New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
Back in Sand Business.


 Back in Sand Business.
 Charles P. Hart has placed an or der for G. M. C. auto truck and has decided to return to the sand business which he conducted successfully for number of years. Some time ago MT. Hart retired from the business and started a chicken farm to which he gave his entire attention for over a year. Firms with which he did business for a number of years per suaded him to go back to the selling of sand and this year he plans to conduct the business on a more exten- sive scale than ever. He has pur- chased several acres of land on the Ryder race track. This property has large sand beds but MT Hart does not expect that he will find it neces- sary to disturb it this year the pfts he is now using being still produc- tive.
 His chicken farm will not be aban- doned on account of his return to the sand business, and this morning he started his incubator for the springs first hatching." He has one of the largest incubators in this section of the state. It's capa city is 7,20O eggs. MT. Hart is now raising about 1,2OO chickens and he expects the population of his hennery will be greatly augmented before summer.
 RcbckaIs Initiate.
 Martha Rebekah lodge at it's meet ing In Odd Fellows hall last evening conferred the intiatOry degree on four candidates. The degree work was performed by the team of the local lodge in excellent manner There were a number of visiting Rebekahs. including several past grands. who came here yesterday for the meeting of the C. P. N. G. association
 The visitors were entertained at a supper served during the evening.
 Relief Corps Big Meeting.
 Manross Relief corps is making arr engagements for a big meeting to be held in c. A. R. hall Thursday after noon when the department president. Mrs. Alice Whitehead of Hartford and her staff will pay an official visit to the local members
 Plans are being perfected for the entertainment of the visitors and the members look forward to an excep- tionally interesting session. Luncheon will be served
 Horse Killed. Man Injured.
 Davitts crossing in Forestville was the scene of another bad accident early last evening John Szlachcic. a Hartford hackman, being the victim. The team which he was driving was struck by a dinky train and he was hurled to the ground with such force 1 that his left hip was fractured.
 Szlachcc was driving over the crossing, ignorant of the approach of | the dinky, the noise made by the cleo l tric gong used to protect the crossing ! being drowned by the racket of a | freight engine which was operating in l the vicinity.
 The horse which Szlachcic was 1 driving was so badly injured that 1t | had to be shot. The wagon was re- duced almost to llindlng wood. |
 There have been a number of bad i accidents at this crossing and it has 1 a record of several fatalities.
 Brief Items.
 The Grange will hold it's bi-monthly meeting this evening in it's hall on Pierce street
 A dance will be given in the Town hall tomorrow evening by the men- hers of the Terpsichorean class which has been having weekly sessions dur ing the winter. l
 Hon. George w. Penniman of Boston will give an illustrated lecture on "Pythian Knighthood" Friday even irg in Grange hall The speaker will come here under the auspices of pYthan lodge, K of P
 The Parish guild of the Church of our saviour will meet Thursday af- ternoon in the Parish house Supper will be served at 6 o'clock. The guild Is making arrangements to pack a missionary barrel and the members are sohcltlng old clothes for that pur- pose.
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