New Britain herald., 1918-03-16

~il," is not a, candidate for re-elec- ton. ". J. Dunley is sick at his home on East Main street. s. A. Odin and Miss Anna Anderson were married at their future home on Eairview street last evening.
 March II: Frank E. Cox is on the sick list. It has been suggested that the members of the common council form d sick benefit association as already three of their mum Der are ill
 March 12: Sunday.
 March 13: There will be no exam nations for admittance. to the High school this year, certificates from other schools being all that will be necessary. William Muller sang at Trinity church In New York yester- day. Five years ago today New Brit sin was buried beneath several feet then in progress.
 March 14: Members of Water Jahn lodge, D. of IT,, celebrated the 46th birthday arnversary Of the founding of the order last night. The inglor- lous ending of a brilliant scheme to Euild a canal across the isthmus of Panama was the subject of a paper read at the Normal school last night. Specil Policeman Hellberg has re- turned from a trip to New York where he saw all the sights Miss Julia Bowen intends to open a mil iinery store on the arcade.
 March 15: There is a freight charge of $1.5O on every ton Of coal brought into this city over the New England road:
 March IS: The water in Shuttle Meadow rose 46 inches last week.
 The recent card tournament at the h,iks was one in which the winner could verify be said to have taken home the bacon" Sure, that was one of the prizes.
 The new pavement laid in Stanley street last summer between Hartford avenue and Allen street, while less than a year old, nevertheless must be repaired this spring. And herein Is another grievance against the much abused trolley company. There is a deep .rut worn down to the founda- .ion in this new pavement. Investi- gatjor shows that it was worn during the winter by the constant pounding, wearing and tearing of big trucks, wheels equipped with chains, which |. .hev had to drive in the same rut be- cause the trolley. con,pany's snow blow threw great hummocks of snow ou one side of the track. +thereby eff tcctually blocking that portion of the road for convenient travel and mak- ing it practically necessary to drive Tn one beaten path, instead of dis t!ibuting traffic more evenly over the roads Hereafter the city should compel the trolley company to level off these piles of snow, or else shovel ii back onto their tracks again when similar offenscs occur
 We are still waiting for that kiss of spring." But at best the weary householder who is engaged in ehovellng snow can take comfort in the fact that he does not have to cut the grass.
 News item: '"rhe food administra- ton has declared that hash is meat" Thus MT. Hover gets in solid with the boarding mistress by perfectly agreeing with her. ..-'--
 An annual subscriber:'' evidently aroused over the talk about changing the clocks to save daylight, contends that the same thing would be ac- complished if everybody. got up carlier.'
 We agree. The trouble is that everybody won't: .. r'-
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 A military man can always imme- dlately tell to what division a soldier belongs by glancing at the cord on his hat, but to the average citizen tho