Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-09
JEWETT CITY

MT. Phillips book gives the fol- lowing interesting account of the i Hatch Burial Ground:
 If one follows the state road from | Pachaug to Glasgo until he reaches i the residence of John Potter and ] then strikes oiut across the fields n a westerly directioin for half a mile, i he will find upon rounded hill. not far from the shores of Pachaug pond, 1 cluster of graves enclosed by a stone wall.
 This is the Hatch Burial Ground. and is part of the farm now owned. by Edward La Croix Two hundred and ten years ago this farm was pur chased by William Hatch of SwanZey, Mass, of Ephriam Minor of Stoning- ton, who was the first white man < to hold the title. For century and quarter this was known as the Hatch farm; and for all the years the Matches were familiar characters here. both in church and state.
 l Probably no burials have been made | in this lonely place of the dead for eighty years; the enclosing wall Is tumbling down; the gate at the en- 1 trance has routed away; and trees and bushes have taken possession of the ! interioir. Besides, the graves marked by stones bearing inscriptions twen- | ty-two graves have been made out, which have no identifying mark.
 1 A half dozen or more brisk snow squalls Thursday afternoon made a l whirling snow dance very pretty to | see.
 I Oln r. Miller leaves today (Fridayl for two months vacation. He will visit his daughter, Josephine, in New Rochelle, N. Y- for two weeks after l which a trip through. the west has
 been planned. including visit to I Clay Center, Kan, where he and his
 father. the late J. W. Miller. once
 published a newspaper.
 Miss Genevieve Connell. of Nor .wich, has been the guest of Misses
 Grace and Edna Sharkey for the past week.
 Mt. Venom lodge. No. 75 F. and A
 M., F. L. Kanahan, master. has re-
 ceived a letter from a relative of
 Ernest Potter of New Bedford, that he
 is critically i'll with kidney trouble
 MT. Potter was master mechanic fol
 the Slater mills here and was senior deacon of Nit. Vernon lodge.
 Mrs. Thomas B. Keen of Westerly R. I. is the guest of Mrs. Charles D Wolfe, at her home in Sylvandale. Anne Brewster Tanning chapter, D
 A. R.. held its meeting at the home of Mrs. E. A. Faust on East Mair  Mrs. Ida I. Foster. the vice regent Mrs. J. H. Tracy. presided. The mat , ter was discussed relative to tn, , memorial tree and sketch of tn, !, bronze tablet to be placed thereon ! was inspected by the menbers aut
 accepted. The money to defray tn,
 expense of purchasing this tablet wa . from voluntary contributions of tn Daughters ard their friends. It wa |. xya ta6 f0 ,t-g11 A ! the Slater Library fund.
 Miss Alice A. Browns paper o, Americanism was very interestins
 Mrs. Faust gave several selections ol the player piano and there were tw recitations by Miss Alice Armstrons The chapter will offer prize to tn
 two classes in the evening school al !. so s5 prize to he competed for b, | the Seventh and Eighth grades in tn : Riverside Grammar school, for the hest essay on the Monroe Doctrine : The judges to be Daniel L. Phillips Rev. J. H Seiferman. A. M. Browr
 Dr. G. H. Jennings and Attorney Joh ! Barry. The chapter has distribute Il in the schools several hundred copie
 of the American Creed, and has als = caused to he placed large posters |
 all the pubic places. Tea was serv ed during the afternoon. The hos
 tess "eS aSSiSteo py Mrs. h. T. Cnen
 ey.
 New names to be added to tn
 Slater Library donors are: Mrs. Au
 gusta Reed and the Harmony club.
 number of the solicitors have not re
 ported yet and several persons hay
 been to the committee and shande
 their contributions to them. The Il
 brary is open eveery day and book
 may be exchanged every day. Sey
 eral daily and weekly newspapers ar
 now on the table.