New Britain herald., 1916-06-10

1 attend the reunion. Among interest | ing statements she said her latest hob | by was chickens. Why" she wrote II have even a pet rooster that l l named Jimmy because he likes to 1 crow" (Crowe)
 1 In accepting our invitation, Helen 1 Mcconnell and Mary Gilbert sent us 1 another, Visit our modern poultry 1 farm all the latest Improvements, electric incubators automatic egg 1 counters, etc" Irene McKeon who is
 a travelling saleslady for Mary Mieczk- owski's book, met Helen the other day, l and asked, "Iow are the chickens lay | ing?" "Oh," replied Helen dsgusted- 1 ly, laying around
 1 (By the way, Mary Mieczkowski's book in five volumes, is named "The | Interior of 9 House Fly" that must 1 be the result of taking botany too | seriOusly.)
 From David Nair came this letter. l Owing to the almost continual la l Dor which I am eXpending upon my 1 book of parliamentary law, l shall be i unable to attend the reunion" That
 was too bad, but I'll bet his book is so dry he has to keep it under water 1 lest it ignite by spontaneous combus- 1 ton.
 There is nothing to prevent Cath ] crime Sanders from coming, she says. l I went UP to visit her school in New l ington not long ago. When she was 1 showing me around, she said, Ten | years ago, there wasn't sign of city here" I didn't reply, though l | wanted to say "9o ou don't think there i is now, do you?'
 Sammie Zinman has bought out Sam : li "a iS he best in town. He writes that the other 1 day, Bertini now a travelling sales man for local factory, came in and asked for a shave. Well Bertini fell asleep in the chair, so Sam shaved him while he slept. When he was i through he woke Bertini who, seeing himself in the mirror cried, Gee, but ! that was a close shave"
 Felix Bentz is clerk in 'Monier's" ! One day, Anna Siderowfsky came in to : look at bicycles. What is the make , of this one?' she asked. "Belvidere," said Bentz. Anna gave him a frosty | stare then said icily, And can you l recommend the Selvi?"
 Olive Corbly and Margaret Bartlett 1 wrote that they have just returned l safely from the war, where they had | served as nurses. Olive said that the 1 bullets never came low enough to hit l her. and Margaret said wherever she
 went she had bit of Olive with her. After leaving college Roger Holmes ] obtained a professorship in a college out west. Upon visit back here he was asked to address some of the | tOwnspeople. Not wishing to appear
 conceited, he started like this, My
 dear friends, I won't address you as | Tor ] well for that"
 , Upon opening another letter we . found it was from Ruth Bacon, who /: is secretary to the superintendent of |, New York schools. She said, Am : too much in love with my work here 1 to leave it for anyone except you" From this, we judged Ruth must have | greatly changed since the good old 1 days.
 We lad asked George Caldwell to l speak at our reunion and received no 1 refusal. George is famous now, you l know. He went to war and at an inn l portant moment in the battle, it was
 ! his inspiring bugle notes that cheered 1 our boys on to victory. Thank good l ness the neighbors didn't do away with 1 him years ago when he used to prac- ] tice after 10 D. m. on a hot summers 1 night.
 ! The most up-to-date restaurant in | New Britain is kept by Agnes Ring l rose, and the waitresses are Mary 1 Sweeney and Gladys Andrews. We went there a whole week to get Agnes ! to come to the reunion, and you cant l imagine what nightmares and dyspep- ] tic days we have had,
 The well known joke writer, Arthur I Atwell, tells us this one about Berg, ! who is in New Mexico, working on irrigation projects for the govern ment One day in physics Berg asked Atwell whether it was warmer near the top of a mountain than at the bottom. Atwell maintained that it was since he thought the atmosphere would be heated by the mountain ranges.
 Near the Great Lakes is the famous mountain resort owned by Hazel We'd lake. Not far away is a girls camp run by Marjorie Fisher and Marion Hall.
 Among the R. L. White Wholesale Produce company's many employees is Louis Hartman who drives one of Whites immense Ford auto trucks. One day he Collided with a street car
 and a case of eggs were smashed. White who was passing, recognized his
 truck, and assuming a benevolent air,
 said, ''Why, my good man l suppose
 you will have to make this loss good
 from your own pocket" "Yes,' re-
 piled Hartman, who was busily engaged
 removing the wreckage. Well, we'll"
 said White, Hold out your hat. Here's
 a quarter and no doubt some people
 in the crowd will help you.' Hartman
 passed the hat and after emptying the
 contents into his pocket gaZed after