Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-03
VARIOUS MATTERS

It September 3rd. The moon ful1s this morning. the 3rd, at 0 h. Il m.
 Regular meeting of Knights of Co.,
 lumbus tonight.-adv. | Home grown apples are late in get
 ting to market this year.
 Dealers have sold a record num- Der of picnic supplies this week.
 Work is progressing on rhe cellar l for the new building, to be erected at the County Home.
 Several from here will attend an all-
 day camp meeting at the Peabody 1 place. in Leffingwell, Sunday.
 Most of the cottages and camps at Gardner Lake are occupied. The Lake l House is not open this season.
 Drivers who whip horses and mules l in weather like that of Thursday de- serve the attention of the Humane so- ciety.
 | The members of the exemption ex- l amina ton board and their aids have 1 certainly been doing their bit. the past I fewdays.
 The receipts from the North Ston- | ington tea garden have been fair 1 this week.
 Sunday next is the communion Sunday of the Young Ladies and I'm maculate Conception Sodalities of St Patricks parish.
 The Red Cross room will be closed today on account of the heat-adv. One Noank woman who followed the advice to can peas has had dollars worth of vegeta bles spoiled by the ex- tremely hot weather.
 A drive in any direction about town demonstrates the care1essness of
 tree owners, many nests of the tent caterpillar being noticeable
 Representative George H. Stone of
 North Stonington, who was over come by the heat last week. is now able to attend to his business
 spiritualists from this vicinity will attend the services Of the State Day at when Mrs May J. Vanderbilt will be the speaker.
 Even the brief sprinkle which fol- lowed lowering temperature, Thurs day afternoon, was appreciated by garden tillers, as the crops are badly in need of rain.
 Patrick J. Coleman. who died We'd nesday evening, was for years faith full collector at St. Patr1ck-s church and attended to his duties as usual at the masses Sunday last
 The sixty members of the household at the Almshouse, 1G or Y being wo- men, are now enjoying fresh vegeta- bies from the farm, string beans po- tatoes. etc. the crops oelng fine this season.
  CTS have been unable to get any brick ice cream from the manufacturers vvE>c nave had such enormous demands t%1t they could not get tubs enough to shin their frozen product.
 Mrs. Mary L. Peck has bought from Charles B. Lee the nine-room house occupied by pr. N. P. Smith on Park street, Norwich. The cottage will be thoroughly improved by Mrs. Peek who made the purchase for an invest ment.
 A Norwich physician of the old school used to maintain that an ex- cessively hot summer was always fol- lowed by a season in which people i were healthier and clearer skinned so much precipitation carrying off all | impurities in the blood.
 The girl scout movement is to be started in New London at a meeting i 70 be held this evening. Mrs Leroy l P. Gracey captain of the Laurel I Troop of Quaker Hill and Mrs. c. B. | Fund, captain Of the Groton troop, are i to speak at the meeting
 There are "A children, as boys and 1 B girls. at the County Home e, on 1 smith avenue. Probably because of | the fact that their former friends have | been busy with war year duties, the | kiddies have not been given their usual outing this summer
 C. S. ". Davis of Groton sas beaxd | Indirectly that his brother. Leslie Da- wis is safe in Berne. Switzerland. witt 1 9 party of Americans. MT. Davis has | been American consul at Haput, Ar | rnenia. It has been impossible to get | or send any word to him.
 The general committee of the Asv- l lun Avenue Baptist church, Hartford, 1 is preparing for the coming of Rev Dr. Peter C. Wright. who will begin his duties on the first Sunday in October Rev. Dr. Wright and family are spend ing the season at Gales Ferry.
 Friends in Griswold, Ledyard and promoters of the Woman's college in- terests will congratulate David Hale F Tanning. the Worcester, Mass. mil lIonaire philanthropist a native of Griswold, who will reach his s7th tomorrow, August 4.
 4NofWich women who are canning scores of jars of food are much in terested in the announcement from I Washington that s5.0e0 in cash will he given by the National Emergency Food Garden commission for the best canned products throughout the coun- try.
 Senator Frank B. Brandegee was one~ of the eight republican senators cho voted against the national prohi- bition bill Wednesday at Washington George P. Mclean, the other Con necticut senator, also a republican. did not vote on this constitutional amen dn1ent
 Calling attention of heads of fire departments and managers of large plants to the need of CO., ,peratfon in reducing fire losses the National Board of Fire Underwriters