Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 13, 1922, Page 2

NORWICH BULLETIN Willimantte-Office 31 Clureh Street Telephons 1042 Charies .Carpenter, of ‘North Windham Avill be chmrged with intoxieation the poltee court this (Monday) morning. He ’was srrested Sunday night at 6 o'clock a North Windham and was brought to this of It is alleged that Carpenter had shown a destructive mbod after partaking of several drinks, the resuit Being that seversl windows in that town were destroyed Menry Butts, whe teld the polce in fhis city the he had run away from the BrMfgeport poor farm was Jocked up here Sundey afternoon at 3 o’cleck. He Mad walked to Wilimantic from Brook- Fire broke out Sundmy 905 ofclock in a barn morning abeut i the rear of ¥ Walter and Walnut ngine Company Hose 1 and Track Company No The alarm was xung in 2 the corner of High street started when N\r ansterring gasoline aring car to a truck, how much gas he pall. Tha flames spread the pall of gasoline to the sior, and wood which lay orner of the barn to the LeCiair and Kkater, was in 4 Mr. Hibberd ran the men ment, m had three Nnes of hose playing i The flames spread to the hay- 2 s fira lads got buey piteh- 3 f bard. The hay was - ~hich had been placed there . v A new stock of okln W eaved fron « & wooden struc- 1 spread q held th e pail. He take worss COUGHS AND COLDS often tenacious, are a drain upon + the vital forces. SCOTT’S EMULSION strengthens the whole l ' system and helps drive out the pre- disposing cause. )} . Scott & Bowne, Bloomficld, N. J. ALSO MAKERS OF- Ki-M0IDS | (Tablets or Granules) INI)l(EES'!'IONk FoRr DENTISTS Dr. Jackson, Dr. Strickland P NAP-A-MINIT FOR PAINLESS EXTRACTION AND LLING. DENTAL X-RAY SPECIALISTS 9 A M TO 8P M ain Street, Alling Buildir Phone 44 Willimantic JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Filmore & Shepard Funeral Directer & Embalmer | = WILLIMANTIC Tel. Comacction 0-62 NORTH ST, Lady Assistant, FUMERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS iLady Assistant) and they must be as features, too. Kiliourey Bros. Willimantic, Conn MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. NOVELTY NECKWEAR To be well dressed, 2 woman must have as many different pieces of Neckwear as she has of costumes, . ried in the novelty of their To. possess several, an expensive outlay of money is not necessary. This fact will be best illustrated to your own satisfaction upon visiting this department. sled wagon, automoblle séats, and oth- er wagon accessories a loss totaling about $1,000 upon which he has $500 insurance. Mr. Hitberd wae unable to mate whether he carried any insurance on_the Cadlllac car or not. The building is the property of _the Hall estats and was insured for $500. The recall sounded at 9.45 & m. Mr. Hibberd is making plang to have thef| arn repatred. Y A Reo spéed wagon owned by Mr. Hibberd and a Dodge truck owned by Mr. LeClair were not in the barn at the time of the fire. Stanley Gadinsky will sppesr before the ceurt this (Monday) morning on the charge of intoxication. He was arrested Saturday evening mear the frolley tracks on Main street, dn a drunken condition. I protest the needless hectoring of & federal officer!” This remark made by Rev. Arthur D, Carpenter, pastor of the Baptist church in police court Saturday | morning, startled the peopie in the court ropm and areated a miM sensatign, | while the of Michael Mazzols, charged with having intoxicating liquors n his possession with intent to sell, was being heard before Judge Frank H. Foss. Federal Offfcer Stanton L. Briggs was on stand at the time and was under- going @ S examination Dby Attorney Thomas J. Kelley, for the defense. At- torney Kelley had asked the question, ‘What knowledge did you. have that r seized at Mazzola's was fer- whén. Rev. Mr. Carpenter made Both Attorney Kelley and osecuting Attérney Samuel B. Harvey, ped to their feew and demanded to ¢ who had made the statement, At- oy Harvey then walked over to Where Rev. Mr. Carpenter was sitting and said, “You must elther be ghiet of eave the room” Rev. Mr. Caspenter , “I have said all I desire to m ready to do either.” The attorneys’ table was well filled a collection of crockery and’ glaes seized from the places of Mike and Philip Pagano Saturday v 4th. The officer gave whether the liquid mit under the pro- ing of the contents or by sipping the con- ment ie remark hearings lasted one and one-hdlf five officers testifying to what ind at Maszola's place. The of- 1 to searching the store but hing of an incriminating na- ire. When entrance was gained to the of the garage at the rear of v een barrelg of cider Three empty barrels wera It was during the examMma- ederal Qfficer Briggs that Rev. made the sensational Officer Briggs sioped the cider stat that in hig Opimion it was Officer John Killourey satd € a glase on one of the barrels, th the exception of one barrel ad pleaded not gutity, ng 2 quantity of apples ard HSmith and taking them ev's cider mill to maks cider, was to let stand to make vin- The R. G. Remington Company n him permission to store the e hasement of the garage, the renting the rest of the structure Foss, mmming u nad fatled to of permission clder to make vinegar and ed to produce a federal him to manufact in- He then fined Through his appeal to the 00 were fixed Thomas Maz ced. sald that requires, Pagano also pleaded not guilty. s testified to finding three con- of cider Ir antry on the sec- d one in Pagano the a tenement in gang found him the Ralph M. Verry, local Jitneur, whe wi " robhed at Bo of the hold-up as car while they left for On their return they re at him and demanded Seeing. that fight wal folly hem $20, the money he then claimed ths | m. Judge | ing to®ge to a garage for repairs before returning to this city Saturday. According to a special act passed by the legislature and approved July 4, 1594, all appropriations authorizing the expenditures of more-than one thous- and doNars by the town of Windham, other than those provided for in the annual expense of thetown, must be rat- ified by a subsequent town meeting duly warned and heéld and the vote must be by ballot. The meeting determines at what hours the ballot hox will remain open, giving the voters several hours in which to cast their vote. Ballots are provided marked Yes and No, Thoss fa- voring the appropriation voting Yes, and those not favorig the appropriation vot- ing No. The mfeeting for the purpose of ratiying the approprintion for the new schoo) of Windham Center has been call- ed for Saturday, February 18th, at 2 o'clock. The town hall was again filled Run- day night when thé third in a serles of five community forums was held. The speaker was Charies Krell, of Boston, president of the Charles Kroll Company, manufacturers of workers' clothing, and for three years chairman of the Boston City Club Forum. Mr. Froll during the course of his address stated that at one time he was a socialist and worked for that cause faithfully, until the light came to him and he abandened this party in which ke could no longer believe. Dur- ing the courss of the address he ex- plained his methods of dealing with em- ployes, and during the open forum which followed gave demonstrations of his ability to handle questfon in a terse, ca- Pable, and satisfactory marmer. The ti- tle Destowed upon Mr. Kroll, “The Bm- ployer With Soclal Vision” in the opinion of hig lsteners was well chosen. The community singing of the evening was led by C. H. Caswell, with Mrs. Cas- well at the plano. Several delightful se- lections wers given by the Temple Quar- tet, Harold C. Lincol. Arthur Clark, Harry W. Standish and C. H. Caswell. E. A. Case, principal of the local schools, presided during the evening. Seated on the platform were the clergy of the city. E. Taylor came in first In the snap under the bar contest at the “Y” Setur- day morning. His distance was § feet 10 inches. C. Simmins was second, and J. Stmon, third. The teams ranked in the contest as follows: Glants, Reds, P- rates. The league standing to date is: Giants 150, Reds 131, Pirates 120, and Yanks 75. Edward favior holds b lead ag high individudl scorer, with 1,- 025 polnts. . Luey FEllen Hawking died Satnrday morning at St. Joseph's hospital from endorcarditis. She was born Juge 29, 1856, the daughter of Charles and Fan- ny Lyman Hawkin: For years she made her home with her aunts, Mrs. A. H. An- derson and Miss EmHy A. Lyman of Brioktop. Besides her aunts she leaves meveral other relatives, among whom are Misses LAl and Coray Hawkins of this cif Brief Notes. Rev. George B. Cotter of Boston was the speaker at the Sunday meetings of $he First Spiritualist Soclety of th city. Sunday, the birthday of Lincoln, patriotic programm. ried out several of th es Another freak snow struck this see- tion of Qonnecticut early Sunday. People living in Willimantic saw only a brief squall, but from Smith's Corner, just above Yantic down as far as New Lon- don, there was a steady fall of snow in Norwich and New London getting nearly two inches. mber of motorists who started from es and towns further south rode as far as Smilh's Corner and then stopped and removed the chains from their cars as the road from that | point north was clear. The Fidelity Singing furnished Abraham were car- ocal church? orchestra of Wor- the music. at pany G, ber attended, towns & Rev. A large num- ng from other enter was the speak- gathering at the Y. M ernoon 3_o'clock Abraham Lincoln. Fol- he address motion pictures en- and “Duguesne,” were shown. were in attendance. Americanization Director G. B. Gil- man gave a talk on “How We .G hefore a large class bullding Friday nig ing was the first in a to aid_thos izenship p: Our t the . The meet- ries being held esirous of taking out eit- in May. Several local attorneys will attend the short calendar session at Putnam today (Monday), Judge L. Waldo Marvin of New York ‘spent the end at the home of Mr. and Mre, George B. Gifford of Summit street Mr. and Mrs. George S. tertained at thair home on street Saturday, evening. Mrs. Thomas Cole has left for Brook- . Y., where she will remain for the t of “the winter with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cole. Jeremlah F. Sullivan- returned home Saturday after spending several days in New York. ' District Deputy T. Prank Cunningham not go through him for tied his hands behind into the woods. They decided not to leave him there was placed In the rear seat of he the car, one man staying there to wateh the other driving. They drove h Manchester and Hartford, and car back of a church at Wa- Taking him into the front seat 4 for a passing trolley car, hopped on and disappeared. He finally micceeded in getting free and notiied the police of Waterville and Waterbups. Verry said that after reaching Waterviile the men cut the wiring of his car and damaged the gasoline feed pipe, he hav- of this city was in Plainfleld -Sunday where he had charge of the third degree which was conferred on a clags of twenty { candidates of Plainfield councl of th Knights of Columbus. A large delegation of local knights made the trip by anto- mobile. The case of WiTlard F. MacFarlane vs. Arth Seward, scheduled to be heard by Justice Curtis Dean Saturday, was Dpostponed one wesk. Harold J. Mason, for the past elght years in. the main office of the Amar- lean Thread Company, resigned Satur- day, to enter the employ of the Willi- mantlc Truet Company. Saturday noon hi sassociates at the office presented him. 2 handsome gold eversharp pencil and & gold-mounted fouritaln men. The pres- entation was made by Charles W. Hall. An_expert from the company which recently Installed the burglar alarm sys- tem at the Willimantic Savings Insti- tute was in this city Saturday to de- termine what caused the alarm to ring out at 10.15 last Monday evening. The man sald that the vibration caused by the passing trolley car had cansed a steel bar in. the vault to vibrate suffi- clently to cause a contact and ring the alarm. This was made mors nearly statlonary and the system perfected. Mrs. Lillan ‘French has returned home after- visiting relatives In Spring- field, Mass, William Gaegel, of New Haven, one of C. W, Blakeslee & Sons' engineers is in town for a few days at the local of- flce of the company. Supt. C. A, Kramer and men have been at work the past week making re. pairs, ete., on the state roads in town. Charles Kramer, Jr,, is the owner of a new rumabout. Bdwin R. Gillette -has built a large garage at the rear of his residence on South Main street. It is up to date & all its ,oqulpm:-tu. Sel R Inspéctors weights and me from Hartford were in town Thursday testing the weights and measures of the merchants in town. No shortages have Dbeen reported. Word Was receiygd here of ths death in East Hampton of George Metcalf, a former resident of this place. Mr. Met- calf was engineer at the xilk mill in East Hampton since leaving Colchester. The Jewish Ladies’ Aid society gave 2 soois] dance in Grange hall Saturday evening and was largely attended. Fox's orchestra furnished musie, Several automobile parties from town went to Hartford Saturday evening to attend a theater. The registrars of voters were in ses- sion at the town clerk's office Friday from 9 2. m. to 8§ p. m. to make the en- rollment for the caucuses for the coming borough election. The February meeting of the Woman's ome Missionary society was held with the vice president, Mrs. R. Irving Hurle butt, Tuesday aftarnoon. The president, Mise Caroline B. Freeman, presided. Mrs. Harmon L. Perkins conducted the devo- tions. Rol call and minutes of the last meeting wers read by the secretary, Mrs. Fanny ‘A: Molthrop. The report of the treasurer, Mrs. C. E. Colver, was read and approved. A report book was added to the duties of the mite box secretary, Mrs. Harmon L. Perkine. The song Heart of Gold was sung by Mrs. Robert L. Townsend of Uncasville, with Mrs. ‘Rufus W. Hurlbutt at the plano. Chap- ter § in the book Survey to Service was read in paragraphs, alernately. by the members. The home miseion enigmas were in charge of Mrs. John Harold, who gave the enigma numbers on dainty val- entines. During the social hour follow- ing Mrs. Huributt served chicken tim- bales, cake and tea. Mrs. Hurlbutt was assisted in serving by her sister, Mrs. Townseénd, and Misses Gertrude Allen and Laura McGuire, Queen Esther girls. The second lesson in home nursing, under the direction of Miss Coakley of the Atlantic division of the Red Cross from Norwich, was given in the Country club houss Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. There was a good attendance. Miss Coakley gave instructions In bed- meking and care of the sick room Mrs. Donald Irwin of the village acted as the subject for, demonstration. Miss Coak. ley motored hers with Mrs. Walter M. Buckingham. Rev. and Mrs. Allen Shaw Bush enter- tained a party of 12 relatives and friends from New London in honor of Mrs. Bush's birthday Tuesday evening. r hday cake, with lighted candles was tl ft of Mrs. Bush's daughter Mrs. Freeman Kennerson, of New Lon. | don. Invitations had been sent in Thyme, and the guests responded like- wise in presenting their gifts. The Gales Ferry Pinochle club played the fourth game in the series of seven with the Uncasviile Pinochle Chums in Uncasville Wednesday evening at the home of the Misses Hewitt. The Gales Fetry ciub went there in automobiles. The score was 18 to 17 in favor of Ut llle, making the total to date 75 to 65 in favor of the Gales Ferry club. The highest score of the evening was made by Bennett and Miller; second highest, Rogers and Bock. The Misses Hewitt served an excellent lunch. The total scores for the Gales Ferry club are: Ben- 116,180, Hoffman 111,630, Povey 540, Huributt 109,390, Main 109.390, 108,340, “N; n 107,580, Johnson 107,500, Rogers 10! . Miller 107,220, Norcross 104,850, Buckingham 103,720, Fairfield 98,550, Blackwell 96,100, Bock r 93,150, outmaster Dudley C. Perkins of the attended the luncheon given by v club of New London at the Hotel Mohican Thursday, when the club had as guests George John Fisher, M. D., of the National Boy Scouts of America, and local scoutmasters, and listened to an addrees given by Deputy Chief Scout Fishel at the conclusion of the luncheon. Mrs. Delphine Fish, Mrs. Fanny A Molthrop and Mfs. Billings F. S. Cran- dall, members of Anna Warner Balley chapter, D. A. R.. attended the February meeting of the chapter at the Monument heard Dean Nye of Conne ut college. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Turner of Long Cove have been notified that Mr. Turner's sister, Mrs. Boward Parsons, of Hartford, formerly of the Long Cove dis- triet, is i1 with blood poisoning at a hoepital in that city. Nelson Parker left Tuesday on a busi- ness trip of three weeks through north- ern New York, New Jefbey and Pennsyl- vania. Paul Mathewson of New York and his mother, Mrs. Ellen Mathewson, of Dur- ham, were récent callers at the home of paper_only, and number the pages. given preference. Do mot use ‘over 250 words. * The great man thus replied: house, Groton, Thursday afternoon and | THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys’ and Girls’ Department Rale For Young Writers. 1—~Write plainly on one side of the of wood on them. These bars would turs ‘0ii pegs or pins. The bars wers turn- ed up or down, or one up amd the othe er down, or two down and ome up, and ® on. Every movement of the bars meant a letter. In this way the two brothers talked to each other, though they were miles apart. When the bOys became men they sold their plan to government, The money they got made their fortune. - ) About the time they were selling this plan to the Fremch government a boy named Samuel Morse was born in this country, Pifty years later this same Samuel Morse sét up the first Morse clectric telegraph, which is the one we use now. In the old days before wires were strung all over the country, it took weeks to carry news to places far away. ‘There were no raliroads, and the mall had to travel slowly. A boy on 2 horse trotted along the road to carry the mail bags to country places. From one large city to another, the malls were carried by stage coaches. en the people had voted for president, it was weeks before the news of the election could be gathered in. Then it took oth- er weeks to let the people in distant vil- lages know the name of the new presi- dent. Nowadays a great event is known In every part of the country on the very day it happens. STELLA BARTIZEK, Age 12. North Franklin. 2—Use pen and ink, not pencil.. 3—Short and pointed articles will be 4+—Original steries or letters only will be used. 5—Write your name, age and address plainly at the bsttom of the story. WIDE-AWARKE POETRY. ABEAHAM LINCOLN AND THE BIBD- LING. Across the prairie, through the weods, A group of horsemen rode along, When, passing by a shady grove Vocal with sweet bird song. ‘how the sheep. These bushes ought to be down, so that hereafter they may n harm the sheep.” As they were talking, a bird fi among the bushes, picked oft a tuft wool, and carried it away in its beak to a high tree. “See,” aid the father, “with this wool the bird is making a soft bed for its They noted, cloBe beside their path, A fledgling, fallen from its nest, Haif dead with fright, with fluttering wings And palpitating breast. On, on they rode, those horsemen gay, But one, more grave, turned back, ne Raised from the ground the timy bird And placed it in a tree. nd bushes' And when, at his solicituds His friends made pleasant jest, their ride Thus to delay for such slight cause, “that we are all dependent on one an- other. It seems to you Very hard that the poor Sheep should lose their wool; but now you eee that without this woel the little bird could not have its warm My Cat. nest.” Dear Uncle Jed: I have a litcle pusey cat and I phy with it every day. It has a little white and black nose, and green eves. I like h)j : he does so many tricks. He jumps over the chairs, and when he goes out he climbs the trees. Hes tries to catch my baby's dress and catches mine also, ELVA NOLEN, Age 8. Norwich, “My friends, this only can I say— T should tonight no sieep have found Had 1 allowed that helpless thing To perish on the grouné!” IRENE PARENT, Age 11 Taftville. The Lame Boy, What wealth of tenderness he knew— Our Lincoin, he who apoke the word That freed a race, for he it was That saved that little bird. —Luella C. Poole in Dumb Animals. LITTLE PITTY-PATTY. Little Pitty-Patty comes ‘8o eariy to my door, With wee bare feet a-pattering So softly on the floor. enoy reading it: age. His mother was a poor old wash- woman. He did not have any father, be- A Valentine Story. Dear Tncle Jed: Paul Jones had been invited to Mary Smith's valentine par- tr. That night Paul dreseed very nicely. When he reached the house he entered the sitting room where the dancing was to be, he notited one of his friends was sitting directly in the corner. He walked across the room and sat beside her, and asked if she would dance with him, and she answered shyly yes. ‘While they were busy talking about Val- entines the orchestra was taning up and cOupiCs Were ‘urming on the floor. Paul and his friend were standing ready to dance. Soon they started in and about every @ance Paul and his best friend danced together. While the dancing was ghing on the butler announced “supper Is servad. This made the dancing stop, and Jimmy Jones led the march into the dining room, “Bach one get a ribbon and pull on 1" oried Marjorie, They pulled the rib- bon and received a large box, but Was not to be opéned until after suppers After supper soms chiliren opened their boxés and some on their way home. While Paul was going home he sald to Marton, his friend, “Look, this is what 1 got in mine, it's only a valentine. BRMA HATT, Age 1 ¥Wved in a tiny room in a city. street, watching the little children play- ing in the sand. He wighed he could get Little sunbeam kissing her Through nurs'ry window bright Has whispered that the rosy dawn Hag chased away the night. next day he started off down the street 10 see his friends, His'friends were very glad to see him, #0 he stayed out to play with them all di WILBUR E. VARS, Age 13. Plainfield. N\ —_— Fun in Bathing, Dear Uncle Jed: Once a girl and 1 went bathing. She said I showid teach her to swim, and it was fun. The boys threw mud at us and we went under the water. When we came out the girl eaid: “Teach me again to swim.” I put her under the water and when she came up she began to cry. She tried to do it to me, but I escaped from her. I will have more fun this summer. STELLA CHMIEL. Like a lovely prattling rose She offers me her cheek, Her lips for kisg t00 busy are— She uses them to speak. So my sunbeam rouses me When shadows take their flight. And shines for me the livelong day With heaven's holy light. —Maude De Verse Newton, in Kaneas y Star. UNCLE JED'S TALK AWAKEE. All the Wide-Awakes are 6f conrse an- ticipating St. Valentine's dav. Sending valentines may mot be as popular as it was at one time, but it is still gensral- Iy indulged in. Valentines change quite as much’as the cbservance of the day doeg and while it was the plan fer boys and girls to send lace and heart teim- med affaire to each other not so many years ago, the observance of the festival goes away back to ancient Rome, befors Christianity, or before St. Valentine, himself, was born ‘The day was named after St. Valen- fne, a bishop of Rome, who Tost his llfe during the early persecutions ef the Chrlstians, and afterward when the church had made him a saint, the name of St. Valentine day was given to the day set apart for him. That feast fel in February about’ the time of an old pagan festival called the Luperealia, named for'a Roman hero Lupereus, meaning wolf destroyer. The people accented the new feast day but they did not forget the old prac- tices of pagan holiday but kept up thhe custom of choosing partners, and our own valentine is a descendant of that ancient custom. A hundred years ago, the sending of valentines was go widespread that books were sold with samples of different vale entines as models for all kinds of peo- Dle to use in expressing their regard for their friends. The literaturs of the pe riod, too, has many references to the practice, showing its popularity. At its Ibest, it 1s a pretty enough custom and one whih is worth While to keep alive, both because it is a link with the past that is slipping away from us very fast, and because it is sweet to put aside a day a year to tell our friends that we TO WIDE- Colchester. Our Jersey Cow, Dear Unels Jed: We have 2 Jevsey cow. She gives us 18 quarts of milk. Her color i3 brown. My father tends her, and I heip him bring the water. BOLOMON COOPER. Norwich. Coichester. Reseued & Bov. Dear Uncle Jed: Saturday atternoon s party of girls and fellows were playing hockey, and 1 was in the game, too. The same Week dad and a few other men ‘were ocutting ice. and it left an open space. After a little while we won the game and stopped playing hockey. Then Margie Gaham came down on the ics and &he wanted me to skate with ner. She is a swell skater. After an hour or two. she asked me to go back with her, so I went with her a little way. Then I said What I Got fer Choistmas. Dear Aincle Jed: The morning before Christmas my two sisters.and I had a lot of fun putting up the small cedur Christmas tree my father had got for us. We spent neariy all the moming decorating it. We arranged the tres in one corner of the parlor. Then we wrapped up our presents in neat par- cels and hung them on the tree. We al- 50 put on the boxes of candy ws had re- ceived the night before at the church. Then our friend came over and put someé| I guess I will go back home, but she things on, too. @idn't want to. She said come just a Then my father and mother and all| littie further and I went to mlease her. the rest of the family put their Dresents| When I went another little way we were on the tree. - home. Then she said let's play snap the At last night came. We all sat down | whip, and I said no, someone will let In the parlor, and then we began to un-| go and we'll go flying in the water where load the tree. I got many presents and | they have been cutting the ice. She said will teil you some € them. I got four|oh no, they won't, b a dot of boys and strings af beads, & nice Ted ribbon, a|Eirls played. No one fell for a long time nice handkerchief holder with one hand-(and then a boy went sliding across the kerchiet in it, 2 pair of slippers, a pair| Pond 21 I caught him and so he didn't of shoes, a box of writing paper, a| &0 in the open space. beautiful sleeping doll, 2 pair of mittens IDELLA GAUTHIER, and quite a fow other things. Giasgo. I had a nice time and hope all Wide-Awakes a. the as good a time 28 T ELINOR CHAPPELL, Age 3. Chestnat Hill. ‘Trapping. Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time I have written to you, so I will tell you ebout my trapping experiense. On Christmas morning I was very much gurprised to find a .22 calibre rifie, a dozen Victor traps and a hunting knife included in my Christmas gifts, I re- €olved to try my luck at trapping. One bright, Saturday morning T set out for thé woods with my dog, gun and a few traps. I had walked about haif a me when my dog drove a rabbit into a hole near me. In this hole I placed a trap. A little farther on I found another rabbit hole, In which T set another trap. Swimming. Dear Uncle Jed: This ig the first time 1 have written to the Wide-Awake Cir- cle. Last summer 1 went swimming mostly every Saturday. We had some fun plaving in the water. There was a boy who Wwould always chase me. He would go under the water to catch me. He wanted to put our heads under the water. the Misses Mathewson, aums of Mr. Mathewspn. Rev. Allen S. Bush attended the coun- ministerial meeting at Groton hts Congregational church Tuesday. Miss May Schmiederker of St. Louis, Who has been the guest of her brother. in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Carroll, at Brown's Crossing, since the beginning of the vear, returned beme last week. Mrs. Rufus W. Hurlbutt and daughter Ruth, with Mrs. Robert L. Townsend of Uncasville, were guests at the home of their sister, Mrs. R. Irving Hurbutt, on Tuesday afternoon and attende? the meeting of the Woman's Home Mission- ary soceity there. Mr. and Mre. Rufus W. Hurlbutt, who have a home here, are spending the winter with Mrs. Hurlbutt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bam- lett, at Uncasvilla Mr. Huributt being in the emploLof the Eastern Connecticut Power company. Miss Florence Douglas is substituting at the Center school for Principal Frank Watson, who is Il Whe Ladids' Aid] sofiety met with the president, Mrs. John Knox, Thurs- day afterncon. Twelve members of the Oneco Ladies’ Aid society were enter- tained. Mrs. John Gallup, Mrs. Howard Main ghd Mrs. Parker were visitors from Moosup. Mrs. Gallup and Mrs. Main spoke on Missions. The Republican club was organized at the Wright ciub rosms ¥ evening through the efforts of Miss Alice Phelps and Mrs. Marion Campbell of Hartford. Mrs. Campbell gave an in- teresting address on the principies of the Tepublican platform. A community committee mesting was held on Sterling Hill at the home of Myron Young, Feb. 7th, for the pur- Pose of organising for an arglcultural programme. Frank Davis, the county agent, was the speaker. A Dairy chib was started with Byron Young presi- dent and John Tanner gecretary. Edward Freeman hes change of the pomitry work and a poultry demonstration was planned. Mr. Freeman was alo appoint- ed president of the Children’s Garden clubs. Fred Shippee mas charge of the fertilizer growp orders and will report on prices at the next meeting. West Hartford—A district’ library meeting will be held under the joint aus- ploss of the Conmecticut Lidrary Asso- clation and the Conmecticut Public Li- brary committee in the West Hartford Pubile Library, February. 17, from 10 a. I 0430 nm. - My uncle would bring us sometimes with the girls. 1 had to laugh when my uncle would duck the others. I thought I woul try it, too, and every time I would take my head out of the water he would push it under the water. ‘We wers very hungry. My aunt had brought mome loliypops, so we went up on the bank and ate soms. I came down in the water with a loliypop In my mouth. ‘After that I tried tc fleat. I used to go down in the water, but after 1 would get up and swim. I brought & pair of water wings with me to keep me up when I would go out in the deep water. Other children tried to cateh me but they couldn’t. T would ge teo far out in the water for them. After that we went home and we were very hun- gry. We took off our bathing suits and ‘dressed up. We ate supper. My father and mother went to Danlelson with our relatives, but we 4id not go because we went gwimming in the after- noon. love them. The customs have changed as years have gone by and today the valentines vary much from those of ten or twemty years ago during which time thers has been the gradual disappsarance of the type kmown as the comics, s loss that will detract nome from St. Valentine day. The next morming I was delighted to find two rabbits in my traps Now I have seven traps set for different ani- mals. T hope all the Wide-Awake trap- pers have as good luck as T have had. HORACE COATES. Age 13. Ledyard. My Chiekens. Dear Uncle Jod: T am going to tell yon about my chickens. Last spring grandpa said that he would give me a eetting of eggs If T had a hen that wanted to set. T was down to the henhouse and thers was a hen that wanted to set. So my mother went up 0 my grandpa’s to see them and he gave her the eggs to bring home to me. Thie was the first time that I had ever set a hen, and I could hardly wait for the chickens to hatch. One day thers were five chickens under the hen and the next day there were two more hatehed and that made seven. The next day there wers 10 4n all, and T got 10 chick- ens out of 12 egys. ‘They grew fast and when they were big enough to tell which were rocsters and which were pullets, there were five WI ERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Erma Hatt, of Coichester — The Castle of the Carpathians. 2—Horace Ceoates, of Ledyard—Down the Amaszon. 3—Franeis Coffey, of Danielson—The Auto Boys Vacatfen. 4—Marion Pedace, Lilac Lady. 5—Eliner Chappell, 6f Chestnut Hill— Little Prudy's Captain Horacs. 6—Clarence Young, of Danielson—The Young Inventors Phuck. 8—Marie Heibel, of Baltic — Little Prudy’s Dotty Dimple. ‘Winners of prize books living in Ner- wich can obtain thém by calling at The Bulletin business office after 10 o'cloek Monday meorning. of Norwich—The TLOUIS LAFRANCE, Age 9. Central Village. What Became of My Nickel. Dear Unele Jed: While I was walking aleng Main strest I happened to see 3 nickel in the gutter. T vicked it up and examined it and found that it was good. Beeing a candy stors on one side of the street and an ice cream parlor on the other, 1 4id not know what to buy. I determined to toss the niokel and if it came down heads I would buy candy, and if it\came down taile T would buy ics | cream. I tossed the mickel up and to my surprise it ro#ied out in the street and went down the gutter's waterway pipe. The moral of my story is: “Keep your nickels in your pocket” and I hope the w(hoh of the Wide-Awakes take this ad- vice. when we lst them out they went back where they had been staying. We caught them and put them back. 1 sold the roosters and got enough money to buy me a new suit. FRANCIS COFFEY, Age 11 Danielson. LETTERS OF ACENOWLEDGEMENT. Marion Brown, of Moosup—I received the prize book veu sent me entitled' “Tabitha's Vacation.” T have read it and found it very interesting. T thank you very much. Walter Frank Harding, of Yantle—I thank you for the book you so kindly sent me. 1 read it as goon as I riceived it, and thought Telegraph Tom's Ven- ture was a lively one. Charles J. Willlams, of Baltio—T re- ceived my book and thank you very wwch for . T was very much surprised when I got 1t Good Times Skating. Dear Uncle Jed: thank you for the book that you sent me and I think it is very nice. read it half way through. We go skating about every might snd have a good time. One night one of my friends came and asked me to go skating with her. Wo did not get home until half past nine. I help my mother wash djshes and help bring in the wood. Your friend, GRACE GRAY, Age 11 ADRIAN POIRIER, Age 13. Danielson. 4 My Dream. Dear Uncle Jed: One night last week T dreamed we had a monkey whose name “was Jim. One ay a man came around selling mops. My mother wént to the door and let the man come in. He wet the ‘mop and showed my mother how Dear Uncle Jed: How wonld the|quick and nice it cleaned the floor. All Wide-Awakes like to hear about % boy's | this the monkey saw. So he took & mop and telegraph? on t rapped. she sy inted fn inside, ‘The best telegraph known before the use of electrictty was invented by twe schoothoys in Framce. They were broth- 1 ers named Chappe. They wers in dif- | and started washing Rer floor. the window and saw many men running ferent boarding schools séme miles apart, | finished he locked at the lady %0 we went back to bed. While we were and the rules of their schosls did nmet | fainted and had not come to he having breakfast we told mamma and yet, thought she wasn't sat! papa what we saw and & They ook the mop and threw it in laughed at us and sald - we had been The monkey went ‘out, thinking areaming. Monday morning ‘I showed allow them to write letters to each oth- put-up. poleewith bare btter te Wow. the mop In the them Tie Bullotin which toid all -ahout LETTERE WERITTEN BY WIDH- AWAKES. The First Telegraph. Moosup. Heard the Fire Call Dear Uncle Jed: Last Sunday my Ut- tle brother James, who is four years old, came in my bedroom and told me the fire alarm was ringing. We both sat in er. But the two schools were in sight of each other. The brothers invented a telsgraph. ~ They. ¥ § T H young in the nest. How comfortaple the | one Sunday? little birds will be, and the sheep could |to Ford's pond. We stayed way over well spare a little of thelr fleece. Do|the other side and got a start and the you now think it well to cut down the | Wind blew us right across the pond, We skated an hour and it grew dark. said the boy, “we will let them | Were going to take the car home but wo missed 1t, 50 We had to walk. On eur “Remember, my son,” said the father,| Way !t grew so cold that when we got home we were glad to gét near ths fire, we went un the Shetucket river skating up as far as our camp and whils ws ‘were up there I watched my daddy and two uncles fishing through the ice, Jus Dear Tncle Jed: As thie 18 my second | as I arrived my daddy caught a plekerel story, 1 hope all the Wide-Awakes will [ about 16 inches lon; tita John was a little boy about 7 vears of | white with litle Ted flags. They would chop holes in the ice and set the tilts tn, and as soon as they had a bite the little cause he died with influenza. So they|req flag would go up. They sure woumld ; John | have to run so they could get there In sat in his chalr, looking down inte the time to catch the fish. Our camp !s four miles up the river. As soon as We ar- rived at the ea we had hot coffee and out to play with them. When he was 8| candwiahes, In o yeare old his grandmother bought him a| . d & bed %0 we can spend wheel chair for a Christmas present. The :,;;:, T{m:: “wish. The total catch for the day was two pickerel and fourteen perch, the Wide-Awakes, but I hops to writs agaln. ter part of last eummmer, companien, our neighbor, if he would go to the movies with me. i 2 ; My dear Uncle Jed: Guess what 1 aid About feur o'clock I went We ABRAHAM GOLDBIRG, Age 8. Norwich. A Skating Trip Up to the Osmb. Dear Uncle Jed: Saturday afternoon They had elght et up and the tilts Were painted In our camp we have a I sure did enjoy my trip though I was tired. This is my first letter to MARIE HEIBEL, Age 8. - Baltle. A Visit to the Movies. Dear Uncle Jed: One night in the la- 1 asked my He sald that he would go, so T went home, got my sup- per, washed myself, changed my clothes end started down the road to meet him. We started at heif past six anq arrived at Wauregan at half past seven, we had & half hour left befors the movies start< ed. We went to some stores, bought our- selves many things to eat during the movies. ASter the m ws went o 2 store and bought oursel gum to en- joy on our thrse mile Walk ahead - of wcmngn‘::lpmm after enjoving a very time. LOUIS LAFRAMBOISE, Age 13 Brosklya. A Fiyiag Machine. Dear Uncle Jed: The fiving maschine is the most powerful machine In the world. It can go very fast gut we do not see many. The first time I saw one what it was so they ran out house and I ehowed them the thing I saw in the air. When my father came home from work I told him what I saw and he t0ld me ¥ was a fiying machine. DORISE ADAMS, Age & Tattville, 5 " A Narrew Escape. Dear Uncle Jed: One day as I.was skating on the Five Mile river I sudden- ly fell through. As the Water was n deep in that piace I only went in to m: hips. The ice happemed to be thic enough to hold me up when I tried 1o gat out. I sorambled out as quick as I oould and escaped with only a wet- tng. I felt like a ton of got home a8 the water freeze. This is a true story ai that it will not happen to me ciss again, Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first tme I have writien a story for you, 0 I am going to tell you about my kitten. She is black, white and yellow. She is very playful. One day I went into the ac- tic to get something. As I was going up the stairs 1 saw one of my sister's dolls Iying on the steps. Her hair was al- most pulled oft. Then I went a Hittle further and found another ome of my sister's dolls on the floor. When I got in the attic 1 saw my kitten starting to 1 went and got my Kitten and ca-riel her into the kitchen. Then I locked the attic door so she couldn't get in there any mors. EDNA WEISGRABER, Age 13 Norwich. What I Got For Christmae. Dear Uncle Jed: For Christmas I a Bible from the superintendent of Sunday school for not missing a day. also got 2 knife and & box of candy. mother gave me two autos and & y book. She also gave me iwo fou pencils and some. handkerchiefs. one of my friends I got a pocketbook. From another friend I got a pencil dox.. My aunt gave me @ big box of candy and a pencil box too. My sister gave me a big dall. I got lots of mare things too. I hope that all the Wide-Awakes bad as happy Christmas as I d@id. FREDERICK FILLIGER, Age & Vereailles. ask them to They were very giad to ‘was a beautfful day, the wind and the sky was 3 start. ‘The boy's 1 have |poat and began to shout. were heard and peacie came rum the shore. aft to ‘boat. ‘torned * ome. The-boy thanked the men for s:. f it ' g “Draft riots” nowadays are cause’ by people’s failing to shut the door.