Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13

JEMEIT CiIY
 There was but a half day session at the Riverside Grammar school on Thursday, and Lincoln's day was cei- ebrated with patriotic ceremonies ana exercises the programme was is follows: America, sung by s,:loo.i Story of Lincoln by James Sanford: Captain, Oh My Capt1.ri reeife1 pF Cleo Couture; Battle Hymn ot the Republic, sung by school; Citizenship Speech. introduction by Christine The Women Who Influenced Abra- ham Lincoln's Life. Doris Johnson; The Star Spangled Banner. sung by school.
 A local flower-Iever planted last fall a number of bulbs in box, well supplied, according to rule, With farmyard fertilizer. Last week they were brought up from the cellar and placed in the window; the owner meanwhile prepared to study botany from life, as the flowers proceeded to grow. Now under the influence of the warm room and the bright sun light it is discovered that it is neces- sary to be an entomologist as well. Thursday morning there were no less than six different sorts of insects crawling about on the window pane. Leslie B. Bliss, elder son of MT. and Mrs. B. c Bliss of East Main street, has been for several years con struction engineer for the F. T. Ley 1 largely increased salary MT. Bliss is now at Fairmont, West Virginia, as 1 head of the auditing and accounting | department. The Ley Co. is at work on large construction job there. i There is man who lives well to- ward the upper end of East Main | street. He is the proud owner of a number of fancy hens that lay fancy eggs. The other day when it was i coming down the line with five fan i cy boxes of fancy eggs. He suddenly,
 without notifying his friends, per l formed a fancy double twisted ae- rial stunt in connection with which at a certain period he threw the fan cy boxes high in the air, failing to catch them on their way down, he ] at that time being too busy. The
 B----n family now subsist largely on
 fancy egg soup.
 Charles L. Whitman, s1, died at his home in Voluntown Wednesday, He i en LaChapelle, of that place. pr. J. B. Sweet was called to the l home of Jerry. Doyle on the Plainfield 1 road "Wednesday. Mrs. Doyle had fallen and broken her arm close to the shoulder bone. Mrs. Doyle is the mother of Mrs Michael E. Shea. Mrs.
 James II. Shea, Mrs. Eugene J. Car Jewett City and of Mrs. Charles Fox Of Greeneville. and Miss Hannah
 Shea, who lives at home.
 A number of flags were displayed about the borough Thursday in hon. or of Mncoln's birthday.
 Lest we forget a number of pho | tographs are. being taken of snow scenes in parts of the town. Bor- oughites will hardly believe 1t when
 some 100 in the shade day next sum nner, the pictures will show the views of a few months past.
 1 Warde- Mccarthy had force of 1 men out shoveling snow Thursday. In 1 many places under two feet of snow l there Is one foot Of solid ice in the ! guters. The hydrants are all clear
 ed in case necessity demands their 1 use. @
 The Old Homestead has struck the town with a great boom. During the l storm the, other day one of the big
 life-siZe posters was put up at a prominent crossing. A small boy
 came down the road in the storm. 1 He was scarcely. tall enough to reach
 out of the great rubber boots he
 wore. His alert eyes caught sight
 of the new picture. He went over [ ] it, crawled up on a Snowdrift in ! front and delivered a purely orig nal 1 oratton to Denman and his wife. He
 called their attention to the snow, his 1 tattered cap and great boots in such : a convincing manner that even the
 silent figures in the Autograph 1 seemed to sit up and take notice An
 unobserved bystander says Manager 1 Barnett give the small orator a slir l of pa per and he could make out on top four letters that looked mighty like C o NJ P.
 Marshal W. Badger is visiting his
 daughter. Mrs. F. H. P. Clement o1
 Mathewson street.
 Miss Sibyl Browning is back 1T
 charge of her department at the Riv-
 erside Grammar school She ha.
 been i'll at her home in Griswold. l Mrs. Nettie Johnson is in Willi.
 mantle, caring for her daughter. Mar. ian. who is i'll with influenza.
 The class in home nursing vii
 meet Tuesday evening next week i The meetings will be Monday eve nings after that date.
 I Names Of donors to be added to tn,
 Slater Library Fund, include: Houri
 gan Brothers, Miss Elizabeth DeaIey
 Robert J. Guy, Lague & Son, John T German, Morris Gettleman, Newarl
 Bargain House, Jacob WutchsleT l 1 Alex. Pieraccini. Adam Roteske, D1 , F. D. Browning, Charles D. Wolf : Charles R. Corey, T. A. Rioux, Jo I seph Guillotte. | Benjamin Perry Franklin. died a his home on East Main street ol Thursday evening after an illness 0
 three weeks with heart trouble. AIl , Franklin was born at Exeter. R. Dec. 10, -1S4S, the -son~ofe Joanna Key holds and Benjamin Franklin. H married Lucy Spicer fifty years az the coming April and they have live 2 in Jewett City forty mine years. H has gained a livelihood in the pursui T of various occupations; so varie' ], was his knowledge for common
 trades that he was able to turn hi , hand with equal skill to many. Whe, Il a younger man he was occupied fs t several years as a shoemaker. Som 5 considerable portion of his time h 5 gave to farming and was ellploye u for several years by the Ashlan,