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Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20

One day last summer while / was
visiting in New York 1 went to
Rochester, few miles from where I
was, to see the glassblowers at work.
The articles they made out Of glass
were very many. I will now tell the
way window panes are made.
The things used for making them
are aIkali. lime, arsenic and charcoal.
When they are reduced to. powder and
mixed they form what the glass
blowers call batch
Pots made of clay and able to stand
a high degree of heat are placed in
the fire. AS they are liable to break,
great care is taken in raising them
to the high temperature required, and
they are not allowed to become cold
Into these pots is put the batch"
A hot fire is kept in the furnace until
the batch is melted and becomes
liquid glass. 1t is allowed to cool a
little and then it is ready for the blow
ers. This usually takes twenty hours.
Some of the soft glass in the pots is
collected on the end of a blow pipe,
which is five feet long. Into the end
the workman blows and expands the
mass of glass into the form of a globe.
He continues blowing until the globe
like mass becomes like a cylinder.
The work of the blower is COM
pleted when he has applied a heated
iron to the inside of the cylinder. so
as to make a crack along it's entire
length.
it is put into the flattening iron oven,
which has a smooth stone floor. After
it is f1attened it Is sent to the cutter,
who cuts the glass into different sizes,
with a diamond. Then the glass is
finished and ready to be put into
houses.
JAMES KELLY. Age IA.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20

Tuesday was a warm April day.
There has not been much rain, but the
snow melted so slowly it put moisture
In the ground. All organic growth at
The Pool is wide awake and ready for
business.
First there are the returned and re-
turning citizens from the south. They
have been and are coming home. The
organic neighbors and even the I'M
organic people of The Pool had gath
cred in a mass meeting to consider
ways and means for making The Pool
a more pleasant abiding place.
First there were the Lady Bugs with
the beautiful Powered dresses trim
med in gold And by the way, these
aristocratic creatures of the vines and
shrubs are indignant at being called
Bugs. I'VE are Beetles and are direct
descendants from the ancient Coleopt
family who were never in any way re-
lated to the Bugs. Our object in life is
to aid Madam Nature in the growth
Of the vegetable world; we are her
soldiers. or, rather, one branch of her
police army, perfect aviatorS, when in
a mature state, and take great delight
in Kidding our friends, the plants, of
the robbers and grafters who would
live upon them.
Il believe a resolution should be
adopted condemning the plant lice for
their work. / am generally on the
move Wn1le on my DSaL and upon eX-
ira duty, and find these lice busily en-
gagged in taking out the most neces-
sary part of the dwellings. They are
robbers by profession and deserve
punishment. When 1 find them 1 make
short work of the culprits. These
aphides would clean out the best apart
ment building on our main street in
short time, and they delight in work
.ng their destruction on the new plant
building Dame Nature is attempting
o build"
Il feel like giving a good second to
the motion just made" said a little
chipping sparrow that had lately re-
turned from southern tour, but l
have other matters in mind just now.
First, l am tired. This aeroplane
work for long distances is tiresome.
Flying is hard work, yet it Is work we
enjoy.
Farmer Coudit's boy was told by
his teacher 1 had air in my bones to
make my body light. That may be
with all. My neighbors, the Swallows,
and those nice but noisy friends, the
Martins, who fly so much, have no air
sacks as extra baggage, or air in their
bones.
mo. it's work that makes us fly.
We have no lazy feathers or bones.
We have either to pound the air with
N-ce or arrange our wings so the air
n its movement must strike our wings.
THE idea, too that our feathers ara
q necessity to help us in our aercplane
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AWAkES.
The Lost Kitten.

once had a little kitten whose
name was Darling. She was black
and white and was very cunning. I
taught her a lot of tricks. She could
stand on her two hind legs and would
sometimes walk on them. When she
wanted to go outside she always stood
by the door and began to purr. She
would always wash her face and paws
after eating.
AS I was playing outside one day
with my kitten she ran away from
me. I looked everywhere but could
not find her. I even called her by
name, but she would not come. So I
ran back to the house and told every
one of my loss. They went to look
for her but no one could find her, so
we gave up the search.
One day I happened to be walking
in the woods with my cousin when I
heard something rafting among the
dry leaves. I went towards the place
and saw a little black and white crea-
ture, and what do you think it was ?
1t was my poor little lost kitten. I
was full of joy when I found her and
hurried home. Everyone was glad
to see her. She never ran away from
me again.
SADIE MOPSIK. Age 10.
Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD.

Come. cuddle your heads on my
shoulder dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sailing away from
To the beautiful Land of Nod
Away from life's hurry, and furry. and
worry,
Away from earths shadows and
gloom,
To a world of fair weather we'll float
off together
Where roses are always in bloom.
Just shut your eyes, and fold your
hands.
Your hands like the leaves of a
rose,
And We will go sailing to those fair
lands
That never an atlas shows.
On the north and the west they are
bounded by rest.
On the south and the east by
dreams
Ills the country ideal, where nothing
is real,
But everything only seems.
Just drop down the curtains of your
dear eyes,
Those eyes like a bright blue bell,
And We will sail out under starlit skies
To the land where the fairies dwell,
Down the river Of sleep our barque
shall. sweep,
Till it reaches that mystical isle
Which no man hath seen but where
all have been,
And there will pause awhile,
7 will Groom you a song as we float
along,
To that shore that is blessed of
God,
Then lol for that fair land. we're off
for that rare land,
That beautiful Land Of Nod
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
General Wolfe.

During the French and Indian war
William Pitt sent a. British army I'M
der General Wolfe's command to take
the French city of Quebec. the capital
sible, for Quebec stands on a high,
rocky bluff overlooking the st. Law
renee river, and a few men could hold
the place against an attack.
General Montcalm, the French COM
mander was on the lookout for the
English. He slept in his clothes for
weeks, so that he might be always
ready to fight
For a long time General Wolfe tried
in vain to capture Quebec. At last
he made up his mind that the only way
he could do it would be to climb from
the river to the top of the heights.
At that time his fleet of war ships
were some miles above the city. One
night Wolfe and his men embarked in
boats and silently f1oated down the
river. When they came to a little
cove in the bank. about three miles
from Quebec, they stopped. yhere
they landed, taking care to make as
little noise as possible. Then, one
by one. the soldiers, Selling hold of
the bushes and the branches of the
trees, climbed slowly UP to the top
of the steep bluff
When the sun rose. General Mont
calm could hardly believe what he
saw There drawn up in a thin red
line stood the British army before
Quebec.
Soon terrible battle began. The
English fought to get into the city
and the French fought to keep them
out.
General Wolfe was shot through the
breast and as he lay dying on the
ground he heard some of his men
shout 'They run! See how they runi"
who rum asked Wolfe, in a feeble
voice.
THE French was the answer
Then said Wolfe, I die in peace"
These were his last words.
General Montcalm also received his
death wound. He asked the doctor
who stood by him, 'tIow long have I
to live?"
Not many hours" replied the doc
tor
$50 much the better" said Mont
calm for I am happy not to live to
see the surrender of Quebec"
Not very long after the death of
these two brave commanders, the
French opened the gates of Quebec to
the English They marched in, and
took possession of the city. They have
held it ever since.
ROSE PARIZEK, Age 10.
West Wilmington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
Contest for a Silver Medal.

Dear Uncle Jed: There were four
girls and three boys in the medal con-
test. 1t came off April 9th.
Each of the children had a piece
to speak and nearly all of them were
quite long.
We were contestants for silver
medal. Whoever spoke the best would
get the medal. Our pieces were about
temperance; all about drinking and
smoking.
My piece was quite long. the name
of which was carl, or a Mothers In
f1uence"
Whoever got the silver medal would
have a chance to try for a gold medal
One of the girls got the medal
NELLIE COTTER, Age 13.
Scotland.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
NV Visit to Moneoan Park,

Dear Uncle Jed: 1 am going to give
you and the Wide Awakes an account
OF my trip to Mohegan park. I went
with a party of friends. My sister
went, too. We prepared a lunch which
consisted of many good things.
We started on this trip about half
past o'clock. We walked. When we
arrived there we rested in the paviI-
ion while we ate some lunch. Then
we played house in the pavilion. After
that we looked for some flowers.
found violets, columbines, a buttercup,
and other flowers. Then we went to
the second park. We saw two deer.
One was lying down and the other was
standing, holding his head to the wind
ward.
We passed on and saw some silver
and golden pheasants. We saw pigeons
and peacocks also. The golden pleas
ants have many pretty colors. The
young pheasants have a brownish dull
color. They looked rather ugly.
was on the see-saws and swings
many times.
Then we went to where the rabbits
lived. There were all sorts of rabbits.
thought the one with the gray fur
looked prettiest.
Then we ate the rest of our lunch.
After that we sat on some benches
near the lake. 1t seemed very peaceful
and dreamy.
We were soon ready to go home.
SARAH HYMAN, Age II.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
AWAkES.

1t is necessary to apply our minds
to what ever we undertake The world
Is full of people who collect special
objects for love of them, or love of
the money which they may bring lat
er on.
and shells and pebbles, and colored
earths and insects, postage stamps,
and pictures, just as men of wealth
collect famous pictures, pearls and
diamonds, old tapestries. etc, which
are rare.
If il had not been for a collector who
got the habit when he was a boy the
British museum would not have been
founded; and but for the collectors of
interesting objects the Smithsonian
Institute and other great and useful
museums could not have been estab-
lished.
Uncle Jed thinks the collectors Of
fine pictures gave rise to the public
art galleries.
A shrewd collector makes himself
master of his collection, watever It
may be, by learning of the origin and
history of all the interesting things
he gathers together
The postage stamp may make one
acquainted with all civilized coun-
tries and their provinces and If the
heads of sovereigns or statesmen,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20

lesson to their teacher First they
start from the bottom and read up.
ThcY have to get up early and as
soon as they get to school they start
studying right away. Usually they
have man teacher. When they have
a man teacher they work harder.
Sometimes when the girls don't go
to school they have to clean the
house and cook and mind the house,
while their mokhers are working out
in the field; but the girls have to work
pretty hard. The girls are not allow
ed to go out of the house until they
are married. They are not respected
unless they become mothers of boys.
Girls are not worth much unless
they have very small feet. Then they
are otter sold in marriage for several
thousand dollars
ANNA BLAHUSIAK, Age IL.
West Wellington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
Curious Customs of the Chinese.

When Americans meet they clasp
hands. When the Chinese meet they
shake their own fists at each other,
and when they are going in the same
direction they walk off in single file.
We cut our finger nails short. The
rich Chinese who do not have to work
with their hands let their nails grow
very long.
Some of the women wear silver
bands on their nails so that they will
not get broken.
When an American goes into the
house he takes off his hat. but the
Chinese leaves his on
The Chinese women are very proud
Of their small feet.
A Chinese girls feet are bound
when she is young and these bindings
are never taken off except when she
washes her feet.
The Chinese wear white instead of
black for mourning
They eat at tables, but use chop
sticks instead of knives and forks
The men in our country wear shoes
of leather, but the Chinese mems shoes
the usually made of cloth.
The Chinese boys have good kites,
but the best kites are owned by the
men, who enjoy flying them as much
as the boys do.
The Chinese are very fond of an ex-
pensive soup made of birds nests
The Chinese girl is the slave of her
mother-in-law.
ALICE NJ. GORMAN, Age IL.
Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
Some Curious Nests.


Dear Uncle Jed: Birds often build
in what seems to us very strange
places. and once in a while we come
across a nest constructed differently
from others.
Robins prefer to build under porch
roofs or in other comfortable places.
The old nest, after the storms of win
ter, does not look as though much of a
home could be made of it, but after
looking it over these hopeful little
home-lovers decide it can be repaired
very nicely.
The loose, dry leaves that have
lodged there are thrown overheard and
a few small crooked sticks added to
the clumsy old pile, and then it is
ready for the round mud cup which is
to make it firm, safe and solid.
The mud is brought to the nest and
shaped by the mother robin, who uses
her breast just as mason would use
a trowel.
She pastes and smoothes the mud by
turning round and round and pressing
hard against her breast.
The nest which she and her mate
had repaired is not a beautiful one;
but it is substantial and will be quite
comfortable when lined with grass,
moss or feathers. Though four or five
eggs will be laid, one of them may
never hatch. 1t often happens that
one never matches.
The Baltimore oriole hangs it's nest
from the end of a long, plant branch
and is there safe from squirrels, snakes
and mice.
In India there is a bird which builds
it's nest in a similar way, AS the forests
are alive with monkeys which plumber
every nest in their reach. This wise
little bird chooses for the site of its
nest the end of a twig not only too
slender to bear the weight of a mon
key, but which directly overhangs the
water: and as a still further precau-
ton, makes the opening of the nest on
the lower side.
MAY NJ. DANAHY, Age IS.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
Turtles.

There is a turtle which is sometimes
in the brooks and small ponds called
the sun turtle" This turtle has yell
low spots on it's shell and the front
feet have five claws and the back feet
four claws. These turtles are very
lazy when in the brooks or ponds
They seem to wait for you to come and
pick them up. Once you have them
in your hand you can see nothing but
the shell, as they have drawn in their
feet, head and claws.
If you put them in the brook again
they will paddle away as fast as they
can go to some hiding place. These
turtles eat worms, bugs and crackers.
their heads out if anyone is near them.
If they have their heads out when
someone is around it will go in like
flash.
These sun turtles look very pretty in
the water as the spots show quite
plain. If you should see a couple of
yellow spots in the water you are quite
sure to see a turtle if you poke at the
spots.
The swapping turtle lives in the
swamps and ponds. 1t is very clumsy
in it's ways, but can travel very fast.
These swapping turtles have a very
thick shell and this is their only way
of protecting themselves. They are
very tough and will snap at anything
in their way
I took a walk in the woods last Sat
urday afternoon and 1 saw a lot of
turtles in the brooks and ponds. 1 saw
one swapping turtle and a lot of sun
turtles.
FRANK PARDY. Age IA.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
THE POOL

duties and pleasures is wrong. Bats,
beetles, flies and other things have no
feathers yet they can fly.
Boys forget that our bodies when in
the air act the same as their kites. It
is true We have to fight gravitation,
the up-push of the air is helping.
1t is when we first start to rise that
gravitation gives us hard pull down.
The air is substance having
weight and density. Our flying through
it is like swimming through water
where the pressure in all directions
helps US to float"
NO! Flying fast for long distances
is not easy, and our young must learn
to fly before they can be aviators.
costs our young in physical efforts to
master the art.
Il do not know of a feathered fam
lily at The Pool whose young do not
have to struggle with the air in learn
ing to fly.
helped. We birds like her, don't we?"
we?'
Organic matter" my notice read to
be present at this meeting. That takes
in all us plants, apartment buildings,
store houses and bouquet holders, as
each of us has some part of our bodies
set apart to perform special work"
That's true,' said brilliantly col
ored Blue Jay-the owner of viva
cious manner and loud voice that
makes him loved and hated by turns.
I know how it is, although 1 am
not always sure to take long Journeys
to the south. Why go there if food is
plenty here at home? 1 like to talk,
it is true, but being a great conversa-
tionalist is no disgrace. It's a merit.
Neither does my habit or power to
mimic other birds or tones hurt my
power as an aviator, for am certain
ly an organic body, as I have special
parts to my body with which to fly,
walk, see, hear, smell, gather food,
digest that food and to remember"
I, too. belong to the organic class"
SAID the Thorn-app1e tree. You avf-
ators, burrowers. climbers, ETC., know
that L have had full dress of leaves
wrapped in blanket on my arms ever
since last fall. Maybe you don't know
what an expansive lot those tiny leaves
have got to be since you citizens be-
gan to return from your wanderfngs
and commenced to hunt apartments
and rooms in which to set up house
keeping. Your activities were catch
ing. Nothing must do but to let each
leaf expand. Why? That it might
get to work in the job of Transportation
and thus nourish the plant as well as
make it more beautiful You animals
and insects need air-pure air. You
are, continually fouling it. 1t is an
Office of my leaves to help you by
Transportation"
GRANDFATHER LOWATER.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
The Lost kittie

Charlie lost his kitty and he
cried for her He said he thought
some little boy or girl had taken it
away. She was in his basket and that
was lost, too.
Charles went to his mothers room
to look for her. He thought she
might take a nap in mothers easy
chair; but when he came theme he
saw her asleep in his own little bask-
ct, all cuddled in a heap
HELEN ZABTLANSKY, Age Z.
West Wellington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
How to Plant a Garden,

To plant a garden first the soil must
be loosened by blowing it. Then the
Jumps of dirt must be broken to pieces
which is done by narrowing to make it
level-taking a bush and drawing it
around.
Then take stick or hoe and make
line where you are to plant the seeds
Put the seeds in. then cover them over
When they come up, if they are too
thick together, pull out some of the
plants. The plants that are left will
grow better.
Pull out the weeds and hoe dirt up
around the plants. If the weeds or
grass are allowed to grow it will choke
out the plants.
To have tomatoes to plant early take
a box and put dirt in it. Then plant
the tomato seeds and keep the dirt
moist, then transplant them in the
garden.
Last year I had a garden and had
radishes, carrots, onions, beets and
potatoes. I grew two bushels of po-
tatoes.
This year am going to plant more.
/ have started my garden and have
few things planted.
MICHAEL ]. BURNS. Age 13.
EitchViIIe
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20

friends Of Mrs. Hannah Kingsley of
Franklin called and helped her cele-'
brate her 89th birthday. Group pic
lures were taken by a niece of Mrs.
Kingsley of the people representing
their town. Many hopes were express
ed that Mrs. Kingsley may enjoy the
coming decade as pleasantly as sh&
has the past one.
Street Light Extension. y
Street lights were installed on Main
street from Hanilton's to the Bozraff
town line during the past week by tho
members of the wire department OF
the Norwich Gas and Electric cons
pany and have been much appreciated
by travellers in that vicinity.
Parade For President.
Charles Bentley, Z. S. N, was one
OF the four hundred marines from ting
=. S. s. Rhode Island in the parade IN
New York city Monday.
News in General.
This weeks wind and rain has taken
the last of the apple blossoms. The
trees are heavily leaved.
The trumpet vines in some of the
yards around are making a brilliant
showing with their scarlet blossoms
Mrs. Samuel Chappeu of New Lon
don has returned from several weeks
stay with her sister in Meriden and
is spending some time in town tha
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Elisha La
throp.
Frank W. Clapp of Willimant9c, su-
pervisor of the Franklin schools, was
in town Monday.
Mrs. Ellen Beswick has disposed Of
her household goods.
Ready to Lay the Dust.
State Road Inspector Frank L. Oh
colt has had an extra force of men
working on the road at present getting
it in shape for the duSt-Iaying pre-
paration he has. He recently received
a tank for the distribution of this pre-
paration.
Much interest is felt in the village
over the baseball game to be played
here Saturday. 1t is years since any
sort of baseball has been played here
and the villagers seem to be getting
plenty of support.
Some of the farmers had early po-
tatoes frozen during the past week,
while green corn didn't even show any
effect of the cold weather.
George w. Avery has taken his au-
to delivery truck out of the machine
shop where he has had it overhauled,
during the past winter and it isin use
on his route.
Fred Ladd is having a garage buiH.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Their Bird and Flower caIenda

n6IF DiTQ ana FlOWeT NSlenoars
Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about
our Bird and Flower Calendar. We
have about seventy flowers all diff
ferent kinds. We have about thirty
four different kinds of birds.
The seagull flies over the rivers and
along the shores of the ocean. When
it sees a fish it will dive down into
the water and get the fish. Then it
will eat it, and float on the water for
more.
A boy and know where a bluejay's
nest is. 1t is in the hole of a tree.
There are four birds in it.
In studying birds you have to keep
still, or they will fly away. The best
place is in the woods. or in the coun-
try
Nights when we listen we can hear
the owls. How they boot!
Very many woodpeckers live in the
woods around my house. You can hear
them pecking in the trees. They are
very helpful birds.
ALFRED LEVITSKY, Age 10.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
A Story of China.

China is q queer country. The boys
and girls dress just like the men and
women. They wear loose garments
The Chinese love flowers and their
houses are full of them.
The women like to paint flowers and
like to ernbroider them
Their streets are not wide because
there are many houses and if they
were wide they wouldn't have room for
their houses.
The Chinese study in a queer way
They study out loud and when they
know their lessons they give their