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New Britain herald., 1915-07-08

Ing, officers were elected for the next
 three months as follows:
 President-Chester Bunce.
 Vice President-Burton Hagen.
 Secretary-E Edward Parker.
 Treasuner-Sterlin Woodward.
 Arrested For Stealing Chickens.
 Louis Mazina of Christian Lane was arrested this noon by Constable Hackett and Sheriff James Clark charged with stealing twenty three fowl of Louis Bolton, Beckley Guar ter. The chickens were stolen from Bottoms farm last Friday and Pros ecutor William H. Gibney has since been conducting a quite search Suf- f1cent evidence was uncovered by him which warranted the arrest of Ma gina.
 When the home of Mazina was searched by the officers two dressed chickens were found in the ice box. Tn the cellar four bushel baskets and
 one bag of feathers. were discovered.
 A large amount of feathers were also found buried in the. earth in the eel Z lar.
 It is said that Mazina entertained in a royal manner at his residence on
 the Fourth of July in celebration of Independence Day. guest at his home that day claims that Mazina served no less than ten chickens for
 dinner.
 The case will be tried before Judge George G. Griswold in the town court tomorrow morning. Berlin Briefs. 5-t , 1s $ -A A daughter Margaret Edith. has been born to MT. and Mrs. Louis Maier of Blue Hills.
 Miss Marion Williams left this morning for South Vernon, Mass, where she will spend the next few weeks
 Miss Lena Johnson of Kensington will leave July IS for Nebraska. MT. and Mrs Blaza Rebise are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of daughter. Celia. c. F. Day has severed his connec- tions with the American Paper Goods , company
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Hubbard and Mr. and Mrs. l.. A. Westcott of East ! Berlin left yesterday for Raymond,
 Maine, whereathey intend to spend the next few months. The Progressive Reading circle of East Berlin will hold it's annual pie i nic on the lawn at the home of Mrs. 1 A. A. Barnes tomorrow. Joseph Kaminski, who has been 1 home on furlough to visit his par ents, MT. and Mrs. Sylvester Kamin- ski. left yesterday for Charlestown l navy yard, Boston, where he will re- 1 enter the navy
 1 Harry McAvoy. who has been home i in Kensington on three weeks fur l tough, also returned to Boston yester- day.
 Mr. and Mrs. James Durkee are en- 1 tertaining MT. and Mrs. J. Daley of l Atlantic City. Mrs. Richard Culver wife of the sbaggagemaster at the local depot, is 1 indisposed at her home in Meriden. I The annual picnic of the Methodist
 church of East Berlin will be held 1 at Lake Compounce next "Wednesday.
 The Berlin Construction company I has again gone back to it's old schedule of time. commencing work at 7:45 o'clock a. m.
 I < Leo DeMore, who has been visit q ing his parents in East Berlin, has I returned to Chicago.
 l G. Soderlin of East Berlin has ac- l cepted position with the Skinner l Chuck company of New Britain. I A daughter was born this morning
 at the New Britain General hospital to MT. and Mrs. Archer Walsh o1
 East Berlin. .n s-.. e5.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-08
Scarcity of ChiIdren's Toys.
Washington star.)


 Not only in the matter of bulbs will there be scarcity of the Amer ican supply next year, due to the Eu- ropean war, but it is likely there will be a dearth of children's toys" re- marked James Carrol, representative of a New York importing house, just back from the other side at the Will lard. "The bulb growers of Holland have found the utmost difficulty Tn marketing their crops this year and it is practically impossible for the rose growers of Bulgaria to get any of thafv stock out of the country. Fortu- nately our American gardeners will prove equal to, the ocasion and we shall likely not be short of flowers to any great extent next year, but it is not likely we shall have any toys
New Britain herald., 1915-07-08

the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad company; east by the land of John Pipke: south by the highway; and west by land of Carlo China, John Olson and Emma F. Sei- bert, partly by each.
 Construction Co. Awarded Contract.
 The contract for installing fire escapes at state prison at Wethersf1eld has been awarded to the Berlin Con- strumtion company The local con-
 The, Hartford Iron Works was the next lowest bidder with $s6o. ..5
 At the Churches. r
 The niid-week prayer meeting of the Blue Hills district of the Kensington Congregational church will be held this evening at the home of F. J. Stevens.
 "A Song of How God Speaks to Men' will be the subject of Rev. Samuel A. F'iske at the prayer meeting to be held this evening at Berlin Congrega- tional church.
 Local Post Offices Not Hit.
 No changes have been made in the salaries of the local post office officials, by order of the post office department, in the annual readjustment of post masters ies which has just been announced@
 Usually there are a larger number of increases in salaries annually, but this year the number of decreases is about the same as the increases owing to falling off of the revenues in the postal service and postal business.
 Local residents are interested in the fact that the postmaster at Cromwell received an increase of $lOO in salary, at present receiving $1,600. Post master Delaney of New Britain re- ceived a decrease of sIUo Tn salary, from $3,5OO to $3,4OO
 Sunday School Picnic
 Final arrangements are being com pleted for the annual picnic of the Sunday school of the Kensington Methodist church to be held on Satur- day. The outing this year will take Those intending to attend are re- auested to take the $50 o'clock troll ley from Upsons corner No efforts are being spared by the committee in charge to make the outing success. The picnic is an I annual event and is one that is joy fully anticipated. Some excellent l sports are on the program for which good prizes will be awarded to l the winners.
 1 Visit in Kensington. 1 Mrs. A. J. Benedict of Arizona will ] be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney l M. Cowles of Main street, Kensington, Monday afternoon Mrs Benedict is l we'll known to many of the older resi- I dents of this place. Her husband, Rev. A. J. Benedict, was the pastor of l the Kensington Congregational church l over twenty years ago.
 It is expected that a large number will renew acquaintances with Mrs. Benedict as she as we'll as her husband were very popular in he community during their residence here.
 Killed in Battle at Dardanelles. I Word was received in Berlin this morning of the death of Gotlieb Firnhauzer, former resident of this i place. who was killed in a battle at 1 the Dardanelles some time in Feb- ruary while fighting for the honor of his country.
 Very little is known of Firnhauzer l except that he resided her about five x years ago. Since that time he went to live in New York and nothing was i heard from him again until word was received that he had lost his life while
 lighting for his fatherland.
 Boys Debating Club.
 At meeting of the Boys Debat . ingsclub of East Berlin, held last even
New Britain herald., 1915-07-08
Berlin News GLASTONBURY MAN
 ID BUILD BRIDGE Contract iul New Structure Is
 kVardsd to (. E. Goodrich WILL BE MADE OF CONCRETE. To Re Reinforced With steel-Work VIII Consmcnce This Week Or On Moaday--Land Transferred Former Resident Killed Tn War.
WILL BE MADE OF CONCRETE

The contract for the construction of the new concrete and steel bridge to De erected on the turnpike road, near the railroad crossing of the Middletown branch of the. New York, New Haven and Hartford railrcad. has been awarded to e. B. Goodrich of Glastonbury who was the lowest bidder at s3,562.25. The con- tracf calls for completion of the bridge within twenty-five working days after it's construction is com naenced. The contract will be com pellcd to forfeit $10 day for every day over the required time of con- Etruction.
 The contract as drawn up gives, C.. E. Goodrich ten days after the thir- teenth of this month in which to com : mence the work It is most prob able that the construction of the bridge will therefor be started this week or on Monday,
 The second lowest bid was made by IT. F. Foley of Springfield, $S.592.50. : Other bidders were: The Pierson En- gineering and Construction company of Bristol, $3,920; Connecticut Good Roads and Construction company of New Britain, s4,35s.S0, and c. A. Siblcy, s4.222.
 The new bridge is to be made en- tirely of concrete reinforced with steel. It will be constructed as dur able as possible to withstand the ! heavy traffic It will have a con crete foundation and 35 foot span re- inforced with 1900 pounds of steel. The structure will be a bout twenty i've feet in width The sides will come i've feet above the level of the road and will also be built of con crete ana will have conerete panels Ion the sides.
 N The estimated cost to this town will
 about $1.soo which is a$ 300 more Ina. was first thought the bridge woul,. cost Berlin. The atate vii pay tn other half
 The Turnpike will be cldsed fol about honth while the neF bridge $ being pnt and trafic wilIAbe con. rerted to tn. R ocky Hill road or the Beckley road This will put pedes trians under ct,siderable indonyan. once as the distal, e will be abdat on, mile longer.
 Property Tr,sferred
 warranty deed fls w,+h Aow, Clerk Francis H. Shaw ste vastaAda, sfternoon records that and Nrs Charles o. V. ,Aspelin of s,i. sp, bave transferred land to Sssrs x ae
 Hovhanerian and Habib shs .n., n,.a,,; .
 n7 New Britain, including the a1ds,ss
 situated on 1t.
 The property is Dounueu q ais le t, <
 scrfbcd as follows:
 North by tho Middletown DIFF nos N
New Britain herald., 1915-07-08

Former Governor Simeon E. Bald win of Connecticut is now being ur- ged for the counselorship to the state department made vacant when Rob- ert Lansing was made secretary of state to succeed William Jennings Bryan. 2
New Britain herald., 1915-07-08
This Annual July Sale of Ours Profits All Who Buy Here Now
IN OUR BIG GARMENT SECTION.

SPECIALLY GARMENT this ind
 
 
 
   trunk Things that be bought  PRETTY DRESS veranda m wonderfully .t TRAVELLING COATS eolored Mohar.
  ing and auto and all Prices from to s1o satisfactory choice when the lovely
  veoue .e#. SUITS of Palm Be ach Linen or light weight silk
 
 Cloth Suits will see will he girls Therea the
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New Britain herald., 1915-07-08

charges against him for giving back talk"
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08

months the new harvest will have ap-
peared ON the whole, We can face
the immediate future without undue
depression, though there remain some
causes for anxiety. These will no
doubt be theoretically handled by this
new and efficient government which
has taken the place of those discredited
politicians who led Us into war with
out having tureseen how helpless We
were against an obvious form of attack,
Already the lines of our TeconStruc-
ton are evident The first and most
important is that our party men real
iZe that there is something more vital
than their academic disputes about
free trade or protection and that all
theory must give way to the fact that
country is Ia an artificial and dan
gerous condition if she does not pro
duce within her own borders suffi-
cient food at least To Keep life in her
population. Whether this should be
brought about by tax on foreign
foOdstuffs or by bounty upon home
products or by combination of the
two Is now under discussion But all
parties are combined upon the princi
pie, aud, though it will undoubtedly
entail either u rise in prices OF dete,
rioratiOn in quality in the food Of the
working classes, they will at least be
insured against So terrible visitation
as that which is fresh in our memo
ries At any rate, we have got past
the stage of argument. Ii must be so.
The increased prosperity of the farm.
ing interest and, as we will hope, the
cessation Of agricultural emigration
will he benefits 10 be counted against
the Obvious disadvantages.
The second lesson is the immediate
construction of not one, but two, dou
ule lined railways under the caannel
We stand in a white sheet over the
matter, since the project has always
been discouraged In these columns, but
we are prepared to admit that. had
such railway communication been com.
bined with adequate arrangements for
forwarding supplies from Marseilles,
surrender We still insist that We can
not trust entirely TO tunnel, since our
enemy might have allies In the Medi
terranean, hut in single contest with
any power of the north of Europe II
would certainly be Of inestimable ben
eft There may he dangers attendant
upon the existence Of tunnel, but il
must now be admitted that they are
trivial compared TO those which come
from its absence. As TO the building
Of large fleets Of merchant submarine,
for the carriage of food, that is a new
departure which will be an additional
insurance against the danger which
has left so dark a page in the history
OF our country"
THE END.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08

nient--she was about half 4 mile away
she turned her quarter aud there, to
my amazement, was the red dag with
the blue circle. our own beloved dag,
flying from her peak For a moment |
thought that this was some clever
dodge Of the enemy 20 tempt me with
IN range. | snutchcd up my glasses
and called on Noruol Then We both
recognized the vessel II was the juno,
the only one left intact VI our own
cruisers What could she he doing lily.
ing the hag in the enemy's waters?
Then | understood it, aud. turning TO
Vornal, We threw ourselves into each
others arms. 1t could ouly mean au
armistlce--or peacel
And It was peace We learned the
glad news when we hli ri ..u along.
side tue Juno aud the ringing cheers
which greeted US had at hast died
away. our orders We're To report our,
selves at once at Blaul,ubgrg Then
she passed On down uhaWutl 10 collect
the others We returned To port uUuh
the surface stcdmiug through the
whole British fleet as We passed up
the North sea, The crews clustered
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
One Was Enou1 ali,

The British academy once had print
ed few copies Of an important work
for presentation to some foreigners
who, from their prominence in the sci.
entihc world. were hes, entitled to be
houored with the gift. Professor Airy,
the astronomer royal, vas requested
to make a selection OF he names 4
few days after he had mt in his list
be was informed by {, secretary Of
the admiralty that n lords were
struck 10y the uumbC of unknown
names included and Il they wished
to make az inquiry Ca the subject.
Airy asked the secretary for some
specifications rs to the names refer
red TO-
well as an cNamplc, said the sec
rotary, here Is the name Of Professor
.. j. & luS3 II Gottiug,h Who Is he?'
"Gauss IS one of the -.catest mathe-
matt ianS of the ngc n lands among
the two or three most cdiinent masters
in physical astronomy now living.
Who else do you wish to know about?"
"No one else. That will do" replied
the secretary.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08

our temporary conaueror Is q power
which IL not strong enough to reap the
fruits Of her victory. Had we endured
this humiliation NJ the hands Of any OK
the first class powers II would certain
ly have crHailed the loss OF all our
crown coloiSes aud tropical posses
sions besides the payment Of a huge
indemnity We were absolutely at the
feet of cur conquesor aud Had no pos
sihle alternative but 10 submit 10 hei
terms however unerous. Norland mas
had the good sense to understand that
she must not abuse her Temporary al
vantage and has been generous III her
dealings la the grip Of any otner
power we should have ceNsed to exist
ns an cupite
Even now we are not out OF the
wood Soine one may maliciously PICK
a quarrel with Us before We get our
house in order and use the easy weap-
on which has been demonstrated. il
IS ~ meet such contingency that the
government has rushed enormous
STORES Of food ut the puUiic expense
into the country In very few
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
NOTICE

/, as County Judge of Knox
County will receive sealed bids
on the rent of the Poor House
Farm, of Knox County, and the
keeping of the Paupers of same
for the year 1916. Bids will be
received until the first Tuesday
in January and opened in the
presence of the Fiscal Court that
day, with the right to reject any
and all bids, The letting of same
will be to the lowest and best
bidder, for keeping, dieting,
clothing, and comfortable keep
ing the Paupers and the best
bid on the rental of the farm.
Thomas G. Hammons,
Judge.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
His AdXi,-

A young genius ma ri Mccarthy
went to Commodore Vanderbilt and
gave him a suggestion which led the
commodore to organize all the little
railroads between New York and Chi
cage into one. Before ,cCarthy went
to Vanderbilt he went - a friend for
advice. Here is what : friend told
him about the cOmmoGyre:
Don't let him scare We. He's as
full of power us turbine. Has a good
deal o whir in him. Likes resistance;
SO does every great force. He's fought
n thousand difficulties He'll take you
for another an pitch into yc, like as
not Don't let linn :, re ye If he
jumps on ye. jump on IN. He'll en-
joy it an begin TO respect We. It's
like putin n belt on the turbine. You'll
take off bit of his power and ease
him down"
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08

A dry, hacking cough is hard on
the lungs, often causing them TO
bleed. BILLIARDS. HOREHGUND
SYRUP is healing balm tha,
quickly repairs damage ia the lungs
and air passages, Price Use. sos
and 81 per bottle, Sold q. J Frank
hawn's drugstore, this city. ADV.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Monsters of Il Deco.

That there are terri monsters In
the deep there can be no doubt. One
OF these is the whale. II was only in
1905 that a whale devastated the hsh
traps on Port Towsend, Wash, be-
cause the fishermen had captured one
of its young A whaler recently put
in port in Liverpool with the arm OF
an octopus IS feet long The arm had
been taken from the mouth OF whale
he had killed and had stuck In the
huge animals throat The octopus Is
doubtless a more fearful animal than
the sea serpent.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
NOTICE
nov 1O-tf

To all persons who are coEtem
plating having new road opened
or an old one changed, is hereby
requested to file your petitions as
soon as possible so | can make
my surveys and estimate cost of
work by April lst., in order 10
ask the Fiscal Court to lay suiii
cient levy to cover same, beside
it is my Intention to personally
look after all construction worl
when spring opens up and | dc
not want them to have any in
strument work To do, as | can d.
this work during the winter
season when no road work can be
done, an! then when spring
opens | could devote my entire
time to looking after the
roads all Spring, Summer and
Fall, SO get in your petitions at
once and will push all litiga.
tions to the full extent.
Yours for Good Roads,
THOS. HUBBARD,
Acting Road Engineer,
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
CHAPTER "
Starvation Brings Peace,

StaTNdIlon brings TedSe'
would be a mere repetition
of what / have already de
scrihrl II | were 10 recount
u all oUr proceedings during
that first ten days after resumed
my station During my absence the
ships had taken heart and had begun
to come up again In the first day
got four After that | had 10 90 far
Their aield, and again | picked up sew
neral ia French waters. Once | had a
marrow escape through one OF my
Kingston valves getting some grit into
1t aud refusing TO act when ] was be
low the surface. our margin Of buoy
ancy just carried Us through By the
end Of that week the channel was
clear again and both Beta and my
own boat were down west once more
There We had encouraging messages
from our Bristol cOnsort, who IN turs
had heard from Delta at Liverpool
Our task was completely done. We
could not prevent all food from pass
ing into the British islands, but at
least we had raised what did get IN
10 price which put it far beyond the
means Of the pennies, voorhees, mul
titudes I'm vain the government com
mandeered II all and doled II out AS d
general feeds the garrison Of for
tress. The task was TOO great-the r.
sponsibllity too horrible. Even the
proud and stubborn English could not
face II any longer.
I remember well how the news came
10 me. / was lying al the time of Sci
sey Bill when | saw small war yes
sci coming down channel II bad new
er been my policy 10 attack any vesse!
coming down. My tOrpedoes and even
my shells were too precious for that.
/ could not help being attracted, bow
ever, 10y the movements Of this ship,
which came slowly zigzagging In my
direction
Looking for me-" thought ]. What
on earth does the foolish thing hope
10 do II she could find mer
I was lying awash at the time and
Spt ready 10 go below In case she
nsula come for ne Bot q 0at mo
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Bonds For Sale!

The Graded School District at Gray, KY, have
for Sale 100000 in School Bonds, Running from
SIoo TO $500. payable in and 3 years, The Trus.
tees invite to call write They want to close
this matter up as soon as possible. Our prices will
be made known upon request. Let US hear from
you.
j. w. PARKER, Chm. Board Trusteer.
nov ,O-tf T. q. WARS, Secretary
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
coldest or r.


"HuhT contemplation calculated
Uncle Oracle Onbcn a. "a sped OF
low temperature No' png fellows
don't know any thng vi cold wealth
er Why. / remcmbc; Re winter Of
eighteen hundred aud orth when II
was so cold that IL you ing can OF
b'iliu' water out q d, II cracked
like gun. Yes, sir / a live coal
would freeze cold IN We minutes
Worse than that, your e. versation nc
tually froze before II ID be heard.
knew stutterin' n.i who talked
chopped Ice, and fell, who drawled
so that his remarks frC in his throat
and had to be cxtract,5 With a cork
screw. You had to h your watch
every now and then O. t would tick
itself full of particles ice and stop
runnin'. Us boys used have great
Joke. When visitors G. lie We would
slip up and put lot o. gozen shrieks
and bowls In the tirep, e, and when
they thawcd out they yell like de
mons and we'd have good laugh at
the visitors surprise Aw, yes, II was
sorter cold that winter. Exchange.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
THE END.
Earth's Diameter.

What is the greatest diameter Of
the earth? AT the equator" is the
common answer; this Is not strictly
true, for the actual diameter Is modi'
fed by conditions on the surface. Ac'
cording to the eminent Professor Hen
key, the greatest diameter is that
taken from the summit OF Mount Chin
borazo. in Ecuador, 20,lS6 feet above
sea level The line drawn about the
earth from this point energies on the
opposite side on high point on the
coast of sumatra. giving diameter Of
1929 miles.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Skeleton Is = oof.

That California was one time the
home OF almost every Ind OF animal
has received further proof by the dis
covery of a skull and .ther bones Of
huge wild boar in nperial valley.
The find was made g. d big ranch,
where a tractor pillow was breaking up
the ground for a cotton field. One
tusk Of the great pig lacks just a
fraction OF being 10 inches long. The
other Is broken
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Had the Rluht Idea,

The tailor's sign in little inland
town was an spple-simply an apple
The people we're amazed at it. They
came in crowds to the tailor, asking
him what on earth the meaning Of the
sign was. The tailor, With a compia
cent smile, replied: Iii it hadn't been
for an apple. where wopld the clothing
business be today
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Attacking School System,

Small Boy-"Father what is an
equinox" Fond Parent-"What In
the world do you go to school for?
Don't you study mythology? An equi,
nox is a mythical animal half horse,
half OK. The name is derived from the
Latin equine horse, aud OK Dear
me, they teach you absolutely moth
ing that is useful nowadaysl"
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Tacklinu a Hopeless Task,

Il am now engaged on a beautiful
design for a new coin, said the artist.
Il don't see why We need it, replied
Miss Cayenne. You cant make money
so good looking as to render 1t any
more popular than it already is"
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Madam Cleo

Will tell you by the Stars. what
the New Year has in store for you.
send birth date and one dollar ($1)
TO day. Tomorrow may be too
late. Box rs. Capital Hill Sta,
ian LIT Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
Surer.

II is to be regretted that the man
who counts on his fingers is not apt
to be so disappointed as the man
who counts on his friends.