Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-29
Twenty Years Ago He Was a Prominent and
 Familiar Figure at the Fair
WHERE NEW LONDON FIGURES LARGE
Permission to Hold Poultry Show in the New London Armory Denied-A Fellow Who Started to Steal a Horse Gets Away With Bicycle.

for the use of the armory, but the interest of the governm ent is increas- ed in the building b.r reason of the valuable equipment therein and ob- jection may come from that source to the arnlory being used for civil func- tfons and public entertainments.
 When that comes to pass, the city of New London will be without a yond the ordinary and will be hand icapped every time effort is made for an event of any magnitude. So the citizens must get together and invest in building large enough to be sub stituted for the armory on special occasions. This building has been used at intervals for various purposes and has been equal to all demands to date. It was there where the grand reception was given to Admiral Walk CT and the officers of the White squad ron of years ago. It was there where Moody and Sankey preached and sang to thousands: it was there where the people of4New London gave recep ton to the late Rev Thomas F. Joynt on the occasion of the twenty fifth anniversary of his pastorate of St Marys Star of the Sea church; it was there where the big republican and the big democratic rallies were held; where fairs of the firemen and patri- otic societies were given and where balls and concerts of magnitude were dtlcuucu py Lue OWIlSpeOplc duQs lIlduy others. In fact it is the only place in town that can house an event of any magnitude To lose the use of
 the armory means much to the peo- pie of New London and there are some people in New London who believe that a special act allowing the use
 of the armory under certain condi-
 tions would be a popular move on the
 part of the New London delegation
 at the present session of the leglsla-
 ture.
 Apropos to the New London armory
 matter is the action of the governor
 of Rhode Island in regard to the use
 of. the state armory in Providence for
 an automobile show. The legislature
 voted in favor of granting the per-
 mission, but when the matter came
 to the governor for his signature, he
 exercised his power of veto, which is
 something almost new for governor of Rhode Island. But Providence. is not New London. In the Rhode Is- land city there are ten companies in the armory. including a battery equip
 ment of the value of $30,000, and other value, and were the state to permit the arnlory to be used for other than
 military service the government might be inclined to withdraw the property.
 panies in the New London armory and using the drill hall not over twice a week, and therefore could make up for any lost drill time by reason of occupancy of the armory. Not so in Providence, as the arnory is used almost every night in the week for military drill.
 There was an incident in New Lon
 don on Thursday of the present week that shows the kaIeidoscopical changes of the human mind, wherein fellow who evidently intended to steal horse and buggy quickly changed his mind and took bicycle ! instead. Representing himself as a collector for the Singer Sewing Ma chine company he called at Harvey's 1 stable and wanted a horse to be used 1 in connection with making. collections l i'll the country for the company. MT. Harvey was suspicious, called the To- I cal office of the sewing machine com 1 pany for informant ton. He then re- ! turned to the stable and informed the 1 fellow that his horses were all en- i gagged to attend the funeral of E. z. 1 Mark.
 The fellow took the hint and left
 the stable without further ceremony. i Did he hurry away to some distant ! place to escape possible arrest for 1 lnpersonation of sewing machine 1 agent and attempting to set posses
 sion of a horse and carriage under i false pretense? No; he did not. 1 He left the stable and in less than i minute thereafter he was in the /! bicycle shop, negotia ting for the rent 1 al of a bicycle to go into the country on a collection trip for the sewing
 machine company. He fared better
 he was believed. to be just what he i represented himself to be. He got the 1 bicycle and rode away, perhaps never 1 to return. voluntarily.