Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

taken to his home, where he is attend ed by physician.
 The hearing on the Ledyard- Preston road occupied the attention of the committee the entire day on Tuesday and the testimony on both sides was closed. The argument will be made on Saturday of this week. Halsey and Lucas will argue the case on behalf of the petitioners and Lippitt and Pratt for the town of Ledyard. Judge Hovey will appearafor the town of Preston. Thursday, Dec: ?. 1S6s.-Norwich is infested Eith rats, And honest people are in trouble because Of it, It is no ordinary infliction either. but like the plague of locusts of Egypt the rodents swarm everywhere and are very hun gry. No citizen is free from their an moving presence and depredations. Like old Pallidaniors who we used to read about in our Latin. they spare neither the cot of theslowly nor the mansion of the lofty. lIowSto get rid of the pest is the absorbing question of the hour. Traps are Sof mo sort of use. for the frisly animals are not easily taken in. They have keen scent for poison, re- fusing to taste the most tempting tit bits when seasoned with arsenic. One of the rodents not so wise as his fel- lows, however, did partake in the resi-
  pared morsel. But he got even with | the spoiler at last. for the willy victim went into a partition and died. and that spoiler to avoid the cholera paid q carpenter SC to dig hum out and de gently bury him in the back yard. There was q lively runaway in Water street yesterday afternoon The frightened steed in his mad career | overturned slndry grocery wagons and | tS n ha cfr 1 Some of our enterprising merchants have already. commenced stocking up i for Christmas. Packing ca ses and pretty things will soon abound.
 Friday, Dec. 3. 1S69-An extra gang ofsmen was putgat work on the piers of the new Preston bridge yesterday and ] the western pier was carried up one course and the eastern two. At this rate of progress the stonework will be comnleted in ten days, and the con- | tractors can hurry up the superstruc- | ture.
 The question of reducing the income I tnx is already reeeivine considerable discussion at Wasbireton. It is said ! that the secretary of the treasury will recommend it's continuance ir it's ep-esent form. There is however. a 1 strcnge pressure in favor of reduction | to 2 per cent.
 | fN''+'rttdN. Der. lN0S --N 1i13U' PeHEham ? well known citizer. died @uddenlv last night of heart 1isnasa 1 He was about the streets on ThursdNv opnN re"tly as active as usual His Edeath was a great surn-ise a~t1 shock to h's relatives and will he eurallv so to the lar"o circle of his friends and accraintences.
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