Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

Before buying your knitting yarns be sure and visit The Yarn Shop, IT Cliff street. Everything in yarns.-i adv.
 Yesterday, McKinley's birthday, was not marked by any special observance here. outside of some notice in the history classes.
 When the barn of George H. Shelf fiot at Mantle was destroyed by fire Saturday night, two valuable horses of MT. Shefflot's were burned.
 One of the best cared for walks in the city is that at the Otis library, which Janitor Hugh H. Moreland keeps cleared and sanded after every storm.
 Henry F. Marendez, chairman in this state of the British and Canadian re- cruitinx mission, is in New London and will prepare for rally there on i Feb. 3. In the town of Coventry ice is being l cut which is 22 inches thick. The third l cutting is being taken from Walkers i pond, from which six ieehouses have been filled.
 The Backus hospital has only about 10 days supply of coal but Supt. F. L. Hutchins is hoping that an addi- tional supply may be received before this is exhausted.
 Mrs. Walter $. Haven from Coventry installed the officers of Andover grange on Friday evening. She was assisted by Mrs. Ward P. Talbot and Parker A. Stearns.
 Y. M. c. A. Auxiliary Rummage Sale at Breed building, Friday and Satur- day. Please send contributions Thurs day.-adv.
 Trinity Episcopal church, Norwich, has already more than met it's appor- tionment-which was s400-toward the s500,000 war relief fund being raised by the Episcopal church in America.
 Last Sunday completed the seventh term for the Broadway Go-to- Church band, and the sixth for that of the Second church. Awards for perfect attendance will be made next Sunday.
 4 friend of the birds writes: A cigar box fastened to two sticks and the sticks nailed to the window ledge is a successful way of keeping food before the hungry birds these wintry days.
 The January White Ribbon Banner makes the suggestion: How would it do for Connecticut Loyal Temperance Legion companies to adopt a French war orphan? The expense is but 10 cents per day.
 Owing to the heavy fields of ice the lightship located on Eel Grass shoal, off Noank, has been dragged from her station to the southward. The ice in each tide floats in large fields in Fish CTS. Island sound.
 Fox hunters in the county have been active for several days, the light snow making it easy to follow the tracks of fox. Some oR the best belts now bring as high as $20, and the demand far exceeds the supply.
 The Willimantic Chronicle notes that Sister M. Therese (Hanrah c. Lentz), who died Sunday, was half sister of Mrs. Michael Grady and Mrs. Jules Vegiard of Willimantic and was quite well known in that city.
 Visitors to town who leave on board trolley cars on Franklin square find much to interest them in the big ther- mometer recording the fact that the Norwich K. of c. collected over $14,343 m the recent drive for $1C,000 war fund.-
 ,Conley's inn, TorTington, which has been the stopping place of many c:or- wich, automobile parties, was closed Saturday, when the proprietor. J. AL len Walker, formerly of the Crocker house, New London, filed a petition in bankruptcy.
 The resignation of Miss Margaret Sheehy, a teacher in the normal school at Willimantic, has been &C., cepted by the stare board of educa- ton, and Miss M. Elizabeth Jackson has been appointed substitute teach CT in that town.
 l A warning has been sent to game wardens to watch out for the threat ened raid by goshawks because those birds, driven southward Il years ago by scarcity of hare and ptarmigan came to the states and devoured grouse by the wholesale.
 To conserve coal, all the meetings of Park church except the Sunday morning service are being held at pri. Vate homes. The Thursday evenins prayer meeting is to be held at thu residence of MT. and Mrs Oliver L
 Johnson, Union street.
 A local fish dealer approves the plal
 to have housewives learn more abou
 fish food. stating that most fAmilie
 know of about ten fish and no more
 shad, salmon, smelts, Spanish mack
 erel, bluefish, striped bass, kingfisl
 cod, halibut and sole.
 The pupils of St. Patrick's schoc
 are being encouraged by their super
 lntendenr and teachers to purchase a
 many thrift stamps as possible. Sora ot the small boys have earned none
 for this patriotic object by clearin
 SNOW from walks about town thj week.
 Of interest to Norwich relatives
 the announcement from New Have
 that Prof. Ellsworth Huntington Ina
 returned to Yale and with Mrs. Hunt
 lngton has taken apartments on Hun ptrey street. For the past year Pro Huntington has been in Boston doin research work.
 Dr. Patrick J. Cassidy, who die Monday, was for years a visitor duriu
 the season to Ashford. where MT
 Cassidy had 6 summer home. and h
 genial, companionable ways won hi
 many friends in that section wi
 have expressed deep sorrow at fl
 announcement of his death. 
 At largely attended meeting of tl
 Fairfield county bar in the com,
 courthouse in Bridgeport Friday re
 olutions were adopted in memory \ Judge B. A.. I1ough of Danbury II relative of the Rnzrah Honrh fnne;1