Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-27
EWErCnY

The always interesting industry of ice cutting will now be in full blast for several days and many will go to Dorr- will to Watch the work. and offer ad vice gratis on all points of importance. The Shea Bros. are two of the best na- tured men to be found in this section and they never fail to benefit by the ex- pert advice of their friends which is al- ways copiuosly applied, at this time. The first cakes to go in will be nine inches thick, clear and sharp with no trace of snow. Last year at this time here had fallen over three feet of snow: to date there has not been snow enough in Griswold to make snow ball. A year ago local people interested in the preser- vation of game birds were placing graip and scraps in convenient ruhways to keep the winter birds from starvation. Today, a flock of most any of the summed birds could fill their little crops with the finest of winter seeds and ber- ries. The woods are as open as in June with no trace of winter snows or ice hole is smoothly frozen over.
 At sundown. Wednesday evening. a large per cent. Of the ice blowing had been completed. Actual tests have been made on the Dorrville fields to prove that eight-inch ice of polwed six inches in dength and two feet wide marks will freeze in the same temperature half | again as rapidly as unplowed ice, con- ditions being equal. A man who stood | watching the work Wednesday recalled the time when every cake had to be hauled out of the pond and -hoisted to it's platform by horsepower. The horse had to go ahead, say 20 feet, then back up to the tackle block again. It was | hot ;,, f1,A ol1 axryia i<sA house a certain old white horse had to 4.travel as far as from Jewett City to Norwich and then back up to Jewett 1 City again. And the man lowed twas some Ab. Now gasolene does the job, but it IClks now and then, which the old white horse never was known to do.
 George, J. Moeller, Lloyd G. Bucking- had and Benjamin R. Gardner, the board of electoral commissioners have made report which shows the status of affairs in the matter -of borough light heat and. power to be in the best condi- i tion since the plan was first tried to ligh tby electricity. The conditions as shown are credit to their management as well as a benefit to the borough and consumers Beginning January first. they were able to reduce the price of commercial electricity to the very low
 
 inventory of the plant, including the building, meters, switchboard, heater, me 1 ter testing instruments, transformers wire, etc, less 5 per cent for deprecia- l tion, is s17,0S2.
 People bound from Boston to Jewett 1 City and paints south are getting left | in Putnam, because when the express which leaves Boston at S:20 a. m. gets to Putnam the train leaving there at s:42 for points south has departed. In order to connect at Putnam for Jewett City or ] Norwich it is necessary to leave Boston at 7:20 on the local The express, until l thei last time table was issued,- made connections in Putnam and the local didn't. Now, it is just the other way, the local makes it and the express doesn't.
 Kayen's Feature Musicians proved themselves delightful and accomplished entertetainers at Finn opera house Tues day evening" Jack Liden was with then on the monologue end They are all ex service men, who took their part in tn, world war As a whole they are quin
 tette hard to beat. They were here a tthe third attraction of the Slater librar.
 course :; but one remains, The Suwane River Quartette.
 Funeral services for Ralph H. Doug : las were held at Vofuntown at nool Wednesday, Rev. MT. Childs of Exon conducted the funeral services. Mi Douglas was born in Voluntown Aug. l;
 1883, the son of Perry and Phoebe Lilli bridge Douglas.
 Joseph Jonkiewlcy, who died Saturda
 was buried from St. Marys church Tuet l day morning. Rev. J. H. Seiferman oi
 ficiated at the mass of requiem. Buris ? was in St Mary's cemetery, Lisoon.-