Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-15
WILLIMANTIC
JEWETT CITY

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 In response to the besieging of his many interested friends, w. S. Chris topler promised before he left Sunday. that he would let the folks back home in Jewett City and Pachaug, hear from him and his party once in a while, dur ing his journey to Florida in the house on wheels. He is a man of his word, , and the first letter. dated Mountain View, N. J., Dec F, arrived Thursday morning. We'll, here we are, just 175 miles from home all o. K Left Pachaug Sunday morning, Dec. 19, at nine o'clock and drove as far as Southport, Conn.,, | 103 miles. At five o'clock it was too dark to drive on a strange road, so we stopped and made camp for the night. | We found fine place to camp, but it was very cold, only 14 above. when we
 were ready for our supper.
 | The cook went into the storage section | of our house to bring out the dinner pot
 which had in it three fine chickens all
 cooked and ready to warm up. They
 weren't to be found, pot and all had
 been somehow overlooked in our hurried
 start, and they are back in old Pachaug Of course 'BnI' got the blame for leav- l ing them. We had fine supper of pork chops which Mrs. George Brown of
 Pachaug gave US, they were from a 250
 pound hog that she had just had dress
 ed off.
 After supper we arranged our room for the night and just before turning in, Iolooked at the thermometer. Outside it was 10 above, on the inside up near the roof it was 120, but under the bed.
 zero. We left Southport next morning at 9.S0 for Mountain View, N J., where we arrived at Tuesday evening, mak-
 ing II miles the second day. Here the thermometer was 40 degrees above,
 some agreeable change for us from 1C above the day before. We stay here
 with my daughter a few days, then of for the south. Will write again. Sign ,, ed. Christopher and Robie families, ant Hast, but not least, Si Young, driver oi the house on wheels.
 Felix DevIin, a lad not quite 8 yearl old, accompanied by his uncle and aunt Mir. and Mrs Timothy Sullivan of Hart ford, and by Miss Clark of the CflilC 7 Welfare Bureau, was taken Thursday to st Johns school at Deep River. .. Monday in the town court while pro , ceedings were going on to commit tn,
 boy to the Meriden School for Boys, Hu nane Agent John T. Dolan presented let : ters from the Connecticut Humane so
 ciety. 3 Judge Brown ordered a stay for tn
 purpose of further investigation. As ? result, after visiting the Riverside schoo . for the boys record, he was taken t { St. Johns school.
 :, man was heard to remark Thurs = day afternoon as he took note of tn . rapidly gaining snow, "GG 5ut you
 double-rippers." This remark cause, |, several of the older ones to wonde , whatever became of the, nothing les
 than wonderful double-rippers, tha :, used to be the pride of the Jewett Cit J boys and girls.
 s' John Tracy and Frank Bishop used t
 have one that established records net ye
 forgotten. After the snow had bee
 worn smooth and hard, the best coastin
 Twas on Taylor hill. Not once, but a ,, the evening Ion, this famous sled wit y eight or nine boys and girls sandwiche , in tight (tfe closer the better), made tn l. trip from the very brow of Taylor hi : to the Ashland bridge. a good quarter ( l. a mile. In Jewett City today are doz i ems of pretty we'll advanced boys an j. girls that rode upon that double-rippe B. forty years ago.
 IT It is a safe bet that-uot one has fol 2, gotten yet, nor. ever will, the awful set l. ond or two when the great sled sweI Il into the curve in front of Tom Lee if and straightened, under the skillfl e t1 idance of the steersnan, like an al It row from the bow for the last dro l. down the Ashland incline.
 : At the Finn Opera house Thursday e7
 Iening large audience were delighte Df with the entertainment given by tn v pupils of the Riverside Grammar schoc .e The programme from start to finish .ey e denced the ability of those that toe
 ipart and the effective drilling by thos 5 who had the success of the affair heart. The programme:
 Dance of greeting. Clap, Clap, Boy . tKindergarten Christmas Song, Phil
 WfbeF: The Lost Reindeer, First, Sei ond and Third grades. Intermissio
 Swedish Singing Game, See You, Xii dergarten; song, Gods Love, Mildrt Gilbert; recitation, Christmas Lullabl Ruth Mum; hoop drilI.1 Fourth and Eff grades; song, The Twins, Sixth, Seven land Eighth grades; recitation, Jennie Plan, Catherine Jodoin; Daily Doze Fourth, Fifth and Sixth grades due } violin and piano, by Eva and Wilfr,