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Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
At Grandma's

About all of my Saturdays last va cation were spent at grandma's house.
 It is a good-sized white house and is situated just beyond the watering trough on East. Main street The Westerly trolley passes by it. Behind the house is a woods and quite a little pasture land. From the top of this wooded slope a view of the whole town of Norwich may be seen, but it is a steep and slippery walk, and have not climbed to the top more than twice. There is a large rock, rounded off by the storms, but as am not sure of its name will say nothing more save that 1t is one of the highest places nearby. Behind the house is a red barn, but it IS used as a work shop by grandpa. A large grape vine grows over the entire back and sides of the house Many grapes are gathered each Sep tember, and are made into. grape juice, jam or jelly; last year 15 pans full were picked. Grandma also owns and rents large farm of 40 or 50 acres.
 One day when I went to see grand pa and grandma took a newly made cart with me. Grandpa went down into the cellar, mixed me some red and drab paint, and soon I was whist ling to the motion Of my brush. The cart had received it's first coat. For several Saturdays I had tried to get over to see grandma, and also to paint a fence, but stormy weather insisted that I should remain in the house. Sc the fence remained without paint for weeks, so that might have the honor of christening it. But finally as time went by, grandpa did it himself.
 Grandma did not have many child ren at her home, so, of course, boys playthings were scarce. But best oi all the things at grandma'S was my Panama Canal. I will therefore de- vote the rest of this story to a de- scription of this miniature canal.
 One day when coming home from shopping grandma had under her arms three or four curious shaped bundles On getting rid of her bundles she pro- ceeded to fill two foot tubs full o1 water that had been colored with blue ing. Then from out of the package she drew two handsome boats, one pink and one blue.
 The two tubs were placed on a stand out of doors with a boat in each.
 "One is the Pacific and one the At lantic ocean," she said.
 Going to the kitchen cabinet she drew forth a large ''pan of mas and Is how the canal got its name.
 Next day Grandpa selected somt smooth wood and fell to work making small boats for the canal.
 First he made a steamer witf three whistles and a number of smoke stacks, also some small boats. Some celluloid ducks, and flowers for water plete. A large celluIoid drake occu. pied the Pacific. You can judge fol yourself what a fine place Grandma: is.
 Some ants make very goodsailors though a few fell from the masts ana
 DAVID CARLYLE, Age F.
 City
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE AWAkES,
A Visit to the Botanical Gardens

A Visit to the Botanical Gardens.
 We took side car at Nelson's Pill
 lar, which is in the center of Sack vile street, and near the general post
 office, and started for the Botanical
 Gardens and Glasnevin cemetery. We
 passed through upper Sackville street
 and saw the Gresham hotel.
 Close by we saw the monument which is erected to the memory of Charles Stuart ParneIl. We saw the Rotunda hospital and we noticed they had two auto ambulances and chauf- feurs standing in front, ready at a moments notice. When we arrived at Rutland square we were shown the Presbyterian church.
 A little further on we saw the Mater hospital. This looked like a fine in stitution. On our right we saw Mount joy prison. Our driver happened to be quite a historian and told us how within the walls of Mountjoy prison
 were imprisoned at different periods in the last two centuries nearly all the great Irish statesmen, including the late Michael Davitt, who was cruelty treated for political treason and love of country.
 We were shown the Roman Cath olic church edifice.- In a short time we arrived at the Botanical Gardens. | As we wanted to see the gardens we walked. We were admitted by police officers at that time. We went through
 revolving gates and they asked a few questions
 When told we were from America they were very nice to us and ex- plained all about the gardens and the best walks to take to see the different flowers. As we passed through the gardens we noticed police officers in sight nearly all the time to see that nobody took souvenirs from the gar dens or destroyed anything. As we passed from one bed to another we saw flowers from every part of the world. Each flower had an iron marker telling from what country it came. All the trees were labeled and represented | almost every country on earth. The native gardens were bautiful Irish ferns, moss, roses and other plants I 1 did not know my name. I saw a beau i tiful sun dial mounted on a round pil- l lar of polished Kilkenny marble, I wish you all could have seen these gardens.
 The air was filled with perfume, and such a variety of colors, shape and 1 form I may never see again. Such | enormous palm houses made of glass. These houses are the shape of the palm trees, narrow at the bottom and 1 incline outwards until they reach the height of 20 feet and then form a | 40 and 50 feet high. The palms were
 of an enormous size and very beauti- 1 ful. Nearly all the flowers live in the open except those from tropical coun- tries. After leaving the gardens we passed through the village of Glasnevin. We were shown the residence of Dean Swift and Stella.
 We passed into the Cemetery avenue
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
The Greedy Hens

One; day Jane chopped up a large plate of meat and took it out to feed the hens.
 There was one piece quite large, as it had a bone in it,~Gnd so could not be chopped so small as the rest.
 When Jane set the meat down in front of the hens a greedy. one caught this large piece and ran off with It. Another hen thought. she would like to have the same piece, and ran after the first to see if she could not get it for herself While the two ran around the yard, one in chase of the other, try ing to eat the bone, which was too large for them to swallow, the rest. of the hens kept at work on the meat that had been chopped up fine, till not a bit was left.
 When the two hens got tired of fight ing about the bone they went off and left it lying on the ground.
 They did look silly when they came back and found the nice meat all gone. They had lost a good meal through their foolish greed.
 ETTA McGRATH, Age F.
 PO1ro bxrilIe
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. @- AWAKES.

Those who learn while they are chil- dren not to think of what they do not like, have acquired good habit, and a good habit, formed in childhood, is often the foundation of the fortune pgot later in life.
 It is in childhood and youth most of our habits are formed, and if boys realized how a little habit makes a slave not only of the boy, but the man, they would take care not to be caught mapping as many boys have been and will be in life.
 The habit of complaining or fault finding breeds misery. The boy or girl who does not like this thing, that thing. or the other. and harbor their i1is'ilSes in their mind grow to be dis obedient children and disagreeable old folks.
 IL is a true saving: we first make our habits and then our habits make us" A good habit will make you thoughtful and useful while a bad habit will make you thought1ess and useless.
 How do you make your habit? When you say 'T don't care!" you are in 8 spirit which is opposed to painstaking and you become careless about your speech. then your clothing, then about the opinions others form of you and in time you become slack and sIoven- 1y and have lost your good name. and if you persist you are sure to become sAIr. pr Mrs. Nobody when you grow up, and MT. and Mrs. Nobody's way in life is hard and it has been made hard by themselves.
 If you cultivate the habits of being cheerful and obedient how much diff sferent everything will be for you all your life!
 If we are not obedient to the truth and to duty we shall not thrive, for we shall not be obedient to others when we should be.
 We should be quick to do a kind act and slow to do a mean one, ther the habit of meanness will not maI our good name.
 How you fare in life is a matter ot your own choosing. The right side and the wrong side confronts us all and it Is the part of wisdom to bt upon tine right side as often as pos- sib1e: hence. we must all be carefu, to discover the right from the wrong
 This is not an easy task, but if we always honor our own convictions, as to what is right and wrong we shall soon be sharp to discover one from the other. Not doirg right according to our own view of right is to have a weak hold upon all that is good and true.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
A Winter Walk.

Dear Uncle Jed: think winters walk is not so lonely when one can meet plenty of tree sparrows. These little birds twitter and sport about on the cold snow as they gather theIr food of seeds, and fly from patch to patch, as if they did so for the chance to tuck, for a moment, their toes be- meath their feathers, in order to warm them, just as boys do when putting their hands into their pockets
 Winter chippies they are called, to designate them from our chipping sparrow that feeds in the garden dur ing the summer. But they are slightly larger than the summer chip py and they are marked by a black spot on the center of a grayish breast. Their sparrowy back, chestnut crown and whitish wing bars will help 1den- tify them.
 The food of these sparrows consists Of 9S per cent. of seeds. These are made up of grass seed, of which the bulk is of wild grasses. The only damage they do. is where millet seed is fall sown and left poorly protected, otherwise they are beneficial.
 JESSIE BRBHAUT.
 East NOru-iob N
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
POETRY.
Mothers Comfort,

Mothers Comfort. know a little girlie,
 With loving eyes so blue. And lips just made for smiling, And heart that's kind and true. She wears no dainty dresses, No jewels does she own; But the greatest of all treasures Is her little self alone. Her name is Mothers Comfort" For all the Hvelong day Her busy little fingers
 Help mothers cares away. The sunshine loves to glisten And hide in her soft hair, And dimpIes chase each other About her cheeks so fair. Oh. this darling little girlie, r With the diamonds in her eyes, Makes in mothers heart a sunshine Better far than floods the skies; But the name that suits her better, And makes her glad eyes shine. Is the name of Mothers. Comfort, This little treasure, mine.
 Children at Work.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
The Hare and the !Rabbit

The hare and the rabbit each have large eyes, long ears, a very short tail and they al5c have their upper lip di- Yided in the middle.
 Some change their dark summer coat as the winter comes on and wear thick, soft, lighter colored fur. This will make them almost invisible when the snow is on the ground and it also protects them from their enemies.
 Like the cat and dog, they have five toes on their fore feet and only four on the hind feet. Their hind feet are much longer than their front ones,
 The hare's eyes are very large. Often she jumps into the water and swims She is also very shy and likes to live alone, so she makes grassy bed for herself ana her babies, and sometimes stores it with fruit and nuts.
 The rabbit can hop away very fast but sine cannot take such leaps as the hare because her hind legs arc short CT. Her home is fin a. hollow stump or
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
Elsie and Belle

Dear Uncle Jed: One day Elsie and Belle went out in the woods to gather wild flowers for their mother. They had just picked pretty bouqets- and were going home and were thinkin., how delighted their mother would be with them when it began to rain. so they got under some bushes for pro lection. It didn't rain very hard at first, but by and by it began to rain harder, and little Belle was almost ready to cry when Elsie put her arm around her and said:
 Don't cry, Belle; the rain will soon be over and then we will run home"
 By and by the rain stopped and Elsie said:
 NOW we will run llome''
 So they ran home as fast as they could.
 When they got home they put on some dry clothes and their mother
 Your father was coming over after you.' -
 And then Elsie told her Belle was nearly ready to cry and She stopped her.
 Her mother said:
 You were a good girl to stop Belle from crying"
 And then she got up and put the flowers in water and sat down again It rained harder soon after that, but they didn't care, for they were in the house.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
DRIVES AWAY HEADACHE
Rub MusteroIe on Forehead and
 Temples.

A headache remedy without the dangers of headache medicine" Re- Heves headache and that miserable feeling from cold or congestion. And it. acts at once! MUSTEROLE is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in no way can affect stomach and heart, as some in- ternal medicines do.
 Best for Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lumbago, all Pains and Aches of the Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore Mus cles, Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds of the Chest Git often prevents Pneumonia.
 At your druggists, in 25c and soc jars. and special large hospital size for S2.50.
 Be sure you get the genuine MUS TEROLE. Refuse initations-get what you ask for. The MusteroIe Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
Makina Butter

Wagon loads of milk are brought to the creamery to be sold. It i9 not sold by gallons but by weight. It Is put into the separator, where the cream goes through a tube into a tank and the skinned. milk goes through an other tube into another tank The skinned milk is given back to the farmers for their hogs. The cream Is then put into churn. From one hun dred pounds of milk fcur 70 six pounde of butter can be made.
 Some of the butter is cut into squares of one pound and stamped then paper is put on it and on the pa per is the name of the company. Some of the butter is put into tubs without being cut in squares. It is sold a lit- tie cheaper this way.
 MARY A. BURRnL, Age F.
 Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
Norwich.
What She Got.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing you this letter of the day I visited my grandma. It was summer day. When I was on my way saw a bluebird on a tree. The tree boughs and leaves were so green that it looked painted. :. My grandma had many pretty plants, geraniums, marigolds and many others. There was big apple tree in the front of her home. There is a swing, too. do not like the smell of some of the plants.
 My little cousin bought a doll and broke it right away. She cried, but 't did no good. The next day she got another one, but it was a rag one.
 She did not like it. When she got home she got a spanking.
 DESERVED IT, TOO!
 The Hunters and Their Target. Dear Uncle Jed: I went walking the
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
-ErrERs oF AckNowLEpeMENr

Helen M. Whitaker, of Providence, R. I.-I wish to thank you for the nice prize book which you sent me, en- titled The Soldiers of the Duke. It was a lovely surprise.
 Lillian Murphy, of Norwich-I re- ceived my prize book. thank you very much for it. I have read some of it and found it very interesting.
 MadeIyn Sullivan, of Norwich-I thank you very much for my prize book. The name of it is Walter and the Rabbits. I have read it through and found it very interesting. Again and again I thank you. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS,
 1-David Carlyle, of Norwich-The Boys of Columbia High on the Ice. 2-Mason Fl. Parker, of Mansfield With Porter on the Essex.
 s-Etta MeGrath. of Bozrahville-A Little Girl in Old New Orleans.
 -StePhen Shea, of Versai1les-The Boys of Columbia High on the Dia- mond.
 5Asnes Brown, of Yantic-P1ay- mate Polly.
 6-Katherine German, of Versailles The Walcott Twins. 7-MolIy PaIey, of Colchester-The Moving Picture Girls. S-Mary A. BurriII, of Stafford Springs-The Moving Picture Girls at the Farm.
 H. Lloyd Rathbun, of Norwich-I thank you very much for my prize book. I did the best I could and I thought I might win a book. Winners of prize books living in the city may call at the Bulletin business office for them at any hour Thursday after 10 a. nj,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12

picked 1t up and unrolled it and { bright gold dollar rolled on the ground I carried it home.
 The next day MT. Day came to worI for us. He is a poor man. He told ~u4 how he lost a gold dollar on his way home from the store.
 I took it from my pocket and gaze 1t to him. He was so glad to have :t he clapped his hands for joy
 AGNES BROWN, Age 12.t Yan2c.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12

a hole in the ground. These she fills with leaves and lines the nest with fur from her own body. Her babies are born naked and blind.
 The hares are born with wide open eyes and a thin coat of fur.
 ELIZABETH PARKER, Age IS.
 E.o. -G-Nl
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12

'Whatever you are-Bo that! Whatever you say-Be tru@4 Straigh htforwardly acSs Be honest-in fact
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12

the snake. but the fish was dead
 The cruel snake lost his life, too. It is the same way with many peo- pie. This story is true. Just what Uncle Jed wants. .te.- STEPHEN SHEA, Age s. Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT
Rulea for Mound Writera.

AuIe0 tor Young Wrjt0r@s
 l. MglIs ialnly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. 2. Use nen and ink. not pencil 8. Short and pointed articles viii be given preferencs. Do not use ovef 25O words.
 {. Original stories or letters oniy will be used. s~ s. Write your name, age and Gd- dr-ss plainly ot the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- >Ie Jed, Bulletin Odice.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
The Gold Dollar.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day as I was coming home from the store saw ly- ing in the ditch a piece of paper. ]
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-12
Strange Things.

Dear Uncle Jed: One Sunday father and were taking a walk along the edge of the river. What do you think we saw? A snake with fish in his mouth.
 Father ran for stone and he killed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-19
put on nominal salaries and a town
manager put at the head at a salary
Of $4,000 or more
MAN CARRIES $4,000, 900

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Three millions
dollars In cash Is said to have been
brought to Chicago by B. s. Dawson.
chief OF police OF Houston, Tex. Davi-
son conveyed the money from a bank
In Houston to one In Chicago. For
hundreds of miles he Travelled non
chalantly in stateroom of a fast
train. Absolute secrecy guarded his
movements. His stateroom door was
locked. No other precautions were
taken.
Dawson took the job Of transport
ing the money to Chicago after an
express company had asked $4,000
for the work. The crucial point in
his trip came at st. Louis, where Da-
vison was compelled to change cars.
Dawson passed to stateroom on a
train ready to pull out for Chicago
and locked himself In.
No bank in Chicago could be found
which would admit having received
the big bundle OF money.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-19
WALLA WAL[A Y"
TEAM BEATS P.H.S,

WALLA WALLA, Wash. Jan. 19.-
The Y. n. C. A. Eagles defeated the
Pendleton high school team in bas.
ketball in the Y. n. c. Az gymnasium.
Saturday night, 33 to H. The line
up was: Pendleton-Seibert, center;
Kirkpatrick. and Russell, guards
Kerrick substituted for Kirkpatrick in
the second quarter); Hampton and
Peters forwards.
Y. NJ. c. A. Eagles-Elliott. center.
Cunningham and Rich. guards; Lieu.
allen went in for Rich in the last
quarter; Richmond and Owlsey. for
wards.
Summary-Pendleton. Hampton 3
baskets; Peters, baskets. fouls out
of 10 attempts; score, II. Eagles. Ell
lott. l basket: Richmond. baskets.
2 fouls out of attempts: Owsley, 3
baskets: Cunningham. baskets;
Rich baskets; score, 33. Gordon. OF
Pendleton. refereed a good game.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-19
EXPERIMENTAL ROAD
BUILDING BY DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.--over
four hundred and eighty thousand
square yards OF different types OF
roads for experimental and object
ieson purposes were constructed dur
ing the fiscal year 1s12-1913, under
the supervision of the office OF pub
lie roads, U. s. department OF agricul-
ture. according TO Bulletin So OF the
department. making a total Of over
four million square yards OF road con-
structed under the supervision OF this
office since 1906.
The types OF roads built were brick
concrete. oil-cement concrete. bitumi-
nous concrete, bituminous-surfacej
concrete. bituminous macadem. sur.
face treatment, macadam, asphalt
Stag, oil-asphalt- gravel. oil-grayel.
oil-corraline. gravel-macadam. grav-
ei. Stag, sand-clay. sand-gumbo, burnt
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-19
Town Manager idea Grows.

DALLAS, Texas. Jan. 19--Residents
Of dozen or more Texas towns and
cities today started campaign to
have the manager plan similar to tina,
adopted In Dayton. Ohio. established.
The movement while not generally
systematiZed Is spreading through
out the Lone Star state and 1t was
prophesied here today that managers
will be appointed in many Texas cit
les this year. Amarillo, at a recen,
election. voted to employ town man
ager at n large salary. In the belief
that such an official and such a mu-
nicipal government would save the
city thousands OF dollars--more than
enough to pay his salary and give
Aramillo far better government than
It has heretofore enjoyed. A COM
mittee OF Denton. Texas. citizens, also
has decided on a similar course. and
plans are being maped out today to
have the Denton charter 40 changed
that the city commissioners will be