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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-06-22
The Vide Awake cireIe.

ne VICE. ASSakS GtE7StSs
Two ways in which the Wide Awake
Circle is found helpful:
l. If girl chances to write a story
and it is printed In the paper. the first
thing she does is to look in that
column of Fate whose heading is
winners of Prize Books Eagerly
she drinks In the words Of her own
name Probably. few days later
she will receive her book, write a let
ter Of acknowledgment and then sit
down TO finish the book. She finds the
book nclst enhancing and determines
to get another such book by writing
another story And so girls may get
many books by writing stories for the
Wi1e-AwaFe Circle.
YOU try, but the motto runs: sTf at
first you don't succeed try, try again.
You can make a library Of your
own, and when friends come to your
house ana ask you to so for walk
OF an afternoon, you most likely would
have something to do that would hind
er you from going just them SO You
say. SIT down here, VIII be with
you III & few moments. Here Is a
book which win make tbs moments
The friend begins to read ana fnds
It very Interesting and when you come
down stairs inquiries Of youS how yuu
| happened to obtain such q book.
You answer you won 1t by writing
story. She soon follows your ex-
ample and works and wins am Inter-
esting library.
Bro0klyn NJ. y.
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craduntinn xereiaas.

Dear Uncle Jed: VIII tell the Wide
AWazes about the graduation exercises
June I'd. held at the Congregations
church. There were twelve graduates,
ard my sister was one.
The children OF the different schools
in Columbia col1eeted at Keomaus' hall
to march into the church.
by mother, my sister and I got
there at o'clock. and the exercises
began at O'Clock, so we went over
to the cemetery. We tried to find my
cousins grave, but It was time to 60
back before we did
The graduates collected in a group
and the ot1ers hurried to find their
partners.
When It was time TO march We
made three lines. was In the mid
die line. Eada line marched down an
aisle. The graduates marched In last
Each school had a subject TO DEM
onstrafe, and ours was Arithmetic
There were three songs. All the chill
dren had TO sing The songs WerE
Santa Lucia, America the BeaufHu
and a Spring Song.
Seven girls from our school sang
Happy Days.
The graduates had compositions and
poems 70 read and speak
The band played America ana ther
we marched out
7 didn't 90 home tin II o'clock.
VIOLA GREENE Age II.
Wfndharn.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AvvAKEs.
A cIaarminn Girl


June was not a. beautiful girl, but
one Of the most charming girls that
ever lived. She made friends very
quickly and everyone loved her the
instant they met her. Although she
did not have a beautiful face, yet she
always wore a smile, ana was ready to
greet Whomever she met with bright
smiling face. and kind word; and
one would rather look at her than the
fairest enc.
June was the only daughter of a.
doctor IN the little Villages of Windsor,
and often Went visiting her farmer s
Patients, with him. These VISITS were
looked forward to by young and old
with great delight
The patients felt greatly honored
and cheered by June's visits, for, as
they said, .sshe always brings the
bright Sunshine with her in the drear-
lest days.
June knew just how to ssnlpatEize
with the poor little lamp girl, meter
forgetting some little gift, which she
knew all girls were fond of, or some
flowers gathered by her own hands.
And to the little crippled hoy who
fellows, June never forgot, always
bringing him a new book or some toys,
which she knew he would delight in.
The patients begged the kind doctor
| to bring June as often as possible, and
when, at times. he drove up alone, he
gould read the disappointment in their
faces.
Is there any wonder why this little
happy June was. SO loved by all, when
kindness, and never failing to help a
needy one?
GRACE KERN, Age Is.
.
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PoErRY.


BY Louise H. Guyol
"They call us the Lower Creatures
the AGiIch-Goat said to the Cow.
But what, think you, the Man could
DO. should we go on strike
right now?"
"And suppose joined the Union" up
spake Cluek- Chuck the Hen,
with all Of the other feathered folk
What would the world do then %
There's food in the vegetable king
dom almost as useful to men
As the uilksWe give, quoth the kind
ly Cow, "and the eggs of 4CIucll-
Chuck the Hen"
HThere'd be no vegetable kingdom, =
here Happy the Toad chimed in
IF Birds and Bees were to join the
strike with me and all my kin"
"And how" asked tail-worn Dobbin,
would Mans work in this world
be done
If bigger beasts did not bear his loads,
from dawn till the set Of sun p.
The Animals paused-alI deep in
thought-tin spalxe that wise little
Hen:
Wed best get busy, and back on the
job. Pity the helpless Menu
Our Dumb Animals,
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middle Of the front of It. IN fact. the
leaf is almost like two things, tor at
the top it grows wider and looks like
hood arching over the pitcher IN
the water at the bottom ! see several
dead flies and other insects. / wonder
how they got there"
Run your finger along the upper
part of the inside Of the pitcher" slg-
gested Aunt Phoebe.
Gladys did so and as she drew il
out again, announced. why it is ali
sticky. And, peering down. 1T is a
the stem is smooth, shiny ana Slip
perry. Next there are a lot Of sl1aru
bristles pointing downward
you are right assented Aunt
Phoebe, lin calling it a trap. Insects
attracted by the sweet stuff get caught
on the brfstles and in trying to es-
cape are carried down into the water
and drowned. The dead flies are con
verified into a rich manure and the
plant joins the ranks of the carnf.
vorous or flesh eating plants ~
Now I'll tell about the blossom, :
said Harold THE petals. that means
the leaves Of the dover, are shaped
like little dddles. The pistil, the par
| In the center, is large and round az
| the top and shaped like an umbrella
But do not know what color to cal
the flower. There are so many culors
ana they are sort Of milky and indeA.
1T is difacult," agreed Aunt Phoe.
be. ITO describe the coloRfnr OF bof1
leaves and flower One writer said.
Several shades OF purple, pink a4t
green are 90 artiskicaaIy combined tina
at a distance they appear like tn
mystic blending Of oo1oFs in q Persian
rug. Many Of the leaves are plaiI
green, others are striped with rlcl
yellow or red
The color OF the 1owers has beer
variously described. Thoreau lIfrsns I
to q great dun red rose. Gray cell
Il deep purpaef: hrs. William Scar;
Dana says: have usually found /
either pink or green desh delicatl
shades Of both colprs and with
Fragrance suggesting sandal wood
Rhe pitcher plant, continued Ann
Phoebe, lis common "a the northeri
Estates: also, I'm Canada where &c grow
in peat boys from the Atlantic 60 III
Racific oceans. In some localities tn
blossoms are found In great uuu11s1l
and that must be a beautiful sight. Il
lsctller places are In fortunate 20 nri
t0Wen a Few plants"
4 The leaves last q long time 3oS
Helyn wrote ON the 18th oe enc Nov
kember. The Wnfe ~ frozen GcafN 81
seEiD cd 1e1es ~ Esn
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE.
AWAKES.

Some men can walk through a great
manufacturing establishment and sec
more in half an hour than other men
can see in a day. This is the differ
ence between trained eyes and un-
trained eyeslooking thoughtlessly at
things worthy of thought.
The habit of close observation is a
good habit and may be as easily Gull
tivated as any other habit; and it is
a paying habit because it increases
ones power and worth in the walks Of
life.
It takes practice to see many things
at a glance and the sight may be
strengthenedi by practice as readily
and noticeably as the muscles Of the
legs or arms.
Uncle Jed knew two men vino loved
to take rural walks together and il
was agreed between them that they
should not talk Of what they saw, bat
should write it and then exchange pa
pers; and knowledge helped them t.
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Jimmy and the Fish.

One. day the king of the woods told
Tim to come early the next morn
ing and they would catch the big FISH
that was in tie pond.
Tim said he would. He was ur
early the next morning and started for
the forest He saw butterfly and
followed II. Going by the school,
house, he saw a young robin learning
to fly and watched it a long time
Next he saw a weodchuclx who went
INTO his hole. and Tim sat waiting fo1
il to come out, but it didn't come out
So he started off for the forest.
He met the king, VINO was hunmina
song and did not seem angry.
now"
The king said: 1T is too late; tht
fish is asleep now. thought you were
coming early2"
7 didn't mean to break my prom
Ige," said Tim
Il know You didn't" said the king
You didn't mean to break your prom.
lse, and won't punish you this time;
but when you make a promise yo4
must always keep it,
CATHERINE DUNN. Age IL.
Norwich
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
What Sc sa,r IA tne cireus.

What she saw at the GlrcuSs
Uncle Jed. I thought would write
Ia Norwich Jane 18th. As we had
lie day cut of school, ! spent the
morning with & friend on Main street
watching the circus wagons go by
After dinner my mother and went
out tc the fair grounds. First we saw
them shoeing the horses; then we
went to the tent where the horses
were eating and resting; they were
large, beautiful creatures. We also
cav the cooking department. The
cook was then preparing supper We
saw them putting up the large tent
It was very interesting TO see taem
all working at once
, The animal tent was right near II
and we looked in. There were four
teen elephants four giraffes, and one
baby. two zebras. several camels and
the cuteSt baDy camel, one hippota-
mus and one rhinoeeros. A cage oi
kaEsaroos. tGpir, five or six Hons and
EoneSS, also brown bears and polar
hears monkeys. and performing cocka-
toos. One ceckatoo dances skirt
dance while another turns somersauits
A raven jumps through three lighted
hoops It was very funny TO see the
hears roller ting.
There were also bareback riders
/ contortionists, and a trapeze troupe
that was very clever: Chinese jugglerE
VINO nuHg Dy lh1efr p4gta ana peOpfs
and horses representing statues. There
we're seven groups going at the sams
time, so that it was impossible to SEE
all. The names of some were Tht
Hunter. Lullaby, Spring, Water
1 Nymphs, After the Hunt, and Others
which 1 do net remember. liked thi.
part of the circus best
| There were several little ponies;
| two poor little ponies were put on K
| a table to stand, the top of which wal
spinning around; the ponies tad Il
keep going as IL they were running
| fast.
There were clowns. which, of course
] a circus could not do without
! like to go TO a, circus, and hopl
/ we shall have another soon.
IVY FISK, Age II.
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milk. We all got ready and when my
father came home about IL O'Clock he
brought my brother and / each q new
bamboo Ash3ole.
We were soon ready to start, some
going ia a carriage and the rest in
the auto. My uncle, aunt and cousin
were here from Hartford.
After we arrived at the lake we first
caught some craw6sh for bait and
tLen went fishing. caught the first
fish. which was a small bass. We
caught bass, pouts, perch and reaches.
We soon had dinner OF sandwiches.
cake. cookies, coffee, lemonade, ice
cream, etc.
About 8 O'Clock we went in bathing,
as the shore was nice and sandy.
At O'Clock part of as came home
and did the chores while the rest ol
them stayed 70 dsh for pouts. Ny
father and uncle got home about Il
O'Clock.
I went to bed tired, but witt
thoughts OF q pleasant day.
hope / can go again some time, a
/ am fond OF fishing.
| RAYsdoN W. GRAY. Age II.
Wilitmantic.
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The banana.

OF course, you all know what the
banana Is, because you have seen and
eaten more or less Of the fruit Per-
eaps you have had your feet slide
out from under You on the sidewalk
when you stepped upon some peel
that had been careleSsly thrown there.
The banana is not grown to any ex-
tent in this country. except in Florida.
Most Of the fruit sold here comes
from the West Indies and Central
American countries.
The fruit is very nutritious and Is
now sold in almost every town in the
United States. AS the fruit has to be
vested before IL is fully ripe It Is not
SO delicate as when It Is permitted to
r1pen on the plant.
The leaves OF the banana grow from
u TO 10 incfaes in width and the en-
tire plant frequently reaches q height
Of 10 or 10 Feet The plant is propa-
gated from suckers that spring up
from the roots. and not from seed
These suckers are set out IN trenches
about three feet Wide and IS or 20
inches deep. The plants are set about
six feet apart each way. The plants
win bear fruit in from nine to eighteen
months from the Tlme t7ley are set
The ruit grows upon the top Of the
stalk ana WHEN reachlng maturity 4
borne down by ats weight.
The banana IS very productive and
according 20 the estimate made BY an
lnrFegtl gator 8 pieee ct Iand win HroM
1S3 times as fnlHch uutrin1ent IN ba-
nauaE rs would be found In wheat
grown upon the same land; or the
land fhak Will bear wheat SUFFICIENT Tor
one ma Guild produce enough nanau-
Yar1tsS
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RnIss fer vouna Writers.

l. Write plainly on one side Of the
paper only and number the pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles viii
be given preference. Do not use over
$50 words.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be used.
5. Write your name. age and adj
dress plainly at the bottom Of the
story.
Address all communtcat ions 60 Uncle
Jed. Bulletin once.
''Wnatever ycu are-Be thatg
Whatever you ssy-Be trueg
StfatghtforwardIy set,
Be honest-in fact.
Be nobody else but you.%
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The WIDE AWAKE CIRGLE
BOYS AND GIRLs DEpAnTAlEIl1

see more. Tor the better acquainted
they were with tile plants ana rocks
the insects and birds. the reptiles ana
the brooks. the upland and the Val
leys, the forests and the sssanaps. the
earth forms ard tie s1zy-fornas. the
more they could write abeuts ard they
were learning more and moro ST these
every time they went out. Il was not
work but real sport and they grew
keener sighted and abFea 81 the time.
There Is nothing more interesting
than nature and no subject SO mex
haustible. Man cannot discover an
about a single plant or q single bird
In lifetime With an ne can learn
there Is SIN more to be learned.
The WIde-Awalzes are going to have
lots Of time on their hands pretty soon
and they are planning to have good
times. Uncle Jed hopes they win have
happy days and that they WIN learn
to enjoy seeing As wei as playing, 50
If they are asked what they saw they
viii not be as vacant minded as Il
they were blind.
It is good to know things and there
is no danger that anyone win ever
know too much.
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.
1-Raymond w. Gray OF Whitman
tic; Fred Fenton in the Line.
2-vioIa Greene Of Windhan: Madge
Morton, Captain Of the Merry Maid.
8-lyy Fisk Of Norwich: Madge
Mortonss Victory.
John Wineskie of Yantic: The
Pony Riders in New Mexico.
5.AIbert LefffnewaII of Norwich:
Pony Rider Boys in Texas.
seeceIia sterry of Brooklyn, Il
z; Madge Morton's Victory.
7-AIn1ira Kramer Of Colchester.
The Meadowbrook Girls in the Hills.
s-Anna Resnicl< of Bozrahville:
The Camp Fire Girls in After Years.
Winners Of books living in the city
may call at The Bulletin business Of
flee for them at any hour after 10 a
m. On Thursday.
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Uncle jed: I thought ] would ten
you azoout my cat and kittens.
The mother OF the Kittens Is my cat
We raised her 6om q kiE4an.
The mother followed q, hired man NJ
Is very tams. she has flVe kittens
about Khfes Weelss Old.
Two o9 them are striped Ike q tiger
and fhair names are SODA ana Russ.
One is gray and It's name II Bili
Two of Them are blmck, but have
net NAMED them yet
Sunday found SONIA more little kit
tens. ny brothers, aged and years
have q yoke Of calves Gsay drive about
The other night they tried to yoke NJ
the kittens. But me <iteens, aftel
standing q few Wenaentg. Dcaupered
away 50 fam ee they cou1d for thell
HELEN KAE1s. Aes 10.
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a Fish Story.


Yesterday morning rose Early ard
got breakfast for the family. When
breakfast was over washed the
dishes and did q number Of other
chores about the house. After this i
felt rather tired, so lay down on *lse
couch to take forty winl1s.'
could not sleep well so soon got
up and went outdoors. 1t was hazy.
morning, just right for fishing, so 7
got my pole and line dug q number
of worms for bait and started off.
began in small brook near the
house and at first received no encour
ageuent in the way of bites except
from mosquitoes. Just as I was about
to give up hope felt tug on my
line, and soon pulled up a speckled
beauty about nine inches long.
After that luck came in a heap and
caught trout after trout until had
as good a string of fish as anyone
could wish for, not enc less than
seven inches long.
then hurried home as fast as pos
sfble in order to cook them for din
ner. / met party Of fishers on the
way home and they admired my catch
greatly and wanted to buy them. but
would not sell, for I did not care
for the money, and I did for the fish
dinner that was eagerly anticipating.
I soon reached home, cleaned my
fish and had them all cooked before
dinner time and they certainly did
look appetizing.
put good, large one on my plate
and started to cut it up, but my hand
slipped and the plate fell of ento the
floor with q crash. I started upg rub
bed my eyes and, looking around, saw
my mother picking up the fragments
of a plate which the cat had knocked
off the table in his efforts 70 get some
meat.
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To the Court Of Common Council 81
the City Of Norwich, Conn:
The cozmittes en- Fublic WEEKS. e
which was referred, at q meeting Of
a shs is1s tSe 4 pstfsaOS q John ne. ).
Dcnohue, asking that grade be es-
ts5bsssd f9E tie s Yantic street ea S ee
tween the westerly line Of washington
street and the norther1y Ans OF the
in said CITY. beg5 leave to report:
That it has given the matter It's
attention and e Of the opinion that t
scutherly side OF Tsntic street, be-
tween the westerly line OF Wishing
| the property owned by Sarah J. Dono-
due, should be established, and II rec
omT1ends the passage OF the following
Rssoiyed. That me grade for the
sidewalk on the southerly side OF fan-
] tic street, in front of the property
/ the Same is, hereby established as
Beginning ct the intersection Of the
the so1theriy line OF Yantic street at
/ an elevation Of % feet above mean
tide ana EqnnaR ns e Rsc stsesz 9 9O
eSned By Sarah J. Donolrue on grades
rs feet. fauing ss.75 feet; thence
225 feet, falling 1926 feet; thence
/ 5UD-6 I6eL, 1dl11nB 10 Ie6Ls lLle
4 Hortherly hne of the property owned
scribed line and grade be. and sale
same is, hereby established for the IN
side Of said sidewalk.
/ Resolved. That the width. OF said
t7sidewa1k be. and the same Il. eStab-
lfshed six feet wide its entire length
lying next northeriy from abe south
/ erly line of Tsutic street, between tbs
| above mentioned poiE4ts.
Resolved, That the center OF said
Yantic street be, and the same ls
hereby established the same grades a.
Dated at Norwich, Conn, this 22t
day OF May, 1916.
NJ Il HOTRIGA1I,
W. +. BAILEY,
Il Corumittee ON Public Works.
II Resolved, That consideration OF tn,
Foregoing resolutions as recommended
tby the Committee on Public Works
relative to the establishment OF
grade and width for the sidewalk OF
the sol1ther1y side OF Kanfjc street, zbt
postponed 70 a meeting Of the Court d
/ Common Council. Of the City Of Nor.
4 Wich. to be held at the Council Cham.
hers in said City, on the Sd day %
4 July, 1915. at O'clock p. M, and tina
II due notice Of the meeting be given
as required BY law 70 all parties IN
and be heard IN relation thereto.
Il The above ana foregoing IS a trul
II COPY % record.
q Attest: ARTHUR g. CRowELL
j City Clerk and Clerk of the Court o
Common Council.
II
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Colchester.
The PiIarlna.


When the Pilgrims lived in Eng
land, they loved their green fields and
hedgerows.
There was one family whose name
was Alferton. They had a little girl
called Remember. She liked to 90
through the green fields and hedge
one day her father came home look
ing sad.
Mrs. A1lerton said to him. What is
the matter ~
He said, Il am afraid we shall have
to go to Holland, because the king
wants us to go to the same church as
be does. and say the same prayers as
he does and if we do not obey him.
we shall be whipped or put in prison .
Then we will go to Holland" said
They went down to the wharf ana
oelsed she captain if hisSship went to
Holland.
I He said. yes. and all the Pilgrims
ere on board" So they went to Hol-
They thought Holland was very fat.
There were bikes to keep the water of
the land There were canals that
looked like rivers. There were Wind
mills which drew the water from the
canals.
honesick. They couldn't understand
Dutch. They missed the ivy covered
cottages of England. They did not
like the wooden shoes. So Governor
Carver called a meeting and told them
they would have to leave Holland and
go to America.
They had two ships. the speedwell
and the Mayf1ower.
They went back to England to say
farewell to their English homes.
The SpeedweH sprung a. leak. So ali
had to go in the Mavhower.
They sailed west. On their voyage
there came baby 70 stay with them
They called it oceanus, after the
ocean.
When they reached America. they
stepped on a rock which they called
Plymouth Rock.
They did not find any homes such
as there were in England. They had
to make houses Of logs.
In the spring they had little food.
The Indians showed them how K
plant corn. In the fall they had
plenty of food. They had feast
They invited the Indians
That was the first Thanksgiving
SUSAN HATTIN, Age 9.
Mt. Hope.
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Ny First Pipe.

found an old clay pipe one day
Out in the wood shed on a sill;
thought 1t would be smart to smoke
Like PA" or Uncle Bill.7
filed 1t and lighted it,
And thought it tasted rather strong
pulled and pulled, although I knew
That was doing wrong
The blue smoke curled up through the
air
In wreaths at which !. proudly
glanced;
But soon my head began to swim,
The wood-shed strangely danced
How sick was. on, how nay head
Did throw Win pain, and torture
met
Ma put me In my little bed
And gave me ginger tea.
Let others smoke their pipes who will.
lis not a pleasure to enjoy;
I'll never, never SNAKE again
AS long as I'm a boy
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How / Spent Last Sunday.

up early because 1 was going to a pic
mic. About O'Clock in the morning
we started It was a long walk. so
we could enjoy ourselves on the way
We had to walk about four miles
When we were walking through the
woods we ate some birch bark There
were eight OF us IN all We arrived
where the picnic was to be at 10
o'clock a. m.
First we played horse shoes and
several other games
After dinner we boys played ball
Then we took q little walk in the
woods. When we came back it start
ed to sprinkle. Then we started 3ol
home. We went different way
which was shorter, and arrived home
at O'clock.
NELSON LERpCH, Age 10.
Norwich.
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Two girls and two boys planned To
have = picnic. The. girls were Anne
Eand Grace, the boys vera Tom and
They walked q long way and then
found q good place. They then had
ca q nice lunch
One or the boys sid. There are
wolves n these woods aey caM
small the bacon end VII soon BE- att
Ter u
1sy nazl.a - rse..sA s.1ll