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Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
A Picnic on the River.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you of tNe picnic Amy Brown had on the river. ,-,,s. T.
 Two of her friends who live in the city were with her for the summer. She asked some of her friends in the coun- try to come.
 The day of the picnic was bright and beautiful. The children all went down the river side. MT. Brown got into the boat. He helped the children in and away they went
 The city children had never been on the river before. They saw many things that were new to them. Some swans were on the river. Rose tried to throw some food to them and almost fell into. the deep water. Then the girls saw some sheep in a meadow near by.
 One of the city children said, "oh what queer little cows''
 "They are not cows" said Amy, "they are sheep"
 They went On by green meadows and l by fields of corn. At last they got out under tan cal tree | They pulled flowers and played til ! they were hungry. 1 Then they had their lunch. After7Tart they played hide and seek. | LILLIAN MAIN, Age ..
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Mr Adrenture. ia the wooa..

Dear Uncle Jed one day was walk lng in the woods and I came upon a small cottage. The cottage had but two rooms. One rrcm was an entry which was decorated with hoes, axes. shovels. saws, and | few pegs to hang clothes op.
 The other room was little larger, but was arranged In queer way. On one side of the room was small bed, and on the walls were few pictures. There was one window in the northern part oi the room, and one large door. There was only one little table and one chair. On a little shelf in the corner was one hunt ing book and a box of food. As te- turned home and told my parents about my adventure in the woods, was sur. prised to find out that the cottage be- longed to one of the woodcutters that my father hired to chop wood for him. N LENA HOVOWITZ, Age 12. Chestnut Hill.
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: TIE WI AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys' and Girls Department.

few rods call the dog and when
 Jain the proper distance send him back after the pony which he does with great rejoicing.
 One time he came back without the pony and had a worried expression in his big brown eyes He seemed in great
 haste to return to the post, and wondering 1 what could be the matter, followed him Beauty had caught her foot in the dangling reihs and was unable to move After had freed her, and when Max saw that she was no longer in need of ! help, he grabbed the reins in his mouth
 and looK wonderingly up at me Turn
 Ing my back on them I started for the house and looking around saw the solemn procession following me. LORETTA c. ALLYN. E Jewett City, Conn.
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good place to have it. It was on high point of land with lota of rocks. We first got some wodo And then we found 2 flat rock and built fire on 1t when we put more stones on the fire to heat. When they were hot enough we brushed out the coals wet some rockWeed, and put 1t on the clans with some sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, sausages, green corn, and fish with dressing wrapped in muslin. We then put roclWeed on top and large piece of canvas over everything to keep the steam in and let it cook for one hour, Then we set on the rocks and ate our dinner. It was very good.
 VIRGINIA COOPER, Age .. E Central Village,
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Versatile
Why J Like sprlaE.

Dear Uncle Jed: There are many peo- pie who iikc winter better than spring, They certainly have 9 right to think as they please. But I am sure that most of the people like spring better. et-
 Do you want to knoY> why like
 spring? Perhaps if tell you, you will
 like 1t too. Don't you like the. birds
 Of course you do. We'll that's one of my reasons for liking spring. like to hear the birds sing, and then I like to know which bird has come to it's summer home. When the air is warm, as 1t Is in the spring, the birds comei and sing for us. And then there is another reason. | like to watch the flowers spring out of the earth, and find out their names. As the air Tn spring Is warm, we can 1 have gardens. I like to have a flower garden, and watch the flowers arise from | their soft beds in the earth, and smell 1 their sweet fragrance.
 1 And then again, our pleasures are
 when the roads are good and one car
 take such nice walks. and enjoy Nature: | treasures, and find out her secrets. Don't you like spring, too, now? Jus 1 imagine that you are hearing the prett! l birds singing, and that you are seeing the beautiful wild flowers, and then ypl
 will be awaiting spring, and wishing 1 l always to be here, just as am. | PAULINE E1SENSTEIN, Age 12. | Colchester,
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Kindness ts Animals.

Dear Uncle Jed: The wagon was heav- fly loaded with bars of iron. It looked too heavy fer single horse to draw. The patient creature had strained and tugged until he succeeded in reaching the top of the hill Now he must back the heavy load in et the open door of the barn.
 Back, Jim! Back P said the driver, pulling lightly at the reins. The horse braced his forefeet and pushed, but the wagon did not move. The man got down from the seat, went to the back of the truck, and pulled. ''BackIr he cried. The horse strained every muscle. "Backt' cried the driver again. The wagon moved l this time at least 8 foot. Once more the driver pulled and the horse pushed togeth. er s"'Baek" With the last command, the great horse showed with all his might There was a sound of splintering wood and the wagon rolled back, Not a blow had been struck. Only gentle words had been spoken and the horse had done ths rest.
 The man went to the horses head, tool his nose in his hands, patted him 6etweei the eyes and said "Good old JfnI Yot did if. didn't you? I Knew, you would. The horse rubbed his nose against tn,
 mans cheek.
 MARY FrTzMAUR1cE, Age 10. Norwich.
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A Skating Party.

Dear Uncle Jed | thought would write and tell you about skating par ty, some of my friends and I enjoyed about two months ago
 What a fine time we had. A happy crowd of girls and boys went on a sled ride to Gardner Lake to enjoy skat- ing.
 We left our horses under shed and fed them. Then we ran to the lake with X shiny skates in our hands. We raced to see who could get their skates on first and get on the ice. Soon we became cutie cold One oi the boys built fire on the ice. We be- came quite warm and then toasteei sont marshmallows over the flame. When we at them we played games Of the ice, Before long it was twelve o. l clock so we started for home. | We. sang songs and had a merry tint | all the way home. JULIA >GwARsKY, Age E. Colchester. 9-
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WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

1-Pauline Eistenstein of Colchester Tue Campfire Girls in the Woods.
 2-Hsrbert .Babbitt of Versailles Black Rock.
 s-I1oreAce Clark of New London Girls and I.
 4-Csroline c. Lawtsn of Wiliimanttc- Victor's Triunph.
 5-Arthur TheIen of Preston City Boy Scouts on Old Superior.
 S-Metvin ZeIIer of Warrenvnie- Boy Scouts Signal Sender.
 7-JuIia YBarskys of Colchester-The Campfire Girls at Long Lake.
 s-Euey Culver of Griswold-The Campfire Girls in the Woods.
 Winners of prize books living in Eor- wich can obtain them by calling at The Bulletin business oice after 10, o'clock Thursday morning.
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UNCLE JED.s TALK TO wTDx- AwAKEs


 How many, of thel lwideawskes keep diary? Probably good many have such good memories that they do not have to keep record of the things they do as to recall from day to day when and what 1t was But even with the best Sf mar,,- ofies 1t is a bit hard to fix just the day and date oG doing a certain thing after a year or two have passed It Is then a diary comes In very handy to remind one of dates and to recall many little things that .night be overlooked or fer gotten in the rush of events ..<-
 For instance how much one would give now in the years to come for diary which had been kept sot the various ac- tivitiss in Connections with the recent great war. Of course the record of the big events can be gotten from histories and otherwise but there was muc:.. of To- cal interest connected. with war work that would inalkss interesting reading in years to come had a diary been kept. Some of it. VIII of course be remembered since it would be ippossibls to spfget # but many of the small things are easily overlooked :
 Only .a sheft time ago a diary was found which had been kept by Georg' Washington when he was a. colonel of Britsh troops It tells about gettihs . rnunitsons for his ran. paying to6d bil:t to farmers for supplies furnished, orders promotions and details of the service, bi,' it nevertheless makes very intefestine reading and is bound to preserve with great care. It gives an intimate touch ht conditions at that time which canno be acquired otherwise
 There may or may not be any sutnrl YaEhingtons among the Wideawakes bu those who keep diaries will look ovsi such pages in later years with grea enjoyment and feel fully compensated fei all tho time sDeas on it's .
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hands and put me on the ground Then a man came and took me for he was the man that had sent for me We'll, after all, was glad that had got a little vacation for while anyway. I was then taken to large. red schol and given to light eurly-headed girl. She looked to be a pretty nice girl and I became friendly with her. She told me about the different children of the school and the teaehNT. That night when she went home
 she took me home with her. She did not
 return to. school the following day as she
 was taken ill.f Her mother had the doc i tor and he said that she had consumption
 and that all her things and books would have to be destroyed.
 then cried very hard for was very sorry to leave my dear friend I wal
 then thrown into the fire and. was burned to death.
 1 FLORENCE CLARK, Age 1s. l New Iorld(tf1
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A Poor Little Girl.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day as Mary was walking down the street she met lady and asked her for a penny to buy q bun for she had nothing to eat that day. i;ut tho woman only told her to get out oi the way. It was soon growing dark and tho had no place to go. She crept to a nearby wood and under a large elm tree she fell asleep. That night an angel came and took her soul up to God. Next morning. when the ~eodchoppers came tc chop wood, they found her dead. They took her little body and buried it. Later they made collection and had a little gravestone erected over her grave.
 >. JULIA TENCZAR, Age 13.
 Jcwett City.
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out an unklnd thought. Mrs. Walker foi the past 20 years was a member of the Gurleyville NJ. E. church. a member Of the Ladies Benevolent society. teacher in the Sunday school. and until falling health prevented was a faithful and ar dent worker in the church and comniuni- ty. Mrs. Walker leaves her husband. a daughter, Alfreda. a son. Robert: also three brothers. Robert Knowlton. George Knowlton of Knowlton Hill and James Knowlton of West Ashford.
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WHEN BOBBY LEARNED TO
 VvuTETTE

WHEN BOBBY LEARNED TO
 WHISTLE Whsn Bobby learned to whistie Ills was as proud as he could be For he had tried to do it These many months, you see. He ha5 screwed his mouth up round, And had blown his breath out strong But not. 8 whistle came
 There was surely something wreng. He had practiced by himselfi
 He was drilled by other boys; But his work was done in vain,
 For he only made 3 noise. Then he wondered If his ltqneue Was united for the art, And he worried lest his teeth s Had been placed too far 8 part Fill one glad day 1t happened His heart was filled with cheer, For from his lips there issued
 A whistle loud and clear. He's been whistling ever since. At morning. night and noon; His whistles never silent And it's always out of tunei Margaret MacGreger in St. Nicholas
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The MArver rNins.

Dear Uncle Jed: It vas cold. windy day tA March. Donald and Ronald, the Haryey twins, we're slowly trudging to school, with discomfort plainly showing on their dpwncast faces.
 They were two sturdy boys of twelve years, and did not enjoy the thoughts of attending school. Though very like each other in outward appearance their ways were very different, Donald long, ed for sii the Sright things of life. while Ronald enjoyed his quiet little studio at hoshes which his father hs\ furniehcd for his beneht and where he painted hls thoughts on canvass.
 Evidently, by their depressed look this morning tho day had begun wrong. GA rare case with tAese robust youngsters.
 think you are interested SO I am going to, tell you about lt,
 Donald in h,s haste and 5oylsh nwk- wardncss had upset some paint and had spoiled one of his brothers hnst scen ery sketches.
 RAaald, who had worked hard thu
 night before to complete this pictur, was by no means rood natursd aftei the catistrophe.
 nona;d's chcerfuineeg, however,, gen crafty enabled him to forget and b. ! merry, but somehow this mornNRg he fel sorry for what he hl.i donu to hur1 k 'brother." 80 both boys with brains ful l o ftrouhied( thoughts reached school a last But the reading lesson did not in terest either and the arithmeticS woul not come right. Finally the teacher il despair, rave the boys permission to re turn home and get "rested up."
 On the way honievard, Donald ex | pressed his desire to go around by tn | village. His mind was still on the spoil | cd picture. He had three doiars of hi
 own savings In his pocket and a dol | lar would buy Ronald a new box of oi 1 paints with three scenery sketches { copy. Donald began to feel better nov I After he had made his purchase, hon1
 seemed far away. But he reached hom
 At last and made his brother happy b
 his gift The next morning two goo
 natured boys with happy smiles on. eac Vot their faces. trudged ,merrily to schoo quite forgetful of the day before. 1 CAROLINE c. LAWToN, Age 1s. II Wii1ir1a
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H.w 4em Become One of tho Leader,


 Dear Uncle Jed Tom was sitting by the doorstep when his mother called him. He arose slowly and walked into the house. TcGn had never played with other boys, although he often wished he could. His mother would have liked him to, but this was how it was. When they had first moved into the village and Tom had gone to school. none of the boys had asked him to play with them. So he had grown accustomed to standing by and watching the other boys play base bali and other games he liked. Tom was the best scholar in school. He always Rot his lessons, right.
 One day when Tom had gone for a walk in the woods he heard someone groaning. He hastened his steps and found one of the boys of the school caught in a trap. So 1t happened this boy was the leader of the rest of the other boys His name was Thomas Jackson" the squire's only son. Thomas had gone into the. woods to hunt and had fallen into trap. Tom quickly got Thomas out and helped him home The next week Thomas called fol Tom on his way to school. In this way Tom soon became friends with the other boys, Now Tom is one of the most pop. ular boy among his scho3lmates. MARGIS GAFIAN, Age 13 1 Voluntown.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
The Unhaunx Book.

Dear Uncle Jed: My name Is Essen tlals of English. I will now tell you of my life. I live an unhappy life. was brought up in Salem, Ohio. A man tele- phcaed up to where lived and told my master that he needed one more English book and 50 of course had to go. ! was put into small red box with no win dows or doors. I thought would srnoth- CT in there when all of sudden I heard the, tramplng Of someone's feet.
 was frightened at first but after . while was all right. He teok me in hia
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE. AWAKEs

Dear Uncle Jed; My pony and my German police dog are the best of chums I have named the dog Max, beeause in German it means watchdog. The poney we, call Beauty. SSe is a coal black Welsh thoroughbred, the chief attraction being her sitvery white tail. Beauty was 8 little wild when we first purchased her. but now I can do most anything with her. Not only does she seem to eve me but sine loves my dog.
 Just for practice sometimes, saddle the pony and 4eaye her with dangling teins near some post. Then walking of
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cLARK'S CORNERS

Hiram colburn with his daughter Mar jorie of East Hartford visited his son. Wesley Colburn, this week.
 MEs. Charles Larrow of North Wind ham visited Mrs. Hessie Wade recently.
 Mrs. Carlton H. White of Webster. Mass, is visiting her father. Calvin Burn hom.
 Cadet Ulmer AI Jewett of Norwich university. Northfie,d, Vt, is at his par ents' home for the Easter vacation.
 School is closed for vacation and Miss Fitzgerald has gone to her home.
 James Oliver is recovering rapidly from scarlet fever.
 Howard Perkins of East Hartford was a recent visitor in town. Gs Anderson of Ne York city was . recent guest at Mrs. Joseph Evans.
 Easter visitors at Mrs. Evans were NeT son, Ray Evans. and Mir. and Mrs Jerome Evans of Hartford.
 Adding as a postscript, Burn this letter" is your cue to start the con-
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French man vas doing something else. The French man came back in about an hour and the Russian was ia . tigers cage sefubbing away. He was None of the blgEest beasts and wRs untamed. When the French man saw him he didn't know what to say. The tiger was lying there as stiil as he could be, with his wicked eyPs shut and hts teeth were mol showing. So when ho though he wal as clenn as he could get him he pick ed up his implfrnents and walked out and locked the cagp.
 MARY McDERHoTr. Age F.
 JeNett City.
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TERRIBLE ECZEMA
 FOR 10 YEARS
 No Trace Of The Disease Since Taking "FTuit-a-ilVes"
DovER, NEw HAMPSHIRE.

DovER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 'In 1906, I began to be etroubledwith Eczema My arms and legs wers bandaged most of the time: and sometimes l could squeeze the pus out of my hands, they were 50 bad. About 8 months ago, I chanced to read an ad. of fFruit.a. tives' and 'Sootha Salva', in which was told of a person cured of Weeping Eczema by these remedies,
 Aftey ustAg t~o boSes ef:Fhae4,sises' and one Dor of ;SoothG.Salns, ' Gns entirely tTee cfEe=emG':.
 Dr. E. N. oLzENDAM, D.v.M. C0c. q box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 2se. At dealers or from FRUIT.A-TIVES Limited. oGDENSBURE. \. '.
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Honesty.s Reward.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing to you today of two little boys who were play ing together on lawn. The boys had not been to school. so they did/ not know how to read or write. The own CT of the lawn had sign on it saying. ''Keep Off the Grass" I have told you in E the beginning of the story that the boys did not know how to read or write. The owner of the lawn was angry when he saw the two playing on his property, and came outof his house shAking his fist at them. One of the boys ran Into the street and disappeared among the crowd that had had drawn around them The other boy stood on the siawn ready to tell the truth. The man asked the boy if knew how to read. He answered mo" 'fWhere is the other boy " the man asked. ''He ran into she crowd" was | the prompt reply. 'ewhy did you not gc too" said the man. "I wanted to stay to tell the truth,' said the boy. DO you know the name of the other boy?" ."Yes Jim Smith," he said. You can 20, but will call on tbe other boys father to. nieflt," he said.
 The boy went home glad that he had told the truth.f
 ARTHUR T7oLEN. Age g. Preston City.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
FhlthfnIna,an

peAs lIacle Jed; one hot summer day my cousin and went picking huckle- berries. We also took along our dog Rover for company. It soon grew dark and we could not find our way home. If we had been alone, we might haive gone the wrong way. But Rover was with us. All we had to say. Were going home Rover!" He was glad to hear this. Rover gave . glad sniff as if te say "Folow me-" We followed him. for He knew we could trust him. Every once in a white Rover would pausa and lool around to see if we were following him We reA6hed home in time for supper After that never went in the wood: without taking Rover with me.
 IDA WINAKoR, Age 1s.
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RubbinE Down the Tiger.

Dear Uncle Jed: Some times 1t Is said that if rpan Is not afraid of a wild beast the beast will net harm him. It is true in this sto y.
 Once there was a French man who hir- cd 8 Russian. The French man could not talk Russian and the Russian could not talk French. So they had to make each other understand by making motions. So. one day the French man went to 8 cage and brought a sponge. pail, and a broom. and he washed a tame antelope to show the Russian how to do It. So tha Russian set to verk. when th1
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
My Dream.

Dear Uncle Jed: IL IS the first time I've written to you and the Wide-Awakes. I'm going to tell them about my dream last night. dreamed that got married and had the most beautiful wedding in the world and then I saved a lot of mon ey and bought home for myself and my wife. I was sleeping and was walk ing at the same time so my mother woke me up and that was the end of my dream. = oVELARD ADAMS, Age B..
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IT .WoRKEp WoNDERFULLY

Have you noticed the number .ot per. lrritated condition in the chest bron- chial tubeS or throat? This coughing is banished by d few doses of Foley's Honey and Tar. Mrs. Anna Stein. 40 Western cough medicine worked wonderfully on our little son. He is subject to bronchi- tis. The first doses. helped him" Good for all sorts of coughs, colds. croup, Osroed CA
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A Clanbake at the shors.

Deas Uncle Jed and the WtdHlArakss:
 will tell you about one nf the mahy good times had while staying at the beadh near Wickford. R. I. One morning twelve of us in all, started out to have a clafabake. We put a basket of food in the boat, walked around the beach and ---AA went ia tAA haaL until wA faun6 |
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'LWO DlOCh6 Hlt1 |out being tired Tout. 1 read of Lydia P. Pink Ihsm's Vegetable | Compound in . ne V wspaper and l decided to give 1t l a trial. Now 1 can
 do my own work
 and walk with
 ease. 1 always
 keep the Vege- ' table Compound
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Ral.s Fer xoans WFiteFs.

2 I-Write plainly on one side ef ene Aauer only, and number the pages
 ! 2-Use pen and ink, not pencil 3-Short and pointed articles VIII ps kiven preference. Do not use over z0v words. E I'm, . s-or.g.nal stories or letters only VIII pe used.
 s-wrlte your name, axe and address plainly at The bottom of the story
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A Colonial Girl.

Dear Uncle JedD As I have not writ ten to you before. thought would do t now. will tell you about a eolon.aI girl who lived many years ago. This giri was about fifteen years old. when she. was captuf1d by some unfriendly Indians. In the night while the savages slept. she united a stolen horse, slipped saddle from under her captor's head, mounted the horse and rode away. WA%2 she came to the Nashua river she got of the horse, swam across the river and reached home safely.
 JANE MOORE, Ago IS.
 Norwich,
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Jewett City, Con
Toby

Dear. Uncle Jed, Toby was very nice black cat that we brought at Lis bon when VIC came to utHe country place near Liskon. He was very cuh- hing when he was little. He ran away In the morning and when he knew 1t was time for lunch he came and sat in a chair ct the table with his little pats close to each other, but the thing was that he never jumped on the table. But he vas very big robber for fish and meat and afterwards he had a sickness and mother chased hizn away. !
 UGENIE EAGER, Age 12 : Lisbon, Portugal.