Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-28

by the brotherhood to his mother in England.
 Jacobs Company to Improve Sprinkler
 System.
 The plant of the Jacobs Mfg. com pany School street will be closed all of next week to permit improve ments and extensions to the fire sprinkler system. A tank of 2b,000 gallons capacity and with it's supports of a total height of 7s feet is to be erected to hold a reserve supply of water for sprinkler use. The tank is to be erected in the yard at the fac tory.
 Readings by Mrs. Katherine Bates
 Bennett.
 Mrs Katherine Bates Bennett, a Former resident of Danielson, gave three scenes from Shakespeare's Mer- chant of Venice before a company of guests at the home of MT. and Mrs. Frank T. Preston on Broad street Fri day evening"
 Sewer Contracts Awarded.
 The sewer committee of the court of burgesseS has awarded the contract for the construction of the sewer in Furnace street, authorized at the spe- cial borough meeting Wenesday eve ming. The contract for building the sewer in Water and Union streets, authorized at the same time, has been awarded to the Petrossi company of Hartford. This latter company was finishing the short run of sewer on Broad street Friday.
 Geese From Virginia.
 Two crates containing 20 finely bred geese were received here by express Friday morning from Norfolk, Va. The geese were consigned to Mrs. Terry of the Groom farm. formerly known as the Chicken farm near EImville All the geese were fine specimens and attracted considerable attention.
 Memorial Day Arrangements.
 Rev. Charles A. Downs, pastor of the Congregational church will preach a memorial sermon in the Baptist church in Brooklyn tomorrow (Sun-
 The programme of Memorial day ex- ercises at Brooklyn on Monday is as follows:
 Meet in front of Grange hall at 3 South cemetery. After decorating the graves, taps will be sounded Return to soldiers monument. Line vii be formed at the foot of hill just south of the village. and. led by the St. James band, will march to the mon ument, where prayer will be offered. After the placing of flowers on the monument, taps will again be sound ed. From the monument the line of march will be to the town hall, where the address will be delivered by Rev. Isaac Peck. After the exercises in the hall refreshments will be served in the
 
 The committee in charge requests that any floral piece made for any particular grave be brought to Grange hall by 8 o'clock the morning of Me moriaI day, plainly marked with the name of the soldier for whom it is made.
 A Book of Rare Interest.
 Amos H. Huntingdon who saw hard service during the civil war as a mem Der of the First regiment. Rhode Is- land light artillery, has a little book recently loaned him. which he is read ing at just the time when the heroic acts of those that participated in that great struggle are being reflected up- on that is of extraordinary interest to him.
 It is compilation of diary notes taken in the field by Private Theodore Reichardt of the regiment mentioned above, notes that were set down when the thrilling, history making incidents of nearly half-century ago were still in the making. The progress of the battle of Gettysburg, for instance, is recorded from beginning to end. in short, terse paragraphs, written when every detail was fresh in the mind of the battle-wearied artiileryman.
 The edition of the book, published in 1865. has long since been exhaust ed and it may well be believed that such copies as are still treasured are read and read again. as the years go by, by the men that were live char acters in the making of the incidents recorded: