Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-07

ther have Putnam's good will than all of the money in the Putnam city treasury. They are fully apprecia- tive of the fact that dollars do not count at all upon occasions like the one mentioned and they will demon strate it agaln and again if the need arises. Out on kiiiinaty avenue there were some real snoW drifts Friday. The | barriers that the storm left piled across the state highway were so for | midable as to close this much used line to travel by anything but 1 sleighs. and horses that were re- 1 duired to break their way through the drifts were quickly exhausted. Getting through to Danielson with an automobile on Friday was impossible Owners of two stolen cars located ] here have been found. A Buick that was purchased by Napoleon Miour, 1 who paid for the machine in the reg 1 ular way and had no suspicion that it | was a stolen machine, was the prop erty of Fred of Fred B. Chevers of Saugus Center, Mass, and was stolen in Boston on May of last year. Another car regularly pur- chased here by Oscar Rich is identi- | fed as the property of John J. Rog- CTS of Lowell in which city it was stolen in April of last year.
 Unless freights begin to run today shoppers will find that there is not a plentiful supply of some kinds of perishabie foodstuffs in local stores and markets.
 Frank LaMondy has been confined to his home by illness during the present week.
 Teamsters of Putnam have an- nounced that they will charge S9 a day of hours after March l. Req sons given for the new rate are ex- tra cost of feeds, highr. charges for
 aorseshoeing and higher wages for drivers. E
 The pupils of Grade of the Israel ment planned for next Wednesday evening.
 l Napoleon Jette was elected presi- dent of the St. John Baptist society of this city. Il Stormy days are always busy ones for the telephone opera tors, who
 have been rushed in handling thou sands of calls from housed-in citi- zens during the past two days. Some families in the city had to manage getting along without mllk Thursday. A part of the city's sdp- ply was cut off through inability of milkmen to get in from the sur rounding country.
 Announcement was made by State Treasurer G. Harold GilDatric of this city of the purchase through the t agency of the Connecticut War Say ings committee of a treasury savings : certificate for s1 oe0 series of 1920 1 This certificate, which will mature : January l, 1925. cost the state ss24 ) has been placed in the sinking fund
 of the commonwealth. where it will remain until redemption.
 The French River Textile company operating a big plant at Mechanics vile and producing some of the
 finest qualities of worsteds that come from Americas looms, will be one oi Y the exhibitors at the big industrial
 show to be held in the state armory at, Hartford next week. The Waure. gan company. with a plant at Wau- , regan, also will be one of the textile ,, concerns representing this part of thu state in the show.
 .I Charles w. Bowen of WoodstocI :: has presented the state library ar z historic portrait of Charles IT., the king who gave Connecticut. it's char . ] ter. The painting, by Sir John Ri f ]. | Librarian Goddard.
 Sir John Riley was the court paint. ;.I CT during the reign of William and Mary, the n1cnafehs who reigned if , England after James IT,. the broth
 CT of Charles. had been dethrened Y i The famous portrait has been placed in memorial hall in the state hbrary
 building and is now the property O
 the state of Connecticut.
 Eight years ago Mir. Bowen gave ar tlensraving of Charles IT. to the Ii.
 Ibrary. While in England in 1913 h.
 Saw the portrait of the Merrie Mon. 'arch in the viearage of Sharford
 Braintree, Essex couYtr. He asked
 the vicar. Rev. Arthur J. Law, to sel
 it to him. Mir. Law refused, but
 several years later, in 1918, mad,
 known to Mir. Bowen that the Dor.
 trait was to be put m at auction a.
 Christie's, London. Mr. Bowen SC
 cured it from Joseph Ledger. Mare;
 SG, 1919 and the portrait has sine,
 been in the Metropolitan Museum .
 Art, New York.
 Dr. G. I. LaMarohe has fled witl
 the common council q letter of resfe
 nation as member of the citv heaItl
 board. The council will efideavor tt
 have the physician reconsider.
 At Hartford Thursday, Debut,
 State Automobile Commissioner .Johi
 A. Macdonald of this city addresse,
 the convention of the Gonnectfcu
 Hardware association, which hat
 been in session at the Hotel Card
 the past two days. Cornfnis sione
 Macdenalds subject was Lights nm
 Motor Vehicle Laws. and he caile, ! attention of the hardware men to va