Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-17
Q|lle l5la(lftial.
Norwich, Friday, Dec. r, 1908.
 VARIOUS MATTERS

Perkins candy store is headquarters for all kinds of candy.-adv. Some of the schools will have Par ents' day, with special exercises next | week.
 For the first time in months, brooks and ponds are showing an abundance of water.
 English residents are already pre- pairing plum buildings for the Christ
 mas feast.
 Natural history students are finding some beautiful mosses in the new Mo- hogan park.
 The letter carriers burdens increase daily with the number of Christmas cards and booklets. Special prices on candy and boxes given to Sunday schools. Perkins, con- fectioner.-adv.
 D. A. R. chapters have been taking note this week of the anniversary of the Boston tea party. Congregational societies held Fore fathers suppers, with toas,s and ad-
 dresses, on Thursday evening. The small boy is figuring on attend ing all the Christmas tree festivals
 to which he is eligible. On an average. five hundred boxes of oranges are reaching the Norwich wholesalers weekly for the holiday trade.
 Several bargains in fancy imported calendars. Beckwith Co, Chestnut St. adv.
 Gov. Frank B. Weeks has approved a requisition of the executive commit tee of the soldiers home on the comp troller for $1O,oOO.
 A clouded new moon Thursday eve- ming led expectant merchants to hope for the snowstorm which they need to stimulate trade.
 A requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Patrick's church on Wednesday for James T. Devine and on Thursday for Mrs. Adam Gernhardt As in former years, many townspeo- pie are sending absent sons and daughters of Norwich a years sub
 scription to The Bulletin or Courier, as an always acceptable gift. Visit the Woman's Exchange and
 see the variety of Christmas gifts dis
 played by Miss Clapp.-adv. New York, New Haven & Hartford trainmen have been ordered to use l more care about blocking railroad
 crossings with their trains any longer than is necessary. New hunters license blanks will be
 in the hands of Connecticut town clerks before the end of the year in
 ample time for hunters to secure them
 to use on the first day of the new year.
 The goth. anniversary of the found- ing of The Queens Daughters in the United States has been observed this week by Connecticut branches of the society, which is a Catholic organiza- tion.
 At Noank. Capt. Charles T. Potter of Norwich is spending short time
 in his bungalow on the shore. Addi-
 tions and improvements are being made on the building, and it will soon
 be in readiness for another season.
 Fifty printed visiting cards for 25
 cents at Bulletin office.-adv. Next year Lent will begin on Feb ruary g, fifteen days earlier than it did this year, so that Easter Sunday will fall on March 27, instead of April Il this year. It will be the second earli-
 est Easter in a quarter century, that
 of March 25, 1894, being the nearest to
 the vernal equinox in that period.
 In reply to the protested Connecti-
 cut manufacturers and others against
 some of the questions to be asked manufacturers in the taking of the new census, the director of the census has
 sent a circular letter to the Connecti-
 cut delegation, to be forwarded to Con-
 necticut manufacturers. Gathered from the four corners of
 the country the travelling salesmen of the International Silver Co. met in
 Meriden for banquet at the Home
 club Wednesday afternoon and eve-
 min. The local factory sent no repre- sentative to the reunion.
 The body of Arthur Goss, aged Ia,
 drowned Tuesday, was found Wednes-
 day morning near Black Point at
 South Lyme. Goss went duck hunt
 ing alone Tuesday and about four
 o'clock that afternoon, it is believed, his boat capsized, The young man was the son of Mir and Mrs. William Goss of East Lyme. MT. Goss is a freight 4Ia