Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-23

The annual business meeting of the Congregational church of Voluntown meeting house Saturday afternoon, tSe 18th inst. MT. Kellogg, as pastor, opened with prayer and presided. J Cyrus Tanner was reelected clerk. The following were elected by ballot: year: J Cyrus Tanner. Mrs. George H. Gallup, Miss Melinda Gallup. Ralph Kellogg acted as teller Mrs. Kellogg as treasurer benevolences made her report which was accepted
 Upon adjournment the Ecclesiastical society of the said Congregational church was called to order by the clerk, Silas L. Barber for their an- nuaI business meeting John E. Tan new mem bers were voted in and sign- ed the book. Treasurer Silas l.. Bar Der made his report showing all bills paid up to April l. This report was submitted to the board of auditors, who approved of his books. Their re- port was adopted and the treasurer's report accepted By ballot, Alfred Gallup was elected clerk and treasur- Der. Miss Melinda Gallup and Mrs. Oliver Gallup were reelected board of auditors By ballot, the following were elected committee for the ensu- Tarbox, Silas L. Barber. Ralph Kel- logg served again as teller
 Birthday Party.
 Little Florence Gallup, child of Ed win S. Gallup, recently celebrated her fifth birthday by party of children.
 Jared Gallup has sold his standing timber to William Sweet.
 Profitable Bees.
 Jared Gallup has obtained during the past year about 150 pounds of honey from three swarms of bees; a yield hard to beat.
 MT. and Mrs Oscar Tanner and son of Boston have been visiting at his fathers. William Tanners.
 Committed Suicide.
 Herbert Hart committed suicide in his home at Sterling Hill the other day. He had lived several years alone in rooms in the upper part of Mrs. Gfbson's house. and had been consfd- he was going away for two or three weeks and not to worry about him. John Frink. a neighbor suspected something wrong and insisted on an the window, looked in and saw Hart hanging by rope in the room It is supposed that he had been hanging there dead three days His age was about 50.
 Funeral of Mrs. Charles Dow.
 The body of Mrs. Harriet w. Dow. who died in Brooklyn, N. Y, in Jan- uary, was brought on and buried last Wednesday in the cemetery of the Line meeting house. Rev. Dr. Spaul- ding of Boston an intimate friend of the family, conducted the burial serv- ice. She was the daughter of Rev. Jacob Allen, for many years pastor of the Line meeting house. She was laid to rest in the lot by his side and by the side of her husband, Charles Dow. who died many years ago when only Al years old. She was left widow at 34, and died 86 years old. Up to the week when she was strick- en with pneumonia Mrs. Dow was in full possession of her faculties. She was for many years member of the Central Congregational church of Brooklyn. N. Y. The pastor, Dr. $. Parker Cadman, declared that Mrs. Dow was one of the most brilliant con- in the city. A Brook lyn paper stated that Mrs. Dow was "the most representative woman of the real cultured New England type to meet outside of Mary B. Wilkins novels" Her only child was Charles H. Dow, who died seven years ago. He founded the Wall Street Journal.
 Enumerators Busy.
 The census takers are busy early and late, MT. Kellogg for Voluntown and MT. Vaughn for Sterling.