Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-07
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


 There's a new army of invasion in
 Putnam and every .rher town of
 Windham county an army 30O,O0O srong. The mission of this army is
 death and its members are formida-
 ble warriors. Sounds rather start ling, to be sure, but it is as true as gospel just the same.
 Now, to relieve the tension on the
 nerves of any reader who may have had a hard night before, it may be explained at this point that this new army is made up of Anastatus Bifasci- atus Sounds like one of the scatter ed groups that the peace conference is wishing off on to various manda- tories, but that guess isn't within a million miles of the truth
 The army" in so far as the peo-
 pie of Windham county is concerned
 is friendly one, made up of para site wasp-like insects, and very small, that feed on the eggs of the gypsy moth. These parasites have been distributed throughout the towns of Windham county and at some points in New London county includ- ing Norwich, and Ledyard, under the direction of the state chronological bureau, the work of which in this sec tion of the state is directed by Dep- uty State Entomologist Irving ". Da- | wis.
 NTr. Davis said Tuesday afternoon | that the parasites have been planted 1 i'll colonies of 2.060 and that approx | inately 150 such colonies have been located in every town in Windham | county as well as farther south in 1 New London county.
 The AnaStatuS were imported from | Europe and are matched and developed l in federal laborato in this coun- try The particular lot that has been 1 distributed in this part of Connecti- l cut were brought dow from Massa- 1 chusetts, where the infestations of the
 moths are heavier and their destruc- tion greater than in this section l These parasites feeG voraciously on l the eggs of the gypsy moth, which , they seek out, seemingly, by instinct,
 and are a wonderful aid to keeping l the destructive pest in control
 MT. Davis says that the Anastatus l is in no way destructive to crops or i vegetation on it's own account and has l no sting. They are not to be feared 1 by farmers or other owners of prop ] erty, for they are friendly insects, working to aid man in exterminating
 the raiding gypsy moths.
 l John Foley, who was before Judge
 M. H. Geissler in the city court last 1 Saturday morning. qualified as a reg !, uiar customer there when he appeared 1 again at Tuesday mornings session | Drunk again inquired the court
 Exactly" was Foley's reply.
 Judge Geissler suggested to Foley
 that he probably understood what the
 consequences would be and Foley said
 he did, enumerating an automobile ride
 to Danielson, and over the bridge
 into Brooklyn and to jail. Foley guess ed right. He is billeted at the county | jail for 90 days.
 l Arthur Savigny, NiiIfmantic. chare.
 ed with a like misdemeanor, also drew
 90 days in Brooklyn
 Joseph Bourchard, Fall River, beat the other two men to it. He got 9(
 days, 90 days each on intoxica tion breach of the peace and assault counts
 Bourchard came here looking for hi.
 wife, who recently left him. He To. catcd her at the home where she is
 stopping here and when she refused . t0 let him enter the house he batter.
 cd down the door, made his way 1T and assaulted her
 ] At q later and special session of thu :; city court held in his office Judge Geis. | Sler listened to complaints of 1uis. deeds by quartet of boys who liv, in the north end of the city They : were brought in by Mrs. ". J. Bart . lett, special probation officer who ha: . had dealings with the youngsters brio, : to this occasion. The boys had beer } cutting clothes lines, waiting unti l they swere hanging with nice, clea, !, washings; Smashing up .hencoops l breaking window glass and indulgin; in other such Prussian- like practice ! of destruction. Two or them drew re form school sentences, execution 0 these being suspended that the boy .. . may have another chance, and two oth CT boys were placed on probation. Captain Bulger. who attended tn | special session of the court warne
 the boys to notify the other member of their gang that they would be sim ilarly dealt with if they do not ceas
 their escapades, which are .irritatin
 the people of the neighborhood il f which they live.
 n Mrs. Hannah M. Chandler, "A, wido, I of George F. Chandler, died Tuesda |, morning at her home in North Ash