Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-21
PUTNAM

the police department.
 The captain has been the means of restoring an aristocratic kitty to it's home on Grove street from where it was stolen few days ago. Kitty is classy Angora, be it known, and 1t is whispered that the owner paid $S5 for the pet.
 Kitty looked good to someone whose name has not been given out by the police, and so Kitty was stolen from a happy home. It is related that Kitty was sold by the person who committed the theft for s bill to a man who wanted to send the cat as a present to his sister in Millbury, Mass. We'll fhe cat went to MilTbury, and the cat came back-after Cap tain Bulger threatened to make an arrest in his effort to restore Kitty to home where there was longing for her return.
 A repIeTn action was instituted Friday by the F'iremen's Fund Insur- ance company of San Francisco to recover from Jesse E. Rich of this city Hudson coupe which, it is al- legged, was stolen by someone in Bos- ton on May 10 of last year and event ually sold to MT. Rich. who had no knowledge of the history of the car and believed that it was being legiti- mately sold to him.
 The insurance company mentioned insured the ear against theft and paid the loss to the policy holder, one Marie Murphy of South Lincoln, Mass, on July 10 of last year.
 Through papers in the replevin- ac- tion were served upon MT. Rich by Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Aver, the car was not taken out of MT. Rich's. possession
 There is promise of legal proceed ings of an interesting nature to f. nally determine who shall have pos session of this car, which is valued at about $25O0.
 s. Nikoloff was reported Friday af- ternoen IS dangerous ill at the Day Kimball hospital. MT. Nickoloff was operated on for appendicitis Thurs day.
 Out in Hartford where those in touch with various state depart ments keeps a few laps ahead of the average man in other parts of the state as regards public affairs, are talking of possible legislative action at the next session of the general as sembly as to closing the jails in some of the smaller counties of the state.
 Since the advent of prohibition last July the number of prisoners in all Jails of the state has fallen far be- low the average number held in pre- vious years. so it is being suggested that it would be more economical and generally satisfactory to close such jails as the one at Brooklyn and conf1ne such few prisoners as may be taken in Windham county to the jai1s in Hartford, New Haven and other large centers. The matter, is expected to come up for discussion in the legislature. As the state con- tributes many thousands of dollars each year toward the cost of keeping prisoners in the county jails it will rightfully have something to. say as to where they shall be kept.
 Souvenir" w. H. Taylor, who was named as official welcomer at the recent Farmers week exhibition at so much that his tongue grew sore and he wound up the week splitting blood, on his own statement to friend here in Putnam
 It is characteristic of Souvenir to do well everything that he does. so in handling the thousands of people that came to see the big exhibition and MT. Taylor knows about every body in Connecticut-talk himself in
 
 hope he will quickly recover, so s to be in condition for the republican state convention. where he will be one of the very interesting and inter ested attendants.
 The following story comes out of Eastford. where, evidently, having influenza isn't a joke
 George French, his wife and five children, are all i'll with influenza. Early in the week Mir French was taken i'll and within forty eight hours the entire family were abed with only Mrs. Frenchs mother, Mrs. Sa- rah Carpenter, to care for them, Mrs Carpenter living in another part of the French homestead
 Monday morning, quite early. Ralph, Mr Freneh's oldest son. not wishing to disturb his grandmother. got out of bed and went into the kitchen to get a drink of water Sud denly, he toppled over in a dead faint MT. French. hearing the boy fall, got up and went into the kitchen and promptly dropped to the floor, uncon- scious.
 Mrs. French followed her husband to the kitchen but at the sight of the two prostrate bodies she, too, was overcome and stretched out beside her husband and son..
 Now there is about the limit and we don't want to spoil a good yarn. but the sad fact must be told that with his parents and brother appar- ently ready for the morgue, young Clarence French, the faniily's second son, jumped from his pillows and ran to the kitchen but at the sight of the high pile of his close relatives, he emitted feeble yell and fell loy- ally beside his parents.
 Meantime the three younger chil- dren set up wall which brought their grandmother. Mrs. Carpenter who seeing the family predicament by a generous administration of cold water and other, restoratives gradu- ally brought the majority of the French family tree back to life. and within a quarter of an hour they were all once more safely abed and none the worse for their experience
 Happily MT. French and all of his flock are now on the mend and have passed the serious stage of their ill., ness.
 Daily one hears stories of more jit ney 'busses that are to be brought into this territory to take care of the travelling public this spring and summer. The success of the lines es tabished last August. just after the trolley strike. is tempting new ven turers into the transportation field and if all stories are true there will