New Britain herald., 1917-09-17

war service and undoubtedly several more will go within a short time. If the Tabs drum corps is to be contin- ued some new members must be se-
 cured.
 Fair Grounds Deserted. Compared to the bustling activity Fair grounds this morning resembled nothing more than a desert isle. The midway is no more. The various tents
 and booths have been dismantled
 The Houla Houla girls have gone and
 Jennie May Curtis, the Vampire girl,
 still languishes in the town lookup.
 The cattle have gone to the Rock
 vile fair, which opens tomorrow, and
 all the other exhibitors have dispersed
 Several of the local consta bles, and other guards engaged to watch the
 grounds during the week were paid
 off Saturday night, but not until there had been several arguments, one of the guards claiming that more money was due him and the paymaster as l serting that he was getting more than he was worth as he had been drunk
 most of the week.
 E. R. Jones Taken III. Edward R. Jones of Worthington Ridge, also known to some of his ! more intimate friends as Dynamite" Jones, is ill at his home and expects to be taken to the hospital shortly for a more complete diagnosis of his ailment, MT. Jones, who had a booth at the fair, was stricken i'll on Tues day and had three doctors attending him. Today his condition is much improved. MT. Jones had planned to occupy a booth at the Rockville fair,
 which opens tomorrow, but has been 1 obliged to cancel his contract Stole Drinks, Pay Penalty. Several young men about the town suffered considerably yesterday as the result of an escapade in which they participated Saturday afternoon. While one of their party engaged the attention of the dealer selling pine apple syrup another made away with 1 a pail of the drink and shortly there- after the entire party drank not wise [ ly but too we'll Acute indigestion and terrific pains in the region of
 their belts followed this onslaught.
 At least one doctor profited by the experiment.
 Berlin Items
  compiling his annual reports which
 are to be published shortly. As yet
 the school report and the treasurer's
 report have not been completed.
 MT. and Mrs. L. R. Goodrich left
 this morning for a weeks vacation to
 be spent in Newark, N.. While there
 Mrs Goodrich will attend the grand
 convention of the Daughters of Scotia. Bernard F. Moore and Miss Nora O'Brie are to be married on Wednes-
 day morning by Rev. J. c. Brennan. William Ryan of Kensington, en- listed in the naval reserves, has left the rendezvous at the Yale Boathouse in New Haven and has been sent to Port Jefferson, l.. I.
 F. l.. Perry, secretary of state, re- Guested Town Clerk Shaw this morn ing to inform him what ticket the Berlin suffragists had put in the field for the fall election. Inquiry showed that the suffragists are a gathering of women who want to vote and as they did not make themselves evident in Berlin the clerk so notified the sec- retary.
 Mrs. s. M. Cowles and family will return home from their vacation at the shore on Wednesday,
 Oliver Porter of this place, enlist ed in the forestry detail of the regu- lar army, is now believed to be either in France or en route therc Mr. Porter will work with the American