Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-23
VARIOUS MATTERS.

Quinces are well set and the crop promises to be a good one.
 The Jewett family association met Thursday at Rowley, Mass.
 Mushrooms have sprung up in large numbers since the rains early in the week.
 The Baltic band has been secured to furnish music during Coventry's Old Home week.
 New England fish dinner 50 cents, at Auditorium ladies and gents cafe Fri daN-adv.
 The locusts were noisy late We'd nesday night and all day Thursday, sign of continued hot weather. A number of pet cats on upper Franklin have died mysteriously with in the past week. and poisoning is suspected.
 Visitors returning from Springfield state that the next stamp collectors convention is to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1913.
 On Thursday morning, in St. Pat ricks church, Rev. Hugh Treanor eel ebrated a months mind requiem high mass for Mrs. Mary Sullivan.
 Norwich friends learn that the steamer Lapland, in which Congress- man and Mrs E. W. Higgins were passengers, has reached Antwerp.
 The eighth annual reunion of the Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott in which there was local in terest. was held at Detroit Wednesday l and Thursday.
 Instead of having mail to Montreal go by way>of Boston, Postmaster John McGmley|of New London has arranged to send a through pouch on the Sea shore Limited every evening.
 Throughout the state delegates are being appointed to the annual Junior Mechanics state council, which is to be held in Stamford on Monday and Tuesday, September 2S and 24
 Ernest Rogers. Norman l.. Kinban Archie Chapman and John Flynn at tended the annual outing of the Put nam lodge of Ell1s at Putnam Thurs day.
 The meeting of the state committee of the progressive party is to be held I today (Friday), at the Heublein. in Hartford. The committee will decide upon the time of the state convention.
 The first cargo of oysters for shucking to arrive this season came into the state Wednesday, reaching Fa1r Haven. With the advent of Sep tember in another week, oystermen will be busy.
 Florence Ruth N(NIunyan), 35. wife l of James Sunderland, died in her l home in Ashford Monday from Brights disease. She was born in Worcester. ! the daughter of David and Mary E. l (Morse) Munyan.
 Archdeacon J. Eldred Brown goes to WlIllmantic today to perform the cer- |, emony of laying the cornerstone of the new St. PauIs Episcopal church, Tn the absence of Bishop Brewster, who is away on visit.
 The governor has named as trustees Tor the Connecticut colony of epilep- ties Dr. John H. Mountain of Middle town and William P. Kelly of Kill lngly, for term of four years from September 16. 1912.
 When the Thompson family holds ifs Sixth biennial reunion at Ellington next month, Mrs. Mary A. Elliott of WaIla Walla, Wash. who has rela tlves in Norwich, will tell of her in terestlng genealogical researches.
 At the beginning of the fiscal year It was estimated by the Baptist state convention that the state budget for l 19ll-l2 would be little less than $l5,OOO. Of this at least S10OO0 must come from the offerings of the
 The old hotel at Crescent beach owned by James L. Wheeler formerly or NorWlch, has been occupied for the past week by party of twenty boys. rom Torrlngton and Middletown. un ger direction of Rev. H. G. Whitehead of 'Torrington. -'' ''' New London papers note that Mrs Rooert Thorn (Ruth Bond) of New hork, who has been passing the sum Iner at the home of her uncle. the late frank :. Bond. on Pequot avenue. will ta iot return to it next year, as the es- 1 tate is to be sold.
 When the 700 delegates to the A. Q n. convent on at Bridgeport attended sOlemn high mass at Sacred Heart cHurch Wednesday, they were vel comed by the pastor. Rev. T. R. Swee ney, Fairfield county chaplain. a for mer curate at St Patrick's. Norwich
 The Connecticut Pomological society aIIer working for years to secure a soil survey or the state, has succeeded in lnouclng the bureau of soils of ina United States department of agricnIe ture to assign H. J. Wilder to work in this state during the coming season William Chambers, the aviator who made such a successful flight at Ocean peach last Saturday in the aeroplane bought by ClaI ence w. Thompson. is at his home ill Danbury for a brief rest. Thompson has taken the machine to the Mantle camp ground for trial flights. 0' u i''i
 Local nurserymen are interested in the simmons bill to prevent infection under which it would be unlawful for any person to import into the United 1 otales any nursery stock except under permit from the secretary of agricuI- ture and under conditions and regnIa- tlons prescribed by him.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Turner enter talned a part of friends and relatives at their home at Long Cove. Wednes- hesday, including MT. and Mrs. Her pert Rogers of Norwich, Miss Ellen Wilcox of Jewett City, Mrs. Merta Mathers and son Walter and Miss Ma bel Smith, Gales Ferry.
 For convenience both of those who sell packages and those who buy, n table Is provided in the nely issued state bulletin, the first column show ing the food product. the second the size or the package and the third the under the terms of the law,
 The fact that August 21 was the anInlversary of the birth in 17S5 of Ollver Hazard Perry, the naval hero,