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NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY AUGUST 20,
9
THE WIDE AW AK& CIRCLE
BOYS', AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT .
' Rule for Yntf Writer. -1
1. jWilte Plainly: on: one side of tne
paper only, and -number the-pages.
i. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
. Short and pointed . articles wtii
he given preference. Pe not use- ovef
t60 words, , - " ' " '"'
-V Original )rles or letters only
Will he used, h . 1 . ' ,
6. Write you name, are and ad-.
Kai plainly ot the bottom of the
story.
Address all communication to Un
ci Jed. Bulletin Office. .
"Whatever yoa are--Be thatt
Whatever you say Be truel .
Straightforwardly act.
Be honest tu fact.
Be nobody else hut you.
POETRY.
' ; ' Being a Friend.- ; 4 "
Just aerajss -the lane-way Uvea-a true
' - and loyal friend:
I know that I can trust him till the
!- longest day's long end.
He hasn't much to brag about as far
i as beauty goes; - '; -y
But Grandpa says his heart, is gold,
and 'course my grandpa, knows..
. v ii eui vei & -. went,-, uiid, ctuu
- things have all gone wrong,
Then shaggy Pick, my good; old dog,
comes pattering along. ,
He licks my hand and rubs hie nose
- : against It till I know -:
That he la sorry as can be for all that
bothers so. '
Just across the lane -way,' the- boys all
gather there.
And everyone, will tell you Dick's the
best dog anywhere.
I haven't much to brag about, hut I
would like to he
A eood 4 friend to other -folks as Dick
. baa been to me.
Alice Annette Larkln.
Sleepy tend.
Here Is the best of Sleepy Hand.
Heady to sail on the twilight sea, -;
Softly slipping up to the strand,
"Waiting tor you and me.
;Wt shall we'take to Sleepy Land.
To comfort our souls as we sail
along?
A woolly blanket In either hand,
And a little crooning song.- -
Who steers the boat to Sleepy Tend
Ah, 'tie a fluttering fairy crew;
The Sandman's always in command, '
And a little dream or two.
We are drifting fast to Sleepy Land, "
All in the dusky starlit air,
A murmurous sound on the shining
strand
O baby, we are there!
Christian Register,
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
AWAKES." Every boy and girl to some extent
should be their own teachers. They
will be if they get the student habit. '
Tho student habit is acquired by
asking yourselves questions and an
swering them. It is not always easVj,
but It Is always "enjoyable. t- Thia kind
of work strengthens the mind Just as
other kinds strengthen the muscles of
the body.
You" see a round or oval pebble -on
the walk and If you ask yourself what
made It round you will wake up your
mind If you do not you.will let your
mind sieep. and It Is the sleeping mind
which makes a hoy or a girl appear to
he dull. ;: '
. That pebble has had ita experience.
It Is alive, so you know it was broken
from the parent rock by violence. Ages
ago It started on a journey'against its
will. It parent -may have . been
bounced on another rock by an iceberg
or It may have been shattered by light
ning or some other force. ;
You did not know the pebble has
life, so you couldn't ask yourself what
la the life of a rock? It is its co
heslveneas; that Is the power of it
crystals to hold together in one solid
mass. It It was crumbly it would he
dead rock; because It could no longer
hold its part together, t -
It was net round when It started on
Its travels, for rocks break In frag
ments With, sharp edges, and t is sand
and water and motion which made that
fragment of rock into form as a peb
ble, and It may have rolled on the
sandy bottom of a brook or on the sea
shore for ages before H reached the
place where you saw It; It would tell
you a wonderful story If it could In
form you bow many thousands of years
Bessie lived on the sheashore that
part of the Maine coast called Peaks
Island. She was a busy little girl,
flitting here and "there, and asking as
many questions In an hour as ah or
dinary, person would In a week per
haps. At tlnie tittle Bessie was the
dearest little child Imaginable, then
again she would be very wilful, so
that her brothers and - slaters gave
her the name of "Bitter Sweet."
This particular morning Bessie's!
uncle had stopped t the door and
left a basket marked. "For, my dear
little niece, 'Bitter Sweet."
"What can be in that, basket, said
Bessie.
Bessie lifted the cover and with a
shout ot -Joy said, "Mamma! Oh,
mamma! do come and see these sweet
little chickabiddies! 'All my varr.swn
too, there's one, two: three, four, flvel
MAW. ,t1. . 1 .' ..... I
have a house, built right away."
Whereupon Bessie's father said
"Pick ip- your little birds and .come
with me and we'll tee what we can
do." So Bessie followed her - father
an there In the Held back of the
houeo was a cut a little chicken home.
Of course Bessie was delighted and
said, VPapa, must have known I was
to have these chickens or the house
would not have bees ready so soon."
Papa smiled and said, "Perhaps I
did dear, but yea must take all the
care of these $et and do not forget
to rtve them their meals regularly
and do not let them get lost.1 ' -
"Oh, no papa, I'll take the best of
care of them, and every day. Bessie
eould be seen trudging , along . with
food for the chicks.
One day she said to her sister,
"Let's take the chickens down on tho
beaoh; they can scratch In the sand;,
BESSIE S CHICKABIDDIES
If has rolled or how many thousands
of miles it has been sdnce It -was a
rough fragment; and If you knew
about rocks and their formation you
could tell at a glance whether it. was a
oKttfir rock or a fir -rock -whether it
belonged totho first age ot the world
or a later age.
This illustrates the difference be
tween eyes -and no eyev seelns and
being mentally blind. . -
You are Wide-Awakes. Keep your
eyes open. 1 ".. : .
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Dorothy ing of Tan tic: Many
thanks for my prise hook. I am vary
pleased with It. I meant to write to
you again, hut I have been away from
home, - , ; , .. . . -. .. , '
. Pauline Smolowitx -of Norwich: 1
have received the prize book. Rip Van
winkle, and . thank you ever so much
for it. I have always found it very
interesting, and am reading It now.
Miriam Griswold of Norwich Town:
I thank ysu very much for the- prize
book you sent me. : I have read It and
found it very' interesting.:.
Helen Reynolds of EaglevOle, Conn.:
I .received the prise' book '-entitled
Alice's Adventures in , Wonderland.
Thanks for it. 1 think. It is a very
pretty book. .
"John C. Bushnell of' Norwich: I
thank you very much for the prize
book you sent me. I have read it and
find it very interesting. .
Arthur S. Merrifield of Baltic: I re
ceived the prize book and nave read it
through. If I hod had-my choice of
the books mentioned in the paper, I
should have taken that one. I noticed
there were more than 250 words in
some of the other stories on the Chil
dren's pago.
Bertha N. Burrill of Stafford Springs:
I thank you very much for the lovely
prize book I -received Thursday. It
was my first prize book, and I was
versL much pleased with it. I thank
you again.
- Evelyn E. Woodward of Columbia
Thanks very much for my prize book.
I have not had time to read It yet, but
am sure it is interesting.
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.
1 Hattie R. Clarke of Norwich.
Grace Harlowe'e. Plebe Year at High
School.
3 Berths N. Burrill of Stafford
Springs, Grace Harlowe's First Year
at Overton.
3 Alice F. Burrill .' of Stafford
Springs, Water Babies. . ,
.4 Bertha Fuller of Eagleville, Aunt
at uverton college.
5 Dorothy Rasmussen of Norwich,
Automobile Girls at Washington.
6 Lewis Sears of Norwich, A Child's
j . -rr
7 Mildred Lewis of Norwich, Rip
van vvinKie.
8 Waity M. Gifford of WlllimanUc,
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Winners of books living in the city
may call at The Bulletin business office
ior mem at any hour after 10 a. m. on
Thursday.
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE;.
AWAKES.
The Organ Grinder.
"There's another of - those nolsv
hand organs, and my head aches so
every "sound goes through it! Jessie,
do run down and tell him to go away.
I really can't stand the noise."
The afternoon was cloudy and dark
ana just as Jessie opened the iron gate
into the street great drops of rain be
gan to fall. She delivered her mes
sage and then hurried In from the rain.
She stood looking out of the dini.ig
room window at tne big drops of rain
falling on the pavement. The mujjc
ceased at once and -the organ grinder
tusaypearea up tne street.
The ram fell faster and faster. Jes
sie watched it. Suddenly she was
startled by the reappearance of the or
gan grinder.
He was an old man, and- his face
was pale and thin. He shivered in the
cold wind, and tried to draw his hat
over his face to keep the rain off- Hs
ciotnes were all torn. '
Hurrying to the basement- door. Jea
eie unfastened the high iron gate and
invited him to come undeik the porch
for shelter.
The old man hesitated a moment
ana men waiKea In.
wouldn't you like something to
eat ? asked Jessie.
"Don't trouble yourself.- ma'am. I'm
very much obliged to you for letting me
come in." ,
Going into the kitchen, she made a
cup of tea and spread a good meal
upon the table, and then brought the
old man In.
, It-, was a happy man who went away
they can't get away and X know they
will like it."
. &o no sooner said than ' the two
girls accompanied by the chicks were
roaming along the beach, the biddies
cvuiemiy enjoying tneir outing. -r
Suddenly the strains of a hand
organ reached their ears. chickens
were forgotten In their excitement
and they rushed over the hill, follow
ing the man from house to house un
til Bessie cried. "Oh, Alice, the chiclr
ens! I forgot them. Do you suppose
they are lost," , . .
: It took them some time to reach the
vbovii. o'n mere were no chickens In
Sight. Thy searched everywhere, vet
'twas no use; they were not to be
found:-
"What will papa say?! must wait
at the gate and tell him about it,"
and when papa came home that even
ing two little girls were standing at
the gate. Bessie's eves wn ta bh
there was a suspicious tremor In her
voice when-she said: "There's not one
chicken left. papa. I took them down
on rne-Deacn ana now they are all
gone." . . .
?THuw did that happen: did they all
ny -away r- aBKea papa wtu a twin
kle in his eye.
"Oh, no, Papa. I left them lust a few
little, minutes and when I came back
tneynaa au gone. Where , do you
suppose they are now? - - . ; '
. "Well, my little girl," it is too bad,"
said' papa soothingly, "and I am sor
ry you were so thoughtless, but as
it" happened I came heme by the way
of the beach and found your chick
abiddies roaming through the sand
and f took them all back to - their
home. ' I hope this has been a lesson
to my "Bitter Sweef and you" will
look after them more carefully after
this." ,- :
"Indeed I will, ipapa," and I think
she will i: don't 1ou?t selected. "
half an hour afterwards, with a. coot
and a shilling In his pocket and.soma
snoeo that Jessie rave mm. Jesvs'e
herself felt happier, ; .'
FRA.N'K FASDI, Age II.
Norwich.
Evening at the School House," '
It was vn inp Th Bell feiff.n to
tinkle, and - hooks, papera pencils.
came rushing together on the desk.
-ine.fcen Degan, tne pu pi is in
this school come when . they hear me,
me .
"What a queer looking thing you
are!" .broke in the paper, who was
never very poiue. - -
The globe from a distant corntvw
Joined in the conversation.
"I am round as a ball and show the
whole world. Flat ' stupid things
like you haven't - much to- say about
anybody else-"
"Oh dear, let's not quarrel," said
the Bell. -
. What would you ' do if it were not
for our friend, the Ink?" Having been
called upon to say something, the Ink
(nodding toward tne pen anu vVt
"Well, if it wasn't for me, you would
not be of much use"
.Tust- than thA nan find nenholder
jumped up. and ejtdaimed:
-What -tan awrui oiot you, wowa
make!" . .
Th. nenril faelin? nezlacted said, hi
a sharp and rather injured tone:
-. "I guess you aon-t reauze uwc am
of as much use as aH three of you to
gether" - .
"Hal- Wa'" lantrhed the trailing
arbutus from the desk, "that was a
good Joke on .tnem. ir you -win listen
T . ,1 1 ...... itaFV ntamsttnfi' HtftrV.
vcui cw .7 - - ' -
EJveryone considered us very beautiful
and no, doubt we are. hut we would
not be 'here if.it were not tor a ai
tia o.i.t miin "hrniwH nj in her teacher.
We are very glad we met you. Where
is the Register? She must be very
bashful."
"Oh,. I have not very tnucn to say,
Mnllul , faint lmlP, " TVl Vf11 SfiA &U
of these names? They are the names
of the pupils. They have been to
school nearly every day. The teachers
all like me very much because I am
so useful. . But some one eise smmiu.
have a chance to talk."
I have been lose a long time, said
the Eraser. I help the penc(J when he
is in trouble. We are very good friends.
'The Arithmetic was about to say
something when the Bell whispered:
"Sh, Sh. I near a strange ooui
t think it must be a mouse coming to
get us for his nest," said the Books
and Papers together. Then they all
laughed heartily to frighten away the
marauders.
The Spelling Book said sleepily, "I
think I will leave you now. I am very
tired and can hardly keep my eyes
open. "The Arithmetic can finish talk
ing and then I shall teU you something.
too.
The - others were " agreeable, so.
"Good-night" was said by all and
they scampered back to their places
inside the desk.
"We must have a little rest because
the teacher and her pupils will soon
be here to use us again .
The voice of the Bell rang strangely
in the silent schoolroom, and. not a
,ound answered it.
ALICE F. BURRILL, Age 16.
Stafford Springs.
A Good Deed.
Tt was n verv warm morning In July,
m.o vf tvin warmest that summer, when
Ruth, carrying a small valise, stepped
in a crowded car. She was going on a
picnic with six more girls to-- the
be-ach. - .
Sbo was thinking or tne gooa tune
a. w.i sroine- to have when her at
tention was drawn to the cry of a
hahv in the seat back of her. -Turn
ing around,' she couldn't help noticing
tr.e tireo. ana wonwu wa
kiOy's face (the . lady who held the
baly). '
Ruth was smiling and talking to Che
baty, which made mm quiet.
The ladv. taking courage, asKea:
"Maybe you know where the boat Is
thai goes to New York?"
"Yes, I do," said Ruth, with a smile,
and she directed the lady.
JE-ut when Ruth saw the big- valise
?.nd the baby the lady had to car y
she. knew it was impossible for ner to
carry it so far. .-
Then she thought to herself: W".y
srcu!dn't I take her there? I'll have
time enough. Our car doesn't leave
until a half hour." She reasoned it all
out Just as the car reached their destl
nation. Then, turning around with the
same smile, she said:
"I'll take, you there, it you wish.'
The lady was very pleased and the
troubled look sHsappeared from her
face immediately.
All the passengers were then get
ting out and Ruth took the baby.. She
tnougnt ne was ngnt, out wnen may
had gone a little way she was so hot
and tired that she almost wished she
hadn't volunteered to go; but then, she
thought to herself:.
Do unto others as you d want them
to do unto you."
She d surely want someone to help
her mother. This gave her courage to
go on. .- v .
With their faces as red as beets,
they reached the place. Ruth was
only -too glad to give her burden (the
oaoy to its mother.
The lady thanked Ruth ever and
over and offered her a dime, but Ruth
declined It with thanks, saying:
"If it was my mother, I would want
someone to do the same,"
Ruth then hurried to the station.
where the girls were waiting impa
tiently lor her.
"Oh, Ruth, cried one of the girls
ae soon as they caught sight of her.
"I am so glad you came. Ve were
afraid we'd miss this car. We've only
got about five more minutes.".
Where were you so long 7 asked
another. '
"Oh, I took a lady to the boat. She
didn't know where to and It," answer.
ed Ruth.
. "What! Did you take her as far as
that? You foolish girl!" said ope of
her friends.
But Ruth assured her she was right
in doing so, and that she (Xidn't lose
anything by it, for she go back in
time.
Ruth felt happy and enjoy 9 th fan
with a light heart, for she had done a
good deed that morning.
- . UNSIGNED,
- ' j
My Sunday School Picnic.
We had the Sunday school picnic at
the Bayville beach. Conveyances were
supplied for the people to be taken
from the village to Bayville. Jessie
and I and one of our friends went with
our Sunday school teacher In her au
tomobile, we started at s.0 and ar
rived there about 10 o'clock-x .
W put our wraps and lunches In
one of the. bungalows. - After wi bad
taken a little rest in the bungalow we
walked along the beach, and when wc
came to the breakwater a boy took ue
all out for a row. It was very rough
on the water just then, .but all the
same we enjoyed It very much.
Out here the picnics are very differ
ent from those in Connecticut, as here
each one takes their own lunch. ,
We ate our lunch en the porch,
About 2 o'clock the people went in
bathing and bad lots of fun.
We went out in a boat for another
row in the afternoon. '
In the water there were trees which
mark the oyster beds- When we came
Dade the ice cream was served.
About 5 o'clock we started for home.
We rode back again with our Sunday
schoolteacher. .
My sister and I enjoyed ourselves
so much at the beach that we are go
ing there ourselves some time.
LILLIAN BREHAUT,
East Norwich, N, Y.
Squirrels, .: . .
The gray squirrel is the most com
mon kind in the - United States, being
found in almost all the states. - It is
usually gray. on. the back .and whitish'
below, hut black -ones are -sometimes
seen. It has- four to six young .-bora
in May or June These squirrels eas
ily tamed if takesi from the nest when
small. ..- ..
X net squirrel should he kept In a
cage at least six feet long- and four
feet high, fitted with perches, and a
neat little box into which it may creep
to have a quiet nap. . Care should be
taken to keep the cage clean.
Squirrels should he fed en nuts, such
i walnuts, hickory nuts, filberts, al
monds and beechnuts. They will al
so eat bread and milk. Squirrels are
very interesting pets.
The red squirrel is nearly as com
mon in the Northern and Middle
states as the gray squirrel. -It Is also
called the pine squirrel from its love
ef pine seed; the chickaree, from Its
loud chatter and the Hudson Bay
squirrel. Its fur is mixed black and
rusty-gray above and whitish below.
Red squirrels " are busy little "fel
lows and livelier than the gray ones:
but are less gentle and not so easily
tamed.
Gray squirrels lie m their nests in
very cold weather, hut red squirrels
run around all winter long ent,they
therefore lay- up a great deal more
food in the autumn, thah the gray
ones. - - '
Is some parts of the United states
squirrels are so plentiful that they
destroy whole fields of ' -wheat' and
corn and farmers have . great trouble
in getting rid of them. . A great many
are killed for their fur which is worn
by women and ebjldren as trimmings
and linings for olothea
MARY A. BURRILL. Age 11-
Stafford Springs.
P. S. X saw Marion Black's story
in the Wide -Awake Circle two weeks
ago and she said she would answer
th letter of any girl who would write
to her. I wrote to ner addressing tne
letter Springfield. Mass., but I received
it back saying that was not a com
plete address. I would like to know
her complete address. .,
- M. A. B.
The Bobolink.
The Bobolink is found only In
America. It usually passes the win
ter tn tne west mates ana comes
northward in the spring, travelling
mostly by 'night, reaching New Eng
land in -May. At this time its plum
age is black, varied with a little yel
lowishwhite on the rump and tail
leathers and with a patch or brownish-yellow
on the back of the neck.
Bobolinks live in cool grassy mead
ows which they make cheerful by their
merry songs made up of a mixture of
short notes sung so quickly that it
sounds as if many birds of different
kinds were singing all .together.
The female makes nersnnest or dried
grass on the ground and lays five or
six purplish-white eggs blotched with
darker purple, and spotted at the larg
er end with brown.'
While she is sitting the male bird
flits about , and cheers her with its'
song.
Toward the end of June the bobo
link ceases singing and changes its
suit of glossy black for one of rusty-
brown, its lower parts becoming dun
yellow.
Tne bobolink may ne tamea tr tax
en 'from the nest when young, and
makes a very pretty pet: but it will
sing only in spring and summer. It
may be treated in the same way as
the canary, whose notes it will quickly
learn.
BERTHA N. BURRILL, Age I.
Stafford Springs.
' -J"
How Roge-Wen the Prise.
Roger was a little country boy. Fte
went to a city school and all the boys
laughed at him because he was from
the country and they thought he did
not know much.
One day the Principal came Into
the room and offered a prize for th
one who had the highest average at
the end of the year.
The town in which the school was
had offered the one who had th high
est average a sufficient sum of money
to give them a college education.
All the children tried very hard.
They laughed when they saw Roger
studying so hard. When the exami
nations came they were very diffi
cult The papers were an corrected,
and the highest of the class was
Roger.
The other children were very sorry
when they heard Roger had won and
wished they had not made fun of him.
Rotter went through college and
now has a very high position in New
York.
HATTIE R. CLARK, Ag 12.
Norwich.
Th Story ef Mspl Tree.
I was once a very little seed on a
raanle tree. I fell to the ground. In
a few weeks I was covered up in dirt
The ground all about me began to get
hard and cold-
It was then winter, so i thought J
would go to sleep.
I had slept for about five months
when I woke up. I found the ground
was getting soft so I stretched out
my nana to see wpat i couia nna.i nen
I thought of what was about the
ground so I stretched up my head.
At first I looked like a little weed-
Then. I began to grow bigger. X was
about three feet high when I was dis
covered. At last fau came and an ef my
green leaves began to turn yellow,
Then my leaves began to falL In
about three weeks I was absolutely
hare, and now I am covered with frost.
JOHN C. iJUteti.ViSLi Ago It
Norwich. . .. .-
Th Autobiography of Lead Pencil
I am a lead pencil and was made In
a large house called a factory. When
I was small I used to play with the
other pencils rolling over the floor.
wut one aay a way cam ana p&cKea
us in packages of twelve (It) and put
us in a box. I and some other pencils
went to a little store near a schobL
We were placed In a window where
we could look out.
One day a little girl bought me.
She put me in a pencil box and I got
acquainted . with a pen and a pen
point. This sir! . used me very much and
sharpened me often, until I was too
small to bold in her hand. She than
gave me to her little brother who
draws pictures with me J often
wonder what will become ef me when
I pet still smaller.
GEORGE J. BIENENSTOCK. Aft 13.
Rockvui.
' Th Lest Chita.
One cold winter's day a passing vo
licemaq found a little girl. He took
her uo In his arms and said:
- "New you must not cry. X will find
you your mother.'"
As quick as they reached the elation
b asked her for her name, ani. sh
answered Jennie.
Suddenly the door ef the station
openen wios.
"Have you seen anything of pay
darling? sai4 an anxious mother,
Quickly the child came running out
Ire mother picked little Jennie nP
ana carriea ner aesae.
)t was many a day before little Jea
r! was able to walk again, from the
ca us sne naa.
THELMA BOTTWTOX. AS U.
North Franklin.
. An Autemobil Rid.
It was Saturday when I took a love
ly ride. We went in a large touring
car to tne oeacn.
We were busy putting' up our lun
vucuii, wucu toe uuor Deu rang.
went to see who ft was, and to my
surprise tt was a friend of mine. She
had come over to play with me,-so I
asked her in. ' .
Then I told my . aunt , about It, and
she said I might ask her to go with
us ; and I did so, I know you all
know how pleasant she felt. ' '
She ran home to asK ner mother if
she might go.
Her mother gladly let 'Tier.
We started on our way, all bundled
up warm for - our breezy Journey
When ?we .arrived at the beach we
went in bathing-the first thing.
At noon we ate our lunch. ...
We started for home about- four
o'clock and arrived without any mis
fortune. We were tired, but happy.
Mary, my friend. . said she bad had
a' very happy time
l told her I was gtaa sne naa en
joyed our little day's vacation; -
MILDKELB LEWIS. Age 1Z.
Norwich.
My First Trip 'to Nerwieh.
A little while ago I went to Norwich
First I went to WiUlmanuo wttn the
team.' then I took the trolley for Nor
wich. -
We went threurh South Windham.
Baltic, Occam end Taftville. .
When I got to Franklin Square.
Norwich, I got off the car. -
I went down to the wharf and saw
a steamer named Chelsea there. That
was the first steamer I ever saw.
Then I went Into some stores, and
then came home.
MAURICE WHITEHOUSE. Age J3. 7
aiansneid, venter, t
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
The Canning Club Pienle.
Dear Uncle Jed: I will write and
tall you about our canning club pic
nic we naa it at tne Connecticut
Agricultural College, Btorrs. We had
to be there at eleven, o'clock, Thurs
day morning. Aug. 13th. We helped
Mr. Brundafte make sandwiches, lem
onade and ice cream. We had our
lunch under a big tree. There were
about thirty there.
Alter we bad lunch Mr. Srtuiaage
showed ue how to can tomatoes and
apples. He hsd four kinds of can
ning outfits. The names were, the
Homemade, Hot-water Bath Outfit
Water Seal Outfit Steam Pressure
Cooker five pounds or more, and the
pressure cooker ten pounds or more.
Mr. Erundage gave us some canning
recipes: also, a note book and pencil to
write down the points he gav us on
canning, "
I will give yen some recipes on can
ning tomatoes and apple pie filling;
Canned Tomstoee Grade for ripe
ness, size and quality. Scald to
loosen skin. Dip In cold water, re
move skins, pack whole. Fill with
tomatoes only, and add one level tea
spoon salt to each quart Place
rubber and partially seal, steri'iza 2
minutes in hot water bath: 18 min
utes in water seal outfit; ; .15 minutes
under five pounds of steam, or ten
minutes in - pressure cooker. Remove
jars, tighten covers, test joint and in
vert to cool.
Apple "Pi Filling. Peel and core;
slice, scald 2 minutes in boiling water:
plunge tn cold water. - Pack in glas?
or tin and add about one teacup
hot thin syrup to each quart Plae?
rubber and top, partially tighter-
Sterilize IS- minutes in" hot water batn
It minutes In water seal outfit 10 min
utes under five pounds of Steam, or 4
minutes in pressure cooker. Remov
jars, tighten cover. Invert to cooL
btKTHA 11 1 .1 ir.K. Age 10.
Eagleville.
The Stery ef a Shoe.
Dear Uncle Jed: One day as I was
sitting reading I heard a. queer voice.
I listened and heard tne noise again
I "said "Where are you?"
I am in the cupboard , answered a
rentle voice."
i sot i)D ana what do you tmnx i
found a new pair of shoes. Then the
shoes beean to talk.
"Won't you please put roe on ana
I win tell you my story .
So I put on the shoes and this is
the story- they told me.
One dav as I and my brothers were
reeding in a pasture several men came
up and drove us away. We- were then
driven to a large, ship where we were
sent to another city to De sKinnea and
tanned. We went through many ma
chines before we were made Into
cair of shoes.
one aay a laoy came in tne store
to see a pair or snoes size two.
The clem toon down one ot my
brothers butv the lady did not like
Just then he was about to push my
box aside when he saw on the box
size two. The clerk showed me to
the lady and she was very pleased
with me.
"I shall take this pair," said the
lady. That Is how I came to be with
you.
iii. r , l rt H AJjU
Norwich.
Our- Plants at Mehloan Psrk.
n... TT..1. T., T fhlnlr voi, will
AVd. 1 liu -.--- J
enjoy hearing- about the Sunday School
picnic i went to w euiicpua.jr o.i w
We all went In a large Vagon,
which held about twenty-five or thirty.
When we got there the first thing we
the seesaws, and then a few of us
took a long waiK ana . saw mo uu.
When we got back it was time for
jinn.. .At riimnf tfmA evervbodv
y . .
went to the pavilion where the dinner
was Served, wnicn conieu canu
wiehes. cake, lemonade and ice cream.
After dinner- the children enjoyed a
few gemes, a three-legged race, a po
tato race ana n ess
t , iM tvtn, ,ft,pnnnn h nHrlfl nan
lui . , u ... - -
a scramble for apples, and then the
boys naa tne same.
Just before we went home some of
the children had a row on the lake:
some got caught in the shower snd
had to ko back; and about four
o'clock we came home after having
a very nice time. .
MILDRED EILER, Age 14
Norwich Town,
A True 8tory About 8quirrels.
Dear Uncle Jed: A pair of grey
squirrels built their nest under the
roof of our veranda. The old moth
er, so ulrrel was very tame. She
would come into the house and
sit on a chair and eat out of my
bud. She had five little babies.
One day there -. was a hard storm
and the rain sol Into their nest
The eld mother squirrel took all the
llttla sauirrele -one by one right by
the neck, so they curled UP around her
reek like a tippet ana sn took
across the street to another house up
under th v"-
WAITY M. GIFFORD.
- Wllllmantlc.
Her Pet Cst
Dear Uncle Jd:-I hav never
written to you before but some, of my
little friends have written.
I am going to tell you about my pet
cat He is a big striped eat He
rub against tny face tn the morning
and wake me up. (sometimes wnen
am reading h jumps into my lap. He
eatcnee roic ana iquincw. . .raw uavs
to play with his tail.
ALICE A. BIX Age 7.
Salem. " '
He Returned the Robin to It' Nest.
Dear Uncle Jed: As I Hve near the
woods I go -out nearly every nice day.
I know where there are some trees
that can easily be climbed and I know
where many kinds of flowers grow,
Some days ago, while walking In
v
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r EERMrVl ' BATTLE.
the woods I noticed a medium sized
alder tree. ' .1 took out my knife and
found that the bark was thick and
could easily be cut So I cut a heart
and carved my initials in it
When the days are cool I make a
wood fire and sometimes bake pota
toes In it
The other day while looking for dry
wood to start a fire with I -heard a
pitiful cry. I walked over to where
the cry came from and found It was
baby robin that had fallen out of
its neat. . I picked it up, climbed the
tree and put it in the nest
There were three other baby robins
in tho nest
I hope when a Wide-Awake has a
chance to help a bird he will, for It
may mean the bird's life.
- LEWIS SEARS, Age 9.
Norwich.
My Vacation at th Shore.
Dear Uncle Jed: I have been think
ing of you most every day but T
haven't had time to write as I hav
been on my vacation.
I am going- to tell you of some of
the good times I had..
We lived near a shallow, sandy
beach where we went In bathing.
There were srnall crabs and it was
rreat fun to catch them In our hands.
They jjlnched a little, but we didn't
ramd. We used tbese crabs for bait
for catching blackTlph.
I caught one blacrawi, and my
brother canpht one at the same time
About every momir-g at seven o clock
w went for milk to a larm some dis
tance away.
On our way we would see jack rab
bits burrorring in their holes in the
snndv hilis. We also saw a family
of wild turkevs.
Cncp on rr.y way hone f-m the
farm I lst mv way ana it T . me
a very Irsr time to E-Pt- nome.
ot rer,l fr:rttn"l running amongst
he hills iike a rabbit trying to find
mv way.
I win write .jrain and tell some
more of my good tims.
POP.OTHY RASMUSSEN. Age 10
Norwich.
Our Picnic,
Dear Uncle Jed: I . thought I
would write and tell you about our
picnic in the woods.
It was about half past ten when
we left school. We went up in the
woods near our school
When we got up there we made some
lemonade. .After that we had re
freshments of cake, cookies canay,
nvarmw aTd Ice -ream Then " we
played all sorts of ramrs.
It was about twelve ociock wnen
thanking the eacher for such a good
time, we lrt for home. ' -
EtHEIj L 1ICRDOCK, Age 13.
Taftville.
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Letters Can Still Go Te Europe.
War has interrupted the free transit
of mail matter between this country
and European points. Germany has
refused to carry mail for delivery tn
other countries, and this has made t
necessary for the postal authorities to
find some other way for reaching those
cities ordinarily dependent on the In
ternational train service on the con
tinent Letters for Austria-Hungary,
instead of going across the continent
are to be sent to Italian ports and are
to be forwarded from there. Russian
mall will doubtless have to go by way
of the Black Sea. The ports of Hol
land, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
are still open to mail steamers, as well
as the ports of Great Britain. And
mall for France can be dispatched
from British ports if not delivered
from the United States directly to th
French postal trains on the mainland.
Of course, all mail is sent subject to
delay in delivery, and the exigencies
of war may at any time result in the
destruction of large quantities of cor
respondence. But those who have
friends abroad may feel assured that
the United States Government will do
all in -its power to keep open the line
of communication between Americans
in Europe and Americans at home.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Is Diplomacy Bankrupt?
If the Chinese ambassador In Eu
rope, after the fashion of th Venetian
ambassadors in the sixteenth century,
are writing home full accounts of what
is passing under their eyes, they will
hav a strange snd well-nigh Incredi
ble tale to tell. Europe dread war.
yet Europe is helplessly slipping over
the precipice into war. in no country
is there a vital interest directly at
stake. England's ministry openly de
clares that she has none. France has
none Germany has none, except as
it is artiflcally created. Neither has
Russia. AH these countries protest
that they do not want war, yet each of
tnem is straining every nerve to pre
pare for war. The fear of war is set
tling . like a pall over the peoples of
Europe. Everywhere is apprehension.
The anticipatory losses are already
enormous. In advance the disastrous
repercussions of' vjar are world-wide.
Yet European) diplomacy stands as it
were, wringing its hands. But yes
terday professing to be all-powerfuL
today it seems reduced to feeeblenees
and imbecility. So the Chinese am
bassadors might say. Xew York Post
Woman With Mexican Army.
At Manzanillo I met General Telle
with his comma a, waiting to De
transported by steamer to Mazatlan,
writes Fritz Arno von de Ellen in
Harper's Weekly, and here I saw the
Mexican soldier stripped or the pre
tenses of a dress parade. - He is often
accompanied by bis wife and 'children,
or, lacking these, his mistress. Herded
together in freight cars like cattle,
whole families arrived at Manzanillo.
and many of the women carried babies
in their arms. The camp suggested a
csoss between a Boy Scouts' outing
and a picnic ground. Imagine a com
missary department that depends
upon women to cook meals lor bus
bands and lovers. Imagine disheveled
female and dirty children outnumber.
ing the men. As a human spectae'e
viewed In the twentieth century, rlgnt
next door to the United States, It Is
interesting. In a military sense. It is
pathetic From the Milwaukee Free
! v. - Y
Press. ' -
1V
CRUlSJt OQg.EE
A Jewish Society,
The Jewish fanners of Starke Coun
ty have formed an agricultural c
city for the purpose, of purchasieg
suppliss and disposing of their farm
produce. The Starke County society
Is a branch of the Jewish Agricultural
Society of America, and the Ioj I
number is 78. There Is a large Jewish
colony in Starke County and many of
them are developing Into good farm
ers, it win ne interesting to od serve
the progress made by this society, it
has the backing ot some of the best
Jewish business men in America. The
parent organization has vast resources. .
It la semi-charitable In it nature, and
Its sole purpose is to aid deservins
Jewish people In getting a start In life.
it loans tnem money at t per cent, in
terest and Is said to be very lenient
in dealing with borrowers. From th
Goshen Democrat
Useless Military Trappings.
The red trousers worn by French
soldiers are to be abolished and a neu
tral shade of grey-blue substituted.
The chief objection to the brilliacs
color was the fact that It afforded m
conspicuous and ready mark for tne
enemy.
mm mm Da
BODY AND FACE '
Never Had Night's Rest. Cloth?!-
Irritated Eruption and Pained.
Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
.Didn't Have One Pimple Left.
6 Myrtls St. New Haven. Conn.---' My
akin ltciied on my body aod face which mada
me scratch and after I stopped srrs tchlng
the akin remained very red.
Bard little pimples also came
out where I arrstchnd. X
oever had a night's test snd as
I continued arr mtrhlng tba
pimples spread and got worm.
After a month white point
appeared on them, My cloth
ing irritated th eruption ca
my body snd gav me pain.'
Many nights I did not sleep: I could no
move In bed foe If I did they got worss.
"I used . . and
many kinds of ointment but they did no
help my trouble. It was aH money lost.
X then sent for a tree aample of Cuttcum
Soap snd Ointment and after I hsd used:
toeza felt a little better so I bought mora.
X bathed In hot water and th Soap morn
ing and night, afterwards dried snd spotted!
the Ointment. After three months treat
ment X didn't have one p tapis left.!
(Signed) Miss Boss Cootfglo, Apr. 2. 191
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Although the Cutieum Soap and Oint
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