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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-01-27
Arlington
The Noble Deed Of oneenr

Dear Uncle Jed: Queeny Is dog
belonging to the Waterman at the rail-
road station. He would wait for tire train
and when he would sight 1t he would
bark and the Waterman would turn the
switch for II to 60 on the next track.
Oae day thc watchman was away and
left the dog at the station.
Later he waited for the train. He sighted
Il and parked. but no waterman. ard the
dog seeing the switch off. seized a red
flag in his mouth and ran before the
train. TIE engineer thought he saw his
headlight Nash en- an object in The DIS
lance. He stopped two. feet away from
the dog. saw the rcd flag. cast his eyes
on the switch and saw the danger, When
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NorNfd,
R.bs Reward.

Dear Uncle Jed; In a village there 1iv-
ed a very rich man. This man lived on
a hiil on one side of the village. Although
he was rich. he. liked to- go among; the
comm0nest Of the villagers. Once or
twice a year he would give all, the peop't'
IL TIM village q rood time. by opening
up his large grounds and having Ea:;es
kind to the people. they were always
d.spleased,- with the thoIyft tia. they
were not rich, too. so this rich man
ttprght Of a plan 10 al Gus Z tlie::'
xsrs worthy Of becoming f!>l. ~
One morning he ewojse eariy. took one
o. h!s hays OF, gold and went out to where
th->ro wss q path which unny people
passed srer.@ Here ne stopped and put
the ing IN the middle. OF the path and
bireeif behind a bush. BY and by a
farmer came down tho path. Seeing the
rock ne began scolding. He did not move
it out of tho way, but wnlked around t.
Many people went over that path that
day hut all did ns the farmer did. so
| TIE rich man 1stiti hoping to find soT1e-
/ one 10 move the rock. kept waiting. In
| TIE e7eninS a boy came down the; pp'r
! ITS aarne was Rob. :. He was tn. mill.
! cr's son. who worked, hard every Gay
! Seeing the rock In the path his first
| thoughts wero of some one. vao m.eh
| fall. over the rock In the night. AZ
| though he was tired he moved the rock OF
\ one side Of the path To his suro-.s,
| he found the bag Of gold with 4 paper
| placed on II. On the paper was written
| Whoever, moves this rock Is rewarded
Rob went home with happy hear. a.
| for the rich man. he was glad that III
! had found some one who would move III
rock away from the path.
! MARGIE GAHAN, Age Is.
voiuntown.
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Chri.tmns at NJ arapdnetheru.

Dear Uncle. Jed: The twenty-fourth OF
December went. down to see my grand
mother. who lives in. New London.
went right after our school programme.
I reached there just as they were
having supper, so I was not too late.
took the Ave o'clock train and got
there about six o'clock. They were going
to have a Christmas tree for my cous-
In. who Is staying with my grandmoth-
er, and for me- In the morning when we
got up we emptied our stockings. In
mine, got lot Of different kinds Of
candy, nuts. an apple, an orange, and a
lot Of other things.
Then we went to see the tree and the
presents. The tree looked very nice. Ny
little cousin is only four years old and
when he got half way IN the Darlor he
stopped and said: "Oh" He got three
sets of blocks, train. steamboat, a
fiae engine, an autotruck, horn. a drum
and some books 60 80
got four hair ribbons, two boxes Of
candy. two boxes Of writing paper two
pencil boxes, = set OF dishes from one
Of the girls at school, cloth for two dress.
6. two pocketboois, three books, a pail
OF atctics and many other things.
had a very nice time and I hope
all the Wlde.kwakes did.
| - MARJORIE C. GATES, Age 10.
Gales Ferry. ----.---~.. ~--- .-
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UNCLE JKD's TALK TO WIDE
AWAKES.

Flow often it Is that we undertake
with q great deal of enthusiasm and con-
ttnue it for short time until we encoun-
tar something a little more difficult than
We had anticipated and all Of a sudden
We lSza interest aud give 1t up. Whom
We get to the trying stage where It is
easier to stop than to go ahead It is too
often That we cazitulate, throw UP our
hArSis and beolme discouraged when
little determination would carry US over
the hard places TO s1No 4tks.
What We need to DO is to stick to Il
ample Of what can be gained by sticking
to it is furnished by a woman OF 74 years
whose loot caught as she was alighting
from a train. Before she got free the
train started and the brakeman not seeing
her closed the vestibule door. 1t was Six
miles 10 the next stop. She grasped tho
handrail and decided to hang on which
she did until the next station. In telling
about It she said: There were only two
things to do, fall off CT hang on. When
die 1 want to die with some show Of
dignity. One cannot fall off swift
train backwards with any show Of dig
nifty, 90 I hung on"
There are many times when we are
face to face with the situation Of falling
OF o. hanging on. when We say "Oh, I'm
sick and tired of that, or I never can dc
it" That is the very time to decide to
irang on and sec it through. The dis
OoSiti0N TO give IN at the first failure Is
not one to encourage but it is the very
time to remember that old motto, IF a
first you don't succeed try, try again
in other words stick to it, and nang OF
till you win. Perseverance helps US pas
many difficult points and over many hart
roads.
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Doing q Eind Decd.

Dear Uncle Jed: One cold night as I
was iourpeying home from school. heard
a soft, sweet voice. Turing around.
found at my elbow n pretty little girl.
WIN begged to be directed to street in
n distant quarter of the city. looked
up 1T the city clock and found It was
nearly five o'clock then I looked at tn.
child. She looked at me so pitituil- that
I forgot the sco!diDg I would receive for
her., ~ --.
She hurried along by TIE side Of me. I
wondered what she would want I asked
h"r She put her hand confidently IN mine
and answered, MY father IS sick Ny
rother cannot earn ary money Ny
rich amt lives IN comfort not knowine
our misfortune am ro:rg to tel
E~r." Soon we arrived at large house
at which she stopped. She ran up the
steps. A little later she returned with
IN old lady. We three hnrriedly return.
ed to the cilild's horne. TIE Old Ia Nv was
full of ernotioH as she bent over her sici
son. Three. weeks later I read all about
| II in the, paper. The man was now e,
better; often wonder II there are any
more people who have been as fort
| innate ns no was.
ETHEL HOLLAND, Age IL. f.
TaftviIle. -.
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A Marrow Escape.

Dear Uncle Jed :: One day little Be
wished to go to: the city, but her mother
die not want her to 80. She wished TO
visit her little cousin and T1len her
mother wasn't looking. she slipped OF in-
to her mothers room and took out some
money from her purse: Then she. went
to her bedroom. put on her best dress
and ran OF to the car. 49, -
She arrived in the city safely. but then
came the trouble. for she did not know
where to go. She walked along the
street and went over to policeman and
asked him where her cousin lived. The
policeman did not know, SO she walked OF
and asked many people, but none knew
st last she became tired and fell down
In the. middle of the street An auto
came along then and would; have rur
over her had not the chauffeur looket
AMI Fnw her. The auto stopped within 4
few feet of Be and the chauffeur steppe.
out and picked her up and asked tn
people who she WIS. No one knew VIII
she was and the chauffeur. put her in tn,
car t. take her to the police headquarters
When she snt in the car she saw hel
uncle who tool: her home.
- IDA LLFSCHUTZ, Age IL.
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cornelia aaa Her yew.,s.


Dear Uncle Jed: Long ago two bow
were standing at MONDAY ia a pretty
Summer house In . garden. Their mother
was stroliing along tho walks with
friend and showing her tho beautiful
shrubs. When these boys saw their
mother and her friend moving about the
garden one Of them said: What a bean.
tiful lady that Is vino. Is visiting o,,r
mother" "Yes, think SO, too,r said the
other, but think our mother is yet
more beautiful" Just then the two la
dies came towards the boys. How lovely
was the simple white dress Of the mother.
Her friend wore jewels but the mother
wore none. Her face seemed faIrer than
any gem.
The mother said: NY friend and are
to have our dinner very soon and wa
wish you to be with U.S. After We have
had dinner she will show to US her cas-
lsets Of Jewels" 81,
When the dinner was ended q easkes
was opened. This easke* contained .
long chain Of lovely pearls, great clusters
Of rubies with their brilliant red. San
phires with their delicious blue, and dia.
nnonds that spanked and flashed in the
sunlight
By and by the visitor said to tn
mother: And have you no 3swels?' The
mother rose, and placing an arm around
| each Of her noble little sons she said
with a gentle srnlle: These are M
jewels" .-.... ,.....-.-..... .... ;,
Those two boys grew to be very IA.
nous men, but they never 1seEst t1sea,
mothers look Of Joy and pride % .theJ
saw 1t that day, nor her constant Love
and care Tor them whom she had aaJIes
har jewels. ~:
! Versailles, :
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THE vi. AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

her favorite song II Am Sorry, ! Made
You Cry" AS Mr.. ,Langston. who owned
an opera house was Pc ssing by. He heard
that beautiful singing and went to the
house and asked who was singing. Maid
Vivian was at the door and she said 'It
was who was singing" He told her to
come to Fifth avenue and Tventy-sev-
euth street The first time she sang she
got $1,000. A year after she had .
house Of her own.
Ono day a. she was sitting By the, Dia-
no, singing, the maxi came in and said
swine curious people are outdoors, Vivian
got up and went to BEE who they, were.
As soon as she saw them she said "F2-
Their and what brings you here7".. Mrs.
Macdonald cried out We have, no food.
VIII you hclp US and give Us food and
shejter?'' - = 49,,
Vivian said. Mother. do you reznem-
Dor what you did to me when ! was eight
years old? Think It everir - = :.
Whea she said Yes. Vivian answered
"Gs. and - not come back TO- ma any
more" *;
Tvo ys,rs srtaf Vivian died ana LET,
- Az- prApEsy L. her raids and bat
laD h;e.,' .'.-'...-
S~~esy yUurA -
EA1Fnz HEBERT.
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A Thanrhtfrl Girl

Dear Uncle JEDI. / wrote once be-
fore, but will write again and this time
about girl named Esther. Esther was
one day left alone when she was about
10 years Old for an hour or -. boy
passing by tod her the raiders we're
coming to the farm What should she Go
she thought. Then she ran to the barn
for the horses. Esther had two bl0oded
horses. She took item to the house cell
lar where she hid them safely. After 4
time the raiders came to the barn. They
looked in the stable and all over the
pastures for the fine horses but never
once thought to Iao!s in the cellar. They
went away to tire town very angry for
not finding the beautiful herscs. Wben
Es.her's father came home he was very
proud of her. 49, -...' -.
= THELMA HoADLEY.' Age 10
Abingdon
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Thrift

Dear Uncle Jed What - the real
meaning Of thrift?. Does It merely mean
TO save a lfcw. dollars: in the year' 1t
means nothing OF the kind. It means
to be aay..Hg and economical, yet allow
yourself %. have necessary advantages
A man that boards his money Is not
thrifty, he: IL downright misery, and
selfish. and thinking Of nothing but mon
ey..: 49, -, -.-...,. - -
Thrifty people buy the best things for
the least money and are not wasteful or
afraid to do q bit Of work that Is go
ing to assist them in the future years.
Every business man knows what thrift
Is, for all. good business men have had
experience and know what thrift is Ever
tho. government practices thrift in many
ways One way is by = irrigating arid
lands, Of the west and thus the land. that
was once dry and Of no use. is now of
great value. So you see with . little
money and . little labor what changes
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VolnntUwn
Orr City.

Dear Uncle jed: live in Norwich.
which is situated at The head of the
TIA a:o6 river, in New London county.
Connecticut It has n population Of
thirty th. s.sand i.eople. There are many
woolen and cotton mills which employ
tntny people. New London is the nearest
large city, fourteen miles south of here.
Tie n. y. N. Fl. and II. railroad passes
through Norwich. -
We, have one OF the finest parks in the
Etata. It is called Mohcgan park. in
honor Of the Mohegan Indians. There
are. many ducks. swans and monkeys in
it. Main street is the most important
street. It has many department and dry
goods stores. St. Patrick's church.
which is beautiful structure. is situated
On Broadway. Tt is. built Of granite
from the qua-ries IN Massa chusetts.
I attend st. Patriots school and am In
the seventh grade. think we ought to
DO proud Of our city.
RAYMOND ], WOODS, Age IL.
Norwich ...--
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NORTH LYME

NJ. J. Stark and Miss Emily Stark
were in New London Friday last.
C. F. Jeweit. ]. l. Raymond and y.
s. Strong motored Saturday to Hartford
where they attended the Agricultural ex-
hibit at the arTnory.
Mrs. William Siss5n is still confined to
the bed because of Sea=t weakness.
c. H. Strong. J. W. Stark and A. G.
Sweet were in Hartford Tuesday.
Mrs. Carrie Granger Is spending The
weeks at Mers Bel!e Martins In Ham
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs Erwin Rogers visited al
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Norwich.
MY ChrIstmas

Dear Uncle Jed: We had Christ
mas tree at school and two plays and
one or two songs. Every child had a
stocking with candy pop corn and nuts
in It. We also had an orange apiece.
This entertainment was Thursday. II
was for the sixth, seventh and eighth
grade. The other grades had their tree
the next day.
We. had a Christmas tree the next
night (F'Tiday) at the church. We
sang songs and spoke pieces. The junior
Sunday school girls had boz Of station
airy and TIE boys had book and some
neckties. stationary and sick pins. The
primary class had toy furniture Ger the
gir's and games FIR the boys. and every
church member had box Of candy.
The last tree was at our house s tur-
day afternoon. We had all sorts OF pres
cnts which would be too numerous 10 tell
| the wide Awakes about
rad 4 very nice time and hope the
other children had the same.
DOROTHY IILL.IDRIDGE, Age 10
| Voiuntown.
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Tho HunEry.zChi,d.

Dear Uncle Jed: A poor little girl kept
gazing through q bakers window: lookt
ing hungrily at the nice fresh bread and
biscuits. when lady. happened to- be
coming out and noticed how pitilesslr she
was looking through the window.
The lady stopped and put her, hand
gently on the little girls shoulder and
kindly asked il she wanted anything and
If she could help her -
The little girl said: MY mother and
father died when was very small and I
was adopted by a lady who said she was
my aunt. She was very cruel and would
beat me II didn't do just what she ted
me. II am-so hungry" ;
"Don't-cry, my child win take care
Of you.' said the kind lady. and she did.
She adopted tho poor little gin and edu-
Gated her and the little girl never again
knew what it was to be hungry.
MADELINE DUDKoWsKI. Age Il.
gewett City. -
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Baltic


Dear Uncle Jed: am going to ten
you about the heart The heart Is a
muscular organ. Of pear-shape. It is al
most IN the center Of the chest overlap
pei hy the lungs and under the breast
bone. It h the SiZe Of ones closed fist
Tho point skants downward towards the
LIT where you can feel It beating be-
tween the. nth and. sixth ribs. Tho
heart consists Of four chambers The
twc upper chambers are called aurscies
and ithe Two lower chambers are called
ventricIea. TIE heart is muscle which
contracts and when Il does contract, blood
flows into tho next chamber. The walls
OF the ,ventr.cles are storter and stronger
than the aifrcioB. The right aur1cle
opens into the right ventrtcie The OPEN
tng8t between. the auricies and ventricles
are guarded BY swing doors which arc
called valves. These doors oren only one
way .GAA sos only let the blood flow one
direction. They are operated by small
but strung muscles in the yentricies The
aorsa, the largest artery in the body
springs from tho heart. 1t. carries the
hight rur e. blood out from the heart.
| There arc four pulmonary veins, which
| open into tho left vcRtricae. Two. of
| these YEAS come from the loft lung and
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An Experiences With q Christmas rres+n.

Dear Uncle jed: The other day as
got UP found It rather cAilly. l slipped
on my bathrabe and locked around for
the bed slippers / had received for Christ
mas. found but one and hunt as i
would / could not find the other CALI
cd my mother and asked her II she had
seen It and she said she. hadn't. ! sat
on my bed and tried to think where X
had gone to. could not think 50 1
got up and continued to dress. myself.
1After had dressed i went down stairs
10 eat my breakfast. Going through
hallway saw Top5y, my pet kitten pay
Ing with the pom-oom on, my lost slip
rer. went over to take II away from
him and he gave It up very reluctantly.
CATIiERIN McvE1Oas Ago IL E
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WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

Marjorie C. Gates, of Gales Ferry
Peggy Alone.
Ralph Gaer, Of Norwich - Boy
Scouts on The Western Front.
3-Dorothy Dotzauer, of New London
The Auto Boys Race.
dorothy LfIltbridEe, Of Voluntown-
Campfire Girls on the Farm.
6-PauIine PobIicka. of New London
Campfre Girls at the Seashore.
6-James Riley, OF Norwch-The Boy
Scouts Victory.
Ida Lifschutz, Of UncasviHe
Campfire Girls in the Woods.
@Andrew Kirby of Norwich-The
Boy Scouts Challenge.
Prize winners living in the city can
obtain their books by calling at The Bull
lettn business Office after y 10 O'Clock
Thursday morning.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-01-27

Bronchitis, most stubborn
of all coughs, yields to its
healing properties. Try this
famous old family remedy and
experience the comfort it
brings to those who use it.
Pure and safe it aids nature
in restoring vitality and in re-
Iieving coughs, colds, bron-
chitis, and all forms of throat
and lung ailments.
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seh-ReiisnN

Dear Uncle Jed: Henry Beecher used
to t-!l this, story of the way. in which
his teacher Of mathematics taught him to
dci,endpPon himself:
f''T was sent to the blackboard, and
went uncertain, full Of Whispering.
That. lesson must be learned" said
the teacher, In 4 very quiet tone, but with
terrible, Intensity An explanations and
excuses he tfod under1ont with utter
scorufulness. 49, ....-- --,..
81 want that problem don't want
any, reasons why you, haven't f." he
would say. ..,- .
81 did say It for studied for two
hours. -.
THAT'S nothing to me want the les
SON. You need not study, It at all OF
you may study II ten hours, just to sui,
yourself. want the lesson"
1T was tough for a green boy, but
II seasoned me. In less than 4 month
I had the most intense case of intellect.
uaI indepcndeRee to defend my recita
TONS" -. 49,. - ..
ALDEA DERoSIER, Ago II
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Dear Uncle Jed: This Is my first letter
to The Norwich Bulletin Office. I am
going to write about playing house.
One bright morning my sister. and II gut
up very early. After we had eaten our
breakfast. we decided to play house. We
had a little hsusework to do We then
began to clean our house where We were
going to play. Then we began. to take
our playthings out. Ny sister lived quite
q distance from me. Ny. little brother
was our store clerk e
After all our homework was done We
dressed up and my brother took us for a
ride to Norwich. I, did a little shopping
and went to the show. The show was
Nary Miles Minter. So you can guess
what good time We had playing house
I will now say goodbye to the Wide
Awake circle. .---s
FLOSSIE BEBo, Age II. +
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: Dear Uncle jed: Once there was
Brownie who lived. way up. in the woods
nnd his mother and father. One time
Re asked his mother II, he could go up
In, tho woods and 30 sleigh riding. His
mother said, Yea" So he went sleigh
riding and after while when he was
going. down the. hill he saw a lion. He
ran all INC could and at last he reached
home. and he told his mother about II
AMI from, then on nc never. went sleigh
riding alone - - - s-.--t.-| r.. go.
JOSEPH UTZ. Age IL.
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GlAsEe.
AAveuearO.

Dear Onele Jed: There once lived .
girl named Dorothy, who wanted to meet
with; adventures One day she went
out for walk. On her way she saw
q tramp hid behind tree. Dorothy was
afraid to 30 home and to 90 on was
leading her from her home. What was
she to dot The tramp still. came nearer,
but she didn't move. For mother had
told her never to 20 out alone and now
1t, all came back to her. How she wish
Cd that she had stayed home But
not far away was her brother. who had
followed her. without her netice. Her
brother came to her rescue in time, for
the tramp had already caught her. When
Dorothy got homo she told her mother
she would never want to have any more
adventures
LAURA JoDoRI, Ago IL
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Ny cats

Dear Uncle Jed: have two cats.
One gray. white and black. / call that
one 1epsle. The other Is cniy gray. ]
cali him Tom. Tom VIII eat only raw
meat and nothing else. an II we give
Topsie, some meat he will take Il away
from her and go under the stove or under
the tabla. Whea 1 90 10 sch5ol Topic
vii. foilos me trntii / tell her TO 60 home
and thea she GOES away. Tom doesn
f1llow US II an When he wants 10 70
out~Idc he jumps on the chair while the
other Scratches al the door. Tom doe Mt
care for rats but. Topsie Looks IN every
liitia hoe 10 find enc. I iiise Topsie BET
ter hccauSe she Is prcttier THAI Tom.
Yours truly. ,
MELANIsE LABAR1sE. Age 1:
Eaitic. 800
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A rheu;El,t.nI Boy.

Dear Uncle Jed: William was a good
little hoy and very thoughtfu!. It was
during long spell OF dry weather and
be had. heard of the great scarcity Of
water throughout the country.
Mamma" he said. '.is 1t true that IN
some places the boys and girls do not
have 'eflought Tater to drink7'
That Is true. my dear"
Mamma he said presently. / would
like to give something to those poor boys
and girls as long as water Is 80 scarce.
1 think WIN gi:e up drinking water"
r., - o., LENA FoURNIER, Age Is.
Glaseo. ~ :,
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The Lost Pet

Dear Uncle Jed: Alice was ten years
old She had pet II was little
white cat Alice loved her pet very
much. And she took very good care Of
10.
One day the cellar window was icf,
open. Alice put her cat In the cellar. and
as It was lovely night II went out
Alive looked for her cat. but could not
be found.
One morning as she was on her way
shopping she saw a white cat through
cellar window. II looked like Tiny
her pct She called to II and the cal
seemed glad. The woman in the building
gladly gave It back 10 her. They were
| both glad to see each ether again. add
since then Tiny has never left Alice AMI
more
Yours truly.
BLANCHE JoDoIN, Age =