘;— ’;?t‘.' gflrznn lt:fl ¥ork, 3 ‘| her the same kind of kiss.as before.|They go to school only eight months feed to—and become normal i 5-. v watin o €, one pound | Sister Alice also grected as usual |in the vear, so they have four months, *ith the b‘_.m o Bestae hw il fn Cbetingte chaes the ral om Oh " thought Antoinctte, “why don’t | vacation. cheerful disposition, atiractive Appear. | Ret disint e o> |any of 'em speak about my birthday!| After schiool the boys help take care anee and the joy of knowing that you |antee of $ § .r :‘ that the use or | Well, I won't talk about it!” of the goats, and cattle. ~have co?lu\nm T vietery in a |eil ;nfi: .‘fi-&:&- of certain All day long Antoinette was sad,|giris help al t zm housework. The eom vels A ::: - wi your aistt bemutel nodone H\:::ht :!t. herho: this .blldnnA of Switserland ':r some ise 1 = ixty s particular lay, al mother 13 not o well as ‘work. 5 Mhe aru store Aad Rer s imall nag | Buare. Make. s a hemey aumiool |made any birthday cake -at dinner One of th& Ereatest holidays is when ot oil of ‘i-m- Un Sapsuice) enen then Sirprise ad ael and your | time like she did to sister Alice. the men return with their of dake one each i 1 ; e That day.at supper time. ' word. - Not ope!.. But at- ldo come A Visit to a Ranch. One day as Tom and Ned came home from high school, their moth- er told them that thev were going on a visit, but refused totell them where. At last came the Joyful mews that high school was going to close for a vacation. When the day came which their mother had arranged for the begin- ning of their journey, she told them that they were going to spend their vacation on their unele's ranch. The boys were overcome with joy at the news, and waited patiently at the station for the train to eome in. Soon the high buildings and fac- tories of the city were lost to view, and in their place were peaceful fields of cattle and sheep. When - they arrived at their unele’s ranch they were greeted with l.u"A stretches of grassy plain, with cow- boys riding In and out among the cattle. (for it was rounding up time at _the ranch). The boys did many things, such as hunting and riding. They were in a stampede which was the loss of four- teen vatluable cattle. They were very sorry when they started for home, but their uncle com- forted them -with this remark: “You boys can come again summer for your vacatio: This hit the right spat. and they sheok their uncle's hand and bade him a cordial goodbye. NORMAN McFALL, Age 12. Voluntown. next Antoinette’s Birthday. Tomorrow was to “be - Antoinett birthday and vet no one except An- toinette wondered. would they think of ‘her birthday tomorrow? Antein- ette hoped seo. s _The next.morning very early a lt- tle xirl rose from bed and hastily dressed herself. It was Anteinette. It was her tenth anniversary today. cake un table, sitt Leattle to hr-.\-b mmmnmmu‘w miueo-surme n boys and g‘h on baoe s!de and five boys — ~other. - At ll-t Antoinette was so surprised she could net say a word. Then she said, with joy: “A birthday party!” And what a lovely partv it was, too. Antoinette ney. —night a.dr Antinetts kissed her mother and Alice, au> ga u forgotts aboht B Sy Ml Lot o b ways pays to wait and see. Than ¥ou ever so wmuch. B;s'rmcn Hmm'r Age 12. Learning to Farm It. My home is in Brooklyn, N. ¥. but 1 Cghe staying with my friend- on a Qe s apmmer. I have learned to ive two hm'u. side the horse rake, | build a load of hay, and help mow it | and to feed tur- i T,hm are five of us, and we have a mice hnz learning how to farm it.| ILLIE EMMEL, Age 11. Nnrw'hfli Foxes Got His Turkeys. - I wiil tell you what I-have in my garden: Beans, potatoes. squash and turnips. - i had a lot of nmice chickens, but something come ome night and took them out of the coop, and I only have twenty left. I have a nice flock of turkeys, but the foxes have taken two of my old ones. 1 _am learning to get hay barn. I can drive two' horses. help build load and mow it away in the barn. CARL A. KINMOUTH, Age 10. Norwich. My Trip to New York. One day jn June some friends of mine were going to New York in their awto and they invited me to go with them. 1 was delighted to accept the invitation. We started at 7 reached Bronx PArk we ‘stopped and saw all the animals. I liked to watch the Eagles as 1 bad never seen one before. I also liked the Water Lions, Peacocks, Tigers. Lions, Monkeys and Birds. When we had seen all the ani- mals we started dgain and reached New York at 12:00. We then went along the Hudson River ., and when we reached a quiet spot we had lunch which we had brought with us. After lunch we rode up the Hudson to Yonkers. After ‘seeing 'Yonkers we sturted home and reached home about mid- a. m, When we night, very tired but much pleased our trip. DOROTHY L. BARTON, Age 11. \N ew Haven. A World Without Birds. ‘What would a world without birds be? It would be but a lonely and desolate place to live in. We do not realize the help birds give us. What would a farmer do with his farm if it wasn't for the helpful birds? They eat the werms and other mecu that injure the crop. And what would be our delight to see the parks but for the pretiy bipds. How could we be out in the open’ air lest some mesquito or other in- sect came and torment us. What a lonely place this world wouid be, if we didi't the birds singing and chirping up in the green| trees. I can’t understond how a boy eor man could a beautiful songhird and see it torn and bleeding, Tall to the ground, and Still T think there are more people who wish to protect birds than kill them for pleas- ure, or for the morsel of food found heir bodies. LOUISE LEBER, Age 12. Plainfield. Switzerland, Switzerland is a land of mountains and hills and valleys and beautiful es and streams. Every year peo- ple from all parts of the world go there to see the beautiful Swiss scen- Someumu large masses of ice and snow mixed with earth, fall or slide down the sides of the mountains with a loud crash. As they slide they tear away rocks and trees and bury horses and wil s beneath them. These masses spow. and ice are called avalanches. Snow falls all year round. om the tops of the mountains in Switzerland. As the snow falis down on the moun- tains it never melts. but ferms into ice. These masses of ice slide down the mountains, but very slowly. They are called glaciers, A great many of the people of Bwitzerland live by keeping, cattle, sheep, and geats. The houses are in valleys mostly. In spring when the snew begins to melt they drive the pasture, when they are to stay till the end of summer. There is a kind of goat in Switzer- land called the Chameis. It lives high up in the mountains, and its flesh i good to eat, and its skin is made inte leather. This leather is called sham my leather, and from it gloves are made. The Swiss people use a great deal of dairy products for f They | bells. ring and flags wave, and shg-!ln;:on. ing is heard everywher we love the ‘| Ye say they all have wed away, ‘That nobie mee Ia%' Fnr flvar ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO, by Ruth \\'eatherhead of Willimantic. STL’LLA GASKA, Asge 1. In Switzerland instea of a King 0. they have a President.just as we dc One of their greatest men, was Wi No picture is hung in the Louvre,| am TeH. They loved him just as]in Paris, until the artest has been name of George Wash-|dead ten years. Hot--Cold Bottles 1 PINT SIZE, CORRUGATED NICKEL CON- 1 QUART BOTTLE, CORRUGATED CON- TIN LUNCH BOXES with Pint Bottle $3.00 The' Houséhdld Bulletin Building = 74me..5m.e POETRY TNDIAN NAMES. e crentel e That “mid Torosts ‘where thwey A gl There rings no bunteris ghout, But thoic. nime 18 on Yonr waters. Ye may not wash it out, P whers Ontario'n. iriligw/ Mke Oce: x irge s r‘-’m ong X ingane's The echo of the world, Where red muaun }mn. th Rich iribute from nia's 3?.1.(“"" g And Hupbabannac Yo say Lhflh’ cone ll.k. cabins, -l L ™ On green Virgl That ciust r the Have fled away llka wi tbll'ed Before the autwmn sty But thelr meGory Jiveth om wr el Biptam ep yeus ore. our everias rivers un-k Their dialect of yore. Amid his young remown? Connectient hath wreathed Wihere her guiet fols And bold Kentuecky Dratves & Through all her anecient JVachusett hides its unnmu- veics [\, Within his rocky it y b Monadnock on his forehead hoar Doth seal the smcred trust; Your mountains bulld their munmm Though ‘ye destroy their 8usf Ye call these I'Qd brovd brethrem The imsects of an ho Craished dfie the noteless rosm Py The Tegions of their poswer Ye drh(- them from ‘thelr fathhs’ nds, Ye break of faith the sead, But can ye from the count of Heswen cliude their last appeal? : Ye.see their unvesiating tribes, With telisome step and aicw On through the trackless desert pais. caravan of woe: Think ye the Eternal Ear ls feaf? His sleepiess vision dfim Think ve the soul's Plood may mot vy From that far land to Him —Lydia Huatley &g\mm.A ' ¥ THE HOME ROAD. I tread the paths in 'dear, famfiflar places, & The greening leaves are swaying in each tree: ¥ I see again the well memembenéd aces. Oh! the home road is the synit ram and the only road for me. Somehow, the city's orowdsd throng, heart turns back to rest sm Wil and les, A month, a vear, Tong? For the home road is the shaded resad And the only read for me. amid My what matters it fow Why care, If birds sing or soft falls the summer rain— Sometimes autumn, sometimes sweet spring we see: v in life is to returp -amain suniit oF Shedad tis the only road for mée.. —C. A. Pinckney. Summervitle, 8. C. road, HUMORS OF THE DAY - Her Friend—What is your favorite part of the Bible Telephone Giri—The Book of Num- bers. Stray~ Steries. “She -gets her coL.plexion frem her moflmr\ r)-')])lr indeed ! Are they chemists —London Blighty. > you ecalled on her jo patch up old quarrel. I3id W succeed 7 “No, we found it easier to make .a new one.'—Boston Transcript. “4This bill of yours is lamentable as regards synia: “Didn’t we make that high enough pxiously demanded Senutor ' BSpug L I “You talk as though you thought was a fool. Then I have misjudged you. 1 didn't think you would understand me s0 easily."—Life. | Percival—Gosh! Isn’t it raining! Pansy—Never mind, boysie; take father's umbrello, then perhaps he won't so wmuch mmind your cemipg back.—London Ideas. Mr. Newlywed—Did you sew . the button on my coat, darling? Mrs. Newlywed—No. love; I couldn't find the button, so I just sewed up the buttonhole.—Dalias News. Gujde—Would M’sieu like to see ane of the robbers' strongholds, of which there are several in the neighborbeed ’ Tourist—No, thanks We've fxed up a hotel already.—London Tit-Bits. The Callers—Here you have been demobilized a month and We' bavey't at seen you until pow. Poilu—Well I couldn't met away. Just think, my wfe had all the gos- sip of four years to tell me.—Le Pele Mele, Pari : Daughter—Dick is going to bs “a good son-in-law, pa. He is making plans to help you bear the loss sf your child. 5 Father—I guess he's making plans for me to help support my loms.—San Francisco Chronicle Mrs. Downstairs—My husband was telling me! that your husband - has gone into the moving picture businéss Mrs. Upstairs—Yes, we are house- cleaning and Tve Bad him | Weisk. -t pictures uound-baw 'IHEKALBDCBCOPE Coal deposits have been discoveéred in the Andean foothills of Argentina. A noiseless pneumatic ., riveter squuezes rivets into heles ‘with a prespure of a ton. French scientists have found speec- troscopes quick and reliable for ama- lyzing mineral water, After long and serious experiments an Italian seientist has decided . that dogs wag their tails for econverss- tional purposes. * ‘A British patent has been grantedl foy 4 seres of tanks fastened to cablel to enable a vessel to spread- efl on rough water. . So that it will be of conveniest size until consumed a cake of soap has been invented that has a hollow waxed paper core. Safety gloves for machinists have been invented, made of ehromo leather and sewed with steel wire so that they wll not rip. The good roads moyement seems to have taken a hold upon Japan, and ft is reported that the city of Toky® plans to spend over $1.000.000 én pav- ing streets in the very near future. This would seem the opportune .timp for American manufacturers of road- building equipment and materials o introduce their goods to the Japanese. Now that parcel post service th Germany has been resumed by .the United States. Milwaukee npeople are deluging the mafls with sausages fer relatives and friends in the Father- lznd. So - heavy - has this particulay parcel business become that _postal authorities “declare the congestion at the mail terminals js worse than thag usually attending the Christmas rush By a resolution of May16,1919 the Urugayan . government has . officially commissioned Senor Mateo A. I'rue Eoni n an honorary capacity to studg traffic, road construction, signal sys: tems, ‘and the organization of autec mobile transportatation in the Unitedl States. This official missidbn has been given to Senor Frugoni at ‘the. sug- Beston of the. Uruguayan Au Club of which he is a director. 4