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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
Tame Squirrels.


 I will tell you about tame squirrels that used to come to our house last summer.
 There was one that was very tame, We used to call her Bushy. She would come down from the tree when we called her name. After first making sure that there were no cats around, for the cats used to watch for her and try to catch her Sometimes she would bring others with her; but we could always pick out Bushy, for she was so tame and always acted the same.
 She would come into the house and eat peanuts out of our hand. When we did not see her, she would climb upon the screen door and scratch until we came. I hope they will come back this summer.
 ELIZABETH T. TAYLOR, Age '. Willimantic.
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The Dreadful Nioht,

It was a wild spring night and the
 wind was high, Dark clouds swept over a ftful sky: Came a dash of rain, it was icy cold, And bleak as death was No Mans
 wold. John Smith was only common Tank. He crawled along on slimy bank, For his was the task as a lone pa
 trol, To do his bit. with death his dole. Back in the trench with the verrnin
 there, He with his mates had fought for They had been gassed, and some had But thanks to his mask he had sur viveEi.
 But though in the trench he was fac ing death, Yet now as he crept with bated breath, He thought it safe as Heaven there; He shut his teeth to do and dare. Now the wild night opened with a burst of flame,
 He could not go the way he came; For the Hun was out on midnight 1 raid,
 In his heart ot hearts he was afraid. But on he crawled on the s}my 1 bank,
 A death -defying, fighting Tank. They may get me yet" he muttered But where go some Huns will go" I cannot tell of the awful fight, Of the seething hell of this April night Of the Yankee boys who did their hest And died like the sons of our mighty
 West
 But the crawling Tank was shot and 1 torn.
 He lay on the bank in the peaceful mourn.
 And suffered there as the long hours went,
 For him no Red Cross nurse was sent And, why? Because he would never give
 A cent that soldier boys might live, Back there in the states he's been toe tight,
 To snend a cent in the righteous And now as he lay on the blood stain
 ed sod.
 He cried aloud to a righteous God For ease for the pain and the broken bone,
 For quenching thirst. the worst het
 known:
 But no Angel of Mercy to him came; He must die. and he alone to blame. The awful hours he was dying there With none to pity, none to care, He had not cared when back at nome Not a cent to spare. whate'er nigh
 come
 q can't afford, let the rich men ray!' But when the hours Of the dreadful
 day, brought him no pity. : Then he knew what every cent did to (the Red Cross do. Tn a haze of pain his dread agony Could there be no help for such as he The cash he had kept for his own rse } NotT jeered at him with wild abuse } "Ye would not give us a life to gave Now we can't give you a decen grave. , If you had spent us in the Red Cros way
 A Red Cross nurse would be here to } day. But as it is. you let others die. And now you suffer without reply" He woke with start in his own whit
 bed,
 He screamed and covered his eye F with dread :, Its hell I've seen" to his wife h ! said, ! I've been in hell: by my own life. f I've seen how the boys are dyin n there,
 With none to pity, none to care. f And never again will I keep my tin To the Red Cross fund will I turn a
 in
 That I can srafe, in this Great Driv, Thank God! Twas a dream, and IT
 alive
 ELIZABETH J. BROWN. . Ponfret Center. e
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Salt Beads.

Dear Uncle Jed: The ingredients of salt beads are: one cup of fine table salt, one-half cup of cornstarch and little water to which the coloring is added Heat salt very hot Mix cornstarch. The dye may be sim pie dye or black ink for black beads and red ink for pink beads. Mix the cornstarch with a little coloring wa ter and then add hot salt, this will form a soft paste or dough I knead the dough thoroughly, then break off small bits and form into beads which after being allowed to dry few min utes should be strung on a hatpin, or bit of wire. and left to dry thoroughly, which will take two or three days.
 A rose pink strung with tiny gilt or silver metal beads between the pink ones makes a very pretty necklace; also pure white ones with gold. In case the dough is not all used at once wrap in a damp cloth where It will keep indefinitely.
 HELEN M. BATES, Age Il. Plainfield
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06
Rules fer Young Writers.

| Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. q Use pen and ink, not pencil. $. Short and pointed articles vfll be given preference. Do not use over s5o words.
 L Original stories or letters only will be used.
 s. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications tc Uncle Jed. Bulletin Office.
 Whatever you are-Be that!
 Whatever yo1 Eay-Be true!
 Straightforwardly act
 Be honest-in fact, A
 Be nobody else buS you"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06
A School Garden,
Danielson

The way we come to have a school garden was this. One day a man came in and wanted all of us who could to have a school garden. Of course. all of us said we would have one. So the next afternoon the. teacher let us out of school to go with the supervisor to the garden.
 The land had been plowed in the morning. The supervisor measured plots for each of us. Then we set to work. We planted the garden. When the plants came up we weeded and wa tered them.
 One morning when we came out we noticed that some of the plants leaves had been bitten of. It looked like Mr. WoodchuclIs work. So we looked around for his hole. We set trap there and Mir Woodchuck never came and ate our plants after that When our plants were big and dipe we took them to an exhibition One of our number won the first prize.
 HOWARD WILCOX, Age II.
 Piatnfield,
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HeInina Uncle Sam,

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell you the way every boy and girl can do their bit. One way is. to buy thrift stamps, and another is to be mem Der of the Junior Red Cross. I'd
 l am in the sixth grade and my room has hundred per cent in thrift stamps. have only four thrift stamps, but am a member of the Junior Red Cross.
 One twenty-five cent thrift stamp would help to buy our soldiers ammu- hilton.
 HARRY MORSE. Age 10.
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ASHFORD

Miss Leola Poole Is home for the summer.
 The Memorial services held in War renville Friday were well attended. The address by Rev MT. Puffer of Stafford Springs was very interesting
 Thomas Fitts returned home Sunday after spending a week in Willimantfc.
 MT. and. Mrs Frank Bennette visit ed in Southbridge Sunday.
 Mrs. McIntire and son motored from Providence Sunday and called on her brother John Whftford.
 Mrs. Albert Clarke is f1i.
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My Brother Leaving For France.

My Brother Leaving For France.
 I wrote to the wide-Awalzes some- time ago telling them that my broth CT was in the army and had been at Camp Gordon for six months.
 About month ago we received a letter saying he was leaving for Camp Upton, Long Island, and would like to have some one of the folks come to see him as he would be there but a few days.
 My mother and two sisters and brother-in started for Camp Up- ton at once. They went by boat from New London and then got the train for Camp Upton, the next morning, ar irving there at II o'clock It was past 12 when they found my brother, as the camp IS very large.
 He was just washing his dinner nounced He looked very fat and strong. and was delighted to see them all. They stayed with him until 5 l o'clock and then had to bid him fare- well. The parting was very sad and hard to hear, but the folks managed to get homs early the next morning. | The following morning we received a card saying they were starting away Two weeks after that we rectived an official notice that he had arrived safely overseas We haven't heard l from him since, but pray and hope he is we'll and alive, as most of Uncle Sam's men are at present.
 ANNA GAYESKI, Age 13. Chichester
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LETTERS OF AcKNoWLEp

WiiheImine Krauss of Lisbon: l thank you very much for the thrift stamp. 1 will try again.
 Dorothy Pasnik of Norwich: Please excuse my neglect in not writing to thank you sooner. I was very pleased and surprised to find I had won a prize. I thank you very much and will try to win another.
 Ruth Davis of Canterbury: received the thrift stamp you sent me and l thank you for it,
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Ruth Fielding in the Saddle.
 6-Heien Grauman,* of Norwich: A Thrift Stamp.
 7-Elizabeth ]. Brown, of Pomfret Center: Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods. s-HeIen N. Bates, of Plainfeld: A Thrift Stamp. -%Please call at The Bulletin busi- ness office for Thrift Stamp. or send full address.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06
FaIlinq in the Ham,

Dear Uncle Jed: One day I sat in my mothers ham. The way, happened to fall in was, I came running in from the yard to get my hoop. It was in the back room. When went to get my hoop I fell in the ham. I cried SC loud my mother thought was killed She put some soda on me, and the next day felt fine.
 DANIEL O.NEH, Age s.
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Canterbury Green.
Red crass.

 When our boys are far from mothers Tn that country lover there" Where the nurses of the F'Red Cross- Help and cheer them every where. With their prayers and deeds of mer-
 cy s7F oT 5si-sE Thinking not of earthly gain, Thinking only of the soldiers They would help to. bear each pain. And the mothers, how they bless them For no money can repay, Deeds like those that they are doing, Near the battle fields each day .r We can help them with our money; We can do the smaller part Knowing well our Heavenly Father Counts the good in every heart. <.
 3a-sfs.552 =. t. But we all must bear our crosses. Saving everything we can For the Red Cross" near the trench
 eS, 2 Will work hard to save. each man. A. J. G, S.
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Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was q little boy who was very unmanly and everybody used to hate to go by him. But one day I passed him and he tip ped his hat politely and said few po- lite words. and was very. much as- tonished at his unaccustomed polite ness. But come9to find out he had a new teacher who was teaching the pu- pils politeness.
 I was telling my mother about it and she said that was one sign of d gentleman. providing he tips his hat to his mother and sisters, as we'll, and always thinks of other people first; and then if he wears patent leather shoes, or no shoes at all. he is a trua gentleman.
 IRENE EVANS.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06

To an address from the Congress of German Chambers of Commerce, the Kaiser replied:- d:-"The last few months have brought us successes which justi- fy our title to a strong peace which shall open new roads to victorious German commerce and give complete freedom for the development ~o of our industry. To this employers are equally entitsad-s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06

We reached home at 11.35 p. m. and 1
 was very tired but happy. f. went to bed dreaming of the pleas
 ures had had in Newport. I got up very late on the next morning and was very drowsy all day long. GERTRUDE PORTER, Age IS. Danielsop
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 Nativity. And the angels sang:.ss Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace, good will toward |, men, Hss.-fagEg O is it a dream where the white wings gleanl, 1T 51 That the angels troubled are? That they know not where to lay She
 fair & For the world is so fu1! of war? E o. there is no bed for His little head, The nursing angels feary9sf There is no nest where His head can
 rest 5s Q The wars they are so near To. the church is fit and the candies
 lit And the bells they toll amain. But the Babe they lay in oxens hay He cannot sleep for pain. 10, is it a dream, where the white
 wings gIeam, That the angels trouble sore In the cradle low the Babe Teeps eo. For the world that bIeeds with war. O'NEIIL LATHAM
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06

Franco going to school with gas masks on, and some had been hurt in a, raid.
 I am glad that I live in the United States. feel sorry for those little boys and girls.
 We never buy any more candy now, but use our money for stamps.
 I feed the hens and go after milk every night.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-06

pull in twigs off of trees and eat the bark. When they get the bark all off they take the twigs out again and make an addition to their dam.
 JOSEPH UNDERWOOD. Age 14.
 North Stonington,
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZES.

L-lrene Evans of Plainfeld: a Thrift Stamp.
 2-Edith Broker, of Norwich: A Thrift Stamp.
 6Anna Gsyesl<i. of Colchester: Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge.
 HMary 5obeek, of Columbia: A Thrift Stamp.
 s-esrtrude POirier of Dsnieison:
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To Mothers and sweethearts. Everyone speaks of the uniformed
 man, Who TOW is serving Uncle Sam: But here's to the girl who's heart is
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The Three Spinners

There was once young girl who was lazy and, ----lz 10t spin. The
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A Gentleman.

EWITH BROKER, Age
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.

Baltic.
Evening journal., 1918-01-12
FARM LOAN FOR KENT.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
ELKToN, Nd. Jan. i2-A Farm LOAF
Association viii be organized in Elk
ton this evening
Henrietta Brown and others have
transferred i65-aore farm in thf
Fourth district. to John, Thomas ami
William Montgomery, Of Delaware for
$4,000.
The death Of Mrs. Florence r. Rus
sell, wife OF Elwood Russell, occurreb
in Union Hospital, Elkton, on Tuesday
The annual election Of Chesapeakf
City Firemen was held few days ago
The following directors we're chosen
Byron Bouchelle, DR.. Delmar Smitheri
Harry Price, John NJ. Reed and 7. y.
Lorraine. BENJAMIN Price was selected
chief of the department.
Personal Mr. and Mrs. FOlgar Nc
Kinsey, Of Baltimore. were the guests
Of Dr.. and Mrs. Howard Bratton thf
week-Henry NJ Cleaves is recoverins
from a badly sprained back, caused by
a fall from q windmill he was repair
ing-Dr. Harlan Wells. Of Philadelphi3,
was a recent Elkton yisitor--Mr agd
Mrs. Samuel Pratt, Of Philadelph3
were the guests Of Elkton relatives on
Monday.
Evening journal., 1918-01-12
INVESTIGATE The POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.

TI NDER the law, the most powerful onlcal in this
~ country next to the commander-in-chief Of It's
army and navy. is the postmaster general The oncial
who throttle exterminate free press IS finally
pretty the dictator OF democracy arber Of all
rights to say nothing Of his influence upon ordinary
business and domestic affairs.
II is common knowledge that the postolce department
is badly shot to pieces It may be because Postmaster
General Burleson has leaned too much toward making
profit 10 may be because he has become decidedly unpopu
lar with his underpad employees. may be because Of his
attitude toward labor and his suppression papers with
antadminstration OF pro-German tendencies However
this be- the total is unsatisfactory and bad
condition.
It is highly important to speedily and thoroughly cure
such condition in time Of war, when team work Is a
prime essential. For instance
The people asked TO help conserve transportation
through reduction in passenger train service Business
men are asked TO use the mails instead Of sending a
man." and they have right 20 demand that the govern
men do its part by providing 1rst-cass mail service The
posoflce department has record OF over S5OO0OOO
profit, in year. but II business concerns do con-
transportation they ought poor mail service
may a loss Of ten times that And yet the
right Of all preparation is the business
world just now.
Somewhere in the United states Senate archives is
resolution for investigation Of the posofnce department
Such investigation, TO be conducted fairly thor
oughly is about the most important business that The
Senate has its waiting list
Evening journal., 1918-01-12
EXPOSED
lFrom The New York TribuneJ

4 that portion Of il at war. keeps requir
ing a new proof Of the old truth. which
is the German spirit and purpose. AgaiI
and again the spectacle of the German
making peace gestures seduces a wal
weary public, despite all past evidenc,
OF the true character Of the German
On the other hand, is it less curiou.
that at the Critical moment the German
always betrays himself? Had he bui
simulated honesty at Brest-Litovsk ht
might have fooled all his enemies. YeI
always after long and skilful prepara.
tion German appetite betrays German
protestations; the German cannot, ever
for the moment and as q device. aban.
don his real determination TO conquer
/ to annex, to subdue. That is why hf
failed at Brest-Litovsk; that is why
he failed a year ago that is why he
rushed into Belgium and brought
Britain into the war
When the German talks about hui
manity, about liberty for small peoples
about international law, he does not
mean TO acknowledge the principle, ex-
cept as IL is convenient; when he talks
about mo annexations and no indem-
mites" he does not accept the fact, he
merely seizes upon a phrase likely TO
be useful. And the moment the test
comes the German nature asserts it.
self, and the phrase, the pretext, the
device, Is cast aside.
And so we have come to the end Of
one more German peace manoeuvre
The world has discovered that the Ger
man in 1918 is exactly what he was in
1914; that his designs upon his neigh
bors and upon world liberties are pre-
cisely what they were when he pre-
cipitated the struggle And having dis
covered this. the world will return 10
the trenches, because with Germany
still seeking power and profit there can
be no peace.
1t was probably necessary that the
masses in all the democratic countries
at war with Germany should have fresh
and tangible proof Of the character Of
contemporary Germany. They are lust
as determined as all other elements in
the community to make war upon Ger
man purposes when they are certain
what German purposes are They do the
nehting In the larger part; they make
the greatest sacrifice, and they are en-
Titled to see the facts for themselves.
Happily for us all, Germany has not
failed TO destroy her own case. The
nation that sank the Lusitania at the
moment she was seeking 10 disprove
charges Of atrocities in Belgium has
moral suicide once more Of
The critical moment, at a moment more
critical than that Of the Lusitania pc
Rod. The world knows, by virtue Of
evidence by the pos
session Of recent proof that the Prus-
sian is still on the prowl. that the ma
ion which devoured Belgium is seek
ms to consume Lithuania that the lat
ESQ German document is. in fact. only
mother scrap Of paper" Perhaps such
lroof was needed; at all events we have
T. we know again where Germany
stands and we know, therefore. the only
llace left for us TO stand in. The latest l
ierma peace campaign has collapsed /
9 has collapsed, like an others because /
was a fraud and a sham, because. 1
eeking conquest the German talked /
0eace. and preaching humanitarian doc /
rine The German was still plotting in
ernaiional assassination.
Evening journal., 1918-01-12
MIDDLETOWh PASTOR TO
ADDRESS CLUB WOMEN
1eclai to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDL ErOw7V, Del, jan i2.-The
members OF Forest Presbyterian
Church win hold a social at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Howard A. Pool, on
South Broad street, on next Friday
evening. A silver offering will be taken
at the door.
The Rev ]. NJ. Eckard. Of Smyrna.
will speak at the Century Club on next
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Eckard's sub
lect VIII be "A Tale OF Three Con-
tinents."
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Citizens National Bank
these officers and directors were re-
elected: Directors. Joseph Biggs. Jesse
L. shepherd. Dorsey w. Lewis, J. Frank
Biggs, Charles Malcolm Cochran, An
thony II. Johnson. George V. Peverley,
Nathaniel J. Williams, James E. Wood
all, Jr. officers: president, Joseph
Biggs; vice-presdent, Jesse L. Shep-
herd; secretary, Dorsey w. Lewis. Ed
ward Ladley is cashier; William G..
Lockwood, teller; Clarence p. Weber.
assistant teller, and Miss Sarah Kates
clerk.
Mrs. Alexander Maxwell has an
nounced the marriage Of her sister,
Miss Charlotte Thompson, Of Balti-
more, Nd, and Parker L. Fennemore,
Of Baltimore, Md. The ceremony was
performed in Elkton Md, on December
g.
These new members have been OBJ
lained for the Red Cross Mrs. Woodal
Cochran, Albert Jolls. Miss Adelaide
Foard, Mrs. George Burge. Mr.. S B
Foard, Mrs. s. B. Foard, Miss Susan
Foard. J. B. Cazier, Mrs j. B. Cazer
Morgan King, Charles Harris, Harry
Elason, Miss Mary Beasten Miss Elya
Freeman, Mrs Charles Beasten, Mrs
Claude Voshell, Claude Fouracre and
John Spicer.
The Womsn's Missionary Society Of
Forest Presbyterian Church met with
Evening journal., 1918-01-12
HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.
From the Decatur Review.

From the Decatur Review.
Mr.. Heney and the Federal Trade
Commission are telling us things about
Ogden Armour and other big packers
We are not sure the disclosures We're
entirely unsuspected by any OF us.
II is being developed I'm this inyesti-
cation that Mr. Armour is a man Of
large means, and therefore extensive in
teresis. IL seems we heard a whisper of
this many years ago; It IS told that
even the Cook county assessor has got
onto the fact that Mr.. Armour is not
pauper.
Mr.. Heney, attorney for the inquir-
ing commission, intimates that Mr.. Ar
mour and other packers have it in their
power to say for what price The pro-
ducer shall sell live stock and alsk the
price The consumer must pay for beat
IL is recalled hat this same story was
boldly proclaimed in political cam
paigns twenty-five years ago.
II bis packers have complete control
in this matter they are not handling
the job as we'll as they should. They
arc making us pay too much for meat,
that is if they have it in their power
to furnish it for less. II they can pay
what they please we wonder that they
pay as much to producers Of meat on
the hoof They are more generous in
this respe than we should expect ex-
plotting Buccaneers TO be.
And onc rather suspects that Mr.
Heney is ] OF now hearing for the first
time that big packers are men Of wealth.
a thing tlat can be used 90 impose
hardships Jn the people of the country.
Many year ago we understood that Mr.
Heney wa a professional gentleman
pretty he, lily loaded with suspicious.
particular md general and otherwise. It
is further understood that this load he
carries wi not be lightened as his
years incrC Csse in number. He is built
Evening journal., 1918-01-12
DESERVED PUNISHMENT.

CAMUEL GANGAs. murderer OF his sweetheart, Cath
~ crime Bodjeska, at Brandywne Springs Park in the
Summer Of 1916 paid the extreme penalty for his crime
In the County Workhouse yesterday
he richly deserved the fate that overlook him Gov
ernor Townsend entitled to commentator for having
refused to interfere further in his behalf
Gangss was a murderous-minded brute He showed
that clearly by the in which he committed the
crime and also by his subsequent conduct AZ the hands
OF the courts he received fair trial and az the hands
OF the Governor postconyction opportunity 10 show il
possible why he should not be hanged for his crime
Governor Townsend had acceded to the appeal
for another reprieye he would have placed a nrenir,
murder.
As 1t was entirely too much time ineryened between
the murder and the hanging.