Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-16
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MAI TERS
 Two weeks from today is Thanks giving Day.
 Light vehicle lamps at 4.5s o'clock this evening.
 There are hurry calls for storm doors and weather strips.
 Ducks are plentiful along the shore, and in the coves at Saybrook.
 Menl Men! Join the Y. M. c. A. now. .adV.
 Hsry Bradbury of Lyme has shot i've foxes within couple of weeks.
 This week will probably be about the last week of lobstering off the Con-. necticut shore
 Rural church societies are adding to the funds in their treasuries by holding ''out of date dress'' socials.
 At Cheshire, a former Yantic rec tor, Rev. Marcus J. Simpson, has sent in his resignation to take effect after Christmas.
 Arthur G. Ecker of Vernon grange, Rockville, left for Washington, D. C., where he will attend the convention of the national grange.
 Tobacco growers in Holland county hoped that Tuesdays rain would pro- duce a good tobacco damp, but the weather proved too cold.
 Business men are enjoying the gym naStum at '. M. c. A.-adV.
 The regular fall meeting of the Connecticut Editorial association is to be held in Bristol at the office of the Bristol Press, Saturday. Nov. IS.
 A carload of young cattle brought from New York state by H. G. Lewis and son is being pastured on the farm of the late R. B. Wheeler in North Stonington.
 Temperatures as low as 25 degrees were reported yesterday morning. The long desired cold wave pleased the merchants, starting shoppers in pur- suit of winter supplies.
 Fourteen busy workers helped at Red Cross headquarters Wednesday morning and a number of others aid ed Mrs. Robert W. Perkins with the work during the afternoon.
 Dancing class and Social at Polas- ki hall, Thurs, Nov. 16. at 7.15 p. m. -adv.
 The first snow, like homeopathic pellets, fell Wednesday morning. Last winter, the first furry of. snow fell Nov. 3 and the first genuine snow storm occurred November 23.
 Colonel W. H. Hall of Wilmington has offered to erect a grandstand at Rockville fair grounds to seat 5000 to 10000 people, if the association will give him the grandstand receipts for six years.
 George Finch of Groton, whose, fin gers were caught in a sewing ma chine a few weeks ago, returned home from the hospital yesterday. It will not be necessary to amputate the in jured fingers.
 An Essex correspondent mentions that Mrs. Laura P. Geer, of Mystic, department inspector, will be present at the regular meeting of Betsey Ross held at Odd Fellows hall. Kings Daughters Friday from to 5 p. m., Thayer building.-adv.
 Owners of farms do not like to see cold weather come until the ponds and brooks have more water in them than they contain at present. So far there have been no Fall rains of conse- Quence to fill the streams.
 At the annual meeting of the Sims bury Historical Society this evening al the home of the president Mrs James K. Crofut, former Salem pastor, Rev John B. Mclean will read a paper or the physical history of Simsbury.
 The circulation of the Mantle Pub lie library for the month of October shows 149 with an average attendance of 12. Books were also sent to the branch libraries at Little Boston, Wal nut Hill. Mantle Hill and Flanders.
 Twenty seven members of the Pro- gressive Missionary club met Wednes- day with Mrs. Mary Corbin, of Lincoln avenue, the president Mrs. John E Post, presiding. After readings an6 sewing, light refreshments were serv- ed.
 Mrs. Walter Rogers. Il Union street will make special prices on the late mid-winter hats for the next ten days adv.
 charged with being a common drunk ard, was sentenced at Winsted Tues day to the state farm for inebriates at Norwich for six months. He is ar old rounder and had both legs taker off by train while, intoxicated.
 Hartford papers comment on the fact that the son. John Thayer Tain tor, born to Nelson Case Taintor and Ruth Thayer Taintor of New Haven is a grandson of the late James U Taintor of Hartford and of the late Mayor Charles F. Thayer of Norwich Rev. Leonard Lester, 79, who dieG last week at the home of his niece il South Coventry, was 8 twin brother to Rev. George Lester of Lyme. Botf were Baptist preachers and so alike their own relatives could with diff culty distinguish one from the other The New York, New Haven & Hart. ford Railroad company is in the mar. ket for a big order of locomotives O. the Santa F'e type. The locomotive. have a tremendous capacity as com. pared with the largest locomotives | now in use on the New Haven sys. tenn.
 In many sections of the eastern Dar-