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Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Her Doc Tricks.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my dog Tricks. We named her Tricks because she is full of them.
 One of her tricks is this: When we >eat anything she jumps up and sits on her hind legs with her front paws up, begging for what we have. When we give it to her she wags her tail al if she was pleased.
 When we are in bed mornings she comes in and rests herself. Some times in the night she sleeps in my bed.
 One thing about my dog is this, she is always kissing me.
 When my father hits me she barks at him, and when he hits my dog cry and take her away.
 Some time I will show you my dog
 BESSIE BRUCKNER Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

me just forty-five minutes to accom- plish it. Beyond Mir. Wright's farm there is a place where the road is lower than the fake. The mud there was one foot deep. When l got home I had to give my bicycle a bath. I travelled three miles in ten minutes in one stretch of good read. That was on the old Boston turnpike. l am gO- ing to ride over to Storrs college to- morrow morning.
 EDMUND CANTON, Age 12.
 Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
SAVE SUGAR IN JELLY MAKING.
Simple Alcohol Test Prevents Wasts
 of Sugar and Failure Of JelIiss.

Much waste of sugar and suo.Ia-r cf jellies can be avoided by asiur a slm- pie alcohol fest recommended 1r r-r Bureau of Chemistry United s-afea Department Of Agriculture. To deter mine how much sugar should be ura4 with each kind Of juice Uut snC1r- fUl of juice in glass and add fo -- one spoonful Of 95 per cent grain as- cohol, mixed log shaking the ElagH gently. Pour slowly from Che glaze. noting how the pec-iu-the eubraura in fruits which makes fhem 1eIl-tT preCipitated. lf the pectin e rrc-lui- tated as one lump cup of sugar may be used for each cup of juice. H r several Jumps the proportion or sugar mtus be reduced Co appr0U .r1are.r three -fourths the amunt of Che fu.ce- If the peCtiu i7 not ln humps bIt i1 merely precipitatcd. thc slgar should be one-half or less Of the amount rf the juice. If the juice shows r1 pre- cipitation under this rc8- it .a ursst-- able for jelly making and mIrt aa combined with apples or other juices rich in pectin.
 The housewife VIII do well before making the test. to taste tho juice sg fruits not as acid as good tart apples probably will not make good urters mixed with other fruits which ar8 acid.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-6eatrice AbeIman of Norwich, Ethel Morton at Rose House
 z-Helen R. kiinaon of Colchester, Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures.
 3essie L. Brehaut of Huntington, L. L. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua.
 +-HeIen Brink of Norwich, Meadow Brook Girls In the Halls.
 5-EdWard Canton of NdansfeId Gen. ter, Tom Swift and His Airshfp.
 s-JosepF kuIasa of Mansfield Cen- ter, Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
 T-Leuise A. kovarovies of Ashford The Bobbsey Twins in the Country.
 S-=Annie Tomaskovie of Mansfield
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
au,.s fer Young writsrs.

| Write plainly on one side of the wanay onIv. and number the pages. l Use pen and ink, not pencil. :. a Short and pointed articles will ns given preference. Do not use over {. Original stories or letters only T. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom Of the story.
 Address all connmuntc4fions te Jncle Jed. Bulletin Onice-
 whatever you ar5-Be that!
 Whatever you say-Be trues
 straightforwardlY act
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else nuI you"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Myron's Chickens.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write to you and tell you about my chickens.
 We have 22 hens and g little ones. I'm going to have some chickens and a garden. too.
 I'm going to raise lots of things. I'm going to raise onions, radishes, cucumbers, beets, cabbages, tomatoes, sweetcorn and potatoes.
 My mother gave me r of the little chickens. I'm going to help take care of my mothers chickens, too.
 My sister is going to have some chickens. too.
 MYRON BoALIsCH, Age T. Hanks Hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

in my lap.
 The next time he came he gave each one of us a list of prizes we could get if we were not lazy. I brought this home and 1 begged so much that my mother asked me which club I would like to be in, so, of course, I answered her just what I wished: The canning club.
 She said I could be in the canning club, and the sewing club also. LENA SCEHWIAlTBERG. Mansfield
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
The Old Horse.

Dear Uncle Jed On my way to Sun day school two weeks ago I saw an old sturdy horse standing in the road. The horse looked as if he was Ill, and there were a number of men standing around it, and when we came out of church we found that they had killed him. He looked so old and i'll that am sure he was better off. ARLENE WFATHERHEAD, Age 10.
 Willimantic,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Mx Hon,e carden.

Dear Uncle Jed: I want to write and tell you about my home garden. I planted some corn a while ago and some peas and beans.
 I didn't think they would come up but was very much surprised when my mother was raking around her dahlias to find them all up. So I ioosened the dirt around them and took the weeds out and hope they will grow all right.
 PAULINE BURTON, Age 8.
 N0ruich
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Her Garden,

Her Garden.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to have a flower garden It is going to be about ten feet square. I am going to have pansies, African marigolds, asters, snapdragon carnations and petunias. My garden was plowed on April 18th. I am going to plant my seeds next week Saturday. I have my seeds all ready to plant.
 I am going to bring my flowers to the school fair in September.
 ANNIE TOMASKOV1C, Age 10. Mansfield Center.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Eagleville
AmeIia's Garden.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to have a flower garden. It is going to be about ten feet square. I am going to have pinks. carnations, zinnias, dahljas, mignonette and asters.
 My garden was plowed May 5th. I planted in my garden. l am going to take good care of my flowers. I am going to bring them to the school in Septem Der.
 AMELIA LANCER, Age 10. EagleVille.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

left the room to decide which one should receive the medal.
 One of the pupile from our school won the prize, and each of the other speakers was presented with a picture.
 After the entertainment ice cream was served.
 We returned home late at night, very tired. LOUISE A. KOVARovICS, Age 12.
 Ashford.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Edna's and DonaId's Garden.

Edna and Donald are seven-year- old twins. They are the most tndust- rtous and busy children that I know. Every summer the twins parents go to the seaside where they have a comfortable bungalow.
 Last summer Edna and Donald were a great help to their mother In back of the cottage there is a strip of land which was not used for anything in particular and therefore Mir. and Mrs. Greene thought it a good idea to have the children raise some vegetabl on this plot to occupy their time when they were neither fishing or playing The children agreed readily for they thought it a great honor to raise veg etables.
 Oh, how proud Donald was in his new oVera1ls and of his hoe and rake: especially when somebody saw him when he was hoeing his sisters and his tomatoes, greens, and radishes
 But Edna felt just as proud as her brother in her checked apron and sun bonnet, and also of her new watering can which was used in case of rainle&s weak Xau must not think
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
A Happy Day.

but the birds were awake and were softly chirping and calling.
 Someone e-se was awake, too. Little Lillian had been promised a visit to the country; she was to start this very morning. As soon as she heard some one stirring that sounded. like a chirp- chirp, she sprang out of bed and ran to the window.
 She felt quite disappointed when she saw it was raining, acd she felt quite bad about it, but soon got ors- it. for her mother said she could bring some of her little friends up and play with her dolls and toys. She then felt quite happy about it and forgot that she would go to the country if it was pleasant. for she was just wild to go to the country.
 After they got through playing her mother invited them to some straw berry shortcake and some ice cream and when Lirian's friends went home they thanked her very much and said it was one of the best times they had this week
 DORA SECHTER, Age Ii.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Texaa WatsrmsIens.

As a food and drink crop TeEaH win raise 5000, ,OOO O00. .O0O. 900 vvatorn1eIona which will not bear shipping co France.-Louisville Courier-JourraL
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Australia.

Australia. Australia is a pleasant land. Although the scenery is not grand. The animals there are very funny Ranging from k-n1ole to a bunny. This is the land of many sheep; Millions of cattle too they keep. The boomerang the ma tiv-es throw To kill the cockatoos that crow. Within the kangaroo's funny pouch In time of danger the little ones
 crouch. To Australia. England sent her con-
 victs bod, Until a miner discovered gold. Then over the seas the settlers came To seek for fortune and for fame, The rivers there are very small, Because there is so little rainfall But on the long and graasv plains Are fertile spots for raising grains; Australia's now a 7ourishing land, Although some parts are desert sand
 CHARLES P. DYER Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Irene kiedascE4 of Norwich: I wish to thank you for the prize book you gave me. have read it through and think it fine one. hope to win an- other one equally good
 Louis zieseInrayer of Norwich: l wish to thank you for the prize book I received last week It Is very inter esting and I feel well repaid for my work.
 Mildred Ellis, of wi1ifmantic-I re- ceived my prize book and thank yoSl very much for it. I started to read it last night. It is Uncle Jim's Bible Stories" I am going to write an- other story later, and see if l can get another book.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEpARTMEET

Center, The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook.
 The winners of prize books may call for them at The Bulletin business office at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thurs- day.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1.t, 1917.
COUNTRY IMMUNE
FROM INFECTION

Eminent scientists have for some
time been diagnosing a fatal malady,
that only In the past few years has
been known to medical science. They
have named the disease, ex-presiden-
tial hydrorhotia rabidus, and the vi
rus is discharged from the mouth.
The infected Cike the rattlesnake)
discharges this POISON through the
mouth from wind bag located at
the root of the teeth, and shoots the
poisonous virus at his victim with
great force. The infected some sew
eral months ago blew this deadly
spray into the anatomy of presiden'
tial candidate Of cne of our great
political parties, and in few weeks
he suffered greater terrors than the
deported Belgian, and at last gave up
the ghost and died in intense agony.
This diseased victim has repeated
ly besmeared our president with this
deadly virus, but the people have
prepared an anti-toxin for the disease
that makes the victim immune from
this filthy and deadly scourge that
the God Of Israel has implanted into
his anatomy.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
WILL HAVE IDEAL KITCHEN
Hotel Soon to Be Erected In New York
With Absolutely Clean Cook I
ing Apartment.

Sanitary precautions. the equal of
which perhaps have never been taken
by any other hotel, are to be observed
In equipping and operating the kitchen
Of a very large hotel to be erected in
New York city. No food Of any sort
will remain uncovered in the kitchen.
unless being cooked in an open dish,
and yet all food will be in full view
behind or under conveniently pivoted
glass covers. All raw materials will
be conveyed from one receptacle to
another by machinery. The bulk Of
the work, which helpers and cooks
have formerly done by hand, will be
done by machines, such as pairing
fruits and vegetables, making bread,
cutting butter patties, mixing salads.
etc. All employees will be trained to
be as scrupulously clean as attendants
In hospital operating room. Each
one will be required to take a bath
every morning at the hotel and to pass
daily examination by a health in
spector. - Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
FIRST STRIKE IN AMERICA
spiraey When They Asked for .
Raise In Wages.

Thirty-five years before the dec
laration Of independence was written.
when New York was town Of less
than 5000 Inhabitants, the first labor
strike took place.
1t occurred in New York city and
the strikers were Njourneymen bakers
who agreed not to bake until their
wages were raised. And the result Of
the first walkout, the new Encyclope-
dia Britannica says. was that the strik-
ers were convicted of conspiracy. For
the size Of the city that effort to get
better wages probably caused almost
strike which New York, now more
than three hundred times as big as
1t was in 174O. has just experienced
for so many weeks.
How different the setting Of that
first strike-no newsbOys crying "ex-
tras" every hour, no telephones and
telegraphs to keep the country in
formed on the progress Of events, no
fast trains to bring in other wOrkmen
to fill the places Of the strikers. It
was In fact strictly local affair Of
little general significance, except that
1t was the beginning Of the long war
between labor and capital in this
country.
After the first revolt of the bakers
Of New York, other strikes were those
OF journeymen shoemakers in Phila-
delphia in 1796 and again in 1898.
Both were successful in obtaining an
Increase Of wages. In 1799 the shoe
makers Of Philadelphia struck against
a reduction Of wages, but although the
strike lasted ten weeks the men were
only partly successful. Conditions of
industry during those early colonial
days were naturally not conducive to
strikes, for factories were small and
few, and masters and men generally
worked together.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
Good Results From "safety First

Good Results From "Safety First"
In the sphere of accidents the safe
ty first" campaign has achieved most
encouraging results. The deaths from
railway accidents in the registration
area were 6.652 in 1915. which is the
lowest on record for the last decade,
while similar decreases are shown for
street car fatalities and deaths due to
mine and machinery accidents. Auto
mobile accidents caused 1887 deaths
in 1915. Fatalities from this source
have increased In rate from year to
year, but the increase has not been SO
rapid as that in the number of ma
chimes in use. Despite the efforts fire.
quently made to connect suicides with
abnormalities in social conditions, the
rate Of death from that cause has
shown scarcely any variation during
the past ten years. The total number
Of suicides reported in 1915 was H.
PIG. or 1877 per 100000 population.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
Peculiar Stimulation

An English farmer, who testified in
license hearing, said that he twas
in the habit of giving quart of beer
to the cows after calving, and that he
also gave them pint of whisky oc-
casionnlly." If deprived of these bev-
erages the stock would suffer, he said.
Beer for calving is comprehensive, II
n revelation Of British dairy methods.
But pint Of whisky for COW is not
easily seen through. Perhaps 1t was a
COW so stimulated that jumped over
the moon.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
Even Toothpicks,

Annis Burk tells new one on the
high cost of living. "Prices OF food
stuffs are going up so fast" he said.
that 1t is difficult here at the Clay
pool to keep track Of the dividing line
between profit and loss. The price Of
some articles on our cafe menu may
be fixed one week to yield fair profit,
but the. next week the same articles
may be served at price below cost.
"Here," said Annis, "is notice from
dealers that even the price Of tooth
picks has advanced. Higher prices for
wood and higher prices for the wood
splinters you pick the food out of your
teeth with! Don't know what's to be-
come OF us."-Indianapolis News.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01

With fair prospect fer all fruits
and vegetables commanding a high
price for the next year, much of II
can be avoided If ore prepares fol
it. Spring is approaching and each
citizen who has back yard. should
plant 1t to potatoes and vegetables
that will produce aburdantly ant
save many dollar to the family
household. Through Congressman Ed
ward Keating, Uncle Sam will sup
ply you with all kinds of vegetable
seeds free, and to many the planting
and tendirg of the yourg plants 1.
a matter CT pleasure.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
Hot Bread for Cold Morninq

AS race we are said to be addict
ed to the eating Of hot breads. But
it is doubtful If there is anything heav-
Ter and more indigestible in the Amer
lean cooks list Of hot breads than Eng
lish mullins. Some of the Viennese
breakfast breads, too, are bit heavy,
and probably every country of Europe
would have to plead guilty at the bar
If accused Of producing breakfast
breads that defy the requirements of
digestibility.
Whatever the real situation with re-
gard to hot breads may be, the fact
remains that good mullins or other hot
breads make breakfast worth the eat
ing.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
"Natural Bread"

new method Of making bread has
been adopted In Italy. 1t is found that
66O pounds of grain produce $50 pounds
of what is termed natural bread" In
the process the grain is sifted and
washed. 1t is then left for from 4S to
90 hours in n warm bath, where It
germinates and begins to sprout. When
the terminating process has gone far
enough the grain is crushed In ma.
chine and made into dough. which Is
passed into the oven.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01
Troubles of Wives

Gen. Sir Sam Hughes said ut din
ner in New York;.
"The wife Of n Canadian soldier and
the wife of South African soldier
met in London boarding house.
ats very hard on us poor married
women In South Africa the latter
said. 4 live with my husband on an
ostrich farm, and It's nothing ut all
for him to be away two whole days at
time on an ostrich
"Humph. What of thntT said the
Canadian woman. My husband is oft.
en- away two whole weeks on a lark"
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01

Don't forget yourself while in Den
yer and attempt to cross the street
in the middle Of n block. Go to the
intersection or you will be regarded
as a "jayhawker" and apt to be
''pinohed." This is good rule to
observe In Central While you may
net be laying yourself liable to ar.
rest in net crossing the street at a
corner, you may be caught in con-
gestion Of traffic and run over. Prac.
tice safety first. It is letter to be
safe than sorry.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01

While the legislature is in session
they should rass law putting the
coal business under the Public Util.
ity commission. This (all hog) com
bination in the state has raised
the price to nearly twice its real val
ue, simply because they are a maver
lex herd and have not been brought
under the orders of this commission
as other corporations have been. BY
all means Mr., Legislator. pass a law
preventing this octopus from robt ine
the poor and penn iless who have nc
alternative but to pay their price oil
freeze to death.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01

We notice some of the state press
is inclined to cast slurs at Governor
Gunter for the appointment of Sam
Lewis as printing commissioner just
because he happened to be an EN-.
ploye CT the Denver Post. This
should not arouse their ire, as Christ
was supposed to be a good man, even
though his environments were not OF
the best.
Gilpin observer., 1917-02-01

"Next time do as you are told, and you
will have less trouble. You know very
well that the agent told you to do this
| apartment first. He promised me that
he would"
Hell promise anything" began
Bert, grimly. but the tiny foot stamped
q warning. The girl did not care to
argue the point with workman, ana
she dismissed him with a nod.
"Come in tomorrow and give 1t a
second coat" she commanded. "Wait
a moment" she added, as Bert turned
to go. "Buy yourself good cigar"
she finished, as she handed him a coin.
Bert dropped the dime in his pocket
with a murmured word Of thanks and
backed out Of the door. Once on the
other side his embarrassment died
down, and he paused long enough to
ascertain from the card on the door
that it was Dorothy Remsen who oc-
cupied the apartment That she was
china decorator he already knew, and
vaguely he remembered having heard
of her skin.
He was tired when he sought his
home that night, but the thought that
he would see the girl again ON the
morrow gave him feeling that the
day had been well spent. He careful
ly slipped the dime in a locket which
he wore on his watch fob and smiled
us he thought of his "tip."
He painted the studio doors the first
thing next morning, and then turned
his attention to his own apartment.
1t was late in the afternoon when he
had finished and was cleaning up.
There came ring at the door, and he
opened 1t to confront young woman
who radiated confusion and penitence.
II have come to apologize" she said,
blushing redly. II stopped in to thank
the agent for sending me a painter,
and he did not know that my floors
had been done. Then he recalled that
you were painting your own place,
and explained my error"
"It's very natural one," he said,
with laugh. ''If you We're half as
desperate as my mother, 1 should not
blame you for kidnapping me with u full
knowledge of the facts. 1 am only
glad that 1 have been of service to
you."
you don't know how greatly you
have aided me-" she said. II can never
repay your kindness. 1 am so sorry
that I was abrupt yesterday. Will you
pardon me?"
The long, slender hand was clasped
in Bert's own, and he smiled down into
the brown eyes that dropped shyly be-
fore his gaze.
Dorothy slipped back into her own
apartment, and Bert, closing his door,
drew the dime she had given him from
his pocket.
"The jobs going to cost you more
than that, little woman" he said, as he
smiled to himself. Its going to cost
you your heart and hand, and they are
worth millions Of dimes."-PhiladeI
2hia Bulletin.