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Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
Joan of Are.
Yantic.

Joan Of Arc was born at Domremy on the 9th of January, 14Hz- Domremy is a little village on. the left bank of the Mouse on land belonging to the French crown. Her parents were simple peasants. She had three brothers and one sister.
 During her childhood Joan played, sang and danced like other children, tut as she grew older she would steal away to a. nefghborfng chapel France and England were at war with each other at this time and al- though, considering the times, Dom news of the English successes and French defeats were known there. She worked in her home spinning and sewing or helping her mother with the housework, but when her work was done she would go to the village church and there kneel in prayer or gaze at the picture of angels. This was her dearest pleasure. Her com | panions were inclined to jest at her devotion, but her faith held out, she | nursed the sick, was gentle to the weak and young. obedient to her par | ents, and kind to all.
 l Joan knew the ancient prophecy that France was to be saved by woman. | This wonderful child brooded much about the sorrow of France. She sent
 out her hopes and yearnfngs in tears, and prayers, and passionate thoughts which were prayers.
 | When she became thirteen years old
 she began to hear voices and behold visions. As troubles in France grew 1 worse the voices and visions became
 more frequent and at last told her to go to France to her king.
 | She at last reached the king and then started at the head of the army People kissed her feet and garments
 and shouted for joy when they saw
 her. The English believed she was a witch. but she declared she was sent by Heaven to deliver France. She fought and was wounded at Orleans, ! but won the battle and lived. and Joan lof Arc won many other battles. To be burned to death was the fate of this wonderful heroine, Joan of | Arc. Sine was sold to the English by ther own soldiers. After her death men realized the wrong they had done in killing her. The world has no relic of Joan. Her armour, her banner, and the picture oi iherseIf have all disappeared. She is lone of the few for whom poet and romance can do little. As there is nothing in her fife that needs to be hidden or adorned, we see her best ir the clear and searching light of his tory.
 MARY PESDLETON.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
The Miracle of BIossomina.

The twenty first of March had come muddy days ago since the sun had where was Spring? Everyone was disappointed. The children filing out Of the tall, stiff brick school building exclaimed indignantly at the few snowf1alles that huttered down. And the children dropping out Of the spot ted white country scfoolhouse shouted as had the children in the nearby city at the sight of the snow. And the poor unwelcome snowfal1es could not understand. Why only in November the children had welcomed them so joyfully! Gradually their number dwindled until they had all ceased to fall.
 The children walked home to their dinners in groups of twos and fours.
 'Oh dear, sighed one girl, "I do wish Spring would come. It's so dull now"
 Well" was the answer, you see the and it's Spring. I know it's Spring, for Spring is in the air,"
 Instantly things grew brighter. The breezes carried the good news to Mo ther Wind. who whispered it to the clouds, who, in turn, told it to the sun, all in their own way and lan- guage. Old King Sol was so pleased he smiled: yes, smiled his very bright est. And Mother Wind sent March Wind back to where he came from and called her gay breezes to take his place.
 And while this change was being wrought, another change, more wen- derful took place beneath the earth. This was the Miracle of Blossoming. Now beneath all the mud and nire, the sleepy little flowers were awak- ening. At first it was only stir here and there. But there was a general restlessness, and finally a little white snowdrop awoke- Soon all her sisters were talking together, there hustle aroused some May flowers and so it was until all the flowers had awak- ened. At last one crocus more ven- turesome than the rest pushed a tiny green shoot through the earth.
 It was Easter Sunday, We have our favorite Christmas days, the snowy, white kind.
 A better Easter Sunday was never created. The earth, following the ex- ample of the people, donned her spring gown. Colors, pinks and blues. greens and violets, brightened the landscape, Gay b1uebirds\ and robins lent their
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some have already arrived have seen two hIuebirds already this spring. We are glad to welcome our little friends again, and we ehaH be glad to hear their sweet songs.
 The trees are budding. They look bare just now, but if we are patient ever.
 will tell you about the Audubon society we formed. There are about
 70 members. Each member receives for 10 cents a button which says Au- dubon society and has a picture of a robin on it.. We have a meeting every Friday. At these meetings we sing songs and read about the birds. We have elected a president, a secretary, and a treasurer. We have a good time and enjoy these meetings very much KATHERINE GORMAN, ,&Ase 12. Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
Old Glory.

Dear Uncle Jed: Old Glory, a popular rame for the American flag, was first applied in 1891 by a Salem. Mass. skipper named William Driver, who was at that time captain of the brig Charles Doggett. Captain Driver was a successful deep sea sailor and at the time of bestowinE the name old Glory the brig's course to the Southern Pa cifc.
 Just before the brig left Salem a young man at the head of a party Of friends saluted Captain Driver on the deck of his vessel and presented him "ith d large and beautifully made American flag.
 It was sent aloft and when flung to the breeze Captain Driver christened it Old Glory. He took it to the South Pacific and years after. when old age forced him to reIinquish the sea, he treasured the flag as an old friend.
 In 1887 Captain Driver removed to 1886. Previous to the outbreak Of hostilities between the north and south, Old Glory was flung to the breeze every day from the window or Captain Drivers house, but when the conflict began it was kept out of sight till General Nelson's wing of the union army appeared at Nashville. when Cap tain Driver presented it to the general Feb: 2, 1862, 10 be hoisted on the capitol. It was run up and Captain Driver did the hoisting.
 Its name and history soon became familiar to all the soldiers in General Nelson's command and from Captain Drivers cherished flag the name Old Glory was extended by the boys in blue to every flag of the union. Dry Mills Me
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How suazr Is Refined.

When the cane is brought to the factory it is thrown upon moving roadway which car1aas it to the top of the mill and drops it down upon two neavy rollers, which have teeth much like those of an enormous file. The rollers are as large as a hogshead and longer. They are of steel. The weight crusf1es the juice out and the cane is crushed to a pith and so dry that 1t burns easily. From the rollers it Is thrown upon a moving belt which that makes the steam to squeeze the juice out of stalks yet to come.
 The juice is poured into a trough a bout a foot wide. IL is so sweet that it is sickening. It looks like dirty dishwater, but the pure white sugar comes from it.
 The water is carried by the pipes
 into large tanks where it is bleached by running sulphurous acid gas through it. The gas makes it bubble and yellow foam rises to the top and
 is skinned off. Then lime is put into the tank to settle the dirt and remove the acid.
 The boiling is done in huge copper kettles or Vats- It flows from one vat to the other growing clearer and
 thicker and has turned light yeSfoS. It is put into Q vat, the half-sugared
 molasses with it, and needs only the drying machine to take out the sugar
 The mixture is whirled around al great speed against the fine meshes of es leaving only the sugar which is packed in barrels and sent away. - MILDRED GRANDY, Age II. Yantic
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What the Winds Bring.

CEdmund Clarence StedmanO' Which is the wind that brings the
 cold?
 The north wind. Freddie; anl all the
 snow; And the sheep will scamper into the
 fold
 When the north begins to blow. Which is the wind that brings the
 heat?
 The south wind, katy; and corn
 will grow. And peaches redden for you to eat, When the south begins to blow. Which is the wind that brings the The east wind, Arty; and farmers That cows come shivering up the
 lane
 When the east begins to blow. Which is the wind that brings the
 flowers? The west wind, Bessy; and soft and
 low The birdies sing in the summer
 hours
 When the west begins to blow.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05

bright colors. Plea sant greetings and joyful psalms foated on the air. The delicate green treetops nodded in the breeze. The sky was deep azure blue, broken only by soft sleepy clouds that f1oated a4mlessly about with no par tfcalar destination. Sometimes they collided, melted softly together and f1oated away again as one-
 Here was a fragrant narcissHs and a willowy daffodil gossiping together. A group of ladies in rustling silks and shimmering satins passing by admired some graceful ferns, never seeing that underneath their shelter shy vioiets whispered sweet secrets. The air was full of the chirpinE and twittertng of birds. whose songs were more beauti- ful because they sang of the joy oi living.
 Spring, in all her glory, had come forth from her hiding place..
 MARGARET MGARRY, Age 13. Norwich:
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Elsie's Busy Days.

Deal Uncle Jed: In the morning I get up at five o'clock and have my breakfast. After my breakfast I un- do my hair and comb it to have it ready for EchooI. I sweep the bed rooms and fix the bedspreads on the beds. When I have finished I go to the kitchen and warm my hands. A few minutes later I go to the bedroom and dress ma baby sister and brother. take them Into the dining room and give them their breakfast. After they have finished. I clean the table, wash the dishes, put the chairs in theit. places and sweep the floor
 Then if my two brothers have moi finished with the barn work I usually help them. After we have finished we wash our faces and hands again for school. Then we take our books and go. Our school is not far and we go home for lunch. I eat my lunch and then clean the house and wash the dishes and go back to school.
 When come home from school I have something to eat. Then l clean the house and read books.
 When my sister comes home from the mill she gets the table ready and play with the baby, because when l play with dishes or dolls my mother says it is noI nice for me for l am too old for such things.
 After supper everyone goes to bed but my brother and I stay up and do go to bed.
 Some nights when I am not sleepy wash the dining room and kitchen hoors.
 ELSIE RIBEN, Age 12.
 Mansfield Center.
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Norwich.
My Two Dolls,
d faithful Dinahi

Poor old. faithful Dinah.
 She is nearly as old as I am. and l. am getting dreadfu1ly old, nearly eleven, and soon I shall despise play ing with such a child as Dinah. San ta brought her with George Wash ington Lincoln. her brother. whom I have whipped many times. But Dinah is such a deari She is twenty four inches tall and very stout for her age. Her face. at first, was choco- late colored. but continual washings have made her a sickly yellow. Her lips are full and red. but rather worn from eating ginger snaps. Her hafr has never been combed and she has only had two dresses.
 Trixie, my dog, ate one of her legs and now she cannot walk as usual
 George Washington Lincoln is my other friend, with whom I must soon part He wears overalls and a red blouse and no shoes or stoci<ings. painted his chocolate colored face white with white wash and he is g sight now.
 But then despite their looks, I have spent many happy days playing witf Dinah and George Washington Lin coin who are only rag dolls. FTOSSY MEYER, Age Is. TaftyiIle
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYs AND GIRLS DEpARTMENT

for it means this second, not this minute-this hour, not this afternoon this day, not next week! Its best symbols in nature are the tongue of a toad catching a fly and, a streak of lightning marking the sky.
 If you get the kindly-word and the kindly smile habit you will be put.4ng out legal currency all the time; and doing it now along some lines of be- havior will keep you doing it all the time. ss..,.s
 Just bear in mind Eff neighbor spake to neighbor. as Love demands of all; the rust would eat the saber, the spear stay on the wall. Then every day would glisten and every eye would shine" and God would pause and listen, and life would be divine!''
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
May'4 Party.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day my mother :oId me I could have a party and ask some of my friends to come.
 My father put a swing up for me. The party was on Saturday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
 My mother wrote the invitations for me
 About ten of my friends came. We played hide-and-go-seek. tag. drop the handkerchief, and we jumped rope.
 My mother told me 10 tell my friends to come into the house and have lunch.
 She had box on the table and had pink ribbons to each place at the ta- ole. and we pulled the ribbon and each had a handkerchief on the ribbon
 MAY LECRAW, Age 10. -
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
RuIss fer Young Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side ot the paper only, and number the pages. g. Use pen and ink. not pencil. S. Short and pointed articles YllI be given preference. Do not use over as0 words. . {. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 6. Write your name, age ana ao- dress plainly at the bottom Of the story.
 Address all communications tf Jncle Jed, Bulletin Omce-
 "Whatever ycu sre-Be that:
 Whatever you Eay-Se true!
 Straightforwardly act,
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else buS you
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

1-E. r. Libby. of Dry Mills. Me- Tom Garfield at Sea.
 e-katherine German. of Versailles Uncle Jim's Bible Stories.
 s-HeIen Wisneskie, of Yantic- Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies.
 4-GabrielIa Rujak, of Mansfield Center-Ruth Fielding at White House Point.
 5-Maraaret MeGarry, of Norwich Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures.
 6-Elsie Rihen, of Mansfield Center Tom Fairfleld's Luck and Pluck.
 T-Marian Rendleton, of Stonington The Boy |Scouts Under Sealed Orders.
 s-Mildred Brandy, of Yantic-Dare Boys in Virginia.
 The winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin busi- ness office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday.
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Bob and His Geese.

Dear Uncle Jed: Near the foot of a large mountain in q very lonely place stood a small farmhouse which be- E1onged to MT. Graham and his wife. They had one boy about 7 years old whom they called Bob.
 Bob had no children to play with, but he amused himself with his pets, which were a small dog Bouncer and two snow-white geese called Snowfall and Whitey.
 One day as Bob was playing with Bouncer he heard his pet geese mak- ing a great noise. Bob and Bouncer hurried to sec what it was all about. Before Bob could think, Bouncer ran across the lot in charge of a large fox who escaped into the woods.
 Had it not been for Bouncer, Bob would have had two less pets.
 MAURICE F. GAGER, Age f3. Scotland.
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am sure that it is my duty to do my work as long as live" The candies were lighted and the wise men went on with their work for his words had given them all new courage.
 As he spoke the other lawmakers listened silently until the darkness be- gan to lessen and the sky grew bright CT again.
 That day Abraham Davenport made e speech in favor Of a law to help ths poor fishermen.
 HELEN wISNESKE
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The Gift Which Costs Love.

A small boy. neighbor to 8 family who had been very kind to him, brought every member of the house hold a present on Christmas morning He presented each one with a slate pencil. Of course, there was not one of them who had the slightest use for a slate pencil and it was not strange that they thanked him for his gifts.
 But it would be a great mistake to suppose that these slate pencils gave no pleasure. The boy Fad picked them out himself. Nobody had given him any advice about his Christmas pur- chases, or probably he would have bought something different.
 He had used his own pennies which he had been saving, one by one. The slate pencil showed love and that is the great thing. Gifts that cost a great deal of money are less precious than those which cost a great deal of love.
 Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
Sauirrels.

The squirrel is an agile little crea- ture, with a short, bushy tail, the col or of the squirrel being a reddish brown.
 ~ know a man that works in the woods and when he is eating his lunch 8 squirrel comes into the shed and eats from his hands. It took some time for the squirrel to become accustomed to the man, but when he did become ac- customed to the man he came every day.
 In Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, the squirrels are very tame. I gave a squirrel some peanuts when I was there and the squirrel put them in his mouth and took them to a hiding place.
 He continued doing this and I be- came curious. and tried to find his hiding place. There to my surprise saw a number of peanuts in the hollow of a tree.
 MARY GARDY, Age 13.
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ant in the house that a fire had brok- eu cut Then some one went and called for the dremen.
 When the little girl got on the street she put her baby brother in her friends house and ran up into her own house after herpet dog which she had left Every one praised her for being so brave. Soon the dremen came and put the fire out. There was not much damage done because the hremen had come in time to save the house.
 ANNIE SHEBITz. Age 13.
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A Brave Rescue.

There once lived in New York city very small girl nine years of age. She had a younger sister and little baby brother.
 One day when her mother was gone and she was alone with her sister and brother a fire broke cut in the kitcll- en- The little girl didn't see the fire at first because she was busy cleaning tho house. When she saw the fire she was very much frightened, but she knew enough to keep away from where the fire WIS.
 The fire had started behind the
 stove in the kitchen where some dry
 wood was lying. The stove had got
 hot and so the wood which was lying
 behind the stove got on fire. When the little girl saw the fire
 she ran to the cradle where her little
 brother was sleeping and taking him
 In her arms she told her sister to fol- low her. Then she ran down the stairs as fast as she could and her sister ran after her.
 While she ran down the stairs she was screaming, "F4Fei Fire"
 Nobody wanted to believe that there
 was a real fire because many times
 children used to give false alarms so as to frishten the people But the housekeeper ran into the hall and when she saw the little girl running down the stairs with her sister and brother she ran and told every ten-
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The Dark Day.

On day in May. more than hun dred years ago, Connecticut had what was called The Dark Day. The sun rose high and the sky was clear. About noon it began to grow dark; a black cloud seemed to cover the earth. It grew so dark that the people could not see their way along the street.
 Everyone became frightened. Some thought the end of the world had come and they knelt down and waited.
 In the old state house the wise men were sitting. When the darkness came they, too. began to be afraid. One said, Tt is no use to make laws for they will never be needed"
 At last Abraham Davenport rose from his seat and said in a clear, strong voice. This may be the last great day, but I do not know if the end of the world has come or not. and
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Howl | Maka Candy.

Dear Uncle Jed: One Saturday when it was showing thought I would make some candy. and so I used this recipe:
 Motasses candy-One cup mOlasses, one-half cup sugar, one tablespoon vinegar. ono rounding teaspoon but ter; boil until it hardens in cold water.
 EDNA DAWDEY, Age 9. JeWett City,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
An Old Time School.

About hundred years ago there lived a schoolmaster named Thomas Peters. The boys called him "O1d Pe- ters.'' He was a very learned man and he knew a great deal of Latin and Greek. He taught for six months in the year and the rest of the time hunted and fsied. So he was just as good a hunter as a teacher.
 In those days the schools were not as good as they are now. The school where Peters taught was built of logs and had only one room. one door, and two windows.
 The floor was made from pine boards and the house itself was made of logs. Between the logs were sticks and clay to keep out the cold. A large fireplace took up almost one side of the room.
 Things went on good for all the chil- dren studied. But some times old Peters seemed mad. One day he came into the school room and said:
 Get to your spelling" and soon every one was studying his lesson.
 One boy knew his lesson and was saying, "Old Peter. old Peter The teacher heard him and gave him a whipping and made one boy hold a boog- bag to catch the tears All the others laughed.
 This is one way they were punish ed long ago.
 ANNIE EVAN, Age 1z.
 Mansfield Center
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

- Roland Maurice, of Baltic-I thank you very much for the prize book which I won.
 Ffossie Meyer, of Taftville-I wish to thank you for the prize book. Boy Scouts Under Sealed Orders, which I received.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
My Pet Kitten.

l have 9 little kitten whose name is Mischief.
 dress her up in my dolls clothes and make believe take her to Boston. She always used to come in my bed room every morning and wake me up. After that she would crawl onto my pillow and pu-r a few minutes and then crawl under my quilts and go to sleep.
 When I get up she will follow me out to the kitchen and then 1 feed her.
 My kitten plays out doors in the naSturtiums, and when she sees me she will run to another bed of flowers and hide. Then I would run to the fence and back and my kitten would follow me several times that way.
 After that we would go to The house and I would ask her what she want ed and she said Meow. meow" then let her in to rest.
 ELSIE woLLIsCRoF'T, Age g.
 North Windham.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05
A Kitchen in New England.

The kitchen of the New England household was the chief apartment and the ceiling was rarely seven feet high.
 From the joists hung punches of herbs, seed-corn and long strings ot drying apples.
 In the better buildings the walls were plastered and white washed The furniture was plain There was Q dresser on which were the pewter dishes brought over from England and which the colonists valued very much; a spinning wheel. and proba- bly, a loom for weaving. In every kitchen there was a large, wooden clock and an open fireplace.
 LORETTA H. PICHE. Norwich
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NOrWici
Spring.

Spring.
 Spring is here. The winter months are over and gone at last The pussy willows are out Next will come the spring flowers, including forget-me- nots, dandelions, and other flowers. I think it is such fun to search for dowers in the woods and fields.
 We have flower chart in our school md the one who brings one kind of flower first gets his name on the chart.
 The birds will soon come; in fact,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05

Little salt rubed on eartfenware pudding dishes will take away brown spots.