Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-14

IS now in California on his way back from trip that took him to Honolulu, had written to Julius W. Gladden. a prom ised letter about the people from Nor wich he has met in California.
 The letter follows:
 Los Angeles, Calif., April 8, 1921.
 My dear Lou: I feel like the fellow from North Dakota, who said after his return from California and we're going to stay home for long, long time yes, even longer than that, for it will take till doom's day to gather enough money to ever do it again. If we had weak lungs and regular income, we'd go to California and would get cured of both. In Los Angeles, everybody is either going some where in an automobile, or just coming ,, back from somewhere, and another thing. l if you chance to buy a newspaper and stand on the corner to read the head i lines, while waiting for a car, a half a dozen people will be reading the paper over your shoulders, and if you should l happen to throw the paper away, it will never reach the sidewalk
 If there is one thing sure about the ] people of Los Angeles, they sure boost | their city and their climate, and it re- callsl the story of a preacher, who was asked to officiate at the funeral of a tourist. 'I was not acquainted with the deceased he said 'and know very little about him, but would like to say few words about Los Angeles" Now, the fel- low that had this dope has got the peo- l pie here sized up about right. They sure are boosters and you've got to lift your ] lid to them.
 told you I was going to write you a letter about the Norwich folks who have migrated to this beautiful land of )sun- | shine, and sometimes I dare say, liquid supshine.
 In my last letter I forgot to tell you
 of an incident that happened while I was | at the volcano at Hilo in the Hawaiian
 Islands, I had all my arrangements
 made as to sleeping quarters, automobile etc, before I left Honolulu. The island
 where this volcano is, is a nights ride out into the Pacific ocean. When
 reached the volcano, the leading hote there is called the Volcano House, here met my first disappointment on my whole trip. instead of a room with a bath, as had paid for in advance, l was 1nad}
 aware of the fact, that I was to sleep if l cottage about a mile from the hote
 located off the. road, and quite a way
 from civilization.
 The hotel was full and the guests
 who were scheduled to leave on the dAV
 that our boat was to arrive, would no
 give up their rooms to us, as they dit
 not want to lose the opportunity of see
 ing the volcano in a state of eruption
 and really could not blame them fol
 that. There were fifty people ready tt
 take my place to sleep in cottage anC
 the nearest hotel being thirty miles away
 which was Hilo, a city of about min
 thousand people, and eight thousand O
 these are Japs, SO I smiled and took thu
 cottage.
 But with all due respect to the hote
 people, I was rebated the amount I hat paid in advance, and the bed that nigh
 was gratis I was not the only one as
 signed to this cottage. There were MI
 and Mrs. Samuel Rothschild, an under
 taker from New York, 3 Judge Hubbar of Greenwich. Conn.,. and a young ma, Eby the name of Burke from Newark, J. Burke was in the internal revenu service income tax department, statione : at Hilo, naturally, a S is always the cast subject opened with Where have yo
 come. from back east" I told him, "Nor
 wich, Conn., Right off the bat he sai Do you know Prentice Chaser" H : said he went to school with him at Cor : nell Another one said he used to liv : in Jewett City. thirty years ago, an when I told him I knew 8 good dea ? about Jewett City, he closed up like 9 clam. and kept out of my way. I dar say. there was a mystery attached to th : chap.
 2 The barber who shaved me at the A - exander Young hotel in Honolulu, on l Crapeau. said he had a sister, a MT
 Ricard:' who lived at IT Meadow stret L in Willimantic, but his sister I did ht ). happen to know. He, himself came frol f Woonsocket, R. l.
 s One of the strangest incidents hal S ipened Sunday morning. after my arriv; e here in Los Angeles. My phone in m [. room rang vigorously, and IGot out ( ,. bed promptly to answer the phbke. Fl = operator with pleasant Hello, M T Plaut." I said "Yes,' man. and tf r voice said pleasantly Are you expectir $ a message from a MT. Joslyn?' I n q derstood it as MT. Alofsin. who I WE = expecting call from. Then she req # the message, saying T cannot go to au = traces today, but will go to San Dies with you on Tuesday, This was foreis 4 to me, so 1 said to the operator, "Th; l. message is not for me. I guess you ha' q the wrong Plaut." She said, "Aren .- you Herman Plaut?" and I said "N + am R. c. Plaut of Norwich. Conn
 and right back at me, she said "Fordie if Well, you could have knocked me ov e with feather, to hear someone ss .- Fordie,'' and I said ives, that's me, {
 right but who are you?" She said
 am Jean Kellas of Norwich, and I wo
 here at the Alexandria. I used to be
 the telephone office in Norwich, and lat E at the Maurice Sample Shop Ill the Wa " resan blocll' so I invited Miss Kellas ts take dinner with me that evening, al l. while we were waiting for car to ta Is Miss Kellas home, 1 noticed a young m )r sizing us up pretty closely and wh Id We walked he followed, and when d, stopped, he stopped. Well, I felt a W
 bit uncomfortable and as we stepped 0 Id to take the car, the young man polite 'e stepped up and excused himself, al n asked if were not MT. Plaut from Nc g, fwich. le Once more, on the same day, " al forced to admit was MT. Plaut. "B E. who are you?" I inquired He told l
 his name was Charley Appleby, and Ve course then, knew who he was. sn The following day, I was on H re street between 9th and 4th streets, W al walking briskly along withN Saul Alof. re and lady's voice said MT. Plaut, l a lieve."I I did not hear it, but Saul sa
 Some lady is calling you," and sr
 enough, there was Harold Parnaale as mother. was sure glad to see her 1 n cause had promised Harold to look l 'l- up.
 a. Ernest Johnson has an immense ts w bring establishment at AT S. Spri ca street. You can imagine the size of
 when you know that he employs fifty = more tailors, and last week, he turr