Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
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VARIOUS MATTERS

4 The churches observed Monday as
St Philip and st. James day.
st. James lodge. No. %. works the
M. NJ degree this evening.-adv.
Today. May 2. the days length has
increased five hours, the day being
IA hours 5 minutes long,
Delegates are being appointed to the
annual meeting of the State Fedora
ton Of Woman's Clubs, May IL and IS,
at Waterbury.
Displayed in the Otis library is an
interesting collection of colored post
cards of lighthouses. the property of
Miss Harriet G.. Cross.
will extend the New Shorehams Block
Island trips to Stonington on week
days beginning July l.
Eastern Connecticut students at
Mount Hermon school for boys, dur
ing the spring term, have returned
home for the summer vacation.
The crocuses, hyancinths and other
spring blooms in the grounds at the
Blackstone residence ON Washington
street are admired by every passerby
One of the inmates of the state
Masons' home at Wallingford. David
w. Ellington. n, died Saturday eve
ming. Burial was in Stratford Mon
day.
There were ten rainy days during
April, and this, too, is quite in line
with the average for the month of
showers. There were two. days of
snow.
A former Norwich pastor, Rev.
George Carlyle Sauer, was heavy
loser in the big Bangor fire. Sunday
night, his church. the First Baptist,
being destroyed.
At Mashapaug, q consignment of
one thousand apple trees and twenty
thousand currant bushes to be set
out on the Paul and Cleveland places,
arrived last week.
nest is planning to go to New London
on Friday evening to attend a whist
by the New London nest, when de-
lightful time is anticipated.
sir knights of Columbian command
cry. particularly those going to West
erly, are requested to meet for short
drill in the asylum Tuesday evening at
7.45. and report Wednesday at D. m.
adv.
New Haven papers state that Mrs.
John Addison Porter. widow of the
former secretary to President McKin-
ley, will occupy the Kearney house in
Humphrey street. New Haven, during
May and June.
There is no truth in current reports
that the New England Navigation Co.
has sold it's steamers Massachusetts,
Old Colony and Bunker Hill to COM
pany which proposes to ply them along
the Pacific coast.
Roch w. Pulaski of Norwich has
filed petition in bankruptcy in the
United States court. His assets are
given as $1,336, inclusive of an insur-
ance policy of 81 1000. and his liabilities
are s57S.66, of which $56S.57 is unse-
cured.
At the banquet of the Aero club in
New York last Thursday evening. at
which President Taft was present,
among those in attendance and seated
near the president was DIR. Dwight
Tracy. the genealogist, who is we'll
known here.
Special notices have been sent tardy
corporations saying that an examna-
ton of books will be made by collec-
tors and that all expense must be
borne by the company in case returns
are not made within ten days from
the date of notification.
Fishermen claim, the Westerly Sun
hears. that there are few Goldfish run
ming off the Watch Hill reef this
season. Large catches are being made
on the south side of Block Island. One
fisherman pulled in $500 pounds on
last Friday with small hoat
The special legislation committee
raised to investigate an alleged COM
bination on prices of the necessities
dealing with milk entirely: following
it later with one covering coal. wood,
ice and weights and measures.
Storrs agricultural experiment sta
ton has just issued a bulletin ON APP
pie Growing in New England, deal
ing comprehensiveiy with the mani
agement of orchards of various sizes
located on farms where apple growing
has been regarded as side issue.
The agricultural department has
calculated the cost of producing corn
I'm 1909, the figures for Connecticut
being as follows: Cost per acre, ex-
Guiding rent, s29.43; including rent,
s33.26; yield of grain. 46.7 bushels per
Il cents.
1t was announced Monday that the
summer timetable of the New Haven
road VIII go into effect June and
there win be some supplemental
changes about two weeks later when
the service to northern Maine and
New Hampshire summer resorts will
be put on.
The w. G. T. u. observed Mothers
day several weeks ago and now the
promoters of the National Mothers
day have set the second Sunday in
May. the 14th. as the date on which
to honor the mothers Of the land and
to display the white carnation as
fitting favor.
The amateur astf~Aomef will find
II of great interest to note the posi-
tion of Jupiter relative to the sur
rounding stars. On May / the sec
ond MAGNITUDE star near Jupiter was
Alpha Librae. During May Jupiter
moves westward in the direction of
the bright star Spica.
Due to the dense fog, the Fairhaven,
Mass, fishing schooner Eta n. Story
piled I'D on the southeastern point of