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Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
THE COST OF MURDER TRIALS

The cost of murder trials is surpris-
ing the country. The prosecution of
the case Of the McNamaras, which
hardly got into court, cost over a
quarter of a million; the cost to Los
Angeles county having been $4,000,
and the cost to organized labor $40, 900
a total of $312,00O
It is becoming too expensive in this
country to bring villains to Justice
TO protect the orderly. thrifty, law
respecting citizen from the rogues who
prey upon their property and kill the
Innocent
To this extrava gance with the fire.
auent miscarriage Of justice may be
fairly attributed the growing dfsre-
spect of law and the persistence of
.ynching.
As the expenses are stated behold
The distribution of the money-S12, 900
10 Burns for his expert work and mar
veIous success in bringing one of the
vilest, cruellest and most criminal
conSpiracies against the weIl-being of
the state to an end; and $4,000 to
barrow for his efforts to foil the en-
1eavor Of the state to convict the cuI-
prtts. This does not appear TO be
rewRTding men according to their
merits as nationally viewed.
1t is time the people d smanded more
reasonableness on the part of those
who conduct the cases in courts, so
that villainy will not be kept at a
premium while justice looks like a
mendicant at the courthouse door
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
The Autobiography of a Book.

am a brand new book. Here ] am
in a large bookcase, ready to be solo
at any hour or minute. Here comes a
boy now looking at me. He is hand
ing my owner a dollar bill and now
am taken from my shelf and put in a
dark pocket, where I am kept for a
whole day. Then out come and am
slammed upon a writing desk ready
for use.
Looking around me, I find myself In
immense school room. My new
owner turns my pages as if / were
made OF iron I am now taken into
his hands and he is reciting from my
pages.
What will ever become of me? He
is writing over my pages, and al al
once, crash down | fall upon the floor
There / remain for about an hour;
then somebody picks me up and, do
ing so, OtIt came two of my pages.
Now 1 am almost gone. only five OF
my pages left.
All att once I am whirled into q
bright blue flame and burned to ashes
Thank God, this is the last of my un-
happy life.
OLIVE WHITEHOUSE, Age 10.
Mansfield CAnfer
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-orwich.
A Story of the Pilgrims.

Long ago some people came from
England in a ship called the May
flower. These people were called Pill
grins. There was dittle boy born on
the Mayfiower and his name was Per-
egrine.
Peregrine lived on this ship for a
month.
It took the Pilgrims many months
TO cross the ocean.
They landed one very cold day in
December.
There We're about one hundred peo-
pie on that little ship, and they lived
there until they could get ( log house
built.
BY and by they built more houses.
They used creased paper for windows.
and on one side of the kitchen there
was a fireplace.
Then they built a high fence around
the village to keep out the wild beasts.
Their first governor was Governor
Carver. who died soon after.
Then Governor Bradford was their
governor for thirty years.
ELEANOR SPENCER Age II.
WilIimantic, Conn.
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since they had no time to make them,
when she drove down to the station
after the visitors. But don't let any
body see them; we want to have
perfect surprise tonight
The mystified Bessie having been
despatched, Aunt Jennie spread
crash over the parlor carpet and start
ed blazing fire on the hearth
It was easy enough to entertain the
visitors al dinner. Young people al
ways do have a good time over soup
and turkey and ice cream and nuts
and raisins. and they all had a great
deal OF fun about Aunt Jennie's secret.
At eight o'clock precisely she ushered
them into the library, where the fire
had died down somewhat. leaving a
glowing bed of embers from which a
flame shot up now and then She
/ handed them each a. stick and asked:
My friends did you ever eat roast
marshmaIlow -
No. never, they all answered
Well, like everything else, its very
easy after you know how" said Aunt
Jennie, and she proceeded 70 teach
them by example.
She stuck a marshmallow on the
point OF stick and held ii over the
fire, turning 1t round and round While
they watched with breathless interest
1t swelled and swelled, gradually as
Stunning a delicate brown shade But
before it was done, all che rest had
begun. and oh, what fun it was
10 takes just about a minute 10 get
the marshmallOws into somewhat the
condition of the kisses one buys;
at the confectioner 5, although if one
keeps ii up long enough they some
times swell up TO the size OF pears.
All the children declared them deli
ciOus- and there was great deal of
laughter over the attempts To take a
hot marshmallow off stick in one
mouthful. The chief skill lies in not
I burning them, for If this is done IT
gives them bitter taste.-Bertha
WATSON.
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A MAR SHMALIOW ROAST
One of the Festivities For Christmas Week

20 dear!'' 20 dearl" 80 dear!"
went the perpetual chorus ali day long,
as Bessie and Arthur and Frank
watched the pelting rain that effectu-
ally put an end TO their Christmas
why in the world did we invite
those people out from the city"
sroaned Arthur for the hundredth
time.
of course they'll come, rain or
shine. just because we don't want
them" muttered Frank
We would have had such fun said
Bessie. If the snow had only lasted
and we could have gone coasting as
we planned"
oh. what shall we do with them %
gTOaned the boys.
We'll. there's one good thing
they'll all be going home tomorrow"
look on the bright side.
What hospitality" said Aunt Jen-
ME. 4 should think you could have a
good time even if it did rain"
We might dance" said Bessie,
doubtfuIly-
or play puss in the corner" re-
marked Arthur. sarcastically.
No; Wen sit around and talk and
talk until We fall asleep said Frank
I've an idea cried Aunt Jennie.
Wen do something none of you have
ever done before"
"Oh, WHAT" they all cried at once.
Never mind said Aunt Jennie.
mysterfously Cant You trust me2''
OF course they could Aunt Jennie
had never failed them yet But il
must be confessed that the Two boys
felt a little dubious when she ordered
them to put on rubber coats and boots
and go out and cut sticks.
Get dozen as slender and straight
as possible and about three feet long,
and white them down to a fine
roint. she directed
After they had gone She told Bessie
to buy three pounds of marshmallows,
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POETRY.
SANTA ON THE WAY.

L can hear him singing, family,
As he urges on his deer,
And his song is meliowed quantity
As the measures strike the ear
But the Tilt of il is jolly,
And the words of IL are gay:
Get the mistletOe and holly;
l have started on the way"
] can hear the hoof- beats thudding,
As the snow is flung behind,
While the laden sleigh is scudding
With the swiftness of the wind:
And the echoes now are fiinging
Broken murmurs OF the song
That old Santa Claus is singing
While the reindeer speed along:
Little fellow, little fellow, while you
sit and dream of me,
And the marvel of the morning that
shall show the wondrous tree,
For your trust in all the fancies Of the
shadow and the glean1
1 am starting on my journey down the
highway of your dream"
W d NeSbit
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The Duck from the Schooner.

Dear Uncle Jed: Susie lived on the
river bank, ana would sit i'm her IA
theirs boat. which was half drawn up
on the beach and look at the long line
of cattle coming in from the marsh.
The chickens would come down TO
drink. too: but they were afraid OF the
water and would not go FAR enough
TO wet their feet.
One evening a schooner passed Dy
the shore. And what do you think she
saw A small black object boppihs
M and down on the waves. IL came
nearer and then she saw that IL was :
duck. and that il was very tired, hno
could scarcely swim. IL came SO close
10 the shore that she caught II, and
found that Il was almost dead.
Susie put the duck in her apron ano
Iimbed with it up the bank, TO SHOW
* to her mother. They put IL in 9
toop and fed il, and early next morn
rng Susie ran out to see her duck. II
remed very brisk. and she fed IL every
av. until It was SO tame that 1t would
follow her everywhere and always
went with her to the river.
ROSINA PARAD1S-
Taftville, Conn.
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MarN's SchooIroonr.

Dear Uncle Jed: My schoolroom is
on the second floor of the GreenevilIe
school and faces the main street and
the Third Baptist church.
1t is Is feet high, 2S feet wide. and
80 feet long. 1t is rectangular in shape
almost square
II is both aired and Nlighted by six
good sized windows, which are moved
up and down. pulIeys.
It has inside blinds which are of a
pale green and are used 10 keep out
the sun.
The ceiling is of metal. with a met
al border The walls are of a pinkish-
brown with a stencilled border The
blackboard reaches nearly all around
the room Below the boards there
is a wainscottins border
The floor is of hardwood.
The room is heated by steam. There
are Two radiators in opposite corners
There are many pictures, famous
ones, and landscapes.
There are two large doors. One
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Once upon a time this country OF
ours was settled with Indians. The
Indians lived in wigwams made Of
deerskins.
The Indians were tall and had higl
cheekbones and coarse black hair. They
wore gay colors and feathers in their
hair.
Their chief sports were hunting. fish
ing and sometimes they had war
dances.
The men made all the weapons and
the women made the clothes and took
down the wigwams and put them up
when they had moved to some other
place.
The Indians had no horses, so they
had to carry all the things. The wo-
men had to carry most of the things.
The mothers would carry the babies
on their backs until the girls were old
enough and then they had to take care
Of them. The girls would play and
run around.
CLARA NORTHRUP, Age 10.
Waursgan
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hall to hear a man speak. He said to
himself:
Il wohld like to be one OF these
great speakers some day.
He learned very hard, and one day
he began to speak, too.
The people said he is going to be
our president some day. and he only
laughed. He was then but 81 years
old. He did become one of the great
speakers. as he wished to be-
When Abraham Lincoln was but a
little boy he used to ask people to lend
him books to read. His mother died
when he was a little boy and his faith
er married again. His stepmother
helped him a lot in his reading, so he
could get along better.
Abraham Lincoln went to theater
one night and he was shot there as he
was watching the play.
SOPHIA THOMA, Age 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
A JURORS, STRIKE.

The circuit court of St. Louis Mo-,
has had d new experience with a Jury
that thought its opinion was Just as
as good as the judges. and would not
give verdict according to the die
taUlon OF the court, and although the
court attempted to worry them out
they stood together for three DAYS and
finally the court surrendered an abso
lutely untenable point, and the verdict
that was demanded by the conscfences
of the jurors was put on record
This may have been an unprecedent-
Ell case, but it looks good from an
American standpoint, for it is upon the
evidence not the opinion of the court
that jurymen are sworn TO do their
duty
or the case. the Brooklyn Eagle
saws:
That jurors are co equals with the
Judge presiding is fundamental prin-
ciple of law Without that principle
The jury system so vital to liberty
would ne meaningless. Jurors are alb
zolute in passing on facts. The Judge
s. absolute in passing on law. If
Jurors and judge disagree as to wheth-
ST certain questions are questions OF
l9w or are questions of fact, then
each may properly hold to his con-
tittiphSt anu h NeTulcI satisfactory
80 the judge may be set aside by him.
=g1iect To appeal
Too many Judges I'm all the states
sss sight of this fact, seek to coerce
arers. treat jurors as the slaves OF
# whins. attack jurors bitterly
ram the bench when coercion or die
1tion is resisted A fun recognition OF
he dignity of jurors. and of their au-
t'nomy within their own field of facts
would make jury service much more
tOlerab bic to the respecting cit
izens.'
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

baby in the center and dance and sing
a song TO St. Nicholas. A. they finish
singing a ran is heard on the door.
They all stop singing.
ST Nicholas walks in. He tells them
what they have done in the past that
has pleased him, and what they have
done that has displeased him; but ne
says he VIII forgive the past If they
viii try again. Then he leaves the
room AS he opens the doc show er
of candy drops on a piecs; of white
linen at the door. They all scramble
for it and fill their little baskets.
The mother let's the baby down so
that he may fill his little hands. Then
they go into the house and leave one
OF their wooden shoes on the table.
In the morning they find them filled
with presents.
MARGARET CAFFREY. Age IL.
KiIIingiY Conn.
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When ! Picked cucumbers.

l picked cucumbers for one of my
EeighboFs last summer. He lived about
one mile from my house My brother
Kicked too. Our work began at Z
O'Clock and then we picked half the
piece Each day we would carry our
dinner with us. At noon we would go
up to his house and swing in the swing
and talk.
The most We picked on one day was
IS bushels. When We got through he
would get the wagon and carry them
up to the tanks where he kent them.
He would put the cueumbers in the
tanks and then put the salt on them
/ earned $744 for picking. getting
eight cents per hour. There were
about ten others picking. / felt rood
when the neighbor paid me- put
sorro of the money in a bank and the
From your little friend,
RAY d. HOLDRIDGE-
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The Steers ard Chickens.

Dear Uncle Jed: 1 read the boys and
girls department every week and like
the stories very much. l wish to tel
you about my pets. 1 have one cat
1t is gray and white. Every morning
it comes up to my room and stays there
until ! come down stairs.
My father has about $50 chickens
and I feed them every morning and
night.
/ have three pet calves. Ny brother
has a pair OF steers and he Jokes them
up and drives them around.
We have lots of fun riding I'm the
cart and having the steers draw us
around.
CLARA HYDE, Age 10.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF BOOKS
TO UNCLE JED.

Amelia Irwin of Norwich: I was very
much pleased with the nice book you
sent me and thank you much.
Virginia of Norwich: Thank you for
the lovely book | received
Ada Marriott of Oneco: 7 thank you
very much for the prize book l was
very surprised when / went to tn st
Office Wednesday night. I could not
think where it had come from. I was
IL years old the Sd of December and
l have been going TO Sunday school
ever since I was years old. I am in
the junior class
Blanche Denuth Of Baltic: 7 received
the prize book and was very much
pleased with it, / thank YOU ever so
many times.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
MARGARET.
Her Movinn Picture Tent.

Dear Uncle Jed: / thought ! would
" rite a little story about my tent. 1t
is built of logs. The roof is made of
boards, 10 prevent the rain from COM
ing in. In the inside there are two
long benches. Because we make NOV
ing pictures in summer. The floor is
made Of wood. There is a window on
the side. so as TO give light. There
are several pictures.
In winter we lock the door, for there
are too many men around. A man
slept in the tent one night In the
morning he came in our house and my
mother gave him something to eat and
he went away.
Nobody tries to go in anv more.
BLANCHE F'RECHETTE.
Taftville, Conn.
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leads into the main hall and the other
TO the pupils dressing room Ihere Is
also small door leading into the
teachers dressing room, which con-
tains her nat and coat and various ar
ticles.
There are many plants which dec
orate the room There is an organ
near the teachers desk, which is in
the front OF the room.
Your little friend.
MARY HOLLINGSWORTH Age il.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The Toledo Blade remarks: Re
pubiicans have always been pretty
successful with their scheme of NOM
mating presidential candidates in Chi
cago. With democrats it doesn' t
make much difference where their
conventions are held.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
TaftviIIe
How Jeb Hutton Saved His Friend,
Kelly

Work was nearly over on the dredge
SweeLorier, and the great dipper was
making its last scoop in the muddy
waters of the Savannah, when Kelly,
a man in charge of the work, jumped
into the dipper
a negro, KeIIy's enemy. was in a
rOWboat a little way from the dredge.
Jeb was up in the pilot house and saw
the negro raise a rife to shoot Kelly.
Kelly turned half around and saw
the Negroes rife raised. Just as he
was going to fire another shot, which
might have hit Kelly. Jeb seized a rife
in the corner and shot the negro in tie
head and killed him.
By this time Kelly had jumped on
the dredge. The crew of the dredge
got around Jeb and praised him very
much for saving Kelly
RTTI.Y
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eob,s visit on the Farm.

Once Bob. who lived in the city, went
to visit his uncle at Valley Side Farm.
His uncle showed him all around the
place. He owned pigs. cows. and a
great many hens. He also had fruits
and vegetables of all kinds.
The next morning when his uncle
called him he did not know where he
was. He got up and dressed himself
quickly Then his uncle said:
Come, Bob. we viii have brealSfa ST
now; and after breakfast you may
help feed the hens"
1t seemed nice to stay at the farm
for a while and help his uncle; but he
soon got homesick for his Mamma and
Papa, and his uncle had to take him
back home.
MAE DRESCHER, Age 10.
Baltic.
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was a very smart
hn1- One day he int cr-a.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
Rules for Young Writers.

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
$50 words.
4. Original stories or letters only
viii be used
. Write your name, age and adj
dress at the top of the first page.
Address all communications 20
Uncle Jed. Bulletin Office.
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Eobbie.

Dear Uncle Jed: My kitten Is half
rabbit and bob-taiIed- He is gray and
white and black. He is very pretty
and ] like him very much. He sleeps
in the cellar and he likes to catch
flies His name il Bobbie. One Sat
urday I maze a little bed for him. l
took box and put carpet on ii and
little curtains. Your loving niece.
ELEANOR b. MORIARTY.
VNfIIfrf1sg Mt
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
What covetousness Did.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell
you about a woman who had a hen
that laid an egg every day, which she
sold and got a good price for. She
thought by giving the bird double as
much food she was in the habit OF
giving, the hen might lay two eggs
instead of one. So the food was doub-
led and the hen grew very fat and
stopped laying altogether. Covetous
ness got the best of her.
Your niece,
LORETTA WALDRON.
rTaffvfIIa ct
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THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.


Margaret Caffrey or Killingly. a
book entitled The Time of Roses"
by L. T. Meade
Clara Hyde of Lisbon. a book en-
titled 'Merle's Crusade" by Rosa
\. Carey.
S-Roy Holdridge of Norwich, n book
entitled Oscar in Africa" by
Harry Castlemon.
Gladys Rathbone of Norwich book
entitled "Grimm's Fairy Tales
Eleanor Spencer of WiIimantfc. a
book entitled Mary and Florence"
by Ann Fraser Tyler.
6-Mary Drescher of Baltic, a book en-
titled Grace Harlowe's Senior
Year at the High School" by Jesse
Graham Flower \. NJ.
Clara Northrup of Wauregan. a
book entitled Almost a Genius
by Adelaide L. Rouse.
Loretta Waldron of Taftville, a book
entitled The Girls of the Forest, -
by L. T. Meade
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

In one district OF Australia they had
46 feet of rain in a few months: and
at Alden, Arabia. they have not had a
shower for Is years SO it is and so
it goes; there's always a drouth on
somewhere.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Some people think bottled goods are
choice Christmas gifts, while others
jump at the mention of them as if they
were vfpers- This shows how folks
differ in their tastes
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Mrs. Upton Sinclair's father must be
a pie expert. He calls his daughter
soulmate a pie-faced poet. He must
look good enough to eat. anyway.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Some one is trying TO find out why
a woman loves TO fool a man. Per
haps it is just to show she isn't the
weaker vessel
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES
Christmas bal HolIand.

Christmas in Holland.
Christmas in Holland is spent in
visiting and going to church. But on
the 6th of December thew celebrate ST
Nicholas day.
In the evening the children DIay
games. Thew each get a small willow
basket. They form a circle with the
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH THE
LITTLE FOLKS.

Uncle Jed wishes all the letter
writers to the Wide-Avgake Circle and
oil the readers A Merry Christmas.
He would like to send them all a
Christmas card.
There are two books in the business
office of The Bulletin that hive been
uncalIed for over a week. Letter
writer's should watch the Circle close
enough to know when books have been
awarded them.
Children. do not let any poor little
sirl or boy go without a. Christmas
remembrance. Spread the joy of
Christmas-joy begets joy
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The Salvation Army concerns itself
with the most needy people in town.
They will feed over 100000 hungry
souls on Christmas in this country
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Some people have so much of this
worlds goods it seems as If Christmas
could only be mace exceptional to them
by their going without presents.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Postmaster Campbell of Chicago got
his reappointment without Mr.. Lori
mer's endorsement. There is nothing
now TO bow down his heart.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

II insomnia could be regulated [,
recur at a. m. what a blessing i
would be for a large part of the com
munity
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Thin shoes and low-neclzed waists
at this season make patients for tuber-
culosis hospitals. And they are usu-
ally in the incurable class
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Colonel Goethals has not been in
cluded among the men of fame, yet;
but he will be when the Panama canal
is thing of the past
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The professor of Amherst college who
said a mans mental faculties fail at
65 couldn't have heard of John Bige-
low.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

At Tacoma a citizen and his wife
sat on the same jury and the jury
agreed on verdict. There is no rea-
son to fear
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

With an income of $4,000 a day,
Andrew Carnegie doesn't have to fig
ure close for Christmas.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

RuhbIes.

Dear Uncle Jed: I have a little kit
ten. Its name is Bubbles. He plays
with a string If I dr. it on the floor.
My sisters Kittens name is Tiny.
Your niece.
MARGARET
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

There is no evidence President Taft
complained of any lack of protection
while he was in New York!
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The great baseball CUES have de-
clared war again. The worlds series
must be made an end of.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The weary clerks have the best O
the rush this year. A buffer Sunday
will give them needed rest.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Happy thought for today: Do not
try TO excel in gifts. 1t lie better to
excel in character
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The only way you can be an early
shopper now is to get round early in
the morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The Truly Brave.
Who are the truly brave?
| The boy or gin with self con-
troll.
Who'd scOrn to wrong a living
| SOUL
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The Central Canada exhibition at
Ottawa reports a $4,000 surplus.