Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-07

evening.
 Today, the 7th. will be exactly thir- teen hours long.
 It has been very good sleighing at Ashford for a few days early this week.
 Nurserymen are having steady calls for shrubs, rose-bushes, vines and fruit
 Regular meeting of K. of c. tonight at S.15.-adv.
 Sunny weather Thursday had it's ef- feet In bringing out shoppers for spring apparel and millinery.
 At saybrook Point, the transportation | of the school children by jitney has been discontinued for the season.
 Eastern Connecticut Smith Jollege students have resumed their studies fol- lowing the spring vacation.
 Woodstock's prominent resident, Her bert w. Bowen,-is gradually improving being able to sit up several hours day.
 Renovation and painting is in pro gress at the residence of Street Commis- sioner George E. Fellows, on Franklin street.
 Hamburg people who have been hunt ing for arbutus, found very Iittle and what specimens were found were most ly in buds.
 France. From Sea to Sea" illustrated lecture, A. S. Riggs. F. R. c. S., benefit Backus Hospital. Slater Hall, tonight. Tickets $1.0O.-adv.
 At the United Congregational. church Miss Carter's class has charge of the flowers for the month. with the excep- tion of Easter Sunday.
 
 At North stonington, Miss Gladys Stratton of the County Farm Bureau gave instruction in caning chairs at the Congregational vestry Thursday.
 Statistics show that there are 12,ooo sheep in Connecticut, exactly the total in the state one hundred years ago Fifty years ago the total was 266,- 900.
 James Morton led the mid-week meeting at Park church. the topic be- ing Helping God. Miss Vaughn was pianist and the singing was led by Mir. Learned.
 classes and deacons' meeting, there was gathering of all the Central Baptist church preparatory to Palm Sunday and Passion Week.
 Captain J. C. sistare, of Noank. in the power boat Hope, who was the first of the lobster fishermen to bring in a good catch of Holsters, received a good price for them.
 The sawmiIl of F. c. Ross has fin- ished on Porter Plains at East Wood. ! stock and the sawyer, Peter King, has gone to Montreal to visit his children for a few days. At Holland, Charles H. seerry has bought from Miss Julia Young the house where he lives and keeps the postoffict The office has been kept in this building for over 30 years. } There are 2S5,O74 S. N E. telephone poles iR use in Connecticut at present The average length of a pole is 30 feet which makes 7.s52,22O feet, or 1,5Ot miles of telephone poles.
 Fancy roe shad with roe S5c, roe shac without roe 25c. Cut shad PC. Bucl shad 2oc. Church Bros.-adv. A high mass of requiem for the de. ceased members of the parish Holy Name society wasA sung in St. Patrick: church Thursday at o'clock by th' rector, Rev. M. H. May.
 New books have been put into cir 2 culation at Thompson Public 1ibrar, recently, those in French and German
 being especially appreciated by stu -s dents at the Girls school.
 A former Putnam pastor, Rev. Thoma le Feltman, of Waterbury, state presiden as of the Loyal Workers Society of Con
 necticut, is making spring visits to tn nt Advent churches throughout the state.
 Mrs. E. s. Hardness is providing wor IF. for carpenters. masons, electrician " plumbers and common labor in makin n. over the Hoffman mansion at Waterfort ot for children afflicted with heart troubl A White Sulphur Springs society itel .a Thursday made the following referenC to a former Norwich resident: Rutgt =, B. Jewett. who came down last wee ts with James Speyer, has returned to Ne h York.
 re A1lthe trade unions in the state hay
 been invited to send a representative H. a conference at New Haven, April 16t mt at which Samuel Gompers, president al the American Federation of Labor,
 to speak.
 s. Local coin collectors are hoping
 get specimens of the $250,o00 in silv )r. half dolls15 and $1O.oOO in gold dolla
 for the General Grant centenary u on 27th of April. being struck off by |
 government.
 John H. Ford. the ice dealer, a uF F nounces that until further notice t AE price of his ice to markets and ice cres
 places will be 40 cents per hundred,
 stores 50 cents and to families 50 'cer
 per hundred. This makes the price ,io families 10 cents per hundred less tn last year.-adv.
 he The snow and ice storm put three tel led phone lines out of commission at Ro ng Meadow To repair the Rock Meade n1 lines it was necessary to go with hoI ne team, as the troublennen found that a c In- was not much use in the heavy snow a for mud.
 an There is planned in the country 0p- traffic census of bees coming home fire 'ck bureau of entomology. A gate Is p1 on- vided that works on the one-way pr oss ciple and only one bee can enter t nd' hive at a tine. A A miscellaneous shower given ; honor of Miss Christine White, wht ,4- marriage with Ellsworth Covell of 4 E ington is soon to take place at New E .e- ven, was given at Andover recently
 the home of Miss Ila Hamilton by 1
 Girls League under the direction - Miss Marion Stanley. alf The United States Civil Service co
 mission announcNs examinations lun
 further notice for stenographer, typ - and for vacancies in the departmen
 service at Washington. D. c. Usual {
 trance salaries are $S40 to $1 900 . year for typists and $500 to $1,200
 year for stenographers and stenogral
 er-typists.