Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
Utle RulletiIl,
Norwich, Saturday. Dec. 21, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS.

and busy day
 Fifty printed calling cards for 25 cents at The Bulletin office.-adv.
 Some of the sermons tomorrow will have reference to Forefathers' day.
 Food and apron sale at Buckingham Memorial by W. R. C.. 9 to p. m.- adv.
 Local stores were never better stocked with supplies to tempt the Christmas appetite.
 Fine, crisp winter weather Friday favored the holiday trippers and re- turning college students.
 Tonight, basketball at Y. M. c. A., Laurel Hill vs. Colchester. Adm. 15c. adv.
 At Torrington, St. Francis T. A. and $. society has chosen as spiritual ad wiser Rev. J. H. King. a native of East Norwich.
 Mems meeting, Y. M. c. A., Sunday, 3.15 p. m. Concert by Swans orches- tra.-adv.
 Some of the state D. A. R. chapters are including in their holiday work Christmas boxes to southern mission ary colleges.
 Go to Miss Clapp's for late Xmas buying; order pies, cake plum pudding at Woman's Exchange-adv.
 All about the state assessors are sending out notices to owners of au- tomobiles who have neglected to enter their ownership of cars on their tax lists.
 The Pawtucket Times of Wednes- day contained a poem by E. c. Cooke. formerly of this city, entitled Christ mas Day.
 Try Grover & Herrick Co. this year for the Xmas candy for socials and church entertainments.-adv.
 Norwich is going to do some grape eating during the holidays. A local wholesaler unloaded a car of 5000 bas- kets from Penn Yan. N. r., Friday for distribution.
 Miss Ethel Potter, daughter of Mrs Susan Potter. of New London, return ed Friday from South Wilmington, where she teaches, to spend the holiday at her home.
 The Sidney E. Hawley association. in which prominent republicans are in terested. will have a dinner in the Royal James inn, Norwalk's newest hotel, on Jan. 2.
 Grover & Herrick Co. want orders for Xmas candy for fairs, socials and church entertainments.-adv
 The building fund for St. Agnes home for foundlinos, to be located in West Hartford, now amounts to $7s,- 46s.9S, according to the report in the Catholic Transcript.
 Farmers are hoping that, with brooks and springs filled by this weeks rain, wells may begin to show improvement so there need not be a shortage should cold weather suddenly set in.
 Relatives and friends of Michael H. Donahue attended a months mind re- lquiem high. mass for the repose of his soul, celebrated in St. Patrick's church Friday by Rev. J. H. Frederick. At the Christmas Sunday services in the Second Congregational church, New London, Miss Pearl Jackson of Norwich will sing the soprano solo by Buck, O. Jerusalem, Look About Thee. At a recent meeting of the society for the increase of the ministry in the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, Rev. StorTs o. Seymour of Litchfield, for merly of Norwich, was re-elected re- cording secretary.
 Eugene Maynard has completed his new carriage and blacksmith shop at ! Lebanon Center and will 'moev his carriage business the coming week to l the new building. T. J. Nagle is help 1 ing him in his business.
 At the Central Baptist church Sun | day morning Rev. P. c. Wright will l speak upon The Unspeakable Gift. His evening theme will be Startled Men Special music at both services.-adv Lester Bennett the 12 year old son | of MT. and Mrs. William Bennett, oi East Lyme. had a narrow escape from drowning the other day while skating | He owes his life to the prompt action of a crew of passing trolley car. Sunday morning at the Methodist church Rev. J. H. Newland, D. D., of | Norwich, district superintendent | preached an impressive and persuasive | sermon from the text How can We | sing the Lords songs in strange land. Rockville Journal Thomas J. Brown. P. M.. of Packer | assisted by O. E. HiK. set up two sol | diers' gravestones in Veiuntown Wed nesday, marking the graves of James | D. Hoxie and Albert N. Rathburn making 134 stones that MT. Brown has set over soldiers graves.
 Xmas begonias. the kind that last Jerusalem cherries, finest in the city Primroses and cut flowers Funera Greenhouses next to Backus hospital i Telephone 1130.-adv. 1 Thursday in the Church of the Mes siah, New York, Walton Ferguson, Jr. | of Stamford and Fishers Island anC Miss Dorothy Heron Taylor, daugh. ter of MT. and Mrs. H. M. Taylor, ,wer, married by Rev. Dr. St. Clair Hester MT. Ferguson was divorced in June | 1911.
 A table of allowances to meet tn, new package law has been prepared by H. F. Potter. dairy and food commis. sioner. and E. H. Jenkins, director O the Connecticut Agricultural Experi. ment station, and in little pamphlets secured by applying to the dairy an( l food commissioner
 FlNGERLING BASS. 
 About 800 of the Fish Were Placed il
 Gardner Lake Friday Afternoon.