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Show t , ..Our Boys and dtrls.. ' j , Edited by Aunt Busy. This dr-j-artnont is conducted solely in the inter-" I cbts of our girl and boy readers. I I -U"L liupy Slad to hear any time from the t ! r.icos and nephews who read this page, and to give I ihein all the advice Jnd help in her power. s Write on one fide of the uaper only. Do not. have letters loo lonjj. Original stories and verees will be gladly received a 6iifl i-arefnlly edited. I The manuscrips of contributions not accepted will I I he returned. k Address all letters to Aunt Busy, Iv.termountain fatholic, fcalt Lake City. I j SUCH A FUNNY MAnT i j 1 Know a very funny man I Willi nothing much to do 1 JJut .lust to exorcise his mind j He taught his dog to mew. And when the dog had learned to mew, I So pleased he was at that lio t-.ok the bark the dog had lo-t J And taught it to his cat. I;"'h mows and barks wore badly done I The man himself was cracked. ' And ii' ithop dog nor ;tt nor nma t Jmtigined what they lacked. I 1 " 1 1 1 uite an funny ,-re the men. I Who go by one strict rulo. A to tho things their boys are taught I hi college or in school. I Who artists into lawyers turn, i And nature's rights refuse Jty making poets of the bovs Who should be cobbling shoes. I AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. j I-ar -Xioccs and Xophows: Aum J)uv wishes j to remind ilio doar young pwple that the iri.vs she j has promised willlo awarded next wen-It. and the I picture oi the prinzo winners will appear in Aunt i l Vy' partmenl. The dear Option children did not try ior the prizes, and Aunt Busy is sadlv dis- j ap.i.inied. Lovingly, AU.XT BUSV. I . . CONTESTANTS FOE AUNT BUZY'S PRIZES. Mis Elizabeth Burns, yj4 Center street. Salt j Lake Ciiy. j .lolm K. Dueey of Denver. Aliss Xcllie Clancy of Butte. , I " !iss Jlary Yczzclte of Brookside, Colo. r M -Miss Xora Crawford. 2U B street, Salt Lake, i. Joseph Thomas. Salt Lake. 1 1 Sarnie McXaniara, l iisearora, Xcv. jl Mi-s Ethel Patton, Dewey. Mont. i L igh Sullivan. Lewiston, Mont, j Thomas Lottghlin, Salt Lake. Georgia Sullivan, Cliovomic, Wvo. ' j "h ra 1 hishes, Salt Lake. j I Alice E. Lackey, Iiawlins, Wyo. j j LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ! M Cheyenne, Wyo., X"ov. 20, lf04. i Dear Aunt Busy: I thought you would he plad lo hoar from a Clieyr-imo girl, so I am going to try, 1 for the prize. Your loving1 niece. GEO KG IE SULLTVAX. Glad, indeed, is Aunt Busy to hear from a wee j rof bud of Wyoming1. She will anxiously hope for j many more letters. ! Salt Lake City. Xov. 22, Ifti.U. I Dear Aunt Busy: I thought I would try to write .t Mory. I am lo years old and I am in the seventh j A.I will have to olo.c now. With love to vou, I remain, yours Iruly, XELLIE BE1LLEY. 1 Aunt Busy has a warm welcome for dear little i Xellie. She has neglected Aunt Busy for a long I time. The little story is very good, hut Aunt Busy oan only print stories on the origin of Thanksgiving 1 day for the present, hut the story will be published I shortly. Write soon again, dear, j j Rawlins. Wyo., Xov. 21. 1104. j ! Dear Aunt Busy: I suppose you will he great- j Iv surprised to hear from one of your nieces from Rawlins, who has neglected you for so long, but I have never forgot my dear Aunt Busy, and my tensions were always good, for you remember you I called mo one of your "rosebuds" of Wyoming, and j 1 hope I am not loo late to enter the contest on J Thanksgiving. T know by your letters that your nephews are i very dear to your heart, but you must not forget j your little nieces of Wyoming. Your loving niece, I ALICE LACKEY. J 1 ho dear little piece from Wyoming is never too t late hi be Aunt Busy's niece or ''rosebud." Indeed. ; Atml Bu.-y has often wondered "why the '"rosebud f garden" of Wyoming neglect her. The Wyoming 3 i niece-i and nephews are very dear to Aunt, Busy, J ioo, but she wishes they would write more fre- 'Jltentlv. Cherry Creek, Xov., Xov. Kj, 1904. I Dear Aunt Busy: I was so glad to see my letter in the paper that I did not know what to do. We "1 are having very stormy weather hero. I do not like i' to storm, do you '. 1 had two weeks' vacation ; t.ot long ago. Ella said to give you her love. Ella knows all her letters and can spell papa, mamma. - baby, eat, dug and ax. I send a big kis. Your lov- 1 ii: ni o, . MAUDIE PJ1ALAX j y Indeed, Aunt Busy was only too pleased to pub- li-h tho letter from the dear little girl in Cherry j Cri-'ok. Aunt Busy appreciates the love and kiss & t rem her 1 wo clear little girls. I Dewey, Aront., Xov. 17. 1904. I Dear Aunt Bu.-y: It has been a lobg tinn since. I T wrote vou last, but I have not forgoiteu you. My si-tor is sending a story for your contest, so I will write you a line, also. T am 14 years old. 1 expect to take the eierhth crnde examination in December.' find then, if 1 am successful, 1 hope to go to the Sa'cred Hear academy acad-emy of Ogden next September. We have had beautiful weather all fall until yesterday, when it began threatening a storm, which Las not come yet. The Big Hole river flows past our house at the, font of the mountain. About nine miles below fl large dam has been built across the river for the purpose of holding water for use in ihe electric plant. The electricity for Butte is made here, and it furnishes all the mines and smelters with power. A short distance from this is the pump station, "which pumps water up a perpendicular of about 00 foot and across the hills to a reservoir which supplies Butte City with water. I hope this letter will not be too long to publish. When I began it 1 just -wanted in say 1 hadn't forgotten for-gotten you. Ever vmir loving niece, ROSAMOND A. PATTOX. . How Aunt Busy appreciates hearing from dear Rosamond Patton! She surely thought that the Utile people in Dewey had forgotten her. The Jotter Jot-ter is very interesting and "newsy."' Aunt Busy will be pleased 1o hear from you often." Sho would like to see your pretty home, dear. Write soon again, because your letter has given Aunt Busy much pleasure. Glonwood Springs, Colo.. Xov. 14. Dear Aunt Bu.y: I am 7 years old and I go to School every day, and am in the tirst A. I go to Sunday school every Sunday. Our priest's name is Father O'Dwyer. and we like him very much. Our church "is the nicest in the state. It has fifty-three fifty-three electric lights in it, and when thfy are all i lighted they look jut lovely. We have a little baby f fdster. Her name is Geneva ElizabeJh. Well. 1 mupt close. Wishing vou much love. I remain, your new niece, ' MARY CRADDOCK. ! Aunt Busy has a warm welcome from the sweet little niece in beautiful Glenwood. Aunt Busy spent a vacation in Glonwood once and sho thinks it very lovely. Give a kis for Aunt Busy to the sweet wee .sister with the pretty name, dear. Glonwood Springs, Xov. 11. Dear Aunt Busy: 1 am 4 years old. My mamma mam-ma reads all the letters in The Intermountain Catholic fur us, and I thought you would like a new niece, so here is one and a great big kiss for Aunt Busy. Your little niece, MAGGIE CRADDOCK. Much love from Aunt Busy to the de-.tr baby girl whose good little nioihor reads Aunt Bust's letters for her litlle daughters. Aunt Busy wants to hear often from the sweet wee girls in Glenwood. SHORT COMPETITIVE ESSAYS. Aunt Busy's Boys and Gills Present Observations On Thanksgiving. Ihe Pilgrims who came over from England and settled in .Massachusetts originated Thanksgiving day, now generally observed in this country. After their arrival for a number of years lhey had very hard times. The Indians destroyed their crops so that lhey had very scanty harvests. Alter a lime things began to improve, and the luirvests became bountiful. They felt thankful to God because he had -so prospered them, and to show iheir thankfulness they prepared a great feast, to which everybody, including tho friendly Indians, were invited. Fruits, vegetables and grains of ihe harvest were on the table; also an abundance of wild turkey, which were shot in the woods. Such was the iirst Thanksgiving dinner, and so the turkey ever since has occupied a prominent place on the Thanksgiving table. I CLARA Hl'GIIES. Thanksgiving day is a national holiday celebrated cele-brated throughout the United States, and is always proclaimed by the president. Since ISfUJ it has: al-. ways loen the la-t Thursday in Xo vein her. It was iirst eelebraled by the Pilgrims in Itil, one year after their landing at Plymouth Rock, and was set apart as a day of prayer and thanksgiving for the blessings God had showered upon them. They had gathered in a plentiful harvest, they had fixed their hoines as snug and warm as possible possi-ble tor the long cold winter which was soon to come, and everything seemed to look very encouraging. TIkmi the governor sent forth the best huntsmen hunts-men of the colonists, which numbered four, and they brought back waterfowls and turkeys, so you see from the tirst the turkey had its tirst appearance appear-ance on Thanksgiving. For forty-seven years they celebrated, sometimes in the spring after a long, hard winter, and sometimes in the fail after a generous gen-erous harvest, and often after a miraculous escape from the wild Indians, who roamed the plains. ALICE E. LACKEY, Rawlins, Wvo. The Pilgrims, when they landed at Plymouth, not. having any meat, sent some of the men to hunt for some. When they returned they had a number of wild turkeys. A thanksgiving feast was ordered by the governor, at which the turkeys were eaten. Hence we have turkey on Thanksgiving dav. GEORGIA SULLIYAX. Cheyenne," Wyo. |