Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1922, Page 2

Reds 156, Pitates 142 and Piratey 92 E. Taylor is first In the individual stand- AKE . m N 5 ing with 1,382 pelmta; J.‘Abl!nhr. see- C : CLE ond, 1,281, and E. Crees, third, 1,280. and Girls’ ‘Department 4 six vears old, who was orying, was ; 2 picked up on Main street near Mansheld % Early Saturday morning a boy about avenue By thret Boys and brought te Runles Fer Young Writers, TORIES WRITTEN BY WIDEA+4 the police station. The chitd was quse- W. ¥ % id AKES. _ NORWICH shtal anthorities said that they Sowid |0 SPUC Killourey and Firs. S>- LT, snd vndher. Hhe DA vt BULLETIN take Zimkas back and Constehie SUmD- |juerman nw A Smith, dut they wers | T he (ae pen and. Ink. not ENCIL. _ Dz BEMUNG Pasly.. Willimantic Office son took him to cmzun mm:: Tre [ unable to find out anything about him. 3—Short and pointed articies will be ymofinde tJed: .: ;mhix;n:s b::: :;2 hived orders from the Tbe boy wore eardursy trousers, = & er 250 skating, 31 Chureh Street Telephone 1062 take 7l To the Mamsachusetts state |yine, "y iy s - given preference. Do not use over ds. e and Holiver him to the Massechusetts | putac: Boots a8 no b : : - vateriion . Soy was ket ¢ DoHice nEAMGerters Tor | py pas 5174} St0rice or lettere o8y WH!| "Gne Saturday night, When the moen e Fred M. Smith of this clty hes Sics. Wiiahih | 2. fow hours when his e used. was full, a crowd of boys and girls brought & eivil sult aghimat Lester | Fuseral sorviess for 3o, ot o | o O e chil parents were 18- | 5_Write your name, age and a8dress| j;oq 1o go gkating. I knew nothing Wintleman, of New Haven, to recever | Lathrop Spragus were m? £ nth cated and the child was returned to them. | painly at the bottem of the atory. of this plan until they cime to our house damages of §109 alleged to have remult- | afternoen at ote o'cleck st TG TCC | Versks merchbste e chis sty have and wanted to know if my brothers, Eis- o frer: Whkieman taking the piaintifPs | street, Rev. Herry 8 McCready _tor | recsived idtters from the Doitar Day som- | WIDEAWAKE POETRY ters and I could go skating. My mother sutenesile without leave, on the night ef | dueting the service. Burla e Lou | WHLLS sthting the gTeAt rewily of - Uncle. dhe consented. We got our skates and start- Saturdes, October 23, 1926, while the |mntic cometery, The Besters Vo8 Loy | operation resulting in the success of Dol- | % kid when [ed for the pond. When we reached the wachite was patked in front of Dr. | Whiteomb, W. L. Bishop, E. B. Hyde, M. | jar Day, The letters include an invita- |They’s times 'at comes to every ith's eftice apers | J. Merritt, Winfieild White and A. 1in- [ion te be present &t a mesting in the | __be ain't crowned with joy ; pond we put on our skates. 2 g el g e tn".é&xn;m.n coln. The commistal gervice was read at | Chamber of Commercs reoms this (Mon.| When he don't care it he's is Ma's or | fi;;“_““; R e L be Constable Harry W. Avéry, Friday |the grave by Rev, H. S. MeCready. A;i @ay) evening at sight p'elock Where ar- Played fag ,,,dh:n'h,' _mhe_" ehitn sigh' -+ fromt of the Pepular Lunch. At | TRngements were in charge of J&Y M. |rangements are to be made to form a PdT ooy VY Lo hat tims Winkiéman wore the uniform | Shepard. permanent organisation. Rafreshments lown deep, i wl m,‘fl“ !m'-hfue i Wlnme i il \t a private of the United States army | Miss Mary Moran died Saturday | will be served amd a smoker will fol- can o Home who are just leariing. and was acesmpanied by & local girl [ morning at the home of her nephew Mi- 5 4 i e e IR when the officsr approached him. He re- | chesl MoGillioudy, of 23§ Valley street, i R e fused 1o accept the papers at first but | after a long iliness. Ste is survived be- e Mn -2 fue o Tngradiog 5 s consents ] when confronted by Dr. Smith. | sides har nepew, Mr. MeGillieudy, by heT | policeman Russell Barmon, whose home s l,“ml‘m baar ; ST hor o S MO R He is to appear betore Justice of the |niece, Mrs. Michael McCarthy, of Hart- |is in Seuthbridige, Mass. Mr. - Harmon, mfl;;:.]m o el earache el g o Th IR i P ey e I gt B who has made a mumber of friends while | o "0 00 00 "an th dootors you could| FLORENCE HOLEROOK, Age 13, Mareh 18. The papers called for an at- | Mrs. Mary Bewmas, widew ot Jehm | working in and sround Willimantic, 18 to 5 e Tomard Bridge B - tachment of property owned by the de- | Bowman, died at her hems, 39 Lebanon |leave this vicinty to hawve his headguar- m“"h‘“.‘{. down with his old pipe an’ fengant to the extent of $108. On the | avenus, Saturdey morning frem vaivular |ters in Stafford Springs. Friends, who emoke in my ear. night of Octeber 23, 1920, Winkieman | heart disease. She was born in Aberflbcl: W:r;(pr;eflt to enjoy the dinner wish- g ’ taok Dr. Smith's car and after driving it | Scotland, May 46, 1845, the daughter cf | e r. Harmon goofl luck. ¥ . 0 our ear te Bridgeport abandoned it there. The |Captain William and Margaret Rattls Coptain H. A. MaMerrew, e h’%x” miid an’ edothin’ that v car was recoversd by Dr. Smith and the | Whyte. She married John Bowmsn and | filery Corps. T. S. Army ,m"’"'mn‘ =55 md‘mm, i e -ase was settled in court. No settlément | was the mother of six children, Will-|gser” will arrive at the post office at H““’- ed in it, * i as made with Dr. Smith and the suit |jam H. John A. George Thomas Mar-|Wijiimantic at 11,30 this - (Monday) Th' smoke clouds kind o' linger with 2 for damages l& a result of this. garet, Rosis M-dyl-nd Qrt.r;u; GL-'W;d ::1 morning, March §. Captain McMorrow 18 breath so coolin’ hot. i - A yenmg men thenght te be mentally | 1Ying young, and is survived by two » | cammanded of the First (Sound Rang- | They ssem to poze right through your nbalkhess $a8 len:: over to Consta- Willlam H. and Jehn A, of this €ity;ling) Company, Longelsiand Sound, sta- | ear an'—nwell, just hit th' apot! s'e Samuel Stimpson Saturday morning|aPd three grandchildren, Edward Bow-|tionsd at Fort H. G. Wright. He desires oy First Selectgran.Frank M. White, of | man, Ethel and Gladys Bowman. t(,e.mg; a Tl‘]xmhe :; :«»:;;uly q;;..ug;u A adml fefll..n' ghs you as th' burt all “hapln, and F Ciark of that town.| The twenty-sixth amaual reception of | men Who wi ployed in the de- : - o ; The man was hrought to the local Po- |Prof. D. F. Ciifford’s junior dancing class | Velopment of underwater sound ranging, | An’ somethin’ happy—not th' smoke— h-lze;;“ U:&; e:e?rie E:’e h:!:ze r::-;t; ice station by Constable Stimpsen when | was heid Saturday afternoon at the town | clerks, tvpists, coble eplicers, electrici- fills both your eves with tears. oo v oo il I i learned that his name Joseph | hall with a large attendance. A local {378, machinists, gasoline engine men for | Why, if the angels Up Above should git e . R tmm e He mad little to say about |orchestra gave a concert from 2.30 to 3 |power boats, radio operators and a few th* earache, too, hors My Little Hen, Dear Uncle Jed: I hope all the Wide- Awakes enjoy reading my letter. I have a little banty hen. She Is brown. She lays tiny eggs that are not as big as A Cenversation Between a Horse and Wagon. but a shipping tag found in one | a'clock and plaved for the gancing that {1 ined a# | They ougiit to send for Uncl: Jim—that's 'm"d:u;&'?.“‘.r;“g",‘,‘i:‘;';“'fl?dfifl‘;"‘vfi s pockeis bore the words, “New Pa- | foliowed. The hall was gecorated w » eners and plotting board op- what they ousht to do . ASTTRAELS (e i) Bt PSR g + Worcaster State Hospital. American flags. Paper hats were given : / —Williasm Herschell in Indianapolis News | 014wt puil me. our master would give you The hospital was communicated With |the memmers of the class and the c Captein McMerrow states that the epe- od run away from here. I am tired of this old farm” said the horse. The wagon sadi: “I would like to go, too. I have telaphone and information given by |dren distributed special favors to their | cial advantage of ensting In this or- + authorities was to the effect that | friends. The various dances hy the class | §anization lies In the fact that practical- jcas had escaped from the Institu- | wers interpretsd in a manner that won )V every man will be sngaged on interest- The Bright Day There’s a bright day a-coming, believers— zi - Bt 1¢ smiles in the bend o biue; L tion February 4. Zlinkas had been work- - appiause from the spectators, The | INg work which will be of use to him !n [ % W S8 T8 KR S o thry et RN, of Geeiand Mo vl ing for Frank White, In Chaplin, and e of the dance was a minuet at the | €IVil 1ife should he decifle to Wave the |, " g oom of ashight Ml n Lo oo car o T had been acting queerly for the past | court of Louis XIV, danckd by the fol- Serviee at the termination of his emllsc- |3 L5 0o (weet song to you, B v o ; ot RoW RE ] : ' on | ment. The horse said fow He refused t; tell how he Ruth Bath, Marion T have to pull you and the load in you.” The wagon said: “I ‘can’t run away witheut you pulling me.” “Well, if I take you,” said the horse, eople would hear us and eatch ‘But you knoew ] have new rubber It's there on the hilitd>; it smiles on the came to Chaplin but did admit that he | Br h Conant, Alice Cyr, Elinor/ The Girl Scouts of Trsep 1 plan te ad been three weeks in the hospital and 3 I ary Rose Sa- |give an entertainment which wiil consist 4id not like the place. A letter from a ¥ pture, Regina | of nlays and musie, followed by daneing. n Zlinkas which was written icot, and Barbara. Pollard, | The proceeds will zo imp the Camp Fund ia. directed to Pittston, Pa., | Margaret Persons. Helen Lennon, Lilli and be used in giving ail the girls of plain; It flashes in sunlight an’ twinkles in rain' There's a bright day a-oeming, helievers, Jts beauty is beamin’ aiong; 1 4 i 1 'n amps to Zlinkas, Box | Ottenlleimer. Virginia Hinds, V irginia | troops the sdvantages of summer camp. |ju's right on the hills, :!?l! t‘)’a: ;'v';‘;ona"%’fi:bfi:é:éfa h"“rnu:'o Windham which happens to | Hinman, Caroline Ge Jessica Fen- Tocal Briefs. An’ it sings in the rills— 2 ' o~ the box hired by Frank Clark at the post office there. The jetter, dated at he Pittston, Pa., post office, Feb. %1, ton, Barbara Elliiott, Nellie Dainton, Lu- o X 5. Bn ots, Neilin , Darius Bennett who spend the greater gl ’)':;:”r'o":.;’i:g ’1:“;“;5’-5‘;‘1 Joi-| part of the winter in the southern states nar 1 nbers o iy to i e at ‘Phe showed that the officials there must have | class: Walter Thomsson, Carl Tripn. Ei- | msess FEpRrReR Lo Alnl Soh had ructions to forward mail to |liott Seuthward, Reger Sullivan, Rich- - A ev. Sylvester P. Rebinsen, paster of North Windham, Through an interpreter |ard Savory, Richard Pickett, Edwin 01 | ono ot ‘the Consrcestionny Chenes i Wae learened that Ziinkas has been in | John Nichols, Ciaude Mathewson. W: g0 out on the city road somebody will see that our master is not in you and they will stop us and eatch us” = Know,” said the wagon. “we will go through the country road.” “All right,” said the horse.” Just then their master came out of the Oh, to you 1t is singing’ its seng! Twill come with a biessing and come with a beam. An’ we'll all lay us down in its beauty to dream ! —Frank L. Stanton in Atianta Consti- : X ~ velhill, Mass., 1 isitor on futioh, i b country eight sears. He hed $130 in am Charies Maine, Nelvin Lincoin, L B e house anl. iy g?;::fi&:ég' R i one mocket when searched at the local | man Jordan, William Vil 1o '8 WIDE- S X § police sation. The Worcester State Hos- | Robert Bath, Jr., Walde Bass, Ansel As. | L zebeth Lathrep Sprague. b B L e il 2 AWAKES nold, Charies Clark, Milton Denery, Bur- | o ton Lawson, U A VMR TN B RIS Every boy and girl bas a liking for hol- Jones, Itma and Henriétta Hall, Lois POLITICAL CRISIS TUESDAT |,;.v5 ang while they have the pleasure of A'I ITS BES' Holman, Lucille ard Catherine Hanna, Frances Crane, Lillian Ottenneimey, Hel. fon. aburen b= By The: & kit FARUER R 1 e et eh. Ay My Christmas Vacation. Dear Uncle Je I am going to tell you what a good time I had during my z = s A Christmas vacatien. I went down to my love G 5 ister, | of them they @o not all get the chance of | aunt’s house on the trolley. They mel S Wi Lamibn, Wateivst Pouont. Behiis Lioyd Geerge, the prime min o ot o e 'n_le strongest C:l:l" 358 Heien Pollerg, Bokine maticor oart | rewrnea e Loy:xda:h:{: ;i(e:::: tr::: observing them) &N, ‘The sdasén for'this | M6 a!hthedsuulm 1nh\‘f51¢>ir13 rhx.m & e r 3 Lella | Saequers Court, w ; s #0 to her dancing sehool. I saw her tah~ pliment ever pai o Jane: Scripture, Mary Rose Savory, | ooy cna, His oniy political guest over | IS that in different parts of this country | horJosson. She got out at § ocioek ana We went up to her house and ate our supper and then we went to bed. The next morning we went un to a little girl's heuse and played. 1 went over to my uncle’s house while I was down there and the day before I came heme I went down street and got ti things my mether wanted. Don't you think 1 had a good time and dom’t you wish You had been with me? Luci t general recognition. 1f every holiday e Dineen, Ruth in Downing street, the premier |5 5o = s g Bath, Marfen Branch, Ruth Conant, | TeSidence : that is observed was cbserved by every is the vain .mm A Cyr, El ;| was visited By Lerd Birkenhead, the i 2 T at = o e awlord. Carelyn | 154 migh ehanceller, and Wigsten Spen- fone there would be few sehoof days. That imitation. Those cer Churchill, seeretary for who take ced-liver Worton, Barbara Van Zant, Marion Tur- bridy, Jullet Truon, Gertrude Sinone e & The conferenece between the tri might be pleasing to some but it esuld nev- er do. Ruth’ Resen, Evelyn Poliard, Phyllis Whlliams,_ Carolvn Gerridc, Marceliine | 27 hour. 1ord Birkenhead tonight gave oil at its:best, take Marotte, Rose Leyigne, Bulalie and Biiz. | @ Pelitical dinner st his town residence. | The people of Texas cejebrate March 2 | ’, . | ] c "Phe dispesition in pelitical quarters im |for Sam Houston, soldier, Indian agent, | S“" .M._ | abeth Jenk Aliee Costello, Jean qi s | Branch, Jean Chamberlin, Dorothy Dm- | -07den seems to be believe that the cli- |lawyer, eongressman and governor, who Scottilk Bowne, Bloamfiold, N. J. n, Gertrude and Lois Dondero, Roth | MaX in the ciisig is not likely to be v ' 2 1793. <terbrooks, Katherine Faireloth. Ofive | féached before next Tuesday, when Ar- ::s 2oz op B dayd";‘ ‘me;wa‘s French, Katherine Grimes, Kathieen Gi- | hur J. Balfour is expécted to deiiver | Flouston's army that defeated . raca. an important speech in London. Accord- |¢An atmy in the battle of San Jacinto and Saliriar mcaieg: o5 Main phesé. | OE z:; an apparently irloired statenv:nt | Houston became president of the rd:ublic shout nine o'clock, Raiph Lamoureus, | Sroc, 10047 there 13 Mo change in the | of Texas. He was the first semator from Whowas rolling an ‘automobile tire down | foig O, (AL LIOYE Ceorkes offer oy, oot when Texas was admitted to the street let i xet away (rom him and | gt wiindrawn, He stll js aweliing as. |the Union. He later became' governor GLADYS C. PALMER, Age 9. Clark’s Falis. Our Farm, Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you #bout our farm. We have abcut 175 pullets, 50 hens, 8 roosters and 16 little chickens. We also have a horse, 2 cows, 2 heifers and 1 calf. 1 like the farm very much. Our farm conteins 50 acres of land. Our house is around 200 years old. Our farm is lo- cated in South Griswold. Eer m the tire craghed inte the plate glas A "“‘Gts so—"m .nl:‘w'nr (‘;" rer.k..fl;em ;u;]?\:__‘bh" o, | Surance of the continued loyalty of the |but was deposed when he attempted to | wingow. The window was nsured | VRISt PATEY to the coalition govern- ured | ment, prevent secession in 1361. Trene White, e 2vehl Virging i i l 2 Hinds, w:.;mf immaCPinE. VINEIN3 | (he period away was Charies A. Me- |and in different parts of the world many rick, Jessich Femten, Barbara Eli Curdy, chief coalition liberal whip. special holidays are cbserved swhich do not g Neliie Dainten, 3 f Shortly after arriving at his offieial ‘H‘\"uvlfih a local agency. Lamoure ol e admitied that he was at fault, arecq | TP® Dremier points out that candidates | M3rch 4 is celdbrated by the people of | DOROTHY RICHARDSON, Age 11. et o o S L 2 are being chosen in varlous comstig. | Bulgaria bscause on that @ay in 1878 the 8 .2 z encies for the appreaching general eiet-~|treaty of St, § al - Distriet Deputy T. Frank Cumningham, | tions who openly disciaim M. Linyd |ine 1a e t;?;]m w":l‘mf’l' rhedlt DENI‘ISTS jof the Knights of Columbus, had charge | Gegrge's ieadeérship yet receive the ap- | 5 .0 Hhe establishment of Buigaria out ler the exemmnlification of the third de- . Broval of unionist heafiquarters, and pe | Of Provinces of European Turkey where g @rec on a class of 20 cardidates for All ; considers it impossible to go undsr such | Bulgarians predominated. Dr. Jackson, Dr. Strickland §| 1aiows' council at Moosup, Sunday afi- eanditions. It {s further understo i i i oWy SOnULEE MGbuD BB SE 0@ that | March 11 is a national holidey in those t the premier insists in the event of 2 gen- | former o i NAP’A,M]N]T tion of & new council at Jewett eral election that there shail \:: a m‘ore s g DECTR5 s, AL PR had a Chirstmas entertainment at the Long Cove school. We went after the tree before Friday. ‘We had a hard time in findimg one : 3 : , that pleased us. At last we found one, j charter being reeatly granted to it by | equal aliocation of seats between the |PATt Of the Russian émpire untll over-| Armando and Herman cut the tree down FOR ;-‘w;. preme director = uxlnomsl! anfl liberals in the céalition, |thrown by the revolution on that date. and then some of us carried it to th | “mhbe Lida Palmbr, a Whitytss in ] Whersis the unioniste Sinim *he Prepbn.| Macch 15 is s holidey | schoolhoyse. PAINLESS EXTRACTION ANDAQ' Tore Lren Palmer o waitresy derance of the seats oo 0 48 A Oy n S Sader e e hrbagt ‘ile tred F ko ¢he achoo)- FILLING. DENTAL X-RAY u was granted a divorce trom | The situation is complicated by the | Contre Morazen, who in 1830 was made room to see if it was too tall. It was, and we had to cut some of it off. Thurs- day night Marjorie and I swept the reom and then we trimmed the Christmas tree. Friday morning It was snowing and part of the ehildren did net come 11l in the afternoon. In the morning we put the presents on the tree and rehearsed our pieGes. Then we were impatient for the people to coms. SPECIALISTS Eer B. Palmer on the grosnd of |fact that while the Lendon members ot | President of the Centrai American feder crusity, &t a session of the the cahinet are earnestly urging the pre- | ation, in 1832 suppressed a revolution e A M TO 3P. M. urt in New London, Frida mier not to resign, the coalition-libaral | against i 4 : presiding. Te: membefs of the government are AR 1 Suiren oty 715 Mair Strsst. Alling Building ed showing that P as anxious that he should resign. Cnstsmaliend I 1513 one i Dol Mk, Willimantic Phone 44 ]| auertiy abused his wite by hit They affsct to gee lit March 22 is emancipation day in Porto . ! The g of William Weeke ¢ Rico because on that day 1n 1573 the slaves Sr————————_ | o rcet phatged With damaging 2 i . : on the preperty 6F Archiils of the island were freed by the Spanish JAY M. SHEPARD Srrorihy mom h the Asquith lib- South Griswold. Christmas at School, Dear Unole Jed: Friday, the 23d. we local police cou ¥4 George's leader. | PaTlament. When they came we had our exercis Yy mérming but wae at once con- March 30 is Seward day in Alaska, in{ The children had to say pieces, ev Susceeding Filmare & Shepard HUme i e mE e difficulties, but they { honor of William Henry Seward who as| th0Se IN the first grade. Jfarjorie's plece he principal witn 'er the pi that it might be ac- . a Y = secretary of the United States, Funeral Director & Embalmer| earor Poul scheltems, originali ot | cOmpished in tim il A T e nd, was the speaker at| There is a growing advocacy here of | A!45¥2 from Russita. p Amsterdam, Hol ::z :ogn-n &T, _VrvXLl;:IMANTIC the service in Salvation Army hail Sat- |2 DoStponement pf the Genoa sconomic| Perhaps if everyone had a chance to ly Assistant. ¢l, Cennection conference util after general elactions srs | particigmte in these holidays they would be urday eveding. The theme was John jconference utia held in England, unless the present crie- such obsen- is in eoived in wuch 2 manner as to| o (Touucnt that interest in 4 leeke the premier wWith undiminisheg |27°¢S WOUld be greatly lessened Then authorit: s we would want eomething else to do quite e et L th e 2 INDUSTRIAL IMPORVEMENT e same as many boys and girls do when was the longest gne - Then we sang had a little Santa Claus play. After that we had our play, I was Mrs, Santa and James was Mr. Santa. Phe other chil- dren were brownies. When the play was over all the brownies came in and sang a song te me. - Then we gave the presents out. Two ehildren cut the presents off and Marjori and I passed them to the children. ery xvi 1245, * In the running high dive at the Y. m“re Bm M. C. A. Saturéay morning the Reds y “08. were first, the Pirates second and the Yamks third. E. Taylor was the fir FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ‘with a dive of ¢ feet, 7 inches; J the long summer vacation gets .| ai : EMBALMERS ,ernethy sscond, 4 feet, ¢ inches: ang A. 18 FORECAST 0% MaRem [ 5 T el B e o el . esents. My Washington, Mareh 5.—A ferecast of presents were a book and a ribbon. great industrial improvement for the WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS I think we had a nice time, don’t you? month of March was made today by e i D e it MARGARET PETTINI, Age 12. the United Statés employment service, in N vy Gales Ferry. conngectlon with its monthly repert of 2—Marthe ¥. Harding of Yantic— employment comditions in the Un! An Expected Batk. i ited | Messengar No. 48. i in winter for any New England boy or |last. bt By B e Sy G A e‘nlmwgm my sides would burst and soon {thrown into the barrel and from the bar- fhard batties in his youth. He grew old Christmas songs. Howard and Katherife |V i Dear Uncje Jed: My life began in a factory in NeWw York ecity, where I was mads cmt.of a’ pleoe of ceflar Wood, carved into shape, and filled with lead; then I was painted red and put into & box with 11 other of my friends. We knew mot Whers we Were but had a long ride which did not com: to an :hnd fl!; m“ m’hmt-‘ . At e en our journey we were taken off tho trein on which we wers | PeAUY "&0'« Some oottatn the rules of riding and carried to a magnifiomnt | ATKhmEtl and the most aifficult schoolhouse, where We wers put into a |Uunder them, all written out in ful Sonchirs dosk. i other has a whole course of bookkeeo- Several days later a little girl asked :’“o:-x r;“:n‘fi Bl g v;;mwfl for a pencil, and I happened to be thé L cky one to be given to her, books are weveral pages oontaining She sharpened me and then began to| What he called rules of behavior in use me. Every day 1 was giad when|Company and conversation. They were school came to an end, so that I couta | WTitten out by Washington when he was have a rest. about thirteen years old. Whenever, in 1 was sharpened wmuch that 1|his reading, he cama across anything that contained a good piéee of allyice as to how he should behave, he appear< ed to have written it down in Mg beok, £0 as to impress it on hiz memery. 1 hope everysns heiped to celebrats his birthday @s he was ome of our fameus I became so #mall that she threw me into the basket. From the basket I was rel into the dump, and there I am now, never to come out again. WINIFRED KELLY, Age 19, Norwich. ‘men. EDWARD LAFRENIERE, Age 18, Versailles. ©On Our Farm. Dear Uncle Jed: I lve in Franklin, where we have a big farm. The best time on the farm is in the winter. We can go siiding and skating. In the summer timé we have te help our father cut the hay and put it in the barn. Sohool lets out in June, and we have to work hard on the farm until gchool begins. We have to "plant the vegetables and puM the weeds in tne corn. I wish school wouid keep all sum- men In the winter time we go to school. We bring our sleds to school and we 'go sl ing, but at night when the moon i in the sky we walk about one-half a mile ana then we go sliding until about 3 o'cloek. Then we go home. My brother and s.s- ter go with me. We go to Mr. Miller's, where there are three children that we slide with. I hope all the rest of the Wide-Awakes have as good a time in the winter as 1 do. LUCILLE YERRINGTON, Age 13. Franklin. . Likes to Ge to Schosl Dear Uncle Jed: T am nine years oif and take violin léssons, 1 like to prac- tice very much. 1 go to the Mt Pleasant schosl, &nd like my teacher. I am in the third grade and get my lessons perfect mosi every day. This is the first time I have Writter a letter to you and hope you will M/ it. RICHARD H' MORRIS, Ags 3. Norwich. Ulysses 8. Grant Dear Uncle Jed: Next to Linosin, the man who did the most toward ssving the Union was Ulysses S. Grant. Whes the war began he was a clerk in & small city of Illinois. Four years later he had captured Lee's great and galléat army and had brought the Civil war te an _end. Grant was called “the silent soifiler.” He spoke little and avolded everything showy. But he was cool and brave and The 0ld Horse's Appeal. fought most stubbornly. At Vieksbury Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing a story | he first showed the world that he was a about the old horse's appeal great soldier. Once upon a time there was a king whe| At the start of this eampaign Grant's wished justice to be done to his people.| men lay across the river from Vieks- S0 he had a bell hung in a tower in the| burg in the swamps. They wae far middle of the square. and everyone who | away from other northern treops and was injured by anether should ring the | much weaker than the Confefsrates. bell and the couneil would come and fix | Month after month Grant falled in his it up. attempt to seize Vicksbu There was a hero who had a meble| Everyone thought that he should Withe horse which carried him through many | draw. But, on the contrary, he decided to cross the river to the Confederatc and his master turned him out into the | sige, leaving his supplies behind. Carry- common. Ing only its ammunition, his &rmy The horse went wandering about until| marened against the southern troeps. he eame to the city square and up to the| Grant saw that if the various bedies tower. From long use the end of the |, Confederates should jein against rope was worn out and the people tied| him he weuld be crushe: Aecordindly, s viesaiiof wing o i atge he rushed his troops from ome battle te Driven by hunger, the old horse began | arotner defeating the var Confed- biting at the vine; the bell rang very | orato forces befors they could units, and loud and cle The bell seemed 0 €2y | griving them back te Vicksburg. Somebody I6 in trouble: somebody is in |y CF VL TS (Ll patties began an 1 he eouncil and the judge came | (7" T8 00 P S Cwith orders for £ A% S e MEntine e W1 G I WO troops ant into the cast z The king gave the horse to the owner | MATCh avay from “ViSsurE. CrRel o and gaid that if he did not feed and care | (€% A8 “S8 PN b ce s men for, it that he would pay a fine of five | " NECL WIR T LTt aw hundred thousand dolars. & ‘fm'o‘m T thies @t Guih 15 8 Tatt OLESLOW GODEK. Age 13 |, =% 1 hmal decided te take Vieks- Seron burg, and not even orders to ths eon- trary could turn him away. He sayed My First Experience. before Vicksburg until that efty fen. Dear Uncie Jed: This is the first time| Lincoln had need of such a man, and I have written to you. I will teil you of | soon placed him over the whele Unsion my first visit to Ocean Beach; also my | grmy. In ome of his great campaigni first experience. Grant said: “I propose to fight i out I got to the beach about 10 o'clock on | along this line if it takes all mmmmer. Sunday morning It certainly was 2 [sAna he did “fight it out” through many most wonderful day: everything sesmed | fierca battles un!l the southern armfst vrighy and cheery, but in a second an|were worn out and peace was restored larm went out that a man got drowned ALMIRA BERNTER, Age 11 and everyone seemed anxious to know | Dantslson. who the man was. A voice close by me A Potate Reast. ra‘d it was a man from Thamesville, Yorwich. I must say it was my first and Dear Tnele Jed: During my Chrim- mas vacation I enjoyed mysel? very worst experience. much skating on the pond in back ef house, FRANCES E. GARVEY, Age 10, Norwich. LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE- ny AWAKES 1 would start in the merning early and bring a good supply of petatoss and butter and meet the other girle whe alv £0_brought potatoes. When we arrived there ene boy wae we decided to go to Ocean Beach.” We| telling how he tied the potatoes to the |started early one Saturday morning. We | bottom of his sled, because his mother {took our lunch with ms, went by car and | would not let him take them. 2ot to the beach about ten e'clock. We| Then the boys made a fire and roasted went in bathing almost @5 80on 85 We |the potmtoes They tasted fine They g0t thers:,we ate after we went in bath- | wers 2 Nttle cruder than the omes w* [ing. After we ate we wem out on theibake at home, but they tased much be:- | seashore whers we found s¥ashells of | ter ome in the air. 1 ous kinds and different sizes. Tre then skated 2 long white umell we "hile we were picking' them WD m¥ |were quits tired. then we wen: homa sister found fifty cents on the sand. GENEVIEVE EVANS, Age 11 One of the girla- that went with us| Plainfield. went up cn & high hoard placed in the water. She sHA down it and aimos: got drowned. . A friend of ours bought a peck of pea- n We ate as much of thesn as we could. Then wé went to one of the stores near the beach, and bought some ice cream, soda and candy. We stayed at the beach a little while longer. After that we reéturned home tired but happy. . LUCY DUGAS, Age 12. 1 A Trip to Ocean Beach Dear Unale Jod: One day last summer FPeeding Birds in Winter. Dear Uncie Jed and Wide-Awakes: T, am going to tell you about fesding Birde in winter. Quite often I see the Woed- peckers, both downy and red-headed also the chickadees, quail, stariings junces, sparrows, nuthatches, crows other birds thet stay here in winter. Downy woodpeekers stay in holes in the trees or in barns. The red-headed woodpecker has holes in trees, mostly I8 rotten stumps and apbie trees. Quall reost on branehes and mostly under low evergreen trees. Chickadees, muthatches, Versallles. The Broken Skates, Dear Uncle Jed: I will te]l yom about Dear Uncie Jed: A boy aged 10 a “Reéports from 281 of the principal in. | ., S Fiorence Holbreok of Leonard's | gir| aged 7 were fishing nna\'he bank ‘:»flf : &phtrial chntars with put-few & ons, | B¥idwe—The Prize Watsh. stream. They were delighted in seeing.| AHSNES n° eenecal i_m,m:",'_",__ 4—Lauls Laframbeise of Brookiyn— | the cork bob up and dowh when they had ployment conditions,” Direster Jones of | The Boy Seouts In Servive. - a bite. the service smneunce, “nnd breath an | 5—Margaret Pettinl of Gales Ferry— | AL at onoe there was a nibhle bigger enthusigstic spirit of heme and confidence | Teddy. 3 in the futr Westhe hm‘ flg;hml‘md the fish swallowed the n the ure. ‘eather permitting, | ¢ ertingter Franidin-* t. e girl sprang for the pole but :lmcl will bagin an era of grest sotivi- Canu}n' #;n:_ 0 . 4 fll;%ed b:;d feil into the water. : e eaught. her hat but i Employment conditions showed prac- | o, Be™mice Cedrsns of Norwish—A | broke and she fell into the w::rml;fi: tically no alterations during February, | SUUGEI® for o Fortune. : boy saved her, but she got an unexpected however, accerding to the bureaws | $—Oladys C. Paimer of Clari's Falls— | bath. studies, only ene-haif of per cent, | The Bobbsey Twins in @ Great City. ALBAN KEELEY, Age 10. more men being on reported Pay rolls at | Wimmers of prize bosks living Tattvilla, MURRAY'S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. the mont end than at lts b..lnl.g Only the textlle and paper industries evi- et ‘office A Fast Runner FOR A PURE WORSTED SWEATER | it mir s i X IS AN lJNUSLIA]- VAI.aUE 5 “ns.u‘t WL s e v g b ormaPiargitrdt i iyl g g -hr: ws.hmdk by the denlrt—tt. “ two hours ‘;o wallk it, for we were walk- 3 % - ) small pergemtage increpses n slow. We came to the place. My fath- When you have an opportunity such as this one to employment, while 21, ineluding Man- er and the owner played checkers and & AB- #6 Unian St . Willimantie, Conn, | Rosen third, 4 feet, 3 inches. The team Phone 292 iLady Assistant) standing follows: Giants 185 Dpoints, H chester, X. H., a tile cemter with a ended in my father's favor. We came.| buy a pure Worsted Sweater for such a small price, oy decrease ol 564 per semt. e | prize man you night without any trouble of S pe! ‘ewer men on payrells. 'ow York haive read very imuch. 3 you should not hesitate to take advantage of the of- city Teported an increase of smploy. | HODIng to Win anvther again some time. 4ay was Monday. This was ment 1.9 per eent. while .Chicags had 2 decrease of one-half of ene per cent. fering, especially at this time of the season, when a Erma Hatt of Colchester—I received t 1 was always lonesome, so % at when I got home that night . . . . 3 I thank you{l would leave my books and go to th Spring wardrobe without a wool sweater is quite be- Some bara-faced lles are old enough s fiawfimnma‘vmmdfiyb‘;fim—: . to wear full bear: b en night cams I left my books and yond the conception of the weli-dressed woman. Step kst ol RS O SRS garted for che place, My mother think- . . e to my gran jothtr's in this week, while the assortment is complete, ; Wme. pot Wocrying: Miost Jae -1 resuned juncos and sperrows roost “em_ evers greens, pines and spruce trees.” It ‘s { my first experience with skates. I had a friend who 100k me on the ioe t6 try my new skates. I skated all afternoon until I could go alone nicely, which detighted fme very mfich. 1 was very anxious to try them again the mext day. So I went to do my beet this time. 1 sat down to put my skates on and one of them broke. So this was my disappointment, and now I am wishing for a new 3 ELEONORE BELANGER, Age 9. Baltia J on verandas. They feed on twigs, buds and rotten stumps in winter, so let us help feed them. We can build houses and I will te¥ you how to bufld one. Take four stioks four feet long, nail & cracker box top, then put some boards on sheiter, then cut some holes and some smaller ones for you will have a house for My Favorite Calf, Dear Uncle Jed: I am going te tell you a story of my favorite calf. It is pretty little . Its color is yellow. We feed it milk, and it stays in the barn with the other calves. She is a|eat will have very fat calf, too. When we go in the|You will haye visits from birds. barn to the cows and horses she will| MATHER FRANK HARDING, Age 12. jump and kick. One day I was going| Yantle, by her and she kicked me In the leg. We have another calf which is brown. She M to Palls. bunts my favorite calf. She is a very Sk e 3 i 108, - Dear Uncle Jed and Wide-Awakes: Tt . o Takth s, |was carly in September. when mother. iarh . kil » Age 9. | father, brother and I planned for & triy Notth: T¥ ANttt to Niagara Falls, and to bact A Mental Picture of = Blscksmith Shep,| (I[OUER New York eity. Dear Uncle Jed: As We approached over a hill on @ tiresome journey we looked upon a small vilage. In one of the streets we saw a blacksmith shop. It w a black, Qirty looking shanty. Its windows were iron clad, the @oor|fajo. We visited t was very wide and inside you could see | Evervewhere, on“e“h:-;u l‘:‘ & bright firs burning. The roof of the| aresses were Wit there were. neels | home - —_—