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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
 AWAkES.

Do you know usefulness makes a boy or a girl happy and that shirlkinS not only hurts their good name but makes them feel mean?
 There is nothing like little sweet song in the heart to make person feel we'll and glad that they are living.
 Here is a useful little couplet: ''Errands of love are easy to run; Saying sweet words is the dearest fun. v Whom you have them at your tongues end and find plea sure in re- beating it you have the little cong in your heart to always prompt 10 useful action and pleasing words.
 Here is a little resolution in rhyme to help us all do good works: Let's sec. you and I. just for today, How many kind things we can do and
 say
 IL is only the people who are careful what they do and say today who live good and useful lives.
 You know there is a popular saying just now: Mind your step!" which means that you must have a care ev- cry minute: and then there is another one for grown folks: Safety first!' which means they must have a care all the time.
 No one can be alert by the day. fol to be very careful requires attention all the time.
 Seeing how many kind things W. can do and say, makes life pleasan for ourselves as well as for others.
 One wrong word. or one unkind act will sometimes call forth a hundred disturbing words and more annoying acts which make life unpleasant.
 When we are speaking a kind or forgiving word, or doing a helpful O pleasing act for others, we are maxim; life pleasanter for ourselves as well a. Tor those around us.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Concernina Our Ages.

It seems to me that birthdays aren't to tell how old we are. but how much we have grown.
 1 wonder how many of us can stop on birthday and look back d year at the last birthday, and see definite advance?
 Wouldn't it be wonderful if every birthday showed us better girls and women, showed us more gentle and loving, more wise and charming than the last?
 Why we should grow into a beauty that surpasses loveliness and old age would become the most desirab ble thing in the world.
 The Chinese are wise this way. They respect old age. A Chinese wo- man is not complimented, but insult ed. if a man thinks she is younger than she is. But if he thinks she is older that pleases her. because she feels that she has been gaining rapidly in wisdom and graciousness. For my part. I feel that I have grown the last year. I understand some things better than I did and l
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
SOUTH KILE.ijNCLY

Everett Hall has returned from VoluntoWn and is working for Fred Shippee
 Mrs. c. W. Barlow has returned home after spending a few days with her daughter in Foster. MT. and Mrs. A. F: Phillips and MT and Mrs. Raymond Barlow spent Eas-
 ter with friends in Valley Falls.
 MT. McBain has bought the Drew place and is preparing to move his family there.
 Ray Young of Bristol has been vis- iting his parents. Mir and Mrs Chas. Young. He made the trip in @ steam er automobile and delighted his small brothers and sisters by giving them several rides in it.
 Corp. Winser Barlow spent Friday with his parents the. most joyful Fri day in that family for some time Cor poraI Barlow has been overseas a year and a half. has seen the real thing | been through. much strenuous work l has been g&ssed several times, but /! returned without serious injury. He was on a short furlouSh from Cam i Devens but expects to be mustered
 out the last of the month. Ruth and Francis Coffey spent
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Norwich
.TeddY's Store.

Dear mel" said Teddys mother. as she was dressing the baby one morn ing, T can't find @ pin anywhere, and I never can remember to buy any when I'm down town"
 'If you'll make me a big pitcher of lemonade, with ice in it. said Teddy 'Il1 get you all the pins you can use in the next month"
 How" asked his mother.
 By keeping store.' answered Ted dy.
 His mother laughed; but she made the lemonade. and Teddy carried il out to a tent in the grove back of his fathers house. Then he asked Ter Dale, a big boy. who knew how tC write, to put
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
kBENCTON

Saturday the degree team of Quine- baug Pomona, No. :. met at Grange hall for a rehearsal to confer the fifth degree at Brooklyn, Saturday, April 26
 Selectman George II. Hicks who is at the Day kimbal1 hospital. is report ed as getting along favorabiy.
 Miss NJ. ?. Sharpe returned Monday to her school in Torrington after spending the vacation at her homc-
 Easter sunday services were held at the Congregational church. The choir furnished special music. Olive
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Fisherman Pussy.

Minnilkin was hungry. Her master had gone off visiting, and mamma was sick, and as for cook, everytime she saw Minnikin she would say, Seat! scat!" So there was nobody to feed Pussy. If she wanted something to eat she must find it herself.
 It was of no use to watch the mouse hole, though she had looked at it so long. that her head ached.
 The bird she tried to catch flew away saying something tha: sounded like Don't you wish you might? ?'
 Minnikin grew thoughtful. She walk ed down the shore where the blue wa ter washed the white sand and sat down.
 Do you think she was adniring the ocean? Oh, no. she was watching for fish.
 hff~- 2. Tvhi1o tio-o -.9~ T ri,e-,'-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
The March Vacation.

Our school was out March 2sth for one weeks vacation The next Monday my father and I went picking up stones where we made a hay field. We picked up stones all most a week, and the next Monday I went to school
 In school we have twenty seven children and expect three more.
 In the forenoon we have spelling and reading lessons. then we have arith- metiC, and in the afternoon we have language and geography or history. Then we go home to feed the hens and carry in wood
 LOUIS E. MARSCHAT. Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
NORTH LIME

Mrs. Eva Tucker of Essex called or friends here Fast Day.
 Misses Marion, Olive and Jennie Stark. have been visitors at theil home the past week.
 Leslie Rogers and family of New London visited at Erwin Rogers ove' the weekend.
 Miss Lois Rogers spent severa days in Hartford the past week
 x. $. Strong and family were i: New London Sunday afternoon.
 The A. ". $. Society held a soeia at C. r. JeUett's last Friday evening Aprons, candy. Easter novelties five and ten-c cent articles were for sale ant
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
4 Reward Of Kindness.

I united the bag and to my amaze ment, out tumbled small puppy only a few weeks old. It being a New foundland dog I brought it home and fed it. Having made friends with all the family, especially the baby, he curled up in back of the stove and went to sleep.
 In q short time he grew into a large dog. always following the baby around. so that sometimes we left the baby in the dogs care. One day when we were all out for walk across the street. I looked up and there was an automobile speeding down the street. Before we could think or act the big Newfoundland had jumped into the street, grabbed the babys clothes in his jaws, and dragged her safely to the sidewalk.
 LILLIAN PATNODE,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Our Earliest Visitors,

Mir. and Mrs. Robin are among our earliest spring visitors
 The woodpecker, who is a carpen- ter, may often be seen hammering at q tree with his chisel-like bill. Most birds are gentle and kind and make their way to many hearts. Another of our earliest visitors are the flowers that bloom in the spring
 NOELLA MERGER, Age F. Plainiield.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
The sonn of the sereeeh Owl.

From the peculiar name of the night bird, one would naturally think that it's song eff we would call it song) would be loud and harsh, but really, as Lowell says, "the song of the screech owl is the sweetest sound in nature" This statement quite surprises us and we stop for a moment to consider.
 On a hot summer night if we shouli walk through a stretch of wooGs. or along country road we are likely to hear this sweet sound It is like the wiker of a coon. but much softer and sweeter, and the sound fools many coon hunters.
 From the name you would look for a scheech but it is not so. I hope I have added a little to the Wide Awake boys knowledge of woodcraft.
 JOSEPH B. DOWNS.
 Noryuic1
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Life in the Country.

I did not go away during the March vacation. I had good time and en- joyed it very much.
 We have pair Of steers, two COWS and two heifers. I milk one of the COWS and my father milks the other
 My grandmother has tWenty-fou1 hens. two bullets and one duck. l get up at o'clock in the morning and feed my grandmother's hens and wa ter them. Then milk the cows ano come in and help my mother. Then eat my breakfast and go to school. At school we study spelling, read ing, arithmetic, language. history geography, agriculture and poems. In the morning we have spelling reading and arithmetic. In the after noon we have language, or we have tt learn poems. and then we, have his tory or geography. On Fridays VI have physiology and civics. | I am in the fifth grade and am tel years old.
 I am to have a garden this sum mer.
 l We are to have an Easter concer up to the Gurleyville church. l an going to speak a piece and sing som i songs The concert is going to b 1 held Sunday morning. April 20. 1s1s ] The name of my piece is Easter Bios soms.
 DORIS A. WOOD. Age 10. l Eao1evi1Ie
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Rules for Youna Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages.
 .. Use pen and ink. not pencil .,,
 8. Short and pointed articles Will be given preference Do not use over e50 words.
 (. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 B. Write your name, age and aa dress plainly at the bottom or the story.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bertha Thoma. of Norwich-Thanll you very much for the dandy prize book I received. I've read it and found it very interesting.
 Hannah Bossart, of Hoboken, N. j. T received the book, In a New World I have read it and found it very in- teresting. It was so exciting that could not lay it down before I had finished it. 1 thank you very much for it.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
HlEMONADE Ten Pins a Glass;

on sheet of paper. This was fast ened on the tent, and in less than ten minutes all the children in the neigh borhood were around the little store with pins in their hands. The day was very warm, and the lemonade was so good that Teddy was kept busy waiting on his customers, and the pitcher was soon empty. Ted dy had it filled again and when it was empty the second time, took down his sign and closed his store. He carried to, his mother all the pins he had earned; and sure enough there were so many that they lasted a month.
 F'RIEDA FIONA
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
A White Birch.

As we travel through the noisy woods we notice the different kinds of trees. The oak, which is strong and sturdy; the evergreen pine. the maple the chestnut, and the tall, slender White Birch"
 When we first see the white birch it looks like any bush. and most farm CTS do not like them because they spread around so quickly. But later when they are grown, they cut them down and saw them in certain lengths and take them to any thread factory There they are made into spools, ther thread is wound around them. Ther they are packed in boxes and sent to stores and we buy them. This is the history of the white birch.
 MARY BOROVICKA.
 West Wilmington.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
A Prohiem.

If only one kind deed a day Each little child would do. Our sad old world this coming year Would be made over new. Dear children. see, just count it up For every child alive You multiply as many times Three hundred sixty-hve!
 Little Folks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
A Cold Day.

The bitter call of the mill whistle jerked through the frozen air. People hurried down the icy paths with faces red as beets. Smoke could be seen coming out of the chimneys of all the country houses around. The cracking of the team wheels through the snow and the shrill cry of the horsemen could be heard out on the roadsides. Even the cat chose the rug near the fireplace to stay. Jack Frost has surely done his duty was the reply of old Farmer White as he lugged in his wood. It was a cold day.
 ARLENE WEATHERHEAD,A Age F. Willimantic
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
.THE WINNERS oE PRIZE BOOKS

1-Raymond Aver, of Norwich Comrades on Winton Oval
 2-Eveiyn A. Caron, of Norwich Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies.
 S-Joseph B. Downes of Norwich Our Fellows.
 4-ArIene Bennett, of Preston Grace Harlowe's 4th Year at College.
 Doris A. Wood, of Eagleville- Bunny Brown and His Shetland Pony 6NFrieda Thoma of Norwich-Ruth Fielding of Norwich-Ruth Fielding at College.
 Lena Schwartzberg, of Mansfield A Thrift Stamp. S-liIlian Patncde of Willimantic- Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Col lege. Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business of flee for them at any hour after 10 a m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24

have pet dog whose name Is "Shepp.' He is 8 Scotch collie. His color is yellow. He has some white around his nose. He helps about driving the cattle and saves papa lots of steps. He sometimes catches rats. Shepp is good waic.l dog. No stranger can come around the house but what we know it. for he will bark and almost tear himself to pieces.
 My brother and I enjoy staying with him. He is our faithful friend.
 AIRLINE BENNETT, Age g.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Norwich.
Where I Am Going For My Vacation

I am going for a vacation in June, and of course. Uncle Jed, you know all city children like the country, and all country children like the city. We'll, that is just the way with me.
 I like the farm because I can feed the chickens and play around in my grandmother big yard. I also like to take care of flowers.
 When my aunt comes home from work I run to meet her.
 Most every Sunday I go auto riding. So on the farm is where I am go- ing.
 EVELYN A. CARON. Age Il. Greeneyiile,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24

6 fifteen cent lunch added to the re- ceipts. About $40 was realized The programme consisted of Nictrola mu-
 sic, recitations by the school chil- dreu and recitation by Sidney Ack
 ley of AIoodus Over 70 were in at tendance and enjoyed social even- ing.
 Mrs. J. R. Warren has a fine new
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
This Space Contributed By Swift & Company.

Pike united with the church. .-
 Wednesday evening the married members of Wolf Den grange gave their forfeit supper to the unmarried members.
 C. 4. Sharpe was in Boston Mon day.
 Schools closed Monday afternoon for a teachers meeting.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24

find that am more willing to for bear.
 The year before last I don't believe I learned much of anything. But shall never regret a birthday that finds me farther along the road in the gaining of those good and desirable qualities of womanhood that make the world what it should be.
 BERTHA THOMA. Age If. NnryriCl,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Friday in NoluntoWn.

Friday in Voluntown.
 The church was we'll filled Sunday afternoon to hear the helpful Easter sermon by Rev. Walter Williams ot Danielson and the Easter music by the Congregational choir of that Dor- ough.
 MT. and Mrs. Stephen Coffey and MT. and Mrs. Harold Stone and soT of Brooklyn were callers at P. II. Cof- fey's.
 Amos Martin, who has been serious ly i'll with influenza. is improving.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
Norwich.
Bethel, - The Connecticut Drv Milk

DetheI' - T IIt CUIlIIeCtICut DIy MIN Products company, now located at Waterbury, has given it's guarantee that the first machine for the manu- featuring of dry milk by the Andrews process will be installed in Bethel. This machine will require minimum of 125 cans a day, and the process of manu- featuring the dry powder will require from six to seven hours.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
FITCHVILLE

Private Charles Rogers has return ed to Debarkation Hospital 51, Vir-- ginia. after spending few days with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Rogers Fred Rogers of Bridgeport is- spending several days with his par--., ents.
 MT. and Mrs. Harold Cornell and little son spent Sunday in N'illimantic,
 Mrs. Florence Rogers of Long Isl-- and City is spending several days with Mrs. Charles Rogers.
 St. Louis beasts of the champion lazy man. He went to work and was too lazy to StoD
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
TIE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

Let's wake up sweet every morning and say to ourselves: Brands of love are easy to run; Saying sweet words is the dearest fun!'
 This is the way to get the best from life it holds for us, and we want noth- ing but the best, do we?
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
My Pet Cou.

Willimantic.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-10
FARMERS MAY NOW Sc
CURE NITRATE OF SODA

Notice has been given Grover w
Falls County Agricultural Agent fo1
Pasquotank county, that the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture will sell at
cost a supply of nitrate of soda to- far
naers in Pasauotank County, and by the
assistance of the County Commission
ers the following Nitrate Committee
has been appointed; w. ]. Williams
J. N. Brothers, Grover Jennings, John
S. Morgan, j. Walter Pery.~Evert Prit-
char, A. ". stanton, w. r. Sinth, w
J. Saunders, IS. W. Scott.
Application blanks are being maiieo
to the above Committee. and those de-
string Nitrate of Soda during the year
of 1919 may make application with eth.
ar of the Committee or the County
Horticultural Agent. before the 2?tE
day of Jan.
No money will s5e required at time OF
making application but upon notice
from the authorized representative OF
the Department OF Agriculture farm :
ers who have signed applications mus1
| deposit with local bank designateo
| by the Secretary of Agriculture, tc
cover cost of Nitrate F. o. b. port
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to Sc
cure large quantity of Nitrate OF Sooa
and it is believed that all reasonable
requirements can be met.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-10
SWAT THE II. c. OF L.

About one of the most welcome IN
yestigations that could (be made IN TINS
city is an investigation OF profiteerlng
on food-stuffs in this city. While otnef
cities nearby have made Investigations
of this sort and have succeeded In get
ting prices down to such normal tna'
YOU can enjoy your meal this CITY ls
still in the clutches Of the profiteer. 1t
10 a known fact that restaurant in tnis
city charges 4Oc per dozen for raw oys-
ters that costs 40c the quart When
bous1t wholesale. Egg sandwiches re-
fail for csc over the counter while eggs
are quoted at 6sc a dozen This IS Just
a small example of the thing which TINS
civ is idly allowing to go on
A goose in the city markets sell any
where from forty to fo1ty five cents
the pound while the wholesale markets
auote it at thirty cents. LIS it any won
der that we are continually paying
more and more for food-stuffs p Is II
not time for the Board of Aldermen soi
this city to appoint 81 Food Commits
fsioner. one who could see that there L
I no excess profits charged on goods o.
this kind City officials could do much
ito remedy .conditions Of this kind but
possibly they do not wish an investi,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-10
OLD JOHN IS DYING

John Barleycorn, battered much by
Carrie Nation and Billy Sunday, is now
tottering on his last legs. He has
fought many battle but has always
managed to survive but now since
Congress is his latest opponent, it is
almost certainty that he will take the
count before long. John has many
friends, in fact his friends are more
numerous than his enemies but some
how they are ashamed of him and the
company he keeps. And nearly all Of
us would make small contributions tc
his enemy, the Anti Saloon League
because we hate to admit that we don't
want to hit old John below the belt
and many time he has been showed
1nder the belt.
Up to the present time twenty tive
states have ratified the proposed pro-
hibition amendment, fourteen more
states yet need to pass this act before
the amendment is ratified. Our owr
state, North Carolina, is almost GER
tain to follow the lead set by Ohio
Colorado and Oklahoma earlier in the
week.
50 Farewell, John Barleycorn-ma
your bones be preserve ed in alcohol.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-10

CHARLES E. HUGHES, son of Mrs
Gid Hughes, sr. of this city, volunteered
and enlisted in the United States Navy
at the age of sixteen years, and was
placed on the Honor Roll at st. Het-
ena, the naval training station IN
Ber!<iey Va. Charlie is not quite eieh-
teen years of age and has already had
two promotions eiaring the past year
Ard is now Guarterna on board
Sub Pat~o! Ut2waro over in Brest
France. E-le writes very Interestingly
TO his ,noti1ar of his experiences and
has sent her several Souvenirs. He
says he has :.;Sitsd every section OF
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-10
WHY NORTH CAROLINA
SHOULD RATFY
On Account 81 Liquor Traffic Being
outIaNsd in Our State.

During the absence of Mrs. H. Clay
foreman, President OF the w. c.. T. o
Rev. B. c. Haning presided at the meet
ing last. eve1Ng. at the First Baptist
Church oTEh y. Several inferest-
ing talks NM ..dde and set q reso-
lutions passNHgRev. J. NJ. Orrtond OF
the First Mex eodist Church e i've ar
address on t,why North carolina
Should Ratify.'' Rav J, B. tack OF
the Presbyteriaa Church also FENDER
ed. a very fine address on th3 TEN
perance Outlook for the Wort." Fol-
lowing is a set of the resoluticts pass
ed II
WHEREAS, The liquor trh t1c has
been cutIawed in our State by tl'e over
wheIming majority of oyer 40,gSo votes
since May 1906, and
WHEREAS, The rernoVingig of TINS
temptation, by law, has allowed thou-
sands of our weak citizens II become
strong in character, faithful home
makers, respectable citizens, unfetter-
ed Christian workers and to look up
ward in life, and to look upon theli
progeny without seeing the marks o.
debauched ancestry, and
WHEREAS, Prohibition has been sc
successful toward the upbuiiding OF
our citizenship, our churches, oul
schools, our agricultural interests, oul
business institutions, our religious
social, and financial interests, and
WHEREAS, We desire the same
blessings for our neighbors-the othe
States of our Union now being cursed
by the legalized liquor traffic-tha
have been our under Prohibition gov
ernment, and
WHEREAS, The transporting o
liquor into prohibition states by tn
small territories now legally manufac
turning it, works a hardship upon pro
hibition states, and is unfair and un
lust to us in our efforts to enforc
obedience to- law, and to maintain
high standard of citizen Zip, and =
WHEREAS, The United States Con
gress has submitted to the State Leg
islatures the adoption Of an amend
ment to our Federal Constitution, pro
hibiting the manufacture and sale
Alcoholic beverages, anywhere in tn
Union, therefore
| RE TT RESOLVED, by the churche
. of ali denominations Of Elizabeth City
assembled together in union services
Tan 3. 1919 in the First Baptist Churc
of Elizabeth City, N. c.,
THAT, We do ask and urge our Re
preventative, Hon. w. 0. Saunders. an
our Senators, Hon. Miles w. Ferebe
| and Hon. w. It. Cross, not only to vot
for the Prohibition Amendment to tn
Federal Constitution, but to use the1
Influence to cause every senator an
commemorative in the Legislature
vote for said amendment.