Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-10
VARIOUS MATTERS

| Sudden April showers in May caused
much i'll temper yesterday.
| German Lutheran churches observ-
ed Sunday, May s, as Mission Sum-
| day.
| Strawberries reaching northern mar
| kets this week are coming from Mary
| land
ANY dancing round the May pole
now would be principally to keep
| warmi
| In this week of the comets near
ness the superstitious will worry over
/. Friday, the 18th.
| Yesterday was st. Gregory's day
| in the church calendar. Today st.
/ Antoninus is commemorated-
| Green cherries and pears already
| cover the trees, and seem to be grow
/ ing rapidly in spite of chilly weather.
| In some of the French Catholic
| churches Sunday was Joan of Arc
| day the first Sunday after the feast
| of the Ascension, which was Thursday.
The tax collectors office will be open
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings until o'clock. Interest will be
added after Wednesday, May 11--adv.
Each local branch is entitled to send
two delegates to the twelfth annual
convention of the International Sun
shine society May 10, 20 and 81, in
New Haven
During May the planet Jupiter is in
a fine position, and may be well seen
with a small telescope The bright
star near Jupiter is the double star
Gemini in the constellation Virgo.
The rains washed off some of the
apple blossoms. but there are many
Windham county is a delight these
days, when the trees are at their best.
George s. Champlin of North Ston-
ington states that ice made at his
place Thursday, Friday and Saturday
mornings of last week, but he does not
think his strawberry plants were in
jured as the buds are still small
Connecticut residents will be among
the 100000 Poles of the United States
who will be represented at the celebra-
ton to be held in Washington on
Wednesday, when statues of Generals
Thaddehs Kosciuszko and Casimir Pu-
laski are to be unveiled.
The foresters of the state, at last
weeks conference, decided that it was
much better to use water or chemicals
in subduing forest or brush fires than
to follow the old method of beating
the fire out with cedar brush or try
ing to smother it out with earth.
The National FraternaI Society for
the Deaf and Dumb, Connecticut
chapter, concluded a successful ses-
sion in New Haven Sunday. The or
der is a benefit one, with it's head
quarters in Chicago. It has about
$4,000 in the national treasury for
the benefit of its members.
The END of the first week of Con-
necticut shad fishing marks one of the
most successful weeks ever expert
enced in the state. Although the
catches are not so large as they were
at first they continue in fairly large
quantities and very large shad.
The party of Connecticut people who
attended the 21st annual convention of
the National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution at Toledo has
returned. There were present $50 del
egates, representing 46 state societies,
and also the societies in France and
Hawaii.
New York, New Haven & Hartford
officials are taking steps to put stop
to the gambling which has been re-
ported occasionally in the passenger
cars. Conductors have been instructed
to use every possible means to prevent
anything of the kind, and to watch all
card games closely.
There is being sent out from Storrs
handsomely illustrated general an
nouncement. of the summer school of
the Connecticut agricultural college,
which holds it's ninth annual session
for four weeks from July to July 20,
offering special courses in nature
study domestic science, agriculture,
and agricultural pedagogy.
At the wedding of Miss Dorothea
Saunders and Rev. Mr.. Powell in
Plymouth church. New Haven, We'd
nesday, Rev. Donald 3. MacLane of
Norwich, son of the Plymouth church
pastor, and brother -in-law of the
bride elect, will officiate. The matron
OF honor will be Mrs. MacLane, the
his bride will go at once to Living
ston, Mont, where the former has a
pa storate.
Nathan A. Baldwin, formerly a cof-
fee merchant in New York, died Sun
day al the home of his mother, II st.
James place Brooklyn. He was born
in New Milford, Conn, SO years ago,
and was related to several prominent
local families. He was educated at
Yale university and was member of
the Yale club. He was unmarried His
mother. four sisters, and brother sur
vive him. The burial will be in New
Milford
OF local interest is the announce
ment from Washington that Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles j. Bell on Sunday an
nounced the engagement of their sec
ond daughter, Miss Grace Bell, to
Capt. Granville r. Fortesdue, U. S. A,
retired. formerly of Oyster Bay and
New York The marriage will take
place June 4. Miss Bell has been in