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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

This is Rainbow land, the home of the Sunshine Fairies My mother is their queen and they call me here the Princess Sunbeam. and now wait for mo here while I go and tell my mother that I have scattered a little sunshine today and that I must see you safely home"
 She was soon back and the horne ward journey begun This time Margie chose the blue way and Fairy Sun Road" she explained. Just as swiftly and safely they returned to their starting point.
 Then the fairy said: ''Now, dear lit t1o girl. %e must say good bye. must be of on another mission, but shall be near you and if you will wear my
 magic ring can tell whenever you Wieh my help.''
 Iarsie thanked her heartily for her goodness to her. Then Fairy Sunbeam waved her wand over her again and Marsie, still grasping her bag Of gold, found herself mothers little girl once
 more. Al; of q sudden she ya.Wned and opening her eyes found herself looking straight into mothers face.
 And whose was that face looking s1niliugly down upon her?
 Then mother said: f'Wel1. little awaken, I was 50 anxious for Uncle John to see my treasure.''
 So this was Uncle John. mothers only brother, who had lived in foreign lands for years and years, thought Margie. Aloud she Gai6: T am go glad to see you, Uncle John. When did you conec"
 ''Oh. while you were in 6reamland,'' 9 laughed her uncle.
 And do teH us, little MarSie, what you were dreaming of. l. must have been such g happy dream, for you smiled again and again"
 'Oh, it was.'' said Margie earnestly. T took a little Journey with Fairy Sunbeam over the lovely Rainbow to the very end and there I found a bag of gold which I was bringing home to father so we would not have to give up our home
 Uncle John took one swift look at mother. linen turning to Marg3e said teasingiy:
 DO look any like Fairy Sun ioean1?''
 This was too funny, this great tall man compar3ng himself with the tiny fairy. So she teld him she did rot think he looked a. bit like her. Maybe I do not, therl,'' said Uncle John, but couldn't you play I was your fairy godfather and I will truly give you gold enough to help father and make mother happy and if you have any other wishes, faie laCy, [ will try to grant tfaen'' How they all laughed and what & merry time they had over 1t. Then Margie confessed, with both arms about Uncle Johns neck, that he was the best fairy that ever was because he was R real live one,-The
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Why ApnIas Are Bed

4 fairy was floating over the world on pink cloud. The day was lovely and everything else was except the apples, which were green with envy because the butterfly had said they were ugly enough to frighten any one.
 The fairy knew this and that she had power to give them any color they wished So she got off the cloud and 1oated down to the apple trees. She asked them what color they would like to be?
 'SRed!,' all said at once.
 All right, will send by workmen,' D said she. So off she went and in a few minutes thousands of elves came dropping to the tree and they brought paint, and started to color them. Some they painted red. Then as they had not been careful Of the paint, they painted some yellow, striped with red and yellow, and some they left green.
 The next time the butterfly came by sine said that the color made a great difference in their looks. This made the apples happy.
 EDNA E. PARKER. AEc 13.
 IfauEFiAf7
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
My Guineas.

Dear Uncle Jed: Two or thr@ months ago I told you and the Widee Awalles about by guineas, and noN I will tell you more about them
 None Of them died and l have twelve big Suineas now.
 The two white ones are tanner than the others, as I have petted them more. 1 did not pet the brown ones much as I knew I would have to sell them.
 Whom I SC out of doArs they will all flock around me, looking for some thing to eat They will all eat out Of my hands. and the white ones VIII stand on one hand and eat out of the other
 The other day I gave two of them to my brother, who lives next house. ! forgot to clip their wings, and in the afternoon when I let mine out of their house they began to fly about, and d few minutes later looked out of the window and saw the onas that I had given my brother, had flown home, so the next day I caught them, and cut their wings and carried them back.
 I have four or i've guineas for sale now.
 have taken their picture, and # it is good when it is developed I will send you one if you want it.
 EDITH ?. FOSTER, Age 13.
 North Franklin.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Thin Folks Who
 Would Be Fat
Increase in Weight Ten Pounds
 or More
A Physicians Advice


 I'd certainly give most anything to be able 10 fat up q few pounds and stay that way" declares every excessively thin man or woman. Such a result is not impossible, despite past failures. Thin people are victims of mal-nutri- ton, a condition which prevents the fatty clements of food from being talk the powers Of nutrition are normal, Instead of getting into the blood. all the fat and flesh producing elements stay in the inteEtineS until they pass from the body as waste:
 To correct this condition and to pre- duce q healthy. normal amount of ia the nutritive processes must be artif- ciaIiy supplied with the power which nature has denied them. This can bes! be accomplished by eating a SarEol tablet with every meal. Sargol is q scientific combination or six of the best strengta-giYing fat-producirg ele- ments known to the medical profes the food and turns the sugars and gtarches into rich. ripe nourishment for the tissues and blood and it's rarpid effect is remarkable. Reported gains Of from ten to twenty-five pounds in single month are by no means fnfre- quent. Yet it's action is perfectly nat uraI and absolut tely harmless. S2rgo1 Is sold by the Lee X Osgood Go. aud other good druggists everywhere and every package contains guarantee o1 weight increase or money back.
 Caution D:-While Sargol has produced ren1a rl1able results in the treatment Of nervous indigestion and general stor1- its remarkable flesh producing eEeec, be used by those who are not willing to increase their weight ten pounds CT more.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
The SpoAv Lady.

Once upon a, tinro there was a lit tie girl named Ruth Douglas. she was about seven years old. She had come from Georgia. to Maine with her Aunt Emma
 Ruth and her Uncle David used to take a walk through the woods, she liked the woods, fowers and birds very much.
 One morning she woke up and look ins out Of her window. as far as she could see across the fields was covered (as she. thought) with white cotton. Just then she looked down under her window ana saw a, lady standing there all covered with cotton.
 Sine thought to herself, I will go down and get Aunt Fmrna's shawl. So down the stairs she ran and grabbed Aunt Eu1n1a'S Shawl and outdoors with 1t. Just as she got out there to the lady she saw Cousin Paul, wlo said to iper:
 See my snow lady,
 ''Ohi Is this s11ow?'
 She had heard her aunt talk about snow before, so she took her a1Int's shawl back and put it in it's place again.
 ELLA ADAMS, Age 1s. |. TaftriIle
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Following the Rainbow

@If you follow the rainbow, I've been
 told,
 Tcu will ind at the end 8 bag Of
 gold"
 chanted hI2rgie Parker, and don't just wish could find it.''
 All the morning t had been very hot and everything seemed So droopy that the heavy shower that came about %zopn was welcomed by all. Now the drops had ceased to fall, and as Margie looked up dreaniIy from the book Of Fairy Tales she had been reading all Of the afternoon she caught sight of the wonderful bow of promise making an arch Of it's beautiful coIo-s across the gky.
 T know just what I would aI.d at tlle end of the rainbow" she repeated. "I know just what 1 would do with the money Father told mother yesterday he was afraid We should have to give up our home # help did Tl0L come soon and mother cried.
 ''Oh! I wonder If , could?'' she said aloud
 You can if you wish to- said 8. sweet little voice.
 Margie looked up so astonisiaed that Ste owner of the voice laughed out gfgl1t, such q silvery laugh, why 1t sounded just like a string of silver bells set IT motion.
 Then Mergie saw 3 tiny little lady just stepping from a rose petal in the tall vase filled with the lovedly blos- 5orns. She saw at once that it was GaiTy and held her breath for fear she would disappear. The tiny lady spoke ngsin.
 Shall show you the way?"
 "Oh. will you?'' breatl1ed Margle, sLzndIng up Take me right noE.''
 But you cannot go just as you are You will have to be as small as am and wear the magic shoes 50 you may tread softly and swiftly over the beau hful rainbow
 NOh! hurry. please!" said Sfargie T do not want to lose naor1ent-f'
 Every weli,'' said the fairy, and way leS her golden wand over margie sine became 8 tiny fairy, loo, with lovely gauZy wings end with the magic shoes upor her feet to bear her to her treas ure. Then they started. Quickly reaching the rainbow, they stepped lightly upon 1t.
 'sNow. you see" said the fairy; there are seven paths, and each one leads to a bag of gold Which color STill yoI choose to Hoiluw?"
 Yellow said Margie. flor that Is the color of gold"
 Very well; then will choose or auge so as to be near yoC."
 On! how swiftly and safely they sped over Che shining way tiIl a& last they reached the very end. It vas such fun Soing down rainbow fliHs but st the bottom she found just as the hHlry said: "A bag filled just full of gold.''
 At every color there were other bags. Without waiting 2 moment, Aargie stopped and picked hers up; kfen paused to look around her.
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Norwich.
The EanIe.

Dear Uncle Jed: As the eagle ig the special bird of the United States c thought I would write and teli you and the Wide -Awakes about 1t.
 The eagles found in North America live by the sea, or on the mountains There are forty or fifty different kinds of eagles in the world, but only two are found in North America, golden and bald headed eagles.
 The bald-headed eagle belongs to the family of sea eagles and therefore 1t lives near the sea IL is called the bald headed because it's feathers are white at the head and neck. They build their nests in high trees. Their food consists of fish which they catch They lay two white eggs every year
 The golden eagle gets it's name be- cause it's feathers look like gold. Their food consists of calves, ducks, lambs, small pigs and the young Of other animals. It's nest is built on the mountain and it lays two yellow eggs.
 FRANCES FIELDS, Age 12.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
POETRY.
Derethy's Rakins.

Uorothy's baklnsa She made a pie for father, Of water, earth ana salt: And fsth2r laughed and said the pie Had not a single fault. She made q cake for mother, Of water, sand and earth; And mother said no one could tell How much that cake was worth. She made a, tart for sister, And crimped it round the edge, Put currants in the top, and baked T. on Q sunny ledge. She made 6 bun for brother, And bade him come and look At all the things, and brother said: Our Dorothys some cook!"
 Emma A. Lente.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Ono of Our Little Folks.

1iarnna's darling, papa's pet, Sisters little chum, Brothers little comforter, Always sucks her thumb. " hen sister runs away to school And leaves her little chun1, Or brother H-il1 not play with her, She sits and sucks her thumb. This little maid don't cry or fret When tired of play or fun. But climbs upon the lounge and there She'll lie and suck her thumb. Well older fci.1 have foihles, too, When thoughts Un7yelcome come, And often do worse things, I fear, Than sit and suck their thumb.
 M. FTnrtenbaugh.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
TattdIle.
Two Beys,

Two boys heSitated a long time on a, river bank. There was a canal on the other side and they were told that it was dry. The water was let out for some repairing that was to be done at the mill two miles below.
 They heard there were some fish at the bottom of the canal, that were easy to catch: but the problem was how to get there.
 There was dam near where they were standing, but the water was running over it. On the plank the water did not seem to go very fast, and they decided to cross on the planking under the fall of the water.
 They got about half way across when one of the boys stepped on some moss and slipped and was carried down in the foau1ing waters. Strug- gling to get out he was damned be- tween two rocks.
 Both boys were carrying their clothes fn their arms when the acci- dent occurred.
 The other boy threw his clothes away and sprang to the rescue Of his friend, but before he reached him the other boy managed to get out of his dangerous position
 They then swa7l- ashore minus 8, good part of their clothes.
 There were no fish caught that day, but 0 walk, of two miles to the near est bridge, and another two miles back home.
 They had a very sorry experience to relate when they got home.
 HENRY c. GAGNON, Age 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
Messiah Fly.

This insect is SO called because it is supposed to have been introduced into this country from Germany by the Hessian troops in their straw during the year ITS, at which time the British army, then occupying Staten Island, received large reinforcements of Hes sians under General De Heister. It is very destructive to wheat and pro- ducAs two or three loIoods each year. It is found in the winter wheat from late in the autumn through the winter until about the middle of April, the larvae of this brood being found be- tween the stalk and sheatirg base of the leaf of the young grain near the root, and slightly beneath the ground. The second brood attacks the wheat in the late spring and summer, and are an inch or two above the surface of the ground at the lower joints of the stalk.
 LILLIAN BREHAUT.
 East Norwich W Y
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

and heard us recite our pieces and diz alogues. One of the dialogues was The Months Greeting to Santa Claus"
 Each child was one of the months We had q santa Claus and 8 Pii-s grim.
 May had to put a crown of roses on Santa. Claus head, and June handed. him 9, bunch of roses July blew Up a, paper baS and burst it. September handed him Q basket of apples.
 At the end we sang a song and Santa. Claus came in and recited q piece, and then took off the presents. p
 I had a string of beads, a box oE candy, q card and an orange.
 After school three of the big girlF stayed and helped the teacher sweep dust and put the room in order, FnG then we all went home
 CLARA HOLBROOK, Age t 2,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Sheen.


 There are two more or less antag- onistic uses fer sheep just as there are for cattle or horses. We raise sheep for wool and mutton The type of sheep that produces the most valuable wool has a confornla.- tion much like that Of a, dairy COW. The type that produces the best nut ton has much the same form of a beef animal. The sheep that produce the most wool are called the Amer ican MeTinos.
 They are small in size and do not produce q high quality of mutton. Their bodies are covered with large folds of. skin. These wrinkles are an inconvenience in shearinE The aver age number of lambs raised for each hundred ewes is very flow. The heavy wool growth seems to make too heavy demands for the best reproduction.
 Sheep growing first developed in eastern United States. Large numbers of Meriro sheep were kept for wool production. As the number of sheep ranger of North and South America and Australia, increased and as the cotton production increased the price Of wool became so low that there was little profit in the sheep industry, even On the ranges.
 Most farmers in tho eastern states went out of the sheep business Later the demand for mutton increased and wA now have an increasing number of sheep in the east and middle west.
 MARY RYBIC. A1ausfeJ4
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
The Petter's Wl4eef.

The inventor of this useful machine is unknown but it is said to have originated in Egypt. The machine corsists of a round table which is held up by a. shaft which rests on a pivot. Tho table is made to revolve swiftly by pushing it with the feet
 While the wheel is revolving the potter throws 9 large lump of soft plastic clay on 1t. Every touch Of the hand seems to, make the sides
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
A Visit to the Mhits Mountair..

I shall never forget the day I vis- tied the White mountains. They are so beautiful that the name ':SSwitz- travellers who have seen the Alps, is very appropriate.
 The mountains are more than a mile high, and there. is a railroad which climbs to the very top of Mount Wash ington, where there Is q large hotel.
 During the summer many people come to visit the White mountains to enjoy the pure air and the beautiful scenery.
 It was g. fine summers day. Some of my friends and I thought VIC r1fEF1+
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIpLs DEpARTMENT
Rules for Young Writers.

Rules for Young Writers. I. Write plainly on one side CT she paper only. end number the pages. 2 Use pan and ink. not pencil. g. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use oyer $50 words.
 {. Original gto-ies o- letters only will be used.
 G. Write your name age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office.
 "Whatever you are--Be that!
 Whatever you say-Be true!
 Straightforwardly act,
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but You.s
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

a more and more perfect shape, which is aiways circular. till it is formed into whatever article tine potter desires.
 Today the potter's wheel IS not known as 1t was hundreds of years ago as modern machines have taken it's place on a large scale. NeVerths- less we must bow before the man who invented it.
 PAUL E. MAURICE. Age F.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Crosspstch,
Mansfield

Grace was hard to please. In. fact 1t was of no use to try to please her. She got up cross and went to bed cross, and that IS how she won the name of Crosspatcf.
 There was but one thing she cared
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Colchester
Why the End of the Fox's Tail |:
 WbT4e

Once upon . time. there lived an old lady who was getting very old. She had many cows and sheep and had no one to take care of them.
 One day she was walking and met g. wolf. Sine asked him to call them, but his voice was too loud. She was still walking when she met a fox. He started to call them and his voice was just right.
 At carly morn the fox was tending the COWS and sheep. Every time the old lady would come to see them there was one always missing, - One day she came over earlier than usual and found that the fox was eat ing one of her sheep. She had & pail of cream in her hand As the fox was running away the old lady threw the pail of cream at him. It touched the end of his tail. That is why the end of the foN,s iail is white.
 LORETTA .PICHE.. Age H.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

where we were living we thought this might do. and the next morning we were off.
 AS we rode Gin the train) up Mount Washington, we could see other peaks which are named after q feH of our presidentss Soon we came to the top and we went into the hotel. We felt quite hungry and tired after our journey in the clear pure air.
 We ordered something to eat, rested awhile and then went to bed.
 We stayed there two days and then went home.
 4fOLfIE PALEY, Age f2. F,oIrbe@fer-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
Fuiton's First Fare.

There was one little incident in Robert FNuftons life about which few people know and which Fulton never forgot. It took place shortly before
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

and then le feels sure her chance of winning book will be first class. This is hint to all other writers who have not seemed to be successful to be mindful of their subjects, to write about themselves and then there it l1t- tie chance of having letter like that written by someone else.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Thon1ss ConoeIT of Norwich Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice. 2-perothy Mccall of Leonard Bridge, Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall
 S---Lora Carnenter of Lebanon. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point.
 -csrrie A. Pratt Of Pornfre4 Cen ter, Madge Eforton's Secret.
 5-MoIiie Paley of Colchester, Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch.
 6--Ircnc Yonasets of West Willing { ton. Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea.
 Max zieff of Norwich. Tom Swift in Captivity,
 s-CIara Holbreok of Leonard Bridge, The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World.
 Winners of books living in the city may call for them at The Bulletin business office at any hour after 10 a. ID. Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-13
INSTITUTE WORK IS HERE;
 BUSY TIME FOR TEACHERS
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
 By MRS. SIDNEY N. JULIAN

, wage sends half of them into ware earn ing work. Supposing they were turned into our workrooms, supposing they stood beside our pounding, whirring machinery amid particles of flying jute? Could they stand 1t? Could they be speeded up to the point the more nervous white girl reaches? And If they could, would they live long after the speeding? Perhaps dis crimination is keeping the colored woman strong for better work in a better day. But in the meantime she is discontented unhappy. She, too, often must do uncon- genial tasks. She Is outside that great world of labor that we believe Is sweep ing on to the industrial revolution"
 And so we treat the economic side as the one of greatest importance to the he: opinion she would answer, Some rec ognition of her, to be her greatest need She would say that just as In slavery times nothing, not even clothes, nor food. nor comfortable lodgings could make up to her for the horror of a system that separated mother and child or sold hus- band from wife. today no economic advantage can atone for the ostraclsm and discriminating she must feel. This touches her spirit and her pride.
 With the recognition of her needs each of us individually can treat her as an individual human being, like ourselves, with human sympathies. likes and dis