Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-02
JEWETT CITY

The first Monday in October has ar rived again and with it the fact that it is voting day in Griswold.
 A man who has voted in many past election remarked Sunday that town meeting day wasn't what it used to be in days of another generation. He call ed to mind the many well remembered contests when both sides bent every en- ergy to elect their board of selectmen. Early in the day teams were pressed in- to service. All the county around was carefully watched and checked up by those who knew the ropes. In the last half hour, and many times in the last ten minutes there was something doing. The man who had held off until the eleventh hour was hustled in. In a fly ing cloud of dust late arrivals hove Tn sight in the distance and. even as the moderator was consulting his watch for the last time the final votes were cast It is said that in these times there were men in both parties so well ac- quainted with the towns vote that they could checkover the voting list and fore cast the election by as small a margin as two or three votes.
 Mrs. Thomas McBroome is spending a month with her daughter, Mrs. James | F1annery in New Britain.
  l Wharton and John Glynan are taking a weeks motor trip to New York, Phila- delphia, Washington. Gettysburg and the | Luray Caverns, Virginia The w. c. T. U. meets at the home of Mrs. NJ. E. Wilson Tuesday after noon.
 The conference of churches meets at Preston City on Wednesday, Rev. How ard Stephenson Is to preach the sermon in the morning.
 1 The Ladies Aid society of the Bes. i tist; church was entertained Thursday 1 at the home of Mrs. E. E. Scates. Mrs Scates was assisted by Mrs. G. H. Prior | Miss Ida osFter, Mrs William John stone. Mrs. J. P. Post and Mrs. Harvey Kennedy.
 Dr. and Mrs Norman Tracy and son of Boston were weekend guests at J. Fl Tracys.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Leclaare of sprineheld is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. T Crumb.
 Mir. and Mrs. Anthony Bonney ani nounce the marriage of their daughter Etta Mary to Arthur N. L. Heureux at St. Andrews church, New York city.
 One of the main troubles in connec tion with the research in this section to secure reliable data relative to tht hoop snake, has been that nothing coulC be learned in that line of recent date This last week told the story of the ex periences which Dr. Sweet and his part, had in Wyoming, on their western trip as reeounted in all its interesting detai by George Rathbun, he who played tn, Ole Bull part in their recent Dash t, the Pacific by Auto. At the close of on . hot day the party were travelling alon, 3 smooth stretch of level road, witt eyes alert for suitable place to caml for the night. As Driver Bugbee re , ported that what appeared to be srnal
 town, could be dimly made out in tn : distance, they overlook a man with wooden leg, who asked for a lift to tn . village beyond. The vioEnist says tn ' its own length when it stopped short The. gas tank was found to be empty
 And, here it is to be said. that the sol reason that the party didn't go clea
 through was the difficulty In securin
 gas. At one place in western Nebras7 . the doctor was obliged to buy every U thing else, in store beside the trai in order to secure 15 gallons of ga : which the man had in stone Jug SC creted in the bottom of the cracker baI rel
 DuSDeo was getting reaoy 10 start fc
 the town to replenish the tank. Tn
 others, including the wooden legge
 man. were standing by the roadside - peculiar whirring arrested the party e attention. The wooden legged man, onl s seemed to comprehend. Look out" I l. cried, 'here comes one 'er them durne if hoopersT
 s Everybody" says George, ''got 0, l. of the way in short order except u e passenger. He wasn't quick enough, ar B the rapidly rolling reptile struck h e wooden leg sharply, with its long ts
 spur. Then the man told the doctor, Q he carefully pulled out the spur. ar a wrapped it in a piece of newspaper, ar $ placed 1t in his pocket that is the W; il lost my leg