Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-22
EVENTS OF: FIFTY YEARS. AGO ',

The many friends of Captain Harry E.S Blakeslee in this city will be pleased to learHs that he has been ap-l pointed adJutafit general on the staff of General John N. Bunnell. com Tnanding first brigade,-c. N. G., vice
 W. H. Hunt, resigned.
 The new faZhion in pant4loons is
 plaid of giantic size and fearful col
 ors. The effect is to make a man re.
 semble as huge double barrelled cork
 screw.
 Thursday, Nov. IS, S1ss-The first Elocomotive ever built in ihis city has just: been copPieses1 alSsstIsex4ssw ma chine shop of the sssS arssh A4d Wor cesters division. Thas en Rork was done in this shop and fehects great credit upon, the neehapie3 skigtso of the blishment The rlsS he, the,
 name of which is " aur sgaA, sfgD "a very stylish machine. It is fit&ed with
 Smiths patent forward truck and has all the modern improvements sit will be attached to one of spassenger trains. sA,s$s
 | It is known that negotia&oHs have | for some time been in progSess rela-, lttive to theftransfer to thS New Lon- Edon 2 Agricultural k society ixof the lgrounds which have been M MBed by f them for fair purposes during $he past | few years. The; price nanihds in the original agreement was s25aaSn acre.
 In concluding the transfer there has
 been considerable delay bu5k.Be un+ Ederstand that the views of the {oYicers
 of the society eaa1d MT. GiffoEd, the l owner of the land, have becotne har- monized and that deed toalthe lot will soon be given to the society.
 Prof. John, Logan gave his5frst lec- lure at TreadWay hall last evening to l q rather thin, but highly interested audience. One Incident of the occa- sion provoked much ,merrinleDt. One of the subjects whose heads were ex- amined was Prof Sanford 'B9Swain. On him Prof. Logan laid his -search- ing fingers and pronounced him not I gifted with poetic faculty. Whsreupol Dr. Swain arose and declared dikn mis-
 taken averring that he had then and
 there a poem in his head, which ht would recite,N and did to thet greaa doubtless to the confusion to fhe lee, } turer.
 l No paper E. tomorrow, Today ' 3 Thanksgiving. NN
 ' Saturday, November 20 1ssa.-Dig $ by says we ought to thank Pfesiden . Grant after all for setting Thanksgiv : ing day a week ahead, because tn l Turkeys this year, though not as ia { were more tender than usual, tthe onl Q drawback being that his birds did n- n go as far as in previous years. Dig e by probably got small birdr and
 naturally did not go as great a Weie t as larger one. N
 For wonder Thanksgiving day va $ bright and beautiful. In the latte e part of the afternoon, to be-; sure u # sky was overcast, but the charms <. the moonlight | evening, which follow s ed caused the temporary gloom to n forgotten. The festivities of the da f were as usual, mostly confineda to u
 domestic circle and there thetSTeporti e will not intrude. In the evening u n hills about the city were illuminate {. by the customary bonfres, whic $ soon '1paled their 3effectual fires befo n the bright effulgence of the moon. 1T Quite a, hunber Of young men wel e down to New London, Thursday nigt 1t from this city to attend the fair y the G. A. R. Some of theni we '- lucky to draw some first class prize d such as 3. mammoth pumpkin, t to cook stoves and. a package of clothe
 pins valued at four cents.