Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-08
Qllle Bullrtill. Norwich. Monday, Aug. 8, 1s1o-
VARIOUS MATTERS
Wells are going dry again.

VARIOUS MATTERS 1 Wells are going dry again. l Crowded trolley cars were the rule
 on Sunday.
 1 Samples of 1911 calendars are be- 1 ing received.
 The cottage season at Gales Ferry is at it's height.
 The feast of the Transfguration 1 was observed Saturday in the Epis- copal churches.
 l Dealers have had a steady demand for ice this season. but the supply is holding out we'll
 1 Scarlet Scarlet sumach and pur- l pie asters are adding gay color to
 the country wayside.
 Local people who are visiting Rome write home of the extremely hot weather in the eternal city. The annual outing of tffe S. N. E. Telephone company employees will be held at Savin Rock Tuesday. A supply of oil has arrived to be used on the state roads in the yil Iage of Mantle and Flanders. Saturday and Sunday, pleasant and fairly cool, enticed everybody out of doors who could get away The 45th annual session of the PIainville camp meeting will attract attendants from eastern Connecticut. On Wednesday, when the State Pliers and Drummers convention is held in New London. 50 drum corps will compete for prizes. Members of the Lowrey family will attend the annual reunion on Wednesday, August r, at the home of Mrs. A. L. Norton in Bristol.
 A local man was showing a print yesterday, August T. of Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, which on that date in 1907 made it's trial trip. It is claimed that it will cost the New Haven road $5,000 to furnish the interstate commerce commission with the statement it demands con corning freight tariffs.
 Handsome cannas. fuchias and nianigolds are growing thriftily in the flower beds which the men at the New Haven road station keep in such attractive shape during the summer.
 Yesterday. the twelfth Sunday af- ter Pentecost, Rev. Hugh Treanor preached at St. Patrick's church from the gospel for the day. Luke x:23-37, he Ia of Sa ma 1if fa1 n
 New London papers note that MT. and Mrs. George s. Palmer and chiI- dren are home from Europe and oc- cupying their residence on Pequot avenue. Mrs. Palmer is greatly inn proved in health.
 Owners of Montville orchards state that they are hoping for better luck with their winter apple crop than are fruit raisers in western Connecticut, the yield of russets at least promis- ing to be good.
 About 20 members of the Connec- ticut Veterinarian association held their annual meeting in Middletown at the week end. The members en- joyed sail on the river before the business meeting.
 Governor Weeks has received check for s7.400 on the assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, the amount due the state of Connecticut because of aid to state and territorial homes for dis abled volunteer soldiers for the quar- ter ended June 30.
 The railroad commissioners have issued an order to substitute a lighter grade for that ordered in a highway crossing tracks near Camp station in Windham. The change is made on the petition of the selectmen of Windham and the two railroad com panies have agreed to it.
 Clad only in very scanty rahnent. 40 guests of the old Seaside house at Block Island made narrow escapes early Saturday during a fire which totally destroyed the landmark. The loss was s5,000 on the hotel and as much more on the guests belongings. The overturning of a lamp by a wo- man caused the blaze.
 Passengers on the Fishers Island boat Saturday morning had a mag nifcent view of the 36 sailing yachts of the New York Yacht club, speed ing along in stiff 25-knot wind to Newport from Huntington, L. l.. in the race for the vice-commodore cups. A squadron of big steam yachts accompanied them.
 The government printing office is behind on it's orders for the postal cards and cannot supply the demand at present. The first lot of new cards issued was held up by the gov