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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Carl Anderson, of Baltic: I am very thankful for the prize book I have re- ceived.
 Edward Ward, of Norwich: receiv- ed the prize book you gave me and thank you very much for it.
 Raymond w. Gray, of willimantic: I thank you for the prize book you sent me, 'sThe Pony Rider Boys of the Grand Canyon I have read it and like 1t very much.
 Alice Kinney, of South Canterbury: I received the prize book, ~Grammar School Boys Snowbound,' and am pleased with It. I thank you very much.
 Robert Boraeson, of wilIimantic: I thank you very much for the prize book you Nent met. I hare read it and found 1t very interesting.
 Edna Kendall, of Versailles: thank you for the prize book received from you. I was very much pleased with
 Clara Park of Colchester: I thank you for the nice prize book which I received. I have read the book through and 1t is very interesting.
 Walter Gavisan, of willimantic: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me- It Is very inter esting.
 Thomas o'connelI of Norwich: l thank you very much for the nice prize book I won, entitled The Boy Scouts Mountain Camp. I have read 1t through and found it interesting.
 Esther Rosenthai, of Norwich: Many thanks for the lovely prize book you cent me, entitled "The High School Pitcher" I have read it half through and like 1t very much.
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John ereenleaf Whittier.

Dear Uncle Jed:-John Greenleaf Whittier was born in mold homestead at East Haverhill, Mass. Dec. IT, 1907. The house had been built by his an cestors. He got his inspiration of "Snowbound" at his home during an old-fashioned snowstorm.
 His father was abrupt, narrow minded and decisive. His mother was very refined, calm and educated woman.
 His education was obtained from a few winter weeks at school, and one year at Haverhin Academy. He had a limited supply of literature While at school he wrote several poems the two most important ones were To My School Master, and The Exile's Depar- ture.
 He was a member of the legislature and an anti-slavery leader, He had a strong mind for poetry. Two other poems he wrote were Approximation and Voices of Freedom.
 In his poems he described these places: Boston. Philadelphia Hartford and Amesbury
 He wrote the following for papers,. Literary Reviews, Editorials, Articles, Sketches and several stories.
 The Atlanta Monthly was published in 1S56-57. He wrote about Anti Slav- cry and the Organization of Litera- ture Classes
 His sister Elizabeth died in 1884. Af- ter her death he wrote The Vanishers and Eternal Goodness.
 His last years he spent at Amesbury and Danvers, Mass, and in New Hampshire. He died at Hampton Falls, N. H., Sept. z, 1892.
 Five Of his poems were Snowbound, The Barefoot Boy, The Old School house, Centennial Hymn and Haver- hill
 EMMA GERGLER, Age 12.
 Mansfield Depot
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EVERY STREET N
 NORWICH
Hss It's shsr. of the Prosf That kid-
 nsy Sufferers Seek

Backache? Kidneys weak7
 Distressed with urinary ills?
 Want a reliable kidney remedy
 Don't have to look far. Use what Norwich people recommend Every street in Norwich has It's cases.
 Here's one Norwich woman.s expsr- fence.
 Let Mrs. John wozniak. 2s Elm St. tell 1t. She says:
 T suffered from kidney trouble for three or four years and was unable to find relief until began using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at N. D. ssvin & Sons Drug Store. They removed the dull pain in my back. just over my kndneys and meds me feel like . different woman"
 Price soc. at all dealerE Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-eet Deans Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. wozniak had. Foster -41ilburn Co. Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
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UNCLE JED'S TALK TO VII
 ApvAKEs.

You all have a personal respcnsi- btlity for the filling of your knowledge box. Your success in life depends largely upon what ypd put into it.
 Your brain Is in 1t, and 1t records what you see. hear and memorfxe.
 I hear some of you say: My knowl- edge box must be my headi'
 You have it right, and the brain is the mind. Seeing and hearing are the two ways in which the mind is de- veloped. and without these the knowl- edge box would be empty and we should be useless.
 The person who hears quick, sees quick and acts quick Is called quick wftted. He knows when to do,s what to do and how to do, and is in de- mand for his promptness and useful ness.
 To fill the knowledge box may be a work of labor or a work of love; 1t may be made slow and irksome or easy and joyfnl, in accord with our like
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
On the Ruins of Fort unes..


 Would you like to hear of 8. real ad- venture my brother. some of his friends aud I had two summers ago? We. lived then, a few miles from Un- casville iu the region called Mohe- gan. Having decided to go boating on the Thames River we accordingly launched cur boat and seated com fortabiy we gazed at the picturesque landscape on both sides of us as the boys rowed the boat
 Suddenly my brother called our at tention to monument which was Of white marble. and very large, situated on a high hill upon the western shore.
 Let us climb the hill and see what 1t Is like" said he.
 We all agreed, so we accordingly rowed ashore and started to climb the hill. It seemed ages before we reach ed the top, but at last when we final ly did, there was not one of us who had not covered himself with the hot, dry sand.
 The top was d level tabIeland, form ed into a square surrounded on four sides with a hill slanting downward. After carefully inspecting the in- scription on the monument we read:
 Here ly the ruins of Fort Uncas after captured by the whites" Looking around we saw the ruins which were large boards. rotting slow iy from the rain and snow. Then we looked to see the view from the hill on which we stood. The sight was beautiful to behold. Fear clutched my heart when I look ed down and saw below us the rail road and river. I thought how terri | ply scared I would be going down Cor rather crawling down) but with the aid of my brother finally reached the bottom and We all climbed into the boat and soon were homeward bound was very glad to get home. FANNY RYSHEPAN, Age 12- Norwich.
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impatient or even though we could not solve 1t. so thought 1t was waste of time trying the second time. We're we right? There is a saying that He can who thinks he can.''
 It was day in early summer when Whittier went on fishing trip. The long afternoon shadows lay cool on the grass. The boy thought the birds seemed merrier and the flowers bright CT than ever before. When he and his uncle, who was with him, came to bend in the river, they thought this a good place to try. The uncle told the boy to throw out his line as he had seen others do and move it on the sur face of the water in imitation of the leap of a frog. The boy caught no fish, although he did as he was told.
 His uncle told him to try again. Sud- denly the bait sank out of sight and the boy cried out that he had caught a fish at last. He pulled a tangle of weeds as he spoke.
 His uncle told him to try again, be- cause fishermen must have patience. Soon the boy felt something tug at his line, and as he jerked 1t up he saw fine pickerel wriggling in the sun. In uncomfortable excitement he
 called out to his uncle, telling him to
 look at the big pickerel.
 His uncle said that he did not have it yet, and as he spoke there was a
 splash in the water and the boys hook hung empty.
 His uncle assumed him that there were more fish in the river, but the boy would not be comforted. The uncle smiled and told Whittier never to brang of catching a fish until it was, on dry land. He had seen older people doing that in more ways than one, and so making fools of themselves. It is better not to boast of doing a thing until it is done.
 From this story we may learn the lesson that if we are impatient we should not expetc to be successful. JESSIE L.. BREHAUT. East Norwich N Y
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Colchester.
A Skating Party.

Near my house is a large and beau- tifuI lake called Columbia lake. In winter there are many skating parties. I am going to tell you about one that I went to. It was for the smaller chil- dren of the neighborhood.
 It was on a Saturday, and as did not have to go to school I wanted to go skating.
 My cousin and I were the first to be on the lake. We built a small fire on the shore near a large stone. It grew quite warm. Soon the rest of the party came. We had quite crowd gathered.
 We decided to play fox and geese. We played this for an hour and then played tag Sometimes our skates would get caught in cracks; then we would fall down.
 Finally we saw the sun sinking in the western horizon and as our parents did not want us to be on the lake alone after dark, we bade each other Good night and skated home.
 Altogether, I think we had a lovely skating party, don't you?
 EVELYN LYMAN, Age 12.
 Columbia.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
The Battimote orioIe.

In North America there is a beauti- full bird called the Baltimore Oriole. It is bird of the helpful class and helps the farmer by eating harmful bugs and worms.
 They are called Baltimore Orioles not because they live chiefly in Mary land. but because they are of the color used in Lord Baltimore's coat of arms.
 This bird migrates from Brazil to Canada in May. It is with us in the summer.
 Children delight in putting colored yarns where it can get them for nest building. The nest of the Oriole is like a little round basket woven to- gether with horse hairs, strings, grass, etc, hanging from a branch. They are securely fastened so they may not blow away.
 The color of the bird is orange and black. Its wings are black all but a little at the top which is orange. It's head and part of tail are black, the breast -and a little of the back and tail are orange.
 wings, tail and head and yellow on breast. They are about seven and one half inches long, The Orioles song is a clear plain tive whistle
 The female lays five or six eggs, which are white queerly marked with blackish brown.
 The way to attract birds is to throw out crumbs, grains. hayseed, etc. Another way Is to have houses. or covered places like a house only without sides so that the bird may go in out of the rain. We should all try to attract the birds and protect the useful ones. FRANCES B. DAVIS, Age IF. l Eagleville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAKES.
My UncIe's Farm,

I am going to try and tell the Wide Awakes about my uncle's farm. It is situated about one mile north of the Stonington borough, on a high hill, from which one gets a beautiful view of Long Island sound and other waters.
 My uncle has about fifty or sixty head of cattle, including the little calves. He has one pair of thorough bred steers which he purchased of MT. Morton F. Plant, the owner of Bradford Farms, at Eastern Point.
 He also keeps four pairs of horses and a number of single horses, among which is famous fencer riding horse by the name of April.
 Among the five hundred fowls he has are many breeds of ducks and chickens. He also has a number of turkeys, guinea hens and peacocks.
 One of the places I enjoy most is the hothouse, where all kinds of fruits and flowers are to be found. Some na- tive and others imported.
 He has immense peach, pear and ap- pie orchards, all the fruits of which I am fond
 The pet animals found on the place are eight dogs, five cats and some canary birds
 My aunt and uncle employ about twenty five people.
 This is where I spent the latter part of my vacation last summer, and hope to this summer.
 I wish all the Wide -Awakes success in the future.
 MARY BROMLEY, Age IA.
 Stonington.
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Abraham LinenIn.

In Hardin county, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1909, was born a bright little boy, who did a great deal for his country. When he was but a little lad his father moved to Indiana where he helped to clear the ground for their house. He only went to school about year in all his life.
 He used to split rail, help build cab ins and boats,
 While he was building boats he saw the poor negroes being beaten and used roughly and he said: If I ever get hit at that" (rneaning slavery) I'll hit it hard"
 From this work he soon became clerk in store, and so on into high CT positions until at last he became president of the United States.
 The people were glad when he be- came president. He got a hit at slav- cry and when his term of four years expired he was again elected for a second term of four years and did his best for his country until at last on the 18th of April, 1865, while attend ing F'ord's theatre in Washington, he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, a talented young actor.
 The people were overcome with grief at the assassination of President Lincoln. He was carried from Wash ington to Springfield where he was placed in tomb. He was 56 years of age.
 HATTIE PERKINS.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president Of the United States, born in Harden county, Ky, February 12. 1909
 When he was seven years old his father moved to Indiana and Abraham helped him to clear the land for a next ten years. getting only about a years schooling in all the time.
 As a young man he did any kind of work that came in his way. Split rail for fences. made log cabins, helped to build fiat-boats and to work them. was a clerk in a country store, then joined a volunteer company and was made captain of 1t.
 Finally when the Black Hawk war began in 1882 he was cap- tain of a military company and later he received an appoint
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
By HoWARD T. KNAPp:

By HSNfAk<1 F. hN1AHPs
 Bobby wanted a new pair of hockey ty cents in his bank, and of course that was not nearly enough. Now Bobby had set his heart on those skates and he made up his mind he would earn the money to buy them or know the reason whyT But although he put on his thinking cap and thought and thought until his head aehed, he could not figure out any way of earning the money.
 Then one day when he was playing fn the barn he found an old steel rat trap. and that gave him an idea. He would become trapper and catch sly old Sharpnose, the Mink, for he re- membered his father had once said the furry coat of MT. Mink was worth at least i've dollars: and five dollars, you know, is more than enough to buy tho finest pair of skates . feaiow ceuid wish
 30 bright and early the next morn ing Bobby started for the White For est, the trap over his shoulder and In his pocket the head Of a chicken for bait. For nearly mile he tftadge4 through the big woods withont DeeAn& any signs of the Little People, and then as he reached the banks of the creek he spiad the double row Of neat little footprints he knew were made by Eharpnosa the Mink.
 Bobby followed the tracks until he came to a hollow log, and here he ds- cf6eA to set his trap. So he placed al1s chicken head inside and put theNtrap in the opening. right where Mr. Mink woHld have to Gkep in 1t to reach fthH bali. But the trap was in plain sight, and Bobby knew Sharpnose would never come near the log if he so much as suspected Q trap was anywhere around. So he brushed come snow over the trap to hide t, but he forgot ( trMp ia q mighty dangerous thing, for he touched the trigger, and, snap, ths crIieI jaws caught him by tine hand and held him fast.
 Well. sir. you eau just imagine how that hurt, and although Bobby was q brave little fellow, he could not keep the tears from his eyes. And the worst of It was that, although he tugged and pulled with all his might, he could not get his hand free; the jaws held him fast with the grip of a bulldog. Bobby tried to press down the spring, but 1t
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POETRY.
The Little Girl and the Pussy Cat.

 Said a little girl 10 pnssy-cat
 Its jolly to make you play! How soft you purr when stroke your
 fur.
 And your claws are all tucked awayi I love you ever so much for that" Said a little girl to pussy eat. But ohs there's a terrible thing I've
 heard,
 That brings great sorrow to me; You killed a poor little baby bird That lived in our appie-tree. You can't be dear to me after that" Said Q little girl to pussy y-cat. 70 little maid" said the pussy -cat. :. You are gentle and kind, they say. To bird and beast. but didn't you feast On chicken for lunch today And aren't there feathers upon your
 hat.
 O little maid 9, said the pussy eat. "Oh, I'll be l., and you'll be you. As long as the world shall be. If you'll be as good as you can for
 you,
 I'll try to be good for me. So let's be friends, and agree to that, o little maidi1 said the pussy-cat.
 BURGEs JOHNSON. In Advance.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
IinE the Frozen Sea.

Of course all the Wide-Awakes know that far north of us 1t is very cold; and not very many white people can live in such a cold region.
 A very long time a go a man by the name of Doctor Kane sailed into this cold north.
 He had with him a few men and brought enough food which he thought would carry him through his journey But one cold night Dr. Kane's ship was frozen fast iR this great ocean. It was there for months, and at last nearly all of Kane's men had died for want of food, and Nthe warm sunshine. It Is dark nearly all the year, up north
 One morning Kane saw a streak of light coming up from the other world. He knew his men would love to see it; but all were too sick to come up on the deck. So. Dr. Kane taking looking glass placed it so it reflected a stream of light into the sick mems rooms.
 In a little while the men were we'll.
 Dr. Kane said that the men could not stay there and suffnr, so taking dogs and sleds they started off on their tourney again. leaving the ship still frozen in the Arctic ocean.
 Tn e few days they were safe. The next day large ship came sailing into Greenland. that had been sent out to find Dr. Kane.
 Dr. Kane went back home in the ship and wrote a book of what he had done and seen.
 TfIELR6A BoYNToN, Age I4.
 North Franklin.
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WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Carie Geie, of Lebanon-The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains.
 2-George RienenstocIe, of New York The Pony Riders in Montana.
 8--Hattie Perkins, of ecsehester- The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake.
 EE. Arnold Smith, of Norwich The Pony Riders in Texas.
 6-Rose Greenberaer, dE Norwich The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm.
 6-Mary Bromley, of stonington- The Campfire Girls at Long Lake.
 7-Ester Rosenthal, of Norwich Ruith Fielding at Lighthouse Point.
 s-LiIlian M. Brehaut, of East Nor wich. N. Y.-Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp.
 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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Parts of Speech.

Three little words we often see Are articles a, an and the. A noun the name of anything, As school or garden, hoop or swing. Adtectives tell the kind of noun, As great. small, pretty, white or brown. Instead of nouns the pronouns stand: His head, her hat. your arm. my hand Verbs tell of something being done, As read, write. spell, sing, jump or run. How things are done the adverbs tell, As slowly, quickly. i'll, or we'll They also tell us where and when, As here and there, and now and then. A proposition stands before A noun, as in or through door. Conjunctions join the words together, As rain and sunshine. wind or weather. Conjnnctions sentences unite, As kittens scratch and puppies bite. An intertection shows surprise, As oh. how pretty! An! how wise! ~ M. A. B.
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sir Franeis prake.

Sir Frances Drake was an English naval hero, He was born in 1s40. He was educated by his uncle. Sir John Hawkins. When he was 20 he made
 Two years later he was captain of the Judith in Hawkins expedition to Mexico Soon after he plundered many of the Spanish settlements in South America He crossed the Isth- mus of Panama and while he was
 In 15T7 Queen Elizabeth gave him five ships and he started to sail through the Straits of Magellan and explore the waters he had seen. All but his own ship were separated from dement's in Chile and Peru. He claim ed California in the name of his queen.
 He tried to find a northeast passage to the Atlantic but the cold drove him back. After three years sail he reach- ed England. He had sailed around the globe.
 The queen made him a visit on board his ship and made him knight.
 Five years later Drake captured many of the settlements in the West Indies.
 Two years later he came to Port Ca dig, Spain, where he destroyed some shipping that was prepared for the Spanish Armada. This was called Singeing the King of Spains Beard.
 When the Spanish Armada attacked England Drake was appointed vice admiral under Lord Howard.
 Some years later he with Sir John Hawkins led an expedition against the Spanish settlement in the West Indies The expedition was unsuc- cessful and the lack of success was the main cause of Dfake's death which took place in the West Indies in 1596.
 ESTHER CHAFETZ, Age TO-
 Colchester
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Whittisr,s Moekina Bird.

Whittier had a beautiful mocking bird His name was David. He was full of music and fun. He would whistle to the horses. He knew Mir. Whittier and would call his name. He would sing WhittierI Whittier! Whit tier!
 Whittier let him fly up in the air. Then he would fly upon his head.
 I will tell you the pet MT. Whit tier loved best. It was little girl. She lived at Oak Knoll and her name was Phoebe. MT. Whittier used to play with her. They would play school together and Phoebe was al- ways the teacher.
 MT. Whittier wrote poem about Phoebe. He called 1t Little Red Rid ing Hood.
 How many beautiful thoughts he must have given to the little girl. You must learn to read his poems for your
 AGHcE coNNoR, Age 12.
 Versailles
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Stevenson and stevenson,s.

Stevenson's personality has been a lesson to others because of his opti- misrn, and his belief in the livableness of life. He had wonderful appre- ciation of beauty in all seasons; he had a keen sense of color and of sounds; as if he had been a painter and a mu- sictan. His enjoyment of anything because it was an experience, or a bit Of life, was plain to be seen. He en- joyed the thrill of things, and he had a sympathy with all kinds of peo- pie.
 His love of children is shown in his Garden of Verses.
 His interest in foreign people in his book of Samoa; his love of ad- venture and travel, of action and TO- nance; his deeds of kindness; his devotion to out door life and his love of nature were intense.
 The book which I wish to tell you about is 'The Child's Garden of Verse"
 The title Is appropriate because a garden is a place of delight and it has a collection of various kinds of flowers in it.
 The plan of the book is poems of travel. ref1ecting indoor and out-of- door life, and of tiny things children enjoy in these poems which are travel, games at the seashore, in the hay Loft, sailing boats. unseen playmates, etc.
 Eaplevil1e
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Helped Bring Up the Pig.

Dear Uncle Jed: Tnis fall we had five little pigs, and I helped to bring them up to be fat, cunning little fel- lows.
 When they were two days old we started to feed them on a bottle, but could not manage them all very well with one bottle at a time. Finally my mother decided they must learn to drink from pan. It was a hard job. They would get their feet in the pan the first thing.
 They grew and soon would start to squeal every time they heard our foot steps.
 We first kept them in a box in our posey garden, then as they began to grow we moved them into small pen we made for them in the yard. We could move this pen around when we wanted to. They have grown to be large pigs now. I cannot lift them, they are so heavy.
 They like bread and warm milk. They also eat corn off the cob.
 ALICE GORDON PALMER, Age 10.
 Norwich.