Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-28
OtlR,BllIletins
Norwich. Saturday. Feb. 2s, 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 The mercury climbed to 50 degrees in the shade Friday noon.
 A number of sleighing parties have visited Mohegan park this week.
 Long clans for frying at Powers BfoS.-adv.
 The lazy man who waited to clean his walk is new having it cleaned by the sun.
 Owners of Gecks are taking the census now, and new lambs are report ed almost daily;
 Some of the biggest and longest icicles ever seen hereabouts have formed during the past week
 Cold as it is, real estate men are all ready having inquiries about farm property from possible city buyers.
 Extra choice live salmon. Noank cod. at Powers Bros. s.-adv.
 Teamsters were just beginning to find the roads good when Friday s thaw came, to turn te snow to slush.
 Samuel Bloom of New York has purchased the Rosenzweig farm at Packer and will start large poultry yard,
 The State Audubon society has ask ed members to see that game and other birds are fed while the snow con- tinues.
 Choice finnan haddie, the large, tat kind, at Powers Bros '-ady.
 Thirty-ffve paintings of the late c. A Griscoms 8 Watch Hill summer res ident, sold at New York this week. brought $1s0.4s5,
 Owners of orchards are being urged to begin at onco to combat the San Jose scale, either with soluble oils or the lime-sulphur mixture.
 The tax collectors office will be open tonight and Monday evening until 8 o'clock. Monday, the 2d, the last day of the collection of the personal tax adv,
 In closing up the conference year, District Superintendent c. c. Scriven- CT of Norwich is scheduled to visit West Thompson and Eastford today and Sunday.
 Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, state regent of D. A. R.. and Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Waterford, vice state regent, were guests of Mary Wooster chapter, D. A R.. at Danbury. Friday Members of St. Mary's T. A. & B. society are requested to meet at the society rooms on Sunday evening al 6.30 o'clock.-ady.
 Physicians and druggists claim that not in many winters have they had so many complaints from outdoor work CTS who are suffering from frostbites, since the low temperature days and nights.
 Rockville had an opportunity as Yantic did to raise cucumbers for pickle agents, but is not taking up the project with any special enthusiasm, to the disappointment of many resi- dents there
 Henry Q. Chalker. an old resident of Saybrock. died at his home Wednes- day after long illness He leaves, be- sides his wife. two sons, Oliver and Clayson, daughter, Mrs. Augusta Shipley, and one grandson The few tramps who braved the cold to hike about the country for the past fortnight have fared well when apply ing for food and shelter, as even the most obdurate householder has taken pity on the wandering gentry. Says the Moosup Journal: Plainfield friends congratulate Archibald s. Spalding of Norwich on hts appoint ment by Congressman B. F. Mahan to the office of income tax field inspector for the Second congressional district. A Norwich man said Friday that he felt like asking his neighbors to Join him in a protest to the government against the poor quality and annoying sticklessness of the stamped envelopes and wrappers being sold to suffering public.
 A prominent veterinary surgeon ap- Baldwin at the capitol Wednesday Io nation of horses found to be suffering that the owners be reimbursed for their 1 loss out of state funds. A postponed meeting of the Vineyard Workers of the Central Baptist church was held this week with Mrs Shepard B. Palmer of Broad street. The mem bers took along the postcards which they have received from Col. and Mrs Charles W. Gale, and the display was one of particular interest. A pig acacia tree on the grounds oi Dr. J. J. Donohues property on Church l street was cut down Friday by Leroy Osborne and his assistants. The trunk had split. the entire length and 1 fell unexpectedly, demoIishing 8 DOT | tion or the iron fence toward the Sec 1 ond Congregational church.