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Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
MARY's LITTLE LAMB.


 I am sure that every reader knows the old nursery rhyme of Mary and her little lamb, and I dare say nine tenths of them believe it to ba fictitious but it is not! I was visiting in Massa- chusetts one summer. and while there dreve out toward Sterling and saw Marys home. 1t is a queer old fash toned New England house, not largo, either, and not far from it is the site of the sohoolhouse where the lamb went to school although the builG hg itself has been torn d ,wn and . new one put up in it's place.
 Mary's whole name was Mary Saw yer. and her father kept . number of sheep. One cold March morning Mary went with her father to the barn and there they found two little lambs that had been born during the night. One was half frozen and nearly starved, for the mother had deserted it. After a good deal Of teasing MT. Sawyer a1- lowed Mary to take 1t into the house. where she nursed 1t back 0 lffe.
 One morning as she was starting for school she remembered that she had not given it the customary fare- well, 50 she called over the field to 1t. Before long the bit of white was seen bounding over the grass to its beloved mistress. and 1t was then that Mary's mischeivous brother Nate suggested taking the lamb to school. Being an innocent little girl, sine soon fell in with his plans and took the lamb along. Arrived at school, she began to have
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
Our Motto. '.Just being happy Is a. nne thing to. do, Looking on the bright side Rather than the blue.'
THE SENSITIVE KETTLE

T don't feel well." the Kettle sighed. The Pot responded "Eh ?' Then doubtless that's the reason,
 Inarm,
 You do not sing today. But wsrat's amiss?'' the Kettle sob
 bed.
 Why. sir. you're surely blind, Or you'd have noticed that the cook Is shockingly unkind. T watched her make . cake just now.-. If I'd 8 pair of legs I'd run awayi Oh, deari oh, dear! How she did beat the eggs! "Nor was that all-remember, please, Iris truth I tell to you For with my own two eyes saw Her stone the raisins. too! And afterward a dreadful sight I felt inclined to scream! The cruel creature took a fork And soundly whipped the cream! Nov can you wonder that my nerves Have rather given way? Although I'm at the boiling point, can not sing today."-
 Felix Leigh
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
TIE FIReT RRAL sNoWeToRM.

sIv@ TsHSt a6HkE E0tyVW4t0tteStsss
 This weeks sncws<oym. which cs1,- tered upon Cleveland. Ohio. and ex- tended as far eat n Bangor, Mo, Is set down as the drst real snowstorm of the winter on the northern New Eng land coast line, and n is something unusual foc the first real sncwatorm to break upon this section as late as Feb. 9th in any year.
 Commenting upon Boston's first snowstorm this week, the Transcript of Tuesday evening said: :
 There has been snow to the right of us and snow to the left of us this season. snow in the north and snow at the south. drifts in the Berkshire hills and Slockades on the western plain and in the mountain passes, but here in Boston we have had to walt until the fragrance of spring was in the air and the days were perceptibly length4 ened for what is entitled to pass as our first genuine snowstorm. Those who are accustomed to snowstorrns in the northwest mock our assumption of the term blizzard in this connection, 50 we will not apply it, though the present storm has a suggestion of the real thing in the dynamic drive and swirl of the thick falling flakes.
 The epidemic of grippe which fs re- ported in nearby cittss will be in a measure relieved, and the land itself. which suffers when lying naked all throush the winter months, win be both fertilized. stimulated and protect ed by the precipitation in progress"
 This snowstorm extended as far west as Kansas and must have covered an area of from zoe tt 1,5O0 miles east and west, and nearly that north and south. It was a great storm, If not very severe hereabouts.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
Without Oil

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 Five Per Ceaf. A Free Trial Package is H1alled to
 Bveryone Who Writes.
 A. L. Rice, | prominent manufactures of Adams, N. Y. has. discovered a pro- cess of making new kind of paint without the use of oil. Ho calls it Powdrpaint. It comes in the form of a dry powder and all that is required is proof, fire proof and as durable as oil paint. It adheres to any sErfaca, wood, stone or brick, spreads and looks like much.
 Write to Mir. A L. Rice. Manuf'r. 62o send you | free trial package, also color card and full information show iuE you how you can save q good many dollars. Write today.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
JUVENILE VERSIONS
Of Mary Had Little Lamb in Answer
 to Word Puzzle.

Mary had a little lamb, so says The Bul-le- tin, and everywhere that Mary went the lamb he butted in.-Earl s. Hiscox, Jewett City.
 Mary had a little lamb, twas very strong and steady. and every time that Mary called the lamb was always ready.-Carl Parker, age 10, Phillips ave, Norwich, Conn.
 This little lamb that made Mary glad by following her was pure and white, and every chance that Mary had she would hug the lamb SO tight. Clifford Holt Rogers. age ', 25 Pe- nobscot street, Norwich.
 Mary and her little lamb went wan dering through the wood, to see if they could find Little Red Riding Hood Alfred L. Morrill, age 10, Garfield ave- nue, Laurel Hill, Norwich.
 Mary had a little lamb, it's tail was white as snow, and every time it wag- ged its tail the wool was sure to grow. Ely Partridge age 13 years, Norwich. Mary had little lamb, as white as snow. was he, she washed him in Mo- began lake. twas full of lime, you see. Lillian C. Callahan. age II. 145 Bos- well avenue. Norwich.
 Mary's lamb went to school. to get an education: the teacher didn't want him there, nor any of his relation.- Earle H. Post age 13, No. 49 North street, Norwich.
 Mary's white and woody lamb went to school one day, the teacher very kindly invited him to stay: sixty little if he would only play with them, how happy they would be. So he frisked and samboled merrily, while teachers tired feet rested on cushion soft until it was time to eat-Alfred Horigan. age F. 94 Mt. Pleasant street, Norwich. Mary had 8 little lamb. this tale was told to me when I was but little boy Jones. age F. 73 Washington street Norwich.
 Mary had a little lamb whose wool was snowy white. and everywhere that Mary went the lamb went, too. all ! (w)right. He followed her to school one day. which was the kids delight, the teacher got indignant and chased him out of sight.--Helen Malone, age II, 259 Central avenue. Norwich. Little Mary had a lamb, it's fleece was snowy white, it went with her to school all day, and slept by her at night. Mary loved her little lamb. she
 told the children so; I'm sure the lamb
 loved Mary. too, the way the story
 goes.-Myrtle Swain, age g, North Stonington, Conn.
 Mary had a little lamb. the little
 ldI1lD was uSdU, -N1dTy UTOuSHl lute ldlilu
 to school between two slices of bread.
 Harry Jervis. age F. Taftville.
 Mary had a little lamb, it's fleece was
 white as snow, and everywhere that
 Mary went the lamb was sure to go.
 The teacher chased him out of school
 and he was much afraid that Mary,
 dear. would with herself ally that
 marble maid.-Ruth E. Woodmansee,
 age fl. 133 West Town street, Norwich
 Town.
 Mary had little lamb. with it she
 used to tussle; she sheared the wool
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
JERRY AND BOCO BECOME CHUMS
 A Night Cap Story for Little Folks
(Copyrighted)
A Night Cap Story fo

Jerry did not realize that he was getting to be NObody's cat, too; but as soon as he had tol7 Boeo how he came to be in the fields it was clear the same career which had changed him from a neat and proud to a scrawny and worried cat. Boco took to Jerry in sympathy, but Jerry did not like his looks and was suspicious of him, as men are of tramps; and he became so shy and careful and inquir- ing that Boco mistrusted what was running through Jerry's mind, 50 he told him how he ran away from home and went into the streets of city to get an independent living, and had eaten refuse from garbage barrels, in the gutters of the business streets at night; and how he had been kicked by men and stoned by boys and chased by dogs, and had starved and suffered until he did not look at all like his former self, and he was just est as we nortals do, when ne thought he better prove that to Jerry, as Ooasting was not best
 Jerry was an interested and sus- picious listener; but he thought he would stay with Roco long enough to they played around in the edge of the woods, caught . squirrel or two, feast ed and went together to the brook side to drink.
 It was near night when the quick ear of Boco caught the sounds of hunting dogs coming, so he told Jerry they were in danger and must flee to place of safety. because with their wonderful noses dogs could trace cats, and if they could climb trees there would be no such thing as getting away from them. So Boco led the way to a woody place and Jerry followed close, but before they could get out of the way a dog had Jerry cornered and Boco just escaped him by leaping up the side of steep ledge where iiis feet found a resting place; and he looked down and saw what a plight Jerry was in. Jerry was al of trensble, his back was arched. his tail swollen and his eyes glaring. and he thought his time had surely como, when Boco made a leap upon the back of the dog and begnn to set his claws into his back. while tae dnE EaA Kl-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
AMPUTATED FINGERS.

IT ehoro 1g any country in the world snDopt this free country in which a ceurs wouad consider 50 cents 9 finger . oudlcieut award of damages for the loss se fngsrs, or two dollars hand, Tks DnlAsstn doas n"t have any knowi- eoEs Of fts location-Hades ought tu ?. Ss.: :st,sn'd of itself if it could not not do
 The New Hswen Leader tells the story n this fashion: IS
 "Eingers are quoted at 50 cents apiece an a certain court of high de- grve- This is to say, the fingers of sfrls vino work in glass factories.
 1T took two whole days work on the part of the judge and the jury and the assembled lawyers to establish the pr1ce of factory girls fingers; but, after taking . mass of evidence and pss,Eing Into various law books and dr. fnnGing the question pro and con at asnwtA ehey finally settled the quota tson for tho time being at 50 cents per nngeA
 sTl1a unRbrick, whose fingers were involved. rot a dollar. That's tho way if nGureo out. Lila lacks two fingers fru0 hsr right hand. The William 0lsnny olAss company ground the two ao sheeds in the mechanism of a. ma enc that Iils was working This. is 2 aouknUant of tho account;
 ~fno Wx1iam Gienny Glass company oD LIza Aambrsck, Dr. te- 2 fingers, at
 ~H seau that IAla was put to work . mA0h1ns with which she was unfa- rz2l1nr. The machine got out of order and s1bs tried ts fix 1t. Snip. off went har nnguws.
 -Lna 0sa6 the glass company to re- cover e1k.ooo daznsges. Of :sourse she d5dnf expect or fsope to get anything uO 01kvg0a Out she knew the absurd ronvenf3ons of personal damage littga- <sDo. and how to get a little you must always pretend thai you expect yosls 1ot mDrs. and so she asked for s1&eeA fpodiy hoping that she might euk pssnapo . hundred dollars a finger.
 -Lna claimed that she was not in- struc4ed aD e how to repair the ma ohinnl phs company lawyers claimed that she vas told to use c stick or a wire in making repairs. They held uAak sho vAs guilty of a sort of a crime eal1sd contrihutory negligence in the iansasago sf lawyers, and that it serv- ed her rishk to lose two fingers
 n seems that the jury thought so, it tf0o01sf . dollar judgment for Lila, 70 rfat she wowldn't be Forced to pay the costs of her action.
 A jury guilty of rendering such a veroact as this ought te he compelled Co eear the Golden Rule posted in snefr haas for the remainder Of their lives and never again be allowed in the jury box
 T1ls elbows the necessity for an en- pieyefB' nability act such as most all is<s pretsnticus countries have had for man0 yearA
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csv1c AWAKENING.

np sup 1unTly . lsundred Annsri- - GfaO 0Aa ho0O made . move for eoe1nR gUvuBunenf an the fnterasts of }As evvusueas and those that are not 0o1uR ooetsr 1nrk e11s c6vsc awakening and Nhs activity whtfh guarv7S public tnARegtA ii it deps not direct the pssb- Ap DnisaG
 Bvoy osv some phase Of che move- uue eoDeo tp the surface in this city ss ln thAA 0svvGal eitiss, for instance, haWO apDrups1afs6 aAxge sums, in soms sAaso - Wuch as $t,ooe.oe4 to estab- unh Dsaplss club houses and social sa1 GesDc eenaers in connection with puhaac on1soA buxl1lngs. In all cities 0nD Annand anr pu1sitc piaygrounds is tsooW1nx frFeAstlhlA In some cities t sns alrsady esen geasrously rscog- ulDoh 1hese are only e few things. TAs mnanex in w1sich the change Is 0naeDeaug isscif is izkinfte In it's va n1Bln. bVt is h appszsnt that . live and a1ezW c1tiDaneh3p iB nsoessary co make kbs s1vio rsfsssns which are sought eaoeeoa.
 rhs Mf1w1nasss Josrnal, speaking ef o1y mDehods thers. says:
 "lG1kWaukoA. almost as much as any scz5sr Amar3can city, is making mark sd ofv1o and sesiaI Drogress. Not very many psrsons appreciate the import aooo anA the sfsu1ncance of the civic movement which tAas grown to such lnws panportloAs in 0filwankee during O. AAse esw years. There are now ruiry thaxty of these organisations. and 1bsy ers ancrsasing in number right a1pne. Thy run all the way from the City o3sb, which is city-wide in it's scope, to Unall neighbOrhood clubs. Neoo q ssose other clubs, however, are nuzieud h shs scope of their work or in ths nngD of their discussion. They diaunSs etate and national questions e vUi1 aat loeal topics. But in the ruln1D oR an the interests of the city arp upDsrmas4 end it is problems wtaco v1t1lly af5sot <he general welfare of che c1ty. nnraAay, socially and poht- ioa11H whsah receive the most atten- tioa 1hs imDortance of a larger MiI- vrnu1nBo is uee minimfzed. but the i'm pug1nnas o1 . better Milwaukee, a moro iumooroknn 1ulwanksss Milwaukee in vt6oh fhs welfare of all ds paramount, q a0awnmRss Slnat a1aall be still bet ter 61Acs tn which to iiSs. is emphasiz- sa an eh@ tme.~
 The hsw spiyis o6 Milwaukee which tAo JouRm1 decaases to be the new spir- k s6 Shs rest of the world, is somseA1ng Norwich needs with all the - o1 ths ambitious municipalities, anr hAaHAgsnt a3d active citizenship asO tha ehsngs which best advertise a c6ty and make progressive ideas a pcue<1ual success.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
WORKING FOR BETTER coNDi.
 TONS.

Ths report Of the Rev. Rennetts c. Miller. the district superintendent of the International Reform bureau, to the Connecticut advisory council says that his chief work this past quarter has been in the public schools of Bridgeport and the neighboring towns, with some work in Hartford and else where. He has spoken to about l5,0O0 children on the cigarette peril.
 In his report he says.
 4As you know I am not making general crusade against tobacco. I am taking the position that all advanced educators are taking today. We say to the boys, if you want to use tobac- co wait until you are 21; which means that very few who wait until then ever begin. My plan, in general, is ts first get the permission and co-opsratiorl of the school authorities in the city or town where speak in the public cordially received in the schools by the teachers and principals.
 T have also given quite little time at the schools. in CO., operation with the teachers and principals, in private in- terviews with the cigarette boys, earn estly pleading with them to give up the habit, with some happy results. have also, personally, warned cigar cite dealers who are shamelcssiy vio- lating the law about selling tobacco to minors under 16. I am giving them a copy of the state law which had printed for that purpose.
 T am pressing vigorously in our leg islature a more stringent law against the sale of tobacco to minors, hoping to raise the proanibftory age from 16 -o IS, and secure a more effective law. I am also quietly visiting news stands where vile and criminahxing literaturs is being sold to the youth and warning the dealers and leaving them a copy of the severe law of the state on this sub- ject.
 Thus, you see, I have enough to keep head and heart busy. To sum marize my public work, I have given 55 addresses in churches, including 21 during two weeks evangehstic meet ings at Rockland, Me, and 100 anti cigarette addresses fin the public schools. Usually speaking 15 to 20 minutes) This makes 155 addresses for the three months. but the past quarter seems to have been an unusu- ally strenuous one because of various conditions"
 Supt. Miller is highly endorsed and appears to be doing a much needed work in this state.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
TMn Faithful pous.

A little girl whose mother resides at Sierra Madre saw a snake while play ing nearg the house. Being pleased with it she ran through the grass and tried to catch it. Two faithful dogs saw it and got ahead of the little girl and caught the snake. Then a rattle was heard. Two quick strokes and the two dogs lay dead.
 When her mother came home she saw the dogs were dead, but she found her little girl asleep. safe.-Written by Eunice SeikKatter, aged 8, Gretna, Neb.
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LETTERS TO THE EofToa
Regrets.

MT. Editor-Will you kindly allow me space in your paper in which to express not only my deep regret but of many others at the knowledge that we are so soon to lose a member of the Poli players, who has endeared herself to all by her sweet personality and truly earnest, praiseworthy work May the love and appreciation which the people of Norwich have given Miss Perry always remain a pleasant mem ory to her. East Side Friend.
 Norwich, Feb. {. 19D
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RuIes fer Youno Writsrs.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages.
 3. Use pen and ink, not pencil. given preference. Do not use over 16O words.
 1. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write your name, ase and ad- dress at the top of the first page.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Ofice.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09

One day an intimate friend of the President sadd to him: General, my little boy has heard that all great men write poor hands, but he says he be- lfeyes you are great man in spite of the fact you write your signature so plainly that anybody can read it.
 In answer the President took a card from his pocket, wrote his name on it. and handed 1t to his friend Give that to your boy" said he, and tell him it is the signature of man who is not at all great, but that the fact must be kept a secret between him and me-"
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A LittIe Rrcwng Man.

John, aged 5. was standing near list- ening. to the questions put by the cen himself were in order the man asked him name, etc, then inquired: John, arc you black or wlhite?" John hesitaf- ed, then said Why, I'm brown, He is so tanned by wind and sun that we had told him he was as brown as a coffee berry.-Omoha Bee.
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Hampton Lion Canal ParbraCin7e.
Prize Sock Acknowledged.
PlainfieId. Conn. Fab 3

PIalnI1eld, Conn, Feb. 8, 1911.
 Dear Uncle Jed: received my book yesterday and was so pleased when I came home from school and found it waiting for me. I hays started to read it and like 1t very much. thank you, Uncle Jed, and asp going to write to you every week. Your friend, Henrietta Burly.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09
Eskimo Candy.

Instead of candy Eskimo children eat reindeer tallow. They consider it great delicacy. This candy is put up for the children in bright red pack ages that are made out of the feet of water fowl Tho women cut off the red feet of this bird, draw the bones
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There is not person in New Or leans who can behold the hand ofn the Lord in making San Francisco the center for the national exposition.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09

They find that the hobble skirt was the fashion in Egypt five thousand years ego. 1t looks like something that dawned before freedom did.
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all off it's back and rnmmed 1t in her bust1e She wore this pad to school one day, the turkeys did laugh and gobble, it was not at the pad, eay, but at that scanda1ous hobble.--Mar-
 guerite Chamberlain, age 13, Stoning- ton.
 The story of Mary is old as the hills, yet 1t is told to the little ones still, of
 the lamb who to school would go be- cause he loved his mistress so.-Dora Moran, age 10, 2s2 Laurel Hill avenue,
 Norwich.
 Mary had littfs lamb, Mary loved the little lamb, we've oft been told at
 school, and that the lamb loved Mary, too, that's why he broke the rules Henrietta Burby. age Il. Plainfield,
 Conn.
 / As Mary and her lamb is an old story, expect the old red schoolhouse where my grandfather went to school
 must have been where M1ry went.
 When the teacher drove the lamb out of school with birch stick Mary did
 not have to worry that a motor car
 would run him down. or 8 live wire
 would fall and strike his head, but that
 night she gave her little lamb an ex- tra bowl of milk and with candle light she lit him up to bed. It was in this little old red schoolhoHse up on Fox's
 hill, the place where Mary's lamb came
 into school, and they all were taught
 to knit and the spelling books were
 blue, and the stupid boy was set upon stooL-Raymond French, age IA, 602 Main street, Norwich.
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The south feels that Mir. Edison, who has just spoken of the speed of the horse should come south and see the mule go!
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John Bull is rather disturbed by late fiirtatious evidences between Uncle Sam and "the Lady of the Shows"
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Among the meanest men noted now acays are those who tie up their es- tates by will so the lawyers Have hard work to maintain their families.
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The summer capital appears to ben eft by the presence of Taft. The new building at Beverly totals three f0urths of a million.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09

rnnrsdAy evening the Boston Tr1n- script said: "This is the birthday of che creator of Little Doruit.'" And I.ietle Dorrft only died in December at . very advanced age
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Happy thought for today: If you do not know what to do next, just keep your eye on what the other fellow is doing and you may find out.
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After the senate has amended the Subway pension bill there will be some curiosity to see just what it looks like.
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Russia has now declared for com puIsory education. This is an open door to the better days she has hoped and prayed for.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-09

The snow wdIl help the land to turn cut another bumper crop and pity it is thax it doesn't chill the middleman just . little 50 he will nave compas- ston.
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The Atlanta Constitution remarks: "The Taft steam-roller has no rum ble, but it gets there just the same"
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The American girl who prefers an Indian to a white man for a husband can find them right at home. There are lots of them.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The women who wear trouser skirts may find them a little safer to get on and off the trolley in.
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The Boston Record taunts G1ouces- ter with trying to weigh a national benefit upon its fsh-scales.''
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rhis cruel sfbe is from the New Bedford Mercury: If Carrie Nation had let rum alone she would not now bo suf9ing from nervous prostratiOn."
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Mary Had q Little Lamb.-Correet answer to last weeks puzzle block.
 Sarah Walsh, age 6, North Main street. Norwich, Conn.
 Clifford Holt Rogers, age z, 2S Pe- nobscot street. Norwich.
 Matthew l.. Sheridan, age 6, 30 Union street Norwich. q Adelbert A. Babcock, Jewett City. Conn.
 Ellen M Connolly, age z, Norwich.