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Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
UNCLE JED's TALK WITH WIDE
 AWAkES.

Very few people realize how the wind toys with plants and serves them. The wind, you know, freshens the waters with new air. dries the earth after heavy rains, cooperating with the sun, and distributes seeds. These forces in nature do not exist for themselves alone, but serve God in various ways constantly, You must all know the plalntan which is so com
 mon on the lawns and in the fields, pestiferous weed often called rib-grass. When it gets old enough to bloom it sends up a tall spike which is soon covered with buds, which are followed by tiny flowers and then by seeds which the wind distributes. The
 plaintaln could not live without the aid
 of the wind any more than can red
 clover without the help of the bees. The little flowers bloom in their order from the bottom of the spike upward
 just like gladioH and the wind carries the pollen to the waiting stamens and
 these are covered with tiny hairs which
 catch the pollen from the wind as it is
 passing by, and when the seed is made it has a fuzzy crown and is held loose ly so that the passing wind takes it up and drops it where it will find soil and
 root and grow up to greet the wind again the following year. And as if realizing that many of these seeds would fall on barren ground, they are
 supplied with a great surplus. Through
 the laws of nature God is doing won derful things all of the time, and if we live in his light anxious to learn the truth we shall have it revealed to us.
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LETTERS OF AcKNowLEDeMENr.

Harry Gleason of Stonington: l am writing you again to thank you for that pretty book you sent me as prize for my story. l have started to read it, and l am half way through it. It is real good 1 thank you again for the book.
 Wilbur D. Hobby of Gurleyville: l wish to thank you for the nice book received. It is very interesting. l en- joyed reading it very much.
 Jacob Rabinovitch of Norwich: I thank you very much for the book l won I find it very interesting.
 Anna Duryea of Scotland: You don't know how pleased I was when I re- ceived my prize book, 'Bek's First Cor ner." It is very interesting and I thank you many times for it. With best wishes to all of the Wide Awakes and to you
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
The Pin and the Needle.

inc Ffn ana the Needle.
 A pin and a needle were both In a work basket. They had nothing to do so they began to quarrel.
 T should like to know what you are good for without head" said the pin. What is the use of an eye if there is always something in it?''
 T can do more work than you, said the needle.
 Yes; but you will not live long," said the pin.
 Why not?" asked the needle.
 Because you have always a stitch In your side" said the pin.
 You are a crooked creature" said the needle.
 And you can't bend without break ing your back" said the pin.
 I'll pull your head off if you insult me again." said the needle.
 "Pll put your eye out if you touch me. Remember, your life hangs by a single thread" said the pin
 Soon 8 little girl came in and began to sew. While she was sewing, the needle broke off at the eye
 Then she tied the thread around the pin. Trying to sew, she soon pulled its head off.
 She then threw it away in the dirt with the needle.
 Well, here we are" said the needle
 Then both said: Tt did us no good This is what becomes of all idle, Quarrelsome people"
 ALFREDA E. BROSOFSKE, Age 12
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
The Dutch and Their Country.

In Europe there is a country called Holland, or the Netherlands. The Dutch live there. The country is very low, and people have to build dikes to keep out the water. There are no stones in Holloand, and the stones on the di1es were brought from other countries The country is full of wa ter, so they build canals and have as many busy water streets as dirt streets.
 Some of the people live in house. boats on the water. They have wind mills all over the country to pump the water from the fields. The people dress very queer. They are very fond of gay colors. They wear wooden shoes. and when they go in the house they take off their shoes.
 They work all the time except on Sunday Then they go to church and listen to the preacher all day.
 ALICE GORMAN, Age g.
 Versailles
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Catherine's Dream.

Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time Catherine dreamed that she saw two rabbits come out of the wood, and one said:
 Let's have quarrel like two-legged people"
 Then one rabbit got two sticks and said Now, l will begin; l will say those sticks are mine and you say they are yours"
 Said number one; Those sticks are mine!'
 Said number two: Very well, you may have them"
 Then the first one said: Don't you know we never shall quarrel at this rate?"
 Yes" said number two, it takes two to make a quarrel, but one can end it."
 HARRIET B. ELLISON, Age Il.
 WiIlimantiC,
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rAMpERINe WIrH DELEGATES.

As tendencies indicate, Roosevelt was successful In winning the New Jersey delegation. making a clean sweep of the state, in which the last of the strenuous campaigning, before the national convention, has probably been done. There is one more state. South Dakota, which will select it's delegates next week. but otherwise the scene shifts to Chicago. It is a ques- ton now of delegates and holding them to their instructions and pledges against the influences and allurements which are being brought to bear on the Taft men to change their allegiance The desperate efforts of the Roosevelt men to win by foul means if not by fair is shown by their work among the Connecticut delegates. According to the New Haven Journal Courier the Roosevelt men claim six of Connecti- cuts delegation, and many of the del- egation have been invited to Oyster Bay to see the Colonel None have gone and none will go. it is safe to as- sume for Connecticut has spoken it's attitude. and its delegation will be NNlAN TUT AdAAs " nat 4H uFluE uQne here. however. there is good reason to glrmise, is being done in other states, so that it Is necessary for the presl- dsnt 10 keep a firm grip on his dele gates This with the delegations which are contested and which he is enti- ted 10 by all the rules which govern such affairs. are necessary to give him The nomination. His success is looked tor and needed by the country, and the outcome of the convention is con- fdently awaited by the republicans, and once 1t Is decided. 1t Is to be hoped t will be obeyed.
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Spring Is Here.

Spring Is Here.
 Dear Uncle Jed: o goody, goody! Spring is here, as the trees have be- gun to bud and the grass is shooting it's blades up through the ground. The little birdies must be coming from the south as we can hear them sing every morning. The peeping frogs are calling, too. I am so pleased that spring is here, so Brother and can go out in the garden with Papa to dig; and it won't be long before we can go to the meadow to pick Mayflowers and violets, too,
 We just love to go to the meadow for flowers.
 I think the summer is the best, as we can take our dollies out for a walk, and there are lots of nice things we can do in summer we can't do in winter. Coasting is nice in winter but We get so cold we can't stay out long.
 GRACE M. LOWE, Age '.
 Howard, R l,
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The Little Girl Who Changed Her
 Mind.

l knew a little girl who wished to go to school. The day she was five years old her mother sent her to school and she was delighted. Two weeks passed and the teacher told the little girls mother that she was the incest little girl in school for behavior Her ambition in school kept up until she was in the second grade. She was then taken sick, which put her back, and her ambition fell; and then she was not so fond of school. She had to stay in the grade two years.
 The little girl felt very bad when she thought of her other schoolmates going to the higher grade; but her mother cheered her up and told her if God would spare her health, she would
 LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
 The next term she got in the third grade: but her ambition had not come back. She got promoted to the fourth grade at the end of the term. Her ambition seemed then to come back to her, and she worked hard. At the end of the term she got promoted to the fifth grade; and she was de- lighted, for she did not think she would be.
 She started in at the beginning of the term, and as the weeks came her lessons were learned, and she felt just as ambitious for her school as she did when she started in the baby room. And I do hope by next year 1 will be in the sixth grade.
 EDNA ALQUIST, Age Il. Norwich
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The Baby Is Growing

Mir. Editor: By putting Jersey milk into the babys cocoanut. 2s new teeth have appeared to help him "chew the rag of the sugar teat he is 20 viz orouslv sucking
 His nurse claims the baby now has over 500 teeth so the baby must oe abnormal since even a mature person has but B. and a child's first set or milk-teeth, are only 20 in number. But physiologists never made al- lowance, in stating the number. for the large number Of canine teeth g presi- dential baby like Ted. may have.
 Dr. Abbott should be called again before young Ted bites himself in tw9. or shows his canine teeth 70 Taft for the pleasure of doing something stren- ucus.
 Boss furnished the milk after the bosses furnished the "sugar"
 C. II. TALCOTT. Norwich May % 1912.
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1--AIfreda E. Brosofske of Norwich, "Cascabel the Conjuror," by Jules Verne.
 Ruth Kingsley of Norwich, An dersons Fairy Tales"
 9-Rose Murphy of Taftville, "The Little Lone Prince" by Miss Muloch.
 4-Mary Shugrue of Norwich, Sweet Content" by Mrs. Molesworth.
 5-Earl James of Warrenville, The Frozen North" by M Douglas.
 6-Alce German of Versailles, "Ad- ventures of a Brownie" by Miss Mu- loch,
 7-Ednah AIquist of Norwich, Cousin Maude," by Mary J. Holmes.
 S-Vvian M. Stone of Hampton, "A Gay Charmer' by l.. T. Meade,
 Book winners living in Norwich may
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He ReIonas to the cranoe.

Dear Uncle Jed: l am very much in- terested in the Wide Awake Circle. All winter my papa has given the little birds meal to eat out on the snow. Sometimes there are. 12 or 15 come to eat at a time.
 1 go to school every day. The game l play mostly is prisoners base" have good deal of fun. There are r scholars in my school.
 In the summer time I pick berries and weed onions.
 I belong to the juvenile grange. There is about 50 members in all
 Last summer 1 got up a soap order and got me a writing desk.
 V. M. S., Age Il. Hampton.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

It is harder 10 get the citizen of 1912 to turn out to the caucus on a rainy night to save his state and coun- try from grafters than it was to per suade the boys of '61 to stand up to be shot at!-Hartford Post.
 The wild speculation on the London stock exchange in Marconi shares is said to have lost the bulls two million pounds, which they will be short Tn the end. Not a profitable financial epi- sode.-Bridgeport Standard.
 There are rumors af1oat that the presidential fight will again be fought out between Roosevelt and Bryan But how could they ever build a plat form with each fighting over the own ership of the blanks Springfield News.
 A man who had been dead more than month was elected to the Chicago
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Iikss 10 Liue on a Earm.

Dear Uncle Jed: l thought would send you a letter.
 We have just moved from the city and I ike the country, We have been ap in the country going on two years
 We have four cows and four calves and two horses and hundred chick ems
 ABRAM MADISON DE GRAY, Age s.
 Rrnnkl lNn.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30

found him sinking in sickness and The doctor said they should hear from him in an hour, when he would send some pills which he be- Ieved would prove effieacieus.
 He immediately went home and put ten guineas into pill box with the following label:
 'These must be used as necessities require; be patient and of good heart" i; and sent his servant with 1t to the peor man, who found that it contained remedy superior to drugs and po- tons.
 RUTH KINGSLEY, Age 12.
 Narwteh.
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let no one harm us when papa is away. Papa keeps quite flock of chickens and I like to feed them.
 We live near the sehoolhouse, so do not have a great ways to go. I always like to read the childrens stories in The Bulletin Thursdays
 ALICE M. MUNICH, Age 10. Dayville.
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eoIdemIth,s Kindness.

Oliver Goldsmith had some knowl- edge of medicine, having studied 1t at a university in Holland.
 A poor woman, hearing of his great humanity, solicited him by letter to send her something for her husband, who had lost his appetite and was greatly disheartened
 The good natured poet in a short time waited on the lady and after some conversation with her husband,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
Rules for Young Writers.

l. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages.
 ?. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
 5. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 25g words.
 1. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 B. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- els Jed, Bulletin Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY.

More and more as the years roll by do the people realize the great debt of gratitude which they owe to the mem bers of the Grand Army. More and more do they appreciate the sacrifice and hardships that they underwent for the maintenance of their govern menr and their country. Today there is left but a remnant of that mighty force which went to the front in the civil war. They are fast falling in the battle of life and as the years roll by the toll grows greater and greater The present rate is 40,000 a year.
 Today, in honor of those who laid ooWn their lives and many of whom occupy unmarked graves, the nation bows in memory and respect. Not with the same activity which char acterized their setting forth fifty years ago. but with the same firm and posi- tive determination. do the veterans of today arrange for and consummate the exercises which have such a great significance. The true spirit of sol- dierly devotion to their departed com- rades will ever prevail, and as the silent host grows greater, the duty which must fall on other shoulders, IS bound to be taken sp with fresh vigor bv the Sons of Veterans and other patriotic citizens throughout the land and ever perpetuated. The depleted ranks must be filled and the spirit of 'si made to pervade the hearts of every one who is permitted to share the benefits so dearly bought
 Everyone can take part today in the attendance upon some part of the pro gramme. Ii is presumed that all who have flowers have donated generously to the veterans for the decking of the graves. The flags can be thrown 10 the breeze. halfmasted, and there is nc question but what the throng which gathers at the exercises will indicate that the soldier dead will never be forgotten.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
The Maid and Her Eggs.

Once there was a little maid who had some eggs in basket on her head. She said:
 T will take these eggs home and put them under my chicks. They will say to me Peep, peep, peep!' When they are matched I will sell them and I will get a pretty new hat and pretty new dress and a nice new coat"
 When she got half way home she dropped her basket of eggs Then she began to cry. She said:
 T shall have no new coat, no beau tiful dress and no pretty hat"
 Do not count your chickens before they are matched.
 VIENNA L. ROBERTSON, Age 10.
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My Doc and Birds.

My dogs name is Dash. Dash is a very quiet dog. She is a black span iel about years old and, when she wants a drink she will go over to the sink and bark until you give it to her. When she had puppies I gave them each a name.
 I have three birds One is a gold finch the color of the rainbow. The goldfinch came from Ireland last year, I have two canaries, one all yellow, and one green and yellow. The green and yellow canary is going to get some little birds soon.
 HANNAH MCCARTHY, Age Il.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30

once the Colonel declared he would go from the White house to the capl- tol on his hands and knees to make Mir. Root president; and now he says he shall not preside at Chicago. How Roosevelt has changed!
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shs Has a Kitten Named Teddy

Dear Uncle Jed; am little girl, 10 years old. l have one little kitten named Teddy, and he is a great mouser.
 When I open the door in the morn Ing he climbs upon my back.
 I also have a great big dog named Ponto. He is fine watch dog, and will
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30
LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES.
The Starving Indian.

The Starving Indian.
 One day an Indian was roaming around a village. A settler saw him and told the Indian If he moved nearer he would shoot him. The Indian came nearer and the settler shot at him. By luck it missed him. He knew that the man would have to reload and ran toward him. When he got near enough the Indian made signs to him for something to eat.
 The man understood him and brought out some food and water. The Indian ate. Then he told his story.
 His tribe had chased him into the woods. While he was telling the story he saw two Indians coming to catch him. He ran away into the woods and never was seen again by the Indians, but came back to the settler. Then he went back into the woods and the set tier never saw him again.
 HARRY BAMFoRD, Age 12.
 Plaiufield
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Nathan Hale.

Nathan Hale was born in South Coventry. He was a spy in the revo- lutionary war.
 Washington wanted somebody to go and see what the British were going to do. He asked the soldiers who would
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go, but no one would volunteer. Then he asked Nathan if he would go.
 Nathan said he would So he dress ed up in teachers clothes. He said he was on the British side and found out all he could. Then he started back, but he only got a little way when he was captured and hung. fiis last words were: T regret that I have but one life to give to my country"
 ALBERT BENJAMIN. Age 13.
 Mansfield Center.
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The Colt Grows Bigger Every Day.

Dear Uncle Jed: l have three little pigs, and when they are hungry they will put their front feet on the fence and squeal They eat out of box. I have five little Maltese kittens. The colt is growing bigger every day.
 Nv dogs name is Joker. He sleeps on the porch in q box every night He catches many jack rabbits and eats them.
 Your niece.
 NELLIE LAMB. Age 1o Woodland, Cal
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The veterans who hallow this day have the respect and love of their fellow citizens.
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convention as a delegate from Ohia. Has it come to this that the voters believe the only good politicians are. ike the good Indians dead ones?-- Waterbury Republican.
 Immediately after that committee of democrats waited upon Governor Baldwin to arrange for the presenta- uon of his name Co the democratic national convention, he predicted that the next president would be a demo- crat Strange!-Ansonia Sentinel
 More than s1.2OO.OOO worth Of copies of a prohibition speech by Congress man Hobson are said to have been sent through the mails under tho Iranhng privilege at a saving Of s12.- 900 in postage. These smaller partiea are learning political trick Or two.-- New Britain Herald
 It is said that either Dean Rogers of Yale or Homes $. CumminKs af Stamford will nominate Governor s.
 E. Baldwin in the Baltimore conven-
 tion The dean Is surely an eloquent
 speaker, but if the nomination ls Co
 be embowered in sunset glow. we'd bet
 upon the Stamford orator.-New Bril- ain Record.
 Eastern Connecticut Is suffering from an epidemic of strikes among textlis concerns whose help. for a long time past, have been happy and contenfed.
 Today, for no other reason than that
 they have been harangued by profess sional labor agitators. over a thousand people are out of work indefinitely
 Ansonia Sentinel
 Spain has been very properly scored | for her brutality in Cuba during her
 long control there Nevertheless she did some things well One thing to her credit was persistent refusal Co draw
 the color line To the Spaniard a coi-
 pred man was a man and not merely a more or less human being subject Co Q severe handicap in everything -Bristdi | Press.
 All the joy will be taken out of joy | riding fl the courts follow the course i taken by a Philadelphia judge The | Philadelphia magistrate believes in go- | ing to the root of the matter in ex- 1 tracting the joy from the practice Of | joy riding. He sentenced Co 90 days 'n 1 jail for disorderly conduct tW0 girl participants in a joy ride which result | ed in the injury of an innocent pedes-
 trian.-Rockville Journal.
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Relief is now promised from a cer- tain feature of the campaign. From LOW on the Colonel will take personal charge of affairs and it will be his aim for Me and I convention.
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Inquiry is being made how fish horns got into politics and Fourth of July celebrations The horns the old poli- ucians used to take were not of this kind
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Roosevelt claims he established the bureau of mines, although the bill cre- ating it was passed in 1910, when he was on his way to Africa in the second year of Taft's administration.
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All the people who have voted for Roosevelt in the preferential primaries do not aggregate a number equal to Tafts plurality In 1908, There are 5,ooo,oo0 republican voters who have expressed no preference yeti
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possn,t Read Tho Pspsra.

John L. Sullivan complains that the world isn't producing any more good fighters. Evidently he h1a not been watching the contest Nrt reeu tFe Colonel and the President Chicago Record -Hefald.
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A states prison sentence to Con neeticut young man as the result of an April fool joke will give him time to think over the folly of paying serious attention to such things.
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A sentiment the progressives en- Roosevelt the saint-Taft the sinner" These have the right to the rear without realizing il.
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Roosevelt says that the people called him. but he finds it necessary to send for not few of the Taft delegates to meet him at Oyster Bay. They will fail to hear the call.
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The Springfield Republican is right when it regards MT. Taft as the most unjustly, the most brutally treated, os all the republican presidents"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-30

When George Ade declared the cock tail followed the flag, he did not have in mind the oyster cocktail.
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No doubt the Colonel thinks the re- suit in New Jersey was "Bully!" Now Dixon can command Taft to make way for the Coloners water wagon.
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With all the phases of the coffee suit i. hasn't diminished the consumption any and is not likely to.
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Happy thought for today: All is not gold that glitters-facts are not all ways what they are taken for.
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The republicans who are condemning Taft now are likely to be according him the highest praise four years hence.
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There is nothing quite like a presi- dential year for cutting down the in- terest in the stock exchange, as tran sections show.
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Harvards annual income of two and half millions leaves no doubt as to the solidlty of the university's founda- ti0n.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

call at The Bulletin business effice after 10 a. m. Thursday, CT any day thereafter.
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The Truly Brave. Who are the truly brave? The boy or gKI with self con- trol, | Who'd scorn to wrong a living soul!
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This is day of sad memories, but t has been giorined by noble deeds.