Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-15
VARIOUS MATTERS

l VARIOUS MATTERS The piazza is growing popular again.
 Shopping for Thanksgiving needfuls
 has already begun.
 It was claimed that Saturday was
 the warmest November 18th on rec ord.
 This is the period known in old English times as St. Martins sum- mer.
 Naturalists during their strolls just
 now are finding some interesting mosses.
 These are days of prickly heat for cautious persons who have donned winter garments.
 Up in Windham county eggs are l 50 and 55 cents a dozen, with promise | of being 60 cents by Thanksgiving. Fair at Spiritual Academy Wednes- day and Thursday. Christmas gifts, aprons, cake, candy, good suppers.- adv.
 William F. Sprague died at his home at 35 Fuller avenue. Central Falls. R. l., on Friday. The family has rela- tives in Norwich.
 A dancing class has been organized by some of the Academy students, the first lesson being on last Friday eyes hing at Miller's.
 Between four and five thousand bas- kets of grapes, chiefly from New York state, are reaching the Norwich whole sale market weekly. The American Federation of Labor September be noticed by clergymen as Labor Sunday"
 The tax collectors office will be open this (Monday) evening until o'clock. Interest will be added after today, No vember 15.--ady.
 Just after T o'clock Sunday evening several migrating flocks of wild geese, flying low, passed over the westerly ~AHuA DS @A bA~ NAhys Fifty-one petitions for pardon or communication of sentence will be pre- scented to the board of pardons when it meets Monday, December 13.
 There will be plenty of cranberries to go with the Thanksgiving turkey. This years crop promises to be twice as great as that of last year, S00,00O bushels.
 Since the death of Hiram K. Scott, of Ridgef1eld, on Tuesday, Frederick J. Kingsbury of Waterbury believes himself the last surviving member of the Connecticut legislature of 1850. The oldest inhabitants call days like Saturday and Sunday weather breed ers," and predict that before the moon is full, in two weeks, ponds and streams will be filled by big storm or two. Yesterday, the feast of the Patron age of the Blessed Virgin, Rev. Jo- seph F. Mccarthy preached at St. | Patrick's church from the days gos- pei, the parable of the mustard seed, | his theme personal responsibility to | spread Gods kingdom.
 Mss Petrie and Miss Webb enter l tained the pupils of their Sunday | school class in the Sunday school | room of Christ church Saturday eve- ming. Progressive games were played 1 and an enjoyable evening was spent 1 Refreshments were served later.
 Announcements have been received | in Connecticut of the marriage of Miss 1 Susan Little Griggs, daughter of Mrs. | Leverett Stearns Griggs, and Henry | Blair Graybill, who is connected with | the Canton Christian college at | Haong-lok, China. The ceremony was | performed in Shanghai, China, Octo- l Der 31. The bride is sister of John | Griggs, professor of music at Vassar | college, formerly of Norwich.
 Some Greeneville small boys stoned | a train on the Worcester division re- gently, and were reprimanded. Sat | urday they gave the crew on the 925 | a. m. northbound train a scare, having | fixed bag filled with empty tin cans in the switch at the crossing, so that | it looked like a man on the tracks. | The train was stopped and the ob- struction removed, after it had been run over. Railroad detectives are aft CT the boys.
 According to the new law, no minor under 16 years of age and no woman shall be employed in any store more | than 5S hours in any one calendar week. The law provides, however, that if an establishment shall give its employees seven full holidays in year, with full pay, it may compel women and such minors to work longer than the 5S hours during the period usually | known as the Christmas rush, stated ] in the law from December r to De-