Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-04
Lawns in sheltered places are gre

VARIOUS MATTERS.
 Lawns in sheltered places are green.
 The sale of early garden seeds has begun.
 Fruit growers have begun pruning their trees.
 Plans are being formulated for post Lenten festivities.
 Mild weather brings out the go carts and psrambulstors.
 Notices of spring millinery openings are being sent out.
 Roast pig supper tonight, Universal ist church; 25 cents.-adv.
 Patriotic window decorations are displayed in honor of the inaugura- ton.
 With a continuation of the mild weather. fiatAsh will soon commence biting.
 There was a suggestion of the March lion about Wednesday evenings chill ing winds.
 New London is to have a Tag day, May l, for the benefit of the Y. M. c. A. building fund.
 The New London archdeaconry will hold it's May meeting at Calvary Epis- copal church. Stonington.
 The anniversary of Robert Emmet's birth will be celebrated by Irish soci- eties in many places today.
 Sardines, refishes, choice vegetables and similar table supplies are in extra demand because of the Lenten season.
 Regular convocation of Franklin chapter. No. 4, R. A. M, at Masonic temple this evening. Work in the R. A. degree.-adv.
 The annual conference of the Con gregatipnal ministers and delegates of New [ london county will be held in the Stonington church in May.
 Comfort circle of the Kings Daugh- ters met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Walter F. Canheld of Fairmount street, thirteen members being pres ent.
 On Wednesday worlmen began to rebuild the board fence at the state campground at Mantle, which was blown down in the windstorn of last week.
 Next Sunday being Communion Sun day in the Congregational churches, the preparatory lectures this (Thurs- day) evening will prove of special in terest.
 At the fourth quarterly conference of the Staffordville Methodist church, next Tuesday evening. District Supt Rev. J. H. NewIand of Norwich will preside.
 Members of the A. O. H. of Brook lyn, N. Y. have sent out warnings to their associate members to keep up the crusade against offensive St. Pat rick's day postcards.
 Today (Thursday) will be both in- auguration day and pension day. when the veterans will make out their vouchers for their quarterly allowance from the government.
 Says the Westerly Sun: Samuel Lovett of Norwich, who died in that city Monday, had some distant rela- lives in Westerly. Years ago he drove a confecticner's wagon through this section.
 Mrs. Mary K. Holmes, wife of Henry A. Holmes and daughter of the late George A. Kent of Lonsdale, died sud- denly in Washington. D. C., on Tues day. Burial is to be in Mystic today (Thursday).
 Archdeacon J. Eldred Brown, rector of Trinity Episcopal church. Norwich. will preach at Grace church, Stafford preach at Grace church, Stafford Springs. on Friday evening at the Lenten service.
 The New London Telegraph rays: Among the most active opponents at Hartford Of the trolley line through Crescent beach are the members of the Cruttenden family, whose anteced- ents originally owned ell the land in that section. and who still own large tracts there.
 W. E. Britton. state entomologist, has sent word to the various nursery men of the state to hold any importa- ton of stock from France for the past six months until they can be in- spected. as several winter nests of the browr-tan moth have been found on nursery stock imported from France into Connecticut.
 At the Paint and Clay clubs exhibit which opened in New Haven Wednea- day, Ozias Dodge, in two etchings and in the pencil drawings for one of them on his prepared gelatine sheet, exhib- ited some of the results of his recent experiments with the copper plate. The prints are of great beauty and 10 lovers of etching and its r-