Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-11
Utae Rullgtin. Norwich, Saturday, May il, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS

4fAAN4O%O IvAkA LAM Steam yacht NarwhaI will complete repairs and launch today at River side.
 Sherwood Hill of the Navy Yard is soon to move his family to Groton borough,
 All the woolen mills in Rockville on Friday voluntarily advanced wages ' 12 per cent
 Damp weather has been hard on some of the newly matched chicks on nearby farms.
 Florists are filling orders for cem- etery vases and urns in advance of Memorial day.
 For the past two days strawberries have been selling here at two boxes for a quarter.
 White carnations will sell by the thousands today. for Mothers day fla Vors tomorrow.
 Steamer Gardiner was inspected at New London Friday by Inspectors Wfthey and Stewart.
 Churches hereabouts are appointing delegates to the Sunday school con vention at Northfeld. July 2O-27.
 Bulletin 17O issued by the Connec- ticut agricultural experiment station deals with The Trade in Cottonseed Meal.
 New ties are being distributed along the line of the Montville street rail- way preparatory to spring replace ments.
 At Groton Long Point, nearly four miles of road have already been laid and two miles more will be done be- fore the season opens.
 Soldiers from the island forts >im- proved the fine weather to visit Nor wich Friday and. it was evident proved good spenders. A big theater party is going to New London this evening. This will close the season at the theater there, which will reopen in August. MT. and Mrs. James Tyler of Bal timore, relatives of the Norwich Ty- | lers, are at their Eastern Point cot tage for the summer. A dance to be given at Miller's on Friday evening by the Telephone Ex- change employees was postponed to date later in the month.
 Too much rain this week has left the roads in as bad condition for mo- torists as the fields and gardens have been left for the farmers.
 By invitation of D. M. Mitchell. the Connecticut Sheep Breeders associa- tion is to hold it's field day and shear ing contest at his farm in Southbury, ! Tuesday, May 21. The six and a quarter ounce egg laid l by Levi Clark's hen ir South Canter- bury was a veritable Thermos egg l There was a perfect egg of usual size within the large one.
 Those who are receiving contribu- tions towards the Chinese relief fund have been apprised that the famine | conditions grow worse daily, so that prompt giving is imperative. A local physician remarked Friday | that many cases of children's diseases | were the result of exchange of pencils. l crayons, etc. at school, and of play ing with toys which were unclean, at home.
 Members of the Equal Franchise ] league in the state encouraged by i the success of last Saturdays parade | in New York, intend to continue their activity so are planning two meet ings month.
 1 Mary Silliman chapter, D. A. R., of l Bridgeport, has invited Faith Trum- | bull chapter of Norwich to the annual | lunch in honor of Mrs. Sara Thomp- 1 son Kinney at he Stratford. Bridge port, May 3l.
 Charles Chester of Sterling has been l engaged as engineer at the big new Plainfield mill MT. Chester has been l engineer at the United States Fin ishing company at Sterling for the past eight years.
 The young ladies of St. Annes tenn | perance society had planned a social ] for Friday evening, but because of the | mems mission services in St Patrick S church, decided to put it over until Monday evening.
 Tomorrow is Rogation Sunday. the 1 Sunday before the three Rogation days, l Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. in | the Catholic church for centuries 4 time of prayer for Gods blessing on the coming crops.
 A Central Vermont circular issued by MT. Chaffee and approved by MT. Fftzhugh, announces that B G. Skin ner has been appointed cashier in the treasurer's office at St. Albans, in place ! of Mir Haa6 proroofad
 To aid in case of forest fires. fire lookout stations have been established this spring. supported partly by the state and partly by the United States government Such a station has been established in Holland county.
 There are at present nine Young Peoples Christian unions in Connec- ticut Uniyersalist churches. with a membership of 27l. small gain over the number of last year. Of this number 196 belong to the church.
 Rev. P. c. Wright will speak in the Central Baptist church Sunday morn ing upon The Obedience to Truth. In
 the evening his theme will be Our Es- cape from Corruption. A general invi-
 tation is extended to these services
 adv.
 State Librarian George s. Goddard
 has received a large size portrait of
 Governor Simeon E. Baldwin which is
 10 hang in Memorial hall as soon as if
 is framed The portrait shows the
 governor seated in an arm chair. with
 d bookcase for background A big congregation of men at St | iNl- pht