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Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

grey 1t is hard to tell tho male wren from the female, exceDt that the male
 is almost always singing. This little
 pair of wrens soon had young ones in the barrel They had very bad luck with their first brood, as q large blue jay pulled them out Of the barrel and ate them up.
 Then they raised another nest full. and they all flew away very happy in the fall Each year they came, until four years ago, when I brought the barrel down to my house and propped How MT. Wren found out where the barrel-1louse was don't know, as lived two places below; but I always thought that he saw my dog and cat which he knew so well, down in this yard. He came up to the old home about on time, and a few days later he came to our new yard and found the barrel, and oh: how happy he was. He went in and out and up on tor and sang so hard. and then started to build, so as to hold his house, which he did every year before he went after his wife. In about three days he re- turned with her and they began house.
 keeping She threw out all the sticks and built to suit herself. He brings the twigs to the door, then hops up on the | barrel and sings his short but sweet little song.
 The wren is a very small bird with a little sharp bill and is a friend to oul rosebush and flower garden.
 The neigflbors quite often bring Httif l birds to us to feed until they can fly l We lost cne this winter that we hHG kept for seven years. because il | to us; and while 1t could hop in the l cage or in the room, it could not fly | W Norwich. BIRD STUDENT.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

sharp and dangerous g1ances up this tree and that, but he did not see them. The cats were worried and decided it was not best to come down until after dark. when they could slip away to some quiet retreat for the night. And they saw the day fade away; and the saucy crows yaWped at them as they flew to their roasting place, and the squirrels chattered at them as fntrud- CTS. and they were worried for fear something more dangerous to them than a food-hunting squirrel or a passing. sharp-eyed crow should find them out Time went slowly and they were tired and hungry when they came down out of the tree, Boco backing down and dropping first, with Jerry following and making a bungling lob of it
 When they had kept still and listen ed for a while, and found it was safe to move to new fields, they began to run from bush to bush and to make their way toward the open lots. when brood and easily captured chicken apiece and then went to 3. fence-cor- ner where 1t was open and commanded good view of the immediate country, and there they feasted and laid low for the dawning of day.
 Boco talked for quite awhile about his adventures and Jerry learned thai being Nobody's cat in winter was very much different from being Nobody's cat in summer, when the days were warm and food easy to get. When the birds began to sing they snuggIed down and went to sleep and 1t was warm and sunshiny when they were rudely awakened by boys and had to scamper for their lives The cover of the woods was most inviting and through bushes and by a crooked path they came to a great fern garden beside which was a moss-covered boulder upon which they found q secluded rest ng-place.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
UNCLE JED's TALK WITH LITTLE
 FOLKS.

The children are writing nice letters in the Hidden Word puzzle depart ment and are pleasing Uncle Jed with their correct replies and drolleries. The word puzzle may be followed by a proverb puzzle or an unfinished story competition. Book prizes for the winners will be continued month1y-a good book for a boy and a girl and oc- casionaIly a special prize.
 Richard Tobin's special prize is be- cause he has answered correctly five hidden word puzzles and written Ht- tie story with each, and was the youngest of the regular contributors. Age 9.
 Uncle Jed would like to have little sto- ries from the children, and for the best story in March he will give pretty book. Do not use over two pages of nete-paper, write on one side of sheet sign pen-name if you wish, but send in full name and address Write about dolls, pets, visits, or anything that may be of interest to the writer.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mir. vaIlette on Reciprocity.

Mir. Editor: Since reading '.Tha Farmers Talk to Farmers in The Bulletin of Feb. Il, I have been think ing and wondering quite a lot. For quite while, 10, these many years, the farmers representatives, the peo- ple's representatives, or misrepresenta- tives Gas you like ft), have been labor ing. vigorously laboring, for their con- stituents. 1t looks little unjust to &C., cuse them wrongfully. Haven't they been trying to find a market some where for the farm products? Haven't they labored hard to prevent. the pau per-made goods of other countries be- ing brought in here to spoil our mar kets? If you don't believe it, read the Congressional Record these days on the r-e-c-i-p-r-o-c-f-t-y talk. You may not believe it q don't), but some of those farmers representatives are really sweating blood" at least some or them say they are. It is really shame, mark of ingratitude, that we, us farmers, do not appreciate their works more, for their works will fol- low them,'' or words to that effect. No, us farmers do not want any reciprocity with Canada; that is, some of us don't, and some of us do.
 It Is about six of one and half dozen of the other, and possibly there IS not more than one in the dozen, if there is even one, that knowt, anything about it. One thing is quite certain, most of the great newspapers seem to know all about it, either one way or the other. I wish I could remember the exact number of bushels of wheat the farmers of the United States sent into Canada last year and how many bushels the farmers of Canada sent into the United States. But it was about 80 of one to 100 of the other That is, you may call it 100 thousand or million to 80 thousand or million of the other. the ratio being 30 to 100. In this particular instance it was like the dog and the bear, the dog was IeetIa ahead, but not much The United States farmers were a 1eetle ahead In this connection the farmers send ing this wheat are the farmers who farm the farmers. It Is mixed mess when you try to untangie 1t. Congress puts on a tariff to keep out foreign made goods, to protect the working man and enable him to buy the farm ers' product, thus making home mar ket for his produce and in this way indirectly protecting the farmer. and at the same time those statesmen of ours In Washington are hunting all the world over to find a market for the farmers products. It ia enough to bother Philadelphia lawyer. if he don't know any more than do And there are others. You just try to smooth it out A tariff to keep out foreign goods from underselline us, and then take our high priced pro- tected goods, made by our high priced labor, and find market for them in the very country where our congress- men protect our labor against Isn't this as clear as swamp mud? The best thing have seen yet on the labor problem Is said to have originated with 15 year old pupil ''The labor prob lem is how to keep the working people happy without paying them enough to live on.'
 J. c. vAILErTE. North Franklin. Cous
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
A HIGH TAX RATE.

It may seem strange to New Eng landers to be told that the communi- ties at the west carry a burden of 60 mills on the thousand just as easily as VIC carry a burden of 24 mills.
 Some years ago we met a New Eng lander who had made his home in Colorado for many years, and when he said his tax rate was 60 mills on the dollar we naturally gasped, and in quired how he paid 1t. When he said he borrowed money at 12 per cent. for business purposes it was very natural to inquire how he could afford to do it. His reply may bs enlight- ening now that we have on exhibition here the 40-mill tax rate of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
 What is your tax rate?' he asked, and he was told 2s mills.
 You pay s1.50 a day for ordinary labor" he observed, land money is hired here for business uses for 5 per cent Your tax Is 23-50ths of the earning power of your money. We pay ordinary labor from $4.50 to $500 . day, and our money costs us 12 per cent. and our tax is 60-120ths of the earning power of money. We are do- fng business on a higher plane, on 1mAlM HUI lfOncy 4S cXcudn RlHS hands, the people seem to be better satisfied. and really when you come to proportion our burden is not so much greater than yours. Everything is not what 1t seemsi"
 It is common at the west to find these high tax rates, as we call them but inquiry may lead to the revela- ton that they are all on different plane of doing business than New England: hence our overestimation of their burden.
 In view of this Colorado tax of SO mills on the dollar, it Is noticeable that the 40.3 mill tax of Cedar Rapids is not so excessive; and if hired money for business uses there is per cent. to our per cent, it is a fact that their 4o.3 mills against 80 mills is not so much moro than 2l mills against 50 mills here in New England.
 All things. we are told, are rela, tive. and there appears to be ample evidence thst the burden of taxation is no exception.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

aunlcient for the Maine woods with future freshet prospects to enable the lumbermsn ito ret their loes to the Streams with prospect of floating them to sawmills and shipping points.
 There's few cold waves ahead: is an everyday remark here in southern New England; and 1t would not be so very surprising if some of the farmers got their early peas in before the dawn of April.
 When the snowf1al<es appear in the March borders Flora will have begun her floral pageant for the season of 1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
NEW LoNDoN's sUccEss.

New London has in the past ten days written its name among the cit- ies who can do . biz financial stunt ln whirlw1nd fashion It was aa much for New London to raise $100.000 in limited time by the clock to secure the Women's college for that place, as 1t was for Boston or Philadelphia to raise . million in the same man. ner for local use.
 Such enthusiasm as New London showed in broadening her sphere of usefulness was admirable; and it is not surprising that broad minded men and women in Norwich and other New London county towns felt 1t . privilege and an honor to lend a hand, although "the city at the mouth of the Thames" has by the excess of pledges shown her ability to have met the conditions without any outside aid, while her intent was merely to provide for . per cent of lapses which might prove embarrassing at some fu- ture time.
 While we recognize that New Lon- don is on the way to become the edu- cational center of eastern Connecticut, we see no reason why The Bulletin should not bid her Godspeed. She may stilI be cherishing that old ambi- ton to become the sole county seat over which jealousies and pre5udices nave risen In the past; and If this is so we should still wish her Godspeed, because she must honorably win the distinction-ths prestige which will compel the people to concede the full honor to her
 New London and Norwich are so close together on the map that they can make faces at each other if they feel in the mood; and in the past this juvenile method of jealous resentment has been more or less resorted to-; but SO interlace that neither can win edu- cational, social or industrial prestige without in . degree benef1ting the oth- CT; hence, the competition should be good natured and the exchange of commendation and applause equally generous and hearty.
 MontesQuo observed that "In most things success depends on knowing how long 1t takes to succeed" This achievement is only the beginning of n great task of which the material manifestation is the least important. More Is expected of New London now than over before, and New London must meet the requirements. It has been said Success makes success as money makes money" and 50 we are hopefully looking at New London wishing her every good thing, and be- grudging her nothing.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
RuIes fer Youna .Mritsrs.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages.
 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil.
 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words.
 4. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress at the top of the first page.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

post ofilce. It has often happened, es- pecially in the British colonies. that penny stamps were bisected. and the halves used on letters as 1lalfpenny stamps In every ouch case the wise collector does not soak the stamp or, rather, half stamp-but keeps the whole envelope as TrOof that the split" really did pass through the
 In most cases this use of half stamps has not been sanctioned by the authorities, but has been adopted by the public as a rough-and-ready way out of the difficulty.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
ANSWERS TO HIDDEN WORD
 PUZZLE.
Old Mother Hubbard. :.

I always liked Old Mother Hubbard because she was so good to her dog: but just think now what a wig would cost her and how her cat would be after that dogs head; and I expect for a hat to be stylish he would have to have a little red and white toque and yards of hair ribbon. Gee. but the way the girls do fix their hairi- Raymond French, age 14, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
SpeIlina Lesson.

To know just what-it's hard to tell O-u-g-h is meant to spell. At times it appears as though We ought to sound it as in dough. Why, then, perhaps just like enough, It's sounded as 1t is in tough, Or, maybe, as is sometimes true, We speak it as it is in through; Or if we find we are still off, We sound it as it is in trough, When, finally, we must allow, Twas meant that 1t should be sounded
 like bough. And, so, just what-it's hard to tell O-u-g-h is meant to spell.
 Nixon Waterman.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
HIDDEN WORD PRIZE AWARD
The Book Winners.

ALFRED HoRIGAN, s4 Mt. Pleas- ant street, Norwich.
 LILLIAN CALLAHAN. 145 Boswell avenue, Norwich.
 RICHARD TOBIN, 268 Franklin street. Norwich. Especial prize).
 The book winners will please call at The Bulletin business office for their books.
 Will Master French please call at noon-aS before.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
Kills a Murderer.

A meroiiess murrerer is Appendicitis with many victims but Dr. Kings New Life Pills kill it by prevention. They gently stimulate stomach, liver and bowels, preventing that cloggfng that invites appendicitis, curing Constipa- ton, Headache. Bilfousness. Chills. 2fc at Lee ( oGguod Cos
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Mary had little 1amb,''
 But I have got a kitty; don't believe that her old lamb Was ever half so pretty. Her fur is just as soft as silk.
 And such pretty gray; But ohi my darling little Tom
 Will som etimes run away. You'll know him if you find him,
 His name is on his collar; And if you'll bring my Tommy home I'll give you half a dollari Norwich. N E. H.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The Toledo Blade says it some times feels so friendly toward Canada that we wouldn't want to live in a town where Canadian quarters and dimes are not accepted by the street car conductor"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The Wrens and Their Barrel House.
 Dear Uncle Jed:-Here is some more bird talk As long ago as the first Shannon building was built my grand father one day brought home a wee little barrel and made a bird house. He had no sooner placed it on a pole than a pair of wrens came and hired
 Tn their little suits of brown and
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The kindly feelings expressed by Japan concerning the new trade treaty must be quite annoying to Congress- man Hobson and his school of alarm ists.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Philadelphia has had a proposed bond issue of eight millions cancelled by the supreme court of the state; and The Times says the cause is a Tow degree of civic spirit" That hurts any place.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
History of . Pin.

I am only pin. but am helpful in the household. was first a piece of wire and they put me between two big rollers to make me straight. l of and sharpened at the end and had head put on the other.
 was then put into another machine and was pinned to some paper and was packed in 6 box and sent away down south.
 When we arrived we jumped around 70 much that a negro yelled, There's a spook in dat box" and ran away.
 was then sent to g. store and sold to a woman and she was so careless that she dropped me on the floor, but I was soon found and was pinned in a boys coat. He took me to School and dropped into hole.
 am still there, living happily. a1- though I am rusty.-By 12-year- old Nebraska Boy.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The hesitancy of Russia to get aft CT China with usual promptness and fierceness may be the fact that the plague is no respecter of persons.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The Newark News does not feel sure that three-minute prayer for the Jersey legislature is not time wasted.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The blue jay in his happy moods reminds one of a man with a new cor net. He makes noise without pro- ducing a musical sound.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

An Australian is said to have in vented . machine that will milk 100 cows in two hours. The first great struggle will be to get the 100 COWS to milk
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The statistics show that of every hundred persons s2 are comparatively idle, and our average is seven higher than the United Kingdoms.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The bachelors of Massachusetts must be surprised to see how many people blame them and hold them in contempt because they do not get married.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Origin and Meaning of Names. Susan is Hebrew, q Lily. Guy is French, the Leader. Alma is Latin. the Kindly. Margaret is Greek, a Pearl Rachel is Hebrew, the Lamb. Edwin is Saxon. the ConQueror. Paul is Lettn, the Small One. Clara is Latin, the Bright One. Lionel is Latin, a Little Lion Jacob is Hebrew, the Supplanter. Hugh is Dutch, the Lofty Man. Gilbert is Saxon, Bright as Gold. Ernest is Greek, the Serious One. Martin is Latin, the Martial One. Lucius is Latin, the Shining One.
 Western Review.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Theodore Roosevelt admits that he likes to talk; and 1t is quite likely true that he has no diffidence about talking back when it is necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Iowa is feeling that it would do the legislature of that state good to take weeks vacation as relief from the deadlock.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

] Rhymes, was very fond of her dog, who as far as we know was the only companion she had. When he died she erected monument for him equal to a real persons monumeI meIlt.-Clifford H, Rogers. age 2, Norwich
 l Old Mother Hubbard had wonder ful dog. He could sing dance, read, saw a little black and tan dog do the same at Lincoln Park one summer 1 He could dance and bark in singing 1 tone. He would put his paw over his eyes and bend the head while his master said, Our Father" He could put down 1, Il. III, etc, on the black board. He could jump through hoops and barrels. He must have been re- 1 lated to Old Mother Hubbard's dog He deserves a monument erected when he is dead.-Richard Tobin, age 8, Nor wich.
 Good Old Mother Hubbard was just getting home; she had been to market l for some meat and a bone. But heI dog was so greedy for something tc eat that he ate up the bone and then all the meat. So Old Mother Hubbard who was very much vexed, took him over her knee-you can guess what came next.-Li1lian Callahan, age Il Norwich.
 | O1u MOlu6T 11uDDdIu WdS d Oc1llC l She had a dog that was very active One day he was hungry and she went to the cupboard to get him bone, and found the cupboard bare. She went te the store to get him something to eat l but when she came back he was dead and strange things had happened t6 him. After that he could sing. rea6 and he could write He had rfcf dainties whenever he fed and mon 1 ument when he was dead.-Henrietts Burley, age II, Plainfeld. Conn. "Oh. where are The Tribune. and l .'f1ew York Times" compared witf E"Old Mother Hubbard' in The '"Bul- 1 1etin's'' lines Mary Adelaide Harris
 age II, 31 Broadway. Norwich.
 Old Mother Hubbard and her dot
 went behind the log to see the hog l the hog gave a srunt and the dog' teeth were blunt. and Old Mother Hub 1 bard had to 1lunt.-A1fred Merrill, agt 10. Garfield avenue, Norwich.
 Old Mother Hubbard had a dos l which she thought a good deal of, ant taught him good many tricks. Thi dog was Mother Hubbard's delight The dog was very wonderful and it i said he could read and write.-Bessi
 Bushnell, age 13. Norwich Town. Old Mother Hubbard is the name 0
 a nursery rhyme about an old woman
 and her dog. This wonderful dog wa
 Dame Hubbard's delight; he couli
 sing, he could dance he could read
 he could write. She gave him ricl
 dainHies whenever he fed, and erecte, Ia monument when he was dead.-Mar
 guerite M. Copeland, age 12, Norwich.
 Old Mother Hubbard, so the stor
 goes, had a little dog with a pink nose
 this little dog was very fond of meal
 so she went to the cupboard to ge
 him some meat, but when she got ther
 no meat could she find, so the poo little dog lay down and whined.-
 Gertrude E. Thornes, age 12, Norwich
 Ellen M. Connolly. age T, Norwich
 Conn.
 Lincoln Crawford. age II, Norwich
 Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Happy thought for today: The dreamer whose ship comes in when he is away is to be classed among the unfortunate
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

The Lehigh Valley road has raised the wages of a thousand firemen re- gardless of the refusal of the inter- state commerce commission to permit an increase of freight rates.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Old Mother Hubbard was sharp and quick; she went to the woods to gath CT sticks; she picked these and ran away, and has never came back since that day, because of the lack of water. Alfred Horigan, age 12, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Mt. Holyoke college is feeling the need of a two-million endowment. Ii is substantial gift to pray, or hope for.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
An Easy Trick.

First of all, ask your hostess to obilge you with the loan of ono of her most valuable teacups Then get a newspaper, a penny and a poker. Put the cup on a table, mouth downwards, then place the newspaper over 1t, and press it against the cup, so that it takes the shape of the china article.
 Now ask one of the company to mark the penny so that he will know it again. While everybody is watching this person mark the coin, clip the cup into your pocket-taking great care that nobody is any the wiser-and the paper will be found to retain the shape of the cup. Make one or two humor- ous remarks to excite the audience, and then apply the poker with as much force as you like to the newspaper. Your hostess will probably jump up with alarm as the newspaper is flat tened out; but just as she approaches to recover the supposed fragments of china, lift the newpspaper up and say: 'Ts this the penny which was marked ?''
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

In the Panama zone the landslides appear to be wholly independent of political elections; but perhaps they do not cost any more.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

Portland, Me, notes that the real spring has not been reached yet, but thinks it is enjoying mighty good imitation.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02
INDOORS AND OUT -OF-D DOORS
A Boys and Girls Department

her hair curl. She had little dog, the funniest ever seen; she washed him in q tub and made him look clean. and when he got hungry he began to bark, but when she heard him she shut him in the dark and said, Hnow be a good doggie and don't make a noise. because you will frighten the little girls and boys. She went to the gro- cer's to get something to eat, and when she came back he was out on the street She said, you naughty dog gie, after you are fed, will f1ave to whip you and send you to bed. ."-- Alice Lefhngwell. age II, East Great Plain
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02

February distinguished itself in Maine by showing up fifty vari- cites of weather in twenty eight days.