Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-03
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Norwich, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

1 VARIOUS MATTERS Many of the Universalist churches | observed Sunday as convention Sum-
 day.
 The best moonlight nights during 1 February will be from the Sth to the l 18th.
 ] A number from Norwich went to l New York Monday to attend the motor 1 boat show.
 ! Some of the grangers are announc- Ing very attractive programmes for l the present year. Today, the feast of St. Blaisius, there l will be the blessing of throats in the Catholic, churches. February. a month with four exact 1 weeks this year, pleases the landlords and bill collectors. G. A. R. posts are making plans to l commemorate Lincoln's day, which this year falls on Thursday.
 From the Manager to the Cross"
 reverential five reel feature at Colonial l theatre today.-Adv. Delegates to the D. A. R. congress at | Washington in April are already being 1 chosen by Connecticut chapters. Clergymen are being notified that. it is now proposed to set aside the third Sunday in October as Go-to-Church Sunday.
 Repairing of farm tools and build ings, woodcutting and logging are the principal occupations of the farmers just now.
 Persons ordering through The Bal- letin's pattern department are remind ed to be careful to give the exact sizes required.-adv.
 President Hustis of the New Haven road has issued an order that all pur- chasing acquisitions must hereafter be approved by him.
 Members of Irish American organ izations are already planning to cele- brate St. Patrick's day, which in 1914 comes on Tuesday.
 The Connecticut Milk Dealers asso- citation held an annual dinner Satur- day evening in Hartford About 100 members were present.
 Edward E. spicer left Groton Mon day for Florida, where he expects to spend several weeks. MT. Spicer owns a fruit farm in that state.
 Dealers hereabouts in high grade cows claim this class of stock meets with a ready sale at three times the prices quoted two decades ago.
 Mrs. Sherwood Miner of Salem has gone to East Haddam, where she will be the guest of her sister -in-law, Miss Hannah Miner of Hillcrest farm.
 The Watch Hill House at Watch Hill is to be considerably enlarged by an addition which will be completed before the opening of the summer sea- son.
 The time of the meeting at Yantic Wednesday afternoon has been changed from 2 to 3.15.-Adv.
 Eighty-fou residents of Hartford county were appointed commissioners of the superior court by Judge Gardi- ner Greene of Norwich in one session at Hartford recently.
 Boards of selectmen are receiving letters from the George Washington association requesting that money be collected in each town for the George Washington monument fund.
 Although there is not much frost in the ground, on the country roads the mud is deep and drivers transporting children to school are obliged to start extra early in order to make time.
 Some of the delegates who went to Burma to attend the Judson centenary are returning. The Norwich delegates are now touring Bengal, and will not be back until the middle of March.
 A young man who is winning atten- ton by his art criticisms and descrip- tions is Thomas Raymond Ball of New York, son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas B. Ball (Alice Raymond of Norwich).
 Prom the Manager to the Cross''- Colonial Theatres sublime five-reel feature for today. Scenes all made in Egypt upon historical Bible locations Adv.
 Miss Annie CeceIia Lyons, sister of the bride, has sent cards announcing the marriage of Miss Nellie Agnes Ly- ons of Norwich and Eugene Francis Farley of New Haven, on Saturday in St. Patricks church, Norwich.
 During 1913 the Southern New Eng land Telephone company paid out $32,- 194.90 under the employees benefit plan According to statistics that will be shown stockholders in the annual re- port next week, the payments include pensions of $1.041.05.
 A postcard shower was sent the oth- CT day to the home of Mrs. Levi Lord, in Griswold, where Mrs. George Ed mond of Norwich, daughter of Mrs. Lord, is sick with scarletina. A quar- antine has been on the home many weeks. Cards came from far and near.
 Whereas short time ago trains on the Central Vermont road were delay ed by drifting snow in Vermont, where the temperature was zero and below, for the past few days the mercury has been above 40 degrees, the snow has nearly disappeared, and the weather suggests spring