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Chased by a Bear

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tel
you about a boy being chased by a bear.
Once upon time a boy wanted TO 90
to hunt. But his mother said he was toe
young to go hunting in such big forests.
and fer him not to bother her any more
about f.
So the little boy didn't ask his mother
any more but went silently to his room
and got his gun. Then he-crspt silently
back and escaped into the woods without
his mother knowing It. He ran on TIL he
was about a quarter OF a mile in the
woods. Then he loaded his sun and
went on until he came to q big tree
There he heard a loud noise. He looked
around but could not see anything 50 he
loked up in the tree and to his surprise he
saw a great big bear coming down the
tree The little boy was go frightened
that he didn't know what to do. But the
bear did not wait for him to think, he just
came down the tree as fast as he could.
At last the boy began TO run but the bear
was on the ground by this time and you
know that a big bear can run faster than
a little boy But the little boy climbed
tree, loaded his gun and got ready tc
shoot The hear came growing and climb
Cd the tree too The little boy climbed
higher and higher, then sat in a good 20
sition and fired, hut his gun was so dirty
that it woslld not go OF. So the little
boy waited till the bear came within his
reach. Then with an awful wfacsz he hit
the bear on the nose and went howhns
away. Then the little boy climbed down
the tree and went home
GEORGE PLIBICK, Age II
| Mansfield
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George WASHINGTON.

Dear Uncle Jed: George Washington
was the third son of Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
gustus Washington and was born on
February %, 1892, near the bank of the
Potomac, in Westmoreland county, Vir-
ginia.
Augustus Washington died when
George was IL years Of age. His moth
er taught him those principles of relig-
ion and truthfuiness.
When George was boy he was very
fond of horses and other animals. One
Of his favorite pastimes was training
baby foxes.
At the age of Is he had obtained a
midshipman's warrant to enter the En-
glish navy. His trunk was in the boat,
but as he went to give his mother a
parting kiss he saw the tears in her
eyes he ordered back his trunk and de-
ternined not to sc.
-Four years after he was appointed
adjutant general of Virginia with the
rank of major. General Washington
eisctien to the Office of chief magistrate
Of the United States was announced to
him at Mount Vernon on April ii. 1851
On the 30th of April he became pres
idsnt of the United States Of America.
and served two terms. He did lot for
his country during the war. He was
adored by his soldiers and greatly rev.
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tracks They did not see him lie trrn.
ed this way and that way. but they sfir
followed him He went over a him snS
there was wild grapevine which reach.
ed TO the TOD OF high tree. He remern-
bered how the children used to swing on
them, 80 he cut Il near the roofs and
gave great swing and landed far away
from Where he had started. Then he turn
ed IN another direction and reached The
cabin safely. When the Indians cam.
they could not ind his tracks
Daniel Boone lived all alone in the
woods His brother did not come back
al the time he had set. He thought he
might have been killed by the Indians
Boone had not eaten anything but rnea.
since his brother left Most OF his pow
DER and bullets were gone. One evening
as he was sitting in the cabin he hear
someone coming. He thought IL might be
Indians. He looked through the trees
and saw his brother riding on one horse
ana leading another loaded with powder,
bullets and clothes and Other thing.
| Boone needed
EARL F. BABcocK, Aee Ia.
Ledyard
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went upstairs Immediately and It was
all ebisze. We thought for a few min
utes our home was gone, but thanks to
our young friend and nelghbors II is
still here.
Soon after all OF us were working like
beavers. 1 ran to the telephone and
called for help and men. women and
children came running with pals, The
IRE was burning through the roof and
our friend and my uncle were soon on It,
working hard while the rest Of US car
ried water, and soon we had the fire
out. but still have a reminder Of
it by going upstairs and looking at the
burned walls, the curtains and bed
spread. We never can thank our friends
enough for the excellent help they gave
US when we we're in such danger.
Hoping the cousins viii never have
such an exciting time as to have thei'
house ahre.
C. CORA CARPENTER. Age II.
Columbia
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Wauregan.


Dear Unde Jed: A young girl who
lived in Rhode Island asked her brother
to give her some money to enable her to
go TO college. He replied that he could
not afford it, tossed her a nickel. and
added: Unless you can 60 on that"
story Of marvellous pluck followed.
With the fye-cent piece the girl bought
some calico. and from this she made a
bonnet which she sold for 20 cents. Then
she bought more calico and made more
bonnets Having made several more dol
lars this way, she then determined to
raise potatoes. She did an the work ex-
cept the blowing.
The new venture proved successful and
she earned enough money to start at
school She continued to work, however.
and with rare determination borrowed
morsey TO supplement what she made.
She was graduated with honors. we
are informed from the state college for
women. attended = medical school. still
earning her own expenses. secured a de-
gree, and soon became a successful prac-
ticing physician Of the north Yet it all
began with a single nickel
LAURA SCHLEICH, Age IL.
Baltic
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H.nry wadsworth Lopstsuo~

Dear Uncle Jed: Henry wadsworsh
LonefeIloyT was born in Portland. Maine.
FEBRUARY 81, 1907. His birthJisce was
at that time a beautiful and busy town,
forpst city, and a port where merchant
vessels from the West Indies exchanged
sugar and rum for the products OF the
forests and fisheries OF Maine.
He received an education in Portland
and at Bowdoin college, Brunswick. Ne,
where he had for his classmates several
youths who afterward became famous,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, ]. S. c. Abbott
and Franklin Pierce. Upon Longfeilow's
graduation, the trustees OF the college,
having decided to establish a chair %
modern languages proposed that this
young graduate Of scholarly tastes should
fir himself for this position. Three years
he spent in study and travel In France,
Spain and Italy and Germany.
After five years at Bowdofn, Longfcl-
low was invited in 1884 TO the chair OF
modern languages IN Harvard college
Again he was gfven an opportunity to
prepare for year Of study abroad In
1896 he began his active work at Hsr-
ward. and took UP his residence In the
historic Craigie House. overlooking the
Charles river. a house in which Washing
ton had his headquarters in 1775.
For twenty years Longfellow hhed the
profesorslrl1 Of modern languages at HAIR
ward and was one Of the best beloved pro-
| fexsors az the University. He resigned
that he might devote himself to writing
and was succeeded by James Russell
/ Lowell.
| In 1851 the. happiness cf I.ongieiiow's
home life was broken by the death OF his
| wife who was fatally burned. On hs
| seventy-second birthday the children G
Cambridge presented him a clair --zd'
1
smiths chestnut tree He died on Marcl
"a, 1852, at the age Of seventy-five years
| WILLIAM DURR. Age IL
TafNille
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COLCHESTER

A. Lazinsk has purchased the Tip Top
building on South Main street from the
DaWley estate The deeds were passed
Thursday. The building is occupied by
the A. g. P. store, Tip Top department
store and Tip Top hall. Mr. Lazinsl1 has
nad the hall newly painted and papered,
a large number Of new lights installed. a
new asbestos booth is being erected for
the moving picture machine and opera
tor He is to build an addition at the
back of the hail to consist. of three
rooms for the use of the Knights of
Pythias as anterooms. dining room and
paraphernalia room The X. of p. will
take a lease of the hall for a term Of
years.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence II Norton and
daughter of North Westminster We're
| visitors here Friday.
Fred B. Ames, Harry Haynes, Charles
! Malona and James Lane of Salem were
in town attending the recent special
meeting of the K. of P.
The Benevolent society met in tbs
chapel Friday afternoon to sew. Supper
was served at O'Clock An entertain
| ment was given in the audience room al
| 7.45 by the members of the Young Fec.
| pies society.
| Edward McKuisky OF North Westches.
| ter was caller here Friday evening.
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Mystic
My Trip to Mantle.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day last sum-
mer we started for trip to Mantle. We
got there at night all tired out. So we
did not go out that evening. But the
next morning we started off early to go
TO the beach. We went in bathing a
while and then we ate our lunch. We
left our baskets standing on the sand
and went clam digging. We were so
busy looking for CLAIMS that we did not
notice the tide come in and our baskets
were all wet and also our coats. 1t was
real fun to see the tide after we no.
ticed it coming in. We would dig holes
and in a few minutes they would be
filled up. After We were tired doing
that we went up to the landing and
watched a sailboat race down the river
Then we went home for supper all tired
out, after a hard days play. The next
morning we bid our aunt good bye and
started off to Norwich. 1 hope I will
go again digging clans.
LILLIAN L. WILLIAMS.
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LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE.
AWAKES

: Dear Uncle Jed Abraham Lincoln was
born in Kentucky Feb. ~, 1909, in log
cabin, His parents were very DOOR,
When he was 7 years Old they moved to
Indiana. Here they settled in the dark
forest. He worked hard and did all that
he could to help build his new home. 1t
was made of logs. The chairs were rough
looking stools. He often went hunting
and brought hack many rabbits. turkeys
and geese. While they were living here
his mother died. He felt very sad. She
had taught him all that she knew, and
when he grew UP he would say adj that
he knew he owed to his angel mother.
He was very fond threading and often
would read in the loft where he slept on
a bed made of leaves. After his mother
died his father went to look for another
wife. He married Mrs. Sarah johnson.
1t took an OK cart drawn by four oxen TO
get her things to whereNAbraE1am Lincoln
lived. When she came there she persuad-
ed Mr.. Lincoln to make the house more
comfortable. She put Abraham and his
sister to sleep in comfortable beds and
made them look more human. He was
very fond of reading books, and John
Hanks, boy brought UP with Lincoln,
said that when they would come home
from the fields he would take a piece of
cornbread. lay down by the fire and read
| He only went to school one year, for his
parents were too poor to send him tC
school any longer, but he read all the
books around where he lived.
| Later they started for Illinois. They
| travelled a long time until they reached
| the place. Lincoln tried to be a business
man. At first he tried going down the
| river in a fatboat. One day he saw ar
auction of slaves After he had passed
| the place he said to friend ''If 1 get Z
| chance to hit that thing, I'll hit it hard
| Later he became a clerk in a store. H,
was so honest that some people called
| him Honest Abe" He was also a very
kind hearted man. Once while he wa.
riding he stopped to pick I'D two bird
| that had fallen out of their nest, and an
| other time he stopped to pull a pig gu
of the mud.
Later he became a lawyer and thel
was elected to the legislature, and thel
| secretary of state; here he had man,
debates with Douglas. Later he becam
president and freed the slaves Now til
Civil war started. After the war Lincoll
went to a theatre to rest his mind an
body. While he was sitting in his sea
a half crazy actor named Booth, spran
upon the stage and shot Lincoln in tn
back of the head. He died the next day
There have been many monuments put u
of Lincoln
REBECCA SEPLOWITZ, Age II.
| North Franklin.
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Sliding.

Dear Uncle jed: This is the second
time L have written to the Wide-Awake
circle. This winter I went sliding in
back of my house. One day we had a
very big snowstorm and there was snow
all over the hill. In the morning when
saw it before going to school. I asked
my mother if I could try to slide It once
was the first one on the hill to slide
The first time I went down I went very
fast. few DAYS after there was sfusn
all over the ground. There was a ma
chine that went into the barn and made
a big track The next morning there was
lot of humps. It was very icy, so we
went very fast We would skid in places
because it was icy.
My brother thought he was going to
slide an day. but the first thing we went
down we bumped the tree with the end
of the double-runner and my brother fell
off The tree caught him We thought
he was laughing, but he couldn't laugh
nor cry.
LOUIS LAFRANCE, Age 8.
Central Village.
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STONINGTON

The Radio club of Stonington High
school held a delightful dance in Com
munity hall Saturday evening Music
was by the High School orchestra, which
went under the name of lips orchestra,
and puzzled the dancers This club has
purchased radio outfit for the school
use by holding dances
The\ members of j. F. Trumbuu w. r.
G. viii furnish the supper for the Father
and Son banquet to be held next month,
Grover Carson is able to be around
having been ill for the past 10 days.
Louis E. Hammond has returned from
New York
Paul schepis has returned from Law
renee hospital, New London.
Mrs. Gertrude Latham is in Hartford
this week.
Leon James of Hope Valley spent Sun.
day at his home on Gift street.
+. W. Coomhs of New Haven is spend.
ing few days here
Deputy Collector Ernest F. Gates. o.
New London, will be at the Comrnunit,
House .Stonington. on Monday and
Tuesday, the 9th and 2sth, for thu
purpose of assisting individuals filing
income tax returns.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-27

Dear Uncle Jed: Abraham Lincoln, thS
sixteenth president of the United States.
was born m Hardin county, KY, Feb. II,
1909. His parents. born in Kentucky went
to Indiana in 1916. After having about
one years school be wen &C hired hand
on fiat boat to New Orleans when
was nineteen years OF age-
Appointed postmaster at Salem, he De-
gan TO study law, was admitted to erac-
tice in 1886 and began his career as
lawyer at Springfield. He was elected 10
congress In 1s47 and was there disting-
uished for his outa5oken anti-slavery
views.
In 1858 he was a candidate for United
States senator. His opponent. Judgs
Douglass, won the prize from the lesis-
lature, though Mr. Lincoln received 1000
more votes than his opponent In 1855
and 1864 he was elected president of tns
United States. He cond-Hted the az
| fairs Of the nation with great wisdom
| through the four years of the Civil war.
and Just as it closed was assassinzted a
the national capital, dying April IS, 1855.
RAYMOND ]. WOODS. Age 10.
Norwich.
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Baltic
An Exciting Time.

Dear Uncle Jed and Cousins: You all
must have thought me very ungrateful
for not writing and thanking you for the
lovely book, rTabitha AT Ivy Hail."
but do thank you and I VIII now
try to explain why I am so late. I have
been preparing for mid-year exams and
now that they are over I will try and
atone for my neglect by telling you about
the exciting time of Sunday January
2sth.
We had a young man visiting ar from
Springfield. In the morning we went to
a bears den. crossing a pond 10 get to
IT, On the way this young man caused
an earthquake by very gracefully ac-
ceptins the Ice for seat. After We
reached horne we sat ana fxlke4, mean
while listening to the victrola, when we
smelt smoke. The odor was that Of cloth
burning and we looked around. but
could see nothing to cause IT, so we sat
down again, when our guest saw some
fire fall down close 20 the stcvepfpe. We
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Dear Uncle jed: This is my first at
tempt at writing to you and hope this
letter will not 20 to the waste basket.
I wish to tell you about my birthday
party that 1 had in November, 1921.
There were lots OF people at my house.
Refreshments were served including
sandwiches and cake, and we played
games Allsof a sudden while some one
was telling story one of the party
remarked, What, do you think It was
me-" 1t was my eleventh birthday, the
eleventh month and the eleventh day Of
the month for I was born November 18th
and sure enough, there were present at
my home my pa and ma, my little SIS
ter and myself and others making
eleven In all. This is something 1 am
proud OF, for 1t Is something that you
don't hear of often.
CLEMENT DUFRENsE, Age IL.
TaftVille
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every time there is Dollar Day Be-
lieve me. I've got a real buy in any Of
these hundles!"
Merchants admit that the day was
one of the greatest in the history of
their stores and at the close of one Of
the hardest days in the year agreed
that the public had responded to the
shopping went by purchasing the mer-
chandise offered at prices that will be
seen only on days such as Dollar Day
when merchants offer bargains to at
tract hundreds to Willimantic and show
them that live merchants can boom any
city by satisfying the demands Of the
purchaser
Brief News.
william Weeks of South street was
before the police court Saturday morn
ing on the charge OF unlawfully tearing
down certain fence on land belonging
to Archille Eremeto, on South street.
ted Monday, Feb. 20. Attorney Patrick
Danaher, who appeared for Weeks, had
the case continued for one week.
Three cases which We're scheduled to
be heard before Justice of the Peace
Curtis Dean Saturday were continued.
The case of the Standard Paper and
Merchandise company VS.. Max Kitay
was adjourned to March "a. That of
Clement L. Manning VS.. Philip Borton
went over to March and that of Fred
erick W Edwards against Horace Rood
to March IL.
Miss Ethel Morton and Samuel E Al
guire of Mansfield Depot were married
Feb. II at the home of Rev. W. C. Nor
ris on Prospect street Miss Morton is
a teacher at the Mansfield Training
School and daughter of Mrs. Gertrude
| Reach. who is a nurse at the training
| school. Mr.. Acquire is employed IS sta
| ton agent there. On their return they
| will reside at Mansfield Depot.
In the case of Willard F. MacfarIane
vs.. Arthur ]. Siward, Justice of the
Peace Curtis Dean Saturday rendered
his decision in favor of the plaintiff, by
default, to recover s49.22 damage Of
| S41S1 and costs of s7.41. The plaintiff
| was represented by Attorney Samuel B
Harvey. He is the proprietor of thu
Central Garage on Rank street and thu
| suit was the outgrowth of the non-pay
/ ment of a bill for labor asd storage o.
/ a car.
Engine Company No. / responded to
still alarm for a chimney fire Frida,
| morning at 9.25 in the home of Armand;
| Morse on Chapman street Nine gallon
| Of chemicals were used in extinguishin.
| the blaze.
Miss Esther Josephson of Windhan
| Center is a patient at ST. Josephs hos
! ptal i'll with pneumonia,
Friends Of Mrs. John Palmer ar
sorry to learn that she is ill., Mrs. Pal
mer is a patient at st. Joseph's hospi
tai
Frederick P Dayon and Walter +
| Hibberd have returned from a visit wit
friends in Boston
James F Twomey spent the week
end as the guest of Major Edward I
Lyons, of Hartford
Miss Mabel Jenkins arrived Frida
night TO spend week at the home c
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs William Jer
kins of Jackson. Miss jenkins is teach
ing in Duxbury Mass.
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Baltic
Daniel Boone and HI. Grapevine Swing.


Dear Uncle Jed: Daniel Boone was one
of the FIRST settlers in Kentucky. He
knew all about living in the woods. He
knew how to hunt wild animals. He
knew how 10 fight the Indians and get
away from them All the other men that
came with him were killed. One was
eaten by the wolves. Some were killed
by the Indians and some OF them went
Into the woods and no one ever knew
what ate them or killed them. Only Dan
lei Boone and his brother were left alive.
They needed some powder, bullets and
some horses. So Daniel BONES brother
went back across the mountains to get
these things, and Boone had to stay In
the cabin all alone. but he did not mind
being alone. He could hear the wolves
howl at night and the panthers scream.
Sometimes the Indians came to see him.
He did not dare sleep in the cabin al
night Sometimes he sept in rocky
cliff or in a canebrake. A canebrake Is
patch OF canas which are used In
maiEing fshing rode. Once mother bear
tried TO kin Boone. He shot at It but the
bullet did not hit her. The bear came
for him He held out his long knife and
the bear ran against II and was killed.
Daniel Boone made long journeys
| through the woods. One day he looked
| back and saw four lndiaB following hil
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
AwAKES.

Probably You haven't seen any great
number Of the birds that have returned
from the south. II Is a bit too early
for most of the migratory songsters to
be getting back with these chimes but
with March about to open they can be
expected soon in large numbers. AL
ready the advance guards have begun
to arrive according to those keen OBJ
servers who are always on the alert to
catch the first sight of them ur hear
their first note. That means that with
favorable weather the others will be
gradually returning and flooding the
countryside with song.
How many boys and girls know the
names of the birds which come back to
US first ad are able to distinguish them
as, they appear? By the middle of the
coming month Of March the first re-
lay of our migrating feathered friends
will be complete.
There is the bfuebird for happiness
and the CHEEKY robin. the brisk little
song sparrow and the noble klngfsher
the redwing blackhird and the purple
finch. Afterward the rest of our brd
friends will arrive, according as the
weather gets warmer, but these are the
real heralds Of spring.
The world would be a great deal less
pleasant If it were not for the birds
They give US more than some Of us ever
stop to think about. Besides their sons
and companionship. there is all the
beautiful music, and the stories thai
have been written about them and the
pictures painted Of them. They are al
example of industry and happiness ar
element of joy in this busting world
They do real work too-that Of check
Ing tie growth of weeds by eating thu
seeds and saving the lives of plants ant
trees by their fondness for insects. tn
birds are our true friends. We mus
treat them so tina THEY know we low
them and In order to better know then
and enjoy them we should carefully OBJ
serve and study their ways, their song
and their handsome plumage.
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Nv sister and the Pr

Dear Uncle Jed: Ny little sister, two
years old is just beginning to walk One
day my mother made some cream pies.
She placed the pies on the table so that
Rita would not reach the hot pies. Ny
mother went out to get some wood in the
she'd My little sister tried to take
the pie while my mother was out but
she couldn't. She pushed the box near
the table and got on 1t and after that on
the table When my mother came in she
saw that Rita was having some fun on the
table With the pies. She was lying on the
table with her face in the plate eating the
pie. Ny mother laughed to see Rha's
face all dirty like that She took her of
the table and washed her face and hands
and changed her dress
LEO TRAHAN, Age Q.
Wanreran