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Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-22
POETRY.
A Duck Tale.

A Duck Tale. Old Dippy was fussy duck Who had a mind for misery; She found a cause for discomfort Amid the best society. She fretted sore because her tail Was nod Of vivid peacock hue: She worried just because she quacked And could not like a kitty mew. She was so dreadfuIly discontent That her poor husband. Bobby
 Drake
 Spent all his days just soothing her: Do be a duck for goodness sake!" But DiDpy fretted on ond on ' She thought her little yellow legs Too snapeIy for her big wide feet. One day she bought some chicken
 eggs. ~At least" she said. "when these eggs
 hatch
 The babies will be joy to me. They'll surely have the dainty feet That I have always loved to see" In three weeks time the baby chicks Were able to go out, And Dippy sent for all her friends Who hobnobbed round about. She asked them how they liked her
 flock,
 Her husband said, "'Tis true They've slender fdet but they can't do A thing that ducks should do- "Can't shoo 'em near the water; Don't swim little bit; And when they get their feathers wet They nearly have fit! @They talk like perfect roosters: Not one quacks like a drake; They scratch for food as hens do. So please, for gracious sake s'Go sell lem to the poultryman, It's very plain to see Your friends will never, never stand For your freak family!" Poor Dippy took his hard advice, CTwas all that she could do). 0, children, learn from her sad
 straits-
 Avoid those things you'll rue.
 Brooklyn Eagle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-22
LETTERS WRITTEN TO ! UNCLE JED
An..lncian Reunion

-ss ls.- = Uncle Jed:s I came to the land of the Sioux Indians when boy direSts from New England village. There was only one white child Ia g1rD at the
 place where my family located. but hundreds of Indians. all Sioux, men (bucks), women (squaws) and child rem (papooses and smugs). There were a few white men-a missionary, MT. Joseph Hancock, a farmer and a trader. There were also a surveyors crew and the town-site promoter. Mr.
 William Freeborn. The government
 had lately bought the land from the Indians, reserving a strip 30 miles
 long and 15 miles wide along the west shore of Lake Pepin for the half breed
 children The remainder. of the pur-
 chase had been partly surveyed and thrown open to settlement
 My object in writing this letter to the Wide Awakke department is to an-
 nounce that last summer T had the pleasure of meeting many of those same Indian boys and girls at the cred to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the treaty by which the Minnesota Chippewas and Sioux changed from age-long enemies to allies; this
 change being one of the results of the missionaries work
 But what change from the boys and girls of my boyhood to the In- dians of 1914. This summer I met well educated. full bfooded English speaking people who mixed freely | with the o1d boys and girls of my boy hood. now in war trappings and old style blankets.
 In the past it was I who had to
 make signs and learn to, speak a new language; now all could understand English. Before, the mothers s.toted" l their children who could not walk on l their backs in the folds of blanket; | this summer they used baby carriages
 and several had white servants to move the carriages
 In the old days nothing counted more
 than piece of the scalp of a Chip | pewa tied into a belt about the waist | or strung in the center of a wooden 1 hoop fastened to a light pole and made the center of number of bowling,
 painted. dancing beings; but now,
 while in war trappings, both Sioux
 and Chippewas grasped hands in
 friendly clasp and joined in a union l celebration.
 It was a renewal of the smoking of the peace pipe and many had come a 1 long distance to take an active part.
 Many in full war dress were gradu-
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all 'passers--y should bow before 1t.
 One day William Tell, a. brave Swiss, and his little son Walter came from their home upon the mountains. The two passed by without lowing before the cap and Tell was arrested.
 As Gesler rode by he said, "So you are the best marksman in the land, are you?'' Up spoke little Walter, 50 my father is" he said. "He can shoot an apple from hundred paces away" Then let him shoot an apple from his sons head at eighty paces away said Gessler. The boy was bound to a tree and ythe soldiers placed an apple on his curly head.
 He said, Shoot. father, I am not afraid" Tell shot the arrow. It hit the ap. pie Walter ran to his father un-
 As he turned another arrow fell from l his coat. You took another arrow" sait Gessler. What fer, TelI?" If had harmed my son this arrow
 would have gone straight to you | heart" said Tell. MARY A. BURRILL, Age 12. | Stafford Springs.
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Ihe ohedisnt EIenhant.

In some countries in Asia an ele- phant is made to carry the flag in battles. This is because the elephant is so tall and the soldiers can easily see the flag flying from his back.
 One of these elephants, which be- ionged to the poona host, was very brave and very kind. But he would obey the order of no one except his master.
 One time while very fierce fight was raging the driver called out to him:
 "Standl My brave beast. stand!"
 A moment later the driver received a fatal wound and lay beneath a pile of wounded and slain. The obedient animal would not move though the The Poona soldiers who feared they were being overcome were cheered on by the sight of the flag. He never stirred foot, and all through the hot
 fire, the noise. the smoke, the con- fusion, listened patiently for the voice hurled at him, a score of javelins pierced his side, his long ears dripped with blood; but he stood like a rock.
 Come fowardi My men," cried the Pocna captain, our flag still floats and the battle will yet be ours. His men discouraged and ready to fly rallied at this command with 8 cheer for the flag, pressed forward and in short time won the victory.
 They gathered around the brave elephant and offered to lead him where he would be fed and cared for; but though wounded and worn the creature would not move until he heard his masters voice but that master would never speak again. A rider was sent in great haste to a place fifty miles away where lived the little son of the driver. The boy was | hr@ roI,% fr he -r-t,n fa hof r. tie had been fought and the elephant showed very plainly he was glad to see him, and permitted him to lead him away.
 KATHERINE GoRMAN. Age g. Versailles.
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Lyme.
chitiren,s Games

Dear Uncle Jed: As school has. begun. and we have quite a while to play moons, L thought l WSu,d sep1 in a few games for amusement that I think are quite nice; aisos are good for evening gatherings.
 Stir the Mush.-Ones chair less than the number required for the company is provided. The players seat them to stir the mush. He stands in tke center with a walking stick and saSs in a solemn tone: Stir the mus ! Stir the rnush.,. At the same time stirring vigorously until suddenly he knocks. three times upon the floor. their seats and take others. The lead CT having dropped his cane scrambles for a seat also., and of course one is left out. and. he or she must be the next one Ar- stir the mush-"
 This and That.-sA confederate Is necessary for this trick. The one per forming the trick goes out of the room and the confederate agrees with the audience to touch a certain article. The person outside is recalled and his confederate begins to question hire. Did I touch this music book?. No. touch that fork? Yes. The secret consists in saying the word that be- fore the article touched, instead of this.
 Game of Cat.-The person who 5s to play the part of cat should stand outside of the door of the room where the company is assembled. The boys and girls in turn come to the other side of the door and call out: 'Meowl" If the cat outside recognizes a friend and calls out her name correctly in return he is allowed to enter the room and the latter then takes the place Of the cat. If, on the contrary, the cat cannot recognize the voice, he is hissed and remains outside until he is able to do so.
 The Travellers Alphabet-The play CTS sit in a row and the first begins by saying .'I am going on a journey to Athens" or any place beginning with A.
 The one sitting next asks, What will you do there? The verbs, adjectives and nouns used in the reply must all begin with A, as Amuse ailing Arthur with an- cedotes. etc. If the player answers correctly it is the next players turn. He says, perhaps. I am going to Brad ford.
 What to do there? To bring back bread and butter. A third says, I am going to Constan . < tinople.
 What to do there? - To. carry contented cats. Anyone who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.
 l hope the Wide-Awakkes will try | these games and see if there isn't sport in them.
 Scotland.
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 Are you keeping your liver, stomach and bowels clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets-or merely forcing a psss- sageway every few days with saits cathartic pills or castor oil? This is important. -
 Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system the consti- pated waste matter and poison in file bowels. - No odds how sick, headachy.. bilious and constipated you feel. a f.ascsrsf tonight will straighten you out bv morning. They work while you sleep. A Decent box from your druggist win keep your head clear, stomach sweet months. Don't forget the caiTdrenE their little insides need a gentle cleans n1g, too. "~
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The Tame Deer,

A few years ago some men were hunting for deer on the prairies of Nebraska. One day they shot a doe whicil had two young ones with her. The young deer, or lawns. were so frightened they did not know which way to go. One of them ran right up to the hunters and was caught
 One of the men, whose name was Cray took the fawn home and kept him. He soon eot, quite tame, and would go to his master when called. As soon as he was full grown. a har- ness was made for him, and he was taught to draw a buggy like horse. It was curious sight to see MT. Gray riding through tho streets of the will lage in carriage drawn by such a queer looking animal. It not only at- tracted the attention of the people, but the horses; as they passed would look very shylY at the deers long horns. Some of them were fright ened
 MT. Gray had two children, a boy and a girl, who learned to drive the deer. and who grew to be very fond of him.
 One night the people were awakened from their sleep by the cry of Fire! Fire!" and the ringing of bells all over the village. 4
 The fire proved to be in Mir. Grays stables and had burned so much before it w;3s seen that it could not be put out. The poor deer was tied in the stables; he could not get away and was burned to ashes in the flames The children mourned their loss for a long time. Everyone felt sorry for the tame deer was we'll known over the village and had become a great
 'LEoNTINE GILoT, Age 10. in
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Wheat

Dear Uncle Jed: had to study about wheat fin my commercial zeoC- raphy lesson so I thought I would write story about it.
 The wheat seed consists of grain inside a thin husk. The inner mart of the grain is used in making fine. white flour, but the entire grain makes wholesome. though darker, flour.
 There are several kinds of wheat. Some grow best in hot lands; others in cooler climates. For these reasons. wheat is a wide spread grain.
 Wheat is harder than corn, not he ing so easily injured by frost or by cool weather. The cooler plains of the temperate zone therefore eield more wheat; the warmer plains more corn,
 LILLIAN BREHAUr, Age 1e.
 East Norwich, N r.
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General Robert E, Ies.

General Lee was once 8 passenger in a crowded railway train Presently an aged woman, poorly dressed and carrying a heavy basket, boarded the train. She walked from one car to another without finding a seat: and no one offered her one. At last she came to the place where General Lee was sitting. He rose at once. Lifting his hat politely he said
 Madam, pray take this seat"
 In an instant a dozen men offered their seats to the General, but he re- fused them all, saying:
 i"If there was no seat for this old lady, there is none for me"
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The School Fair

, Dear Uncle Jed: thought I would write and tell you about our school fair.
 Our school fair was on Friday, There were very many people at it. We had.three tables full of things and some on the floor. There were very many who received prizes. got the second.
 We had three-legged races. potato races, bag races and single races I won in the three-legged race.
 There was some nice sewing the girls made when they went to sewing school. ---.-.--
 There were lots of very, nice vega tables the boys raised in their gar dens. .-'
 The painting was so nice that Mir. Brundage wants some painting done for him.
 MILDRED V. MORLEY.
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Colchester.
Ants.

Men who have studied about ants tell us that there are ants which build little cities. Of course, it takes hun dreds of ants working together to build even a very little city.
 When the city is done, they clear a little field around it; that is, they take out of the field all the grass and weeds and all the sticks and stones Then they. plant their grain. - Their grain is a kind of grass which bears a seed very much like rice: and when the grain is ripe they take it into their houses.
 If the seeds are damp they put them in their houses to be used as food
 JESSIE BREHAUT. East Norwich, N. r.
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LETTERS OF Ackuow-EDeMEnT.

Lora M. Carpenter; of LebanonAI U7s very much pleased when Is re- eSived my prize, book Hans Christian And-rsen's Fairy Tales. think it is 1sory interesting. and thank you very much for it. will still keep trying to vin more books.
 Lillian Rrehaut. East Norwich, N. Y.-I received the prize book you sent me .nd I have read half of it. l found it very interesting and wish to thank you for it.
 Susan .Hattin, of Mt. Hope-Thank you for the prize book you gave me.
 Theima V. Roche, of Petersburg. Va. .-L received my prize book some time back. I thank you very much for it. I find same very interesting have read it through. started to school some time back. go to private school in Petersburg, Va. I drive to trolley car, which is four miles from home and go four on the car. My brother goes to school also.- have one broth CT and two sisters. I am the oldest of four. We have a cute little puppy He is fox terrier. He goes to bed with my baby sister nearly every night. She thinks he Is fine. He is tn my lap now. 1 am taking music lessons and am getting on very well with 1t. Did you go to the fair this year9 am going Thursday if noth- ing happens. will close with many thanks for my prize book.
 Mary L.spcasey, of Norwich wish to thank you for the lovely prize book you gave ms. have started to read 1t and find 1t very interesting T am going to try again.
 ,Myron ]. RingIand, of Norwich Town 1T thank you very much for the prize hook entitled Boy Scouts on the Trail l am very well pleased with 1t.
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The Adventures of a Cent.

Are you ready to hear my story ?' asked an old cent to a little mousN
 The little mouse consented and the
 old cent began:
 T am now old and copper-colored.
 but I was once bright &nd new and
 shiny. How I was made and my very early adventures I cannot remember
 Early one morning awoke to find my
 self held tightly in a chubby little
 baoy,s hand.
 As I afterward heard the baby's
 father took me from bank and be-
 ca lIse l was so shiny he gave me to
 this little boy.
 The little boy thought so much of me because he said I was "a nice new penny" He put me under his pillow at night and by his plate at dinner Of course. he made such a fuss over
 me that I grew proud. Ohi it is ter rlble after being so proud to be for gotten entirely.
 One day my little master and I
 went to. the beach. He was playing fingers. Until it was time to go home l was not missed. Then the little boy cried ard he. was given another cent,
 but not half as nice as I was, That night instead of a soft bed ] slept in the sand. It was cold and lonesome.
 Late in the morning two boys came along. They were very sad because
 they only had nine cents. Sitting right beside me one ran his fingers through the sand and picked me up. How
 happy they were. They ran to the Chinaman's store and as they had ter ] cents now they were given the toy they longed for. The Chinaman put me into a draw and there lay for many hours. was nearly asleep. when the draw was opened and I was pulled out. I knew he would give me away so I dropped | from his hand into crack in the | floor.
 From there dropped into this old i can here, and this is now my home. Now I was of some value in the world and if could only get away | from here would try to find my way | to my first little master. "Yes, yes" answered the little | LOUIS. MARX | Norwich s.
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Whichever you nre-Be thAt!, Whatever you say-Be true3 Straightforwardly aes, Be honest-iu fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
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Pin Money from Pin Feathers.


 Mildred came dancing into the room, Westcott was going away for a whole year, and says I may have all the eggs her hens lay if I take care of them.
 It was decided Mildred might ac- cept Mrs. Westcotts offer, provided she took entire charge of the hens and asked only advice from the others. She set busily to work to care for her new family. Every morning she cleaned the coops and filled the water dishes and then gave them their breakfast of grain.
 She had five customers to whom she delivered a dozen eggs every week after school.
 All this work was not hard, but it had to be attended to. No matter how much Mildred wanted to remain to supper with one of her school friends her hen family their supper.
 At the end of the year when Mrs. Westcott was about to return, Mildred reckoned up her egg account and found she had received s109.20 and that her expenses were $5S.5s, leaving her a gain of $50.62.
 Mildred felt well repaid for attend ing faithfully to the biddies' many wants. She hoped with a part of her profit to buy some hens of her own, and go on earning pin money from pin feathers.
 FLORA L. HOUSE. Age 12. Scotland ;
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Joan of Arc


 Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about Joan of Arc.
 Nearly five hundred years ago there lived in France little girl named Joan Her father and mother were pious people, but very poor. The child learned to pray, to sew and to spin and to tend sheep, but nothing more. One day. when she was about 1e years of age and was tending her sheep she heard voice calling her and saw a bright light. She did not now where the voice came from, but 1t told her she would one day save her country. It bade her be not afraid but be good and pious. The voice she heard was a voice from heaven.
 Four years after, this young girl who could not read nor write, was at the head of the army of France and defeated the great English army. About a year after, Joan was made prisoner by the enemy. Then those for whom she had done so much d:d nothing to help her, and the poor girl was burned to death by the English. To the end she was as good and as pious as when she was a little child
 FLORIDA REEL, Age g. Versailles.
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RuIes for Youna Writsr..

l. Write ,iainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages.
 q Use pen and Ink. not pencil.
 6. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use ovef s5e wordA
 {. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write your name. age aud ad . dr.ss plainly ot the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications % Un- cle Jed. Bulletin Office.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

Mass.-Three. Little Women as Wives.
 e-Edwin Maynard. of Lyme-The Boy Scouts First Camp Fire.
 7-Luey Carter, of scotland-Three Little Women.
 s-FIorids Reil, of versailles- AHce's Adventures in Wonderland.
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His Pets

TITS TetS
 Dear Uncle Jed: I have read many of the Wide-Awake stories and like them very much, so I thought would write one.
 pets. One is a little dog. His name is Rover He is black and curly. He is a French poodle. He does not know many tricks yet He will bring you a stick or a ball, shake hands, beg or speak for his food.
 There is a little brook near my home.
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A SMlas Legend

Switzerland the lovely land with lakes and mountains, was once ruled by cruel man by the name of Gessler. To show what he could do, he stuck . cap on the end of a pole and said
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

l-Yetta Levine. of Colchester- EtIssbugget's Folks.
 ILeontine GiIot. Of Baltic-Miss Charity's Home
 3-Miidred V. Morley, of Eagleville -Animal Stories for Little People. 4-Graxiaiia Martin, of Flainfeld- Threo Little Women's Success. 9 5--Oba Butler. of New Bedford,
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A Duck Tale. Old Dippy was a fussy duck Who had a mind for misery; She found a cause for discomfort Amid the best society.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
Aim Of Suffrage to
Lift Restrictions on
Women,SaysLeader

Local suffragettes were discussing
with interest the statement of Mrs.
Charles o. H. Craigie, of Brooklyn, an
officer of the National Woman Suf-
frage Association, that to her mind
the cause lay in not merely seek
Ing the right to vote, but to remove
the restrictions which have hampered
women's individual development for
ages.
She electrified her hearers in her
speech on THE Citizen Mother" at
the suffrage rally held in the Hotel
Ansley Thursday, at " hich Mrs. Mary
l.. McLendon presided.
MISS Anna Fletcher, an English
sunragette, declared that the militant
cause in England was supported sole
~ by rich Americans who do not
Know real conditions and few male
anti suffragists who wish to create
sentiment against the cause, Miss
FLETCHER is member of the City
Council of Lancashire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
League to Spread
Progressive Party
Ideas Planned Here

To educate the men of Atlanta in the
principals of the Progressive party, a
Progressive Service Society will be or
ganized Wednesday night at a meeting
at Hotel Ansley.
The organizatio nwill be the first of
its kind in Georgia, 1t will not be di-
rectly affiliated with the political as
ISOLATION but will educate voters in such
social questions as child labor. human
rights before property rights, and wom-
an suffrage, in order that they may be-
come members of the Bull Moose party
Regular meetings will be arranged
and noted speakers will be brought to
Atlanta. Among these will be George
W. Perkins and former Senator Albert
Beveridge.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
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Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
TOXIC, Jan. 14.--With the devas-
tation of the southern part Of the
island of kiushiu by volcanic erup-
ton, tidal waves. earthquake and fire.
following the crop failure in Northern
Japan, where 100000 persons are
starving, the Imperial Government
faces the most appalling national
problem of modern ages.
While the Foreign Office estimates
the loss of life in the eruption of the
volcano Sakura Jima at 800, private e
kilograms from the south indicate
that the final death list will run into
the thousands. Hundreds were also
hurt in flight, many of them fatally.
The Government is holding more
warships IN readiness for relief work
at Kagoshima, While the War Office
has detailed 1000 soldiers to similar
duty If their services are needed
The Japa nese Government may be
forced to appeal to the outside world
for financial aid, as ii is estima ted
that $25,000,000 at least will be need =
ed to succor all the victims of disas-
ter in the north ana south.