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Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-03
POETRY
Listen.

You ask for a song. little Alice A song of the bees and flowers, A song of the happy little folks In this glad green world of ours. Shall 1t be of the little goldfineh That came to the porch one day And plucked at the thistles' downy
 seeds,
 Then flew, singing sweet, sweet"
 away? Or, come to the wood. little Alice, Margaret, Mabel, and all. And list to the voice of the wood
 thrush
 Its liquid silvery call. In the hedge the catbird is singing, A wonderful singer is he; And the bobslink's bubbling laughter Floats over the meadows free. Through sunShine and rain sings the
 sparrow,
 The swallow darts to and fro. The phoebe calls and the robin sings And cheerily caws the crow. Then listen. my dear little girlies, For the fields and meadows ring With a thousand songs more beautiful Than any that I can sing.
 Lucy E, Church.
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YnE LAwRENcE TROUBLE.

It is serious situation. ineed, which is threatened by the state of affairs in Lawrence, where utter disregard Is paid to the law, if the utterances from the leaders are to be believed: and for the rights of the mill owners, though such treatment as has been given the mills would have been highly resented had it happened to the ezn- ployes. Fair play Is always loudly called for by the min operatives. but they have no conscience whatever, when they have the opportunity to apply the Golden Rule.
 Such demonstrations as have been made and those which are threatened if the men under arrest are not dis charged, are the result of the agita- tions which have been stirring the country from one end to the other for the past year or more. No respect whatever Is given the law, no author ity recognized, even the leadership of the danger threatening organization is disobeyed. Every effort is being made to influence the trial of Eftor and Giovannitti and the obtaining of their freedom whether they are guilty or not. There Is no reason to believe but what they will have full and impartial trial, regardless of the dem onstration. If guilty they should be punished, but if not guilty they will be discharged A mob influence to sway justice is against American ideas but it is indicative of what may be expected when a presidential candi- date continues to urge the ignoring of the constitution and the putting of the recall into such hands.
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UNCLE gEp's TALK WITH WIDE.
 AVfAkEs.

Do you know the little bird that takes flies away from the alligator's tongue for food is not the only bird which for the purpose of g. supply of food associate with animals?
 Our own cewbird takes its name from the fact that 1t is often seen on the back of cows catching flies. The cow5ird has many peculiarities. be- lieve it is called the lazybird beeaus 1t does not feed it's own children and bring them up but lays it's eggs in other birds nests and they bring them up. We have one little bird that will not be imposed on in this way, and 1t is the biue-winged yellow warbler, which, recognizing tho cowbirds' eggs, rebuilds it's nest over 1t to avoid matching it with It's own eggs. and W. H. Gibson tells of one five-storied nest which had been constructed to keep the eowbird's eggs from the true nest, which shows this warbler not only knows a cowbird's egg when she sees it. but the purpose for which it is laid in her nest. And this also demon strates that the blue-winged yellow warbler is mentally superior to many other birds.
 The starlings, which are getting to be common hereabouts, are often seen in England perched on the backs of sheep searching fer insects in their wool.
 The jackdaw and the deer have a similar alliance, and when a herd of deer is lying down and the biting flies are annoying them they are glad to see the jaekdaws coming and the birds jump from deer to deer in pursuit of the fiiess and sometimes when the bird accidentally bricks the deer with its sharp bill in catching the flies the deer shakes him of for a short time. There are doubtless many other queer alliances of this sort in nature and it shows how from selfish pur- poses Goe's creatures help one another and become friends.
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PRospERlFY OR AN EXPERIMENT

The address Of President Taft to the veters of Beverly upon prosperity and itG fate, if the republicans, who nor naally are in the majority, fail to real ize their duty and think of turning to Wilson in their determination to defeat Roosevelt, was of timely import It also should appeal to those who are following in the wake of the third teFmef and thereby advancing the op- pertunity of the party which is aim ing at free trade and its consequences. Such course Is entirely against the welfare of the country and every in- dividual. There is steady falling away from the strength which the third-termer claimed and his tour of tho country has had the opposite ef- feet from what was intended. The party Is simply to carry out personal revenge, and in so doing is playing trto the hands of the democrats.
 The attitude of the democratic par- ty in regard to the tariff has been woai shown by their action in the last session. They had a majority in the house and the measures which they passed should be evidence enough to convict a thinking voter that 1t would be 2 most unwise move to give them full power. Their dangerous slashing pYoposed for the tariff bills show the trend to free trade regardless of the business of the, country or the em- ployment of the workingrnan. It would indeed De folly to. make change in administration for an experiment when the country has been brought to it's most prosperous condition in years, and has at its head man who Is committed to sound. businesslike con duct of the affairs of the country and the uphoiding of the constitution.
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velopa which the ploughnAn had thrown away? And how had 1t ever got to the farmers field-a place miles away from the town where it had been written?
 MT. Brown went down to see the farmer and to beg him to do what he could to ind the lost envelope. But the farmer shook his head. What chance was there of finding 1 tiny piece of paper in wide acres of soil, more especially as a great grub. bing machine had gone all over them in the interval2 At last. however, the farmers son promised he would make the attempt. So he set to work, and for a whole long day he toiled--goinS over the furrows foot by foot and yard by yard.
 rewards evening his patience wal rewarded-the envelope was discov- cred!
 But there stiI1 remained the mys- tery. How had 1t ever got there? There was no mark on the stamp to show that it had been through the
 post Patiently people puzzled the matter out. and at last someone saw a light
 ''The stamp was clean, and so plain l ly the envelope had never been through l the post MT. Brown, instead of drop- ping his letter, as he had intended, in. l to the post, had dropped 1t into the
 waste paper basket! In time the bas-
 ket was emptied into the ash bucket Later on the dust cart called for the
 ash bucket, and in the dust cart the cheque travelled to the city dust heap
 and there was thrown among the city | refuse.
 By and by 1t was time to sell the I refuse to different farmers to srreA6
 on their fields, and that part uf the
 was in its turn carted many nalief away, and lid down In the field of tho
 farmer whose ploughnan discovered ! it.
 1 That" ended Uncle Harry, as the l children breathed sigh of relief, 'is 1 the story of how a oheque traveled"--
 Children's Friend.
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HOW A CIRQUE TRAVELLED

T shall call my story How Cheque Traveled!'" announced Uncle Harry, looking round on five eager small faces. "But, in the first place, chil dren, do you knew what cheque means?"
 MillS, always first to reply, burst out with her answefi "A paper that a bank pays money fer.s
 Uncle Harry laughed and said that definition would do very we'll Then he began.
 tleman, a certain Mr Brown, who lived in a town near Edinburgh. We'll it happened that Mir. Brown owed a friend of his, Mir. Smith, big sum of meney-exactly one hundred pounds So one day he made out a chedue for the amount and put 1t in an envelop- and wrote MT. Smiths name and ad- dress upon the envelope, then stamp ed it and sent 1t to the post
 After this MT. Brown thought nc more of the matter. But when several days went by and no word came from MT. Smith to say he had received the cheque, MT. Brown grew anxious and went to call on Mr. Smith-to find that he had received neither letter noI
 
 chequet
 'Very much alarmed. MT. Brown sci off there and then for the postoffice but the pestofflce knew nothing of tht lost letter. It seemed to have wholly disappeared, leaving no trace behind! Several days passed without anything concerning the lost letter coming tc light. Then curious thing happen ed Mr. Brown got a letter from s farmer living several miles from Ed. inburgh, whose name he had never heard before. enclosing bis own letter to Mr. Smith. and also Ills eheaus! 'What d yeu think the farmer wfetsi That ths eheqas had beer found in a field by one of his plough men, Tie nian had opened the en- veleps and then thrown 1t away, anC handed the contents to his master, Two questions now arose that were hard to snswef, Where was the sn.
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shs Yislted ,h. WhI,. city.

Dear Uncle Jed: During the first part of September 1 went to White City, in the suburbs of Worcester. We drove eight miles from Woodstock to Southhridge, where we took an electric car for the city.
 On tho way we stopped at Lincoln Park, where we ate our lunch, and then we walked over to the city, where I went on the merry-go-round sev- eral times. I alsowent on the dip-th dip, and in the Old Mill.
 The dip-the- dip is a little railroad that has a car, which you get into. You go up long and steep hill and around through q long cave and down three. long hills and up three, at a very fast rate. It is quite a little ride, and is built so you 50 up and down and around curves a good share of the time.
 The old Min has little canals rua- hing around through tho building. got into a boat and a great water wheel supplied the current. so l did not have to TOW. We went through dark places, once in awhile passing a lighted place where there hung a cur- tain with a picture of d village on it- Thcre were also limitations of sea monsters.
 4Hele WaS len wy e.a~ o.SoN og the side of the lake. It had tin afr ships attached to 1t. and they kept go- ing faster until you swung high over the water. 1 did not go on that, as preferred the land instead of the afr.
 About half-past five we started for home, and reached Southbrfdge at eight o'clock.
 We had a lovely time and would Ike to go again next year Your nfecA
 MARGUERITE HARROW. Ass 1A
 Mansfield Depot.
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Taftville.
MOps Went Down With sh. rxanie

Mops Went Down With the Titanic. Margaret Collier was little girl of eight years, who left Southampton, England, and went aboard the Titanic. Margaret and her mother were sleeping when the Titanic struck the iceberg. Margaret's father awoke them and told them to hurry up and come upon deck. Not wanting to disturb her doll. Mops, Margaret left her in bed, thinking she could get her later. But when Margaret came on deck,
 Margaret's father put Margaret anc
 her mother hastily in lifeboat. Mar garet cried for Mops. but her father would not let her get the doll. WheE at length the Carpathia came, Margaret's mother was half-ffozen. When they at least reached New York, doctor there pitied them so
 much that he took them into his own home until their relatives should send 1 for them.
 While Margaret's mother was sick
 and mourning for her husband. the story came out about Mops, who Mar garet had not forgotten.
 Little girls all over the country sent
 Margaret some of their dolls; even rag dolls were sent to her. But Mar garet said she would rather have Mops
 than all the others.
 MILDRED SWANSON, Age 12. Baltic.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAkES.
The PsddIsr and the Monksys.

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  Once a peddler was carrying his pack through forest in South Amer ica- The day was warm and the way was long.
 By and by he grew tired. and sat down to rest under the shade of a tree. He opened his pack and took out some caps. Putting on one of them, he soon fell asleep. When the peddler aweks his caps were gone. He began to look about for them. Hearing chattering among the branches of Q tree. he looked up. There he saw q number of monkeys, and, strange as 1t may seem, some os them had red caps on. As you know, monkeys are great mimics. They had seen the peddler put on red cap, 50 they must do tho same thing. They came down ths tree, slyiy picked up the caps, and away they ran. The peddler called on the monkeys to bring back his caps. The more he called, the louder, they chattered. The poor man began to think that his caps were lost for good. How could he get the little rascals to nrine them back? He tried many plans. bui all in vain.
 At last he pulled on his own car and threw it on the ground. Here, he cried, If you little rascafs will keep all the rest. you may have this one, tool"
 No sooner had he done this thai 1 the monkeys mimicked him. Each pulled the cap from his head and threw it on the ground. Then thf ! peddler gathered them all up and went | his way.
 FLoss1E MEYER, Age 10. TaftviIIe
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AT Good but th. cb....

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to write you about my vacation. The first pleasure had was going to the Sunday school picnic, down at Kite nlaug. We went by the boat Yantfc and came back by the boat shetucket. had very nice time. ll7
 Mir. Stone. the manager, was kind enough to open up the bowling alisys. ana we boys set up the tenpins and had great sport.
 Next l went to Gardner lake and l learned to row a boat and went In swimming twice We went in Broup- ley's auto-bus and had clam chowder for dinner and lots of good things. with lots of pie. They had some awful smelling cheese. Some liked 1t, but I didn't. My mother buried hers.
 We came home by moonlight and sang songs; 1t was 9 o'clock before We got home. l will write again some
 LLOYD RATHBIJN. tAre 1o.
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THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.

1-Edward kuehls of Hanks HiIl 'The Battleship Boys First Step Up ward,' by Frank Gee Patchen
 2-Marsuerite Farrew of Mansfield Automobile Girls in the Berkshires, by Laura Dent Crane.
 3-Luey E. Garter of Scotland Black Beauty" by Anna Sewall.
 4-Lloyd Rathbun of Norwich, "The High School Captain of the Team" bs H. Irving Hancock.
 5-5srtha Fuller of Hanks Hill, "Bird Stories for Little People,"
 s-5ianehe Dsmuthe of Baltic, "Tht Automobile Girls at Newport" bs Laura Dent Crane.
 7-Rose 3. Breckenridge of Nor. wich, The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson" by Laura Dent Crane.
 S-MiIdred Swanson of Baltic, "Tht Circus Boys on Flying Rings" by Ed. gar B. P, Darlington.
 Winners of prize books may call fo, them at The Bulletin business of5c, any time after 10 a. m. Thursday.
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alfreda E. Brosefske of Norwich: I received the book that you gave me as a prize a few weeks ago and thank yo1 very much for 1t 1 also thank you for the book, Merry Girls of England, that you gave me Thursday, Sept. 12. They are very interesting.
 Ruth B. MocuIIon of Mansfield De- pot: Many thanks for prize book en-
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ing lots of times and got my pail full. There were lots of bees, too. They hung just like cone on a pine tree. One of the men cut the branch and shook 1t into a hive.
 The men moved the hay, and I had a ride on the load up through the iofs. l think this Is all now. Maybe later will write again.
 ROSE B. BRECKENRIDGE.
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the kind. which might aid him to es-

the kind. which might aid him to es-
 cape. The wolf, moved with compassion
 at his misfortune, could not forbear expressing his concein. "Ah! poor Reynafd," said he. 'l am sorry for you with all my heart How could you possibly come into this sad condition?" Nay, friend,' replied the fox, ii you wish me well do not stand pity Ing me, but iead me some help as fast as you can. For pity is but cold com fort when one is up to the chin in water and within hairs breadth of drowning" SOPHIA THoBIA, Age II. Taftville.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

! titled A World of Girls. am read ing it and think it interesting.
 Richard C. Moran of Norwich: l thank you for my splendid book.
 Elsie Lang of Norwich: thank you very much for my prize book. am sure l will enjoy it.
 Hattie M. King of Lebanon: I thank you very much for the prize book re- ceived last week Margaret MeVeigh of Norwich: ] thank you for my book It was lovely.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-03
Ruls. far Youno Writers.

Ruiss for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 2. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words.
 {. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 s. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin O6.ce.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-03

It s with desire tc know of his present attitude that Judge Harlan asks Roosevelt, If he would, as pres ioent, dismiss the suit against the Steel trust, and allow 1t to ahsorb it's rivals as 1t did the Tennessee Coal < Iron Co.
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The Fox in the WsIi.

ne ToN tH tHo Wetv
 A fox. having fallen into a well, tried by sticking his claws into the sides to keep his head above water. Soon after. a wolf came and peeped over the brink.
 To him the fox appealed very earn estly for assistance, begging he would help him to a rope, or something of
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Des Moines, Iowa, has a Good Eel lows club whose duty it is to see that poor children have Merry Christi mas,'
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There is law in Illinois which en- ables wives to sue saloon keepers for taking from their husbands money which should go for the support of the family.
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It Is time to begin getting material together for hunting stories. The open season will soon be upon us, and the fish will get a vacation.
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The India Rubber Tree.

am the second largest and most magnificent tree in the world; my name Is Caoutchouc. but I believe you call me India Rubber. Though so tall and grand I am not too proud to be useful.
 Come, listen, while I tell you what wonderful things I make for man. kind. In the first place. they set my juice by making cuts crosswise in my bark, but I do not complain. Out of these cuts flows a liquid just like cream; this runs into moulds and Is then smoked until dry.
 My friends, the Indians, make their shoes and bottles of this dried juice; and I believe In your country are made cushions and bags; also cloaks to wear when it rains. Indeed, I should, no deubt, stare with surprise ceaei see all the things. big and little, you use that are made of my juice.
 have heard that you children each possess a piece of me in your pockets and when you draw the picture of q cat with five legs, you use me to rub out the leg too many.
 Deafi deef! to what strange uses the very erafdest of us may come! MISS BLANCHE DEMUTH, Age 14
 Baltic. tfh
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Mir. Roosevelt Is telling the people what sacrifices the candidates of his party are making to serve the people If 1t Is 50 painful they can easily get out of 1t. Don't sniiei
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President Taft is giving his atten- ton to business as if he recognizes 1t has the first call upon him.
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If the men the Colonel praised fouI years ago are so bad now, what car those he is praising now expect oi him four years hence?
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A New York justice declares if he had the power he would put all candy out of the market. He is in the foe to trade class.
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Happy thought for today: The wild
 joat crop never fails. but it never Is included in the profitable crops.
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If the Missourians need be shown they can be that Candidate Wilson is
 not a chestnut in New Jersey.
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In the recent hygienic congress it was stated 1000 babies die daily in this country. It is big loss to us, but they escape no end of trouble.
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The Colonel says he is the naked issue" and his followers do not try to clothe him in verbiage, but talk of less important issues.
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Someone has said Candidate Wilson seems almost good enough to eat! But no one charges the Colonel with hav- ing said it.
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It was at Atlanta and Knoxville in particular that the Colonel found a frost this early in the season.
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Asa a hia shsphsrd pes.

Dear Uncle Jed: am little giri nine years old. live er farm. We have two cows sn6 three h1Ft1e We have got hens and chiekene VI Have one great, big shepherd dbs. I VIII close.
 Yantic. LUCl A. GhA1.
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Hearst's letters are now branded as forgeries by typewriting experts. Will there be an investigation?
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They say in the west that Profess sor Wilson Is gaining ground as con- versationalist, but losing it as a can didate.
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Somebody did golden deed,
 Somebody proved 8 friend in need. Somebody sang a beautiful song, Somebody smiled the whole day long.
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When 1t comes to a discussion of the high cost of living there are all pros and no cons,
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The white slave industry is hard to squelch because it has the support of tainted money.
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Taft prosperity ought to be good enough for any sensible voter A Will son lack of 1t will be a foolish choice.
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Howl esrth. Spend Her Yaestion.

How Bertha Spent Her Vacation. Dear Uncle Jed: thought would write and tell you about my vacation. I went up to drandms's and stayed pretty near all the time, and had lots of candy.
 My Grandpa hes store, and some times I go on the route with him. We go after the COW at night.
 I came home, and Mamma and I went to Westerly, R. LG~and stayed three weeks. had lots of fun watch ing the trolleys.
 My uncle has good many cows and two black horses. Their names are Ned and Dick. He has an auto.
 came home Labor day and went to school the next day.
 BERTHA FULLER, Age g. Hanks Hill.
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4 esess Flying | Kite.

Not long ago some little boys were flying srnsil paper kites. They were
 made of newspaper, about as big as your hand. with straws stuck through
 for sticks.
 4 flock of tame geese came wad-
 ding along. picking up stray grains of corn. One of the boys took grain
 and tied his kite string firmly to it. An old gray goose. a little behind the rest, with her neck stuck out as far
 as possible. made | grab for the corn.
 She got it. but found she had the kite. too. Of she started. "Quack! Guackl
 quacki" with the kite flying above her
 head and her wings Tapping all the while. It frightened the rest of the
 geese, and such 6 Quacking and flap ping as they made!
 The boys raced after them, and thought it fine to see an old goose fly ing q kite.
 LOUIS A DEMyrII. Age 3.
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Torrinstsn.--J. J, Twohill. formerly of The Shorehani, of New Haven. bas been engaged as clerk at Conlsy'a inA to succeed E, 4. Billiard d
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The newest dance Is called "the sea sick step." It must be 6 long roller.