Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1921, Page 2

THE WI-~ AWAKE CRCLE - ‘Mite]ana six girls. T teok the part of Dutch- the ! man 1 wore yellow trousers, Nile ““'.llnflinl!\mu‘A s¢a | white stockings, a white and red b\ou: U o L man . We do met kmow who |it has built a great At the head |and white and brown sneaks. I enjoy: Boys’ and Girls' Department. 3 oo~ d .1‘;“%?.'; o 40 Imew that it 1s s |of the deita stamd Calbe. ¥he lirgest|it very much. e 1 table and we call it “The |city in Africa. It is a very large and ALPHONSE BERNIER, Age 11, meve ¢ s LR {nteresting oity. Plamfield, —W TP OIS Léthle Chickens Allied forees bagun. It was fighting thag murum, downy, ent 334 |poren to mmrk the coming of the end. The . You are sweet sad lovely,—feathers, | GSFRARS wers making & determined of- | U (T0 head, and all. foet to reach Paris. They intended to |gp sees. Come and come a-running, jump enie Wy but they did net reckon on the hand— Rub your bills against me, kiss me ¥ 3 fgbt the vyou can. offer. They soon found out and |ytl Her it was met Bext d Do you think T'd hurt you? Ne sitet I{copwinced thut ‘won't. the ‘Ca 're cute and pretty; new yew | ViRl facter in the war. “:e., ‘;‘.m This anniversary falls almost on the Cuddle close. yet closer: I'm ag €584 23 | anaivermry of the epptuse of Stopy Point b - b fn the Hudson in the Revelutionary war o vou'r to keep and fondle. I %% i Ydont hy:::eyo:. chickees, see? by “Mad Antheny” Wayne who took the British by surprise under eover of dark- ness, July 16, 1779 and forced the sur- 1 just love you all the hatder when the |T2RG6r of the whole garvison. There boys throw sticks at you. were the daring mep in the World war Go. now, to your mother. She is wak- even 35 there were in the days of the ing in the yard— Revelution—great, ogurageous, libesty AT e them, lave. them hag, | ° |ioving men who were ready to Sght and w forward mewement of the Ger- WS wae stegped snd the advance of the 1 throw no stones at birdies, nor at chickies, too. but tha e What shall I do, mama? Mama! Mama!’| She said, yes. My sister and I then went ¢ Leat Children WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS ";“u, dear, but please don't shout so| I invited <hem all, and as I Mve three |loosers’ lame which Was very Mterest- It was a winsome, eerie child 1. Jdeseph GMlin - of New London— [loudly. [ don't know what you can do.” |miles from school, just twelve came. ing. We hotH sat down. en a carriage Oame skipping down the street, e Auto Boys' Big Six. Helen went upstairs to her bedroem,| But we all had a good time for we|Which just holds two. The carriage Was With sunny hair, wind-blown and wiid, And daneing feet. The Caympfire Girls on The Farm. DORA ISACSON, Age 18. . The Whippeorwill. Pear Ungle Jed: Did you ' oorwil ? ht—omwmuwmmfl . e whippoorwill's nest It was hard to tell had or the mother bird the next day I Jewsett City. nest, so she said all right, and the|home for three weeks. In three weeks took her to see them. They are very pretty, Uncle Jed. Helen's Dream. Dear Uncle Jed: It had been raining|apontville. 8il moming. Qumfi it zut::;y chm - - Was not e enly g Whiel was damp. The spirits of a little girl My Birthday Party. than stars. The place was beautifully who steod ai the wWindow were very| Dear Uncle Jed: The 1¥th of June was ilighted with all different colors. Every- damp also. “1 w{: my name wasn't Helen” she| I asked mother if T could invite G. Frank Burms in Dumb Amimals |fght hard for right aad principles. sald, “Wish it was anything but that.|my school friends. go-round and the loop-the-loop. The whi 't make a real nest like other birds, but just lays her eggs on the ground in M‘“": me in the weeds One time her grandwmother took Rer 0 |and made the 26 miles in e g near our e til and o the > o m mmwo -'r They Were & magn! 1t hall, where She SAW TWanY |time. with brown epots on them. . other day I went up there and |armor which was used in the Revolu- little brown birds in the nest.|tionary war and many oM American surprised to see them hatched out |flags which were hangig near the ar- ithe-eye could see backward or forward ®iem from [mor when little Bva came out of the |yere machimes of every size and deserip- the lesves they were on. When I eame | magnificent hall her grondmather took |{jon heme told my little sister ,td‘ro' up and see them too, but I|the stores and bought mamy beawtifulfeots grinks and mat 1 &'; Detter Wait Hll the | things. tasin might leave LOIS GILL, Age 8. |ride on the express train which went very % was 830 p. m. : fast. - HENRIETTA MAIN, Age 13 e NI A Trip to Comey Island. Dear Unele Jed: The last time my family went to New York we went by )Alm te Coney Island from Brook- As It was the last night of the Mardi Gras the placc was crowded. ‘We started from Brooklyn at ¢ o'clock Dear Unele Jed: Little Eva was a girl of ten who was taking a vaeation at her grandmothers in New York. While lit- tle Eva was there she made some deli- cious cakes and cookies. beautiful things sueh as all serts of| When we were four miles from the entrance we ran into a mass of ma- chimes. In about a half hour as far as she |her to Fifth avenue where she visited | Along the way people were selling to decorats Tiva was to stay at her grandmother’s | "Oim, momen Deings and machines o gu;z‘ Cg;“'r:l ::;k:ad :"‘:‘::, A:u;::',‘:l When we finally entered Coney Istand Of all the crowds I ever saw that beats the record. There were aristo- erats, office boys, maids, millionaires and bexgars, yes, there were people of all natiomalitles and creeds. For a poor Livae count there were about 1,000,000 gath- e ered there. I guess they were thicker When Eva got home she received a warm greeting from her belaved paremts. MISS MABEL M. DART, Agell my tenth birthday. thing was in full swing. We took a feww rides on the merry- =] and being tived, lay down and fell |nlaved in the swings and hide and seekjon a track and there Were many of 2-—Leens Herthiswme of Dayville— asicep. 'While asleep she dreamed that|in the hay and many other games. these carriages. Soon we started mov- - jhe was standing by the windew, wh ‘While we were playing mother called | ing through a lighted alley. By and by s W s Iis Ve of Norwich—Tus el Sl Bl B oadiuail 19 ; the lights went out and smack, smack 2 Raied & Ba o ek asked. | Campfire Girls in the Mountains. Mttle fafry dressed in gold. Om her| When We came in we found the table{oould be heard in every direstion. There r.“y T den't khew: T h"u; ons 4~—Nenrietta Main of Ledyard—The larm she carvied a basket in which glit- |set with sandwiches, cake and lemon-}Were many funny sayings such as “Kiss o iaybody’s chue L Cammfige Girls on the March. teted little golden packages. ade. her again" “That's great” etc., ete. 5.—Blanche Jodein of Plainfieli—The “Why, who are you? Asked the aston-| At six o'clock my brother took them| We also saw many other sights too She kissed me on the cheek and laughed, | AUte Boya X “Come run away amd play! 6.—Mabel Dart of Montville—The Then skigeing oh catled Dithety baek, | Comeize Ciria on e FaE “Tll be your child teday.” » 1 saw her slip behind: the hedge ale L With tears T could mot hide. P Treedher of Nereil-us 0. merry fairy lttle, mirl. Boy Soowts 1y o Hons. You are my child,” T eried. Winnery ofprize beoks living in Nor- | wich can obtain them by calling at The Buligtin bwsines office after 10 a'elock Monday morming. tn“dNSovide LETEERS OF ACKNOWLEBGMENT Lilliibridge of Veluntown— ple. I'm sure some littie dhi@ren-souls, A'wander in the sky, Get Jost in hunting fortheir homes And pass their mofhersihy. 88id she. Semetimes they come to <areless apms thing to sy to you Quest. Ished Heien. ey are bits of love and sweetness,” art answered the fairy, “and I have some- Bamacincy 48 19 Po I think you ought| Dear Uncle Jed: I am a beantiful to divide your things With other peo-|Peerl. T Was picked up in the Chesa- ‘But 1 have no brothers and sisters|Vessel 1 was 'n the oyster shell talking them with" said Helen. . but T think you might share your |Deard a noise and then as we looked love and affection wWith your mother,” |UP @ large met was drawing us together Derathy d 1 reeeived my book “Toe Bobbsey Twins; “I will" said Helen. That grudge to let them .stay, at Home,' two weeks ago and though I| Then the fairy vanished, And leave quite empty mather hearts | Bave neglected te thank you for it before | awoke. That want them night and- day. {1 emioy veading it very mueb. DOROTHEA SIMPSON, Age 12. |Shells and took us out. They took all of Ruth R, Speulding of Danielsen—I| Norwich. By Mary Stewart in Good HousekFesping thank you very much for the prise book UNCLE JED'S TALK, 7@ WPE. |7y very much for the prise beok yay AWAERS A great many of the Wideatwakes have been inspired by the valorouws deeds of war heroes as they have lwcome ae- quainted with them in the study of hds- Kermit. sent me entitied, “The Campfire Girls On | Degr Unole Jed: the Farm. you about Kgypt. in nerthern Afrigs. _grat. and Heien | t00k us out and put us in a basket and I am going to tell Egypt is a2 country It is mostly a des-| When we first reached the jeweler's ert and a very warm country. In Eg¥pt|store he took us out and looked at us It never mains. They call their gountry|and then he gave the men some monmey| Mary was ohoking and she struggled It is one of the oldest coun- home in the machine. numerous to mention. and arrived hack “I am the fairy of Loving Kindness| They all said they had a fine time. |In Brookiyn at 2 a. m. as tired as could and Unselfidhness,” she replied. R > ‘And what are those” demanded Hel.| Brool 5 N y—Santord | o, nting to the packages. GLADYS ANDERSON, Age 10. [be, but happy. JOSEPH GITLIN, Age 12. New London. A Brave Dog. Dear Uncle Jed: One day Mary had to stay home alone because her mother and father had to go away. Mary's par- ents were to be home at 6 o'clock. Mary had a lttle pet dog named Rover and he loved his mistress very much. Six o'clock came but her father and mother didn't come home. Nine o'clock and still they hadm't come home. Mary was frightened because ghe was alome. She Was very sleepy but she kept awake. At last she fell asleep. Rover also fell asleep, The gas stove Was turned on and Mary did not know it. The house was filling with gas and Mary was asleep, not knowing the danger she was in. Mary at last awoke for Rover was barking loudly. peake bay by a man in a large fishing | to the other pearls in there Whem wWe land then to our surorise we Were brought up into the boat where they took us to shore where they opened the us and put us in a bag. I heard one of them ¢ay When we take these pearls to the jewelers we will get some money for them, and when I heatd this I was very glad. The reason was that I would see more people there than in the bay. for us. He took me in a little room[to get outside the house. She tripped A it and & 2 o tries in the world. Scgttered through|and there he polished me and made me |On & footstool and fell. Rover caught tory. TUp unmtli a few years age all such x the oountry aza ruing of temples and Dy~ quite/small so that 1 would B¢ in & beau. |Mary's dress and pulled Mary outside. events occurred befare the Wideawnkes Phank | Famids. Some are built of stone. They |tiful solid gold ring. After he finished; Mary’s mother and father came rum- were born. They could read abewt them a o bao 2 e x Rox are burial plages of amcient kings|polishing me and fixing me into the ring [RIBg toward the house because they saw in books or they could be told sbaut |wands a Tall blosks of stenes called obelisks|he then put me into a beautiful red plush Rover coming out Wwith Mary, whom he them by their parents, but during the | - = . are seen throughout the coumtry. The|box. ' had rescued from choking. Her mether Werld war the Wideawakes nassed and temfple walls are covered| 1 dldn't stay very long In the window |a0d father had missed their train and with carvedwpietures and writings. These | before a girl bought me and she wore me | thére Was no other that night. So they theough that great history making nevied. tell the history of ancient kings. The|to work. She lost me as she was throw- | hired an auto and came home in that. had a chance to observe the preparstions coURtFY i8 g0 Wwarm the people wear|ing her lunch away in a garbage can| ROVEr Was raised and was very hap- that were made for war, saw the sqidiers go away and possibly had brethess or Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to tell country. Willimantic, Conn. . extra sizes, were $4200, $08.00 and | Fuli Siltk Lined Veleur Wrens, were To close out at— $20.00—Fo close eut at— . $15.00 $10.00 LOT OF 15 In Tan Tricating, Navy Triostine out gt— out gt— form the Mile river. Exfraordinary Sale of' light clothing. They use camels to cross the desert. The camels' feet are so d large they do mot sink into the sand. |l here. waiting to be ed up. uncies who shouidered 2 gun. crosmedl | You of a very queertable. In the first| The Nile river flows through the coun- ying in picked up. place it is several hundred vears ald and [try. It W the aseen- to Hurepe and teught for thelr | 00, . e et 1 rond i B and strong as ever. Ne, it is net Nile. ) g HO o e ivon | White They flow together and Our Play. Murray’s Boston Store feta and Tricolette Dresses, were $35.00, §32.00 and 4500 — To close $15.00 LOT OF 16 Conten Crepe, Taffeta, Tricolette and Crepe-de-Chine Dresses, were 45.00, #4800 and $85.00—To close $20.00 LOT OF 18 Silk Foulards, Canton Crepe, Trico- lette and -Satin Taffeta Dresses, were $35.00, $90.00 and $35.00—7o clese out at— $10.00 b . One is called | Dayville. The other is called the Lotus flowgrs grow Suits, ‘Wraps and Dresses -~ BEGINS THIS MORNING AT 8:30 THE TIME HAS COME FOR EVERY SUIT, WRAP AND DRESS TO DEPART IN and the man that picks up the garbage Py. Mary declared that Rover would emptled ‘me in the dump and I am. still always have the best of care. Mhry soon recovered and Rover was very hap- py for the rest of his days. LENA BERTHIAUME, Age 14. LAURA JODOIN. Plinfleld. How Mary Beeame a Heroine Dear Unele Jed: Mary - ed with her mother who was very gentle and kind-hearted. Mary had a very good aunt also, but she had fainting speils. She lived all alone but did not live far from Mary and her moth- Dear Unele Jed: I am now golng to tell you about our play. It was om the 19th of May 1921. The others had a play too. The name of our play was Return of Spring. There was one big girl for Spring, and the ten flower witches were boys and girls—four boys For Girls to Make o) BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILBY These are the days when the spri ins in longer afternoons and twilights. Why not make the supger table and the hiving room after supper beautiful with i that like a continuation of the soft I sleep under porch or in the barn out of doors? : o every night? Well, then, if {10“ want - to stay at home, build him a Painted Candles ol st he can call bome. Plain wax or taliow ecandles, in 'RQ design suggested here is in- straight shape are the kind you need. | tended’ to give ideas. How or- Paint these plain candles with water BRI can namental or distinctive the dog-house colers or oil e‘{algs in any color you i % ” 5 ¢ s on its builder's ingenu- FAVOR OF THE NEW SUMMER MERCHANDISE, AND IN AN EFFORT TOQ EF- by pink, 1od, Yoac odlar, “hfi; SKpamd iy, The dimensions aha e FECT A QUICK CLEARANCE, WE HAVE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING SALE St e o ‘:ih"‘” f‘ufi,m gs E}f‘" Pould wit m;ud imengions, to . b s s paint wi not o e measuring ti need PRICES ON EACH LOT OF GARMENTS — NOTICE THE SAVINGS : sandey 20 added charm. bW makes | by W€ dog 2o s “omicrity d gi‘et'n ldas} hl;;nx!r; because it prevents s ed out on his side h:itk m e - e - o eir dripping. extended—give him at y Y decy cindles wi i SUITS | WRAPS | DRESSEs |.wiiffmmess BERs-ios .gol i comes. in es, get LOT OF 10 LOT OF 4 LOT OF 12 =3 ser e v o | B P e e In Wiool Jereey and English Pweed, | Bigek Qui Satin G French Serge and Navy Tricotine flour-de-tis, or 3 s d y 'S ventilation. Place were'$15.00 and $20,00—To closs out ..M fult fii. I’n:q, ‘:::'“;': Dresses, were $20.00 and $25.00—To ;ir‘%rwl_:u ‘l:asozv:n“aa‘ii:l.o ill h‘:uwv *l:or g‘iu‘ib’:’: m:mmd. te ‘kfi‘n‘: b+ i o i ol ol closs out at— wg will be able to decorate candles | dry in rainy weather. Provide holes to 37 50 5 close ss 00 with garlands of tiny flowers. permut circulation of air. DV SN.M A Making Candle Shades In :&r design showa here, the ground The foundation fr’ug for candle ’n‘“ ‘mm and LOT OF ¢ LOT OF 19 shades are to be had .&niam e ey In Navy Tricotine, were $38.08 yad LOT OF 3 Silk Paplin Tricotine Dresses, in M| far fosiosos thas bl B with cleats holding the bo $48.00—To close ot at— Embroidered Trisatine and Vajoue | 8% Biack and brown, were 2000 }| dic. 1 the skade iseii docs not have a | The foor should be I $10.00 Weann v s et varee | te 35008—To close aut 'at— lning of asbestos, get some in the Ba ey 2 , 3 $10.00 i e e dui | (1) 48 65 rst of all, & ¥ O€ \ S s saow v A simple ruffled shade, sewed to the | | rising 8 hig LOT OF 12 5 LOT OF 15 m%‘:dhm de of two mto nglieh Twaed, Weol doe- armonizing or af by > e ot LOT OF 3 Grepe-da-Chine, Canton Greps, Taf- : 2 NORWICH BULLETIN - Toluho‘::ka.‘““‘ 0;%.‘ St What s Geing On Tenight Knights of Pythias, Natchaug Lodge, No. 23, meets 3t $07 Main street. Abraham Krug, of Valley street ex- tenslon, was arrested Saturday night by palice nh“m:“ (m rmm i eou ovarged with assault on his Lih‘ llo‘ll‘i: !5(5‘;:7‘ o 7 ;‘l b st o ot | two shots Jnto the air furnished by | uel Cooper. - Kiug's arvest followed a ecomplaint by |7 auit” The other man was stubbora his wife that he had severely beaten |2nd pitched into the eomstable but came For many years Krug |out second best after some tussle, whio: the man received a black eye and wa: street, but some months ago he sold the | knocked down for the count three times business and retired. A commercial truck owned by the * | Willimantic were given a daybreak hear. Frovidence Dairy edmpany and driven ¥ |ing before_ Justics -of the Peace Curry A wl stroet this city fgured In a collision 214 fined $35 snd costs The wman whe Sunday morning aBeut 11 o'clock, With| oy 'sys oqditional to pay for the ruined a truck owned and driven by James . clothing of the officer. n the afternoor Jordano of Windham read. The accident | yp.. were found guilty - of amauit anc m’"" Sy sy’ it ‘;‘; g ot ouo ASiIsY SuX eSSk, amount- lams Crossing. _ Accord| 0 Jor- o to $17.90. dano, he was following the dairy truck | & R when it suddenly stopped and he ran his| Theodare J. Rivard tendered bis vesix. car into it- before he cewld stop. He |nation to take effect Saturday night tc claime that Perkins was to blame for |the Prudential Insurance company. He it the aceident. The Jordane truck was |t enter another line of business. somewhat smashed the radiator being| Alfred, the ten year ol som of Alpert damaged, the front bent in and head- | Billings, was treated Saturday memming lights on the car broken. The damage |by Dr. F. E. Wilcox for a bad wound in was estimated at $150. The aceident was | his arm, caused from the bite of a large reported te the loeal police. ;:ood‘);n‘nlnd“ \':wned by Frank Melo, of | Charles ar of Village Hul and|NO- 1 n street. According to the i~ 4 ’;‘fmm. of Wilimantit wers | stories of witnesses Mr. Melo's son call. given a3 hearing Saturday afterncon be- |ed the Billings boy imto his yard to help fore Justice of the Peace William T. Cur- ::;)'_‘ :‘en‘:“ irr::‘:"":d ::'fld;fm |:; ry, of Lebanon, charged with keeping , e dog sel liguor with intent ,T““ Toey pleaded | DM In the left forearm. Three stitches gullty. Segar was fined 3§50 and costs |Closed the wound. and sentenced to thirty days in jail. St The automobile of “house on wheels” Martin was fined $35 and costs and given {OWned by L. J. Olds of Andover at- a similar jail sentence. Execution of the jtracted attention Satyrday morning jail sentence was suspended in each case | While parked on Main street. The bedy and the men were placed on probation, of the ca rwas the omnibus style meunt- The arrests were made about 1 o'clock | ed on a Reo chassis, the dimensions 7 by Saturday morning by Constablé Stan- |20 Wwith overhead clearance of eight feet ton' L. Briggs of Lebanon assisted by |The automoblle is being used by Mr. William A. Pults and Charles Sweet. [and Mrs. Olds while on their way t They raided the home of Segar on Vil- | Saybrook where they will spent their lage Hill, Lebanon and found a twenty- | Vacation. The car was aamelfke, the gallon ask filled with recently manufac- [Occupants being supplied with running tured moonshine, five jugs filled with the | Water from a large container suspended liquor, and found a quamtity of prunes |beneath the car. In the rear were twa and sugar used in making the concoc- |bunks near lacecurtained windows tion. William Segar was not at home | Which assured the occupants plenty of when the arrests were made but his|fresh air. On either side of the eabin father, Charles Segar and St Martin | Were three windows. The venicle is heat- were in 2 room in the second story. of |ed by using a small weod stove, and an the bullding where the outfit was lo- | 0ll stove is used for cooking purposes. cated. Charles Segar would say nothing The committee In charge of placing about the work there, but St. Martin |the twenty-five Tribune fund children said he was paid 320 a week fo aid in|from New York reports that all children making the booze. They were first{have been cared for. The ruling that brought to the local jail, but rwere re- |in some cases brothers and sisters eould turned to Lebanon in the afterncon iwith N0t be separated made it necessary tc Attorney P. J. Danahey, as counsel for |make several changes in destinations of segar. the new-comers. The Lebanon officlals state that the| Rer. 3 Segar home has been noted for moon. | dist Bpiteanal ity 2 e M shine making and Segar found a good |today (Monday) for their summer home market for the stuff in Wiilimantic. |on Sister Island, Lake Wentwarth, N. F. When the t;flicers entered the house | During the absence of Rev. Mr. Pearcs lights were burning in two rooms but the s’ room where the still was located was .hh Pulplt will ~ be sunplied < by visting darkened and a blanket and cot sevedl(Continuod on Page Seven; Col. Six] —_—mmm o the elghth grade I said to myselt: One day her mother Went to the store|it must be terribie hard inmnym"e'i:gz': and left Mary all alone. Waile her |grade. I don't think I'll ever be mble te mother was gone she went over to see |get a diploma. her aunt. On her way she picked flow- For the first half year we had grith- ers, and when she gave them to her aunt, | metic, and it was all seventh grade work. she was very much pleased with tbem.|I did not think it very hard because 1 And she put them in a vase on the table. {had it the vear before. The mext half Mary played with a little white kitten, | year we had algebra. Well, T thought while her aunt went into another roomi to | that was easier than arithmetic. get some butter for supper. A month before our final examination All of a sudden Mary heard a scream |we had planned for a show for our and ran in, dropping tbe kitten on the | graduation. We could not have the show foor. There laid her auntie who had |80 we determined to have only a reeital taken one of her fainting spells again. | First we had the high schoo! mareh Mary called help! But it Was in vain { We marched from the door to the stags for there was no help to be seen. All |and when we were on the stage we all Mary could do was to get some water |sat down together. for her aunt whom she loved dearly. While we were all seated: we had mm- After a long time wnich seemed like |sic. Then we had the salutatory by Miss a year to Mary. She heard the latch |Ruth Cleland. Then we had a little of the door move. Then somebody was | music in between, after which we had a walking around the kitchen. Mary rap |piece émtitled The Makers of the Flag, to see who it was. There before her'|by Miss Irene Evans. < stood her mother who had been looking ‘We had a piano solo by Vernen War. for Mary a long time. When Mary's |hurst, and the valedictory by Miss Elza- wmother heard her daughter's story she |beth Cooper, which was very beautiful sgat for a doctor and with the help of | Then there was the conferring of diplo- a nurse her aunt became better. mas by the superintendeat, J. L. Chap- Then Mary and her mother stayed | man. with her aunt, who had a better home | Our class colors were blue and goid, than Mary and her mother and they lived | and our mofto was Keep Climbing. happy ever after. BEATRICE HEEERT. Yours truly, BLANCHE JODOIN, Age 12 Plainfleld. Plainfield. In the MeonNght, Dear Uncle Jed: The air was cool and Rabbits. delightful. Not a cloud stamed the beau- Pear Unele Jed: We have two lttle |tiful sapphire of the heavens. The meon rabbits. They are yery small. One is|shone out in all itg brightness, shedding gray and white, and the other is brown | its light and beauty over the earth. Be- and white. They are very pretty. The|fore us Jay the clear waler of Whits brown and white one is my sister’s, and | lake, reflecting, as in 3 mirror, the all- the gray and white one is mine. very light of the moon. We water and feed them every morn-| On its smooth, quiet surface were ssen ing. We feed them clover and other | Several rowboats, whose dark leaves. My father lets them run around | COntrasted with picluresque effect the and eai clover. They are very glad to | bright surface on which they glided. get out. M is not very easy to catch| A Soft western breeze was stirring. Not them When we want them. I Ifke them |3 Sound was heard save the creaking of very much, and T hope the other Wide- | & bullfrog, the splashing 2s the cars were Awakes have some pets to amuse them. | 3ipped into the lake or the swishing of DORIS BLIVEN, |the water against tbe shore. Voluntown. My Trip to New York. Dear Uncle Jed: It was a week after school had closed when father told me that I was going to take a trip to New dYork_ with him. We took the New Len- o cating Fhive s 0t o oo 8 lon it and arri the: t half past - of nuts for him. dou heas - mm‘. 70 3t hy At night before he goes to sleep he chat- I had nover been in New York beforo | (78 merrily. Sometimes T ts 3 chats on and the large buildings, wide streets, yard. Bepe crowds of people going in and out of the :Ti?nfl ‘t:nw“'*“hl will have ene stores and the comtinuous nolse seemed ? strange to me. T visited the public N-f JOHN DRESCHER, Age 10. brary and the large Woolworth building. forwich. The next day I took lunch and together oatond K3 s 4 with several of my girl friends we vis- Bob's Lessot, ited Comey Jsland. Two days later I| Dear Uncle Jed: Bob was & Mitle left New York and was glad to be back [who would never do anything for again in dear Norwich. mother uniess she gave him a few IDA VOLLOVITZ, Age 12. for ‘his trouble. One day she forgot to pay him - usual and Bob was sulky a long time. So The Reapes, he thought of presenting his mother with My Squirref. Dear Uncle Jed: I have a little sguir- rel and his name is Frisky. He comes right up and sits on my shoulder when 1 . Dear TUncle Jed: One hundred years | e following bill: Chores I cents, wiped ago grain was cut with a sickle or a cra- | (¢ Piates 4 cents, ran erfands 4 cemts; dle. A sickle is a sharp steel blade | !0t 10 cents. 5 shaped life a half moon. The cradie| S¢®ing what Bob was up to. his mother like a big rake With six testh. Ons|52¥e Bim & 18 cent piece without saying of the teeth is a sharp blade longer than anything, but at supper he found a bf the other five. Ome day a wttlhnlau. it ran thus: Lodging 10 farmer said to himgelf: Why caa't: I cents, food 10 cents, clothes 15 ocents, make a machine that will cut my grain | PFePared meals 15 cents: total 50 cents. more quickly than 3 dozen men can cut|, BOP let out a ery of dismay. He had it in a day? So he made a machine, but | Ut 10 ceats and thought his mother 1t did, not satisfy him, and he left it ont- | ¥OUI4 not sive him his eupper uati side fo rust. This farmer lived in Vir. | P8d her. But how good it looked ginia. Mr. McCormick's san, Cywi Me- the boy saw how much he owed Cormick, tried to imprave it. He learned mother, and bursting into tears two great lessons Which are, to do one ged forgiveness, which was gladly thing at a time and to do the hardest| ' B'@ by his mother. Yom may thing first. it was a big lesson for Bob. The hardest to find out was why his LUCY DUGAS, Age 11. father’s machine would not throw the Versailles. wheat straight so it could be easily tied s up in bundles. Cyrus succeeded, but he, A Funay Bird. could mot sell the machine hecause the| Dear Uncle Jed: There was & fumny farmers could not afford it. One day Cy-|bird down in tife swamn near our homse. rus met 3 friend and his friend asked|Jt had a very long bill and laid some him: “Why don't you go west th your | funny brown eggs. machine?’ So Cyrus went west and he| Once we caught her, but,we let her go sold his machine. The machine is called | aghin. . 3 the reaper. When school was out We had a nice ALICE VACHON, Age 10. |picnic cafk Danielson. 1 am in the third grade years old. < e ohv o 1 City. » b bt > My Year in Eighth Grade, _Dear Uncle Jed: When I first entered Jewelt