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Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
Little Servants

"Oh, what an untidy room! Skip
about, little ones, and set it in ORDER
II don't like to tidy ROOM" said
Elsie, with q pucker on her pretty
forehead, as she turned the pieces of
her dissected map this way and that.
II think 1t must be exer so nice to
keep plenty Of servants said Ruth.
Yes, indeed said Bessie. 'just like
Mrs. Marshall"
Elsie brought pout to her lips to
keep company with the pucker in her
forehead and looked as doleful as a
rather for smiles than frowns could
look.
DO you think you would be happier
with nothing to dor asked mamsha.
Yes, I'm sure should said Elsie.
"And l." said Ruth.
But" said Bessie, thoughtfully, ct
don't know. Mrs. Marshall never
looks half SO niece and pleasant as
mamma, and she says her servants
bother her all the time. Do you think
they'd bother you. mamma. IL you kept
them?'
Il don't know, dear. I never tried
keeping more than one, except these
little bits of ones here" pinching Ell
sizes cheeks and giving Ruth's head. a
pat: land as they are not always very
willing little servants. perhaps they
Tt.s a shame" said Bessie. running
to kiss her mother. s'I do love to do
things for you. mamma. Hurry, girls;
let's see how quick we can bel"
And the little maids dew about un-
til the room was in good order.
"B.it," said Elsie, as mamma settled
herself to some sewing. and the three
gathered around her for talk Il was
reading the other day about che little
king Of Spain-he's only baby, you
known. mamma. and yet he's a king!
And he has ever and ever so many
servants-all for just himself"
Il once knew some little girls who
kept q great many servants"
TELL us about them, please, man.
ma How old were they?"
.sWell about as old as Elsie and
Ruth and Bessie"
How many did they have?'
'sYou can count up as go on. There
were two bright-iooking ones, always
dressed alike, in blue. brown, or gray
Their duty was to keep on the watch
(. for what ought to be done.p
didn't they ever do anything them-
selves?"
aNot much hut that. 1t seemed to
keep them busy IL they attended TO
ti1ei. duties; but sometimes they were
negligent, and then of course the work
into confusion"
I'm sure It was little enough to
doss' said Bessie.
"Then there were two more, whose
business It was to listen TO what their
little mistress's mother or teacher
. told them and let them know what It
was
1T seems to me-" said Ruth, iaugh-
ing, they must have been q lazy Set,
SO many to do 30 little Any more,
mamma ~
Two moro. always. dressed in red,
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Only Ten MinutHa.

Harry. I want you to work out a
problem for me-"
''All right, sir" Harry took out his
pencil and note pad.
81 want you to figure how much 1t
would cost the firm IL you were ten
minutes late every day for year."
Harry colored. He had been late
every morning for more than a week.
When Mr.. Wilson had gone back into
his Office, Harry began to work at the
problem.
First he found that ten minutes a
day amounted to an hour every week.
Mr.. Wilson gives his employees two
weeks vacation every year, so Harry
found that in the so working weeks he
would lose 80 hours. The working time
in the office was A hours a week, so
he found that in a year he would cheat
the firm out of almost seven working
days.
Harry has not been late single
morning since he worked that little
problem.
ALIx DUGAs.
Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

Long ago there lived a hunter in
Asia. One day he went hunting with
his bow and arrows. He lay down
to rest and soon fell asleep. While
he was asleep an elephant came and
coiled his trunk around him and car
ried him of. The hunter woke up and
was afraid. At last the elephant stop
ped and laid the hunter under a tall
tree.
A herd of elephants came. The e1e-
plant that had brought him looked up
into the tree and then at the man.
The man said to himself AZ think
the elephant wishes me to climb up
into the tree" So up he climbed.
BY and by a large lion came and the
man saw him spring on one OF the
elephants. Before the Hon could harm
the elephant. the hunter shot him
dead. Then he came down from the
tree.
The elphants then gathered. around
him. They acted as IL they wanted
to thank him. Then he followed them
and they went to where a great many
tusks were buried.
The hunter secured these and re-
turned home happy, as he had ivory
enough to bring him thousands OF dol
lars.
RUTH cREGAN, Age Is.
WflsonviIle
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A rrip to ths Country.

Dear Uncle Jed:-One day at our
house we all arose at FIVE a. m. for an
auto trip sixty miles from home. There
were six machines. We started at
seven a. m. and arrived in the country
at nine forty-five a. m.
We all had good appetities from the
long drive. We had lunch OF frank
forts and rolls and coffee. After lunch
we picked strawberries and made
merry.
Later in the day we had a clam
dinner. After dinner we took pic
lures Of the merry-makers. Some went
fishing. but soon returned for they
were victims of hard luck
The children played while the elders
made themselves sociable.
Before leaving we enjoyed ice cream
and cake.
We arrived home at 1880 p. m We
enjoyed ourselves very much. AN
machines went and returned without
mishap.
NJ. NJ. ANDERToN, Age IL.
Tahonop
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rhe Stolen Little one.

Two little girls went shopping with
their mamma. While she was at the
end of the store, Julie the youngest,
ran to the door. Her mother was too
busy to notice her. but jules sister
Matte was watching her.
She saw tall woman pass the door
and snatch up little Julie. Without
a word to her mother, Matte ran after
them.
Away they went down the street.
The woman would soon outrun Matte,
but her screams attracted the atten-
ton of a policeman. He followed UP,
too. They came up with the woman
as she was darting into cellar.
Matte told the policeman the bad
woman had stolen her sister Julie.
He soon took both children home.
Their mother was overjoyed to see
them and praised Matte for being
such a good little girl. She never let
Julie go out of her sight again when
she. took her out on the street.
MARY NELSON. Age Q.
Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
a Good Woodhouse.

A convenient place for the storage
of fuel Is q necessity on every farm.
It should be located near the kitchen,
and be easy Of access from that quar-
ter. In any case, it should be near
the house.
Sometimes a portion OF the back
part of the dwelling is finished Off for
this purpose. It's size should be suf-
ficient TO hold considerably more
wood than would be needed by the
family in one year. 1t should be pro-
vided with a good floor, that the wood
need not be put upon the ground.
There should be a loft over the wood
house, which may be reached by
stairs. This will be found very con-
venient for the storage Of many
things.
Such places are always available for
some purpose, on any farm. The build
ing should be tightly boarded and pro-
vided with windows sufficient to make
It conveniently light The wood should
never be piled higher than can be
conveniently reacheds
LILLIAN NJ. BREHAUT.
East Norwich, N. 7.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
AW1AkES.
Ny First Dog.

When I was a very little girl lived
In the country with my father and
mother. had the cutest little white
dog whom called Bingo. He and
were almost constant companions be-
cause wherever he chose to go 1 always
followed him IL could get away.
Ringo was very mischievous and full
of FRANKS, but liked him all the bet
ter for it.
The place where we lived was Just
across the road from a forest. One
day in the early summer when 1 was
out on the lawn playing with Bingo,
he took notion to wander in the
woods. so /. as usual, followed him.
When we had been gone for some time
mother missed us and called to me.
Getting no reply, she searched around
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

Dear Uncle Jed:5Tha girls belong
ing to our Sunday School are Dress
ing doxls to be sent to an Orphanage-
My sister and dressed one each and
made two dresses each extra in case
there were any dolls left over that
had to be dressed. The dolls are
made Of celluloid. with movable arms
and We purchased them at ten cents
each. They are abour i've or six
inches high We obtained the pat
terms from one Of the Sunday School
teachers and took the dolls to her
after We had dressed them They are
going to be sent to the Orphanage
about the middle OF this month
should very much Like to see the IT.
tie children when they receive the
dolls.
There are many other things that
would turn the helpless little ones
sorrow into Joy. such as: picture
books. which can be made by saving
up old magazines, etc, and cutting the
pictures out OF them ready for pasting
into scrap books. made Of cloth. in
stead Of paper. The funny papers.
which some Of US get every Sunday.
could also be saved uptaDd sent to a
hospital or Orphanage.
Boquets of flowers will also give
pleasure to little ones. especially II
the orphanase or the hospital Is in
the city.
There are numerous things that
would provide happiness for the lit
tie ones
JESSIE L. BREHAUT.
East Norwich, N. Y.
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How 70 Make q Fire.

In the making of fires there is much
difference according to the purpose
in view. There is the campfire and
the cooking-fire and other varieties.
Each of these has its own method and
purpose.
Perhaps Just now at the beginning
of summer vacation the building Of
the campfire interests us most. The
object of the campfire is to give heat
to the tent. To begin with, one must
have good axe and know how to
chop wood.
A solid foundation log is needed to
hold the heat and reflect it into the
tent. Care must be used in the choice
much heat and is apt to burn out
quickly. A damp one shoulders and
puts out the fire.
Birch is the best wood. A log four
or five feet long and about one foot
in diameter will serve the purpose. If
necessary two or three lengths Of
smaller wood may be used.
Lay the thickest log on the ground
about ten or twelve feet in front of
the tent, and drive two strong stakes
behind it, slanting backward a lit
tie and lay the other logs on top of
the first, resting against the stakes.
Now we make use of the smaller
sticks which are laid three or four
feet apart.
A dry spruce will give a bright
cracking fire. A harder wood will
burn more steadily and less noisily.
A birch with the bark still on gives
a good flame and burns far into the
night.
Several birch sticks should be laid
on top. A few splinters of dry spruce
or pine and some dry strips of birch
placed endwise between the smaller
sticks will serve for kindling pur-
poses.
Now comes the lighting up as a re-
ward for previous effort. A match
alone may be used or a lighted strip
of birch bark.
JAMES KELLY, Age IA
/ Arlington New Jersey.
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LETTERS 70 UNCLE JED.
The School Picnic.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell
you about our school picnic. Every
year when the time for vacation draws
near, we all begin to plan for pic
mic. This year, as usual, a few days
before the close of school, we began
to talk about q picnic and what each
one would bring.
When the eventful day came all the
scholars were at school early. We
used two sawhorses and some boards
for table and put the table in a
shady place near the school. When we
had everything ready, we went into
the school. and began our usual morn
ing lessons.
In the afternoon we had some pieces
to speak first Some of the people had
then come. About $50 school closed
and we went outdoors for the picnic
We first played some games and
then came the refreshments. Three
were sandwiches. cookies, cake, candy.
bananas. and many other nice things.
After the picnic was all over we
then came the refreshments. There
was the way to end up school term
My only regret was that this was my
last picnic at the little white school
house SO near my home, where I have
studied for five years under the same
teacher.
ALAnRA KRAMER, Age IS.
n 80
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS ARD GIRLS DEPARTMENT

face o. the earth and man has sailed
on the ocean four months without See
ting land. and O tnndred days without
seeing anythfng but water and sky.
Stars suns Hike our own sun-are
20 numerous that man cannot count
them. and their planets far outnunber
t1l9rn.
Take the word Light. It travels
167. eco miles q second and Is only
minutes In coming from the Sun TO our
Earth. ninety three million miles, and
there are suns SO far away 1t takes
the light from them 20 years to reach
the earth.
Tnen think Of Power. and II you set
your mind to 1t right you viii ind the
power Of man In his greatest works Ia
nothing as compared with the power Of
God.
This is q thought habit it viii pay
all Wide-Awalxes to cultivate. or any
one else.
1t pays to give strength to the soul
as well as to the body.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

Not many years ago, where we now
sit, there was another race of human
beings called Indians. At that time
the wild fox would dig his hole un-
scared and the deer would roam in
great herds.
The Indians were great hunters and
were also crafty and cunning fight
ers.
Where we have now our large boats
they padded their light canoes. Here,
too, they worshipped; and from many
a dark bosom went up a pure prayer
to the Great Spirit
They did not have their laws writ
ten on paper but followed them ac-
cording to their own ideas.
All this has passed away now. Two
hundred years have changed IL all.
The Pilgrims came, over in the May
death. The former were sown for you,
the latter for the simple natives. Two
generations have changed a great con-
tinent, and blotted forever from its
face a whole. peculiar people. AS a
race Of people they have withered
from the land. Their arrows are
broken, their springs have dried up
and their cabins are in dust. Their
council fires no longer burn and their
war cry is dying out rapidly.
Slowly and sadly they climb the
distant mountain peaks and read their
doom in the setting sun. They are
shrinking away from the mighty tide
to take away their land. They must
soon hear the roar of the last wave
which will settle over them forever
This is how the Indian. the only
natural American, was cheated out OF
his rights of peace, and this is how
LEO PoL1oUIN. Age IL
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

Nancy Tetrauit Of Versailles, The
Princess OF the Revels.
2-Frances Davis Of Eagleville. A
Very Naughty Girl
3-MiIdred e. White Of Stafford
Springs. Afwyn's Friends.
flames Kelley of Arlington, N. J.,
Tom Swift and His Electric Rife.
5-Dorothy G. Gardner of Central
Village, Little Purdy's Captain Horace.
6-AImira Kramer Of Colchester, A
Young Mutineer.
ELSIE Lang of Norwich. A Little
Girl in Old San Francisco.
s--M. NJ. Anderton Of Lebanon. Pru-
dy's Cousin Grace.
Winners of books living in the city
may call for them at the business Of
fee of The Bulletin at any hour after
10 a. m. on Thursday
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
lorenzo Dow and His wife Peeay.

In the town. of Montville In the early
part Of the last century, lived a quaint
old preacher named Rev. Lorenzo Dow
He had good wife named Peggy.
Their little farmhouse stood near Oxo-
boxo pond.
Peggy was boss OF the household.
Lorenzo loved her dearly. He would
mount his horse and go OF on his
circuit tours, preaching. leaving Peggy
to care for the pigs and the chicks
and turkeys and the cow
Peggy was pioneer suffragstte. She
had her rights. her home. and she
knew how to manage them.
Her husband admired her right way
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
RaIaa fer Yeuna Mritsra.

!. Write plainly on one side of the
paper only, and number the pages.
\ o. Use pen and Ink, not pencfL
8. Short and pointed articles WIN
$50 words
s Orfginas steries or letters only
wifi be used.
8. Write your name. age and adj
dress plainly at the bottom OF the
story.
Jec, Bulletin ONCE.
'sWhatever you are-13e thats
Whatever you say-Be tfuef
StraiEhtforwardly act, O.
Be honest-in fact,
Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
camp Fire clrIs.

Dear Uncle jedi have been very
interested ia the letters written by
the other Wide Awakes and have de-
cided to try to interest them by tell
ing them about the organization of
our Campfire Club.
In the first place we selected O very
sweet motheriy woman to be our
guardian. Then we chose ten nice
girls and told them about our plan in
organizing a campfire. They were
very pleased.
The guardian We had chosen init
lated us into the Wohelo Campfire
club.
We selected wohelo because It
means work. health and love.
We all agreed on having a meeting
every Saturday morning and a council,
or ceremonial meeting once every
month at night. .
Our council meetings proved to be
very interesting. Each member
dressed in a long, loose dress, made
out of suitable cloth and trimmed
with leather fringe. Our hair was
parted in the middle with a braid
over each shoulder. Across our fore
head we had a head band which we
made ourselves. We then all sat
around a coy, open fireplace and
told creepy Indian legends until II was
time to go.
ELSIE L. LANG, Age IA.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

Dear Uncle Jed:-As have written
to you only once, thought / would
write again and tell You about my
school
The schoo1house stands back from
the road and has a nice yard. shaded
by several large trees. which the chill
ground.
Although there is only one room,
there are eight grades, which makes
II hard for one teacher
When school closed there were
forty -eight scholars
June 18th. we held our commence
ment exercises in the chapel, which
is near the schoolhouse There were
seven in the graduating class. There
will be only one next year. i was
promoted into the seventh grade.
HOPE COMSTOCK, Age IL.
Uncasvilla.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
Nv Trio 20 Ocean Beach.

On the 9Th OF July / started on a trip
to Ocean Beach. 1t was raining at
home. but when arrived at the beach
1t was mot raining, although when
was at the south end of the board walk
It started to pour. and I was soaked
to the skin before / could get into the
pavilion. I stayed there until 1t stop
ped raining.
On the car going down mat n friend
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
My Cat.

Dear Uncle Jedi am going to
tell you about the same cat / wrote
about before. She is very big now
and very cross. II anybody touches
her she gets very angry. Her princi-
pal food is milk and Quaker oats.
She is white and black But she
keeps very clean all the time. I was
very surprised Friday morning when ]
got up for she had four little kittens.
One was white and black Just like the
mother, the other one was black, and
the other two gray spotted.
She takes care of them very nicely
They are beginning to open their
eyes and walking around.
Last time she had five kittens but
they all died one after another for she
wouldn't take care OF them. She would
leave them all day without seeing them
Their names are Sporty, Tiger, Topsy
and Ffdo. They are very nice little
kittens.
LENA LACUSSE. Age II.
UncasyiIle
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
Uncasville.
A Fire.

Dear Uncle Jed:-The other day
there was a fire on Ridge street. All
the firemen were up stairs in the en-
CINE house when the fire-belI rang.
They came running downstairs and
put on their rubber coats and hats and
got the horses ready to start.
When they reached the fire II was
blazing high, and In one of the win
dows they saw q lady trying to get
out So one of the men put up a
ladder, and took the lady out and
jumped down. The lady ran to the
next house and got a coat to put
around her.
The men put the fire out in about a
half hour.
The house was half burned. the
roof and down stairs was all water:
but nobody knows how 1t started. It
was said that little boy was playing
MARY KJLcoLLUM. Age IL.
Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

A Days Climb on the Mountains.
Suppose we are travelling through
the countries OF Europe and are go
Ing to climb the Alps
First OF all we must make prepar-
atoms. We must wear old clothes,
but they must be Of heavy goods. for
on the mountains 1t lis very cold. We
must take a raincoat, handkerchiefs
and heavy stockings, for we shall
climb the Alps ON foot. We also must
have an afpen-stoclx and a strong pole
with sharp, steel point to aid us in
climbing and glasses to shield our
eyes from the gIaring sun. We must
have guides who carry ice axes to cut
steps in the walls Of thick Ice
At the foot of the Alps II Is mid
summer but farther mp It is mid
winter. The air Is cold after the sun
has set
On the sides OF the mountains are
large forests OF beeches, chestnuts and
walnuts Higher are forests Of fir and
pine trees where cows. sheep and
goats craze and higher still are many
shrubs, flowers and Alpine roses
Near the tops of the mountains the
air is very thin. There are very many
dangerous paths.
There are many glaciers In the Alps
glaciers over great snow rivers or the
Alps which were frozen ages ago and
which are freezing stiH. There are
vast masses OF ice and snow filing
gorges high UP in the mountains; and
slowly, slowly they are moving down
into the valleys, writing their diaries
upon the rocks and earth through
which they are blowing their way.
Glaciers are moving all around Us
and now and then we hear explosive
sounds and sometimes large stones
roll down the mountain side.
These glaciers started to move cen
turtles and centuries ago and trave
about two feet day, or one inch every
/ hour.
We must be careful when we jumI
| across a crevasse. If We should sill
we would be buried In the snow.
| We stay long after the sun has sci
and then start on our way to the bot
| tom of the mountain again.
FLOSSIE NJ. MEYER. Age Is.
Taftville
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15
Watch Us Grow.

population Of the United States VIII
be 400. o0o, 900 by the end of the cen
tury 1t VIII be wise to buy real estate
and wait.-Memphis Commercial Ap-
peal
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

Autobiography of q Beauty PIN.
Here am at last half hidden IN
the earth in this forest" sighed a
what did you say?" asked little
squirrel, who was on his way honae
The Din looked up. "oh,- she said.
ga party of girls were having a pic
mic here last week and was lost sDy
one of them.
sonce l was useful pin. but now
I am of no use to anyone. for shall
never be discovered here"
What use are YOU in the world,
anyway" asked the squirrel.
II was made to pin on pretty dresses
and to be admired" answered the pin
proudly. "Once I was lump of gold
in one of the mountains Of the Rockies.
There was much more gold there, too.
We lived in the Rockies many years
and one day we heard q thump, thump,
thump above our heads. We were
frightened at first but later found out
it was only the miners who had come
to take away the gold, which was dug,
the factory where they made all kinds
of things from gold. Some OF it was
made into rings, some into watches,
locketS, chains and many other things,
but | was made into this beautiful
pin with this sparkling white stone in
the center.
"A jewelry man came one day and
bought me with many others and
placed me in case with other pins
in the big window, where I could see
everyone who passed by and where
I was admired by many people.
How happy I was when purchased
by q lady who came into the store"
"She kept me a long time, but one
day while she was walking along the
beach 1 fell from her dress into the
sand
"A little while later party of girls
came along and one of them discoy-
cred me lying there.
About a week ago the girls had
a party here in the woods and while
they were playing tag the girl to
whom now belong ran so fast that
1 became unfastened and fell to the
ground and now must end my exist
ence here unless
The pin did not finish, for just then
a. little girl who was gathering flowers
came along. The squirrel, although
much interested in the story, scam
pered home. and the next time he
came that way the pin was nowhere
to be seen, so we leave you to guess
what happened
MARY A. BURRILL, Age 1S.
Stafford Springs.