Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-27
,JEWETT CITY

The record of incoming and outgoing l mail for the Jewett City postoffice is easily one-third more than for any ! Christmas since the war. This is the ! first holiday season for the local office i since it's advancement to the second class <, The receipts from the sale of stamps and ! from registered matter is far in advance of last year. Comparisons made from the standpoint of the population who patron ize this office show few second class of- fees in the state that present Christ mas business balance that exceeds Jewett City. For the week preceding Christmas from 250 to BIO sacks were handled every day Estimates based on the number of one-cent stamps sold at the window and the packages of solid postcards received from the big mail trains that supply New | England show the postcard branch of this offices business to have doubled. l Train 704, the morning boat train, the Friday and Saturday before Christmas, | brought 10000 letters and cards. Post master D. F. Finn. Assistant Postmaster w. T. Crumb. Mailing Clerk\ Thomas | Barnett and Assistant Gilbert Miner, Jr., were kept busy every minute the office was open. distributing and rating post | age.
 The writers of this column have been 1 repeatedly asked when is there to be an- | | the house on wheels which is en route 1 from Pachaug to Florida in a trip which 1 for novelty is in class by itself. A letter came Tuesday morning, dated at Henderson, N. C., Dec. g, and is as fol- lows:
 Henderson. N. C., Dec. 21, 1922. l Dear Friends at Home:
 I now take pleasure in dropping you a ] few lines to tell you how we are making out on our trip. I cannot describe the roads we have travelled over in Virginia and the first part of North Carolina. We travelled 15 miles through a red clay, hub deep, could not keep the cars in the road. So after travelling 56 miles we concluded | to camp; so we found a schooIhouse with a nice well, etc, and will stay here for T day or two. feel sorry for some of the people I have seen and been told about. There are six or seven families stuck in the mud six miles from us, with no funds to help themselves.
 Friday, Dec 22 1922.
 Today the sun is shining fine, with the mercury at 50, and quite warm. We stay here today so the roads can dry up some. Will leave for Durham, N C., early Sat urday morning. We almost lost our house driver. "Sl'' Young. He went look ing for a wild turkey for Christmas and got stuck in the mud. After locating him, we threw him line and hooked Mike" on him (we have named our house on wheels 'FMke'') and drew him ashore. Chauncey .Robie is almost blind looking for a nice COW. We haven't seen a COW worth S20 since we left Pachaug
 The people here are very fine, and very kind to people travelling as we are We are all in the best of health. We are going slowly and looking the country over. wouldn't pay the taxes on III the ground we have seen since leaving Phila- delDhia, We can't tell yet when we will arrive in Jacksonville
 We all ws&h everybody back home in Pachaug and Jewett City a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
 Yours as ever.
 w. S. CHRISTOPHER AND PARTY.
 MT and Mrs Leslie Miller and daugh- ter Marian of Norwich spent Christmas at Robert Robertson's.
 Few more girls wanted on Foster wind CTS. Apply A. B. Burleson- & Co.-adv. | Miss Cecile Howes has returned from a Arnold Rice. in Hopkinton, Mass.
 Officer NcDermott reports that Adam Medick will pay all expenses connected with Miss Jennie BIakes accident, as nc arrest was made. The scores of the second games of the Jewett City Bowling league played Tues l day night were as follows:
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