Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-16
VARIOUS MATTERS

I
 Honeysuckle on piazzas and trellises in bloom in the middle of July does
 not occur very often.
 Owing to the heavy rains gardens during the past week have been en-
 abled to transplant winter cabbage,
 turnips and celery.
 While the Connecticut peach crop is to be of record proportions, the states apple crop will be less than half the normal yield, according to fruit growers.
 As valuable feed for poultry and a seed growing well on poor land. state authorities are urging Connecticut far
 mers to SOW at least a little buck l wheat just now.
 l Men are busy clearing up the Pal mer shipyard for the government work 1 soon to be started there- The big moulding loft has been removed and | the ground graded.
 1 About the latest combination is the girl who wears bottle green cap; an | old rose sweater, pink skirt. 1avendar stockings, and drives an automobile i of apple green shade.
 The planet Saturn may still be seen during the month but will soon be lost in the suns rays. It passes to the west of the sun and enters the morning sky on July 27 at D. m. Leslie Lawrence. of Ansonia grad
 uate of the Agricultural College at
 Storrs Is officially supervising the test work of several fine Holstein cows at
 Herold's Lanedale Farm, New Canaan.
 Liquor dealers about the state who are mobilizing to fight prohibition ex- press the belief that they will receive he 1< e Cl in hn different cities, also of the real es- tate men.
 Dr. Charles L. Cotton. of Hartford has been appointed deputy commis- sioner of domestic animals, by the new commissioner, James M. Whittle- sey of Morris. Dr. Cotton, who is well known in veterinary circles
 The last woman hanged in this state was 16o years ago. There Is a strong sentiment in Connecticut against capital punishment for wom en. and already some persons are making prophecies that Mrs. Gilligan will not go to the scaffold.
 On the celebration of the French Bastile day. the anniversary of the national holiday. July IA. which is fall of the Bastile, French naval off New London of J. N. Lapointe, presi- dent of the J. N. Lapointe Co. . Almost on the eve of the army draft, the war department has pointed out that the organization of forty bak- ing companies offers an opportunity for young men to volunteer, learn the bakers trade under pay see service abroad, and possibly get promotion
 The Olympia. Admiral Dewey's flag ship in the battle of Manila bay. which recently went ashore on Block E1c nd mt iv7 dry he Brooklyn navy yard, Saturday. When 1 she went ashore it was reported that 1 she can be made seaworthy in three l weeks.
 The war department has announced the assignment of the fifth division National Guard, which comprises ! Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu- Vermont, and they go to Charlotte, N l c. This does not include the Coast Artillery. stays too cold for comfortable bath ing The water men say that the l '. water vas warner & S2 a month ago than amount of rain water has had an ef- 1 feet upon the water, also the fact that l the nights are so chilly.
 By special enactment law has been passed in the state of Connecti- 1 cut placing a fine of s1OO and impris- | onment against any one who during 1 the period of the war, shall be con- | victed of entering unlawfully any gar l den and maliciously taking or steal | ing the produce thereof.
 Ensign Henry Bradley Plant. L. s. l \. R.. and Mrs. Plant, who were re- | gently married, have arrived at the | Hotel Griswold. Eastern Point, Gro | ton, after an automobile trip to Que 1 bee. Mr Plant reported for duty at i the Naval Reserve headquarters at | New London on Thursday.
 Professor Roy E. Jones. extension 1 poultryman, Connecticut Agricultural l college, gave a demonstration at the 1 Pequot farm, Bridgeport, the other day, showing the Bridgeport Poultry CTS from the non producers in the poultry flock, large or small.
 Recent statistics of this the Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford, show that the churches number 195 and there are two seminaries in the state, with 16O students. The academies number five and the parishes with schools S6, with 38.11S pupils. There are two or phan asylums with 500 orphans in them.
 The new buildings of the Connecti- cut Training school for Feeble Minded at Mansfield are progressing rapidly and will soon be put into operation. The withdrawal of the children from the school at Lakevil1e will soon be started and carried on as rapidly as the quarters at Mansfield are made | ready.
 An embargo on all freight except | that consigned to or for the use of | the United States government it's al-