Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21
JEWETT CITY

The board of assessors are perform ing their yearly duty or rating up the property of the town. They are in ses- sion at the town hall as usual Friday man drove over from the south part of Griswold to turn in his list Opening the door of the assessors room. there ! he saw the officials in charge, with their desks and papers drawn up to a roar 1 ing stove. About the room were piles of wood, reminding one of the old town houses of another age. What said the visitor in surprise, T thought this here l ranch had a steam plant" Tt has, but ! it hasn't" replied the head assessor. The man had business with the town clerk, whom he found trying to light an | oil heater. Again, legal matters neces- stated visit to the court department.
 Here the man came face to face with | sturdy manhood, for there, Judge Burn ham, clad in buckskins, with two over- coats, cap well pulled down and rubber
 boots, was bravely facing the cold alone.
 It is believed that never before did
 such unusual cehtributory causes com. bine to complete such woe. The fur.
 mace is in the cellar, also, in said eel lar are 125 barrels of what once was cider, first placed there by the Connec.
 ticut state police, and later taken oyer ! by Uncle Sam. Moreover, the cellal
 door is locked and the key is in Hart ford in the possession of the federal au. l thorities.
 The seiectmen have been legally ad viSed that under the present trying cir. eumstances, and considering the persist
 ent low reading of the thermometer 1 that probably they could enter and buii( a fire in the town furnace. Further ad
 vice is to the effect that it might bt l attended with uncertain results, to sud denly warm up 125 barrels of cider t, 70 degrees, which are reposing peace fully enough at 35. The end is in sigh
 however, for it has been promised tha 1 the unwelcone storage shall be re
 moved in the near future.
 Arthur Rioux has returned from two weeks trip to Washington D. C He was the guest of his sister, Miss Sa
 lina Rioux, formerly of Jewett City
 who is employed in the government of
 aces in that city.
 The vital statistics of the town fo September show five births, Anthon,
 Rish Helen Skfbo, Adelbert Allen Bab lcoek, Donald Warren Gill, Gedeon AT
 thur hisee; one marriage, Edmond La croix and Lydia Carter, and tiy
 deaths, Francis Grehier, aged SS, 0 acute nephfit:s !; Elizabeth Zakazensk
 aged l2 days; Ann N. Shea, aged 47, o epilepsy Augustus Read; age S1, degen eratiofa of heart; Harry Paul, 62, chron
 ic Intestinal ihephritfs.
 II A number Of women were at work ii
 the Baptist church vestry Friday af ternoon. Two children rushed in an with much excitement reported a fir
 out back of the church. Investigatia they found a grass fire close up to tn [ sheds burning bris41ly. Indeed tn sheds would have kindIed in a few min , utes Some were for turning in a alarm, but on second thought an i'm promptu fire company was organized , with Miss Foster as fire chief and MT 1 Prior assistant. They put up fir
 fight with nops. brooms and hastil
 drawn pafES of water, and won out Tn . fire was started by irresponsible young { sters wKo have done the same thin once before.
 r In response to the call of the Caths lie bishops of the United States, at thei |, meeting in Washington two weeks az : there will be special offerings receive , at St. Mary's church Sunday. Ever effort has been made that the far reaci , l ing charity may be dispensed most e 1 fectively. There is urgent need Russia, in Czecho-Siovakia ana iii tf , chaTfta6Ie institutions of Germany TT
 collections at St. Mary's with the mu