Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-20
VARIOUS MATTERS

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The rye crop IN this section Is
turning out well.
Tents are beginning to be conspicu-
Gus along the riverbanks.
Mondays sudden shower was fol-
lowed BY e beautiful rainbow.
Last call on water bills. once open
today from $50 a. m. to p. m.--adv.
Now that haying has begun, reports
Of cases Of poison ivy are heard.
The annual meeting Of the Tuna
club is to be held at Block Island July
st. Margaret and St. Jerome are
commenorated July 20th in; the church
calendar.
The temperature dropped is degrees
| in half an hour, following the rain.
yesterday afternoon.
Trainmen say that the summer
drouth has seriously injured the crops
in many Vermont towns.
Some handsome dahlias are being
grown by Mrs. John e. Post at her
home on West Thames street
Norwich friends hear that Rev. H.
J. Wyckoffs summer camp at South
Fairiee. VT. is very successful.
Along the railroad tracks the sturdy
Bouncing Bet is in bloom, another in
dicatton of the fight of the summer.
Local teachers are receiving litera-
| ture pertaining to the SD annual meet
| ing of the National Education asso-
citation at Oakland. CAL, from Aug. Is
to rs.
an attack Of acute indigestion while
attending services at the Ledyard
Congregational church Sunday morn
ing.
Owners of farm property complain
| that berry pickers cause trouble by
negiecting to close gates and put up
bars. often letting cattle out Of the
pastures.
The 1000 trees at the Browning
1 peach orchard at Kitemaug are in fine
condition and it is expected that the
| fruit will be ready to pick in about
two weeks.
| It is announced that the preacher at
1 Eastern Point chapel Sunday, Aug. I,
will be Rev. Curtis Lee Laws, d. D.,
of the Green avenue Baptist church,
BROOKLYN, IN. I.
Rev. Sherrod Soule missionary SUI
perintendent of Congregational church.
es in Connecticut, is announced to
speak at the Line meeting house at
Elxonlz the fourth Sunday in July.
Ely Manwaring, who died at his
home on the Black Point road Thurs
day night, Is survived by his widow, a
daughter, Mrs, H. w. Saunders, and a
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a brother and sister. all of Mantle.
/ 1t is reported from Block Island that
several schools of tuna were seen Fri
! day off the southeast shore of the ISL
and. the first eaten of the season was
made by Clinton Gilbert of Huntington
| Z. /, and was taken with rod and reel
thy Atwood of Wauregan was hostess
at a luncheon held at the Golf club.
| Twelve young ladies enjoyed Miss Att
woods hospitality. The piazza, on
which the luncheon was served. was
prettily decorated
| A through electric lighted drawing
room sleeping car now leaves Norwich
at 5.57 p. m. daily except Saturday, for
Brattleboro and Montreal.-adv.
A Hartford company has finished
drilling well at Ellington for Robert
ID. Hyde. 1t is ITO feet deep and fur
nishes 10 gallons of water a minute
The we'll on the premises of Francis
M. Charter is 256 feet deep, with q
1 capacity of 40 gallons a minute
Members of the Central Baptist
church welcomed with great pleas
ure Sunday, Miss Carol S. Everett, OF
Vancouver, 3. c., a former assistant
to Rev. P. G. Wright who was on hel
way to New Brunswick and was the
guest over Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs
W. W. Beckwith-
At the annual meeting of the state
board of health In the capitol Satur-
day the president and secretary, DR.
e. II. Root of Hartford and DR.. Joseph
H. Townsend of New Haven. were re.
elected for the ensuing year. These are
the only two officers on the board.
THE Goddess" Colonial theatre to.
day; biggest motion picture serial evel
made.-adv.
Il The July government crop repori
contains much information about Con,
necticut crops the first part Of this
corn is 6S.oo0, or per cent. more
| than last wear. its condition S3, and
forecasted production 2s719.do0 bush.
els.
/ FUNERALS.