Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-25
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 Dec. 2sth is St. EuEeaia.s day.
 Merry Christmas to all The Bulle- tins readersi
 Yesterdays track conditions seemed just right to develop flat wheels
 Dealers have had a big trade in holly. mistietoe, roping. wreaths. etc.
 The Methodist church of Gales Fer ry held it's Christmas tree exercises Thursday evening.
 Because of the holiday today. there was a big rush at the banks and Ii-. braries Thursday.
 Hundreds of little Jerusalem cherry trees and potted poinsetttae have been bought this week. Bay View lodge, F. and A. M., Of Niantic has elected Frank P. Bacon worshipful master.
 Fish, for some reason that the fish ermen in thesshore towns of the coun- ty cannot explain. are very scarce at present.
 Members from Eastern cennecticut were in New Haven Wednesday night attending a dinner given by Governor Baldwin to his staff.
 Residents in the vicinity of Ham, lin street have come to listen for the annual Christmas morning carols and hymans, so finely played
 Work on the addition to the shop of the Ship & Engine Co are progress ing. Workmen are employed in set- ting the window frames.
 Thomas J. Fitzgerald Of the Par- eel Delivery service wishes all his patrons and friends h Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.---Ady.
 Members of the second troop of Boy Scouts of New London disposed of 40S Red Cross seals at the loAcl theatres during the first three days of the week.
 At Groton. Sacred Heart paroriaial school closed "Wednesday for the va cation and will open again January { Christmas exercises were held by the children.
 Following the Thursday evening prayer meeting at Trinity Methodist church, there was meeting of the 1 Sunday school Christmas concert conmltlees
 For convenience. the Otis library has | listed separately some of the most re- cent books on the European war which have been added to the library. about thirty-six in all.
 l The Belgian Relief fund nou amounts to S725, 5,S72.23. Subscription 1 should be sent to J. P. Morgan 0 Go Among those acknowledged Thursday was Taftville Congregational church l $10.
 ] Tn. Ashford Ellis & Eaton are cut. l ting a large tract Of timber on tht l Dean lot. and will go to draw agaiT soon. They are now blaming ant I matching boards that were sawed las | winter.
 Local mail was increased Thursdas I by considerable from oversea, part O. I the contents of the 4,300 sacks of hol- l iday mail which arrived in New Yorl l Wednesday, on the Lusstanias from Liverpool.
 l A Mystic correspondent notes tha I Mrs. George D. Johnson tMiss FTis well of Norwich), entertained tn, members of the Sewing circle of Char ity chapter, o. B. S., at its last meet ing for the year.
 James F. Lord Of Lords Hill me l with Selectnen Luther Gray and Fred erick Burton in the town of L1edyaf, recently. for the purpose of arbftratini sheep claims of Lafayette F. Main 0 North Stonington.
 Andrew Wagner, who died Wednes day at his home in New London, Q day, was for many years enploye by the Norwich and New York lin at it's New London offfce.
 The W. F. Saunders Realty conpan
 of Westerly is offering for sale a linn tied number of building lots in Winna
 paug park, Pleasant View. R. l., an
 to those who will build soon extra l ordinary inducements will be given
 Adv.
 The Won1rous Night, the word i. and music of which are by Sanh,ie
 c. Kern of this city are to be sung b
 Miss Grace Kern at the GreeneviIl Baptist a6l1urch tonight and on Sun day morning at the Central Baptis
 church.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Ida May
 nard. who died at the Norwich Stat
 hospital were held at g Merida Istreet, New London, at ? o'clock Wed
 nesday afternoon. Rev. C. M. Rec or Flanders oHicIated. Burial was
 Jordan cemetery.
 At the Congregational church las
 evening there was a brief service (
 Christmas song and prayer in tn
 church parlors, which was conclude in time to permit those in a4tendanc to join the public gathering around th Municipal tree in Union square Rev. T. 4. Williams is making az engagements towards starting an agri cultural class in the Mashapaug dis
 trict at Union. The school board hs
 given permission to use the schoo, : house. in the evening for the purpoa
 and the first meeting took pla1
 Thursday.
 TURKEYS AND coLD PIECES