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Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30

LincoIn's Visit to the Hospital.


 Dear Uncle Jed: Once during the Civil war. a young soldier lay on a cot on the third floor of a hospital. He had been wounded and carried from the field in a wagon which had no spring and he felt miserable in deed.
 While he was in the hospital try ing to get well, he heard that Presi- dent Lincoln would visit the hospi- tai Many of the patients did not believe that the president would come.
 'SWe are only boys" they said. land only private soldiers in his army He is very busy man and has many things to bother him.
 The syoung Eo;dier believed he would come. Yes" he said, This big heart feels for us. He will come"
 Later. the soldiers beard that MT Lincoln had named a day when he would come The day came and a thrill of joy passed through Ihe building when the boys heard that the president had arrived. He had come alone and was visiting the pa tieuts on the first noor. The young soldier was afraid he should not see him after all. It will be too much fir him to reach every 3art of the building. he thought, and he will have to give up. ,''But mo- he said, he is not that kind of a man l have been told that he never gives up While he was thinking about this he looked toward the door, and 1 there in the doorway stood the tall noble figure whose likeness we all | know so well.
 i The president stood looking at him | for a moment and then went to his 1 bedside and took his hand. My boy" he said. T am sorry fo1 | all you have suffered. Don't worry | Get well and strong and then remem- | Der we need you at the front ''Witt few more comforting words, MT I Lincoln passed on to the next pa | tient.
 The soldier is still living and has | lived a long and useful life. I thinh he has never been happier than wher the great War President stood at his | bedside at the hospital and spoke
 words of cheer and comfort to him. l VERA GAGER BRIGGS, Age Il. l Saybrook
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Norwich.
A Lesson for Life.

One rainy day two boys were plaS- ing hide-and- seek. Their names were Harry and Fred. Once Harry hid in a big box For a long time Fred could not find him. He was about to give up the search when he heard some one moving in the box. He ran toward it and turned the key.
 Just then his mother called him. He went on an errand When he got back his mother asked him where Harry was.
 He laughed and said that he had locked his brother in the box.
 His mother told him to let the lit tie fellow out and went to see that he did it.
 When he got there Harry did not move.
 His mother said, ''Oh. what have you done Fred? Run for the doctor quick.
 Then she laid Harry on the sofa.
 Soon Fred came back with the doc tor.
 The doctor said if he had not been taken out very soon he would have died.
 After a while Harry was able to sit up. How glad Fred was then. He had not meant to hurt his brother. As for himself, he had learned a lesson for life.
 MILDRED BRANDY, Age s. yo0+ic
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My Pet Cat.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about my pet cat whose name is Buster. We have had him for quite a long time and we would all feel very bad if anything happened to him.
 One time a man threatened to shoot him because he thought Buster would eat his little chickens, so we had to put him on a rope until the chickens grew big.
 We had some goldfish and he ate them: and he knew he had done wrong for he would run and hide when any one of us would call him.
 We got some catnip in the fall and we gave him some in the evenings and how he would roll. He Is a lovely cat
 JACK R. WARWICK, Age g.
 Norwich.
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My Pretty Doll.

Dear Uncle Jed: I have pretty doll. Her name is Louise. My doll has yellow hair and it looks like gold. She has pletty blue eyes and I like her very much. I play with my doll and go out and take a walk with her.
 My doll looks like real baby. She is so big. One day I made my doll a pretty dress. I made it pink and put some lace on it. She looks very pretty. I wish she was real baby.
 My dolls body is made of paper wax and her arms and face are made of pretty pink glass.
 took my doll out for a walk with my friend. She also has a pretty doll. She dresses her doll in pink al- so. Her doll looks very pretty. My friends doll has dark brown hair. She has no yellow hair like mine.
 I feel very sorry for the poor chil- dren who have no dolls to play with; and l wish that I could go and see the poor children. I would give them some pretty dolls. I'm sure they would be very glad to have them.
 BERTHA LAMBERT, Age 10.
 Attawaugan
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A heIpfuI Boy.

Dear Uncle Jed: One morning g little boy was sitting on the doorstep and was planning how he could help his mother who was poor, and needed money All at once a bright thought came to him. His mother was great 1y surprised when he told her what he was thinking about.
 His plan was to have a small stand at the fair which was to be held the next week. He thought he could sell lemonade, candy and sandwiches.
 Most everybody in the village knew the boy and liked him very much.
 The boy was at the fair grounds very early. He looked very neat and every thing on his stand was neatly fixed. Soon he was surrounded with patrons who kept him very busy. Before night everything was sold. The boy counted his money finding he had nearly ten dollars.
 With joyful heart he ran home to his mother. Will this help you moth eh?' he cried, giving her the money.
 Yes. very much,' answered mamma, "But it helps me a great deal more to know that I have boy who so willingly helps his mother"
 Many times after that he found ways of helping his mother. He grew to be a good useful man.
 BERTHA THONA, Age 8.
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A DaY's Outing

Dear Uncle Jed: I have taken quite an interest in the -Awakes.
 One day I was playing with the calves and I saw some of my friends going fishing after trout
 I hurried up and dug some bait and started. When I got to the brook I fell in and got all wet.
 There was a team going by and the man saw me all dripping wet and began to laugh at me.
 Then in the afternoon I went after huckleberries with my mother, brother, and little sister
 About two o'clock my cousin came and we went fishing and that was the last of my days outing.
 ARCHIBALD DORE, Age H. EagleVille,
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A King Washes His Subjects Feet.

Bavaria has a new king to some purpose. Under Ludwig's rule, the ancient symbolical ceremony of the washing of feet by the Bavarian SOW ereign, after a lapse of forty three years, has been revived After hear ing mass on Maundy Thursday in All Saints Court Church, Munich, King Ludwig. accompanied by the royal princes, passed in solemn procession to the Hall of Hercules, which is adorned with enormous Gobelins rep resenting the Last Supper. Here he was awaited by the queen, the princesses, the papal nuncio and a numerous gathering composed of
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Science Notes.

Among the eggs that are not fresh is one that is at least 1,S00 years old It was found recently in the tomb of child in Egypt, whose name was Sex tius Rufus, at Nikopolis- Already more than eightly tombs have been explored in that vicinity. Among the finds are gold jewelry and elegant lamps.
 When the latest Zeppelin airship cruised over Berlin it made hardly any noise. In the past the airships of this type have been conspcuous for the disturbance they created
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30
How Jane Earned Her Way Through
 College.

Jane was an intelligent girl of four teen, who had just finished public school. She was very poor and was trying to find a way by which she could enter high school. She heard that a certain woman bought cater pillars, moths and Indian relics for 8 museum. So Jane thought that she would make collection of these, sell them to her and earn her way through high school.
 Finally she collected insects and there was only one missing to com plete her two collections. which would bring her enough money to carry her through high school.
 Then she decided to teach for one year and after that go to college.
 She secured a position as teacher for natural history and succeeded in this and then went to college, where through her brilliancy she secured a free scholarship, which took her through her entire course.
 IDA WECHSLER.
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
She Saw a Raeeoon.

Dear Uncle Jed: I have two rabbits that one of my schoolmates gave me last fall. One is white all over ex- cept the tip of his nose, which is white. The other one is gray and white I call the black one Creamy because he looks as if he had his nose in cream.
 I take them out sometimes to play with them. They are very gentle.
 I go to West Town Street school We have team which carries us down to school and brings us back. It makes 8 very pleasant ride in warm weather, but in cold weather I do not enjoy 1t so much.
 The other night when I got home I happened to be looking out of the win dow when I saw something I thought was a large cat. It was in the gar den under the wall. It seemed to be making Itself a bed. I went out to get better view of 1t. When 1t saw me 1t ran across the garden and jumped over the wall into another field. I then went into the house and got an animal book and found that it was a raecoon
 MIRIAM GRfSwoLD, Age 10.
 Norwich Town
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it around and around, until he was wrapped in beautiful soft silk blan- ket. which he had made for himself Soon there was no caterpillar to be seen. nothing but this curious silken cradle.
 "Oh!" cried the children, "a butter fly! A butterflyi Did you ever see anything so beautiful?''
 I wonder if they knew. that the baby caterpillar had changed into a beautiful butterfly in his winter cradle.
 RERECCA WAX, Age 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30
An Easter Party.

Last Sunday our Sunday school teacher gave the girls in our class an invitation to a little party at her house on Monday night My sister and I called for our friends and we all walked down together When we got to the house It was half past seven. We sat in the parior till we were rest ed, then we had to hunt for nests The teacher had hidden some Easter eggs away, wrapped in Easter paper nap kins There were enough nests for each person.
 After we had found the nests we had to hunt for some little china rab- bits. When we had found these we sat in the parlor and had some root beer and cake. Some of the girls play ed the piano while others sang. We went home about 9 o'clock after hav- ing a plea sa1t time.
 LILLIAN BRE.HAUT, Age 16.
 East Norwich L. L. N Y
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30
The Secret of the Rose.

Full in the sunlight in the midst of a garden of riotous bloom there grew 8 wonderful rose. Her petals were deli cately soft and pink, like baby s cheek, and her fragrance as rare as as the odor of the summer winds or Araby. She held her head proudly erect, that she might never mss ray of the suns wholesome light.
 The old man who cared for the gar den came each day to the place of the one who lays his hand upon the head of the best loved child. Often he would lay aside his sickle, stroke his silvery beard and speak to 1he won derful rose.
 How beautiful you arel When I look down into your heart the years seem to pass away. There is no such thing as time. and the world is full of happiness. While you are near no man may be old"
 The other flowers in the garden were mad at the rose. So one day the other flowers said:
 When we are dead she will get sad and wither away.
 When the others had gone the rose held her head proudly. The next day the sun saw this great flower.
 Why" said the sun, she rivals my beauty and brilliance and deigns to treat me as a comrade rather than a god. I shall teach her lesson"
 For several days the sun failed to shine on the rose. but the result was the rose was more beautiful than be- fore The sun, ashamed, gave up his fight and made the rose his faithful ally.
 The old man one day failed to make his morning visit. The third day a woman came to the garden end said;
 Poor thing. He will never see his favorite flower again"
 The rose, hearing this. dropped her head and died.
 JOHN O'NEIL, Age 13.
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The Easter Lily.

I am a nice big lily. I am growing in my masters hothouse. and every morning about $ o'clock. my master waters me.
 One morning as I was talking to my sister my master came in with a little girl and her mother. l heard the mother say she wanted a. nice big lily for her little girl. because she was go- ing to have a birthday party.
 So my master looked over all my sisters and brothers and at last came to me and cut me off on big stem.
 Then he wrapped we up in a nice piece of paper and handed me to the lady, and she brought me home and put me on a table where l saw candy, nuts, cake and fruit, and also many other things.
 Then just about o'clock in came a lot of children, all dressed in white, for the party. They sat down all around the table and ate as much as they could then they got Up and thanked the little girl for the good time they had.
 Then her mother put me in another room where l could not see the chill dren any more. A few days after the party I got withered little and the lady threw me xn the ash can, where l died.
 MARIE AGNES SHEA, Age 10.
 Norwich
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Red Headed Woodeecker.,

D. ar Uncle Jei Did you ever See red headed woodpecker? I have seen one and think it is pretty. He was quite big. The head, throat, and neck Is crimson. The tail is blaclxish blue and 1t has hluish wings and back. On the wings are white bands The bill Is horn oolored
 It cries like tree-toad and comes it April. It builds it's nest in a hole on the top of a tree, or a pole. Tho
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1lchester
They Have to Help Mother.

Dear Uncle Jed: I made a play house in my piano box. We mads mudpie and cake. We play we have dinner
 My brother plays he is an Indian We go out in the woods and he makes believe that he shoots at us We have fun.
 We are out of school for a week. We have to help our mother some; and play out doors, too.
 ALLAH MARRIOTT. Age 8. OnecO
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Marion Royce of Norwich: Thank you very much for the nice book you sent me. I have read it through and find it very interesting.
 Lillian -Brehaut of East Norwich. N. Y: I must thank you for the prlze book you sent me. have r5ad some of it and I think 1t is very lnterrs ting. would have written before, but l did not receive my book till tonight, as 1t was missent to Norwich, N. '.
 Annie Farrell, of Stonington-Re- ceived the prize book you sent me en- titled Brother Grimm's Fairy Tales". Have read it nearly through and found it very interesting. It has en- couraged me and l will try again later for another as I like to read and have read many books.
 Aieena G. Anthony of Swansea. Mass: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. 1 like it very much. I have read it through. l am glad my letter was good enough to win a prize.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30

Whatever you are-Be thatl Whatever you say-Be true! Straigh act Be honest-in fact.
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30
Rules for Young Writers.

| Write '.iainiy on one side of the paper only. and number the pages.
 2. Use pen and ink. not pencil
 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use oyer 250 words.
 |. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 6. Write your name, age and ad dr> $ plainly ot the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications b Un- cle Jed. Bulletin Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-30
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

petals of which are tinged with purple which grows two feet high.
 The viola tricolor, popula-.y known as heartsease, was the parent of all the beautiful pansies which you will soon see decorating private and public grounds.
 There is a very pretty water violet which grows in Europe shat is pink ard has a. yellow eye.
 There are only a few fragrant vio- lets, and the most ropular have very strong tea scent.
 When we gathe-. viole:s this year we shall not forget the children in many countries are finding delight in the same way.
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woodpecker lays from eight to ten eggs and they are bright, glossy wf1ite- They eat insects. It looks something like a hairy woodpecxer, only it's tail tail is barred with black and white. MICHAEL MICHEALCHEN,
 Age II.
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whether my parents are still living or not. or my brother and siste I can just remember them." and as the old man said this he burst Into tecrs. age said:
 You may stay here for the winter, and I will help you to find out if your people are living. Thsy would cer- tainly welcome you back after all these years.
 You are so kind," moaned the old man. Perhaps some day I can repay you for your kindness to a poor wan derer''
 The children wonderingly and quiet ly drew closer and the old man was happy once more in this peaceful household
 MARY A. BURRILL, Age Il.
 Stafford Springs.
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My Easter Vacation.

I had three days vacation for East CT, from Thursday till Tuesday, school closing Wednesday.
 Thursday I went for walk. Fri day morning I went for an automobile ride to Glen Cove. and the stores there were decorated for Easter. We also came home in an automobile.
 Saturday I visited my friends and went walking with them. On cur way home we saw a gray squirrel scar our house. I think he Is living in a tree near the barn. We also saw little brown rabbit which ran under the barn.
 Sunday I went to Sunday school and church in the morning.
 On Monday 1 went to HickSVille in an automobile to do some shopping. and on my way home I went through Woodblry In the evening I went to an Easter party given by my Sunday school teacher. The girls from our Sunday school class were there also. We had to search for nests of Easter eggs, rabbits and cakes. When we had found these we were given some root beer, and then we sat down and mad our party. After while one of the girls played the piano and We stayed till about o'clock, and then went home.
 East Norwich, L. l.. N. Y. The First Sewing Machine.
 Tho first sewing machine was in vented by Elias Howe, Jr. This idea was suggested by him, in his twen- tieth year, after working in a ma- chine shop.
 In 1S45 he secured a small capital from an old friend, and, shutting him self up in a garret, he worked hard trying to invent a sewing machine. After six months of incessant labor, he invented a machine by which he made himself suit of clothes. A little later he went to Europe He l sold but two machines there. This made him very discouraged. At times he had to beg for his next meal. | Arriving home two years later he found the sewing machine an object of attention.
 | In time. Mir Howe, who once was a | poor man, became one of the noted 1 milIionaires of America. This first sewing machine, which is 1 of great beauty, ia still In existence. It
 can sew about ten times as fast as a
 woman can sew by hand. JOSEPHINE BURKE, Age 12 The Wonderful Cradle. | Last summer there lived a little | caterpillar in my grapevine, He fed | upon the green leaves and ate Sc many | that wondered if there would be any | left.
 One day, after very large dinner | the caterpillar began to spin. | saw
 8 streng silk thread that seemed te come from his mouth, as it was fas- l tened to the grapevine, l Then a strange thing happened. He
 moved his head to and fro and twist
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A Guessina Game-FIowers.

Dear Uncle Jed. T. thought the Wide Awakes would enjoy playing this game
 of Guessing Flowers It would be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08

Mexican refugees are making quite an addition to
our unemployed Seems funny that our federal gov
ernment should take good of the former and let
the latter shift for themselves.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08

Victor Berger, SOCIALIST Is afraid OF Wilson'S pro
posal for presidential primaries. If the socialist
party doesn't watch out it may find itself the con-
servative party. Folks seem determined to go ahead
doing their own business regardless of parties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08

One of the real important things being undertaken
in this state now is the boy and girl contest move
ment which will give the state industrial exhibit in
Tacoma next October
This exhibit was held in Spokane last year. Taco
ma school boys and girls successful in winning
some of the highest honors for proficiency in doing
things useful. And the young people of the entire
state are being inspired to develop themse Ives along
lines of practical utility.
The school system in the past generation has been
drifting more and more to frills and foles until
football, frats and fashionable display of clothes
have become the matters of supreme Importance to
many school pupils. This new movement is showing
the young minds that these things not important
but that the world and life problem before all is
OF efficiency in the things that constructive and
add to the wealth and happiness of the people.
We are just entering on great development of the
utilitarian phase of public education and the state
industrial congress to be held in Tacoma will prove
an eye opener to some of those pessimistc persons
who afraid the world is going to the bOw-wows.
The boys and girls of today have their problems
for the future but they going to tackle and solve
Them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08

som will make me grand hus-
band.
It Is high time, too. I've
thought about marriage for sew
eral years. You know how II Is.
Marriage is what girls begin to
think about when home gets their
goat. Pa and ma are delighted.
This young man, Guthbert Hug
ginblossom, just KIND of drifted
in. He had no place to spend his
evenings. So he became a regu-
lar caller. l didn't use any love
potions or black magic on him.
| amt no Siren. 1t just happen
ed naturally-two unmortgaged
souls drawn gently together by
Fate when 1t didn't have its hands
full.
/. suppose I should have been
waited into the seventh or eighth
heaven of bliss, but I can't lie
about It. When Cuthbert left me
| was In a kind Of dull trance. II
all happened with the swiftness
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08
Chicago unive, sity medics have pumped

fluids into white rat and made it green rat
say they can make red one. Every wife wit
bibulous husband can now stock up with colored
for reformatory purposes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08
Queer Tales
From Animal
=. KINGDOM -

No, it is not water; 1t is fat.
The common belief, that water Is
stored In the camel's extra hump
is based on the general knowl-
edge that he can go a very long
time without either food or
drink; in two respects 1t is phys
ologically fitted for work on the
desert; its feet are webbed and
expansive so that 1t travels easily
on loose sand. II can contract its
nostrils SO that 1t can breathe In
q sandstorm which often Is fatal
to human beings and all other
animals.
The camel is disagreeable.
quarreIsome. complaining and
yindictive. TIE has two humps and
the dromedary has only one
hump.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-08

Wife (complainingly) = The
Willinsons' house is much larger
than ours.
Husband-Yes, my dear, and
so is their mortgage.
A load of two tons can be easily
carried by a full grown elephant.
Potatoes in Greenland do not
grow larger than an ordinary
marble.
Manuel, the former king of
Portugal, is plastering his new
home in England with pink and
he will not have anything blue in
1t. Blue is abhorrent to him.