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chase of good used roaster, so real ization of the purpose to provide the chief with a little car of his own for use in going to fire is near at hand More money will be required, it is ex- pected, but having gone so far along the road to success, the firemen will get the rest and Chief Woodward will get the car.
 Northward-bound horses that have been racing at Norwich during the past few days passed through Danielson Sun day morning in big motor trucks spec ially fitted up for their comfort
 Dr. o. c. Sharpe Is making progress toward recovery at the Day Kimball hospital in Putnam, where he has been patient for many weeks
 Henry B. Littleton of Nashua N H., was week end visitor with friends in Danielson.
 Mrs. Emma Warren, who has been spending a week at Oakland beach, has returned to her home here. | After week of northeast winds clearing and warmer weather Sunday brought out a tremendous amount of automobile traffic.
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Po.ETRY.
To An Insect.

 I love to hear thine. earnest voice, Wherever thou art hid. Thou testy little dogmatist,
 Thou pretty Katydid . Thou mindest me of gentlefolks-~ Old gentlefolks are. they Thou say'st an undisputed thing
 In such a solemn way. ~ 4z Thou art female, -Katydtd
 know 1t by the .trill That quivers through the piercing notes So petulant and shrill think there is a knot of you
 Beneath the hollow tree A knot of spinster Katydids Do Katydids drink tea? tell me where did Katy live. And what did Katy do? And was she very fair and young. | And yet so wicked. too? Did Katy love naughty man Or kiss more cheeks than onef | I warrant Katy did no more
 Than many Kate has done Dear me I'll tell you all about | My fuss with little Jane, And Ann, with whom used to walk So often down the lane. And all that tore their locks of black Or wet their eyes of blue Pray. tell me, sweetest Katydid. | What did poor Katy do? An. no! the living oak shall crash, That stood for ages still. | The cock shall rend it's messy base
 And thunder down the hill, Before the little Katydid
 Shall add one worde to tell The mystic story of the maid
 Whose name she knows so well. Peace to the ever-murmuring race!
 And when the latest one Shall fold in death her feeble wings
 Beneath the autumn sun. | Then shall she raise her fainting voic
 And lift her dropping lid, And then the child of future years
 Shall hear what Katy did
 Oliver Wendell Holmes
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STRAND THEATRE

Two vivid dramas open at the Strand today According to all pre-view re- ports the story unfolded in ''The Scof-- fer" Allan Dwan's latest contribution ts the screen, is one of the most tremen. dously human of recent productions and the momentum with which the serief of exceedingly interesting incidents movs forward Is described as-T''an avalanche of life's truest truisns so presented as to entertainroyallys'. This photnplzy fl booked for showing at the Straae theatre today, Tuesday and Wednesday and there can, be little doubt as to. hlrnf popularity here since this community contains its full quota of real lovers ef the human side of life.
 Shortly after completing "The Scof- fer" Mir. Dwan issued, a statement n which he announced that he had made every possible effort to avoid the the atric in presenting this. theme and he publicly thanked the members of his cast for the success they had achieved in cooperating with him in making the whole production intensely human. Since the story concerns q physician of u.- impeachable character. who, through. cruel prank of fate, unknovingly mar-ies former mistress. of his bosom htend and feIlow-physician, a man absolutely devoid of scruples, 1t resolves itself into a mighty big tloal wave or all tne ; emotions conceivable. especially when I, is entirely through the villainiy of ths bad friend" that the good man has ia serve five years in prison, for crime he did not commit As an ex-convict, the unfortunate doctor is at first scef- fer of all that's good-he cannot under stand why he should have been the in- nocent victim when according to con- mon and altogether erroneous belief so many of the guilty escape unscathed. But that the hand which aids and com withered. is finally brought home to him | through the devotion of good woman and the manner in which this is brought about is said to greatly augment the value of the narrative as human doc ument.
 Wonderful scenic banckground. action of tense thrills. moments of heart break ing suspense and girl of primitive charm are the ingredients of ''The Cave Girl" produced by Inspiration Pictures Inc. and released through the. exchzrrei of Associated First National Picturss Inc. which is being shown at the Strand theatre as the second feature attrae- tion.
 The title role is. being played by Ted
 die Gerard, an American, girl. whos' name is byword in the stage eirciei
 of London and Paris, where she hal
 appeared in nu Der of successes an'
 where she has been during the last thre'
 years. Miss Gerard makes her debut il
 motion pictures in ''The Cave Girl
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How Jack Earned None,
Danielson.

Dear Uncle Jed: It is such a long time since I wrote to you so I thought would write again..
 Jack was very good boy and he was very poor. His mother was very sick and his father was dead He was alone and no one to play with him.
 One day Jack was walking and finally he saw on the ground a little dog. It was white and suffering with pain. so he picked it up, and took it home and showed 1t to his mother. His mother told him to give it some milk and Jack obeyed. Two days after as he was walking in the road he heard the horn of an automobile which stopped right near him and they asked him if he knew where a little white dog was. Jack answered them. T have little white dog at my house. found him in the road, lying. and crying with pain. l took him oyer to my house and gave him some milk Jack told them where he lived, so they went over to his house and got the dog and gave hin some money. Jack sent for the doctor 1 for his mother, and they lived happily ! ever after.
 ALPHoNsE BERN1ER. Age 12. Plainheld.
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAKES.

When we are young it is the playtirne of our. lives and all the games and sports we enjoy help us to grow strong and de- velop in body and mind Wide-Awakes need healthful, happy play just as much as they need to eat and sieep. Young animals, too. just like children, have their games. I am sure that those of the Wide-Awakes who live in the country have seen little lambs play. They have a favorite game called king of the castle One little black-face fellow will post himself on the top of little mound of earth and all his brothers and sisters and cousins will do their best to get him off Then they will play follow-my- leader around trees and un banks and round and round their mothers,a in the funniest way. You can see little pigs. too romp for hours; chasing round and round as if they were playing tag. stop ping suddenly with funny little grunts, and then twisting around and dashing off again.
 A man had a cat and dog that played | hide-and-seek in the dining room as well as any children could The cat would hide first. while the dog was supposed not to be looking. and then Rover would ] set out to hunt her out, He would go to all the places first where he knew | she was not and then suddenly bounce on her place of concealnient. and the cat would spring out and hit him or ] the nose, and rush off to fresh hidins place.
 | The dog would presently take his turn and the cat would always end him in
 stantly, as though she wanted to be tn,
 hider all the time.
 Wild animals play as well. You hay
 seen seals in the circus play football b,
 tossing the ball from one to another am
 catching it on their noses, and how cage 1 each one is to have his turn. In thei
 native haunts they are said to have grea
 sport coasting down an icy toboggan int
 deep water and going back time afte
 time for another slide -Otters. like, seal are also experts on shooting the chut
 and otter slides can be found in remot
 parts of the river banks. / favorit game of badgers is like that played b
 the lambs in king of the castle, but tt badgers make a regular rough and tur ble fight of it before the one on th 7 summit is thrown off
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with camera focused and fixed so as to bear on the nest? Then. to have a long piece of hsh-line running all the way down the tree to blind on the ground, so that you could make the exposure at exactly the same minute, every day, for month? Then, to climb the tree, after dark, when the crows were asleep, to change the plate or roll to a fresh film, That's a whole Springs work. But if you did it, the record would be valuable to sci- ence, and, incidentally, worth a pot of money.
 For tine adventurous fellow, who is willing to risk buffet from powerful wing, or the clutch of taions m his shoulder, the photographihg of duck hawks nest on a ledge of rock, or a hsh-hawk's nest at the top of a tall tree, will give all the excitement needed. There are only two such records in the world. Of course, if done with a mo- ton picture camera, the money value would be hiz
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The Artillery,

Dear Uncle Jed: Last Wednesday (July 2s) Company C. Rhode Island Ma tional Guard passed the house where live. This is the third artillery com panv that has passed here this summer.
 The soldiers were all on horseback. Near the front was a soldier carrying a red banner with 103XC on 1t. There were four cannon and four ammunition wagons Two of the last men stopDed at our well to fill some canteens. One of the soldiers tied his horse to flle leg of the windmill The other held his. Af- ter had pumped the canteens full of water one of the soldiers got on his horse and took one canteen., Then the other got on his but Gid not unite him. The horse jumped around and pawed so he could not unite him so did. Then I handed him the other canteen. When | they got into the road one of the horses stood on his hind legs. Then they went down the road to catch up with the oth- CT soldiers.
 Later another soldier came 70 get a drink He said the soldiers had stonped | In little valley down he road to have dinner and feed the horses.
 Soon after my cousin. brother and myself went down. All the horses had their feed bags on. The soldiers were or
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TODAY'S EyENTS

Centenary of the birth of Jarns, stror,, :. df.tnguishS1S e,Arierf an cedsa cator, lecturer and biblical scholar.
 Centenary of the birth of James " Marshall who. served as. ,ppstma st ert general under President Grant. =.
 Eighty years ago today the end of .tht Indian war in Florida was formally pro claimed by General Worth. -.s :st
 The twenty-third annual national ? en. campment of the, Veterans of Foreisr Wars will be opened today in Seattle A special grand jury has been called to meet at WellsbRrg. W. ", today to investigate the bartie at Clifton mint on July IT. in which several 2 personi l were killed
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LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKEs.
P1easant Campinr rr,s.

Dear Uncle Jed I am going to tell of trip my brother and I took a short
 while ago. My parents had taken us out to Little Sebago. and we spent two days, Saturday and Sunday. there. As school had just closed, my older brother offered to furnish the money if Laury and myself wanted to stay the rest of the week We were eager to stay, but brother thought we would be afraid when night came. At last, after much plead ing, he gave us some money and we went to get some provisions for our camping trip. We had with us our 8 months old bull pup. All day long we hshed, but all we got was sunfish and chubs. We had also brought my pet cat along and they soon disappeared when he caught sight of them We bathed about six times a day, or whenever we felt like it. When | night approached and the trees squeaked l and looked like great giants, weefelt kind of scarey. After we got to sleep we did not mind Morning soon came and after
 hearty breakfast we were ready to do nothing, because there was nothing to do l About two hours later we would bathe
 96tsE1s! myi nxst fftciA iAyceresxc,l
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abroad after the first of January to visit her old home in England. Mir. Kennedy, who is national organizer of the Moose. expects to open his seasons work either i'll Providence or in the south.
 State Treasurer c. Harold Gilpatric is expected home this Monday. He has been spending two weeks with his fam fly at their summer cottage at Juniper Point Me.
 Mrs. J. F. Libby and son, Ralph Lib- by, are at Squirrel Island, Me, for tho summer, Mrs. Libby's older son, Judge ArthuC Libby of Norwich. is unable to join them this year as formerly on ac- count of his duties as judge of the city court.
 Miss Ernestine D. Wright of Gardner Me. has been engaged as teacher of mathematics at the high school the com ing year.
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Catching Butterflies

Dear Uncle Jed: Betty leaned against the stone wall and sighed unhappily Her father and mother and brother Bob, had gone to the fair. Betty had not been ready in time so she had been left behind. Everyone had gone to the fair so there was no one to play with and noth- ing to .do.@ Betty settled herself more comfortably against the wall and watched the butterflies fitting from flower to flower.
 As she watched them Betty thought of plan. She ran to the house and se- cured net and then hurried back to the field AS she reached 1t she saw large butterfly light on daisy. She inn mediately decided to capture 1t. Crowl- ing noiselessly through the tall grass she reached the butterfly. whack Down went the net on the butterfly Betty was overjoyed for she was sure she had captured 1t. But to her dis appointment she. saw 1t crawl through a | hole in the net and fly happily across the meadow.
 | At first Betty was downcast but she decided she would try again. This time she was successful. She caught a small | butterfly, but she let it go again, 1t being very small. Then Betty saw the but teryhy she wished to catch. It was a large white one with dots of black or it's wings. Nearer and nearer she crept ] to the butterfly. It did not move. Just as she was about to capture 1t she trip. ped and fell while the butterfly fitted happily across the meadow and out oi sight.
 CATHERINE GEARY, Age>1s
 Putnam.
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My Pets.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell you about my pets. I have two old rabbits. Their names are Fluffy and Pinkey. Pinkey has four small ones. Their names are Pansy, Snowball. Dick and Speckle. have a cat. It is black and white. Its-.name is Spotty. I have dog. His name fig. Brownie. He $ black also have, some chickens q l hens. My hens lay eggs. I feed. them l.. cry day
 ;. ETHEL FAULKNER, Age 10.
 Leonard Bridge.s ,3
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It Is lovely here I am having good time, One day was grabbing and l tried to pick up a crab and he bit my finger. I go swimming every day. l go clamn1ing and have all kinds of sport. expect to go to a water carnival on Saturday.
 EARLE JAMESON Swan. Age 3.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-14
FTTCHV1LLE

Mir. and Mrs. Nelson Winchester spenf the week end in wlllimantic, with Hr and Mrs. Tyler Winchester. --
 Nelson Stark attended the farmers meetings at Storrs recently.
 John Sullivan of Hartford has re- turned home after weeks visit with his aunt. Mrs Abbie McGrsth
 Miss Eliza Murphy of Eaugstaek has been spending few days with local friends. e. ---
 Mrs. Lena Burns returned Monday after a weeks visit with her sister. Mss Mary Hurley. .E ,.-,
 Mir. and Mrs. Edwin Brink of Hartford were recent callers at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Warren Thompson. cd
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Vaudeville and Motion Picturts q Strand Theatre.
 Motion Pictures at Breed Theatre
 Uncas Lodge. No.>l1. L o. o. F., meet in Odd Fellows Hall.
 Thames Union, Nps 137. U.lC. ofsC. afls J. of A.. meets in Carpenters Hall.
 Battery B. 1s2d> Artillery, meets <iI State Armccy --s.-.z
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bod. ror YounE wrlters.

l-write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages.
 2-Use pen and ink, not pencil.
 S-Short and pointed articles will pc given preference. Do not use over zSo words.
 +-original stories or letters only Will be used.
 5-Write your name, age and address plainly at the bottom of the story
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the side of the road and in the heidI nearby. We watched them until they started on and then went homo.
 They camped that night at Iaure Glen. They were on their way ts Charleston, R. l.
 GRACE B. GARDINER. Age F. l -sriswold
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-14
Visit to a Farm

Dear Uncle Jed: l am going to tell you about my visit to a farm.
 It was one Sunday afternoon when my mother, my two sisters my father and my friend Beatrice, took a walk to visit a friend on farm. After having drank of cold well water and "a glass of milk she showed us round the house. The old furniture was lovely. In one, room there was a book case that covered the whole wall. from the floor to the ceiling. It was filled with old and rare volumes of Harper's. Magazines dated back to 1850. They are all in good condition.
 , On the walls were paintings of Gen erals Lee and Grant and also an old painting of President Lincoln and his family. There were also some very old oil paintings of the late owner and his l family. Icould have stayed there all day and just looked around.
 Then we went out of doors and tool several snapshops of the house, dog COW and horse. The cats we could no get because they refused to pose. Afte 1 that we went into the fields to play ol some old tree stumps with Watch. tn dog. While we were playing Watcl started to bark and run. Lookin round we saw a deer in the field. We al gave chase, but it soon was out 0 sight. ss ---,. -r l After that taking a few more picture! l we went in and listend to the victrol after which we started for hom
 tired but happy and wanting to go agaiI
 EVA ERICKSON, Age 12.
 Baltic.
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THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
 Bows, and Girls Department

and shall look eagerly in The Courier to see If 1t is printed ISABELLE BEATRICE HIGGINS, Age A.. Portland, Me.
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porcelain plate with the inscription taken from German soldiers grave aud brought to Philadelphia. Pa-e before tAs armistice, was recently. recovered by fths police and sent to the. German, ,eharFa d'aftaires in Wsshington.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-14
My Trip to croton and Eastern Point

My Trip to Groton and Eastern Point Dear Uncle Jed: Mother, father, brother and myself started early one morning for Groton and Eastern r U1n>.
 It was a nice ride along the Thames river in cur auto On the way from Norwich to Groton I saw all kinds of boats, ocean freighters, tugs, barges motor boats. sail and row boats We passed through the submarine base where I saw many submarines and sol diers on guard
 When we reached Eastern Point we ate our lunch. We stopped few min utes to watch people playing golf. We came back to Groton and visited with friends. While we were there we | went for a ride. We rode through some pretty grounds and around. Hotel Gris- wold. On the way home I heard a boat l blow, it's whistle and saw the draw. ] bridge go up.
 GRACE GARDINER, Age 12. | Griswold
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LETTERS OF AcKNowLEDGMENr.

Catherine Geary. Putnam: I greatly enjoyed At the Fall of Warsaw. as it was not only a good book but I enjoy war stories
 Geraldine Locker, Dayvi1le: I received the prize book yu sent me and thank you very much for it. It is very inter esting.
 Dorothy l.. Malcolm, Norwich: I thank you very much for my prize book enti- tied The Camp Fire Girls in the Noun tains. l think it will be very interest ing.
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WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-E1sie staeciarinl. Danieison-The Castle of the Carpathians
 2-Isabelle Beatrice Higgins, Portland, Me.-Under Fire for Servia.
 3-Eva Erickson, Baltic-The Girl Scouts Triumph.
 EGrace B. Gardiner, Griswold-At. tie Prudy.
 5-Claire Berard, Jewett City-Bat. ting the Clouds.
 6-Alphonse Bernier, Plainield-The Boy Scout Pathhnders.
 Winners of prize books living in Nor. wich can obtain them by calling at The Bulletin business office after 10 o'clock Monday morning.
 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
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Putnam
Vacation at the Beaehs

Dear Uncle Jed: I am speAding my azszusE qrobnn -LfAEe Point
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What Is Going On Tonish.

Triswold.
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A Nirht at a Haunted House.

Norwich.
, 1922-01-10

Tn. campaign is TO begin immeci-
ately as the Chamber Of commorcs of
the United States. which submitted
the referendum to It's members. has
set h time limit In the voting at
February Il.
Legion LENDERS. dwelling upon the
fight tho national chamber has
wased pom the pending bin. declare
the has not been u~nderstood.
Commander MacNider. in q letter TO
Jospeh H. DeFress. president OF the
Chamber OF Commerce of the limited
States. which was made public last
night. said that Opposition to this
measure lies principally in ignorance
Of what h bin really calls for. There
is a cash payment option. Il is true,
but II IS taken care of by small pay
ments. several months apart The
other four features OF tho legion bill
insurance. vocational aid. or assist
ance in acquiring land or n home)
your organization does not mention"
, 1922-01-10
BRITISHER
is FREED
BY SOVIET

LONDON. Jan. 1o.-Coi. John BIge.
low Dodge. who was arrested by Boil
shevfst authorities at Batum on De-
cember Q, as an alleged ecret British
agent. has been released and Is await
ing passage from Batum to Constan'
unople. according to a dispatch to the
Times 1t was officially explained
from Moscow that his arrest was an
error Colonel Dodge IN q stepson
OF Lionel George Guest. fourth SOC OF
Lord wimborne and n grandson OF
the late Jim Bigelow. American man
OF ictters and minister to France dur
irg the civil warD
, 1922-01-10

tative, asserted that tho legislation
was designed mot to prevent racing
but to limit the freedom OF suun by
placing arbitrary restrictions not upon
tracks but upon the press- He de-
clared that to directly and arbitrarily
limit freedom of speech In order to
possibly and indirectly reach some To-
cal violations of law such as wagers.
is essentially vicious and indefen-
sible."
You do not have to make a legal
argument so far as I am concerned"
interrupted Senator Borah. Repubh-
can. Idaho, that congress has no
power to establish q censorship"
If the bill becomes a law, Senator
Stanley asserted, a schcolboy at col
lege, who wrote his mother that his
roommate had bet five cents on a foot
ball game could be sent to h peni-
Tertiary for 1--WE years ard be fined
s 5000.
Senator Sterling asked whether
there would still be opposition II the
bill was amended to prohibit circula-
ton OF newspapers containing sug-
gestions as to the odds offered on
horse racing. Stanley replied that
such regulation would be unconstitu.
tionai; that the suppression Of AGO
track gambling was In the hands OF
the states. all of which with the ex-
ception of two or three already acted,
making horseracing unlawful
Senator Borah said there was a
question in his mind whether congress
should pursue what he termed a bad
precedent IN regulatory legislation.
Many such laws should be repealed.
he asserted.
, 1922-01-10
GIRL IS FOUND
DEAD, POISON
PLOT IS Seen

SANTA ROSA. CAL Jan. 100
hanna B. Habcrhsuer. 1e-yearoid
daughter OF a farmer OF Beiivtev,
three miles from here. was found dead
In bed early today and authorities are
working on the theory that someons
entered her room AZ she slept and
placed poison In her mouth.
A younger sister avoke suddenly
during the night md found poison In
her mouth. An investigation showed
thai a window in the house had beer
forced open.
Police = searching for . ranch.
ham who had been discharged by
Haberhsuer and who. Il was said, had
made threats against he lives of the
FARMERS family,