Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-19

thy Sullivan of this city.
 A coil of stamps can now be obtain ed at the postoffices. These come by the goo to the coil and are conven- tent for those who use many stamps at one time,
 At the meeting of the Waterbury board of charities Wednesday, Dr. Louis T. Cassidy was elected one of the city physicians to serve for the next six months.
 Don't forget the masquerade ball given by the Sons Of Hermann a. Froelichkeit hall tonight.-adv.
 The sliding continued to be good despite the thaw Thursday evening, and many enjoyed it on Broadway hill and other hills about the city.
 Thursday was the fourth anniver- sary of the death of Edmund Clarence Stedman, the banker-poet, one of the most illustious sons of Norwich, He was born in 1884.
 In this city on Wednesday Thomas Spencer of Taftville and Frances Bradbury of Readville, Mass, were united in marriage by John H. Barnes, justice of the peace,
 In several places about the state as well as in uncasville, the ground hog has already been seen, although he is not supposed to appear until Candlemas day. February 2,
 Senators Bailey and Brandegee and Representative Tilson of Connecticut will accompany the president today to New Haven to attend the annual ban quet of the chamber cf commerce there tonight.
 About twenty members of Norwich grange went to Bozran Wednesday in a mule drawn sleigh, to assist at the installation of Bozrah grange. An appetizing oyster supper was greatly appreciated by the visitors.
 Don't fail to see Tom Norris. the funny man at the candy counter, at the Elks' fair.-ady.
 Several from Norwich have visited the art exhibit at Hartford, where Director George Albert Thompson of the Norwich Art school shows two paintings. In all, seventy-seven paint ings and nine pieces of scultpure are shown.
 It has been decided that the motor men on the Groton & Stonington rail- road shall have seats provided. They may not use them, however, inside the town limits, but this rule will permit their use over about two-thlrds of the trip from Groton to Westerly.
 In the report of the meeting of The Kings Daughters at Trinity Methodist church, Wednesday evening, credit should have been given the efficient committee on refreshments, Mrs. J. H. Allen, chairman, Mrs. John c. Morgan, and Mrs. Russell Woodward.
 While the farming acreage size of the farms of Connecticut is about four acres less than in 1900 the value has advanced enormously. The gain is fully forty per cent, while the aver age value per acre goes up fifty per cent, from $22.6S in 1900 to $33.O3 in 1910.
 A test between Chief Egan and for mer Officer Louks of Warrenville de- veloped in the Bridgeport police court when Judge Booth of Danbury sat in the case of P. J. McGuiTe arrested at election time for liquor violation Although Egan testified for Mcclure the dealer was fined $50 and costs. An effort is to be made to form an asparagus growers association in this state, at the close of the convention o1 the Connecticut Pomological society in Hartford, February '. It is hoped to put the asparagus growing business on @ paying basis by the cooperative | help of the growers and the govern ment
 | Uncle Sam has made a new rule | in regard to rural carriers, and post masters throughout the country are required to deduct from their salaries | for each partial failure to serve tht route entirely. Carriers are requested l to use every endeavor to serve tht entire route by travelling every roat | available.
 Secretary of State Rogers is stimu. | lating local authorities to look sharI after violatOTs of the auto marker law 1 This years style of marker is white | figures on d green background. Moth ing else is legal. The penalty fol using markers not in compliance witt
 the law is as stringent as for using no markers at all.
 A bird lover, writing to encourag
 the feeding of h:rds in cold weather
 states that they will return to tn trees upon which food had been hunl
 for them and in most cases show thei
 gratitude by hunting insects or egg
 on the same trees. They are the bes | kind of tree doctors This method i cheaper than spraying.
 In the matter of abandoning tn
 Block Island cable the opinion is gen 1 erally expressed that the governmen i would make a great mistake in evel
 considering the advisability of depend
 ing entirely on wireless service iron
 Block Island, even though it shoul he demonstrated that it could be sat ! isfactorily established and maintained i --------------