Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1919, Page 11

Rules for Young Writers. 23 e pen and ink, not pem 1 ort and pointed articles siven prererence. 1o no: Use Ovy stories or letters oniy ur name, age and 3d- at the bottoms of rthe dress pleinly story. POETRY. Grandpa’s Christmas Scng By Roy T: Burke. Don't seem !ike twenty vears ago—I now it m The srows were [ the eaves above the door. When ma had lit the parlor light and pa had fixed the grale, Ana me and Bill and Johnnie and Aunt Jennie's orphant Rate *Ould wait_around the fireplace 'til grandpa’d kind of taugh: If you young 'uns Wwill keep right quiet I']) play the phonygraph.” He'd take his crutch ang limp aiong _o the corner of the room, Take the album off ‘the phonygraph a dancin’ tune. of others 'till Towserd zlasses on, nd scowl, late, s gettin’ tune tonight a bt just one m <iir the fir shadow the tune one that grand- a to eroon. o soft and sweet, Heard it through light, vet T op the singer quick up the ligl “Children N iss grandpa, “Good | Auniv's on h it some ¢ a1 his room \ soft that nretty song that ndina used to eroon grandpa a- grandma now, zone; 0o, T eparate roads, | s do, lin' and the {mas night vas his Iast and he iird like @ m Ang the singer sunz until the end ake You Home Kathieen” —Along Broadwey. “TN To Vieains. 8. IManford. i.enarc oy protty poor imcin Ceve dead. and wot did 'é care i or wet or cold: soabd I'd give my tight im there. vith blood, 1 ul fr rdir eyes ped up with ooze and mud, 'l keen 'is 'ead in the flercest fight,” \ e thi fleas: the Ind that owed 'im 1Wee an's Land at night. dead as 'e'l ever be *t that's strong, turn to go ° for .me, hild. the stable came t and the morn: Him softly down of hoof and horn. king a-near Mim stood r early of all the poor, arant h: ret T, Sangster, hi'd nto midni And He it i UNCLE JED'® TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Right now fs 2 good time to recall fact that our expectations are at om ef most of our disappoint- rnly one : right to one expectation we and that that i1 keep their promises, ao dishonest. £ any kind is a debt, and 10t ey their dehts, 1 ad they soon aracters. ""What every gt i Peme kno juvenile circles Ao you to get on Christmas? just e most important question, and @ great many youngsters are expecting Itogether too much, and are be disappointed. The world has been expecting raere than it had any right te ever since the beginning of time, and it has learned this one valuable lesson; “Nothing is as good as it seems to be before. hand!” When a person expects more than he should he iz not satisfled with what he receives, however good it may be, It is wicked for any one to excite the expectations of another with promises and then not keep them. It 15 always hetter to do without bromicing than it is to promise with- out doing. I will not tell you what a person is who does not keep his promises; but 1 venture he is every whit as bad ag you think he is. It is easy to forget, we all learn; hut ke whe forgets his promises might as well forget to pay his debts. Do net expect too much for if you re to Nervous People should use KALPHO and observe its mag- ical effect in the treatment of nervous. ness, insommia, brain fag, irritability, mental exhaustion, iche, the bram, nerves,musclesand blood cells; rebuijlds worpout nerve tissues and is ine o le to all menta! workers. Con: tains ne harmful ver habitforming drugs. At druggists $1.00. Refuse substitutes. Rflohum by the Lee & Os- st et Rk el Boys’ lnd Girls’ R vour imystericus and interestin {lake a head of cabbg do you will find disappointments in vour stocking Christmas, and yeuw will ave ah unhappPy day. : o HE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. I~Mary Fitzmaurice, of Norwi Rell Cross Girls in the, Freneh Trench-| es, ooy 2—Ruth Allen, of V, 14 — Cross Girls In*the B e%fl s 3—Orvilla Blanghette, elson— Ehg Girls “of g;%tnl ngnm:nelma una. . 4—Flora Veghtmann, of Baltic—The Girls of Central THEN 2t Baskeroals, 5—Anita Averill, 6f Nprwich—The Red Cross Girls Afoat. « " % T 6—Lena Saslowsky, Oakdal Marjorie in Command, 2 ler 7—Doris M, Bliven, of Voluatown— Marjoric's New Friend. T S—William Nemec, of Voluntown— Tom Slade With the Colars. The winners of prize beoks living in the city may call at The Bulietin bus- iness office for them at gny hour afi- er 10 &. m. on Thursdgy, LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Harriet F. Park of Stonington—I ceived the prize book you sent mie, Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's. reading it aloud. It is very interest- ing. I thank you for it very much, Mary M. Steinmgver of Eagleville— I recelved my prize hogk, Robinson Cruso, for which I thank you very much. 1 have begun to read It and feund it interesting. Bertha Leiohts of Vers ceived the pr book entitled Two in Wyeming. 1 thank you very yeh for jt. I have read half of it and ¢ found it very interesting. Thank very much. I wigh vou and all the Wide-Awakes a Merry Christmas. Jennie Reil of Voluntown—I wish to oress my thanks foy the prize hook 1 sent me entitled Walt and Hape. ¢ réad many Alger hooks and was sure this one would be interesting be- fore I started reading it, as all the others wers. rothy Lillibridge of Voluntowns—1 you very much for my prize vjoric's New Fricnd. I have storted it and enjoy it very much. Gladys St. John of Mopsup—I wish to thank you Inp the lovelv prize book Which you sent me, which malkes t oite 1 have won! T know reading it, as Alger book: s Am les—I re- re I am glad T have joined e Wide-Awake Circle, L Jennie Le - i ifschitz of Uncasville—I thanik 3 very-mneh' fop the' neize nezik you it me entitied Tom Slade With th ving-Corps, Tt i8 a very 2 book. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, An Avternoon’s Experiance. Saturday v father who works In Hartford, ng me to meet him ai the train arrives in Abington at 4 o’clock . m, My first ul'oublc began w I tried te put the bit in the horse's mouth. He vefused to take it, and \vuu‘?:] ‘:nn] | his bead out of my reach. e re- | peated ihis several times, Then 1 went “into the house, got a chair, on Which I stood, and 'finaliy spccepded This took me fifteen minutes. The r(’?t gf_l_he harness went pn easily. n hai an hour I was ready to start. T had just driven o when I mei o man who asked me to g2 to Jim Wider. I bad not the least idea who Jim W i fier wins or where he lived. but T feok the cabbage and. the man directed me as best he could. His tions were not ve clear, but 1 susceeded in find- ing H ¢ place and delivered the cab- hage, E I drove along 2 little way and be- gan to feel nervous for feir 1 had taken the wrong road. I sobn saw some painters and asked them fo di- rect me to Abington station. They told me to go straight nhead until T came to an ice cream parlor, then to keep to the right until I came to the four corners. When I eame to the four corners T knew where I w ITM hlc;{s; Jjozged on guite co) rt- ably un came In sight of a pags- ing freight trajn. se I tgoughl thg de- poi could not be far off, and I was right. Soon the train came thundering® in and mv father with it. He got off the train loaded with bundles. We pack- ed them in the hugsy. got in our- selves ang started for home. We arriveq home about six o'clock. I was tired, but I rather enjoyed my afternoon’s experience. WILLIAM NEMEC, Ashford. . MRS, ‘Apn 18, The Messeng s Busy Mornini Little Mary w. o ] as nine years old. She had written. a letter to one of her rel- :thve.s.: 4 fow days before. Ep this morning Mary had kept logking dewn the road tg see if the messenger was ight, * After she had kept looking while, she saw him' not very far She watched him a long. time. saw him go into most eyery there was on that streef, Masy to he rown house saying: “Moth- er, ’.\'!m_t makes the messenger go in all of the houses today? Has he tm- portant letters today?” ¥ Then her mother repljed: house “Perhaps, dear, he hes a great lot of letters this “Yes, ‘Grandma, twins. morning.” This was tbr:e, the mess #0 ta everyhody's house. When he came tg their house he rang the hell. Mary went to the, door. “Oh, have you an;hlatters for me?” € messenger sald he had a large lot of lstters for the people that u‘:’fi‘a- ing. Sure enough, he had a ‘bl 3 and six letters instead of thre‘e' n‘f’t‘g‘:}l usually got. There was two letters for Mary, and ope for Mrs. Brown which was Mary's last name. Mr. Brown had three, two of which were business letters. And ene letter which was an invitation for the Brown family to go to thelr grandfather's to spend Christmas day -there. thought it was a pice invi they went. MARY Plainfield, itaation, and WILCOX, Age 10. A Surprise, T have ajwavs longed fo i very mueh, and have vish’g!." vt“l: many times; until one day my wish came trye, Ope day when T came home school T found a surprige in the house. I had not known of it, and .my mother had not told me of it. When I went to put my clothes away I found a piano. When I saw it T was greatly surprised. T immediately went an told nly mother. She had told me would have got it befere, but she did not know when, Her reply was: “It i for yeur birth- day present.” I thanked her very much for it. For it was my piang.. It'has a lovely cqlor; and. jt 158 wiord, ' T #ajled up my cousing, ‘who do not iive very ey 2!l arrived ot 3.20 p. mf“’mfi“‘ ¥ 0y’ came they all geeted me warmly. My cousin, whe PR Res. | hearts came with. a letter from | ug of the yard { enger had to ! Mary- Wide-Aw. had & : Idi:. ake hs m&,l:u!g:flv_fl 1 read the Wide-Awake stories every e nfi‘bz ee 12, P W, . ey EROW, Age e ud Bea rook Valley. At the foot of a steep hill, is.a lit- tie ey. rough- this - valley a small brook glidles. . It is a very. prét- place, especially in summer. Cow- slips grow in the water, and. around the banks. A decayed tree has fall- en across the brook a little way down- stream. The wind-brings the pdor of skunk cabbage, spice- weod, and the fresh smell of swamp herhage, to thls place. The birds sit on branches of the treés and sing with their little ull of glee. . - < But the moest impériant part of this brook is its name, and the story con- nepted with it. .Ob, the . gruesome tales of it.. How-in the héllow bogs and caves pear by bears usged to live, gnd how thev still hauat the place: remember how when @ small child my older s‘ster and- brothers used to tell me stories about it, and how whan on the way to school I used, to hurey | past it with never a backward glance. | But new to return to my story. Two | large bears used t0 live in this vailey many years ago, when this was still iphahited by Indians. day- three Indians. went dewn mountain to hunt for “big geme” Suddenly . they were attacked by the bears and all were killed except one. Well, this Ind'an vowed he would kiil the bearg. ~The next day he went to ghe walley He did.not come down, s0 is people hecame anxious ahout him. They went to the valley and. found hoth hears lyving dead in thei But they could not find a the Indian from that dayv to this. JENNIE LIFSCHITZ, Age 13. Uncasville. A Pienic. One day last June, a few days before my friend’s = birthday, 1 thought it would be mice of have a pienic near rd’s iake. The day: before my rthday 1 went to our neigh- 5 and asked them if they woul/ like to go to a icnie near Hayward's }iake. They said they would be w to go with my friend gnd I told them to he ready at half past 1 on Sat- urday afternoon. 1 told them that we were going {0 walk, and they must bring some lun‘h along with them. When I awoke Saturday mornin was very pleasant, and through with my work I friend’s house and waifed eagerly for the ‘time to ceme, When my other ifriends came it about i duicues sast 1, and we ware all ready to start. When we reached the lake we rested o le and then had some lunch. Then ttle. while we horrowed ho. ut half en we reached the : left of our rtéd for home. ary, hot dering the -day ‘apd e were going | | shore we !junch. and w il 1g | The Encyclopaedia BY ISABEL W. CLAYTON ~ ‘You have some friénds who are % always known but who have 2 ar deal of information wh v?‘ll you in your studie hese - frienc ill give you are more are very obliging and help if you ask for numerous than the dictionary.. You do not always find them in your heme but they can always he found I the public library and in most schools. They oo redl i ot Arcpieine various s he American; p?‘ Intprnational, Britannica, and ew Interaal others. them? : You are asked to find out about ap- Do you know how to use ples. - Will you look in the dictionary or encyclopedia? The dictionacy tells what they are, while the encyclopedia Rescribes them by means of words and pictures, telis how they are cultivated, the names of the different kinds, their uses, their diseases, what insect. pests afiect them and when and with what to'spray the trees to destroy the pests, Therefore, if you want to find out more than the definition of a subject, use the clopedia. 3 he encvclopedia is arranged in al- phabetic order like the dictionary but usually in more than one volume, de- pending on the amount of material it contains. The articles are longer and fewer than those in the dictionary, A oneral encyclopedia like the " New ntérnational or ~ Britannica® contains articles on all subjects. Some treat of enly a special subject such as art, natural science, or electricity. The articlés are arranged under the sybject i i i ve jvere ied ouitowards were about a heme, (uarier i reached cur ho gal ater, and when were dried>we t~1d our narents our a ventures, and that night we weént [led carle o e nvn vaps i & E SBLAVKIN, Age 12 Colehest: Mount Heublsin. Among . the Talcott mou thizhest in-the state of Co nec: two stories. On the west wine is 2 fower Which rises to a ehout {ifty feet. At the dome is an ohservatory which affords an excelient rove view for many miles About this m i reef- pices and T } Mount. Tom in.ihe distance a cave ealled Ki s This was one of the hidins pla in which the great Indian chief sought refuge whan heing fpllowed be his npunspers. n prder to climb un into the cave, a shert- detaur must be token down a nath which leads arovnd the swe or tha motmfain, The cavern is now fitled to the level.hv fallen ro. but tr are still l1eft which show that the cavi is a vo=v Jarea ane OVIILA BLANCHETTE, Age 15. Danielson, s e The Resurrection Flower. When the infant Jesus with nfother Mary and father Joseph from Bethlehem to es of King Herod it is s crossed. the P! When Mary key on which she w spranz up at her feet to welcome the infant Saviou¥ whom she carried in her arms. Flowers 'sprang up évervwhere the Holy Child rested, All through his life these flowers flourished, but when he died on Calvary’s cross these flowers perished also, On Easter morn. when Jesus aiise from the tomb, the flowsrs sprang up agaiy, as an emblem of joy that Christ wag risen; and sbecause of all these happenings the Jericho rose. is known to be “The’ Resurrection Flower.” RUTH ALLEN, Age 12, Versailles. his fled o the cruelty id the party A Wonderful Time. “Grapdma,” said Helen, “please tell us about the most wonderful time yon ver had.” | [} do,” cried the “The most wonderful time” began jGrandma. setiling Lerself more com- i fortably in her easy chair by the open fire. “Well, it was my 13th bithday, a date you all know very well, Nov. 11, 1918. " That had heen a momentous year and an anxious one hesides for many. At that time my small brother Payl and I were living with our Grandma. “To come back to the wonderful day: About 4 o'clock in the. morning we were awagkened by whistles shrieking the glad tidipgs. (randma would not allow ys to go to the streets until half ast 7, but when we got-out we made he most of our ehanee. “Paul had his old drym and T had one of his tin horns and we paraded around making as mueh noise as pas- eible. Hveryone was deinz likewise. Pin cans were tied on behind automp- i biles, whose ‘occupants blew herns, beat pails, kettles, washtubs and any- thing procyrable. and others rinzing bells. rmrurupu; parades formed all :‘he time, led by a person with a large ag, “Now eomes the most i interesting from | Part: Paul said to me: ‘My, but they are making birthday, Sis. “A pan heard him and Inquired it this really was my birthdav.. T admii- ted it was, whereypon he immediatelv proclaimed this fact, and then hefore knew it I was beinz carrisd throueh @ strerts by two men, and my, wasn't 1 prouar” PELL, Age 12, HARRIFVT CHAP New Londen. 3 December. ; : December is the. last. month of .the E :;.nd th’s best- It is -t‘lllle ‘time wher acl Topt lenves-everyihing: and eold. It is the .memhlfir{';gn' i ‘e children have eoal Tless merry times playing pew, skating on the ice, or down hill, S ] e month when all good thingy Height of | A awfyl fuss over your | noun, such as rubber, applds, and boats. At the end of the most important arti- | cles, are lists of books treating of the same subject. On .the back of cach volume is | printed- the first part of the names of the first and last subjects treated in | that yoldme. The same is done on | each page. This helps you to find the volume and page which contain the subject you are looking for. If you wanted to find out about apples in the ! New TInternational Encyclopedia, vou i would lock in the volume beginning { with A and ending with ARABIC an on the page beginning with Appert and ending with Apple, BY GRANT M. HYDE Next to iceboating, there is o win- ter sport so exhilarating or exciting as skate-sailing. With a sail, made in a few hours at small cost, and a pair of sharp hockey skates, a boy can scoot over the ice, sometimes attaining 'a speed of 30 miles 2n hour, can tack against the wind, and can spend in- teresting hours studying new ways to gain speed and distance with the wind as motive power. If you are going to try it this winter, it iS time you made your sail. There are many skate sail models, popular in various parts of the country. Some cost more than others, and some require m skill to manipulate. The model shown here is a standard one, il capable of high speed, and the dimen- sions are for the average boy. It re- quires two poles and some canvas or sheeting. . Bamboo is the best material for poles, but is not always available. A good substitute is 1x2 white pine, sold at the lumber yards for furring strips. You will need one pole 10 feet 6 inches long and another, the spar, 6 feet long. very light canvas or unbleached cotton sheeting. At the wide end of the sail, lap the canvas over the 6-foot pole and tack it | with carpet tacks. A better job would | be a deep hem through which the spar may by slipped. Bare a I4-inch hole fla{augh the middle of the spar and an ooter through the 10-foot pole 2 inches from its end. A piece of rope through the two holes will furnish an easy way to rig the spar and to pull the sail tant. At the -pointed end.of the sail, sew a - pocket into which the end of the long pole may be slipped. It is well to he; the sail’s edges to avoid ravelli;l& 0 carry or store the sail, unhi the “spar and roll the sail about the two poles. . The same model, with each dimension increased about one-third, makes a geod two-man sail with which two skaters can have a lot of fun. Leara to sail ! and tack by experimenting. __ and Girls’ Newspdper Service ght, 1919, by J. H, Millar are in the cellar. It is alse the time when the children sit around the crackling fire on evénings to listen to the story their mother is going to tell them, while she is knitting, or darn- ing. It is the month when the children get " together same evenings and go sleigh riding all around the town un- Ail later in .the evenif 1t 15 ‘the | time. when, goed things broyghti up | from. the cellar, and the families 'sit around- théir fire places’ and have a| BY CAROLYN SHERWIN PAILE’ decorations this year? You can do if and it will be ever so much f‘::. ‘ Cut the pattern of a holjy leaf from heavy psiper.' Lay it on several m’& pa- per, ;113 cut out some the thumb and fore-finger f your leaves and the stem. Fold the leaf through the centre, and pinch it to ‘smaif squares of red tissue paper, and lay a li’éle ball of cotton in the e cotton to form the berries, g;av; enough °f02§°. ér so that “’w twist three berries ag . Wire e leaves and berries to twigs. - Use gray-green tissue paper for the mistletoe leaves, and white for th- berries. The leaf pattern is long ant by two inches wide is a 1 size Make the berries as you did the holly Thea wire them irregularly to twi . -For Your Christmas Free paper and twist it as one®does for the old fashioned lamplighters. Make the and ‘attach a loop of very fine wire to the end of each. These make a good decorating a tree, just as pretty, and almost costless, / lotlipops.. ‘Draw a face on_the papes covering of the candy. Wire twa the stick for arms. Then dréss up the Jollipop in bits of bright cloth or paper :Why_n.ot &akc your own Christmas Holly and Mistletoe nesses of heavy, darkrgbf& : hand twist the points of the ly :sha:cf the rib. centre of each.. Twist the §§R§’ arount 3% ether narrow. &i&ht and one half inches long twisting two berries between two leaves Cut narrow strips of gold and cilv; finished papers as slender as you can, substitute for the expensive icicles for Quaint little figures can be made of slender rolls of white crepe paper to o represent clowns, Santa Claus, char- acters from fairy tales ‘such as R Riding Hood, Pierrette, and Cinderella, d]’ _10th - Prize, $0.5, "AFTER SCHOOL, by Stell Gaska, of Jewett Gitye ~ and beautiful oak. tree though how happy I would be if I were tall and seautiful as’ that ~tree. - The birds twitter and 'sing in- that tree, but I am teo small, the birds say. But now ft is c¢old and 'the leaves have fallen from' the tree, -but I have my green twigs, yet. » The birdg all went to-the south and Get a couple of boxes of good sized higlly, Santa Claus, or 'red stocking ; Christmas’ seals. Cut circles or five | pointed stars from white bristol board | or water color paper, and mount ene of the seals jn the centre of each, When the paste is quite dry, gild the mounts around the edge of the seal sa 2s to completely cover the back. If you lever at using water colors, paint nts holly red. a smail hole in the top of 1 each of these circles or stars and sus- su«l thém by a fine thread or gilt cord rom the twigs of the Christmas trag. - Trailing is sor-cthing like the game of Hare and Hounds, only vastly more exciting, for, instead of scraps of paper to follow, you have the tracks of wild cregtures. And when yeou discover that the tracks tell a story and that you can read the story, you immediately and emphatically decide that trailing out- classes any mere game and that of all the different parts of woodcraft, it is the most interesting. In learning to read the strange tales aright. you really become a detective of the wild, and the more practice you have, the longer the stories grow, be- cause there are a number of thins about tracks that you do not see in the beginning. At first, you have to give your mind to identifying and following the footprints, but later you will notice the poor fir tree felt still sadder, it did pot even thear the hirds sing. In the village there was a very happy family. It was nearing Christ- § They said they were to get but a smail tree this year. ~ The chil- dren skipped = merrily thirough the weoods. One had an axe.. They roamed through the woods but could not find any. Later they decided to go in a different direction, so they did. They found one. This was ine little sad fir tree and they cut it down. The little tree did not know what to do. It was surprised.” Later it found ftself in a beautiful room. The i dren dressed thé tree beautifully with trimmings, nice glass marbles and 'sil- ver tinsel. * This was the first time the tree Was happy. Candles were lit at night. Tt was now happy and not sad any longer. At last, it . become greater than it thought ‘it was, and greater than any other tree in, the woods. FLORA VOGHTMANN, Age 12, Baltie. The Calico Cas. I will tell the Wide-Awakes about my cat, Jerry. I laugh-every lime 1 { think- of it One day my mother w |stuffing a calico pussy to send away {in a Christmas box.' When she finished i her work sr ut it down on the carpet ito see how it iooked. All’thought ! ed like a real kitty, and so, it {seems, did my cat. Jerry; he came i speaking up all ready for a fight. 1 guess he thought it was funny that the other pussy sat there so sum, Jyst when Jerry was ready for a spring, Manima tipved over the calico cat and it fell against him. He jumped “{'way up in the air. and just fairly flew t of the rbom. His tail was as big nd bushyggs a squircel’'s and he didn't stop runnMia till he reached the barn. Wasn’t he silly to be afraid of a calico eat stuffed with cotton? MARY FITZMAURICE, Age 9. Nerwich. My Thanksgiving Dinner. Thanksgiving morning I was very anxious to get up, end go to my grandmother, apd grandfather. My cousins and aunts and uncles were coming. ‘When my grandmother served the dinner she gave us chicken, cranberry sauce and pudding. and many other good things. After dinner we all went in the oth- room and played games. and ate its and nuts. er fru We spent the afternoon talking and whether they are fresh or old, whether | singing. the animal was running fast or travel- ing at its usual gait. If going at full speed, there will probably be tracks of a pursuer close behind. In that ease, ! you will generaliy find at the end signs of a struggle which did not end happily for the hunted animal. 1t is much easier to follow the trail when the ground is covered with snow soft enough to take footprints clearly, but mud will show them and so will sand and dust. You can sometimes find near a big city, bits of country may be creatures. . They may be RaBRIT three toed and in close clusters show the decp indpressions of long jumps, or 2 WEASEL's narrow tracks, or the delicate footprints of the MEADow yousk and his relatives. . Remember that a DESR TRACK reem- bles that of a cow but is very much smaller; a ¥yox TRAck is like a dog's e toes. MICE and SQUIRREL'TRACKS look much alike, only the squirrel’s are » good deal lary 2 Aia> Sary . : Boy| jd uirle’ Newspaper Service Copyright, 1919, by J. H. Millar e on some moonlight night skating on the pond until late in fthe evening. Christmas also comes in December. It is the time when Santa Claue comes down the chimney.- He fiils the children's stockings. Everybody feels happy Christmas tinme.. LINA SASLOWSBKY, Age 13 Oakdale, It “is" the 't boys and girls er an: merry time. me 2 erowd of get meti d” go outl m The 8ad Fir Tres. deer tracks along a dusty road. Even | what u‘h&k, I watched the which | Pleasyre, with oftén the imprint of hai en Make the sail, 6x10 feet, as shown, of - d: R the imprint sTales beteen. | o Another-year.I hope we will have as happy a Thanksgiving da{; ORIS RAY BLIVEN, Age 10, Voluntewn. The Little Strange Dog. One day as 1'was. going shopping with my mcther we went into a de- D t store where we saw a little dog. It was a small black one. A big head and long ears. The dog was run- ning and barking all, over the store. y mother and I were wondering he was barkifig at. I watched the litile fellow and at last I saw that reached in a short time where you can | it was barking at the cash boxes. He find tracks of some kind of wild | was trying to catch th little: dog with great , until we left the store, I hope all the other Wide;Awak girls and bovs are interested in ani- malg, as T liké them very much. MAYBELLE TOWERS, Age 10. . TAsbon. My Daddy's Pigs. My daddy has three pigs, one large nd 'two gmall ones. One of the small ones is white, while the two others are black. It is my work at noon to feed these pigs, and believe me, it is some Jjob. The littf™ white one is an awful me than in his trough. The other lit- tle blagk pig onk unts and behaves very nicely, while the big pig is too big and fat te do-miich of anything. For doing this work Daddy pays for music lessons for me. Den't you wish yeu ceuld have some of the nice sausages and things when Daddy kills his. piga? . ANTT. Norwich. A Tame Sguirrel. As T was walking through the woods I saw a squirrel. When he saw me he ‘ran over to see if T had aay pea- nuts, I was in such a hurry to get there T forgot to bring the bag o’ pea- nuyts, He -wag-a very tame squirfel and ate fram my hand some bread crumbs, AVERILL, Age 9. The next ‘time 1 go' waiking through the woods I will be to ry some peanuts for the tame sgaire 3 MARY McDEVITT. Providenee. | The:Ugly Bear. | Once ak T-and my- friends were walikiing in tac wood; 0 met We did pot kngw i to dey 1 bear was @ great, Iarge und ua? A We were so frightened we coulin’t do anything, Just then a man with his sou came ds. ite had a gun with him, '?Sxf.umi told him to ool {Ie Jooked ai By ear. wig so ugly and “f we would not gei ~ A Hittle 8 tree standing near & titl I be ® out of the woods 01 e We were 50 glad because we the bear would have killed us. . When we got home we told-our me- thers all about it. She was very glad because the man shot the bear. We got him a shaving sec for a pr’%m because he was so kind to us: e never saw a bear after this, . ERNA VOGTMANN, Age H. Baltie. Snowflake. “Snowflake’s gone 1 can't find. her anywhere!” cried Donald. “Sher@idn’t come up to raost last night.” ) He had raised Snowflaje himself and tamed her. She alwayd flew * to " Bis shoulder when he opened the corn har- rel; if he were too long about it she would peck at-the buttons blouse and scold him. Noon came, and noor Donald dread- ed to feed the chickens; but he went to the barn, all the same. He. gtarted to go te the full barrel of corn wneu he heard a shrill Jittje voice call out “Cut-cut-cut-cut!” it Cried. . Donald ran to an cmnty barrel threw off the cover. flake, quite feebla. Denald had Jeft the-cover off “and Snowfloke had jumped into the bagrel. but she was found again. MARGIE GAHAN, Aj Voluntown. WINNERS IN DRAWING CONTEST FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBE'R The 12th drawing coutést-was closed on Dec. 15th s0.the winners could have ! their prizes for Thristmas. | There have been 40 contestants and the result is follo on . his [ ‘ana There was Snow- ge 12, ' The Eleven Prize Winners. 1st Prize $1.00, Our Dear Old Friend,. by Stella Gaska of Jewett City, 24 Prize, $0.75 Christmas’ Morning. by Eloise C. Smith of Norwich. 3d Prize, 30.75. Cherry Bicssoms by Catherine Hayes of Norwich, 4th Prize, $0.50, Mr. Grouch, by Vin- cent Brophy, of Norwich. 5th Prize, $0.50, Ready For the Ball, by Gertrude Winstein-of Norwich. 6th Prize, $0.25, Jack Frost, by Eloise C. Smith, of Norwich. t Tth prize, $0.25. Into the Garbage Can, by Dorothy Smith of Wauregan. sth prize, $0.25, The Sport Lever, by Elsie Bluth of Norwich. Tth Prize, $0.75, Her Best Pet, by Helen Gayer of Scotland. 10th Prize, $0 25, The Helping Hand, by Sophie Gaska of Norwich. _1ith Prize, $0.25, Thanksgiving Pud- ding, by Jennie Pedace of Norwich: The drawing contests will .be discens, tinued for the present. There has been a live interest in the past two years and Uncle Jed . re- . ceived in the past two years 700 drawings, and The Bulletin haw awarded 726 prizes. The drawings| have been of a higher average grade; than those printed by other papers: and have been a credit to the children| of Eastern Cennecticut. z * : The Bulletin thanks afl the ehl-; dren who have contribufed to° the success of this department. UNCLE JHED. Entiging Fruit. The durian, 2’ fruit which flourishes tn the Malagan archipelago, will net| grow north of Moulmein, or bear-trans- plantation to India. - Some Bmpaa} residents become inordinately fond di it, while the majority cannot stand Rs | peculiar odor. s 4 4363 — Eagle Beats Express Train. ; An g8 train Was beaten by’ twelve minutes by an eagle which' raced it over a distance of eighteen; miles. The train was racing at a speed of more than sixty miles an hour, ae- ¢ording to the members of the -crew. Yes, Luke, the coquette was created 1 sqealer and wsualy gets more food on | 80 the fool might have a companion. S To Prevent T @rip - Take ssf axative