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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-02
Brooklyn
Her Sunday Visitor.

Did you ever hear of a dog who
liked to go to church? Well a friend
of mine had such dog, and this dogs
name was Ben.
Ben knew well when Sunday came
round. As soon as the bell began To
ring, he would take his place on the
front door step.
When the folks came out to walk
to church, Ben would get up, and walk
by their side. and go with them INTO
their pew, and stay there still an the
time till the service was at an end
But one Sunday a new preacher wa
in the pulpit, who spoke very loud
and threw his arms about him in a
somebody.
Ben stood 1t as long as he could.
but at last, when the man spoke so
loud as to make the folks start. Ben
too, started up. and began to bark. Cor
he thought the man would do some
harm.
Poor Ben was led In disgrace out of
the church, and he was never permit
tie to come again.
So. when Sunday came Ben was
quito sad, and did not know what to
do with himself. At last he found
out that about mile from his mas
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-02

entirely of vegetables. 1t had no.
tato Tor head. surmounted nv half a
lemon for cap. Beneath this escaned
tendr1ls of hair made from the dried
cIenatls IN the parlor vases. Its body
was formed of another potato. covered
with a cornhusk shawl. and IT'S sI-irt
was or curly carrot tops. A necklace
OF dr1ed berries completed its rare and
original costume.
The two cats Of the house. one mall
tese and the other jet black, had been
dressed in white petticoats and car
botn were indignant, injured, absurd,
ana the black one especially looked like
the wolf that Red Riding Hood found
IN granomother's bed, The family dog
rat brown spaniel, had been put into
showed himself to be borne. paws nm
ward by a muscular young man.
Rag dolls there were I'm abundance
ana several enormous ones made of
pillows demanded all the, care of their
Lond mammals. Most peculiar of all
vas a little Grecian goddess, dating
hack into the first Centuries before
Christ, which q gaunt professor. had
brought with him hoping to IIsa ~ =,
Illustration of aslittle tank ON ancie,,+
greece, and which he bore about as
u were more precious, TO him than
gold. as indeed It was,
When all the dollies had bear.
acquainted-and most exactinp uare
the introduction of the pussies to The
their personal ailments
and characteristics discussed, what did
these sober people, do? They played
Boston" and Drop the Handkerchief
with all the zest OF youth. Thevs
thought Of other games. paid fheir
Torfefts and shouted with laughter i
and wound up the party royalty by a
5000 old fashioned candy pull after
bed. to'
AFTER all. dear young people. there's
Is NOT SO very much difference between
you ana your fathers and mothers
except that they are trifie wiser. Life
t demands their work. but they would
giadiy play occasionally, and indulge i
IN the rare and happy privilege Of
oeing perfectly silly without making
themselves ridiculous. '-''
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Dear Uncle Jed: Last "Wednesday INV
motner. father, sister and visited New
LONDON with friends Of Nor.rsch. Wa
look lunch, fish lines and bathtnr
sults. as we went % spend the day At
Ocean Beach We went by train to
NeW London and upon arriving there
ana after having looked at the stores
went Dy trolley car 10 the beach. It
vas pleasant ride ON ths Cdr ana 1
enjoyed = very much
we fnshed soon after arriving at ma
beach. but had Hdaxher pDar INK Rs
sPemd an hour or two in WATCHING ueo-
PIE OWING. swimming and bathing. ara
oy thaf time Il was ab6ut II oic3ock
80 we an looked fer q shady spot in
Wnlen 70 eat our lunch
Alter lunch my sister and j went
'pathlng Tor about half an hour. and
eHen got dressed and had supper as
- old not intend 10 90 20 oszr fr1endis
noase Tor supper. as we were to isnve
that night.
After having eaten cur snppzr ~.
vent oack to the city of New London
and went to the moving psrturez- n
was quite late when we came .,ut N
the picture show and our friends then
went home after having spent m en-
3oyab3e time with Us.
JESSIE BREHAUr.
East Norwich. n. Y.
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
AWA<Es,

Wide-Awakes should keep their eyes
open wherever they may be for the
purpose OF learning something new.
Some people see ten times more in
a day than others. and gather a great
deal OF information which In a pleas
ure.
One must keep their eyes open to
see a new flower, a new bird or a new
friend.
A gentleman at Nantucket this sum-
mer saw flower there that no one
had ever identified In New England
before. although hundreds NAV have
seen IL. He not only looked. but no.
ticed what7 That the size of the flow
er was small and the yellow verged
towards orange as no other known
flower Of Its tribe in New England
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A Family Incustrv

Now" said Mr.. Jones theoretically.
L think it's high time, Jimmie, that
you began to learn something. We
Will begin by counting the people in
our family
Yeth. thir," said Jimmie.
Now, mother is one, and 1 am
one. SO that makes two, doesn't it ~
Yeth. thir," said Jimmie.
And now, grandma is one more, and
she makes hoy many.
she makes how many?"
full.
Three, isn't 1t? prompted father.
Yeth. thir." said Jimmie.
And now. there's grandpa. He
makes how many? Four, isn't il 90
-Yeth, thir," said Jimmie. ,
And then there's Aunt Ellen. She
makes how many? Five, isn't it?'
Yeth, thir," said Jimmie.
And then, there's Uncle Stephen.
but. daddy exclaimed Jimmie"
do they all make hominy 20
ALIx DUGAS, Age Ia.
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ter's house. there was little cottage,
where my Uncle Charles lived.
Now Uncle Charles is sick and can
not go to church. But he is friend
70 dogs. and at once gave Ben a bone
20 pick, and now, every Sunday. soon
AFTER the bells begin to ring for
church, Uncle Charles hears a scratch
ing at bis front door. He ppens 1t;
and there stands Ben. who gives e lit
lie low whine. which means Good
morning. How do you DO? I have
come to sit with you while the folks
are at church,
So Ben walks in. and sits down on
me rug; and. IL 1t Is a hot day Uncle
Charles gives him Q saucer OF milk
or water.
Ben keeps very sfill while Uncle
Charles reads hts Bfble; and when an
nour has passed. Ben gets up, and
wags his TAN. which means, Now It is
time for me to 60 home to meet the
Iolks as they come from church."
So Uncle Charles opens the door and
says. Goodbye. Benz come and see
me again next Sunday and then Ben
trots OF. quite happy and content.
VERONICA R0CRELEAU. Age IL.
North Franklin.
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last Monday evening after having n
pleasant trip / was with my father.
mother and sister, so we took the car
and went to our friends who live on
Laurel Hill.
tuesday We hired a. jitney and went
20 N1ohegan park, where we greatly
enjoyed ourselves. It was fun to watch
the monkeys eat candy and drink soda.
l have been to Central park many
times, but do not like it as well
as Michigan park think MohegaA
park has splendid roads through the
woods, and such large lake.
When We came back from the mark
we went to the show, then we went
nome to supper. Again in the evening
we went to the show.
enjoyed our train-ride from Nor
wien to New London, as one of my
friends pointed out the places of in
Ierest to me- some of which were
paper mills. a. cutlery and an aero
plane factorEand the Thermos Bot
tie company
. l was sorry when my vacation came
10 an end as I had such a delightful
time, and. my FRIENDS were so nice to
us.
LILLIAN NJ BREHAUT.
East I1NoFwieh. N. Y
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Swallows have large wings. a short
tail and short legs They are very
swift flyers. They spend most Of
their time wheeling In Circles through
the air. Some time they ny very high
IN tho air and utter 1ond. shrill
screams.
There are insects which they catch
in the air whfle flying
They even; drink water while ffyinp
from ponds, and streams. They build
their nests OF mud. mixed with stravs
hairs, and soft threads, which thew
plaster onto some building, usually
against the rnfters OF barns or un-
der caves.
They lay fve or six eggs, and raise
two broods each season.
GRACE A BURRILI, cage II.
Stafford Springs. ;.
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Grandpa's Old Home.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to write
70 you about grandpa's old home.
had occasion to visit the old home
OF my grandfather, a veteran of the
Civil war, who departed this life Jufy.
1915 aged 80 years Very often grand
pa would tell us children OF the many
nappy days he spent in his old home.
the most pleasant, in fact. of his long
ana upright life. Situated at the bot
tom OF a hill. far from neighbors sur
rounded by rose bushes and lilac trees.
rms. 20 my mind. is the typical New
england home-homes that are fast
disappearing. for grandpa often said
the boys and girls don't stick to the
Larm' but long for town and city life.
As for me, 1 rather live In the coun-
try.
Mr. Westbrook, the present owner
OF the farm, has had the inside of the
house finished to represent the dIffer-
ent kinds of wood.
Colchester
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Mr.. wishbens and mr.. wi.hbon..

Once Mr.. Wishbone was wishing to
play with something. AS he sat on a
rock ne looked on the ground ana saw
a piece of meat. Mr.. wishbone picked
II up. He thought he'd make a wish
bone girl He named her F7eshy be-
cause she was made of flesh.
t1eshy named Mr.. WIshbone Soft
and Wishy. because be always wished
and he was soft besides.
Once an ugly creature took Mrs.
Fieshy Wishbone and ate her. It was
cat Mr.. Soft and Wishy wishbone
got so frightened and worried about
Mrs. Wishbone, that one night ne.
became brittle and hard
GABRIELLA BUJAK, Age IA.
Mansfield Center.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AWAkES.
A Shady Nook.


One Of the Wide Awakes wanted to
know about some hooks in which we
played, so I am going to tell about
one Of them.
Up on the hill in back of our house
Is a meadow. My father has a gar
zen In this meadow. There are three
large maple trees in one corner and
we swing on their branches.
There is stonewall around 1t and
In the corner where we play we built
q stove. Sometimes We build a fire
In the stove Of stones and bake pota-
toes in it.
We take our lunch with US and some
sah 10 eat the tomatoes with that
We get from the garden. Sometimes
We put up tent and take maps in 1t.
We have lots Of fun up there.
1 wonder if any of the Wide Awakes
have places like this to play in. IF
they have I wish they would write
and tell about them.
ESTHER SHERSHEVSKY, Age II.
Norwich.
My Visit to Norwich.
arrived at Norwich about G o'eIocl,
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LETTERs-oF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Esther SheFshevslSy, of Norwich
rshank You very much for the prize
pook you gave me. I have read ft and
enjoyed 1t very much.
Alice N. German, OF versail1es-I re-
cerved the interesting hooI, which vot,
1T. t'h
Gladys Stark, Of Yantic-I received
the prize book you sent me entitled
The Meadow-Broolx Girls Affoat. 7
lnank you very much for II. I have
read fve chapters and find it very.
interesting.
Lucy A. Carter, of Hampton thank
you very much for the prize hook.
l received I also thank Marian
wheeler for telling the name of the
flower.
Marian M. Wheeler, of Stonineten-
the prize book this morning
l nave read part of it and find it
Very interesting. Thank you very
much for it.
Marjorie Williams, Of Lebanon
thank you very much for the prize
book you sent me entitled Three Lit
tie Women as Wives. T have read
part of the book and find it very in
terestfng.
Veronica V. F. Tucker, of YER
satLles-I received the prize book, The
have finished reading it and find it
very interesting. I thank you many
times for 1t.
Ruth Tracy of STAFFORD. VT
thank you very much for the prize
book you sent me entitled The Little
queen: 1 have read it and found it
very interesting.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-02
HohenzoIIerns at Me.ItIm..

Inc Crown Prince appears to do
himself better than his erest-rran6.
rather did In August, 1870. Bismarck
was constantly complaining of the
stnsy catering for the royal table at
the front Champagne, which the
crown prince has rarely. Bismarck
nimseI Regularly had then; but at
King Williams table there is seI6o-r
any champagne. and In the matter
OF food also short commons Is the rule.
When 1 glance at the number OF cut
lets only take one. as / am afraid
mat otherwise somebody else would
followed. and debated with mrpelf
whether should take second portion.
although could easily have rianaEed
-FOUR. At length hunger overcame my
pohteneee. and seized a~second piece
snouSn 1 am sure was robbing some
body else. -London Chruufcie
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-02

When the tree is dug or pulled I'M
the roots are sometimes broken or
ed
The roots should be cut Off with a
knife so that the wound will be clean
and can heal easily
The more roots the tree has the
Deter. When the tree is pulled up n
large amount of small roots are
The branches should be- cut bach
TOO Most people leave too much top
on the tree
The roots cannot supply O very iarre
top with food. The tree should NOT
be left In the sun too long before
planting and It shonld be left moist
Ii the roots are covered with clay thew
should be dipped In water.
The tree should be planted in a hole
q little larger than the roots need.
and about two inches deeper than IL
grew. Much care should be taken in
having the soil firm around the roots,
II the soil is thrown upon the roots
and then stepped ON there will be
hollow space under the root. The
soil should be packed firmly under
and AROUND the roots
Most people leave the soil loose
around the roots and pack IL down ON
top -A
EVELYN NJ. KAPF, Age 10
Mansfield Center
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Jack came with the sheep When his
little son told hisa what had happened
and started on with the whaefharroW,
and Mamie was soon safe with her
mates in their warm pen.
Mamma looked quite anxious when
she saw Jack dripping wet. but she
gave him a hot bath and some ginger
ten. and said. as she tucked him in
bed Weren't you afraid OF catching
In -
( oh. did not think about myself
but couldn't Let Mamie get sick, YOU
know, mamma"
ALLCEtBURRaLL
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The MeIIow Lays of a Bird.

Dear Uncle Jed: This summer we
nao visiting at our house for a few
weeks two children, one a little bow of
years, the other girl Of IL. both
The boy has always been considered
very bright for his age by everyone
ana SO in consequence he has become
quite important in his own eyes.
one day while the family were all
out on the porch reading our little girl
visitor looked up from the book she
was reading and asked:
Mother, what are the mellow LAYS
Of q bird?',
The year young hopeful" of the
family stopped playing with the dog
TOT moment and. looking up, said:
why. they are eggs without shells.
Of Counsel"
We all laughed at this, it was inn
possible not to, and it was a little en-
barrassing to our little friend, but we
think it will teach him not to air what
little learning he has and to hereafter
look before he leaps
WINTFRED eCAFFREY.
BROOKLYN.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-02

One day n trapper whom we will.call
Beaver Jim was sitting upon the hank
or one OF the frozen rivers of the west
and was now resting while his skates
lay on the ground near him.
suddenly. without nay warming he
was surrounded by crowd of yelling
Indians.
His quick eye at once saw that they
Were on the warpath and thatthey be-
ionged to tribe that was strange to
He knew that his life hung upon a
thread. Many an arrow was fitted to
the string and several toraahawks were
raised near him He never finched or
showed the least sign Of fear. but ad-
dressing them In mixture of Indian
tongues he asked why they were upon
his hunting grounds =
One of the tribe understood him and
through him the chief said:
The Great Spirit gave these hunt
them"
To this Beaver Jim replied:
The Great Spirit takes care OF ALI
his children. The redmaa and the
paleface are brothers."
me Skates and asked what they were
Tor. 4 ray-of hope darted through
J1mS mind as he answered:
The Great Spirit has shown the
paIeIace how to make wings so he NAV
SUM the ground as a bird ffies through
The Indian gave a grunt. and wished
to Try them
So Beaver Jim fastened them on the
.noian's feet and started him Instant
~ ne fen his length on the ice.
Nothing dfsmayed. he rose to his
teef after several failures, only to fail
rs before Again he rose, but no soon
er was he on his feet than he fell.
All this amused the Indians. who
were reused out of their usual state of
ealmness into laughter.
Then they made Jim try them ON to
snow how they were to be used. He
paved queer antics at first pretending
tnat he could not stand. Then he
oegged his gun, which had been taken
from him. to support him on the ice.
Having obtained It. he began making
elrcIes which he ever wfdened until
With a shout and a yell he started OFF
With the speed of an arrow.
Inc Indians were so much aston
shed that before q bow could be bent
ana shaft sent in pursuit Beaver Jim
vas out of reach Of their arrows. MANY
night after. around the Campfire.
Hhen the men had eaten their supper
I'D Beaver Jim tell the tale of how he
,utWltted the Indians and described
.nelr blank looks as he darted away.
MILTON ROGERS, Age il.
Willimantic
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Thoughtful Jack.

inou9ntful Jack
Jack" called papa, you had better
teed the sheep a little early tonight.
Tor heavy storm is comine!"
LIele Jack ran obediently to the
barn, to find, to his dismay. an enntv
roid The gate was open. and fhe
sneep and lambs had gone through the
long lane to the wood lot beyond
1t IS all my carelessness," Thought
the little boy. II left that gate un-
fastened this morning. Oh, dear, how
black the sky is! But / won't ask
anyone to help me. I'll just. get the
big umbrella and hurry as fast as I
can"
The sheep. of course, knew that the
storm was coming, and were hlbddled
closely together in one corner of the
woods They knew Jacks clear call
OF "Ca-day! ca-day! ca-days and nan
Joyfully to. him as he let down the
nars. while great drops OF rain began
to fall.
The creatures were tired with their
long walk, and when they were about
nalt way homt, one sheep and her
lamb lay down. unable to go or.
POOR Mamie! Can't you go on? ,et
me help you." In spite of Lacks
coaxing the sheep toVlay still
She viii get sick lying here, hut
we can not wait, because the others
, 1nusl go home. What ShSn I do %
Tnen happy thought struck him. i'I
WIN put my umbrella over Nan and
her baby. and papa will come back
win me to carry them home.
ar. Brown was in the barn when
los
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-02
How the Months Were Named.

We have already learned how the
days of the week were named. The
months were named by the Romans
long ago.
March used to be the first month
OF the year; so when you read that
september comes from a Latin word
meaning seven, you can count and see
that when March was the first month
september was the seventh month.
october comes from a word meaning
eight, November from a Iford meaning
nine, and December from a word
meaning ten January was named for
the Roman God, Janus.
FEBRUARY was named for a Roman
festival that came in thi1 month. II
Is t~ shortest month of the wear.
March was named for Mars, the Cod
OF war: April comes from a word
meaning opening; May was probably
named for the beautiful young god
dess. Maia: June was named for the
goddess Juno: or from a Roman fam
lily name, Junius; July was named for
the greatest of Roman soldiers, Julius
caesar, who was born In this month:
august was named for Augustus
Ceasar. the first emperor of Rome, and
great warrior.
MILDRED ". MORLEY.
EagleyiIle
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Boy Scouts in Camp.

Ivy 9C00kS IN Gak11Pa
Ine warm weather OF August was
was becoming Unbearable
Frank Rogers, Pete Miller and Louis
boyie were Boy Scouts. The scout
master, Rice, had told them on the
second day Of August they were to
start camping. They had already
maze plans for the coming month ana
| 1f>tlts had started to pack his outfit.
: AT last everything was ready. The
End dawned clear and sunny. The boys
We're up early and had their ponies
saddled and awaited the word to ride.
AT 64s they started. At 1850 they
stopped for dinner. Then they rode
on. They reached the camping spot
at p. M They had to set up the
tents. Here they were joined by is
other boys.
That night thew were very tired ana
went to bed early
The next morning they were up early
and soon everything was in order.
corral had been made for the ponies
a trench dug to bury the garbage
tents in order and breakfast nearly
ready. After breakfast they were al
liberty until Ills
The boys started off to explore the
surrounding country. OF course, our
three boys went together. On the way
Pete's horse lost his shoe. He haa
to stop to- nail 1t on. His Comrades
went on and left him
As he was mailing 1t on, Captain.
MS horse. became angry because he
wanted ITO go on. Peter wanted to go
on too. At last Peter succeeded in
the shoe on, Captain became angry
and kicked. He struck Pete in the
temple and cut a deep cash. Peter
was stunned and fell over and knew
no more.
Meanwhile Frank and Louis had met
fhAir
bea utiful grove and a fine place to
battle. They got off their horses and
went In bathing. 1t was so much finn
they soon forgot about Peter
At last they started back to camp.
Suddenly Louis remembered Peter.
Where was he? He told Mr.. Rice
about it. Mr.. Rice sent him and |
Frank back the way they had come
TO look for Peter.
Rhey started back Soon they found /
Peter lying on the ground In pool
They examined him and found the
cut on his head They got the first /
hid kits out and applied various things
until they had stopped the flow Of
blood.
Then Louis put Peter upon his sad
He and walked beside his horse back
% camp.
When they got there they put Pc
er to bed and called Doctor Mayor
Who put three stitches in the cut and
landaged it up and left.
Two days later Peter was himself
gain and ready to go on hikes with
he rest |
The month Of August passed very
quickly. The first day of September
hey started for home.
They reached home that night. They
Exhibited fine coats Of tan and also
lad many interesting stories to tell of
heir month in camp.
WINFRED L. COPELAND. Age IA.
Hampton.
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pecialiy with the youngsters Thil
little striped fellow, photographed
with his mother, is one of the yer!
few zebras of the world born in cap.
tivity. He made his appearance II
the world Of visitors and peanuts re-
Gently.
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M0IhER BID RaBYAa FASHIONABLE 6l9(Y HHD DVFITE

Black and white. In combination.
retain their vogue IN women's wear
and viii be popular for some time,
and in the animal world the new black
and white striped baby zebra in the
Central Park zoo is favorite, es-