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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
seoutsF ousssiens Answered.

Q. What is the record for building fire without matches?
 A. If you mean by friction. the record for scouts is 27 seconds; for scout officials, 26 1-5 seconds.
 Scout S., N. To. If a scout drops out has he the right to wear his badge and his patrol number?
 A. No. Only scouts in good stand ing. who are connected with an active troop, have the right to wear any scout insignia (Send your name and address for a personal reply to your other questions.
 s. E. S.. Va-Q. Can a scout quail fly for any of the merit badges be- if he is a second-class scout?
 A. No. See page 32, revised edi- ton, Handbook for Boys
 B. s. w., D. co. When was Boys Life first published?
 A. Boys Life was first published under the auspices of the Boy Scouts of America in July 1912. Before this 1t was published under other auspices for about one year and three months
 Q. Does a second-class scout have to take the first-class test2
 A. Any red-blooded boy. who is physically fit. will not require com pulsion. The scoutmaster may. at his discretion, drop boys who do not make any effort to advance themselves.
 c. Is Dan Beard a scoutmaster? A. NO, MT. Beard IS Natlonal Scout Commissioner. c. At what time does scout have to send in a picture in order to get 1t on the double page in Boys Life? A. See contest announcement on page of this issue of Boys Life. o. How many boy scouts has China?
 A. We have no official flgures on | the Chinese enrolment. l c. A. J., Alaska-Q. When an offi- cer salutes a scout or vice versa i should they come to attention? A. A salute can scarcely be pro- perly given without the giver coming | to attention. Q. If an officer and scout are to- | gether and the officer salutes some one. Is it proper for the scout to sa- lute also?
 1 A. Yes.
 R: E. R.. Moo. Can a scout master give merit badge tests? i A. No; but he of course aids scouts ! in preparing for them See page 61, Official Handbok for Boys.
 o. May a scout cooking kit be used in taking the first-class scout cooking test?
 ficial mess kit, which the boys carry as part of their outfit They should, however. be prepared to prove their ability to cook a simple meal without any utensils.
 w T. S.. Kan.-Q. What are the bugle calls required for the merit
 A. See January, 1913, issue of Boys Life.
 | L. S.. Ohio-Q. May a second-class ! patrol leader wear his badge on his hat. as the frst-class patrol leader | does?
 A. No. The correct position of the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
The Apple Industry.

Dear Uncle Jed: The most impor- tant fruit of the United States is the apple. and one of our most important industries Is the raising of apples. A farm is not complete without them. It is not dif1cult to raise apples. If we have good apples we shall have to combat the moths, worms and other insects.
 Many apples are put on the market which are not good, and people do not get much for such apples.
 The most common coutainer for ap- pies is the barrel or the standard ap- pie box.
 Apples may be packed in four grades the fancy grade, the standard A grade the standard grade. the unclassified grade.
 Dishonest packers put good apples at the top and bottom and bad ones in the middle. This does not pay. Ap- pies should be packed with great care.
 The western growers are packing apples better than the eastern growers.
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LETTERS or ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Bertha Fuller, of EaglevilIe-I re- ceived the prize book and thank you very much for 1t. have read some of it and found it very interesting.
 Yetta Levine, of Colchester-I re- eeived the prize book. think it is soon send you another story which I hope will be better. :
 Clifford congdon, of Moosup-I thank you for the prize book, The, Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam. think I will finish it tonight. It is the best story I have ever read. . :SZitgfr,.
 FIorida Reit, of; ayersailies-1 re- ceived the prize, book, I like it very much. I have read it through and think it very interesting.
 < Grace Mahoney, of Co1chester-I thank you very much for the prize book I received last week. I have be- gun reading it, and find 1t interesting.
 Marion Hea.y, of South Windham- thank you very. much for the prize book, The Meadow Brook Girls by the Sea I have read it partly through. I think it very interesting.
 Alice Conrad; of Norwich-I thank you very much for the prize book, have read it through and like it very much. 'E
 :. Michael J. Burns, of FitctNille-l received the prize book you sent me and like 1t very much. I thank you for it. 7
 Nellie lynn, of Stafford Springs I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me, Sweet P's. I think it will be very interesting.
 Marion, Deutsch, of Baltie-I received flae- prize book Thursday morning. thank you very much for it. I was pleased to get 1t.
 I thank you very much for the N award ed prize. found the book to be very interesting.
 Mildred Morley of .Fsskeville. R. l.:
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WINNERS or PRIZE BOOKS

1-orrin Whiteheuse, of Mansfield Center, Phil Bradley's Shooting Box.
 2-Edward Moran, of Norwich-Phil Bradiey's Snowshoe Trail.
 sLEmiIyr Hopkins, of Plainfeld-- Madge IMerton's Secret.
 ELso Poliquin, of versailles-Phil Bradley at the Wheel. : 5-Ciifford Peck, of Storrs-Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys.
 e-Flerenoe Sullivan, of wilhmantic -Grace Harlowe's Return to overton ,T-Mary M. Danahy, of Norwich The Automobile Girls in the Berk- shires.
 s-Mfidred Morley, of Fiskevil1e. R. 1.-The Automobile Girls at Washing ton. qz
 Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business office for them Friday or any day thereafter.
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~Storrs.
Charles White.

Charles White was boy who was always in trouble. Last winter Charles and two other boys went to the pond to skate, though they were told that the ice was not strong enough to bear them. They broke through. and as Charles can not swim he would have been drowned if a man had not run Io help him. Though Charles got very wet, and was sick for some time after. it did not teach him to obey. But the other day Charles had les- son which he never forgot.
 At the back of their garden his father had some bee hives, from which Charles was told to keep away.
 For a while he did keep away, but one day he was going through the garden, and thSoght no one saw him, so he ran down to look at the hives. Only two or three bees were about.
 "The hives must be empty" thought Charles. Now is my time to get some honey" and picking up a stick he polk ed into hive.
 If the other hives were empty, that cae was not, as Charles soon found bees were on his head, and neck, and arms.
 Poor Charlesi That was a dear les son to him, and I think he will now df' as he is told. He was laid up in bed for three or four days, but though his mother tended him, there was very lit tie pity for him, as no one was to blame but himself.
 LORETTA H. PICHE. Age 12.
 Norwich.
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The Canary Sings All Day.

Dear Uncle Jed: My brother has a canary, and it sings all day long. But I cannot hear him much be- cause I am at school, and when we say "Tweeti" he answers us back. My brother got the canary for his birthday.
 The other day Daddy was down in the fields and he saw a bunch of par tridges and we have one now. Its wing was broken.
 We are keeping it. I think it will get better. and I hope it will.
 We have to walk a mile to school every day. I have three brothers, and not one sister.
 I play lots of boy games. live on a farm.
 We children have a horse of our own and a saddle.
 Our school lets out at o'clock
 MARION GEER, Age '. Nnrxzich
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portant crops of New England.
 Light, sandy loam is the best Tor potatoes.
 We do not want to plant potatoes year after year on the same ground. Plant potatoes one year, corn next clover next, etc.
 Barnyard manure is not good for the scab. The barnyard manure will car ry 1t. This is why commercial ferti- lizers are best.
 The best kinds raised around here the the Irish Cobblers." for early and Green M.>Sain, for late potatoes.
 We get most of our seed potatoes from Maine.
 In cutting the potatoes a knife fastened in a board is the quickest way.
 We want to plant the potatoes early in the spring. If the ground is dry they ought to be planted anywhere frum four to five inches deep. II It IS wet plant them shallow.
 They should be cultivated quite oft- en 50 as to keep the moisture in.
 To stop the fungus disease, which IS the scab, you wane to mix one pint formalin and 30 gallons of water.
 For the leaves you want to nurse good if you want good potatoes The best thing is the Bordeaux mixture.
 CLIFFORD PECK, Age 12. \
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
Rules for Young Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only. and number the pages. 2. Use Sen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 25o words
 {: Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. Jed. Bulletin Ofice.
 Whatever you ar-Be that!
 Whatever you say-Be trues
 StFaiEhtferwardly act,
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
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POETRY,
Five Little Chickens.

F Five Little Chickens. Said. the first little chicken. With a queer little squirm, 'Oh, I wish I could find A fat little worm" Said the next little chicken With an odd little shrug, "Oh, wish could find A fat little bug" | Said the third little chicken With 8 sharp little squeal, Oh, wish could find Some nice yellow meal Said the fourth little chicken With small sigh of relief, "Oh, wish T. could find A green little leaf" Said the fifth little chicken With a faint little moan, "Oh, wish could find A wee gravel stone" "Now see here," said the mother, From the green garden patch, eff you want any breakfast, You just come and scratch"
 Anon
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fullness is drawn up to form a bag. Tn organdie, dimity, figured or striped silk, linen, cretonne or crepe this de- sign is very effective. The pattern is cut in one size-medium- It requires 1 IA yards of 2s-inch material.
 4 pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps.
 Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept, Norwich. Conn.
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FRENCH GOLD MEDAL
 FOR MRS. w. K. VANDERBILT
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney Also Hon. orsd-For Acts of Devotion.

Paris. Nov. 24. 5.35 p. m.-The gold medal of the foreign office, bestowed for acts of great devotion, which Pres ident Poincare has directed shall be presented to Mrs ". K Vanderbilt for her work in the American ambu- lance, is now on the way to the United States for presentation by Am bassador Jusserand. like medal for Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, wife of the secretary of the American embassy in Paris, for her organization of the care of orphans, also is on the way to America for presentation by the ambassador
 It was also announced today that the foreign office medal had been be- slowed upon Mrs. Harry Payne Whit ney, founder of the hospital for the wounded at Juilly and that it had been dispatched to the United States and would be similarly presented. Phosphate of lime deposits have been found near Banff.
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BULLETINS PATTERN SERVICE

This group of designs comprises a dog. q pig and e sheep. All are at tractive toys for little tots and may readily be developed by the home drcsSmaker. Bath toweling canton flannel. eiderdown, plush or fur-faced cloths are suitable. The sheep will require 1-2 yard of material, the dog 3-4 yard. and the pig 3-S yard. The pattern is cut in one size.
 A pattern Of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps.
 Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept, Norwich. Conn.
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soout Praetloe This Morning.

This >(Thursday) morning Scout Commissioner Bruce has planned to spend on scout instructio min Mohegan park Those scouts from the city who are to attend should meet at the roQue grounds at o'clock. while those com Ing from Greeneville. take the Greene vile road as far as the main road.
 Sceutm astsrs' Meeting.
 There will be meeting of the scout masters on Monday evening at 7.3e o'clock at headquarters.
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Versailles.
Olives,


 The fruit of the olive tree, which is extensively cultivated in Italy, Spain, and the south of France partly for the green fruit and partly for the oil which it yields when mature.
 Olives are oval in shape, with a. smooth rind, and closely resemble a small half ripe plum. For the pur- pose of table use they are gathered when immature, and are then pickled in salt and water, and barreled for eXportation.
 The Italian olives are best, then the French, and lastly the Spanish, which, though are large, are not so well favored In choosing, select the light colored and bright looking ones: which have a blackish cast are unfit to eat.
 Pickled olives are supposed to have peculiarly appetizing properties, but they are eaten chiefly to remove the taste of food from the mouth, pre- viously to enjoy the flavor of wine. They should be served after soup.
 AGNES M. BROWN, Age 13. Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
Vixen Animals Sleep.

Elephants sleep standing up. When in herd a certain number will al- ways stand watch while the others sleep, for the big powerful beasts are tinid at night and will not go to sleep unguarded.
 Bats sleep heads downward, hanging by their hind claws.
 Storks. gulls and other long legged birds sleep standing on one leg.
 Ducks sleep on open water to avoid drifting ashore. They keep pad ding with one foot, thus making them move in a circle.
 Foxes and wolves sleep curled up, their noses and the soles of their feet close toget4er and blanketed by their bushy tail.
 Lions. tigers and cat animals stretch themselves out fiat upon the side.
 Owls, in addition to their eyelids, have a screen that they draw side- ways across heir eyes to shut out the light, for they sleep in the day time
 ,. MILDRED MORLEY, Age11.
 FiskeviIle, R. l.
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Most of the western fruit is sold in the eastern part of the United States Inferior favored apples are raised in the west. New England has the best favored apples grown.
 The eastern growers will get higher prices when they trade fairly and more attractively.
 oRRIN wHITEHoUsE. Age IF.
 Mansfield Center.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
My Usual Walks.

My friend at school named Gladys was very kind and we used to take a regular walk every Sunday.
 Last Sunday about o'clock we started and went to the cemetery; and then thought we would go and get some ice cream. When we ar rived at the parIor we ordered each a banana split After we ate our ice cream we bought each some candy. We went over to Hyde Park and ate our candy and we swung in the swings and had a fine time. We came homo and at o'clock I ate my supper, and did my dishes
 At g o'clock I went to bed very tired.
 MILDRED E. WHITE, Age IA.
 Stafford Springs
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Norwich.
A Thankful Lad,

Dear Uncle Jed and Wide Awakes: wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. and first of all thank our Father in heaven for all the good things he has given us the past year.
 We are thankful that we have had the opportunity to relieve the poor, as well as the rich, of their ash bar rels. We are thankful for the pleas ure it will give to so many men, wom- en and especially children to see their barrels burn.
 We are thankful for four days va cation to have some fun and finish eat ing our Thanksgiving goodies.
 EDWARD G. MORAN, Age 12.
 Norwich
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Norwich.
My Brothers First Trip to the Mill

My father got up at five o'clock and called my brother.
 My brother said:- "Ohi, Papa, will you let me go to school and I will not waste my time.
 My father said: You have had enough chances. He finally consent ed to go to work.
 He put on his coat and went to the mill.
 I have learned a lesson. What is it? To waste no time in school
 EARL WHITE, Age 10. Stafford Springs.
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Gypsy and the Egg.

I used to have a dog named Gypsy. She was Collie and very intelligent. When I would say, Its time for the cows" she would immediately start after them and drive every one to the lane for me.
 For time she had one fault, she would get eggs from the barns, and henhouses and eat them. punished her quite severely several times, still I felt sure she continued to get the eggs.
 One day took an egg and broke a
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
Troep '.

At the last meeting held by the troop, there were 2S scouts present. The meeting was duly called to order and the minutes of the last meeting were read by the scribe voted on and passed. The scouts practised wig wagging for the second class tests. It was decided to have a hike Thanks giving. It was also decided to take up the Curtiss Publishing Co.'S troop finance plan
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Meetii
Trsep 8.

by saIutine the flag. After the roll call the treasurers and lsecretary's reports were ready and accepted It was stated there would be a hike Thanksgiving morning and the boys would get home in time for dinner. The meeting adjourned at g p. m.
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ography. history, reading. penmanship. singing. drawing and sewing.
 Sewing is very interesting We sew an hour each time; the teacher comes twice a week. Our sewing teachers s name is Miss Marion Larrabee.
 PAULINE PERRY, Age 12. South Windham.
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What We Have ir Our School.

Dear Uncle Jed: I have not written to you for long time. I am in the seventh grade. My teachers name is Miss Renshaw.
 The studies we have in our school are arithmetic, language. spelling. ge-
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Ladies' Sewing Apron nnd Bag Com
 biacd.

This illustrates a very clever idea that will lend itself to development in any ot the pretty apron materials now in vogue. As here shown. white lawn embroidered in self color was used. Val portion above the pocket is slipped into the pocket when not worn, and the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Killed by an Automobile.

 Dear Uncle Jed: We had a colt named Dick, nearly four months old. He belonged to my brother Charles. We liked him very much. We took him to the fair and won the first prize, four dollars.
 A little while after he was playing about the yard, and his mother went down across the road, but he stayed behind to eat grass. By and by he ran to see his mother and when he got half way across the road an auto came and struck him and killed him. We miss him very much. We hope we will have another one like him. His mother misses him very much.
 EMILY HOPKINS, Age g. Plainfield.
 Dick.
 Dear Uncle Jed: We have a dog named Dick, black and white. He caught a rabbit Monday. Dick chased a squirrel up tree and my father shot 1t.
 He got a squirrel Sunday and two rabbits.
 He chased deer Sunday.
 We went hunting and Dick chased a squirrel up tree.
 HOWARD GARDNER, Age g. Moosup.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS ARD GIRLS DEpARTMENT

thank you very much for the prize book you sent me entitled The Swiss Family Robinson. It is very interest ing. and I thank you very, very much for it.
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A Shoe.


 Dear Uncle Jed: am an old shoe. As you will wonder how I became a shoe, will tell you:
 One time I was on the back of a COW, feeding in a pasture. One day the COW was killed and 1 was cleaned and taken to the tannery.
 The tanner made me into leather and then l was taken to the shoe factory and made into a shoe. Then I was sent in a box with my mate. and after we were in a dark place for a long time I was placed in a window. After being in the window for a few days, little girl with her mother looked into the window.
 The little girl asked her mother to buy me.
 Her mother said "Yes"
 They went into the store and the man brought me out of the window and tried me on the little girl. Then I was wrapped up and given to the lady.
 After the little girl had worn me out I was tapped, but at last I was too old to be worn any more. So one day a ragman came along and said: Any old bottles or old rags today?" and that was the end of my life.
 BERTHA BEDARD, Age 10. Norwich
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l Am a CaterpiIIer.

thought I would write a story about "A Caterpiller''
 I am a caterpiller. All summer I have had leaves and other things to eat. Winter has come and there isn't any leaves to eat. I will roll myself cold.
 When summer comes I will unroll and fly about in the sun.
 One day as. was on a flower, a boy threw wire net over me. He then caught me and put some camphor on then sent me to meseum. Several people came in and looked at me.
 THELMA WHITEHOUSE, Age II.
 Mansfield Center.
 Story of Napoleon Bonaparte.
 Once there was a man that had a wheat field. He saw some hunters coming on horse back and they were going to pass through his wheat field. He told his boy to shut the gate and not let them pass through.
 The boy ran and shut the gate. Tha men rode up on horse bcak.
 They said they would pay him if he would let them pass through the field.
 This was tempting to the boy but he would not let them go through the wheat field.
 Napoleon rode up and said, ''Do you know who am? I am Napoleon and I want you to open the gate" The boy said he could not without his masters permission.
 They turned around and went in a different direction. The boy ran back to his master and said:
 T have done something that the European countries couldn't do I drove back Napoleon and his men,"
 CLIFFORD CONGDON, Age 12.
 Voluntown.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25

Word came unofficially from the White House that President Wilson did not favor any movement to op- pose Representative Claude Kitchin Of North Carolina, the Democratic leader in the house of representatives, for opposing the administrators pro- gram of defense MT. Kitchin's recent letter, in which he said that instead of being a passive opponent of the presidents program. he would use all his power to defeat it, has aroused resentment Some southern repre- sentatives who warmly supported MT. Kitchin for the majority leadership are expressing indignation. But these men discount rumors that Mir. Kitchin will be supplanted- He was selected for the chairmanship of the ways and means committee and the leadership of the party in the house at a caucus before the adjournment of the late session.
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Potatoes are one of the most inn
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Phosphate of lime deposits have been found near Banff.
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Potatoes
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Trifles Make Up Perfeetion-Perfeetion
 it No TrifIe.

East Norwich. N. Y.
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A Rarnyard Conversation.

MILDRED E. WHITE, Age A. Stafford Springs.