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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
POETRY.
My Raby-and Hers.

Across in my neighbor's window,
 With it's folds of satin and lace ] sec with It's crown of ringlets,
 A baby's innocent face. The throng in the street looks upward, Ana everyone, grave and gay, Has a nod and a smile for the baby In the mansion over the way. Just here in my cottage window,
 His chin in his dimpled hands, And patch on his faded apron,
 The child that I live for stands. He has kept my heart from breaking For many a weary day; And his face is as pure and handsome AS the baby's over the way. Sometimes when we sit together,
 My grave little man of three, Sore vexes me with the question,
 Does God. up in heaven, love me?'' And I say, Yes, yes. my darling
 Though I almost answer Nay As l sec the nursery candles
 In the mansion over the way. And oft when draw the stockings From off his little tired feet And loosen the clumsy garments
 From his limbs, so round and sweet, I grow too bitter for singing,
 My heart too heavy to pray, As think of the dainty raiment
 Of the baby over the way. On, God in heaven, forgive me
 For all have thought and saidI My envious heart is humbled;
 My neighbours baby is deadi I saw the little white coffin
 As they carried 1t out today, And the heart of mother is breaking In the mansion over the way, The light is fair in my window,
 The flowers bloom at my door; My boy is chasing the sunbeams
 That dance on the kitchen floor. The roses of health are crowning
 My darlinS's forehead today; But the baby is gone from the window Of the mansion over the wayI
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
Columbia,
Luke's Bundle,

One evening two boys were going along a crowded street The wind blew hard and their clothes were poor and thin, but they looked happy. You see," said Luke to his little brother Hugh, "the money what we have earned today is enough to buy us new pair of shoes"
 The boys were near the ferry which they had to cross when Hugh put his hand into his pocket and cried out:
 "Oh, Luke, I have lost the moneyt"
 Luke was very angry, and felt like shaking his brother.
 They had only lost 90 cents, but it meant new shoes.
 All at once Luke stopped. He re- membered he had only one ferry ticket. Then, going to the ferry master, he asked:
 Master, do you charge for bundles?"
 ''No; certainly not"
 Then Hugh must be a bundle to- night" cried Luke.
 'Halloo, what is the matter? Is he Iame?"
 "Oh, mo-" replied Luke. ''He can walk well enough, but he is to be a bundle tonight"
 Some of the passengers offered him money, but he refused, saying he and his brother were not beggars.
 When the crowd had gone, & young girl approached and said:
 I have heard your story. How much money had you, and how did you carry
 ''we had 90 cents, and it was in a piece of brown paper" here it is,'' said the girl. t1 picked it up not more than ten minutes ago"
 When the boat reached the dock, the boys ran home to tell their mother of their good fortune.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25

Henrietta Bush of Versailles: I re- ceived the prize book you sent me, of The Boys of the Wireless, and I thank you very much for it.
 William Shaw of Norwich: thank you very much for the prize book I received, entitled The Newsboy Part ners.
 Catherine Nelson of Versailles: I re- cetVed the prize book, and I thank you very much for it. It is very interest ing.
 Florence Gayeski of Colchester: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me, entitled Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea I have read 1t and found it very interesting.
 Francis O'connelI of Norwich: l thank you very much for my prize book, entitled Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis. I have read 1t through and find 1t very interesting.
 Arlene Pearl of Augusta, Me-: I thank you very much for the lovely prize book you sent me. entitled The Bobsey Trine. It was very interest ing.
 Sarah Becker of Fitchvi1le: I thank you for the prize book, entitled The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms. I have read it and find it very interesting.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
The Story of a Stone.

am a gray colored stone. I am about five inches long and four in- ches wide. My home used to be on the bank of a brook in the woods.
 One day two girls came to the brook, and one of them saw me and said: Mary" look what a fine stone I have found. I am going to carve Remember me on it." When I go away and you come to this place you will always remember me.
 It happened just as the girl had said
 The girl who was called Mary came often to see me, and often wiped a tear rtWo her eyes and I knew she was lonesome
 One day a cross old farmer and his horse came to get some water from the brook. He scolded and scolded about the water being low. When he filled the water barrels, and was starting for home, his horse stumbled over me and fell down. Then the farmer began his scolding anew.
 He picked me up and cried, Some smart person must have laid you .here,' and without another word, he hurled me into the brook, where stuck in the mud.
 I stayed there for many days. At last it began to rain and it rained for about three days. The mud where was stuck was washed away and l found myself moving slowly down the stream. After many hours I was washed onto the bank, but a long way from where I used to live. I didn't remain here long, for about a week later a girl picked me up and whisper ed, Remember me" I stared at her for @ long time, but finally I remem- bered who she was. It was Mary and she was very happy as she carried me home.
 Last summer Mary's friend that carved on me came to see her, and was very glad to see me. Now I am lying on a beautifully carved stand.
 MARY RYBIC, Age 13.
 Mansfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25

The destruction in the Dardanelles m one day of the three major fighting ,ships-the British Ocean and the Ire sistible and the French Rouvet-rep- resents the greatest naval disaster to date in the present war. These three vessels represented total of 40,155 tons of battleship construction, and if to these figures are added the displace- ments of the French Gaulois and the British Infexible, both of which ships were damaged and presumably com- pelled to return to drydocks for repairs the total immediate loss to the allies reaches the enormous aggregate of s8,666 tons of warships. No such loss in any single engagement has been re- corded since the war commenced. The waters in the Dardanelles are charac- terized by strong currents which run steadily. out of the Sea of Marmora through the Strait of Galiipoli and
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
UNCLE JEpS TALK TO WIDE
 AWAKES.

Lots of Wide-Awakes cultivate little garden patches and grow vegetables, but all cannot do it, because they have not the ground: but every Wide-Awake can cultivate cheerfu1ness and 1t al- ways pays.
 Now cheerfulness to the mind is just what. sunshine is to the f1owers-it keeps the way Of life bright and shin ing.
 Those who know say cheerfu1ness is health. endurance, the lightener of bur dens, the habit of always looking on the best side of everything. Cheerful ness holds hands with hope in all the disasters of life if permitted.
 You should all remember "The cheer ful live longest in years. and also in our regards"
 Cheerfulness lends such a charm to life that it makes the invalid want to Eve and the nurse happy in daily ser vice.
 It must have been q cheerful person who first discovered every cloud has a silver lining
 Cheerfulnezs is the finest every day virtue and no one in the world ever re- gretted cuftivating 1t.
 The man who sings at his work and the cripple or invalid full of patience and smiles are cultivators of cheerful ness.
 Cheerful people keep everybody about them good natured.
 Wdde-Awakes. you may cultivate cheerfuiness by seeing the best in your playmates. see the best in your studies and chores, seeing the best in every thing. Keeping from complaining and fault-finding.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
Town and City Life.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you what I think about the difference between a town and city. I believe that the country which God made is more beautiful than the city which man made that the life out of doors and in touch with the earth Is the natural life of man.
 I believe work is work wherever we find it, but that work with nature is more inspiring than work with the most intricate machinery.
 I believe the dignity of labor de- bends not on what you do, but on how you do it: that opportunity comes to a child on the farm as often as to the boy in the city. That life is larger and freer and happier on the farm than in the town; that success depends not up on my location, but upon my self; not upon my dreams, but upon what l actually do; not upon luck,
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
The Unseen Giant.

There is mighty giant in the world who is as old as the world. You haze often heard his voice and felt his touch, but you have never seen his face. Sometimes he flies out over the sea and chases the ships. He rolls great waves over their decks and drives the ships against the rocks to perish
 He is not always honest, for on washing days he often tries to steal the clothes from the line.
 The unseen giant is often kind and gentle. In the long summer days he fans the sick children and helps them to become strong and well again.
 When he wishes, he can be one of the greatest workers in the world. Sometimes he flies from town to town, sweeping the streets. He draws water for thirsty cattle, and he grinds wheat and corn for any miller that asks his help.
 Had 1t not been for him, neither Columbus nor the Pilgrims would have reached the shores of America.
 Everything you have heard about this giant is true, and when you think of his name you will remember many other things that ne can do.
 IRENE MATHfEU.
 Columbia
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25

color. Above the door is the name Bacon Academy. On the east side of the building along the wall grows ivy. There are seven rooms and a small library for & reference room. Every room has about ten windows and one door. In the main room and the fresh man room is a door leading to the fire escape.
 Down stairs there are two rooms, the first and third grades and halls in which the children hang their coats and hats.
 Up stairs. there is the eighth grade room and across the hall from that is the freshman's high school room.
 Between these are halls for the boys and girls coats and hats. The Academy is three stories high. The rooms are painted orange Bacon Academy Is three stories high, about one hundred and eleven years old, and was built in the year 1903 by Pierpont Bacon
 ANNA GAYESKI, Age 10.
 Ca1ChpS4Ar
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
Rules for Younq Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side Of the paper only, and number the pages. 2 Use pen and ink. not pencil. 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 25o words.
 4. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write VOL 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!
 StraightforwaFdly act
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
affording much help to textile industry

affordtng much help to textile industry which still prevails in that city,
 The Cocheco river goes over a ledge which is about 25 feet high at Dover. The Piscataqua river does not pass at Dover proper, but unites with the former at Dover Point, a place about five miles from Dover
 We had arrived in Dover on Thurs day and on Monday morning we left for Biddeford where we called upon my aunt as there was still four and one-half hours before the first train left for Portland. where we were to take a train to Canada. will de- scribe my trip on the train from Port land to the country station and also the city of Biddeford, next week.
 PAUL E. MAURICE, Age 12.
 Versailles
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A Doa,s History.

I am an old doy. My name is Shep I am a shepherd dog.
 When I was about two weeks old my sisters and brothers were sold and my mistress as I after found out kept my mother and me. was very sorry to hame them taken away from me.
 My mistress taught me how to do a lot of tricks. Whenever she told me to shake hands I would do it. She also taught me to bring in wood and hold 8 cup in my fore paw and drink from it. She taught me a lot of other tricks. When I did not feel like giv- ing her my paw she would always have 8 strap at hand.
 When was three years old my mother died. I will tell you how she died. An old farmer and his OK cart rode by and my mother was deaf and did not hear him She lay in the mid dle Of the road like rock and would not move. Re ran over her. She died ry because she looked at me and her eyes were full of tears.
 After that she burnt the strap be- cause I was afraid of it and did not want to go to her. After that when ever she called I would go. She was very good to me.
 Now I am old and our neighbors dogs that are old suffer 8 lot and hardly ever get any thing to eat. My mistress makes a party for ala of us nearly every day.
 feel so weak now that think I will be on my death bed.
 IDA OGuSCEEWITz, Ago IA
 Mansfield Four Corners.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
Fritz and He Blue Flowers.

Fritz was a young shepherd who, with his wife, Gretchen, lived in Germany.
 One day he had gone 8 long way up the mountain where the land was cov- cred with snow and ioe He came to a large opening and he went inside to see.
 The cave was sparkling with precious stones of all colors. A fairy came to Fritz with a bunch of blue flowers in her hand. She told him to choose what he liked best iii the cave. Fritz dtd not know whether to choose the flowers of the jewels. In due time the harvest was ripe. Fritz gathered the stalks and combed out the long, silky flores. Gretchen learned to spin them and weave them into linen When the people learned of this linen they came from far to buy it.
 This was a good fortune for Fritz and Gretchen.
 They lived to be old and happy and I hope we may all be as happy as they were.
 LOUISE OUTLET, Age Ii.
 NorUicfa
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going on came. I had to take a little boat to get to the big steamer which couldn't come to shore.
 The steamer was so big that I could not see what was on it at all. Some sailors put down the ladder for the people to get on. The sailors would not let the people go on deck until morning. It was so crowded that we could not play any games.
 liked to watch the sailors working and playin gtricks on each other. liked to hear the band play.
 I used to watch for big fish and once my cap fell into the water when l was looking for one.
 When we came to New York our steamer stopped at the Statue of Lib erty, but we all went in a smaller boat and landed from that
 JOSEPH JANIAK, Age 13.
 West Willin gton.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
A Fishing Trip.

One day last summer two friends and I went over to Gardner's Lake fishing. We packed wagon full of blankets and provisions enough to last several days.
 When he got there we made a tent and got something to eat for we were hungry from the long ride.
 The first day we were over there 1t was too rough and windy to do very much fishing, but the next morn ing when we woke up we found that 1t was cloudy and we were glad, be- cause fish bite better when 1t is cloudy. In the forenoon we caught about 20 fish, mostly bass and piclSerel.
 Then we went to cook our dinner, which consisted mostly of fish. and it was very good, indeed.
 But we were not at a loss to find something to do for the swimming was good and we took advantage of it
 On Sunday forenoon we were sorry to see my brother coming after us. We had a fine time and right away made plans for second trip.
 THEODORE s. ABEL. Age 12
 Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25

thence down through the Dardanelles into the Aegean sea- The current at- tains to ve1ocities of from three to four knots, and it was this current which the Turks availed of to launch current mines which would float down from of Chanak direct athwart the ships of the allies lying below. These current mines have all the destructive powers Of torpedo fired by submarine. They contain guncotton charges, the same as operative mines, the usual charge weighing 500 pounds. The mines float along with the current and are invisi- ble. since they are weighted so as to keep submerged at a distance of about fifteen feet below the surface. A drag attached to the up and down chain seems to give direction to the mine, keeps it in the current and prevents 1t from shooting off shoreward. Once the mines are launched fair with the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
The Red Bridue,

There are many quaint legends about buildings, statues and bridges in Japan. Not long ago I was interested to read about the Great Buddha in our paper Now I shall tell you about The Red Bridge at Nikko. It has many queer stories told about it.. One day a holy man wanted to get over a stream of water, but he could not. He wanted to go to a temple to pray, for he was a. good man. So he sat down by the stream and began to pray. Then a strange thing happened. Two drag ons came and lay across the water grass across the stream. So the man went to the temple and thanked Budd- ha for helping him over the stream. Because of this story the Japanese hold the bridge very sacred and 1t is a great honor to anyone to be allowed to go over it.
 MARIE HAK, Age Il.
 West Wilmington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Irene Mathieu of Columbia, Dim pie Dallas
 2AHazei Clifford of Putnam, A Little Girl in Old New York.
 eJoseph JaniaX O.. West Wilmington, Rebel of the School.
 +-Bessie Fox of Norwich, Mistress May.
 5-Michaei ]. Burns of Fftchvil1e, Miss Malcolms Ten.
 1Theodore S. Abel of Yantic, Katie Robertson.
 HEdna Kendall of Versailles Little Miss Mouse. Girl in Old Chicago.
 Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business office
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
The Surprise Party.

Dear Uncle Jed: One fine summer day I was invited to party It was a surprise party of a Wednesday. I started from home at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
 Before the party we played many games croQuet. drop the handkerchief, and idle and Seek. After playing the games it was half past four.
 At the party we had many kinds of cakes and ice cream. When I got home it was o'clock
 I hope all the Wide-Awakes will have just as good a time as I did.
 ANNA BUCKO, Age II. WilIimantie
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25

during the winter: but rising above this are many great blocks of ice, or icebergs, sometimes two hundred or three hundred feet in height. They have broken off from streams of ice, called glaciers. that move down from the land and enter the sea.
 The immense island of Greenland is almost all covered by such glaciers. No land can be seen excepting near the coast where some Eskimos live and a few Europeans, called Danes from Denmark.
 The islands belong to the Danes, who purchase skins, oil. etc from the Eskirnos
 FRANCIS DIFFLEY, Age Il.
 Norwich,
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current they may be depended upon to float true along with it, unseen and unheralded, and only needing the shock of contact with a ships bottom to cause the illuminate of mercury deto- nators to function, and in turn to de- tomato the whole tremendous mass of guHcotton contained within the shell case, No warship afioat has been built that can withstand the effect of 500 pounds of guncotton detonated along side her underwater hull, and the ef- feet Is to blow asunder hull and bulk heads, and with even chances of ex- plcding by sympathetic shock the magazines of the ship herself This is just what in all probability hap pened to the Ocean and her helpless consorts. This destruction appears to have been as complete as it was sud- den, and the marks were indelibIy those of the deadly current mine.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
NerWict
Value of Birds,

Perhaps we will never realize the good done by birds until they are gone. Without birds to hold in check the in- sects, vegetable life would soon end and become impossible on earth
 If the birds were gone very soon the leaves would disappear from the trees and the limbs would have webs of cat erpillars or masses of their nests on them. These would go from tree to tree and soon there would be millions of them.
 But for all the help the birds give us, insects cause & loss in our country of more than two hundred million dol lars every year! What would 1t be without birds?
 Among the farmers bird helpers are the swallow, the fly catchers, the claim- ney sWifts and the night hawks.
 There are many others which are just as helpful, and we ought to follow the resolutions of the Audubon society so that the birds might be preserved.
 THEODORE ABEL.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
MN Visit to Boston-

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going td tell you of my recent visit to Boston The night I arrived we all went to Keith's theatre and saw the play, '"The Twelve Bicyclists.
 The next day we went to Revere Beach where we spent a delightful time rowing and going in bathing
 We also went to the Revere Boule- yard and saw many things of curi- osity to us. I went through the Drag on, a beautiful structure, having trains running through it's body. It is a very nice trip going through 1t if the person is someone who can stand being thrown back and forth in the seats
 There were other things of interest to me that I think you would not care about
 think I may state that I was in Boston six weeks and enjoyed those weeks very much.
 BESSIE FOX. j
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
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 No odds how sick, headachy, bilious and constipated you feel, a Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from your druggist will keep your head clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. Don't forget the children their little insides need gentle cleans | ing. too.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
Little Emma's Gosnfps.

This is a true story about a little girl who lived in the country and had a great many pets. She was about five years old at this time. When any of the family went to feed the goslings she would go along with them and pick up the goslings. which were very tame and pet them.
 Soon the gosIings grew larger and one day when little Emma started to pick up one of them, 1t was very heavy for her. She picked 1t up and with not little tugging carried 1t over to the girl and exclaimed, "Oh, Mary, this is no gosnip, it's a. goose" She just realized that 1t had grown up
 ALMTRA KRAMER, Age 12
 Colchester
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about a hundred feet away from the place where we were shooting. We had two small rifles to shoot with. I shot ten times at it and hit 1t eight times. and my friend shot nine times at T. and hit 1t six times.
 This was the first time I ever went target shooting and I enjoyed it very much. l hope all the Wide-Awakes will have as much fun as I did.
 JOHN BUCKO. Age 12. Wi11ir1aOtic
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-25
Norwich
His Fathers Farm

Dear Uncle Jed: have read the, stories in the Wide-Awake column, and I thought would write and tell you about where live. It is a large farm of one hundred eighty acres.
 Some land is used for pastures, some for hay and the rest for orchards, and vegetables.
 We have sixteen cows and we get much milk which we take to the Leb-i anon creamery every day.
 We have many chickens, th1eo horses two dogs, and two cats.
 It is a great deal of work to take care of all these, and we will be very busy in the spring.
 We get many eggs every day and I collect them when I get home from school.
 I have been to New York, but F like the farm much better. :, WILLIAM PODBERESKY, Age 10. :
 Yantic.