Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-13
JEwETT CITY CREAMERY
Beginning on lts 24th Year-A Sue
 cess from the First.

The Jewett City creamery is start ing upon its twenty fourth year. it George A. Ross first president At the time of it's organization, 1t was stated by many who became its pat rons at that time. that an up to date creamery could not be conducted in this section, but never has an enter- was we under way for inc year end ing January 1, 1891. the amount of butter made was 64.156 pounds, which required 451,0 spaces of cream, spaces being then the unit of meas urement. The gross income for that checks in that year were those re-
 ceived by Charles H. Standish for s127 and George A. Ross for $113. These two men together received Tor
 cream and skfmaned milk, both of which were taken at their doors, over $500.
 The presidents since George A. Ross have been Clark c. Palmer, Simon
 Brewster, E. A. Geer and Elmer
 Starkweather, with E. A. Geer again occupying that office at present. Mir. Geer was one of the frst promoters of the enterprise and has been the only continuous patron since it's organiza- ton. The buttermakers during this
 time have been M. c. Young, B. w.
 Smith and B. c. Bliss. At this time
 the per cent of butter fat is the means
 of paying the patrons. It is a coin
 cidence that for the year just ended
 the amount of butter made Is less than
 hundred pounds different from that
 of 1891, twenty years ago. Ordered Now Resalia. Reliance lodge. No. 2s. I. 0. O. F., worked the initiatory degree on three candidates Friday evening. It Is ex- pected that the lodge in future degree work will be clothed in new reEalia which was ordered Friday night Personal Items.
 Charles A. Burleson of Schenectady, N. F., spent Sunday at his home in F. c. Waters spent Sunday in New York.
 Miss Dora Bothwell has returned from Dover, N. H. Miss Mary Soule of Naugatuck Is l the guest of Mrs G. w. Robinson. Fred l.. Swift and Miss Hazel Swift of Willimantic spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. E.. H. Hiscox.
 James Beardwood of Boston spent Sunday with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. William Beardwood.
 l Mrs. L. A. Panton, who is in Wind ham Center for a time, and Mrs Gal- l lup of Scotland were in town on Sat ! urday.
 l Farmers Institute.
 l By invitation of Pachaug grange, w. c. Terry, master, farmers' in- l stitute. under the auspices of the l Connecticut Pomological society, is to 1 be held in the Town hall at Pachaug l on Tuesday, March IA. In the morn l ing there will be two addresses, one by E. Rogers of Southfngton on Suc- cessful Growing and Marketing o1 1 Peaches. E. sB. Fitts of Storrs college l will give an address on Breeding the Dairy Cow and Work with Milk Rec ord Dinner will be served at noon | and the exercises in the afternoon will open at 2. Prof. J. G. Gulley of StorA I college will give an address on Plant I ing Apple Orchards as Profitable In- vestment in Connecticut, and w. H Card of Manchester will speak or ! Poultry Breeds and Their Successful Management. After these lectures the I question box is open for all inquiries
 Eye Badly Injured.
 I Charles Langlais. son of MT. and l Mrs. Charles Mott, met with a pain l full accident Saturday afternoon. While I attempting to manufacture spur fol l his top, at the blacksmith shop, smal splinter of iron flew from the piece II he was using and struck him sQuare1y l in the eye He went home, but 1t wal l found necessary to take him later t the office of Dr. R. R. Agnew, whs ! upon examination found the condf. lions so serious that he was taken tt l an eye specialist, where 1t was founf that the eye could be saved unless in. flammation sets in.