Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-20
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at Til this evening.
 Local smokers hear that advatfe
 in the prlce of pipes is proba ble. New potatoes were selling in Nor
 wich stores at 45 cents peck Satur-
 day.
 The favorite Golden Bantam sweet corn and sweet potatoes are in mar ket.
 There is a fine looking field of buck 1 wheat at the Morgan farm below l Thamesvi1le.
 Most Of the blacksmith shops were closed Saturday for the annual held
 day of the blacksmiths. The annual meeting of the Connecti- 1 cut Chamber of Commerce is to be | held in Hartford Oct. IS. 1 The state field day of the o. U. A. I M. is to be held at Mt. Nebo. South
 Manchester. Labor day. Sept Sd. On tn, Union street side of the Leavens property. a fine stretch of grano1ithic sidewalk has been com pleted.
 Schooner Star. Capt. Steve BagnaI. is taking on ice and stores at Noank
 and will leave at once on a swordf1sh
 ing cruise.
 Dr. Richards office will be closed until Sept. 4th.-adv.
 The small garden movement this year has not reduced tte price Of fruits and vegetables around this sec tion to any appreciable extent.
 John Buckley of Union. who has been appointed executive secretary to Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb. is attorney of the Holland county exemption board. l
 The annual convention of the State l n Danbury beginning Tuesday, Sept | 4, will be attended by over 200 dele | gates. l congregations were asked to pray for | the repose of the souls of Joseph and | Hugh McGowan, killed in action in l France.
 Three more ambulances have been | shipped by Capt. Hanford L. Curtis from the state armory in Hartford to First Lieut.. Francis J. Shearer, Com pany A. Signal corps, camp headquar- ters, a Mantle.
 At Marlborough, the barn with silo owned by George Locs was struck by lightning about 7.30 o'clock Friday morning and burned to the ground. The bolt evidently entered near the silo.
 A special trolley car taking the Methodist Sunday school of -Moosup on the annual outing to Ocean Beach passed through Norwich Saturday morning. returning about 5.45 p. m.
 For the past two Sundays, during the vacation of Mrs. Grace Aldrich Crowell, soprano at the Central Bap- jet 1t,Y I,At aJ1 4l, has been taken by Miss Lucille o. Lord.
 G. Marchesini of the Villa Louisa, Bolton. has had 5000 fiat Dutch head cabbages set out. He planted potatoes and corn and onions for big crops and will cut 50 tons of hay off his farm 0n the mountain.
 Negotiations have been under way for the sale of the Mitchell property at : argest in that section, having about l,500 feet of waterfront The possible purchasers are New York men.
 Dr. Lynes' office will be closed until Sept. 4th.-adv.
 Many Connecticut residents who are , natives of New Hampshire haVe gone o that state for Old Home week, which s began Saturday night with beacon I fires kindled on the hills in welcon.e I U the returning sons ana daughters. 1
 Response to the orders of the state l lealth commission and the New Lon Y lon health board regarding conditions f It the duck pond at Ocean Beach has c 'een made by filling in the pond with q lean sand for about ten feet all around II he margin. o
 Preaching at the 10.ao mass in St. \ 'atricks church Sunday, Rev Peter V . Cuny's theme was the optimism e which should actuate the Christian low prone to dwell more upon houghts of Hell and sin than of 1eaven.
 Plans for the field day to be held at , smston Monday afternoon, Sept Sd re about completed. The parade will ! orm at Hebron. The medals, of gold l md solid silver, were donated by Mir Ams and are on display al the Arnston , 1ostofTicA. [