Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-18
MANSFIELD BUILDINGS
Practically Completed by Putnam Firm
 at Epileptic Colony.

At the Connecticut Epileptic colony in the town of Mansfield the two ward buildings for which the Wheaton Building and Lumber com pany of this city has the contract are nearly com pleted. They are two fine buildings. on rising and high ground on a hill that is at present very rough and un- developed, but regarded by Superin- tendent Ross as an excellent location for the buildings.
 At present painters are engaged in decorating the interior of the build ings which are of practically fireproof construction These buildings will be ready to receive their furnishings with in a few weeks.
 The water for the colony Is to come from an artesian well that has been driven 72n feet. the greater part of this extreme depth through solid rock. The colony commission Is about ready to receive bids for the construction of the storage reservoir. which will hold 5O,o00 gallons. The well that has been driven produces 50 gallons of water per minute. this amount being ample for the accommodation of the number of persons that will occupy the build ing and for all uses.
 Brown and Brown a Clever Team.
 At the Orpheum theatre at Thurs days shows, Brown and Brown enter tained the audiences with a very clever comedy singing and talking act. These young people. brother and sister, were with the original Gus Edwards school boys and girls and did much to make the great act the success that 1t proved. Now in their teens they have developed to such an extent as to make good on their own account and have been as well received everywhere as in this city
 To Mark Centenary of Slater Mill.
 
 committee has been appointed to make arrangements for monster celebra- 1 tion to observe the one hundredth aS~ l niversary of the building of the first l cotton mill in that town. Webster be- l ing one of the very important textile | centers in this part of New England. 1 The original mill of Samuel Slater was l built in 1913, this modest plant having l since developed into a monster indus 1 try. known of the country over.
 Railroad Changes Mooted. Putnam may become even more i'm 1 portant as 8 railroad center than it Is 1 at present if some tentative plans for rearranging the divisions of the New | Haven system become effective. Local railroad men have heard rumors of what is said to have been under con- sideration for the past two weeks, but | the nature and scope of the proposed l changes are not given out.
 At Fine GrcNe. I Major and Mrs. A. D. Mcintyre have l taken d cottage at Pine Grove, near 1 Mantle, for the summer. Major Me Intyre spends the week ends there and 1 the rest of the time at the office of | the company that he represents in New York Major Mcintyre will spend all 1 of this week at the cottage, however 1 that he may keep in touch with the military camp at Mantle, where he spent many encampments as an off | cer of the Third Connecticut infantry
 Briefs and Personals. i Hon. George A. Hammond returned | Thursday afternoon from a visit ali New London and at the camp ground at Mantle.
 Attorneys c. L: Torrey and M. H 1 Geissler were recent visitors at Rocky l Point.
 W. s. Kenyon of Woodstock Valley has been entertaining Mrs. Emma Ken yon and son Olin, of Willimantic.
 The Ponnfret NeighDofhood associa- ton has a baseball team that is mak- ing things interesting for teams thA' meet it.
 Incident to their automobile trip te Rochester. Mir. and Mrs. Richard Cor man motored to Niagara Falls. They