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ULLETIN, MONDAY. ORDER YOUR POULTRY EARLY FOR NEW YEAR'S SOMZRS FERGUSON'S 239 Main St. Franklin Sq. Large Assortment of DIAMOND LAVALLIERES Fancy Stone LAVALLIERES BRACELET WATCHES FERGUSON'S Franklin Square FOR CHRISTMAS TURKEYS, CHICKENS, DUCKS and GEESE, CRANBERRIES, CELERY, LETTUCE, GRAPE FRUIT, ORANGES, TABLE APPLES, NUTS, MINCE MEAT, HUBBARD SQUASH, DRAKE’S CAKE, BERWICK CAKE, and many other good things. Peopie’s Market 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN, Propristor Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER All String Instruments repaired Violins sold on easy terms For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- wich, Conn. DR. SHAHAN Marion Block, 326 Main Street SPECIALIST on Diseases of the Stomach and Rheumatism 2-4 and 7-8 p. m. Tel SPECIAL ! BARGAINS On Ladles' and Geats’ Diamond Rings. Also in SoMd Gold and Gold-filled Stone and_Signet Rings. Reduction prices on Bracelets, Watch Bracelets and Lavaliers. All popular designs. See the prices in our window. 014 gold, silver, watches and jewelry bought and exchanged. ‘Watches and Jeweiry repaired. d. 0GULNICK & CO. 32 Franklin St. Phone 714-12 Mest Cigars are Good— THESE ARE BETTER TOM’S 1-2-3 5¢ CIGAR 300D FELLOW 10cCIGAR Try them and see, HOS. M. SHEA, Prop. Franklin St. Next to Palace Cafe R. R. AGREW, M. D. Physician and Surgeon oom 214 Thayer Building Norwich, Conn. Greeneville office: Office Hours: 12-2; 2-4 p. m. 7-8 except Wednesday 8 Wednesday and Satur- and day evenings, and by Saturday appointment g STETSON & YOUNG, Jarpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right srices by skilied labor, Felephone. 50 WEST MAIN ST. New Styles Fall Millinery, MRS. G. P. STANTON 62 Shetucket Street W. J. FIELDS, . . Florist 39 Ward Street Carnations. Special _Forms and ‘Iants. Telephona 657. THERE 1s mo aavertising medium im _ istmn Connecticut equal to ‘rhe Bul: un’ tor Dusiness resulta. -| which Mrs. @he Bulletin. VARIOUS MATTERS The first of the Leap Year festivities will be held on Saturday next. There was much undignified chasing of hats during Sunday’s gale. Fifty printed caning cards for 25 cents at The Bulletin office.—adv. Mills and factories which closed for the holidays will resume work today. There were many skaters on Bush- nell's pond, Thamesville, during Sat- urday. Uncle Horace Johnson made a Wrong guess in promising a Christmas day “remarkably fine.” The list of contributions for the Ser- bians, published Sunday, included: Fr. Cl. New London $25. The children will be able to use their Christmas sleds on some o fthe hills, as the result of Sunday’s near-blizzard. Many a Christmas umbrella which went to church decorated, fell by the wayside after the big blow had started. Norwich friends have received holi- day greetings from Mrs. Bertha Hirsch Baruch, now in Philadelphia lecturing ana visiting. Patrons on some of the trolley lines made Christmas day pleasant for the car crews by paying double fares, mak- ing the men gifts of cigars, etc. L. B. Kenyon, of Rockville, R. I, who brought a party to Norwich in his au- tomobile last week reports the road to Voluntown in very bad condition. Postponed to Thursday evening, the Sunday School entertinment of Trinity Methodist church will be held, with Christmas trée, magacian, music, etc. The sudden storm of snow and ice will cut of their supply of food from tho birds and they will need some friendly hand-outs till the thaw comes Important changes of passenger train schedules went into effect on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railrond at 12.00 noon Sunday, Decem- ber 26. The collection at the Sunday evening service of Trinity Methodist church will go to the Connecticut Food Ship which will sail this week for the relief of the Belgians. Some of the local dealers in New York papers lost from two to five dol- lars each day when papers and maga- zines failéd to reach them, during the recent big storm. A New York Sunday paper featured the statue of Fhiliips Brooks, execut- ed for the city of Boston by Bela Lyon Prott, the sculptor, whose summer home' is in Salem. An active worker in the Central Bap- tist church and the King's Daughters, Mrs. Albert T. Utley, is ill with grip at her home on Lafavette street, re- Guiring the care of a graduate nurse. Tramps make a_stopping place in the grove between Wamphassuc and Lord’s Point, where they may be found in the coldest weather. For 20 years or more they have frequented that place. With the closing of the year, John Skelley, of West Thames street, Has re- sizred as watchman at Hall Brothers' Trading Cove mill, after 16 vears' faithful service and will retire from ac- tive work. The preacker at the high mass_ in St. Pazick's church Sunday was Rev. Myles P. Galvin. Following the mass, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament | was ziven by Rev. P. J. Cuny, assisted | by Rev. J. H. Broderick. { The holiday schedules of trains is- sued to the employes of the New Ha- ven road show that all express trains will run in sections from New York to Boston and_vice versa, two days be- fore New Years as before Christmas. This afternoon at 3.80, in the base- ment _assembly room of St. Patrick’s church, there is to be a Christmas tree for the 800 children of the parish, pro- vided Dy the Catholic Woman's club of M. H. Donohue is presi- dent. J. Alden Weir of Windham, president of the National Academy of Design, has received the Potter Palmer gold medal and $1,000 cash for a figure painting entitled *Phe Palm-Leaf Fan” by award of the jury the Art Institute of Chicago. The famous hymn-writed, Dr. Will- | iam H. Doane, of Cincinnati and | Watch Hill, who died Dec. 23rd, at the | home of his daughter, Marguerite T. Doane, at South Orange, N. J. was a native of Preston and a brother of Miss Jullet Doane of Norwich. In the educational work for the winter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miss Edith R. Abbot, museum In- structor, formerly of Norwich, will give a series of six lectures for members o fthe museum, and five lectures for teachers and others on request. WEDDING. Hunt—Price. Saturday evening at 7 o'clock at his home, No. 122 Union street, Rev. E. 8. Worcester married James Hunt and Miss Elvia H. Price. The bridal cou- Dle_were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vars. The groom is a son of Mr, and Mrs. Stephen Hunt, resident of Norwich. The bride has resided at Norwich Town for a few years. After the ceremony the bridal couple were given a reception at the home of Mrs Marsh, at No. 220 Franklin street. Re- freshments were served. The bride was attired in white silk mull with silk lace trimmings. Many useful gifts were received, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt left for Providence on their honey- moon, to be gone a week. Hall—Anderson, At high noon on Christmas day, in the presence of only the immediate relatives, Miss Louise Rebecca. Ander- son, daughter of Supt. Samuel An- derson of the Shore Line Electric Railway company, and rMs. Anderson, was united in marriage with Austin Dimock Hall of Cambridge, Mass. The ceremony was simple and was per- formed by Rev. Charles H. Ricketts at the home of the bride’s parents, Nr. 178 West Thames street. Mr. and Ms.r Hall Jeft town following a wed- ding dinner and wili make their home in Cambridge, Mass., where the groom is connected with the Wheelock and Lovejoy company. FUNERALS. Baleslaw Cimuchowski. The funeral of Baleslaw Cimuchow- sk, who was found dead on top of a freight car in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 17, was held from the home of his parents on Golden street Friday morn- ing, with a mass of requiem in St. Joseph's church, Rev. I. Maciejewski, the rector, officiating. Friends acted as Dbearers and burial took place in_St. Joseph's cemetery. Undertakers Shea & Burke had charge of the funeral larrangements. PERSONALS Miss Ruth Moore of Norwich was at Deep River for Christmas. David Bigelow of Westchester has been doing duty in Norwich. John C. Quinlan has returned from 2 business trip to Block Island. Miss Gladys Louden of Deep River is at her home in Norwich for the holi- day recess. Miss Sadie Newman of High street Hartford, spent Saturday and Sun- day at her home. David L. Kinney of Norwich has been at Lord's Point recently, looking over his cottage property. Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Emmerich of Windsor avenue, Hartford spent Christmas in Norwich. Mr. and_ Mrs. Carl H. Swan, of Scranton, Pa., are spending the holi- days with relatives in this city. Miss Olive LaPierre of Sigourney street, Hartford, is spending the holi- days with relatives in Norwich. Noyes D. Lamb went to Hartford Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Branche, formerly of Norwich. Miss Belle L. Strong has returned to Colchester after a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. John V. Rey- nolds. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gallup, Misses Hattie Tanner and Margaret Tan- ner of Ekonk were Norwich visitors during last week. Mrs. Ernest Spencer has returned to Norwich after a visit of a week in Stonington with her grandmother, Mrs. Julia T. Sheffield. Mrs. D. J. Brown entertained over Christmas, her sons, Charles H. Phil- lips_and family, of Versallles, Bert L. Phillips and wife of Lynn, Mass., Elmer Phillips and family, there be- ing three grandchildren and one great- grandchild. OBITUARY. Frank Allyn Robinson. Following an illness of brief dura- tion, Frank Allyn Robinson of this city died at Grace hospital, New Haven, on Saturday morning about 11 o'clock. Mrl Robinson had recently suffered from heart trouble and, suffering an_attack of this while in New Haven, he had gone to Grace hospital for treatment. Frank Allyn Robinson, for many years a resident of Norwich, was born in this city on Aug. 3, 1851, being & FRANK A. ROBINSON son of John A. and Mary Callyhan Robinson. His__parents moved with their family to New London when Mr. Robinson was § years old, where he pursued his education at the Bulkeley High school. Later he removed with hls parents to New Haven and studied at the Yale Law school, where he graduated, and was admitted to_the bar in 1872. He practiced law in New | Haven for several vears until his mar- | riage in 1887 to Miss Elizabeth Claris- sa_Kirby of New Haven. Shortly after his marriage he re- moved to Norwich and in 1888 bought | the house on Sachem street where he has since resided, a house which had | for many years been the residence of another lawyer, the late Hart Goddard. Mr. Robinson has not engaged in ac- tive practice of his profession in Nor- wich, but soon after coming here be- gan the publication of law blanks for Connecticut _practitioners, and estab- lished a considerable business, which he maintained until his death. e and two daughters, Misses and Helen Robinson, survive Fim. Mr. Robinson was an Episcopal- ian and during all his residence in Norwich was a member of Christ church parish and, at the time of his death, was its junior warden. He was always very active in the church, an indefatigable worker, and always full of a zeal tempered with discretion, so that his own views and preferences. which were clear and decided, were never allowed to interfere with the harmony which should exist among church members. Mr. Robinson was one of the most useful men in his church. He was al- ways ready to work, to give, and to advise, and in all these things he did well. It will be very hard, it seems impossible, to fill his place there. The same qualities which gained him af- fection and respect in his church se- cured him the regard of the com- munity generally. He was always ready, in whatever came to him, to dc his part according to his best abil- ity. In short, he was a faithful, con- scientious man. Add to this most im- | portant quality, a most kind _and friendly disposition, and the combina- tion made a man fo be loved and Te- spected and, when taken away, to be missed even more than his friends and fellow citizens realized while he was with them. Mr. Robinson was a republican in politics, was elected alderman of Nor- wich in 1906. serving two terms. Mrs. Henry Bellert. Mrs. Victoria Bellert, wife of Henry Bellert, of 245 Broad street, this cil dled Sunday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock at the Backus hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Victoria Bellert, daughter of David Young of Earnscliffe, Lot 50, Prince Edward Island, Canada, came to this country about 25 years ago, having been a resident of this city for the last 20 years. Besides her husband, Henry Bellert, che leaves one daughter, Lillian, and two sons, Wiillam and Herman. She also leaves four brothers, Richard of New York city, John of Tennessee and Henry and Robert of Prince Edward Island, Canada; two sisters, Mrs. David Ross of Dorchester, Mass.. and Mrs. Robert Jenkins of Prince Edward Island. The deceased was born Oct. 21. 1861, and was_married to Henry Bellert May 4, 1895. Mrs. Bellert was a kind and generous woman and always had a good word for everyone. Her pleas- ant smile and genial nature endeared her to a host of friends by whom she will be greatly missed William Thomas Kirby. William Thomas Kirby, a well known vaudeville dancer, died at the state sanatorium in Thamesville on Sunday morning _about 3 o'clock, following_an illness of about. four yvears. Mr. Kir- by was the son of Mary Caffrey Kirby and the late James Kirby and was He born in Norwich 28 years ago. | about it, is a proof of the Divine wis- { dom in selecting for its reception men CHRISTMAS IN Norwich Congreg‘hons Heard Seasonal Sermons and Special Music on Christmas Day and on Sunday. At the Central Baptist church Sun- day morning Rev. Jool B. Slocum, D. D., the pastor, spoke on The Star and the Song, Mait. 3: 2, and Luke 2: 10. There was special Christmas music, and Rev. Dr. Slocum spoke briefly to the juniors after the anthem. In"his sermon Dr. Siocum spoke of the star leading the wise men and the song leading the shepherds. A star and a song! KEach of these had something to do in leading people to the infant Jesus. Bach led a dif- ferent class of people. The star led the wise men; the song led the shep- herds, And ever since that first Christmas the star and the song have been doing their part in leading people to Jesus. Let us say that the star stands for the Intellect and the song for the heart Each of these is a road thronged with plilgrims eager to find Jesus. Ever since the quest of the wise men there have been those who have come with their knowledge and have taken out of the treasury of that wisdom the things that are most precious and have laid them at the feet of the Christ. Greatest Intellects Have Bowed. Paul came and looked and believed and henceforth dedicated his magnifi- cent intellect to the cause of the Christ. And the scholars of the early centuries came, and the men of the Renaiscence came, and the men of the Reformation, and the great masters of thought in all these generations since then came and bowed in lowly wor- ship. It is a fact of remarkable Sig- nificance that the towering intellects of the world have paid obeisance to Jesus Christ. Not all the great minds of the world acknowledged Him; but in some way or another the most noted of the world’s intellectual giants have recognized the superior claims of Jesus. Raphael in painting, Michael Angelo in sculpture, Handel in music, Milton in poetry, Sir Oliver Lodge in science are only a few representatives of the thousands upon thousands in every field of human attainment who have climbed the highest summits of human achievement and there have yielded thelr laurels to the name that is above every name. It would not be a long task to classify the world's greatest thinkers of all time into the various departments of learning. And when that task is finished it would be a matter of intense interest to discover how large a proportion of them gave some kind of a testimony In favor of Christ. The World is Thinking Today. The world is doing a good deal of thinking today, and the greatest intel- Jects of this age are giving at least mental assent, and many of them are going still farther, in their devotion to Jesus. There are people so constituted that they can come only by that road— the road that lies under the star. And Jesus, while He was stiil living among men, appealed to the intellect strongly. He called Himself the lizht of the worldi—and that light was for men's darkness. He called Himself the Way, and that was for those lost amid the tangled pathways of life. He calle- ed Himself the Truth, and that was for the guidance of men who were longing after wisdom. He was called the Word, and that was the revelation of God to all who would struggle in their finite limitation to comprehend the infinite. He declared prophetically taat if He should be lifted up from the world He would draw all men unto Himself. And this has_ been abun- dantly fulfilled in the fact that no other character has ever drawn the in- tellect of the world as has Jesus. The Star and the Song. _ Well might the most of us despair | if there were only a star to lead us to Jesus. Well might the majority of the pilgrims who have been seeking Jesus become discouraged if they were con- ditioned by the necessity for w! <dom. But, Oh, that song that has caught the and thrilled the hearts of thou- sands upon thousands who could not apprehend the star. These plain shep- herds jare representative of thousands upon ousands who follow the song. And how large a place has been taken by that song. Throughout the scrip. tures we find bursts of songs. The triumph of Moses, the song of Han- nah, the songs of David and the Psaimists, the the song of Ma And then there is at the very last of the Book the prophesy of a day when there will be a new song, the song of the angels, and it will have added to it the sweetness of earth. AT TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Archdeacon J. Eidred Brown's Christ- mas Morning Sermon. songs of the prophets, At Trinity Episcopal church on| Christmas morning the rector, Arch-l deacon J. Eldred Brown, preached a special Christmas sermon, taking for Eis text St. Luke 2: 10, 11. It is significant of a new order of things that the announcement of the birth of the Saviour should have been made first to shepherds, simpie m:nd ed, engaged in a humble calling, Archdeacon Brown. From the natural, human viewpoint, we should have sup- pesed that an announcement of such tremendous importance to the world would have been made first to great learned men of the times. this is simply ar ili fact that God's judgm man’s, for “man judges by the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart” These shepherds in the fleld were lowly and simple; they made no pretensions to be otherwise. But God saw in their very lowliness and sim- plicity a peculiar fitness for the re- ception of His great revelation. At least they were doing faithfully the duty that was laid upon them, and it is ever a fact that these two things con- stitute in the Divne estimate the highest fitness for the reception of truth. The very fact that these shep- rerds Immediately accepted the revela- tion, where the Pharisees would either have scoffed at it or been skeptical But ration of the wiser than who had “no axe to grind.” The Meaning of the Birth. And now, what did the birth of the Babe in Bethlehem that day mean? What did it mean to those lowly shep- herds? First, it meant deliverance from a deadly evil. If these shepherds were patriotic, the promise of a Saviour would mean deliverance from the na- made his home with his mother at No. 10 Summer street, Laurel Hill. Mr. Kirby had traveled the continent as a dancer in vaudeville and had also been with stock companies. He appeared at the Auditorium theatre in this city about three years ago. He was a member of St. Patrick’s parish and belonged to several theatrical organ- izations. Besides his mother, Mr. Kirby leaves one brother, George Kirby, of this city, and one sister, Mrs. John Bowne, also of Norwich. He possessed excel- lent traits of character and his kindly and genlal nature won him many ad- miring friends. He was ever a lovinz son and brother, and his untimely death is a source of deep regret on the part of all with whom he was acquainted. | Second church w DECEMBER 27, 1915 THE CHURCHES tional degradation into which Israel bad fallen, a spiritual as well as & political decay. If these shepherds were earnest religious inquirers, as their immediate actions would indi- cate, the promise of a Saviour would mean to them deliverance from the bondage and penalty of sin. This in- deed would be its most significant ‘meéani for the greatest cutse of man, that frofs which he most needs to be saved, is sin. But, again, this great promise meant for the shepherds the fulfillment of a great hope. The birth of the Christ meant that the long- cherished hope and expectation had at length been realized. And how is it in our case? What does the birth of the Babe in Bethle- hem mean to ue? Does it mean great joy? Is it In comparison with the joy of the shepherds, a realized and ex- perienced joy? As we look back over what has transpired since the shep- herds heard of the Saviour's birth, it is evident that that birth involves for us many reasons for joy which the stepherds did not and could not have. For, in the first place, the birth can- not’but call up before us what it led up to and involved, namely, the won- derful and beautiful life of Christ on the earth. His teaching, His charac- ter, His example, His marvelous works of mercy and benevolence, and His vol- untary offering of Himself upon the cross for the sins of the whole world. Where the shepherds found joy in the hope and anticipation of what the Babe in the Manger might be and do, we look back and see what this Babe did become and do; and all that is best in us rises to rejoice in it and glory in it. Then, secondly, still looking back, the birth’ of Christ involves for us ' the wonderful and self-sacrificing life of the aposties and their marvelous suc- cess in bringing the men of their day to the feet of the Babe of Bethiehem. The Divine Joy. You cannot experience Christ's de- liverance from evil except as you bring yourself into union with Christ in faith, prayer and obedience. And you cannot so come into union with Christ without catching His spirit and His love. If you imbibe of His spirit and | His "love "you will not only feel con- strained to follow Christ in going about and doing all the good you can, but you will also experience what is per- haps the greatest joy of which man is capable, namely, the Divine joy, 8o per- fectly and beautifully exemplified by Christ, of self-sacrificing, redemptive love. Dear brethren, surely no less than all this is the meaning for us, whether we have appreciated it or not, of the great joy involved in that won- drous birth at Bethlenem. Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock there was’a carol service at the church for the children, and the rector made a brief address on Christmas. AT BROADWAY CHURCH. Christmas Service in the Morning and Carol Service in the Afternoon—In- teresting Sunday School Records. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Edward Strong Worcester, who is con- fined to his home with the grip, Rev. Joseph H. Seldon preached the Christ- mas sermon at the Broadway Congre- sational church on Sunday morning, nd he took for his subject The Un- speakable Gift, delivering an able dis- course. The afternoon carol _service at 3 o'clock, devoted to the Sunday school very largely, was of particular inter- est. Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff of the s the officiating cler- gyman, while Supt. H. B. Cary made the various presentations. The proces- nal hymn by Organist F. W. Lester was Joy to the World, and, following prayer, responsive reading and the carol Christ is Born, by Sweeting, charmingly rendered by the choir, the secretary’s report for the Sunday school was read by H. W. Gallup, in the enice of Osten T. Ferguson, who had the grip. The report showed at the Sunday school has had 44 ses- sions during the year. The total at- nce was S.471. The largest at- tendance was 242 on Oct. 3d, and the mallest 134 on July 1Sth. The enroll- ment was 356. During the year there vere three deaths—Edward G. An- drews, Waterman R. Burnham and A. € Hatch. The perfect attendance rec. crd showed that 62 had gone every withott missing, compared to vear. Bouquets were present- of Mrs. George R. Gif- ich was perfect in attendance out of the 44, and to the ford, wh b dys Thomas, which went 41 ndays without missing. The: a hymn and a recitation by ord's_class, and then Rev. Mr. koff preached a short cermon, When the Christmas Candles are Burnt Out being his topic. There was ancther hymn and the ben- ediction. AT the Federated Church. General Secretary Edwin Hill spoke at the Federated church on Sunday morning. GOD'S GIFT TO MEN. Rev. Josoph F. Cobb's Subject at the Universalist Church. God's Great Gift to Men was the subject of Rev. Joseph F. Cobb’s Christmas_sermon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Sunday morning nd his text was Luke 2.10: And the angels sald unto them, “Fear not, for I bring vou good tidings of great joy, which sball be to all the peo- ple.” "Luke 2.10. He sald in part: The song that rang out on the still air of that starlit night in the hilltops of Judea so long ago soon enofnutered the din and strife and contusion of war. It was because the world was such a world that Jesus came. It was because of his divine mission influence that the skies woke up with a new melody and shepherds and wise men, and the waiting and eager hearts of men everywhere thrilied with the music of that song and were made &lad with the promise of a brighter and better day. Later on the heaven-sent Babe, in the prime of his beauteous manhood and ministry said to his ardent and ex- pectant followers, “In the world vye shall have tribulation; but be of good I have overcome the world." Although it was impossible for many, perhays millions, to enter into , th mirth.ul spirit of the week, there are multitudes of Learts that could and we hope did thrill on the day which speaks of good will. The message that came and still comes to the world Is one of hope and cheer. The good tidings are still true. Just at the present time there may not ap- bear to be good news to all peaple, yet after this strife is over, we belleve, there will be a better state of affairs. The good tidings are still true that Jesus came to save the world, and he will do it. He came to bring peace into tho hearts of humanity and he will do it. So today we feel in our hearts that It is the goodness of Jesus that com- mands him to the love and reverence of manhood. No doubt the gifts bestowed the past ol v b e RPRECLON richer because of the effect upon about them who have sought and cepted the Gift. The individual who receives Christ life into his own life recel: i i§ A communty of individuals who have asked for, sought and found and re- celved the Great Gift of Life as set forth in Christ will be the vine all love excelling” which makes true heart a living witness of e Wit Tead the Feciplent to give o some- thing of his own life to enrich the sum of human zeal. that of establishing brotherhood, good- will, the family of all the children of The Great Gift of Christ to the world and to individuals, if recelved, will merve to inapire us to serve others. ‘What does this gift signify should be real to our heart? - It signifies that love, secrifice and (Continued on Page Seven) DRYING ROOM FIRE AT PORTER'S SHOP. Sunday Evening Fire With a Small Loss—Cause Unknown. Lumber in the drying room at the woodworking plant of the H. B. Porter and Son company blazed In lively time Sunday evening until the fire department was called out first by telephone and then by bell alarm. Chemical No. 3 from the Falls station and the combination chemical from the Central station responded and the au- to apparatus made such good time fn getting up there that the crew got its line of hose attached to the hydrant on Williams street at the same time that the nearer company got coupted on. ‘The telephone alarm came in at 753 and when Driver Blaskburn saw the fire, he went back and turned in an alarm from Box 37 on Lafavette street, near Williams street. The recall was sounded in ten minutes, for the two lines of hose got the fire under con- trol nicely. The Falls company how- ever, stayed until nine o'clock to make certain of no further trouble. The new motor pumper made the run up in excellent fashion with Driver Coch- ran at the wheel while the aerial al- so responided to the bell. The origin of the fire was not dls- covered Sunday night. The plant had been shut down since Friday night and under any circumstances there is no danger of the dry room catching fire. It is heated by drv hot air which in turn s furnished an . apparatus which uses live steam from the boiler when the plant is not running and waste steam during the operation of the plant. It is supplied by electric lizh' Theer is always a watchman around. The dryving room is on the second floor townrd the north end of the plant and is supplied with an automatic sprink- ler system in common with the rest of the plant. Many of the sprinkler heads had elted, even outside the dry- ing compartment, which is separated from the rest of the floor by heavy can- vas curtains. The company had the building, which was not very _much damaged, and the lumber, which pro- vided most of the fire, insured. Sunday night an accurate estimate of the loss was not made, but it seemed that a few hundred dollars would cover the dam- age. The shop is outside the city limits, but nevertheless the department at- tended promntly. It was fortunate that the hizh wind had gone down by the time of the fire, for a northwest wind would have swept the plant in flame: SUNDAY MORNING RAID DISCLOSED MUCH BEER. 49 Bottles and Two Full Kegs Found at 74 North Main Street. John Hedgman came into police | fon Saturday night at 11.30 to com- n that Delaware Howard had his | at and hat and had also threatened | him with a razor at their boarding house at No. 74 North Main street, and | in the course of his story to Captain | Twomey, the man _unconsciously | dropped 'the hint that they had been able to get drinks there. When Capt. Twomey sent up a squad of men, com- prisinz_Serzcants Matthews and Kane and Officers Delaney, Fenton, Divito and Dwyer, shortly after 1 o'clock on Sunday morning they arrested Angel- lo Chioda, who has the second floor at 74 North Main street and seized in his rooms 49 bottles of beer, one bottle of whiskey, two kegs of beer full and an- other aimost empty. Delaware they found downstairs asleep in bed. Chioda broke away from the officers coming in, ran over Preston bridge and it was not until 5 o'clock that he was found in the house of Frank Faracco on Tal- man street. He will be presented this moraing on the charge of selling liquor without a license and Howard for breach of the peace. PAST COMMANDER'S SWORD TO GEORGE E. PARSONS Annual Christmas Day Gathering of Columblan Commandery. The Christmas day gatbering of Co- lumblan commandery, No. 4, was largely attended by sir knights from that and several other commanderies. The music of the orchestra was fol- lowed by carol singing by the Tem- ple quartette and Rey. J. Romeyn Dan- forth of New London gave a fine ad- dress. To the retiring eminent com- mander, George E. Parsons, Past Com- mander E. Allen Bidwel presented a past commander's sword and bet and Emnient Commander Parsons respond- ed feeingly. He has been efficlent and energetic in his office for the past two vears. There were remarks by Maj. Hadial A. Hull and W. E. Withey. At noon was read the Chfistmas toast to the eminent grand master, and the response. MIDNIGHT FIRE AT BALTIC. Single Story Store Ocoupied by Eli Charon Is Totally Destroyed. About 11.30 o'clock Sunday night a fire of unknown origin destroyed the small single story wooden frame bufld- ing located at what is known as the flats in_Baltlc and occupled the owner, Elf Charon, as a conf ery store. ' The alarm was spread and the village department responded, but were unable to save the buflding, which was o mass of flameés when they ar- rived. The firemen succeeded in pre- ventirg the fire from spreading to e large barn and sheds which were in Mehu proximity to the burning build- it s D Nl e m. paid for unless it 00d. And Mi-o-na tive guarantee to to refund the money. You 50 cents on deposit with Lee and if, lt;:yoll have used the box of You' o gaod, &l gou Bave to s is to 1o et oo and B0y WIT return your money. Hundreds of people have been re- lleved of sto: ehp agonles by using this remarkable Dute sl of “Fhe' @isesti uts alf ot the normal conditiom is & rowlng. vi(or%t-l edy. It is not simply & edicine * that A changs lor the 'better seen after the rst few doses of Mi-o-na, and its con- Unued use will soon give the power to eat anything at any time and not suffer distress afterward. Mi-0-na is s0ld under a antee to refund the money Rot cure. This is the strongest proot that can be offered as to the merit of the medlcin Nothing lessens & man’s his work or a woman's fascinating per- sonality more than a weak stomach, with ifs attending evils. Mi-0-n: and see how much more there is in life. Tt 1t"doas TURKEYS AND MONEY AS CHRISTMAS REMEMBRANCE:! Married Men Get Something to Eat, While Bachelors Are Given Money— Christmas Money at Thermos Plant. Employes of the local coal dealers vere remembered on Friday by their employers with Christmas gifts. Each of the 20 men employed by Jchn A, Morgan received $2.50 gold pieces. It was in 1814 that the firm cocmmenced giving the men turkeys, bui for the past few years the firm hac presented its employes gold Ppieces. The 35 men employed by the Ed- ward Chappell company received tur- keys, following the yearly custom that began in 1838. “he married men employed by Ar- thur D. Lathrop received turkeys and the single men 32 bills. New bills were also presented to the employes of the Peopie’s Coal company by the meragement. John O. Peckham gave each of his married employes a turkey and the single men were remembered with bills. The employes of the She- tucket Coal company received Christ- mas gifts of 35 gold pieces. When the employes of the American Thermos Bottle company opened their pay envelopes on Friday they were very pleasantly surprised to find a card of appreciation and well wishes frcm the company, signed by Presi- dent William B. Walker, and in addi- tion to their regular wages each em- pioye found a new $5 bank note. There arc about 200 employes at the bottle factory, which means $1,000 Christmas money given away by the company. DAMAGE DONE BY GALE NOT EXTENSIVE HERE. Some Trees and Many Limbs Blown Down Bothering the Wires Some- | what. From damage done by the gzale of Sunday Norwich escaped relatively un- scathed. One window blown in at ark church during the morning ser vice, but without hitting or injuring any one, and ancther blown in at a grocery store in the Breed building, and numerous falling limbs and a few trees in various parts of the city, in- dicated the force of the tearing north- west wind. The telephone lines suf- fered quite a bit from fallen wires but neither toll nor local service was se- riously impaired. At Norwich Town, near Hariand's corner, a tree down gave particular trouble to the phone system. The fire aiarm e was twice. At 10.30 o'clock Sunday morn- ing a tree on Laurel Hill avenue Winchester street brought the wires down, and at 2 o'clock a tree split in the school yard at the foot of Seventh strect 3t Greeneville, caused the bells 1o ring one time once more. A couple of lights, one at the Falls and the other at ‘hames square, of the police telegraph system were put out of ccinmission by the storm, but the telephone; remained in service. The lighting system had little trouble though the bug lights in Thamesville were out for a time in the evening. Early in the gale a large limb on a le- open | ear | The 122nd Annual Meeting of the Mutual Assurance Co. of the City of Norwich wiil be held at the Norwich Savings Society Monday, Jan. 10th, 1916, at 10 a. m. NOTICE TO POLICYHOLDERS, Policles will be renewed at the Nor- wich Savings Society on presentation. T R BOTTS, Treasurer, CANDY FOR CHRISTMAS Candy is the gift universal, the gift that never goes wrong, the gift that is welcome to all ages and sexes. Put up unusually attractive Christmas boxes at Dunn’s Pharmacy 60 MAIN STREET NEW YEAR GIFTS DOLLS KNIVES CARRIAGES 800KS WAGONS e SLEDS FAVORS STATIONERY MECHANICAL TOYS WHEELBARROWS NEW YEAR CARDS and BOOKLETS MRS. EDWIN FAY FRANKLIN SQUARE MISS M. C. ADLES HAIR, FACE, SCALP SPECIALIST Use part of your Christmas money {to improve your appearance, by get- ting some handsome new Hair. Miss Adles is the only one in Eastern Con- | necticut who can supply you with IM- | PORTED HUMAN HAIR. | 396 Main Street—XNext to Chelses Bank. Telephione 632-4. WEED CHAINS | COMPLETE STOCK W. R. BAIRD, “The Shop” 107 Franklin St. NOTICE tree in front of the residence of George Carey, No. 99 Sachem street, was blown down landing across the trolley tracks. The tracks were cleared soon after- | wards causing but little delay to the cars. A large limb on the tree in front of the Park Street side of the Elks’ home was blown down and in falling it smashed a section of fence about the former Burnham property now owned by the Shore Line Electric company. Tree Warden Henry Davis soon had the street cleared for traffic. A big limb came down from a tree in front of the West Thames Street school house. CONFERENCE BEGINS TODAY AT CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH. Dr. Holyoke of Providence and Dr. Brown of Bridgeport Will Address Sessions Today. The conference on the five-year pro- gramme to be held at the Central Bap- tist church by the Baptist pastors of the Ashford, Stonington Union and the New London association at the call of the state convention will open this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will con- tinue throughout Tuesday. Two se: sions are to be heid each day, and the session tonight at 7.45 o'clock has been planned especially for the general public. The conference programme follows: Monday. 2 p. m—Hour of devotions and spir- itual conference. Address—Evangelism, Personal and Pastoral, The Key to Success in the Five Year Programme, Rev. Edward Holyoke, D. D, Providence. Discussion and conference. Evening Session. (Open to the Public.) 7.45—Devotional and Intercession. Address, The Five Year Programme of the Northern Baptists, Rev. John R Brown, Ph. D., Bridgeport. Tuesday. 9.30—Devotional and Intercession. Conference on The Difficuities and Needs of Our Work in Connecticut, led by Rev. A. B. Coats, D. D. 1.00—Dinner. Afterncon Session, 3.00—Devotional and Intercession. Address, Connecticut's Part in the Five Year Programme, Rev. Frederick Lent, Ph. D., president of Connecticut Baptist convention. Gift for Secretary Hill. ‘The members of the school evenings at the Y. M. C. A., presented mmsmamlm win a of a handsom: \Ilnbl‘fi a e highly prized The is o Wacreiary B Boys' Secretary J. Harold Bly, of Broadway, Christmas with his parents in Iyoke. S e e Taken by virtue of an execution, to | me directed, and will be soid at pub- lice vendue to the highest bidder at the public siznpost in the Town of Sprague, 14 days after date, which {will be on Wednesday, the 5th day of {January, 1916, at 10 o'clock in the | forenoon, to satisfy said execution and my fees thereon, the following des- cribed property, to wit: 1 roll top |desk, 1 writing desk, two lounges, 1 | statue of Indian, 18 tables, 44 chairs, |9 rocking chairs, 3 arm chairs, 1 hall air and mirror, 5 pictures, 9 bed- stends, 9 mattresses and bedding, 9 wash stands, $ bureaus, 1 buffet, 1 | dressing table with mirror, 2 mirrors, 1 lot of oil cloth, 1 lot of carpets, 1 lot of straw matting, 1 reading lamp, 3 wash bowls and commodes, 2 art cuspidors, 2 rugs. 4 plants, . 2 hat-racks, stand, 1 s {range, 1 lot of dis . 1 range, 1 gas hes. tinware, cook- ing utensils, knives, forks and silver- ware, 1 lot of glasses, wall scuttles, 1 Iot of tools for tapping beer, 1 seltzer machine. Dated at Sprague, this 22nd day of December, 19 JOHN J. McGUIRE Deputy Sheriff. PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING Phoness1 MODERN PLUMBING is as essential in modern house as electricity is to lighting. We guaran- the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 10 West Main Street, Norwich, Cona, Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. T. F. BURNS Heating and -Plumbing 92 Franklin Street : WHEN YOU WANT your bus- iness betore the pablic.” th there 18 the sd+' 1 brass hat and |