Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1909, Page 5

Carload of Fancy | Michigan POTATOES The Bulletin, Dec. N ‘Warren F. Hamilton of Virginia is visiting friends in Norwich. . Maurice V. Fitagerald of Hartford spent Sunday the guest of George P. Nolan. Otto Crumb of Wilmington, Del,, is Electric Roads Running on Schedule—E 'ectric Light, Fire - Alarm and Te!ephone Wires are Being Put Up as Norwich, Tuesda: Wouldn't Have Fall River Mills. The New York Mail and Ex) Inst Thursday had ‘the following in- account, entitied “The Town Rejoice and be nervous wrecks and 0 No more will you need to exclaim in that hopeless tone “Oh my poor old VARIOUS MATTERS way Skates have given to the Free from rol and Irost. Car set on Ferry Sireet frack. Will unload Monday and uesday, Dec. 27th and 28th. Best Potatoes in Norwich this year. Ask price on 5 bushel lots. Somers Bros. — REMOVAL — Dr. Rush W. Kimball has removed his office to 21 Broadway, Waurezan. Block Hours, 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sun- days, 3 to 4 p. m. Office telephone 45-3. Residence, 167 Broadway. Tele- phone 45-2. dec2d Geo. Ehrets Extra Lager at the Wayregan House Cafe. Wauregan House Cafe THE PARKER-DAVENPORT C)., Proprietors. HAILE CLUB 142 Main St. French Restauranis Ladies’ Restaurant for Haile Club Members, Second Floor, facing Main street. Restaurant for Open House Club Membars, Second Floor, looking on garden. Dinner—12 to i—at fixed price— 30 cents Ladies’ Restaurant; 85 cents Open House Club restaurant. Supper—6 to 7—a la carte. The Popular Wednesday Evering TUESDAY, DEC. 28, 1900. DINNER—35¢. POTAGE PARMENTIER POTATO CROQUETTES ROAST BEEF CABBAGE WALDORF SALAD CARAMEL CUSTARD COFFER ALSO A LA CARTE. NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR Winter Suit and Overcoat. LET US MAKE YOU ONE. JOHN KUKLA, Merchani Tailor, oct2sd Franklin Square. OHANGE OF LOCATION, h to inform the public that T ecently o 9 W Get yo Presents in Remnant Line from me. Woolen nd Cotton' Goods, Silk and Fancy ‘alet Patterns. Good lengths, suitable for ladies’ suits and skirts. JOHN BLOOM, Qecisa 171ST DIVIDEND. Dffice of The Norwich Savings Soclety. Norwich, Conn., Dec. 11, 1909. The Directors of this Soeiaty have on and after Jan. 15th, 4 COSTBLLO LIPPITT, declTdaw + Treasurer. of the City of Norwioh will be heid at o Norwich Bavings Society, Mond /an. 10th, at 10 a. m. e NOTICE TO POLICYHOLDERS. Poli; will be renewed at the Nor- wich 3'.‘;.... Society on presentation, C. R. BUTTS, dect2daw BRASS and IRON ANDIRONS GAS LOGS ; PORTABLE GRATES WIRE SPARK GUARDS Treasur. FRED C. CROWELL'S, 87 Water Street. ©Open Saturday Evening till 8 p. m. decddaw Florad Designs and Cut Flowers For All Occasions. GEDULDIG’S, !gh-l 368, 77 Codar Street. 8a DENTISTRY tablished by e Continucd by mea ue oD BT, oGl asure {0 see the for brother and as many I favor me with their tracting 3¢ and up. DR. CHAS. B. ELDRED. - - LEON . LADIES' TAILOR 218 Main Street. ay Building We Warrant Entire Satisfaction. octidd dium in 'he Bul- i ners have been resumed —6 to 3 lock. Christmas sleds, It was ‘The Day whole town on Monday. The cobwebs were brushed off the sleighs for their first service this sea- son. Visitors who came to attend family reunions on the holiday were leaving town on Monday. New Year's greeting cards are fol- lowing fast upon the Christmas cards in swelling the malls. Poultry fanciers from this section will be represented at the poultry show in Meriden this week. The usual watch night services will be held New Year's eve by the Meth- odist and Lutheran churches. There has been much quiet enter- taining of Sunday school classes in commemoration of Christmas. So nearly fmpassable were roads in some Connecticut towns.that funerals arranged for Sunday had to be post- poned. Small boys rejoiced that vacation and the snowstorm came together and have earned many dimes during the last two days. The town clock struck feebly at ten on Monday morning, after having had its hands frozen stiff since 1.40 on Sunday afternoon. In many of the country churches, Christmas was chosen as the date for an old-fashioned donation party for the minister and his family. In St. Patrick's church on Monday Rev. Hugh Treanor celebrated a re- quiem high mass for Miss Bridget A. Donlin, whose funeral took place on Friday. Grand Army men in a number of places arranged memorial services for those members who have died during the year, to be held on the last Sun- day of 1900, Supt. Thomas W. Head of the Plant estate, Eastern Point, has received from New York the gold medal award for the hest showing of chrysanthe- mums at the recent horticultural show. At a family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Prothero, 51 Greene avenue, Christmas evening, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bushnell an- nounced the engagement of their only daughter, Emeline H., to Fred G. Pro- thero, The funeral of Michael Fitzgerald, who died Christmas day in Providence, was held from his home, 330 Dexter street, in that city, on Monday, with a requiem mass at the Church of the Assumption. Mr. Fitzgerald had friends in Korwich. The two handsome Christmas trees with their dlaborate decorations, which brought joy to the hearts of the Haile club girls on Sunday after- noon, were the gift of Mrs. Henry A. Spalding of Washington street. The club members and Mrs. Wiliam C. Lanman provided the presents for the trees. Mr. and Mrs. George Carpenter of Noank had a pleasant reunion Christ- mas da; when their entire family gathered at their home on Elm street. There were present Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Carpenter and child from Norwich, Mr, and Mrs. Frank Carpenter from New London and George A. Carpenter from North Adams, Mass, The schooner Brookline with a car- go of yellow pine lumber from Sa- vannah for Norwich, has arrived in the river after & long and hard pas- sage up the coast. The vessel left Savannah December 3 and had to make a harbor in Beaufort, N. C. The first northern port she made was Saunderstown, R, I, where she ar- rived last Wednesday. She left there Friday and made New London. Acting under the law passed by the last legislature, that all cars should carry a red light on the rear, the rail- road authorities have given orders that every car must be furnished with a red lantern to be placed on the rear of the car, as soon as it grows dark The law awent into effect the first of October. The state of Connecticut the first action on this matter, ch will probably be followed by other states. YOUR ATTENTION is called to the low fares, best of train service, etc. offered by the Grand Trunk Rallway System in connection with the Central Ver- mont and Boston & Maine roads from Boston and common New England points to the West; Detroit $12.95 Chicago, $16.45; St. Louls, $20.90; St. Paul, $24.45. Corresponding fares from other points. Daily train service, Personally conducted tourist cars Monday, Wednesday and Friday, From 30, '09, to Jan. 2, '10, imc., we will have on sale low round-trip tick- | ets, Boston to Montreal and return $10.85, Boston to Quebee and return Final retyrn limit Jan. 25 Fares from other points fur- nished on application. Call or write E. P. A., 360 Wash- ington St, Boston, Mass. 'Phone Main 102 and Caples Are in the Lead, Having Played All Their Game: In the whist contest at St. Joseph’s Sodality, Corkery and Caples are in the lead, having finished their games, and have an average of over 28 points, Coughlin and Boland, who have three @ames to play, are over a point behind n their average. .The standing is as follow. Corkery-Caples, 21- 28 Coughlin-Boland, 18 27 Hérrington-O'Donovan, 18 Dodd, 13 T, Kelly-Connelly, H. Buckley-0’Donovan, J. K Fined $150 and Costs. Allan J. Kennedy wag fined $150 In the New London police court Monday morning on being convicted on the charge of selling through his agent li uor to & miner. Kennedy teok an ap- peal and a bend of $200 was ordered. This was furnished. After” with the has started slowly on the in the front ranks of progre with this store you will find yourself over before. Rockvill Miss Elizabeth White, librarsan at the Rockvile public libra- g‘ speat Ohristmas at Clifton Springs, . X " at his home on High street for sever- al days® vacation. the Christmas holiday. Miss Inez Seavy of this city is spending the Christmas holidays with friends in Willimantic. Mr. and Mrs. William St. John are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Was- ley of West Thames street. Elmer A. Hill of Nashua, N. H, was the guest of his father, Willism F. Hill, over the holidays. Miss Delia St. John of Webster, Mass,, is spending the Christmas va- cation at her home on West Thames street. Frank T. Greene of Denver, Col., has left town after a visit of two weeks with his uncle, Willlam Chapman, of Main street. Miss Bernice Willey of the New Haven Normal school is spending the Christmas vacation at her home on Asylum street. Ernest B. P#tridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H, Patridge of Brewsters Neck, has gone to Bridgeport to be motorman on‘the electric road. Mrs. Fred Harvey and Miss Eliza- beth Harvey of New London spent Christmas with Mrs. Harvey's daugh- ter, Mrs, G. Everett Hall of Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burdick and their son Reginald of New London are vis- iting Mr. Burdick’s parents, Mr: and Mrs. Willlam Burdick of Franklin street. Mrs. Charles L. Tracy of Main street has as her guests Mrs. L. Van Wagner and daughter of New Britain, together with Mrs. Van Wagner's niece, Miss Ethel Ibbs. George W. Bromley of Jewett City, Lafayette W, Starr of New London, and Charles H. Lewis of Central Vil- lage wére recent visitors at the Buck- ingham Memorial. Mr. and Mrs. Horace I Briggs of Providence spent Christmas and Sun- day with relatives here, Mrs. Briggs remaining for a visit with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Clark. Mr. and Mrs, George H. Patridge had as ‘guest on Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. James R. Peckham, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lamb and daughter Nellie of East Norwich, Capt. James Sistare and Miss Viola Sistare, Miss Alice Pat- ridge, Miss Helen Robbins of the Palmer house, Noank. Stanley MacDonald returned here on Monday from a visit to his home at ‘Westboro, Mass. On the way back he made a trip through Chelsea to see the damage caused by the storm. The wreckage on every hand caused by the high winds and high tides, he says is almost indescribable. COLEMAN QUALIFIES FOR THE MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION Gets Total of 95 at Armory Range, Us- ing New Target—Presented With Loving Cup. There were several members of the Third company at the armory on Mon- day, it being the company’s day at the range and the result was that three of the best shots of the company had a match for the purpose of qualifying in the contest which the company has started for magazine subscriptions. E. N. Coleman, Jr., was high man and made the score 95, which the four in his class are required in order to se- cure the magazine. He shot one string malking 47 at the standing range, while on the prone range with the new tar- get he made 48, a total of 95. Captain Hagperg shot two strings, making 8¢ on the first and 92 on the second. Ser- geant Denison shot a string, making 91. Lieutenant Coleman was pleasingly remembered by the emploves of the Wauregan house on Christmas, when they presented him a handsome two- handled silver loving cup, which was greatly appreciated by the genial head of the department, OBITUARY. Richard Adams. The death of Richard Adams of Danielson occurred Monday morning about 9 o'clock at the State hospital. Death was caused by epileptic convul- sions. The deceased was the son of Augustus Adams and. Mary Wall, and was born at Ballouville, Conn, 24 years ago, Shot a Fox. A nice fox was shot Saturday ahead of the two hounds belonging to C. A. Gager, Jr. Mr. Gager, John Riley and Lee Mabrey were out on Wauwecus hill with the dogs, which started the fox about 10 a. m. He fell before Mr. Riley’s gun about 2 p. m A True Old Saying Says that when a man stands still he astrous road to decay — and the same holds good in business. Can you - recall year ‘when SMITH’S PRESCRIPTION STORE hasn't advanced one way or another 7 Have you ever heard of us except eness 7 We think not, and if you “fall in" better served in the Drug Line than SMITH'S B STORE Franklin Seuare, Nerwich, Ct. ) Mr, and Mrs. N. Bugene Smith of Laurel Hill avenue were in Noank for Fast as Possible. Linemen are working night and day to get the wires in shape for the full service by the plectrlc light depart- ment, fire alarm and telephone and telegraph systems, and while they are making as good progress as can be expected, there remains much to be done before all the damage caused by the storm is repaired. On Monday the electric lines run- ning out from here were on time, and continued throughout the day, the frst car at § o'clock starting out promptly, and no trouble was found on any of | 57 the lines of the Connecticut company. The Norwich and Westerly road was hardly affected by the storm. The first car Sunday morning was an hour late, but thereafter everything went along smoothly, the large and power ful cars forcing their way through with but little trouble. Chief Stanton was busy getting the fire alarm telegraph system into full service on Monday, and got four of the boxes which were out into use, they being the private boxes at the alms« house and Ulmer's tannery, while the two boxes on Laurel Hill, Nos. 45 and 47, were also in readiness for use by Monday afternoon. The three boxes on the East Side are not In use vet, as | POWt all the wires were down on the bridge, but those it is expected will be put up today, so that the entire system will then be temporarily in use. It is the telephone linemen who are having the worst of the trouble, and their work will continue for a number of days. On Monday &ll of the South- ern New England wires were working, communication being established with New London, Colchester, Jewett City and other points, but no long distance’ wires are in use here. About one-third of the local ‘lines which were down have been repaired. Along both sides of the Thames river the wires werse damaged the worst. In places seven and eight poles are down at a stretch, It made the work in the exchanges very hard during the day, and calls pil- ed up for lack of wires t6 handle them, In some cases it took al day to get calls through. The electrie light department had its men busy all day, and three of the bug light circuits were in commission Mon- day night, in part, and it is thought that everything will be fixed up by to- night. All the arc circuits are work- ing, although in cases there are lights which have burned out and must be repaired. Fortunately there is a full moon this week, so that the loss of the lights is not so badly felt. One of the alternators to the East Side was put in use Monday, so that the arc lights were working, and the other will be fixed today for the mill's use. At the plant no damage was done. Several poles were afire from electric wires on Sunday night, and one near the resi- rence of George W, Carroll, in Broad- way, burned off. There were only slectric_and telephone wires upon this pole. The steam plant is being run part of the time to help out the Uncas Power company, although the latter gave big help for the big load during Christmas week and on Christmas eve, The Power company started to furnish juice Monday morning for the first time since Friday night, and Monday night the steam plant was helping out again, ‘There was much improvement for NEW SUITS IN SUPERIOR COURT. from Probate and Claim Against School District. Delnla M. Richards of New London, widow of George A. Richards, claims that she is entitled to be paid from that estate $2,000 and one-half of the remainder of the estate after the debts and expenses have been paid. She is aggrieved by the order of the court de- nying her an order for the distribution of the estate as above asked, and takes an appeal to the superior court. She marricd George A. Richards in New London, August 25, 1905. The committee of the Third school district of the town of Stomington is made_defendant in & suit brought by the R. L. Hawkins Iron Works com- pany of Springfield. The sult is brought for $1,773.78 for material and labor furnished on the school building. The papers are returnable to the supe- rior court the first Tuesday in Janu- Appeal ary. The contract for the construction of the school was awarded originally to A. N. Carpenter of Norwich. The latter sublet the fron construction work of the school to the R. L. Haw- kins Tron Works company of Spring- field, to which company he made a part payment. A, N, Carpenter was unable to complete the contract, so that the work on the bullding was stopped. It is alleged that the committee told the R. L. Hawkins company that if it would complete the work they would pay the remainder of the contract. PACHAUG CH RISTMA;TREE. Concert and Entertainment Greatly Enjoyed—Many Gifts Distributed. The weather was perfect on Christ- mas eve for the concert and Christ- mas_tree at Pauchaug church in Gris- wold. The church was filled and the concert exercise, The Christmas Cor nation, was greatly enjoyed, as fol low: Song, Christ Is Born Today Scripture reading, Ermeat Salisbury prayer, Rev. C. S. French; recitation, Weicome, Grace Morgan; dialogue, Welcome; recitation, Minner Miner; song. Welcome the King; recitation, Ethel Roode and Mary Wilkinson; ong. Merry Christmas, children, aking, Annie Gardiner: recitation, nta Claus, Elmer Campbell: reci- tations, Augustus. Campbell, Ruth Roode. Dora Miner; sing, The Songs We Sing Today, school; singin, Ring, Christmas Bells, four girl singing, Glorfous Christma; lialogu How Do You Keep Christmas; sing- ing, Where Is He: and Christmas Cor- onation. Five girls standing on the points of a_star recited and a solo, Star of the East, was pleasingly given by Miss Ruby Payne, There were remarks by the superintendent. S. F. Palmer acted as Santa Claus and distributed the gifts from the large and handsomely decorated tree in the chapel, Every one received a zift, a bag of popcorn, box of candy and an orange. S Gilbert Company Building. Arrangements have been made with F. S. Butterworth of New Haven, ré- ceiver of the Gilbert Transportation company, for the purchase of the Gil- bert block and the shipyards at Mystic by C. H. Fiske of Melrose Highlands, Mass. Money for the tranaction has been deposited, and the deal is now pending, subject to the order of the court. It is expected that it will be closed the first part of this week. When the real is closed Captain M. L. Gilbert will again occupy the offices In the building formerly the place of business of the Gilbert Transportation company, and will use the yards for shop repairs and construction work. pacomoe il il Happy Family Gathering. There was & lufi: % A C y Lendon, making in all twenty-one, sat aow'&'u a fine turkey dimn The eve was pleasantly spent being left for the crowds to wade through, Cars of the company were oft much snow on Monday. New n fared badly in the storm and had much trouble from breken electric wires. Power was shut off at the plant of the New London Gas and Electric company at 9.30 o'clock Sun- day morning and was kept off until about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. This was made necessary because of the large number of wires which had fall- en. A large force of men was put at work to repair the broken circuits all over the city and vicinity. At times work on the tangled wires was ex- tremely dangerous to the men. No er was given the Bast Lyme railroad until about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when it was supplied to all the local circults which were again opened. At § o'clock the company had everything nearly under control so that with one or two exceptions illumination all over the city was re-established. The Pe- quot section was the only circuit which was kept closed Sunday night. telephone service was badly crlrpod during Sunday. About fifteen poles were blown down along Pequot ayenue, where the storm struck with all its , while in Niantic and Wa- terford a number of others were also broken. ‘With the wires laden with ice, and the wind blowing a terrific gale, poles were blown down all along the New Haven road's tracks. In sections where poles are exposed to the fury of such storms probably hundreds of poles ‘were blown down or the wires became so weighted down with ice and sleet that they sagged to the ground or broke, As soon as this happened there ‘was trouble in store for the road, and this it experienced in large doses. All trains during Sunday were anywhere from one to three hours Ilate. The “Wash.” train due to arrive at 4.07 o'clock Monday morning did not pass through until about 10 o'clock Monday morning. The New London trolley service was crippled nearly all day and there was no suburban trolleys running to or from that city until late in the after- noon. The first Norwich trolley ar- rived there about 4 o'clock and the first East Lyme trolley not until later. ‘The last trolley Saturday night from Groton and Westerly became stalled betwsen Mystic and Stomington with about 25 passengers on board. With- out light or heat, they were obliged to remain there for a number of houzs, ang finally, not in the best of humer, drifted into Mystic and reached their destinations as best they could. The last car from Groton to Mystic was stalled in the same manner in what is called Lewis’ woods and did not ar- rive in Mystic until abeout 8 o'clock Sunday morning. CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT Given at Spiritual Academy with Dis- tributions of Gifts, At the Spiritual academy Monda: evening there was a delightful Christ- mas_entertainment, attended by Afty members of the Lyceum and Helping Hands. rting from the usual cus tom of having a tree, a platform was arranged on which when the curtain disclosed a sitting with evergreen in which, before an open fire was seated a beautiful fairy, arranged to imi- tate the fire made an attractive look- ing room, about the walls of which were hung stockings flled with gift The presents were distributed by Miss Bogue, each of the children and many of the elders receiving gifts. Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Blinn were coin- pletely surprised when Henry M. Coit, in behalf of the Helping Hands, pre- sented them a droplight, besides a chatelaine bag to Mrs, Blian and a box of handerchiefs and a pair of gloves to Rev. Mr. Blinn. The evening was rounded out by recitations by Helen Blackstone, Har- low Bogue, Grace Cobb Taft, Mildred Polsten and Bernice Stuart and songs by Edward Polsten and Ruth Bogue. The entertainment, being out of the ordinary, was considered a great suc- cess. : AT THE AUDITORIUM. Vaudeville and Moving Pictures Before Big Hou Crowds that more than taxed the capacity of the house were the rule at the Auditorium on Monday for the matinee and eveming performances. For her’songs, Lillian Morelle had two attractive numbers, singing Sweet- heart for her classical number and 1 Love You, Just You, with the illustra. tions. Both were well sung by th favorite soloist. The moving pictures were well selected for a combination of fun and information. In the vaudeville turns Parsons and Stewart make a lot of fun with tha!r comedy skit dealing with the mixup & reporter gets Into over an accident “‘stor; ‘The musical act of the bill is of high quality as given by Musical Irving, whose specialty js the one- string violin, which he augments with the xylophone, bells and a fine 'cello Niblo & R blackface come- special hit with song, doing some nifty footwork in their dancing. The ‘whole makes a well balanced bill which is bound te entertain. The bill was one act short for the matines, as Blverten, the heavyweight juggier, could not g here from New York until night. ‘was on hand for the first evening’s performance and 2 and Trene Moreile t, Whispering Hope, as an additional number, which was sung in excellent harmony and enthusiastically applauded. UNIVERSALIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. Officers for the Ensuing Year. The Universalist Bunday school re- elected its officers Monday evening at @ meeting held at the Buckinghsm Memorial, but the anaual reports were deferred until Sunday. Asst. Supt. B J Noy con- d'l:!'tbd a large book bindery in Broad- ‘When General Grant was president he made a trip to New England in 1874, and was received as a guest at the house of United States Sénator Willlam A, Buckingham, who lived in Norwich, Conn., and who, in the war days, ined national distinction, as one of the great war governors of the mnorth. During the course of his stay with the , the president displayed I;l.\lv(al” ill.r?tq'(nwlh‘ ]a:;n[lflurln( pment New land, and this finally led his host to tell what I believe to be the hitherto unpub- lished story of how the town of Nor- wich missed the opportunity of becom- ing what Fall River is today—one of the great industrial centers of the z:orlrl—lnd all because it wouldn’t lis- n. “In the early part of the admin tration of Thomas Jefferson as presi- Scotland a man who knew all about the use of machinery, then newly invented, for the spinning of flax and hemp. He said he was looking for water power for his proposed manufactories, and was recommended to visit -castern Connecticut. Few Manufactures. “Perhaps he was specifically di- rected to visit the little city of Nor- wich, which then carried on quite a trade with the West Indies, but man- ufactured nothing except paper. At any rate, he landed in Norwich one day, looked over the water power, to his satisfaction, and persuaded the people to believe that, if they would establish mills for - the spinning of hemp and flax, their town would be- come a great manufacturing center. “The government at Washington was communicated with and encour- aged the undertaking. yings th the war and navy departments would be glad to buy large amounts of Amer lean grnfiucu of this kind. " ile these neeotiations between the Norwich people and the Scotch- man were still pending, a bright-eyed, alert-mannered young man appeared in the town and {old some of the cit- izens whom he met that they had within thelr town's boundaries abund- ant water' power for the manufacture of cotton cloth. He spoke with great earnestness, saying that now that cot- ton was to be raised plentifully and cheaply in the south, New England, with its great water power. ought to be the ideal place for manufacturing the raw cotton into cloth. “This young man, who introduced himself as Samuel Siater, bad no rec- ommendation that he could show other than his own intelligente and sincer- ity. Probably partly because of this fact and partly because the Scotch- man had the town 50 enthusiastic over the prospect of spinning hemp and flax, no one in it would listen serious- Iv to the youmg man's proposition to se the water power to manufacture cotton. Rejected by Norwich. “So, discouraged, Mr. Slater went away, going farther east, and finding near 'Providence, R. L. equally good water power, final persuaded men of Influence in that community to join with him in erecting whal was the first mill in the United States to man- ufacture cotton goods by machinery and water power, “Well, the hemp and flax m torles of Norwich were faflure ton spinning became the great New England industry. Great cities were established at Providence and Fall River. Mr. Slater became one of the richest of Americans of his day, and it is his grandson. John F. Slater, who 1s now the weglthiest man, perhaps, in the state of Connecticut. As for Norwich, it would take several towns its size to make a Fall River in pop- ulation and man- more to make a Fall River of manufacturing import- ance and wealth. Tt was the grandson of Samuel Slat- er, mentioned by Senator Buckingham, who, by will, bequeathed $1.000.000 as a fund for the education of illiterate negroes in the south—the famous Slat- er educational fund. FUNERALS. Mrs. Austin W. Park. The tuneral of Mrs. Austin W. 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Mi-o-na is 30ld by leading druggists everywhe: Test samples gn from Booth's Mi-o- ha, Buffalo, N. Y. _HYOME] c--?'h‘:'humny hnlh‘ $1. Extra bobtles 500. Druggista. Norwich Lodge, O. B. A. Norwich lodge, No. 62, O. B. A, clect- d its officers Sunday morning at its regular meeting in Swartzburg hall, which was largely attended. President Charles Rubin was in the chair. Presi- dent, vice president and outside guard are elected for the term of six months, the others for a year. The following were elected and will be installed at the next meeting: Pres- jdent, Max Schwartz: vice president, Fyman Cooper; financial and recording secretary, Herman Alofsin; treasurer, Abraham’ Ableman: board of trustees, Charles Rubin, Arthur Swatzburg, Ja- cob Simon: outside gnard, K. Swatz- burg: physician, Dr. N. B. Lewis. One fiplplh"allnn for membership was re- telved. Banks Are Not All Alike There is a vast ‘difference be- tween a place merely to deposit your money, and check against it, and a place where every offi- cer and every employe takes a friendly interest in your account. We try to make every depos- itor feel that this is a banking home. All Departments of Banking. The Ihames—lu—al; §Trust Co. Shetucke! Sirext, Norwic), Co declid concentrated TOMATO at Rallion’s dec28d NEW YEAR GIFTS Booklets, Letters, Ca'endars, Post Cards, Stationery, Toys, Dolls, Go-Carts, Books, Games, Etc. MRS. EOWIN FAT, Franklin Squars dec2T Preston Bros. SLEDS, SKATES, AND SNOW SHOVELS great varizty, Also the famous « NEVER-SLIP Horse Shoe Calk CLAIRVOYANT t English "umev ‘;:rl n—a:u b, * | You canbuy two New Ym presents for the price of GAMES, DOLLS, JEWEL CASES, CANDLESTICKS, ETC. Special Reduction ON MEN'S Bath Robes, House Coals, Furs, Ete. Bath Robes, reduced to $4.98 Bath Robes, reduced to $3.98. $5.08 Bath Robes, reduced ta $4.98. $3.00 House Coats, reduced te $3.98. $6.08 House Coats, reduced ta $5.00. MEN’S WEAR Fur-lined Gloves, all grades, at 25 per cent. reduction from origi= nal prices Fancy Arm Bands, Suspenders and Combination Sets at one~ third off. Stationery The balance of Holiday Stat- jonery, Fancy Boxes, at half price. Women’s Neekw and Mussed Handkerchiels Odds and ends in Women's Neckwear, Mussed Mandkerchiefs of all kinds at reduced prices. Art Department All Fancy Pin Cushions, Hat Pin Holders, Bags and Linens at one-third off. Fancy The Reid & Hughes Co. We Recover Furniture and do Carpel John & Geo. H, Bliss JEWELERS. |Complete stock of - « = = = DIAMONDS WATCHES CUT GLASS AND KINDRED MERCHANDISE Reliable Goods At Reliable Prices Everything as Reprzsented dec2id LOWNEY'S - DUNN'S P 50 Main Street. Red Cross Stamps on sa . dectta "