Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-29
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Pansy blossoms come next.

VARIOUS MATTERS.
 Pansy blossoms come next.
 
 The coming two weeks will witness brisk buying of Easter fnery.
 Sunday marked the end of the con- ference year in the Methodist
 The rain, so disagreeable now, means dense foliage. thrifty vines and many blossoms later on.
 Trout fishermen claim that every rainstorn diminishes their chance of making good catches on Thursday.
 Judge Ralph Wheeler has held ses- sions of the superior court every day since the 5th of January except Sum- days.
 Cattle men have been notified that the annual spring cattle show will be held Wednesday. the 31st. on the grounds at Northheld. Conn.
 The grand Scandinavian I. O. c. T. will convene in Worcester, Mass. September {, 5 and 6. The three local lodges will entertain the delegates.
 Rev. Hugh Treanor announced on Sunday that the Forty Hours devo- ton will begin in St. Patrick's church at the 1o.3O o'clock high mass on Sunday next.
 Local federal employees are interest ed in regard to a bill scheduled for action at this session of congress which will allow them to provide for an old age retirement fund.
 All towns desiring to enter imme- diately upon the repairs of their roads have been asked to communicate di- rectly with the state highway com missioners office for authority.
 Alumni of Vale living here have received ballots for the nomination of a member of the corporation of the to i'll the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of Alfred Lawrence Ripley, M. A., Of Boston.
 Tn all the storm, Thursday, when steamer Danielson could not make the trip fishing smack Gazette reached Providence from Block Island with a fare of fish, requiring from 10 a. m. till l.se p. m. to make the SO miles.
 Edgar N Beebe, an inmate of the odd Fellows home in Groton, died on Saturday morning after several weeks illness from heart trouble. He was 6s years of age and a native of New Ha- vent. to which place the body will be forwarded for burial
 Lenten concert. Second Congrega- tional church, March s1, with the fol- lowing talent: soloists, Mrs. Frank Fl. Merrill and Mrs. Charles T. Bard, MT. Charles Geer. Rev. Donald B. Mac Lane, viollnist. Mr. Frederick W. Les ter, accompanist.-adv.
 Yesterday was the fifth Sunday in Lent, known as Passion Sunday, be- cause on this day the story of the Passion of our Lord begins to be read at the church services. This week is, LAbINlpI0F aS6ADA hECAf LnC WEEA before Easter being Holy week"
 The Passover, the feast commeno- rating the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt when God, smiting the first born of the Egyptians, passed over the | houses of the Israelites, which were | marked with blood, will be held be- | ginning April 6 for eight days.
 
 P. B. Hoskins, a summer resident | of Mantle, died suddenly last week at | the home of his daughter, Dr. Bertha | Hosmer, in Georgia. MT. Hosl5ins had | been coming to Mantle summers for | many years and was one of the first | 10 build cottages at Saunders grove.
 Daughters of the American Revo- | ution, who meet in Washington for | their annual congress on April 1s, are | Derplexed. Out of he five women | who have been invited to be president | general only one has been found to | accept Mrs. Matthew Scott of Bloom ngton, III.
 In 1s4s the Fox sisters Of Hydeville, N. T., announced that on March 31 | hey had been able to obtain personal communication from the world of spir- ts. The last day of March is there lore celebrated by the SpirituaIists throughout the world as the date of he founding of their cult.
 The Voter for March says: Our field worker, Ernest A. Smith, is at work | h New London county, having visited 5roton, New London, Ledyard, Nor wich, Preston, North Stonington and stonington. Other towns in the coun- -y will be visited later. His head quarters in Norwich are at the Y. M. z. A.
 A committee of St. Peters, Y M. c.