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Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
THE YELLOW GREEN HOUND

Old Ephraim was born a slave in AL abHxuz- When the WAT for freedom was 0sser he begged to stay as a slave rmkher than leave the plantation a free man He did stay, and is there still, though very old man. the delight of hi3 masters grazadchiIdren, who never EF0w fired of his stories. Hero is one e them. about the way tho yellow 4reen hound got himself fixed. 1t; was the cunningest trick old rabbit eyer
 ThzA hound lived close by where the rabblt and hzS wife lived He couldn't have been more than a pup when he fa1<< . H0tion that he ought to yelp and h0m1 from dark till daylight. Some folks say dogs bark at the moon, but this hound paid no attention csperten- ticni' is what EFAh really said) to the moon Boon as the light was gone Eru1n the sky hs began. ooo-oo-ooo-oo, Q, bew-oo-oco-6aO-b
 That Is the way he begsn,. that is The way he kept going until morning. srl8ht slnart." as Eph said. on the rab+ ih1fs nerves. It grated a good deal on h1s yvife's nerves. toos but old rabbit. he RsnfTsFAd uacsst-
 All thronsh the salmy spring months this lasted. When the rabbit lay down at night he would just keep thinking qf that foneish hound barking at. neth-
 If that hound had been a white one, or fprtted black aud white, or even a 8ppd plain yellow, old rabbit could hAve stood 1t better But to have d lazik. dfngy, yellowish green hound breal1ng his rest night after night w1e Zoo much Sometimes the hound w0uld quiet down as if saying some ' thing to himself. Then the rabbit dr6pped or in troubled sIcep: but soon the howI would begin again, louder and nHddcr than ever. waking up the whole country round, Wi,en rA1bdt got up in the morning he felt xno1p fired thau when he first went to bsd.f &
 0ns night in June when the yellow gf&tn hound was doing his worst. old fnEl6ik rn1le1 nut of bsd and sat on the e6MA ~ gnod while. holding his head in hfH hands. Then he gave a ouicI; nunfD and wzs of before his wife could k&z< him where he was going. When hs came back and his wife asked him a - ss-S
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

lain in the hot sun these tiny crystals are taken up and carried by a gently flowing tide to a. point where the water is rough and here it sinks and forms a shoal of sand. Nature in building shoals works slow and sure and 1t doesn't matter if it takes a thousand years to build a foot of shoal
 When these red crystals of feldspar can hold together no longer they make a clayey mud called kaofin and from this the finest crockery is made. So you see the feidspar in one form is granite, in another form sand and in another form kaolin.
 Sand then is a mass of loose crystals such as are found in granite and all its poor relations.
 The poor relations Of granite are gneiss and mica slate--poorer rocks. S-
 Those who arc wide-awake and whe persist in knowing find that theyb out--those who have neither eyes to see nor ears to hear never know what sand is.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mifcsred Filler of Norwich Town: I thank you very much for the prize book I won, entitled The Little Lame Prince. I have read it through and found livery interesting.
 Eva Alperin of Mansfield Four Cor ners: received the prize book you sent me. I thank you very much for it. I Was very much surprised. for did not expect it. I have read it all through and think it very interesting
 Dorothy Rasmussen of Norwich: T thank you very, very much for the lovely prize book. It is so interesting that I can't stop reading 1t. I am so happy with it.
 Mildred Lewis of Norwich: I saw by the paper. I had won a prize book, Rip Van Wrinkle. I am at the beach and could you please hold it for me until I claim it? I thank you for your kind ness. and also the book
 eve shall be pleased to keep it for you.-Uncle Jed.)
 Alice F. SurrilI of Stafford Springs: I haven't seen my prize book yet be . cause am in Willimantic now. Thank you very much. I think shall like it.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
POETRY.
My Favorite Doll.

My Favcrite Doll. r0s my dolls were many when I was
 Blqe-eyed, brown-eyed, and gray; But tho little rag doll to which chung love to this very day. Now if you should climb up the attic stairs, And apen the trunk to the right, ltAnd peep in the lid as you should be
 bid,
 I'm afraid you might call her sight. For Posy is old. with a scar on her chin,
 And her cheeks are as white as the wall; But please understand that to me she Is grand, And love her the best of them all o, never a time have I climbed to bed When my age was, I think, about seven. But close to my breast she would cuddle and rest,
 While my little prayer flew up to
 heaven. I'd an Indian dolI,and a bride and
 sToomss
 A pinah. a baby. and nurse. : A talking doll and a walking doll, ! And one with a silver purse. But far and above and beyond the rest ] That lie in the drawer near the , Is the little rag dell that I love the best, |. Shes the dearest-the sweetest of alli
 -Maxwell Williams, in the Northwest ern Christian Advocate.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
My voyaoe With Columbus.

We started from Palos. Spain, in the year 1892 Our ships were not very large. The voyage was very long and tho sailors slid to Columbus we will throw you overheard and go back to Spain. But Columbus said, wait a few more days and if we do not see any signs of land we will turn back.
 The next day one of the sailors saw g. bush in the water with red berries a long distance from our ships, Co., lumbus cried: Light Hghti."
 When the rest of the sailors saw it they were very happy for they knew that land was near.
 When we had landed tine next morn ing some rcd men were at the wa ter. But when they saw us come on land they ran away from Us for they were afraid of us. These people on the land were not dressed like us, for we had rich clothes on and banners. As soon as we were on land we kneeled down and Eave thanks to God for bringing us safe to land. And when we thanked God. Columbus said. q claim this land in the name of the King and Queen of Spain"
 The natives on shore were very queer for they wore no cloths and their skin was red. They came up to us after g while and we gave them beads, trinkets, and many other things.
 The red people were surprised to see such ships and people.
 I was afraid of them at first but soon got used to them The red peo ple lived in tents and wigwaIns
 I hope the rest of the boys and girls can take a trip like mine.
 CATHERINE MAY RIDDLE
 Nneco Age IA
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
David Crockett,

David Crockett was born in Ten nessee. He was a bright boy and low ed to hunt. A school began but David did not like it so he ran away. That was all the schooling he had.
 When he was about eighteen he married a pretty Irish girl. They liv- ed happily for d few years when the news came that the Indians had taken the war path. N
 David Crockett was one of the first to enlist The Indians were defeated at Horseshoe Bend.
 One day Colonel Mathews came to him and said there was going to be a regiment formed. He was running for colonel and urged David to run for major.
 Colonel Mathews gave a great corn husking SC as to make himself popu- lar. -
 Colonel Mathews mounted a stump and made a speech. David Crockett followed him with another which so completely won the people that he was elected colonel.
 | After a while he went to Texas to fight for the Texans. The fort was taken, and he was the last to be killed. He sprang for the throat of Santa An ''" hut before he reached him he was Filled.
 Thus died the man who always lived up to his motto: ''Be sure you are right and then go ahead"
 EMO ALVAREY.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
William Penn.

William Penn was born in 1644 in a fine house in London He was des- tined to become one of the greatest Quakers Of his time. He went to col lege and was one of the best oarsmen there.
 One day he heard a Quaker talk and from that day he declared himself a Friend. He refused to attend the meetings at the chapel of the col lege and also to wear the college gowns so he was expelled
 His parents were very much upset over this, and his father said:
 "I will 3end him to France and there he will forget this foolish Quaker bus mess.
 In a few weeks more William Penn found himself in the gay city of Paris, the gayest cisy in. the world. There was not much time for religion Aft CT awhile he came back to- London and studied to be a lawyer. but he did rot forget about his Quaker religion.
 He went to Quaker meetings and his father refused to see him.
 In a few months more he was inn prisoned with few of his friends In gloomy old tower, and after awhile he was let out.
 He took a great interest in the col onies In the meantime his father had died and left him a large fortune saving that he forgave him.
 The king owed Penn's father sso.ooo, Penn asked the king for grant of land in America
 Penn proposed they call 1t Syfvanla; but the king said:
 "No, call it Pennsylvania in honor of your father, Admiral Penn.
 In 1882 Penn got a liberal charter The settlement grew rapidly.
 Once Penn gave dinner Tor which
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
When Whitney Was g Boy.

Eli Whitney was born in Aiassa- chusetts, in 1765.
 The other farmers were rich, but Eh,s father was poor. His father would work in his fathers workshop.
 Hi grew up like other farm boys. He went to school.-Ie liked to play with his fathers tools.
 E His father had a lathe with which he could turn out chair posSs.
 When Eli was old enough his fath- CT let him care for the tools.
 His mother died when he was twelve years old. The housekeeper asked the elder boys what Eli was doing. He had been making a fiddle. It made nice music. People thought it was fine piece of work
 After that the people had him mend their violins. He nended them nicely. It surprised them to know he could do it. People brought to him other work to do.
 Ellis father had a nice watch. Eli liked to look at it. It was a wondsr to him. He wanted to see the inside of 1t, but his father would not allow this. One Sunday as the family were getting ready for church, he noticed his father was going to leave his watch at home. so he pretended he was sick, and his. father allowed him to stay at home. When his rather was gone he hurried to the room where the watch was hanging and took it down. He opened it, and saw some little wheels in it. He thought it to be a living thing He forgot about his father but not the machinery. So he took it all apart. Later he began to be frightened for he thought he could not get it to- gether again; but he succeeded. His father never knew about the mis- chief until several years later.
 Whitney went to a district school. He liked arithmetic the best of all studies. When lie was nineteen he wanted to go to college. His step mother didn't want him to go. He taught school to get money, and when he was twenty-three, he went to Yale college, New Haven.
 Mir. Whitney graduated from, col Iege in 1192. A man in Georgia. en- gagged him to teach his children When on his journey he met Mrs Greene. When he got to Savannah she invited him to her home!
 When he got there the man said he did not want his services. He had nc money. He had no friends. He went to live with Mrs. Greene. While he was there he began to study law.
 One day Mrs. Greene broke her embroidery frame. NIT. Whitney said he could make e. new one. So he made a new one and she was pleased. A lot of gentlemen came to visit Mrs Greene. most of them were officers Mir. Greene had been their general These men wished the South would grow better.In the North they were getting spinning wheels. The people of the South had to send their cottor to England. They could not send very much because it cost so much to clear it.
 Mir. Whitney said he would help the South So in s1793 he invented q cotton gin. It could clean more cot months.
 GERTRUDE HATTIN, Age 10. Mt Hope.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
' Clara Rarton.

RUBY s. SWAIN. Age g.
 North Stonington
 Clara Barton was born orf a farm and considered herself the happiegt child in Nthe world. She had grown up brothers and she was the young est of, the family.
 Clara loved the animals and even the shyest animals would eat from her Aand, or pick up the food she. dropped on the ground for them.
 When Clara was a little girl her brother was very ill and the doctors thought he would die if he didn't have proper care.
 The sick boy cried for Clara. She was at school but they went and got her Day and night she stayed by the bedside until after a while he got well again.
 When she was a woman a great war broke out and she got nurses to go with her to the battle fields and nurse the sick and wounded soldiers.
 Alter the war was over she went to Prussia and the Princess told her about the Red Cross society So she came home and established the Red Cross society here; and she also founded a training school for nurses. MYRTLE F, SWAIN.
 North Stonington.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
Abraham Lincoln,

 7 Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth pres ident of the United States, was born in 1909 in a frontier cabin on Nolin creek, Hardin (now Larue) county, Kentucky.
 His ancestors were Quakers. At the aCJ of z he was taken by his parents to Spencer county, Ind, where his Dother died in 1S1S.
 In the following year his father mar r1ed again. His stepmother encour- aged him to study.
 In 1928 he made a trip to New Or leans on a flatboat.
 His family moved to Illinois and III 1880 he helped his father clear d farm. Lincoln split the rails to fence the farm ill. and be often split rails for neighbors to enable him to get his clothes, because his family was poor. That is how he got the name of rail splitter
 In 1882 he served in the Black Hawk war, was promoted, and served as captain three months.
 In 1854 he devoted himself in ear- nest to the struggle against slavery.
 Lincoln was elected, and on March 4. 1861, he was inaugurated He tried to prevent a civil war, but on April II. 1881. the war began, and lasted until 1865. In 1863 he issued the emancipation
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
MILK DECLINES IN AUGUST.
By Professor c. c. White, conneeti-
 cut Agricultural College.

There is always a marked falling off in the production of milk through out the state in August. This is partly due to drying of of cows that are freshen in early fall. but if a farm to farm canvas werel made, it could readily be seen that the great major ity of COWS are rapidly declining.
 To what is this due? Is this a nat ural and unavoidable condition? Nat uraIly enough, flies and hot weather are disturbing factors. but the largest factor is that the COW does not get the necessary feed When grass is short, flies numerous, and heat severe. the herd grazes much less than under pleasant conditions. Therefore, supply the feed so that it will be a pleasure to eat it. Feed heavier in the barn on grain If green crops of silage are not available, a good quality of hay will help. The yield must be main tained else the herd goes into winter at a. low production. Once down they will not come back even under good management. Keep the Yield up Through August.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
George Washington.

Gearge Washington was born Feb ruary 22. 1732, in Virginia. Wh@n he was young he went to school with his brothers. They loved him very much 60 did his mother When he became . man he went to Mount Vernon to Gtay with his brother. His brother was married to a daughter of Lord Fairfax.
 Georges brother was taken sick and he was ill for a long time. When he died, i1e left a wife and several children.
 Then George got married to a lady named Mrs. Martha Custiss.
 He was a surveyor and helped Lord Fairfax to survey land.
 He was coInmander-in chief of the American army. Washington fou Elt many battles and won many. He travelled through many a storm.
 One day he and his men went to a wharf and one man pulled the British flag down and put the stars and stripes up.
 Washington was the first president of the United States.
 When he died the whole country was filled with sorrow.
 CATHERINE RIDDELL, Age If.
 Oneco.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
THE ARMY WoRh.
E. c. ?. Jarvis. conpectiert Aari-
 cultural College.

The army worm has disappeared as suddenly as it came. A sencond brood but it's destructiveness will depend upon how well it's .naturei enemies hold 1t in check As rule the secl ond brood is insigipficant, but many oS the insects may now be found in the pupa or resting stage which in- dicate that the parasites did not Xiii all the caterpillars. If the worms should appear again fin large numbers standing crops should be promply pro- tected by the making or a double fur row around the field. with the straight edge of the furrow toward the field to be protected. A poisoned mash
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
THE APPLE CROP.

An apple crop of 21o.000, 900 bushels is forecast by the department of az riculture which bases it's estimate upon its latest reports. That is about 65,- eco 900 bushels more than last year, but 25,000, 900 bushels less than in 1912, and about 100000 bushels less than in 1911. The mean price to producers in the three months of heavy market ing, September, October and Novem- ber, last year. was S5.5 cents a bushel. In 1912 it was 62.3 cents and in 1911 it was 69.7 Gents.
 In the forecasted crop New England's portion is 14,S00,e00 bushels, as follows:
 Maine, $500, ,0G0; New Hampshire. 1,70o, ,0O0; Vermont. 2,50O,000; Mass achusetts. 3,ooo,oo0; Rhode Island. 300, 900; Connecticut, 1900, 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27

proclamation, and in the same year
 He did a great many kind deeds and made the famous Gettysburg speech. was loved by all.
 Lincoln was Rssassinatad April if, 1885. lie died the following morning. and was not only mourned by his countrymen but by the whole world. ANNA A. BLATI7ERWICK. Age 13.. Norwich,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
Florence NiahtinaaIe

Florence Nightingale was a rich kinds of pets. She was a kind little girl and animals all loved her, even the squirrels would eat out of her hands. When she would hear of any sick people she would drive her pony to their house and cheer them
 Whe. she was a grown woman tbe Crimean war broke out. Some 'peo- pie asked Florence to go to the war to help the sick and dying.
 She and some other young ladies went and started hospital there. After the war was over the soldiers wanted to erect a monument of her But she said: '.No. take the money and make 8 hospital" They made a hospital in LopdonVwhich is still stanti- ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
The sex,s Vision.

The hoy frnin his bedroom window Looktd over the little town, .t And away to the bleak black upland Under a ciouded moon. The moon came forth from her cav
 eru.
 He saw the sudden gieam or G tara in the swarthy moorland; CT perhaps the whole was dream. For I never could find that water h ali my walks and rides: Far or in the Land of Memory, That midnight pool abides. i061ny fne things had I glimpses of. And said, "I shall find them one
 day Wnekher within or without me They were. cannot say.
 William Allinghan.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
Sir Walter Scott.

Sir Walter Scott was born in Edin- burgh August Is. 1T7i. He was the son of Walter Scott, an attorney at law. He was considered very bright scholar and his special delight was in history. poetry. fairy tales, and fables. , Scott was educated for a-lawyer. but all his natural tastes were in the di- rection of literature. He published Lady. of The Lake. Marmion and The Lay of The Last Minstrel"
 LILLIAN BREHAUT. East Norwich. N r.,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1--Llildred Grandy of Yantic, A Child's Garden of Verses.
 2-catherine BiddeII of Oneco, The Meadow Brook Girls Af1oat.
 3-Liliian Brehaut of East Norwich, N. r.. The Meadow Brook Girls Under Canvas.
 4-Aiice Kingsley of Scotland, The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas.
 5-Gertrude Hattin of Mt. Hope, The Meadow Brook Girls %Under Canvas.
 6-Annie A. Blatherwick of Norwich, Automobile Girls Along the Hudson.
 T-John B. Purcell of Colchester, The High School Left End Z S-Ruby E. Swain of North Storing tons The Battleship Boys in the Trop- ics.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27

They said if the old bathed in its waters they would become young again.
 Ponce De Leon wanted to find this fountain. So he sailed northward in the year 1513 and discovered a land brilliant with flowers. and named it Florida. He explored but little, and was hit by an Indian arrow. After much suffering he died
 FANNIE LATHROP, Age 12.
 Yantic-
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Rsiss for Young Writers.

' Write plainly on onS side Of tns paD9r Qnly, and number the pages.
 G Us pen and ink. not pencil
 .. 1bert end pointed articles wfli be given pTeftrenca. Do not use ovei 2b0 wordG
 0xikinal stories or letters only will be used.
 '. Write yUfir name, age and ad- drsas plainly ot the bottom of the s}6fE
 cls Jed. Bulletin Onice.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
Christopher Columbus.

One fine morning Columbus started out to cross the Atlantic. He had three ships which Ferdinand and Isa- bella equipped for him. After he had been at sea few days the sailors wanted to turn back. They said if he did not turn back they would throw him overheard, and when they got back to Spain they would tell the king and queen he fell overheard and was drowned.
 He told them the first one who saw land he would give a fur coat. That
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
HUNDRED THOUSAND
 EGGS HAVE BEEN LAID.
Record For The Contest Which Ha. Beer. Underway at Storrs For 4
 Weeks.

More than a hundred thousand, eggs
 s the recorI cf the hens in the Lay, ing Contest at Stosrs- This is ar average of nearly 123 eggs each, for every individual in the contest incitId- ing good, bad. and indifferent. and is only about one and half eggs peT hen behind the record for the core sponding period in the previous con- tests. This io thought to be an excel lent showing in view of the fact that more than soc birds are engaged in the present contest as compared with only 500 in the earlier competitions
 Not only Connecticut poultrymen but all American breeders will be proud of the pen of little White Leghorns owned by Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Car mel, Conn For the first seven weeks
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were still alive ciung to the other half of the boat.
 On one of the Fayroei Islands lived a girl named Grace Darling. Her fath- CT was the Lighthouse keeper. All night Grace lay listening to the waves.
 Father. can't we take one of the boats and go and save those people 7'' said Grace to her father.
 Its of no use" answered her fath- CT. i've cannot save them."
 We cannot stay here and see them die" replied Grace.
 Soon after this Grace and her fath- CT were getting into one - the strong hghtohouse boats. They row ed hard and finally came to ale wreck The boat bumped against the rock very hard. Crace's father climbed uY on the rocks while she herself held tho boat. Soon all the people were ir the boat and q strong pair of hands grasped the oars.
 Shortly afterwards they were al safe in the lighthouse.
 ADELAIDE HoLBRooK, Age 1s.
 Nnru-frh
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
Columbus.


 Columbus was born ill Genoa, Italy. He was the son of a poor wool comber. Columbus did not like this work He wanted to be a sailor, so his father sent him to school, and the boy learned how to draw maps and learned to do other things.
 At that time the people thought the earth was fiat and if they should sail too far on water they would fall off, but Columbus thought that the earth was round. He wanted to find a short CT passage to India.
 He went to the queen of Spain and asked her for some ships and sailors. She was busy with war at that time and did not notice him. He waited several more years and at last the queen gave him two hundred sailors and three ships. He started from Palos, Spain.
 Columbus made voyages across the Atlantic three times. He went back to Spain and died in poverty.
 KATHRYN GORMAN, Age 9. Versailles.