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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

The good, old Republican state of
Vermont sent a contesting delega'
ton to the Baltimore Convention.
Ibis surely looks like Democratic
year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

Mary Raymond Shipman An
drews, the we'll known writer, has
two fads, Abraham Lincoln and the
out of doors. 1t is not necessary to
say that both are large.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

Holy Cross College has conferred
the degree of l.. L. d. on Governor
Pothier. Honors are coming thick
and fast to his excellent excellency.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28
Solitude and the Crowd.

IL Is easy in the world TO live after
the worlds opinion. II is easy In soil
tude to live after our own, but the
great man is he who In the midst OF
the crowd keeps with perfect sweet.
ness the independence Of solitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

The wisdom and sense in six
year presidential term with no re-
petition of the same man, is becom
ing more and more apparent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28
Knows Better Now.

Teacher-Tommy, you should have
known better than to fight with that
Williams boy. TOMMY know, ma'am,
but thought could lick him.-Hearth
and Home
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

William ]. Bryan has been with
out doubt, the most conspicuous
newspaper man at the Baltimore
convention this week.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

1t is pretty hard in these times for
the thrifty politician to know on
which side of the fence to get down.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

The shortest life is long enough II IL
lead to better. and the longest life Is
too shors II Il do not-Coltdn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28
Real prouress.

"How is father getting on with his
riding lcssOns?"
Every well. We children are al
lowed to watch him now."-Flicgende
Batter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

The safest way Of not being very
miserable is not to expect TO be very
happy Schopcnhauer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

This is the last week of registra
ton. Have you registered3
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-06-28

Judge Hughes had the good sense
to .'sit tight"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
A CELEBRATED CASE.

After having been nine years in court the case of the Beef trust is finally being brought to a close. The case at its finish has held @ Chicago jury to strict business for three months of the most strenuous sort of campaigning. imprisonment and depri- vatton any of them are likely to see.
 No wonder that when the defense rested the jury executed pigeon wings and gave war-whoops when they returned to their quarters It is one of the longest trials ever held in the federal courts of the west. The government has introduced 1,400 ex- hibits, the defendants 100, some of them intricate mazes of figures. But all the mass of evidence and argu- ments must be assimilated by each of the jurors and their task will be no light one.
 Their combined pay. moreover. for the job will not equal the fees paid to one of the lawyers for the defense as retainer.
 It has been a grand demonstration of the ability of lawyers to put off the day of reckoning by technical ob- jections for the purpose of delaying definite action. When the trial did come off, the mass of exhibits G,5O0) are. enough to confuse any but the ablest jurors.
 III has surely been made a famous case and it may have approached very close to being infamous
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
Eraddv,s Horse.

Freddy Grayson was a very poor lit- lie boy. His father was dead and his mother had to work hard to support herself and Freddy.
 Freddy's cousin had white toy horse.
 Freddy wished he might have one. One afternoon he went to visit his cousin again; this time he looked at the horse very carefully.
 When he arrived home he went to the potato basket and found a large potato with a small round one on it. Into this small potato he put two pins for eyes, he intended to call this the head. Two small sticks served as ears, and four longer ones on the large potato served as legs. He then put a small stick into the end of the potato for a tail.
 Freddy showed his horse to his mother and she thought it was a good idea
 Afterwards he made another, and after that a little cart of long board and some small ones
 JOHN P. M'VEIGH, Age s.
 NaT.11riab
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
TWO STORIES BY WIDE AWAKES
How They Caught the Outlaw.

One day boy went hunting. He was about seventeen years old He shot three rabbits and one gray squir- rel.
 He saw the track of deer. He fol- lowed them to an old shanty This shanty was once owned by an old mis- CT, but he had died and no one want cd it. Here the boy lost the trail
 He went home and persuaded his mother to let him sleep in the shanty, because he wanted to shoot the deer.
 His mother consented. Iii the morn ing he shot the deer. He was just skinning it when small, red-headed man came up to him and said: @
 You are under arrest am a sher- fir"
 While putting the handcuffs on him. he said
 Give me the deer and I will let you go.'
 The boy gave him the deer and his gun, and walked away. When the boy was on the main road he met man. The man said:
 What is the matter? You look sad
 The boy told the man why he was sad, and described the sheriff.
 His new friend said:
 That man is 10 more sherifI than you. Come with me and you shall see if l tell the truth
 They went to the shanty and arrest ed the little red headed man He wa. one of he worlds greatest outlaws The boy got large reward THOMAS BELL, Age 13, Dol
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
OUR PRESENT POSTAL ARRANGE.
 MENTS

Tn it's relation to the people the parcel carrying of the present system is both a fraud and a shame. Ii is in defeusihle that a parcel sent from London to Michigan should be sent for 12 cents postage. while a parcel of equal size from Chicago costs nearly four times as much
 Samuel Lees of Oua, Mich. writes the Chicago News
 Recently ] received a parcel from a mail order house in Chicago. It was sent by express. but as there is no express agent at this place it was sent on 10 Biteiy six miles away. received @ notification that it was there and went for it. paying rail fare one way, II cents. The cost of the expressing was 35 cents, making a total of 56 cents
 From England this same parcel would have been sent by parcel post the cost would have been 12 cents and the package would have come direct 10 Otia."
 This parcel would have cost more by mail than express or it would not have been expressed" The people need a parcels post if the business of tle country doesn't They are pay ing out millions needlessly every year because of the protection given pri- Vate carriers.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
In a Hurry.

Carlo had been off to the woods. hunt ing rabbits. It was a warm day and he had travelled a great distance.
 T am very hungry thought he. T am sure 1t must be dinner time"
 Carlo had often seen the cook ring the bell to call the men to dinner; so when he came to the house he rang the bell. and gave it good strong pull
 That meant Come quick"
 The men were in the field, making hay. They heard the bell ring and came home. Carlo was very much pleased when he saw them coming. He ran to meet them, wagging his tail and barking for joy.
 But when the cook came to the door she told the men that the dinner was not ready.
 How came the bell to ring" asked they.
 "That dog rang it" said the cook, and Carlo hung his head and went away
 ANNIE KRAUss, Age F.
 Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
-A EoREsHApoMEn REEoRM

It is quite likely that, this will be he last presidential canvass in which the convention method of choosing delegates 10 Jhe national convention Of any party will be in practice, for Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson have ad- ocated the change. not in the midst of a political canvass as an advan- age to the candidate, but as a means of procuring true expression of the preferences of the voters of the coun- try.
 The Providence Journal in touching 1pon this change say S.
 This is a situation that repubG- cans will do well to appreciate, what ever their predilections chance to be. There is no precedent for it in our political history because this is the first time that a presidential prefer elce primary has ever been held; nor as there eyer 8 campaign, probably, iu which so many voters were pri- verely boiled before the nominating convection. One thing is certain: if the primaries give one result and the convention gives another, the next four years win witness d formidable demand for a wider primary test in 1916"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
The PIaxhouse.

There were once two little girls who lived in the country. Their names were Ethel and Eva. In the orchard there was a playhouse, and 1t belong ed to a kind friend. This friend let these children have the house to play In.
 They had z, table and a stove which had been packed in the cellar of their home. They would go and sit in this house and sew hems on their long eur tains They would make rugs and car pets. They would bring books in the house for their library.
 They would go in the playhouse on Saturday morning and would not go homo until night They would often make their meals.
 One day they heard their mother and father speaking about an old lady
 They heard their mother say:
 Tt is too bad; she will have to go to the poorhouse"
 "Oh, Mamma" said Ethel. "can she come and live in our playhouse if we would help her?'
 "oh, yes, Mamma, please let her come and stay there" cried Eva.
 They leased their mother so that al .ast they all consented to let the old lady come and live in the playhouse.
 The old woman came the next day tc live in the playhouse and they would often go and help her to keep house ! They all became fast friends.
 ADELbE SMITH, Age F.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21

mother. Just wait 8, minute and l will run upstairs and lind something
 In & few minutes she came back, bringing with her half a dozen corn cobs, some red ink. and pair of seis- Sors.
 What are those old corncobs fOr?' asked Mary.
 Those are your playmates, but they are rot finished. Now you take the scissors and cut out some paper dresses for them, while l make the eyes, nose and mouth with this ink
 In a half-hour the dolls were fin ished. They looked fine in their paper gowns. There were the girls jumping rope, and the boys driving ponies. What fine time Mary had with her queer playmates.
 That night she kissed her mother and said:
 What a lovely mother l have! If I could not go out, had as much fun
 RUTH B. MCULLOM, Age 15.
 Mansfield Depot.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
Mary's Queer PIaymates.

Mary Davis sat by the fireplace, reading & book. She was propped up by pillows. and as she sat there her face became flooded with tears.
 "Oh. I never shall go through with it; I never sha1ll I can't! Whats the use of staying in the house this sunshlny day? Won't you let me go out, mother%
 No, dear; you are just getting over the humps and the doctor says 1t isn't best for a few days, yet"
 "Oh. dear! I ain't sick; but I do feel us if I'd like to go play with the other children!" She paused and look ed down the lane.
 There's Eva. Doris. Frances and Josie, jumping rope, and, my! there's Teddy and GeOrgie with their new pony. Oh, l wish could go out!"
 Well, it's no use wishing. Mother Is sorry her little girl cannot go and play with the other children, but irl q few days she will be able Why can't you play that Eva Doris, and the other children are playing with you ?"
 How can l do that?' questioned Mary.
 On. that is easy enough" said her
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
TAFTs ESTIMATE OF CLEVELAND

Those who remember Clevelands service to his country and the way in which he was slandered by his enemies will be gratided to peruse the estimate Of him as presented to an audience in Boston on the 18th inst, when President Taft said.
 Grover Cleveland earned the sin oere gratitude of his countrymen and justified recurring memorial occasions Ike the one in which we are taking part He was a great president not because he was a great lawyer. not lecause he was a brilliant orator. but because he was patriot with the highest sense of public duty: because he was a statesman of clear percep- ions. of the utmost courage of his convictions and of great plainness of speech; because he was a man of the highest character. father and hus- 1and of the best type. and because throughout his political life he show ed those rugged virtues of the public servant and citizen, the emulation of which by those who follow him will render progress of OUT political life toward better things certainty"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21

o.-Were there two works of erea ton as narrated in the first and sec ond chapters of Genesis. or are these simply two accounts of the same works of creation? (E. M.)
 Answer-The first and second chap ters of the book of Genesis are wrong lv divided There are two accounts of thp work of creation and the division of the chapters should show this and he in harmony with divisions contain ed in the narrative. The first account ends with the third verse of the sec ond chapter. and the second account begins with the fourth verse of the second chapter. The flrst account re- la.tes to the epochal division of the work as arranged by the Lord. The second account is a commentary on inc first. explanatory of details. These are the generations" or developments. of the heavens and the earth and their creatures from a. time before there was any plant or herb. The first and principal account gives the word God" when speaking of the Creator and the second, or commentary ac- count. points out that it was Jehovah God who did the entire work-"in the dayr that He made the heavens and the earthJthus grssping the whole as one larger epoch-day, Including the work of the six already enumerated-
 
 New Hartford.-James Donovan hss resigned as watchman for the Tou- raine company after sixty years serV- ice.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
wha+ th. Elan Tsaehss Us.

Dear Uncle Jed Many years ago there was a great man and nero WIlo we all know we'll lie was George Washington, our first president. ne thought we ought to have flag 10 lead our soldiers and wave oyer our o6,i country. He wanted something dlI- fersut from any other nation, and at last he succeeded. He got some clotli and took it to Betsey Ross and told her just how to make it. with red ana white stripes and white stars over a blue ground. ..o
 The red teaches us to be brave, the white to be pure, and the blue 10 pc true.
 There was to be thirteen stars, one for each state, as there was only thlr - teen states at that time.
 But after a while our country grew the white people kept driving the In- dians back farther and farther until now when our flag waves it has forty eight pure white stars waving over ouT country.
 Best wishes to all.
 MYRTLE SWAIN, Age 1O
 North Stonington.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
nnmn on ths Old Farm.


 Dear Uncle Jed: This is my story of down on the old farm. We have two cows. Their names are Daisy and Beauty.
 We have three horses, and their names are Asmark, Dan and Dick We have hens, bantams, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea hens. We have 0 dog named Jack and a cat named Ponto. have a. good pond to skate on. My father is rural mail carrier go with him sometimes. In the summer we raise garden pro- duce of all kinds.
 The pumping station is near our house.
 In the summer l go out and gather grapes and berries.
 Tn the winter l play on the snow, My brother and l go skating on the farm. We have a good time.
 Your niece,
 ANNIE FARNELL, Age 10. Stonington
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21

kindness. Yet now he was no better off than the poorest man in the field. He had been wounded and would die. He was suffering with pain and thirst. When the battle was over his friends hurried to his aid. A soldier came running with cup in his hand.
 Here, Sir Philip he said, T have brought you some water from the br ook."
 The cup was placed to Sir Philips lips. Then his eyes met those of a dying soldier who was lying on the ground close by. The wistful look in the poor mans face spoke plaineI than words
 Give the water to that man" said Sir Philip, quickly; and then, push ing the cup toward him. he said:
 Here, my comrade, take this. Thy need Is greater than mine"
 FLOSsIE MEYER, Age 10.
 TaftYille
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
IHE EYEs OF THe CORPORATION

Since there is well established proverb that Corporations have no souls" too many men who work for them consider them blind, which is a mistake corporation can always see it's side of the problem and the other side as it affects them. clearly, and they distribute their rewards in accord with merit.
 An address recently made in the interest of the Rock Island railway system to its men leaves no doubt of ths watchfulness of the managers. This is what was said to men about making themselves of value to the concern they were working for:
 You are working for large cor poration. In the nature of things it cannot know you very well personally, but 1t knows you by the work you turn out. It sets a real value on your work, higher than you think Your value is measured by the quality and quantity of results you produce. Some body knows your actual worth; appre- ciates your honest endeayors, and has vou in mind for better things. It's q business proposition. Each of us is pitSlized.
 Suppose you earn $1000 a year Al per cent that Is the yearly in- r-rrst on s25,000 In other words, the company capitalizes you at $25oOO and willingly pays interest on that sum for the use of your energy and faculties.
 fit rests with you Make your ts5,000 valuation clirnh to $5o,0o0 tc sloe .a0O. to $500. 100. Choose your food with care; treat densndy the body. er
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
Catching Rlackbirds.

Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could go,
 What are you doing there?" said a man who was passing along.
 Catching blackbirds," said Willie. Have you caught any?" said the man.
 ''No. not yet" said Willie, but grandpa is going to give me five dol lars when catch one. He wants one. Willie's grandpa did happen to say to him that morning:
 You catch me a blackbird, and will give you five dollars"
 He said it just out of fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do 1t,
 ROBERT KRAUss, Age 11 TaftviIle
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
A Very Busy Girl.

Dear Uncle Jel: 1 am much inter ested In the Wide Awake Circle and enjoy reaulng it's stories and letters.
 | am 12 years old l was twin. My twin sister died when we were 17 months old. l often think how nice it would have been if she could have been spared 10 me But ] have two sisters now one older and one younger than l.
 My sisters and ! have ways of earn ing monev In summer We pick berries and sell them.
 Iast year we had bed of onions
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
Don't Blow Out the Stars!

A dark little girl and a fair little girl Looked up at the stars one night, And the fair little girl shook a golden
 curl
 And tried to blow out their light! Said the dark little girl to the fair
 little girl,
 With a stern, reproving eye: Don't blow out. the stars. because,
 baby girl. God put them up in the sky!" Sent in by HAROLD PARKHURST, Age 13
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
POETRY.
Ducks

My dears, whatever are you at?
 You ought to be at home; 1 told you not to wet your feet.
 I told you not to roam. Q dear. I'm sure you will be drowned 1 never saw such tricks; Come home at once and go to bed You naughty, naughty chicks!" Now most of them were five days old But one, whose age was six Please, ma'am," said he, T think
 we're ducks.
 1 don't believe we're chicks!" Sent in by THEODORE, ROY, Age g. Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
A Bird.

I go to the home of friend of mine and play with a bird she has.
 It can do many tricks and I like to see it perform.
 It will get on your finger if you will put your finger in it's cage. It will pick at it, too.
 When I first went to visit my friend the bird would not pick at my finger. But after l. got acquainted with it l would put my finger in it's cage and 1t would pick at my finger as well as it would my friends
 But there is one thing that it will not do to me, yet.
 When my friend puts her nose up to the cage, it will pick at it. She says that it is kissing her
 l am going to try to make it pick my nose.
 It has a sweet voice. It's name is Peter and 1t is a canary bird. It s feathers are yellow.
 WALTER A. GREENE, Age 12.
 M0osup.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
JeffersOn's Kindness to a Man.


 Once while President Jefferson was out horseback riding with some friends, an old gentleman stood by a stream, waiting to get across without wetting his feet. After most of the people had crossed he asked President Jefferson to take him across on his horse, which he did.
 After he had got down from the presidents horse, a gentleman coming up behind asked him:
 "Why did you ask him and not some other man in the party?"
 T did not like to ask them" said the old gentleman. But the man that helped me looked as if he would do it, and so I asked him.
 He was very much surprised to hear that 1t was the president who had car- ried him over the stream.
 KIRBY $. POTTER, Age IA. Willimantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
A Faithful Sister.

Nanette Green was a poor child, having an only brother, Johnny.
 Little Johnny's eyesight was poor until one day in June he became to- tally blind.
 His FOOT mother and father did not know what to do.
 Nanette overheard them talk about a specialist who lived in Boston. She planned with Johnny and decided to go to Boston.
 Early one morning they started. After walking three miles a kind man let them ride until they were within a mile of the city. Late in the afternoon they arrived at Dr. Will lis effice Nanette told him all the story.
 Dr. Willis telegraphed their mother, who wired that they might stay. Two weeks later he performed a successful operation on Johnny's eyes and then kept him in 8 dark room six weeks, with his eyes bandaged Johnnys sight completely restored, they went home to their joyful par ents.
 Weeks later their father sent for Dr. Willis bill and the bill they re- ceived was this: Charges fully prepaid for the sake of your brave little daughter"
 This, you may be sure. was the best news they could receive next to the 1 news of the restoration of Johnny sight
 HANNAH L. M'YEIGH, Age IS, l Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21

that we took care of ourselves and sold them and had the money.
 1 am going to have a room all my own. I have bought bedroom set. My mamma has a loom and weaves rugs and carpets. l am going to Sew rags and weave some rugs for my room myself
 l have pieced one bedquilt for my bed and have started another one. I belong to the grange We nave good times at our meetings. I go to church and Sunday school l have a mile to go to school We have a real nice school.
 You see, I am a very busy girl.
 A. l. S.. Age l2. HamDtOu
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
My Dou Tootsie.

We live in the country. We have a horse, a COW, fifty chickens, 3 calf and have a large dog whose name is Tootsie. She is black and white.
 My father made a harness for her. so she may draw my brother and L When I slide down hill Tootsie draws the sled back up the hill She is a very good dog and I like her very much.
 ETHEL ANDERSON, Age 13.
 Southford
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-21
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Alice I. Stone of Hampton: Lost in the Canyon" by Alfred R. Calhoun. 2-MyrtIe Swain of North Stoning- ton: Rhymes and Fairy Tales"
 3-HaroId Vars of Norwich: The Wizard of the Sea-" by Roy Rock wood.
 4-Thomas Bill of Baltic: of the Geysers," by c. A. Stephenson.
 5-FIosse Meyers of Taftville Bad Little Hannah" by L. T. Meade
 6-Louise krauss of Taftville: