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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-09-23

One of the best grades of Italian
cheese is sold only after it has been
seasoned for at least four years.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-09-23

atures-answering the words The
Man had spoken as she could never
have done.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-09-23

When opportunity occurs for kind
words deliver the goods.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-09-23

Some men are never neutral. They
are either kicking or being kicked.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-09-23

Strangely enough. there is no SINH
larity between our mansions in the
sky and our castles In the air.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-09-23

Good resolutions are inexpensive,
but they are hard to keep.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
A Happy Family.

The Burke family lived away out in the country on a large farm. MT. Burke was a fine old farmer. He had horses, cows dogs and chickens.
 His puSSy'S name was Nancy and she lived out in the barn with the horses and chickens. Strange to say, instead of wishing to hurt them Nancy wished to play with the chickens.
 One day an old mother hen had some baby chicks, of which she was very proud; but her pride was short lived, for as she strutted around the farmyard proclaiming their birth. a heavy farm wagon came numbering in and before she could get out of its way it ran over and killed her. How the little chicks cried for their mother: but she neither came nor heard.
 At last the old tabby cat came in and feeling sorry for them called them over to pile of hay where she lay down and allowed them to snuggIe up to her.
 The little things found her warm, furry sides quite as comfortable as their mothers feathers and went to sleep quite content. A few minutes later MT. Burke came in to feed them, but he went over to the hay and found old Nancy sleeping peacefully, surrounded by eight downy chicks.
 Well, well!" exclaimed the good man
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Lighthouses.
Colchester.

Many years ago ships by the score were wrecked by running on rocks or bad places in the ocean. Something had to be done, so in the year 2sO B. C.< one of the most famous light houses of the ancient world was built. A fire was kept burning on the top day and night and could be seen for forty miles at sea.
 Now the government has taken up the work and much money is spent in keeping the lighthouses intact.
 Some of them are built of stone, iron or brick and are lighted by oil lamps with Argand burners. Electric lights have been tried but they are much too expensive and the light has many shadows.
 In Europe the people burn lard or olive oil. They like it better.
 Lighthouses are classed as to the first, second, third and fourth orders The first two are for coasts and the last two are for harbors and rivers.
 Some have steady lights. some re- volving and some flashing lights. They are surely a good thing and many lives are spared owing to the good done b9 lighthouses
 THEODORE ABEL, Age 12.
 Vantio
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
 AWAKES.

Uncle Jed has plenty of evidence that his Wide-Awakes need some instruc- tion how to take time by the forelock. We are told time and tide wait for
 no man." which is true; and we are warned ito take no note of time," or, in other words, not to think too much about it. When we take time by the
 forelock," or the front hair, we do so to get results on time. For instance,
 Wide-Awakes who write on Lincoln
 and Washington in February do not take time by the forelock' if their letters reach Uncle Jed the day after
 the copy for this department has been
 made up, or a week after the holiday has passed. Those letter writers who sent their work in the week before had time.
 This is just as true of other things as of writing if you desire to have anything in readiness on a given day or date.
 If you are building birdhouses, they
 had better be all complete in March
 than in May or June, for they are of
 no use this year if completed a month after the birds have arrived from the south.
 If you have stated time to be ready | for anything, it is in bad form to be
 even few hours late, for it makes you either failure or a hindrance. Those who take time by the fore i lock- are not obliged to frame up ex-
 cuses for being late, or to apologize for | having disappointed others. Time may
 make diverse paces, but they get | there.
 I do not know what makes a boy or
 a girl feel meaner than to get left-to | have failed to connect because they
 were lazy or needless. Such boys and girls cannot be called Wide-Awakes, | for the results of their habits show | they are sleepy.
 The boy or girl who is not on time has not worked to win, but has con- ducted themselves to lose.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
His Favorite Exercise.

Dear Uncle Jed: Do you want to know my favorite exercise? It is swimming, and twice a week I go to. the river and swim.
 It is great fun to float on my back. I learned to swim on my back in 1914.
 In 1913 I first learned to swim. 1 first swam dogpaw, then the usual way. Now I can dive, scoop and swim under water for 25 feet.
 I have learned to pick up stones from the river bottom under six feet of water.
 Someone will stand on the bank and throw something white at us. It will sink and then we will go under the water to get it. One thing I like best is to run and dive off the bank, then swim under water on my back. I can do the sailors dive, which is to jump into the water with my hands around my feet. When it is very hot day I enjoy swimming and diving the most and you're glad you are in the water. When I tell anyone I can do such 3 | thing, the boys will say: Go tell you1 | uncle" I am telling him, am I not? MYRON ENGLAND. Norwich Town.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
The Busy Little Lapps.


 These little Lapps live in the frozen zone. They do not live in huts as the Esquimaux do. They always wander up and down.
 The reason why the Lapps move about so much is because of very useful animal. the reindeer. In the summer time the mosquitoes are very fierce in that country. When they want to bite the people they run up the mountains to escape them. When winter comes the mosquitoes go away. So the Lapp drives his reindeer down the plain and again sets up his tent. The door is so small that you could hardly get in through it. The smoke from the fire goes out at hole in the top.
 There are neither lamps nor candles. They sleep and sit upon skins spread upon the floor. The stove is made of a circle of stones.
 If a man has herd of reindeer he thinks he is a rich man. In winter when they can't get any, thing to eat they go and kill one of the reindeer. Every morning and night they get some milk from the reindeer This milk is thicker and nicer than that of the COW. The Lapp wife makes cheese and butter.
 The reindeer has no stable or shel- ter of any kind, but he will not suf- fer much, for God has fitted him foI the life he lives. YETTA LEVINE, Age Il. Colchester
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Frank Pardy, of Norwich-I thank you for the nice prize book entitled The Boynton Pluck. It is a very in teresting book.
 Ralph Taylor, of Lebanon-I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, I have read it and find it interesting. Let me thank you again.
 Yetta Levine, of Colchester-I re- ceived the prize book for which thank you very much. l will continue read ing 1t
 Lucy A. Carter, of Hampton-I was very much surprised when I got home to find a prize book waiting for me thank you many times for it.
 Mabel Prue, of Eagleville-I re- ceived the prize book you sent me I have read it and find it is very in- teresting. I thank you very much
 Bertha Fuller, of Eagleville-I re- ceived the prize book and thank yoI very much for it. I have read ii through and found 1t very interesting have thirteen books now.
 Eugene R. Sullivan, of Bozrahvi1le I was very much pleased to receiv the prize book entitled Andy"
 have read it all through and thing it i very interesting. I thank you for ii
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
POETRY.
A Wonderful Secret.

Dear little people I love so well. Wherever your place may be: There's a beautiful secret I long to So come and listen to me. When I was child, in a little town, Oh, ever so far away. A beautiful spirit came floating down, And whispered to me one day: There's a secret" the beautiful spirit -. said,
 That even a child may know. And they who know it are gladly led Wherever their feet may go. 'So sweet and simple the secret is, Yet people are slow to learn, And away from the pathway that leads
 to bliss
 Their lingering faces turn. 50 the little children must show them The happier way to choose. ! For the hearts that are tender and 1. loving now
 Will never the lesson lose. -And this is the wonderful secret:
 Live
 For nothing but love each day Not for love to keep. but for love to Forever to give away. There is no life upon earth so poor, But love 1t may give full well, And the joy of giving is deep and sure, = And richer than tongue can tell. ITO sweeten life as we meet and, part, We need but remember this: To carry always a tender heart For the tiniest thing that is. ssr-x. --;Ss- 4l ,,,-,1. ,oe 1a,,o ,-,. ,.,J-u. The happier life we live, And the more we give for another's
 sake,
 The move we shall have to give. 'sSo let us widen it day by day, By loving a little more, Till nothing living be shut away From a share in the heavenly store.
 Allison Gardner Deering.
 (Our Dumb Animals.)
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
The Flowers We See in sprina.

Dear Uncle Jed: How many flowers we see when we walk in the spring timei
 Some grow in the green grass, where they sparkle like little stars; some nestle in corners of the stone walls, where there are mosses; some hang from the branches of trees. How we love them alfred, white, yellow and bfue
 How the little girls like to walk in the green grass and pick the little clever tops and the little buttercups and hold them under their chins to see if they like butter.
 When the sun goes down and night comes on, many of them shut their lovely eyes and go to sleep; but in the morning, as soon as the sun comes up over the hills, they open to greet the light and sparkle with drops of dew.
 DONA HOWARD, Age 10.
 Westerly. R. 1
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Colchester.
The Tent Caterpillar.

Last year a prize was offered by the State Agricultural society to the boy or girl who would pick the most tent caterpillar nests.
 The nests are right around the branches of all the fruit trees. They make their nests on apple, peach, pear and cherry trees.
 They are similar to a cocoon and when opened over two hundred eggs are visible. These insects then get on the blossoms and remain there, spelling the fruit.
 It certainly was a good method of destroying many millions of them, but they seem almost as plentiful this year.
 After a child had gathered one hum dred he was given a membership card and was enrolled in the society. He brought them to school and they were counted and burned
 Burning was the best method, be- cause if the eggs were dropped they would hatch out just the same.
 We have only small school, but the total number picked was about twen- ty thousand, thus doing away with about four million caterpi1lars.
 It would be a good idea if another prize were offered this year, and by so doing reduce the number of these pests.
 MICHAEL J. BURNS, Age 13.
 Fitchville.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Our Friends, The Birds.

With the birds we renew our younth- Their songs and calls are like the voices of friends.
 In winter we have the blue jays, Eng fish sparrow, chtckadee, partridge, quail, flicker, grosbeak, downy woodpecker, white breasted nuthatches and crow.
 The chickadee is a little bird with black on his head. They sound a soft note of peep" or when alarmed give the sound of ''chickadee-d dee" " They are of great value to the farm CT in destroying insects.
 The birds that protect the meadows and field crops are the black bird, the meadow lark, the crow, the quail and the sparrow. They do so by devouring insects.
 One bird will devour about thirty in-
 sects daily.
 When the ground is covered with snow it is hard for the birds to get food and grit. We should supply them
 with these things. We can get the birds to come to us by being friendly to them. We should build bffG -:louses for them. The bird houses should be about eight inches high, and six inches square at the floor. The opening should be neal the top and about two inches in di- ameter.
 If we build bird-houses we must be careful to place them where cats an6 dogs cannot get at them. The barn attic is a good place fol swallows sthey eat the gnat, flies anG mosquitoes.
 Before many days the robins and blue birds will be with us. Every one Is glad to hear the l cuckoo's cry. It is one sign that spring is here. He is a beautiful bir6 with brown and white stripings ant l blue gray wings, but he is a lazy ant greedy enc. The cuckoo is the only 1 bird that does not build its own nes | or rear it's young. It lays it's egg: in other birds nests and leaves it to bt | matched and reared there. BERTHA FULLER, Age Il. l Eagleville.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
FIorence's Easter Eaq.

One day Florence came running into the house and asked her mother if she might do what she liked with her eggs.
 Her mother told her yes, and asked her what she wanted to do with them but Florence said she had rather keep it a secret.
 Later Florence whispered to her broth CT Ben. In few moments they ap- peared dressed for the street.
 Florence was carrying a basket on her arm.
 A few days later Mir Drake came in- to the house smiling and said that he had found out by chance what the children were doing. He said they were going to see a poor invalid child Mrs. Drake said that sine would go and see the child herself, and for them to be careful and rot let the children know it.
 On Easter morning Mrs. Drake said to Florence that she would like to have her keep her eggs this morning
 On the table was a chocolate Easter egg labelled Florence. Inside of it was a set of dominoes which Florence had long desired.
 Florence made one more visit to the invalid's home.
 MURIEL LATHAM, Aage IA. StOningtOn
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Timothy.

Dear Uncle Jed: have cat named Timothy. He is all black except his paws and neck. Every morning he comes up in my bed and goes to sleep.
 Last summer when we came home from the shore he walked right into the house and we gave him his supper. He has stayed with us ever since then.
 Although my little brother James squeezes him and pulls his tail, he never scratches him.
 We give him his dinner and then he always goes under the stove for nap. He is very big and also very pretty. He is the only pet I have and I like him very much.
 Timothy likes to go upstairs and put his paws on the windowsiIl. We did not know what he did it for. Finally we discovered that he was trying to get at the sparrows. We have a little bir6house just opposite the window.
 LILLIAN MURPHY, Age g. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
THE POOL

Grandfather Lowater thinks 1t best to tell here a. part of a talk he once had with MT. Churchill about animals and birds. Then MT. c. was like some body you may know who thinks all birds, animals and insects should be killed on sight unless like hens or our tame song birds, we could get some thing of use to us from them.
 Many boys and girls think spiders and snakes are just awful. A stone or club is sought immediately. This streak of humanity Is painful to me because T know that all spiders and all snakes Fare not harmful. Neither are all the insects, birds or animals that are now safiowed to be killed. Most of them de- zserve to be protected.
 : think it the duty of every boy or girl to study these little folks and learn Ito tell the good ones from the evil evil when considered as friends to crops or human lives.
 2 Natural history, or the truth as told sby Old Mother Nature, is the basis of real work on the farm.
 . Your teacher would say "the basis of agricultural science,' but we will call dt good farming"
 ! What troubles me is that but little of the truths Dame Nature is willing to tell are known to our boys and girls, or even to the farmers and their wives. TEis want of knowledge allows the town boy to use his gun just for fun
 
 money for every time, the gun is dis Charged and something injured. Why do I lay 1t to the town boy Because I have noticed that the farm boy has seen and learned some things fhe town boy has not had the chance 10 see and learn. But there arc still too many farm boys taught to be cruel and thoughtless with traps, guns and feet. These same boys and big men are often to blame if any of the wild anil fsals are injurious to their crops. The little wild folks are only following the Instincts which Madame Nature gave them. Ruled by these orders from Ma lure, every animal fills its appointed place exactly; it does not exist alone For itself, but acts part in the one great whole. Do you catch my mean ing?
 Each animal, bird or insect is like one of the cogs in the great wheel you have seen that made all the others turn, tod. Now what orders has Dame Mature given ~Why, she told one class
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04

, of animals to keep certain plants from growing too fast or getting to be too many. She told others to prevent a too great increase of that first class
 She built such animals and insects as nave but few hunting them in such a way that they were slow to be many in a place-like to be alone.
 Now how do the boys interfere? How break up Natures plans?N They kill and destroy haphazardly. Thus 1eav- ing too many of the wrong kind Ma ture said: A, you keep down B; C. you keep down A; D, you look after c and B, keep watch on D, etc. But the boys and girls, too, do not keep matters evened up. They take maybe all F and M, neglecting the others. Then there is trouble.
 Before waging war either for sport or otherwise on any bird or animal, we should study it's habits What did Ma ture say that bird, animal, snake spider or insect should do? Knowing its habits, then we should study the consequences which would follow any killing on our part.
 Right here, Grandpa wants to tel every boy and girl a very important fact, something every teacher should tell her pupils. It is this:
 We must all remember it is an unde- niable fact that the dangerous increase of anything in the world, plant, animal
 
 ural enemies. That to stop the work of any bird, animal or insect the mos1 certain way is to encourage help by the increase of its natural enemy. That is why sport shooting and many o1 our killings without thinking are throwing Dame Natures plans all ou | of joint. Those traps and guns no | only cause pain, but they cost the farmers a good many dollars in tht course of a year. Anything that costs | the farmer money, costs the city mar i money in the end.
 l The idea of thinking animals are no | worthy of study cost MT. Churchill
 many dollars until got after him anc I he found that a more careful practic, was a benefit. did not have the leaS l doubt he would forbid hunting ant shooting on his land after the conven 1 tion was over. Neither did I doub every pupil in the school would be en, couraged by the teachers to aid in tn, protection of the beneficial birds, in, | sects and other live things.
 1 GRANDFATHER LOWATER.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
TheY Mada Candy.

Dear Uncle Jed: Last week we had lots of rainy weather which was very disagreeable. As we had to go to school it was not so bad as being shut up in the house; but when Saturday came it was raining again. That meant we would be shut up in the house all day.
 In the morning we played different games, and when the afternoon came we decided to make candy. It was to to pull it. It took about half an hour to make it. Then we let it cool sd we could pull it. Soon it was cool enough to handle and we had a great time pulling it. We had race to see who could get it the lightest. Then candy.
 Here are two recipes which like very well:
 cocoanut Bar-Four cups of sugar, one quarter teaspoon cream of tartar, one and one-quarter cups of water, one-qnarter pound of cocoanut, one- half teaspoon of vanilla. Boil sugar, cream of tartar and water together. Do not stir until after it begins to boil. Boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Take off from the fire and cool in a warm place. to turn white. Add cocoanut and va nilla. Beat hard until creamy. Spread quickly in buttered pan and cool not too suddenly. Cut in strips one inch by one-half inch.
 Peanut Brittle-One pound of sugar, one quart of peanuts. Shell, remove skins and finely chop peanuts. Sprinkle with one-quarter teaspoon of salt. Put sugar in smooth granite pan and place on range. Stir constantly until melt ed into a syrup, taking care to keep sugar from sides of pan. When melt a1 11I .tez i,1~1 IA a warm buttered pan and mark in inch squares. If sugar is not removed from range as soon as melted, it will quickly burn.
 hope that the Wide Awakes who try these recipes will have good suc- cess.
 CATHERINE MURPHY, Age Ii.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04

It is also the greatest center of trade in New England. The cities and towns for many miles around Boston have hundreds of busy work shops. There are mills for making cotton cloths shops for boots and shoes, and fac tories for all kinds of jewelry, clocks cutlery, and many other articles. workshops It exports such products as raw cotton, wool, hides, leather cloths, boots, shoes and other man. ufactures to many parts of the world
 Boston is the greatest boot and shot market in the world.
 This city and it's suburbs have beer the homes of many famous patriots poets and authors. 1t Is therefore called the Athens of America
 ALICE M. AVER, Age Il.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
GIRLS! GIRLS! YOU MUST TRY THIS!
 DOUBLES BEAUTY OF YOUR HAIR

of your hair. A delightful surprise awaits those whose hair has been neg lected or is scraggy. faded, dry, brittle or thin. Besides beautifying the hair, Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses. purifies and invig- crates the scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks use, when you see new hair fine and downy at first-yes-but real ly new hair growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty. soft hair, and lots of it, surely get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter and just try ii.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
The Dog Was Not Mad.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day Laura, Etta and I were in the barn playing in the hay. Suddenly we heard some one grooming. We looked down and saw a dog. At first we thought 1t was papas' dog Jack.
 Laura called him, but he did not look up at us as he usually does, so we concluded that it was not Jack He kept on groaning.
 Etta and I were frightened. We thought the dog was mad, but Laura would not believe us and we would not believe her.
 If we went down the ladder we would go very near the dog. One side there was hay, and Etta and I thought we would jump. We jumped down and left the barn.
 Then VIC heard Laura talking to the dog. He was not mad, and soon after left for home.
 VIOLA GREENE. Age g.
 Colchester.