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Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
How Rose Makes cup-cu.tard.

Deer Uncle Jed: I win tell the Wide tard.
 First butter the cup. then beat one fresh egg. one teaspoon Of sugar, a pinch of salt a very small piece of butter. together. Then add half a cup of milk and beat all together with
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
rha storr pf tha cprn.

One fine spring morning we wsrs taken from the Efannry, put on a bir sma %a9on @nd 7,S taken to the field ny the ing machine and planted.
 a2R may be sure we were rafher Frightened at first, but the soft, warm earth feit-meoh and after httle while began to swell and ssnds up we pushed through the earth.
 We could hear the pretty birds cneery songs. and the cool rain that tell on Us sometimes waa r@frnahinn AM Of these things made uE want: to
 We grew so fast that we could soon see the people who passed bE. We were much taller than they and much Aomtred- It is no wonder we waved our leaves proudly while the karnels or corn grew larger.
 group of boys and Eiris came over the hill one day and began picking the ears Of corn from our stalks. They were very jolly young people and when they went home at noon we were sorry; but they came back. They worked all afternoon and 1t was dark before they finished
 The next day we were picked up fin baskets and put in piles In a smooth neid by the same boys and girls. How they serambledl We were all picked VIZ DrAo.e noon. Inere were many big piles all over the field.
 We were left alone in the field sn- III the next evening. 1t was bright moonlight when the same boys and girls came with several others. More people kept coming until there were ing began It was called a huskinr bee. There was much fun over find ing the red ears. Each one could keep all the red ears he found. After The corn was husked lunch was serv- ga to the hungry crowd. All enjoy ca a good time and it was long aft CT midnight when they went home
 The next day we were picked uu. put In bags and carried away on lum- Der wagons. Some of us were sold to the mill to be ground and some of us were sold whole and not long aft CT shipper east.
 MARY A. BURR1I5L. Age Ia. Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
Newark
Our Birds' Ne.t..

!. Ny brother John and I keep all the birds nests we can find. We have about ten kinds. We have the robins, phebes. humming birds. orioles. yellow. birds. ,chickadees. and a big brown birds I don't know the names of the rest We keep them in our room. We are going in the woods to hunt for some more.
 EVERETT M BURRTLL. Age g.
 Stafford Springs
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storrs
Our School Fair.

We had our school fair last Fri day. Sept 17th. All the week before we learned how to choose exhibits for a fair. table use. uniform in size, and all the vegetables should be clean,
 The night before some of the boys @ot some wide boards 10 make the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
The WhiatIa

When l was a child of seven years my friends on a holiday filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for chill dren and. being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by tho way in the hands of another boy, voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
 I then came home and went whistlinR all over the house, much pleased with my whistling, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made. told me had given four times as much for it as 1t was worth, which put me in mind what good things might have bought with the rest. and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation, and the reflection gave me more cha grin than the whistle gave me pleas uFe.
 This. however. was afterwards Of use to me. the impression continuing in my mind. so that often. when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing. I said to myself: Don't give too much for the, whistie.r and I saved my money.
 As grew up. came into the world, and observed the actions of men, thought met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle"
 FLORENCE GAYESKI.
 Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
EagieviiIe.
Jupiter and Tha Rea.


 In the days of long ago when the world was young a Bee who had stor- ed her combs with a beautiful har- vest of honey flew up to heaven to present 1t as a sacrifice Jupiter was so delighted with the gift that he promised to give her whatsoever she should ask for.
 She sought him saying: 70. glori- ous love, maker and master of every poor Bee. give thy servant a sting. that when any one apAroaches my hive to take the honey my kill him on the spot"
 Jupiter. out of love to man. was angry at her request and thus answer ed her:
 Your prayer shall not be grant ed In the way you wish. but the sting which you ask for you shall have; and when any one comes to take away your honey and you attack them. the wound shall be fatal not to him but to you. for your life shall Eo with your sting"
 He that proys harm for his neigh Dor, begs curse upon himself"
 PHILURA PERKINS.
 Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07

.ssi,s. ..... < ,...!s n lhs morning vs srssrhs
 There were shrss tables made. The table Of the rsght hAnd sida wan fof s>N.nB, coefinE and souar1
 Ehs s:ri1 bropsht mest of thsss
 ssssias we isarnsd d shs cosnscts- ctt txFicuiturai ooiiese Children from AansnaId Four Corners and btorra and n faw from Gurioyvflis.
 We had the sewing school every saturday morning. The teacher Waa Miss 6praEue. Sometimes the college girls would help.
 Alter long time we had cooking .cia4se9, Class A und Clnas B.
 Most of the girls from sforrs were
 our teacher was Miss Hayes. and
 noEns some of us girls belong to the Now
 The boys had the tabls in the mia die. All the Vegetables were on Id.
 The table. on tho left hand side was Tor livestock. which conslsted Of rnb- nits and chickens On this table were some special thfngh alse.
 Among the spectels were q cabin and 70 Weu made of cornstalks. and a sqnash with aIIk on the lnaide. This vas to keep 9idec6mbs. etc.
 One boy made an Indian village
 There were people made out of veg etanles. Ono was lady riding a bi-
 The fair began at z-so and lasted the rest of the afternoon. ,-
 There were about forty people thern.
 RUTH CosTEILo. Age l4
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
our AarIeuIturaI Fnir.

I thought I would write and tell you about our school fair.
 I brought cucumber, pig, beets. beans. cabbage. carrots, corn, cu- cuiner. potatoes, squash. pumpkin. to- matoes and turnips.
 All of the scholars had something.
 We had lots of flowers.
 One of the boys in the school had a acrpes peanut plant which now is blos-
 We had goats. a kitten and some chickens. and lots of sewing.
 Mir Brundage- came to our sehooI aoout 4.S0 p. m. on Friday afternoon. September 19, 1915.
 The fair began at p. m We had 2 very good time. but had to go home in the rain.
 We had the best fair in town out of thirteen schools.
 LEON prMocK.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07

hot wate Bake slowly pnttI enssa-d I hope the wide-Arakes win tuv It. like cup custard very much
 ROSE EAGAS. Age 6
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE A.~~-s--------
 Bofs AND 0fnLS DEPARTMENT

S-Mary Stsinnreyer, of Eagieville- Ruth Fielding and the Red Mill.
 Winners of books living in the city may call for them at The Bulletin ofIee at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
cannlna } Tarn nfnra.

hing club had to raixe one-twen- ueth of an acre of tomatoes. I sent 70 North Carolina for 300 tin cans, labels and eapplng steel. When they came I found that they had sent ti,e wrong size cans. so I had to order another capping steel to fit the cans
 Tn canning tomatoes I nrst scaid them sufnciently to loosen the slxine pare and put Into the cans whole In layers. When I have one layer I nii the cracks In that layer with crushed tomatoes When the can is full put a teaspoon of salt in each quart can and seal. if the can is glass I only party tighten the cover. I put the can In a-pail; If I have several boil them in mamma's boiler. and boil them 22 minutes
 then take the cans out and tighten the cover of the glass can, then ft Is all right to put away.
 nave helped Mir. Brundage In sev- erai of his canning demonstrations. I like helping.
 have canned oniy about 4s cans of tomatoes as they rot before they, get ripe and can't can rotten ones.
 have canned 80 cans of apple pie niler. sliced apples all ready to put in pies and finish cooking. as they are not cooked quite soft. cook every thing after 1t is fin the can.
 How many Wide Awaies belong to the same cluo7 I wish you would write about your experiences. N ELIZABETH PARKER. Age it.
 Mansfield Four Corners.
 The Parrot.
 Do tell us. Cousin sophy. about your parrot. said Lofty. Does she know your =
 Know me? Of course she does. said Sophy. If she hears my step ever so far on. she cried out, 'Sophy CT for that Is what she calls me. She not only knows me. but knows all the family. and calls them all by their
 ''5he says. What o'clock is Itr. and then. if I hand her my watch. shc holds 1t in her claw and looks at the iace Of tt in a>most grave manner and says, All righti' and hands 1t bahk to me-
 How strange 1t must seem to hea, parrots talking together as they fly about in the woods!" said Lofty eanc If we heard them and did not see then we might think they were nnen!"
 "Oh. mol" replied Lotty's mamma parrots do not talk in their wild state: they never speak e word that has not been repeated to them oyel
 Do you think your parrot would asked Lofty.
 T am sure she would. She very often calls my doll Dolly"
 We'll said Lofty. 'T think a par rot is a most delightful pet. 1 dc hope some day I may own one" LILLIAN NJ. BREHAJJT.
 East Norwich. v. Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

Piano for Rent.-With privilege of
buying later and have rent paid apply
on the price or will sell now to respon-
sible party on easy monthly, quarterly,
or semi-annual terms. Write at once
for particulars to
The Knight Campbell Music Co.
a1O8t Denver, Colorado.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Buying Table Supplies.

There are various ways in which some
grocers and other dealers in provisions
take from their customers profit that
IS illegitimate and unfair. The money
taken in this way from individual pur-
chasers is comparatively insignificant;
few people notice that they are being
cheated but in the aggregate these dis
honest profits amount to considerable
and help to increase the much-talked-of
cost of living-it is the little foxes that
spoil the vines. Housewives on whom
the duty of buying food supplies falls
should be on the alert to see that they
are being fairly treated, that they get
honest value for their money and that
they are not made to pay for something
which is of no value to them.
In this connection an article that ap
peared in the Philadelphia Times some
time ago is apropos: Consider the lard
dish, counsels this article. 1t is thin
shell of wood, featherlike in its light
ness. The grocer obligingly gives it to
you free with your pound of lard. Pro-
badly you always thought it was rather
mice of him, too. Would it astonish
YOU, dear madam, to learn that this
thoughtful act of your grocer, multi
piled few billion times througout the
country, has robbed you and your sis
tiers of S., 900, 600 annually? Yet that's
fact. Figures show that these insig-
nificant little wooden dishes, used for
the sale of lard and butter, have helped
thieve away this sum-enough TO build
and endow university or a great lab
oratory for scientific research.
So next time you buy your pound of
lard, or your pound of tub butter,
request your friend on the other side of
the counter to weigh his wooden dish
and the commodity you purchase sepa-
rately. He'll have to do it, or the bu-
reau of weights and measures viii make
it hot for him. This is only one Of sew
eral important regulations just promul-
gated by the new bureau. Another
that the housewife ought to know
about, and act on, forbids the sale Of
ca nickePs worth" Of commodity, or
''bag' or "box" of any article.
Buy pound, or q quart, or half dozen
but buy a definite amount for def
mite price.-Pathfnders Washington,
D. c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Monuments.

I am representing the Stockton Mar
BILE and Granite Works. If you wish
anything in my line, address L. R.
Moore, Hays, Kansas, or phone No.
1909. Satisfaction guaranteed.
m27w4
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
HoIstein Bulls.

The Experiment Station offers for
sale a few high grade Holstein bull
calves. Call at the Station Dairy Farm
to inspect calves, or telephone No. 123
for information.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
First Published April 3, 1850

In the matter of the estate of Edward
Erwin and Blanch Erwin. minor
heirs of Edward Albert Powell, late
of Ellis County, deceased
John l. Powell on the 9th day of
March 1915, filed his petition with the
Hon. Judge of the Probate Court of
Ellis County, Kansas, respectfully asks
that letters of Guardianship be granted
to W. R. Powell of said County and
State, for the above named heirs.
Hearing of the above petition is set for
April &c, 1915, at 10 o'clock a. m.
F. E. McLain,
Probate Judge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

Strayed-A pair Of peafowls. Pleas
notify and receive reward,
G.. Christofferson.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
FREE PRESS BIG PRIZE VOTING CON-
TEST WILL CLOSE THURSDAY AT
SPIN.

Only Few Days in Which to Work for
the Beautiful Piano-Last Struggle
for Capital Prize Now at its
Heisht-Many Other VaIu-
able Prizes.
| There are now but four more days in
which the candidates engaged the In
Free Press popular voting contest have
to work for the several prizes offered.
| The voting comes to an end Thursday,
April q, at three o'clock, and i'm
mediately thereafter the count will be
commenced to see who shall be de-
clared the winner of theTsplendid ODER
meyer piano and the other beautiful
and useful articles offered to those who
are making an endeavor to land the
premiums. 1t is not believed by those
who have given the matter careful
thought that any particular person has
the grand prize cinched at the present
time, but there are several IN the race
who have a good chance to land 1t II
they will only hustle.
If you have not yet seen the hne
piano offered in this contest, go to
Frank Havemann's furniture store and
take a look. Many of our citizens have
examined the instrument as to its
quality and appearance and there is yet
the first one to say that it is not fine
one. It is of plain, rich, mahogany,
and prettier piano was never unloaded
at Havs. Musicians of this section
have tested it as to its quality of tone
and volume and every one of them say
it is fine as silk.
There are several young ladies who
appear to have the best of the contest,
but none of them has a sure cinch on
being the ultimate owner of the hrst
prize. If one of these contestants who
lis way down the list should take 1T into
her head that she was going to win the
big premium she could do so. She
would have to do some work to make
it. but that was what was expected
when the contest opened. Several
punches of seven new subscribers or re-
newals in groups of seven would put
the lowest candidate in the race VI
among the leaders.
For those who wish to vote without
any competitor seeing them, the Free
Press desires to state that cash with
your subscription, telling where the
paper is to be sent and to whom the
votes shall be given, can be placed IN
an envelope and deposited in the bank
The judges will open these envelopes
as soon as they start to count and will
credit all votes.
Miss Vida HOWE was in the lead at
the last count Several others are well
to the front and are putting forth every
effort on the home stretch to win the
coveted prize. Either of these ladies
can land the prize If they will take the
time to get out and solicit new sub
scriptions and renewals.
The voting will cease Thursday and
the final count will be made that even
ing. This is but a short time ahead
and it is worth the while of the candi-
dates to get but among the people and
work like Trojans from now until the
ballot box is closed at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon of the day mentioned. Nc
ballots will be received after O'Clock
under any circumstances, no matter
who may have them or what excuse
they may present for not getting then
in at the proper time.
The contest is on the square and thell
is TO be a fair field and no favOrlteS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
(Firgt Publighed April 8, 1s15.l
Notice of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


State Of Kansas IS.
Ellis County
In the matter of the estate of Edward
Albert Powell, late of Ellis County,
Kansas.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day of March 1915, the undersigned
was, by the Probate Court of Ellis
County, Kansas, duly appointed and
qualified as Executor of the estate of
Edward Albert Powell, late of Ellis
Comfy, Kansas, deceased. All parties
interested in said estate will take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
John /. Powell,
Executor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Now, JaspeFI

There is one thing that has al
ways refused to ooze through my
noodle" remarked Jasper Knox, the
sage of Blink, "and
that is this: If, as the newspapers
would have US believe, all brides are
beautiful, where in Sam Hill do all
the homely married women come
from ?''-Judge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Ellis County Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that there is
money in the county treasury to pay all
registered warrants drawn on the gen
eral fund up to and including Register
ed No. 1926 and that interest viii cease
April 20, 1915.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
Foreign

Already 800 miles of the 1000
miles of railway across Australia,
recommended by Lord Kitchener dur
ing his visit to the Commonwealth,
for strategical purposes, has been
built, and it is expected that the line
will be finished by the end of 1916.
More than two-thirds of the gold
now in use in the world was dis
covered within the last fifty years.
The Belgians in Brussels have
take to wearing daisy with the
center of the flower painted black as
sign of mourning.
Production of iron in Germany
during the first half of 1915 was $751;
600 tons greater than in the last half
of 1914, an increase of ten per cent.
But it was smaller by 3,654,O00 tons,
OF nearly 40 per cent, than in the
six first months of last year.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
Wit And Wisdom

Girl (reading letter from her
brother at the front)-"John says a
bullet went through his hat without
touching him."
Old Lady-"What a blessing he
had his hat on, dear"
A beautiful answer was given by
little Scotch school girl. When her
class was examined she was asked,
what is patience?" Her reply was,
"Wait wee, and dinna weary"
George (nervously)-"Td like the
best in the world, Kitty, to marry
you, but don't know how to pro-
pose"
Kitty promptly and practically
That's all right, George. You've
finished with me; now go to papa"
Friend-"So your husband has been
deceiving you, eh?"
Mrs. Heneck-"Yes, the wretch! l
used to give him fourpence for his
bus fare every day, and l found out
he's been walking to the Office and
spending the money"
Bob-"That boy of yours is a fine,
tall lad, Jack; you should be proud
of him."
Jack-"I amt though"
Bob-"No! How's that?"
jack hy, he is eight inches
taller. than l am, and his mother in
sists on cutting his trousers down to
fit mel"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
United States

One in every forty-four persons in
New York State owns an automobile.
During the last fiscal year 1926
vessels were built in the United
States.
A movment is under way to build
a Masonic Temple in Long Branch,
New Jersey.
Forty-eight per cent. of the trade
of the entire country passes through
the port of New York.
Depositors of the Carnegie Trust
Company, which failed almost four
years ago, are expected to get 10
per cent. dividend soon.
Survey revealing 100000 cubic
yards of earth in motion at Panama
Canal indicates the waterway will
not open until about January first.
The 1852 saloons in Chicago have
been regulated under a city ordinance
which requires only that they be
closed between one and five o'clock in
the morning.
Twenty-one cases of stone from
quarries in England that $50 years
ago furnished the stone for George
Washington's house at Mount Ver-
non, arrived in Baltimore recently.
The stone will be used to repair the
portico of the old Washington
Mansion,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06

ing made from gasoline, kerosene and
benzol in England.
For photographers use there has
been invented an electrical lamp
surrounded by a glass globe which
can be filled with liquids to produce
any color light desired.
1t has been estimated that an in
vestment of $860,000,000 would be
required to produce mechanically as
much nitrogen as Peru's nitrate de-
posits yield every year.
A broad knife blade to be strapped
to the toe of mans shoe has been
ting the stalks of crops that are har-
vested in that manner.
A Bohemian inventors artificial
marble is said to closely resemble. the
rarest marbles and to be stronger,
more substantial and less liable to
injury than the genuine.
Economy of floor space is the idea
of two Michigan inventors in mount
ing the third burner of gas range
above the other two instead of all
three being on the same level.
A savant has just worked out a
plan by which people can be shocked
to sleep. 1t seems to US that in this
day of motor cars, and sex stories
in the magazines, people are shocked
enough during the day without put
ting them under with it at night.
Drawers that open and shut with
| difficulty are often severe tax on
both time and temper, and the defect
may sometimes be very easily RENE
died with beeswax. The runners,
the narrow strips of wood attached
| to the framework, should be well
rubbed with a lump of beeswaX,
previously warmed in front of the
fire. Afterwards an occasional ap-
plication of furniture polish will keep
the runners smooth. When this
simple remedy fails it is due to some
fault in construction.
A novelty which will appeal to
those who have suffered the depriva-
ton of one arm is combined knife
and fork which has been placed upon
the market recently. The knife
blade, instead of being straight as
in the ordinary utensil, is curved at
it's lower end to terminate in four
prongs similar to the conventional
fork. The outer curve of the bend is
| given sharp edge to serve as the
knife, and the curve is designed to
facilitate cutting. The utensil re-
quires only partial turn of the
hand to convert it into a fork.