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New Britain herald., 1922-07-26

shown big improvement in business, Mir Byington fills the vacancy cans- ed by the resignation Of Edward Dyer and James Skelly, former sales man ager. has been succeeded by Leroy French.
 The superior court will be asked to order the receiyership terminated. Attorney w. c, Mueller counsel for the company, states that there is no doubt but what the business will pay all debts and be continued indefln. tiely.
 Town Meeting Tonight.
 The special town meeting will be held this evening at : o'clock, stand ard time. That will mean that the meeting will be called to order at s o'clock daylight savings time. The selectmen have called the meeting to get authorization to borrow a sum of money to meet the expenses incsrred in widening the corner at Whiting street
 The money must be paid to the own CTS of the property. Catherine Tracey and Rose Mcdonald. within a period of 90 days. Of which 80 have already passed. Selectman Johnson will ex- plain the method Of paying off the loan on two year period.
 Action also will be taken on the sale of several lots located on what is known as the Ensign property.
 Officers Elected. ..
 Court General Lawton, Foresters Of America, held its annual meeting and election of officers last night. Joseph Greenier was elected chief ranger; Peter Duffy, sub-chief ranger; Hugh Flood. financial secretary; James M Prior, recording secretary, and James J. Graham, treasurer.
 Briefs.
 A daughter was born yesterday at the New Britain hospital to Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bryant. Mir. Bryant is rural carrier at the local post office.
 A son was also born to Mir. and Mrs. Kenneth Differs of West Main street at the New Britain hospital.
 Charles Nelson and family have returned from weeks vacation at Simsbury, Conn.
 Mrs. Ethel Sheath and daughter. Dorothy, of North Washington street. are spending vacation of several weeks at Winthrop Beach.
 Acquilla H. Condell, Stanley Gwil- linn and wife, and Fred Hastings, have returned from an extended va cation at Thousand Islands.
 Mrs. Martin Casey and two sons of North Washington street. are spending a vacation with Mrs. Casey's sister, Mrs Alfred Goddeau of Pitts field, Mass.
 There will be a meeting of the Pythian Sisters this evening. Reports on the recent festival will be heard and all members having claims are asked to return them tonight.
 Mir. and Mrs. C. K. Corwin and granddaughter, Miss F. L. Benjamin, have returned to their home on East Main street after an extended trip through the Catskils and all places of interest in New York state.
 Miss Benjamin is the daughter of F. Ivan Benjamin, welterweight champion wrestler, formerly of Plain vile.
 Chautauqua Coming.
 The Connecticut Chautauqua, Inc, are planning for an assembly at For estville. commencing or Monday, July 31. An interesting program will be presented which will be announced soon. This will be the 23d session. The chautauqua will be held on the grounds leased by the Plainville camp meeting. a place which is easily reached and known to all residents of tho snrrnnndir1 Q 1.icinifN The cha ut a H.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-26
ChautauUua Coming,

TO RENTING room tenement on Yves Main St. Plainvile. All improvements Call PlainVilie. 22S-4. TO RENT-Upstairs teneme ent, four rooms improvements; suitable for small fanlil, of adults. 23 Housh St. Plainville. In quire of Mrs. Alderige.
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20

Louis?" he askeu.
 She nodded and then whispered: Don't you tell"
 The boys lips trembled when he an- swered. 'T won't tell. But I don't see how you can do it."
 "Why"
 "He drinks He isn't respectable"
 That's lie," she answered quick ly. "I don't care what you say"
 Bim touched her pony with the whip and rode away.
 Harry staggered for a moment as he went on. His eyes filled with tears. It seemed to him that the world had been ruined. On his way to the village he tried and convicted 1t of being no fit place for boy to live in. Down by the tavern he met Abe, who stopped him.
 "Howdy, Harry!'' said Abe. "You look kind O sick. Come into the store and sit down. I want to talk to you" Harry followed the big man into Offut's store, f1attered by his attention. There had been something very grate- full in the sound of Abe's voice and the feel of his hand. The store was empty.
 You and I mustn't let ourselves be worried by little matters" said Abe, as they sat down together by the fire. ".Things that seem to you to be as big as a mountain now will look like a mole hill in six months. You and have got things to do, partner. We mustn't let ourselves be fooled was once in boat with old Cap'n Chase on the Illinois river. We had got into the rapids. It was a narrow channel in dangerous water. They had to keep her headed just so or we'd have gone on the rocks. Suddenly boy dropped his apple overheard and began to ho1- Ter. He wanted to have the boat stopped. For minute that boy thought his apple was the biggest thing in the world. We're all a good deal like him. We keep dropping our apples and calling for the boat to stop. Soon we find out that there are many apples in the world. as good as that
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20
CHAPTER VIII.

Wherein Abe Announces Ills Purpose
 to Be a Candidate for the LeolsIa. .s ture, at keIso's Dinner Party.
 Harry Needles met Bim Kelso on the road next day, when he was going down to see if there was any mail. She was on her pony. He was in his new suit of clothes-a butternut back ground striped into large checks.
 "You look like a walking checker board" said she.
 "This-this is my new suit," Harry answered, looking down at it.
 Its tiresome suit" said she im- patiently. i've been playing checkers on it since I caught sight O you, and I've got a man crowned in the king row."
 q thought you'd like it." he an- swered, quite seriously. and with a look of disappointment. Say, I've got that razor and I've shaved three times already. '.r
 Don't tell anybody" he warned her. "They'd laugh at me. They wouldn't know how I feel"
 q won't say anything" she an swered. T reckon ought to tell you that I don't love you-not so much as I did, anyway-not near so much. only love you just wee bit now."
 Harry's face fell.
 Do you-love-some other man7' he asked. <. +...
 "Yes-a regular man-mustache, six feet tall and everything. just tell you he's purtyl" .E# s...l ..s -,.
 "Is it that rich feller from St.
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20

one. You have all come to a stretch of bad water up at your house. The folks have been sick. They're little lone some and discouraged. Don't you make 1t any harder by crying over a lost ap- pie. Ye know it's possible that the apple will float along down into the still water where you can pick 1t up by and by. The Important thing Is to keep going ahead"
 This bit of fatherly counsel was a help to the boy.
 'Tve got a book here that want you to read" Abe went on. Tt is the Life of Henry Clay Take it home and read 1t carefully and then bring 1t back and tell me what you think of it. You may be a Henry Clay yourself by and by. The world has something big in it for every one if he can only find It.. We're all searching-some for gold and some for fame. I pray God every day that He will help me to find my work-the thing l can do better than anything else-and when 1t Is found help me to do 1t. expect 1t will be hard and dangerous search and that shall make mistakes. I expect to drop some apples on my way. They'll look like gold to me, but I'm not going to lose sight of the main purpose"
 When Harry got home he found Sarah sewing by the fireside, with Joe and Betsey playing by the bed. Sam son had gone to the woods to split rails.
 Any mail?" Sarah asked.
 "No mail," he answered.
 Sarah went to the window and stood for some minutes looking out at the plain. Its sere grasses, protruding out of the snow, hissed and bent in the wind. In its cheerless winter colors 1t was dreary thing to see.
 How I long for home" she ex- claimed, as she resumed her sewing by the fire.
 Little Joe came and stood by her knee and gave his oft repeated bless ing:
 "God help us and make His face to shine upon us."
 She kissed him and said: Dear con- forter! It shines upon me every time hear you say those words"
 "Would you mind If I called you i motherf" Harry asked.
 T shall be glad to have you do 1t if 1t gives you any comfort. Harry" she answered.
 She observed that there were tears l in his eyes.
 "We are all very fond of you," she said, as she bent to her task.
 Then the boy told her the history of his morning-the talk with Bim, with the razor omitted from 1t.
 "Weu, Harry, if she's such a fool, you're lucky to have found 1t out so soon," said Sarah. "She does little but ride the pony and play around with a gun. don't believe she ever spun a hank O yarn in her life. She'll get her teeth cut by and by."
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20

Samson's diary briefly describes this appeal as follows: ..
 He said that he wanted to win the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. This he hoped to accomplish by doing something which would make him worthy of it. He had been think ing of the county. A railroad would do more for it than anything else. but a railroad would be too costly. The improvement of the Sangamon river was the next best thing. He favored a usury law and said, in view of the talk he had just heard, he was going to favor the improvement and build ing of schools, so that every one could learn how to read, at least, and learn for himself what is in the Bible and other great books. It was a modest statement and we all liked it."
 "Whatever happens to Sangamon. one statement in that platform couldn't be improved" said Kelso.
 "What Is that?' Abe asked.
 Its the one that says you wish to win the regard of your fellows by serving them."
 Early in April an Indian scare i.. Continued on page D
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright, Irving BachsIleF

CHAPTER L-Samson and Sarah Tray Tor, with their two children, Josiah and Hotsey, travel by wagon from their home In VerRennes, Vt, to the West, the land ef plenty. Their destination Is the Coun- try of the Sangamon, in Illinois.
 CHAPTER II.-At Niagara Falls they meet q party of immigrants, among them . youth named John McNeil, who also eNctdas to go to the Sangamon country. All of the party suffer from fever and eEue. 9arah's ninistrations save the life q youth. Harry Needles, in the last Traylors. They reach New Salem, Illinois, and are welcomed by young Abe" LAn- coln.
 CHAPTER u1.-Among the Traylors' first acoua1ntances are Lincoln's friends, Jack Kelsos and his pretty daughter Birn, 11 years of age.
 CHAPTER IV.-Samson decides to lo- cnte at New Salem, and begins building hIo house. Led by Jack Armstrong; fowdiss attempt to break up the proceed inEs Lincoln thrashes Armstrong. Hpun9 Harry Needles strikes Bap McNon ot tho Armstrong crowd, and McNou threat ems vengeance. rlsa>l...- -.
 CHAPTER VIA few days later Harry, alone Ia attacked 'by McNoll and hie rrnr. and would have been rough k usee had not Bn driven off his assailanlt NWltj n ahotRulnS John McNeil,. the~ TraylGrS NiGaAra Falls acQu aintance, IS markeoi3 aff4fItive to Ann Rutledge. Lincoln IS M love with Ann, but has never had enough Outrage to tell her so.
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20
Then Tell a moment of silence. Soon

Then fell moment of silence. Soon she said: sHe
 There's a bitter wind blowing and there's no hurry about the rails, l guess. You sit here by the fire and read your book this forenoon. Maybe 1t will help you to find your work"
 So 1t happened that the events of Harry's morning found their pluce in the diary which Sarah and Samson kept. Long afterward Harry added the sentences about the razor.
 One evening Sarah and Samson, with Harry, went to a debate in the tavern on the issues of the day, in which Abe won the praise of all for an able presentation of the claim of h. ternal Improvements. During that evening Alexander Ferguson declared that he would not cut his hair until Henry Clay became President, the news of which resolution led to like insanity in others and an age of un- exampled hairiness on that part of the border. .... s...
 For Samson and Sarah the most notable social event of the winter was a chicken dinner at which they and MT. and Mrs. James Rutledge and Ann and Abe Lincoln. and Doctor Allen were the guests of the Kelsos. That night Harry stayed at home with the children. ,-.
 Kelso was in his best mood.
 Come" he said, when dinner was ready. Life Is more than friendship. It is partly meat" H..
 And mostly Kelso," said Doctor Allen. @s--- #.. #.
 "Ah, DoctorI Long life has made you as smooth as an old shilling and ntmbler than a sixpence," Kelso de- clared. And, speaking of life, Aris- totle said that the learned and the un- learned were as the living and the dead"
 Tt is true" Abe interposed. 1T say it, in spite of the fact that 1t stays me-"
 "You2 Noi You are alive to your finger tips" Kelso answered.
 But I have mastered only eight books" said Abe.
 And one-the book of common  sense, and that has wised you,", Kelso went on. "Since came to this coun- try I have learned to beware of the one-book man. There are more living men In America than in any land I have seen. The man who reads one good book thoughtfully is alive and often my master in wit or wisdom. Reading is the gate and thought Is the pathway of real life"
 'I think that most of the men know have read the Bible," said Abe. "A wonderful and a saving fact It is a sure foundation to build your life upon"
 Kelso paused to pour whisky from a jug at his side for those who would take 1t.
 Let us drink to our friend Abe and his new ambition" he proposed.
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20

CHAPTER VI. - Traylor helps two slaves who had run away from st. Lotus, to escape. Eliphalet Biggs, owner Of the slaves following them, attempts to beat up Traylor and In fight has his arm broken.
 CHAPTER VII-waitng for his arm to heal, Biggs meets Bim Kelso, with whom Harry Needles has fallen in love- Biggs asks for -Bim's hand, but her father refuses his consent. Biggs re- turns to St. Louis.
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20
What is it?" samson asked.

T am going to try for seat In the legislature" said Abe.
 The toast was drunk, and by some in water, after which Abe said:
 If you have the patience to listen to 1t, I'd like to read my declaration to the voters of Sangamon county"
Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20

Wherein Abe Announces His Purpose
 %o Be a Candidate for the Leolsla- ture, at keIsos Dinner Party.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
JOBS GO TO EX-SERvIcEs MEN
British Legion Secures Promise From Government to Give Employment
 to Former Soldiers.

The British Legion, formed from three veteran organizations with con stitution and bylaws modelled after the American Legion, has secured L promise from the English government that in public works for the benefit of the unemployed 75 per cent of the jobs shall be given ex-service men.
 With King Georges approval, the Legion works through Britain's con- sulates and all employers showing a preference for ex-service men are per mitted a special seal and their names are inscribed on the Kings Roll.
 The British Legion. sponsored by Field Marshal Haig, came into being ln July, 1919. It has 1900 posts and a membership running into millions, Is nonsectarian, nonpolitical and one Of its ideals Is the sanctifying ''of our comradeship by devotion to mutual service and helpfulness." It is pre- pairing to send unemployed ex-seryice men to British Columbia and Austra- lia, where they will be welcomed. "The ultimate goal of the Legion" says Lord Haig, must be the uplift- ing of the whole empire, the creating of happier and more God-fearing community"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
Carrying On With the
 American Legion

The town of St. Charles, Minn., has received a fully equipped rest room from the WOman's Auxiliary of the American Legion.
 A lyceum course uneXcelled in any city of Its size is being presented to the city of Christopher, Ill.,. by the local post of the American Legion.
 Soon Austria plans to abandon her paid professional army, substituting a paid militia with a six months train- ing period for limited number of recruits.
 Oklahoma is planning the erection of a half million dollar triumphal arch. In Oklahoma City. in honor of the 1000 ex-service men of that city who died in the World war.
 Secretary of War Weeks has ap- proved a new style cap for army of- fcers. It is called the "Pershing cap," and differs only in that the visor Is longer and at a sharper angle. The top is an inch broader and slightly higher.
 A survey conducted by the U. .. Veterans bureau at the State hospi. tai for criminal insane, DannemOra, N. Y., revealed 48 ex-service men held in confinement for crimes ranging from simple assault to manslaughter. All such men will be examined and if their disability Is found to be a re- suit of their war service they will benefit by the relief provided by the government for disabled soldiers, t,ss bureau announces.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Why owe any person grudge? Let's pay as we go!
 Weather strips will soon be classed as long felt wants.
 Don't forget that mans chief end is the one with the head on.
 Some men might just as well be in- sane for all the sense they've got.
 Now is the time to think of winter hats; 1t doesn't cost much to think.
 An act of charity pushes man forther along the road to glory than an act of heroism.
 Love may not make the world go round, but 1t makes the young mans arms go round waste places.
 Baseball players as rule are not poetical, but most of them believe that a home run in time saves the nine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

victory in Eyes of Youth" and in "Daddy's Gone B. Huntin' v and in countless ct h e r plays. For these and other good reasons she was chosen to play the part of Victory herself at the vic tory ball given by the A m e r 1 c a n Legion at the Wal dorf Astoria hotel,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, Is the task as- signed to Henry G. Opdycke. His job will be to speed up the work of the | n { e d
 States Veterans bureau in the sec ond district, where he has been ap- pointed manager.
 Service for the eX-service man" is the policy an-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
REPTILE TALES

There are more than 1000 species of lizards.
 The boa constructor is rarely more than 15 feet long.
 No cucumber frame should be with out one or two toads.
 When a chameleon is blindfolded 1t Is said to lose the power of changing its color.
 about twenty inches long and the other about four feet long.
 The centipede is active and fero- cious. It has many joints and each joint has a pair of legs. It Is ven- omous.
 Snakes are rare on the Isthmus of Panama. During the first fifteen years of American occupation of the canal zone the hospital records show only one case of snakebite.
 The "hoop snake" Is mythical snake fabled to take It's tail In it's mouth and roll like hoop. It Is also the name of a harmless colubrine snake of the southern United States, blue-black, with three red lines on the sides,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

nounced by Opdycke, who since the war has been active in the Broadway post of the American Legion. In his plan to rehabilitate the soldier he aims to bring the school work directly un- der government supervision so that exploitation of veterans, through con- tract schools, will be impossible.
 The new appointee Is a veteran of two wars.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

New York. None of the many social leaders and stage stars who appeared there in the historical pageant had q more agreeable part to play than Miss Rambeau, and persons attending the ball noticed that her "eyes of youth" were particularly bright and victori- ous on that occasion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

Persian women, who until seventy years ago were nonentities outside their homes. now enjoy the same privi- leges as men and are rapidly rising out of their old-time slavery.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
GEMS OF THOUGHT

The morning hour has gold in itS mouth.-Franklin.
 Virtue alone outbuilds the pyramids; her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.-Young.
 A lie, though 1t be killed and dead, can sting sometimes-like a dead wasp-Nrs. Jameson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

The 10OO0,OOO Filipinos and their an cestors have been civilized and Chris tians for 300 years; the non-Christian
 population of the islands, according to the recent census, Is less than 500,0O0.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

In China a conversation usually be- gins with the question, How old are you?" rather than How do you do?"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
PlTHY PARAGRAPHS

Deviate an inch from the right path and in time you will be thousand miles from truth.-F. A. Bisbee.
 Peace will come through the eradication of epidemics and famine and the restoration of normal relations.-Henry P. Da- yison.
 The real alignment today Is not America against Japan, but liberal America and liberal Ja- pan together against the jingoes who would be-devil both.-Har- ry Emerson Fosdick.
 Advertising has become the great teacher of progressive llv- ing. It breaks old bad habits. It creates new good habits. It keeps the public abreast of in- ventions and improvements Frank Presbrey.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
TO AID THE ESSENCE MEN
Henry opdycke's Job ls to Speed Up Veterans Bureau Work in
 Second District.

Lubricating the machinery now in motion for the care of veterans in New
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
LIKED IN ROLE OF "VlCT0RY"
by the Legion at Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Marjorie Rambeau knows what 1t means to be victorious. She won .
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

In Japan workmen wear upon their caps an inscription stating tue names and business of their employers.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

The highlands of Mongolia vary In altitude from 5000 to 7,5OO feet.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

The Chinese have observed their an- nual dragon boat festival since 450 B. c.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

No cucumber frame should be witt out one or two toads.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

The Japanese are the strictest ot servers of the rules of sanitation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

Bachelors are barred from holding positions in civil service in Turkey.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

When a chameleon is blindfolded 1t Is said to lose the power of changing its color.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

The boa constructor is rarely nor, than 15 feet long.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27
IN THE ORIENT

The Arabs first used orange blos- some In bridal wreaths.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

There are two vipers in India. one about twenty inches long and the other about four feet long.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

The discovery of chemistry and bot any Is credited to the Arabs.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-27

There are more than 1000 species of lizards.
The New York herald., 1922-03-17
PETER COOPER HEWITT
LABORATORY IS SOLD
EdDard Margolies Is the Buy
err; Other Deals.

Brown. Wheelock Company. Inc. sold
for the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany. trustee for the Peter Cooper
Hewitt estate. IS East Thirty-third
street. a five story building. 2x9s.9.
The building was formerly occupied by
Peter Cooper Hewitt for his expert
ments and laboratories. Mr.. Hewitt In
vented the Cooper Hewitt light mercury
vapor lamp. The buyer is Edward Mar
COLES. who occupies the building oppo-
site at 10 East Thirty-third street. Mr..
Margolies will remodel the building for
business purposes.
White-Goodman sold for James a.
Turley the mercantile building at 135
West Broadway, near Duane street.
The five story garage. Hx9i. at 14s
and $50 West Twentieth street Is to be
taken over by the new ifs and 10 West
Twentieth Street Realty Company. J..
A. Reilly. l. J. Mcdonald and Z. Dreer.
directors. Henry White holds title
Edith F. Erwin sold to Judah os-
trover the one story store. 22.1oxloo. at
50 Hester street