Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-17
Chr Rnlletim,
Norwich, Saturday, Feb. II, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS


February II is St. Finstan's day in
the church calendar.
Fridays snow storm only served to
make the walking worse.
Occasionally a letter appears bear
ing one of the new Mckinley seals.
The earliest packages of govern
ment seeds are coming to office hold
ers.
Tomorrow, the last Sunday before
Lent, special services will be held in
some of the churches.
Owners of shore property have found
that the ice has been bad for docks
and seawall, doing considerable dam
age in some places.
The Rockville Journal says: Rev.
]. il. Newland of Norwich occupied
the pulpit at the nj. E. church last
Sunday and gave an able sermon.
Local tourists in Florida write home
of encountering cold, frost and snow,
the winter days being exceedingly IN
comfortable for the Land of Flowers.
A civil service examination will be
held March 16 for architectural drafts
man in the Philippines service at a
salary of 2,250 a year; age limit IS
to AZ years.
Miillmen declare that the past four
weeks have beaten anything in their
experience with intense cold. storms.
lex travelling and trouble caused by
milk freezing.
1t is expected that 500 delegates
will attend the state democratic con-
vention, which, it has been decided,
will be held in Eagles hall, Bridge
port, May l and 2.
The woman's auxiliary of Christ
Episcopal church met with Mrs Jane
b. Colt Of Crescent street Friday aft
efnoon. Sewing for the Comfort club
of Hartford was continued
Thames Past Noble Grands' associ-
alton is to hold its February meeting
here on Wednesday afternoon, the
principal business being the installa-
zion of officers.
Rev. P. c. Wright will speak in the
Central Baptist church Sunday morn
ing and evening. His evening topic
Will be Unforeseen Consequences. A
double male quartette will sing.-adv.
The last measurement of Fairview
reservoir showed it to be 1913 inches
below high water mark, a drop Of T.
inches from the highest point last
month. There has been no rainfall dur
ing February.
Don't forget to attend the Martha
Washington whist, forty five" and
dance given by the societies of St
/ Mary's parish. at the State Armory
, Monday evening. Cards $50 sharp
Tickets 50c.-adv.
Members of the Munroe family Of
| eastern Connecticut are sending gene
! illogical data to Principal viii S. Mon
, roe. of the state normal school, Mont
clair, n. j., who is compiling the
Munrce family book.
Among those attending the TWEEN
tieth annual meeting of the Connecti-
| cut Lumber Dealers association, held
| Thursday at Hotel Taft, New Haven,
were a. B. WashBurn of Norwich and
A. r. DeWolf of Mantle.
ICquOl COuLClli N. Oh "a OIL MONT
vile, will have ladies' night this
| Saturday evening. A social pro-
gramme has been planned, and a num-
her of speakers from Norwich and
New London are expected to be pres
ent.
The water department left big
/ fire on Church street opposite the Stei-
| ner residence and another opposite
! Mrs. Mary Doolittles Friday night, in
| the effort to thaw the service pipes.
as both houses have been without wa
! ter for Il week.
Mrs. Sara T. Kinney honorary re-
gent of the state d. A. R., is visit
| ing Connecticut chapters for the pur-
pose of consulting about a certain
federal law which the Daughters Of
, the American Revolution will urge
congress to pass.
Very Low Rates Pacific Coast via
! Nickel Plate Road. Colonist fares ia
| California, Washington, Oregon and
far west, daily, March I'd to April 14th
| Finest tourist sleepers daily. Write l.
P. Burgess, N.EP.A., 312 Old South
Bldg, Boston, Mass.-adv.
I
South Manchester visitor to Mrs II
M. Kellogg gives, that Miss Ruth KEEL
logg has been removed to the Worces-
ter hospital with but little change il
her condition. She had sat up but ];
minutes, her pulse going down to 40
Owing to the favor which its re-
cent demonstrations have met in thi.
vicinity, a dynamite company has ar
ranged to give a demonstration o.
tree, planting, boulder casting anC
subsoiling on April II and is. on the
farm Of Edwin c. Johnson al Uncas.
vile.
Bishop John j. Milan has issued the
Lenten regulations which will be reaC
in all the Catholic churches Of the
diocese tomorrow. Bishop Milan rec
Ommends sincere repentance and repa.
ration for sin, good works. defnit,
object in Lenten self-denial, and es,
pecially enjoins abstinence from in.
! tOXipatingr drink the aOIrpa of en- m G n,