Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-21
VARIOUS MATTERS

plant apf,is,, the, new pestilence which is destroying crops.
 Farmers in this vicinity are in need of men in the hay field and every morning some farmer drives into town in search of men g The staff in the enrolling office of the Naval Coast Defense Reserve at New London consists of ten girls rated as yeomen. The girls wear civilian rigs, but are to get into uniform later. Bridgeport trolley cars may. soon be conducted by. members of the fair sex acting as motorwomen and conductor cites. according to Manager Charles Chap of the, Connecticut company.
 The rose chafers or. rose bugs" as they are commonly called, are unus- doing considerable damage on shade. fruit trees, shrubbery. and in the veg etable gardens. y-.
 A new device designed to save coal is soon to be tried out on the Con nectfcut Co.'S lines in Waterbury. The system has already been tried out at New Haven and will be extended all over the company's fines.
 Pads of dried seaweed chemically treated, and fire proofed are used at New Haven by the contractors to pro- vide noise proof. walls for the new Yale music school building, the Ar mold Sprague memorial hall.
 The aphfs or plant louse which is threatening to destroy. the potato crop in some sections of the state can be best controlled by. nicotine spray, according to the Connecticut Exper1- ment station at New Haven.
 The fall meeting of the New Eng land Circulation Managers associ- ation will be held in Hartford about the middle of November, according to a notice received at the Hartford con vention and publicity bureau.
 At the Peoples Store, Inc, new po- tatoes per peck 53c.-adv.
 Connecticut has furnished nearly three quarters of her assigned quota of 2,22S for the United States army, according to figures announced by Major w. A. Mercer of the main re- cruiting station at New Haven.
 The plan of ringing but once on a single line has been adopted at the Danielson central telephone exchange, in conformity with a rule now in use throughout the state. This is all right if the ring is distinct and correct.
 One of the new giant warships of the United States navy may be named after the city Of Hartford. All that stands in the way is the old frigate, flagship of Admiral Farragut during the Civil War. which bears that name.
 In conjunction with the Campmeet- ing Association and the Ladies' Aid of Pine Grove. Mantle, the Connecti- cut State Spirituaist Association will the Rev. Mary S. Vanderbilt Of Brook lyn, N. Y.
 That the telephone system in effect at the capitol in Hartford will be next year and large switch board. with two operators constantly in attendance, will be substituted for the present system is announced by Morris c. Webster, state comptroller.
 Shellf1sh commissioners are work ing on the assessments of oyster pro perties within the sound, and will have the work by August T. may be found at the commits sion's officers during the month and in September the board of relief will hear appeals for less taxes.
 That Fort Wright may not be used as the training camp for the coast artillery corps is the statement made by Lieutenant Colonel Vincent M King. Colonel King claims that 1t is not definitely known where the lTOOpS dIS SOlHS to De sent ana VIII not be known until orders and train schedules are received the last of the week.
 of the American Fisheries Society, which will be held August 2e and 31 in St. Paul, Minn.. John M. Crampton superintendent of the state fish and game department, will attend ad will deliver an address on Co-operatfon of TIId nd IyIr 4r $1A T,f ment of the Fish and Game Law the United States.
 Charles A. Huntington Is one of the first of the Poduonock farmers to report digging potatoes this season. Those that he has dug have proven to be fine specimens and he expects a large yield. MT. Huntington Is ex- growing garden truck under cloth, similar oraising tobacco. MT. Hunt ington is having excellent results. handling of mail and to expediate the same to the United States forces in France. it is necessary that all such mail should be handed in at the post office. in order that it may be prop erly weighed and rated. Letters, post diers and sailors are subject to the domestic postage rates and the full of postage must be, affixed.
 Coast Artillery corps reserves will be taken along with the companies when they go into camp. These are men who have had previous service in the company, and SO far as possi- ble will again be attached to the same command. It is possible. however, that they will be attached to, some other command According to Adju- tantGeneral Cole, the commands will be mustered into the federal service on the morning of July 25.
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