Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-06
JEWETT CITY
Old Public Sign Post, Once a W. ping Post. May Do Duty Again. Congregational Mems Club EIects Officers.

|
 In -1s15. the town of Griswold wal
 set apart from Preston. The record.
 Of this town show that in 1920 the 1 selectmen were directed by a vote of
 the town to erect a public sign post.
 The granite for ;he post was quarried
 in the Stone Hill woods. and the post | was duly set in the forks of the road at the junction of what is now known
 as North and East Main streets From 1920 ator 1880 stthe latter year being that ine which public Whipping vas abohshed) this post was used for the purpose of Q whipping post Here a luckless wretch was tied and the | lash applied -to his bare back Many have heard the late Francis $. Young tell that once when a mere lad he saw man whipped before a crowd al l this post for a misdemeanor which bs | was too young to remember. l The making of rhe David Hale Ean- ming park made it necessary to remove t this old landmark from the site where it had stood for only a few years tshorta of a-century, and at the .time~6i ! it's removal it was in regular service
 for the purpose for which 1r-vAs first | Intended. It now has been reset OF the corner of the Jewett City Pres. premises. where the borough prop | erty is occupied by the A. A. Youns
 Jr. Hose and Ladder Go. No l. The owners of the Press are perfectly willing and in fact are desirous that
 a wooden case be put on it's top and that it be used as the public sign post for the town of GriswoId, perhaps
 for the next century as it was in the last. | FFs ing held in Pachaug last fall that the post be set on the town house property on Soule street but the selctmen had a board placed on the tCe<h building
 in accordance with legal precedent I and such proceeding was deemed By them sufficient. It is generally hoped | that the old post be rehabilitatedi in its present location and be used again | The Stone Hill granite. of which the post is made. is a soft stone. quite easily worked, but very durable It never became however. of much com
 mercial yaf1Ie. There is no record where the whip was kept with which tthese punishments. were given in this | part of the town. but in Pachaug the whip was kept under the counter fH the old Store. After prisoner ha1 lreceived his 25 or 50 lashes the whip
 was put away freeking as it was when the punishment was over When. per haps months later, another unfortll- nate was to take his stripes. the only
 preparation the whip received was a ! few Sharp blows across the counter delivered by the2dOughty arm of the I GdtPh i-0cmeS SunOdJ.
 | At the NJ. E. church Sunday the Rev
 sanfuef Thatcher win occupy his pull
 pit; His subjects win be. Morning. The Three Powefs: evening, The Puf- pose of the Incarnation.
 At the congregatiohal church, the pastor, the Rev. Dr. w. H. Cane. will
 take for his subject. The Power of
 Christ -centered Life and The Courage of Conscience. At the Baptist church Rev. J. G. Briggs of owatonna, Minn-. will de- liver an address on the Judson Cen tenniaI Missionary Work MT. Briggs lis cousin of Miss Ariana Cook of this place.
 Tn the evening the sermon will be by the Rev. Allan Spidell, the pastor Worth While. pr" Club Entertained.
 1 The Harmony club was entertained l Mrs. A J. Tinker was a visitor at
 the Willimantic camp ground Friday. Frem St. Elizabeth's Home. Miss Grace Mccarthy is at home
 on Mechanic street She is attending
 school at St; Elizabeth's home in Hartford This is a preparatory in
 stitution for young ladies who are to enter the sisterhood- This home
 IS conducted by the Sisters of the
 Miss Mccarthy is the oldest daugh-
 ter of Ex-Warden and Mrs. Joseph H. | Mccarthy.
 l Mems Club Election.
 E. F. Burleson entertained the Mems !, clIth of the Congregational church in l their annual meeting at his home in 1 SSlyandale Thursday evening. The f fpresident, l.. NJ Carpenter. presided at the business meeting, where every re- pot from the various officers of the club serEed to prove its prosperous condition. The treasury showed a ia yora ble balance of SIPS and the roll | of membership showed an addition of six new members during the year. The , following officers were elected to serve for the next year: President David A Boutwell,: first vice president. E. F.
 Burlesoni second Eiee president Alex tMcNicol: secretary. IT. C. Webster; | treasurer Lloyd c. Buckingham; mefpbsrship committee, c. H. Haskell, g. F. Brown. William McNicol. pro- gram compaittee F. F. Burleson, Don- aid c Bliss Walter Marshall: service lcommittee F. F., Robipson. E. S. His eomapitiee. B, (. Bliss, E. A. Faust
 plant E. F R4FIeson. s. F, Brown. L. 1 NJ carpentsr;
 After the bpsinsss meeting Misses
 Jeaa and perothy BnTieson served fe- 1 frsshpeats;