Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-10

Q0ctOr and a. fr1end were III the AOI6i, a passerby detected the smell of gas-
 oline and reported to the doctor that there was leakage from the tank. In order to ascertain whether the leakage
 was water or gasoline. an investiga- tion was made with a lighted match and immediately the automobile was enveloped in flames Although the fire house is nearby someone sent sin the fire alarm and the whole town was aroused. The Cyclone motor apparatus arrived and soon the flames were subdued. The action, of: the fremer was too slow to suit the .dictor and he declared that he would bring a suit in damages against the town for not rendering proper fire, protection. After the fire and the attendant ex- citenent had subsided, the automobile was still there, and the doctor de- clared that there it would remain un-
 til he received satisfying redress from the town. Police Sergeant West in sisted that pr. Taylor remove his au. tonnobile from the square, but he per sistently refused and challenged any one to remove it. Sergeant West ac- cepted the challenge and the Stoning- ton automobile was lowed to a Wes- terly garage, and there it remains,
 subject to the order of the owner.
 Pardon S. Peckham of Coventry, in ms SSQ year, erect dH0 aCIiVCy WdS III Westerly Wednesday and visited the Capt. William F. Saunders farm on the Post road. MT Peckham formerly owned this farm and adjacent proper ty, comprising about 500 acres, and which included a part of the present
 Pleasant View. The place was great ly improved by MT Peckham until it
 became one of the best farms in this section. After disposing of the farm he returned to his former home in Coventry.
 MT Peckham is an time woolen
 manufacturer and conducted in Gov entry an 11-set mill with blue yarn
 as a speciality. His product was
 known as Peekharn's four thread blue yarn and was widely used half a cen tury ago in the knitting of mems stockings, in the days when those
 when stocking knitting was a part of the household work and contemporary with Aunt Dinah's quilting parties Mir. Peckham was delighted with his visit and expressed surprise at the
 rapid growth of Pleasant View and
 surroundings and with the progressive spirit that prevails in Westerly. All Of which he says is in marked contrast to the days when about every store in
 town sold Peckham four thread blue yarn for mems stockings.
 Necessary retrenchment by the New York. New Haven and Hartford Rail. road company will result in radical changes on and after Sept. 27, when the new time table will be In effect. l Among the changes to be made be- tween Providence and New London, and which affect Westerly are: The l early morning train from Providence which leaves there at $50 will arrive | in New London at $50 instead of 9.05, 1 while the present 2.15 train from New London will leave Providence at LAO | p. m. and run only as far as Wickford Junction The evening train at S.23 for New London will be dropped entirely and the train. leaving Providence at | $50 will stop only at Wickford Junc- i tion, Kingston, Shamrock and Wester- | ly every station along the line. This will bring the train into New London l at 11.25 D. nl instead of 1t.40, connect
 ing with the New London Norwich line
 boat for New York
 Both of the early morning trains
 from New London leaving at 6.10 and l.l1 will be discontinued as far as
 their being aceommodation are con- l cerned, the former being dropped alto | gether. The latter will stop at Ston- | ington. Westerly, Kingston and Wick
 ford Junction. The 1.35 D.. m. train
 out of New London will reach Proyi-
 dence at 3.45, and the 9.2o D. m. Sat-
 urday night train between Westerly
 and Kingston will be, dropped. This
 is the shopping train that brought
 hundreds to Westerly and will be
 missed alike by the patrons and the l merchants of Westerly.
 | Sheriff John R. Wilcox is in charue
 of police regulations at the Kingston l fair. and is assisted by Police Inspector