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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22
THE GRAND CONTEST

For the last week Of the grand con-
test, which closes February l, we want
the Juniors to write story about
Benjamin Franklin, the anniversary
of whose birth occurred yesterday. MI.
Franklin was born January ~, 17O6.
The story must not certain mote than
800 words less if possible. Besides
the story, you must select ten words
from the story about Benjamin Frank.
lin published in this weeks Junior and
give their definitions. The names OF
the prize winners in this contest will
be published in the Daily Junior Feb
/ and and the Weekly Junior Feb. B.
We will tell you what the grand prize
] is to be. If Junior girl wins it we
will give her three beautiful china
cups and saucers and if Junior boy
is the lucky one, he will receive q
knife fork and spoon. We will not
announce the smaller prizes until the
contest closes.
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light that they could hardly get a wink

light that they could hardly get wink
Of sleep.
In the morning, when the early sun
beams were cleaning on the steeples
and roofs of hte town, the masons
came to begin work on the new house,
But where were their stones? What
had become Of them?
The stones must have flown away
through the air while we were asleep
said one of the men.
More likely they were stolen,'' said
another workman
But who on earth could think Of
stealing heap Of stones?" cried a
third. Gould man carry them away
in his pocket?'
The master mason said nothing at
first, but looking carefully on the
ground, he noticed tracks Of little feet;
some with shoes and some barefoot. He
soon saw that the tracks formed a
beaten path toward the waters edge.
"Ah, I see what the mischief is" he
said, nodding his head. "Those little
rascals, the boys, have stolen our
stones to build wharf with"
The masons went to look at the new
wharf, and, to say the truth, it was
well worth looking at, SO neatly had
it been planned and finished.
THE chaps that built this wharf UNI
derstood their business said one OF
the masons. Il should not be ashamed
Of such a piece of work myself"
But the master mason did not enjoy
the joke. THE boys must be arrested
he said. Go. call an officer"
If the owner of the stolen property
had not been more merciful than the
master mason, it might have gone hard
with our friend Benjamin and his fell
low laborers. The gentleman had
great respect for Ben's father. And so
he let them off quite easily.
But the poor boys had to go through
another trial. for their fathers soon
learned what they had done. Many a
rod. I grieve to say, was we'll worn
out on that unlucky night AS for
Ben, he was less AFT aid of a whipping
than of his fathers disapproval.
Come here, Ben" said his father.
How could you take property which
did not belong to you?"
why, father" replied Ben, hanging
his head, "if it had been merely for
my own benefit / never should have
dreamed Of it. l thought the wharf
would be of use to others, while a
house would be of use only to the own
er Of the stones"
My son. said Mr.. Franklin, "you
did very wrong to build a wharf with
stones that did not belong to you.
There is no more terrible mistake than
to think that good will come from a
wrong act. Remember. my son, that
evil can bring about only evil; good
can come only through right doing"
II will never forget it again." said
the lad, bowling his head. And to the
close of his life Ben Franklin never
forgot this conversation with his faith
er.-Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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JUNIOR STORIES.
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THE ROSE PAINTING.

There is large angel painting roses
and two smaller ones are supporting
one rose for her.
The larger angel is holding in her
left hand three brushes to paint with
1t seems as though she is sitting on a
rose bush, and she has not painted
them all.
There are large thorns, which must
be very sharp.
think she is painting them white,
because on the paper they are light
colored.
The larger angel has crown around
her head.
There seem to be four roses in sight
and two birds. One rose is not paint
ed. and few leaves. She paints with
long brush which she holds in he1
right hand.
The beautiful robe which she has or
is very long and must be white. Thu
larger angels hair is light and is very
long. The smaller angels hair is curly
and bushy.
One of the rose buds is nearly open
ed, but the other one is closed. O1
course the angels hide some roses be-
cause you can see some of them al
the edge.
Their gauzy wings are of dark
color
The larger angels robe is trimmed
in ribbon and has a bow on it. 1t is
summer, because the roses are just
blooming and the Angels robe is low
at the neck. She will soon have the
roses painted, but / think the bush is
very large.
They will look beautiful and theil
fragrance will be beautiful.
Vermith Sherman, age IL,
Birmingham, Iowa.
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Dalllonega.
a JOURNEY 70 DREAMLAND.

A girl had gone 10 bad when the clock
struck eight She forgot to say her
prayers, so her mother said, "Fer1,
you say your prayers or you will get
a padding" So Fern said her pray
ers after this. She was in hurry tc
go to bed that night. Fern fell fast
asleep and she dreamed that she was
in heaven visiting the angels and
fairies. Then she dreamed what she
played that day. When she woke up
in the morning she dressed and comb
q, her hair and put OIL her stocki-ss
and shoes, and went to the breakfast
table to eat hes breakfast She told
her mamma and papa what she dream
ed. Then she went to school the
next morning. Then Fern never forgot
t say her prayers That teaches us a
lesson always to say our prayers and
be good.
Yours truly,
Ethel Garrison,
Eldon, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22
DEAR LITTLE KITTEN.

Dear little kitten with gray green eyes,
Purring and playing the whole day
long,
| am 30 glad you came here to live,
| hope you will stay here ever SO long.
Dear little cat. is your mamma dead
Is your papa gone off and let you be-
hind?
Never you care, you can live with us,
And we'll feed you and talk to you ever
so kind
You roll In the sunshine, and play all
around,
You look SO happy dear little cat,
And you haven't thing but yourself,
you know,
And you don't seem to worry a bit, at
that!
You let me dress you in skirts and
things.
And you never whimper or scratch me
or bite,
You think, guess, anything will go,
And whatever do to you, is just right
Dear little kitten with green gray eyes,
Purring and playing the whole day
long,
I'm awfully glad you came here to me,
hope you will stay here, ever so long.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22

fishing many of the old letters today
and each Of the writer's will receive 6
souvenir card. We are also publishing
the recipes, and these little contribu
tors will get postals. We want more
recipes, but you must only send one
recipe at a time. This week one JUNO.
sent in six recipes. Each recipe here
after must be accompanied by LITTLE
story or letter.
The Juniors who want postals car
either write letters, Or else write
stories on the following subjects:
New Years Resolutions
"a Journey to Dreamland."
"a Day Of Sunshine
What Benny's Father Told Him.
You can write these stories when
ever you please, the sooner the better
The week we publish them we will
send the postals.
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A NOBLE BOY.

There are three boys going home
from school. On the way they saw a
poor old lady who was trying to cross
the streets. There were so many wag-
ons going along, and one of
the boys, Frank, took pity on her
and ran to help her across the street
The other two boys are making fun of
Frank, but he does not care. He is
always good boy, and is always ready
to help the poor. If it had not been
for Frank the old lady might not have
got across the street. Frank went home
with happy heart. His mother ask
ed him why he did not come with the
rest of the boys. Frank told her that
he had gone to help poor crippled
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22

A5AAo. A1AoW1~ vi, dSShl, SdlO ohO,
want no beggars about my house. Go.
Just them the door opened and in came
little girl saying that baby could be
found nowhere, that they had search
ed everywhere and could not find her.
20, DEAR exclaimed the lady,
where can she be?''
They searched all over town and ev.
erywnere else they could think OF, but
in vain. They couldn't find her.
The father came home at noon and
was told the story. He ran like mad
man through town in search of her.
About one o'clock in the afternoon
Mary started home for dinner. When
she got about a mile from town, what
did she see? There, running along the
railroad track, just in front of put.
fing, painting engine, was the baby
Mary rushed to the rescue at once, but
not moment too soon
Mary took the baby to the large
house. The man was so glad to have
her in his arms once more. Ee told
Mary she had done the best days work
she ever did, and he drew his purse
from his pocket and gave her fifty dol.
lars.
The man she had come with had
gone home. He told Mrs. Clay that her
jewel of his house and If she wanted
to come and live with them; they
would be welcome.
Next morning Mr. and Mrs. Brown
came out to the country in their car.
riage. He carefully helped Mrs. Clay
and the childrne into the carriage and
off they went to live in town. After
they reached town they entered the
large house, with a welcome.
Mrs. Brown then went down town
and bought lot of nice things fol
them 10 wear.
Mr.. Brown had some land in the
country, where they took the COW.
A man brought the furniture Of Mrs
Clays house to town.
Richard took his lamb with him and
it soon learned to stay in the yard.
One day Mrs. Clay asked what Mr.
Browns given name was. Mrs. Brown
said it was Charlie"
Mrs. Clay said no more until Mr.
Brown entered the house and then she
ran to him and threw her arms around
his neck and murmured, Father car
you forgive me?"
Mr.. Brown was much astonished un
til Mrs Clay spoke these words, Faith
er, am your daughter Ethel"
He didn't know what to do at first
and then ne said that he had not seer
her for ten years, when Bert Clay, he1
young lover, took her as a wife, ant
he grew so angry that he told then
he never wanted to see their faces
again.
cone year later" said Mr. Brown
''my wife died, and seven years ago
married Julia, who live with at pres
ent"
"After my anger cooled I was sorry
and tried to find them, but could not
said he.
Mrs, Clay and her children always
Lived there afterwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown always had kint
hearts for beggars, thinking perhaps
they were relatives.
Your friend,
Edith Fay Johannssen, age IL.
E1oric
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HOW MARY MADE A HOME.

Mary and Richard were poor chill
dren whose mother was sick and whose
father was dead.
Richard was g.
Mary had to do all the house work
while Richard MIXED the one COW
they had and fed his lamb that a
neighbor had given him. After he had
done his work he went into the neigh
borhoCd and carried wood, scrubbed
floors and made fires for the ladies', or
anything else he could do. II he got
much to do he would carry home some
thing nice for the family to eat.
Mrs. Clay was getting better now
and she was able to help Mary with the
work.
One day Richard was very tired, so
Mary told him he might stay at home
and help his mother with the little
baby and she would see what she
could do
She was going to the next house to
help wash when she met a farmer go.
ing to town. She thought maybe she
could help some one in town SO she
went, too.
When they reached the city she saw
a very large house, where she thought
there would be work, so she went to it.
She knocked softly and the cook
opened the door and said. What do
you want, you dirty kid? Come in
Little Mary answered very timidly, 81
want some work to do today" We'll"
said the cook. wait moment and I'll
call Mrs. Brown down and see what
She Saws about III !"
The cook went into the dining room
and in moment she returned with
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this is all I can tell about the picture
I will close.
Yours truly
Josie Reeves,
r. F. D. No. 1,
Ottumwa, 10.
TWO LITTLE ANGELS.

In the picture I see woman with
very large long wings they look like
butterf1y's wings; they are very beau
tiful. In the woman's hand she has
four pens, drawing rose, and there
are two little angels around the rose.
I think the long. crooked, thorny stems
are the stems of the roses and its buds.
The little. angels both have beautiful
wings, but are not nearly as large as
the largest angels wings. The largest
angel is about five feet tall and the
little angels are about the size of
baby The little angels have very long
beautiful curly hair, and SO has the
largest angel, but her hair is the long
est Now l will tell you about the
rose. think if it was real it would
be very beautiful: it has avery long
stem and pretty leaves with thorns on
them. There are two buds, one OF
which is about half open.
Yours truly,
Van Mefford, age 9,
Hedrick, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22
PAINTING THE ROSES.

The beautiful fairy is painting the
rases. l think she is painting them
red. 1 think they will be pretty when
she gets them finished. I think the
little fairies are trying to get the roses
The fairies wings look to be the larg-
est part about them. I see some buds
that are not clear out. When they open
l think the fairy will paint them too
see the fairy has a crown on her
head. l believe her dress is made OF
white silk. l think the little fairies
have very pretty wings. I think it will
take them quite while to get the roses
all painted.
This is all l can think about the pic
ture.
Your Junior friend,
Leila Shaffer.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
oTTuMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAUx.
EDITOR.
THE OPEN DOOR MISSION.
To the members Of the Courier Jun.

To the members Of the Courier Jun
Tor: S
At the January meeting of the board
of the Open Door Mission the secre.
tary was instructed to express to the
members of the Courier Junior depart
ment their sincere thanks for the gen.
erous contributions to the Christmas
work Of the Mission and their appre'
citation of the thought for others less
fortunate which prompted it.
The stockings with their useful arti.
Ecles as well as playthings brought
happy smiles to dozens Of little faces
and help and pleasure to many homes
where some of the Christmas joys
: enter seldom or not at all.
The Board of Nthe Open Door Mission
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A DAY OF SUNSHINE.

One sunshiny day some girls went
out in the woods to have a picnic. We
went obout 10 o'clock in the morning
and got home about S o'clock in the
evening. We took our dinners and
suppers and we went into the creek
wading and we had a swing put up
and all had as many swings as we
liked. We had our dinners all put to-
gether on large white table cloth
we had lemonade. chicken, fruit salad
cake and cookies.
We'll we had a ride home and all
thought we had enjoyed ourselves. 1t
was "a day of sunshine" sure enough
Your LOVING Junior,
Lizzie Plaster,
Hiteman, Iowa,
Monroe County, P. Q. Box 229.
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THE BEAUTIFUL FAIRY.

I think this is very beautiful fairy
She has a long white robe and large,
gauzy wings. / think her wings are of
many brilliant colors. She has long
golden hair and crown on her head
She is sitting in a bower of roses and
Is painting large rose. We will call
1t white rose. There are two little
fairies f1uttering about the roses. Their
wings are also of brilliant colors. The
rose bush has many sharp thorns on it.
l should think the fairies would prick
themselves, but guess they never do
The rose has bright green leaves and
many little buds. / think the buds are
pretty before they open, and the white
ones especially.
Your friend
May Shaffer, age 13,
DoIldS-T ,eandO Ia
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A STORY.
Martha Spears.

| see fairy with crown on her
head and spears and a sword in both
Of her hands. Spears and swords
were what they had in olden times.
l see some roses with thorns on ana
leaves on. I see fairy twins alike and
they have wings on. Fairies are in
heaven now. This fairy is very pretty
and the rest of the picture is nice.
The fairy has a long white dress
on. Well, this is all that 1 can think
of now in the paper.
Yours truly,
Ethel Garrison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22
JOHNNY AND HIS wHEELeARRow

Patter, patter came the leaves from
the naples, red, gold, brown as if a
rainbow had dropped from the sky and
was now falling through grandpa's
naples.
With both hands in his pockets John
ME stood looking at the falling leaves.
Something could be done with those
leaves. Johnnie had little wheel
barrow, red one with bright gold
horse on each side, a gay little thing
liked it and the bright gold horse was
a wonder. He was painted as if run
ming. 1t seemed as If he would run off
from the wheelbarrow any minute.
But here he was the last thing at
night and the first thing in the morning,
always running and yet never stirring
a step. He was a wonder to the boys.
The gold horse was now by Johnnie's
side, still running and looking as if
he would go the whole length of the
naples in a. second.
"Jonnnie!" 1t was grandpa's voice
calling from the barn door do you
want job? Come up this way" The
head of the gold horse was pointed to-
wards tie barn door and he went
prancing along in grand style.
Johnnie, for every load of leaves
you will wheel into the barn yard, I
will give you a cent"
A cent a load! Didn't that sound
large?
And it would make the gold horse
feel so well, too, if he could earn some
thing towards his oats.
Agreed" said Johnnie.
All afternoon the gold horse was
prancing from the barn yard and back
again. Such loads and such leaves
went into the barnyard. The rainbow
had got back of the barn at last and
there it was scattered around i'll all its
bright colors A cent load! How
the cents did count up! That night a
tired little boy lay in his cot bed and
heap of cents on the table and the
gold horse under it. And never did a
horse pull a tip cart from Boston street
to his stable at night better pleased
with what he had done than Johnnie's
horse seemed to be after working
among the naples, but it was still run
ming.
| Thanking you for the card received,
remain
A willing Junior,
George Lewis, age 10.
Dah1onega
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Benny's father told him he could
feed the chickens. Bennys heart was
beating fast. He went to get corn for
her nest and picked Benny until he
cried. He said. DAISY, my dear old
COW, will not hurt me The COW kicked
at him. BOO hoo" cried he. Benny
went out and told his father. His
father said, I'VE will kill the old hen
and kill the old cow" Benny went to
play with his cousin. Jay, but he fell
on rock and broke his neck. Stay IN
bed" some one said to him.
Alden Doud, age 9,
Douds-Leando, Iowa.
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A STORY.

One day a girl went to town to get
some things. Another girl was with
her. Their names were Fern and
Alice. Fern said, Lets go over and
look in the windows" They saw lots
of things they could play mamma in.
Alice said, "let's go home and ask our
mammals to let us have some money
to spend" So their mammals give
them four dollars to spend, so they
bought. some skirts and waists. So
Fern said, "let us go home and get
our dolls and tell mamma what we
got. They made them play house
and played mamma. They had a good
time.
Yours truly,
Ethel Garrison,
Age II. Eldon, Iowa. :
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22
squizzIed Oysters,

Drain the oysters. season them with
pepper and salt to taste, and put them
in hot frying pan. Put two ounces Of
butter in a shallow dish over the steam
Of kettle and when the oysters are
puffed UP drop them into the melted
butted and serve.
Egg Sandwiches.
Chop hard-boiled eggs until they
form a paste. add little chopped
parsley as a flavoring and mix with
rich dressing and spread on fancifuI
shapes Of white bread
Peppermint Drops.
Boil one cupful Of sugar moistened
with a little water for FIVE minutes.
Take from the fire and add cream of
tartar the size of pea; mix well and
add four or five drops of oil Of pep-
permint. Beat brislsly until the mix
ture whitens. then drop quickly upon
white buttered paper.
Ethelyn Lewis,
r. +. D. No. 4,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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woman across the street and the other
boys ran off and left him. This old
lady is very old. She is So years old
and has to work hard to make living.
She has a basket on her arm. Frank
lives in Boston. and all the people like
him because he is SO kind to every
body. The boys that made fun of
Frank are very bad boys; they are al
ways making fun Of the poor. Always
be kind to the poor and you sometime
will be rewarded
Elsie Littlefield, age 9,
Eldon, Iowa.
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THREE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES

Three butterflies flying around two
children and their mother till at last
they come to q whisc flower The
mother brought her paints and brushes
The mother painted the flowers yellow,
purple and red The butterflies wings
were beautiful. they were yellow and
ping. The little ones were red and
green. The stems were awfully thick
and had thorns. c -hef flowers were
hanri g around. 1'hev flew away till
t. ely came to some other fl ,wers.
Alden Doud, age 8,
DouGS-Leando, Iowa.
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cocoanut Candy,

Put into suitable kettle two pounds
Of pulverized sugar, white of one egg.
beaten, and the milk of one cocoanul
Stir together and place on stove until
it begins to thicken. Then have the
meats nicely grated, put them in and
watch carefully until it will thicken
quickly in a little cold water. Then
put on buttered tins or slabs. Spread
out to thickness desired and before
cold, cut to suit.
Age II years. Mabel Terry,