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Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAN
The univsrsal lndsr.

T am engaged" said the little blonde man, with spectacles, and short, yell Jewish, pompadoured hair, "in c work that is of the greatest interest to al intelligent persons. IL is the ciasei- hcation and indexing of all known facts. Various classes of facts have heretofore been classified, of course. such as historical, scientific. political and so son, but before me no one has af- tempted to arrange universal knowiedgs SO that any item of information that forms part of the sum of human coz hilton can be got at easily. I include everything-art, ancient history. medi- eval astrology, modern sociology, al the ideas of Plato and confuciua, all the superstitions V of time, all lernl procedures and cases, ali geography, arithmetic, fashions, sports, everythinr in the range of intelligence. ft ia aii to be card-indexed, cross-lndexed and alphabetically arranged. If anybody wants to know anything in the world. 1t makes no difference what whether q cuneiform inscription from Nineveh or a rule o auction bridge, all he will have to do. when my system is com Q pleted, will be 10 90 right 10 it, lust as you find criminal by the Bertiiion data, or determine the species and
 genus of given plant by A htld.boe k of botany. I am now raising funks
 to prosecute my work, As. Of coufsa it
 will be very expensive. and I---," But here his audience left him. The fatal moment in any enterprise is where you pass the hat
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
The City Dog and the Country Dog

live with you, where I could be free to do as I like. If it were not for the nice way in which my master and mistress treat me I believe that I should run away any moment. Now you must tell me your story, if you have any to tell"
 My master" said Bruno, 'is very good to me. But my mistress does not like to see me in the house. She gives me plenty to eat, but the mo- ment she sees me in the house, you may be sure I have to run pretty quick. She chases me out of doors, for she says dogs get spoiled when they are let in the house too much
 My master usually sits up later at night than my mistress does, so when she. is asleep, he always let's me in.
 When my master and I go out hunting he always let me have one or two squirrels, or something else.
 "The children and have great romps across the fields. l am always allowed to go anywhere that I want to go except in the house.
 Sometimes I have to take care of the children. but they always treat me kindly
 T would not want to leave my home for anything. and my master says that he would not part with me for any sum of money. But there he is. call ing us."
 On the way back, Jerry said: "1 wish that I lived here with you"
 Soon afterwards Mr. Richards of fered Jerry's master fifteen dollars for Jerry, for he had always wanted two dogs to hunt with.
 Jerry's master finally accepted the offer and Jerry was happy because his wish had come true; but still hs wal sorry to leave his master and mis- tress.
 ETHEL ERICKSON. Age 1s. l Mansfield
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
SYMPATHY WITH sERVIA.

How much progress Servia is going to be able to make in her ambition for expanding her territory. as the result of conquest, and thereby be able to secure for herself a seaport on the Adriatic and an outlet thereby for her steadily increasing activities, will de- pend upon the amount of support she is able to depend upon from her friends. Public sentiment is doubt less with her in her struggle to over come the opposition which Austria has to her plans. The fact that the lost Austrian representative has appeared unharmed has relieved immediate ten sion. but while believing in Servia's position it is difficult to see that many of the European nations, barring Russia, are prepared to go to war over the situation Austria, in fact is in no position to plunge ahead alone, and must rely upon the aid of Germany
 The situation is one which had bet ter be settled by diplomacy with an adjustment of the situation for the best interests of all concerned. Ser via, while at first anxious for all of Albania which really Austria would like at some future time is willing to compromise by getting a seaport. In view of her part against Turkey she seems to be making a justifiabls demand and one which when it comes to adjustment will doubtless be so found, whether the country taken by conquest is divided among the allies or given UP to autonomy
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Hous. pIanta Hsr Favor;t.s.

I have a few plants I take care of water them most every morning be- fore I go to school. If I forget to water them in the morning, I water them after I come home from school.
 I have a monthly rose and an orange tree that I think great deal of.
 had a lot lost winter, but one of those very cold nights the frost killed some of them.
 I am fond of plants that live in the house
 When visit my friends, if they have plants that are different from mine, get a slip and watch 1t grow.
 I have quite a number of slir- that have just rooted.
 I hope that the frost will not kill any of them this winter.
 I have covered them over most every night this week. because do not want to lose them.
 MILDRED BURBANK, Age 1s.
 Moosup,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
My Auto Trip to Boston.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my trip to Boston.
 About five weeks ago l had an au- tomobile ride to Boston.
 Our teacher had car and asked me and my sisters and his aunt and cousin to go for a ride
 We started about six o'clock in the morning from my home. It was quite chilly. We went to Providence first, passing through Washington, Arctic, Riverpoint and other places. When we arrived in Providence the teacher went into a place and got some gasoline and some things for the tires.
 Then we started for Boston by way of North Attleboro and Hyde Park.
 We had dinner at Hyde Park. Then the teacher and his cousin from Hyde Park, myself and sisters, went up the Blue Hills and some other places.
 At Readville we went on the race track and rode forty miles an hour.
 After we had got through looking at the horses we started for home.
 Just the other side of Providence we had a biow-ou We worked about half an hour fixing the tire. We had very nice time and got home about eight o'clock.
 CURTIS c. PLACE, Age 10.
 Moosup.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
The Bird in the Snow.

One day. while was out for a walk, 1 found a bird in the snow.
 The poor bird was almost frozen, and had lost toe. It had got hurt in some way.
 I took the bird and ran home. Then I put 1t on some soft wool in warm room.
 Soon it began to move. First it shook its wings; then it got upon its feet.
 After little while it began to hop about the room and chirp.
 Now Dicky was so well that he could pick up some crumbs
 One day when the sun shone and it was warm I let 1t fly out of the win dow.
 Did I ever see little Dicky again? One bright day in the next summer bird came to tree that stood near the window of my room. It sat on a branch and sang sweet song. I said 1t was the same bird. could tell by its toes.
 SOPHIE THOMA, Age Il.
 Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
An industrious Wide Awake,

Dear Uncle Jed: I think Lucy Car ter a very industrious little girl, and the two other Wide Awakes who wrote about their work.
 Here are some things I can do: I can make bread, cake and pies. can cook a good dinner if l try. l can sew, dust, sweep, wash floors, make beds, clean up stairs good; and I can dress the baby. I can also typewrite on the Oliver typewriter, as we have one.
 I suppose the Wide Awakes are get ting ready for Thanksgiving
 l have to mend my fathers clothes, too.
 I hope the other Wide Awakes will write about their work.
 ADA MARRIOTT. Oneco.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
A Tap at the Window.

We have no little children at our house. A noisy boy or dear little sunny-faced girl would make very sweet music for us. But we have none, and so we have to coax the birds to come to our window.
 Often when the snow Is on the ground they come and pick up the crumbs which we throw to them, and chirp us a thank you.
 One day we heard a tapping at the pane, and when we came to see we found 1t was one of our little friends who knew it was time to dine. So we gave him some crumbs, and after that he came every day, and we always loved to See him.
 It is better to be kind and make the dear little birds happy than to do as some bad boys do-steal their eggs and break down their nests.
 LOUISE DEMUTH, Age g.
 Ra1tip
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28

barrel in an alley and the woman, a short, fat one, saw us, and ran out, hollering at the top of her voice:
 Bring dot bari back! tell der perlise!"
 A few yards back of her came her husband, I suppose; and little far ther back a fat, bowlegged baby. It was circus; but they got the best of it, for the wheel of our wagon came off, and we were captured--not us, but the barrel. and the family went back happy. carrying the barrel between them.
 After we burn our barrels Thanks giving night, we are going to run our old wagon on to the remains of the fire; for guess by another year they will not allow us to swipe barrels at all. People do not seem as full of Thanksgiving as they should be.
 RICHARD c. MORAN, Age 13.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
How to Make a Workbag for Mother

TlOW t0 NlaNc q WoFkDdA IOT WOtn0Ts
 Dear Uncle Jed: In reading the letters of both Lucy Carter and Rich ard Tobin, I thought that perhaps I might be able to write about the mak- ing of something nice.
 Just then, as l lifted my eyes from the paper I spied my mothers work bag which l made myself and with no difficulty. It is very pretty, and made in the ld-fashioned way, with soft linen. R
 pasteboard circle neatly covered, serves for the bottom, with the sides fulled on, and a silk cord to run through the top. The circle is six inches in diameter and the sides should measure 12 by 2S inches. At the bottom of the inside is added a two-inch hemmed piece, stitched into sixteen or more pockets for holding thread, all kinds of buttons and silk, scissors, needles, beeswax, emery, tape, hooks, eyes, and snap catches.
 If the girls have not the material to make this workbag or the articles to supply it. let them save the money they have to buy candy, and they will soon have saved enough to buy ma terials to make workbags for their mothers, who will be more than sat- isfied with such useful Christmas present.
 AMELIA LANDRY.
 Taf+,,,I1a
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Johnnie Browns Whit. Dr.ss.

This little boy had light curly hair and large blue eyes. He was a chubby, good natured fellow. Once in a while he would run away to float a small sailboat in the harbor There was a large tub full of water at home, where he could try his boats, but that was not large enough to suit him.
 One day his mother missed him, and went out to find him. He was down by the shore with his little boat "Gyp- sy," sailing towards the ocean.
 His mamma was quite surprised. She made Johnnie put on his little white nightdress and keep it on the rest of the day His other clothes were put in the closet and locked up.
 All the rest of the day Johnnie kept out of sight. Once in awhile he would peep out from behind the door. He felt badly when he saw the other boys playing outside.
 After he had worn the nightdress
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
How Bo Peep Was Wsaned.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought 1 would write you a story about my pet lamb. One day last spring one of our neigh bors gave me little lamb. It was three days old. l named it Bo Peep. I fed it on the bottle until 1t was large enough to eat grass. Then she would not drink water unless 1t was in the fottle
 When I was sick. my mother said:
 T will not water your lamb with the bottle"
 So she put pail of water out by the house. and if the lamb didn't drink that water she would not have any.
 When l was so l could go out doors she could drink. Now she runs with the cows.
 BEATRICE ELDRIDGE, Age 14.
 Scotland
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
She Saw the Wild Animals.

Dear Uncle Jed: would like to tell you about my visit 10 New York. We went to the park and saw all the an- lmals. The lion and tiger looked very angry and had very bright eyes. The tiger was striped yellow and black. The lion had long and shaggy hair. There was a large iron pole in the center of the cage: and they kept walking round and round the pole.
 CATHERINE JACKSON, Age Il.
 Mystic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.

Christmas Work for the Wide Awakes.
 Dear Uncle Jed and the Wide Awakes: I will tell you how to make some pretty things for Christmas that we children can make:
 A Irvine Case, to Hold Mothers Twine-Cut strip of silk or cretonne that measures IS inches wide; sew short ends together; cover two brass rings with buttonhole stitch or wind them with mercerized cotton or floss, to match the color of cloth which you use. Now turn under one quarter of an inch on edge of material; run gath ering thread and draw it up just large enough to fit the ring; then fasten off, and sew to the ring place a ball of twine. Let end of twine drop through lower ring; make small bow across lower opening; from one yard of rib- bon make two smaller bows, one each end of ribbon; the long plain use to hang up by. Sew one bow to each side of top ring and it is all done.
 A Pin Case to Hold Two Papers of Pins-Three- quarters of yard of rib bon one inch wide, a piece of ribbon or silk five and one-half inches wide; fold ribbon the long way right side in. sew edges together, turn case right side out; fold inward top of edges of ribbon, until case just holds the papers of pins; make small bows of ribbons At each side of case with section of ribbon in between for hanging up.
 Darning Cotton Case-From card board cut two oval pieces four and one-ouarter inches long by two and one-duarter inches wide cover each piece with cretonne; place white and black spools of alarming cotton side by side between the covered cardboards; punch holes through pieces, sew rib- bon; then run through cardboard and spools and cardboard and up again out on top and fasten with bow.
 LUCY A. CARTER, Age il. Scotland.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
HnI What EunI

Dear Uncle Jed and my Wide Awake Friends: Thanksgiving is near.
 Cold, bustling, stormy winter, is coming.
 The leaves have already fallen from the trees; the pretty flowers have withered; the birds have flown to warmer climes; the squirrels have gone to their nests, and soon the ground win be covered with snow, and the streams and ponds will be frozen over. And then, Hot what fun!
 AS over the hills and through the snow we go. Oh. how the wind does blow! It stings the toes and bites the nose, as over the ground we go-on Thanks giving day.
 WILBUR D. HOBBY, Age Il.
 EaEleyille.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
The Bakers Reward.

Once a baker walked slowly home. He had basket of bread and pastry on his shoulder. In the darkness he could see a moving creature. He went towards it and found 1t to be wom- an. She asked him for some food and he gave her all he had in the basket.
 This woman was rich and was only home with the food, and next day. she met the man who gave it to her. Yak ing q purse of gold from her pocket, she said
 "A good deed is always rewarded"
 It made him a rich man. And now his grandsons and granddaughters tell of the bakers reward.
 JOSEPHINE BURKE, Age Il.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Pumpkin Moonshine.

Dear Uncle Jed: must tell you how 1 spent Halloween. One of mg neighbors gave me a pumpkin. and by father made it into a dandy moon shine. So after dark Lit it and what fun had going around the village with 1t.
 One of my playmates has one. I think you can imagine what a good time we have these dark evenings with our Jack O lanterns
 LEON EDWIN DIMoCK. Age L
 Ct1rlauxfi1a
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

and find 1t quite interesting. thank you very much for 1t.
 Ada Marriott of Oneco: thank you very much for my book, Girls of the True Blue" l think the books written by Mrs. l.. T. Meade are very nice. have quite a few that were written by her
 Troy |. Main of Norwich; re- ceived the prize book entitled Three Young Ranehmen, and have finished reading it. I have found it very 1n- teresting and thank you very much for it.
 Mary Hobsor of Ainsley, Neb.; Thank you very much for the nice book you sent me a few days ago. It was such a surprise. 1 would like to know where you found my story.
 am in the sixth grade Gust entered upon it this week. and am 10 years since Oct. 24th.
 1 love to read and to write stories.
 My favorite books are Little Wom- en. Little Men. An Old Fashioned Girl Black Beauty, The Story Hour and The Child World. The latter Is book by James Whitcomb Riley. like the first one best of all. l also like Little Lord Fauntleroy. I take music lessons every Saturday morning; and since May, when l be- gan, I have two books. and have ny second piece of sheet music. I know Little Women almost by heart
 I will close for this time.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
A THANKSGIVING.
(By Robert Louis stevenson.l ]

We thank thee for this place in which we dwell; for the love that mites us, for the peace accorded us; for the hope which we expect the nor row; for the health, the work, the good. the bright skies, that make our lives delightful; for our friends in all parts of the earth and our friendly helpers in this Isle Help us to repay in service one to another the debt of Thine unmerted benefits and nercies. Grant that we may be set free from the fear of yicissitude and death may finish wha remains of one course without dishonor to ourselves or hurt to others, and give at last rest to the weary.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Their Two BuIIIeads.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought l would write and tell you about my brothers fishes. He has two of them. one that caught and one he caught himself. They are both bullheads. When we first caught them he put them over in the spring in our pasture. We did not see them at all and thought them dead.
 One day my father cleaned out the spring and found the two bullheads: He brought them over to the house and put them into a tub of water. but Willie now has them in a pail He feeds them worms every morning, and changes the water before he goes to school.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
A Successful Coon Hunt.

Dear Uncle Jed: We have coon dog and his name is Jack. One night my father and Mir. Clark went out coon hunting into the Colchester woods. They were in the woods but a short time before the dogs opened up on a cooRs trail.
 Over the hills and through the swampss went the dogs after the coon.
 Finally Brownie and Jack parked up the tree. My father and MT. Clark were soon under the tree. There they found Mir. Coon sitting up in the trea Then Mir. Clark climbed the tree and shook the coon off; but the dogs had him before he landed on the ground. Then the coon put up an awful big fight with the dogs. When the men got home they weigh ed him and found he weighed twenty three pounds.
 This was the largest coon caught out of sixty-four coons in three sea- son.
 FRIEDA KRAUss. Taftville
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
POETRY.
The Mother to Her Son.

ne Mosher 10 7er Oon' Do you know that your soul Is of my soul such part That you seem to be fibre and core of my heart? No other can pain me as you, son. can do; No other can please me, or praise me as you. the world will be quick
 with it's blame, If shadow or stain ever darken your
 name. Like mother, like son, is a saying so
 true, The world will judge largely of mother
 by you. Be this, then, your task, if task it
 shall be, To force the proud world to do homage
 to me. Bo sure it will say when it's verdict you've won She reaps as she sowed. This man
 is her son.
 New York Observer.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Scotland.
A Rull Moose.

Dear Uncle Jed: After I had read sorne of the nice lettprs written by the Wide Awakes, 1 thought would write and tell you about flock of twenty sheep we have. They are well bred and the ram is a full blooded Shrop- shire.
 He weighs 15o pounds and papa calls him a "bull mobse," because he looks for more than his share.
 THOMAS GRADY, Age 10. UuinAAarra
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Windh
Had Great Fun HuskIna.

Uncle Jed: When you were a little boy, did you ever huek corn? We'll, dad the other week. It was great fun. One day I husked two bushels and a half. The farmer gave us six cents a busflel, five cents for husking and one cent for tying the fodder.
 There were nine boys. and the farm ee was fverp glad to have us help him, so he Could get both corn and fodder into the barn before it rained.-
 Each of us boys got nice pumpkin My mother made a pumpkin pie out of mine. do love pumpkin pie.
 ARCHIBALD TORRANCE, Age ia. Taftyille
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Greta Kinmonth of Mystic Received my book and have read it. Many thanks for it.
 Margaret Grady of Scotland: I send you many thanks for the nice book I received from you. 1 enjoy reading it and hope to win another prize. 1 wish you a happy Thanksgiving.
 Richard Tobin, Jr., of Norwich: have finished reading my book, and found it very interesting. I thank you very much for it.
 William MeCIoud of South Wind ham: I received the prize book entitled Peter the Whaler." 1 am reading 1t,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28

How Scott Floored the Best Pupil.
 When Sir Walter Scott was a boy at the high school in Edinborough he tried in vain to get above another boy who was always at the top of his class. He had noticed that when this boy was asked question he always fingered the lowest button of his waistcoat, and that seemed to help him in giving the answer.
 One day Scott managed to get this button cut of, without the boy know ing 1t. Question time came The boy wandered down, feeling for the famil- far burton, but could not find it. This disturbed his mind so much that he forgot what the answer was, and Scott took him down.
 CHISTTANA GAGNE, Age g.
 Taftville,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
A Stnrx for Thanksnivinn.

A Story Tor ThankseiVlng. Once upon time turkey was walking along the road and he was hunting for something to eat. He came to farmhouse and went into the henyard, where he found some thing to eat.
 The farmer came to the i1enyard to feed the hens. When he saw the tur- key, he said
 T will have a turkey for Thanksgiv- ing"
 Thanksgiving came and the turkey was killed for dinner
 They said: We hope another tur- key will come for next Thanksgiving day.
 HAROLD BLAIS, Age A. Ra1tfr
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
Billie, the Pony, Knows His Name.

bIIIIe, the Tony, NnoWs HIS Name. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to write and tell you all about my colt. The color of 1t is black, with a white star in its face. It's naf1e Is Billie. When I go to the bars and call him by name he will run up and lick my face. He is our ponys friend
 We keep himi in a pasture in the city all summer with our young cat tie. And just a few days ago we brought him home.
 When we took him to the pasture in the city he did not shed his hair; but now he has shed his hair and he looks very nice.
 ETHEL CLARK, Age 12. Noruinh
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28

The Balkan war opened with the desire to secure autonomy for the provinces in Turkey. The success of the allies has been such that the de- clared object has been forgotten It's case now of who will get left in the division.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28

A turkey special of 42 cars rushed north. reads like hurrying of rein sorcements to the front by the Otto man empire, but it was only reinforce nents for the Thanksgiving day din- ners. bound for New York
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Rules for Youno Writers.

Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly pn one side of the paper only and number the pages. Z. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words.
 4. 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- eie Jed, Bulletin Ofsce.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
A Chance Thrown Away

In swearing off his New York taxes, Andrew Carnegie deliberately throws away another chance to attain his boasted ambition to die poor.--Norfolk Virginian- Pilot.