Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 20, 1922, Page 7

THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE = | ’ Department Boys’ and Girls Rules For Young Writers. 1—Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. 3—Use pen and ink, not pencil 3—Short and pointed articles I'Xll.{fl given preference. Do not use over 250 words. i—Original stories or letters only wil be used. 5—Write vour name, age and address visinly at the bottom of the story. WIDE-AWAKE POETRY Salute to the Treos Many a tree is found in the wood And every tree for its use is good: Some for the strength af the gnarled root, . Some for the s~winess of flower or fruit; Some for shelter against the storm, And some to keep the hearthstone warm; Some for the room and some for beam, And some for a boat stream:— In the wealth of the wood world be; The trecs have offered their gifts to Bot the glory of trees is more than gifts: *Tls a beautiful wonder of life that lifts, From a wrinkled seed in an earth-bound clod, A column, an arch in the tempie of God. A pillar of power, a dome of delight, A shrine of song, and a joy of sight! Thelr roots are the nurses of rivers in birth; Their leaves are allve with of the earth; They sheiter the dwelling of man; and they bend O'er his grave with the look of a loving friend. T have camped In the whispering forest of pines; I have slept in the shadow of olives and vines ; In the knees of an oak, at the foot of a palm I have found good rest balm. Asd now, when the morning gfids the bhoughs Ot the vaulted Flm at the door of my house, T open the window and ma! God Dbless root ! Thou has lived before live after me Thou ancient, friendly, faithful tree! —Henry Van Dyke in Scribner's Maga- sine. to breast since their the breath and slumbers salute ; thy branches and fced thy Uncle Jed's Talk to Wide-Awakes There are many things Wide-Awakes ¢an do to help mother and by so doing they can make the days brighter hAppler for her, How many ti ¥ou ‘seen her working early and for your comfort. Mother is generally the first one up in the morning and the last one to retire at night. She is yvery often tired with the long day’'s work, but you always fnd her cheerful and ready for the gmerous tasks that must be done. Boys and girls should always be. ready and Willing to help when there is any- thing they can do for her. When mother asks you to do an errand at the stofe, or to bring in the wood and coal, don’t sulk and fret, even if you have to give up & few moments of your play time. Al- ways be ready to smile and do whatever she asks shoerfully and as it you meant it and Don’t quarrel with your brothers and sisters, and above all, never say mean things to them. If things don't go just as you would ltke them do your best to overcome any feeling of disappointment | and hope they will be better next time. Practically -everything comes from | small beginnings. There is an oak tree! in every acorn, a chestnut tree in overy chestnut, and an apple tree in svery apple. It is the little things in life that count. " Every boy and girls wants to be happy and get the joy that life has to give, so don’t waste time fussing over some fancled wrong that ¢an be righted if'you unly go about jt In the right way. Winners of Prize Books L—Eagene Healy, South Windham— The Auto Boys' Big Six. 2—Lewis Safford, Boy Land Boomer. 3.—Phyllls Adams, - Ealtic ‘Whiskers. 4—Arthur Thelen, Stafford—The Auio | Boys, S.~Bephie Golick, South Coventry— The Girl Scouts’ Rally. 6.—Youlse Sebaffhouser, Norwich—The Campfire Gffls In the Mourtains. Winners of prize books living in Nor- wich may obtain them by calling at The Bulletin business after 10 o'elock Mon- day mbrning. . Canterbury—The Billy LETTEES OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ¥ldells D. 0'Nell, Plainfield—I received the nfee book you sent me. And I thank you for it very much. I am reading it and like it very much. Frisda Kofkoff, Fitchville—I have re- selved your prize book entitled Battling the ds, and I wis hto thank you very miel. I have read some of it and enjoy 1t Loralne Gladoe, Taftville—I thank you very miich for the prize book you ot e entitled The Auto Boys' Mystery. 1 have fead it and find it interesting, 1da Nadel, Lebanon—When I came home from school 1 found your book entitled, Little Prudy’s Story Book waiting for | me. 1 have read i through and found | It very interesting. It is one of the best books T have ever read. I thark you yery much for it. BY WIDE- Dear Unele Jed: I want to tell you 1bqut 1ittle ‘puppies.. T have five of are black -and white, others and white, jaround a half gallon of ! swamp called by the name of Cedar Swamp. In the spring there is lovely arbutus that grow there. Near the edge of the hil i red’ house and there is a large in front Farther over is a roc which is called by the dian Chair. In the. winter w sliding dow 11 In and which has 3 little cottage people Alther for 1 Putnam, Who Are Patriots? ireat Uncle Jed: There wrong in thinking that soldi ors ace the only patric sa; the women who What shall who wa while her husband wa What shall call women wk their brothers and sons e of iiberty? Were not ro0d nd hrother de of m s and sail- shall we we stance. v America better than he uel Adams: who\gv ing a battle? But sturdy a_pateiot army. Then there , . Robert M helned get was Brave dc diseas afraid of sudd save thelr passenge: cident. ave firemen stand death i s from death or ngs. r their lives to save t drowning. Brave fello maddencd herses and hold in checl vent them from men and children. lives daily for the ¢ a brave man or wom- there we for a pat My Birthday Dear Uncle Jed Saturday, Oc to come home fro bag of candy, a bar of soap, powder, cloth for.a dress, a- dinner ten comvosition bocks for use in_school a pair. of brown stockings, a hair barretto 1and also many cards. My cake, which was <made by my Yunr Yum cake, andies and in the | It was lighted beinz near this| ed “on the same s also and Amston A Hallowe'én Party. It was on Oct. I8, H ted at half past It looked fun- masked W picces _and We bob- ; to sec rst, the children spol then we played some ga; bed for apples and doughnuts, Miss Grandy, the teacher, er, Then they put up a doukey and Mrs. Chapman blindfolded us. We each had a tajl and we were told to pin the tail on to the dorwey. Then we had a for tune teller and ‘it was . Mrs. also. It was almost the end when a came. Tt stopped on the side of road. But who as 1 do not They disappeared something like a ghost. SOPHIA JAWBIK, Age 13 Norwich Town. brought know. It w The Duke of Wellington, Dear Uncle Jed: This is my story to the Wide-Awake Circle. The Duke of Wellington was one day taking his usual country walk, when he heard a cry of distress, |He walked to| the spot and:found a chubby, rosy- faced hoy lying on the ground, bending his head over a tame toad, and crying 2s if his little heart would break. “What's “the matter, my lad?’ said| the quke. “Oh, sit, please, sir, my poor!| toad. I bring it sometbing to eat ev- ¢ry ‘morning. -But they are going send me off ever so- far away to school; nobody - will bring it anything t0 eat when I.am gone, and I om afraid it will d@ie.” W “Never mind, don’t cry, iad that the toad is-well fed, and you-shall hear all about it when yoa are - &t school.” The boy thanked the gentle- man, dried up his tears, and went home. tDm-;ng the time he received - five let- ers. first | “I see ALBERTINE MARIEN, Age 11 Tafteiike, E’ My Dog Dot | Déar Nncle Jed:. I have a very. nice | dog dnd its name is'Dot. It is a hunting dog and it catches a lot of small.game. | It liygs in a kennel near the house and it sleeps there nearly every night. One dey Dot went out and it never came back till & day "when it” camé back it had a woodchuck in its mouth, Just beginning to play. One ©orn on ‘the woodshed pet hen ito eat. uid grabbed it by the neck. The hon said | . Wk and ran out of the shed. The buppies also play with my Kitten. 1 am waiting for them to grow up fo I can g9 hunting with them. f Your Im!‘zllrxlalld, ENE HEALY, A 3 South "2 Quadic is located )n:; m‘“m‘n mm qpruéc of Winaham 3 6 northeastern part of lomnecticut. It has beautiful scenery. It "which is very beautiful,’shin- the ‘sunlight. On the 'sides of are two hillsides ‘which ook e the hillsides along the | ' On" these hflisldes are many | ‘which aré wonderful in the month ober, when thefr leaves are turn- the eenter of Quadit is a small schodl. In front of the sehool the Amerfcan fiag. Iiside the school a pietufe of the Colosseum at Rome, “of The Angelus, ‘and a picture Washington, who was the of the Ui | L il i ‘teach- | race. e One day’ws took Dot for 4 walk and it saw a woodchuck and it ran after it and caught it, ‘but the woodchyck started | te fight ‘and it bit him in the neck. Dot ! got 1t Just the same. is a nice dog. Your friend, 3 . PHYLLIS ADAMNS, 1. BaLTIC itk Dént you” think it Reading Robinson Crasee. Dear Uncle Jed: I.have almost for= gotten: you since last year. “We ars reading the -book of Robinson - Crussce this week. We are writing fu school. We have 21 children i my room, » am i the. fourth grade this - year, « I'am selling Thanksgiving post’ cards. If 1 sell them in’ five days I can get two premiums, Your little friend, CARL ‘A~ LYON, Age 11, an@"tell You anoy ty given by-.o Suhday school, te: at. her: home, -on There ,are ten bay + and al] were pres- s “five miles As s we topk somo and poles: and it down to the to have a boat ‘When “we. were tired of playing ‘had %ueball.gm unti} dinner e he most delicious | the people Chapman | lik <{1 Wil close with love, 2 large field in which was a big pile of brush, and before long we had a biaz- ing hot fire which felt good after eating icc cream. When we arrived back at her houss we played ball again until some of us'were tired of plaving ball. Two boys and I took fish poles and went to a nearby pond to fish, but our luck was a failure. We stayed and fished until someone called us to have a lunch, consisting of water- melon, cake, ice cream, apples and pea- nuts, v We then piayed different games until about four o'clock, @ man came after us in his car and we had to go home. was the most beautiful day, and had, a very fine time. Yours truly LEWIS SAFFORD, Age 12 ury. The Droken-Hearted Monkey. Dear Uncle Jed: All was quiet in the Martinsdale except for an oc- irp of a bird n the lofty Now and then splash was a frog jumped into 2 pool Suddenly was heard a line of in the town which was now boss rushed out of the houses med the doors and dogs rush- hefr kennels x to youthful masters. They a lane and at the emd there organ grinder Wwith his monkey up the side of the get the pennies which were to him. The monkey was sed in 2 red jacket apd 2 red cap. He went from one window to anofher and got the pennies. The monkey had two Do des of his coat He put the 2 to his pockets. But he turned to go down he went readfirst and the pennies dropped to he had enough semse to back and go down the other was. boys meanwhile had gathered the 2 he saw the hoys gi he returned joyfully An Exciting Adventure. Dear Uncle wrote this compos E on it: About a week ago I I t Adventure—One day asj homeward throngh the heard a low chucks T looked up and. to lve or fourtcen Indians laughing and chuckling together, g over what they were going to in the evening. They were going to scare the people, steal cows, hens, horses and anytbing they could lay hands upon. - They we going to destroy everything, besiCes burn the whole village. I'went into the village do and notified When the Indians came the was waiting ready for soon defeated the whole whole town These Indians never tried to troubdle h or tried to massacre! After that T was ai-| ways careful not to meet any Indians while going through the forests. EDWIN D, FOSTER, Age 12. North Franklin, The Unselfish Squirrel. Dear Uncle Jed: I have only wri to the Wide-Awakes once before. thought T would write a true story. Last Saturday morning I took my sis- ter ot for 2 walk. We went on Broad| street. While were were there we saw | a squirrel. We were picking up nuts in | the yard, when they began to fall fast er. 'We looked up, and in the tree, ve: high up, was a little gray squirrel. had seen ‘us picking up nuts. We! ched him. It was- picking nuts off » trec, taking the outed shell off, and them down. We appreciated much. ~ After that we came Tt A Calf That Plays Foofball. Uncle Jedr I would like ¥ tell you about our new ca brown and white. When some children “play football he usually . If the ball comes toward him nort and, kick it with his foor. chases my dog and geese, He al- snorts when chasing them. He to play very much. One day he part way if> the house is Star. 1 think this name fits him as he hag a Lrown star on his forehead. It is pretty near bedtime and FRANCIS HEALY. South Windham. Dime. H day 1 saw Something in 2 window that I wanted very much. It only cost a -dime, 1 went home, got the dime and started out again. I put the dime in my pock- et. T got to the store at last and put- g my hand.in my- pocket felt mno dime. I walked back but could not find trace of the missing dime, I went back ail the same and walked into the store. " I ‘looked longingly at the thing which might have been mine if I had not been so careless. Withotit thinking I put my hand in my pocket and what was'my surprise to feel Some- thing hard thefe. I took it out and there was the longed for dime. I, of hool and g I ernment. n!{ War, almost all thy | not know what was the matter. | themselves. BY R. S. ALEXANDER Hunting Eye was happy. again met his friend of i Captain, who had hunted in the North Woods. And _the Captain was taking him to see the great army camp in which be was stationed. “Who runs the army?” he asked. “The War Department. The Presi- dent, except when he appoints some one else in war time, is ander-in- Chief of the army and is responsible for the manner in which its affairs are carried on. He appoints a Secretary of War who is at the head of the War Department. This Department controls the army. Of course the Department carries out the policies of the Presi- dent. He had er, the reoney for military affairs. t be done by Congress. artment makes recommendations as t ow much money is needed by the army and these recommendations have some weight Congress when it comes to decide how much money to vote. The artment has control the spending o7 the money. It appoints all of the commissioned officers from the commanding geeral down to the junior second leutehant.” “Can’t a city have an army?” “No, but the states have amounts to one. Most of the sta maintain a body of troops called the state militia or nati ard. These men do not make a life business of soldiering but merely do a certain b each year. The state equips them and controls ihem. Then if a riot or disorder breaks in the state, the state government can use these troops to stop it. When a war begins, Lh? are ususlly trans- ferred into the federal service and put under the control of the national gov- At the opening of the Great ¢ state troops were sworn into the federal service. “Thus see, there are really two armies, the Regular Army controlled by the pational government, and made up of men whose life business is sol- diering and the National Guard con- trolied by ‘the state governments and “It does not have power to vote | Fewer Pars of Ordex Economy 2—PATENTED. BRAKES That Never "ding made up of men who devote only a part of their time to military affairs.” out playing. The hen came ocut Wi tle chickens. There were sis chiciens, They were getting along fin They used to sleep outdoors. and - night when they were o a fox came and took her aw: 1 went the Httle chickens by They were looking for her. But 1 could not find her. Then I cam. in and teld my mother and she said tl fox took het. 1 cried all day and vhe little chickens peeped. SYLVIA CAROLINE, Age 9. Norwich Town. v My Garden. Dear Tncle Jed: During my. I had a little garden which plowed for me. In my garden T jons, cabbages, and beets. care 0f my garden. In the summer when the berries were ripe my sister and I picked them and sold them. We gave half of the money to my father and et the rest. I had §5 for berries, and 1 pat it in my bank. My father sold the cabbages. I gave the onions to my mother for her use. In the summer I helped my father to take in the hay and rake it. When my father would come from mowing I would drive the horses into the barn and give out and saw on= 1 took good e have 2 to tdke care of. them now. One Sunday we went to my srand- mother'’s. We went at 7 o'clock in the morning and got there at 8 o'clock.. We 11 had a grand time. That was the best #ime 1.had this summer: We all wwantéd to 2o to see my aunt in New York, and when we go our grand- My sister takes care of course, bought the ‘thing, but haye wondered to this day how dime came in my pocket. DOROTHY ISAACSON, Age 12. Norwich. I the Going Nutting. Uncle Jed: One brisht sunny the month of october, a friend of mine and@ 1 went gathering nuts. We took along two bass which we hoped to fill. ‘We went over in soie woods where many walhut trees grew, After I h picked up nuts for a while 1 to another tree. Here I picked for about five minutes. I then went far- ther into the woods until I came to & large butternut tree. I filled my bags and then went bdck to the place where 1 had left my comparion. He had both of His bags full, so We took up our bags and started for home. 'After traveling for about fifteén minutes we came out on a road where I found I had been go- ing.in the wrong direction, so we turn- ed around and, started - for home. After encountering many diffculties I arrived home about 4 o'clock. T ‘meas- ured my walnuts and found I had only one -peck. 1 then spread them out on the flcor to dry. Alhough 1 spent one afterncon in gathering the nuts, I en- joved eating. them tio whole ' winter ong. : g 1 hope the Wide-Awakes will enjoy reading this story' Very much. 7 FRANCES 1. suu'}vAN, + Bozrahville. ¥ Dear Raising Little Chickens. Dear Uncle Jed: Last year my fa- ther let me use one o6f his hens, She was very.nice. - 1 named her Birdte. One day the hawks. took her and I wis very sorry about,it. But the dog ran after him and the hawk dropped her on the ground. She had 3 big hole in her side hut she was living. I was very glad .the bawk dropped She. was very-iil. I bad.her'in a by himsels, - In 3 week sbe was bet- ter.. I yas looking for her a lonz time but I could not find her. I came-home from school and my mother sald that my hen came 'to eat. ‘She A8 - very huur._v{ f:x. my: mother gave ‘some- mother. is going With us, so we all will have a good time again. SOPHIE GOLICK, Age 12 South Coventry. Glad Winter is Coming. Dear Uncle Jed: I g0 to the Attawau- gan ‘school and 1 am in the fifth grade. We are reading a book about Heidi. T like it very much. We made a picturg apout Heidi and two gots. 4 I'am glad that winter is coming soon. Then we Will go skating and go coasting ~n _the smow. I lfke to sing in schogl. I sing the WILLIAM LEFEIRE, Age 14. Attawaugan. o Firecrackers Made Too Much Noiso. Dear Uncle Jed: One mornipg when I got ub it was very clondy. It was on the Fourth of July. It started to eain and it képt on until 12 o'clock. We ate our dinner, then we went to . the .baseball gamo down at Mansfleld Center. If was 4 Very good game! We bad to go home because it started to rain again.. When we reached ‘home we started to.make the firecrackers go off. They made so much toise that I couldn’t stay out’ there. So I went in the house o a8 not.to hear that noise, and then I began to read storiés We ate our supper. After ‘supper my friends came over and w¢ had.lots of fun « PATSY CARUSELLA, Age 9. Eagleville. Why the Sea is Salt Dear Uncle Jed: One day a poor farmer visited 4‘3’5&: Men’s ‘hall, where he pur- chased a handmill. The mill was a mar- vel because it would grind anything at ‘the owner's command, but one little mecu< larity about it was that you had to know how to stop it. A One r&m bo had a characteris- tic pflgfl a large sum for it and beought it home without asking how-to stop it. He commanded the mill to grind herrings x« porridge; then when all the pots. and mmmmmmwg?‘humwm the handmill to Stop. -but it would not do 80. He then turped every re, but to it Would wot i EVERYONE DESIRING A CAR'! 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CAR WILL BE EXHIBITED TODAY AND TONIGHT 13 BATH STREET — Opposite Bailey’s Garage SEE THE ENGINEERING TRIUMFH ! 10N IS TO BUILD PATENTED AIR-COOCLED MOTOR 23 to 30 Miles on Gallon . of Gas | No Water to Leak “or" Freeze 5 No Radiators or Fumps to Repair ) No Cracked Cylinder - Jackets to Replace ‘at.; Big Cos: No Relts to Slip or Break - No Chains to Get Noisy - and Break ™ Driven by Gears and Shafting | 4-PATENTED SPRINGS, ETC. : G ive Flexibility Comfort q Patented Adjustable’; Brake and Clutch" Pedals A Car That Fits All People £ Combination Utilit y: Body : Converts Speedster Intor, | Light Delivery and the man had to go ifto the parlor,| It grows along the south Atlantic and|and sure enough T plerced for the first but the herrin and porridge were clos nd soon thé i ! filled neck-high, parlor was and the man had to run into an open field to escape the tide. After that the man brought the mill to the farmer and asked to take it back, but ho farmer very shrewdly refused. When i the man offered a_sum as large as the jone which he bouzht it. the farmer took it back Soon rich after the farmer -made hi and famed and he was not only but also foreizn people came to sec him and his handmill. Among these was a skipner who went far for salt 1o freight it to other countries. When he asked to buy it the farmer would not part Wwith it until the skinver offered so large a sum. Then the facmer agreed because he knew that the skipper would Lring it back very soon. The skiover did not loiter long after he had purchased the handmill, because the farmer might change his mind. and in his hurry he did hot stop to ask how to stop it, but put it on his back and brought it on deck. He ordered.the mill to grind salt, and grind it both fine and- quick. The mill .began to spout salt in great water came on deck and all went to the bottom. And to this very day the mill grinds on, and that is why the sea is salt. LAURENT BEONIT. Taftville, Saw Submarines and Steamships. Dear Uncle Jed: One mornipg I went with my father to peddle. milk ‘and when we finished it we bought some fruit and other good things. After that we went home. Then my mother packed the lunch and finally we started for New London. We rode about an hour and a half. When we got there we went in swim- ming. - After half an hour we ate our dinner and we walked around and looked at the things. Then we started for home. ‘While we were riding we saw subma- rines, steamshins and canoes. We also saw some scanlanes. When we reached home we put our old clothes on and got §Do epws in the barn and milked them and ’ed them. Then we had our supper and after that we played games. The next day we went to Groton Long Point and after we spent the day there we started for home. On the way we saw thé submarine base and sailors and submarines and boats. We-had lots of fun that day. RAYMOND A. ROY, Age-1L. ‘Willimantic. | Our Three Calves. | Dear Uncle Jed: We have thres calves {and two of them are so afraid of us that | we have to run -after them a while to catch them, but the one Itake care of We | kept chained to-a stake in a different lot. 1 The two that are afrald of us are Helen and Esthér, and the other one -is Helena. We named Helen and Helena so hear alike b they look so much alikeé that my er can't tell them apart when one of the! stake, Kagtay older brother Charles tau elen: 1o et $50 5o mow by, Tike Brather Robect doesn't like it so well becausq one time she. lifted him up & few inches from the ground. 1 bad qbite 2 little fun raking bay this summer, even if the old horse does €0 slow. I picked up a.little over a bushel of walnuts and sold them. I yar- nished my bieycle not very long ago and 'now it is nice and shiny. & A. EVELYN BROWN. Age 12. ntic. is not chained to the 4 Cotton. Dear Unclg Jed: Impiuwlcu% ‘Wide-Awake circle ° about gotton. | grows in _United States. "It has a hite blossom| on it. When the green buds burst white - ulf coasts. g | Most of the people who work in the! id are time they pick late summer and white res are the The seeds must be taken out b fore the cotton can be made into and cloth. y-have a machine out the see Then they put it in a bag with bands of iron on it and it is ready for Behind the ittle the Many of the colored people have edu- cated themselves. I hope that the Wide-Awakes like this stors. My ‘teacher’s name is Mrs. Fon- | mer F. Parker, and I like her very well LILLIAN CULVER, Age 14 Glasgo. quantities until the ship was full and the{ HIKING Dear Uncle Jed: One day our school~ master said that we were.going on a hike in “‘he morning and we had to get ready that night and go to bed early. In the morning I was up and got my sslf ready and went to the club where they were all waiting. We started at eight o'clock and made for the woods. We took our lunch, peanuts, hot dogs and marshmallows to roast. Soon we got {there and it was a nice place with a clear spring running past and the scout- master said that it was where we were going to drink. So we all started to eat. First we had to make a fire and | 40 ‘the hot dogs and then eat them all together. After we had a tfeasure hunt for a two pound box of candy. A treas- ure hunt is a prize or something hidden in the trees or in the grass. Soon It | was getting dark and we had.to clean {up and go home. When we were on our way homg a boy fell and cut his head & little, but the scoutmaster had some band- ages and bandaged it up and it was soon well. Soon we reached home and we were very tired for we Bad walked a. long way for that day. FRED- WHITEHEAD. Baltie. Adventures, of 3 Sword Dear_Uncle Jed:" It-was during the Civil war that I was made. I-am now enjoying miyself ip a plush box. My box being dusted today for -the first time in twelye years, I will relate my ftory the T can. The first thing I can remember. is that 1 was carrfed by a soldier who p) me inp a’ dark pit at his side. Here I.was conténted for a while. | * 4 “The' time came when my,K master was. to take part in a baitle. master having used during. the bat- i} t1e all his ammunition, depénded on e He waved me in the | to save his life. . air and shouted to ehcourage his so0l- -diers, All of 2 sudden he Jowered mei | time the bodyof'a man. Again and again I plerced the human flesh. This I did not do* with“pleasyre, or 1 was very much depressed @1 shuddered every time, but I had to° 80 my best to save my mastet’s life. Alas! My master dropped me aud 1 was trampled on and crush- to deatli. Al my.'botes-were Even my spine was " brdke I suffered to an utmost- degrees T did -not notice very longr fo8 lousness When -1 awoke T my in this box. The .masitel said that a farmer found me 288 t me as-a souvenir. 3 ARTHUR MARCHESSEAULT, Age if* brol in two. ™ | Moosup. Torrington.—Constable John . 0’Connop is suffering from blood poisoning in hip right foot. The infection it is believed’ was caused by a corn plaster -used i dressing his foot. e Famous Frenchman HIM : > Cammille Flammarion, = "- bratéd ‘Frenthman, who whs ¥ cently appointed com mander of the Legion of Honor o kranes - s "THE DIME SAVINGS * OF NORWICH