New Britain herald., 1917-05-21
EDWARD PECK DIES FOLLOWING SHOCK Scott's Swamp Farmer Sue-
 cumbs to Paralysis :. BASEBALL SEASON OPENS

I EUcSo Aeam De1eatS vikings or New Britain-Corporal Roberts Re turns to Duty-Banquet Called On on Account of War-Brief Items. Edward Peck, one of the best known farmers in scott's Swamp, died | at his home in that district yesterday afternoon following an illness of sev- | eral weeks. MT. Pecl's death, which l had been anticipated for some time, l was hastened by a paralytic shock he sustained Friday. He had been in semi-conscious state for num- Der Of weeks, having been victim | of a shock early in April and after the second attack he sank steadily until death.
 MT. Peck had lived iii the Scott's Swamp district for a number of years. and was recognized as one of the lead ing farmers of this section. He made his home with his brother for 8 long l time, his wife having been commit ted to retreat for the insane a num- Der of years ago. He inherited con- siderable money from the estate of his mother within the past year and ! was reputed to be in comfortable fin- ] ancial circumstances. He was about 59 years of age.
 The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from his home. Services \ will be conducted rat the house and | the interment wilL be in the Scott's Swamp cemetery. l Win First Game. , | The Foresters' baseball team opened its season auspiciously yesterday after noon when it defeated nine repre- senting the Vikings of New Britain by a score of 13 to 4. The local boys made a splendid showing and had the visitors fighting a losing battle from l the start. Oakes, who occupied the mound for the Foresters, struck out ten men and allowed but five hits. The visitors played a loose fielding game and several of the runs scored by the local boys were the results of fielding errors. The Plainville swatters SC cured total of twelve hits, which were fairly evenly distributed among 1 all of them.
 There was good crowd on hand to witness the game and the fans were we'll satisfied with the exhibition.
 Next Sunday afternoon the boys expect a big battle. The All-South- ington team will come here to play the first of series of games with the l Foresters They have organized a strong nine and the Plainville team l will have to move rapidly to defeat them. A large delegation will come here from Southington to root for the visitors.
 Back i'm Ranks. ...
 Word has been received here that Corporal Leon Roberts, who had been confined to the Norwich hospital for a number of days. as the result of an accidental shooting has recovered sufficiently to resume his duties with Company I of the First Connecticut Infantry.
 The young man received his wound while attempting to control a private who while under the influence of liquor went on rampage
 l Many Sunday Farmers.
 Sunday literally ceased to be oh served as day of rest yesterday by a. large percentage of the male popu- lation of the town, the tilling of the necticut's crop production this year.
 
 habitants.
 In the cultivation of gardens, Plain vile must stand we'll in comparison to other places as there is hardly a man in town who Is not the proud owner of a garden of some descrip- ton.
 Saturday afternoon the farming army, equipped with hoes and other pharaphenalia used by full fledged agriculturalist. started its attack on the soil and yesterday a large num- Der were out to continue the work. ! The gardens on the Plainville Realty campany's property. which are being cultivated by employees of the Trum- bull Electric company, looked like Q concentration camp, a large number of men assembling to look after their plots. The men take a lot of pride in their places and there Is considerable rivalry among them as to who will produce the largest crop.
 Banquet Called On.
 Because of the nations entry in the world war and the advisability of abandoning some of the pleasures of social life. members of the Young Mems Catholic club of Bristol, with which several from Plainville are af- Inflated, decided yesterday to omit tho annual banquet this year. The cl1b believes that the members should show their patriotism by giv- ing up enjoyable parties of this char acter while the war is in progress.
 Plans for the Ladies' night enter .