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Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16


Dear Uncle jed: I am going to tell
you about the town of KilIingly
Kfllingly is a wild tract of land in the
northern part of the state of Connecticut
between Quinebaug river and Rhode Is
land. 1t was early known as "Whel-
stone Country" but was long neglected
for rough hills and marshes were not at
tractive to settlers. 1t was settled by
different men at different times These
settlers had many encounters with the
Indians Supplies were hard to get and
the settlers relied mostly on their own
farms for food
From year to year our town has grown
and we now have a large town, bounded
on the north by Putnam, on the south
by Plainf1eld and Sterling, on the ca ST
by Rhode Island, on the west by Brook
lyn and Pomfret.
Danielson. where our town laws are
| nlade is now borough, and the town is
| noted for its many prosperous manu-
featuring villages.
MILDRED PECHIE, Age II.
AttaWaugan,
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An Experieuce.

Dear Uncle Jed: I an a gtrl's story
book Of fairy tales. / will relate to you
one Of my experiences.
On Christmas eve fell asleep in the
shop and 1 awoAe in the middle of the
hight. I found myself in a great big bag
with many other toys. I peeDed out and
saw a short, fat man dressed in red ana
white driving reindeer. I was riding
TN the air, but was not afraid for was
with Santa Cla--s
J We stopped al this house and ! wss
left here with many other toys.
wish all the Wide-Awakes happy
New Year.
LOUISE CASE. Age 10.
Baltic
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THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department -,

sugar district Of the United States. A
little sugar is produced in Texas, a little
in Georgia, Florida and Alabama More
than seven-eighths Of our sugar still
comes from Louisiana, Porto Rico, Ha-
wall and the Philippines. which belong
to the United States, produce great
deal of sugar cane.
ESTHER GOLDSTEIN, Age IL.
North Franklin.
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.My Three Little Kittens.

Dear Uncle Jed: have three little
kittens. One 1 call Niger, one Calico
and the other Tiger. The little black
one got lost and I miss him SO much as
he was my fayorite. 1 wish he would
come back again.
4 LAWRENCE AHEARN, Age Z.
Norwich
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cries when we come away. There's one
thing she likes and that's Noah's Ark
She Is in the very same room that
was this summer. 1 got every thing 1
wanted. but the best thing I could have
would have been my sister to play with.
hope all the little Wfde-Awakes had
d merry Christmas.
THELMA HOADLEY. Age II.
Arlington
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16
The Blind and Dea, Child

Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was lit
tie girl whose name was Helen Keller
When she was baby of twenty months
she had an Illness that left her blind and
deaf She picked mp a good deal of
knowIedse just through touching things.
When she vas five years old she could
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16
Ruses For Young Writer'S.

1--write plainly on one side of the
paper only, and number the pages.
2-Use pen and inlr. not pencil.
3-Short and pointed articles win be
given preference. Do not use over zss
be used
6-Write your name. age and address
plainly at the bottom OF the sterx.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16

Pattsrsen-George Burton has pur-
chased from c. II. Judd the Benedict
farm now occupied by Homer Sprasue
and Will move there in the spring. Mr.
SpfaEus viii move to the Kent farm va
Gated ngsAEr. BHx4m.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
AWAKES.

AWAKES
There are not many boys and girls
but what get great delight from sliding
and skating. You all enjoy it from the
youngest, who have to depend upon
others to the Oldest who are happy to
help others while having fun yourselves.
There isn't anything much better or
healthier than sliding and skating. Both
afford good exercise and keep you out in
the good pure air. The sport is exhilir-
ating and popular, and all active young
sters appreciate what they would miss if
they couldn't participate in one or both.
No one wants to see the boys and girls
denied such wholesome pleasures but
should be surrounded with all possible
safety. Sliding down hill, or skating, in
themselves are not likely to have serious
results under proper conditions. How
gerous hills, those where many autos and
teams and the trolley cars travel, or cross
part way down or at the foot Of hills
Drivers of vehicles and trolley cars have
no desire to take part in accidents but
it isn't always possible to avoid them
when coasters suddenly confront them
No boy or girl wants to have a broken
leg or arm or receive a worse injury
but many Of then1 figure in serious acct
dents because they are not careful.
Quite the same is SO with those who
go skating. It is to be expected that
there will be the bumps and falls from
various reasons while learning to skate,
and even afterward. That is one way to
see stars in the daytime. but such are
not apt to be serious. Care by skaters is
needed in seeing that the ice is sufficient
ly thick to sustain the weight without
taking any chances, in keeping away
from holes and broken spots, It is better
to be 90 feet high. The sugar cane orig
keep off the dangerous hilla than to risk
the loss Of life or limb in taking chances.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16
Norwich.

MARY BURNS.

Dear Uncle Jed: went to see my moth
er this Christmas. When I reached there
my sister was in the hospital She had
lot of presents. She got doll and
white dog and a lot more I could
never name half Of them. I went M
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Why Moon Looks Sad.
I saw the Moon Mother, big and bright,
Bring out her baby stars one night
To play about the fields Of sky;
She watched them with careful eye.
And Their, as plainly as could be,
One star looked down and winked at ME
It was a naughty star, think,
Because it gave a wicked wink.
Just then a cloudy bit of lace
Was blown across Moon Mothers face /:
And while her eyes could not see through
What did the bad star-baby do?
1t passed it's little brother by,
And ran away across the sky;
Then with a merry little spark
Jumped out of the sky. right into the
dark!
What happened to that baby star
Who ran so fast and jumped SO far?
Perhaps he tumbled in the sea,
And now is sorry as can be.
The other stars come out to play.
But poor Moon Mother pines away,
And 1 can see her grow each night
More thin and faded, sad and white
-Abbe Farwell Brown, in Mothers
Magazine.
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wIDE-AwAKE POETRY.

WIDE-AWAKE POETRY.
Break Break Break!
The other day my sister Madge,
Who isn't very tail.
Fell all the way from second floor
And broke her finest doll.
When Daddy goes to work each day,
From Baby must part.
Then when the little fellow cries.
We say "a broken heart"
There's something, too. always break
(Have you a. good solution?)
Before the years fortnight old,
Bang! goes a resolution
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wAa. Is Going On Tonight.

Natenaug odge. No. %, Knights Of
3 Pythias, meets at Castle Hall, s07 MAR
street.
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NORWICH BULLETIN

Wiifim9ntic tOEice
81 Church street Telephone 1862
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John Woelfng Of Hastinrs. Nehraskn

JON" ''"eiiiiis' u ANAsthes' NopraskH,
was in the local police court Saturday
morning charged with obtaining money
under false Dretences from Captain Jo-
seph r Morrison Of this city. Woelfng
had nothing to say in his own defense
Judge Foss gave him thirty days in the
Brooklyn jail The prisoner was arrest
ed in Bridgeport Friday and held for
the local police. The tale Of the arrest
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-16
The History of the Town of Kininxry.

Danielson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
THE EAST INDIES:
Hollands Stake in the East

Washington. Feb. 20.-"The Dutch East Indies
"a great colonial empire which gives the Neither
lands one OF the biggest stakes Of all those held *
non Asiatic nations in the Ear EaSt-rni3ht be con-
sldered as cxertinS the force which brougH; :ho
world 10 know itself t1,e hullefiYis
sued by the National Geographic Society In regard
% the lands that Will probably be involved in In.
discussion Of Far Eastern questions
Its spices known only 10 have originated in :,
mysterious land TO the east spurred the ina ton
and cupidlty rs we'll the appetite of EuroEc
They We're the magnets that drew CaSco da CANA
around Africa. Columbus TO North America; and
Cabrll TO Brazil opening up the way TO vast ui7-
known regions And the other voyages Of exp:or-
alton Which this quest for the Spice Islands ini-
taxed let eventually 10 the discovery OF Australia
the third unknown continent whose discovery NAV
be credited The lure OF condiments
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
It's Spices cilded Venice and Lisbon

The East Indies were OF economic importance
to Europe even when they little more than
tradition. Their spices. trickliny through Arabia
TO Venetian traders. we're transmitted into the
beauty and power OF Venice. Later this wealth
went to build up Lisbon at its greatest and for
past few centuries il has been poured into Bruges
and Amsterdam
The Dutch possessions in the Far East unlike
those Of England concentrated in a single area
Many OF the islands small but included in
whole or in part of the largest islands in
the world. Holland owns half of New Guinea, the
largest island outside polar waters: three qua rters
Of Horneo, second largest island: and all OF Su-
Inatra, fourth in size
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Wash Day by the Tub of
Babel

Washington. February 20.-"Tul-a-da dab-dub IS
the litany OF the tub, supplanted in part by the
ai,tirhony of washing machine in the nodern
American home. In Italy and Sardinia you may
greet your linen being, washed in public troughs
along the streets and in Normandy your clothes
dipped in flowing streams. placed on rocks.
and pounded With paddles nntil you have visions OF
your little pearl buttons floating back 10 the mol
lusks whence they came says bulletin OF TIE
National Geographic Society from its Washing
ton, -. ca hcadouarIers.
The round little Dutch wornans wash-:ab is
10 be found almost anywhere you turn Alons the
canals at the water troughs and boat landings the
roly- poly pink checked mother washes the pink
and blue cottons OF her Adolf and Wilhelnina in
these stationary dish pans and wash-tubs CT hers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Worlds Most Crowded Land.

Java. with its $4,000 square miles of area. has
apopuiatiom OF ahou: IS 900 000-one-third that OF
he United States which is 30 times large.
Compared with other geographical units OF its
size il is probably the most populous as we'll as
the prosperous region in the world. Most OF
tho inhabitants live in villages AtouGh ii has only
four cities large larger than Reading. Pa. the
density of population for the island whole is
close to 700 per square rilegreater than that OF
Relgpn,. the most crowded country in Europe. or
Shantung the most heavily populated province III
China
Tho other islands OF the Dutch East Indies
form contrast Java. Suma,ea, three times as
largo has population OF little more than 4000e0o
and though closer India and Europe, does not
show anything, like the degree OF Development
and prosperity. Only The fringe OF Borneo and
New (nca have been touched, and Development
has not been carried far, in comparison with Java.
in MANY Of the smaller islands Quite 2 number OF
the small islands uEnhabitcd, end IN many
others the population is sparse. This X result o1
the picturesque but destructive pirate empires OF
Terna1e, Tidcre. Ron and Gowa. which fiourished
in tha eastern part OF the archipelago growing rich
on sloils from the trade around the Malay
Peninsula. Gradually the Dutch closed iI on these
pirate strong gholds, and when steam gunboatS and
steam lalunches into Use, ended their ac-
Invites.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
.Blue Monday Once a Year.

There is only one 'blue Monday year in
Abyssinia. and then the women don't do the work.
Both the and men wear robe Of cotton
wrapped about them, the former over d sort OF
night gown and ~ attcr over loose knee-trolses
the. Eve OF ST. John the do Ihe small lam
y wash for the year "h.:y Jig hoe in the
ground by the side of stream and spread q piece
OF leather the bottom Of it. They put the
clothes in spri.lfle them With powder made from
fruit resr!:,n,s The Corintlal grape and III! the
iole With Then II ~ !rea bac.: :i'.t f'ftf.
upon the >iothss Cor an lot~ working uo 4
white foam which the powder has generated The
wet garments, which said to be as White as
a.iuw are rim Il il t,:@ -f!owin- stream.
I'm some remote parts Of SwitZfrlan5 wash DAY
comes but twice se year. The -Ap..ie peasant wo-
man is too busy working the crops and tending
the cattle in the summer 10 do the washing, ana
in the winter it is too cold, so she does it IN
bulk in the spring and fall. She takes her turn
for several days among the other women OF the.
neigh borhood at the community tub which IS Tiled
with water piped down from glacier. Nearby
big copper kettles sizzling over fires bullt on
the ground in order tha she have hot water to
help loosen the dirt which, in most cases, is thor
oughly ground into the garments. They do nc,
rub the clothes but after soaping, throw them
against an inclined board
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Only Woman Ruler in India.

'f.llopal Gpsets good many cherished Wes
tern hemisphere notions OF The East and lie GUS
toms" says the bulletin. The country is ruled
by Mohanrnedans In whose eyes women pop
uarly s:rI'esad be inferior btings existing tor
mans pleasure. and who must be kept carefully
Guided from the world. Yet Bhoptl has the only
woman ruler in lndSl Sultan; Jahan Begun and
she is actually the power IN the Land. ruling ii ac
lively. Moreover shesis not exception in long
line CT masculine rulers, aswas Queen Victoria. but
is the third successive Begun TO rule The country.
Her queer title incidentally is roughly the feminine
enutvalvn. OF Naw'ab and Rajah One Western con-
ception she does live UP Though. she appears
constantly in public she is always yelled Few
her subjects indeed who know the appearances OF
the face that rules them.
at is confusing, too; TO the W.sterner u!IaIni-
iar with lndia's hodge podge OF religions 10 find
that though .Rhopat is the second most important
Mohammedan country in India, its population is 73
per cent Kinda and only l3 per Get. Mohamlnme-
dan. It's present: ruling family was founded by an
Afghan soldier Of fortune who leased some I'D
Joining territory frota the Mogul emnire in l70S,
Iooa Ehopal by force and declared himself
!adependcnt nawah
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Sixty Times Size OF Netherlands.

From the latitude Of central Burma to that Of
Toxic. this great colonial empire OF Holland
stretches; largely below the equator. but in part
aStride il. Though much OF this is sea- there
is not q single mile OF the three thousand from
central New Guinea TO the western tip OF Sumatra
in which q north and south line would not
Dutch land The breadth OF the Dutch is
y 1000 miles al its greatest and the land is
than II 900 square Iniles-60 times that OF
The Netherlands. II this great archipelago
spread out in the western hemisphere. it would
tend from San Francisco across the United States
and ont in the Atlantic to the Eermudas, each OF
its larger islands covering groups OF our States.
Java, filth in size Of the Dutch islands is prob.
ably best known. and for good reason Enthusias-
TIC observers have called it the garden spot OF lhe
world. Its soil is constantly enriched by active
volcanoes il is we'll watered. and four out OF er-
cry five acres Of its surface cultivated Even
mountain. peaks 10000 feet high ar+ girdled by un-
broken fields 10 half their height, above which
forests still hold sway.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Cooperative Marketing in Nutshell.

Dr. Clal ence Poe, whose journal the Progressive
Farmer has consistently advocated cooperative
markets in the Caronas has aptly summarized tina
advantages Of cooperative marketing by the fol-
lowing ccmparison:
Under the present system we now % isnofanllH.
(2l individuality, (3) hclplessy, CD dump farm
products 60 in piddling quantitiea. Co without
proper grading, CD without modern s+;entlc I'M
ancing (S) selling through unframed producers
BY cooperative marketing we Will % intellI-
gently ca collectively 80 powerfully, t4) mer-
cha1ldse farm products, CD in large quantities
tej' with proper grading co with modern scicn-
ti1c 60 selling through the most expert selling
agents.
There in nutshell is cn explanation Of tl.s.
movement which has stirred thousands Of homes
from Virginia, through the Carolinas to the Ceor-
gia line, and has reused the great southwest with
hope of prosperity that will with the
tinctuatins rise and fall of markets. where the
growers but pawns in the great speculative
game Of cotton and tobacco
More than 100000 southern farmers who raise
cotton, peanuts, tobacco have now signed the
contract which they call their Declaration Of In
dependence.
Both capitals, and laborer. intomitahle
vativc, and indVidualst, the farmer OF the south
stupg into the knowledge of his power. and catch
ing up at last with modern pons of orga MIA
ton. in the struggle for existence, reached the
turning OF the road.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Picturesque Lakeside Capital.

"EhopM is in al!nost the exact center Of India.
IT is slightly smaller Than the Of New jersey
and has population of close three Quarters
OF million II IS largely plateau region with
considerable OF fertile soil and large eXpanSes
OF grass-covered downs which support catle. In
the patches of Jungle copardS and tigers find COW
or, and abundance OF wild fowl makes ii
haven for the hunter
.BhoIll city, the OF the Begun. is OF
the most pictureSquely situated OF the Indian caui
tails Its surroundings testify 10 high order OF
snee1ing ability the part OF the Indians when
medieval Elropean doing little 10 harness
natures forces modify the face OF the earth.
With qu:a tcrracrd streets the city is built up the
side Of ridge 500 feet in height and It's lower
edge is bathtd by large artificial lake mpounded
by massive dam. Just beyond this lake is a second
large BODY OF held by greater dam which
il believed have been built in the eleventh CEN
tury at the latest and perhaps much earlier. The
dam creating the larger lake also separates the
TWO lakes. and i; is great pile OF white
palaces From the palaces spacious flight OF steps
leads through q huge gateway TO the waters
edge The city is about the size OF St Joseph No.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Cleaning un" Haiti.

american manufacturers have been DOM .,saf a.
washing machines have been sen, 20 li.s .,.ys
Women Egypt Qip thclf ouos INV ''' -,
days OF hameses. :; s.u,;,, aho,,t disp3ay-
England ~ tSpc:'iiS so'.- s': -. lnt here S
ms tie' MANS =, ..,, IN y, 900 cities lust
as there are IN TINS So's' = -
ireland ;,.o.. e f.b,,s
'fhe saTlpaii ""eii.to: -. ~ ~. - -. f,;,.s Viii, h
are '>A""ei-N'
have been dipped IN the o'''s "''s'>
- ~, s.eats of nick.
ell An a nci'fl novel
-, =, ;,. s.,va,fon ,s free. others think il costs
u'i''e " ' -A--
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04

markcts to 30 cents in September the Virginia,
markets is a considerable rise for tobacco The
growers of South Carolina poorly organized
July but the tobacco growers in Virginia had
attained so per sgn-up in September. and
in this connection welI-known warehouseman has
said: Tobacco prices being battered because
of the Cooperative Marketing Movement.
Virginia planters already reaping the first
fruit, OF victory in the OF the pool OF the
sun-cured belt which was formed in advance Of the
Tri-State Growers Cooperative Association. Those
growers yy no marketed their tobacco By cooperative
and orderly sales gained average Of lG Ia
cents q pound az against the 3-:ent average OF
those who dumped their proGnct the warehouse
floors for acll1iOn sale.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
.Dcnaturcti" Mciiammcdanism.

.1!o,,ara,s Far Eastern subjects arc mostly Of
MalaVan stock: bur situated AT the OF Il sie.t'
considerable adnl!Si'fe OF o'her Dpou ,1as ana
''f y. 49,. ,1..a ,.o fo,n,, :, other of tho east
traces OF thclf DIoOu are Iouiiu III o'iNi va 49,
golian, Portuguese Hindu and AiSlb. MOS. o' tae
natives are nomlnllly Mohanlil'e"as "". NC @
the fonatlclSln ana StTlcl!IeSA VI 'ii-''iS
Holy days are are npt =; ,;-,a sh,son OF women
TN GOVERNING her colonies Holland leaves na-
tive rulers nominal charge" hut places iliei'i ui'
Dutri, officials Conditions in
lava when was nol or ,ho sncces Of pntch
.o,,ro, Two centuries ago there We're but 2,ooo.-
lation has increased seventeen 'o''' '''' '
people are prosperous
-, u,,t.o, Ono hsn1ke,yh.f
lhe case - t t &c ..,rS..-, Manuscript
,"' @ n.,nr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
He Who Runs May See.

'l.aly seems 10 have:its washing out evefywhefe.
Intimate garments greet the visitor on the road.
WAYS and along all the streams and some or the
cities always have the appearance o. being decorsi
ed for a gala occasion.
The Norwegians follow the same plan that the
Germans use of letting the clothes accumulate Tor
months in an air loft and then have q siege at the
lob. Put they distinguish themselves when 1t comes
to the ironing They use 4 long box ON roiiefS
filed with stones and by placing one woman at one
end Of 3 board and at the other they roii tfis
weighted press over the clothes.
Each little village in linda has its puhhc pooi
where the natives wash their clothes. The faath-
full Of The Hindu faith plunge into the oihses
and rhe urnna and other rivers of varying degrees
of sancty. for salvation. They wash their bodies,
their lips and tongues and year their clothes
oway wet in order 10 preserve their purity as long
as possible
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
The Way Back 10 Prosperity.

With 20 cotton now in sight. With Inc as
surance OF an orderly $kiful sale OF his years crop.
with statewide organization TO protect him tronl
The elutted markets and the speculative system
which has proved his b,ine. the cotton grower "'i"
hts si.nct. The marketing contract can tee th;'' he
has fairly his Independence.
While tn. cotton growers through or@a niZa1iot
and cooperative effort have lot ga their own hoo'-
str,ps and pulled together out from the depths az
d,sDoudcncv caused i,y 0-ccHt cotton. ui' 10 'hc
love. of .0.c,t cotton with the hope Of better daES
ahead The. organized o;tcco- overs al I*ihi:i
Kentucky and the rolin,S look forward 10 q bet
day.
In th., ri.c OF cotton from |" TO ~ c"nts ''!;
idle. or.,aIz:tionS have not play
Cd The least important ;,rt Successful At 1s' IA
r..r.in. their crop, they now meeting fl'i:li
success in marketing it by "rs;'niZati"n
From - last July on the South Cafoi!Ha
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
:, Prophecy Fulfilled.

The cotton growers of Oklahoma. Texas, and
mississippi. with joriy OF cotton signed in each
state are now selling cotton through their market
ing associations. Aided by loan of $l0.o0D.00
fromsthe War Finance Corporation. upon hall mil
lion bales Of cotton under Gre-year contract. the
Texas cotton growers. merchandising their cotton
instead of dumping i upon the speculative mar
ketS are now assured Of a reasonable return by
selling in accordance .rth the worlds demand.
Oklahoma, growers, with a loan OF S6.O0Q.b0O,
Mississippi growers with loan OF $3.50 5000. hand-
ing the majority of cotton in their states through
expert managers and statesmen. have fulfilled the
prophecy Of Sapiro. and have stabilized their IT.
dustry within year.