Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
slMoN's lscHooLMATEs.

l Dear Editor and Social Cornerites: i what beautiful weather we are navlng.
 really can't help remarking on it. It | seems to me the very best spring
 have lever known, and I've seen quite | a few. As l sat on the porch just now pairing the potatoes I looked now and l again down across the valley with the streamlet running through" and up the green slope of the hill beyond to it's
 summit with it's crown of dark green pines, showing so grand against the 1 tender blue of the sky, and some lines
 of that beautiful hymn we sing. "Tng Spacious Firmament on High" came to my mind.
 1 Tn reasons ear they all rejoice l And utter forth a glorious voice.
 foreVer singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine' Yes, truly. the hand that made this ] beautiful world must be divine. A ride on the trolly at this time of | the year. or in fact at any time of the year, is something Simon and I enjoy very much, and as often as Simon's l business and my housekeeping affairs will permit. It is such a comfortable, cheap and carefree way of riding. It | furnishes complete change of scene, | and besides the beautiful country to see there are always the other pas sengers who are interesting to observe, l and quite often we meet friend, or simon sees an old schoolmate. In fact, We scarcely ever go cut without Sim on'S calling my attention to some one. or two. or maybe three that went to school with him. I have thought it must have been a goods sized school and Wellattended; and what seems to one rather singular the scholars were mostly girls. now grown to very good looking women.
 I am always glad to meet any of Simon's schoolmates. They certainly were. and are, as nice and good look ing a set of girls as one could wish to meet We never meet any of my schoolmateS. I was brought up in an other part of the state. so we scarcely ever run across any of my friends; but one day we did meet one friend of my youth (and of SimOn'S too)' now grown up quite a good looking man, who had been little sweet on me when We were all young folks together; and had looked at him a couple of times. He was quite a pretty boy, not that he ever stood any show beside Simon. It was a case of love at first sight with Simon and l, and 1 wouldn't have given Simon's little finger for all the men in the world then (nor now); and Simon knew it.
 Well, as was saying, we quite acci- dentally met this gentleman and passed the time of day with him as was only civil and proper, and would you De1eNe Il! simon acted like a great big dog that is telling everybody this is my place and you needn't trou- ble to come around.
 Well, I was amused-more amused than Eve been for some time-and yes, l will admit it. I was pleased if Simon can feel that way about me af- ter all these years We'll tierel life is worth living, yes very much so
 But 1 must get busy. I've planned to make fish cakes for dinner-fish cakes are favorite dish of Simon's.
 But first l want to tell Lucy Acorn, she is quite mistaken in thinking J. E. T. is an "old lady" l. E. T. is just in what you may call ''the prime of life"
 In my opinion. dear Lucy, to Women, like wine, a little age is a great i'm pavement
 Well, now I really must conclude
 Best wishes to all. No more at this time
 7 SIMON'S WIFE.