New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-01

tiago and in other battles of the
Spanish war; but never has any me-
mortal been erected for them. Now,
ir this great war, literally several
hundred New Britain boys have gone
into the nations naval service and
when any future committee decides
to erect q memorial to the veteran
OF this world strife let us hope they
will not forget to remember the
sailors who served as we'll as the SOL
diers who fought in the trenches.
w. S. S.
A well known man. public and
prominent in all walks of life and
rated as 100 per cent plus, patriotic
was recently giving a pointed talk on
duty, generosity and patriotism to a
certain individual. who holds tightly
to his purse strings We'll what
have you done. I don't see you wear
ms any Liberty Bond button?'' ex-
claimed Mr. Titewad. Whereupon the
other dug deep into his pocket. pro-
duced the button and utterly crushed
the other with the terse staten ent,
acked up by proof, This button cost
me just $1,000"
w. S. S.
Although it Is a, cry that has been
worn threadbare in past years, never
tleless there is reason to believe that
T. is no idle talk Of calamity kowlers
when the peach growers declare this
year that there will be very few do
mestic peaches this fall. Reports
from the big Connecticut river or
chards contribute annually to the
this and right here in New Britain
and in Southington where large or
n RI mi, 70 70 he
reach crop, this is also said to be
the case. On Shuttle Meadow noun
tain, one Of the best and most pro-
ductive peach regions in this district,
the opinion of those who ought to
know is that there will hardly be a
thousand baskets harvested on the
entire mountain this fall. This, in
view of the fact that at the Sunset
Rock orchards company alone there
we're more than 1000 baskets har-
vested a year ago, and this does not
include the harvest at the big or
chards in the same locality owned by
the Rogers company. A casual in
spection by any citizen will be enough
to assure them that the reports from
the peach growers are founded on
tact. The severe winter. and the con-
t1nued low temperatures. has so in
Jufed the trees that they are not
even b1ossoming to any great extent
this spring. and hundreds of the
trees have been killed.
Contrasted to this none too Opt
1nistic report, is one from the apple
orchards in which bumper crop is
expected this fall. The trees now ap-
pear to be in a very healthy condi-
ton and are heavily laden with bios
SONS, indicating large fall yield OF
all varieties.
w. S. S.
p. J. Egan, the veteran city Off
cial, in looking over the city mar
recently, called attention to mum,
Der Of streets and localities and ther
reminiscently launched into recita
of some of the nicknames that have
been. and still are in many cases. ap
piled to them. Among these We're
Arch street was called Dutch Broad
way The lower end of F'ranklir
Square used to be called Kent!
block and Whiting street in the ole
days was known as SCOTS swamp
while the lower end of South MAR
street was known as Sand Banl
Hill" Chapman street. Rutherford
street and that locality once was
known as Scotch settlement ant
the north end of Stanly street nas
for years been STANLEY Quarter
Sexton street was the famous "Du hlir
Hill and ''Ntgger FIil1'' was none
other than the Curtis street section
Shaded Lake street once rejoiced ir
the name of Lovers Lane and
Rocky Hill avenue had the Significant
title of the rocky road to the poor
house. The junction of Stanley
street and Hartford avenue is still
known to some as "Shepard's Hill
and years ago that section Of Church
street east Of the railroad was called
peat Swamp. Webster street is
still called webster Hrll'' and
Myrtle street once lived up to tbs
rane of 1.-THE mudhoie", west of
Grove street. The corners OF Lafa-
yette and Beaver streets once enjoyed
the distinct ion of being called "p;uS
hat corner" inasrnuch as a high hat
shop was then located on the site
of the Tabs home. Booths corner
has always had the same name and
Grove Hill was at one time known
as "Nabob Hill" An alleyway to the
old depot, north of the ratlroa d
crossing, was called the bowery'
and High street once enjoyed the lis
tinction Of being "Budeen street.,
and North street was once "Brody
Lane"
(w. S. s.