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Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
The Little Pnstman.

Bijou is a small pug with a very black nose and very curly tail; just ugly enough to be admired for his ug- Illness. He used to be considered by everyone. except his mistress, very stupid little fellow. He did not like children, and was not at all playful He spent most of his time looking oufk of the window and barking at eats.
 Now this story will show you how sadly he was rnisjudged and what, a really Intelligent, bright doggie he is- to live in another house d'n the sanlei street, about five blocks away. Slls took Bi5ou with her, of course; .bu t the dog still liked his old home. and regularly every nornlng after break fast he went back there to make "a visit, always returning to his new home before dinner.
 One day his mistress was sick and wished to send a message to her my Jtil- er How could she send it? There Suddenly she thought of Bijou's daily visits to his old home. Why mig Int he net be her messenger? So she wrote a note, pinned 1t to his l1arnes and back came the letter carrier, t rotting down the street with another no te pin ned to his harness. He begge} to be lat in the house. and when his mis- treSs unpinned the note, which was a reply to the one she sent, anfi petted him, he expressed his delight in every way he could
 Since that day he has been "a regular letter carrier between the two houses After breakfast. when he gets ready to make his call, he presents himself to his mistress and barks and begs until he gets his letter. When she lets him out he starts off like a real post man, never looking to the right or left, not stepping to play with tht, dogs he meets.
 He always insists upon having a reply to his note-wtich is often only a piece of white paper-and almost any morning one may see this cunning little pug postman, trotting gravely along the street with his letters
 MCNTEALM GAUTHIER, Age g.
 Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
Where the Indians Fouaht.

Dear Uncle Jed: Near our farm there is another farm owned by Mir. Miner, and rented by MT. Brandy It is a large farm and is divided into a few large lots.
 This farm is surrounded by hills On one of these hills live. The nearest lot to the house is used for pasture. It is large lot and is level. A small brook runs through this lot It is used for fishing and bathing. In one corner of this lot there is a garden. About two hundred and fifty years ago Indians lived on these hills. They were not friendly to each otser Two tribes lived on these hills. They were the Mohegans and Iroquois.
 These two tribes were not friendly 10 each other. They. decided to have 8 battle fought.
 The Indians came down the sides of the hills and met in this pasture lot Here they fought their battle Many Indians were killed and many arrows were shot. They fought for a. while until the Iroquois had to retreat The MoheganS won the battle
 When MT. Grandy blows up his gar den he finds many arrow heads! He had found a box full Among these there was a large arrow head This one was larger than any of the rest He kept these in box which he placed in the fpont room.
 These arrow heads were stolen. MT. Grandy never found out who stole them.
 HARRY scHATz Age II
 Yantic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
sparrows Feed a Disabled Robin.

The sparrow has never been rooted for it's good works and kind deeds, but Samuel T. Fox. a real estate man, says the Philadelphia Record, rsslates an experience that throws new light on the character of the little sefapper.
 Mir. Fox lives in Tioga, and, the other evening, just about dusSx, he discovered young robin A0sandering about on his lawn.
 It was unable to fly, and had evil dently fallen from it's nest. Fearing the cats might catch him, Mr. Fox took the bird to the rear Of his house, where he has 8 couple of s-iIi- nea pigs in an enclosure covtered with wire screen,
 He placed the young robzn in the pen While dressing the next morn = ing he looked out from hiy window and was amazed at the actions of a few sparrows who were carrying worms to the young robin in the en- closure. They would hY away, oniy to return a few moments later with worms, which they proceeded to drop through the screen into the upt,zrned mouth of the robin. They kept this performance up antiI the robin was liberated and even then they eontirl- ued to hover around like seif-eonsti- tuted guardians, :.
 FRIED DUG-As, Age 10.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
wiIIinq Workers.

I want to tell you about our WiIlirNs Workers class in Sunday school. ThEy say nearly everyone has a sweet tocfh, so we girls, an even dozen or us, nnet with our teacher in her home for two evenings and made candy.
 We each donated material fofr 1t Then we made dainty little booklets, giving the candy recipes. anxieus for the recipe books. whieh we sold for ten cents each.
 Our stock was soon exhauyted and we were the happy possesses's of fif- teen dollars for cur beloved l1tissienary cause.
 I won the pennant for selling the most pictures
 The girls class selling Che pennants for the class won most prizes. We made money enough to. pay for the Christmas treats.
 JAMES MUREMHY. Age Il.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
A Visit Id tiehoi<er,.

What surprise it was to hear that the German vessel, New Amster- dam, was to arrive at Hobolzen Tues day, Jan. 3, at o'clock p. n., and one of the passengers was to be my un- cle
 My brother and I. who were at that time in New York, decided to see the immigrants land. So we took a ferry ride to Hoboleen where we waited to see the passengers come out
 Some were very pale and these were mostly women and children. We oSllys saw them come out from the int and second cabins, the people of Ahe third cabin were to remain un- til tue following day..
 ThAre were 2, 800 passengers and the food was very good because we saw the menu card of that day.
 The Journey was made in Is days and sometimes the boat rocked roughly
 We were also told news of the war The price of soap is s4 a pound and imagine how much soap we wastei Bread and flour Is very high. in fact everything is more Than double the price. tl~s-We are not in the fighting lands or the other continent
 Don't you think so2
 FANNIE RTSHPAN.
 Norwich "
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
Bringing Xeurself up.

The fathers and mothers have a great deal to do with 4bringing up the boys and girls right. and the teachers have a hand in 1t, Sunday school teachers as well as those in the day schools; and the other brothers and sisters do a great deal more in help ing or hindering than many people realize.
 But though all those have so much to do with bringing ydu up. do not make the mistake of a. boy who was taken to task by a neighbnr
 What makes you such an iil-man- nered young rowdy F. the nefgi1bar asked, and the boy replied.
 It's because my mother didn't bring me up right
 4 boy old enough to make such an answer is old enough to take himself In hand.
 Remember. boys and girls, that those
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
THE WILD LIFE
 OF NORTH AMERICA.
The Only World Rival Is Africa - But Nothing Compared to What It Was In Prehistoric D avs.
Especial to The TBulletin.)

C0peCldl 10 Ine tbuIiet1n.)
 Washington, D. C., Jan I7.-Al- though the wild life Of North America is more abundant than that of the other continents of the northern hem . isphere and has only Africa asta world rival, yet our present -day richness in. this respect is decidedly sptsors com :. pared with the ahundanoe sau variety of mammalian life taat Toan4ed our man, while the vast number Eof species which disappeared seuen 1before the Indians came to inha.bft sthe land is even more astonishing.
 In a comm unicatiOn to stfae National | Geographic Society, F. eW. Nelson, Chief of the United 'States Geological Survey, gives sRn amazing account of North AmaIlican wild liAe in zprehis-i toric times. A portion sf the com munication has been ms de public sby3 the Society in the followipg bulletin:
 'eThe original fbuffalo herds have been estimated to have sc0ntafned from 30.000,000 to 60.000,00 faanimais (tiaes latter figure is -6;8o0, ,000 greater than the total number of gcatthe tin sthe Uni-3 ted States according to the census of 191o1, and in 1870 it yvas estimated that about j500,000 still srrvixed-4ex- eeeding by 1,400 600 the number sof mules in the United States in da10.i A number of men now Living were privileged to see some of fhe igreat herds of the West before they rwefe finally destroyed. Dr. George Bird GrinneH writes;
 ".In 1870, I happened to ebe fm a ] train that was stopped for three hours to Set a herd of brhfalo ipass. We sup posed they would soon a,ass iBy, but they kept on coming. On a number of occasions in earlier days the engineers thought that they could run through the herds. and tisat, aeeing the aonp- motive, the huzffaio MsoEzld stop to turn ! aside; but after a few lecomotives had
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE. ANAkES.

Don't be careless. When you have something to do in limited time, keep R 1eveI head and do it we'll
 There is no Fuer saying than Haste makes waste!'
 Let me tell you what a little care Iessness on the part of bank clerk cost Uncle Sam
 This clerk had a check for s2o, 900 kn mail to a town not five miles away, and he was too late in reaching the postof1ce to have his letter tied up with other letters, and it was thrown Into the bag at the last moment loose. The letter never reached its destfna- was not unlocked until it reached the ofice of destination.
 Several honest clerks were imnnedi- ate1y suspected of being dishonest, the case was reported to the postmaster general, and a special agent was sent osft to find the check or the thief. or. both. This agent went to both postoldees and sharply questioned the clerks and persistentIy shook all the mail bags. At the end of five or six weeks the missing letter was shaken out of a bag that had been thoroughly shaken a hah dozen times before.
 The cause of all of the trouble was the clerks sloven1y cumming of the flap of the envelope and superffu ous mncilage on the front of the envelope which fixed it to the bottom of the. bag.
 This cost Uncls Sam $20o at least and a half dozen clerks more di.stress and sleepless nights than money could pay for. Two minutes late and two seconds of slobbing was at botto m of six weeks Of serious trouble.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
A Midniaht Alarm

Dear Uncle Jed.= It was the 2Sth of October. 1914, a Friday night and we went to sleep at eight o'clock as us- ual. Everything was all right until twelve o'clock.
 My eldest brother, whose name is Jacob. heard a rack1i..g noise, He found that the barn was abIaze. He walked my mother and father They got up and called all my brothers and sisters.
 Our neighbors came up we called the fire engines but it was of no use it would be burned before they could reach us- The day before that night it was rain ,so we brought the wag- ons and harness into the 'barta We were so excited when it was on fire we could not take anything out of the barn.
 The next day-safter the fire we did not have any harness to hitc1 LID the horses. We were carting wool then
 MT. tGager came up and gave us a double team harness.
 We thought that our horses were burned too, but our working man turned them out the day before the fire, we felt a little better.
 The foundation is left land we are going to make boardinglfhouse in two or three years on it.
 SARAH SCHATZ Age 8
 Yantic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
THE WINTERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

1-Harry ScFats of Yantic. Com rades of the Saddle.
 2-AEfreda Walker of Mansfield Gen. ter, The High School Rivals.
 3-AIice Williams of Norwich, Madge Morton of the Merry Maid.N.
 4-Fanny Ryshpan of Norwich, The Meadow Brook Girls by the Sea.
 5-MonteaIrn Gauf1ier of Brooklyn, The Boy Pilot of the Lakes.
 e-RaIPh Olsen of Baltic. Bob Ches- ter's Grit.
 flames Murphy of Versailles, Au- tomobile Girls at Chicago.
 S-Agnes Rupprecht of Mansfield Center, Madge Morton's Victory.
 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.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
Kate Made a Pie.

This is the pie. that Kate made! These are the apples so ripe and red Cut into quarters and put 10 bed, In the wonderful pie that Kate made This is the crust so soft. and light Put in the oven and baited just right That covered the apafes so ripe and
 red, Sw-, h@5 Cnt into quarters arsfnzf Kate made Tn the wonderful pf hungry girls and And these
 ooyAughter and fun and noise E2no o1e up the crust so soft and light, LnO n the oven and baked just right, a,ttx 1,rt x covered the apples so ripe and 1nF red,
 .5<at into quarters, and put to bed 1n. the wonderful pie that Kate made
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
The L..st nay .of School.

Dear Uncle Jed: The last day Of school my teacher let the girls feeite. We also had singing.
 After the children had finished re- citing their pieces, we had potato race. A girl and I began racing, I had nearly won the race. when all of prevented me from winning the race. The boys began to laugh. so I had to laugh with them.
 When the potato race was finished my teacher gave us some beautiful Christmas cards and photographic which she had taken of the school children.
 We didn't come out very plain in the pictures, beeause the film loosen ed in taking them,
 I enjoyed the Christmas school day very much.
 SADIE FAHB, Age 12 Mansfield Ce enter
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Mansfield Center.
skatin q on the shetuo.et.

Dear UnfAe Jed: One day last week went sks fling on the ShetHclszt river The iee WAS nine inches thick 50 quite safe.
 some of my girl friepds were there.
 They said, let us play ssnap-the- whip All agreed so we played this game and ther, we sIaad racing.
 We skated up to O camp. One sgirl WheA was with me knew the men, He asiFd us to go iu We did. He gave HE cup of coffee. We stayed and fsS,t warm. Soon we were off again. Skating flown was much better than Isskating up The wind blew most of the way down After Iskating around for time we went horne, having thoroughly enjoy ed ourselves with this healthful 5exer- else.
 KATHLEEN JOHNSON, Age 12 Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
THE WIDE AWAKE-CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT
aul.a for Youna Writers.

r1 Write plainly on one side of the 1auer only. and number the o0ges. 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil. rs. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over aao words. c "A. Original stories or letters only will be used
 -5 Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. Address all connaunica cations to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Ofce.
 Whatever ycu arS-Be that!
 Whatever you gay-Be true!
 Straightforwardly act,
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else buE you.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
My Pet Doq.

One day in October my mother brought home nice little collie shep herd pup.
 When we got her she was about two weeks old. She would play the cum ningest you ever saw Her color is white and light brown.
 When my father goes to get the cows she helps him. Her name is Beauty. My father will say:
 Come, Beauty, we will go to the house now"
 Then we run to the house, and she plays tag with us and pulls our coats. When my brother goes upon the hay now to get some hay for the cows Beauty will pull his hat off and run with it.
 If anything should happen to her we all would miss her very much
 GLADYS GUYETTE, Age Il. North Franklin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
A Pleasant Christmas.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing to teH you how I spent Christmas. spent Christmas with my aunt. We had our Christmas Sunday. went to church first and when we came back dinner was ready. When we came back we went on the snow be- cause it was icy in the road My cou- sin went to church with me We had chicken, meat, mashed potatoes. t1ar- uips, cream cake and pumpkin pie.
 I spoke a piece the Saturday night before Christmas up to the E75onk church.
 received four hand1zerchiefs. A dolls head, a. string of beads, a. look ing glass and some candy We had a Christmas tree down to the school house. I got a necklace and a. stick of candy.
 ?. OLIVE MATILDA COLE, Age 10.
 Moosup
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

chasing lands for National Forests. re- ceives E$21,120.
 In making aIlotments. it is aeNpIa med. ten per cent of the amount available for 1918 is withheld as a contingent fund. One-half of the remainder has been apportioned among the states in amounts based on the area of the Ma tional Forest lands in each state, while the other half has been allotted on "a basis of the estimated 'Value of rhe timber and forage resources which the forests contain.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

Delegates to the congress of scien- lists, assembled in New York at the convention of the American Associa
 ton for the Advancement of Science, saw the voices Of Caruso, TetraZipi and A1nato dance before their eyes on the walls of a darkened room. The phonodeik a recently invented ml- chine, consists of a representative dia- phragm of a gauzelike material, through which the sound waves pass,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

Since the massage in 1912 of the act .proyiSling funds for Hand rula ssfflcation, and as "a direct sresulteo of the classifica- ton work, a total of 13,477y7S1 acres has been eliminated from the National Forests. This includes an elimination of approximately 5;S6O,00O acres of land from the fOhugach National For est in Ala ska, which embraced lands of low value for any purpose other than mining
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My Aneera Kitten.

I had many Christians presents, but one of my best was an Angora kitten when l received from a neighbor. He is gfayish coIered kitten with "a wide streak of white around his neck which looks like 6 set of furs. and a
 measured his fur and it is a lit tie over three and one-3aaaf inches long.
 I named him.. Beauty. but papa calls him Rags, which I think quite suits him.
 We also have another eat which is nearly f1ftesh years old. He is all black and SO we named him Mig.
 When we first got Beauty they they are good friends and Iay-urfder the stove side by side. and every where Mig goes Beauty follows him. I often see them kissing each other
 wish Uncle Jed and all the Wide AWakes. Happy New ear
 ALICE WILLIAMS, Age II.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

clearly outlined curved line to a shadowy blur as his voice rises from low, natural note to high burst of volume.
 Photo shows the phonodeik and back of it a chart denottng differences between voices. Top record is Ca ruso's. Next to it is Sfgnora Tetraz- zini's, and beiow is AmatO,s. Por- traits. left to right, Anlato, Tetrazzinl, Csaruso.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

cause vibration. A series of highly polished mirrors reflect the vibrations to a revolving triangular mirror disS. which in turn reflects them upon a screen. "rhe sound wave reflections appear upon the screen -magnffled 10000 times the size of the vibrations upon the diaphragm.
 Caruso's voice pictured at the top in the accompanying picture, as seen through the phonodeik, varies from a
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
Why They couldn4 Haxe . Eunsr.

Why They couldpt Have . Funeral
 DeAr Uncle Jedi My little friend had 9 little puppy dog Its name was Rsikncc. It was all white. She had not lad 1t over a month when tt ran away. yard is a well and she found out that the puppy had fallen in and was drowned, She could not have a fun eral because the pippy was in the bot tom of the well and they could not get him out.
 ELIzABETH SIMMONS. Age
 Wfndham Conn
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
sLet We'll lEnouuh AIone.

Colonel House was sure to be men toned sooner or later as a 'successoE to Secretary of State Lansing. The deniais of present rumors Of such "a change apear to be complete. Both men are we'll placed as they are. - Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

During past fiscal year there were constructed on the National Forests 227 miles of new road, 1875 miles of trasis, 2, 124 miles fof telephone line. S9 miles of fire lines, FS1 lookout Struc- tures 40 bridges, @222 miles of fence, 545 dwellings barns and other struc- lures, 1T lco1rais, and POP water inn ft9f-oyenfent<s
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

It is estimated that in 1915 about 900 forest fires occurred in the Uni ted States, which burned over about 5,900,000 acres and caused a damage of approximately f$700o, ,eeO.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
FIFE SONG OF THE BLACK SHEEP

THE SONG OF THE BLACK SHEEP. And this is the song of the black sheep, aAnd the song of the white sheepS too; And the auix, and the armadillo, slAnd the crocodile knows it's truec Have I wooI?" said the baa=baa Black
 sheep,
 Ye ask me, have I wooli When yield eachy year to the shearer's
 shear
 As much as three bags full. 'Eave I wool?" said the baa-baa black
 sheep:
 'It is found in the sailors socks. Retaining their heat through the driv-
 ing sleet
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
FOREST NOTES.

On about two million acres of Ma tional Forest lands grazing by dones- tic stock is either entirely .prohibited or is greatly restricted to provide range elk.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

for you except choose the right You havr fo do that, and the most inn pertant part of your bringing up is the part you do yourself
 OSCAR MATHDWSON, Age IF. Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
Silver Tin.

While we were travelling overland 10 ore of the mining camps of Colo Faoos one or the party captured a you1g bear. When brought to camp he fought desperately until we gave him some sugar. In a few moments het was eating 1t out of our hands. He tnen cuddled- down in my lap and cross OF behaved badly, all we had to do was to give him a little cuff on the ears. and he would become as obedfent as a dog.
 We let him run loose, having only a small piece of iran on the end of his leash. There were many large bowl ders around camp. I would run and hide behind one. until he came on top of 1t, then I would jump at him. would hide behind another. One day I did not appear to notice him. he came up softly and boxed my ears.
 Once we found him sitting erect, holding the syrup can up and letting the contents dribbke into his mouth.
 Another time he twas found with the condensed milk hAid tightly in one put in the can When it was well covered with milk, he would lick it off.
 In the fall we moved and had to leave him. He was now so large that his new owner kepta him chained. One day he saw a girl about my size passing. He pulled frantieaily at the chain, broke it, and started after her He thought he had found his old play mate. A man thinking he meant to Poor little Silver Tip! His affection was his undoing.
 LEO PonaQUIN. Age IF.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

Revised estimates place the amount rof standing mercffa11table stimberF in the United States at approximately 2,167 billion board feet. Of this amount ASA billion board feet, OF B per cent of the total, is in California, Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
How We spent a Rainy Afternoon.

Dear Uncle Jed: One rainy after noon, my sister and I decided to make some fudge. I got the cooking uten- sils ready and my sister got the cook ing material. My sister measured the Ingredients while tended to the cooking. We enjoyed the cooking very much. When it was done we ate the fudge and decided to cook some thing every rainy afternoon
 We wish the Wide-Awakes to spend
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told me that Connecticut fs nice place to live in and that she enjoyed the visit.
 FRANCES FARE, Age II. Mansfisdd Center.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

New Brita in-The municipal sl1ught- CT house at the town home property was opened for business Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
Are Not Deeeived

Those six Independents in the nexi House will not deceive themselves as to the reason for their amazing pop ularity.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
POETRY.
eaa-Baa, Black Sheep.

According to Percy French, a London entertainer, this is the way Backyard Hiplfng would have written Baa-Baa, Black Sheep:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18

a happy afternoon in cooking some. thing or other.
 ESTHER LYMAN, Age 12. Norwich
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situation unchanned.

The chief characteristic of peace continues to be low visibility. New York Sun.