Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-30

l VARIOUS MATTERS
 The halfway point in the long vaca- : 1 ton is here, and in few more short
 weeks the schools will be tenanted again.
 In some sections of the state pellets | of ice half as big as walnuts accom- l panied Thursday mornings thunder l storm
 The new tariff for passengers on the
 the trolleys. which, though slower, are l cheaper.
 1 Swedish American Republican clubs | throughout the state are electing dele gates to the state convention that meets in New Haven on September g.. l Town Clerk Frank L. Fenton of Will limantic who underwent an operation I resting comfortably and taking nour- i ishment.
 Mrs. H. H. Osgood of Norwich, with | Mrs. o. G. Hughes of Elbrfdge, N Y were among the automobile guests reg istered at Cooley's hotel, Springfield, on Thursday.
 
 Miss Alice N Bartholomew of Bris- tol has presented to the state library forty-four deeds relating to lands, in Bristol and Burlington. The earliest deed is dated E55
 Friday was the closing day of the summer school sessions at the Con necticut agricultural college at Storrs. It was the most largely attended in the . hict6 of he
 The twelfth annual convention of the FraternaI Order of Eagles will open at St. Louis on August 9. A large del egation- from Connecticut will attend, making the trip by special train-
 The 1911 convention of the Photo graphers' association of New England will be held in Bridgeport. It will be the first to be held out of Boston since the association was founded in 1897.
 Patro1man Joseph Walter of New London. who announced Monday that he would ask to be retired. has chang ed his mind. He has been given sick leave and later may be assigned as station keeper.
 The Ocean Beach day programme as originally planned will be carried out, the principal divisions being the au- tomobile parade at 10 a. m, the aquatic events at ? p. m. and the canoe car nival at s D. m.
 The semi-annual meeting of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical asso- citation will be held in New London on August at 10 o'clock. Dr. B. K. Dow of WiIlimantfc, secretary, is sending out the notices.
 Rev. James w. Cunningham is per sonally acquainted with almost all of the priests in Waterbury. and although he regrets to leave Westerly. he is glad to come to St. Thomas church. says the Waterbury Republican.
 A good share of the depredations to gardens and cultivated fields have been found to be caused by woodchucks as well as by deer, which have been help ing themselves pretty freely to such vegetation as suits them best.
 The annual field day of the peach growers of the Connecticut Pomologi- l cal society will be held next Wednes- 1 day on the farm of Charles F. Lyman at Middlefeld. MT. Lyman has forty acres set out with peach trees.
  predicts precipitation. He predicted a ] local disturbance between July 2S and 30. Uncle Horace is now going on to 1 ST years, but in the weather line and 1 otherwise he is as active as ever.
 The parade of the New England | Eagles in Providence Thursday was | three miles long and was over an hour | in passing given point It contained | 34 bands Many from this part of i the state participated or looked on.
 Many barber shops are to be closed i every Monday afternoon during Au- i gust. going back to the regular sched- i ule the first Monday after Labor day. Monday is not usually a busy day, and | the barbers thus get a weekly half holiday.
 Recent arrivals at the Dixon house, | Pleasant View, R. T., from Norwich, were MT. and Mrs. H. L. Stanton Miss | Hattie Harris. Miss Ray Buell., Miss Frances R. Whitney. and at Pleasant | View hotel. R. E. Primley. M Buckley. A. German.
 The present season has witnessed the greatest scarcity of water in years at Plainfield, and while the Lawton l mills. have not suffered yet, the cor poration has started work on another big reservoir of the same size as the one now in use.
 The report now comes from down the river that the prospects for good | season among the fishermen this year look far from bright at present The sea bass fishermen are having poor luck. as have also the majority of the | swordfishermen.