Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-04
Otle Rullrtim. Norwich, "Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1911.
VARIOUS MATTERS

It is said that walnuts will be scarce | this season.
 Chestnutting parties, out on Tues day, met with fair success. October in the Catholic churches will be observed as St. Francis day. Somerset lodge works the Entered Apprentice degree this evening.-ady. Several automobile parties from here will attend the Danbury fair this week.
 The best moonlight nights this month will be from the 9th to the 12th.
 Hydrangeas which outlived the frost are growing pink as the days get cooler.
 combings. Katherine Lang, Chiropo- dist, shannon Bldg.-adv.
 Most of the catalpa trees set out by the school children on Arbor day have made good growth this summer.
 Temperance societies about the state are preparing to celebrate the birthday of Father Mathew on Octo- Der To-
 Grocers say the high price of sugar mas made some little difference in the amount used this fall for canning and preserving.
 A number of city boarders finger at farms north of here. planning to enjoy the bright October weather in the country.
 Early Tuesday afternoon a detach- of soldiers nrdero6 frnr,, mont to the island forts went down oh' 'tne c. V. road.
 Of local interest is the announce ment that Danbury Universalists have extended a call to Rev. Elliott E. Bar Der of Rumford, Me
 A new witch hazel mill is starting in a prospect of good business. Charles Ninal is to be manager.
 The state Christian Endeavor con- vention is to be held at the Bristol Baptist church, in Bristol for three days, commencing October 20.
 The fact that cotton and woolen mills in all portions of New England are increasing their working hours is considered encouraging by eastern Connecticut mill owners and mana gers.
 State Forest Fire Warden $. N. Spring has sent out notices to hunt CTS all over the state requesting them to be careful about throwing away live cigar stubs or matches in fields and woods.
 The cool weather of September brought about decrease in the num- Der Of drowning accidents which had marked the number of deaths of the summer months, for only nine were recorded during the month.
 Friends and relatives from Norwich were at Groton Tuesday at one o'clock to attend the funeral services of Will jam S Gardiner, 57, held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carl Gracey. Burial was in Starr cemetery.
 Friends hear that Sheriff and Mrs Sydney A. Brown and MT. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kopp. who are touring in Sheriff Browns automobile with Mrs. Hawkins, mother of Mrs. Brown, are in New Hampshire and were caught in a snow storm there last week.
 The Women's Congregational Home Missionary union of Connecticut is to meet at the South church. Middle town, Friday. The speakers will be Edward s. Tead on The Menace of Mormonism. and Rev. Dr. William A. Bartlett, on What Missions Mean.
 Mrs. A. F. Avery of Ledyard is Flora, Mrs. A. l.. Potter of Woodstock is Ceres, Mrs. A. C. Hyde of Brooklyn Pomona and Mrs. E. Hathaway of East Lyme lady steward of the state grange, which is already arranging for it's an nual meeting in Bridgeport in Janu ary..
 Norwich relatives are in Whitins- vile. Mass, today to attend the funeral of Daniel Driscoll, 62, who lived in Norwich until Al years ago, when he went to Whitinsville as a moulder. survive, besides relatives in Jewett City.
 The Bas Clef. which held a business meeting last week preliminary to re- suming it's musical work after the summer recess, met for practice on Tuesday evening in the rooms of Charles D. Geer in the Central build ing. Two concerts, or even three. are among the possibilities that the club will give this year.
 It is expected that three members of Governor William A. Buckingham's staff will attend the veterans recep tion in Hartford today: Brigadier Gen. William A. Aiken of Norwich, quartermaster general: Brigadier Gen. Horace J. Morse, adjutant general; and Col. Jonathan B. Bunce, quarter master general
 It is estimated that the loss by the burning of the cottage of the Hen drickson family of Springfield, Mass, near the Baptist tabernacle at Cres- cent beach, Monday morning. will be s5,00o The family left for home Sum- day afternoon, leaving log shoulder ing in a fireplace and it is believed INir Snarl.c cta fIe