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Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
A pax at Rocky Paint

Dear Uncle Jed: I will write about
my trip to Rocky Point One Sun
day morning about o'clock my moth
er, friend and 1 started for Rocky
Point. We hired an auto for the day
which was to carry us there and back
a distance of about Sc miles.
We went through Jewett City Dam
ielson, Putnam and arrived at Rocky
Point about 10 o'clock. There wasn't
very much going on. as the performers
were preparing for their afternoon
performances, but the first thing that
drew our attention was the swinging
baskets in which you sat, each bas-
ket holding four people, and whirled
around, going higher each time they
turned. We were on these until near
ly time for the shore dinner; then we
proceeded to the eating house, from
which we had a fine view of the ocean
and passing ships.
The dinner consisted of chowder
clam fritters. steamed CLAIMS, oysters,
fish of all kinds and last but not
least, watermelon.
After dinner everything was in full
swing, so we went on the scenic rail-
way. This is formed by little sleighs
on tracks that run over Lodges all
ride after one gets used to it. But at
first as you go down the tracks quick
as a flash, then straight up, around,
and through dark tunnels, here and
there statues of Adam and Eve and
others, it's pretty shaky.
We spent the day there and started
for home about o'clock, arriving
home at 7.30 o'clock.
Hope the Wide-Awakes will have
a chance to see Rocky Point some day.
ALPHONSE FOURNlER, Age II.
Norwich
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Over the Head or Closed at the Back.

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Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03

because she got showed in in deep
snowstorm. We think some of her
eggs got chilled. The hawk took one
of the chickens so she has only three
left.
The next hen came off with ten
White Wyandottes. The hawk caught
one of them
Two hens came off the same day.
one with ten chickens and the other
with IL chickens. The hawk took one
of them.
The next hen came off with 10
chickens.
The hen that came off next had -
chickens
The next hen came off with II Rhode
Island Red chickens. 1 think they are
pretty.
Then a hen came off with ten chick
ems. Two of the chickens died.
The last hen came off this morning
with ten chickens.
At last papa had to build each hen
"a coop with little yard with netting
over the top SO the hawks would not
take any more chickens.
We have four more hens setting.
l feed and water the chickens most
every night and morning.
WINIFRED BRIGGS, Age II,
Jewett CITY, .
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UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
AWAkES.

The habit of being ready is a good
habit
Being ready does not mean being in
your best clothes, but in the right
mood.
Many a boy has failed-it's true
Not because he'd no chance to do,
But rather because, when the chance to
him came
He wasn't prepared to make use of the
samet
Il don't want to!' is older than his
tory, and he was never ready for any
thing in his life.
4 can't!" never since time began has
grasped one opportunity.
Il guess SOL" has also been too slow
to be on time.
If you are going to be ready, you
must keep these evil associates out of
your mind.
There are few companions in life
that get such a grip upon a person as
these retarding thoughts and they are
impedinents to progress of every
kind.
Let Il won't" take you by the hand
when you are tempted to do what is
wrong, and q will' lead you when the
exhortation is to do right.
If II won't" gets in where 'T will"
should be. and Il wilr' leads you when
Il won't" ought to, you will be DOOM
ed.
To be ready, 81 won't" and 81 will
must be kept in just the right relation
to your acts.
You must be ready to say 'FYes'' and
No" with firmness and keep them in
their order; to act with promptness
when decision is necessary; to respond
when duty or interest require you to-
To be ready is to be guard I'd against
peril, and to be open for every good
work and good service.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Kindness TO Animals.

Dear Uncle Jed: The wagon was
heavily loaded with bars of iron. 1t
looked too heavy for a, single horse to
draw. The patient creature had strain
ed and tugged until he had succeeded
in reaching the top of the hill. Now
he must back the heavy load in at
the open door of the barn.
Back. Bess! Backi" said the driver,
pulling lightly at the reins.
The horse braced her forefeet and
pushed, but the wagon did not move.
The man got down from his seat, went
to the back of the truck and pulled
"BackI" he cried.
The horse strained every muscle.
"Back!'' cried the driver again.
The wagon moved this time at least
a foot. Once more the driver pulled
and the horse pushed, together.
Back"
With the last command the great
horse showed with all her might, There
was a sound of sp1intering wood, and
the wagon rolled back. Not a blow
had been struck. Only gentle words
had been spoken and the horse had
done the rest. The man went to the
horses head, took his nose in his
hands, patted him between the eyes
and said:
Good old Bess! You did it, didn't
you? I knew you would"
The horse rubbed its nose against
the mans cheek.
MARTHA ANSLEY, Age II.
Versailles.
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Mrs. Swallow, what can you be doing
there in the grass ?"
"Hello!" replied Mrs. Wren, land
what do you suppose I'm doing but
building a fine new nest p
Down therei" exclaimed Mrs. Swa1-
low in surprise, ARE you not afraid
that the cats, snakes and our other
enemies will catch your children be-
fore they are ready to fly? Why don't
you build your nest in a shed or barn
as 1 do? Then you would have moth
ing to fear. Swallows always have
the best Judgment"
Indeed 1 would never build a nest
up like that" answered Mrs. Wren
sharply. 81 should be very much more
afraid that my children would fall out
and be killed or eaten by cats. Enc
mics hardly ever find our homes here
in the grass, for we hide them well.
AS for me, I am much happier down
here than I would ever be where you
live"
ooh! I wouldn't run the risk of
being caught by boys" said Mrs. Swal-
low. 81 feel much safer up in the barn
where my nest is than down on the
ground
why do you build your nest of
mud?" inquired Mrs. Wren, won't it
be hard for the little ones?"
"Oh, no." answered Mrs. Swallow,
for we line it with soft feathers, so
it is nice and warm: But now l must
be going for Mr.. Swallow will Won
der where am and we must get our
home built. Goodbye!"
Goodbye! Come again some time
when your little ones are Matched. AS
long as you know where I live you
can come any time said Mrs. Wren:
81 WILL" answered Mrs. Swallow, and
away she flew.
MARY A. BURRILL, Age 10.
Stafford Springs.
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tai, sick.
SUSAN. HATTEN, Age 9.
Mt. Hope.


Very strange people live in Green
land. They are called Eskimos.
Greenland Is a country very far north.
1t is always cold there. So the chill
dren need warm clothing. Their
stockings are made of birdskins and
their shoes are made of seal skins.
An Eskimo girl does not wear skirts.
Her clothes are like her brothers.
Ihe1r trousers are made of white bear
skin. Their jacket is made of fur.
Some children think that Eskimo
children are white. but they are are
not. they are brown.
Our babies ride in carriages but an
Eskimo baby rides on it's mother
back. The mother wears a coat with
a large pocket on the back or 1t. The
pocket is lined with soft reindeer skins.
This makes a nice warm nest for
the baby.
In Greenland all the boys and girls
have sleds. The runners are made of
bone. The top is made of strips of
seal skin Dogs draw the sleds across
the ice nd snow.
When the Eskimo kills a reindeer for
meat, the boys and girls get the ant
lers. They take the antlers and put
them a few feet apart, and try to slide
through them. without touching them.
Eskimo children cannot read or
write. They do not go to school, for
the Eskimos have nc school. They are
very fond of stories, but they cannot
read them in books. Their mothers
cannot read either
Eskimo children have a funny kind
of candy. 1t is the red skin of q
birds foot. soaked in fat You would
not care for this kind of candy. But
the Eskimo children eat it and like it
The cold weather makes them like to
eat fat.
CATHERINE NELSON, Age IL.
Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03

20 grandpa" Will was on the old
gentleman's knees now, gazing eager
ly into his face. Really? Truly? Do
you suppose 1 could raise some?''
Il see nothing to prevent it. Trout
tame easily and learn to know their
feeding time as well as chickens and
they will eat as ravenously. If you
make no money out of it, you will
learn a great deal about the habits of
fish. They are very interesting. Sup
pose we go down to the spring.
VIII was on the floor in an instant
and racing toward the door.
Easy, easy!" said grandpa. 81 can't
go as fast as I used to-
Arriving at the spring, which was
about 20 feet square, with clear peb-
strengthen the wire netting so that it
would not be carried away by high
water.
On pleasant days after this Will was
almost sure to spend an hour or SO be-
SIDE the spring, watching his trout.
They We're very little trouble the first
year, but as they grew larger the
spring became too small to supply
them with food. During the second
summer Will fed them two or three
times each week with grasshoppers
and worms and sometimes with bits
OF liver which his grandfather asked
the butcher to leave. They were vo-
racious eaters and would often jump
IL or Is inches from the water to
catch the food thrown them.
But one day he noticed that some of
the trout came frequently to the sur
face. as though to breathe. When he
went to the house he told his grand
father about it.
THE spring is getting too crowded. I"
said the old gentleman. "The water is
like the air in a. room when it grows
too oppressive. We must remove some
of them.'
The next day he went to the land
lord of a hotel a few miles away and
found no difficulty in disposing of the
trout.
VIII did not receive a dollar a pound
for them, which the landlord said he
sometimes paid but he received enough
to buy him a new suit of clothes and
a fine set of Holmes for his grand
father and a worsted shawl for his
andmothers-Portland Express.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

good, I like to read about her. I read
mostly nights after supper.
June johnson of Chicopee: I thank
you for my lovely prize book. AS it is
near my birthday (June 4th), 1 shall
consider it a birthday present from
you.
Alfred Levitsky of Norwich: thank
YOU for the prize book received.
certainly enjoy reading it.
Winifred L. Copeland of Hampton:-
1 received the beautiful prize book
last night and read it in the evening.
1t is a good book and ever so interest
ing. I thank you ever so much for it.
Marjorie Williams Of lebanon: 1
thank you very much for the prize
book you sent me. have read sew
eral pages of it an dfound it very in
stereSting. y
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
ST. Peters Church.

st. Peters church is the finest and
largest church in the world. 1t is in
the beautiful city of Rome which is
noted for its ancient greatness and
magnificent statuary.
The open space in front of the
church comprises an area of about
ten acres. 1t is paved with squares
of lava, covered by marble walks all
coming to center near the obylisk.
There are two semi-circular colonnad-
es with four rows of columns, each
forty-two and a half feet in heighth,
and along the top is a row of statues
each sixteen feet in height.
1t is a remarkable church but it
isn't the building or the surroundings
that constitute the worth of a church,
but the heartiness of worship and the
Willingness to do what duty demands
The cathedral of st. Isac in ST
Petersburg, and st. Sophia in Con-
stantinople, also, are wonderful
churches.
SARAH BECKER, Age II.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
The Eskimos.

The Eskimos live in the north. 1t
is very cold where they live. They
never sew a tree, because no trees
grow there. They have no wood to
make their houses, so they make their
houses with blocks of ice and snow.
They have no clothing like we have.
The Eskimo girls help their mothers
TO make their clothes. They make
them from the skins of animals.
They have no cakes or bread. They
only eat the meat from the animals.
The Eskimo men go every day fishing
and hunting.
The Esl1imos have no stoves The
Eskimo women cook their meat on the
lamp.
They don't grow very big.
They have no beds or chairs. They
make a long bench of snow, and cover
it with skin. This is where they sleep
and sit. 1t is always snow where they
live.
The Eskimos are glad when their
summer time comes. Then they have
to make their tents, because the snow
house melts.
The Eskimos have dogs They
keep the dogs to pull the sleds
The Eskimo boys have no toys, but
bow and arrow and a, sled. The boys
have much fun playing in the snow.
The Eskimo children don't go to
school. They have no books, and if
they had they did not know how to
read them stories.
Their story-teller tells them stories
too. When he tells story he turns
sit behind him and then he tells the
story.
ANNIE MOTYKA, Age 10.
Leonard Bridge.
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Mr.. Whittier,s School DAYS

When Mr.. Whittier was a little boy
he went to school. His first school
was in farm house. The children
had no pencils in those days.
They used big pieces of lead.
Mr.. Whittier tells us little about
his school life. He wrote a poem
called ITO My Schoolmaster." Aft
erwards he went to school in a little
brown schooihouse,
He began to write poems when he
was boy. One day his sister, Mary,
sent one of his poems to a newspa-
per. Whittier was then nineteen years
old. He wished to become a poet. He
kept his poems hidden away. He was
very much surprised to Sc ehts poem
in a newspaper.
Mr.. Whittier wished to learn more
He began to work and save his money.
He went to school for some time,
and afterwards he wrote many poems
LEO PELIQUIN, Age IL.
Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
The Wise Judce,

Early one morning as Adu1la. the
wise judge, was stepping from his
house to the street, a welI-known
goldsmith of the town rushed up to
him in great excitement
20 wise and honorable one" he
cried, ST have been robbed! Last
night thief broke into my shop and
carried away my all-gold, silver,
jewels, and money-everything that /
possessed! Men say that you are a
just, far-seeing judge. I beg of you
give me JUSTICE
you shall have justice" replied
Adulla. Il promise you that 1 will
discover the thief. If possible your
goods shall be returned. At any rate
the wicked one shall be punished"
Much comforted by the judges
words. the goldsmith Frustrated him
self before Adulla, touching his fore
head to the earth.
s'Thanks. .1nosk 1aannifIal e1aa fox .1aA.,s
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Versailles.
The Indians.

The Indians lived here before the
white men came. They wore feathers
on their heads. They made their wig
vans out of deerskin. They ate fish,
and animals When the Indian men
caught a deer they brought it home,
and the women took the skin off.
Then they hung the skin up. When
the skin was dry they made clothes of
skin.
The boys played in the snow in
winter. They put on their snowshoes.
They like to play in the snow. They
made snowbaIls. They liked to make
snowballs and throw them at one an
other.
The Indian men make birch canoes.
The Indian women do more things
than the men do.
MARY MOTYKA. Age 8.
Leonard Bridge.
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Rules for YOUNG WrIters.

1. Write plainly on one side OF the
paper only. and number the pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles Will
be given preference. Do not use over
250 words.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be used.
3. Write W 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"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Westerly.
A Walk.

One day my teacher and all the
scholars of the Red-White school went
out for a walk in the woods.
First we all went up to my house and
then we turned to a field where we
found many pretty flowers.
We then went past a little brook
where the water was rushing and rip
ping over the stones and pebbles.
We went up on a high hill where
we could see many far-off places and
green valleys below.
When we went back to school we
gathered a large bunch of flowers
which we gave to a sick man who ap-
preciated them very much.
ISABEL HERINDEEN, Age 10.
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NV Fishinq Party.

Dear Uncle Jed: Last summer when
I had just learned how to row my
fathers boat. my cousins came to see
me. After they had been here a little
while I asked my mother if my cousins
and myself could go a trip.
Ny mother said: YES"
So early the next morning we pack
ed up what we were going to take
and started.
We got there about 8 o'clock
1 got the boat ready and rowed
across the pond with the things. Then
went back after my cousins and
rowed them across.
The boys made a fire and the girls
started the dinner while the boys
went fishing.
The boys got lot of fish and skin
ned them.
When dinner was ready we all sat
down to eat. After we had eaten our
dinner we all went out for a row
We all had a chance to row. Then
we went ashore and had some ice
cream and played a game until we
started for home
We had very nice time.
PAULINE PERRY, Age H.
South Windham.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Most Children Have Worms.

And neither parent or child know it,
yet it explains why your child is ner-
vous, pale, feverish, backward. Often
children have thousands of worms
Think of how dangerous this is to your
child. Don't take any risk. Get an
original 25c box of Kickapoo Worm
Killer, a candy 1ozenge. Kickapoo
Worm Killer will positively kill and
remove the worms. Relieves constt-
patton. regulates stomach and bowels.
Your child will grow and learn so
much better. Get box today.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Acted His Part.

There is an amusing story of the
son of the German emperor. When
he was younger. the boy was not so
well-behaved at the table as his faith
er thought he should be. He fire.
quently used his fingers instead Of
knife and fork.
One day the emperor was very
stern, and proposed to teach his son
a lesson.
Children who eat with their fingers
are like dogs who hold their food with
their paws he said. IF you eat with
your fingers again you will go in un-
der the table. the place for little dogs"
Before long the boy forgot the
warning.
March undere the table," said the
father, and the youngster had to obey.
He seemed very quiet, and by and by
the emperor looked to see what he
was doing. The child was undressed.
Little dogs don't wear clothes"
said the young prince. "They have
only skim
FRANK PARDY, Age Is.
Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Human Desires.

Henri-Frederic Amiel said that hui
manity is the dupe Of its desires. Ex-
perience has two ways of crushing
us-by refusing our wishes and by full
filling them. But he who only wills
what God wills escapes both catas-
trophies"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AWAKES.
What the Birds Told Each Other.

What the Birds Told Each Other.
Mrs. Swallow was on her way home
from the mud puddle down by the
brook where she had been getting mud
to fix her nest with. She stopped in
the middle of a large field to rest
on a rock.
All at once Mrs. Wren came flying
from another direction with a piece
of hay in her beak and alighted in
the grass beside the rock. Then the
conversation began:
Good nnrning Mrs. Wran-" said
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Her Doq Nero,

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell
you about my pet dog. His name is
Nero. He is black and white and is
quite large.
When I come home from school he
comes as far as the cemetery to meet
me. One day a tramp was coming,
The dog was upstairs in the barn.
When he saw him he jumped down.
My mother did not let him go after the
man for she was afraid he would bite.
My brother has him trained to jump
on chairs and many other high things
When he wants something to eat he
growls like a lion. One day he fol-
lowed me to school and I had a very
hard time getting him out of the
school yard. I often play with him
out in the fields.
JEANNE THEY'VE, Age 10.
Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
Beauty Follows Her.

Dear Uncle Jed: I have a pet cat
named Beauty. His colors are yellow,
white and gray. He is a very playful
kitten.
Whenever I go to the store he fol-
lows me. One day when I was going
to the city he followed me, and I had
to go all the way home with him.
Mornings when he awakes he comes
to my bedroom and news until get
up.
When I eat my breakfast he jumps
on the chair and waits until I give
him something to eat.
When he cannot find me in the
house he goes outdoors to look for me.
LENA KRAJEWSKI, Age IL.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03

Hartford.-Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Cameron Long of Philadelphia an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Frances, to Douglas Hof-
fecker, now of Springfield, Mass. Mr..
Hoeffecker formerly ewas connected
with the freight department of the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
A sehooihouss on Fire.

Dear Uncle jedi here was a dread
full fire. 1t was the Saint A1arys hall
and school. The sisters made the chill
dren work hard to get their books. A
boy up by my house got someone's
books besides his own. We could
stand on the corner Of Turner street
and see the blaze.
DORIS EASTERBROOKS Age 9.
WiIlimantic
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Marianne BIackIedge of Norwich:
Thank you ever so much for my lovely
prize book. I have started to read it
and like it. 1 have quite a library
now. I have an English story about
a little lame girl. She is so patient and
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03

Winifred Feeds the Chickens.
Dear Uncle Jed: I would like to tell
you and the Wide-AWakes about our
chickens.
We have "a chickens. The first hen
that came off had only four chickens
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
NAV Work on SATURDAY..

Dear Uncle Jed: I have to bake pie
and bake bread. generally make
mince pies.
do a great deal of sweeping and
do dishas~ I hAHA tA d0 that ha-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-21
JOSEPH NANMORICA
FOUND NOT GUILTY
BY COM'R HARRINGTON
OF Taking Letter Belonging to
Walter Glebas from the Mill
nocket Postofice and Is Dis
charged

Joseph Nanmorica Of Millinocket
who was brought to Augusta Monday
afternoon by United States Deputy
Marshal Cleary Of vanceboro. was ar
raigned Tuesday morning before
United States Commissioner Frank G.
burlington to answer to the charge OF
having taken from the Millinocket
postoffice mail belonging to one Wal
ter Glebos.
The prisoner was represented by
wilfred G. Conary Of Millinocket and
entered a plea Of not guilty, and in
the hearing which followed the nature
Of the evidence submitted did not in
the opinion Of the court warrant hold
ing the respondent and he was ac-
cordingly discharged. Assistant Unit
ed States District Attorney Chapman
Of Portland and Postofflce Inspector
Martin NJ. Burke Of Bangor were pres
ent and participated in the hearing. E.
Zube Of Augusta acted as interpreter.