Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-09

There was marked contrast bee tween the Fourth of July, 1921, and the Fourth fifty years ago. The Fourth of the past was one of noise, clarnor, fights and crimes and excit- aent ran high. There were several actidents and several fires and many | things to Keep g. nervoI1s person on edge from carly dawn until late at night The Congregational chapel on the West Side was destroyed by fire g day or two before the Fourth.
 Extracts from the Bulletins files of ] ri follows:
 July 3. 1s71-The Mission chapel of rthe Second Congregational church on what used to be known as Hardscrab- Saturday evening. The flames were 1 first discovered issuing from a shed adjoining the chapel and quickly spread | to the main building. Insufficient water pressure and the distance of the 1 hydrants from the building made it l impossible to save the structure. SeV- eraI other nearby dwellings were 1 threatened with destruction until 1 Chief Engineer Delaney ordered the 1 walls of the burning building to be | pulled down. The origin of the fire is attributed to 1neendiarisnf and to 1 the carelessness of boys playing near | it with firecrackers.
 Accidents-No one was arrested for drunkenness yesterday.
 1 Saturday evening a West Side man l attempted a game of ten pins with his wife for the king pin and a teapot for the ball. He carromed on lighted ] kerosene lamp in the first inning and 1 isn't quite certain yet whether fire CT l water do the most to injure rag car ! pet.
 l Not long ago Judge Holbrook aston ished an Irish woman in a New York street car by giving up his seat to l her. She slowly ran her eye over | the judge from head to foot, an ejacu- 1 lated, "Ye's a gintleman, slir-every inch of ye." The, judge being six feet four inches, this may be called a stun ming compliment.
 \ July 1. 1s71.-About 12:3o this
 morning party of men entered the saloon of John Fee on Franklin street I and became involved in dispute with 1 the proprietor. The party was elected and then started t miscellaneous as-
 sault upon the place breaking win
 dows, forcing the door and firing one
 or two pistol shots. Those within re.
 taiiated by firing through the door anG windows. Mrs. simon Keppler whC
 lives across the street was struck ir
 the face by one of the bullets. Tht bullet entered her cheek and knocked
 out several teeth. The wound was no
 serious. Six persons were arrested D,
 the police.
 | Judge Merwin took the oath of offic,
 Monday. and has now entered upoI
 his duties as judge of the police court William N. Andrew was elected nobl, grand of Uncas Lodge on Monday evening at their semi i-annual election
 of officers.
 ! A Franklin farmer has discovered
 an effectuaI way of driving the pota to bug from his vines. It consists O
 simply opening a bottle of New Lon
 don whiskey within a few rods of thu
 colony, and those who don't expire in stantiy don't stop running till they ge into Massachusetts.
 July 5, 13T1.-There was no pape published on this date.
 | July $, 1s71.-It is usual for tn, fourth day of July to comnience or the third. This year was no exeep
 ton to the rule and the morning o
 independence Day was unheard in b, one Or two shooting afffays, innumer | able fights. two alarms of fire, with z; . cheering background of miscellaneou
 mixture of guns, pistols fire crecker ' and the horns of the ungodly. Al { night the unearthly din Fe-eehoe through the city, and sleep was in n
 way a respecter of persons till the las
 stroke of public rejoicing was struc