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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
UNCLE JKD,s TALK TO WIDE
 AwAKEs.

We are really right at the thresshold of the merry month of May time that apds fhe countryside clothed in velvety rtsen. the trees putting forth their ldaves. some of the flowers already In hionsom and the birds singing in the trees as they are busily- getting their new homes in order. served at tho opening of May. such az tue May breakfast. the hanging of May baskets and the Maypole dances. Like many other customs these are inherited fro-n our cousins across the water who pay special attention to the opening day Of the coming month.
 The celebrations vary in the different countries. but whether it Is in England, where the children sally forth. to the woods to gather wild foliage and flowers tar the adornment of doors. windows and ne N4ypole preceding the croRning oi the prettiest sri as the queen of May. n Germany where they hold carnival u in Denmark whspe the children csie- hrats with sun dance at sunrise, ths hlea seems to center about the expres, Nois cf joy over the. opening of spring.
 And t is no wonder for it is indeed ths sreaking forth of a season which is te0l'ed in its prettiest dress, time wher Us are encouraged to. get closer to na, tuEs and observe more minuteIy it's grea, wondssfui accOslpfishments and as v. observs these things of Joy and beant, vs caHpot fail to. marvel over the foroel that bring them about and the gres, nrivileEes we areApeSmitted to enjoy, I b time whca N should also realize he opportunities that. are before us t help make the world brighter and bet lar
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
A Girl I Saved.

One, day when out to my aunts house went out for a walk. I stopped by the roadside to pick some flowers when I heard cry. I hurried down to see what the cry was. saw a girl in boat and the boat was beginning to sink. l saw her and swan out to her and caught her jusI in time.
 I took her over to my aunt's house and she stayed there for week. When
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
My. Easter. Vacation.

l spent my Easter vacation at my annt's in Haliville- I played with my cousin Madelsn. We went to see if a hen had laid an egg every time we heard a hen cacRies Ne went for Iontt walk every day ard every afternoon at { o'clock we vent to play with Johnnie Myers, who lives across large hayins lot
 My aunt has COW named Pesry and Ia horse. named Dukie, My cousin and I tried to let Peggy loose but she wouidn't hold her head still long enough, so. my aunt had to hold her head and unhook tts snap. My aunt took me riding in her buggy.
 I helped my aunt bake pies, Johnny cake, molasses cookies and sugar cookies washed dishes for her and took care o1 the baby. When my. saurler vacatioT comes am going to my aunfs again. Ms
 uncle put up a large swing for me las summer. 'z am going to ask Rinf if h, will put up another one for me. ROSE LONE BARSTow, Age H. PlainfeId.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
sFoxrEs WRITTEN BR WIDE.
 AWAKEs.
A Trnrss Desfh.

Tlse tigsr is fierce animal Its home Is chiefly in Asia Although tigsr can Do tanned, it never entirely loses its nzrus temper. and b a very dangerous pat
 zhe tragic death of a woman Is an nrzmpla of its untzmable nature. She ung accustomed to perform twtce every day with a tiger. going inpo bis vase aud making him leap over | whip, crrnrh, lift his paw, and run a round hsr. until shs regarded her employment as involving no more riaiLs than were her great chzrgo an aHectionate dog, instead Df a tiger who could deal death with one stroke of It's pay. cS a grasp of its murderous jaws.
 on ons occasion the tiger seemed sul-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
A Surprise F.rty.


 One day in June Marion was playing in the ward with her sisters when her mother called them in to get clean dresses on. Marion asked What. forT Her mother told her that they were going out. Hes sisters knew what was planned bua she didn't, for it was to be a, salrprise on her for it was her birthday.
 When Marion cams down she gave big shout of delishf. for what met her eyes was something lovely There around a big table sat. all her best friends and all kinds of delicious dishes. Rut best of all there in fren* of her was big beautiful cake containing six candles. They sang maRy songs and played games. When it. was time te go. hope Marion had anether big and beautiful sHrprise,. for right in the middle of the aeor was a beautifsl walking and sieap- in9 doll and lovely white eaEFiage. She dld:tt see her mother put it there be- cassse she was busy playing games. All the children sang America and vent home. Marion got many presents. When sher went to bed that niEht she added to hpr prayer: Dear God, thank raotker and father and ali the children tIr the dolk and carriage, and the, other rpreuents and for the party they gave me. .,...i1 :.
 BESSIE GITEM Age il.
 New London
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
Yanuc. 
My Dog.

My dog is shepherd. He is a kind and gentle dog. He doesn't bite when a per son or child goes by. He is fat dog, too. He catches rabbits squirrels and other animals that live in the woods.
 When you play with a wheel he will run and bark at it, and that is great fun. There is a pond not far from the house. We run down there with our dog Prince and throw pebbles in the water and he jumps in and catches them in his mouth And in winter we skate on the pond We have fine time.
 VICTORIA PLoPA, Age 1s. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
AEEIEHs oF AcKNow1RpaEMENT.

cafhsrlna c. Hayes, of Norwich-The ho1k which I vas awarded last Thurs- da1 ls Eery interesting, as far as have, ryad. Although 1t is a boy's book 1t is tht type I like best of all I thank so1 very much more than can be OK pressed in this letter.
 James MeGrath, of Yantic-I thank you for the book you sent me, I read n ulrUugh the day received it
 Lydia DuEns, of versailles-I recasv- et your prize book, Timothy and His Eriands" and thank you very -uunh fer A T read It through and. found it in- tersstiHg and others who read it agreed with me
 AEna FEtxnaaries. of Norwieh - I wrlte to thank you for the prize book which I received recently. To see my nane in The Bulletin for the prize made ne very happy v
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29

fed so lsvishly that her health is apt
 to be endangered In such a case the parents slack off the Chop and after a while increase the quantity again" MARY EVANS. e Mansfield Center.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys' and Girls Department.

len and refused to obey his .sair mis- trees, when she struck him a hglt blow with her whip as was her custom, in a moment he sprang up on her like the hercrst man-aater of India, forced hef against the side of the cage, and seized her threat '
 The horrifled spectators rusleed to her rescue and she was almost instantly ex- tricated from the monster, but, alas. loA was enough. the woman V IS stalsen ons
 JOHN KURTz Age Is.
 Yantic.
 My Voyage to America From Kassia. , When. was little, lived in a small village in Russia. This village was far away from any biz city or AoFks We had to go about fifteen miles to the ttaia. The trains, were not like the t-ains here, but ordinary cars. If you wanted to sit down, you lad to sit on your baggage. or on the. floor. We had 70 travel in those cars fer two days. Then on the third merning we at last reaehed the place where, we had to embssk
 two days we sailed. Everybody was wsv- inn, fareHelk When we were on the ocean, a great storm arose The ship rocked to and fro like a cork. My grandmother was sick all the way. but sT played with the sailors, and watched them. work. We had been at sea for long time, But at last we spted' tae great country which was called tsAnaeri- ca
 When VIC disernbsrked they exarainec us to see if we were sick Waans We were through with the examfnaaiep .hex sent us into a big buiadina In tast bullaiifie we had to stay three days until our parents came after us. We got on a serr5 which took us. to- the New London
 JAcoR KoNoNcIIIK, Age is.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29

ford we went home. We were very tired as it was late at night. I enjoyed my visit very much. . FRANCES DEMBo, Aged 10. Danielson
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
KAlingly.
Likes Reading Best

Dear Uncle Jed: I am in the third grade. like reading the best of all my studies. We have a flower chart at schooLI Whoever gets his or her name down the most gets prize. We have twenty four scholars; in our school When come home from school. I have to bring in wood. And after that I feed the hens. I catch my hen and pet her, then let her eat ARTHUR DARWIN TRACY. Age s sCanterburY.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
Outdone hy . GirI.

Jimmy Johnson was the champion swimmer of Pikeville He. had won the prize at ever so many races. Friday finds Jimmy surrounded by group of silent admirers boasting of the many races. he has won Suddenly he was linterrupted by a feminine voice, the own. CT of which said she would be glad to listen if allowed to. Jimmy was very proud and. was ready, to have her lis-. ten
 At last she exclaimed, Although I am not a good runner I am willing If you are to race to MT. Adams house and back Jack Brown gave the signal and away they sped. Jimmy was a good runner but Mary was his equal and beat him by three feet.
 CATHERINE McyEIGH, Age11 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
The People in euakertewn.

There is small village in. Ledyard by the name of "Quakertown." There is. a church, and a. school not very far from the church.
 Miss Bailey teaches the school Most of the children in the school are Quakers.
 The houses in, Quakertown are old fashioned and have the one-side of the reef larger than the other, and are old, but the farmers have repaired them. The farmers are ambitious and kind- hearted. Some of them are wealthy and some are not, because they have to support large families They have a few cows, hens, pigs and sometimes they have d horse.
 } The saving machines are expensive now. so. the Quakers have made up their minds to make them their own way. Sometimes when you go past you can see the people using them. They have a keg full of water for a tank and at the side is cork with wire at tachsd to. the top of the. keg, with a regular belt. saw and table. This is how the Quaker people saw their wood. Now. shouldn't all the rest of the people in the United States make up something new?
 BRIDGET PLOPA, Age 15. r TT4zTnl A
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
My Pet nar

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to. write you about my pet dos whose name is BaTnby: She is Portuguese poodle and has beautiful long curly hair, which is put white She is five months old, and eats almost anything,
 espeeially sweets end fruits. k She esr perform quite number of tricks and is very mtscnievcus. Just after she is washed she is bound, to get
 into the coal bin l think that ape req
 son for this is that she vas born on a coat barge cf which. my uncle WAS. the captain. #s1' Every day she stands up at the win dcw. watching and waking patiently
 for me to come home from school. for
 she expects me tp take her for a Hhort walk
 E siaIRLET poUcLAss, Age II
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
Thn LlItle. Woodchopper


 Once there lived in the country a. lit tie family. In this family was man, woman and boy. The boys mother worked in the mill all day while his father spent the money foolishly The father did not treat his son right.
 In the morning he told the boy to do so much work that day. The boy work ed hard all day and sometimes he would not get the work all done and when his father would see that it wasn't done he would get whipping. One day the father told the little boy to ehoR two cords of wood. i4 The boy said, Papa I cannot chop two cords of wood in one day. X Then the father said, Get to work, you can, and if you don't get it done by nighS I'll punish you The boy went out and began to chop. He chopped and chopped until noon and then he only had half a cord done and his. hands, were all blistered. He then had to go in and his dinner which WAS what was left from breakfast, was very little That afternoon after dinner he had to tie rags around his hands for if he had chopped much longer his hands would have bled. . About two o'clock that afternoon three boys came after him to go fishing. The boy told them he. couldn't go and began to cry The other boys felt sorry for him and helped him till they had to go home.
 That night when his father came home he only had one cord and a half of wood chopped His father was angry an dfnade him chop all day for week When the boys got home they thought | it over and thought it was too bad. They. went down to. the police station and made him chop all day for week police went to the boys house and the boys father was at once handcuffed and brought to court.
 He was sentenced for five years and given 8 heavy fine.
 The mother and son lived happily l after and the boy went to school like otssNr boys and found life worth living. ] CHARLES H. KOSMALER, Age 10 jKlGngly
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
MeatIess Week.

; Why is meat so high? asks the house. wife, This question is easily answered.
 For one thing the food for the cattle is
 very high. Some of the men who own
 cattle cannot afford to pay as much
 money for the food and therefore it is very hard for them to. keep cattle. Sec ondly, the rates of transportation are high. Of course the cattle owner would have to have room in the ears to carry
 the. meat to the market. The rates are
 high,. especially just now as the. men
 who work on the railroad are on a strike, Here is, the third and last difficulty :; the farm laborers are hard to get They, like the men on the railroad, want more pay. And the producer, the wholesaler
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
Jos-s Lesson

Joe-s Lesson .sJoe, will you run an errand for me?" asked Mrs. Kinbal1, Joes mother. sAw, where's Katie, asked Joe. ! She is over to Susie West's, said his mother.
 "welA Jack can go" said Joe "All right and Mrs. Kimball heaved q sigh as she said it. Mother, may I go to the play to- morrow night?" asked Joe.
 Why" said Mrs. Kimball,l T was going to send you down to get your self ticket, but you would not go, so Is let Jack get him one instead" After that Joe never refused to go anywhere for his mother.
 EARLE BUTLER. Age. Il. Plainfie]d.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
QUICK RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION SetDr. Edwarslsl Olive Tablsr

Thaf is the joyful czy of thpuzzads iince TT. Edwards produecd 0liys fSbief lhe substitufe fpr czlorel No wininl rumzlfa from these pleasanf ntfls tablets. They cause tlie hSer nua hCuslA to act normally, They rr1rr force them to unnatural action. Dr. Edw1rds Olive Tahlets are ( 1u.thf,1, heniing vegetable ccugourd r,1sd UiEh dive oil.
 ypu have q bad taste bad hresth, fgfI dul trad are coustipatcd oF
 'fnna. rnu,u ind quick and sure re- snk8 hosn Dr. EdNaEdi lit1ie Qiixe Tss.acss q bedtine, toc snd z5c . bon
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
L.edyafd
My Pet Calf.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing to tell you about my little pet calf which is black His nams is Ebenezer. brougnl this little calf up on a bottle and fed nim three times. a day. I gave him quart of milk at first to each meal I fed him morning and night and mother fed him at noon for me while I was in school
 I named Ebenezer's mother c1oes be- cause when the little calf was born went out to the barn to see him and she chased me out of the barn. JULIA E HECK. Age T..
 Stafford Springs
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29

orestfallen, he crawled back to the American trenches, keeping his exploit of the night dark secret.
 MADELINE THINEs Age 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
Cur Kittens.

One day as entered my home, my. mother said to me, q think our cat has some kittens, but don't know where.
 The mother cat now wanted always to be in the cellar. i, We thought her kittens were in the cellar so the next day we went into the cellar to find the addition to our household. We. found them ina snug place which was a basket, so we left teem there There were, three. kittens black one, a black and white one, which is like. it's mother and a gray one As soon as the mother cat found out that we knew she took them elsewhere, but we'll try and find that place, too.
 EEI eRAMER. Age Il.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
Being a, Girl, in Southern Siseria,

< L. IRENE MAINE, Age lUs
 North Stonington, sg3 ~.,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29

New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
The Orioles Nest.

New London.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-07
MRS. MABEL BROCK FRENCH

MRS. MABEL BROCK FRENCH
Died, at Barnet, Dee. 5, 1920,
Mabel Brock French, wife Of Frank
O. French o. st. Johnsbury, and only
daughter of William S. and Jennie
Stanley Brock Of Barnet.
Born at Barnet on August 28, 1875,
her childhood and school days were
passed there until she came to St.
JoEnsbuly to attend the Academy
from which she was graduated in the
class of 1895. After teaching with
marked success for few years she
was married on June 26, 1901, to
Frank o. French and once more made
st. Johnsbury her home. In a quiet,
unoStentatious way she made for her
self place in the town, while her
unusual charm of person left an i'm
press on all whose lives in any way
touched hers. Her love of reading
and her knowledge of the best in
books fitted her naturally for the
work of an assistant in the library
and she spent her spare hours for
several years with that institution.
In this position her influence can not
be measured, but many will recall at
this time her assistance, always so
modestly given. Although her in
tCr5ts were never confined to her
home but included church and all the
larger social and charitable affairs Of
the town it was in her home that her
true personality expressed itself.
Gifted with the artistic temperament
her good taste never erred and her
love of the beautiful in art, music,
literature not only enriched her own
life but that of the friends who knew
her hest She loved all nature, the
flowers, the fields, the birds, her
household pets, but her love for her
friends was the marked characters
tic Of her life. Never particularly
strong she always gave Of herself un-
tiringly and her varied talents re-
suited in many calls for her helpful
aid and assistance. When failing
health came to her she went to the
home of her parents in Barnet and
there with her family about her she
met with brave spirit the inevitable
She is survived by her husband, her
father and mother and one brother,
Lyman S. Brock of Springfield. Mass.
She was loyal member of the
South Congregational church and
also of the st. Johnsbury Woman's
Club.
The funeral was held at her Bar
net home Tuesday afternoon.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-07
SICK HEADACHES
FOR YEARS
Nothing Gave Relief Until
He Tried "Fruit-a-tiYes"

100 CAROLINE AVE, OGDENsEURG, N
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Tried doctors-ate bran gcmS--tool1
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They made nc tceH and keep me yell;
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have many friends in Ogdensburg
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-07

Blain's Thursday and Friday and
Saturday at Fred McLaren's.
A surprise party was given MI.
and Mrs. Fred Fisher Thursday eve
ming in their home.
Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald has NOV
ed back to her home and Mrs. Hattie
Woods is working for her.
A birthday party was given Esther
Morrison Thursday afternoon after
school at the -Four Corners school
house Delicious refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Chapman has returned from
New York and is at John Halvey's.
RECENT DEATHS
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-07
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-07
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CALOMEL LOSING
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Mr.. Dodson, the "Liver-Tone'
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Every druggist in town has no
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-08
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