Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-05-11
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VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
Apple blossom Iuncheons are timely.
The sale of graduation day needs al
ready helps business.
Farmers look for a big hay crop as
the result of the May rains.
The Working Girls state convention
is to be held in Waterbury on May 20.
The dust swirled round. the street
corners Tuesday morning as though it
had not been raining for two days.
Flowers are blossoming so rapidly
that there is anxiety as to what will
be left for Memorial day decorating.
The Bozrah grange will give a sup
per and entertainment at Bozrah town
hall on Friday evening, May 13.-adv.
Tulip beds about town, which have
been so beautiful for several weeks,
were badly beaten down by the heavy
showers.
Dealers say that May baskets con-
tinue in demand, and are popular IA
vors at social affairs as well as among
the children.
The Rev ]. H. Newland, district
superintendent, presided at the first
quarterly conference at the Burnside
Methodist church Monday evening.
The price of potatoes has taken
big tumble. Stock which farmers want
ed eighty cents a bushel for can now
be secured for sixty in many cities.
Cold weather has started the rats to
satisfy their keen appetites by visit
ing chicken coops. and many poultry
raisers are missing their broilers.
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.
Nearly 1000 automobiles are now
owned in Connecticut, nine persons
being required to count and register
them in the secretary of states Office.
The peace conference in Hartford
and New Britain has resulted in the
dissemination of a large amount of
peace literature throughout the state.
In circular No. 2 from the adjutant
generals office is printed list of
notes prepared by Major w. E. Ellis,
coast artillery corps, United States
army.
The Fogg Family association is to
hold its ninth annual reunion on July
6 in the lecture room of the Fogg art
in Harvard university, Cam |
bridge.
The New Haven road will bring its |
wage scale for yard men up to that |
of the New York Central road. as
fixed by arbitration for the latter |
Because of the recent loss of time |
through quarantine regulations it is |
probable that no formal graduation ex- |
ercises viii be held by the Falls school |
this year.
Tuesdays New York Times said in |
is social notes: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry |
:. Dimock are going to Bar Harbor |
early in July. Mrs. Dimock will spend |
! month at Coventry, Conn, earlier in |
the summer.
News has been received here of the |
death in Chicago April 81 of Nelson
Morgan Allyn, aged IA. He was a |
native of Goshen, Litchfie1d county, |
and was related to prominent families |
in Norwich and Ledyard.
Many Connecticut horticulturists are |
interested in the annual orchid show |
Of the Massachusetts horticultural So
ciety in Horticultural hall Boston, |
May &c to May 80, inclusive. Cut |
blooms, plants and foliage will be |
shown as well as shrubs. /
Charles H. Snyder, 81, died suddenly |
1t Oakland beach, r. T., on Saturday, |
1t the residence of John J. Kenyon. |
He was the son of Martha Kenyon |
Snyder. and has relatives in Norwich. |
The funeral took place at Oakland |
peach on Tuesday afternoon.
Next Saturday in the Catholic |
church, observed as the vigil of Pen
ecost. is a fasting day Of obligation,
he use of meat not being allowed. A |
week from Sunday is Trinity Sunday, |
which marks the expiration of the |
ime when Catholics can perform their
Easter duty.
SAILOR ON BAccHANTE.