davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1917-03-04

from that to small worn
rocker a little to one side of
the kitchen table.
"It's just the same"
Somebody should have been
left here yesterday" said the
county attorney.
"Oh-yesterday," returned
the sheriff, with a little gesture
as of yesterday having been
more than he could bear to
think of. "When | had to
send Frank to Morris Center
for that man who went crazy
let me tell you, had my
hands full yesterday. l knew
you could get back from Omaha
by to-day, George, and as long
as went over everything here
myself"
well, Mr.. Hale" said the
county attorney, in a way of
letting what was past and gone
go, tell just what happened
when you came here yesterday
morning.
MRS. HALE, still leaning
against the door, had that
sinking feeling of the mother
whose child is about to speak a
piece. Lewis often wandered
along and got things mixed up
in a story. She hoped he would
tell this straight and plain, and
not say unnecessary things that
would just make things harder
for Minnie Foster. He didn't
begin at once, and she noticed
that he looked queer-as if
standing in that kitchen and
having to tell what he had
seen there yesterday morning
made him almost sick.
"Yes, Mr.. Hale?' the county
attorney reminded.
Harry and | had started to
town with a load of potatoes"
Mrs. Hale's husband began.
Harry was Mrs. Hale's oldest
boy. He wasn't with them now,
for the very good reason that
thosepotatoes nevergot to town
yesterday and he was taking
them this morning, so he hadn't
been home when the sheriff
stopped to say he wanted Mr..
Hale to come over to the Wright
place and tell the county attor-
ney his story there, where he
could point it all out. With
all Mrs. Hale's other emotions
came the fear now that may
wasn't dressed warm enough-tf
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

greatest railway center of the world,
with Lake Michigan affording cheap
and easy transportation of the ore and
coal supplies in Illinois and Indiana.
Gary is only few miles from South
Chicago.
Into these centers the raw materials
are poured carloads of limestone,
long trains of coal and constant
stream of ore. One can see one train
of fifty cars. each carrying fifty to
seventy five tons of ore, rushing down
ward from the mines to the ore docks
on Lake Superior. One can imagine
fifty or hundred such trainloads, But
even one hundred train loads means
only $4,000 tons. and the imagination
refuses to picture the vast number of
trains required to carry down to the
docks the GOO, 900 tons produced by
the mines about Lake Superior in 1916
enough ore to fill a string of cars
that would reach from New York to
Honolulu. Sixty million tons of ore
in -916-when in 1852 five barrels was
the total shipment from the Minnesota
ranges. August II, 1855. was BAN
ner ore day. On that day a vessel
loaded with 1872 tons of ore passed
through the new Sault Ste. Marie
canal from Lake Superior to Lake
Michigan.
In September, 1916, an ore boat came
into dock at Duluth and took on H.,
262 tons of ore in one hour. In one
hour and forty-hve minutes from the
time of her arrival she started on her
return trip down the lakes with her
the Lake Erie ports, the great Hulett
unloaders, snatching fifteen tons at a
bite, took out a cargo of 11,0S3 tons
in three hours and forty minutes. Any
ship but an ore shop would require
many days to unload such ire
mendouS cargo.
These ore docks are at Duluth and
Two Harbors. They are complex af-
20 If al AT-cf
proper, jutting hundreds of feet into
the lake; upon the dock, beside a
basin wide enough to admit the great
ore steamers, is a structure of heavy
timbers, whose upper sections form
pockets for the ore: and on the very
top are lines of raiIday tracks.
The loaded trains from the mines are
run out upon these tracks over the ore
pockets, and the contents of the cars
are dumped automatically into the
pockets. Then the empty cars are
switched over to the return track and
started back again to the mines.
One of the great fleet of ore boats
comes up from the lower lake port,
slips into the basin, and is made asst
to the dock. The fresh water ship, six
hundred feet long and only sixtN feet
wide, is an iron shell with houses at
each end-officers' quarters and bridge
in the bow, crews quarters and engine
room in the stern. There are matches
spaced six feet apart all down the long
open deck between the houses. AS soon
as the ship is made fast these matches
are opened and from the ore pockets
above are let down chutes which are
folded fiat against the pockets when
not in use. The doors of the ore pock-
cts are opened, two laborers with crow
bars stand by to start the ore which
goes rushing into the hold of the ship
so swiftly that in twenty minutes a
10000-ton ship Is loaded: and few
minutes later, under it's own steam it
puts out into the lake and joins the
endless procession of boats carrying
ore throughout the open months
From The Story of Steel
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

and I ride down with my sister to
the mill where she works.
l ride because my brother can't
drive; but now I take him with me to
learn him to drive.
Every Saturday and Sunday my
father and l carry manure and spread
it on the ground. We put our manure
in a manure room and in the room
there is a hole about three feet deep,
so 1t is hard to throw the manure in
to the wagon
One day Con Tuesday,, ] was absent
because on Monday while carrying the
manure the back wheel broke. l had
to ride to the blacks1nith's to have it
fixed I stayed till twelve o'clock.
Then 1 took the horse by the bride
and walked home.
I gave the horse dinner and ate din
ner myself. Then 1 rode five miles
to our neighbor's to get a wagon. BY
the time L came home it was quarter
past five. My brother helped me I'M
hitch the horse. Then we hitched up
the other horse and rode for my sis
ter. When she came home we had to
churn butter, saw wood and do many
other things.
We haven't much work to do in the
barn because we have only three cows
and three horses.
1t takes us a little while to do the
work.
ISADORE RTBEN.
Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
Mansfield Cent
A Lost Child and Policeman.

Dear Uncle Jed: One bright sun
shining day in June. Mary asked leave
of her mother to go out and hear the
hand organ man and see the monkey.
Her mother said, Yes, you may go,
if you will promise not to go very far
and come back SOON"
Mary was so serious and anxious to
reach the hurdy gurdy man that she
had no time to wait to hear the rest
of her mothers reply, but hurried
eagerly down the street with a happy
throng of children.
The hand organ man played many
songs, some of which were, '%Old Black
joe" THE Star Spangled Banner"
america and other songs. very nice.
The hand organ mans monkey danced
very amusingly for the children. Mary
was so interested in the monkey that
she did not see the children dropping
out one by one. Soon all the chill
dren had gone and what was left were
strangers Mary had never seen be-
fore or heard of.
The hand organ man Kept moving
the city and soon Mary was left to
mourn over herself in the dark.
All of a sudden she began to sob.
Attracted by her sobbing police
man came to assist her. This police
man was very kind and loved each
child as if they were a member of his
family.
He said: What makes you cry, my
little one p"
81 can't find my way home" sobbed
Mary.
where do you live?" asked the po-
liceman.
81 don't know where" said Mary.
"Have you a mother?" asked the
policeman.
"Oh, yes, sure. Why, OF counsel"
replied Mary. 81 have & pickaninny
doll whose name is Dinah, and Teddy
bear whose name is Buster Brown"
said Mary.
'Oh, and I live in a big, large. brokn
house with Alice-blue trimmings" said
Mary. and the street on which live
is called Washington street. You
know, George Washington lived there
when he was a little boy, and you
know the time he killed his mothers
beautiful black colt and wouldn't tell
lie to save his neck. oh, my! what
a good boy he must have been" ex-
claimed Mary.
The policeman was amazed when he
heard Mary relate this strange tale and
wondered where she got SO mixed up,
but he said nothing.
He started on his way to police court
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
My Easter Vacation,

Dear Uncle Jed: One week before
Easter my uncles wrote that they were
coming to see US.
My father went to Willimantic Sat
urday afternoon, the 18th day of April,
to meet them.
My father and my uncle rode as far
as the barn and then my uncle got off
the buggy and walked silently, try
ing to creep up to the house and scare
US. But before he got half way the
dog saw him and he could not scare
US.
They brought us some rabbit candy
and many other kinds. On Sunday
and Monday we walked out (my fla
Their, 1 and My uncles) all around the
farm.
Before they went away my mother
gave them four dozen eggs, and two
pounds of butter and some meat and
other things for present
On Monday after my uncles went
away we had a lot of fun playing.
When we saw father coming home
we ran to meet him. He brought us
some cloth for dresses which my un-
cles bought US.
SOPHIE MUSIAL.
Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
MiIdred,s Pet.

Dear Uncle jed: One night when
Mr.. Swift a friend of ours, came home
from his work he had something I'M
der his coat. When he got to the
house he took from his coat a little
young deer.
He had white spots all over his back
and he must have been tiny because
saw him some time afterward and
he was small.
Sometimes when we were going to
Willimantic we would stop in and see
him.
. About ten or eleven months after
Mr.. Swift found the deer he got quite
big and they wanted to sell him.
Grandpa said he would like to buy
him and he did
We have not had him long so there
is not much to write about him.
When he got here We had to put
him in our pony's stall until we could
get a better place for him.
In a few days we got a. place which
was a little larger than the stall and
which had a small yard ready for him.
He is in there now but We hope to
get a better place for him soon.
Once in a while 1 go down and give
him some grass or sour apples.
We named him Sport-that is
grandpa did when he came up from
the city to see him.
MILDRED H KNOWLTOcT, Age 10.
Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

One day as the cows did not come
home early I and my brother went to
look for them.
My brother said he would like to
take the dog with him, so he took a
piece of rope and tied it to the dogs
collar, and the dog went with US.
As we were going along the path we
saw the dog was looking at something.
Then my brother thought he saw
something moving. and he let the dog
go. The dog ran right to the place
where he was looking He began to
bark loud and look back to US.
My brother started to run, but be-
fore ne got to the place where the dog
was, the dog had already killed a
woodchuck and was going home with
him.
We ran around, but we couldn't find
the cows. Then we climbed a fence in
a lot Of corn and there we found them
eating. They spoiled some of the corn.
We chased them home to the barn and
locked them up in their places. We
had to milk late that day.
When we reached home the dog was
lying with the woodchuck near him
The dog used to follow my brother
wherever he went. The first one he
killed was a big one. Then he killed
six little ones. I think that the big
one was the little ones mother, be-
cause he killed them in the same
place.
BERTHA ADELMAN, Age II.
Yantic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

At Bedtime.

When Mother reads a story, jes' before
we go to bed,
There's not one Of all Of US that is
sleepy head;
We gather round an crowd up close
about her rockin' chair,
An as she reads l watch the light
a-glovvin' on her hair
oh. Jimmys eyes get big as plates,
an Mary sometimes squeals,
Ar Betty sits with tear stained face,
because she sorter feels
Zeal sorry for the dragon when the
hero kills him dead;
When Mother reads story jes before
we go to bed.
when Mother reads a story jes' before
we go to bed
lean UP close and hold the book so
she can pat my head;
For when the giants yellin' herce 1t's
awful nice to know
That Mothers arm is holding you an
will not let you go!
o. Buddy's mouth falls open most. he
gets so filed with fear,
An Helen's eyes grow bright like
stars, an when the end is near
We hear the word They happy lived
forever-it was said"
When Mother reads a story jes' before
we go to bed.
Margaret E. Sangster.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
Home Economics Club.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought you would
like to hear about the Home Econ
opnics club. It is a branch of the Ag-
riculturaI Department of Massachu-
settle 1t extends through the months
of February. March and April There
is an enrolment card on which there
is a number of activities took
sewing, making light desserts, taking
care of my bedroom. dish driving, ta-
BILE setting and crochet. The club
members have to take sixty hours
work.
In sewing I made nightgown and
a fancy apron. | also made a cake a
cottage pudding and a baked custard.
I crocheted a covering for an ashes
tos mat.
The. prizes are: First prize, a trip to
Washington; second prize, an automo-
bile trip over the Mohawk Trail; third
prize a week of camping at Amherst
At the end we have to write a story
of our experience in the club. I have
written my story. If you keep the club
up and do not give up you get a club
pin.
We exhibit our work at the Eastern
States Exhibition. J do not expect to
get a prize this year. as It Is the first
time I have taken it up.
IVY FISK, Age IL.
Sprin gfield
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
PATROL BOAT BASE
AT THE STATE PIER.
u. S. Governments Negotiating for
Eastern Forwarding Company Hold
mos

The United States government, it is
understood, is negotiating for the
holdings at the state pier in East New
London CT the Eastern Forwarding
company. Negotiations, it is said.
have been in progress several weeks.
but no definite arrangement has been
made.
The Eastern Forwarding company
operated the Deutschland. the subsea
merchantmen which piled between this
country and Germany bearing precious
cargoes. The first time the Deutsch
land came over she made Baltimore
her port. Shortly afterwards the
Eastern F'orwa riding company leased
section of the state pier in East New
London, erected storehouses and es-
tablished the place as the American
terminal for the merchant submarine.
The Deutschland made one trip here.
discharged a cargo. took on another.
and went back to Germany.
Since then the submarine terminal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
MAY DRAFT INTO
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Governor Has the Authority to Issue
CONSUMPTION Order.

Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb has der
clared that he had authority under
the law lately enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state to issue a conscrip-
ton order to fill up the ranks of the
units of the Connecticut National
Guard not as yet federaliZed. He in
timated that he had such action under
consideration but did not say that he
was likely to take it soon. In case he
takes the step, it would be independ-
ent of the federal selective conscrip-
ton. That such a draft as the gov
ernor may order is advisable is the
opinion of Colonel Edward Schulze,
who declared with emphasis last night
that he wished to see the ranks filled.
Colonel Schulze asserted that this
method in his opinion was the best in
sight. I'VE have been trying other
measures long enough" he said.
At fun war strength, to which COM
manders have been ordered to recruit,
the units of the Connecticut Guard not
now in federal service will have the
following strength:
Radio company, signal corps, three
officers and 75 men.
Coast Artillery, regiment of Is com
panies, So officers and 1.5S1 men.
Four troops of cavalry, II officers
Field hospital company, six officers
Ambulance company, hve officers
and $50 men.
flISt separate company LiAt1 OLli-
GERS and $50 men.
The total is 50 officers and 2.240 men.
The home stations of the units are as
follows:
Radio company. Hartford: Coast Ar
tillery, bridgeport, Greenwich, Dan
bury Stamford. Norwalk. Norwich
New London and Danielson;' cavalry,
Hartford and New Haven: field hospi-
tai, Hartford ambulance com pany'
Bridgeport, and separate company
New Haven.
While it is quite possible that most
of these units may he mustered in at
their home stations, it is believed that
this will be done at Mantle on July
20, or soon after.
The First and Second infantry are
endeavoring to recruit to war
strength" of IS officers and 1913 men.
Full war strength is IS officers and
2,002 men.
In a special order from the adjutant
generals office II is announced that
in accordance with the usual custom,
1t is ordered that the national flag be
displayed Memorial day. 1917 on the
state armories and the soldiers home
at Noroton, at half staff from sunrise
until midday: al noon the flag VIII
be hoisted to the top of the staff and
remain there until sunset.
Permission is granted organizations
of the Connecticut National Guard de-
string to participate in the services
of Memorial day, to parade under
arms on that day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
A SUMMER SURPRISE

you explain the difficult parts to me-"
Suppose you write a short compo-
sition about the chief executives of
the city and state and let me see how
much you remember from what your
father told you"
The happy pair passed the rainy
afternoon pleasantly, in this way until
supper time.
Another week flew by and Aunt
Agnes was sitting, in one hand she
carried fat parcel and in the other a
box of candy.
Which shall 1 open hrst?'' she in
quired of Agnes.
Il know one is candy; open the
other"
Instead of opening it the aunt laid
it in the girls lap. She quickly tore
the wrappings from it, then exclaim-
ed in surprise as she looked at the
fly leaf of the new book:
"I don't understand. I haven't done
anything to win any prize. Can you
explain what is the natter"
Yes, 1 think 1 can. You remember
three weeks ago l told you that nice
story, while I combed your hair? Well,
| found it in paper your mother has
Just subscribed to. Then you wrote
a composition that rainy day last
week, 1 thought it was good enough
to send to The Courier, and it was.
You understand now, don't you ?''
Yes. perfectly" she said. you
have started me thinking, aunty and
now l will write often to the paper"
Agnes imme diately began to read her
book, after which she kept her prom
Use to her aunt.
CECILIA K. sTERRY, Age IS.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

has been idle. Capt. Frederlck FElnr-h.
who was the representauve W tne
Eastern Forwarding company. is H-i
at New London, a cOttaEer af Ocean
Beach. and il is said that j. ia w
him that the government has conduct
ed it's negotiations.
The property Of the Eastern FG--
warding company in East Sew I-1rdrr
consists of two warehouse
equipped with motor power. e.sctrl-
lights, etc. and an office with oFea
equipment. The rumOr has .r has t-H-
600 was the figure named.
The suppOsitlon IS that the govern
ment in suCh a time as this would y
satisfactory arrangement could rrr
otherwise be made. seize the properly
for public use.
II is said the properly lg wanted za
a base for 150 naval patrJ. boa-7
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AWAkES.
rh. LOST Gold Piece.

The Lost Gold Piece.
Soma years ago a girl named Alice
Warren lived in New Hampshire. On
her twelfth birthday hez father gave
her gold dollar, of which she was
She carried it to school and showed
il to the girls. Then she put 1t in her
desk and it rolled into a crack, out
Alice did not see it,
when school closed at noon she
opened her desk to get the money, but
it was gone. She told her teacher and
she tried to find it, but did not succeed.
Alice went home and ran into the mouse
crying WHAT is the natter" said her
mother.
Sadie Thompson has stolen my gold
dollar" said Alice.
Did you see her steal it?' asked
Mrs Warren.
No" said Alice, ::but she sits at
my desk, and I know that she took
it."
Her mother told her that she must
not suspect or accuse Sadie.
The next morning Alice went to
school, and she was very cross at
Sadie.
Sadie asked her why she was cross
at her, and she said:
'Recause you stole my gold dollar"
Sadie said she ha,- not taken it; but
Alice did not believe her.
At recess Alice told the girls that
Sadie had stolen her money, and poor
Sadie's heart was almost broken. Some
of them believed it, and some-di not
One day about a week afterwards
Alice opened her desk to get a book,
and she saw something bright in the
crack. She dug it out with her pencil
and found that it was her lost dollar.
She felt very much ashamed. She
went quickly to Sadie and said:
20, Sadie L have found my gold
dollar in a crack of my desk. I am
very, very sorry that I accused you of
stealing it. Will you forgive me?"
Sadie kissed Alice and said:
Yes indeed, I will forgive You. 1t
grieved me very much to have you
believe that I would steal your money,
but now we will be good friends
again"
DEONA SULLIVAN, Age II.
Taftvi1le
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

what delightful story!" exclaim-
ed Agnes. And 1 didn't feel you pull
my hair one Bit
She was a girl about 10 years old,
pretty, and bright, for her age; but
her one great trouble was her thick,
black, wavy hair, no one could comb
it as quickly and with the gentleness.
(for it was always entangled) as did
her Aunt Charlotte.
Her aunt was bending over her, ad-
justing the red butterfly bow. She
was young, almost a girl, being about
~ years old and unmarried.
Yes, dear, it was kind of pretty, do
you know where l found it?' she an
swered.
In one of those short story maya
zines, aunty?" questioned Agnes.
Il don't believe I'll tell you after
ALL" spoke her aunt, with her hand
some eyes twinkling prettily.
All right, I'm going to walk with
Ethel, but thank you again for it,
with this Agnes kissed her aunt and
was gone.
Two weeks later it was a rainy day,
and Agnes was down hearted because
everything went wrong with her.
why didn't | think of it before"
she said, springing up from her chair.
Aunt Charlotte is a physical train
ing teacher in one of the big schools
of Brooklyn and I'll ask her to come
UP here and play with me-
For three quarters of an hour Agnes
went through folk dances with her
aunt
Let us play school until we are
rested" at length her aunt spoke,
DO you know. aunty, lately I am
beginning to like history, that is. since
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
AWAKES.

The golden robin has arrived from
the south-returned to his old nest in
the elm tree
His pIumage is just gold and black.
and he ras called the Baltimore oriole
because his coIors and Lord Ralti-
more's colors were the same, although
he had been wearing them thousands
Of years before Lord' Baltimore was
born.
No one can tell how this bird learn
ed to make half-hitches or to tie firm
knots before man had acquired the
skill 10 do it. In the long-ago these
birds must have had fierce enemies
or they would never have hung their
nests ike pouches on the witty sprays
at the end of the branches where moth
ing larger than ants could venture to
annoy them. Some parts of the nest
seem to be nicely sewn together with
long horsehairs, and the male bird
finds the vegetable fibre and the wool
and floss or feathers and the female
weaves the materials together and
binds them so the highest winds win
not dislodge them. They have been
called hang birds" because of the way
they suspend their nests.
In one of their nests a naturalist
discovered a strand of grass over a
foot long. and it was put through the
material 81 times in stitches and
horsehair was woven through Il times
in a space of 10 inches. He thought it
might be possible to teach the birds
how to darn stockings.
Their loud and jubilant calls are
very much like the d-breasted gros-
beak's but their call is not quite as
Ehriu but more frequent.
They only spend a small part OF the
year with US, and then with their
young they fig TO Central America,
1000 miles away. to spend the winter.
1t is a source of pleasure to know
the birds and to be familiar with their
habits.