Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-26
VARIOUS MATTERS

OorH leIL. on the StalA seems to Ds l ripening well.
 | A number of knitting circles and bands have been formed about town 1 Benefit dance for Smoke Fund. Pal.
 mer Hall, F1tchvtlle, Friday. Sept 2s I-adv.
 At present Supt. F. Leon Hutchins
 and aides are caring for 45 patients l at Backus hospital.
 1 Tn ordinary years, traveF Canadian l ward would be heavy about this time from towns and villages north of Nor 1 wich.
 | The Loyal Temperance Legion, Mrs
 J. J. Fields, leader. is to open it's sea- son with a meeting Friday at the w ;. T. U. room.
 I Saturday of this week. the feast day of St. Michael and All Angels, will be observed by special services in the Episcopal churches.
 Small catches of snappers have been l made at the outer light at Saybrook seen, but do not bite yet A good number from Norwich will go to Canterbury Green today for the quarterly meeting of the Eastern Con-
  number af Connecticut towns continue their flower mission work, sending fall blossoms to the city for distribution to the sick and shut tins. Hadlyrne man, Arthur W. Brock
 has tbe bsen wild n duck ana ofher birds at the Audubon society experi- ment station.
 
 Wednesday and Thursday. Attend . ing Photographers convention at Providence.-adv.
 Pioneer Hose Co.,, Groton, are to keep open house for all the borough inhab- itants to inspect the new engine and the engine house.
 At Hampton, Mrs. A. B. Edwards has purchased the Vickers place con sisting of house and barn and IS 1-2 acres of land. The house is nearly opposite her home.
 Farmers are finding that the frosted corn seems to be quite satisfactory 4n the sflo as only the leaves were af- tected. The stalks count in a silo- the leaves amount to but little
 Through the courtesy of Carl W. Brown, three electrically driven sew
  wich Red Cross room and volunteer stitchers will find plenty of work there.
 Because on some of the hot days in August locusts were heard chirping, the weatherw1se predicted frost in six weeks and claim the cid sign proved true in the recent disastrous freeze.
 At Trinity Methodist church, to- ma-row> (Thursday) afternoon. the Womans Foreign Missionary society is to begin its season. and later will entertain the young people of the church at tea. ----.-- ----7-
 A song. written for the Nathan Hale Home Guard of South Coventry by Mrs. W. A. T. Cassidy of Fultonvile, N. Y-. who is daughter of Dr. Will liam l.. Higgins is entitled Take Off Your Hat to- Uncle Sam.
 Grocers are having a big demand for such picking and preserving nec- seed, whole pepper and allspice. bay leaves and mixed spice. ginger, mace, ground nutmeg, cloves, etc.
 MT. D. F. chnford's school for Saturday afternoon, October N20th at 2.3o. Terms IS lessons s1o. Mr. Cliff ford will be at the haH Saturdays. Oc-
  tc register pupils.--adv.
 The funeral of Mrs. Sophie s: Sharpe, wife of Lafayette c. Sharpe, was held at 1 o'clock Monday after noon at AS Shapley street, New Lon don, Rev. C. Harley Smith conducting the services. Burial was in Yantic cemetery, Norwich.
 Work on the Groton and Stoning- ton trolley line at the overhead bridge of the New Haven road at Avery Me norial was practically completed Fri day night when the cars were run over on the new line of 200 feet, go- ing under the bridge.
 A supply of special gray wool for seeks was received Tuesday at the room of the Woman's League. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning Mrs. Ida Eccleston is in charge there and she will be glad to teach any woman l who wants to learn to knit.
 The new pastor of the Central Bap- list church, Rev. Arthur F. Purkiss, 1 Is starting his pastorate in a sys- study will be in the church and his | office house from II a. m. to D. m | every day except Saturday.
 Tuesday and Thursday are cutting, oasting and sewing days at the Red | Cross room, in general charge of Mrs. 1 ". Tyler Olcott. During yesterday. 1 Miss Margaret Rudd had charge and l ! good number of busy workers spent l he morning and afternoon at the ta- oles.
 Superintendent Cain, an operating i afhciency expert from New York, will | direct the installation of an automatic | clock signal system to replace the | telephone system on the Shore Line | Electric Railway and timetables and written orders for employees will be | furnished.
 There will be dedicatory exercises n the Poquonoc Bridge Baptist ,hurch Sunday. Sept. 30, Of the new parsonage. There is stil an indebt- .dness of $500 to the contractors, and note of $1,000, which the ladies of he church intend to reduce by an- 'ther year.
 Most favorable reports came from Thomas J. Leahy. of Otis street, who lnderMent an operatfou for apnendi- l