Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-14
VARIOUS MATTERS

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A few gentians have been brought ia
town from Lebanon.
Farmers consider the crop of cider
apples unusually large.
Food sale, Friday. p. M, Chapel
First Cong. church, Norwich Town
adv.
orchards were brought to Norwich on
Wednesday.
Several of the Norwich cottagers at
Eastern Point intend to stay the
month out
Many motoring parties visit the
dahlia farm of Wilson Carroll, on the
Mantle road
defending them from attacks from
birds and boys.
Bottoms up! CIysmic DOWNFALL
Clysmic. Any old time is Clysmic time
-water.-adv.
Wednesdays nippy air finished the
mosquitoes, which were troublesome
during the hot wave.
necticut Zionist society will be held in
Ansonia next Sunday.
Sportsmen have their thoughts on
the Essex marshes, now that the rail-
bird season has opened.
The Connecticut state dental COM
mission is to meet in tine senate cham
Der November and S.
The state German singing societies
are preparing for their annual fest
in New Haven next June.
The last tent upon the river banks
has been struck, and most of the cot
tages are closed for the season.
Every Italian resident of the town
who has a garden. no matter how
small, manages to raise tomatoes.
A number from Norwich will go to
New London to attend the graduating
exercises of the nurses training school
this evening
Growers are displeased because the
railroad companies are considering the
matter of advancing freight rates on
oysters by increasing the per gallon
weight from ~ to 20 pounds,
Delegates will leave Sunday to at
chiefs in Milwaukee. A special train
is to run out of Boston for the &C
commodation of the eastern chiefs
The state convention of Baptist
churches will be held at the First
Ba ptist church in Waterbury next
month. The convention will last three
days and will begin Monday, October
Is.
According to official reports, the
Connecticut agricultural college at
Storrs has II Jewish students reg
istereG i'll the college course during
1911, and ten students in the short
winter course.
The case of John Anthony against
he Central Vermont railroad is on
trial at Rockville. Mr.. Anthony al
leges that two cases OF goods, valued
at $500, shipped from New York, have
never been received.
Play Ridge cottage at Woodmont
is now occupied by the members of
the w. C. 7. L. organizations Of the
state, who enjoy an annual outing
there after the departure of the school
children, who leave for the opening of
the fall term of school
The freight cars on the Groton &
Stonington railway will probably be-
gin the first of next week to run from
the new freight house on Morgan's
dock. 1t is expected that at the
same time the line to Old Mystic will
be opened TO the public.
Frank Wheeler of Old Mystic. who
took the civil service examination for
the rural delivery service, has received
official notice that he passed the ex-
animation. He will start on his duties
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starting from Mystic office
A message from Mrs Benjamin E.
Sibley, dated Rialto, Cal, September Z,
received in Norwich Wednesday,
stated that Mr. Sibley was i'll with
his son to the hospital, that he might
have every care and comfort.
Mrs. Bertha E. Smith, wife of Fred
H. Smith, died at her home i'm FIan-
ders. East Lyme. late Tuesday night.
husband and two children, the young
est about four weeks old, and her
mother and two sisters survive her.
Attorney and Mrs John J. Lawless
are building a house at Gales Ferry
Ground was broken Monday 1t will
be located on what is known as the
Allyn property. They are building the
house for their own occupancy and
expect that it will be completed by
November 1.
At Block Island during August all
records for rainfall since 1881 were
broken. this year. In 1898 the fall was
I.69 inches, but the average for the
month is $50 inches. The average
wind velocity was IL miles an hour,
while the maximum ve.ocyfy was 40
miles an hour. on the 18th
Col w. C. Rafferty,, coast artillery
corps, commanding, gives notice to
shipping that there will be night fir
ing at Fort Terry, y. T.. of three
inch guns on night of September Is.
Is and Is. The field of danger will
and north of GARDENERS island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Q. Mitchell
Gillian Manning, recently married
at Norwich Town. are spending this
week with MIR. Mitchelrs sister in law,
Mrs. John Mitchell of Columbia, after
which they will go TO Brattleboro,
VT, where Mr. Mitchell is in the pic
ture framing department of Hertzberg
Bros.
In ordinary years, this would be the
season for the fifty-first annual wig
wan of the members of the Mohegan
sewing society. This year the festi-
val is to be omitted, as tho church
has just been refltted and refurnished
and it is considered that an entertain
ment would prove more damage than
profit.
Miss Elsie j., Latham and Christo-
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