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Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
A Earn, with Eight Cats.

On a farm in Connecticut there is a man who has eight cats. The house is pretty and with the addition of a row of fir trees helps to make 1t comfort able and pleasant
 This man takes very much interest in his cats. The largest cat is a white angora: a second cat is white all ex- cept a gray spot on it's head; also an brown and black. There is another cat that is all gray, and one gray and white, angoras. This cats name is Pansy. She Is my pet cat, but I like all the others.
 When this man Is alone his cats make lots of company for him.
 ELEANOR FROST, Age g.
 Columbia
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
CHILDREN GROWING SETTER.

Children are growing better. Maybe you do not notice If, but if you do not lt is probably because all the Wide Awake children were already as good as they could be; 60 they could not change except for the worse ana they would mot do that for anything The place where the children are growing especially better fs Now York city, n 1909 flle caltldrense court in New York had to deaI with ii, ze4 boys and girls who had stayed away from school Or thrown gtones at one another or done other things moro or leas wicked n 1916 there were only esto1 chil- aren that needed the courts attention That means that 2.0Ve children thai Were bad in 1909 were good in 1910 which is not c bad record considering how eaAy ik 6 60 De bad sotnetimes cad hcW herd # is to be good always E6e bcTB had the most trouble. For every girl t.fR4 Waa bad enough tc get on the court recorde there were 50 boys that the judge had to worry #7bont
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
Yersanles.
A Good Reason.

Come along down town with me. Harry" said Gilbert Beach to boy sitting on fence outside a stone house.
 "Fd like to go, Gilbert. but I can't just now. promised John would wait for him to go. He said he would be out in few minutes-~
 "Oh, you needn't walt for him; he,h follow on. We can walk slowly"
 T promised John I would wait for him, and I am going to do It" said Harry. staunchly .It's good enough reason, isn't it?"
 Indeed, it is" answered Gilbert, frankly. Promises are easier made than kept. and if you don't mind will wait with you: then we can all three go down together"
 T shall be glad to have you,n replied Harry You see, L shali feel better for making my word good than if went off and left John In the lurch."
 Though Harry did not know 1t then his faithfuiness In keeping his promise taught his less particular friend les son that served him in good stead af-- terward, Thus 1t is we never know what simple action of ours may be oi assistance to another.
 LEO PO1QUIN, Age II.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
Bite Bigger Billy.

One day gentleman saw two boys going along the streets of large city city. They were barefooted- Their clothes were ragged and dirty, and tied together by pieces of strings.
 One of the boys was perfectly happy over a bunch of flowers he had just picked up in the street.
 T say. Billy" said he to his com- panion, wasn't somebody real good to drop these flowers just where could and 'em? And they are so pretty and sweet. Look sharp, Billy, maybe you'li find sometin' by and by"
 merry voice again saying: "Oh, Billy, if here ain't an apple! 1t must have rolled off some cart. Cause you haven't found anything. you may bite first"
 Billy was going to take a very lit- tie taste of it, when his companion said: .'Bite bigger. Billy. maybe well find another fore long"
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
seou.., on.stion. AnsMltsd.

a. How would man wishing to1 become e scoufTnaster get bis au.nor- ity and number and the number Of the
 1op 4 Send to National Headquarters for an application blank and then ap- ply for q commission.
 Q. what is the price of the Scout masters Manual.
 A. soc postpaid.
 A. From two to tnirty-two, It is more interssting if there are eight or more.
 !. e., ohio.-o Tn going a mile at scouts pace In the second class S s,tha. Issss. under or over the twelve minutes! ls the runner permitted to consult a watch while making the testl
 A. The Seoutmasterss Manual states on page ss. ITO pass the test 1t should ersed in twelve minutes. The boy who does 1t In less than twelve minutes fails equally with the boy who takes fifteen minutes to do 1t" But since it is irpossIbie for boy to run mile luck, ( margin of thirty seconds is us- ualiy allowed. The scout taking the test should not be permitted to con- suit a watch while taking the test; Scout W R. D. N. 1-Q- Wnet rosla the Boy sSSSts whs, es Tosa asdes ssy Ss Se obliged to do or would they not have
 A. The Boy Scouts of America. as an organization, would have nothing whatever to do with war. As mai and responsibilities as other citizens and their training aids in preparing l them for any service which their coun- ltry may demand.
 l Eagle Patrol, uL.-Q. Is . patrol o1 a troop allowed to have a thoueand- l point system ff the troop hasn't any and If SO how much will a medal cost Are the patrol leader and the assistant patrol leader allowed to enter the con- test?
 A. Ask your scoutnaster. Nationa HeadquaFters has no rule against It. J. l.. .Jr.,Ky-Q. Does it take cer' tain merit badges or merely five mert
 badges to qualify scout TOT iif' f scout badge7
 | A. See page 57 of the Handbooi have merit badges for first aid physi cal development. personal health l fife saving or pioneering. Il 0. Can a scout make out an orde for equipment and get his scoutmaste
 to sign it7
 T A Broken hearted Seout-Can-a a bo. who is now seventeen years old wn
 has given in his second class pin be
 cause they would not give him
 transfer to another troop Join tn
 scouts again?
 A. It is contrary to rules to trans
 fer q scout from one troop to anothe
 without the consent of both scout
 ". s. Mass.-o. would like { know if the north. star is found b following the star at the farthest edg of the dipper, or by following the tW .. stars on the farthest edge. A. Refer to page 102 of the Hand
 book for Boys and you will see tha fths two outside stars of the bowl . the dipper point to the north sta . The distance from the one on the rir Of the bowl to the pole star is abou Ave times the distance between th dipper are calied.-'Boys Life
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
Columbia
Norwich.

Norwich stands at the head of the
 Thames river, the chief portion of the
 town lying between the Yantic and ShetucFet rivers, which unite here.
 Norwich manufactures paper, cot ton and wooden goods cords. pistols, files, iron pipes, and has large leath- CT belt factory. also tanneries and iron works.
 Norwich is weil-known for schools. There is a Norwich Free Academy. an incorporated institution. which takes the place of a high school; an art school; fine art museum and man.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
A TURTLE RACE.

When the steamer MoItke came back to New York last month, after a voy- age among the West Indies. it brought two boys who competed in one of the The youngsters are William and James Gault, who live in Pittsburg and they are brothers. They had gone all the way to Trinidad on the cruise and there they saw two great turtles brought on the steamer. The turtles were to be made into soup after a while. but when the Moitlke put out to sea again someone suggested race between them. So the great beasts, which weighed more than 150 pounds each. were brought up on deck and were set on ton Of the broad shells
 was almost like riding ponies, but the turtles would not be guided. They went scufafhg off in different direc- ti0fa. and nobody could tell which one uf the boys won the race.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
"A Wide Awake Story Book.

How many of the Wide -AwAkes save the letters or stories they send to Uncle Jed? We'll. if some don't this is as good way to save them as any know of.
 First, buy at the store a cornpo- sition book, which costs five cents. Be sure, however. to get one that con- tains at least 26 pages or more, which may be used on both sides. On some the word Compositions will be print ed, but if not write in large letters, tfNide-Awake Stories For Year, 1916" Next number your pages on both sides so as to make at least B pages.
 Now cut from The Bulletin the first composition you have sent after Jan uary 1. Paste it in the upper right hand corner of page one. Be careful not to put too much paste on. as the papers will tear if you do Under this write the date it was printed and the name of the prize book you received.
 If you did not win prize, only put the date your article was printed.
 Next cut a composition written by another Wide-Awalxe from that same weeks paper. and paste it in the low CT corner Of the same page. Do so on each week as you go along and when the year ends you will have the book full. You can show the book Ito your friends and later they will serve as reminders of the Wide-Awake Circle.
 WALTER GAvIGAN.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
Rover

Rover is large Newfoundland dog. He has been my companion and play mate since babyhood.
 New that there is snow he likes it very much and I believe he likes snow and Jack Frost as much as we do.
 When there is much snow he runs and rolls in it. He also often drags me on my sled and when he drags me up a hill f reward him by giving him a ride down the hill. He does not mind it bit like other dogs would. He just stays on-
 He follows me most everywhere go and even when go skating. like him to sometimes. because he races with my other companions and myself Rover always wins the race I some times send him home. but he stays with me and I am very fond of him.
 GLADYS HOULE, Age IA.
 Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
Willimantic.
Rirds.

GfF04n 4
 The way to care for birds is to build houses for shelter and to feed them any thing they will eat.
 I have built bird houses for the birds and my brother has.
 Robins and blue birds like the best.
 The sparrow is one of the brayegf birds know of. He drives other birds away.
 Most birds do no harm. The hawks. crows, and blackbirds do. Havke catch chickens. Crows and biackbirds destroy crops.
 The birds eat insects and bugs from trees.
 There are pair of orioles who build nest in an elm tree near our house every year. It Is really fun to watch them. We put string around on the ground for them to build theif nests.
 wonder how many Wide-Awakes have seen a humzning birds nest? ! have one in my possession which ] think is a curiosity.
 The ene have was found on c small branch of an apple tree. It Is about the size and shape Of a bantam henss egg. It Is lined with la1lbs wool, covered with light moss off from the bark of trees. It is fastened to the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
How Santa Claus Remembered Nc.
How ! spen. Ny vaestier.

Dear Uncle Jed: I had a nice time during my vacation.
 School closed the day before Christ mas and began January third.
 The night before Christmas went to Christmas tree in the church.
 Christmas day we had q tree at home. in the evening my brother and myself went to our neighbor's Christi mas tree
 It stormed some of the time so I had to stay indoors. When it was pleasant took my sled and slid down
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
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&ILf|ELIL R LIL-t4<& A-kfAla .2 A-f
 Mansfield Depot
 Ar.
 We say that room with no turni- ture in it is empty, but this is not ex- actly true. There is one thing that thing you can not see. biit it Is as real a thing as the furniture This thing Is air.
 the bcx in which you keep them. you box ia fnIl Of nlr. When the books were In it, it was full of books and mir together. Now it is full of air alone.
 The air fs everywhere. It is always ready 10 ITO where there is place for 1t. Every crack and creFice is filled
 You see a little boy playing with a ball What is 1t that he is throwing against the wa1l7 II ia a rubber ball, you say. But is this all Is there not
 Suppose that you prick hole in the ball and sQueeze it. It is now good for nothing? It is because the air which filled the ball and made it round has escaped. The ball is of no use unless you can keep it full of air. Perhaps you think that air does not weigh something, but it does weigh something. though Very little. and its weight is well known You cannot see air but you can sometimes feel 1t. You cannot feel it while it is still if you are still at the same time. You can feel it only when It is in motion. When the wind blows upon you it Is air in motion that you feel.
 When you fan yourself the air strikes your face and you feel it. When there is a gust of wind. the air comes against you just as a wave of water does.
 Sometimes we say the wind blows very hard. or very strong. This fs when the air moves very fast. When there is only gentle breeze the air 1 is moving very slowly. When the air moves very fast Il sometimes does a greaat deal of harm It roots up trees and blows down houses.
 The air is clear like glass. That is l 1t lets you see through 1t. but wher you look up through the air you seq that it fs of blue color. You call tht blue air the sky. The sky is the blue air that surrounds the earth. ALICE PURCELL. | foffs1E
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
NOTICE

The Annual Meeting of the Triple Link Corporation will be held Tues day. February 1st, 1916, at ?. m, in Odd Fellows Hall.
 Per order Board of Directors.
 ASHLEY T. BOON. sccy.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
LETTERS OF AcknowLEDaMENT

Leo PoIiquin of Versailles: I. thank you for the prize book you sent me. l read it through and found 1t very in terestihg.
 Irene White of WiIlimantie: I want to thank you for my prize book which I received. and you may be sure I was very much pleased and glad to get 1t
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
MISS M. C. ADLEs

HAIR. FACE, SCALP sPEcIALieT Sufficient hair to make the head well rounded out Is required by the new styles. The fat mode has gone by sos Main street-Next to CheIses Bank.
 TeIephone 062-z.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
PoRTHY.
Over ths Tide,

Over the Tide.
 fTha Children's BreamIand.1 Over the tide is Dreamiand.
 To ifttie. Waary hearts. When all the playthings are put by The dolls, the horns and carts; And to that fair and happy land. That lies beyond the Day, The little children hie in groups
 To watch the Fairies play! Over the tide is Dreamlard.
 And on that peaceful Isle, At times across each little face s VIII fit Wondrous smile, Becauee-in silent rapture-loi
 sTis then-the Angels say In slnmbers sweet, the little hearts There watch the Fairies play! Over the tide is Dreamland,
 But not the place I knew In those fond hours of Long Ago, When Life was fair, and truei For now. upon that spectral Coast, The ghosts of Care hold sway Would could be child tonight, < And watch the Fairies pIayl [ < - George Newell L.oFeioy.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
Good Merning.
Good morningl"

2 saood morningl" Mary Ann as she placed her basket of
 laundry on the sidewalk and looked up into the cheery face of an elderly lady
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20

uaI training are connected with this academy. Tho land on which H stands was given to aa Hns1i6hman by Uncas. the chief of the Meheeens
 . JOHN B. PURCELL Age 1s.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
RuIss for Young Writsrs.

| write plainly on une a1ae of the Eaf1nr only. and nurnhnr tho paRes. <. uea pom and Ink, not pencfl. & Short Mm& pointed Mx&ic1ns will %k0 words.
 Original stories or lettezH only will Do uHAd.
 k. WTitp T6ar name. age nad ad- dress plainly m tho bottom of the story
 Addreq1 mn unicattcna to Uncle Jed. Hnli@tin Q1npe.
 ~WhAtewer Ycu axn-Be thati
 Whatever you nMy-Be trueg
 9traightforwardly act
 Be honeGt--in fact
 Ha n0b6dy else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
carrier Piosons.

RNttH~t 3@%ff-s
 Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tel you something about pigeons.
 Over two thousand years ago the Romans used pigeons for meszengefss
 The Egylptianss too. used to take the pigeons out to sea. and when they wanted to send a letter home they tied 1t around the pigeons leg or neck and let him go. The Prince of Orange rewarded pig cons for carrying letters when Leyden was besieged
 When the Germans besieged Paris they used to send nessengers to and from the city. When the pigeons are used to do this work they have to be trained. You take them first about a mile away and increase the distance. By and by you can take them any distance and they will go up and circle around and dart off in the proper direction towards home.
 Mansfield Center. GA year or two ago one of these carrier pigeons flew from Rio 7aneiro, South America, to It's dove cote in Philadelphia, a distance of 1e, 900 miles. This is the greatest flight ever known to have been made by one of these birdss-Uncle Jed.ls
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20

branch with a substance which looks like glue.
 It has little white egg in it which is about the size of little white bean.
 Ny papa found the little nest when he was pickinE apples.
 GLADYS THOMPSON. Age 1s. Mansfleld Depot.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

1-NataIie McPhersen of Norwich, A Rose Of Holly Court.
 2-Eieien C. cIapp Of Portland, Me, The Camp Fire Girls at the Seashore-
 Giadys Thompson of Mansfield Depot. The Boy Pilot of fhe Lakes.
 4-Walter Gavisan of Wilimantic, With Trapper Jim in the North Woods.
 6--hlary L. 0. Casey of Norwich. The Rivals of the Trails,
 8--Gharies N. Brush of FitchvilIe, The Iron Boys in the Steel Mills.
 7--John B. Purcell of Colchester, Harry Watson's High School Days.
 s-Alfreda K. Walker of Mansfield Center, The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains.
 Winners of books living in the city may call for them at The Bulletin bus mess office at any hour after 10 a. m Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
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hill.
 One day. when my father had some one drawing wood for him my brother and took our sleds and went on a hill fin the pasture and slid down the hill into path which was at the foot. The sled went so fast that we had to be careful or we should have run into the stones and tipped oyer. There was e bend in the path, but we couldn't turn osir sleds, So we ran Into the bushes.
 h the evening sometimes I play ALFEEpx K WALKER. Age II. Mansfield Center
 My School. Dear Uncle Jed: I>will write a let ter about my school. It is only a shore way from my home. come home to my dinner every day. I have reading. spelling. arithmetic, eeogra- phy and writing.
 There are fifteen scholars in school seven boys and eight girls.
 HELEN G. DIXON, Age &. Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
our Dumb Anlmals club.

Dear Uncle Jed: I go to school in little schooihouse in Franklin. We have twelve scholars in our school
 The teacher and made a little club. We call it "Our Dumb Animalso The whole school belongs to the club.
 My teacher made a slight mistake the other day. She dated a paper Dec. IS. 1916. She says shed rather be ahead of time than behind. quite
 We were at school one day and a queer flock of birds was nying around. We looked for them in two or three bird books. but could not md thefa- They were about ten inches long from ish black all over. None of us had ever seen them before.
 Among my Christmas presents I had The Complete Poetical Works of Hem " W. Longfeiiow. Another book was The Bobbsey Twins; and q pair of minute saw them I put them on.
 CHARLES \. BRUSH. Age 10.
 Fitchvi1le.
 .(Those birds may have been flock of starlings. a bird imported from England and now spreading over the country. They are not described in the regular bird books.--Uncle Jed.)
 How Santa Claus Remembered Ms.
 Dear Uncle Jed: promised would write you a letter about Christmas. and tell you how good Santa was to me. He did not forget me. He re- mehibered me fine. I am pieased with the things he brought me. The best of all was nice brown chinrhilia overcoat. t is a dandy. am wearing it for my best.
 s I hope he brought Uncle Jed lots of nice things.
 Norvfeh
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRIs DEpaRTMENT

have read 1t through and found t very interesting.
 Alice Purcei: of Colchester: thank you for the prize book you Sent me entitled Swiss Family Robinson. have it about half read through and have found It very interesting.
 Bertha Fuller of ERglevi1le: I re- ceived the prize book and thank you very much Tor It. have mot read it but think it will be interesting. My uncle Has read some Of it and he says # is interesting.
 Leland E. Mcffitk of Willimantic: thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. ] have read part Of It and like 1t. I like to read books Of history and adventures. Flurencs Gallup of Moosup. I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. have read it and found i very interesting.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-02-02

when III was young. Even Mr.. Roosevelt
saw nothing so rcprchensible in it that he
must needs condemn it, until long after
MIR. Wilson had become president. To this
day Mr.. Roosevelt has not ventured to say
tilat. mad he been president, he would
nave recognized the government OF Cen
ct.l fiuerta. But now he says the United
States should have interviewed years ago
and have done in Mexico what was done
i'm Cuba-he omits to refer to the subju-
gated Philippines. which he has advised
his country to set rid of. The alternative
policy has. indeed. been that OF both Taft
and Wilson. and stoutly adhering to 1t
even now is the man responsible for our
government today. q
70 say that IL had been d policy rooted
in "mniscienoe would be absurd; it has
not enjoyed even the advantage of the
crlllcS hindSiSht in its development. The
inialliblc MIR. Lodge was lot always con-
suited in the execution of it. The mining
mlllionaireS and oil magnates very early
came 10 hate it. But it reflected the feel
inS-the honest fecling-of a majority of
the American people under TWO admins
t%rations. Their profound distaste for Il
ruthless military sweep of continental
Mexico has really dictated this policy of
successive presidents, and their deep-seat-
ed reluctance to engage i'm what would ne
cessarily he a war for the snbjuGation OF
Il nation of l2,N0.O@ souls has brought
them no discredit.
In the present crisis the president of the
United States again cndeavors to prevent,
If possible, n resort to the last arsu-
ment' of sister republics as we'll as quar-
rclinS kings. The issue of intervention.
which has been present in one form or
another for five years or more. is delicate
lN poised in the balance, very much de-
pending upon General Carranza's ability
to punish murlerers of American citizens
In northern Mexico and afford some de-
gree of protection for foreigners in that
wild and undcveloped region. The fact
that General C%arranza has steadily gained
ground for Il year and IA half. in that time
not only defeating General Villas army
but disintcgrating it: and. since his recOg-
milton by many powers, has plade percep-
tihle progress toward pacification in Mex
leo as "A whoie-this fact should now save
him from being prematurely condemned
as n futile and hopeless ruler because his
bandit enemies have been able to corner
II group of Americans and iiendishly mas
sacrc them.