Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-29
JEWETT CITY

Tuesday forenoon just ss the 11.o3 south bound trolley an charge ur Pilot DuttTn. left the depot. h!E tru6S loaded w&h grain. became stalieI st tho crossing. The gates could no; be shut. The trolley hcid uD by running slowly, cleared the rear end of the truck. The Eatc-tende- was on his job and signalled the approaching car to hold up.
 4 turkey buyer was in town Tuesday, coming on killing" day which i= Un- usual. Stories of tho changes in Gris- wold's turkey industry are Of interest. Thirty years agu. there would not he found a half dozen farmers within raise as many as a dozen turkeys al least.
 The late John C HaTSins seldom had less tfln 100. and. if fortune had been i'll his favor when the birds were young. he often had close to 200 Mr. Hawkins turkeys were alEays of the special white breed. and always brought fanc. prices in the Providence market.
 The present weather was spoken oi Tuesday as the poultry mans blessing Local raise7s can always get a better figure when high temperature docs moi force the sale.
 Years ago when this section was thu center Of the turkey belt. Mfr. HaMkin. often marketed ton Of turkeys. Todd! there arc not 1000 pounds in the town Local butchers books show where th' finest birds were sold for .5 cents pc pound. and prime chickens for Is cents Today s5 and % cents for turkeys an' 5O cents for chickens are meeting witt ready buycrs.
 Shea Bros. have installed a new mod ern power splitting machine al their Palmer avenue yards. The ma chine ds fitted with pulleys to belt d. rectly to the drive, shaft of an engin or can be arranged 10 be operated Q. elecsrc current
 l Local weather prophets have settle on 27 snow storms for the season. TadpoIe and Ashland ponds wer | frozen over from shore 10 shore Tues day morning for the first time. Thanks giving day last year all local water were open.
 Leslie B. Bliss. managing accountsr ! for F. T. Ley & Co. engineers and con J tractors. is soon 10 take up the ofic | end of a big job al Amsterdam. V. ' on the main line of the New York Cen tral.
 William Christopher who is soon [ start in his house on wheels for d ui l to Florida. has been. being an uncs 1 celled financier, giving an eye 10 tl considerable expense that will be nc, essary to accomplish the journey contemplAtes. Not many men have u emergency fund Of efficiency. possesss | by Mir. Christopher. He has under cor sideratfon number Of schemes 10 rals
 the funds as he goes along Anon them is public iecturinS. burf~tLs at visers do not favor this idea. as 1t
 known he can't talk to any great c1 tent.
 Mrs. William Jobnstone has given Oryilie Lahanme Post. American l., gjon, a handsome French flag. Nh!C was owned by her late husband. M
 Johnstone was particularly intercste in the boys as they left for service the late war. and kept in touch wi,
 them during their abSencc. He al' kept the only real record Of those wI
 went away into service, later pasriug
 on to Daniel L. Phillips. The boys
 the American Legion will greatly al
 preciate the gift of this flag by Mir
 Johnstone. who well kncx the love f'
 the 'boys' her husband so loyal l cherished.
 Miss Katherine Dearnley is at hon from Gushing academy for a week. Albert G. Brewster has entered il | eEnploy of Cranston & Co. of Norwich.