New Britain herald., 1914-08-17

in June with Barnum and Bailey's circus, staying with the show until they reached Malone, N. '. A few years ago he held a position as seal clerk on the Seaboard railroad in North Carolina, he said, being given the position a short while after he was released from the jail where he was sent for trespassing on the prop erty of that same road.
 James Mario, another New Yorker, told the judge that he had been play ing the violin in a moving picture the ater In New York up to about two months ago. He then was seized with an attack of wanderlust which called him first to Albany. For about month he remained in the capital city earning his living as d musician on board the steamboats plying be- tween Albany and Troy. Firing of this life, he sent his fiddle" home to his mother and went on the road" He said he was headed for Hart ford" to which Prosecutor Gibney dryly assented, having in mind, probab bly,, the jail on Seyms street.
 That he was on his way to Hart ford to visit his mother and that he
 
 ride on a freight train, was the plausible story told by George Savi- teer of Meriden, who has just att tained his sixteenth year. His mother had written to him, he said,. and he was so anxious to see her that he decided to journey to Hartford de- spite the fact that he had no money. II would have walked up if l knew this was going to happen, he de- clared.
 Steve Valet of Three Rivers, Mass, had nothing to say for his defence, excepting that he had no work and was looking about for something to do when the hand of the law de- scended upon him. Tie IS Polander and has been in this country less than a year.
 "Ordinarily l should feel warranted in imposing d fine or sending the ac- cused to jail" said Judge Griswotl, "because I certainly believe in dis couraging the praetice of railroad trespassing, but under the present condition of labor. l will give them the benefit of the doubt and, With the exception of Wise, impose a sen- tence of fifteen days on each of the accused and suspend the sentence.' After having a talk with Wise, the judge made similar finding in his case.
 Pomological Society Meeting.
 The Connecticut Genealogical so- ciety will hold meeting tomorrow at "Highmoors," Charles G. Bliss farm in Essex. The society has, for a number of years, held it's exhibits at the Berlin fair. It numbers among it's members many local resi- dents. some of whom will attend to- morrows S meeting.
 Essex is reached by the Valley division of the railroad also by shore line electric cars from New Haven Saybrook or New Londcn. Teams meet the morning trains at the ris- sex depot.
 Returns from Convention.
 Julius Woodruff, rural letter car rier fer the Worthngton district and secretary of the Connecticut Associa ton of Rural Letter Carriers, re- turned last evening from Washington. D. C., where he was in attendance at the annual convention of the National Association of Rural Letter Carriers. MT. Woodruff was detalned longer than the regular delegates, as he spent much time in trying to get Connecticut man on the executive staff of the national association this year. In this he was unsuccessful, however.
 MT. Woodruff states that 941 car riers were registered at the conven- tion including the 261 delegates. He