New Britain herald., 1917-09-22
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The prosecution of Franklin E.
 Bassett in court on Tuesday for per
 hitting the Glen street dump to be-
 come a nuisance not only established a precedent in that the county of11- cials stepped in over the heads of the local authorities, but also brought to the attention of the public the true situation regarding dumps. With nt reference to any particular dump it might be stated that dumping ground should bc permitted to exist in any residential community or any community that bids fair to become residential. At the present time the side of the highway known as New ington road is used extensively as a dump and is disgrace to the con- munity. Not only is it an eye-sore to the city to have one of it's main ar teries of approach thus defiled. but if is disgusting to have it conducted 1 as it is. Old tin cans. broken pieces of glass and other debris often litter the road and during most of the time there is a most unpleasant stench arising from the burning ref , use there. Now that the dump agita- tion has started why would it not he good plan for the city to consider , the abolition of all public dumps and investigate the advisability of install- ing an incinerating system?
 Many can appreciate the feeling of the young man, now registered in the National Army. who says: C! don't mind going to war. but l hate like the deuce to get killed"
 Judging from the reports of the amature farmers about the city the domestic potato crop is not such a success as early summer predications indicated Many back yards have produced an excellent crop of mar bles.
 Summer left us on Thursday and the bell rang loudly on Septem Der 15 yet we still see an occasional straw
 hat. Well, well, all the brave men have not enlisted.
 L. C.. TolleS, a fruit grower who makes weekly trips to the local grocers, tells this one. He had brought his little boy, scarcely two years, old, to the city and while here the little fellow saw for the first time a bull ] dog Always accustomed to the shaggy haired collie at home, the boy, after batting the strange dog for some time, suddenly remarked: /! Daddy, aint dis doggie dot hard hair.'
 Lest dog owners suffer unnecessari- 1 ly they had best become familiar inn m mediately with the regulation, effec- tive this morning which provides: That all dogs must be chained to the premises of their owners, and all dogs which appear on the streets with their owners must be held in check with a leash on longer than five feet Any unlicensed or uncollared dog caught will be immediately killed and the owners Of any other animal
 must claim it within 22 hours and
 likewise pay fine of $3. Keep your
 dog chained up.
 Should an old-tiner, who resided in
 this village along about 1870, return,
 personally or in mind to it's business
 section he would find but very few
 familiar establishments. A newspaper,
 published here on June 2, 1871, has
 lately been sent into the office and
 is interesting in it's uniqueness. It
 contains four pages of seven col umns each, with only a very few news items, most of the paper being de- voted to advertisements Compare the names or InoSC prominent DuSl- 1 ness men of 1871, as they appear in i this old paper. to those of today: Mitchell & Hurrgerford, attorneys at 1 law (both deceased.) c. B. Richard son, dentist (now retired and in feeble , health,) Samuel Stanley, boots and J shoes; John Hanna, dealer in foreign and American marbles; H. G. Ar 1 mold, restaurant; Hubbard Brothers lumber, etc.; J. BullIley, stoves and 1 tinWare: William H. Ellis, photogra- pher; Philip Seibert, new and second hand furniture; R. c. Dunham, den- l tist; Rossetter & Goodrich, druggists; 1 Fl. c. Atwell first ward meat mar- l ket; Killam &c Wells, teas, coffee and | spices; Charles Belden, real estate
 and insurance; Franklin Clark & Co.,,
 tailors; J. P. Francis & Co.,; clothiers; 1 Cornwell & Bishop; Horace Nailey. 1 livery stable; A. Powell, clothier; Will ! Hams & Pierpont feed store. This pa l per also contains an advertisement of l one George l.. Allen who announces 1 to the public that he has Elihu Bur- 1 ritts' books, ordered directly from 1 the London publishers, In this strange
 old paper the chief items of news
 seems to be the communication of 1 Mayor F. T. Stanley to the common 1 council. This communication shows
 the total indebtedness of the city at 1 that time to have been $115, ,557.20, 1 of which $10O,000 was in water bonds. 1 The mayors letter further states that i a tax of five mills on the dollar had l just been laid at a special city meet l ing.
 1 Apparently up to this time, when ] New Britain had just been chartered
 a city. the chief of police or the pa trolmen did not wear uniforms for | Mayor Stanley recommended that