New Britain herald., 1923-06-11
COMMUNICATED
DAYLIGHT SAVING.

f.nilof New britain hefaldi
There was once partly civilized
race OF people, noted chiefly for some
OF its peenliartlies, Its most eonspicu-
aus speciality was also its chief pas,
time or diversion, that OF making
laws. II never matter whether laws
were good or had, needed or useless.
laws had 10 he made. Citizens living
together In communities. having more
money than they could use In the Or
binary course Of events and. having
some business which prevented all
from meeting 10 make the laws. hit
npon the ingenious plan OF delegating
their authority 10 those OF their num-
her who had no business interests OF
their own. 10 attend 10 the business of
the public The sole purpose of this
arrangement was 10 so employ the
Idle minds. In each OF which Is a
devils workshop" that there would
be no time for the preparation Of pri-
vate acts Of mischief. This served TO
centralize. In few places. the most
troublesome of the vandals, where the
general public could keep an eye on
them. Here and there. In those 1--WE
will call them leglslatures). all kinds
OF tricks were played upon the paying
public. There are two principal kinds
OF mischief makers, those living In the
cities and those living in the rural
districts. OF the two classes, that
which comes from the tall timber
lands Is much more dangerous and
clever. In most everything pertain
4, al, AL -
from the cities and they usually fear
ed, and became servie to their coun-
try Cousins. Most every law had the
odor of new mown hay, sour silos or
fertilizer. Laws were passed with or
without pretext, II did not matter. |
Privileges were bestowed upon certain
classes and Withheld from others. It
often happesed after the lawmakers |
had far outrun the time needed for
what they accomplished, their con-
stituents, at home, not having finish
ed their work of ploughing and plant
ing, and not wishing to be pestered
by the return of their delegates, en-
them to remain in session
while longer. In one of those elastic
sessions, in one state, with nothing to
10, one of the clever agriculturists
rom the smallest settlement in the
tate, entertained the assembly with
he following account:
Every seed planted in our town
asst year rotted Our chickens were
tunted in their growth; our hens re-
used to lay. No dew fell, and we had
,ut one rain storm. Our hogs ate
1,,,t |
row nor fatten. We could not light
,ur pipes with one match. and sugar
would not sweeten our coffee. Our
ows gave garlic favored milk, and
ur goats refused to feed on rubbish.
)ur fences fell; our barn doors rat
led and stuck. and our windows kept
nut the light of day. Dishes would
reak upon the tables when no one
vas near, and they would also dance
non the shelves. Our matches ignit-
d at the wrong ends and burned our
myers. Now, gentlemen, / will not
AXE more of your time In a recitation
f all we have suffered in our little
own for, were l to tell you all, ]
,ould consume hours of your time"
The assembly was intensely inter- s
sted at once, and ready to do battle G
18th or against such an array of Gala :
,itous evils. A chorus of voices shout
j, what is the cause of all this?"
hen, in the majesty of his position,
ne cynosure Of all eyes, and striking
n attitude, the representative from
odunk said, I'm all of our cities
lere are factories, and there are
90 1,oty
ocks. These clocks have been found,
fter careful and lengthy investiga-
on, to be the cause of all our suf-
rings" The law makers from the
WINS of that state at least, legislatJ
| the clocks out of the cities. This
cling done the closing day witnessed
mock session which was, in fact,
ore staid than those which proceed
1t.
GEORGE V. HAML1N.