Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-04
JEWETT CITY

l Chfef Of Ponce John Dolan has re- ceived from New York trained police 1 dog. The animal is a cross breed ot 1 Airedale and Irish terrier The re- | mafkable things the dog will do are i the result of careful training. He will climb ladder to the second story and ! enter the window and extinguish any l fire that he can manage by scratching ] it out. or smothering it by rolling upon | it. He notifies his master of any and all sorts of trouble. At the word of l command he will hold up a person in- | Stantly.
 ] Until recent years it was the blood hound which invariably was associat- : ed in the public mind with the capture of criminals, but nowadays it is the police dog which is the animal guard ian of law and order. Bold. indeed. is the burglar who will brave so tena- cious and courageous an assailant IS a well trained dog. A graduate dog of a training station is an important asset to any night police officer.
 It is a coincidence that 9 years ago I this month another distinguished vis- itor of the Airedale breed visited the
 Norwich and Jewett City postoffices. This visitor was Owney, the famed postal car dog. The late Hugh Nellis, then Of Norwich, was postal clerk on the morning run out of Norwich to Worcester, and Owney went with him to look things over in the postofieC. He was most remarkable dog. He travelled only in postal cars, where he was always welcomed by the clerks The only friends he recognized were men of the mail service. E. H. Hiscox, a postal clerk, had his sagacious com pany in his crew on several trips 25 years ago.
 Owney would come out of New York, ride up to Meriden, jump out the car door, wait 15 minutes for the west bound mail train, jump in when the door was opened. and ride back to New Y York. The next day he would start for San Francisco on the Over land limited.
 He wore a collar with hundreds of tags which bore the stamp of the of- fees and railway postoffices he had visited.
 The Bulletin of Aug, 31, 1894. tells of the interest manifested over the travel of Owney over this line and says while he is well treated and of great interest, yet he is so completely covered with fieas of the most persist ent type that his visits are not par ticularly desirable. Some Of the New York and Washington railway postal clerks say they have U. s. on their backs.
 MT and Mrs Benjamin Franklin of Southbridge are at the home of Mir Franlslin's parents. MT. and Mrs B. P Franklin.
 A meeting is to be held in the town hall at o'clock Tuesday evening in the interest of forming a branch of the American Legion in this town and vii cinity.
 Ernest Brangs and Miss Jessie Brangs of Wellesley Hills. Mass. were week end visitors at MT. and Mrs. F. c. Writings.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. R. Burdick. Miss Ethel Burdicll. MT. and Mrs w S Rood, MT and Mrs. W. H. Brown and Miss Alice Brown attended the 11th annual reunion of the Brown family held at Crystal lake Saturday The officers elected were: President Frank Mills of Cxbridge; vice president, Mrs. Y.a arlly P1-6xx af cording secretary, Mrs. Cora Wye of South Coventry; corresponding secre- tary, Miss Ethel M. 'Burdick of Jewett City; treasurer, Mrs. w. R. Burdicll of Jewett City. $5 gold piece is always presented any couple in the family married during the year. and this time 1t was given MT. and Mrs. Simon Brown of Norwich. "A gold ring goes guerite Andrews of Staunton, Va re- ceived it this year.
 Those who visited the fields and woodland lanes in their. Sunday quets of the first goldenrod.,
 The registrars of the town have posted their notices of the coming prima ries-two unmistakable signs of fall.
 Sunday morning was one of the finest days. of the season, yet in the morning between f and 5 o'clock the mercury stood upseasonably- low It was reported at 501 degrees
 All the seats were occupied at the movies in the Finn opera house Wed nesday evening. Mr. Reeves showed six reels. and then came the sensation. man had been about town with a camera for couple of days taking pictures, by request, and in several in stances not bz, request. Twenty-fiv or more were thrown on the screen. There was no end of fun. The prizeJ pictures were l.. F. Kinney, T. E. Lee G. A. Barber, C. w. Robertson and A Zeeger.
 The Baptist Sunday school has set the date for the annual picnic for Sat urday, Aug. 9tn, at the home of w. R. Palmer.
 Today, Aug. 4th. is the S9th birthday of Jewett City's benefactor. David Hale Planning. who was born in a house which stood on the site of the