New Britain herald., 1917-08-09
COMMUNICATED
THIS WAYO OUT.
If They Ever Catch Boggs in Hartford,
 Good Night, Irene! They'll Murder

Good Night, irene! lneyu Murder
 Him.
 To the Editor of the Herald
 My! My! This is too much for too much! Here is Henry Willis Mitchell, of PlainVille and way stations, and Frank K. Fenton, of Hartford, both in the same issue of your paper skipping me on the back and inviting me out to dinner. Did you ever hear of such luck? Despite the war and it's at- tendant sorrows the world is getting to be a rosy old place in which to live. Some day when 1 get over Plainville way l must invite Mr. Mitchell in for a nice little tetea-tete and a bite to eat at Collins Restauraw," the place that reminds me of "Casey's Tabble Dote" on Red Hoss Mountain, Colo rado,/ referred to so eloquently by Eugene Fields. AS to the offer of Mr. Fenton, l fear me Hartford is too far away at this time, and such a hot trip on the "Dinky." Which offers a sub ject Not the "Dinky,'' but the trip to Hartford.
 Why do so many New Britain people rush to Hartford upon the slightest proVocatlon? That is something that has amused and puzzled me since my entry into this greatest of all hard- ware centers. Why anybody should want to go to Hartford day in and day out is beyond me. To begin with, it offers no more attractions than New Britain And, as far as, the town goes, l would not give a rap for Hartford. To be perfectly frank, l think it is about the nearest approach to an overgrown village in all New England. It is something like a gawky country kid who Is too young to put on long trousers and too tall to wear short ones. And Hartford at that is an old town; older, in fact than Governor HOlcomb.
 In Hartford they like to poke fun at New Britain. Yet you will notice that the fun making is of a very sickly sort. Hartford has nothing on New Britain, and knows it. Understand, I am not a New Britain man, nor do I profess to undertake the role of town de- fender; but trot some one out who can show me where Hartford is one iota better than New Britain. I would like to see some one other than an egotis- tical, purse e-proud Hartfordonian,- presume that is what they call them, rtfordonians,- s,-defend that place. AS Omar Khayyam did not say, T sometimes think that never blows so hard the braggard but he'd steal a players card" Any man who talks about Hartford with all the buster and bragadocio I have heard from it's champions would cheat at a social poker game. It is all tommyrot.
 am sorry I choose such a subject. It makes me mad to think how foolish New Britain people are in helping Hartford foist it's own game on an in nocent public. A visitor to Connecti- cut, if lie happened to hit Hartford first, might be easily led to believe that there is but one city in the state. If the capitol building were not in Hartford the town would not count for much. What other sins may be chalked up against those who are con- tinually hollering Hartford, deponent sayeth not.
 If New Britain people are so bent on going some place, why do they not patronize the nearby towns that do something for this city? Hartford is the blood sucker. It takes all the virile juice it can steal from New Britain and gives nothing in return,