Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

men, but the best of order is assured by the presence of the country con- stables This fair also serves as a meeting place for the renewal of old acquaintances and is a sort of home reunion.
 There was not a large attendance on the opening day, but all is now in readiness and large crowd is ex- pected on Wednesday and Thursday. James F. Brown. Jr, has a fine exhibit of Berkshire hogs, including a boar, SOW with six pigs, six shoats four months old and two sows. Edward E. Carpenter of the Coy-Welsh farm, | Westerly, exhibits his pure bred Hol- stein bull Albina Pontiac a pure bred COW and pair Of steers All raised on i his farm and of the very best breed. | Daniel B. Coates exhibits some fine 1 Holstein stock. and there are exhibits
 of Ayrshires by John D. Avery and
 James F. Brown, Jr The cattle dis
 play is unusually fine. The large ex | hibit of vegetables has not been 1 equalled by any fair in this section
 of the country.
 On Wednesday and Thursday, among the special attractions, will be the I auction by Edward E. CarDenter of
 4S head of cattle on Wednesday and a
 herd of horses on Thursday. On both
 days there will be &zts of strength between oxen and horse, and milk test
 demonstrations by Assistant County
 Agent Whitman, A mechanical attrac-
 ton is the demonstration of a com
 plete light and power plant by Carl
 W. Brown of Norwich. There are 150
 individual exhibitors.
 The officers of the fair are George
 D. Coates, president: Ellsworth c.
 Gray. vice president; E. Frank White, secretary, and George H. Stone. treas
 urer.
 Tuesday was divorce day in the su
 perior court for Washington county in session at West Kingston Judge FL
 mer J. ,Rathbun, presiding. Caroline S
 Duff of Westerly, vas granted a di-
 vorce from James Duff, on grounds ot
 neglect to provide. Arvelia Sisco, ot : Westerly, granted decree on grounds of cruelty and non-support, She waE
 given custody of her six minor chil. } dren. James P. Reade. a soldier now ir , France, was granted divorce iron
 Georgia S. Reale on grounds of adul- , tery. Madeline M Sherman. of Wyom | ing on grounds of neglect to provide
 was divorced from Claude G. Sherman
 Irene J. Eddy. of Shamrock, a cripple :, from Frank Eddy grounds non-sup f rort. Sophie NJ. Colland of Shamrock f from Joseph Collard. neglect to pro 7 vide and awarded custody of mino
 child.
 g There is considerable interest in tn s petition in equity brought by Judg : Nathan B. Lewis. executor of the es
 tate of Charles Den Chaprtan. 0 d Westerly, against Mary E. Arnold an . others, which is petition for tn e construction of the will of the lat r MT. Chapman, which will made pro : visions which would have been mad e by law had there been no will. Tn Il case will be heard on points of la7 e and certified to the superior court fo o an opinion There are 52 respondent h named representing three branches (
 the family and residing in variou d sections of the country.
 n The questions involved are whethe n the widoy, Mrs. Ella M. Chapman, | entitled to any part of the persona F property. and whether the estate lei Il by Charles Den Chapman goes joint . lv to the prelenial and maternal sir e dred or to the paternal side alive 2 e ancestral estate The real estate r valued at $15 900 and the persona s s12,00o Fitzgerald and Higgins. | Pawtucket. represent the widow IS Stone and Loveioy represent MT V Louis W. Arnold and eleven other s, who are heirs on the paternal side k MT. Chapman: and Judge Herbert V e Rathbun represents Sheriff John IS Wilcox and forty others, heirs on tt e maternal side.
 l. Mir. and Mrs Chapman did not 1iy d together for many years and wei e never divorced. The settlement l. the estate has been in the Wester j. probate court for long time. E