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Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-15
bird.
 Mansfield Center.
rhe Ways of VIII.

 I have a cat that is now four years of age and is very smart and will ten you all her pretty and smart Ways.
 Her color is gray and white, and her name is White. I named her Whitlg because she is nearly all white.
 When Whitie was very little her mother used to hunt for mice or some hungry and found her mother sNas away she would run about the house and new.
 When White became older she tried to catch mice, but did not succeed ln getting any. So her mother would catch the mice and give them to her. White would take a mouse in her mouth ana then let it go. The mouse would trg to run away, and the cat would caneo| catch it. Again and again she would do the same thing.
 If I called White, she would come to me and rub herself near mo until 2. the lounge. She would go becaus0. she used to obey me
 When I went to school or to vi1le' my friends White would follow me, A| didn't like that because at my friend houses they had dogs. The dogs weuld' fight with Whitie. When this eat knew I was going to send her back ljiol would follow me, going through LneI bushes so l could not see her. AelEi mean to chaSe her home, but would rather do that than have her fight Wlthl the dogs.
 Whitie is now four years of age. Lagt year she had one little kitten. This iit- tie kitten is also very smart.
 When White was young she u9sdi to get into the pantry and drink and eat. She ate cheese, cream and butter and cream that she wanted. Tn thia way she became my pet. and did not AN4s Fva 4uan FNrsNr mice Once in a while Whitie steals some fish or something like-th
 White catches mice in her mouth and then she lets them go and chaseG them. Once saw a rat hole. t0Oicl White to it and sine sat there and watched until she caught the rats.
 ELSIE RIBEN, Age n
 Mansfield Center.
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and Elise.

I Mary Eastaway's folks were very poor. She did not have any dolls like lsother little girls who lived hear her. Many times she had asked her mother | to buy her a doll. Her mother told fher she did not have the money to spare.
 | Elise Callaway's folks had plenty of money, She had all the playthings she wanted.
 one morning Mary's mother told Mary she must stay around the house while she went to the city. While her mother was gone she looked at pictures in a book of her fa- noise at the window She ran to see what 1t. was Blise had come over to see if she could go and play with her. F7@4Afary said her mother was not home and she could not.
 .Yourr mother will not know
 Mary put on her hat and went to play on E1ise's front lawn
 brought out a number of dolls. They played for some time. Then Elise went into the house for another doll. Mary slipped a little doll into her spocket. When Elise came out she told her that her mother was coming. Mary ran home.
 When her mother got home she Showed the doh to her. Then she told Mary to take the doll back and tell went and told Elise.
 Elise told Mary to come to her house the next day and she would give her something.
 What do you suppose Mary got? Some nice playthings. Do you think she-was glad for going to the house2 <. EVELYN BUTLER, Age Il. y Narwicb
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Doctor Tells HosO To Strengthen
 Eyesight 50 per cent Ln One
 Weeks Time ir1 Many Instances

and expense of ever getting glAsses. Eye troubles of many descriptions may Do wonderfully benefited by follOWiug the simple rules. Here is the prescription sGo to any active drug store and oct Q bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop ono Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of A flagl of water and allow to dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eye two t0 four times daily. You should notice your eyeg and inflammation will quickly diaappear. If your eyes are bothering you, even c little, take steps to save them now before 1t IS too late. Many hopeiea8iy blind might have been saved if they had cared for their eyes in time.
 Note: Another prominent Physician Co whcnl the above article was submitted. said. 'Dun- -optc is very remarkable remedy. Ito constituent ingredients are we'll known to eminent eye gpec. ialists and widely prescribed by them The man ufacturers ynarnntee it to strengthen cye1Ig1t 60 per cent In one week's time im many ipatnmcfQ or refund the money It can De obtained from any good druggist and is one Of the very few rrerarl- tions feel should be kept on hand for regular ngr in almost every family" It is sold in this city n
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LETTERS OF Ackaowl1DeMENr

Katherine German of Versailles: l received the nice prize book you sent
 me entitled The Meadow Brook Girls in the Hills. have read it through and have found sit very interesting. Thank you ever so much for it.
 Edmund A. Smith of -B,lrnside l thank you for my nice prize book. I am glad you think my letters worthy of the many nice prize books that you have sent me.
 ceived the prize book you sent me. 7 I thank you very much for it. 2
 Harry Barker of Goshen.fI thank you for the, prize hook you sent me. It is a very nice book . I have read it through. have many other books. but I think this Is the. best one.
 Mary Steiameyer of Eagleyille: T thank you for the nice prize book you sent me. Thank you very much for the book. 's x
 Saunders MeLane of. Boston: I thank you very much for the prize book, The Boy Scouts of ,Lenox. I have read three chapters in it. I have found it very interesting and like it very we'll.
 Catherine Cooney of Baltic: I am writing to thank you for the prize book you sent me. have read it through and I think it is very inter esting. I hope to receive another one.
 Harold Kinder, of Pawtucket. R. l.: l thank yeu very much for the prize book you sent me entitled Only An Irish Boy It is one of the best books by 3Alger that have ever read. I am very fond of reading and aside from my schoolwork I read on the average two books a week. I have just started The Last of the Mohicans, by J. Fenimore ,,.e-z< ~
 can just remember attending a memorial service at the grave of Un- cas in Norwich when Buffalo Bill placed wreath on the monument there I have been wondering if this is the same Uncas it speaks of in the book. (The same Uncas.-Uncle Jed.) :. Joel Barker, of Moosup: I received the prize book, Tom, the Telephone Boy" and am reading it through. I like it very much. Many thanks for it.
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Abraham Lincoln.

Dear Uncle Jed: Few men, par ticularly American, began life in such poverty as Lincoln and but few rose to become as great. He was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, a mere wilderness, and when but eight years of age he moved to Indiana.
 He went to school in a log school house, which were few in the country. He wrote many small poems and his favorite books were The Bible and Ae- sops Fables. The first law book he ever read was The Statutes of In diana" and from this came his ambi- tion to become a lawyer.
 After leaving school he was em- ployed by a man named Denton Of- fut," and his work was to take pro- visions to New Orleans.
 In 1884 he ran for legislator and won.
 About this time he began to oppose slavery and also to practice law. He was elected president in 1881, and dur ing his administration he freed the slaves during the great war known as the Civil War
 The southern people did not like 1t and one night a southern man named Booth, murdered Lincoln at the theater. He was buried in Springfield, Ill.,, be- meath a beautiful monument in Oak Ridge cemetery.
 RENA CROWN. Age IS
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Tn. World Was Made For Man.

The world was made for man. The sun shines to give him light by day, and the moon and stars look down up on him in their glory and beauty by night. A green carpet is also spread over the earth to please and delight his eye.
 Does he want fuel or water? They are ready for his use. Does he want implements to cultivate the soil, or to construct his dwellings? Let him take the iron from the earth and make them Does he want silver or gold? Let him go to the mine and he shall find it safely laid up for his use. Does he want food? The hills and valleys will yield him grain. The air will give him fowls. and the waters a fishing place Does he want clothing The sheep bear it on their backs or the cotton plants will produce it for him. The blds shall sing for him, and the flowers shall give their blossoms to delight him with their sweet smell and beautiful colors.
 He will be supplied with fur and oil by the beaver, seal, and the great whale of the ocean. The ocean, tides, and winds all wait on him. The ships with their rich products, will bring him 1uxuries from every cline.
 JACOB MASTER. Age 12.
 BozrahVille
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Benny Wait -whIIe

By Emma A. Isnte- That's not his real r1an1es of course you know; &-nf We call him that because 1t fits him From morning hours until the close of , II you but listen you will hear him @oh,e W wsa4sza whigtf" The boy E nearly ten. and in third , So Iaxsis he ws wonder11how he's t4,ase Even that mifestons. on the kRowI- - edge-Way, Because so very oft we hear, him say: "Oh, wait a whilei" But while he waits to weed the gar The szaIWart- -yzeeds=haxee time tor>forge
 ahead;
 And if for boats and trains he's not They pay no heed unto his favorite
 line
 'aoh. wait a whileI"i But, when to mannish ways his mates
 entice, ,-7-. = Or coax him out ito skate OF new
 made ice s5= xA s-, 1F- < Or. handle firearms, or leave work to
 play f1Ess j -saS We hope he'll have the heart to boldly say: s-ir -1Ss%5
 "Oh, wait a wtiIe!r-s- <.- .4zS
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
The HazardviIIe Powder Mill.

Dear Uncle Jed: The Hazardville powder mill has for many years been making powder. It exploded two times and was built up again; but the third time they did not build it up. The cause of the explosion is unknown. but it is said a spark started somewhere.
 During the time of the explosion we heard constant rumbling. The next day we saw in the paper that the powder mill had exploded. Three men were in the mill at the time. It killed two men and injured one.
 During the time of the explosion many windows were broken. It broke windows out of the Episcopal church The old ones were common window glass, but the new ones were colored glass.
 I saw the ruins of it, and only a small part of it is left.
 CLARA HOLBROOK, Age H.
 Leonard Bridge.
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The wornnwood Hill sohooI.

Dear Uncle Jed: have been living in the country for the last three years, and thought l would write you about my school.
 The school I go to is very small. even for country school There are twelve pupils besides myself.
 The school room is white with gray woodwork and has dome shaped ceiling. It has seven windows and the window shades are green. It has a ventilator in each window and one on the side of the room about six or seven inches from the floor and about a foot high.
 There are five bIackboards in the room. There is a clock and there are two large teachers desks. Over each blackboard is a mnp and there is another map in the corner of the room. There is a chart by the door. We have an organ.
 Our te;>cher's name is Miss Pratt. I think she is very nice.
 There are thirteen desks. Yesterday we had to try to draw a. basket of fruit which is still on the board as we did not have time to finish it.
 This afternoon we were all asked to write a letter to you. That is, all ex- cept the first and second grades, so I ters.
 Oh. I have not told you about the entry or the outside of the school house. Well, the entry is very small. w 0 keep d LdDlc ana d CnalF ana pail of drinking water and a wash pan on the table.
 The outside of the schoolhouse is painted white. The flag pole stands in a corner by the entry door
 There are three calendars in the room.
 We have a great many pictures on the wall. Some were put up last year and some the teacher put up this year
 There is a bird chart over one of the big desks; also. over the same desk there is a very pretty picture of a group of three children.
 There is bar across the top of the school room and the teacher hung some flags on it. Nearly all of us have learned the names of them, for there are only twelve,
 There is a stove in the fcront of the room.
 We study agriculture. We have studied about birds, cattle and other things. In studying about the birds we have to learn the anatomy of a
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cause it was so helpless. He might easily have shot more. but he did not
 When Lincoln grew to be a man he wanted a new suit. He went to an old woman and said that. he would split her hundred fence rails if she would make him a homespun suit. She said that she would.
 A few days after he received his new clothes he had to go to the courthouse. On the way he saw a pig in a mud hole.
 First he thought he would help the pig out. Then he thought of his new suit. He rode on.
 Soon he turned and rode back to the pig He laid a dozen fence rails over the hole, and helped the pig out The pig grunted, sshook himself and wad6led off.
 Lincoln jumped on his horse with a muddy suit, but a light heart
 DORIS GRANDY, Age 8.
 Yantic.
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The Miseries of War.

After reading the stories about the awful sufferings in the war zone ones sympa thy goes to the homeless people on the other side of, the Atlantic. had chance to hear some stories from friend of ours who landed here seven weeks ago from Russia. His. home was in a small country place near the town of Wilma, which is in the central part of Russia When the Germans were nearing the town they were ordered to flee, so, taking as many small belongings as was possible, they fled, they knew not where Old men and women, children, moth CTS with their young babes on their arms, all were driven the same as pack of cattle.
 For weeks they traveled from one place to another. The government had small food stations to supply the refu- gees with little food which kept some life in them.
 Every mile they travelled meant more dear beloved ones left dead on the road. The poor children were the first to die from the lack of clothing and food, for the weather was bitterly cold.
 My friend also told me of some heart rending scenes which took place in small village where they were con- pelled to stop for few hours. In %tine center of the village, which market place. was now heaped with bodies of women, men and children, the victims of war. There was woLn- an who lost her three youngest chi1- dren in a few days. There was heard the bitter crying of an old woman whose son. lad of Is, was being taken to war, and many other terrible scenes which the pen can't describe.
 Let us hope that these scenes will not have to take place here in Ameri- ca, though America is on the verge of war; but that God grant peace
 PHOEBE SCHATZ
 Yantic
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foo. The snow was about ten inches -ieep and it was still showing
 As they were looking around they saw dogs tracks. They tried to ind Rover, but could not After while they heard a dog bark. It sounded far away. They followed the. tracks until.st they came to where Rover was. He was digging in the snow with his two; front paws.
 Pretty soon q little hat came In sight then the two little girls. They Mer6 blue from tho cold and could not open their eyes.
 The men carried them home and their mother put them to bed, ana gave them some hot milk. and the next morning they got up for school as If nothing had happened.
 ANNIE HOPKINS, Age g. JeWett City.
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Fishing Through the Ice.

Dear Uncle Jed: Skating on the ice is great sport in winter. Many people go skating on the Shetucket river. There are camps all along the river where we can rest when we are tired.
 Those who enjoy skating may go a mile CT so up the river as the ice is safe nearly up to the Scotland dam
 F'ishinging is a favorite sport among the men who live near the river. The way they catch fish is as follows: First they chop a hole in ice, then stick a small pole in the ice from which a line is hung. On one end are the hooks and on the other is a red flag. When the nag turns the men know they have a bite The fish is caught and then is cut about one half the thickness of the ice and then filled with water.
 In this way the fish keeps a long time.
 AGNES CROWN. Age F.
 Rolffo
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|.-They love you. sire. and would gladly die to save your life"
 Can this be true?" asked the king in a weak voice.
 Tt is as true as the heaven above us."
 A smile stole across the face of the dying king He stretched forth his hand and srasped the rope that hung by his side The bell rang out, just as the happy king passed to his rest in heaven
 LEoNA SULLIVAN, Age II. Taftvi1le
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A Happy Kinu.

A certain king who had been a kind, wise and good ruler was on his death bed. Turning to his son who was kneeling by his side he bade the young prince remember that he had before him life of care and trouble and that he might think himself happy if he should die in peace. The young prince could hardly be- lieve his fathers words to be true. Who, thought he, can be more happy than a king? His life must be life
 of pleasure. As for himself, he would
 show the world how happy he could be.
 After his fathers death he ordered a bell to- be hung from the palace tower with a rope leading to his own room Whenever I am truly happy" said he, q shall ring this bell, so that my people may know and be glad with me-
 Day followed day month succeeded
 month, until years passed by, and still the bell was silent. The king was just and good, and his people were rich and contented. But the king was no longer young and lignt-hearted; he
 had grown gray and was bowed with care.
 Never mind,'' said he, "soon I shall have carried out my plans for the good of my people; then shall I lay down
 my burdens and live only to enjoy my self. Then shall be truly happy and
 the bell shall ring as never did bell ring before The king grew older, but still the bell was not rung- At last there came
 a day when the king was dying. As he
 lay on his death bed fighting for breath
 the sound of weeping came through the open window. What noise is that [ hear?" asked the king.
 Tt is some children crying in the street." answered one of his courtiers
 who did not wish the king to be dis turbed.
 You do not speak the truth,'' said
 the king. T insist on knowing what it. is.''
 Tt is your children. your people,
 weeping, sir,'' said the man, because
 you are leaving them"
 And are they sorry that I go?"
 asked the king. Do they care for
 me?"
 ."Care for you!" replied the other
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'''CASCARETS" FOR. HEADACHE, COLDS !,
 LIVER, BOWELS
ENJOY LIFEI DON'T STAY sIL
 Ious, SICK, HEADAcHY AND ~ coNsTfPATEn
GET RID OF BAD BREATH, SOUR STOMACH, COATED TONGUE z
 INDfGEsTIoN.
Get 10-csnt box now ,

-Get-a -10-csnt- box now.s-ssIS 41-a--
 They're finel Cascarets GYen your liver. clean your thirty fact of bowels and Sweeten your stomach Xou eat to bed and llf the norn1ng your head is clear, tongue is clean, st0Hnach sweet. breath right. and celd gone. Get box from your druggist ana enc joy the nicest, ReHtlsat liver and bowel cleansing you ever experiehced-, Cas- carets stop sick headaches hiliousneses Indigestion. bad breath and cpnstipas
 Mothers should iixtxs :a whole .cas-. careto TO crosE pf1fonss. sicks fevsrish children any time. They are harmless sna never ETipe FE sicken-ec'.-s X
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Mice On U- Boats.

The English navy had some obats that they use for war. They are made to go under the water so that the enemy can not see them.
 These boats are called Submarine boats.' Every submarine boat car ries a cage of white mice. The boats are run by gasoline. If the least bit of gasoline leaks out of it's tanks the mice smell it. The gasoline makes them un- comfortable and they squeal. Then the sailors know that the gasolene is leaking and stop it..
 LAWRENCE GAUTHIER, Age 12.
 RrOoI1yn
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Rule. for Youns Writsrs.

l. Write plainly on one side of the Laper only. and number the pages. a. Use pen and ink. not pencil g. Short ana pointed articles will bs given preference. Do not uss over 2S0 words. {. Original stories or letters only will be used
 6. Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all eommunlcations @ Uncle. Jed. Bulletin On1ce. g
 Whatever ycu sarS-B6 that.
 Whatever you gay-Be Huess-,,s
 StraiEhtforwardlS Act.
 Be honest--in faEte ss ~e
 Be nobody else hszS y1hs .j
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Three Cats.


 Billy is only a kitten. He caught mice while he was very small. Billy or Busy Bosey. as we scall4 him, is a blueish co1ored cat. He will take the end of my ear in his mouth and wrap his tongue around it and suck it. Then he will sing and paw.
 Dina is another very small kitten-- smaller than Billy. Dina began to catch mice when she was very sma1l, One day she had a very large rat. The rat was so big she could hardly carry it. :, One day a kitten was given to me while I was away at play. I. named the kitten Tiger. I have some pet rabbits. We. keep them in a cage with. wirs around it.
 Tiger would go to the rabbits cage and put his paw in .through the wire. He would double his paw, up like a hand and pull a baby fabbft through the wire of the cage. sS, We have broken him Of the hahit. Tiger is an old est now. One day Bilis' and. Dina we1e in a fight. Tiger walked in bgtsvcen tiism as judge. The two Kittens dropped their tails between their legs and walked or. <ss-. .- -s
 MARY CLARK, Age 8.
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A Jolly Boy and a Jolly Doc.

wy " ~'N >S'J 1SS.
 Dear Uncle Jed: l have a dog at home named David. He is an Airdale. The first snow storm we had was about one foot deep. David is six months old, and had never seen snow before When. he went out he thought the snow was milk, and began to lap it up like water. He soon discovered that it was prettey cold, and stopped eating it.
 Another time when the snow was on the ground 1 hitched him to my sleigh. He went like sixty, and I nearly broke my neck trying to catch him.
 We have just had small ice storm ands am glad, because 1t is good coasting. The teacher and I went coasting this morning. and I hope we hill, and if we want to we can 20 down into the valley of Mt. Hope, which is a mile ride.
 There is little hill by the school.
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A Free Prescription You Can Have
 Filled and Use at Home

A Free Prescription You Can Have
 Filled and Use at Home
 Philadelphia, Pa. Do you wear glasses Are you a victim of eye strain or other eye weaknesses? If so, you will be glad to know that according to Dr. Lewis there is real hope for you. Many whose eyes were failing say they have had their eyes restored through the principle of this wonderful free prescription. One man says, after trying it: II was almost blind; could not sec to read at all. Now I can read everything without any glasses and my eyes do not water any more. At night they would pain drendfully; now they feel fine all the time. It was Ike d miracle to me" A lady who used 1t says "The atmosphere seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after using this prescription for fifteen days everything seems clear. I can even read fine print without glasses" It is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now dis carf them in a reasonable time and null titudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes 80 as to be spared the trouble
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Myself.

I am about four feet in height My complexion is light. My eyes are blue and my cheeks are red. My hair is black.
 I wear black shoes and stockings. My trousers are brown. My waist is white. When I grow to be a man am going to be an electrician, because they make good pay.
 JOHN ANDREW, Age II. Taftyille
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SomerviIIs.-James A. Garvey, 60 a woodchopper, froze to death Friday night on the road about three-fourthg of a mile from Somerville. He was on his way home. Garvey had lived in Enfield many years. A son and daugh- ter survive.