Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

of the, treasury would sell eleven mill lions of gold during the present month, tcaused quite a sensation in i. Wall street and further depressed the pre-
 mium on Tuesday to 1211-8. Mer- fcantile houses began to seriously dis
 cuss the question of a return to specie payments, while all commercial val- ues were unsettled and business was at standstill.
 Saturday morning was the coldest of | the season. The mercury sank to II l degrees The Thames below the 1 city was skinned over with ice, and the boys were enjoying the skating on the pond inside the bulkhead of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad com Epanys wharf.
 l Tuesday, Dec, ', 7,1S6s-The prospect
 of forming a Choral society in this city that shall include all who can and care to sing in choruses has at last | taken definite shape. and the first
 meeting will be held in the lecture
 room of the Broadway church. We hope to see a large number present
 and to be able to announce that a choral society worthy of the city has
 been organized.
 If this community think our lecture committee have an easy time in suit | ing all classes of patrons of their lee-
 lures it is mistaken. The latest pe-
 cuniary trial We chance to hear of l their enduring is this. Several who
 were anxious to secure a good seat to i Miss Fields lecture purchased single
 reserved tickets on Saturday morning. | On. Monday they wished to surrender ] them and have their money returned
 because the evening promised to be stormy. The obliging committee which yielded as usual to the demand
 must understand that hereafter they
 must not only furnish the advertised
 entertainment, but fine weather also.
 or the holders of reserved tickets will
 not only not attend. but what is more, demand the refunding of their money.
 A northeast snowstorm commenced yesterday morning. It seriously inter fered with business during it's preva- lence, but will make amends by giv- ing us the first sleighing of the season and excellent sleighing at that. The snow is about eight inches deep. T Wednesday, Dec. 8. 1S69--New Lon- don County Agricultural Society-A call has been issued in the manner prescribed in the charter, signed by Thomas A. Clark. John Brewster John O. Kellogg and H. l.. Reade, incorpor- ators named in the charter, for a meeting of the life members of the society for the purpose of organizing under the provisions of the recent charter, incorporating said society adopting constitution and bylaws, electing officers and to do any other business that may properly. come be- fore said meeting" at Franklin hall, in this city,, on Wednesday, the 22d inst.
 AT ,,osa16sb -.o,.--..4.. 1. .4 - out of the world yet. as some vinegar faced cynics would have us believe. One of the wealthiest business men of Norwich, pressed with cares on every hand, made an unsolicited call the other day on one who was in need. and in addition to some kind words of advice and encouragement, left twen- ty dollar banknote as a loan to be paid when the receiver had made fortune.
 The sleighiug is excellent and every body almost was out enjoying it yes terday. All sorts of vehicles with run ners were in use for the occasion and the streets presented lively specta- cle.
 Thursday, Dec. g, 1S69-The unsight- ". portals of the old Niagara Engine House, through which that veteran machine has so often been trundled to, conflict and to victory. have been re- bleed by new ones. and the front of the building presents a vastly improv- ed appearance. The first quarterly meeting of the Greeneville Workingmen's Cooperative
 society was held last evening. MT. Cummings, president, in the chair. The | object of the society is to provide it's
 members with the necessaries of life
 of good quality and from the profits