Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-15
VARIOUS MATTERS

May 18th is official straw hat day. The rainfall on Tuesday was u of an inch.
 Yesterday was the feast day of St Boniface. patron of hotel men.
 Judge Samuel Holdr4dge is very. i'll at his home in Ledyard. having been i'll for about a week
 Major and Mrs. Isaac Bromley and family of New Haven have arrived at their cottage at Eastern Point.
 MT and Mrs. James Tyler of Balti- more, relatives of the Norwich Ty- lers, have arrived at their cottage at Eastern Point to spend the summer.
 A regular dinner today at the wau- regan house for 50 cents. from 11.30 to o'clock.-adv.
 Scandanavians from Eastern Con necticut towns will go to Worcester, for the big centennial celebration of Norway's independence, May 16 and r.
 Members of the Girls Friendly so- ciety of Connecticut churches are working for fund to be used for re- pairs of the G. F. s. vacation house at Canaan.
 
 Farmers say that for the past few years the corn crop has been ef- fected by the frosts and this will be case this year unless there is an excep- tionally late fall.
 Miss Pearl Jackson of Norwich, in structor of music in the Jewett City schools, in preparation for next months graduating exercises.
 In Seaside council, No. IT, K. of C., of New London, the entertainment committee is arranging for an open meeting and lecture to be given by Rev. w. A. Keefe of Plainfield.
 Monday evening in the Sanford school gymnasium, Deciding, there was a very entertaining talk by Professor c. D. Jarvis of Storrs Agricultural col lege on the subject of tree conserve ton.
 A correspondent from Holland writes: The district superintendent, Rev. G. G. Scrivener held the first quarterly conference in the Lee Methodist church Saturday evening. He preached a very impressive sermon Sunday morn ing.
 The recent disagreeable weather, Uncle Horace Johnson says, is due to the effect of the planet Mars now in near approach to the earth. Mars exercises great influence on our weather as do all the planets. he says.
 At a meeting of the Connecticut Probate assembly, with about 25 judges present held Wednesday in the library of the Hartford club there was dis cussion of the inheritance tax on es- tates requiring reports to be sent to the state treasurer.
 One of the Lords Hill blue ribbon mammoth bronze turkey hens was North Stonington the other day. Chest CT E.. Merrill shot the dog. Blue Bel den, at his home some two miles dis tant after a hot chase.
 The new railroad rules will become effective with the change of time on June [, and all employees are to be prepared before that time to stand ex- animation. The new book of rules is much larger than any former set and is said to be mcuh more complex.
 The annual convention of the Ep- worth league, of the New Haven dis trict, which includes all Connecticut east of the Connecticut river, will be held today. (Friday) at the South EdTh na0 u0ulSl CnufCn Wlln InOTnlnS afternoon and evening sessions. It is expected that about 500 delegates will attend.
 Danger and direction signs are be- ing erected in Webster, Dudley, Ox- ford, Putnam, Southbridge and North Grosvenordale under the direction of the Webster Automobile club. Signs will be erected at bad curves. across roads, 100 feet before and beyond schoolhouses, railroad crossings and before and beyond bridges.