Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-05
VARIOUS MATTERS

Certain or the Norwich snow W1rl- dows are featuring valentines This year St. Valentines Day falls on Sat- urday.
 Just now there are 14O patients at Norwich State Tuberculosis Sanato- rum, of which number S5 are in the inf1rmary.
 Choice fresh fish arriving daily at Osgood wharf, direct from fishing grounds.-adv.
 During February, the 18th falls on Friday, something which happens only once again during 1920, and that in August.
 Connecticut fur men have gathered up their pelts for the big mid-winter auction, to be held in New York, Feb ruary 18th.
 To Inquirer: According to Art. 5s97, Conn. Statutes. s hours constitute days work for man, woman, or child. unless otherwise agreed
 This is the month of two holidays, Lincoin's Birthday, Tuesday the 18th. and Washington's Birthday. which this year will be celebrated Monday, the 2Srd.
 Alumni from Norwich and vicinity are to attend the Brown University dinner February 13 when plans for raising
  launched.
 Large shrimps large smelts and haddock roes, at the Broadway Fish Market-adv.
 Norwich visitors in Florida write of terrible storms. especially about St. Augustine. where 14 inches of rain fell Monday. causing serious washouts on the railroads.
 
 to be careful to blanket their animals, these chilly days and few complaints of neglect are being made to the Hu- mane Society's local officers.
 Franklin Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., works the mark master degree at Masonic Temple tonight at 7.S0 D. m. adv.
 Alumnae in Norwich learn that the $4,000,0 Smith College fund went over the half million-dollar line up to Tuesday, when subscriptions totaling $200. 900 were reported. The total is now s524, 900.
 Several poultry fanciers from here have been in New Haven, where the New Haven County Farm Bureau has been holding it's annual corn show in conjunction with the poultry clubs ex- hibit in Music hall.
 Members of the state infirmary com mission. when the next legislature convenes, will undoubtedly recom- mend that state almshouse be erect ed, to provide for paupers from towns which have no almshouse.
 For the state teachers convention, Friday and Saturday. February 1S and IA, at Hartford. only regularly ap- pointed delegates have their cxpens- es paid by the State Teachers Asso- ciation. and will have the privilege of voting.
 The Lester & wasley company, of Norwich has just shipped to Calcutta he first in series of one-ton envelope l machines. to equip the second factory in India. The big machine turns out le- gal envelopes at the rate of 5000 an hour
 The United States Civil Service commission announces for March an exa .nination for specialist in city school administra ton for vacancy in tfe Bureau of Education. Department of the Interior. Washington, D. C., at $S,50o a year.
 Mrs Frank Alexander gave a tea at her home at Quaker Hill. Tuesday. to assist school children in raising the amount pledged toward the support of two French orphans. She was assist ed by her daughter. Mrs. Shadd, and by Mrs. Stanley Smith.
 The vicinity of the Fair Ground. at East Great Plain, is like a skating rink, so that women as well as men are adopting the Vermont precaution of donning creepers. if they have any | distance to walk in order to board the trolley car into town. i In the absence of the president, Mrs l John E. Post. the vice president, Mrs | W. H. Wightman presided at the meet | ing of the Progressive Missionary club at the Central Baptist church. Wed nesday afternoon. The seven members present spent the time tying comfort CTS.
 President Lucius S. Storrs of the Connecticut Company, has been per | plexed to secure coal in transportation such quantities having been confiscat- ed by the railroads to keep the trains 1 running that it became a problem for 1 the trolley companies to solve at short notice.
 Dealers from Connecticut attended the opening of the Toy Fair at the 1 Hotel Imperial, in New York, Tues day. Each of the 200 exhibits scattered over four floors of the hotel is an ex- ample of the splendid progress made l by the toy-makers during the last few seasons.
 F. W. Nowlan, superintendent oi state road work in the Holland county district, will takf A. c. Innis place as E1superintendenf of District No 2. al New Milford, after the first of March at which time MT. Innis win take ul another line of work in the state de- partment.
 I 1f not need to go away for change ot climate. The temperature dropped forty degrees Saturday morning. Al one time it was thirty degrees above zero, but a rising wind caused the mercury to drop suddenly to ten de- grees below.
 When in Norwich for the Y. NJ. c. A concert, the members of the Lotus Quartette, of Boston, as is their an nual custom. went down and delight fully entertained the patients at the sanatorium, remaining over F'riday night as guests of Dr. Hugh B. Camp. bell and his sisters Realizing that game birds must b, in sorry straits during this icy weath CT, Willis Austin. of Washingto, street. Norwich. Tel. 30, is endeav bring to spur up sportsmen to see tha , food is provided for the birds. Tn, deputy game warden for this section is J. r. Bugbee, of Lyme.
 The dinner to be given Saturday a the Taft hotel by the democratic wo men of New Haven in honor of Mrs George Bass, and Chairman Homer s Cummings of the democratic nations committee has created Statewide in terest and many parts of Connect cut are to be represented.
 The, inventory of the estate of Mis