Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-18
VARIOUS MATTERS

It was not green, but white, St. Patriek's day.
 The sun rises today, the 18th, at 5.56, and sets at 5.56. The Easter egg idea is utilized in several effective window decorations.
 The planet Venus will be at it's greatest brilliancy tomorrow evening.
 The parochia1 school pupils had a holiday on account of St. Patrick's day.
 The Chantecler hat is a novel fea- ture of some of the milliners' window displays.
 "Garden night is getting to be a favorite form of meeting among state Changers
 Farmers like to see the soft snow coming so late as protection to grass roots.
 The spring openings brought many strangers to town on Thursday, in spite of bad weather.
 Yesterdays was a typical maple sugar" snowstorn, the kind which pleases the sugar makers.
 The kindergarten departments of some churches will have their gradu- ating exercises next Sunday.
 Some dainty sprays of trailing ar butus are being brought in, although the buds are not yet full-blown.
 Students from a number of colleges
 
 home this evening for the Easter holi- days.
 Fishermen are burnishing up their angling outfits, in anticipation of the trout season, which opens in a week or so.
 Post cards from Boston commence rative of '.Evacuation day" March IT, have been received by local friends this week.
 Thousands of green carnations and roses were sold in Norwich and a number of out of town orders were filled by local florists.
 Dealers sold for yesterdays demands green cherries, angelica, pistachio ice cream, green coloring for frosting green turtle soup and various vege- tables.
 All the National guard of New Eng land is now a part of the regular ar- my. The Connecticut regiments are assigned to the Second division of the First brigade.
 Holy week begins next Sunday, which is known as Palm Sunday, commemorating Christ's entry into Jerusalem in fulflment of the words of the prophets.
 Highway Commissioner Macdonald has announced that there will be a man in each county to look after re- pairs and another who will have charge of oiIing the roads.
 Master Ray Chopper, the boy soloist at St. PauIs Episcopal church Boston, will sing at the Central Baptist church Sunday evening. Rev A B. Coats, D.D., of Hartford. win preach both morning and evening.-adv. New York, New Haven & Hartford conductors will be required in the fu- ture to make reports of seals broken on freight cars. If the seal is broken and the officials are not notified. the conductor is to be held responsible.
 The fears of would-be census enum- orators have been dispelled in 8 meas ure this week by the news of the pro- clamation issued by President Taft, in which he urges everybody to ''an- swer promptly completely and accu- l rately, all inquiries addressed to them l by the enumerators or other em- ployes.'' Large consregations attended inc low mass in St. Patrick's church at z | o'clock on Thursday, when Rev. F. 1 l.. FitzPatriclz off1ciated, and the sol | emn high mass at 8, when Rev Hugh | Treanor was celebrant, Rev. J. J. Am | bot deacon and Rev. F. L. F'itzPatrick | sub- deacon. Father FitzPatrick gave | vespers and benediction in the eve | ming, the church being well filled. The | choir sang with spirit and MT Far | relfs playing of Irish airs was a fea- ture of the service.