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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAKES.
FIau Eay.

The first Flag Day was surprise to the boys and girls who celebrated 1t thirty years ago. There were many national holidays on which the Stars and Stripes were raised and waved from houses and public buildings, but they were told that America loved her flag so dearly that she wanted an ex- tra day on which to honor it. And everyone has been trying to think of some special kind of Flag Day honor ever since
 It has come right to our very door step this year. Raise your Stars and Stripes on the morning of Flag Day and let them fly to tell the story of what you are doing, through your own efforts, to help your country.
 Are you a member of the Junior Red Cross in your town, and working with it to help the children in the devastated portions of France and Italy? Are you a Boy Scout, or 2 Camp Fire Girl? Are you saving food, and learning to market care fully, or cook economically?
 How is that backyard garden of yours getting on; and are you plan hing to spend a part of the summer vacation on a nearby farm where you can weed or harvest, and so do some thing for your country in big way |?
 Any one of these forms of service will make your flag on Flag Day a symbol of your citizenship; and work, this year, will be your best kind of Flag Day celebration.
 EDITH PHILLIPS, Age 14. Versailles.
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The supervisor's Mistake.

This supervisor I am going to tell you about, had two daughters who were twins and he had a great deal Of trouble in telling them apart.
 One morning he said: Well, girls, l am coming in your room to vist this morning"
 Both girls exclaimed: "oh, don't papa"
 Why" said their mother, 'T should think you'd like to have papa visit school"
 Well, we would" said Rena, If only he could tell us apart. But he always calls upon me when he means Lena. and looks at Lena and says Rena. And then Miss Francis laughs. and the children laugh, said Lena" On the way to school Reua said: I've thought of new plan We'll change seats and then if papa forgets it will be all right"
 Just then papa whizzed past in an automobile. Lets see, girlies," he ex- claimed, its Lena who sits beside the red headed Murray girl. isn't it?''
 There said Rena. q knew he'd get it wrong! So we'll change seats and you answer for me and I'll answer for you, she sad. The class was reading selections
 
 or entered. Some of the songs from Hiawatha have been set to music, 5 said the supervisor. "One of my little daughters knows them" He looked around the room and for once remem- bered that Lena sat by the window. Stand up, Lena, and sing Hiawa- | tha's Lullaby
 Poor Rena who couln't sing three notes correctly, squirmed around in l Lena'5 seat. T can't papa" she whis- l pered.
 Then he walked down the next aisle and said to the other twin: "Rena, go l to the piano and play for your sister i T can't papa" said Lena.
 "Go to the piano my daughter" said the supervisor very sternly and the lit l tie girl hastened to obeys 1 Then Lena struck two of the wild 1 est discords, and then Rena began ir a funny, quavering voice two tones i of the key-"Wah-wah-t -tay-see," and | then broke down.
 Then Miss Wells began to laugh 1 MT. Wells, said she, eff you will i send Rena to the piano, and ask Lena to sing I think the result will be more satisfactory" How everyone laughed
 Then Rena went to the piano and from her flexible little fingers the ac- compartment rippled gently, and Lena in her sweet, clear soprano, sang.
 After school Rena and Lena toIG | Miss Francis why they had changed seats.
 Its dreadful to be twins" said Le. na.
 Its dreadful to have your papa 2 supervisor" said Rena.
 MILDRED GRANDY, Age F. l Yantic.
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How to Keep Youna.

Expect good, long, useful life.
 Hold young thoughts consistently.
 Simply refuse to grow old by count ing your years or anticipating old age.
 Keep in the sunlight, nothing beau tiful or sweet grows or ripens in the darkness.
 Avoid excesses of all kinds; they are injurious. The long life must be temperate, regular life. . Never look on the dark side, take sunny views of everything; a sunny thought drives away the shadows.
 Be child live simply and naturally and keep clear of entangling alliances and complications of all kinds.
 Don't live to eat, but eat to live Many of our ills are due to over eating to eating the wrong things, and to ir :, regular eating. Don't let anything interfere with your regular hours of work and rest, but get plenty of sleep, especially what is called beauty sleep" before mid night.
 Keep busy; idleness is a great friend | of age, but an enemy of youth. Reg. ular employment and mental occupa tion are marvellous youth preservers Take egular exercise in the opeE 1 air every day in all weathers; walk ride, row, swim or play; but whatever | you do. keep out of doors as much as possible.
 LAWRENCE GAUTHIER, Age 12. l Brooklyn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
HADDAM NECK
Members of C. E. Society Give PIay- Death of J. H. Raymond-Fourth of July Celebration.

Mrs. William McWey of New York is at her bungalow for the summer.
 MT. and Mrs. Clifton Brainard of Hartford are visiting Harry -Brainard over the Fourth.
 William Sutter and family of Staten Island are spending their vacation at the Selden farm.
 Mrs. A. L. Smith of New York. who has been the. guest of. Mrs: Hannah Lomberg, has gone to Litchfield on a visit to her daughter.
 Letter from Oversea.
 A very interesting letter was read to the Young Peoples society by the secretary from Clifford. Raymond, son of the pastor, who is in France
 Miss Ethel Wilson of Woodhaven, N. Y, is spending the summer vaca- tion with her grandparents at the parsonage. .Ht
 William House of New York is spending his vacation at his bungalow with his family.
 William SeIden and family motored Saturday from Staten Island to the Crows Nest, where they will remain until after the Fourth as guests of Mrs. Sandin.
 Rev. w. Harrison Raymond attend ed the meeting for rural ministers at Berkeley Divinity school, Middletown, Wednesday and Thursday.
 Death of J. H. Raymond. J. H. Raymond of Mount Kisco, fla ther of Rev. ". Harrison Raymond of this place died at his home on Mon day. the 24th inst, at the age of 93
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Clever Grethel.

Once there was a cook who was named Grethel and had pair of shoes with scarlet heels. glass of wine, and as she was hungry she ate her masters dinner.
 One day her master was having company and ordered Grethel to cook two fowls for dinner, which she did with very good will
 But poor Grethel could not bear the smell of the fowls so she went and tasted one of them "Oh how good it is" she exclaimed, and kept on eating until one was all gone. And the other went the same way.
 At last the quest came and he
 At last the guest came. The master was sharpening his knife to cut the fowls, and Grethel told the guest that the master was going to cut off his ears. The poor guest ran off as fast as he could.
 Grethel ran and told her master he had fine guest. indeed, for when she opened the door he ran in and took both fowls.
 When the master heard this he ran with the knife still in his hand, after the man, shouting:
 "Only one, only one meaning only one fowl.
 The guest heard this but thought he meant only one ear, so he ran still faster.
 IRVING RAVENS, Age 14-
 Taftville.
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
John Stark and the Indians.

Dear Uncle Jed: John Stark went trapping with his brother and two other men. One day they saw the tracks of Indians. Then Stark went to get the traps. The Indians made him their prisoner
 He was asked where the other men were. He pointed in the wrong di- rection, so they could escape. Stark S brother fired gun to let him know where they were. Then the Indians knew where they were. They told Stark to call them. Stark told them to keep away, because the Indians had captured him.
 When the young men came down the river the Indians captured one of them. The Indians shot at the others, but Stark knocked up their guns so they could not hit them. The Indians were from Canada
 They gave Stark a good beating for knocking up their guns When they reached Canada they made a line of Indians and the prisoners had to run through the line while the Indians had a club or stone to hit them with. The first man was badly hurt.
 Stark snatched a club from one of the Indians and made his way down the line. The old Indians called him young chief. They gave him a hoe to hoe corn. He dug up the corn in- stead of the weeds and threw the hoe into the river
 The white people gave the Indians large sum of money to let Stark go free.
 CHARLES FULLER, Age Il. Norwich.
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make paper from wood; and now a great deal of paper we have is made from wood
 In the first place, the logs are talk en to d pulp mill. Blocks of wood are placed ill a machine which looks like a large coffee mill In this machine the wood is ground into powder as fine as meal. Boiling water is pour ed over the. powder to soften it, and it becomes a fluid as white as milk. This is spread on a piece of cloth and is rolled and rolled, until the water is pressed out. This pulpy mass now looks like wet cardboard. It is sent to a paper factory and is made into paper.
 Men have learned a great deal by watching animals at work. Is it not wonderful that these dumb creatures can build as they do. They cannot un- derstand the reasons for their work, but they do all these wonderful things by instinct. Each one in kind has been created able to do it's own work perfectly.
 ANTHONY CONNELL, Age 10. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
The eraduatina Class of 1918.

The graduation exercises of the North and South Coventry schools was held at the town hall on Wall street. The class motto was: Deeds, Not Words. The colors were blue and gold. The flower was rose.
 The programme was as follows: Greeting Song, school: prayer. Rev. Harris c: Beebe; address of welcome Vera Noble; What the Red Cross is Doing, Mary Parker; preservation of Foods, Camilla Nelson; Keep the Home Fires Burning, schools; Why We Must Help France, Esther Clark; class prophecy, Viola Carpenter; Dia- no duet, Qui Vive Galop, Anna Til linghast and Esther Clark: Helping Win the War, Beulah Brown: Financ- ing the War, Helen Wellwood; flag drill. pupils Center school presenta- ton of diplomas, Charles R. Hall; America, by all.
 The graduates were: Alice Kinney, Mary Parker, William F1aherty, Els ther Clark, Adeline Hoff, Anna Til- linghast, Helen Wellwood, Viola Car penter, Vera Noble from Center school; Beulah Brown, Hans Ander- son. from Silver Street school: Annie Bohn, Camilla Nelson, from School No. 10.
 One of the girls. Beulah Brown. had sore throat so could not speal, her piece. so another girl. Crystal Rosen- dale, read it. and also played a piano solo, She just came here Q few weeks before, and was not going 10 get her diploma from here, but in PaWtucket. where she came from.
 The decorating of the hall consisted of laurel. lilies ferns and peonies. ALICE G. KINNEY, Age 15. | South Coventry.
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Yantic.
Paper Makinq.

And who would ever have thought of making paper from wood? We'll do not know the mans name, but know where he got the idea. It was from a little wasp building her nest in the early spring. The man saw her busily at work on a single piece of wood, the window sash, maybe. She was tearing away tiny strips no long CT than a hair. These she gathered in to a little ball with her feet, and flew away with it to a flat stone near by.
 Then she commenced chewing the bits of wood, and they soon became moist, soft pulp. This she spread out on the stone and began to walk over back and forth in order to make it very smooth and thin. It took patient little wasp a long time to do this, for you see wasp's foot is not very heavy. Back and forth, back and forth she went and at last she was rewarded for her labor. The little sheet was smooth as silk and thin as gauge.
 This sheet she fastened to the limb of tree and then began to make an other in the same way. When this was done she folded it neatly and smoothly over the first. Then she made another and another, folding each care fully over the last so that they looked like the petals of rose.
 She kept on making the sheets in this way until the nest was large enough. When all was done, with a hole at the bottom for a doorway, it was as fine a little house as any wasp could wish.
 1 And SO it was by watching this lit- l tie insect that man first learned te
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Baltic.
The Farm.

Dear Uncle Jed will tell you about our farm.
 My father has two cows, one heifer, one horse and one calf.
 The oldest cows name is Minnie the next is Daisy. and the heifer's name is Rose.
 The horses name is Dick.
 The COW, Minnie, has a calf and she gives a whole lot of milk.
 My father has planted potatoes and oats. The rye is about four feet high. The oats are about two and one half inches high.
 My mother has planted cabbages, to- matoes. beans peas, cucumbers. pump kins and peanuts.
 I had nine chickens, but a hawk got one. and I only have eight left.
 We have about fifty litt,e chickens in all. We also have twelve hens and one rooster. The. hens and rooster are about one year old.
 We also have one bantam hen and one rooster. The hen has a nest. We have fourteen eggs from her already When the hen sets we are going to give the rooster to a friend.
 HANS STEINMEYER. Age 10.
 Eagleyille
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Slavery.

Slavery was first introduced in America in the year 1919. In August a Dutch warship came over to Amer ica and sold twenty negro slaves to the people.
 In New Amsterdam the patrons had all the slaves that the slave traders could conveniently let them have.
 One hundred and fifty years from the time slavery began one sixth of the population of the colonies were ne- groes.
 In 1897 the importation of slaves was prohibited in America.
 In 1919 the question came up whether slavery should be permitted on the land beyond the Mississippi river. In 11S1 congress shut out slav- cry from the Northwest Territory and now the people wondered whether it would be shut out of the Louisiana Territory the same way.
 The north opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi be- cause they said it was like a farmer who had pulled the weeds off of an old plot of ground and planted them over a new plot.
 The south on the other hand had had slaves sc long that they thought they could not get along without them The side that had the most states had more representatives in congress. | Slavery was. dividing the country | into two parts, the north and the south In the north the people devoted their l money and labor to making cloth and other goods. For this reason they were opposed to free trade. While in the south they devoted all their strength to raising rice cotton and to- | bacco, and for this reason they wished 1 free trade for things they didn't man. | ufacture.
 When Missouri wished to enter the Union as a slave state the south urged | the measure with all it's might and the north fought against it with equal determination. When two sessions had passed with many angry debates Hen ry Clay of Kentucky managed to per suade congress to make a compromise.
 The compromise stated that Mis- | souri should enter the Union as a slave state and all the other states formed out of the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel of 36 degrees 30 minutes were to enter the Union as free states.
 A majority of people thought the
 debates about extension of slavery
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
A Belgian chiId's Story.

When the war broke out in Europe, the kaiser informed the Belgian peo- pie that he had made war on France, and if they would allow his army to pass through their country in safety he would not make war on them, but if they were not allowed he would rush troops to the border and push his way through.
 The government of our people answered at once saying that they would not allow his troops to pass.
 The kaiser at once rushed his troops to the border, and attacked several forts, some of which were Fort Lonsen in which General Leman had his headquarters. Fort Flemelle, Fort HolloWne, Fort Fleron, Fort Chaudfon taine, and Fort Embourg.
 The kaiser sent the message so quick that the people were caught unprepar- ed and so he had to fight hastily pre- pared army.
 RODNEY R. CARLYLE Age F.
 Uncasville.
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Will Do All He Can.

Dear Uncle Jed: In our school we have seventeen boys and eighteen girls.
 We have arithmetic, geography, his tory and physiology.
 l am going to have a garden and am going to raise tomatoes and beets. l have planted them already. l have joined the Red Cross and have my pin. have knitted six wash cloths and am going to knit pair of socks. l was going to knit a sweater, put they have enough now. I am go- ing to help all I can.
 We are all buying thrift stamps and war savings stamps. I have bought a war savings stamp, Gnd some of the others have, too.
 We have $50 worth of stamps. I am in the fourth grade.
 JOHN WRANA. Eagleyille.
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corn.
 I have also planted some of my flower seeds. [ have planted asters, zinnias, carnations, poppies mari golds, peonies, .foxglove, and some mix ed flowers. My carnations, asters, zin- nias and marigolds are up.
 I am taking good care of my flower garden, and also my vegetable garden. I am going to try and help Uncle Sam this summer.
 In school we knit, sew handkerchiefs, knit four-inch squares and the boys cut gun wipers. I am knitting wash cloth. and my, sister is also.
 We have in all s84 dollars of thrift stamps.
 have 13, which make $3.25. I have to get three more to have Is.
 have already joined the Junior Food army, and also the Red Cross. have a Red Cross button.
 AMELLA5 SANGER, Age 10. Fla agleyille
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SIouchiness.

Slouchiness is an ungainly and awkward position which a person gets into. People in this way, walk and act clumsy. They don't seem to be awake or have any complete thoughts.
 SIouchiness is caused by their own character. If they are careless and don't give any attention to others they may become slouchy. Their sur roundings may be in a low, slouchy, mot picked up condition and this may cause them to become the same way. In this way they think nothing is bet ter than what they are accustomed to.
 They should try and overcome this immoral fault Physical training may help them become straight and wide awake They must become interested by others help, then if they endea- vor or initiate others they may over come their fault.
 People in this condition aren't very attractive. When they sit down they slouch down and stay in that one po- sition. Another effect is the inability of holding positions.
 GRACE I. MAHONEY, Age 13. Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS ARD GIRLS DEPARTMENT

And when he bowed his head more
 nigh She whispered low, with latest sigh Be a dood man. Papa deari" God knows; perhaps the spotless soul Part way toward glory wingirg, Turned earthward from it's heavenly
 goal
 This precious message bringing. Perhaps so tender was her love For those remaining here It brought her like blessed dove Back with this word of peace and
 love
 Be a dood man. Papa dear!" \ change came OCT the father then, Subduing him, and tanning; No more he sought. with sinful men, Resorts of vice and gaming. For always after that sad day. To wicked taint and jeer. He answered: 'Tll not go astray! l hear my girl in Heaven say Be a dood man, Papa. dear!'" LEONA BERGERON, Lisbon.
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Today.
By Nixon Waterman

By Nixon Waterman. We shall do so much in the years to
 come, But what have we done today? We shall give our gold in a princely
 sum, But what did we give today? We shall lift the heart and dry the
 tear. We shall plant hope in the place of
 fear, We shall speak with words of love and
 cheer, But what have we done today? We shall be so kind in the afterwhile, But what have we been today? We shall bring to each lonely life a
 smile. But what have we brought today |? We shall give 10 truth a grander
 birth And to steadfast faith a deeper worth, We shall feed the hungering souls of
 earth. iBut whom have we fed today?
 The Religious Telescope.
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Will Have a Garden.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to have a flower garden with zinniass carna- tions, asters, mixed ficyerL marigold and poppies. I planted my flowers the 27th of May
 I am going to take good care of my garden. I am going to take them to the school fair.
 I am going to grow beans. My sis ter is also going to grow beans. l think am going to have some beets. I haven't planted my vegetable seeds yet. I am going to try to get good beans.
 Our school got the second prize last year at the fair.
 FREDA SANGER, Age 10.
 Ea gleYille.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
..The. Black Bear.

Dear Uncle Jed: The black bear is found in many parts of North America and was formerly very common. but as the fur and the fat are articles of commercial value, the black bear is becoming rare. Its fur is not so roughly shaggy as that of the Euro pean bear, but is smooth and glossy in appearance, so that it looks very handsome and is as thick and warm as that of its rougher -furred relative. This creature eats but little animal food and keeps to a vegetable diet unless pressed by hunger. It is, how ever, very fond of the little snails which come up to feed on the sweet prairie grass and of honey. in search of which dainty it displays great acuteness and perseverance.
 ALICE HUSSEY, Age F.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
Sphinx ate him alive.

Sphinx ate him alive.
 One day very wise man came her way. The Sphinx asked him the usual question. She was already think ing what @ fine tidbit he would make, when. to her surprise, he gave the right answer.
 he crawls on hands and feet; that is the morning Of life; when he becomes a man, he walks erect on two feet; that is the noon of his life; when he is old he leans on his cane, and that is the evening of his life"
 It made the Sphinx so angry to have her riddle guessed that she killed her self, and SC the world was rid of a terrible monster. HELEN BRAUMAN. ;oJ,
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Prize Winners.


 Prize Winners.
 1st Prize, $10O-To Margaret Nos worthy of Hampton-A Liberty Belle. 2d Prize, $0.75-To Airline Anderson of Danielson-On of Many.
 Sd Prize, $0.75-To G. Alice Baldwin of Willimantic-1916 and 1918. 4th Prize, $05O-To Ralph Olsen of Baltic-His Oversees Mother. 9th Prize, $05o-To Everett Burrell of Stafford Springs, Route No. 3-We Will Beat Them Yet.
 9th Prize, s0.25-Edna Kendall of Versailles-The Man With the Flow. 7th Prize. so.25-Roger B. Miner, of North Franklin-A Jolly Tar.
 Sth Prize, $0.25-Lillian Murphy, of Norwich-The Little Red Cross Nurse. 9th Prize, sO.25-Mary A. Burrill of Stafford Springs-Red- time.
 10th Prize, $O.25-Hilda Holmberg of Norwich-The Little Nut Cracker. 11th Prize, sO25-Ida La Bonte, of West Willington-A Colonial Dame.
 Honorable Mention. Floyd Lambert, of Norwich-A Swan.
 Grace Burrill, of Stafford Springs Am Uncle Sam.
 Mary A. Burrill of Stafford Springs Demonstrating.
 Ruth Weatherhead of Willimantic- Little Wooden Shoes.
 Girard Bourdou of Taftville-Char- lie Chaplin.
 Alfred Stoddard of Norwich-The King of the Forest. Donna Howard, of Westerly-Ar- rived.
 Ethel E. Place. of Danielson-In Haste.
 Edna Lawton of versailles--Econ- ony Will Save the World.
 John Burrill of Stafford Springs Will Get the Kaiser.
 Edna Dawley of Jewett City-Such Catherine E. Kirby of Norwich Give Your Uncle Sam a Lift.
 Florence Fellows of Washington, D C.-Our Three Dutch Friends.
 Dora sechter of Norwich-UnoIe Sam's Helpers.
 Ruth Bruckner. of Norwich-Raise 2 Pig.