New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

AAQ6 dAu LOLlAtOeS, pACA1co OySI0AS,
picked peppers, picked tomatoes,
picked CLAIMS, picked onions, celery,
cranberry sauce. Preserves: Ounce,
peach, pear, grapes, crab apple. pine
apples. citrons, strawberry. Pastry:
Minoe pie. cranberry pie. pineapple
pie. apple pie. custard pudding, lemon
pie, whortleberry pie, cocoanut pie.
brandy cheese. tapioca pudding, rola
pola, squash pie, custard pie, rice
pudding, sponge cake, Glove cake,
hickory cake. cocoanut jumbles, deli
cate cake, black cake, loaf cake and
jelly cake. Compare the above gener-
Gus offerings and many varieties to
the small offerings and few varieties
offered in any of our local hotels or
restaurants today. No wonder those
! OF another generation speak of the
good old days.
October generally vies with June
for weddings, but the selective SER
vice act has given the springtime a
great handicap this year. S..
1--WE drill from till IL and from
| l to we dig bitches. And I thought
I worked hard back in New Britain"
| writes one of the boys from Aver. All
OF which goes to convince us that we
| never know when we're we'll off.
In connection with the roundup of
| stray dogs why would it not be a good
| Idea to gather in some Of the worth
! less cats that infest the city and Oft
! times make the nights miserable for
those who wish to sleep peacefully?
| Ihere are more of them than there
| are CANNES, possibly because a home
less cat can find forage much easier
than a tramp dog. AS a target for
gas bombs they would be on a par
! with doggies.
How many people looked carefully
at the soldiers monument lately?
Have they noticed the untidy appear
ance OF the once green turf that
should be between the abutment and
the fountain? Mud and muck, with
| more or less refuse scattered about.
| make it unpleasant to look upon.
Two little white boys with a little
colored companion were wading in the
Shuttle Meadow canal last Saturday
when woman. driving along the
| roadway. remarked upon it, Jaw, it's
|
little colored lad replied.
New Britain already has several fe-
male gate tenders, but as yet the pub
lie has not been treated to the sight
of an Elevator Girl
From the Herald of twenty-five
years ago:
October IA. J. Sloper gave a bar
becue at his ten acre lot on Shuttle
Meadow road yesterday. The Burritt
Savings Bank is one year old today
and its assets are $62,924.42 George
Parker began work as letter carrier
this morning.
October ANNUAL town election to-
day. Work on the Shuttle Meadow
dam Is almost completed.
/ October 3-Loren F. Judd was out
riding yesterday. Harry Parsons has
resigned his position at the Vulcan
Iron Works. The police made fifty ar
rests last month.
October THE democrats are ju-
bilant, yesterday Bassett, Morton Nc
Cabe, Andrews and the whole ticket
was elected. About $50 Swedes gath
cred in Herald hall last night to get
acquainted with how to become
United States citizens. w. w. Hanna
has resigned the managetship of the
New Britain Opera House.
| October "a ta!ly-ho coaching par
ty from Hartford took supper at the
Russwin last night and had jolly
time. Two butchers engaged in
fistic contest on Park street this fore
! noon and one of the combatants took
refuge in flight while the other bovine
! destroyer chased him until he got out
| of breath. Lieutenant Colonel A. l..
Thompson had 81 at the state rifle
shoot yesterday.
October 6-Assistant City Attorney
B. F. Gaffney prosecuted in police
court this morning. Phenix lodge.
| I. o o. F., dedicated its new hall in
! D. c. Judds block last night. There
were 26 deaths in town last month
Judge V. B. Chamberlain will preside
! and Introduce Governor Mckinley at
the republican rally in the Opera
House tonight
This is the canning season. Evident
ly the health board officials wanted
to be right in season when they ar
ranged their little canning party.
Comment on the high price Of pres
ent day foodstuffs is unnecessary for
| everybody who eats Is fully aware of
the luxury. However, just look over
these figures from a price list in 1897.
Eggs, 10 cents per dozen; bacon,
! cents per pound; corn, 60 cents per
bag; chicken, 10 cents per pound.
Eggs are now IS cents a dozen and
the corn, which once sold for 60 cents
bag, now sells at $3.50. Figuring
on this basis 1t would appear that
eggs have advanced seven and one