Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

Campers are hurrying back to town,
 to get warm and dry. August 30 finds the days length de- creased an even two hours A week from today. September 5, dogs days are scheduled to end.
 Ledyard fruit growers are sending
 nice looking red plums to market.
 Chestnut burrs are forming well and
 appear to be of good number. .Groton Long Point Beach Plots,
 Jas. Jay Smith Co. No. 227 Main St.
 adv.
 Pastors who have been absent on summer outings are returning to town.
 plans for their departure to the vari- ous colleges.
 Most of the Sunday schools will re-
 sume sessions next Sunday, after the
 summer vacation.
 The annual Camp reunion is to be held at the Methodist church at Dur ham, Thursday, August S1.. Julian Mass of Mantle claims to have harvested a crop of over 1000
 bushels of potoatoes this summer.
 Only one petition in bankruptcy was filed in this state last week, with aS- sets of S350 and liabilities of sS33. Snowy auto pennants, bearing the name of the home city of the owners, decorate nearly every machine coming to town.
 Motion pictures of the Elks' conven- f tion at Atlantic City on July IS last, will be shown at the Auditorium today and tomorrow.-adv. At the Willimantic camp ground the amount pledged to meet the debt was over $1,300, not $500, as stated by a typographical error. Passengers on the river boats note the improvement at Fairview, the Odd Fellows state home. which has just been painted by a Groton firm. Sam Lubin of Colchester whose leg was broken Sunday when he was thrown from horse. has been taken to the Backus hospital. Norwich. Special excursion car to Watch Hill at S.45 a. m. Round trip ticket at Mad | den's store, 70 cents. Good to return on any regular car same day.-adv. Among the recent registrations at | the Hartford Yacht club at Fenwick | were A. A. Fournier and chauffeur, R. l.. Tarrant and J. c. Bland of Nor wich.
 Superintendent Williams of the Wa l terford schools has announced that the date of opening of all the Water ford schools will be Monday, Septem- l Der II.
 Local branches are appointing dele gates to the convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, which | opens at Rochester. N. T.. September Farmers who have raised miI1et this season find that the crop did we'll in spite of the drouth and is excellent cut green as a food produce, or when cured for hay.
 The state of Connecticut furnishes. free of charge. a book containing all the names of auto owners and their license numbers. up to the date of the issue of the book.
 day afternoon, following the beavy showers, and in some houses grate fires were started in the evening" rooms became so chilly. There are three tanks of oil in the railroad yard waiting to be unloaded, one of which has been there since Friday. It cannot be spread until pleasant day is provided. The Connecticut agricultural college at Storrs is sending out bulletins of the two years course in the school of agriculture offered students. The fall term opens September 26. In some Connecticut towns, super intendents are calling the attention of parents to the fact that children en- tering school for the, first time must have a certificate of vaccination. Report comes, from the state vaca- ton house of the Connecticut Working Girls clubs. located at Madison, that the season has been very successful, the largest number of girls enter tained in any one week being 35. Henry Davis was engaged on Tues | day in cutting down the tree in She tuc6et street which stood in front of what used to be Reynolds stables. Most of the branches were cut off and
 the entire tree will be down by to- night.
 Mondays Torrington Register said: Rev. J. W. Valentine of West Stafford was lIle guest or ReN. ana MrS. A. ! B. Todd at the Baptist parsonage to- ! day. Mir. Valentine preached at the l Congregational church in LitchfieId | yesterday.
 Thomas Royston was arrested on | Tuesday with a large roll of double belting which he was trying to sell to | a shoemaker for s2. He said a stran- | ger gave it to him to sell and he was ! carrying it around in bag. The belt | ing is worth over $40.
 | Dairy and Food Commissioner H. F. Potter has returned from Duluth, | Minn., where he represented Connec- l ticut at the annual convention of state | and national food and dairy depart | ments. MT. Potter at the convention | opened discussion on Cold Storage. | Postmasters Caruthers of this city | and Mckinley of New London went to New Haven Tuesday to attend the an-
 nual outing of the Connecticut Asso- | citation of Postmasters. Postmasters | Moves of Stonington and Potter of | Mystic were also present at Savin | Rock.
 The prospect of good set of Con necticut oysters grows brighter every