Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-16

street highlands. Bee balm is one of ! the few bright red flowers of summer; it belongs to the mint family and has a square stem. Years ago it was a wild flower, later it was to be found in the flower gardens near old houses at one i time the only specimen known here grew in Ed Soule's little house garden in Dorrville., Today, it is common in most any garden of perennials.
 Young 1Ladowshi, who ran away from Officer Raymond the other night after being arrested for hobby horse troubles, came back Thursday. He was obliged to pay costs and fine amounting to s23 His offense was not serious and possibly he might not have been brought into court only that he took French leave. The farm bureau top dressing demon stratioH which M. H. Bartlett of Grfs- wold, is running his farm during this year was recently harvested with some interesting results. Four different fer tilizer mixtures were used on 110 acre plots with one plot besides these four | being left with no fertilizer at all The ' plot on which no fertilizer was used 1 yielded at the rate of 1900 pounds of | hay per acre and the plot on which ma
 nure and acid phosphate was used gave l 5599 pounds per acre, an increase of 3T90 pounds over the no fertilizer plot. The
 plot on which 300 of a 6-S-6 fertilizer
 was applied gave 3730 pounds of hay
 per acre, an increase of 1880 pounds over the no fertilizer plot. The plot on which 200 pounds of bone and 50 pounds of ni- trate were used per acre yielded S170 pounds of hay per acre. an increase ot 1870 pounds over the no fertilizer plot. while the plot on which 300 of acid phos- phate and 75 of nitrate was used per acre yielded 416O pounds of hay, an in crease of 2360 pounds of hay over the no fertilizer plot.
 A local bird observer received a let
 ter this week from Edward Howe For bush. director division ok ornithology of Boston. inquiring if whip-poor-wills are as numerous as usual in this locality. . Without a doubt these birds would be- long in the Every few class in this vi- , cinity nowadays Time was, and not so long ago, when visitor to the sur-
 rounding farm country any quiet mid summer evening. would be remanded by bearing that sweet well known note, , which is not confounded with any other | Never before has so much attention r been paid here to swimming instruction r as this summer. Prentice Chase. the s man in charge at the Ashland club hous, r has large free class, which is confined : to Ashland employees. Mir Chase is ar 9 , tutelage it only requires a few lesson: r to learn the art which at any time may . mean the life of the swimmer or the say e ing of some unfortunate going down fo s the last time Besides this there ar, r many young girls learning to swim out e side Of the regular classes. A few year e ago there was probably not one girl O - woman in Jewett City who could swim d Now there are more than 25 fine gir
 ! -Tr '- endurance make some of the male swim n ners so way back and sit down
 Rev. J. P. Richardson will preach a n Pachaug church Sunday morning Mis- f Viva Richardson will lead the Y. P. $ yl c. E. at o'clock.
 r Black snakes are again 1aaking thei
 appearance in Lisbon. This fact is nc r. due in the least degree to trans-Q -Quine 1t baug hootch, because they don't use ! over there.
 Not long ago the good dorniEie at Nt r. wen@ reported that snake hal been see n. in that pastoral hamlet .A Jewett Cit m man who read the report lowed that M e Snake was after another helping of in;
 luscious peach shortcake
 I-, The snake in question appeared Thur D. day on the lawn of a well known Sy
 vandale home. Like the great serpen es told about in the seventh voyage 'n Sindbad the Sailor in Arabian Night tn this one approached with much rattlr r. of scales and thrashing of tail. TT
 women of the household fled in terro O. but the man. ahl there was a differei
 proposition. He girded up his Joins ar in rolled up the cuffs on his nants aro+1, ay lap, and was. ready. The contest VI r. short sharp and decisive After a WI directed rake handle blow to the jaw. Il re snakeship took the count. The man mo
 estly reports that the snake was som on thing under 10 feet