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Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Only a Cent.


 Dear Uncle Jed:-I wish, to become one of the Wide-Awake. circle, so wrote this story. -@t
 Uncle Harris was a carpenter, and had a shop in the country. One day he went into the barn where Dick and Joe were playing with two tame pigeons.
 "Boys." he said. "rny workshop ought to be swept up every evening. Which of you will undertake to do it? am willing to pay a cent for each sweep ing" .,t -..s, aonly a cent!" said Dick 'rwho would work for a cent?' than nothing
 So every day, when Uncle Harris was done working in the shop, Joe would take an old broom and sweep 1t; and he dropped all his pennies into his tin savings bank.
 One day Uncle Harris took Dick and Joe to town with him. While he went to buy some lumber. they stayed in the toy-shop. where there were toys ot every kind.
 " What fine kites!' said Dick. -1 wish could buy one''
 "Only ten certs," said the man be- hind the counter.
 "I haven't even cent" said Dick. q have fifty cents." said Joe, land think will buy that bird-kite. How did YOU get fifty cents?''
 By sweeping the shop" answered Joe. q saved my pennies. and did not open my ba-k until this morning."
 J,,e bought the bird-kite and new large knife, while Dick went home withoutsanything; but he had ilearneG not to despise little things; and he was very glad to sweep the shop when ever Joe would let him, even though ht received for his work only a cent.
 JOSEPH GILOT. poYts,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
The Cantixes.

About twelve miles away from sea, on the Merrimac river is the beautiful town of Haverhill It was a small settlement. and Indians could reach it easily from the other side in canoes.
 One day Isaac Bradley and Joseph Whitaker were working in MT. Brad ley's field. Isaac was fifteen years old and though small was brave and fear less. Joseph was eleven and as large as Isaac. though not as strong and brave. r-
 As they were working, some Indians jumped from the bushes and captured them. They did not stop to kill any of the settlers. but went straight to their camp by a lake with their cap tives.
 After the boys had been there awhile they learned few words of the lan- guage and could tell from what the Indians said they were going to Can ada in the spring. Isaac had no in tention of going. so he tried to think of plan to get away.
 April. came and. though Isaac knew the English fort was south, he had no compass to show him the way through the. woods. At last he thought he would travel by the sun in the daytime and by the stars at night. T am afraid you will not wake
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
The soy and the Hat.

The wind was blowing very hard as Tom went home from school.
 As he was passing a narrow stream his hat was carried in the air and landed in the middle of the stream.
 Farmer Jones was passing at the time and Tom called to him to help him.
 why do you not help yourself ?'' asked Farmer Jones. The stream is not deep and you can get your hat if you try"
 "Eut I will get wet" said Tom.
 You will not get wet" replied the farmer, If you take off your shoes and stockings.''
 Tom then took his shoes off and got his hat.
 And remember" said Farmer Jones "the next time you want anything try to- get 1t yourself. and then if 1t is impossible to get it yourself, call or others This will teach you lesson tc try, and not to ask of other people, WALTER GAVIGAN, Age 12.e
 T7ti
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
Sinner,

Dear Uncle Jed: am writing about my puppy dog. Sinner Is his name He is very playful and has a few tricks. He likes to go out in the street, but we are careful to keep him in the yard
 He likes to play with the kitty, and sometimes he drinks her milk His breed is bull. His color is white and brindle.
 Some time I will write and tell you more about Sinner.
 MADELYN SULLIVAN. Age 9.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

Yes, there is such book: it is it cannot be bought at the book stores. The boy who told you is not a born speculator as your pa thinks. but a born joker. It is a bank-book and sometimes such a book may be ob- tained for five cents at private bank and 1t will cost the larger part of ten dollars in the end.
 This book is an account book. and every time five cents are put in the bank by it's owner. credit is given in the book, and when five dollars have been put in the bank. if no more is placed there it will in IS years at compound interest become $10, because the norev has earned a sum which just equals itself.
 The five ard ten cent savings banks and the school savings hanks, too. were established to teach children the saving or banking habit and Uncle Jed knows a boy who bought bank book for ten cents who can take ten thousand dollars for 1t today. because he grew to manhood, kept adding to it and never took any money out
 Money in the bank earns money while it's owner is asleep and it is pleasant in old age to note the SIG which have become $160 in the cus- todv of the bank
 The bank book habit is a good habit and what you get for the book depends upon how much money you put in the bank.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

they can show their many kinds, which one looks most natural, or fan niestain the old costume?
 Sometimes they play games in which some people believe are true signs Of things to happen, as ducking in a large pan oSwater for apples. watch ing the one @@ho can get the most in the shortest time.
 The old people enjoy this, for it amuses them and brings them memo ries of days when they were young.
 MILDRED KELLEY.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

"Wkatever you are-Se that! Whatever you say--Be trues Strajshtforwardly acss. Be honest-in fact
 Be mob ody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

of the little girls of the Wide-Awak,k
 ever planted a garden. I had one and
 raised corn, beans, squashes, cucumfl bers and some potatoes.
 I have a little kitten and her nams is Tunbler, and she Is the most play 7 full kitty you ever saw
 I also have a dog and his name is Cutie. He doesn't like to have me pei the kitty because he is so jealous.
 have. some steers and they ard spotted red and white. DORIS WILLOUGHBY, Age 2. Hampton
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1914

sold to the menagerie when we nov ed away. ...--. We turned back and took the path leading to the right, but not before we had a long talk with Bill.
 HARRIET GRAHAM, Age 13. Taftville
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Ruth House, of Scotland-T thank you very much for the prize book which I received. like it.
 Lucy Carter, of Scotland-I thank you for the prize book. I was pleased to learn I had received another prize I have read quite a little of it.
 Katherine Riddle. of Moosup-I have not written you for long time. I thought I would write and tell you I received a prize book, was pleased
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

done in the morning and sew in the afternoon.
 I have been sewing ll5Scushion cover and I will tell you how I did it. l took a piece of cloth about one and one-half feet square and cut out enough, pieces of silk to sew over it. The silk was of different colors and cut 1t into different shapes -'
 have a little flower garden of pansies, geraniums, asters and chrys- anthemums which l like to weed and water. My flowers are still in bloom. There is a sick baby living not far from where I live and I often take her a Bouquet of flowers.
 I enjoy putting together my puzzle of King George V and Queen Mary, all though 1t takes me nearly forty five minutes to put it together. It con- sists of over one hundred pieces.
 Some evenings I like to paint and draw.
 One evening I made a pepr-covered book and in it I pasted all my letters and stories which were printed in the Norwich Bulletin. On the cover I painted a winter scene of a tree with out leaves and on one of its branches squirrel eating a nut.
 suppose the Wide-A wakes will soon be planning for their Halloween par ties. s.ss g'-ssrS
 JESSIE BREHAUT.
 East Norwich, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
Rule. for Youno Writers.

Rules for Young Writers. | Writ, ainly on one side of the paper cnly. and nun OCT the pages. 2 Use zen and ink, not pencil & Snort and pointed articles wit be given preference. Do not use ove' 25O words.
 L Original stories or letters onsy will be used.
 s. Write your name. age and ad dr -ss plainly ot the bottom Of the stUry.
 Address all communications to Un- cle Jed. Bulletin Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
Halloween,

Autumn is here again and with it comes Halloween. This Is a day set apart in late October, when everyone can enjoy themselves. They play games and have masquerades with all sorts of costumes and funny fads. They sometimes go to a hall or where
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
she Likes to PIax with. .einasr,

She Likes to Play with. Ginger. = Dear Uncle Jed:-I have a cat
 Her name is Ginger
 1 feed her three times a day.
 She likes to eat meat and to. drink milk She sleeps in my back. hall every night. like her very much, She likes to play with a spool, and. string. She plays with my hand and l have great fun with her. e- New London. .z.l
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAKES,

Dear Uncle Jed: A boy I play with told me he had bought a book for 10 cents and some day he would get $20 for 1t and stumped me to guess what the book was. Every grown-up I've asked about it has told we he was a humbug except my Pa and he says he must be a born speculator. You give away so many books and know so much about them, thought would ask you if it's true, and if I can do it, too? My ma says she guesses it must be a pretty rare book.
 Your Interested Nephew.
 CHARLEY COCONE.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

Whaling IS now a well established in- dustry off the Portuxuese-Afri coast The ''humphackeda whale aver ages forty.five feet in length and zthee occasional sperm whales about ffty feet.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
Too Bad and Too Late

Dear Uncle Jed:-One morning whensI had eaten my breakfast went out into the barn to finish the chores. You can't guess what my cat had. She had a wild canary in her mouth. l tried to take it away from her, but she scratched me and then put her out of the barn.
 Just then my brother came in. l said, It is a wild canary.
 I said to him Take it away from her.
 So he put his hand down to take it away and the cat scratched him too. He wanted me to try again, but had heen scratched once and I thought that | didn't want to try again. tn r time the little bird was dead SO we gave.up trying. It was too bad and too late.
 ALDEN HASKELL. Mansfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.


 1-EIeanor Smisiel, of Norwich-A Little Girl of Old St Louis
 2-MadeIyn Sullivan, of Norwich Adventures of Walter and the Rab- bits.
 s-AIeesta Watts, of Mansfield Four Corners-Pony Riders in the Ozarks. +Reainaid Yeomans, of New Lon don-Jingles of the Zoo.
 IJessie Brehaut, of East Norwich, N. Y.-A Courier of the Empire. 6-Lena krsuss. of New Bedford A Little Girl of Old Baltimore. 7-Doris Willoushby, of Hampton The Magic Doll.
 s-Myren j. RinsIand, of Norwich Town-A Soldier of the Legion. S-Richard w. Tobin, Jr., of Nor wich-Meadow Brook Girl Series. Winners of prize books living in this city may call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

with it and thank you very much It was very nice book.
 Harriet Graham, of Taftville-I thank you very much for the prize book I received and think it is the most interesting book I have read.
 Dorothy c. King. of Plainfield-Many thanks for the prize book you sent me entitled The Campfire Girls in the Outside World It is the second book I have won.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29
The Kind Little Boy

Dear Uncle Jed:-One winters daSi an old lady was coming home from
 market with basket of food The roads were very icy and she fell and
 hurt her ankle F
 Just as she was about to get up 4f little boy came along with his slcds and took the old lady's basket and put 1t on his sled and then asked the olds lady where her home was and she told him, so he carried her basket home for her.
 When she reached home the boy, carried her basket in her house and then ran out as fast as he could 50. he could go out to slide. He did not, wait for her to thank him. 2
 After sliding a little while he went nome for supper and told his father, and mother what a kind deed he hads done. So they said to him, always he kind to the old and the poor. and ai-. ways after everybody spoke a kind word about him.
 KATHERINE RIDDELL.
 Mo0s11n
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

How She Spends Her Spare Time.
 Dear Uncle Jed:AI am going to write you how I use my spare mo- ments
 Tam very fond of sewing and as Saturday is the only day in which. have a chance to sew, I:get my work
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-29

Her Garden and Her Pets Dear Uncle Jed:-I wonder if any
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
SUFFRAGE RIVALS
AT BABY CONTEST
Political Union and WOman'S
Party Booths Will Exhibit
Their Prize Infants.

Rival suffrage organizations exhibit
ing at the Baby Show Exhibition Com
panys contest which opened yesterday
at the Grand Central Palace, promise 10
lend interest to the show during the COM
ing week Mixed in among the booths OF
commercial concerns. advertising all sorts
of wares from condensed milk TO baby
carriages. the suffragists have their
stands.
At the booth Of the Women's Political
Union il was announced that prize OF 50
would be given for the best baby" reg
istered by the union, the baby TO have
mother who wanted the vote. The
fathers attitude on the subject was MT
TO be a factor, it was said. AZ the booth
of the Woman Suffrage pan ;here was
a disposition to scott at the - prize Of
fered by its rival. AS counter attraction
those in charge of the booth declared
that later in the week they would exhibit
some real suffragette babies.
Babies are only incidentally on exhibit
ton at the show. They may be seen IN
dergoing an entrance examination by the
doctors of the better babies contest"
conducted by a woman's magazine. The
management of the exposition is Offering
500 In gold and other prizes to the babies
who. according to the. physicians, most
nearly attain to the standard Of the per
feet baby"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
COLUMBIA GETS ITS
SEAL, CENTURY LOST
Colonial Relic Restored to Sue
cessor of Kings College
Long Thought Destroyed.

After being lost for more than one hun
dred years. the original seal of Kings
College. now Columbia University. was
placed yesterday in the vault in the trus-
tees room. The seal is practically The
same In design as the one which is now
used by the university. Until IL was dis
covered in the library OF George II.
Parke. OF Willlamsport. Penn, IL was be-
ieyed to have been destroyed in the Rev
olution. when Kings College temporarily
went out Of existence. to be revived later
as Columbia College.
According to the inscription on its ob-
verse side. the seal was presented 20
Kings College By George Harrison. YES
tryman OF Trinity Church from 1862 10
1865. The gift was made and the seal
engraved in 1856. The cost OF engraving.
according to the old record, was 10
guineas.
The seal for one hundred years has
been in the possession of the Parke fam
lily. and was originally obtained IN 1903
by the grandfather of George H. Parke
from man who was employed by the
trustees Of the college to engrave a new
seal
The seal will be placed on exhibition al
tho coming commencement, together with
description of the design in the hand
writing of President Samuel johnson. 20
which is attached proof impression OF
the seal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
MISS HOSTETTER
ENGAGED TO WED
Daughter of Mrs. A. w. Burchard
BetrOthed to Glenn Stewart,
of Pittsburgh.

Mrs Arson Wood Burchard, of this city
and Brentwood, Locust Valley, Long ISL
and. announces the engagement of her
daughter by a former marriage, Miss
Greta Hostetter, TO Glenn Stewart, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Glenn Stewart, of
Pittsburgh.
Miss Hostetter was introduced to So
ciety at a dinner dance given for her by
her mother at Sherry's on April 10, 1872
Her debut in this city followed her pres
entation at the Court of st. James's the
month before. Miss Hostetter is a lover
OF horses and takes great interest in all
open air sports. She is also deeply inter-
ested in charitable work. and during the
last winter she had been a student at the
New York School of Philanthropy.
Mr.. Stewart was graduated from Yale
in 1908, and later from the School of Po-
litical Sciences. in Paris. He has also
taken a postgraduate course at Harvard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
AT NEWPORT.
tBv Telegraph to The Tribune J

Newport. May 9.-The recent summer
arrivals added new life to the Saturday
afternoon dansant at Masonic Hall yes
terdav. The affair was, as usual. under
tho direction OF Miss Helen NJ. Weaver,
and was largely attended.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Richard VAIN
wright. of Washington, are to arrive for
the season in June.
Bertram winthrop, OF New York, is at
tho Muenchinger King.
Harry Payne Whitney's new yacht cas-
sapdra. which he purchased from Her
mann Oelrichs started 10 Glen Cove this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Proctor. OF Boston.
are spending the week end here.
Mrs Edward J. Berwind is inspecting
The Elms.
Recent arrivals at the Muenchinser
King include Mrs. Rudolph Schirmer Mrs.
Gustaye schlrmer and Miss Schirmer, CT
New York: Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Hutcn-
jnson. of Philadelphia; Mrs. William Bey-
ers and Miss Beyers, of Andover, Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
GENERAL SICKLES BURIED
Salvos of Artillery Fired as
Body Goes to Grave.

Washington, May AL the honors of
war were paid to the late Major General
Daniel l.. Sickles, who was buried in
Arlington National Cemetery here to-day.
The body of the veteran was carried
from rhe Union Station, where il lay in
state through the night to the cemetery
accompanied by an ecsoN of cavalry and
field artillery. Following the caisson
which bore the body was the generals
riderless horse
AS the procession passed through the
grounds Of Fort Myer a major generals
artillery salute was fired. and at the
grave three salvos of rifle shots and an
other artillery salute marked the placing
of the body in it's last resting place. The
Rev. Father ]. ID. HOulihan, chaplain at
Fort Myer. read the funeral service.
In addition to the regular army escort
large number of Civil War veterans
marched I'm the procession.