Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-14
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VARIOUS MATTERS

Norwich. Thursday, May A. 1914.
 VARIOUS MATTERS Tree owners notice that in some places elm bsettles have already put in an appearance. in spite of cold and rain.
 The Anchorage at the Pequot may be opened as An inn again this sea : son, after being closed for several years.
 Emerson Mixter, of the Layville district, Lyme. has his garden plowed and commenced planting. MT. Mixter is over 90 years old.
 Low temperature will have the ef- feet of keeping back the blossoms until Memorial day, which is two weeks from Saturday.
 Special lunch for business men daily at the Wauregan house for 50 sents.-ady.
 The sudden change means another setback for the farmers. many of whom have not yet succeeded in get ting their oats in the ground
 At Hamburg. MT. and Mrs. Bras tus Bigelow and daughter, of Mans field, have been guests of MT. Bige- lows mother for the past few days.
 Friday, May 18th. the day designated by the state board of education as Library day, will be observed with special exercises in many of the schools.
 The Church Improvement society held it's May meeting in the Second Congregational church parlors We'd -.<> rl.- s-~-~ in sewing.
 A whist and. 45 given by St. Pat rick's Tierney cadets in T. A. B. hall tonight.-advs
 Delegates from many towns attend ed the ninth annual convention of the Connecticut State Luther league held at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Mid dletown, Tuesday.
 The state fish and game commits sion has commenced to gather shad spawn from shad caught by Windsor fishermen for use at the state shad hatchery at Joshuatewn. Lyme.
 Horace Johnson of Middle Haddam, a frequent Norwich visitor, the wealth CT prophet who predicted the blizzard of 1888. was 90 years old Wednesday. MT. Johnson is in fairly good health.
 Governor Baldwin on Tuesday ap- proved a requiSition of the adtutant general and acting paymaster general on the comptroller for 2,400 for re- pairs to the state armory in New Lon don.
 A new rule. permitting the sending to Greece of packages not weighing uring more than 3 feet 6 inches in length, has gone into effect at the post office
 Among the 4s original letters and documents presented the state li- brary by Mrs. Alfred T. Perry of Hartford is a report of committee on fort and battery stores at New Lon don, May 8, 1730.
 pairing to place electric lights in the south end of the town at Goshun and poles are now being placed along the road from the Rummell farmhouse to the last corner in Pleasure beach.
 The we'll known form of Policeman William s. Doty, a member of Sedg- wick post, is seen in a picture of the magnolia tree at the Buckingham Me- mcrial, taken by George l.. Fuller when the tree was in full bloom last week.
 When the Progressive Missionary club met at the Bushnell chapel We'd nesday afternoon the leader was Miss Sarah Gardner. Following sewing, there was a pleasant social hour, dur ing which light refreshments were served.
 The Doane auction Wednesday at tracted 8 number of out of town wis., itors, among them Rev. J. L. Peacock and Deacon Wilcox, of Westerly who secured several books for the Memo rial library there, of which they are trustees
 Governor S. E. Baldwin has approv- ed requisition of the adtutant general and acting paymaster general on the comptroller for $3,000 for the main tenance of Troop B of the National Guard. s2,000 for repairs to the New London armory and $6,327.06 for the April bill at the Norwich State hos pital.
 At the forty third annual meeting of the New Haven branch of the Wo- mans Board of Missions, held at Gen. ter church, New Haven Tuesday, one of the most interesting subjects was the survey of modern China pre- scented by Rev. Charles E. Ewing, of Tientsin.
 A certificate of organization was filed with the secretary of state Tues day by Allen & Daggett, Incorporated, of Norwich, to begin business with $5,000. The officers are: President, Frank H. Allen of Norwich; secretary, Harry C.. Daggett of Boston; treas T| n