The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
BEHBR.

The scholars in the East Derby or the Franklin school are manifesting a re- markable fondness for the aesthetic. They are growing fast into the right sort of art students. Their love for the beautiful has of course been cultivated or encouraged by the teachers. and the school is proving the worth of the spec ial work by the interest the pupils are showing in the splendid collection of pictures of the Madonnas and other transcripts which now adorn the walls of all the rooms. There are very few school-rooms that are so attractively decorated and so suggestive of high grade taste in drawings as the rooms in this building. The money for these in spring and instructive specimens of art creations was raised by entertainments last fall, exhibitions in which the schol- ars engaged heartily The funds thus thus raised have been wisely expended and the rooms are the proper envy of the other school buildings. In addition to the many classical works of the mas ters that grace the walls are two memo rial pieces. One is a very correct copy of Sewell's ssThe Canterbury Pilgrims 9 This picture is nearly fourteen feet long and almost fills the space on the east side of the principals room, and was given by a friend of the school in mem ory of Eldon ". Parmalee, a former principal of this school and one of the most successful and popular instructors Derby has ever ehronicled. The other selection Is a memorial to the late George w. Lackey, instructor in music, and is placed on one of the walls of the main stairs, in the form of two plaster casts. The themes, Boys with the Trumpets'' and Boys with the Drums lead the observer to recall the excellent work done by Mir. Lackey in teaching particularly the young to sing. A pub lie day is soon to be announced when these pictures can be enjoyed by all money realized by the last fall exhibi- tion has been we'll used. The pictures are an adornment and already have awakened in all the rooms zest to in vestigate the lives and the products of the studios of the great savants in painting.
 The loss by fire in the five and ten cent store No. 20 Elizabeth street has been settled by appraisal, and on Sat- urday ''fire-sale'' of the goods left was offered.
 The suit won by Coan of Shelton against Mayor Sullivan of Derby is re- ceived by the friends of Coan as vim dication of what he claimed was pro- per procedure, and indirectly is a re- buke to those concerned in the arrest for venting some spite. The arrest oc- cured at the time of the trolley distur- bances in Waterbury, and some feeling was foolishly expressed to the prejudice of Constable Coan, who had been guilty of naught but the performance of his duty.
 The interest in the Jap-Russian con- fiict is very lively among the Polish people in this vicinity, and but one sen- timent is current, that of a lively hope for success to the Asiatic Yankee. Last week one afternoon over a barber shop on Main street the effigy of man sus- pended by the neck was translated by many, and an evidence of the party who put it there of his hatred for Rus sia. The Polanders are talking strong for the defeatof their home neighbor. The citizensa of Derby are anxiously awaiting the first sound GriaI of course) of the new fire gong to be placed on the boilers of the & c. B, Al ling mill. The steam fire-alarm will be easily operated through the day, and even as late as midnight, when the mill runs extra hours.
 The poll and military tax for Derby is interesting iniits figures. The books show 1864 to be enrolled, of which 72 are exempt because of a surgeons certifi- cate, 19S are firemen, 20 are ex-militia- men, and 126 are minors. Derby has to pay a tax on 723 residents.
 The employees of the Consolidated railroad in this vicinity are on the anx- ious seat. Not few of them are awaiting their ticket of leave; some al ready have received the unwelcome tid- ings mot wanted.'' The policy of the road seems to be to curtail all expenses, and only those who can't be spared are let alone. Five connected with the Am sonia depot or surroundings have with in a week departed their railroad life. A draw-game of checkers one might call the wrangle in Ansonia between the mayor of the city and the president of Fthe board of education. The friction bids fair to continue some time. One side then the other scored. The disa- greement hinges on the refusal of the mayor to recognize two members who
 are known as hold overs,' and just so long as the two gentleman. Messrs. Kane and Peck, are ignored by Mayor Charters there'll be lander enough in President Bowen to fight it out if it takes all summer. Those who are re- galed by the sparring of officials will feast on the entertainments the school boards sessions furnish.
 A tract of land on the east side of the road from Ansonia to Seymour has
 been bought by MT William Wester- man, of Ansonia. The purchase covers
 a space of ten acres on the line of the new trolley road, and the intention of
 the new owner is to lay out building lots. The location of this property is l certainly most favorable for the start ing of what might be called a trolley village. Similar enterprises in Shelton and Derby have succeeded, and these residential settlements will continue an attraction and good speculation. Allison & Baldwin. a resident of Woodbridge and bachelor all his days, died last Tuesday morning at the age of