Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-03-10
VARIOUS MATTERS

Norwich, Thursday. March 10, 1910.
VARIOUS MATTERS
Ascension lilies are being forced for
| Easter.
| Lent is always the duh season for
| bands and orchestras-
/ of the babies to the photographers,
| for spring pictures.
Florida Strawberries are said to be
well advanced. and plenty of ripe ones
are expected north by next week.
Harry L. Hoffman, one of the Lyme
colony of painters, is exhibiting TWEEN
ty-one pictures in the Copley gallery.
On Tuesday. March s, Clinton Jones
of IS Washington street picked two
white violets in the yard at his home.
Owners of chestnut trees have been
warned that protection against the
tinv chestnut worm should begin early.
Many of the boys and girls have
hung up their ice skates for the sea-
son and have taken to roller skating.
The last of the winter conferences
of the German Lutheran clergymen of
the state was held in Waterbury Mon
day.
Gov. Frank b. Weeks has authorized
the admission of Paris Carey Of Ster-
ling to the Connecticut school for i'm
beetles.
50, l. he
with a cargo of wood pulp for the
paper mill at Thamesville. She loaded
at Weymouth, n. S.
Convinced that this weeks thunder
showers meant the breaking up of win
ter, farmers are looking to their gar
den tools and seeds.
An interesting bulletin issued 10y the
Connecticut agricultural experiment
station deals with Apple Culture and
Orchard Restoration.
Old soldiers are talking over the fact
that about this time in March, '62. the
Monitor arrived at Hampton roads to
oppose the Merrimac.
When the snow began to fall We'd
nesday morning it was a reminder that
Saturday next is the anniversary of
the big blizzard of 'SS.
The campfire arranged by the Wo-
mans Relief corps for Friday evening
of this week has been postponed to
Friday, March 1S.-adv.
Already numerous drayIoads of
household goods are carried through
the streets, in anticipation of April 1,
Moving day. which this year comes on
Friday.
The fourth Quarterly conference of
the Stafford Springs Methodist church
will be held next week Wednesday.
District Supt. Rev. J. H. Newland will
preside.
Two decades of successful existence
were celebrated Tuesday by the East
Thompson Kings Daughters. Miss Lu-
cy Geer of Norwich, county secretary,
attended the anniversary meeting.
John Spafford, clerk of the senate
has had completed the legislature
resolutions adopted by the joint
contention of the general assembly on
the death of Governor Li1ley and they |
are now at the comptrol1er's Office at |
the state capitol. to be kept there I'M |
til Mrs. Lilley returns from the south |
Local subscribers to missions are
receiving copies of The Churchman of |
March z, in which Rev William R.
Savage, a missionary worker in the
district of Asheville, which comprises |
a large portion of the state of North |
Carolina. appeals for 1000 Teddy bears |
for the mountain children.
The last meeting of Comfort circle |
of the Kings Daughters was with Mrs. |
William H. Baker of Laurel Hill. The |
previous day was Mrs. Bakers birth |
day and the members had given her a |
postcard shower and at the meeting |
they presented her a handsome birth |
day book. After the meeting Mrs. Bak- |
err served ice cream, cake and candy. |
Rev. A. z. Legs, pastor of st. PauPs |
Methodist church. Providence, who has ]
held pastorates in southern Connecti- |
cut, has rendered his resignation to |
the trustees of his church to be pre-
scented to the Southern New England |
conference, which meets at Attleboro |
on March 80. For several months he |
has been a sufferer from rheumatic fe- |
yer and had been living with relatives |
at Worcester.
Among drugs the most pernicious |
practice found by the Connecticut ex- |
pertinent station is the sale of catarrh /
products containing cocaine and the |