New Britain herald., 1920-02-21
THE OBSERVER
 MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.

Politics: Who said politics? No body: Righto: Never before. within such a comparatively short time be fore the spring campaign opens. have local politics been as dead as at pres ont. No one. except the inner circle, takes much interest in discussing the unestion and candidates are conspicu- ous by their ;i bscncc. The well known ring is still as bare as the shining dome Of the president of the bald headed mems club. though there is no doubt but what the genial George A. has got the range. elevation and dis tance all figured out so that at the proper moment he can "otiicially" shoot his rhapeau into tn" ring wit h. out much chance of Il miss.
 The other day q long strinG or flat cars. loaded with laborcrS Of rail road snow shoNelIinS gang. passed through tn" city attracting little attention since each ear bore the I; bel Ringing Brothers Circus'' All of which takes us back in memory to 1hoSc good old days when, on bls- tering hot summers day. the "circus came to toWn.'' I;inclin-; Brothers. Barnum X Bailey. Iiufalo Bill Adams F'orpauch. 1OI Wild West and all of the other big circlSrS of those days played hero. The old circus grounds were then just off south Main street on the premises now ma king up Buell. street. Roberts street. etc. But il has been many years since a real circus came to town and the younger gen eratiOn do not have any idea of that thrill that comes but once in life time as q circus parade WCndS it's ways down Main street with Jumbo, the steam ctlliop". the clown. the c;ImcIS. etc.
 Since Rin3ling Brothers and Bar mum X Bailey combined q large num- ber of flat CUTS used bN the former have been surplus and have been stalled on the SidincS bctwccn here ami New Haven. The freight car tic up caused by th" storm made it nee "SSary for ;hn railroad company 1o haul these cars out and use them.
 People who read the other day that owin. to the severe winter. etc. the peach crop of Connecticut was ruined and would b" only about In per cent. of normal did not gasp with aston ishmcnt as they might have done a few wears hack. They are getting used to these annual lamcntS on gen cral principles. and to all varieties of uses to explain why things So- ing to cost more. The first announce mCnt came early in the winter when the ice mon were rcapinS an elegant harvest of thick ice. Because labor was scarce and the wages high ice would be expensive next simmer. were told. This excuse was then varied by the HnnolnCCmCnt that be- cause the ice was very thick it eNcecdin=ly difficult |" cut il. This made the work harder and longer and added to the cost. Now comes the annual report that the peach crop is ruined The peach crop is rulncd ,NerN year. but cry year Ina ve reaches and seldom do the peach growers file petitions in ba nkruptcN. True. some years have more peaches than iH others. but Ih" mid winter rry tGat the crop is ruined is now an old story and we refuse 10 get excited The next complaint we may expect io hear i- that beca use there $ much frost in the ground and It is $ difficult for the farmers 10 blow their fields the carly crops will he negligible 1nd hence there WIli he an other scarcity. etc.. etc., and so it goes.
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