Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-27
JEWETT CITY
Heading Off the Army Worms-Their Presence Offset by the Absence of Elm 6eetles-SociaI and Personal Items.

simon Brewster was kept busy Sat urday and Sunday attending to the army worms and conducting the many visitors who came to see the worms make in field of oats
 Saturday Mir Brewster resolved to make every effort to save his large nelds Of corn. He caused trenches lS inches deep and 10 inches wide to be dug around the fields This the worms were unable to get out of after they had fallen in
 Four acres of oats belonging to Wayland Frink, who owns the farm adjoining MT. Brewster's have been badly damaged. He had a force Of men cut them Saturday afternoon and morning parties from the borough. Arba Browning and MT Brewster in vestigated MT. F'rink's large field of corn and found the worms we'll at work. with a half dozen in the heart Of each stalk. MT Brewster had left, from his two big oat lots. leav- lng the ground an inch deep with bushels of oats which the worms clip ped from the straw, but could not eat. It is fortunate for the infected dis tricts that the life of the army worm IS short; in less than two weeks he passes on to the pupa or chrysalis state and finally developes into a moth and may travel for miles In thfsi latitude the army worm may breed three times in a summer. He. Is an army worm, not because of marching proclivities but so named on account of his great numbers. It is doubtful if he could move 15 rods in the few days of his existence
 Miss Daisy Young discovered a small colony at work in a patch of grass between two of her fathers green h0I1GGS f1v expressing the greatest interest in this matter.
 No Elm Beetles.
 It is a coincidence that in this sec tion, with the coming of the army worm. which has not been seen here for 1s years, the elm beetle has dis appeared Some of the most bea utiflIl elns in New London county are grow ing today in GrisWold without a sign of the ravages of the beetle. For seven years in succession local trees, by this time, have been we'll denuded and the lawns covered with the dead leaves. The big elms on South Main street and those surrounding many farmhouses in the country, whether sprayed or not; are looking their best. Undaunted Lodge installation.
 At the regular meeting of .Undaunt- ed lodge, No. 34. K. of P. the follow l ing officers were duly installed by Dis I trict Deputy William Blackburn, Jr acting as grand prelate and acting grand master at arms E. P. Pratt oi l Norwich:
 Chancellor commander. John w Potts; vice chancellor commander, Al fred Stebbins: prelate. Rev. Samue Thatcher: master at arms, Joseph l Wharton inside guardian. William l McUluggage: outside guardian. James I IIavitson
 I Visiting members of the order iron l Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jer. 5 sey and Norwich. together with tn. I local lodge, enjoyed refreshment: l served by the newly installed officers I Woman Goes to Jail
 Mrs. Maggie Fitzgerald was brough by Prosecuting Attorney William o Il Sou1e before Judge H. H. Burnhan in the town court Saturday. She wa \ found guilty of an assault and givel
 a fine of two dollars and costs
 amounting to ss16.94. Size was takel .I to the Norwich jail where she vii have to stay 21 days unless paid out Ehe claimed under oath that lame