Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-22
YANTIC
Dry Weather Renders Wsxer Supply Short-Fire Company Plans Social Winter-Chicken Thieves Busy.


 The water supply in the village is very short at present The brick house well is supplying all the en- ployes of the Admore Woolen company on Main street with drinking water, and the boarding house well the rest Of the people this side of the railroad crossing. The artesian wells on the Franklin road are holding out we'll.
 Many of the wells on farms are dry, and the brooks from springs sources are not flowing.
 The dirt has become powdered and 1t is extremely difficult to travel through it
 Mrs. William E. Page has returned to Mystic after spending a few days here.
 Mrs. Charles Thorpe of Haughton's Cove was a visitor here Saturday, with Mir. and Mrs. David Parkhill.
 Admitted to Fire Company.
 At recent meeting of the Yantic Fire Engine company new members admitted were Fred Whitmarsh and E. Winslow Williams. The company plans to give series of dances, con certs and entertainments during the winter. During the past week the en- tertainment hall has been renovated and decorated so that it makes a very attractive assembly hall.
 Frank w. Stritch spent Sunday with friends in New London.
 Improvements at Barber Place
 James Barber has a litter of eleven six-weeks old pigs which are in fine condition and as attractive a litter as built new house for the pigs and they are very comfortable. He has in the process of construction dam and is clearing off a place and digging out portion of one lot so he will be able to cut ice on his own property fhfC yuiy1fpr ha hod tn cart ice over a mile to the ice house. This coming winter there will be only a short distance to cover.
 Chicken Thieves at Work.
 Chicken thieves have been making their appearance in the village, visit ing the hen houses of Edward Jones. One of the neighbors saw two men leaving the coops and has given a very good description of them
 Warning signs for tutomobilists to heed have been placed on telephone poles in front of John Ayres' and John Todd's houses as a safeguard for the pupils of Sodom school.
 Tramp chairmaker.
 There has been a tramp chairmaker in the neighborhood for the past month making porch chairs out of small tree shoots and he has found a ready mar ket here.
 Men have completed painting J. w. Frinks house on the Franklin Farm and have gone to Thamesville, where they are painting the Norwich Tuber- culosis Hospital buildings.
 Remodelins Bungalow.
 William Childs is assisting John Aver on making Improvements on his bungalow. The front door has been taken out, the entry built out and a three faced entrance built with door on the side and a small window in front, making a very attractive en- trance.
 Brief Mention. Mir and Mrs. John Kilroy and Miss Sybil Kilroy have returned from a visit in New London with MT. and Mrs. Frank Clifford.
 The chestnut burrs are opening and many butternuts have fallen to the grounds.
 Miss Lillian Carpenter is spending the week on Bliss Place with her sis- ter, Mrs. Ernest Bullard, who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Howard Bishop and daughter Olive. Edward A. Jones and Roscoe Bentley, visited Narragansett Pier Sunday and on their return trip stopped in Peace Dale with Mrs. George Smith
 Mrs. John Stewart of Jewett City spent some time in the village Satur- day.
 David Smith has left for Ha1lville, where he will spend two weeks with his daughter, Mrs. George Lavalle.