Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-13
JEWETT CITY
When islanders Dredsed For coaI-pr. s. H. Holmes Aids in Humane Case Textile Novelty Company Forced to Borrow Coai-EIection of Dorcas Circle.

The loss of the many coal carrying vessels recently, especially the barges that sunk in the gale off Jamestown, R. l., Sunday night with the loss of ten thousand tons of coal, brings this story to the ranembrance of a citiZdl of the borough.
 A little over 25. years ago when he had pressing business in JameStCwn n ant made frequent calls to that city, $ similar gale occurred in that section with similar disastrous results. A number of barges were sunk and sev- eral thousand tons of good coal lay on the harbor bottom off Jamestown in shallow waters as is. the case today. Coal was coal then as # is now. #; the shortage increased cn the island. and the rigcrs of the winter. weather began to be felt. the man who tells this story saw men go out, bV. the dozens each day in boats. with specially. corr structed extra long handled oyster tongs. By patient work, and aftas- To- eating the coal beds. hundreds of cons were brought up, and many man kept his family frorn suffering that winter by this novel method of secur- ing coal. Jamestown people are set ting up and taking notice, coal is scarce. and what has heen done, may be done again. s-...-,.
 Dercas Circles Officers. x Dorcas circle of the Kings Daugh- ters met at Mrs. Charles E. Spicer's Tuesday evening and elected for off, ficers for one year: Leader, Mrs. M. w. Alling; cive leader, Miss M: A. Burdick; secretary, Miss Ruth Miner; treasurer, Mrs. w. R. Rurdick.
 pr. Holmes Acts Promptly.
 Although Dr.: S. H.. Holmes is not ity, he was notified of a case of ex- treme' cruelty to a horse in Lisbon. The animal has been left out in the field night and way all the fall and up to yesterday, this bitterly; cold wealth CT. Dr. Holmes notified Hartford of the sase and Humane Agent Bliven of Central Village was told to look it up. He came tc Jewett City and invited Dr. Holmes to accompany him to the farm in Lisbon where the horse was kept. The owner claimed he had told some one two weeks ago to put the horse cut of the way, but very ev- idently it had not been done. He promised to shoot the animal before night. !. pr. Holmes. in all the, twen- ty-five years of his service as a hu- mane agent never failed to respond to cal,. day or night. He was abso- luteiy without fear or favor of any man in the cases brough: to his atten- tion. and. although he does not now hold the office, has not lost his hu- mane interest in the welfare of man or beast. '' ' -'" |< '' Textile Company Out of Coal The Textile Novelty company is without a pound of coal with which to run their establishment, and are borrowing. coal from the Ashland Cot ton company. The fuel administrator was notified three weeks ago, also since then, and promised relief. but so far nothing is ip sight.
 Short Paragraphs.
 Mrs. Arthur Varley of Taftville spent Wednesday at Mrs. A. M. Browns
 Miss Helen Magel is very i'll at her home on Green avenue.
 Slater library will be, closed d week or ten days an account of furnace trouble.
 Fred C. Clark and Andrew McNicol are at home for several weeks from Staunton Military. Academy, Staunton, Virginia
 Miss Elizabeth Dealy, secretary of the Red Cross chapter, has received letters from H. J. Brickley, J. Edw