Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-25
0lle Galletils. Norwich. Saturday. Dec. 25, 1909.

1 VARIOUS MATlEhS
 Merry christmasl
 High tides prevailed on Friday. 1 The Red Cross stamps went like hot I.cakes on Friday.
 And in spite of Horace Johnson's predictions the weather was ideal!
 MistIetoe, holly. box and laurel sold in larger quantities than ever before
 Grocers dealing in fancy stock, table delicacies, etc, have had a big weeks trade. A Christmas present for every one l is the minute added to the days length, beginning today.
 The old home firesides attracted hundreds of absent sons and daughters back to town for the Yuletide feast. In song and story, the birth of the Prince of Peace was told during many Sunday school festivals on Christmas eve.
 There was no trouble in the house hold getting the children to bed Fri day night or getting them up this morning.
 If there is a neglected or forgotten family lacking Christmas cheer, it will not be the fault of the charitable organizations.
 The banks have had. a busy week, there having been many demands for new gold, silver and paper currency for holiday gifts.
 Adin s. Kinney died suddenly in New Britain on Wednesday. The fu- neral was private. He had relatives and friends in Norwich.
 Dancing at Broadway dancing aced- emy Christmas afternoon and evening. Four prizes will be given.-adv.
 The death of Annie c. Reynolds, 6S, of Iedyard, occurred in Providence on Thursday. Friends are awaiting mo- tices of the funeral arrangements
 Railroad painters who have been touching up the New Haven roads property in this vicinity, have worked along the Shore line and have reached Branford.
 Charles Dwight Burnham, who died at his home in Hartford, Thursday. aged 90, was born in Wilmington, No- vember 13, 1919, the son of Chester and Mary (Holt) Burnham.
 As far as possible, the railroads de- cHned to accept livestock or perisha- ble freight on Friday, unless it could reach it's destination Friday night, the object being to make the work on Christmas day as light as possible.
 The windham County Transcript in its notice of the funeral of Mrs. Sa- rah L. Round, said: Rev H. E. Ander- son of Norwich, a former pastor, was present and briefly added his tribute and mentioned the faithful life and it's specific and general helpfulness to him in his work here.
 A rumor that Dr. Myron w. Rob- inson, resident physician. of Fitch's home in Noroton. was to be removed, brought more than thirty members of Grand Army posts to remonstrate with Gov. Frank Weeks, Adjt. Gen. George M. Cole and the other mem bers of the soldiers hospital board on Thursday at the state capitol
 
 The rules governing the use of passes for 1910 by employees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad have been posted. The rules are substantially the same as the rules governing the use of passes this year. The passes are not transferable, and if lost no duplicate will be issued, ex- cept for the employe to travel on bus mess for the company.
 The following item appeared in the Washington column of Fridays New York Times: Mrs. Tyler, widow of the late Col. Augustus c. Tyler will pass the season in Washington, hay ing leased the residence 173S M street. which she and Miss Tyler will oc- cupy immediately after Christmas. Mrs. Tyler's town house in Farragut square is leased to the Russian am- bassador and Baroness Rosen.