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Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-06

as to the size demanded by the length and by the use indoors or out. Don't try to run too far outdoors, because you will have continual line trouble, and don't stretch your line near any other wire To ground an outdoor line, fasten the ground wire to heavy spike and stick it into the ground. To ground indoors, fasten the gro nd wires to water or gas pipes; if there sTe none, use two-wire circuit with out grounded wire.
 3. Battery
 In commercial wires, to enable one operator to cali another, the circuit is always complete or closed" with a battery in it. This requires special kind of battery. You will use dry cells, and a closed" circuit would soon ex- haust them. Therefore rig the wires according to. this diagram with two dry eeiis at each station and switches to "eut them in." When the line is not in hse, both switches should be set at A and keys closed so that there is no cur- gent, or battery, in the circuit. To cali from one station, the operator first moves his switch to B so as te put his hzttery into the circuit, then opens his key; and begins to call. Station 2, in answering, also switches to B to put in his batteries and strengthen the current. After talking, both stations close their tending keys and put the switches back to A SO that the batteries are again idie. The switches may be made of of5s asSa srrsNv<
 Boys and Girls Newspaper Service
 Copyright, 1919, by J. H. Millar
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4 Walk in shs Wsed..

Wandering along country lane
 strewn with autunns Slories of red
 and gold leaves. purple asters and
 flowers Uf pure gold. we come to a
 bend i. the road where. In summer,
 we might see, great quantities. of blue
 beSrieS. but now we see the bright red berries of Soiomon's seal and Indian t.tnjr.
 -Soon we come to fork in the road where great quantities of fallen leaves mixed with chips where industrious "preparefs for winter have been at work getting their winter supply of wood.
 Let us take the path to the left and explore it's gIories. On both sides of the road are naajeetic pines putting a tone of green to the autlrnnal land seapC of red and gold, We walk on . soft carpet Of pine needles and moss I so that if it were not for. tho fallen leaves the sharpest ears could not have
 heard us.
 Watch your step! Here is a swamp, What sudden chanse in the land scapei On every side We see golden ! boughs loaded with long. bright red ! berries. Taste them. Tfiey have a | spicy taste, Yes. they are the spice ! berries. We might also See here and
 there the bright red berries ot the bst- ! tersweet.
 ! After wafkinx for q shSst time we emerge from the swamp and there are
 no more bright berries. Sd we eonsiAet our journey over and return home. | GERTRUDE RoHINSoN Age is. I -Canter6uYv
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A Triu to Mv Sjater's.

A TIP to My Sisters.
 One pleasant day during my school vacation my mother said that. I could go to my sisters at Mystic for three days.
 My sister is married and has two children. My other sister took me over there 0f a Sunday. I went home on Thursday. and my sister and her two children came, too.
 On the way home after we had gotten on the train d man with q pe- culiar costume attracted my attention. He had on q thick pleated shirt and a Scotch hat. pleated socks and a long piece of animals fur down the front of his costume
 At first dids not know what kind 0. foreigner he was. but asked my sis- ter and she said he wxs Scotch. and on the other side Of the tram there was an Italian man, and ns had 9 piece of kI aiifnars fur dowf, ths front of his body, and there were mady other Italian people on tho train. We went hy many loseiy villages and at Mystic tnv slater took me ali around and showed me the monuments and statues Of Mystic. She also show ed me the Mystic school where one ci my girl friends goes now. FLORENCE CLARK, Age F. New London.
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How | Spent a Raniy Day.

One morning when I woke up look ed out of the window and saw that il was raining. I dressed as quickly as possible and ran down stairs, ate my breakfast and filled the wood box After that I went to the barn and played in the hay until noon.
 After dinner I shelled beans fol half an hour. Then my brother and I played in the hay until about halt past three After that we came in tht house and played Hide the spooI' fol a little while.
 Later in the afternoon papa took u: for a ride in the automobile. Whei we got home it was supper tipe. + few minutes mamma had suppel ready. After we had eaten supper W, played some indoor games, and 'thel we went to bed. do believe anyone can have as fin time on cloudy day as on a clea day.
 CLIFFORD THoLEN. Age 9. Norwich.
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and his master had great difficulty in getting him locked up. but he sue ceeded at last, and put him safely, as he thought. under lock and key in a coal house
 Next morning the farmer rose early, got bis sheep and lamhs together, and tr&veled with them by road into Edin- burgh. He was just entering the Grass market when. to his utter surprise. he saw TwtAd limping along with his tied up paw, and 6 shame faced sort of ex- pfession on his face.
 oh Tweed. you rascal" said his master, who could not help feeling proud of his dog at the same time that he scolded Il, ''how in all the world did youMa nage to get herer'
 Tweed just wagged his tail and covered abort his masters feet, afraid that be would be sent home. and great was his joy when his master patted fsirn kindly and allowed him to re- main.
 YvoNNE MAGREY. Age 1s. ] vcauntown.
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fifty-yard dash, and the boys had a twenty five, fifty and seventy five yard dash.
 There was cat with six kittens The cat was gray black and white. The kite>sk were yellow. and white. black and white and gray.
 There were two pens of geese. two pens of rabbits. and some were all white.
 They also had some guinea pigs which were very nice.
 Saturday they had a band which played a number of pieces. They sold ice cream, candy, soda water and popcorn. I had very nice time. DORIS WOOD. Age il. Mansfield Center.
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4 Visit to Ny Sister in New York.

When was visiting my sister in New York we called on a friend who had a cuckoo clock which interested me very much. I will try to describe it to the Wide -Awakes. It was made in Switzerland by Swiss peasant with a l tackknife.- It does. not stand on a shelf like an ordinary clock. nor on the floor 1 hangs on a large nail. The case is made of brown wood and 1t Is prettily | carved so as to look like the porch l of a church.
 The dial is of lighter coiored wood. ] The figures are of white wood and the l hands. long slender and beautifully carved, are .still of another kind of wood of whitish color.
 | If you have ever looked inside of a
 common clock you have noticed two
 Jumps of lead, or iron. one at each ! side. These are the weights; but the l weights of the Swiss clock are no. in
 side of the case. They hang down be- | low it. and that Is the reason why the clock cannot rest on the shelf. but must be hung on the wall seven or eight feet from the floor.
 The weights are of cast iron, made
 to look like large pine cones and ] bfonzed. They are not wound from a reel, as are the weights of the com 1 mon clock; they slip down and dowr
 until they touch the floor. Then they
 must be drawn up close to the bottom
 of the case and begin again.
 Why is 1t called cuckoo clock? you
 ask. I will tell you. In the upper par of the pointed arch in front, just above l the dial plate. there is small door When the clock is ready 10 strike tn, hour this door flies open and a little
 wooden carved bird comes out, make.
 a bow. and calls Cuckoo" It call.
 just as many times as the clocl
 strikes.
 If it is ono o'clock it calls Cuckoo once, If 1t is two o'clock it calls twic "G'uclSooi Cuckooi' and so on. Whel
 it has finished calling the hour 1
 draws hack and the door shuts a . once. Il KATHERINE TAYLOR. [ Norwich Town
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
 AWAKES,

l suppose you have all heard of l. Don't-want-To. He lived before the flood and was doubtless a stowaway in the Ark
 shah not hesitate to give the opinion that he was first to be found among the cave men away back in the Stone Age. .l
 I-Don't- Want-To had more excuse for being when men lived in caves, and there was great peril every time he wandered far from home.
 Noah would not have been guilty q
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A Kind Act.

One cold winter morning, as we were going to school. an old lady was walking in the street. In her right hand she was carrying a heavy bundle. which every moment would drag down to the ground.
 Many boys passed her. hut did not stop to think whether they ought to help her. but only laughed at her, as she tried to drag he~ heavy hurcon alcng. But at last came one from tho merry troop. He stonped and said to the old lady: T will hein rou across if you " sh meto go.7 He t7ok her bur- dle in one hand aud in the athe- he was earring hih school looks. The boy took she old lads as fi9 as her horne. Then as she thanko l him. she kissed hic hand and said: God bless you. my boy. May you hats luck and joy for the rest of your life
 The hoy felt sorry for the cid wa- man. He bid her good bye. and rar alond to school.
 As he reached the sehans. seeins that school had begun he tsieag:le U what the teached world say 10 hial but then he said to himself. ' hopS ] sha wiu es~,ssa me for faSi ' hay.
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Tho MansfsId Fair.

The Mansfield fair was held on Sept 18th and 27th. I toc6 bcaus carrots parstips. peppers tomatoes, sduashes watermelon and a pumpkin.
 On Friday afternoon there was run ming, jumping standing broad jump running broad Jump and a baseball throw by the school children.
 In the 75-yard dash got first prize and the 5e-yard dash.
 l, also got first prize in the running and in the standing broad jump.
 Our school got second prize on the relay race.
 On Saturday afternoon there was q football game.
 This years fair was larger than the fair last year. There were many kinds CT cattle. pigs, hens. vegetables and sheep there.
 ROBERT E. WALKER. Age F.
 Mansfield Center.
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Al oeeessr ws,k.

It had been raining su much and ss long the prospects seemed almost kepeless for getting and satisfaetory srectmenS og tht treasures of the October fields and roadsfdes.
 Ae w&Med zcfess the pasture. through grass as green ana hish as a sunnssr meadow, thought of the earlier days Of October. when the whole color box sesrsed opeAt and rs3n- hing down tlsa hSfss16S-=the rcd of the s,rnlac ana rcd napis. ths yssas& of btfch and hick64y. Nsfh tho 0axk Erees of rfte and oak. Bat nos aff is sab du6d to 6cftef shades. w4th brown and gray tones over sfl.
 Soon I.cSfne tt tfse ilta1S bro6k that crosses tho road st tIie foot of tse ASa and funx. into the woods askin.
 I deef4u to fcfl0W it akfu6s t6 t6s swamp to see If any treasures s.5y be found tkere. ! have hot R0fie far iMen the woods when see the kie1fn Of red berries and find q whole ecFrJHny Of the readeat 6f rod berries. Thsse arc what Jiek -puirtt wns ehanKs6 to by one Sf the wftchszfes Sf MUthsi
 WHsn I sst to ths swsms vas d.
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abe knsw tl,e piA.r.nse.

Harry and Bert went to the same school and were in the same grade. They were both bright. pretty looking boys. and strangers who visited the school always picked them out for their pleasant ways and ready an- swers.
 Sometimes they praised them to the teacher and she would smile.
 One day q kind visitor said '-rsil me. aren't they both real good boys I have reason far asking. As wisf, to help some boy a littte. If I can find boy that hasn't a nice home I can give him one. and make him very hap py.r
 This was a school where very few boys had nice homes. It was a grand chance for some boy.
 The teacher said. T viii tell you They hoth seem nice bright boys. bat know the difference. Bert Is as honesS as Geerge Washington. but Harry cannot Gen tho truth
 The visiter said If you please ] wouid tasher have .BeFt.s
 ETHELLE PAHKHURSf, Age IF.
 J&wGtt CIV.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
Ike Rebins' Nest.
"Nhere shaiI 1 b,;ild nv nest ?

where Shall I build my nest?' said a robin one day in spring.
 Build it here. among my leaves, dear robin," answered the. rosebush. T shall soon be thickly covered with leaves. and with beautiful blossoms. so no one will see your i est"
 '-Ah. no. good rose Aesh the robin sa!d. T should moi dare to trust my ncst ;.Inong your leave: and blossoms
 Then the apple tree said: Build your nest In my branches pretty robin. will rock your baby robfnt and sing them to sleea with my rus tins leavee
 {fhe robin looked at the sturdy old sppie tree and answered: Yes. yes &ind tree. My little nest will be safe in our strong arr.s. know"
 And in few days the dainty home was niade.-Unstgned
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The Mansfield Fair.

The Mansfield fair was held at storrs Sept. 26 and 27. The children that exhibited things got ticket free exhibited some things and got the first prize on a unit garden.
 Saturday there were lot of cattle there. There were a pair of twin calves there which were red with a little white on them. They were about a week old. There were two colts which were black. There was 8 pair of gray horses there which raced and got the first prize.
 Friday afternoon they had racing and the girls had twenty-hv and
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PoETRY.

Boston 6eys-Grandfather's Story. What, you want to hear q story all about that old-time glory When your srandsires fought for free dom agalnst the British Crown When Kins Georges redcoats mustered all thelr forces, to be ffustered By our Yankee raw recruits, from eack village and each town. And the very boys protested when they thought their rights molest- ed? My father used to tell us how the British General stared With a curious dazed expression, when the youngsters in procession Filed before him in a column. not c whit put out or scared. Then the leader told his stoy-tofd the naughty. handsome Tory How his troops there. on the mali there (what you call the Com mon," dears),
 All the winter through had vexed them, meddled with them and perplexed them, Ringing back to their remonstrance only laughter. threats and sneers ''what," the General cried in wonder and his tones were tones of thunder
 Are these the rebel lessons that your fathers taught you pray7 Did they send such lads as you here to make such bold ado here. And f1out King Georges officers upon the kings highway" Up the little leader started, while heat lightning flashed and darted. From his blue eyes. as he answered stout % voice. with all his might: 'No one taught us, let me say. sir; nc one sent us here today. sir. But we're Yankees. Yankees. Yankees and the Yankees know their rights.
 'And your soldiers at the first. sir, or the mall there. did their worst sir, bIiled our snow hills down we'd built there, broke the ice upon the pond.
 Help it, help 1t. if you can. theni' back they shouted. every man. then, When we asked them. sir. to quit it; and we said this goes beyond ~cluleFS rlgntS or soldiers orders, fol we've kept within our borders To the south'ard of the mall there where we've always had oul play"
 Where you always shall hereafter. in. disturbed by threats or laughter From my officers or soldiers. Go. m, brave boys! From this day Troops of mine shall never harm you
 never trouble or alarm you" Suddenly. the British General. move, with admiration. cried. In minute caps were swinging, five
 and-twenty voices ringing in shout and cheer that sumnione, every neishbor. far and wide. An.l theee neishbnrs told the story how the naughty, tandsom, Tory. BoWi1s, sihilir' nat in hand, theY, faced q title rehei bdn4; How he sl't. inst tl,nN and astei, hal
 in earnest, half in laughter: "So it seems tho very children st-ik
 for Freedom in this 1and!" 50 l tell you now the story all abou
 that cld-time glory. As my fathers father told it. long an
 long aeo. 10 me.
 How they met and had it out ther,
 what he called their bloodles
 bout there
 How he feit-"What. was he ther
 them" Why. the leader tha was he,
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Pmting
 By T. E. JeNEs Tho un{Yeraiky or Wisconsin

The Univefsity Of Wisconsin
 Any boy can acquire accuracy and fairly good distance in bunting by prac- tice and study of form. Care should be taken early in the season ts avoid too much practice, as the icg is liable to be- come sore and dead from overwork.
 Remember that the punt is the great est and best play in football. Accuracy, distance, and height are necessary. The spiral punt is the one to learn. In this method the ball goes end first, reducing the friction goes further. and is harder to catch.
 Get good swing from the hip, straight leg, toe pointed. Emphasize height 50 that the. ends will have time to cover the receiver The center should aira to pass the ball at the punt er's waist. The bali should De kicked well out from the body. There are two methods used:
 l. On receiving the bali, the punter should be 10 or F yards back of the center, should receive the bail at the waist Step back, tiier, step backward Wltu L.G ACtb iOUt, tttcil laAc d lOilS step with tiie left for kick. 2. A short step with the right, then long step with the left and kick. The
 long step with the left foot is neces- sary to get powerful kick. The first method is the better as it is quicker and the kicker does not ap-
 proaeh the defense.
 DesV.<-, :r< Tx..1.+;+;. 4 study of wind conditions should De made. If bunting with the wind, kick high to enable the wind to carry the bali further down the field. When
 against strong wind, the ball should be driven low.
 The punter should try to place the punt as far away from the best hand
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Rigging a Telegraph Line
" GRANT ,M. HYDE

BY GRANT M. HYDE
 To rig tip telegraph line and learn to talk over it by Morse code is not beyond an average boys ability and is fascinating pastine. Here are some shortcuts
 1. Instruments
 The necessary sending key and sou,ider for each station may be home made but. now that they can be bought eheaply at almost any electric shop, it is better to buy them ready-made ] They are usually fastened to a board and will work best if left on the board.
 2. Line E Only one wire is needed since the ground may always be used to com piete the circuit. Use insulated magnet wire; the electric shop will advise you
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A Very Gentle Cat.

I will tell you what a lovely cat I have. He is a tiger cat and has dou- ble paws all around. He is very nice and gentle and I can dress him ,up with my dolls clothes and he does not move after he is dressed. I put him in my doll carriage and ride him all around the yard. He seems to en- joy it very much.
 We had company this summer and they thought it was very funny to see cat dressed up. But he is also a very nice cat to have in your office. IRENE BOURCY, Age g. Glasgo.
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An Evening of Mind-Reading
' MoLLIE PRICE COOK

BY MoLLIE PRICE COOK
 A raw November evening! Biuster- ing wind outsidei The family gath cred in the living roornl Mothers rlending handy; fathers comfy things placed wh' re he can reach them!
 Get an aceompiice-your sister or a friend. Fix a urban or band around her forehead. Announce your en- trance to the living room by cispping your hands. Then introduce Madam Baiiboo, the great mystic nind-read- CT" "Madar Baliboo has just come from India, where she has learned to use her wonderful natural powers of mind reading from the magic of the Orient. Madam can read your minds and tell your innermost secrets. She will now leave the loom while you pick out some object on which to rivet your thought. She will tell you what it is when she returns"
 Get 1the family to decide upon something in the room. Ask then all to concentrate upon it and think of nothing else
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THE DRAWING CONTEST FOR
 SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Tba pr;~s WirnaS~

The drawing contest for SeptefaHer and October closed on October eSth. and there were 70 pictures received.
 The names of the winners of prizes are as follows: 1st prize s1.oo- Seen at the Beach, by M Bruckner Of Norwich. 2Hd prize, so.75-
 The Jack o'Lantern, by E1oise C. Smith, of Norwich.
 3d prize, $o.75-
 Mothers Little Helper, by Sophie Gaska, of Jewett City.
 4th prize, s0.5o-
 Eearly, in the Morning, y ksns O'Neil, of Norwich.
 5th prize. $o.5o-
 Back to School, by Madeline row1,e. of Norwich.
 9th prize sO25-
 The Little Swimmer, by Elsie Church, of Montville.
 7th prize, $o.25. Ready For the Party, by Beatrses Hebert, of Plainf1eld.
 sth prize, so.25-
 Pussy's Dream, by Loranda Heber<. of Plainfleld.
 9th prize, $0.25-
 Washday, by Stella Gaska, of Jew cit City.
 10th prize, so.25-
 After School, by Stella Gaska, e6 Jewett City. 11th prize, $0.25-
 The Country Boy, by Sophia casi1k of Jewett City.
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lighted to find one remaining plant of the real American wild f1ower-the fringed Eentian. Nowhere but in, our own land can it's feminine loveliness be found.
 ELLEN BoRovICKA. West Wilmington.
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4 ssarx sf a osifss pas..

Tweed, for tis2f was the zog.s nazns lived at < farm near LinlithgoW. in Scotland. One day. in his eager p@r- suit after q stra9cd sheep. he ieaped over a wzil ana eansa down on a shaYp piecs of bs6ken bottle. which cut 6nt Of his paws. His inastef. seeing ths blood rdnnfng. tis4 up the pax care. fufiy and took the de6 home. sife wiH. not De abte to 60 with rns to EdinDurgh market tcfrorrSw." ht said to his Wsfs.
 You VIII have to lock him Up then, 6he answered.
 There is no douHt r@eed vas ltsten. ing and taking in f&S ceu<vrSatSsu
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Horne-Made Week-End Bag

This is made from the strong box in which your new suit came Lay he box and the cover on large pieces of brown linen or denim and trim to fit, cutting out the corners. Stretch the cloth tightly over the edges, gluing it in place so that both box and yer are neatly covered. If you like, you may make scented pads of cretonne to fit the inside and tack them in place. This will hold your weekend things beauti- fully if you fasten it with a shawl strap, and 1t will serve for longer trip too. :.
 Dainty Clothes Press Boxes
 Cover strong shoe boxes, just as you did the weekend bag, using chintz in 2 small lowered pattern. Pieces of wall paper in pretty pattern may be used also. These will hold your ties and slippers and keep your clothes press looking neat as well. It will be a good plan to stand these on the shelves. They will keep fresh longer.
 Wall paper makes a most attractive covering for hat box too. A pattern of roses, violets, or punches of wild flowers is the best to use. Lay the cover on the wall paper, cutting it to fit, and then paste it neatly in place. Cut a broad and narrow strip to paste around the box and the edge of the cover.
 For Your Bureau
 A small, round candy box makes a charming pin cushion. It may be all ready covered, and it is usually strong SO that you have a foundation to sew to. Use only the box itself and stuff
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done my duty"
 The boy came into the school raetn Why are you late, Giibeitr esk- ed the teacher.
 Gilbert told her the reason. Ssnfins at him she said
 T am proud of you. Gilbert, and am ashamed of the other boys!"
 RUTH GOLUB. Age Ii. UncaSvilie.
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Box Craft for Your Room

BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
 Don't throw away one of the strong cardboard boxes that the shops send to you, Each one will give you a great deal of fun in using your hands, and will make something useful and attrac- five for vo,r room,