New Britain herald., 1918-02-26
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that his witness fees in both cases
 be abated.
 struck By Auto.
 William Bristol of Berlin street
 while returning to his home last eve
 ming, was struck l>y d limousine com ing from Meriden. and sustained a
 broken leg IIo was removed to the New Britain General Hospital. where
 he is resting as comfortabl US can
 be expected. Just how the accident occurred is not known. bot it is said, that tn" lights on the car. were so dim that il Was i'm possible for the
 driver t" see anything in the road ahead of him.
 Water Under Bridge.
 Because of the heavy rain last night, there was more water under the railroad bridge today. than has been seen there in ten Years. So deep was if last night that he last trol-
 ley out of Berlin was una ble to pass
 under 1t. and had 10 remain in Ser
 lin for the night. The first trullcys this morning Wcro unable to go past the Swamp Road. and it was not un- til about eight o'clock that went as far as the kilbN House. Un- 1 til about noon, today those coming from New Britain going to Berlin i street had to he transferred from one , side of the bridge to tho other. This : is the heaviest rain that has come in some time. and large numbcr of houses in the lowcr parts of Berlin | are com pletelN isolated from the i road.
 Farewell Celebration. 1 The farewell celebration to the 1 boys who go to Camp Devcns win l be held tonight at the Grange hall. ] It is expected that all Berlin will 1 turn out tonight to take part in the ! exercises which will be conducted on a large scale. The Berlin Home GlHrds will turn out in uniform. as will the members of the St. Pauls drum corps. The supper which will 1 be held at will be for dra ftees only, but everybody is expected to take part in the exercises that follow Smileage Books. The people of Berlin who have rel ativeS and friends in the various can tonm ents throughout the country are 1 to be given an opportunity to make 1 them q gift in a form that will surely l be appreciated by them, in the form 1 of smileage books. These books con- : tain tickets admitting the bearer to l the entertainments and shows which 1 will be given at the camps of the 1 National Army. These books are now on sale in Lyons barber shop in Ken l sineton, Honiss' store in Berlin and l the East Berlin depot.
 | Signs Of Spring. Two signs of spring, which arc generally held as infalliblc. have 1 been seen within the last few days 1 in Berlin. The first of these is a 1 dandelion in full bloom. which was ! picked up today by Walter Gwatkn while out walking, and the second is 1 a barefoot kid who StrolIcd leisure l ly down by the railroad bridge ves- ] torday. The fact that he was bare ! foot did not, give him any concern, l although everyone who passed him 1 by. stopped and looked after him as l readily as they would had he been 1 Gen. Pcrshins, in full military regalia. Berlin Briefs
 Mrs. Charles Thomson is being l treated at her home for pneumonia l by pr. Hudson.
 l Several writs have been issued for the arrest of those who have not paid 1 their personal tax and CoIloctor 1 Lewis expects within a few days to l have in the tolls of the law. all who ] have not paid up.
 ! The Literary society will meet at 1 o'clock Thursday evening at the bo,ne ] of Mrs. Alexander Huston. Mr Az ] pinwall will read a paper on Stage
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