Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-28
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS The slight rain of Monday night re- corded a fall of .os of an inch. r Most of the beds of handsome cos- mos were destroyed by the Last frost. | A number of new books in French and Italian have been received at the Otis library.
 Following the showers early Tues in temperature.
 Complaint is made of the careless 1 ness of some of the small boys who play with putty blowers. "Perils of Pauline" at Colonial today. Adv.
 The Red Cross in New York &C., nnowledged Tuesday the receipt of $35 from, a benefit sale in New Lon l don.
 Tuesday afternoon the Past Noble Grands of Thames association. No. 3, met with Osprey lodge in New Lon- don.
 Eugene Brown of Eastern Point is excavating a cellar for a house to be built by Arthur W. Park on his farm l in Criswold.
 Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, officers | of Stonington Tierary Cadets will be installed by County Director Will l liam 1T. McGuinness of Norwich. Fred c. Upton and family of North 1 Stonington have taken possession of l their new home recently purchased of William H.Palmer on Denison hill, l VoIuntown.
 In fhe church calendar Oct 2sth is I the feast of St. Simon and St. Jude, l apostles, and there will be the cele- l bration of holy communion in the Epis- copal church
 1 Much interest is being manifested | in the meeting of the Woman's Aux Hilary Board of Missions, which is to 1 be held this year with Churist church, i Norwich, November 11th.
 At the second meeting of the two debating societies of Mount Holyoke college Saturday evening one of the debaters was Miss Margaret Bunyan, '16, of Colchester, Conn.
 Owners of birds learn that canary seed has gone up from ten cents to fifteen cents per package as in Ger many, where 1t is cultivated, the fields have been ravaged by the war.
 
 The Church Improvement society of the Second Congregational church. Mrs. Daniel s. IIaviland, president, theld a meeting for work Tuesday eve ming in the ladies' room at the church.
 Connecticut bee keepers .have just completed gathering the 1914 honey crop. According to the bureau of crop estimates of the United States de- partment of agriculture. the yield per colony of bees was 2S pounds. l There was a good attendance and much interest Tuesday afternoon, when the women's prayer meeting was held at Bushnell chapel. Central Baptist church. with Mrs. Cari W. Brown !; leader.
 The Groton Congregational Church society Monday evening decided unan- imously to extend call to Rev. Hen- ry W. Hulbert, who has occupied the pulpit at the church for several Sun- days.
 Monday was the second anniversary of the dedication of St. Joseph's church, Shelton, and the Ansonia Sen tinel praises the work of the rec tor there, Rev. Daniel A. Bailey, for merly of Montville.
 Miss Hazel Anderson had the mem 'bers of Alpha Sigma society of the
 Second Congregational church at hel
 home. 4s Church street, Tuesday eve
 ming. for a meeting: Miss Jessie R
 Sage is president of this society. The chimney is being erected on tn
 new watchman's house and chemica
 shed at Eastern Point. The buiIdinI
 will be completed within 8 short time
 For several years there has been n to1,< ~,J n,~% r& D~i-
 Alden Miner, a fox hunter of Nortl
 Stonington and Hopkinton, capture L two large red foxes during the pas F Morris land, at the top of Maxson hill The pelts were bought by Asa l Briggs.
 A number of inquiries have been re
 ceived by Mrs. Graham. wife of Re,
 Richard R. Graham of Christ churc1
 regarding the plan to: knit comfort
 able articles for the English and Bel giun soldiers and several have alread
 begun the work.
 Arthur M. Leary. formerly agent fc
 the Fishers Island Navigation G o who recently passed a government civ N service examination as typewriter ar
 stenographer, has gone to Washingto
 having received an appointment one of the government departments d General E. E. Bradley, chairman i. the state park commission, said
 New Haven Monday he hoped th 2. body would be able to secure an al T propriation of at least s100,0o0 fro ! the general assembly at the comil session to start the work for whi, ''- the commission was created. --
 Persons receiving pensions und . act of June 27 1S9O now have an ol
 portunity to test their title to an il z crea Sad faanSinr, r1ndar of