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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
WILL HOLD ST. VALENTINES DAY LUNCHEON
 At February Nesting of Eastern Con nectieut- Chamber of Commerce.

The February meeting of the East ern Connecticut Chamber of Com- nlerce will be held in Norwich at the Wauregan hotel at noon, February f4, 1918, and a. St. Valentines Day lun- cheon will be provided.
 At this meeting the committee ap- pointed to study the store door de- livery problem and standardization of deliveries will report. Win F. Stearns, chairman of the retail meYchants' bu- reau of Norwich is chairman of this committee. Alton T. Miner, chair man of the Commercial Economy Board of the State Council of De- fense will report at the business meet throughout the state. Tn order that the business men, who it is expected will turn out in large numbers to this luncheon may not be detained there will be but one after haf been vey fortunate in securing foI dhe speaker, and the committed hasi been very fortunate in securing for that speaker, John ]. Morgan oi Boston, Mass, formerly advertising
 manager of the New York, New Ha. ven 6 Hartford Railroad He is al- So lecturer in salesmanship and ad, vertising in Burdett College, Boston Mfr, Morgan is one of the big live wire elcturers on business efficiency 1T ' New England and it is through thu
 New England manager of the Alex,
 SSder Hanlilton- Institute. Fred L
 Merritt, of Boston, that MT. Morgan
 was secured for this meeting.
 | In replying to an inquiry request,
 ing topic for discussion, MT, Morgan said: |
 "supposs talk to you about "seil.
 ing a city?' I would divide the sub ject into two pars: 1, Selling the Sir.
 to the Citizens; 2. Selling the City tt l Outsiders. The most essential thins
 of course. in any movement for bet tering civic conditions is to sell tn, city or town to it's citizens. Yol
 folks of Eastern Connecticut have s, many wonderful advantages ant
 you're not making the fullest use 0
 them. Now, if ever, is the time |, give thought. serious thought. to tn, great big problems you folks, in corn
 mon with the rest of New England
 will have to face the first day 0 peace. fYs
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DIED


 COIT-Tn- kMiddletown, Feb. ', 1918, l. Charlotte R. Colt of New Londan. REYONIDS-In. Wauregan. Feb. 8,
 1918. Mrs Sarah Reynolds. nee Mc-
 Grail widow of Timothy Reynolds,
 aged 60- years.
 Funeral -seEyiees at the Sacred Heart 4chNEeh h. -WauTegans Tuesday Feb. 12 wiiiimsntie. and Providence. papers please copy. fs' DODGE = In Norwich Town. Feb. [
 1918, Anhis Maria Jackson. wife ot the late Rev. James O. Dodge, aged 70 years. s5.l..a Funeral from her late home, .1ss West Town street, Monday, afternoon Feb II, 1918, at 3.15 o'clock. Burial in the family lot, Sturbridge, Mass, at con. venience of the family.
 COMSTOCK-In Montville, Feb. s. ISIS Nathan s. Comstock in his sad year Funeral services will be-. held at the Residence of 'the late Charles W Cornstock Monday. Feh. Il, at 2 D m. Burial in Con1stock cemetery. DODGE -. In Norwich Town. Feb: ' 1918, Annis Maria Jackson, wife o4 the late Rev. James o. Dodge, ageG l 10 years. .7.-s.. Funeral from her late home. 163 Wes Town street, Monday afternoon. Feb | II. 1918, at 8, o'clock. Burial. in tn, family lot. Sturbridge. Mass, at con venience of the family,
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of carpet inside, to keep the light of my petrol lamp inside. The Boehe IS given no help along the front in md
 ing his work. On the mantle as dee-
 orations were two empty shells Of the
 famous soixante -quinzes variety-
 (75's) which saved France on the
 Marne; in the ceiling was a consider
 able area devoid of plaster-reminder
 of a bomb that had fallen and burst
 in the street outside.
 spent day there-mine being the only American uniform in the place. I met three English speaking men, lone man superintendins the con- struetion of a British aefodronne, the
 other two Americans flying in French escadrille. The guns were booming
 from time to time somewhere in the hills beyond the city; camoufaged
 cannons came and went, a regiment dt French infantry marched through after nightfall. At the head of the street where was staying there was a mass of ruins-a Jewish synagogue, burned together with it's rabbi. by the Ger mans when they rushed over the lines land occupied the city early in the war lexacting from it's few thousand inhab- fitants six hundred and fifty thousand francs, great quantities also of food Istuffs and clothing. I had the stor. | from people who stayed through tha | three weeks until the French, swep i back the Roche and resafned thei own. It was a story of war in it's req Ecelors. 4 little girl told me, as sli sat on my knee, how her grandfathe N had been shot in the streets, of hoy her father had been held a prisoner o war for three years. Others told m other stories. and with mine own eye saw.
 Tn returning I visited a large cit . which the Bochel bomb nightly. At S.3t
 at midnight, again in the early morn ? ing, the bell of the cathedral and fac
 f tory whistles sounded the warning (
 an air raid. saw the red and gree
 lights of French ayions glide acrps
 the sky, their motors sending dow
 | the steady purr that is diagnostic ( an aeroplane, By and by, crashes be } gan to come. rather far away at frs then louder and nearer. until you be 3 gan to wonder if the next one inigf lnot land somewhere in your Vieinit.
 But I stuck to my room in the hotel
 la palatial room, after the barracks
 with four electric lights, and hot an
 cold water and a hardwood floor an
 a fun length mirror and a bed thu [ was too soft for a soldier to sleep O [ and slept in the intervals between. bel ? and bombs--waking up to wonder ho I far away the things really were stFil ling. In the morning the lady wi 3 was taking mans place at the des : as they have on the street cars, fa t tories. fields, many other places, COT I ffessedr that she had passed the nigl up to a. m. in cave. Around u 1. city, chiefly in the neighbortood T the station. there are wrecks and ruil n of buildings; red crosses hy day al y red. lights by night mark the locatit 7, of shelters; more than half the pepl Q lation has departed:' but never. in II j. life had I had better meals than in tn E city. had turkey which I did n
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
WORKED TWO INITIAL DEGREES
Big Attendance at Special Meeting of White cross Council Sunday Aftemoon- ThHty.six Candidates Put Through secona-Reeent Whist Nstted $loo.5o For Council War Fund

first degree meeting the council pro-
 ceeded to the .exemplifj ifjeation of the Esecend degree. upon a class of thirty
 six candidates, after which business
 session was held, Grand. Knight John
 H. Carney announced that Mrs M. H
 Donohue had turned oyer to the eoun-
 cil the sum of $f4e.50 as the proceeds of whist recently held in aid of the council war fund, It was also an
 nounced that an egemplificatien of tht third or major degree of the crdai would be held at the Auditorium. or Sunday afternoon, February i7th. a ? o'clock. The committee in chargt of the work is as follows: Henry D Buckley, M. ]. Curran,. James 4 Sheridan. J, 4. Desmond and James H, MalcIey.
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The fact that the two initial degrees of the order were to be exemplified by White Cross eaaneil, No. 1a. Knights Of Columbus, on the same day, was responsible for one of the largest at- tended degree meetings Sunday aft efncen, that has been held during the administrstion of the present board 1ot council officers. ~ Et s< fas
 In attsndanee were many visiting delegates from neighboring towns as well as delegates of members of the men from a nearby naval station, al of whom were greatly interested q the working of the degrees as exem- plifed by the excellent degree teams of the council.
 Following ths adjournment of ths
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SPRING OPENINGS.
Dates Have Been Set for 18th, f4th and 18th of Next Month.

At a meeting of the retail merchants bureau of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce held Friday morning 1t was decided that the spring openings should be held on March 13, 14 and IS. The matter of Dollar day was dis cussed and plans were formulated but no date was set. All the merchants expressed their wish for another Dol lar day.
 It was announced that on St. Valen tine's day there would be luncheon at the. Wauregan house. for the mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce and that John J. Morgan of Boston would address the gathering on Business Elf ficiency.
 At the meeting of the committee or the standardization of deliveries it wal decided to defer action until after th& luncheon on Feb. IA, when Alton T Miner of New London will explain 2 plan for the: economical factor.
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LEGISLATURE WILL
 CONSIDER SOLDIERS, VOTE
Special Session By Preeismatien of
 Governor Helecnnh.

The Connecticut legislature will convene in special session March 1s to consider legislation to provide an opportunity to vote for Connecticut citizens absent from the state :n military service. The proclamation of Governor Marcus H. s4olcornb call ing this special session follows:
 Whereas thousands of the quafifi- ed electors of the state of Connecticut are in the military service of e the United States. and in consequence thereof are now and during the. con- tinuance of the present war w;al be absent from this state and will be de- prived of exercising their rights as electors unless legislation is enacted giving them an opportunity to vote at day after the first Monday of NoyeIn- ber, 1918. and at said November elee- tions biennially' thereafter during the continuance of the war, I therefore decide and find that this condition constitutes Q special emergency with in the provisions of the constitution of this state. and authorizes me to con- yene the, general assembly in special session for the purpose of enacting
 legislation which will enable said electors. who are absent from the state in the military service. of the United States. to vote at said Novern-
 Der elections. sys7~
 T, therefore, for said purpose, herc-
 by convene the general. assembly of Connecticut in special session to be
 held at the state capitol in Hartford
 on the third Tuesday of March, 1918
 to wit: on Tuesday, March 18th; 1918 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon ot said day, to enact such legislation as said general assembly may deem nec- essary to accomplish said purpose. Given under my hand and the sea of the State at the City of Hartford this sixth day of February, one thous- and nine hundred and eighteen, and l of the independence .of the Unitet States the one hundred and forty-sec. ond.
 MARCUS H. HoLcoArB, Governor"
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headaches disappeared. gained in weight and feel fine, 50 I can honestly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound to any woman who is suffering as I was. '-M Mrs. ADELNE B. LYNCH, 100 Plain St., Providence, R.I.
 Backsche and nervousness are symp- toms or nature's warnings, which in dicate asfunctional disturbance or an unhealthy condition which often devel- ops into more serious ailment.
 Women in this. condition should not continue to drag along without hein but profit by Mrs. Lynch,s experience, and try this famous root aud herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound-and. for special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkharn Med. Co. :, Lynn, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
 \ AT THE Y. M. c. A.
Local Association a Mecca fer the Boys in the Service.

The local I'M. c. A. was indeed mecca for the soldiers and. sailors Saturday night and Sunday. The number of lodgings at the building Saturday night was, by far greater, than on any previous night, and it is evident that the officials will be con- peiled to we'll nigh double the capac- ity of lodging accommodations for the enlisted men. who are more and more desiring and approaching what. the association is doing for them along this line.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
About Homo cardsns.

e"No home garden should be planted this year without a preliminary ap- plication of fertilizer" says the home gardens department of the committee of food supply of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. In ccn- munities, where 1t can be secured. fine, well routed manure should be spread after blowing at the rate. of one two fertilizer alone is quite satisfactory If properly applied. For general. gar den~ crops a commercial fertilizer car irving per. cent. nitrogen and 10 per cent. phosphoric acid Is the best ob- tainabie this year.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
Skilled Workmen Needed.

. Americas urgent need for skilled
 worknen to build the ships which will make the great fleet which is to spell defeat for the submarine is empha-
 sized in a telegram received by the
 Connecticut State Council of Defense
 from Walter S. Clifford. director of the council of national defense from
 Washington. The enrolment of Con- |necticut's share of '250, ,000 men for the United States Shipyard Volunteers of
 the Public Service Reserve is being directed by the state defense council
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
SPECIAL MONDAY EXEMPTIONS
 FOR rooLMAkEas
Official Telegram Received By Local
 Fuel Committee.

A telegram from the state fuel. ad- ministrator in Hartford dated Feb.
 8, and addressed to the local fuel committee states that in Connecticut exemption under the Washington or der of January r is hereby granted permitting the use of power by expert toolmakers in factories not specially exempted by Washington on Mondays, provided no more fuel is required for beat than would be used if the tool makers were not working. This is cf- ficial for Norwich. S
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
Local Boys Leave to Join Polish
 Army-PersonaIs.

Saturday afternoon zygmunt Os- malki and Piotr Munykowski left Sat urday afternoon to appear before the examining surgeons for the Polish army in Hartford. If accepted they will be sent immediately to tie train ing camp at Niagara, Canada.
 Greenevills has more than done her share in furnishing recruits for the Polish army as there have been A who have taken the oath since the es- tahlishment of the local recruiting station. After signing the papers the men are allowed thirty days before being called into service. The local recruiting sergeant would be glad to hear from any young Polish man who is desirous of striking blow for his fatherland.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
conneetieut Editors Buy W. S. s.

The Connecticut Editorial Associa- tion knows a good investment At the
 associations annual meeting in New
 Haven. the editors found that they
 had a good balance in the treasury and they voted to turn $50 of the cash on hand into United States War Sav- ings Stamps. ~ Treasurer Arthur S.
 Barnes. editor of the Bristol Press,
 who also is 'secretary of the associa- tion, will purchase twelve War Saw .ings Stamps. at SAB, the price this month. These will be kept hy the association until January 1, 1923, when the United States government will pay $5 each for them. The result will be that. for the s49.56 which the edi- torial association will spend this month, it will receive $60 five years hence.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
SOLDIERS AND SAIL ORS What Easssrn Connecticut. Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the seryieet
BOYS APPRECIATED
 (. GIFT OF MARMALADE
Miss Hannah Ripley Receives Letter ef Acknowledgment From Camp .RaVens,- u 8 fAtsI A.

During the fall Miss Hannah Ripley, of Norwich, sent supply of delicious marmalade to the Norwich boys at Camp Devens. A short time since, she received the following pleasant letter Of acknowledgement from Ray nend B. sherman, son of MT. and Mrs. Cnauncev A. sherman. of Norwich;
 Camp Devens, Mass.
 c. Co, sDlst Machine Gun Battalion My Dear Miss Ripley:
 I write to express to you the thanks and appreciation of many soldiers who enjoyed the very nice duinee marma- lade which you 50 kindly made for us. In these days when sugar is So scarce soldiers Tations include very few Sweet things, and even our coffee IS very seldom sweetened, so you may know how much we all enjoyed the marTnalade.
 |. And also it Is very pleasant to know that those at home are thinking of use spmetimes and doing go much in many ways to make the army life less hard And we surely appreciate these things and hope to- repay the kindnessee by doing our work the best we are able
 Thanking you again for the mar nealade and also for thinking of us all am,
 7-7 Yours sincerely wr- <a-N-r ~4r7 A
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
WEDDING.
DudIey--clark.

Saturday evening at the rectory of St. Mary's church Rev. J. H. tFitznnau- rice married Charles Edwin Dudley and Mrs. Katherine Clark. The wit nesses were John Cakes, brother of the bride, and Miss Margaret Morri- son. Mr. Dudley. has been employed as an attendant at the Norwich state hospital. The couple will make their home t- Providence. "A .-.a
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
Olae.Blllletii1. Ner~ahs Me1dsy, Fshs H, fsfs.
THE wgArHEs.

- The weather has been fair in the last .24 hours except in New England, where light snews have fallen, and on the north Pacific coast. where rain has again set in, The temperature remains above the seasonal average in all prts of the country except Naw Eng- land end along the Atlantic coast In the Rocky mountain rssoon 1t is un- seasenably warm
 Generally fair weather is indicated for. the Washington ferscast district during the next 4s heurn, with cone tinued mild temperature.
 The winds along the north Atlantic coast will be fresh northwest, fair, middle Atlantic, moderate northwest, fair. .1.S a.. 9
 Forecast.
 Southern New Englahd; Fair Mon- day and Tuesday, not much chanse in temperature. -----s '..-si Observations ie Norwich.
 The following records, reported from Sevins pharmacy, show the changes in temperature and the baromatrie changes Saturday and Sunday:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
Franklin Council Furnishes Room in
 New Building at Masonic Home,

At the 18th annual meeting of the board of managers of the Masonic Charity Fouhdation of Connecticut, held at Hartford on Wednesday even ing the report of the superintendent, John o. Rowland. showed that inciud- ed in the lodges which furnished rooms in the new. building was Franklin council, R. and s. M. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11
Minstrsls Id Parish HaII.

Friday night the Tierney Cadets pre- scented their minstrel show in Parish hall to asgood sized crowd. The boys while amateurs shAHed careful train ing and were well received. Dancing followed the minstrels. :
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TO PEOPLE WHO CHAFE

Over one hundred thousand people in this country have proved that nothing relieves the soreness of chafng as quickly and permanently as "Sykes Comfort Powder" 2Sc at vinol and other drug, stosca. Trial Box Free.
 The comfoa Powder Co.,, Boston, M,as.
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Given Shower bv Friends.

Miss Victoria Gladue was recently given a shower at her home at F South A. street by number of her friends in honor of her approaching marriage with William T. Delaney. She received many beautiful gifts. During the evening several musical selections were enjoyed, Refreshments were served bv the hostess.
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dC ueS, my pack
 ached all the time.
 l was tired and had no ambition forany- thing. 1 had taken a number of medi- cines which did me no good. One day
 1 read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Cornpoundand what it had done for women, so I tried it. My nervousness and hoatrnoLo o.l
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'rAFTvHLE
Party for Miss ssrnadstte Hsncit or Saturday Evenins--viiIase Notes.

Saturday evening Miss, Bernadette Benoit was pleasantly surprised at her home on South Slater avenue by a number of her friends. During the evening several of the guests enter tained at the piano and there were some vocal selections. The usual games were played and the party broke up at a late hour. Miss Benoit served refreshments.
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cempsrisons. Predictions for Saturday: Probably snow, turning to rain. Saturdays weather. Pain and snow, clearing at night
 Predictions for Sunday: Probably rain and warmer. Sundays weather: Cloudy snow in afternoon; clearing at night.
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Charles H. Dowd of Boston is spend ing few days with friends on Hickory street.
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CARD OF THANKS

a. We wish to thank all those who have expressed their sympathy for us ir any way during fhe illness and death who sang at the funeral service
 MRS. ELLA GEER. ---- ,-c-.' LEONARD GEER, ss. FRANK CHER.
 Jewett City. Conn. Feb. II. 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-11

r Mr. and Mrs. Henry. Benac of Hart ford are spending few days with
 relatives in the village. "
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Some Of the local ministers made reference to Lincoln in their sermons Sunday morning.
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Mems League Meets.

Sunday evening there was a special meeting of the Mems league .of tha Taftville Congregational church in the
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church parlors Mayor Brown of Norwich. addressed the meeting. There was a large and interested attendance.
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Both the Greeneyille grammar school and St. Mary's school will be closed for the coming week in accordance with the order of the state fuel admin istrator.
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Village Notes.

A number of pre-Lenten parties were held in the village Saturday evening.
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Ernest Pollard of the P. S. Train ing Station at Newport is at his home
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R. B. Washburn Superintendent Q Grounds.

R. B. Washburn of Norwich, a sum-
 mer resident of Pine Grove, Mantle, at the last annual meeting of the Con necticut Spiritualist Camp Meeting association, was elected to the office of superintendent of grounds. While at the grove on his last visit he appoint ed J.. c. Burnham and Almus Dorman to make repairs to the bathing dock, which has gone to pieces owing to the
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Brief Mention.

There were number from here al the dances in Baltic and Jewett City Saturday evening.
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HOW TO AVOID i BACkACHE AND
 NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
 Own Experience.

Providence, R. I.-"I was all run down in health, was nervous, had head
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Mills 2. 3 and closed Friday night
 until Tuesday morning in accordance with the Heatless Monday ordsr..
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LEGAL NOTICES.
MAYORS OFFICE
City of Norwich. Conneeticut. 7

CIty OL lNUEWACuS ACCOMPLISHMENTS To either Sheriff of the City of Nor-
 wich, Greeting:-
 You are hereby directed to warn the electors of the City of Norwich to meet in Special City Meeting at the Police Court Room in the Court House Build ing in said City of Norwich on. Mon day, Feb. II. 1918. at o'clock in the evening, to take action upon the fol- lowing, viz: TO authorize the appropriation. of 8 sum not to exceed s75,000 for the op- eration of the Gas and Electrical De- partment of said City in addition to amounts heretofore appropriated for said Departments present fiscal year. To authorize the borrowing of the money, the appropriation of which may be authorized for the foregoing pure pose. and to authorize the execution of the proper notes and other, seeuriti ties of the City therefor.
 Dated at Norwich this 5th day. of February. 1918.
 ALIYNL. BROWN. 7 7 Mayor of the City of Norwich.
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Mill No. 1 will work as usual this
 morning as they run, by water power and are not affected by the order.
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The story of RenIee zimmermar,..

The Stery. of Rene Zimmerman.
 Mrs. Lucia Gager Of Stonington, for mefly of this city,. has received the following letter from, her son, Leslie Tracy Gager, who is now in France with the American expeditionary
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is the warning directed to. me for pub lication.
 Attest: >-'.-, e-
 WILLIAM J.. CARRoLLs .-'-
 Sheriff of the City of Norwich.
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sun. NEean aaa pldea.
GREENEVILLE,

Six hours after high water it ia low tsde, which is followed by food tide.
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THERE .s no edveEIis,ng m eau las In Eastern Connecticut equal 10 The BiiJ-a letjn for business resn1 ts.rS s.ss- z -ss 2,