New Britain herald., 1914-08-29

1 which is in danger of being involved | in the great European war, vittali i Chisari of Pennington road will be | obliged to abandon plans for sailing and remain in this country for .he present, at least. In his mail yester- day, he received notification from one of the steamship lines that, although he had already purchased his passa ge, no accomm odation could be found for him on any of the boats which are to sail in the near future. His money will be refunded to him next week. As soon as the war broke out, Chisari's wife wrote him asking that he return to Italy very soon. Accord ingly, he arranged for sailing, and paid the exorbitant price of forty-eight dol lars for third class berth on a boat which is to sail next week. He had not the slightest inkling that his booking would be cancelled and, for that reason, feels his disappointment very keenly.
 Berlin Congregational Church. Rev Samuel A. Fiske, the popular pastor. of the Berlin Congregational church, will occupy his pulpit tomor- row for the first time in several weeks He returned from an extensive vaca- tion on Thursday. For his subject, he will take "A Mission for Every Man.
 Tt the meeting of the Christian En- deavor society in the evening, Major Frank l.. Wilcox, who is the superin- tendent of the Sunday school, will give a talk on the topic War" This promises to be interesting, and it is hoped that the attendance at the meeting will be large.
 Now that the summer season is practically over, the regular church activities will be resumed. Service preparatory to communion will be held next Thursday evening"
 Wants Berlin to Join.
 The secretary of the American So- ciety for Municipal Improvements has written Town Clerk Shaw, asking him to bring the attention of the proper body to the matter or taking a mem- bership in the organization. In his letter, he enclosed blank upon which the clerk would be required to make statistical report on the activities in local municipal departments, should the town decide to appropriate five dollars for a membership Tn the so- ciety.
 Good Crops This Year.
 William Schroeder, one of Berlin's most successful vegetable raisers. stated this morning that the crops this year, were bigger and better than they have been for ten yeaIs or more. The many rainy days during the summer were responsible for this fact, he felt.
 Cucum bers and tomatoes suffered slightly from the effects of the cool nights this week, according to reports from the many farms in this vicinity. The damage was not serious, however, and the return of Warmer weather will put these plants on the right road again
 Imported Italian Goods Costly.
 Proprietors of stores dealing largely in imported Italian goods report a big falling off in their business since the big war began in the old world. Such groceries as imported cheese, macar- oni and canned goods are sold at greatly advanced prices now, as the supply is not equal to the demand.
 Large wholesale houses which carry Italian goods explain that the Italian government is conserving her re- sources and has prohibited the ship ping of groceries to the United States during time of war.
 Dennis Negri is congrat ulating, him. self over the fact that he had just put in big order of olive oil when war was declared. When trouble began brewing in the old world, he foresaw that there might be shortage of this