New Britain herald., 1917-05-10

ance of his duty. the young man hav- ing made an attempt to prevent a constable from taking possession of A livery horse which he believed was being abused by the driver.
 At the tdm9 of his original appear ance he plsaded against any judg- ment that would force him to go to jail and Justice Condell imposed a fine, placing the accusedson probation until he could settle. Dobruok gave him an order on tho Union Works in New Britain, where he was employed, for the amount due the court but be- fore 1t could be collected he called at the office himself and drew all hfs wages.
 The New Britain police wore asked to take him into custody and they have since been on the lookout for him.
 Dobruck was . very meek indd- vidual when arraigned yesterday and he immediately made arrangements to have the fine and additional cost paid. The court let him off with Q warming without imposing an extra penalty for his attitude.
 Fear Small Fox Outbreak.
 Local physscians are. viewing with considsrable apprehension the, prog ress made by smallpox in various places in this section and they admit they will be not surprised if there is an outbreak of the diseaee in PlMnville. The doctors are taking all precautions and they are hopeful that tho town will escape the plague although the prospects are not particularly bright.
 RE1r.- A >r~ en pox they fear is liable to make people careless, the victims failing tc have diagnosis made. Except for the appearances of the skin there is no similarity b.tween chicken pox and smallpox. The former Is but trivial disease and but little attention is paid to 1t. Neverth eless with smallpox rag ing not many miles from the town the doctors believe attention should be paid to skin outbreaks that a proper diagnosis be made before the disease develops seriously in the event that the case hou1d be smallpox.
 Truck Overturns.
 Automobile accidents are becom- ing epidemic in Plainville. During the past two weeks there have been a number of accidents in which seems to be following in tho path of tho machines.
 Early this morning large auto truck skidded into the ditch on Whit ing street and was overturned, tho occupants escaping uninjured The machine was placed in an upright position a few hours later. It was found to be damaged but little.
 A similar accident occurred Tues day night when New York motor van toppled over in the ditch on tho Southington road.
 Autoists claim that the town or state should either fix the ditches on the Southington road or should have guard rails put in position to keep cars fram sktdding into them. There is danger of serious accidents 1And drivers of cars claim the officials should attempt to eliminate 1t.
 Gypsies Ordered to Move.
 After making an investigation &c., band of gypsies. encamped on tho Now Britain road, to shake the dust of Plainville from their heels.
 The band set up tent near the Cooke property Tuesday night and residents of that locality complained to the selectman regarding the manner in which they were per mitting their horses to roanq through the fields. They declared the axyp- sies tO.b making nuisARde of themselves. Selectman Johnson yia- ited the camp early yesterdaytn4orn- ing. He found the men, women and children of the band. sleeping. in rows in a singf6 tent. There were other objectionable features. to the layout and he ordered them to get out of town.
 The leaders objected to having to leave without more notice but they were advised that they would be ar-. rested unless they resumed their wanderinEs. s
 sequassen lodge will have a regu- lar meeting this evening in Odd Fel- lows hall. !.
 The Ladies' Benevolent society of the Congregational church gave a most interesting program of enter tainment last evening in the church chapel following supper served in connection with their May meeting. The affair was we'll attended.
 The w. c. T. U. will meet tomor- row afternoon with Mrs. l.. Laurfd- son of the Southington road and will entertain the Plantsville white rtb- boners''
 Non commissioned officers in the Home Guard are extending lectures in which their duties are outlined to them by their supertors. The mem