New Britain herald., 1917-07-30

| water across the harbor to the west
| ward shore. Coming up to breathe
! he was seen by the watchful enemy
! and shot with an arrow, sent, it was
| said, by Uncas himself The wounded
! sachem was brought ashore, behead-
| ed and the head placed in the fork
| Of an oak tree standing on the high
: ground across the bay, which is now
| the property of E. C. Seward. It is
| said by Charles Benton Of Sachem's
Head that when he was a small boy,
more than fifty years ago, his father,
the late Dan l.. Benton. pointed out to
him the stump Of an oak tree and
told him that the tree which stood
there was the original oak which had
held the head of the beheaded
sachem fom many years. It also ap-
pears that an Indian village, called
Sachemdom was located near the
head of Bloody Cove until the remov-
al of the Indians from this section.
Since last we met for a very en-
toyable evening at the Anchor Brand
Foremens club new era has
dawned. Its magnitude and signif-
canoe in history manufacturing,
commerce, and trade, no man is
nation, not long ago at peace with
all the world, has now joined g in
fighting those with whom we never
had a quarrel. This may plunge us
into the dark shadows Of mourning
by the loss of thousands of loved
ones on foreign battle fields-it may
overwhelm business in our country
with universal disaster and bank
ruptcy before peace is declared It
IS true, however, that wars and
panics have been passed through
and endured throughout all of the
past ages. and we can only hope that
the final sequel, when the present
awful conflict is over, may prove to
be for the world a blessing now dis
guised.
And I wish to tell you frankly
that one of the pleasant features of
my work since our Mr. johnson was
called away to take up his duties in
the war department of our govern
ment at Washington has been my
frequent interviews with superin-
tendents and foremen of our various
manufacturing departments. l have
found them all to be broad minded
men who are honestly and intelli-
gently striving to help US improve
| and are most willing and axious to
work in perfect harmony with the
management as we are also DESTROYS
of enjoying harmonious relations
| with them.
| I'VE desire to have the very clos
est cooperation with heads of all de-
! partments and through them with
our employees, believing that the re-
! f1ex influence of prosperity cannot
| fall to make for the benefit of us
all. To this end I expect to fire.
quently confer with Mr.. CHayer,
! general superintendent, as well as
our other superin+ ,ndents, supervis-
ors and foremen, and shall at all
times welcome any suggestions
which may be offered.
1T is occasions like this which to
| me invest the commonplace things
| of life with enduring charm and
| if I had the time and means to graf
ify SO high an ambition it would be
to arrange for weekly gatherings of
this cha racter and spend at least
| part of our time as we are doing
now where the air is filled with nau-
sic and the cares which infest the
! day fold their tents like the Ara bs
| and silently steal away"
|
! Head, which Mr. Noble recounted so
interestingly. has there been delivered
at that spot a more eloquent patriotic
! address than that delivered by Mr.,
| Spellacy. When he concluded he was
greeted with burst of applause that
| must have reached the Imperial
Palace at Potsdam and If the cables
bring reports of the Kaiser spendin g
a restless night everyone will know the
| reason.
! Mr.. SpeIacy's Address.
Mr.. spellacy spoke in part as fol.
! lows:
Mr.. Spellacy's speech follows:
1t seems strange, nevertheless it is
! true, that this country, although it is
put 141 years since the signing of the
Declaration Of independence, is the
oldest country in it's form Of govern
ment In the world In this brief
time, for al years Is brief time in
the history OF nations, every country
on the face OF Gods universe has
changed its form of government ex-
cept the United States.
The immortal document penne6
by Thomas Jefferson, establishing for
the first time. in the history of man.
kind. nation that was In name and
! IN TACT free and independent re-
pubic where every man was his own
sovereign, dedicated to the principle
Of the right of people to govern them
selves, was new experime emit. Men
Tor thousands of years had looked
forward to such an ideal but 1T had
never been attained. Here and there,
tor moment, there had appeared, a
new government with the high ideal
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