New Britain herald., 1915-07-15

Ford car passing under the bridge suddenly came to halt just where the water was the deepest. The driver worked over the machine for some time but his efforts were all in in vain as the engine would not re- spond. Several young men living in Kersington noticed his predica- ment and secured a rope and hauled the car from underneath the bridge. No sooner did the automobile reach dry land than it's engine began to work and the driver drove away.
 .'Jess Willard in Berlin.
 Several wise young sports, the kind which peruse the papers each day. and can tell you any mans base ball average from the Atlantic to Pacific coast, and who reside in Ken sington are today scratching their heads and wondering if they were the goats last night. One of these wise individuals and one of those knows everything kind while passing through the depot made a wonderful discovery. He did not divulge his find immediately but instead set off for Main street Kensington at break neck speed. He returned in few i moments with the rest of the gang and all made their way to the Ber- l lin station
 When they reached the interior of the building all formed ring around l an exceptional we'll built man. They | stood there and gasped at the n1ys- l terious giant for a number of min ! utes until the much admired man be- came quite nervous and began to l give himself the once over to deter mine what was the attraction. The stranger was soon enlightened when the aforementioned knows 1 everything youth asked in voice i that could hardly be heard What va doing in Berlin. Jess Willard. :" l The man who had become hero in so short period took the situation 1 in at glance. He arose to his full
 height while the group which had now i been largely increased gaped with l admiration At this moment the ! train drew in and the White Hope 1 left while two Kensington knights 1 struggled with his heavy valise which l they cared into the train. Before leaving the depot the White Hope' whispered into the ear of the con- ductor on the Middletown branch !! that he was salesman and lived in l Meriden. The Jack Johnson-Jess l Willard bout was the topic of con- versation in Kensington this morn l ing.
 1 Berlin Briefs.
 Rev. and Mrs. Samuel A. Fiske of
 Worthington ridge are entertaining 1 Miss Helen Ward of Los Angeles, Cal.
 Miss Ward in coming across the
 continent just escaped the tornado
 which swept the middlewest state re- ! gently.
 i Major Frank IL Wilcox has sold the house at present. occupied by Mrs. T. B. WickWire on Worthington 2 ridge to Professor Hutton of Cin-
 cinnati, Ohio. MT. Hufton's mother
 and sister will occupy the house just l as soon as Mrs. Wickwire is able to
 vacate. MT. Hutton is a professor
 in one of the colleges in Conicinnati. l Mrs. T.. F. Meher who has been visiting in Berlin, left yesterday for
 Springfield, Mass
 1 Court Matta bessett, Foresters of I America, will meet this evening.
 The kensington T. A. and B. so-
 ciety minstrels will hold their final l rehearsal this evening in preparation
 for the show to be given tomorrow
 evening in Athletic hall, East Berlin
 under the auspices of the Village I'm
 provement society. The minstreis
 have some new songs in their repef : toire and have secured the ser
 vices of John Thompson and John
 Kiniry of New Britain.
 I Mrs Charles Stephens and son,
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