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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04
AS SHE Is SPOKE.
You Cannot Always Sometimes Tell
Just What French Words; Mean.
(Chicago Tribune.)

Chicago Tribune)
Baron Albert Gle Vivier will teach
the First regiment, Illinois artillery
to "parlez vous.' Blen! Tres bien.
Yet ah, messieurs how it is difficult
Don't imagine that the French YOU
learned in high school or college will
profit you in France or that YOU can
make yourself understood b. merely
talking English with French words
To illustrate:
If you say, More of the coal" YOU
don't get any. A negative is i:?ipellied.
To get it you must say, Again Of
Corcorde?'i he looks puzzled. You
place de la Concorde.' And it is a
tough job to understand the real
French of real France. Here comes
a wagon labelled CONNECTIONS That
means ready made clothes, but would
you have guessed? Yonder a notice
proclaims, For sale, IS reformed
horses o cryptic! To a Frenchman
however. it Is wonderfully Clears
condemned army horses formed again
into the civil estate. At a subway en-
trance you read: Because of the
grand af1luence, Messieurs the voy-
ayers are prayed to make tall Queer
notice! Think it over.
The English for queue" is "tail''
But the French call a line of people
outside a ticket Office a queue and
so do we. This unlocks the mystery.
Because of the great crowd, passen-
gers will please stand in line"
Ten thousand such riddles strew
the French language and we rejoice
to know that the First regiment, Illi-
nois artillery is getting genuine
French. Grammar and dictionary
French, classroom style, leads to
nothing but woe. One morning an
American women keeping house in
Paris wanted salt pork. She opened
her dictionary. For pork" it gave
"cochon'' and pore She chose
"cochon" For salt or "salted" it
gave. "sale" She failed to note tn..
accent. With entire confidence she
visited the butcher, looked him stern
ly in the eye and said to him Sale
cochon!' which unfortunately means
You dirty pig!"
If our boys escape such mishaps it
will be thanks to the conversational
method of instruction. Go it du vi
vier! When Frenchmen ask your pu-
pills they will answer "Off a baron"
A Pertinent Question.
(Syracuse -Standard.)
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04
SERVICE
y y y

1t has always been the aim
of this Bank to render to it's
depositors and to the general
public prompt and efficient
service. We therefore hope
that you will give us the op-
portunity to serve you in
your particular needs by do
ing your Banking through
this institution.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04
Limiting a Sentiment.
(Washington Starr

washington Starr
do you have any difficulty in MAX
ing your boy fond of his home
81 don't want him to be too fond Of
his home" replied Mrs. Corntossel.
Joss is no Stacker"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04
A Pertinent Question,

(Syracuse Post-Standard)
How long are we going to keep up
the farce of calling a certain CITY
somewhere between Connecticut "An
Atlantic POrt?''
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04

Buy an Indiana truck.-advt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04

~ % 115s zS or
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04

Foresters get the reputation OF fur
nishing exhibition OF 1nterlor
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
THE SITUATION IN. ARGENTINA

A peculiar situation has existed in Argentina for some time. From all indications the people are indignant at the manner in which they have been treated by Germany. They fully appreciate the humiliation which they have suffered at the hands of the kaiser's representative who urged not only the destruction of their ships hut who cab,ed that they be sunk without leaving a trace. They also appreciate the manne- in which use was made of the facilities extended to the Swedish legation in order to transmit these instructions.
 The people of that country it seems reasonable to say are in favor of a declaration of war against Germany They have brought about a severance of diplomatic relations even though the offending diplomatic representa- . tive has not as yet left that country and, as there are good reasons for believing. has not allowed any op- portunities to pass where he could exert his influence in behalf of Ger many and pro-German sentiment, both in that and other countries ot South America. ~''
 That the president of the country has stood in the way of compliance with the public demand has been in- dicated from time to time. He has made it evident that he favors neu- trality regardless of the treatment it has received, but with a session ot congress about to open and the sen- timent of that body said to be strong ly anti-German it will be interestine to note whethe- it's action will be sufficient to change the presidents attitude It would naturally be sup posed that congress would have the say but whether the sentiment Of the country as reflected through it will be able to move the chief executive remains to be seen If it does not his position is likely to be an uncomfor- table one
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
LESSONS FROM HALIFAX.

TherC arc m1ny lessons which are bound tn 5e taught by the unfortu- nate collision and explosion in Hali- fax harbor- That it will mean the enactment Of new regulations there is highly probable. but there are other points where similar attention will
 louhtles@ --r given in order to insure zEoinst any such catastrophies and 50 increase the safety of the muni- stio1 ships as well as the regular sncTcfantmen. troop and supply ships. There are ports at which munition ships are loaded where other vessels @Rre to he found in good number There are of course some regulations Sege-dtng- the loading of these ves- $els and navigation rules are of course Phse-r~d in the movement of the ehips but where carrier; are loaded svith hiEn explosives there is need for Eho most rigid sort of reruiations. I. ss vital for tie protection of ether Tripping but also for the prevention sf seriou- damage to the communities located at or near thc harbors where Suet loading is ca. ried Cn.
 s T. ma. have been considered in the past that the proper attention had seen given to this danger. Int the saTne may be said in regard to the sEips carrying explosives which put sn at Halifax. That horror has dem TT-strotsd, however, that there is no S-ch thing as taking too many pre- cautions where high explosives are being handled and if there are any points where the lack of pro-er care exists fer any reason. including con- eestior. that it should bc properly reEzdied
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
BEYOND JEsusAEEM.

Ever tbors7, the Turks have let it be'z,rns known that they will not at tempt to open an. offensive against Jerusalem it is not to be supposed that General Allenby at the head of the Bri:cssh forces in Palestine will place ary reliance therein. There are already indicating that he is making the :rost of the advantage which he has gained and that he will continue to drive the enemy back for the pur- pose of mating his present position secure and at the same time to strike at the enemy before he has time to strengthen his defenses. 7+-,
 The capture of Jerusalem does not necess. ri1y mean that the British have clear sailing up the coast. There are mountain ranges to the north which give the enemy an advantage and which will permit him to offer not a little resistance but the taking of them is important to the protection of Jerusalem. The effect of the loss of the Holy City cannot !" help but lower the morale of the Turkish troops and inc time to take advan- ,are of that as we'll as other things is before they are given a chance to overcome them. This likewise is the season of the year which is favor able to operations in that region and 1t is to be presumed that plans have Hire.ldy been laid by General Allenby for the movement of his army north with the object of taking other coast points as well as Damascus and threaten the Turkish military base at Aleppo. There can be no stopping unless they are forced to halt by the enemy and that possibility has been seriously offset by recent operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
KEROSENE FOR ENGINES.

The fact that q legal tansIe is prom Izcd over the liquid which a Long Is- iaud man hos discovered v.,ich will provide 2 cheap fuel for internal tombust.an engines and become sub ktitute for gosolene indicates that There may e Ins-c to il, than has teen dernonstrat>=d. but there appears To he reason for placing greater hope n the rL2;Trce1nept which has been made b; the burcad of mines to the tffect Th~t the details have been Eorl-ed out for a cslrburetor which EiI per7i. the use of kerosene.
 sGasolcro consumption has been in Ecasi1S rapidly. It is getting to the acIat where the curtailmen+ of it's Ire is being asked in order to insure esUfncie>t suprly for vital needs. The le=aand for it is likewise reflected r the price which it commands
 With kerosene, however, there is tdinercnt condition There is a plenti- u supply of that and the price gHllon t less by half than that of l.so- tsne- If . carburetor can he perfect e which will vaporize kerosene with
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

out r@SIir:Ls extensive changes to engines, or even if it can be accom- plished so that the Aengi1es ot the future can 5e operated thereby, 1t will prove of great benefit. Though a conipictn change from gasolene to
 kerosene would be bound to have come effect upon the price of the lat ter i> is hardly possible that 1t c2uld Ee driven to any such point as that now demanded for gasolene. Kero- eene operated engines may not be absolutely new but if they can be shown to be a success they stand a fine ct~nce to .sc decidedly popular.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

is cold on a winter day, or the weath- CT disagreeable. The least change in our comfortable and we'll fed routine upsets us. When people get into that frame of mind, they are too soft to be of much use. They almost need some calamity to bring them to see life in better proportion. If they could look in for a few moments on the stricken city of Nova Scotia, they would be ashamed of their fretting over trifleS. At least as we read about the misfortunes of others, let us have the decency to stop our grabbing and greet life with a smile. - Meriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
FEDERAL OR STATE AUTHORITY

= Governor Cox of Ohio has been rdirected by Fuel Administrator Gar zfeld not to interfere in the orderly edzstribution of coal in that state. He -points out that the seizure of coal by the governors directions will only create confusion in Ohio. It can be appreciated also that if one governor 5s going to be allowed to do as Gov ernor Cox has been doing others are going to assume that they have the same privilege and soon the strug- Ele Of the governors to take care of their own commonwealths would re- -sulr in endless trouble with the states nearest to the coal fields being over 2 supplied and those the farthest away cramped more than ever.
 In view of the unsatisfactory man ner in which coal distribution has been going on there may seem to be some Justification for the course z which Governor Cox adopted. He - V-as concerned with the actual needs Of the people and industries of his state but such. if allowed to continue, would mean the complete breakdown Of the federal control Regardless of the grounds for protest over the shortage such would in the end re- suit dazlsrrously. The conflict of state and federal authority needs to be avoided
 Thae there will be good results from tho action taken by Governor Cox is indicated by the announcement made by Fuel Administrator Garfield to the seffect that any pressing needs for -1uei which Ohio can present will be taken care of If the promises are fulfilled the Ohio situation should inn prove but promises for coal relief have been rather uncertain in their fuifilment
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

Written Specially for The Bulletin) According to the informing manual
 the richest town of the Connecticut Colony back in the eighteenth cen
 tury, and it was also. judging from all evidences. quite center of silver
 smithing. The map of 1746 shows that Timothy Bontecou, of HuSuenot des- cent, was located on the west side of Fleet Street, which ran from State Street to the wharf.
 He was born in New York in 1893, hut learned his trade in France, and | was living in New Haven as early as 1735. He suffered an outrageous at tack from British soldiers, at the time Of the invasion in 1779. He died in 17s4.
 From 177o to 1900 the junction of Church and Chapel Streets was a favorable stand for silversmiths. On the southwest corner were located the
 following men, in the order named: :: I Captain Robert FairchiId, Abel Buel and 'Ebenezer Chittenden. | Captain FairehiId was born in
 the family moved to Durham, and | there the young man first followed his
 trade. ...
 1 He became prominent, representing
 the town in the General Assembly
 the Colony in 1740, and received the
 title of captain in 1745. He moved to
 Stratford about 1741 and in 17q2 to
 man, to New York
 l It is probable that while in Strat- i ford, MT. Curtis writes, John Benja- | min was his apprentice He was cer- | tainly a silversmith; but only one or
 two pieces of his silver-work are l known to be in existence. It is cla i'm ] ed that he made, too, the brass weath-
 ercock- still ycapping the spife of the | Episcopal Church. which was used as
 a target by a battalion of British
 soldiers Quarrered- in Stratford during | the winter of 11575S.
 Capt. FairchiId was an exceiIen,
 silversmith and a number of pieces o1 his work are still in existence, includ-
 aims basin, two braziers and many spoons.
 While located at the corner ot Church and Chapel Streets, New Ha-
 ven. on land leased of Trinity Church he must have been quite active at his trade.
 l We find him advertising in Apri
 1774. that he carries on the gold ] smiths and jewellers business at his
 shop adjoining his house near the l southeast corner of the Green, where
 he will do all sorts of large work, suct
 as making of tankards, cans. boring CTS, tea-potS, coHee-p and Othel | kinds of work. Those who please to
 favor him with their custom may de- pend on having their work well done
 and on reasonable terms" | In 1779, to vary the nnonotony ci
 trade, he advortises a few hogshead; Of choice West India rum for cash
 and in 1784, he tells the public that ht | has opened a house of entertainrnen ] and has provided a new and convent | ent stable.
 The same newspaper announced un-
 der date of Nov. 26th. 1794. that Capt
 Robert Fairchild, late of this city
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
OTHER VIEW POINTS

People who are temperamentally fretful may well think of the plight of poor Halifax before continuing to growl over the minor ills of life. In a city where thousands are lying around dead and as many more in
 jured, with relief trains held up by storm and the people hungry, the mi nor ills of life seem ridiculously small. Most of us growl if our income is cut down a bit by the war, if the house
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

The school children are not only seeing their opportunity to help raise the war funds with their pennies but thy are taking advantage of it in a highly commendable manner.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

BueI was also the coiner of the first authorized Connecticut coppers, pro- duced in a machine of his own in vention. His rowing disposition car ried him to various parts of the wof1i and like other rolling-sJones, he gath cred no moss, but, in spite of his really valuable inventions, died in great poverty about 1925.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

negro who is turning white,'' the au- thenticity of which phenomenon was vouched for by no less a parsonage than Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College.
 In 179S, he advertised 9, useful ma chine for planting onions and corn which device he had invented. In .1795, he established a cotton manu- factory, which President Ezra Stiles, of Yale, stated in his diary would prove a success.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

The bolsheviki are said to be. re- sentful at Germany's hard terms, but that will amount to about as much as the protests from Norway and Spain.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

There are estant various pieces Of silver made by BueI. notably four two handled cups belonging to the Congregational Church. North Haven.
 Facts gathered from the Connecti- cut Colonial Records show that he did work, and was considered a skilled Si1verSmith: but the remain
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Those who are complaining of the cold weather don't have much to say when their attention is diverted to Halifax.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

If the electric lines about the coun- try keep insisting upon increased fares it is entirely possible that they will get the government interested in their control.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

From the way in which the counter revolution is starting in over in Rus sia it looks very much as if it meant business.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

The man on the corner says: If good intentions were paving blocks the question of permanent roads would be quickly settled.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

That Itorm of indignation which has been provoked in Madrid by the sinking of another Spanish ship will probably amount to no more than a mino- local disturbance.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
One For Each Window.

The worst thing about the profuse- ly widowed sleeping room is that you have to get up so many times before you finally locate the window which is doing the rattling.-Kansas City Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

General Alienby entered on foot but he must have been aware before that that the USA was right in the center of Jerusalem
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

An investigation of the coal and sugar situation is promised. There are good many people who think that it is time to give the promises rest and get down to work.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

der of this sketch of his eventful career must be deferred until next
 week. THE DICTAGRAPH.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

Strange as it may seem there are lot ef people in this country who claim to be patriotic. who are less willing to work than stlrsrs are to risk their lives for thsir country.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

It is peculiar state of affairs when the bolsheviki prefer to fight their own countfymen to the government that is an enemy to the greater part of the world
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

The rounding up of the Germans in Halifax, the port to which all allied and neutral vessels call, has been started But hasn't there been a lot Of needless delay in such actiono
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

There seems little chance of the re- spcnsibtlity for the Halifax horror being fixed upon Germany, but if sus- picion is directed towards it there is no one to blame but itself
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
cruelty for |, w. W.

Tarring and >feathering seeming inn potent to curb the I. W. w., why not go to the extremes of cruelty and try soap and water ?Atlanta Consti- tuition. ,s.--- 7.a =
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

Warsaw newspapers say that mem bers Of the Polish Regency Council are proceeding immediately to. Berlin and Vienna in order to confer person ally with the two Emperors.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

Before he had attained his majority, he was convicted of counterfeitin5, and confined in New London jail. On account of his youth he was soon re- leased. Like other Connecticut silversmiths, his activities were not limited to his trade.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

His advertisement at that date G796) gives better than anything else
 would idea of his activities:
 Mariners and surveyors compass eS and other instruments cleaned and rectiied. engraving, seal and die sink iEg, seal presses, enameled hair worked mourning rings and lockets, fashionable gold rings. earrings and beads. silver. silver plated. gilt and polished steel buttons, button and other casting moulds. plating mills, printers blacks, coach and sign paint ing. gliding, and vanishing, patterns and models of any sort of cast work i;
 mills and working models for grinding paints as used in Europe: working models of cana1 locks, drawing on parchment paper. silk, etc. by Abel BUel, College Street, New Haven where there is a descent furnished front chamber to let by the week.
 The same year he advertised that he "has on exhibition the wonderful
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

His next door neishbor on the west and separated from him by q narrow lane now known a. Gregson Street was Abel Buel. a man of singular yer satility and inventive genius. He wG.s born in 1742 in that part of Killing worth now known as Clinton. He learned the silversmiths trade of Ebenezer Chittenden in East Guilford now Madison.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

lie must have moved to New Haven about 1I7O, as he was soon appealing for custom in the local press. He had already invented a machine for grind ing and polishing precious stones, which had attracted considerable at tention, and in recognition of this service his civil disabilities were re- moved by the General Assembly. n his shop, the old Sandemanion meet ing-house, he had established a type foundry, for which he received a grant from the General Assembly.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

During 1775, he was in some trouble with the RIvngtons, printers Of New York, and had apparanteiy absconded; but he soon returned and again made his appeals to the public for patron Iage.
 In ITS, he established a public vendue. In 17S4 he advertised his man of the United States. which he said. is the first engraved by one man in America.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
THE CAREER OF ABEL BUEL

(New Haven) has just died in New
 York;
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

A member Of the British parliament calls attention to the fact that the world needs the restoration Of the Ten Commandments just as much as it needs to see Belgium justly dealt with. The wreck that has been made of the Christian religion by the rape of Serbia, the rending of Rumania
 the devastation and depopulation of Belgium and the making of a desert O. the Turks by Christians to mur- der Christians. and assisting in the butchery of the Armenians. has left no permanent basis upon which a worlds peace may now be founded If the Christian religion cannot command the loyalty of Christian nations, and If honesty and honor are dead, what is the use of expecting a permanent peace. It is impossible. .~S
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

The same year he advertised that he "has on exhibition the wonderful
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

From 177o to 1900 the junction of Church and Chapel Streets was a favorable stand for si1versmiths. On the southwest corner were located the following men, in the order named: Captain Robert F'airchiId, Abel Buel and Ebenezer Chittenden.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15

Norv:7.7. sstardly, De-. ts, 1917
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-22

er cities in which case they are apt to
sweep the state politically as they
did in North Dakota.
Furnaces and chimneys cleaned and
repaired. Odd jobs of all kinds done
Phone 934 Black. tt
Messrs. Thornton, Flynn and White
of Donnybrook were in the city Mon
day night attending meeting Of Tyr
ian Chapter No. IA, R. A. M.
Morris Bank, proprietor of the Pal
ace Clothing store, who submitted to
an operation recently for appendicitis,
has returned from the hospital to his
home and is recovering rapidly.
John C. Sorte, who has been con-
nected with the Brush McWilliams
Co., First international and Union
National banks of this city for sew
eral years, will leave soon for Glas-
gov, Mont, where he becomes the
head of large banking and farm
mortgage concern in which num-
Der of the strongest men financially
in Montana are interested. Mr.. and