Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-10
0le l1u(letil1. Norwich, Friday, Dec. 10, 1909.
VARIOUS MATTERS

fAnluuS MAlIEhS
 The temperature was 20 degrees and
 under, Thursday morning.
 The Plaut- Gladden. Go. have all the music from "The Candy Shop."-adv. Shore towns in southwestern Con-
 necticut are enjoying the first native frostfish of the season. Most of the schools are preparing for special Christmas exercises, with
 trees for the younger pupils. The buckwheat crop in Connecticut was good the past season, and the mills are now grinding the grain. Have you been to Mabrey's and had one of their delicious afternoon teas at 2sc? If not, go to day from to 6. --adv.
 It is claimed by dealers that more drinking water has been sold here this season than ever before, due to the | long drouth.
 Eagles throughout Connecticut are appointing delegates to the state field day of the order in New London, on | August 15 next.
 Many of the churches will have l their Christmas music on Sunday. the 18th. which they will observe as Christmas Sunday.
 Prof. Maher's pupils will give so- nfr night; Norwich Concert orchestra. Ad- mission 25c.-adv.
 Certain of the schools and literary societies noted the fact that Thurs day was the birthday of John Milton, who was born December g, 1908.
 Something new this year in the pretty Canadian greenery for Christ mas decorations is box, which is bright and glossy, and will keep well.
 l Booker T. Washington Is writing to northern friends of Tuskegee insti- | tute for the customary donations of l Christmas cards, booklets and other | remembrances for the children in the south.
 The Church Improvement society of | the Second Congregational church in- vite the friends of Dr. Lester L. West to attend reception in his honor in ! the church parIors this (Friday) eve- ming. from to 10 p. m.-adv. Shortly after the beginning of the new year the work of taking the feder- al census of manufactures will be be- | gun. The schedule has already been prepared and it is simpler than those used during the 1900 and 1905 cen suses.
 ls It will interest Norwich friends to l know that Rev. Alfred H. Boutwell,, pastor of the Stepney Baptist church, has accepted the call to become pastor ! of the Memorial Baptist church in Bridgeport to succeed Rev. G. c. Sauer and will assume the pastorate on Jan uary 1.
 A concerted movement to keep tres- passers off the tracks of the New Ha- ven road will be started this week by detectives in the employ of the com-
 
 ! ous places to warn those who are us- | ing the tracks as a thoroughfare to cease doing so.
 The Episcopal church is enlarging and promoting it's pension fund, the | aim of which promotion is to provide a pension by right of service for cler- gy of their church at the age of sixty four years and prior thereto if per- manently incapacitated by accident or
 disease in discharge of duty. At the Winsted poultry show We'd nesday, the following awards were 1 made: R. c. Rhode Island Reds, cock, | first, Armstrong Bros, Norwich; hen, first and second, Armstrong Bros,
 Norwich; cockerel, first and second, Armstrong Bros, Norwich; bullets, second and third Armstrong Bros, Norwich; pens, first. Armstrong Bros. | Rev. J. H. Newland. district super
 intendent of Norwich district, will | preach at 10.45 a. m. in the Stafford 1 Springs Methodist church next Sun day and in the Staffordville Methodist
 church Sunday evening. After the | latter service the district superintend-
 ent will hold the third quarterly meet
 ing.
 1 Academy friends and classmates of Poultney Bigelow will be interested in the statement in Thursdays New York World that his daughter Evelyn.
 who married James F. A. Clark in London, December 12, 1906, has receiv- | ed as her Christmas gift from her hus- band the $275,O0O mansion, 1914 Fifth avenue. Mrs Clark and her sister 1 Mildred have been known as "the