Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-12

The Ballard family reunion is to be held at Nichols grove West Thompson, Aug. 14.
 Pachaug Grange. Voluntown, is planning for the annual picnic and to be held Aug. 23.
 Plans are under way to lay a wa ter main from. the GrDton borough water system to the Submarine base.
 The Holy Name society of St. Pat rick's parish has requested a months mind mass today for John J. Sullivan.
 Train traffic was heavy Saturday, as August vacationists came and went, and much baggage was moved.
 The threatening weather Saturday and Sunday kept many from Ocean Beach and spoiled plans for other out ings.
 Dr. R. J. Collins office win be closed until Aug. 17th.-adv.
 The papers are reprintirg a grace ful poem by Witter Bynner.' formerly of Norwich, entitled "He Brought Us Clover
 Hartford papers mention that Mrs, Watson Beach is the guest of Mrs. James L. Thomson of Kenyon street at Weekapaug.
 Steady rain for several hours after midnight Saturday and during Sum- day morning. added to the good done by Fridays showers.
 As usual the men at the Main street station of the New Haven road are keeping up the attractive beds of flowers opposite the station
 One of the Thames river stations so far unaffected by war property, is Breakwater, once a hustling site, now seemingly doomed to dry not and de- cay.
 Lightning struck q big barn belong ing to Edmund Holton, at Hebron, Friday. The barn was set cn fire and completely destroyed as was all the hay, about 100 tons.
 One hundred dollars was realized at a cake sale held at the Crescent Beach cottage or Mrs. A. F. Shaw's, formerly of Norwich. for the benefit of the Mantle Red Cross.
 The keel of a new steamer of $500 tons of the Ferris type has been laid in the Noank shipyard This type of steamer is named after Theodore Fer ris, designer of wooden ships. At the masses in St. Patrick s ot,, ;1to were offered for the repose of the soul of James Joseph Shea, of Willimantic, Co., L. 102d Infantry, killed in action
 At the Norwich Red Cross room much valuable work is being done on Monday afternoons in charge of Mrs William Trin1n and Friday mornings under the direction of Miss Matilda Butts.
 At Mantle fourteen valuable sheer were killed at Branford Farms Thurs day by dogs. One of the dogs was shot by the caretaker and is believed to have belonged to Irving Luce o1 Little Boston.
 Lightning struck on Court street Friday, making a gully over a foo deep. Men were working there al day Saturday and the gulch wa: rbped off Friday night, closing tha street to travel.
 | Although the gale in the shor, towns attained a velocity of betweel seventy and eighty miles an hour ol | Friday. and left great destruction t. trees and other property. nobody wa | reported injured.
 The Meriden Journal mentions tha l Rev. Albert Jepson of Danielson, for n1erly of South Meriden. the son o MT. and Mrs. William Jepson of Bern stein Heights preached Sunday at Al Saints church, Meriden
 Mentioned among those attendin the fair of St. Pauls church Wind ham, were Mrs. Oliver L. Johnson Miss Fannie D. Young, Miss Sara Young, Miss Van Schaack and MT: ". H. Frink of Norwich.
 "The Farmers" real sweet corn i clothed in silk this season so thick that it seems to predict a cold winte ahead. His corn can excel the goose
 bone as weather indicator and a
 corn as a palate tickler.
 The ordinary hen turkey lays on a average 32 eggs and stops laying i
 July; but Jemima. the industrious Dir
 owned by Mir. and Mrs. Latham Shit
 of Gales Ferry. already has S9 egg
 to her credit. and is still laying.
 Rev. Alfred Duane Pell, pastor
 the Church of the Resurrection, Ne
 York, was the preacher at Peauc 1 chanel St11doN
 Weld sang By the Waters of Babylo
 and the Siberian national anthem.
 A cucumber that weighs one an
 q half pounds is usually one gone seed; but Farmer Silas Whippl brings them in green and fair and pa
 ateable. and his patrons stuff an
 cook them and find them to be fine
 eat.
 Now is the time to cut wild carrot
 thistles and other obnoxious weed which, if allowed to go to seed wi
 up next year. There is a state la
 that requires that such weeds be dt stroyed. At the monthly meeting of the Ne London board of school visitors Pa rick A. Sheridan, formerly of No s wich, was appointed school enumer; tor and his compensation was fixed five cents per name with expenses n , more than $15.
 Various towns in Holland coun a are taking an interest in woman su frage and active democrats. includii members of the town committees, a writing to the doubtful democrat United States senators, urging the s to vote for the Anthony amendment. ? Joseph Forster. S2. for 50 years res - dent of Rockville. father of Postma
 ter George Forster, of that place, di,
 at his home on Laurel stre.