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Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
My Pet Doq.

My pet dogs name is Spot. He is black and white. Every time I go out he follows me.
 He was gone about fifteen minutes. When he came back he had a rabbit in his mouth. He laid it on the ground by my feet and looked up in my face.
 Another day I was out picking up nuts under the walnut trees. I saw a little red squirrel. He had nut be- tween his front paws and was eating it. He did no. see me looking at him. The dog ran after him; but the squirrel ran in the stone wall. By and by he stuck his head out of the stone wall and the dog caught him.
 My dog is good hunter and I like him very much.
 HELEN RIST, Age 12.
 Lisbon. x
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
Bernard Went Fishing.

Dear Uncle Jed:-I went fishing and after batting my hook and fish ing about five minutes I felt bite. I pulled in and found I had caught a large perch.
 swung my line back into the water and was thinking how many fish I would catch, when I felt an- other bite. I tried to pull in, but the string broke, and l saw the fish go under the water. knew had caught fish and it got away with the hook in it's mouth.
 had two more hooks with me, so put another hook on with some string and fastened it on. Then I be- gan once again fishing.
 I caught three more fish. I brought them home and had good dinner. I enjoyed my dinner very much.
 BERNARD SCHATZ, Age 8.
 Vopff<
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
NorWic
A Fishing and Hunting Story.

Dear Uncle eJed:--I and my brother went with two of my schoolmates to North Stonfngton and Preston Reser- yoir to fish. We didn't have no luck
 I walked two or three miles to the reservoir and we stayed at. the reser- voir fishing tor about three hours and didn't get nothing.
 We went along the shore for about a mile and half, and cast our lines several times, but got nothing.
 r We then came back to my school mates shouse, and he took his gun and we went hunting. We shot into tree where some squirrels were but we didn't get them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
My Vacation.

Dear Uncle Jed:|I am going to tell you about my vacation. My aunt wrote me a letter saying she would like to have me spend my va cation with her in New Haven. I went the day before the Fourth and left the house at four o'clock and got in New Haven at seven o'clock.
 My uncle was at the station to meet me. My little cousin was as sur prised to see me as I was to see him.
 We went to bed very early that evening and got up very early Fourth of July. I had a fine time that day and also had a fine time all summer. . soon got lonesome and wanted to go home. ,-is
 My aunt and uncle and cousin wanted me to stay longer. but I wouldn't. My, uncle came home with me. was very glad to be with my mother and father. and sisters again.
 LILLIAN SANDBERG, Age Il.
 N0rNZicla
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
LETTERS OF AckNowuEpem ENr

William A. Wheeler, of Packer Many thanks for prize book '~The Boy Allies Under the Sea" I was sur prised and pleased to get it. As I live two miles from the postoffice you win
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
Oakdale.
My Huntipu Trip,

Dear Uncle Jed:-I am writing you about my hunting trip. One Satur- day morning took my gun and went hunting. I walked along until I saw something running on the ground. sat still until 1t ran up a tree. I shot once and it fell to lower branch. Then I shot again and it fell out of the tree dead. I picked it up and took it home. When I got home I skinned it. I have not been hunting since.
 EDWARD FRANZ, Age TO-
 South Coventry
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
MARY DIKY, Age F.
An Interesting Door Weiqht,

Nh ThrereStIng Door Weight.
 One day when I was sweeping the dining room I asked my mother where she got her pretty door weight It was made of very heavy glass rib bed on the upper side
 She told me one day she and my father and his brother were visiting at Alfyn's Point. The men swam out to part of an old sunken ship that was above water.
 They climbed up on, it and looked around. A part of the floor. was made of glass ribbed on the under side to let light down below. A piece of this floor lay broken and my father brought it ashore and had this piece taken out.
 My mother has always kept it as a souveneir of that visit to Allyn's Point
 MILDRED GRANDY, Age 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
An Autumn Walk

One lovely day in October when the skies were blue my friend, who had always lived in the crowded city, was visiting me and to entertain her I proposed a stroll through the gorge ous woods. As we came to the edge of the forest we found a lone chest nut tree, with wide spreading branch es covered with chestnuts. Under heath this tree were frisky squirrels picking chestnuts and carrying them into their storehouses before the boys knew the nuts were ready to gather.
 We heard many sounds announc- ing that partridge and quail were plentiful and very soon would be the victim of hunters. We found gen. tians and many other pretty wild flowers which delighted my friend very much. We crossed a narrow, before many months We were Ioath to leave the brilliant trees behind with their splendid dresses of gold silver, brown, red and green, which would soon fall and form blankets for the roots of grass and flowers.
 Going home we climbed ovef a fence and fell into a field where a When we picked ourselves up we asked permission of the farmer to take home few pumpkins for halIo- we'en.
 Under an apple tree nearby were piles of apples ready to be barreled and shipped to the city for winter use We came home refreshed after our walk. laden with autumn flowers, hardy ferns and chestnuts.
 My friend thought it was a grand thing to live ip the country and make a study of nature.
 LOUISE KOvAROvICS, Age 1s.
 Ashford.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
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Turns in Tinae.

welt has not enjoyed the sight of one eye for many years, but no adversary, so far as we know. has ever been lucky enough to get on his blind side.
 St. Louis Post Dispatch. 3
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15

CromweII.-CromweIl' subscriptions to the first issue of Liberty loan bonds was s25,050 and to the second issue, $25,350.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BCYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

not receive this as soon as should like.
 Mildred Brandy, of Yantic-I thank Uncle Jed for 'AThe Red Cross Girls in Belgium" I think Margaret Van dercook a very interesting author.
 Mildred Friedland, of Brooklyn, N. VI was very happy to receive the prize book for which I thank you very much. 'HThe Red Cross Girls on the French Firing Line,"- has proved very
 interesting.
 John A. Burns of Yantic-I thank you very much for the prize book you
 sent me I have read some of it and
 ike it very much.
 THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Ida Freeman, of Baltic-Three Little Women.
 2-EIIen Powers, of Oakdale-The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie. S-Carrie Tinker, of Oakdale- The ] HLouis Zeieelmeyer, of Norwich The Flying Machine Boys in Deadly Peril
 5lilIian Sandbers, of Norwich The Boy Chuns on Haunted Island. 6-Louise .karovarovicus, of Ash ford-Three Little Women Wives. 7-HaroId Wilde, of Wauregan- B 1-3 points-100. $1.00. s-Louis Detrich, of Willimantic- The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods Winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin bus mess office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
Home-M.de. co,f.e+;o,.

Home- Made Confeetions.
 Dear Uncle Jed:-I am sending the Wide AwaseS some more recipes:
 creamed Nuts-Beat the white of one egg to a froth; add 8 tablespoons
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
Our Attic.

One gloomy. rainy afternoon, as was at loss for anything to do, I decided to rummage around in one part of our attic which was used for a storeroom. It seemed to be a place just suited for an afternoon like thE, away from anyone else. So, taking two or three sofa pillows and the key I started up the stairs.
 When I first opened the door it seemed very close and musty in the room. but after pushing up one of the windows it soon aired out Thc store room was quite large with two win the room were packed with all sorts of things such books, magazines, and o1dtoys. There were two or three old trunks on the floor, two broken chairs. a part of an old fashioned spinning wheel and many other half broken articles. large arm chair, partly broken made a very comfort able place to sit and read by adding the sofa cushions. But I did not wish to read first. as I had planned to start with looking over the contents of the trunks and hunting for old treasures on the shelves, and then to look at the magazines. Il. t--f--.
 In the trunk I found old fashioned clothes, queer boxes, shells, and many other interesting things.
 On one of the shelves I discovered some bottles l once intended to sell to the rag man, but had forgotten. Then 1 found part of costume I had worn to a party once. While looking for the rest of it happened to see the edge of an old book I had searched everywhere for the day be- fore. In my haste to get it climbed upon an old rickety chair and tried to reach it. But the chair broke down and I went too. at the same time. turning a half a pail of white paint over myself.
 Then, as I felt very uncomfortable, | and hmped down stairs; my beautiful afternoon spoiled.
 MARY A. BURRILL.
 Stafford Springs
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
A Flemish Dog and His Two Matters,

Yantic.
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-15
Columbus.

South Coventry.
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Willimantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
NEW HAVEN SHOWS
 FEBRUARY DEFICITS Total is Given as $317,o5oin Figures Made Public by Railroad.

The New Haven R. R. Co. has made public figures showing deficit in February in the net corporate income of the main system and of every one of it's subsidiaries with the exception of the Connecticut company.
 These deficits were: New Haven. $317,o5o: New York. Ontario and as s1Sss s Gensra TnaanS New stsa Gag ship, s4S,sS4; Hartford and New York Transportation. $22.77S; Rhode Island, S4S067: New Bedford. Martha's Vine yard and Nantucket Steamship, $5,- o42: Berkshire Street Railway. s1S,- T64; New York and Stamford Rail way, $7.95s; Westchester Street Rail- road, s7o61: New York Westchester and Boston. $13,225.
 The net corporate income of the Connecticut company was $40.000.
 The defictit of the New York. West chester and Boston Railway company was nearly $Ss.oOO less than in Feb ruary, 1916.
 All the roads have asked for an advance in rates to cover the added cost of the eight-hour day.
 For eight months. including Febru- ary, the New Haven railroad. main system. had net corporate income of 'S4, ATS, sos as against S2,483.248 for the eight months ending March l.
 The February railway operating revenues of the main system were s5,724.565. as against $5.s02,17S The operating expenses were $4.715.549 as a sainst s4.603.s04: railway operating income, $1,009,o15, as against $1.19S.- 373; incorporating income. $273, ,132, as against $11s.5s2: gross income ,s1,- 2s214S, as against s1,317, ,594: deduc- tions, s1,599, 1ss. against s1,s75. .151 net corporate income, sS17.05o deficit, as against $557.1s5 deficit in February 1s16
 The reduction in the past eight months in the net corporate income of the Ontario and Western was s216,- 539 and of the Central New England, S129 303
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
NORWICH MAN APPOINTED.
Herbert R. Branehe on State Chamber of Commerce Committee to Increase Food Supply.

F The following are the members of thee committee appointed by Presi- dent E. P, Jones. of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce to plan and ex- ecute the movement for cooperation between the various towns and cities of the state. and the State Agricul- tural college. to increase the food pro- duction of the state of Connecticut this year by developing Home School Gardens, Boys and Girls Poultry and Canning clubs.
 The committee follows:
 C. NJ Landers. New Britain; H. J. Baker, Storrs; H. R. Branche, Nor wich:. W. I. Bullard. Danielson: G. E. Crawford. Bridgeport: c. P. Davis, Middletown; J. P. Elton. Waterbury; c: A. Hemeway. Hartford; c. E. House, South Manchester: w H. Lee, New Haven; A. T. Minor. New Lon don; R. w. Perkins. Norwich: W. A. Schencl>. Meriden; Robert Schovill. Lakeville, c. l. Stonnard, Woodbridge. include cooperation with the farm CTS to assist them in raising larger crons this year.
 The following is a resolution passed by the directors of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce at their, meet ing on Friday. the 3oth, and presented to Governor Marcus H. Holcombe:
 Whereas, All activities connected with the preparation for war are not of specifically military nature
 Be it Resolved. That we the directors of the Connecticut Climber of Com merce in meeting assembled here with approve the enrolment of an In- dustrial Army to be composed of men essential to industries necessary to war and the division of all ether men of military age into classes. to be call ed or field service according to adviSa- bility as to age and situation. and to dependents. And that we commend to the consideration of the people of the state of Connecticut the principle of voluntary s4rvice in time of war and suggest the formation by civilian efforts. of a Civilian Reserve to in clude the whole people of the state and to convene under the leadership of the governor.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
Publicity SerNice.

Tn his report as director of publici- ty, Aubrey l.. Maddock says, Con tion, responded Loyalty and generous ly to the call made upon them for cooperation in the military census. The opportunity was given to the for patriotic service. and the re- sponse demonstrated-if any demon stration was necessary-tAe readiness of Connecticut newspapers to stand back of the state or nation in mat ter of constructive patriotism" The state newspapers gave much space to the census work and nationwide inter est by the press resulted in wide spread publicity of the methods and purposes of the Connecticut military census.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
ANNUAL REPORT OF
 EMPLOYES' BENEFIT FUND
Average Number on Telephone Com
 pany's Pay Roll Was 3,019.

Local telephone employees have re- ceived the annual report of the Elm ployes' Benefit Fund committee of the Southern New England Telephone company for the year ending Decem- Der 31. 1916. which follows:
 In compliance with paragraph 4, section of the Plan for Employees Pensions, Disability Benefits and Death Benefits the following statement of the administration of the fund for the year ending December S1. 1916. is herewith submitted:
 Fund Jan. 1, 1916. S150,0o0: appro- priation by S. NJ E. T. Co. $23. .sO0.04; i; interest S5, ,4S9. 43; total SIS, ,289.47.
 Payments-for pensions, S3,949.24; for accident disability benefits $3,9S7.- IS; for accident disability expenses, S2,142.sO; for sickness disability ben efits s15.55s.o2; for death benef1tS sS,- 652.1S; total $29.2S9.47. Balance in fund Dec 31. 1s16, s150, ,0o0,0
 The average number of employees of the company for tha year 1916 was 3.019, and since the amove payments cover a total of 599 cases, affecting 522 employees, it win be seen that about 17.3 per cent. of the employees of the company participated in benefits un- der the plan.
 The employees benefit fund com mittee com mpriseS~ James T. Moran, chairman, Harry C. Knight, Ernest l.. Simonds. Frank L. Moore, Johnstone D. Veitch.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
Aux. Nominating Committee
Appointed by Mrs. C. w. Prentice Business Meeting Yes terday Afternoon-Rev. Joseph H. Selden Gave In- structive Address Vocational and Prevocatic nal Schools. @

vocational school. The appalling1y large percentage of boys and girls who go out into the great world of in dustry with inadequate preparation for the struggle is a cause for grave thinking on our part. Sooner or later we must face the question of how best to fit these boys and girls to find sssem- selves and to make the most of them selves.
 Dr. Selden spoke of the awakened interest and alertness which was so manifest in the schools visited. The boy and girl who must work out the practical problems set him in these schools and afterward reduce them to plain figures soon graSps the neceS- sity of acquiring arithmetic and fig ures become something more than a mere abstraction. He begins to see, too, the meaning and value of educa- tion and what 1t may mean to him. When that can be brought home to a child, he has taken a long stride ahead.
 Dr. Selden's talk was forceful and interesting in the extreme and all those who heard him must have felt that he brought a message of no or dinary importance to them.
 After the adjournment of the buSi- ness meeting. most delicious refresh ments were served by the hostess and all remained for a very enjoyable so- cial hour. Mrs Hugh H. Osgood and Mrs. Oliver L. Johnson poured.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
PAUL S. RICKETTS, APPOINTED
 TO RESPONSIBLE POSITION
Will Represent General Electric Com.
 pany in BIuefieId, West Virginia.

Paul s. Ricketts, who for the past seven years has been in the employ of the General Electric company at their plant in Schenectady. N. Y., has received an appointment as local rep resentative of the company at Blue field, West Virginia At Bluefield MT. Ricketts will investigate the condi- tions in the coal mines situated at that place and will endeavor to pro mote the using of the General Electric Co. products for mining.
 For the past two weeks and for the coming two weeks MT. Riclxetts will study the manufacture of electrical apparatus in the factories located at Lynn, Mass, Pittsfield. Mass. Fort Wayne, Ind, and Harrisburg, Penn, and will familiarfze himself with many kinds of electrical mining apparatus Bluefield will be MT. Ricketts, perma- nent home.
 MT. Ricketts is spending a few days with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Chas. H. Ricketts of Prospect street. before leaving to take up his new duties. Mir. Ricketts is a graduate of the Norwich Free Academy in the class of 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
SOLDIERS TO PROTECT
 NEW LONDON CITY
Battalion of Second Regiment Arrived There Tuesday For Guard Duty.

A battalion of the second regiment under the command of Maj. Daniel W. Lanouette of wallinzford arrived in New London Tuesday noon for guard duty.
 The battalion is quartered in the new addition of the J. N. Lapointe Co.'S plant in Pequot avenue. The Branford battery with two field guns has also been ordered on duty.
 All Of the men have very recently returned from the Mexican border and are especially well fitted for the work. To the man every one is in ex- cel1ent health.
 The infantrymen came on a special train and detrained El the Fort Neck yard from which they marched to the Lapointe plant and established their quarters.
 The Ninth Co. A :. which has been guarding the railroad bridges in this section of the state. was relieved at o'clock Tuesday by the infan- try companies. Captain Metcalf was in New London Tuesday conferring with Lieutenant Lunkhurst in regarsl to moving the men back to Stamford where they are to waite for further orders.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04

The Y. NJ. c. A. Auxiliary held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Leonard O. Smith Tuesday afternoon. Reports were given by the treasurer and the secretary and the chairmen of various committees. The next meeting being the annual one, Mrs. C. w. Prentice, president appointed, as nominating committee. Miss Mary A. Richards. Miss Mary Osgood and Mrs. Charles D. Moves.
 Miss Ruth Potter sang most delight fully two groups of songs, Sea Long ing and If, also A Village Romance and The ChrysanthemuIn. She was very ably accompanied by Mrs. Chas- Saxton.
 The association then had the great pleasure of hearing pr. Joseph H. Sel- den speak on vocational and pre-vo- cational schools. Dr. Selden was the chairman of the committee appointed by the chamber of commerce to in- vestigate the subject for Norwich and has made a very thorough and pains taking study of 1t. He has. with the other members of the committee visit ed many schools in this and other states and corresponded with those at a distance. Besides the. actual facts and statistics of which they are thus in possession the committee have look ed deeper into the underlying needs and rights of the youth of our time which have brought into existence the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
UNION SERVICE.
Will Follow the Order of the Seven
 Words From the Cross.

The union service on Good Friday in Trinity Methodist church follows the order of the Seven Words from the Cross, it's successive divisions be- ing under the direction of seven diff ferent ministers, follows: know not what they do" Rev. Edward S. Worcester.
 IE-HToday thou shalt be with me in Paradise" Rev. c. H. Rfcketts
 IIL"Behold, thy son, Behold, they mother." Rev. Joseph F. Cobb
 IV-"My God. my God. why hast Thou forsaken me Rev. Arthur Var ley.
 VT thirst" Rev. Herbert J
 [VI-"It is finished" Rev. Frederick Coleman.
 VTI-'Father, into Thy hands I com mend my spirit Rev. Joseph H. Sel- den.
 The effective conduct of the musical sured by the generous cooperation of the musical directors Of several of the churches. Alfred Brucksch, Miss Carrie F.. Champlin, Frederick w Lester and Robert Gale Moves will be at the organ in turn. Selections appropriate to the devotional spirit of the day will be sung by five voices from Trinity Methodist choir, by the 1uarted of the Broadway church and by Miss Mary Rogers. Mrs. William Grove, Jr., Mrs. Frederick & Young and Mrs. Walter F. Lester, as solo ists. Emphasis is laid also on the congregational sing of Passion hymns.
 The service is to be continuous till three o'clock, so that any one who is at liberty at any time between 11ose hours will have an opportunity to share b. some part of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
DIR. W. F. M. eoss SECOND.
Nephew of Former Norwich Author Stands High Among Nations Ensi- neers.

The formation of an American Aca- denny of Engineers was undertaken in Washington, D. C., last week, says the Philadelphia Press. when MaJor-0en- era1 George w. Goethals named ten of the country's foremost engineers as a nucleus for the society. Second on the list selected is Dr. W. F. M. Goss, late with the University of Illinois of Urbana, H.. now president of the Railway Car Manufacturers associa- tion of New York. Dr. Goss is a graduate of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. a son of the late F. B. Goss. of The Barnstable (Mass.) Patriot, and a nephew of Warren Lee Goss, of Rutherford, N. J., formerly of Norwich. Dr. Goss' advancement friends.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
COMPENSATION FOR
 CONSTABLES DEATH
Widow of James C. Ford to Receive
 $1,56o.

Compensation Commissioner J. J. onohue, of Norwich, has awarded the widow of Constable James c. Ford, for over thirty years an employe of the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls in Middletown the sum of s5 a week for SIP weeks, as a result of his death last fall. The award was made after a hearing at his office in Nor wich, a report of which has been filed in the office of the clerk of the superi- or court in Middletown.
 MT. Ford died October IA. He had been employed by the Industrial school for B years. On the day of his death it appeared from the tes- timony that he was at work in the of flee of the school trying to open a trunk with a key. He was seated on a chair at the time and while at work, in some manner slipped from the chair and fell striking his head against the edge of the chair. He fractured his skull as a result and died at g o'clock that evening.
 It was found at the hearing that his only dependent was his widow, Mrs Susan A. Ford, now a resident of Pennsylvania The commissioner thereupon ordered the payment of $5 a week for six years, or a total of s1 300. In addition $100 was allowed for funeral expenses