New Britain herald., 1915-04-29

The highway department has agreed
to oil the road as soon as possible.
That this is q long-felt want need not
be said. A glance at the inch or two
of real estate on the verandas of the
residences along the street. will con-
vince the most skeptical about that.
The brick roadway to which refer
erce was made above, was suggested
to the highway commissioner early
last season, the proposition of the
brick men being to supply all the
brick necessary for a certain stretch
OF roadway if it were built according
to their specifications. The idea of
the brick dealers was to prove the SUI
periority of brick roads to those made
of Warrenite. A similar experiment
was tried near Winsted last year but
was not regarded as a success, which
fact was probably responsible for the
fact that the agitation has been
dropped.
Celebrate Wedding Anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry n. Chapman
of Pennington road celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary or their we'd
ding last evening at their home by
entertaining a large number of their
lI1GuuS. "A Oull0l loilSI "cAo fSu,
whist was played and very sociable
evening was spent. Mrs. McLegan
and Mrs Stiquel won the first and
second ladies' prize, respectively. Mr..
Person captured the gentlemans first
prize and Mr.. McLegan won the sec
ond. The consolation prizes were
awarded to Miss Julia Stiquel and
w. Copeland.
nd MrC q r.
ried in Middletown April %, 1900,
by Rev. Champion Achison at the
Holy Trinity church, Middletown.
Marries Former CIassmate.
Rev. Watson Woodruff of Lynn,
Mass, who has been visiting his par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. James Woodruff.
of this place last evening tied the
nuptial knot for Miss Marion Pitkin
and Dr. Arthur Sheldon Grant of
South Windsor Conn The ceremony
was performed at 1880 o'clock in the
Congregational church of that place.
Mr.. Grant was a former classmate
of Rev. Mr.. Woodruff's and it was
through his request that Rev. Mr..
Woodruff made the trip to perform
the ceremony. Miss Pitkin is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Henry Pit
kin of South Windsor and is very
popular there.
BaIdwin's Chickens Stolen.
George H. Baldwin, the. prominent
Kensington coal man, has been add
ed to the list of chicken thief vic
tins. A visit to Mr.. .Baldwin's hem
neries was made some time last Fri
| day night and fourteen White Leg
! horns were stolen. The theft was
not reported to Selectman Gibney un-
! til this morning.
There is marked similarity between
| the raid on Mr. Baldwins coop and
! that made on Charles H. Millers,
Tuesday night. In both cases not the
slightest clue was left by the intrud-
err. What puzzles Mr.. Baldwin is that
| he had twenty two hens in the house
from which the hens were taken and
the thief very generously left eight,
taking fourteen. Why he did not take
the other eight cannot be figured out
by Mr.. Baldwin. The same was the
case with Mr.. Miller when the chick
en- thief picked out five Rhode Is
land reds and did not touch thirteen
others which were in the coop. Pre-
cautions are being taken by the farm
ers in this VICINITY to carefully bar
their henneriey as stitch in time
saves nine"
Books Turned Over.
Selectman William H. Gibney, N
w. Baldwin and James Fitzsimmons
signed the tax rate books today. JUS
| tice of the Peace F. M. Bacon, issued
| the warraxt today, authorizing c. +.
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