Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-15
TO GROW OLD EASY.
One Secret May Be Explained by Cam bridge, Mass Young Woman from Matrimonial Experiences.

Matrimonial Experiences.
 This truly is a rapid age. and people grow old exceedingly fast, but few with the surprising rapidity of Miss Margaret Green of Cambridge, Mass, who at 10.30 a. m on Saturday In Putnam was 19 years of age and a half hour later in Danlelson had advanced to the venerable age of 21l But there was a very good reason for this. i. e., she wanted to get married, and she had the young man with her
 His name was James Scott. 21 at least his age has not been disputed, and he came from St. Johnsbury, Vt. He was two years older than Margaret when the couple reached Putnam, she his equal in years when they arrived at Danieison, but he, nevertheless, was the more nervous of the pair when their matrimonial plans went to smash in this city, and it took the chic little Margaret to brace him up with a pat on the cheek and an assurance that everything would come out all right this when Town Clerk David Flags told them that they could not get a marriage license here because the bride who wished to be was not 2l years of age and did not have her parents consent to wed.
 Town Clerk F1agg s a kind hearted and considerate man. When he dis covered that Margaret was not yet out of her teens he offered the suggestion that her parents consent must be had before he could do anything for hel and the expectant groom. At firsi Margaret said that she had her par ents' consent in writing. but when MT Flagg asked to see it Margaret said: "Oh, I haven't it with me"
 Mir. F1agg then mentioned that the telephone might be used to get into communication with Mrs. Green al Cambridge To this Margaret demure- ly said: We couldn't do that; mamma is out for the day" Then Mir. Flags l advised a hurry trip to Boston for the | consent You can get back to Put. nam by 6 D. m., he told Margaret, "anC you can get married in time to return on a late train" Margaret couldn' see this at all. Jimmy" in the mean time had wilted. The going was get | ting hard and he had lost his nerve | He undoubtedly felt it in the atmo | sphere that he and his sweetheart wer | up against a proposition. But deari | patted him on the cheek, as aforesaid | and told him everything would com out all right. He was a dejected youni man when he left MT. Flaggs office A half hour later in the town clerk | office in Danielson he had perked u some. Oh, yes, Margaret was of age surest thing, you know. It will b noted in the Danielson news that the, got a license and were married b Rev. W. D. Swafield. The marriag license that they received shows tha the town clerk of KIllingly was tol q
 Selahl May they be happy for ever morel But it is a safe bet that the are going to be some perturbed whe they meet mammal"
 Lucky Recovery of Handbag.
 MT. and Mrs. William Banber c
 this city discovered after they ha
 gotten away from Putnam on a trolle car on Saturday morning that a hand
 bag of Mrs. Bamber's was missing
 They were going to Watch Hill fo
 Sunday Quite early Saturday morn
 ing they were on Grove street, waitin
 for a southbound trolley car Some
 thing irregular In the service delaye
 the car for nearly an hour, MT. an
 Mrs. Bamber spending the time unt
 1t came along the terrace at the hon ] of Judge and Mrs. F. F. Russell Whe l
 bag was left behind. It is said to haN
 contained a considerable sum of nor
 ey. Coming out from his home a fe
 minutes later, Judge Russell discovers
 the bag recognized that 1t was u ? property of Mrs Bamber, and return 2 ed it to her daughter, living at Il home close by. On the trip down M ! and Mrs. Bamber also became awal of the loss and were somewhat ups
 until telephone inquiry brought the the information that the lost proper
 had been recovered and restored. t Specimens of Native Grown Wheat ? Calvin Spinney of the town
 Thompson brought to Putnam Satu
 day and presented to Attorney Charl
 L. Torrey 8 sheaf of wheat grown (
 the Spipuey place. Mir, Spinney hi
 several acres of the wheat and 1t W A be ready for harvesting next wee z The wheat ls> of excellent qualit f Wheat growing is now a rare agricu n tural speciality in this part of Col
 neoticut. There was time, mal years ago, when much wheat WI z grown on Windham county soil, but i . culture has come to be a thing of Ii I past It is stated, however, that u
 very few people in this vicinity WI
 now pay any attention to wheat groy
 ing and meet with success find in | @ market an opportunity to make a CO = siderable profit at the present hiI e prices above what it costs to produ t the grain.
 Mrs. WheeIock Entertained Class. The following is from the calend a of the Congregational church for Su a day: Twelve members of the Drop = class accepted the invitation of one ', it's members. Mrs. S. M Wheeloek, 7 7 visit her at her seaside home, Pleasa ', View last Thursday. The delightt S trolley trip, the bracing salt breez d the generous hospitality of the hoste !, and her family and the opportunity a closer companionship made this excu
 sion one long to be remembered.
 Banner Year for High School.
 Charles R. Stanton, George H. Mor il vile, Florence c. Murray and Este . E, Beaudreault, students at Miss - Elizabeth Robinsons school In Il a city, successfully passed their exal if nations Saturday for entrance to { a high scheel and were given admissi
 certificates It is expected that t
 class entering the high school Il
 year will be one of the largest in t 2, history of .he school Forty-ive gra l. uated from Israel Putnam school g F entitled to enter. and there are & nul