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Evening journal., 1916-04-28
WOULD SAVE OLD
CITY CLOCK AND BELL
Walter G. Tatnall Thinks
Historians Should Preserve
the Relics
COUNCIL WILL
CONSIDER QUESTION

Members Of City Council heard OF
Wilmington as a borough with
burgess last night, when Walter G.
Tatnall a member of the States Ar
chives Commission, addressed the
body ON the necessity of saving the
old clock in the tower OF City Hall
and the fire bell. which was loaned to
the Phoenix Fire Company many
years ago.
Mr. Tatnall said he would take the
members back rs years by reading
a letter from Joseph Tatnall. one OF
his ancestors. The letter set forth
that Mr.. Tatnall presented the clock,
which he had imported from Europe,
TO tell the time Of day for the relig-
iously inclined or for those who could
not efOrd TO purchase time clocks.
The sum of 5000 was also provided
by the donor OF the clock for a tower
bell. This bell, il was said last night.
had been loaned to the Phoenix Fire
Company. and Mr.. Tatnall also dis
played a letter he found yesterday i'm
The Delaware Historical Building
sigeed by John Jones. borough
clerk. acknowledging the gift Of the
clock and bell Mr.. Tatnall said that
as City Council was thinking Of va
eating the present City Hall he
thought il opportuno to have the mem
hers think OF preserving the two
relics. lie suggested that in case tho
present building is torn down to make
room for modern structure that the
boll and the clock be preserved I'm the
Historical SOcity building. or i'm case
the City Hall is romodeled into its
original condition. that the bell be
placed in the tower. II was suggest
ed by Mr.. Tatnall that the bell i'm the
piesent Court House be exchanged
with The Phoenix Company for the old
bell. On motion Of Councilman Smith
the matter was referred TO Council as
q committee Of the whole.
The sum Of $4,000 was transferred
from the Central National Bank ia
tho Union National Bank. for the pur-
pose OF retiring water bonds due on
May l.
The finance committee reported ia
vorably TO tine passage Of an ordin-
ance TO define the salaries Of clerks
m the city tax Office and the meas.
IRE was passed later in the session
IN the shape Of a substitute bill
which provided for two deputies. in
each Office. one to go on duty on Msy
]. and the other June 1, and fixed tn,
salaries at $1,000 each. The origina
ordinance named no salaries. Mayor
Price. being present. signed the ordi
nance at once. and it was declared e
)e a law OF the city.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Williams, tn
report Of the public buildings com
mittee, recommending that the Dim
Steamboat Company be leased tn
municipal wharf at the foot OF Churol
street. upon condition that the com
pany drodgo the river in the vicin
ity OF the wharf. make necessary re
pairs and pay an annual rental Of 5000
vas adopted. and the city solicitor di
'ected to prepare the necessary lease
Mr. Grantland. for the special com
nittee having in charge the disposi
ion of old books and papers whicl
are matters of public record. report
I'd that It would be necessary TO TAX
up with the permanent public build
ng committee the matter OF provid
Evening journal., 1916-04-28

ceived the following decisive reply:
THE property man"
And it's a fact. although the average
spectator would never dream that this
humble laborer was the most active
and important OF all the various
classes Of circus workngman. Watch
the khaki-clad army OF props ON the
firing line i'm the big canvas amphi-
theatre on May 10. when Barnum &
Bailey exhibit i'm this city and YOU
will get some idea of the work Of
those machine-like armies across the
water.
The circus property man IS one. big
machine i'm himself. but IL requires "a
small army Of these machines TO do
the work OF the big circus. And he
is quite as important as the highest
paid performer i'm the rings or aerial
rigging. Experts in efficiency say that
it is largely due to the khaki army OF
canvasmen. "razor-backs' and prop
erty men. each working in a highly
organized department, that makes II
possible for such a stupendous organi-
Evening journal., 1916-04-28
.SHAPINC PLANS FOR
THE German bazaar
Committee Hopes 10 Raise
$4,000 for Central Powers
Red Cross Relief
WOMEN WILL
AID THE VENTURE

Another large and enthusiastic meet.
ing of the executive committee m charge
of the hazaar 90 be given in Turn Hall
u June for tine benefit OF the Red Cross
of the Central Powers in Europe, was
held m that hall last evening. Various
matters were discussed and It is eN-
pcctcd that by next meeting night the
proiec. will be- he full swing. BY that
time the ticket committee viii have the
season tickets and other ticket booXs
printed and ready for distribution.
Because the ladies' committee will
hold pinochlc party in German liall
on next Thursday night next weeks
meeting will be- held ON Friday evening.
The womcns committee is working hard
aud has already turned over TO the
treasurer 500.
ihc young peoples committee is pre-
Evening journal., 1916-04-28
DARKEN CRAY
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Evening journal., 1916-04-28

zation as the Barnum g. Bailey circus
TO move from point TO point, and give
two performances every day In a
different city. The wOrkingmen arc
the most valuable and perhaps the
least appreciated of all circus people.
10 is the property man who makes
the circus accident almost unknown
i'm these days General Arnold Graves,
the boss property man Of the Barnwn
g. Bailey show. has spent twenty years
i'm the business and has personally
trained each ono of his army OF nim-
ble-footed assistants. The Barnum d
Bailey circus this season IS carrying
more than 400 persons in It's var
ious departments. and of this number
approximately 700 are worklngmen.
Evening journal., 1916-04-28

ing storage room for the old minute
books of the Council. which are now
stored in vaults at the city treasuror's
office
City Treasurer Highheld reported
the balance i'm bank TO the credit Of
current expenses as S74,O44.72. and
the city's total cash balances at S245.-
SlS.97. The police payroll. amounting
to S9.753. was allowed.
Evening journal., 1916-04-28
ARMY OF props" With
circus AROUSES WONDER

Who is the busiest man connected
with the circus?
A newspaper reporter asked this
question a few days ago. when inter
viewing one Of the managers OF the
Evening journal., 1916-04-28
0DD FELLOWS At CHURCW

Delaware Lodge No. /. /. o. o. F..
will attend services in West Presby-
torian Church on Sunday evening.
The Odd Fellows band will furnish
the music. This month commemor-
ates the ninety-soventh anniversary
Of the order
Evening journal., 1916-04-28

n. Bayard TIcisol; alicrnatcs. Mrs.
Thomas r.. Ssdlcr and Mrs. Harry c.
Clark
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Nomadic Limericks.

 There was an old cranky globe trotter Who, in truth, was all kinds of rotter
 When in Iceland he'd scold
 Cause the weather was cold, And in Italy wish it were hotter. A Yankee, while on a Cooks tour, Went to Carlsbad to tackle the cure;
 He spent all his poodle
 In salts la Sprudel. And came home exceedingly poor. There was globe trotter Hebraic Who hailed from the town of Passaic
 He travelled third-class
 From Madrid to Madras, Thus adhering to customs Mosaic. A brawny young athlete named Sacksey Successfully climbed Copopaxi;
 AS he entered the crater
 He yelled: "See you later I shall not return home 1n a taxi !'' There was a New Yorker named links, Who in Egypt exclaimed to the Sphinx;
 ''If you'll tell me your history
 Without further mystery, I'll buy you couple of drinks!''
 Addison F. Andrews in Life.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Up m the Air.

The announcement that the Krupp works at Essen have turned out IT, inch naval gun with firing radius of 22 miles has not been officially con. firmed. Nevertheless, when asked about it in the British House of Com. mons, MT. Balfour, chief lord of the admiralty, accepted it as probable, say ing that if such guns were wanted "there would be no difficulty in mak- ing them"
 The range of battle and destruction has been getting higher. and higher as the present war has developed. The height of the trajectory taken by the missile from the 17-inch guns in its journey of 22 miles brings it far into the upper air. It travels out of sight not only of its destination, but of the earth beneath over which it passes.
 And now we have. here in America, the example of military aviator, |" which on its demonstration at Ithaca, Wednesday, made an average of more than 100 miles an hour in its flight A speed of 95 miles an hour is accepted as a commonplace; it does half mile in less than Is seconds.
 If, as MT. Balfour confidently indi- cates, such things can be supplied without difficulty when wanted, we may not unreasonably look for the upper air to be battle ground of the next great war.-Boston Post.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03

when the temperature rises.
 Clean up the house and give special attention to every out.of.the.wuy place where flies may turk. Make sure that there is nothing left which may harbor their eggs.
 The reduction in the number of house.fiies this year has been noticed. by almost all observers. This reduc- tion has been most striking in house. holds, in restaurants and in buildings where flies generally congregate. It is believed tos be in great measure due to the active campaign against the winter fly, and to the vigilance of the tidy housewife in cleaning up and destroy. ing the "hold over" in the spring. One fly that survives the winter will. become the parent of hundreds of mil. lions next summerl
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Leap Year.

Beware, ye merry bachelors
 And widowers forlorn, This year your doom is sounding, Your safety's laugh to scorn, It is the season Hateful,
 And small use 'tis to rail, When the female of the species
 Pops the question to the male. For three years men are choosers,
 And pick the maids to wed, And maids must be contented
 If they are left, or led Unto the marriage altar;
 But with the fourth, the frail, Weak female of the species
 Leads the meek and trembling male "Woman's game, and mans the hunt
 er,''
 Say conventions of the race. But in leap year this reversed is
 And the man pursuit must face Or run for life and freedom,
 While she camps upon his trail; For the female of the species
 Is much sharper than the male. .-.m..-Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Hats and Bald Heads.

Why do men grow bald .? Simply because they wear hats, says Dr. Arthur R.. Reynolds, in the American Magazine.
 He says he has proved, by careful observation, that hats affect the growth of hair by compressing the arteries, veins, lymphatie vessels and nerves that supply aud nourish the hair. That nature of the hat or the amount of heat or moisture it causes hasn't any, thing to do with it. All the trouble Is caused by the hat band. And if you examine ar man partly bald, noting the shape of his head and the places where, his hat presses most tightly, you will find, says Dr. Reynolds, that the be. ginning of the bald area corresponds, with the pressure spots. If the head is round, aud the hat band presses tightly and uniformly around the whole circumfenenoer the hair is likely to fall out uniformly over the top of the head. Gaps cause less badness because they are not so tight
 The writer therefore urges that hats be discarded.
 AHS AitabpNs ilt nhgSs put HhlT on the head as covering and an adorn- ment. It is all the covering that is required by adult men except during the few daysof severe weather, even iD h northern latitude. The oity man, who steps from his residence to a con- veyance that carries him to his shop or office needs no hat at all, except to meet or comply with the dictates of custom. He reminds us that in most out of-doons sports men find their hats. in the way, and discard them, even in the broiljng summer heat. Yet man who has been playing golf bareheaded puts on his hat when he enters ai covered street car or automobile.
 "The common sense answers" he' declares, "is to do away with hats al- together, either as an ornament or as. an auticbe of utility"
 It's, doubtless sound advice. The trouble is, in getting the movement started A Clevelandl banker began doing that very thing several years ago when he found himsela becoming bald In spite of ridicule, he.continuedi stead. lastly going everywhere about the city without hat, the year around. His example, however, does not seem to, have won many converts so fer
 When men come bo fear petty social convention less than badness they'll get back to the heslthful bare.headed habit of antiquity. -Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
The Farmers Creed.

believe that soil likes to eat as we'll as its owner, and ought, therefore, to be literally fed.
 I believe i'll going to the bottom of things and, therefore, in deep blowing and enough of it. All the better with sub-soil blow.
 believe that every farm should own a good farmer.
 believe that the best fertilizer for any soil is spirit of industry, enter prise and intelligence. Without this lime and gypsum, bones and green manure, mari and guano, will be of little use.
 believe i'll good fences, good barns, good farmhouses, good stock, good or chards, and children enough to gather the fruit.
 believe in clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, a spinningwheel, clean cupboard, clean dairy and clean conscience. Ward Beecher.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
kill the Winter Flies.

The committee on pollution and sewerage of the Merchants association of New York, have issued the follow ing:
 The coming of the cold weather has driven the flies into the house and under cover.
 Now is the time to begin next sum- mer's campaign! Most of last seasons flies, having completed their life cycle are dead; but those matched late have laid their eggs in a favorable place for incubation ip the early spring and will survive the winter unless disposed of. These eggs will hatch out during the winter in an even temperature.
 These winter flies will become the progenitors of next summers countless billions At the first approach of cold weather, the flies seek warmth and protection in houses and stables From cellar to garret, they hide in hooks and corners. Keep them out. If any succeed in getting in, kill them. Swat every one that shows itself, and be sure to burn their bodies.
 Don't trust the cold to kill them Don't assume that they are dead when you find them lying on floors or win dow sills in unused rooms. They are playing poss1m" apd will revive
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
What the Other Fellows Say

When a man says, 'the reason is Obvious," that means he cannot tell you what it is.-New Haven Union.
 Some one asked Roosevelt while he was in Philadelphia whether he was az organization man in politics. "Yes, but the organization cannot commit burglary if am to stay with it, Snapped back the Colonel, and all hands laughed. Bridgeport Post.
 If any one of the belligerents could enlist Gen. Grip on his side, he would soon be able to break through the line of the enemy, if he could project germs with the facility that he does in the Naugatuck valley.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Doctors and druggists are not the only people who have profited by the national grippe epidemic. The law years are asid to be making money out of it, because people are making more wills than usual. South Norwalk Sentinel.
 We now need a defense movement to defend us against the defenders. Pre- paredness is under full steam and rum ming away with the crew. That's the trouble with militarism. It easily moves from nervousness to excitement, then to madness and nsanity,-Bristol Press.
 Spain has so far forgotten the "Iate unpleasantness" that she has placed all order with us for $2O, 900, 900 worth of ammunition. But it must not be for gotten that there is no other place under the sun where Spain could buy ammunition now and that Spain ism t biting off her nose to spite her face.- Pittsfield Eagle.
 It has been a long time since New Haven indulged itself in a first-class investigation. On the theory that war is a spiritualizer, it may be good thing. Haven Journal Courier.
 A half-grown doe wandered about Housatouic street the other day and not single dog attacked it.-Lee Cleaner.
 The "New York World" makes a graphic headline out of 'Peace, Pro hibition and Petticoats," which "The Courant" some days ago said was the coinage of one of our own Connecticut statesman Courant.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
No Cars"

Pratt Thompson, the Pennsylvania coal salesman, was in town Monday, calling on his customers, to whom, incidentally, he presented printed slips containing this poem from the Amer ican Coal Journal, by J. W. Fisher hitting upon the coal. car famine: A coal man went to Heaven one day,
 AS sometimes coal men do, And was given a job at princely pay.
 Of running coal train through To the Kingdom below with instruc-
 tions to haul
 From the fiery birthstone bars, All the railroad men whom he could recall
 Who had failed to give him cars. So message he sent to the realms of Hell,
 For the railroad men to be On the watch for his train and he raue the bell,
 With chuckle of fiendish glee; And the men lined up as they writhed
 ill pain
 On the fiery birthstone bars; But when the coal man showed up with his train
 They saw he had no cars. And so through the endless cycle of years,
 The railroad men line up With hope dispelled with groans and tears,
 AS they drain the bitter cup; But the coal man makes his run on time,
 From the gates of pearl to the fiery bars,
 And the railroad men in anguish chime,
 No cars, my God, no cars.
 Rankin-"My wife speaks six diff ferent languages.
 Phyle-'I wouldn't worry"
 "Whaddye mean worry?"
 "She can only talk one at time. !" ! Youngston Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03

Employer-"What, you here still ? I thought discharged you.
 Cassidy-"Ye did, sorr."
 Employer-"Well, why didn't you get out when you were told ?''
 Cassidy" Shure, SOFT, Oi know when Oi got good boss, aven if ye don t know when ye have good man. '' Boston Transcript.
 Employer-Why do you want more pay? Do you think I'm fool?
 Office Boy-No, sir! But thought you'd think was if I didn't. 't.-Boston Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
It's the Grip.

Does your head burn. all lit, And ache as if it would split, And are your nerves agog, And is your brain log, And is your spine cold, As if some elfin bold Walked on your mounded grave Stopping the while to rave? Is your penthouse nose 8 huge Thing that's as red as rouge, And does a charnel cough Threaten to blow right off The head that roars and rings, While microbes with long strings Your body scamper through, Painting the cosmos blue And have lost all zip? A little touch of grip.
 Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
NERVOUS" ORATORS.

The self-sufficient "orator'' who boasts that he is never nervous when he gets upon his feet to make a speech, :" might plume himself less on his self-possession after brief inter view with Dudley Field Malone, pres ent collector of customs for the port of New York, and formerly Assistant S ,cretary of State at Washington. MT. Malone is an accomplished orator, of the "silver tongue" order, with na- tional reputation. In a recent con. versation, after he had thrilled a large and discriminating audience with his eloquence, he was asked if he ever felt nervous on rising to address a crowd. He replied that the never rose to face an audience without experiencing that feeling. Furthermore, he said, the sensation of nervousness is common to all public speakers who have won fame as orators. Said he: "When hear I a man say he doesn't feel the least bit nervous when he is about to begin a speech, I make up my mind that l wouldn't care co hear him speak. If a speaker is not sufficiently interested in his subject, or sufficiently anxious to impress his message upon his audience, to feel nervous about the success of his efforts, his speech isn't likely to be worth listening to-.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03

Such is fame. In the press gallery of the National Capitol are pasted, on the walls, number of those remark able Winsted news stories of COWS that climb telephone poles, pickerel. that wear green silk stockings, etc., written by Lew Stone, chairman of the pub- licity commission of the Bald. Head Club of America.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03

The Lee Cleaner has been purchased by M. P. Foster, proprietor of the Berkshire Courier, who proposes to make improvements in the plant and the paper, and ''spare no efforts to make the Cleaner a model local news paper. MT. Foster has made nota- ble success as publisher of the Courier, due largely to his thorough knowledge of the printing business, in which he has had long experience as a practical printer, and which is evidenced in the geographically neat, workmanlike and prosperous appearance of his paper. That the Cleaner will prosper under his direction goes without saying. E.. F. Strong, former proprietor of the Cleaner, who has done excellent work on the paper, will remain as manager and local writer.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record ot Dongs from Week to Week Culed from The News Files.
 1884


 July ,. About 30 attended the picnic of the Chautauqua Circle ut Lake Buel.
 Miss McKeane, of Maine, was visit ing Miss $. ". Adam.
 Mrs. Eliza Sedgwick. who had been making an extended visit in Elmwood, Ills, returned 10 Canaan.
 Mrs. A. A. Hubbard was visiting her sister ill Winchester
 friends in Amherst.
 The score of ball game between East Canaan and Canaan, stood 4J to 10 in favor of East Canaan.
 Mrs. Sartial Root and daughter were spending some time in Wirsted and Colebrook.
 J. A. Underwood was repairing ana making improvements on his house.
 Mrs. Henry Loyd and Mir. and Mrs. Charles Marvin, of Sharon, were guests of Mrs. Sabra Humphrey.
 Miss Mary Goggin, of Falls Village, was presented with gold medal for good behavior at Music hall, Winsted by Fr. Leo in behalf of St. Joseph's school, Winsted.
 The funeral of Mrs. Harriet l.. Lewis was attended from the Congregational church at East Canaan.
 W. A. Newton, of the Irving bank, New York. was the guest of s. (. Beckley.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey and daughter, of Jamestown. N. Y, were spending several weeks with Mrs. Bailey's father. Rev. Dr. Eddy.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. church was to give an excursion to Bridgeport.
 Prof. Wm. H. Welch. of New York and Norfolk. was rendered professor ship in John Hopkins University, Baltimore.
 Many persons were attending Miss Parloa's object lessons ill cooking, held ill Norfolk.
 Walter Smith, of New Hartford, was guest of s. O. Beckley.
 Augustus Deming, of Lynn, Mass, a brother of c. M. Demlng, was visiting in this vicinity after an absence of 30 years.
 l1IdSS-I ucf6 was bO D6 a broom drill on Hon. Daniel Brewster's lawn. Mrs. Marsh from Ohio, was visiting her father, Wallace Willard. The South Canaan Sunday school was to hold picnic in Higley's grove.
 West Cornwall-Samuel Scoville, of Cream Hill, graduated with honors at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. The Union Shear Co.,, suspended work for one week. The sociable held at R. N. Cochrane's was we'll attended and netted $S. Edward Sanford and Mrs. R. F. Smith, returned from a visit to New Jersey. Frank Wood returned from a trip to New York. Miss Myrtle Humphrey, of Winsted. was visiting at William Deans Mrs. Daniel Baldwin fell and sprained her wrist. Thomas Tenn was to spend the Fourth in Stockbridge.