Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 8, 1920, Page 13

el LR bo civen proterence. Do Aot use over :52,% stories or létters only il be used. poe g 3 of fhe . Write your name, age aress piainly 8t the bottom story. ; POETRY. The 'Little Pessimist. The sad little princess murmured L TS " “Alas’ she o3 eind her And she folded her hands back And her eyes gazed dfeamily far away. ry tales end the fai same— A et d they loved, and they | They lived an The wicked enchanter’s always to ‘brame; o ' 0, for something quite new!" she cried. T'm sick of my dolis with their éhina T'm sick of reading of giamts and things, of candies and pies, r#wmm 6 hate my crown and rings.” And then her nurse felt of the rdyal at her tongue in a knowing “Your h%e, had better come home Ly =y You've eaten too miny plum tarts to- -3 Big, wistful eyes, - Strained honey You see the pu : A thread at noén, a ball at night, Her oniy beauty since thie sheen . Left her thin coat, onece rich and clean. Onée her high tail, a flag ! fast, Waved its aristocratic sign As on the drive she sauntered past, A cat unhurried, fair and. fine. Fhe merest rope-end one might bring Vies with it mnow, poor drooping ) !h;ng! But if you seek a vAliant heart, A lightning paw of wondrous aim Making the prowlihg foe depart Asténished. clameérotis and lame— f point Old Puss to fill your need, A grand old Amazon, Indeed! And if. on some pacific day, Yow find her overrate the charm 07 those soft, sprawling babes that play About warm Among your pillows—take her part. Her judgment errs, but not her heart. breast, and stow them She comes with low and coaxing cry To bid you Jove such cherub things The wee red mouth, the round blue ¢ fur. too soft for kings. so fond in every mood— a hetter metherhood? —VYouth’s Companion, UNCLE JED'® TALK TO ' WIDE- AWAKES. A Do vou know how Jack Trost and 013 Sol (the Sun) work together for good. You are now skating ‘upon a pond where there is no water in summer. Tt is one of Nature’s shallow bowls Wwhich is not”water tight jn summer, biut after Jack Frost has frozen the earth the drains are all stopped. and Ahen he freezes the water and keeps it there till spring, when Old _ Sol, having got the best of him, lodséns up Yes 1. Write plainly on one side of the| | received:- very| of “always wished. shi ‘| have read it th: for it.~ Id.“.t bdlxh day with and_spen e day wi Ly Gladys, who is very sick Vousness. She can sit up and play, hlllt lt:ot able t% &UWG. Sitt ook carriage I go for C and when I got there she was playing with her dolls and | didnt (Hink | was coming that day, | ain that day. | We far our dolls and rlnye{! EWe house umtil it was time for Iunch. ‘Then after T help with the disl o.took Gladys mda.fifl'; on _her brother's néw sled; and on the way bagk we called at a neighbor’s. T - When we got back to my aunt’s house it was time for me to start home, as. mother said I must be home before dark. I had a very nice time o SO W M e ELSIE D. REYNOLDS, Age 9. . s . Fire. One day Lilllan was pl lhier @oll-and - her They were pla; - of a suddeén Lill “Maima!” and then she said “Oh, it 180t any uge hallowing.” She said all this to herself. She hallowed that time because she saw smeke coming from down stairs. Lillian's mother wasn't home. o lian was a brave girl. She Adeline by the arm (for Adeline was smallér than she) and started to pull her along. Adeline started to cty and say “Why are you pulling me Iam going to tell my mother of youl” Lillian and Adeliné gét out safely just in time, for just as soon as they got out the house started fo fall to pieces. The fire engine came and put the fire out. There was $1.000 worth of damage. No one was hurt. BESSIE GITLIN, Age 11. New London. ? A Surprise Party. One day mother was busily engaged in making cakes and domghmuts.. Re- questing to know why she was cook- ing so ‘much moeré than usual, the only answer was “that theré was company coming in the evetiing.” In the evening about 7 o'clock moth- er said “Run upstairs and change your clothes.” After doing this, I came down stairs and sat down I had only been down stairs a short time when the doorbell rang. “Run and oven the door,” said mether. When I opened the door who do you think was there? Twenty people—ten girls and ten boys. Well, 1 was so rprised I, could hardly believe but at it was a dream. Upon removing their wraps we all went into the living room. Oh, what a wonderful time we had! Words can't begin to explain. Jokes were crack and riddles told. There was no_end to the shouts of laughter. In a little while mother called us into the dining room; and in the middle of the table was the cake. And, believe me, it was some cake. In the center the figures 1919 were engraved with candy. There was fruit, ice dréam, candy, cookies and other deli- eacies. the drains ang away the water goes free to water herbage and to ake waterways for fish and reptiles to dis- port themselves in and for wild ani- mals and birds to drunk and bathe in; and In the bowl over which you now skate may grow next season a fine erop of grass or bedding. ‘Where ponds are shailow Jack Frost makes them his for more than six months in the year; and then the Sun takes the water out of them by évaporation ‘and at mid summer they are dry because the water is needed eisewhere; Later the Wind, which al- ways actf as the carrier, brings the raiu-clouds back and these shallow bowls are again filed and Jack ¥rost makes them fast with ice and thus the skating season is reestablished. When we see thesg dry holes in hot Wweather we say thé water has dried up, but it hasw't for #t°is only the|and sheep. earth that is dried up. The water has simply. been take#f up by the Sun and | g 1 carried away by the wind for use else- | mother where. Thousands of tons of water [1eT 2 while & floats above us 2s mist or clouds, high temperature takes it up; ahd low whicn makes it fall B2 Jack Frost and Old Spl have aiter- nating tasks fo keep sthe earth the|naughty sheep!” year round as it ‘mlfl{ be. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.|gave it to the 1—Ethel Helland of Taftville—The School Queens. 2—Doris Woed, of Mansfield Center —A Sweet Girl Graduate. z—fum. Frink,” of Nerwich—Wiid 4—Dorathy Church, of Lisbon—' Motor Girls on Waters m;:. 1 8—Efna_Voghtmann, of Baltic— Marjorie Dean. m&Ci-mnbdll, of Norwlch— vo Admirals. ‘#—Edward T. Mar and Wing. The winners of prizé bosks livi the city may call at the Bullet':g office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. > ra, of Colchester LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Anita Averifl of Norwich—I tha; you for the prize beok I received. Déver expeoted to get such a nice bobk. T am going to try {o win another. i ‘Elsie D. Reynolds of Plainfield—I PEBLS LIKE A NEW MAX, ‘Rheumatie pains, baekache, pnlcau in cides, sore muscles, stiff joints an “always tired” are usually he time A | B B and | het mother's (or the Sum)jcame up behind her. temperature | think the sheep @fd? Tt put its mouth | ed at Having done justice to the food “on the table, we decided to have music and dancing. One of my girl friends plaved sev- eral selections on the piano while we enjoved ‘dancihg and sifiging until a late hour. 5 At this hour my friends departed, wishing me many happy returns of the I thanked them very much for the surprise., not forgetting to thank mother also, I went to bedl a very tired but happy girl. HELEN FRINE, Age 16. Nerwich. The Naughty Sheep. I am going to tell you about a little girl named Rése. She is 5 years old. Rose lives in France with hef parents. Last spring Rose went with her moth- jer to a’nice place in the country. The place was near the hills, and on the hills were a great many sheep and lJambs. Rose used to out with her mother to look at the pretty lambs She used to pick nowers that grew on the hill. - . One day she made a wreath with me bretty parts of - flowers. Her tied them around her hat. Af- hey went near the sheep ‘While Rose stood holding hand a voung sheep What do you and lambs. up to Rose’s hat and nibbled off all Rose cried out “Dom't (o that,| As so:;n as she ;m;lfi ot%wwhat the sheep was dolng, her zhed and Resge took off Qeqflrnytlhfisand sheep to eat. “Sinee you have eaten so much of it, ¥ou may as well eat the whole,” said El:ge s P ‘ARRIE DELESSIO, Age 13. Norwich. An old horse and .a ¥« - horse were druvinfi two carts whlc{z ‘were piled hl%lhw,th jars and dishes and bowls. en ‘h?‘ ¢amme to a hill the old horse went down so slowly and mrefulavlfilm! tHe young hofse laugh- +“How slow you are,” he said. “That would do if you ware :going up hill, ;mt this lsd doy.:in hn‘ii. Tl show you how o down.in a hurry.” 'h:g. i}\'a Young horss started quick- ly down the hill. The-heavy cart rofled P Tha: ‘R Faa T R Tastenacd ard to go ter and i faster. On he weént, over stones ana " At 14st the Yorse and cart and an the jars and mmhaa bowls went headlong into a = ‘The ng ed at the over. se lool turned cart and the broken dishes. . T gee have some things to learn yet,” he said. “Old horses know The Stone in the Road. There ‘Was once a rich :mln and to em. He _every |- The nanmle A4 =of TEs 1 wouk " GRA H S - Tt is a fong time since we have built e R is week it is her turn, and in this | ~ory. [ middle ef the road by his castle. tel | who S p:ecg of wim:'»wemy make A D, x Unless Mother ne of those ex- pensive 6!&%5&? s;ndsltd' old b ‘mending”and séwing, she Has pra one. Perl we can make.one.out of a cheese-box ill iate an AT o basket part is madé of a round se-box’ which wgr x eui!znm:g at a groeery store. T are all about the same diameter but differ in depth. good use esvered with cloth ond decoratat | €L Ny For thie basket we should eut down the sides- to-about 5 in. high. Den't try to split this curved wood but use a ?nfi saw after marking the lire care- ully. + Before the work goes further, we shall ask Sister to help us.find some suitable cloth and cover the cheese- box inside and out, using carpet tacks but placing them ins'ds éat’ of sight. Then with some mote af the cloth and sonié fape we should fuzke rows of pockets for spools, sciSsofs, cmery, W needie-book, and other articles which Mother usually has in her work basket. . The four legs, which are about 30 in. long; should bLe made of whatever materiall and in whatever design our ingenuity prompts. Neatly planed and varnished, 1x2 hardwoeod strips would be the simplest. Feavy| bambod would serve. With a4 lathe, we might turn spindles. If there is some wotn-out furniture in the at- tic or celfar, some réady-made spindles or legs may be secured from Lh'd., ‘Whien the legs are finished, fasten them, to the cheese-box with screws driven ; lf]nlam the inside, or with short iron olts. Thd shelf should not be laid out un-" till after the legs are in place so that, its size and the notches for the legs may be determined exactly. Whan it: is finished, use long, slender screws to held jt in pi Finish the exposed” woodwerl ity of varnish, - 2N b BY R. S. ALEXANDEZR “Here boy, what's your name?” “Hunting Eye.” “Where do you live?” “In the North Woods.” . “Well Eyou’re sort.of out of my terri- you want to get in on this census, yowil have to get.back up there.” > The curiosity of the Indian Boy ‘was now aroused. This man had started to question him while he was peace- fully standing in front of the house of his friend, the mayor, and he wanted to know the reason. “What is the census?” he asked. F “It\is the courting of the people.” “Oh, that ought to be easy.” “Well it isn’t. It is a big job. The government has many thousands_of men and women working on it. You see the United States Government must know, from time to_time, how many people there are in the country. So every ten years,’a count is taken of them. “But the government needs to_know many things besides the mere number of people. So instead of merely eount- ing noses, the census takers find out an%rot of other information about each person. You can see from lobking at this form. For instance, we find out whether ths persen has any property, his age, color, whether he is married. if he was born here, if he can read and write, his native language, his oc- cupation, whether he works for himself or for some one.else. All of these things it is important for the govern- ment to know.” “What is done with this?” B “The census is taken under the di- rection of the Census Bureau at Wash- ington. After we get through filling in on these forms the information for all the people, the material is sent fo the Census Bureau. This Bureau puts together the information from all over the country. Then it puts all this into a report which it publishes. is re- gort’ is usually made up of from ten to fiftéen or more books, each one of them as thick through as yous head. It i - distributed to peeple through the country at a certain price, so that not oniy the government, but evurybody can g _the g:ure; that it contains” | Boys’ and Girlsy Newspaper Service Copyright, 1920, by J. H. Miller They were unhappy because they, too, were not happy like their friend the castle. One morning this man got up very early and placed a large ’'storie”in t}m{e He hid behind the hedge ‘and ‘waited to see what would happen. poor man driving a cow came pasf g, seolded because the stone was ‘there and went on. Then a farmer came along. He complained about it and went on. At last came the miller's boy, a hard working fellow. . He thought differ- ent. He was afraid someone would stumble over it at night, so ‘he push- ed it into the gutter. Under it he found a bag of geld. On it writ- 'his gold- belongs to the one moves the stone.” > He went home with a happy nw=d th~ man ent in his eastle. in| received many presents 7 7 {On Christmas eve. Dec. 24, we had’ while I resngrized ana nf fba voicn wood "Your shellac acts as ickly, for it dries in:gifl’y-ndyoudnflut it to dry in streaks. ~After one coat of shel- lac has dried, sandpaper the surface lightly and apply anothér. Keep this up until all the cracks in the wood are filled. Colors and Painting It will be only fun to paint your furniture. Select white, yellow, blue, or a soft green. All these colors and more, too, come in the small cans of #cady mixed paint. Apply the paint with a Targe, thick brush as evealy as you car.- The thickgs the brush, the fess apt the paint is to spatter, Use two coats at least, and let the paint® dry thoroughly. < Putting on the Design Designed stencil patterns are to be had at an art shop very cheaply. Choose fraits or flowers. § Fhe decoration of a chair is best applied o the back and arms, that of 2 table. around ‘the edge. Fasten the cardboard stencil pattern securely with smiall ‘thumb tacks to the piece of furniture, and apply the colors through the holes in the pattern, using a dii- ferent brush, or a n one for each color. A fine sh is necessary f this work, and it is.a in plan te have 4 cup of turpentine handy in cass it on !, br i ! the colors run, or you want to clean | your brush quickly. Remove the pat- | tern carefully, and your design of | cherries, oranges, roses, daisies, or the | presents. ; was very gladl to accept them, as her A = { hands were certainly cold. | like is beautifully done on the colored | 3 _BY ADELIA BELLE EEARD . There is plenty of fun in any hike for the right kind of boy or girl, but there is more punch in it when you | have an object in view—when you start out ‘with the idea of accomdpbshgnz something besides cooking and eating your dinner. 4 he woods and fields offer scores of -interesting things as OBJECTS FOR A HIKE, more than you can take up in a year and all having to do with woodcraft. You have only to make a choice, Here are some suggestions | that will set your mind and memory to work. You will be able to find others for yourself. : Hunt for the trailing Ground Pine, gather it, and take it home. Try to find where the winter birds hide. Iden- tify trees by their winter buds, bark and shape. Locate softwood and hard- wood trees, Find the outlet of a lake " or pond. Gather Pitch Pine knots to make your home fires burn brightly. Idmtiiyy animal and bird tracks in the SNOW.. This list of Don’t’s and Do's is an- other help toward the full enjoyment of a hike. DO condition before you start. DON'T wear new, tight, high-heeled, or pointed-toed shoes., . DO let your outer coat be warm bt not too long or cumbersome. Long coats are tiring because they hamper your movements. afraid of spoiling. DO take orily good walkers with you. DON'T neglect to tell your family where you are going and when. DO carry notebaok and pencil. | take with you. DO all of your share of any work and be pleasant about it. DON'T worry, grumble, or whimper whatever happens. DO keep your eyes and ears open to see and hear the things of the wild, DON'T go so far that you will be tired before you start back. DO be happy. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service ~ Copyright, 1920, by J. H. Miliar, At last the man was glad he had found someone who was not afraid té do, hard things. ; ERNA 'VOGTMANN, Age 11 Baltic. Her Vacation, My school in Gurleyville closed De- It commences again January 5, 1920. During my vacation I have been to DON'T 'wear ‘anything you ml g sure your feet are in good | knock was heard at the door. DON'T forget anything yo: are to | mo v 1l @ chicken sl 2 ‘us. and went home in the evehing o I have cnjoyed Christmas ve ich. m‘ sfield " My Christmas Vacation. DORIS vi?pon. Age 11, Center, My school closed for the Christmat |f vacation Dec. 19, 1919, It commences again Jan. 5, 1920.- I am enjoying my vacation very much. Rl On Saturday, the 20k, I went with my father, mother and sister to Wil- limantic and botght some Christmas On Ch munity Christias tree in the churéh. Santa Claus came.and took the prés- ents off the tree. I bad two maps of the United States, ‘one was cuf in large pieces and’the other in small pieces, and were 1o be put_ together. I also haq a lead pencil, two note books and other presents. . My sister and ‘1 have two calves, one we call Reddy because he is red; the other we call ‘Star because he has a white spot on his face, Reddy is the | largest, being 5 months old. Star is not quite half so old. We have a lit- tle yoke that we' put on them and hiteh them inip ss wagon and drive them around. We alo have two ¢ heifer: My father 1k cows and my sister milk ARTHUR O. Mansfield Cent'el: and one of the the other. . WOOD. What the Poem Taught Alice Steven- |{, son. Alice Stevenson had long been wish» ing that she could-d@o something un= selfish and_helpful, but she was al- vs unwilling t6 do what her moth- uggested, ut 100l, her “Oh! mother,”, sk our work today we a poem about doing noble [things—not dreaming them ali day long, and I determined rcally to do something, and not merely think about doing.”” So I be- gan on my way home. I met a little ragged girl on Lexington avenue who s arying very hard.- I stopped to the reason she Was crying. After iting for -a few moments she an swered, Sobbing as she spoke she said, “T am cold and hungry. I haven't had anything to eat since yesterday.” I didn’t hesilate 2 moment and took out from my pocket the twenty ve cents.which ‘you gave me, to bu myself some candy I thought t the poor child was in a muech greate need than I, while I could get along without candy, she could mnot gel along without food. ! The little girl thanked mec. and ran down the avenue, happier than before, but still not contented. It then occurred to my mind that her hands are cold. So I immediately pulled off my mittens and ran down the avenue to give them to her. She i She now walked away quite cen- tented. I, too, ‘felt contented with what I have done, or rather I may say, proud of myself. iy After. Alfcé's “mfother heard her ad- venture, she kissed her and said, “T hope you will always be kind and helpful to ethers.” RUTH GOLUB, Age 11. Uncasville, E My Christmas. On Christmas morning, when I went down stairs, I saw the table all set for breakfast. I thought I was the first to go down stairs, but my mother was up before me. I then went to see what Santa had left my brothers each a toy automo- bile, also a book each,” and two games apiece, to say nothing of the candy, oranges, and apples. I had a stage with six lifelike dancing figures. -1 attached a wire at the back of the stage to one of, the artists and it would dance. They were imitations of Charlie Chaplin, the Scotch comedian, Harry Lauder, and four others. Everybody got something, even the bulldog got a new collar. I think Santa will co: New Year’s. ‘Wishing everybody a Happy New Year. ETHEL HOLLAND, Age 12. Taftville. me again at The New Year’s Bundle. It was a' blustering cold_pizht in the village of Ralston, the night before New Year’s. The snoWwflakes flew thick and fast and the wind was sing- ing among the pine trees that sur- rounded an old fashioned colonial ‘house. d A very different aspect presents it- self inside the house. A large . fire burns merrily in the fireplace, around which =at the family—Mr. and Mrs. .-. ristmas ‘evé we had a- com- | | cold, we two f s@m‘cg‘et St. Druc NATIONA], 'Phons, Srogeg Meorwich, 1859 . Snow- arnest- First_the white | e sreadfuily it “Tys cgld up here.” plack ki So it is) “But our mi are, tairs is kept warm, EDWARD T. MARRA, Age 18. Colchester. | said 4 | SR S COLUMEIA uneral services Abbott Little for were held Tuesday at 1.50 ». m. at the Chongregational chur Rev.,; T. Newton Owen, off: sisted by a former hastar, . Foster. of Atho! filled by rela were beautiful fleral BEdith Lyman and hér sister, Mrs. don Little, sang Léad, Kindly ), and Somettme Welll TUn 1d. The beareérs Wwere George le, Arthur H. Little, Frank Brown, Frank A. Squier, Norm Little and Pheodore Lyman. An tomobile corteze followed the he to the cemetery, carrying ives from Hartford, Amherst and distant point: Claire Robinson of Post Hill. who recently injured a rib bv f step -in the ce several days, s able to b to do liZht work. loads of grain for ortly, ation and the balance or 86 con church. trustees reported of the church.amount to also that the execess of a liahilities ‘amonnts to $4 Th funds of hoa 5. T8 . P. 8. C. E. reported total recair the year $42.14. .expeénses S18. nce on hand $24.09. The Sunday ool report shows cash o 1919, -$61.82; receint: a total of $1% ments ing the year. § on hand Jan. 1, troa Al receints 2R a halanee ot 864 Hubert M, Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Madison Woodward, of Co= lumbia, and Phyllis Harriet Shultz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George FEj Shultz of Everett, Mass,, were married at the home of the bride. Chfistmas day-at p. m. Rev. Herbert Ri-White- lock, pastor of the Boston Baptist Bethel, performed the ceremony, the bride and groom standing under a bower of evergreen, from ' whiCh: a wedding bell was suspended. ‘The bride wore a gown of white georgette crepe and_satin, and carried a bous quet of white sweet peas. Miss Lu- cilie Hannum, cousin of the' bride, wag bridesmaid. She wore a gown of pink satin and carried pink sweet peas.. John Woodward of ‘Malden, Mass., cousin of the groom, was best man. Misses Gladys F. Taylor and Evelyn Marple, acted as ushers; The wedding march was played by Miss Evelyn Woodward, sister of the groom. _Guests were present from Columbfa, State College, Pa., East Jaffrey, N. H., Northampton, Malden, Somerville, Chelsea Reveres and Rox- bury, ‘Mass. The bride received many beautiful gifts of silver, cut glass, pic- tures, clocks, china, etc. She also re- ceived gifts of money. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward are on a honeymoon trip through the western part of Massa- chusetts.’ after which they will reside in New Haven, Conn. Wise is the man who laughs at the pointless jokes of his wife. Darrow and their son and daughter, Harold and Margaret, the’age of cach being 13. . “My! What a night! I wouldn’t go out for anything!” exclaimed Harold. “I agree ‘with you, son,” said his fa- ther. .“I hope no one was caught in such a storm as this.” He had no sooner said this when a When it was ovened nobody was there, but on_the step .was deposited a basket. Mr. Darrow picked it up and c ied it into the house. On the top of the basket lay a white card on which was printed: New Year to you all. in re- nce of a friend you helned last Not to be opened until. New Year's morn.” “I wonder what it is?” asked mother. ““Couldn’t we open it now?"” inquired rgaret. No,” answered her fa nete requests ther, “This us not to onen it now. 0 =0 to hed, children, so that you can up bright and early tomorrow rning.” The_ children. with reluctant . glances| at the nrecious bunglle’ denarted for 1 Dreamiland. Margaret awcke the next morning (o find the sun streaming bedroom. Jumping out of stily dressed herself d irs. calling “Hanny 2 Breakfast was hurriedly ea the family were on tiptoe of ex tion, for was not the bundle be opened that morning? At last they were all seatéd in the & room and father brought in the t. The co¥ers were taken of§ and eks of admiration burst from the children. It was & beautiful cut glass elock bearing this inscription: bought some Christmas presents for from them. “Po -tick out the hours of the new edr.” YSiGmat a beautitul _present!” ex- claimed mother. “Tt is just what T wanted.” . “It surely is.an _appronriate - New Year's bundle” declared Marsaret cember 19 for siXteen days’ vacation,|with convietion. HWWLEN CAMPBELL, Age 13. Norwich. The Jealous Kittics. One day as I was going up into the relatives, and I have|garret I no%ned, for I heard the fum- niest little Voices up there. After a Y s X = = Y AKE a helphil lcsson from our geldiers’ in Europe and make Herman’s U. S. Army Shoes in civilian styles your permanent foot- wear. » The Army men wore Munson- shaped shoes because they give the feet the most comfortable fit obtainable. And the return- ing soldiers now demand the same comfort in their civilian shoes. Herman's U. S. Army Shoes, made on the genuine Munson last, in attractive conventional patterns, constitute theideal foot- coverin, are built of hers, and their nexcelled. Norwich Army and Navy Store 56-58 FRANKLIN STREET SOUTH WILLINGTON Mrs. Tony Sapranek and son, who had been vi = friends and relatives in Néw Y for a week, have return- | ed home. Rev. rles A. Parker of Ports- zna a recent preacher iewn last week. e Wochmunka and son ned home last Sunday ng a week in New York nd friends. rious accident happened ddie Ladr last Tuesday af- m. when he got one finger caught mump, tearing the skin, flesh and off. He was taken to the home of . Converse, who dressed the injured T, ittle, o0 tern; in a s Northup «f Anthony. R. o 0~has been visiting at the home of Mr.-and Mrs. Carlos Gurly returned bome Friday last. BOLTON People are making haste to harvest their ice crop. No complaints were heard of its wasting the first of the weeis. P ° Mr. and Mrs. George Finnegan have moved to New York where Mr. Fin- negan is employed. A New Year's social was held at the Congregational church last weéek Thursday evening. Supper was served and music and.games were enjoyed by the 50 people present. A dance was held in Bolton han Saturday evening last, The Victor or- chestra provided music. Bolton schools opened Monday after the holiday vacatiog To Franklin C. Gardner, ‘“Brack- ton’s Blind Man on the Corner,” who stands on the street daily selling pa- pers, a local merchant ‘give as a Christmas present a small, strong wooden platform, eovered with heayy carpet, to ‘stand on -through the win- ter months: T