Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-27
JEWETT CITY
Health Officer Jennings Finds No Ew- denee of lnfantile ParaIysis-Anni- versary of a Memorable Excursion, Twenty five Years Ago.

Health Officer c. H. Jennings re- ports that there is no case of infan- tile paralysis in the town of Gris- wold nor is there any child sick with any disease that has the least sugges- tion of the Inalady.
 Through an oversight the name of Health Officer Jennings was omitted from the list of health officers from the surrounding towns which appear ed in Wednesdays Bulletin. Tn this mornings Bulletin Griswold is de- clared among the others as forbidding the entrance into the town of all children under sixteen who are resi- dents of New York city or of any city, sis is epidemic after 12.15 a. m, Fri day, July 21.
 Rank Growth of Tick-trefoi.
 Along the roadside most anywhere in this section and at a number Of places between here and Norwich be- side the railroad one can see the masses Of color made by the purplish- pink flowers of tick -trefOil. There is a patch in the seven mile curve be- low JeWett City with stalks four feet high. They are effective when seen at a distance but disappointing on closer examination.
 Many a hunter in the fall who does not know the flower by name has had things to say when he suddenly found his trousers and coat covered with the rough brown seed pods. Thoreau writes, Though you were running for your life, they would have time to catch and cling to your clothes" When the hunter stops many miles perhaps from where he got them, to pick them off his clothing the little seed has ac- complish it's purpose, been deposited in another place.
 Grass Crop a Loss.
 From farmers all about in this sec tiOn comes the same complaint. Plenty of the best of grass but no weather to get it in. One farmer reports seY- eral acres lying uncut lodged flat. Un- derneath with the constant Wetting it is miideWed and as he says all slimy, he will leave it to rot where it grew.
 On Excursion of 25 Years Ago. A friend of The Bulletin and of the old Jewett City band (which gath cred more fame than any band before or Since) hands in a paper with a full account of the excursion of that band to Rocky Point, which took place 25 years ago today. An extract from that story about the toboggan slide will interest many man now who as a boy, was there. The excursion was under the management Of E. r BurleSOn there was not a cOTpOraFs guard left in JeWett City when the train pulled cut with two engines, at 6-24 a. m. The story says of the to- began slide: But harkI What sound is that, that quivers on the long suf- fering air, like the mighty rumble of chariot wheels? lis the toboggan slide! It must be experienced to be appreciated. We all tried it, boys and girls, young and old, black and white altogether with one grand sWoOp like a night hawk, then rattlely bang around the first curve, then down and up. round and round, bang against OnC side and whang against the other til at last. hanging on for dear life, you shot into the tunnel like an arrow from the bow, then out again up tC i the start, stopping only long enough tC i pick out another nickel and go again 1 Such wells on the home stretch in the l tunnel, all the Apaches, Sioux anG ] COmanches in the wild west could not ] have beaten Jewett Clty's reliable olC | business men and handsome danes, as 1 they experienced this grand eXhiIara- 1 ton. Some lost their hats and somf l their dinners on account of this wiIC 1 ride. Some gripped the iron guard l with vice-like tenacity and slammed i around with eyes pFotTuding and teetf i clinched while others came tearine l around. swaying and swinging like z l vessel in a storm"
 Home From Convent School i Miss Grace Mccarthy, who has beer 1 attending St. Cecelia's convent at Leo. ] minister, Mass as at home on Mechan. i ic street She is the daughter O. i Warden and Mrs. J. H. MCCarthy.