Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
EVENTS IN NORWICH 50 YEARS AGO
Winters Second Attemp-Uncas and Chester Club Dele gates Attended Baseball Meeting in New York-New London County Agricultural Society Had $4O0 Balance Law Firm of Hasey and Harand Formed

Happenings in Norwich a nalf cen- tury ago the present week as chron- icled in the Norwich Morning Bulle- tin. included the annual meeting of the New London County Agricultural society, and the choice of officers to guide the association through the 1866 resulting in a general reelection although several important changes were made. Local Methodists in com mon with & world wide movement commenced planning the celebration of the tooth anniversary Of the found ing of their church by John Wesley. The week as a whole was a quiet one for Norwich as the following extracts from the Bulletin files show:
 Monday. Dec. Il, 1865-Winter made spasmodic effort to set in on Thanksgiving day, but it didn't amount to much. A second effort was made on Saturday evening put after two or three hours play at a snow storm the clerk of the weather substituted a mean sort Of drizzle. Third time never fails, so look out for winter right away and keep your sidewalks clean.
 Mission School Prosperous.
 The Mount Pleasant Mission school is in an unusually prosperous cond1- ton this winter. Several new teach
 
 attendance of scholars Is quite large. Special efforts have recently been made to excite an interest among the | benevolent in this school. Liberal donations have been pledged to the | Mount Pleasant Mission and 1t is | hoped that the school will this win | ter escape the financial embarrass- | ments which have sometimes attended | it. Besides this the two Congrega- tional churches in the city have agreed to provide for the support of a city missionary and a proper person for this work is being sought for. On Thanksgiving day collections were taken for the freedmen in sev- eral of the churches of the city. We have not learned the amount raised, church. The rector announced on Sunday that the sum of $9 was con- tributed and that there would be an opportunity of adding to 1t during the next day.
 $1,ooo,ooo Mill in Canterbury.
 Tuesday, Dec 12, 1S65-The Messrs
 Elisha and Daniel Packer of New York have bought an extensive water privilege on the Quirtebaug river, ir Canterbury, near what is called Can terbury Green, where they Contem- 1 plate building one of the most eX- | tensive cotton factories in the coun- try. Mutual and satisfactory ar l engagements nave been II1due "lln dl parties owning land along the stream for all that is necessary for all prac-
 tical purposes without resort to the
 "flowage" law. It is reported that
 they have stated that they intend tC lay out a million dollars on the works
 now under contemplation in Canter. | bury.
 The Methodists hereabouts as wei
 as in all enlightened parts of the
 world are looking forward with warn
 anticipation to celebrating, in pro-
 per manner and spirit the tooth an
 niversary of the founding of thu
 Methodist church by John Wesle! which opens with the new year.
 We regret to record the illness O Rev. MT. Banks, rector of Chris church. He had been i'll for som i weeks, but was recovering and eX } pected to preach last Sunday, when h had a relapse and is still confined t } his house. In comon with his whol