Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-11
MANY CHILDREN WERE
 GUESTS OF THE ELKS
Bazaar Attracted Big Crowds Satur-
 day Afternoon and Evening.

| Saturday afternoon and evening at l the Elks' bazaar in Olympic hall were | both big times for attendance rec | ords, and full of entertainment for all l patrons Although Thursday and Fri 1 day nights had run the attendance fig
 ures up into the thousands, there were
 plenty of people to go again on Sat i urday, and tonight it is expected that
 all records will be broken in the in | terest to see the awards of mer- | chandise and cash prizes to be made.
 Saturday afternoon was especially l childrens time and invitations had | been extended by the Elks for the children of the County home and the Rock Nook home to attend as their guests That this generosity was full | ly appreciated was shown in the at | tendance of 37, with two attendants | from the County home, coming down | in special car. and there 15 from the | Rock Nook home with their attend ants. Prof. Frank T. Naples in inn | presentations. and William Cahill. the Man from Ireland, made a merry aft ernoon for both children and their elders, and there was dancing from 2-S0 to o'clock. The children were l further delighted by gifts of handker- chiefs from the Boston store, tooth- brushes from the Porteous & Mitch ell company, big oranges from James E. Moore's market, and other friends I saw that they had ice cream and boxes of candy. Besides this each child re- ceived one chance on the Elks' goat team.
 Each lady attending the matinee re- ceived as a souvenir one of the hand some programme booklets of the fair. At night there was a busy time for all the committees and assistants, as they circulated among the crowd in their eagernesS to swell the financial returns of the bazaar. The entertain ment programme included William Ca hill in his laughable monologue, the Man from Ireland, as the feature num- Der, Raymond O'Neill in tenor solos, Ahearn 6 Malcolm in buck and wing dancing. MT. O'NeilPs selection. for which an encore was given, was Only a Dream, sung in voice of fine 'qua1- ity and range, displaying this Nor wich singer at his best. The two local boys, Ahearn & Malcolm, carried the house by storm with their clog and soft shoe dancing, doing their steps with professional certainty and per- feet time that won a big hand.
 Dancing for which the Elks' orches- tra played kept the floor filled after the entertainment until close to mid night.
 For this evening, the entertainment programme is to be a concert by Brother Charles w. Tubbs. The fol- lowing is the programme:
 March-Aviator, James Fulton Overture-M Morning, Noon and Night.
 Suppe Intermezzo-Kisses, HubbeIl SeIection-Prince of Pilsen. Luders Ballet-F1ight of the Birds. Rice Song for Trombones-'im Tiefen
 Keller" Fisher Bros. Woods, Young, Cash and Krause Selection-The Midnight Sun, Hubbell Valse-Heart Murmurs, Rolfe Popular Airs-Remick's Hits, No. 5. Caprice-wiId Cherries, Ted Snyder Festical March. Op. 1os, J. Resch
 Carr. by Tubbs)
 Twostep-Slippery Hanks.
 Brother c. W. Tubbs. conductor.
 History of New Home.
 x In the souvenir programme gotten up for the bazaar, along with gen eral sketch of the history of the Be nevolent and Protective Order of EIks and the history of Norwich lodge, No. 430, is an informing outline of the his tory of the so-called Osgood residence on Main street, which is to be the ElAs' home and for the benefit of which the bazaar is given. In the early history of the city the site where the handsome residence now stands was a rich meadow lying between the Shetucl1et turn pike and the old Provi- dence stage road, and owned by Hon. James Lanman, United States sena- tor, mayor of the town at one time, and Vention.
 Describing how the residence came to be built and its subsequent history, the souvenir programme says:
 IO one young lilStil Il0 beauty or this meadow was ideal, a man but re- gently come to Norwich, engaged in the cotton industry in the nearby will lage of Jewett City, where his forbears had through foresight and thrift ere ated a large and prosperous business. The young man, still in his twenties, tv4s aL une mead of that industry hao chosen Norwich for his home, and soon was to choose a charming lady as his wife.
 "So, when Miss Nellie Hubbard be- came the bride of John F. Slater of the family so renowned in the cotton in dustry. his thoughts turned again to the beautiful Lanman meadow, a per- l feet site for a noble mansion The l Hon. MT. L-anman had died and his l widow possessed the meadow as her | dover right. MT. Slater greatly de sired the land, and in September, 1S43 | paid the widow the generous sum of | $3,S00 for it. The land secured, plans | were at once formulated for the grand 1 est mansion Norwich had ever known l The superintentlence of it's construction | fell to James Spalding, an active and | competent builder, and force of skill | ed craftsmen were soon at work, cabi- | net makers, wood carvers, stone ma | sons, skilled men of their hands every | one, and stair builders, a trade today | unknown, for today there is not in | a single man who could do | the stair work done in that mansion. 1 save one, a man who piled his trade of stair building in those days. whose puIid1ng, Beriah S. Ra tlbun, who is amongst us the ripe old age of 91 years, one of the few men that saw that edifice building.
 Buildings were slowly and careful y constructed, all the work practically was hand work, and the year 1S44 was used up, and most of the year 1S45, before the house was completed But 1 the result was a masterpiece of the l builders art. strong and stately in its l ma agnificence, yet withai a wholesome l simplicity in it's lines and adornments colonial in style, with grand impress sive columns a treat to the artists eye.
 Twenty two summers came and went and found it still the home of l it's creator; houses had grown up \