New Britain herald., 1918-07-17

| been connected with the weather bu-
| reau, and imm ediately he got his
| walking papers the clouds disap-
| peared and the wind shifted to q fav-
orable Observation-Disclosures Eve
ming Press.
| DR.. Garfeld's latest prescription for
| his suffering patient-the public-is
much like those that have gone be-
fore. 1t calls for restriction and de-
privation, though there is an album
| dance Of coal in the ground. The
anxious patient would cordially well
| come another NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| Journal
Can anybody keep cook long
enough to give the family the prlVl-
lege of paying a government tax on
her?-New York Sun.
The gates of many Of cur ship
building plants are clogged with the
autos of the workers. and, perhaps,
| some of the men arc SO klnd-hearted
as to give the bosses a lift OH the way
home!-Baltimc Gre American.
Convircs have gone on strike at the
wetterst1eld prison. Some people
ase never satisfed.-~New London
Day.
II there are 100000 gallons Of
whisky IN the United States in bond
there must be about half that much
more in the mountains of North Car
olina not out on bond-Columb ia
Record.
ExGov. Osborn is quoted as saying
he will rattle his battle ak over II.
Ford's ribs. Well, automobilely speak
ing, it's q tough job to beat q Ford,
running or rattling.-Oxford (Mich-
igan) Leader,
Every man, woman and child in
Belgium pays $3.50 a year to Ger
many If we were also subdued, AM
erican collections would be about Is
billions a year; but that is merely an
academic consideration. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Eugene v. Debs who was arrested
on Sunday, was nominated on Mon
day for representative or something
by the socialists. A little thing like
being pinched does not deter the So
cialistic class from honoring q hero
in their timation-Middletown Eve
ming Press.
There is no successor to Uncle Ho-
race Johnson to give explanation of
the absence of the summer season.
But there is no necessity of going to
the shore to enjoy the GOODNESS Of
49,
New Haven Register.
Now that the kaisers OK has been
gored, he doesn't admire the bolshe-
wiki so much. Record.
A second circus is now involved in
q railroad wreck in the middle west.
That is a pretty harsh method of
getting free advertising. Norwich
Bulletin.
Expatriated, fighting what appeared
to be the most hopelessly desperate
fight, that the world has ever known,
the Czecho-Slavs have rendered an
enormous service to the cause of civ
ilization and bid fair to render other
services still greater. And they have
been animated by the purest passion
for freedom, and that a1one.-New
London Telegraph.
A member of the German reichstag
has been quoted as saying that mil
itary agriculture has proved fall
ure'', presume bly, referring to the
driving of peasant farmers by soldiers
and the robbing of them later of the
fruits of their labors. In the United
States military AGRICULTURE in the
form of voluntarily worked war gar
dens' has proved a uccess.-Wester-
ly OR. - Sun.
New York is to handle package
freight by store door delivery. This
is the scientific and economical way
to transact this business. Much of
the confusion and delay in the hand
ling of goods less than car load lots
grows out of the system of storing in
the freight houses, until the owners
call for them. Endless delay and
confusion is thus created. Goods are
lost. or overlaid. Room is occupied
by com m ODDITIES that should be in the
warehouses of the owner. A system
of immediate deliveries would be a
solvent of many troubles. and great
saver of trucking power.-Bridgepo
Times
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