Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11

C1Sy.
 Private William Nuttall of Camp Dix, N. J., was visitor in Putnam Saturday.
 To Amend Ordinance.
 An ordinance of the city of Putnam, relating to membership in the fire de- partment, will be amended so as to provide not more than 25 members for Hose No. and not more than 15 for Hose No. and the Hook and Ladder company
 Chilly at Camp Devens.
 Soldiers from Camp Devens who were home over Sunday tell of ex- periencing temperatures down to 36 degrees below zero at the cantonment during the past week.
 Some Rain on Saturday. For the first time in weeks, some rain fell in Putnam during the storm of Saturday. Trolley Lins Short Of Coal. Shortage of coal has again reduced l the Shore Line Electric railway to the | point of being uncertain as to keep I ing service up to the present standard but relief may come as it has in othen recent fuel crises.
 Come Too Late.
 l Persons who are anxious to learn more relative to filing their income tax returns continue to come to Putnam to interview the government representa- 1 tive, who left here a week ago. Strings of empty coal cars that had been assembled in the local freight yard south of the station, preparatory 10 running them back to the mines. were of interest to observers on Sat- urday.
 ] Cordwood is bringing as high as $11 a cord for first quality in this city, and sawed hickory commands the excep- tional price of s1'5 a cord.
 Choppers Earn S . Day.
 Good choppers find that they can make more money in the woods these days than they can by following their regular occupations. Some employers are paying choppers $2.50 per cord, 1 and good chopper can earn $5 a day, The attention of the common coun- cil has been called to the need of a l street light at the May street cross ing, and the matter has been. referred to. the lighting committee of that body.
 Regulations for the Lenten season were announced at the services at St. Mary's church on Sunday. The day after tomorrow will bring Ash We'd nesday the opening of Lent.
 Cunning in France.
 Not all of the time of some of the ] Putnam boys who are in France with a railway engineers regiment is given to forwarding the processes of war. Jo-
 seph Loiselle of the night yard crew
 has letter from Arthur H. Packer
 who was working here when he enlist, ed, telling of spending his spare timt
 gunning for rabbits and cartridges. Ht also has set of rabbit traps that art yielding satisfactory returns. Packer says that the cartridges ii France are not much larger than Con
 necticut quail. but enough of then l placed in the hands of the compan, ] cook yields some splendid feasts fo the boys who are in on the deal. Packer. reports the Putnam boy
 who are in the company with him a vice for which they enlisted. Il Home Guards Ball for Red Cross. Company l., Third regiment. Hon guard, Putnam's wartime organization comes to the forefront this evenin . with the first of what may prove t be series of annual military ball and will turn the proceeds over to tn Putnam chapter of the Red Cross. Tn affair will be one of the last socia f events before the opening of Lent. R. A. Officers.
 The following are the newly electe
 officers of the Royal Arcanuna: Regen a ". E. Davison; vice regent, George W ? Gilpatric: orator, L. H. Fuller, pas 1 regent, George E. Shaw; secretar! f George W. Baker; collector, H. L. Con I verse; treasurer. Frank D. Thayer s chaplain, E. M. Arnold; guide, E. ( l Morse: warden, M. H.. Geissler; trus . tees. W. R. May, Charles A. Thaye
 J. R. Carpenter: representative t
 grand council, W. E. Davison; alter
 nate George W. Baker
 GIaddin9 Estate at Thompson. In Thompson work is continuing o
 the construction of the Gladding es
 tate. which gives promise of being on n of the very finest country places i : New England and will represent a p investment far above a million dollar if it is said. Several houses in additio Il to the splendid residence are to be ir Il cluded in the estate. These house are to be of concrete and will provid q homes for persons who are to be en n ployed about the estate, It is estima1 It ed that work about the place will COT : tinue for another two years.
 e Demonstration by Miss En,bleton, How to use other Hours than whe, e is to be the subject of lecture an ii demonstra tion next Thursday evenir ,- at St. Johns hall by Miss Charlott ,r Embleton. These demonstrations al
 proving of great interest to hous,
 wives and the knowledge obtaine from them undoubtedly will continy IL to prove beneficial even after the wa '. Farewell Address. ,f At. the union service in the Bapti
 church Sunday morning Rev. Albert
 Stone delivered his last address he
 before going into the service of h .s country. as a chaplain of the Unite sss States navy. The service proved 'i special interest Rev. MT. Stone h; been a very successful worker durif the period he has been in this city ar 'e his departure will be a loss to ti
 church life of Putnam.
 Hard Day for Metornnen.
 Motormen had a bad day of it Sa
 urday operating cars through u t. storm of rain and snow and sleet. IT ,e precipitation coated the vestibule vii S. dows so that the motormen could 8 Id only with difficulty and making e. s, treme concentration necessary for sa - l opara tiap