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Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
My First Trip to Boston.


 Dear Uncle Jed: My first trip to Boston was a long ride of about 75 miles on the train Arriving at Back Bay station, my mother and I got off the train. After walking a short dis tance, we took the trolley to the big Boston opera house to buy tickets to hear Mdme. Galli Cusci, the greatest soprano singer in the world.
 From the opera house We took the trolley and went to the public gardah. On the way we passed the beautiful public library. and opposite that was Trinity church, where Phillips Brooks preached.
 Reaching the public garden, we gdt off the car and walked through the garden, where we saw many different kinds of trees and pretty pond wG.l bridge over it.
 We passed on to the Common and high on hill we saw a monument erected for the sailors and soldiers who have died for liberty. We could also see the capitol with it's golden dome
 Going out of the Commons, we passed several little houses where American and British soldiers and sail There was also a Liberty loan cottage where women helped raise money fol our government.
 I saw the subway cars that TUT under the streets. and the elevated trains that run above the streets. We then went to the South station where there are 2S tracks. Our trair went out on track IT and soon we had left the great city.
 ELIZABETH STETSoN, Age 10. Central Village.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
TRIAL OF EDITOR LOUIS
 WERNER FOR TREAsoN
Government Agents Who Made the
 Raid Were Examined.

Philadelphia, March 2e.-Most of to- days session of the treason trial in the federal district court of Louis Werner, editor in chief, and Martin DarkoW. managing editor, of the Phil adelrhia Tageblatt, was taken up with the examination of government agents who testified to making the raid on the office of the German newspaper last September. They identified a large number of copies of the Tageblatt, clippings, manuscript copy and other articles seized
 During a personal tilt between coun- sel for the defendants and V. A. Hajek, a former agent of the depart
 ment of justice, the lawyer sought to learn whether the witness had any personal feeling in the case. A war of
 words over a conversation they had in the corridor of the federal building relative to the case was stopped by the court.
 Hajek in his direct examination tes- tified he had been sent to the Tage- blatt office by the government to in- quire into the citizenship of officers and employees. He said he was re- ferred by Werner to his attorney and after an argument, the witness said Werner threatened to break his bones
 and throw him out of a window. On cross examination by William A Gray, counsel for the defendants, Ha- jek said he was a Bohemian by birth and proud of it, and that he was not
 an American citizen at the time he
 was sent to make inquiry regarding the citizenship of the Tageblatt men | He has since taken out his final pa pers. The witness said in answer tG questions that prior to entering the government service he was in the in, surance and claim agent business ant 1 that company of which he was {
 part had failed to pay for advertising
 that appeared in the Tageblatt. Hi explanation was that the bill was no
 paid because the Tageblatt failed tt
 furnish copy of the advertising al
 required by the company before bill were paid.
 1 In the direct examination of gov ernment witnesses many objection
 made by counsel for the defense wer,
 overruled by the court. Only one ob i jection was sustained, the court re 1 fusing to permit Frank L. Carbarinc an agent of the department of justice ] to say whether the alleged treasonabI
 articles seized from the Tageblatt of 1 flee had any influence on enemy ali
 ems.
 I District Attorney Francis Fishe
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
.A soIdiers Experienee.

Dear Uncle Jed: My brother, who is a soldier in the regular army. had an interesting experience at a southern camp. He was over at the range club about twelve miles away, when one Sunday night in February he was sent back to camp to attend the divisional school.
 They took their blanket rolls and rode in on the wagon with a six-mule team. It was o'clock at night and so dark and foggy they could not see the lead mules. The first mile or so was awful. It was over a newly made road with a rude bridge every now and then. It was dreadfully muddy and a man with a lantern walked ahead to try to find the road knee-deep in mud. First one wheel would go into a ditch and then another and progress was slow. But when they reached the bet ter road those mules sure did travel
 It began to rain about nine o'clock and the soldiers drew a tarpaulin over them. But they were very glad when they reached camp about half past eleven.
 I am doing all can to help the sol- 6iiers by belonging to the Junior Home Economics Classes and earning money to buy thrift stamps.
 CHARLOTTE FELLOWS. Age il. Norwich Town.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
How to Can the Kaiser.

Dear Uncle Jed: I have never writ ten you before, but I've always enjoy ed reading the Wide-Awake stories, Now that you are offering thrift stamps as prizes I thought I would try and get one as have some al- ready.
 I am going to tell you way boys and girls can help win the war and ''can the kaiser"
 Men and women are conserving food why shouldn't boys and girls try to think out a way? One way in which I have done my bit Is making the following for pam cakes. In this way flour is saved: Stale Bread Pan Cakes: One pin, milk, four slices stale bread, one egg one tablespoon sugar, one half tea spoon salt. flour enough to batter Soak bread in milk, then beat in egg Add sugar. salt and flour. Fry as or dinary pancakes. You will find that this recipe is saw ing as well as wholesome, for it saves the bread otherwise thrown away. INEz ORN, Age 13. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21

social forces are being released upon the world whose effect no political seer dare venture to conjecture bids us search our hearts through and through and make them ready for the birth of a new day. a day we hope and believe of greater opportunities and greater prosperity than the average mass of struggling men and women and of greater safety and opportunity for children.
 Party Slogans Mean Nothing.
 The old party slogans have losi their significance and will mean noth- ing to the voter of the future, for the war is certain to change the mind ol Europe as well as the mind of Amer ica. Men everywhere are searching cemocratic- principles to their hearts Tn order to determine their soundness their sincerity their adaptab.litv tr ti,e real needs of their life, and every man with any vision must see that tht real test of justice and right action i. presently to come as 1t never came be fore. The men in the trenches. wht have been freed from the economi, serfdonl to which some of them hat been accustomed, will. 1t is likely. re, turn to their homes with a new view and a new impatienee of all mere DO liticai phrases and will demand req thinking and sincere action.
 Must Try to Serve Humanity.
 'Let the democratic party ins Ney Jersey, therefore. forget everytliin, but the new service which they are u be called upon to render. The day of political and economic reconstruc tion which are ahead of us no maj can now definitely assess, but we kncy this, that every programme must b. shot through and through with utte disinterestedness, that no party mus try to serve itself but every party mus try to serve humanity, and that tn task is very practical one, meanini that every programme. every measur in every programme must be teste' by this question, and this questio; only; is it just. is it for the benefit o the average man, without influence 0 privilege; does it embody in real fac the highest conception for social jus tice and of right dealing. without re spect of person or class or particula interest?
 The High Test.
 ''This is a high test. It can be me only by those who have genuine sym pathy with the mass Of men and req insight into their needs and opportu mites and a purpose which is purge alike of selfish and of partisan iIlten ton. The party which rises to thi test will receive the support of tn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
POETRY.
A BOY THAT LAUGHS

1 know a funny little boy The happiest ever born; His face Is like a beam of joy, Although his clothes are torn. I saw him tumble on his nose, And waited for a groan- But how he laughedl Do you suppose He struck his funny bone?
 speaks, His laugh is something grand Its nipples overrun his cheeks LflCe waves on snowy sand. No matter how the day may go. You cznrot make him cry: Hn's worth a dozen boys I know, Who pout and nope and sigh.
 Wide Awake.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
WASHING DISHES.

When Dolly washes dishes,
 She's almost sure to fret. Sss spla5hes water everywhere, And gets her apron wet. -Oh, deari" she says, with clash and
 pout, -
 If could have my wish, I'd have a house my very own, Without a single dishi" When Betty washes dishes.
 A smile is on her lins, She calls the soap -suds fairy seas, Ire dishes little ships. -Ah. mel" she says, eff fairy folk Could give us all our wishes, What lovely journeys we should and my pretty dishes"
 -Ena Phila Butler Bowman, inDthe Minneapolis Tribune.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
My Garden.

Dear Uncle Jed: Last summer my father gave me a piece of land for a garden So every spare moment I was home I worked on it and got it dug at last and ready to plant.
 I thought beans were easy to take care of, so I planted mostly beans. My father cut me some poles and set them and I planted the beans. They came up and grew fast and had pods 10 and 12 inches long. They are called snake beans,
 My papa planted lot of pole beans but they did not grow good. raised as many from my few as papa did from all his.> hood my beans every day.
 This year papa says can have a bigger garden, so can plant more beans and some potatoes. think ev- erybody ought to raise more potatoes this year for the soldiers.
 THOMAS CHENEY, Age g.
 Abingdon
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
A CAPITAL sAlLoRl

 A safnur has no E 2 time
 W1nn on the D P sails. It's R D finds aloft to climb
 Exposed to c gales. And then in K c he makes a slip, Or if be D 2 grows, A tumhle from the lofty ship
 To his last N. D. knows. And 0Nsrboard, for A D cries
 Win N R C. and vim; An6 tho of little U c tries
 A vain S A to swim But when DO L. P finds is near, Nor " E way to save. He, theu in an. x s of fear
 Nut c K vatery grave ff.. O1d A sailor seldom knows,
 But If old A c gains F . of baccy cures his woes,
 His pipe l. As his pains. We N v no poor sailors life
 h D D has no fun, And. feeling P T for pis wife,
 Our M T talk Is done.
 Scout William GoIdstein in Boys Life.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
An Auto Ride,

l was playing in my back yard when
 auto with a friend of mine seated \ it drove up to the door and said {: Come on, take ride to Norwich / It was just quarter past three. 1 hustled into a little more presentable clothing and away we went. I left a note to let the folks know where ] had gone to-
 We went down through Jewett City and then on to Norwich. reaching thert about quarter past five. Here is where 1 think our fun began. There were four of us in the car.
 Just before reaching Norwich our gasoline began to snow signs of run ming short. The chauffeur by driving slow managed to get to a place where they let us have little. We went a little farther on, where we secured a little more. We still went on, and having come to the third place filled our tanks. Then the driver tried to start up and the old machine wouldn.t go an inch.
 We were told we would have to gel out and push: but we laughed mSre than we pushed, and finally we heard
 All aboard!"
 We then got in the auto and away we went
 I can't begin to tell you where we vent or where we didn't go, for was like a stranger in a strange land
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAKES
STORIES
The cIoarstte That sav,

The cigarette That Saved a Soldier. The soldier had just received a package of cigarettes from home, and real American cigarettes are lux- ury in the trenches. He and his com rades were sampling them, and one of the boys was telling a story. It was g. rather interesting story, and the end was very sudden and astonishing. In fact, its ending took the soldier com pletely by surprsse-his mouth fell open, and piunki down dropped tho precious cigarette into the mud at the bottom of the trench. It sputtered a Dttle, and went out.
 The soldier got up disgnstedly and sauntered back to his dugout for an-
 other cigarette. He disappeared in- side. There was a crash, a scream.
 and the sound of an exploding hand
 grenade. When it was over the sol-
 eier came out-to. see what was the
 matter. His comrades were gones
 all but one, and that one had one eye
 blind aud a shattered arm <
 When the soldier was in Paris on
 leave short while afterwards he met
 friend.
 T suppose that your comrades. John, and Bill, and the rest, came in with you, didn't they?" asked the friend. The soldier explained that they had
 been killed. : And you, what a miracle that you
 were not killed, tool" said the friend.
 Tt was a cigarette saved me- re- piled the soldier.
 ELoIsE c. SMITH, Age fl. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
UNCLE JEp's TALK TO WI
 AWAKEs.

Do not get into had company" is what every anxious and w2tchful mother says to her boys and girls.
 DO not get into bad company" is what every earnest Sunday School teacher says to the boys and girls fin her care.
 The bad company Unncle Jed Is go- Ing to tell you to avoid does not wear clothes. or likely to be met on the Streets.
 If T won't T can't and q shan'f- get into your disposition and upon your tongue you are in the worst sort Of company.
 These are the words, with other Troups of vulgar and pfofane words, which make other children poor com pany for you. or you poor company for them.
 You should have a care what words you use. IL is bad words that make children bad-defant and inpolite words are real trouble breeders and they invite punishment.
 No boy or girl whu says T can't" was ever a prize winner for it Is the chill dren who say T cam who do what sver they set out to do.
 T woz-" and 'I shan't" are the out oorptnE of -thoughtless opposition often to what is best-the foundation layers of bad character
 It is A bad habit to become careless in the use of words; and the child who uses insulting. irritating and offensive words is bad company for others and the kind anxious parents and teach.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21

 which we have in our school. I am learning to knit so can knit for the Red Cross.
 Sometimes cook for my mother. We have some recipes for making cookies, crackers, etc, without any wheat, or that require but little wheat. I have made some oatmeal cookies and I intend to try some more of the wheat saving recipes.
 am going to have vegetable gar den this summer. I think shall have beans,s carrots, cabbages. tomatoes, squashes, potatoes, radishes, .beets and lettuce.
 had a vegetable garden last year. Instead of buying candy have saved my money.
 I hope all the Wide -Awakes can do different things to help the United States.
 ALFREDA K. WALKER, Age 1s. Eagleville.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
Plainfeld.
The Robin.


 No bird holds so prominent a place in the minds of the American people as the robin. It is a bird that is the companion of man.
 One spring a pair of robins built their nest on the limb of a balsam standing near much used walk near my home. In gathering in the ma- terial for the nest the greatest care was taken by the robins to work in those hours when there was least chance of being observed. The great CT part was done in the early morn ing when few people were astir.
 They made their nest of slender bal sam twigs. $ntertwined with them were fragments of weed stalks and grass stems, 9The yelioweup was made of clay with grass worked in. Then last of all came the smooth car pet of fine grass.
 PATRICIA REILLY. Age 10. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21

Kane, in his opening statement to the jury, said that the mere carrying out Of theory or policy of peace or op- position to war or what is classed as pacifism is not treason. He said there must be an overt act with intent to give aid and comfort to the enemy In the present case, he said, there were thirty mine overt acts. He4oid
 the jurors the defendants are not in any way accused of being spies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21

something to eat happened to have some nuts in the house, so threw some out to him; but as soon as he heard the window open he scampered away.
 After some time he came back and discovered the nuts. He picked up every one of them and buried them all in different places.
 What I noticed was that when he picked one up he would nibble it to see if 1t was good; then he buried it for future use.
 Next morning he hopped up on nay window sill about the same time to see if had any more. I threw him out some, and like the previous day he buried them one by one. Now he takes them from my hand, he has grown so tame.
 KATHERINE FARRELL, Age 12. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
STRICKEN IN TIE.
 STREET Completely Restored To HealIa By "FTuit-a-iiTeS !"
382 ST. WALLER Sr., MoNrRrl

5oS pr. WALLER Dr., MONTREAL.
 "In 1912, was taken suddenly i'll with Acute Stomacb Trouble and dropped in the street. I was treated by several physicians for nearly two years, and my weight dropped from 225 pounds to 160 pounds. Then several of my friends advised me to try Fruit a-tives''. / 6egan to inpyoOe alnost wiA Ike Jfrst dose, and by using them, l recovered from the distressing Stomach Trouble all pain and Constipation were cured. Now weigh POS pounds. I cannot praise, ssFruit- a-tiyes' enough". H. WHITMAN.
 5oc. box, for g. 50, trial size. 25c. Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit a-tiTes Limited. 0gdsnsburg, NY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
A Faithful Doc,

One morning after we had started out for school a man who seemed like
 tramp came to our house. He ask ed for something to eat. My mother
 said she didn't have anything to give
 him.
 The man seeing the table from the
 window made an attempt to come into
 the house and would have been master had it not been for our faithful dog My mother seeing he would be at her 4 side in an instant called out loudly, Major" and a large head ap- peared from behind her. The tramp seeing how large he was said a nasty good morning, md lief, at once without another word. ADELARD DUQUETTE, Age fS. Danielson.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
The Doc Beat the Cars.

Dear Uncle Jed: went to the city Saturday. While I was on the road to Yantic I saw my dog with me. told him to go home, but he would not. It seemed as if he wanted to go with me.
 When I came to Yantic'I did not see the dog. Just then the car came and [ got on and rode to Norwich.
 When I reached the city I saw my dog on the square and I took him to my friend Rae and left him there.
 When I wanted to go home I took my dog and waited for the car. When the car came took the dog on the car, but the conductor said that would have to pay seven cents for him. I didn't have but seven cents and that was for myself, so I coEiAn't take him on the car.
 had to take some money. from my friend Rae and rode home with my dog in an automobile. After that I watched out that my dog should not follow me. SARAH SCHATZ, Age 1o .Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
Jack Maley's Mice Brown roast

One day in autumn Jack Maley broke his leg, which caused him to be in the
 house all winter, and as he had noth- ing to do he would watch his mother make his toast and coffee. After a little practice he could make it as good
 as his mother.
 When he got well he started a res taurant and all his fellow friends went ia to get some of his nice brown toast and coffee. and other things he learned
 how to make from watching his moth CT that winter.
 If more of the boys would stay al home and watch their mothers they would learn more than at the street corner.
 MAY F. EVANS, Age F. l. Piainfield
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21

as we sit here amidst these pleasant surroundings, American boys the flower of our youth, the best of our brain and brawn-are sustaining on foreign battlefields those ideals for which our fathers died in the days that have gone before. They will not falter in this great enterprise for freedom. Let us therefore take heart and courage and, with the vision before us of their unselhsh de- votion of great principles. let us here dedicate ourselves to those things that will make liberty and freedom safe in this, our own land"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
A Broken Dam.

Dear Uncle Jed: enjoy reading the
 letters written by the Wide Awakes.
 Have often thought would like to write one myself. We have just had weeks vacation at our school One day I had long ride with my papa, and I saw where dam that had been broken and the water had run through the back Of the mill and
 moved some of the machinery around the room that weighed five tons; and
 there were IS inches of dirt and stones
 on the floor. I was disappointed because I could
 not go into the mill where they make
 army blankets for the soldiers FRANCES SWEET, Age s. Southbridge.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
SOUTH COVENTRY
Haddad- Haddad Marriaae-Mrs. Alice
 Beaumont Dies at Norwich--LocaI Rifle Team Defeats WiIlimantic

Joseph Haddad and Miss Lily Had
 dad of Willimantic were married in Willimantic Tuesday night at the home of the brides cousin, Samuel
 Haddad. No. 20 Valley street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. S. Cine of Pawtucl5et. R. l., a priest of the Greek Orthodox church. The best
 man was Peter Haddad, a brother of the groom. The fnatron of honor was Mrs. Edna Haddad. aunt of the bride. MT. and Mrs. Hadded will make their
 home in town. as the groom is em- pioyed by the E. A. Tracy company.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
Birds.

Many boys and girls who have birds have never thought very much about their ways of life. They do not real ize what a strange, unnatural. silent thing spring would be if the birds should all suddenly disappear
 The world would be sad and lonely without these beautiful winged voices. But something even more dreadful would happen if they should leave us. People would be in danger of starving, Can you tell the reason?
 FRIEDA THOMAS, Age 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
RsIsa for Youna Writsrs.

1. Write plainly on one side of the papor only. and number the pnges. q Use pen and ink, not pencil c Short and pointed articles will oe given preference. Do. not use over e5o words.
 q Original stories or letters only will be used
 6 Write your name. ago and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications tc Cpcle Jed. Bulletin once
 Whatever ycu ars-Be that!
 Whatever you Eay-Be rues
 Straightfo-wardly act.
 Be honest-fn fact.
 Be nobody else buS you"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
She Raised Chickens.

Dear Uncle Jed: Last spring my mother gave me some hens eggs. She told me to find a sitting hen. So l went to the coop and found one Then got box and put some hay in it.
 She matched seven little chicks. Af- ter the chicks were matched I fed them and I took care of them. One night it rained and killed one.
 The other six lived and fed them until they got big. Then my mother sold them and gave me the money.
 BERTHA WRIGHT, Age A. , Voluntown.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
LETTERS OF AckNoWLEDcMENT

Catherine E. Kirby, of Norwich: I thank you for the prize money which received from the drawing contest. l have started another thrift stamp card with it Thanking you again, will close.
 EIcise c. Smith, of. Norwich: thank you very much for the thrift stamp I received this morning. You have no idea how much enjoy The Bulletin on Thursday. | think giving thrift stamps instead of books is splendid idea
 Sarah Schatz of Yantic: I thank you very much for the prize book.
 corinne s. Burgess, of Lebanon: I thank you very much for the thrift stamp you sent me. am going to try for more.
 Margaret Heibel, of Taftville: I re- ceived the prize book, Tom Fairfeld's Hunting Trip, and wish to thank you for same. I have read it through and found it very interesting.
 Ronald curran I thank you for two prize books won. will try to win more.