Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-03-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

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VARIOUS MATTERS
The first arbutus buds are being
brought in.
Village Improvement societies are
beginning to get busy.
The end of the rainy season was
welcomed by everybody.
The boy with the kite would well
come mild March gale.
A few mild days like Thursday win
hasten the spring openings.
March was the date in 1916 when
Florida was admitted to the union.
Rural carriers are greatly delayed
because of the deep mud on the coun-
try roads.
Thursday evenings preparatory lee
lures in the churches were unusually
well attended.
Do not forget the dance at Cadillac
hall tomorrow night Shirtwaist pat
tern given away.-adv.
The state experiment station during
the year past examined over 1900
samples of foods and drugs.
AS Memorial day this year comes on
Monday, Memorial Sunday will be a
date of political significance.
Since the fog has cleared away phys
icians have more hope for patients
suffering from throat diseases.
Wet weather has kept the farmers
under cover, giving them a chance to
raise their woodpiles this week.
Shad are now coming from the
south by express, arriving fine and
fresh, and selling at fair prices.
Hunters have been finding and kill
ing ground hogs out of their holes, so
believe that winter is practically over.
The fact that circus advance agents
are taking out licenses for shows in
June, indicate that the year is pass
ing.
Towns are receiving from the state
treasurer their share of the money
which the state pays for school chill
dren
BY invitation of Ellington grange.
the state board of agriculture held a
successful farmers institute in the
town hall there on Wednesday.
This being the first Friday in the
month, devotions in honor of the Sa-
Catholic churches, beginning with this
mornings mass at ) o'clock.
Mrs. Anna Ellis-Dexter, soloist for
the Wiers Music Teachers association.
the Lowell Choral society, the Ro-
chester Choral society, will sing in the
Central Baptist church Sunday eve
ming. Her soprano voice is strong and
rich, with wide compass and sympa-
thetic quality.-adv.
Rustic ornamental work in cedar is
to have a great vogue this season, and
considerable work along this line is
being done in the suburbs. An exam
pie of the effectiveness of this work is
Major H A. HulFs place, The Cedars.
on the MontvilIe line.
Attention has been called to the fact
that the possession, even as a souve-
mir or curiosity, Of a counterfeit bank
note or coin, of either the United
States or any other country, except by
authority of the secretary of the treas
ury, or other proper officer. renders the
holder liable to fine or imprisonment
or both.
The freight business of the New Ha-
ven round, especially on the Sound
lines, is picking up and in addition
to the freight transported on the reg
ular Sound liners, the New Haven
road has the steamer City of Fall
River in commission carrying freight
between New York and Bridgeport
and New Haven.
Owing to the fact that the aggre-
gate amount of state road money ask
ed for, as represented by the votes
of the towns, is S2.095. 500, it has been
necessary to scale to $4,000 the allot-
ment of the towns asking for the max
imum appropriation of $4,000. Of the
towns applying LOT will receive $4,000
and fourteen amounts ranging from
81 900 to $4,000.
FUNERAL.