Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 19, 1921, Page 7

T THE WE.~ AWAKE CIRCLE Boy#’ and Girls’ Department, Ry For Yognz Weiters, to his heart's content and sex A1 piainty oA oRe 56 6f be|esrth with his gharp claws and generous nly, and number the pages. Iy calling his everhungry family to en| 2—Use pem and imk, not peacil | the rich morsel which he had discoyered. —Short and pointed articles will l_-z' Away in the distance, we saw a herd given preforence’ Do mot use v 258 of catile quistly grazing on the rich pas- turs’ lands, PBenhd the house we heard the twit- tering of the richiy plumed birds in the old orchard, Whioh with their melodious volces made a perfeet erchestra. JOSEPH WROZINSK], Age 13. Colehester. i i 1 the ginal stories or letters enly will 4. Write your name, age and addsess v at the bottom of the EtOF¥, 5 wainl WIDE-AWAKE POETRY. Tree. My Trip to Mohegan Park. Dear Uncle Jed: I have not written you for a long time, fo I thinis I will & T 1t spreads its arms wide out se's we Can climb ourselves right up an' play,— b » . you aboat m: to Mohegan . One - el el d Thursg:g' mnyru‘:‘l: in the year of 1919 all B L the children climped into & big truck and ‘:‘n“mi )fy‘:lfil’:: ’;‘m,’{“u:‘;wéfl the grown-tipg in another, We regcied - gl 2, Ao there about Half past 10, and came home about 25 minues after 6. On the way I saw many beautifyl fiowers. At last we A Enemy—he don't get fed! atrived. When I got thers ¥ Fan inte & Is wa't my brother Bob ha #aid, aroun’ swing. After g while I ate my dinger, N d un’ . 3 - Wed fas’ to my sun-bonnet sirifg. M:wlchu{‘;‘m_; 5 eggs. hf::;:::‘ (An enemy 'N eat anything!) cookiss, e, peaches, musk e One enemy, he was so small doughnuts and ige cream, Then I went ou ahd threw pieces of eake into the pond for the swang to eat. Then I visited the monkeys, the peacocks, and the fowls. When I went under the arbor I saw many lttle catfish in the lake. I got some wild fiowers ahd went see-sawing. I got some candy and ginger ale. Then the truek aqme to tike us homs, after spending & delightful day M. Nerwi Ho climbed up 'fore we $aW% him 'tall, Th' Caterpillar—that is him ere a-sittin’ on th' limb! * they get low, ‘at he will go a spY can steal a piece of ple. r man don't cry a bit— it he gets all hit. EARJORES WRLIAME; Act 5. that's up a treg an' 'fraid, you sge, down an’ run a tticoats will stay, n ery a great big tear ill come along to hear. rd'ner-man is very high— iicer than a piece of ple— In Lucerne, Canada, Bear Ungle Jed: I am going te tell you abet Lucerne, 3 little villaz where I onde lived, up in fmothtalns, surrounded by high mountain peaks Which are s ov:vosm the year arpund. When the sun shome on these peaks, they were a lovely sight. Some- times the clouds are so low you can see only about half of thet mouptains, There wera {wo lakes there. One Was very large f:q the other one was§ very smail. The F8e lake was very deep. ¢ used to go skating on the small lake in winter. ‘We had 2 lot of snow there and some Bpretty good sliding. The only way one could get away from this place was by railread. Thére was just one horse there and one #uto truck., Nearly all the dwellings were log cabins, but the sehool- house, wiich was & frame build I won't say “Bookgg ! he knows w'at it is we'll do. He was jus' huntin’ ‘reund to find Some little girl—if T don't mind Maybe T'll help him ‘cide about kitten he had best piek owti— somebody's hid soma safe away n our barn, dewWR in th' hay. la black one—he is bes’ e “becomes” my new pink Marie Louise Tompkine. . - - & MARY JONES, Age 10. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. | Cales Ferry. AWAKES, “it Gan't Be Dame” inasmuch as it I8 part of their train- Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about a thing that can’t be done. A man cafhe to America a number of years azo, He had a dollat in his pocket when he landed. Thirty years lafer he was & numher of times a millionaire. One day bis s9n, Who had repently entered the business, being asked to do a certain thing, sajd: “It can't be done.” The father jumped from his chalr and. ghaking hig Ast under the youns man's noge, said: “Twentv-five years ago we threw thai word ‘ean‘t' qut af the plant. During the last four years ¥ve spent a number of fhousands of dollazs to give you & college education. Naw you gome hére with more education that T was ever prepared and to do a good turn Scouts are often referred to as ights of the Geed Turn. Whiie may be ggeocigted with them they not and probably de not «laltm to be ones who da gead turms, for n while fellow uud every wa- rl ean he selied upon ta do & urn when It la nepded. ey Ioak for a rewerd for sueh dnese, otherwise than to ex- they will recelve similar treat- But sométimes « mote liew in stprs for those rever too busy to give help- reward o0 388 hewsd bls way forward and up-|two barrels. r:rénaé‘ learned to read frim books—| Carl liked to play he spellihg book and the Bible, and then | would not teil why. 5 2 borrowed Pl 's Progress and| One day while Cazl wes away his g 4 W‘ mais S > ~|out of each apnie. When he ml'.:l In 1816 the Lipeoln family tocalled him and asked him’ in the sellar byt he meved Spencer county, and in 1830 to De-{done that but he said “No. S hia laat ceasion Linasin| That might when his. frand walked the entire distance, nearly 200 miles, through mud and water. driving a e T e Somiga s duys; when 9 eir fon tgg father and sen set to work te build the fog cabin which Was to pe their home. Such work was play ie him. He was now 21, stood six feet three and a half ingjies, was in perfeet health and eauld out-Fun, oup:}um{ and out-wrestle any n{ of his age in Ris rived from his werk he was the apples. He uged timo Carl thought !t was best truth 0 ho sald "Fes” forgi is time I again, His srandfather aro forgiven, hut remember sald, you would never do it agafs Now we all should foilew matte, “Always tel] the truth.” s ty. ALBINA BASLET, Age 11, n 1834 he hega mtp study law. A| Darville LA e e Petng Hind to & Bird, 14 offered to lemnd him some books. in walked there, 23 miles from New Balem, and brought back| Dear Upele Jed: Ome time my slater Tour volumes of Blackstone at the end of jand I went to the horse bam ta find the same da¥. somse chickens' eggs. While we were in fow ;q later he A ned 3 law office | there I saw a bird in the window flying in Mfim In 1846 Lineoln was elect-|and beating her little wings to the Slass. e fo aungress and later to be president|I thought I shouldn't take her, Byt was of &a TUnited States. sorry to leave her there alone. took ARCBLIA DOYON, Age 11. [her homa and showed her to my folks. ‘\ When 1 showed her, my mother s4:d that let_her go. From that time I never saw her aga w! Glasgo. Bubbles Dear Uncle Jed: Mary, Jack and|y haye scen many other b'rds, too. This Louise Brown were children that lived 1is the first time I have written my story. in the city with their parents. Their ENNTE PEOPY.: Aoa 1t aunt and uncle lived in the country 2nd | Tedyard. were going to send them something for Bantess The Rabbit and the Dog. Mary was twelve vears old. Jack was ten and Loulse was eight. It was the Saturday before Fasted and the present came. Byt enly two came. A little ow chick for Mary and @& wren ing for Leuise. B Pear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time there Was a rabblt in the woods fast asleep. him. The rabbit jumped up and “Nay, gaid the dog, “do mot run away from me, I will not hurt you" So the rabbit stood still till the dog came to him, and said, “Let’s see Who can run the faster.”” So the rabbit said “All right. They started to run and ran and ran) till they eame to an oid oak tree. But the rabhit beat. The dog felt ashamed id “I only ran for my dinner and the rabbit ran for his life. He never tried to race again. RY M So Laulse was confented for a while. One I\ufiathcx woat ta the waods to nlck some flowers. Louls was the slow: est and Kept gaying, wait a minute. Fin- ally she gt up to them and walked a wars with them. By and by she got he- hind sxain and heerd a “meow.” Bhe looked arourd and there was a loyefy: Angara lditten. She calied B Mary and Jack to show them the Kitten. g, “Don't take it you don't know elongs to.” Louise said, I am golng to take it and if mother says 1 can’t kegp 1t I will brog it baek." When her mother saw it sae said “You may keep It.” 8o the chidren went to bed happy that nght. In the mornng the chidran got up to look for ther pets. They 44 mot find them. Louse got up to look for her pet wheh she called Bub- bles. She found him licking his chops. Jack and Mary came in from the barn In gn angry way and said, “Your kitten ate our pets.” In order to stbp the quar- rel, Mrs. Reown said. “Bubbles belongs Warrenville, Coal. Dear Uncle Jed: As coal is very déep in the ground, men that are ealled cozl miters are hired to dig it out. Pirst they dig a deep hoie. unt!l they reach what is called a vein of coal. This they chop out and bring above ground. There are small boys who pick it over, and then the coal man brings it to-us: IDA NADEL, Age 8. Lebanon. Buey Days on the Farm, Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon = thme another hoy and I went out to chep wood, We chopved abeut a half eord. As we to all of us naw.” So the children did | "°T¢ COMmInE :g;’:-r"hn":”“;”;!{ il not quarrcl any more and had a hagpy | 200 & i - ot g 3 and it was about two feet long and I was frightened. After we had chopped a half cord T went and get the wheel- barrow with which to get the wood. We went in and ate our dinner and then went out to chop and faw the wond. After we had chopned and sawed the wood we brought it in the heuse to burn. We went out and got the hérse apd went BBLLA RICHMANN, Age 12 New Lenden. A Trap for a Thief Dear Uncle Jed: One night a man's best horse was stolen from his stall. The fiext day thé man went to 2 horse mar- ket to buy snother horse. What was his surprise to see his own horse among thuse 5 the garden. ed from the post office department by she was a cunning one, so saé told me to | Postmaster Thomas F. Lenihan, to be used in the national crusade which the - | a A dog came along and woke|y, ran. | and sot 2 load of manure to spread on |& Very suceassful eatertainment and sale Then Bill and I went to|of eandy and famcy work Tuesday eve- peeping its ter's nap. All the little field a: flowers are peening out, sueh wagll ime - v contes:. acre w [rurteen ohd Bperisen rpeaketp, 1iohee: ‘wan in speliing. We came aam: about o'eloek, 4 EVA B FRIESE, 1 Age 14 WESTERLY One Colt 45 Yevelver has been receiy- Laconies. Encouraged by their strong in the Norwich game, the Westerly baseball team put fn a sUff Wednesda; epartment ig making, to foil future rob- beries of the madis by bandits. At pres- | da; ent the firearm is kept by thw clerks of the money order department, and when the engagement of Miss Gertrude Rich to Herbert E. Cooke, Both are well the messepger takes the depesit to the |known Westerly young people. bank moj e to cal is-| The town is comsidering the purchas-|whery toltwmw bt ing of a New Britain tractor to be used | hail, for cutting the grass in Wilcox The machine was being tried out nesday by Sppt. Cavitt Prof. L. G, Dodge of R. L. Stats Stpt. W, Legter 0'Brien, of the Shors ne Street Rajlway company, an- nounced Wefinesday that in all probabil- ity, beginning next Monday, hourly ser- ETeater ngt of the day wil ted on the Watch Hill branch the. This serviee wilj be given sutnmer le whe are glready bginn to at the resort. He al® paid thet at an eariy date a new ¢4t would be pat op the Ashawey line, to leave Westerly 2t 10.45 p. m, to ac- commodate the peppie of that village who paitend shows in Westerly. It is expected that two-hour serviee from 7.15 a. m. to 9.15 p. m. wil! be spen inaugu- rated on the Norwieh Jine, Mrs. Elizabeth Crandall, 54, widow of Edgar J,"Crandall, died at her home on Lingdln avenue May 16. She was born in Aberdeen, Scotjand, and came to this country at the age of 18. In 1887 ghe married Edgar Crandall of Westerly, and ‘has since been a resident of this Bread Street construction work, Union opened to traffic Wednesday morning. s tain motor boat wak: the river with the exhanst onen. thorities. offic’ated at First Baptist church, Rives, Conn., The engagement of Wednesday. town, woodie to Miss Dorothy C. Wills, both She is surylved by four daughters, [of Westerly, is announced, Mrs. Wililam Tattersall, Mrs, George| A party of fifteen Westerly couples Burdick, both of Westerly, Mrs. James Ashbey of Noapk, Miss Minnie Crandall of Westérly, and two sons, Daniel and Louis, both of Westerly. Charies A. Odell, of Wells street, fell while alighting from a troiley car ton School of Dancing, held at Rhod on-the-Pawtuxet. in front of Waten Hill post offico|ter spending a week here. He expects We:‘-m‘lu moraing, apd injured hic!to return for the summer season about knee. Hp was taken into the office of [the first of June. Thomas MeKenzle, v gtreet, and first ooy Farfis susiiny Firesloan Cleveland and J. Herbert 2id was given by Dr. John Champlin. An examnation Is spid te have shown that the iigaments abomt the knee had been n nual convention of tho dioeese of Bhode ” Island. m?éd&"é,,‘,‘,‘;;m';:""';:;:cf phel “An eim. said to be the only tree of Ifrom the yard ef Tomy Turo or Grani Guy Col-| Charles Barber. Jege will address the Men'y club of thel 34y and Mrs. Fred North and fpfant Christian church this lgon Richard of Fitchburg, Mass., wisited (Thursday) evening. He will discuss the gynday at Frederick Cook's. ce of food prices under ceonomic| fopmeriy lived here. Residents along the river front are complaining that the o'r;ler of a oer-|yass spent Sunday at X 1 them up everyighe formerly ta i moratng SDOUE § WEI0Ek DY moing Gown | g ) ANt In the promise to report the matter to the au- Rev. Byron U. Hatfleld, pastor of EGA e funeral of a former parishioner in Deep Witliam E. Din-, imotored to Providence Tuesday evening \to attend the recoption of the Reming- Edward J, Fenelon returned to his !home In Yonkers, N. Y., Wednesday, af- Rev. Edmund J. Chemplin were in Newport Tuesday as dejegatos from Christ Episcopal church at the an-{ {its kind in Westerly, has been moved Mra. Waity Pilimore and daughiter, Miss ‘ed- | Grage Fitimore, of Worcester spent Bur- Fillmore's sister, Mrs. with M The family Members of Fred and Frank Tiling- After being closed tq the publie for|pget's famili [ Sun the past week becsuse of the sewernge e e R -4 street was to aftend the funeral of a relative, Rev. Jared S. Tillinghast, who di.1 at hig homa at Jsiip, L. L Miss Gertrude Handy of Attiebero, Seguin's. iocal Bigh Edward Gallagher and daughter Mary were in Norwich Saturday. Harry Ruse of Danielson visited ipeal triends Saturday. diss Hatgie Stark, who has been spend- ing several in Providence wit: relatives, has returned to her home here. The Girle club members held a May basket party at their rooms Monday evening. The affair was much enjoyed by the young people. Miss Dorothea Gardner of Norwich was at her home for a short stay Monday. The little folks hung a May basket for Miss Virginia Cooper Monday evening. They were jmvited into the house, where games were played and refreshments Were seryed. Miss Marguerite Porter of Hartford and Miss Clara Porter of Hebron have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Harry Dean. Miss Ruth Mathewdon was a visitor ! Sunday in Wauregan at the home of her cousin, Miss Dorgthy Atwood, whe sail for Europe next mont! Master John Weaver has been il for s few days. Frank Barber. John Gerdner and Harry Lewis of Exeter, R. 1. l te e | Vilfred Ward estate on were visitors ablo to get and tell me a thing can't be | for sale! %2 ) et the cows, but we eouldn't gat them |niog @ the vAstry. [he sosfal was the!strect fo the Wiltre Sunday et the home of Mr. Barbers sis- or do & kind et 10 thoss Who | dene, arg I tell you there Isw't anvining| He 5eized the horse by the brigie, and | 47 (N€Y Were Way dewn In the wmeadow. |frst to be eandyeted by the reeently {SUT Pl oo oouneft, Knights of Co-lter. Mrs. William Duan. a need that ‘can't be done, if o man has the will| #aid. ‘This Horse is mine.” “You are| S0 We S0t some whips and called {he {ZQmed ty, and the members werel, OO RGN team 1s holding dafly| The Junior Christian Enndeavor soelety 1e of ths most profitablo goid minss|atd Gébire to accompllen K. T¢ ever 1| misluken, my dcar Wre seid tho fellaw | J0K 374 went after the ewy and_git |8 S oia B e ;ijimm;; Srasions. The mext game. | il mest ot the ehureh vestry Satenday = A 2raln Reat you way = thing can't be dona; Who wished {o sell the horsc, “I have had [ (1o 200 ¥ l\'\’v‘ TL«- ! ledtio “an with Shennock next faturday. an e y 5 > 5 4 “ E ) y. n we went In angd | lection by ert aleniine, director of | ™' ting on a victory, During Sunday Asher Staik and two were olng 2 g turh. )\o':r .‘and part buainess ¢ompany for- this uho;_n more manh three years; he ate our sunper. After supner we mitkad usle In the ehuteh; duet, Mrs, George local team 1§ counting e ik 3 s men st out looking far gald i |*¢ “an ¥ i cang 5 ¢ Faurs, though he may look like | 3. cows. Then we went dqwn to the |Bhaspa and William Hair; veeal solo, Mr. Stark formerly lived. s I 1848, and they came upon |, ARd ‘fg‘:‘;:f“ "M the son whe) Falsl e e roreq | TIVer 2nd swam unili 7.30 o'clock. Then |Mra. Stephen Smith, bach soloist re- MOHEGAN Mrs., Saral E. louse remains eritically of » dead M They Were | menny 11 gt y'i ¢ ‘; 1‘"’ man ® Tae "h hh hen quickly C‘{}\?"‘" we came hame and went ta bed. Ia the |GpoRding ' te encores. The entertainment Miss Gladys I Quidgeon has returned | i at her home on School strect. . E . 3 norse ie yours. tell me in| went out and fed the cowk, Norse and |gitls. First '‘éamo a motion song by sev-|home after e "Migs { blogk on Main street. J '“; ‘_2“"01"“: frtflfi e MARY DEMBINSKI Age 15. wrl\lxcu ese it is blind? The thief Who |y "Our bull is a mean ome. We |e7al giris, & reading by Bliaabeth Bo- | Philadelphia anf{‘Wfl‘:’:‘t‘!':;’"ih”v e | I tactien Raaing ctass witl t g B z‘:.“j P S Bt ook 24 the b with cars, cin't let him out because he I8 too ugly, [ner: thén thé play, The Fairies’ Child, | Quidgeon was the BU : = L 14 u o fe Y slient, e aof goil. Angther gravé Renjamin l’t‘b.lll * hody, and from the firat Doar Uncle Jed: DIA you ever hear the | % great gold mine, Which has|story of “America’s Grand Od Man for BAIE a cent Benfamin Frankiin was born in Doston 1 that everyoma|Ma¥ 4, 1308. e was not hapsy with his tima he does | PFother. to whom he was apprenticed. When e was 17" years old he ran away from home. He first went to New York 4nd then ta Philadelphia. There he became & printer. For many yeura Le publishéd “Poor Richard's Al manack," which §ras widely read by the people. Te was made postraster-genera! of the calopies. He was not only a busi- Ross man but he was a student of saience 38 well. He found that lightning was a form of eleetricity. i s fiest great politieal service was the framing of & plan of upion for the col- opiés. The peaple of Philadelphia sent him as a messcpger 10 the king of Eng- 1and. ¥& wag in England when the stamp | aet was passed. but he Lould not hinder rarliament from passing it. He stayed in England 70 years. On the very day he landed on the Ameriean ghore he was #:ted A member of congress. He help- ed to sign the Declaration of Indepen- lsn't the spirit leasant to te- a kind deed, payment, recalve d Any sugh re- , Is only sacomdary to the which Is returned tn ey: lende 2 hand to follows ; consclousness of having yoi- performed an net of kindness. now what satisfaction comes loing & good turn when there I8 np than 3 “Thark you." WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Ruth aulding, of Nerwich— Fourth Year at Over- ~Joseph WMrozinskl, of Oolghest Tha Anto Boys' Mystery. donce and gat aid from France quring the 3—Sophie Gorski, of Leonard's Bridge| lovoiutlonary war He was one of those Winning the War Cross who helped to frame the comstitution, K ke Baloed to_ frame th : - had, and wondered . {f-this Could be the® f—Wilten Wibhe. of Eagleviile—The e pr , 1790, His great aim o = = und | haunted hut the boys had told about. T3 Bey Socat 1 Beiie astevy 120 Jiwas heen t0'de good, and (hat was & and heopla thefe keep it palnted to pre- | a short time we heard he nolse agffl& . B3 what he had dene. B and time it was just outside tha Eva B. F::l ., of Amston—Faeing SOPHIE GORSK), Age 10. mhl(?l_flbamflvntaln town in the Rocky | window near he bunk. A@Aln ahd agaln ¢ Leonard Bridge. iguntains. There Is not much to laok at 1 we heard it, first at the dger and then at "‘x‘“‘““m “,,gd nr;omm— i‘_v;tmm_ovghlns. but gome of them gre a |the windows. sey Twing at Meadow Brook. MR sight. Fright o h T Mary Jemes, of Gales Ferrg—Little Ax Fuater Nde. Thare are moun i R LR v Doty S Dear Uncle Jed: Baster Sundsy we started fop New London and arrived thers n obtzin them by calling 3t The business office after 18 o'olock morning. i, SEEEEON LETTERS OF ACKNQWLEDPGMENT, very much talking about the country life. Now it was time foF dinner. After dinner we plaved the nigmo, and thus enjoyed ourselves till night. We Were surpriced to sea my cousin who had been away in the war and had come back ot bl L AL HESUSRERLS, but being edliged to say som thing, at lagt replied. guessing, “He is blind In the left eye." “You are wrong," sa “AR ¥ 1y, T meant to say the right Then the owner took h he eyes of the horee, and After we put the cows emt to drink and cleaned the stable we went and picked a quart of hiueberries. MILTON KIBBE, Age 9. EAGLEVILLE. get id the owner. . The Waunted House. . L Dear Uncle Jed: One dav after & now proved that you are a t a irl and t all of you! The horsa is net blind, 1| movpaiiey, “PoNer &1 ahd 1 wemt questions that T might bring ruth.” We g ered nuts as long a8 we eonld & 4 G .. | see. but when we started for home, we _":'}:fi‘“’(‘-i“‘;“ah the stable | con tell which path would bring um bt ook o sl into the pasture back B £ Fio thie? had to £o to jail. and T think | dreided ta § o Lo hpEt A ed ake the vhile We game upoa 3 n which-sood fn the cleartng. - e wendered who the ogeupants of aueer hoyse were, and as tae $in- s wern 10w, we neeked thraugh them. no one there and finding the dogr tened, we walked In. We were very d after our long, lopg p and seefug a bunk In the corner he xat mo more than he deserved. e Your friend, GBRTRUDE NADEL, Age 13 Lebanon. Tn 3 Recky Mountain Town Dear Unels Jed: When I came away from Canada I came Jasper patk which is 5 government reserve. At the town af Jasper there 8 a tofem pole near the station which the Indians left years age. TFhe totem pale is made from a targe tres and at the top a limb was l|mt ke 3 hird's beak with an u, tr: we lay down, thinking to ouraglves that we would not go to sleen, but the sand man must haye overtaken us, Decause the next thing we heard was 3 bumaing against the daor. | 3 T asked my .friend 1f she had heard | this neise and she whispered that - the . o tain goats, bears, tim- | enaugh courage to go to the windotw an ber woives and many other animals in 3 fon e peck aut and there in the meonlight we Marjorle Willlams, of Norwich— | about 10 o'elock the mountains but they do not eme very | could sce the lamg, white ffure n%“ e Prudy” 1t 1 . 4 % . Prudy's Story Hook. While we were thers we viaited some| Yeurs trats ;xx:[«lhrh:hhnu:a.:ndf ‘\;e ;or re ! I: ers of prize heeks living n Nor-|of my relatives. We enjoyed oursslves st De the ghaat of the haunted haust. LOUISE JONES, Age 3 For what seemed hours we lay list- ening to the noise. In apite ef our fright we must have alept again, for the next we knew the sun was shinning into the room and I heard volces which I knew to be that of my brotaers who Gales Ferry, ———— A Pleeq of Copper. Dear Uncls Jed: I was a piece of cop. Genevieve Wisnlewska, of Norwich— per, Just taken from the mines of Aus-|pad come to find us I thank you very mueh for the priza ot long ago, tralia, bound for Washington, D. C., to Y ‘When we told them of our fright, they sok you gave me. 1 read It snd found| We Wefe very glad to see him bagk|be mada into money. laughed at us and said that it was gl e g again. Jie taid us storles about the war,| The ship was half way across the At | el o white. cals Aimira Bernler, of Danislson—I ox-] ¢ 8lso about the begutiful oities of lantio ocean when it sprang a leak. After ; press my most sincera thanks for the i o e Storles ware very intarest- prize beok you semt ma. I heve ‘;"Z"-of;;o:{j sat and listened to them valll read it and found it Vi ttractive. It was too lata to ride home o the Y . ears, 2 my uncle fook us home in bis LETTERS WRITTEN HBY WIDE- sutomobile. We enjoved the ride very AWAKES. much. ‘When we reached home we went to bed and dreamed about the interesting stories my cousin told us. IDA WINAKOR, Age 13, Mothery' Dey. May £ was 2 lavely day Colchester. bouquet as prettily as I [ov— As soon as I plcked them T hus- An Astemeblla Aceident. to tha house. “f*n U‘u‘:le Jed: This in e &m time I byought them to my mether | NAve written to you 107 a lang time. e was very pleased with them. Sha| Fred lived in a small house surrounded ot them in the prettiest vases she had.|UY Wany others. His ehief pleasure was T felt very happy When I Lnew she|WAking. Ong eveaing he started out as ked them. usual, and In a short time it grew dark, While I was pleking violeis In the]¥Ted came to a river where g flood had taken the bridge down stream. Fred did napt know what to @o. In thoge days a great many vehicles had ne lights. e nejrest house was about three miles away, go Fred thought he would stay untll midnight so if apy autos of! wagons would egme along he could at»l them, An hour later he heard am aute coming without 3 light, Fred wondered how he could ston the xute; so he jumped in front of it and shoyted. The drviver saw a black figure sianding with his handa eut, but eoui R0t siop the ¢av in time. 80 he rah aver ¢ stopped after he had rym aver kim, and he found out the. bridge was awopt down stream by the fleod. ‘The dying hoy @aved the life of somy people BUL gave hig up as a hero. SARAH M. M'GRATH. woods T happened to see a hird's nest em My first theusht was to but as I thought it wa day for the birds, tao, I would ot make her fee! unhappy, s¢ I left 1t here. i GLADYS ANDEREON, Age §. Scene on o Form. Jed: One day in autuma, veat for & walk intg On our way Wwe W 3 ouse, which was situated in : green, sheliered nook. A lazge stately ne tree overshadowed the house on Under this tree hubbled & contalaed softestand fine v flowed away, 1 Iwoygh the luxuriant grass into 3 neigh® woring brook. A little away from the house steod 3 urge barn, every window and erack of vhich displayed large Guantities of corn Tantie Abraham Lincols. Dear Uncle Jed: Abraham Lincoln was md hay. We saw rows of plgegns on |born In Hatdin county, Ky., in 1809. His B roof, some with their head ia their ['=atly life was spent in toll, hardships and josems or ander thelr winge, In the jarnyard stood the gallant roostor, elap- g bis burmished wings and erowing poverty. When the boy was only § ycars old he bad learned to swing an gxe. From ikat time until de came age he chop~ ‘ RUTH E, SPAULDING, Age 14, twenty minutes the ship w Nerwich. the high valued merchand while very few men were s: I was lying In this for about two years turers picked me up, metal They teok me to Washington where T \ o = 2 bright shiny 1 was miven to 2 velope. This man ent down all ise was lost, aved. honeless condition When some adven- With other kinds of A Trip to Hariford. Dear Uncle Jod I will tell you of my irip to Hartford which gegurred abeut man in his pay en- [olape This pan save me to a letie v, ran tp a store and bought stick of H M, After passing th lady who made 2 hole in me and, put- ting 2 string through the holo, pat me o e, ek for good luck and 1| | Scratched and Irritated Sealp, "~ LIONEL H. HOULE. Haie Fell Qut, Cuticura Staffora Speings. ou—'.——., o . “‘My head broke eut in a rash A Truthtal Boy. caused by g < Dear Unole Jed: I know the pleas- P ure of writing a story about a truthful 1t wag a beight moming when Carl arrived at Ms grandfather's house, He Was ta stay théve for his summer va- catlen, Carl's grandmother knew that he was fond of apples se she had gotten T CUT THIS OUT—IT §§ WORTH MONEY Cut out this slip, emclose with 5c and mail it to Foley & Co., 3335 Sheflield Ave., Chieage, Iil, writing your name 3nd ad- dress glearly. You will receive in return & trial package containing Foley's Honey ard Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and eraup; Foley Kidney Pills, for paing in sides anl back, rheumatism, backache, kidney amd bladder ailments, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thar. oughly eleansing catlrartie for constipa- Mrs. Oscar Spink, R. F, D. 1, coag, R. 1, 28,1929, - i ion, billousness, headaches and sluggish | papiat B Thentiont cact f Beanem bowels. Lec & Osgood Co. byt T o - was presepteéd very smoothly. At the slpse of the nlay thers were saios hy Elizabetn . Wheeler and Mrs. Smith. The decorations were effective, rapresenting 4 fairy forept. The cast: Fairy queen, Minhic Roan; Honeydew, faity princess, Alloa Dumnjng: Mosskin, queen’s page, MApjeris Chapman; Ferncap. Mildred McKensle; Silverleaf, Sara Mae Green- mak; Lilybell, Dorothy Larkin; Dutter- cup, Agnes Hisett; Moonshine, Annie Brogdfaet phberry, Irene Gayitt; Lit- tlp Trudie. Esther Chapman: Thistiekin, the %= " child, Florence Coilings; Slump, thé caterpillar, Esther Patton. Wiitex temple, Ne. 7, Pythlan Sisters, abseryed thelr “18th anniversaty Monday evenitng, n @ May basket social was enjoyed. Miutes of the first meeting of the tewiple were read, and yearly re- tan grcup near Richmond, Va. visited the Paminkey, MAttapo ahominy and Rappshannock tril the Potomac Indians, near Frederic | resting trip. her experi next Sunday. <f the Quidgeon, memb # with the Hartford last had a most enjoya Charles Burdick <l week Wednesday. ble trip. U. with relatives here. F. G .Speck of Philadelphia and accomp- apied them on & trip to Virginia,, visiting & number of Indian tribes of the Powhat- They Chick- 5 also burg, Va. This was cn extremely inte- Miss Quidgeon will tell of ences at the morning services Miss Doris Fowler and Miss Winifred graduatiog class of Uneasville grammar school, weat ss to the state capitol at They S. N.. has return- ed to Newport after spending ten days Thursdzy evening Witn Mrs. Raymend Rider. Mr. and Mre. Howard Clarke of Ner- wich visited relatives here Sunday and Manday. ; 5- | Branford—Frnest Newnbam is a golt ingtructer at the Pine Orchard club, — Bronchial Trouble C: ed Anxiety. No medicine has & better reputation than Foley’s Homey and Tar for quickly | relieving coughs, colds and eroup. It loosens the phlesm and mucus, clears the | passages, eases hoarseness, stops tickling |taroat. John G. Heiking, 125 Burgess { Place, Passaic, N. J., writes: “T was waf- orts were received, which shewed that| Mr. and Mrs. Osgocd Ficlding of Nor- | fering from an acute case of bronehial the organization is gaining In member- | wich were guests of Mrs. Loretta Ficlding | trouble” which gave me considerable amx- ship u‘;% S ih a healthy finapeial con-|Sunday. |tety. Foles's Honey and Tar deserves all aition. 'Guekts. were present frm Mys-| Miss Gladys Quidgeon was the guest of | 0" ogie for my being weil now.” Lae tle, New Lendsa and Willimantje; Mrs, Strickland in New London recently, & Osgood Co. = Give this assistant a chance — Here’sahighly " erwho will help wi bodywithout burdening GrapeNuts,served ajoy to the taste. But that’s ing Itk a firstaid to bo - /s dyand the delightful finish, efficient capa Grape:Nuts is a scientific food which nourishes the the stomach. It nutriment the begin- able work of nature’s