Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-29
EWETT CITY

MT. Phillips book tells this story of | the Davis burial ground:
 For many generations the Davis ] family lived on Stone Hill. But until 1 recent years their dead were buried in 1 the town of Plainf1eld in field on the 1 Shepherd farm, among their neigh 1 bors. It was about the year 1850 that l Elias Davis children conceived the | idea of a family burial ground con- yenient to the farm. A spot was Se- lected beside the road leading from the Pero place, now called Postofice Cor ners, to Ekonk, a short distance west of the four corners on the crest of
 Stone Hill. The sons of Elias Davis were stone masons, who with their own hands enclosed a small yard with
 fine stone wall and built the en-
 trance, a massive gateway of posts i and lintel hewn from the native rock near by, guarded by an iron gate. On the lintel are Inscribed these words: Sacred to the Memory of the Dead The oldest grave known here bears date of 1S49. Ten inscriptions are , found on the monument, and two graves are indicated by unmarked stones.
 l No brrials have been made here for 35. years. The graves are overgrown with brush and briars and a number of ] llt -SlCiltS elI C lCct1tl1lS5 Ol nave ldElGii 1 A large audience at the Congrega- l tiona1 church Sunday morning was all 1 dressed up with no place to go. As the | time for the service came and passed, no dominic came to occupy the vacant pulpit. The congregation, however, did not gather in vain, and although l the minister came not, Miss Evelyn M. i Reid sang The Palms. Her singing
 never fails to please. The fact devel-
 oped that the minister tried to make | the trip by automobile from his home 1 in Oxford, Conn.,, near Seymour. Bad roads, mud and unforeseen detours at Rockville and Manchester destroyed his schedule completely. He was able
 to reach Jewett City at 1.S0. He who undertalleth much of a trip by any method of conveyance nowadays is ex- 1 tremely fortunate to be a minister, or unfortunate.
 Edward Lewis, cream gatherer for
 the Jewett City Creamery company lives in Preston. On his farm is a
 small grist mill with a pond as it's
 water supply. All winter the mill has been frozen up. One day last week urgent business made it necessary to
 start the wheel. To do so the Hume I had to be cleared of ice. MT Lewis , armed himself with an axe and ice
 saw, but says he had some job and , was upon. the point of giving it up when he finally got down to water By
 absolute measurement the ice was four
 feet thick. MT. Lewis wants to know !, if it can be beaten short of the Klon- dike-four-fo foot ice March 24th.
 Patrick Dolan. over 80, was knocked ,, down by an automobile while crossing I North Main street on his way to
 church Sunday morning. The machine i, was heinz driven by Noe Dugas. who I did not see Mir. Dolan A physician . who was called found several bruises v the worst of which was on the side ot 1 the head. MT. Dolan is the father o1 e Rev. James Q. Dolan and of Chief oi {; Police John T. Dolan.
 Sunday was 3 record early sprine e day All the afternoon the mercury
 stood at 70. Automobile traffic on tht
 state road showed marked increase e and gave hint of the coming sum. n mer activity. Many took long walks n along the country roads where ther, 5 was much to enjoy in the sights ant sounds of coming spring.
 = Miss Marion Turnbull is at home fol U a few days from Mt. St Joseph semi
 nary, Hartford.
 : Miss Marion Johnson and Miss Irent C Randall of Willimantic were visitors il : the borough Sunday.
 y Peter F. Flynn of Jewett City ant i. Arthur V. Jackson of Norwich hay, o purchased the business of Charle t Maynard and Maxcey Seymour. MT e Flynn is a very popular young mal t here MT. Jackson was formerly r Jewett City resident and for some tim
 he was trolley conductor for tn , Shore Line. He was in the service il |. the recent war, being over across 1 n months, and taking part in all tn n large enga gements