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Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
A Raindrop's Life.

I am a raindrop. like my life be- cause thsre are many adventures in it. Here is one:
 I had lived in the ocean a aong time when one day I heard old Mother Earth tell Grandma Sea that we were needed on earth.
 One day Uncle Sun took us to see Auntie Cloud We had q lovely time there. and one day King Thunder sent us to the earth because he was an- gry.
 We fell into a trough where many of my brothers were drank by animals. l was carried to boat by the sea and thrown into the sea.
 MARION cLoUGH. wfllimantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
My Rrother,a Gcat.

white, with little black on It. My father brought him a big express wag- on with a pair of shafts on it. We hitch it up in the wagon and drive 1t.
 One day when was in the wagon q pulled the goats tail and made it run all the faster
 The gost does not like me. It stands on it's hind legs and tries to bunt me over.
 One day my brother was riding in the wagon and I was running in front of the goat I fell down and before q had time to get up the goat walked over me with my brother in the wag- on. It dumped him out
 My brother can do most anything with her. She will not try to bunt him over.
 ERNBsTINE LINCOLN, Age 10.
 North Windham
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Young Handel.

Dear Uncle Jed: Handel was a lit- tie girl only nine years old She was very fond of music and often when she was alone she would sit down at the piano and play a few short pieces her sister had taught her.
 Now Handel could read notes very well and she also knew the names of the lines and spaces and of the slarps and fats: but she was only nine years old. so her mother would not let her take music lessons
 One night what do you think she dtd2 You never can zuess. so win tell you. She got ready for bed earlier than usual This made her mother think she was i'll: but Handel had not gone to bed, shahad cTept into the par Tor and was softly playing on the pi- ano when her mother heard her.
 Soon her father took the lantern and peeped in to see Handel trying to play his favorite piece
 After that Handel took music lessons and when she grew up she became a music teacher.
 Often when she taught children nine years old she would tell them how she became a music teacher. ROSE BROMLEY, Age 12. EagfevfIle, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
The Hsaver.

Eearsrs areaound in CSnsdasand the United @&mee@. They aFg valued chief M for their furs which t@ made into Rats and coats. These are exported and as ono time were the chief. exports
 The Beaver is an a1nphibious animal axad cam remain under water for ten to, twelve minutes at most. He is also a slka1led mechanic. for he can dam up e brook and HbY extending thesdam aerosM the land Cor some fS6 feet can form a pond. m tic middle of tifs pond he builds hs@ house. Its materials are aspen logs and mud. These aspen trees which he cuts down with his teeth. somgtirfs@ grew some distance up the brook. 80 afser fefiine them he floats them down stream.
 Tise lasmTerr hmg two sharp upper and Io~rer teeth, located in the front Of his jawB. From. tf1eSs teeth there is a space con+afntnE no teeths and then there is a set of four on th0 upper and lower jaw.
 When cutting down a. tree, which the beaver does with his two front chisel- like teeth, he sits on his hind feet. supporting AfnnSeae with his tail He can cut down d tree measuring from urfn@ eleven inches. When a. tree is about to fall he signals by Tapping his tail on the ground. Thus a beaver Is rarely ever killed by a. falling tree, for they get out Of the way.
 During the summer the beaver trar- els eating aS he goes along. The be- ginning Of September he looks for a suitable place to build a house. or he repairs some forSakeEt last year beaver house.
 HELEN M. wHTrTAKER
 IS
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
The First Mall In America.

tinent started from New York to Bos- ton on New Years day, 1878. The postman followed the Bowery lane till 1t merged into the wagon road just finished to the new village of Harlem. After a cooling draught, he passed Greenwich and Stamford, and 50 on to New Haven.
 Now it was a newly built stretch of land that our postman followed, but oftener mere bridlepath or an ancient Indian trail.
 From Springfield eastward his path must have been watercourses of which the Boston and Albany railroad now takes advantage.
 When the postman returned with the return mall he emptied his New York bag on broad table in tho eoffee box.
 MoLA1E sEGAL, Ago 10.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
LETTERS or AckNoWL EDGE
 WENT.

Grace BurriIgs, of Stafferd Springs- Thank you very very much for the nice prize book Tom Fairfield At Sea"
 Thon4as o'conneiI, of Norwaeh-E have just finished reading nB prize book entitled The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge. It is q very tnferestinS book and I thank you very much Tor it.
 Jessie Brehaut of East Norwich, N. r.: received the prize book 4 Gay Charmer, for which thank you very much. It is very interesting.
 Marguerite Sutthill of Norwich: I received my prize book entitled Dep and the Duchess and thank you very much for 1t. I have started to read it and have found it very interesting.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
A Young Protector.

One day while was riding in a car, a man got in with little child He placed him on the seat opposite me and went out on the platform The child sat there for a few minutes with a troubled look in his face and then called out, "papar
 Looking out of the window, he mo- ticed the father standing there and seemed satisfied for while. Soon, however, a new thought came to his mind, and. looking anxiousiy toward his father he said:
 Papa. is it raining ?"
 The father shook his head;- but the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Luther Burbank.

Luther Burbank was born March f9. 1s4S. He is a very intelligent man.
 When he was e boy he showed his love for flowers and trees. He chose flowers for pets. When he was little he had a cactus given to him. He carried this cactus around with him as if 1t was a cat. One day he fell and broke the pot and plant. He cried over it as if 1t was cat or dog.
 When he was about twenty-one with enough money he went to Santa Rosa There he started a nursery. Here he has done wonderful things.
 He made pIums taste like "Bart- left pear" He would make sour fruits sweet, and delicious; change little flowers into large ones. hard fruits in to soft and mellow fruits.
 HOPE coMSTOCK. Age 12.
 Uucasvflfe.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Roberts Bog.


 Father may I have five cents for d penci1T' asked Robert.
 Why, Robert, this is the fourth one this week. answered his father.
 "Yes. but lose them. don't know where they Eo."
 His father reached down in his pocket but pulled it out empty. haven't a nickel this morning, son.
 No money ?' asked Robert
 ANoy" answered his father not a nickel
 Robert then started to school, but in the evening while he was sitting by the fire he said: Father. can't that marshy land be filled in with sand? We lose our ten- his balls there quite often"
 "t costs money" broke in his fath- CT. but I will give it to you and you cam help the men get the land ready for cranoerrfes- If you wish" As the next day was Saturday the men got the land ready and by the next Saturday they set the plants out. Robert kept track fthe pencils he bought
 At the end of three years he picked three barrels of eranberrfes and sold them at twelve dollars a, barrel But the pencils he used amounted to seventy-fve cents. He learned to be more careful and sparfng with his money, as he now knew how hard it was to get 1t. Unsigned
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Rosiyn Fox, Of Preston Three Little Women as Wives.
 LIrene Matheiu, of wiIIimantic- Madge Morton's Secret
 s-Ansie Whyte, of Stafford Springs
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
A strnx chiId.

the park she saw a sweet child at play near her. and the two became great
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
HIVES ON NECK HCHED AND BURNED
UnsightIy. Spread to Top of Head.
 Caused Hair to Fal! Out lRcomb-
 fuIs. Kept Awake at Night. Cut; eura Soap and Ointment Healed ]

1os village st. Medw.y: Ms@s--rsfy sist.rfs htves began with fntcnse ftcn1n8 under she slzin al around hE nerE ena wry
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Why the sea 10 saIted.

Once there was man who owned a powerful machine which. at the own era command would grind until he
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

up on her head % tna9 4n9 had to keep hsr hAir locsely braided. Ths brea1dng uu, WIS unaighffy and the ftch- Ing on her neck v.s co bad ahe could not keep har hsudn away frum it. Pcrhsps thss is why it spread way up to the top of hR hsad and esused her hair to nn ous
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Her Papa worss ia tho oiI Fields.

Her Papa Wcr,<s in the OfI FteIds.
 Uncle Jed:-I thought would write and let you know that live in Call hornia and my papa works in the oil fields: and 1t looks 90 funny to see the oil pumped out of the ground. Then they heat 1t, and then pump it Into large tanks.
 We have 10 school now, 1t Is 60 warm here. have to walk 18 miles to school.
 My grandma sends my papa The Bulletin every week and he is E- ways glad to get 1t
 My grandma and grandpa live in Taftviile. Conn, and am going to see them next summer.
 LILLIAN MAY DUNS, Age Q.
 Bakersfield, Cal
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
The Big Time in WfFIimantie.


 The 24th of June there was one of the biggest parades ever seen in Will limantic There were about 15 ,000 people in the city. This parade was about two miles long and 1t was en- Joyed by all.
 I am glad to tell you we were in a float. representing a farmhouse yard, with a. sign attached which read in English and French: Long live America" William Mathfeu, my father, and all the family were on the float, including seven children, two of whom were boys, twin babies, my mother held in her lap.
 This float was given an ovation all along the parade.
 There was a box with eight ducks and on the other side a large guinea hen. Straw covered the bottom of the wagon and evergreen on the sides. I made the butter in back.
 We had a happy time and hope others had the same.
 IRENE MATHIEU, Age A.. Columbia,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Camping at Crystal Lake.

My father and mother and brothers and sisters got our things ready for camping.
 Early that same morning father went to the garage and hired a two seated auto to carry us over at eight o'clock sharp.
 We were setting on the front piazza enjoying the cool breezes when we heard the horn of the auto, which was a signal for us to get ready.
 We all got our coats and hats on, and got in. We told the chauffeur we were all ready to start It was a very hot day and quiet a little dis tance from the Spring to the lake.
 At last we reached the place where we were to camp and unloaded
 The first thing we did was to go to Sandy Beach and take @ fine swim for ourselves.
 We also hired a boat to carry us home, and after a fine day of all kinds of pleasures we were very tired and went to bed; and we were talking over the pleasure and the good things we had to eat until we fell fast asleep
 MILDRED B. WHITE. Age 13.
 QfaffeYd Snrfn1H
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Our Picnic,

Last Tuesday morning at sunrise we started on our little picnic to Dia- mond ledge.
 Mother prepared the lunch for the journey the previous evening, there fore we were all ready within a half hour.
 The auto was quite we'll packed, for there were ten of us in all.
 On the way we saw a few suuir- rels, but what we noticed particular ly was a cute little lamb, as white as snow, which frisked about it's nnoth- CT in such a happy manner.
 My! But it was a long ride. and when we reached our destination you may be sure we were glad to jump out of the auto.
 My sisters and prepared the lunch while the others went about to see what they could find, and returning they carried large punches of mour1- tain laurel and Drown eyed Susans. :"
 Then we fixed them around the spread which made it a very pretty picture as well as a tempting one.
 After the lunch we gathered pieces of the Diamond rocks. and then start ed homeward.
 But the breeze was so delightful and the singing of the little birds so sweet, that our dearest little baby, Pauline" fell fast asleep.
 We were then obliged to make less noise until on reaching home we put her directly to bed, retiring little later ourselves, after relating the happy day events of our Diamond ledge picnic.
 ANGIE WHITE, Age 1s.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

fu cunbndS It also bspt her aNnk1 e uixht. Fiery rcd spoes brohe out iater eese csusei mnch dtzfsureuus aud the tscnzn9 and burning were Intense.
 ~Afser about two weeas sunzing sno crxrmenced uEng CuticrEa Soap and Ont ueut. RelIef from the buruing and ftcnlng came xxy soon and two weelu 1som thes time she WAS entirely hesicd.. oa1sneo 1frs. '. 4. ssaekpole. August 6. tetA Sample Each Free by Mall
 Win s7-p. sldn Book on requesA Ad- drc,. uost-card "Cueleura. Dsrt. T. bcos ton." Sold through0ut the wuid
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
He Has Won Twenty-sisht Books.

TIU TEE NNUU WUETkJ -NITWG I~tF<~s
 Dear Uncle Jed:-4 thank you very much for the nice prize book you gave me last week I have read it, and I found it very interesting.
 I also thank you very much for all the other books that you have given me have won twenty-eight books and as I have graduated from the Broadway school. I ought to gradu- ate from the Wfde-Awake Circle to give some others a chance.
 I hope some other boy or girl will take my place, as 1t is a pleasure to write the stories, to receive the books. and also to read them as they are such nice books.
 I hope some other boy win take my place and have as much pleasure as I have had in receiving the books. Thanking you again. l remain.
 Yours truly,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
fhANh FAhDds

LMaster Pardy has been one of our best writers. We do not remember that he ever sent in a carelessly written story or that a single word ever had to be corrected. His pains- taking work for the WIde-AwalSe Circle leaves no doubt in our mind of his ability to make his way in high CT schools or in any walk of HfeaUncle Jed hopes Master Pardy win make name, or a fortune, or both. The patience. care and fidelity he has shown must form . good foundation for bis future success in whatever he may undertake.1
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
A Eishinn Partx

One day I invited a crowd Of peo- pie to go fishing at the river. My sister got pickerel the first time she. put her hook in the water. I caught two dace.
 We started from home at six at night and came home at g. My sister caught an eel, and she couldn't pull it in, so my father pull ed it out for her. Gertrude and I caught all the fish.
 SUSAN HATTEN, Age 8. Mt. Hope.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
Christmas Music at
Methodist Church

The following musical program will
be rendered Sunday evening at the
Methodisv church:
Chorus, The Angels Song" Wilson.
Duett The Lords Anointed," Ash
ford Shannon owsley and ]. E. Nc
Neill
Chorus. Beyond the Starry Skies. .
Wilson; with Duett for Alta Grigsby
and Matte Hart
Short talk by the pastor.
offertory, Selected; Mrs. wessie
Ray
Chorus. 20, Holy Night" Wilson;
soloist. Edwina Ikard.
Violin solo, The Rosary" Nevin;
Arta Goff.
Chorus, Hopes Guiding Star"
Petrie; soloists, Mrs. R. 7. Estes and
Bernard Baird.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
First published Dec. IS, 1915.
NOTICE OF SALz UNDER ExEcu
TlOM

State of Oklahoma, Grady county.
In the District Court.
Lizzie Criner, plaintiff, VS.. Charles
Pahlka, defendant. No. 1861
Notice is hereby given that hereto
fore, and to-wit, on the fifteenth day
Of December, 1915, l, Hodge Bailey,
sheriff of Grady county, Oklahoma, in
pursuance of an execution issued out
Of the district court Of Grady county.
Oklahoma, and directed to me, bear
ing the date Of the seventh day Of De-
cember, 1915, in the above styled and
entitled action, levied the same upon
the following described property, To-
wit:
One black mare mule, s years old,
weight 1000 pounds,
One black mare mule, 12 years old,
weight LOO pounds.
One black mare mule, aged years,
weight 1000 pounds.
One bay horse mule, aged years,
weight LOO pounds.
Eight hundred bushels of yellow
corn in the criO on the farm of
Charles Pahlka.
and caused said property to be ap-
praised by two disinterested house
holders Of Grady county, oklahoma,
an appraisement of said property, a
copy of which is now on file in the
office of the clerk of the District Court
Of Grady county, Oklahoma, and which
said property was levied upon as the
property of the said Charles Pahlka
for the purpose of paying off and sat
isfying the amount of said execution,
to-wit in the sum of S543.61 and ac-
cruing costs in the approximate
amount of $25OO and which said prop
| erty is now in my hands under such
I execution.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that on the thirty-first day of
December, 1915, at the hour of
O'clock p. m, of said day, | will offer
said property for sale, and sell the
same to the highest bidder for cash
for the purpose of paying off and sat
isfying said judgment aforesaid. Said
sale will be made at public auction on
the farm of the said Charles Pahlka,
located about four miles northwest Of
Minco, Oklahoma.
Dated at Chickasha, Oklahoma, this
the seventeenth day of December,
1915.
HODGE BAILEY,
Sheriff of Grady county, Oklahoma.
12-1S-10t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
FILE REPORTS
ON SCHOOLS

In respones to the request OF
County superintendent Shepard, ask
ing that the head of each village and
rural school in the county should file
a report with his office showing the
exact condition of the school. c. l..
Whitney, principal Of the Tuttle
schools. was the first to file while +.
Fl. Russell, principal of the Ninnekah
school and w. ]. McGranihan, prin-
cipal Of the Bradley school came un-
der the wire as close seconds.
Mr.. Whitney's report shows that
Tutde has a total enrolment of S0e
pupils; that the condition of the school
building has been very materially i'm
proved that there are 500 volumes in
the school library; that there is an
active literary society; that there is
no moonlight school.
The report Of f. II. Russell, head Of
the Ninnekah school, shows that MIN
nekah has moonlight school with a
total Of IA pupils attending; that II
has a school library of 100 volumes;
that a public entertainment is given
once each week.
w. J. McGranihans report will
show Bradley has no moonlight school
at the present, but that one viii pos
sibly be organized after the first Of
the year Bradley school will have q
large Christmas tree.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
LIBRARY BULLETIN.

Open hours, / to p. m. Sundays, 3
TO p. m. Phone 1924.
Farmers bulletins in the loan de-
partment at the public library. Cop
hes will be sent free as long as the
supply lasts to any resident of the
United States on application to his
senator or representative in congress
or to the superintendent Of docu'
ments, government printing office,
Washington, d. c., who has the bulle-
tins for sale at 5 cents each
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

Meat, composition and cooking,
butchering. curing and keeping.
Meat
Fish as food, Principles of nutri-
tion and nutritive value of food.
The home fruit garden.
Poultry as food.
Eggs and their uses as food.
Canned fruits, preserves and jellies.
Canning vegetables in the home.
Care of milk and it's use in the
home.
Corn meal as a food and ways of
using it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

Only one more week elapses before
the close of the merchants auto con-
test. The United Charities are work
ing to secure the car in order to
finance their work during the winter
months. Any help from their friends
from those who may decide to with
draw from the contest will be greatly
appreciated by the organization.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
GRADY COUNTY EXPRESS.
25c A Year.

This great offer is made for
an indefinite period. We will
send the GRADY COUNTY
EXPRESS for one full year, to
subscribers in Grady couaty
only, on receipt Of only %
cents. THINK OF 1T, the Off
cial county paper, rock-ribbed
Ge6ocTstie With all the locaL
political and Official news
every week for 25 cents a year.
Start today Remit in coin
to-
GRADY COUNTY EXPRESS,
chiekasha, Okla.
a.. a.. .
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

Mrs. I. S. Jones returned from
Lanark, ILL.,, after visit of few
months. Her father. f. NJ Swaggart,
returned with her for a visit.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

The condition Of DR. Penquite was
reported this afternoon to be about the
same. His many friends are hoping
that he may soon recover.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
MONEY TO LEND.

On farm lands and well improved
ChicKasha property. Farm money is
cheap, and on best terms. Two plans
for handling city loans. See us at
once.
HARDEN-ROCHE MORTGAGE CO.,
2OS-2Ol Tye bldg, Chickasha, Okla
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
WHY YOU SHOULD USE CHAM.
6ERLAlN's COUGH REMEDY.

Because it has an established repu-
tation won by its good works.
Because it is most esteemed by those
who have used it for many years, as
occasion required, and are best ac-
quainted with its good qualities.
Because it loosens and relieves a
cold and aids nature in restoring the
system to healthy condition.
Because it does not contain opium
or any other narcotic.
Because it is within the reach Of all
1t only costs quarter. Obtainable
everywhere. d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
Cot the Birds.

Got the Birds.
A party composed Of Alger and VIII
Melton and ID. NJ. Cavaness, with Bert
Barefoot as chaperone and publicity
agent, invaded the sand hills along the
line Of the western horizon yesterday
and depopulated that section of quails.
Molly Cottontails' and English spar
rows. Mr.. Barefoot. as publicity
agent, stated this morning that he de-
sired the English sparrows should
have place in this report because
"sparrows is birds" and any birds
over ten killed by any one of the hum
ters during the day were necessarily
"sparrows." Mr.. Barefoot as publicity
agent reports that he can state that
under his chaperonage the hunting
trip was success in the most sue
cessful possible manner
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

Mrs. Rufus Payne of Anadarko is
visiting friends in the city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
Short Stories
OF THE TOWN
Judge Linn Returns from Anadarko.

Judge Linn Returns from Anadarko.
Judge Win Linn has returned from
Anadarko, having cleared up the trial
docket Of the December term of the
district court in that city. The judge
will set the docket for the January
term Of the Grady county district
court for the January term, on Mon
day next.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
REMOVED

Public Service CO. has moved to 209
Chickasha avenue. Phone 4Sl.
12-16-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

WANTED-Good gentle driving
horse, city broke. J. L. Daniel
Phone M-K-515. 12-lS-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18

Miss Viola Mckinley of Oklahoma
City has been visiting friends in Ard
more, Pauls Valley and Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
MAR KE:TS
chIekasha Grain Today.

chickasha Grain To-Day.
No. milling wheat, csc.
No. export wheat, 90c.
Corn ear (mixed), 53c.
Corn, white ear, $40.
Corn shelled (mixed), sac.
Corn. while shelled, soc.
Oats, 32c.
Chlckasha Cotton Today.
Cotton. 1l4c.
Cottonseed. SS2 per ton.