Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-10

Rotterdam Arrives Quicker Than
 Freight From Ohio.
 Postmaster Patrick Riley of Day. vile has moved the post office to the new building he has erected in the village.
 Mrs. Ernest R. Warren had the mem bers of the Camp Fire Girls at her home for a meeting this week. Mrs. George l.. Eaton will have the Ladies' Aid society, of the Baptist church meet at her home on Rtverv1ew 1 thi safternoon.
 Bernard c. Hammond of Stamford visited friends in Danielson Thurs day.
 1 home of Miss Lillian Nuttall this even 1 ing There is to be mock marriage cercmony-the contracting parties be- 1 ing Miss l. c. Snow and MT. Never Saw Such A Blizzard.
 Comfort Bags For Sailors. At a meeting of the young ladies | with Miss Mildred Burton, comfort bags were made to be forwarded to Boston for distribution during the Christmas festival for sailors at the seamens Bethel. where Rev. w. J. Swafffeld, D. D. is in charge.
 Watch Proves a Bargain. George B, Ferguson of Reynolds street has written as follows to the oldest matchmaker at Salem, Mass: I had business with you in 1852, when you put a chronometer balance in my watch. After that time I exchanged that watch with you. in September, 1869, for my present watch, which l am carrying at this time for more than 47 years.''
 Charity Boxes to Receive Coins.
 On Saturday boxes in which con- tributions may be dropped toward buying Christmas dinners for the poor of Danielson, will be placed in stores about town. Last year the giving was so generous that there was a sufficient sum not only to buy the dinners, but as well to supply some clothing, coal and wood to families during the re- mairder of the winter. The boxes are put out by the Danielson Benev- olent society.
 Nurse Needs White Cloth.
 The Civic federation has made an appeal for old white cloth-linen or cotton-for use by the visiting nurse of the visiting nurse has become bet ter known, the appreciation of it has likewise greatly increased as well as the demand for materials, which could he devoted to no better cause.
 Honors Paid Admiral Pond.
 Ceremonies incident to the assump- tion of command of the newly formed United States Naval auxiliary di- vision by Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond were held at the Boston Navy yard. As the admiraFs flag was raised to the mast top of the repair shir Vestal Q salute of 13 guns from the yard battery boomed out and other forms of naval procedure were gone through Rear Admiral Pond, a brother of T. D. Pond of Brooklyn, was until recently commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard. His flagship is to remain at the Boston yard for a month to make repairs
 Town Employees to Clean Pavement.
 The selectmen will arrange to have employees of. the town clean the paw ing in Main street as required during riod the work will be more difficult than in other periods of the year on l account of snow and slush. The ar rangement will be carried out inex- 1 pensively. In the spring other ar
 engagements will be made and possibly
 N power sweeper procured.
 Affects Postal Business.
 This Christmas season, following in- structions from Washington, no money | Belgium, Mexico, Turkey, Portugal l Greece Bulgaria and Egypt are being issued here. No parcel post ship 1 rnents for Belgium, Germany, Austria 1 Hungary or parts of France occupied 1 by the invading armies are being ac- l cepted. For France excepting de- | partments in the hands of that coun- l try's enemies, parcel post packages are being accepted excepting those | containing tobacco. In France the | government has a monoply of the to- | bacco business; hence the exception | The restrictions due to hte war are | operating to greatly reduce the out | ward foreign business from the local
 office, which in times of peace does much business for the representatives I of the peoples engaged in the war res l ident here.
 Evidence of Freight Congestion. It might be difficult to convince 6 | studious geography class that Rotter dam is nearer to Danielson than Eas Liverpool Ohio, but such seems to bt the case in so far as ability to ge goods here quickly from the two point: mentioned is concerned. W. L. Dixor
 said Thursday morning that he ha( just unpacked a foreign shipment
 originating in Germany and shipped
 via Rotterdam, New York and Provi
 dence, that had left war-stricke1 1 Europe when another consignment O goods from East Liverpool, Ohio, wa!
 put on the cars, this shipment yet un received here. This may be taken t,
 indicate how severe the congestion O
 freight traffic is between the east ant middle west.