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Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
A YOUNG NoRwlcH soTANlsT.
How He Made Pretty Flower Book.


This season so far, l. have gathered
arbutus, skunk cabbage and bloodroot,
besides different kinds of shrubs.
Now I will tell, you how made a
pretty flower book last year: bought
a scrapbook IL by 10 inches. On the
first page / mouRted spray of three
small maiden-hair ferns: then I next
was yellow buttercups and leaves; then
wrote:
while we comb the maiden's hair,
buttercups are nodding."
Then I mounted a bunch OF pink,
white and red trilliums or wake robin
with leaves, and L finished the verse
with:
Quietly we scan the woods lest we
wake the robip."
followed this with pretty design
of four different kinds Of horse tails
and a fan-shaped bunch of bluets.
The lines for these were:
Down the country sandy road see the
herse-tails flying.
While beneath our feet fields of pale
bluets are dying
Then came three jacks in the pulpit
with gilt-over- the ground pressed to
form a wreath around the Jacks, fol-
lowed by a page of colunlbine and
lockwood on which was written.
.sJack and Jill went up the hill to
gather columbine;
Jack stopped at sstiles with a pulpit
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
LENA OF THE MouNTAINss

Oh, il all you little people who read
this little story could have but known
little Lena She was just the sweet-
est little girl in the whole world and
living there away up in the heart OF
the Rocky mountains she seemed like
some beautiful flower that had been
dropped right down from some sky
flower garden.
Her home was rough cabin made
of heavy logs, and months and months
living person aside from her father
He was a trapper and he had moved
to that lonely country soon after
Lena's mothers death, when the child
was hardly more than a baby. Just
like the pretty green growing things
to little girl of nine, but she was far
more beautiful than any growing
thing. and her songs were sweeter
than the birds who loved her and
came each morning to awaken her..
Some days her father would go OF
to visit his traps, to be gone the whole
day long, but Lena was never lone
some. The smaller animals loved her,
and unafraid they would come close to
the cabin to be fed with crumbs. from
the little cabin table. If any OF the
larger animals came out into the
clearing she would rush into the house
and bar the door and wait for them
frightened.
But there was one night that little
Lena was frightened. Her father had
kissed her goodbye in the early morn
ing to visit some OF his traps. It was
one of those Same quiet. beautiful
mountain days, and Lena sang as be-
fore and busted herself here and there.
sweeping and busting the inside Of the
cabin. and doing other little things.
A rabbit or two came to see her as
usual, and she fed Them singing them
a funny little song the while. And
then, slowly, the sun began to dip be-
hind the highest mountain peak,
Father will come again, soop." the
child said to herself. 1t grew darker.
Finally the sun sank out of sight al
together. 1t was now very dark and
still her father did not come.
Conclusion written by Richard Tobin,
Jr., aged 8, of Norwioh.)
Lena heard some one coming and
soon a man appeared at the door. He
wished to remain over night, as he was
a stranger in the country and had lost
his way. Lena prepared supper for
both of them. He told her he was
alone In the world and now that his
home was broken up he travelled from
place to place. He offered to repay her
kindness. She allowed him to use her
fathers bed. and babe him good night.
But, Lena could not sleep She was
thinking of her dear father. In the
morning trapper from distant cab
in brought her father, badly injured,
home. He was we'll taken care of by
the stranger, and soon her father was
able to walk once more. He had to
give up trapping, and the stranger
who turned out to be a very wealthy
man, moved them out where there
were no wild beasts and had Lena ed
ucated. Now, in return for the stran-
gers generosity, they all live happy
together.
(The True Ending)
Where could he be, he never was as
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
JERRY AND BOCO RECEIVED AT THE FARM
A Night Cap Story Folks.
(Copyrighted)

could not remember the names Of HIS
educated daughters cats, who were Mao.
Ref, Ajax, Togo, Snowflake and Strong
heart. He added Jerry to his five-the
Blue Coon, The Old Woman, Granny
Gray, Billy Boy and Sally. The farm
er said he liked human names for cats;
and the daughter said she did, too, but
the names of cats need not be too
common; and then Pa went off loudly
laughing: .Haw, haw, haaV,' and the
daughter went into the house wishing
Pa was moro appreciative and of re-
fined ideas.
The farm cats recognized Jerry as
the cat that had so severely punished
Pepo, whom the farmer had dispatch
cd because he had driven Jerry away,
ana because he was prejudiced against
his name. which he and daughter
could not pronounce alike.
Boeo did not like his new name,
Goldie, any better than the farmer
no had to spit his spite out on his
mistress cats. and the way he drove
around the cats that gathered round
her dish of milk was caution: and he
insisted on eating out of the same pan
as as Jerry The old f Ear, declared
call him Jack johnson, and although
he did not like his new name. he took
q great liking to his independence and
fighting qualities. and he called him
"Jen.
The cats did not mix with the herd
but just devoted themselves to killing
rats in the barn around the feed boxes
and in capturing and collecting the
rats in the ccrncrfb; and the old farm
er called them his working pair-1lis
hired hands-and talked as If he would
discharge all the rest because they
were too much like sumrper boarders
who did not want to do anything but
admire the beauties Of nature, and Loaf
ana invite their souls. And when he
went to Jerry's old home he told the
story Of his return and what smart
cat he was. until they began to want
Jerry back again, and finally said they
wished that he would bring Jerry back
and take Bobbie in his place, SO to
keep their custom. he consented. al
though it seemed to hind like losing a
dear friend.
UNCLE JED.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
THE PERFECT STREET SIGN uN-
ATTAINED.

Strangers in any city have to in
quire their way because they do not
know where to look for street signs
which direct them
There is little more uniformity in
New England methods than in some
western cities; and these are far from
being perfect At the west Il is Il
Eo-as please method. and the
Toledo Blade says concerning street
signs.
The varieties Of street sign have
rrsver been listed and classified. They
ooyer a 81 nsut thus lar ailf1easured
The stranger i'm any city must les rn
the system of that city and put aside
cxpsriencs in other communities. fvg.
II Will not help him to find a street
for which he may be searching In
some places one must look at lamp
posts: at. others at chiseiing in the
SIDEWALKS. The side Of = house more
often gives the clue. The trolley guy
wires have been put to service. the
s4}er hydrznts, the telephone poles
weRsre theqe are poles. the bill boards
he ash cans the post boxes, the lin
tells Of windows. even the safety gates
al reilresd crossings"
Here Is chance for uniformity and
chance to make a
real municipal improvement which is
In this respect, however, Norwich
has made an endeavor with metal sign
boards tasbe I'M the first rank.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
HUNGRY OFFICE eEEKGn1.


The ONCE seekers are flocking to
Washington by the thousand and the
members Of the extra session Of the
sSixty-second congress- viii be pestered
by men from all parts of the country
seeking the 500 places which the po1it-s
ical changes Of last November have
made possible.
A southern congressman told the
New York Sun correspondent that Il
never saw anything like it. They all
want something. There are nve hum
bred places, or so, to be Allied, and
there are democrats enough in the
country to fill them. There are five
hundred republicans holding ohlces
and there are democrats enough to
take them and to fill them better than
they have ever been Allied"
The southern congressman referred
to lives four miles from Washington
and says that more than a hundred
of his constituents have written to him
urging him to secure them jobs of one
sort and another about the house.
There viii be 2s7 democrats In tbs
new house, and If their constituents
have not neglected their opportunities.
as The Sun shines it out, there will
be 26.700 aspirants for the 500 places
The Richmond Times-Despatch ad-
vises its readers as follows: we es-
TEEN it the duty Of every democratic
voter who would like to be on the fed
eral payroll to write Immediately to
the member from his district. 1t will
be like news from home. 1t will make
the members of congress feel that they
have not been forgotten; that the peo-
Pile hack home are still thinking about
them. Three-quarters of a million
dollars is a heap of money and the
democrats have not had any for a
long time
These hungry democrats do not need
such advice, for there is likely to be
an army of applicants without it.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
REDUCING THE COLONIES.

The people of California have de-
cided that thirty staff officcrs for the
governor Of that state il more than
twice too many, and in future the legal
number will be twelve.
We all know how the country has
been flooded with military titles as q
matter of honor and compliment, 50
that the men of real service and the
men Of no service cannot be distin-
guished from one another. and in the
state of Kentucky the Colonies are sc
numerous that it is safe to call any
man one meets Colonel, and the liabil-
ity to mistake is only one in a hun
bred.
The day will doubtless arrive when
the escort of governors will be wholly
confined to real military attaches
men Of mettle representing active
service.
The whole custom Of comforting
these cheap military titles as honors
is absurd: and it is q wonder that the
influence of the army has not made
an end of them before this. A dec
grated civilian parading as a false
pretence-a guard of honor labeled a
Colonel-makes the title too cheap to
be respected
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

The way back to the farm was not
without peril, for the lives of four
footed folks are menaced by keen
scented enemies, and cats and their
kind break their tracks by springing
upon fences and walls and running
some distance before they start a new
track: and their tracks back TO the
farm were broken by fences and walls,
and sometimes they heard dogs bark
ing after them, who lost the track. at
points where they had lcaped upon
these obstructions and then gone along
some ways before they again ran along
the ground. Cats would find 1t DIM
cult to escape from dogs we're it not
for their ability to spring upon high
objects the dogs cannot mount and
thus cause them to search for a new
lead, which they do not eften ind.
Well, these chums had no exciting
times on their way back to the farm.
and arriving late at night they hid
beneath a haystack near the barnyard
and slept until there was q stir in the
morning and then Jerry led the way
with Boco following with a confident
air and their tails held straight in the
air as an expression of pleasure and
confidence, after true cat fashion
The old farmer and his daughter
were out feeding the cats, of which
there were ten; but mono Of them APP
peared inclined ITO make trouble, all
though several arched up their backs
and spat at Jerry and Boco in real cat
fashion.
Hello, If there amt Jerry and a
strange cat, said the farmer to his
daughter, land they are likely look
ing pair and his cordial Hello, Jer-
ryt" prompted Jerry to walk up to
him purrins and showing every sign
OF love and confidence. The farmer
pstted him and the daughter brought
a special dish out Of which the chums
ate THAR breakfast Of nice warm milk
and filed UP their stomachs as they
had not done for several days, then
they settled right down to stay, for
Pepo was not there to make trouble.
and the other cats had no disposition
10 make things unpleasant for them.
The farmer adopted Jerry. and the
daughter took Boce. but not knowing
he had name, called him Goldfe, .
name the farmer did not like. for he
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
Reach up az far as you can,
and God win reach down all the
rest Of the way
HJss' Me.

"Jes' Me.
I'm awful glad at I'm jes' me. and not
that Tommy Jones
AT lives up in a great big house, all
built of cobble- stones.
His fathers jess the richest man, I
guess, in all the town,
An Tommy always has Ato have his
teacher tagEin' roun'.
He can't play marbles. cause his
clothes is always spfc an span:
never see him throw BALL don't
believe he can.
He never went a-fishin', an he never
made a sling;
An when it comes to playin' games.
he doesn't know a thing.
He amt allowed to whittle, for fear Of
gettin' cut:
I'm sure he never climbed tree, or
found a hick'ry nut.
bet he couldn't run q race; he
doesn't swim or skate.
He's jes' the kind of boy you've got to
pity or to hate.
He's got pony an cart-they make
him drive SO slow!
He's got boat, dandy; but they
never let him row.
He's got an awful lot Of toys-an en-
CINE, cars an all,
With steam, at makes it so real fast,
all Mp an down the hall.
You ought to see his shotgun-which
they never let him touch.
He's things enough to have some fun;
guess he don't have much.
He has to wear kid gloves to church!
They want his hair to curl!
If I was him, do believe I'd wish
was girl!
Ny goodness! But I'm awful glad 'at
I dent have to be
That Mr.. Jones' little boy! I'd rather
jes' be me.
Dora Marchant Conger.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
ORIGINAL LITTLE STORIES.
A DandeIion.

1 live with my sisters and brothers
in a large field. I have beautiful yell
low curis and wear green Jacket. I
always keep my jacket very clean.
My name is Dandelion.
During the summer I have many
merry times with my sisters and
brothers. Sometimes we play with the
wind. The wind is a very jolly old
fellow.
One summer day I remember I had
terrible fright. We were playing
merrily with the wind when a little
girl came through the field. She STOP
ped by me and said: ooh, pity
f'ower" Then she stopped down and
tried to pick my head off Just then
the wind sprang up and blew her hat
away and she had to run after it.
Thus, the wind saved my life.
In the autumn I grow old and my
yellow curls turn white. They are
blown away Then kind Mother Ma
ture covers US in warm white, fieecy
blanket which people say is snow.
Then we go to sleep and sleep until
spring comes again.
As soon as / awaken nay youth
comes back, and / have my beautiful
yellow curls once more. I put on my
green jacket and play merrily all sum-
mer--Dora Moran, age 10, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
UNCLE JED's CHAT WITH THE
LITTLE FOLKS.

Our little puzzle solvers have had a
hard time this week; and only six
of our little girls have made out the
hidden word, which was a very good
word to write stories about when once
it was discovered; and no other words
could be made from the tumble OF let
tiers. The Nimble Sixpence is an Eng
lieh coin equal to six pennies, half a
shilling, or one-fortietih of a, pound.
1t il a cute little piece of silver money,
story book, hence it is very popular
with the children; and it is surprising
some Yankee boy did not discover the
word and write: "rhe nimble sixpence
can pay, If it keeps on going. dollar
day: but If 1t rolls under a carpet,
to market or something like that.
Our bright little girls have done bet
ter than this.
The Sixpence that was Nimble got
bewitchcd, and 1t ID said of him:
The Sixpence called Nimlole,
Who lived In a thimble.
Was sentenced in language most
terse
To do the best
And to grant the behest,
OF any who chanted this verse
The Burlipug Brothers were boiling
their broth,
A-brewing and boiling a brew
The Burlipug Brothers were boiling
with wrath
And munching their sawdust and
glue
And this is what was said of this tale:
Here Is the tale, you may take it or
leave it,
But whatever you do, don't try to
believe 1t.
The puzzle-solvers should work a
little harder next time.
Next week we shall announce the
winners of the March prize books.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
Life in Australia.

A little boy who lives in "the bush"
of Australia writes:
Il spent most of my time listening
to and watching the birds and looking
for stones. I have a craze for all kinds
of pretty stones. I am very partial
to all kinds Of petrified wood, which
think is beautiful but the birds are
best of all-with the help of our lovely
bush, because really the birds would
not be anything without it. Just love
listening to its silsnces.' / was stay
ing with an uncle In the Pilliga Scrub,
and the cur1ewss used to sing out all
day. never heard them only at night,
before. What a cry they have! Some
days we used to go out riding and
there were the dear old kangaroos
There was q mob of over a hundred
in one paddock, and they were SO tame
uncle wouldn't ever let anyone kill
them. Isn't it grand to think that the
law protects them !? One day we had
a picnic. away out in the scrub; we
went to see bower birds playhouse,
What a quaint thing it is! / suppose
you have seen them. I would like to
see one playing in them. We used
often see them taking pieces of colored
glass and the seeds off the rose
bushes"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
A Naughty Crow.

A little girl of st. Louis, Mo-,
writes:
7 have the funniest pet. It is a
naughty little black crow with bright
eyes, which it cocks at US in way to
make us laugh. He likes anything that
is bright, and we have to hide our
money and silver. Once we put the
milk pan out with the pennies in, and
covered 1t. When we found later that
the pennies were gone we watched to
see who had taken them, and found it
was our naughty crow. who had been
clever enough to take the cover Off
the pail and grab the bright prizes
hidden inside"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

c1rcuI4tc the otner day.-Mar8ueFtte
N Cneland age ~. Norwich.
The crooked man was lucky, for when
he went out strolIing he found q, nim-
BILE Sixpences along the ground it was
rolling, SO - gathered up the money
and bought house and cat, but if
had found that sixpence I'd buy an
Faster hat.-Lillian Callahan. age II,
Norwich.
The Ninhle Sixpence is one Of the
most useful articles known. It is the
joy of all little boys and girls and is
their constant companion whenever
not for this little fellow how our hearts
would ache, as we pass the ice cream
parlors, the candy shops and the pic
ture shows. 1t is also useful for man.
ma as well as when we tease her for
something she sends him out for an
angel cake, some fancy cookies. or
something of that sort. It has a bad
habit OF not staying long in one
place; and l guess that is where it
gets its name; but when it goes, an
other always seems to come along and
take its place.-Anna D. Mcdowell,
age 8. Stonington. Conn.
Oh, you siNpence! you nimble six
pence! how fast you fly away; how
nice 'twould be if only we, like that
olu WOHhu IN M0tnef loose, cOulQ uuO
a sixpence with our broom, like she
did when she swept her room; guess
then we'd be gay.-Mary Adelaide Har-
iris, age II. Norwich.
The crooked man long ago found a
sixpence by the road. / wonder if II
was as nimible as the sixpences are to-
day. If it WIS he couldn't buy an
Easter gown with the sixepnce thai
he found.-Martha I. Henry, age IL
Norwich.
There was the nimble sixpenee, and
though he had no sense, I used to buy
candy with him and crackajacks. H<
rolled out of my pocket into the Jor-
dan brook; that was the end Of my
sixpence, and also the last look
Octave Morrell, aged IS. Norwich.
THE HIDDEN NAME PUZZLE.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
smile for the dog-wood not hurr
behind"

smile for the dog wood not hurry
behind"
Under a large mandrake Leaf and
flower reads:
Mandrake pills and grandma's Ills.
Between two ferns on another page
drew a line and mounted some
Dutchman's breeches.
Above the line was some blood root,
and then wrote:
My blood can paint an Indians face;
My root is sought by witches,
And on this little line below
I've hung my Dutchman's breaches.
In this book of twenty-seven pages
| have lis different kinds Of wild flow
ers and have more than twice as many
different kinds which / have not
mounted | always carry an old book
and plotting paper and press the flow
ers as I pick them in the felds.-A
Flower Student
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
The Rose 81 New England.

Norwich is town Of supreme, au-
dacious, Alpine lovclincss. It is sin
gularly romantic in its situation. Its
buildings are in tiers. one above an
other. It Ia built just upon the point
of land where the Shetucket meets
the Thames rivers. AS you approach
it at night lights can be seen from the
the men are engaged in q good work.
Norwich was founded in the year 1859.
Norwich has hills and good harbors.
Most of the men are good citizens and
workmen. Norwich has many shops,
too. Next, it win be most as large as
New York. We have a fine view of it
upon the hills, from the high windows.
I shall write story of q, slave. Uncle
Sam, if think of It. next week. Your
constant reader, Mildred Pearson. age
H. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
Some eriaht snets.

While there is complaint Just now
in some sections of the state Of dull
ness in the manufacturing line. there
are some bright spots. 1t is an
nounced that the United States Fin
ishing company will spend 100000 in
making improvements to their plant
in Norwich. The Peck, Stow 4 Will
cox Co. are now planning for the erec-
ton of a. big plant at Southington in
which they will consolidate their bus
mess. and the Baird Machine Co..
which recently bought site IN
Bridgeport. will have plans out before
long for manufacturing plant In that
city-Cominercial Record
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

The Boston Transcript thus trans-
lates the resolution passed by the
Congregational ministers there: '.Lor-
inner was not proper man and he
really ought not to have been kept in
office; but in passing this drastic
Judgment we hasten to add that Of
course we blame nobody"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
The Msn,nnoth .caxs.

A youngster writing from Kentucky
has this to say Of the interior of Mann
moth Cave:
The most beautiful route is ten
miles long. Imagine travelling ten
miles under ground and feasting your
eyes on such beautiful scenery as the
Mammoth Dome, Corinthian pillars,
Star Chamber. Fat Mans Misery and
the wonderful Echo river, that you
have to cross in a boat. Now, you can
sing or play a tune and when it is I'm
ished you can listen and hear the whole
piece carried back to the ears as nat
ural as IL it were being played or sung
over again
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

Consul George N. West Of Kobe says
that the number Of spindles In the con-
ton spinning industry Of Japan in 1910
is reported to have been 1,7J6, 799. the
output of yarn 1.03S,S74 bales (bale
usually weighs 100 pounds and the
exports 306.75S bales. The imports OF
American cotton at the port of Kobe
for the use of the mills of that district
amounted to 1880 bales during the
month OF January, 1911
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
Rulsa fer Yeuna Writers.

Mules fer Youna Writers.
/. Write plainly on one side Of the
paper only and number the pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
s. Short ana pointed articles will
be given preference. Do not use over
$50 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 Once.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

When Gaynor ran for mayor of New
York Tammany leader made himself
famous by this: Say, wotinell is
this here Eppick Teetus he's givin'
us?"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30
LLarefaW
AfOndnuOra
KnirdOfpOrd

white paper and arrange them so as to
spell the name of the person the let
ters represent.
When the hidden name has been
discovered write a short story about
the person.
A prize book at the end of the month
to two competitors.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

The lecture on Clean Journalism in
p neighboring city did not call out a
big crowd The question was not
considered Of vital Importance because
the town already had clean papers
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

Since thirteen of the best CONNER
cial apples are adapted to the soil of
Vermont. the Rutland News shouts:
"Come, set out an orchard, Mr.. Will
ing Worker."
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-30

Think of Boston mans having the
face to rise and speak of New York
as "the overgrown and slow witted city
on the Hudson