Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-11
VARIOUS MATTERS

Rain, and even cooler weather are promised.
 wilted humanity revived in Tues days clear air.
 There are as many elm leaves on some of the lawns as there might be in october.
 The cannas in the small enclosure at the Central Baptist church are be- ginning to bloom.
 The annual reunion of the Cady fimily is to be held at Crystal lake, near Rocville. Thursday.
 The number of boy bathers at the long dock decreased on Tuesday, al- though many took the plunge.
 During the past year the state has expended s23O00 in securing and pro- pagating Hungarian partridges.
 A tall row of goldenglow in full bloom forms a bright border Tn the grounds of the Central fire station. 
 There was a let-up in the demand for summer drinks on Tuesday, after the rush days at the soda fountains.
 In the twenty-four hours from Mon- day at D. m. to Tuesday at the same hour. there was drop of about 2S de- grees.
 Members of Seabury Memorial chap el. Groton, will hold picnic Thurs day at the grove of Charles H. Brown at Gales Ferry.
 George Hampstead of Groton, acting in the capacity of district deputy l. o. H., went to Norwich Monday night to inspect the local conclave.
 The pulpit at the Congregational church in Old Lyme was occupied on Sunday by the Rev. Dr. L. l.. West of the Second Congregational church, Norwich.
 The navy tug Standish has been at the Navy yard getting coal, on the way from Newport to Annapolis. Five midshipmen from Annapolis are mak- ing the trip on her.
 The annual reunion of the Sixteenth c. V. will be held at Bristol on Sep tember r, the anniversary of the be Lake Compounce.
 The Children's club of Quaker Hill daxr at Ocean beach. The party consist ed of about 15 members. Mrs. N. A. Richards and Miss Magic Browne were the chaperones.
 As was to be expected, the small boys who visit the new D. A. R. mem orial fountain on the Little Plain are not satisfied with quencning their thirst, but finger to play about, wear ing down the grass, and committing acts of vandalism.
 Mayors of Connecticut cities are being asked to name delegates to the second annual convention of the Ma tional Good Roads association at Cleveland, O., in September. It is ex- pected that highway officials from more than thirty states will be pres ent at the convention.
 There is local interest in the news note that Justice Thomas H. Ander- son of the District of Columbia su-- preme court, and Mrs. Anderson, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Perle Augustine An derson of Washington, to Frederick P. Lilley, son of the late governor of Connecticut.
 A Waterbury exchange states that Mrs. John c. Jones was at the Plain vile conference Saturday. and ar ranged for carrying on the Junior league work in this state during the coming year. Mrs. Jones is superin- tendent of the department and hopes to have Junior leagues in every Meth odist church in the district.
 Justice l.. s. Carpenter fined Horace Johnson, the Middle Haddam weather prophet, $7 and costs on two counts, committing a nuisance and dumping refuse on highway, Saturday, the complaint being that MT. Johnson had dumped stones in the roadway. The case was appealed, Miss Ida Johnson, MT. Johnson's daughter, qualifying for the bond required of s20O.
 Prizes for Beekeepers.