Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-21
JEWErT CITY
Town Safe, Bought in 1878, Travelled
 Some-Graves at Capwell Place Through No Fault John Armstrong
 Loses APpointme ent-1912 Statistics.

Robert J. Guy was at work Mon- day rehabilitating the old town of Griswold safe in the selectmen's room in the town hall. It will be scraped, repainted and decorated and lettered to read: Records of the Borough of JeWett City. The safe, which weighs about five tons, has had an interest ing itinerary since it was bought for $275 by the town in 1878, when Henry Spaulding first became town clerk. After his term expired it travelled to the store of Potter & Chapman, in Ashland when E. H. Chapman was town clerk. Then three miles into the south part of the town, during the term of Daniel L. Phillips; back again to the store of the late James H. Finn, thence, when W. H. lift was elected, 1t was hoisted. by a Norwich firm, to the room which the telephone exchange now occupies over the bank, and was finally carried to the town building. where a new vault was built which made it of no use to the town. It was sold to the borough in 1903 for $50. The time, labor and expense at tendant upon its several trips have been of no little consideration.
 State Road May Encroach on Old
 Burial Plot.
 On the Michael Farrell property in Tadpole on the left hand side of the Plainfeld road half way down the hill, north of the old Capwell house site, there are four graves, marked only with rough stones. Probably not dozen in Griswold know that they are there. They are in the lot over looking the lower Tadpole pond. These graves contain the bodies of the four children of the late Jonh W. Capwell, who lived in the house in 1872. This house, which was burned over 30 years ago, had some little local history now mostly forgotten.
 It was built over 50 years ago by lot Jahr L~a iY7cr sold to Eben Phillips, then to J. W. Cap well, and was later repurchased by MT. Phillips, who owned it when it burned, it being occupied at that time by was rented to W. H. lift. now of lift street. The recent survey for the new state road will cut down the bank be- low and very close to the graves. The opinion has been expressed that the town should exhume the remains and give them burial elsewhere.
 New Carrier on Route i.
 Notice has been given by the post office department of the appointment of Perle l.. Whitford rural carrier on route No. 1, from the Jewett City post office. Since the resignation of George A. Aver some weeks ago the route has been kept up by John Arm | strong. When the route became va cant four men from Griswold took the prescribed government examination.
  Whiting, $. F. Palmer and Perle L. Whitford. It is generally believed that Mir. Armstrong would have received the appointment, only that he has the to have but one eye. All along the route he is spoken of in the highest terms; he is able and capable. and readily secured the signatures of over 60 persons on the line asking that he be kept there if possible The names were sent to Washington. but the< ruling of the departn is final, and one from which there is no ap peal MT Whitford, the new carrier. is well fitted fer the place, and will be careful and competent official in the position, which he fairly won in an open competitive examination. The route is 25 miles in length.
 1O4 Births, 37 Marriages, 51 Deaths.
 The vital statistics for 1912 as com piled by Town Clerk John Welsh. show 104 births, B female and 51 male; 37 aarriages, with May in the lead, when here were 6. July. September and December show enc each. There were