New Britain herald., 1925-02-07

N'Si iN6"ta VI thp NiShhNhtst IcbutiiSs normality and Is just as afraid of Q drop Of rain as any other mortal But worst of all is the trolley errfz 'pioye: substitute "ciyies" for his of. ficial garments. and not only does he lose his air Of authority, btu he fur. thermore becomes so unrecognize. able that 1t is with difficulty that you can identify the demigod who turned down your transfer the day before.
 For tho benefit of the tired busi- ness man who Is too tied up with dates for the Follies to permit him to read the newspapers regularly, we append herewith list of perpetual headlines which he may safely as- sume are in prominent places in the newspapers of any date:
 France will pay debt to U. s.
 Nurmi lowers record in beating Ray; American challenges Finn again.
 Booze-crazed farmer kills family; commits suicide.
 Germany has cabinet crisis. l.
 tOne-two-three. etc) killed in crossing accident; tried to beat train.
 Minister flays fappers and cake eaters.
 Mussolini silences opposition; 800 arrested.
 Connie Mack says he'll land in first division.
 Charge graft in (tire-police wat CT, etc.) department.
 Bobbed-haired bandit makes rich haul.
 Find cure for cancer.
 Didn't know it was loaded.
 Effect radio communication be- tween (Alaska-Ne Zealand -Kam- chatkal and (Tierra del Fuego- St. Helena-Tibet- -Mars.)
 Conversation is becoming more and more difficult on the Arch street bus line because of the ruts and crevices which exist in the icy sheet which covers the pavement.
 It is said that one man who start ed to tell funny story to neigh bor at the corner of Arch street and Shuttle Meadow avenue didn't fin ish it until three days later, al- though both made several trips in the meantime.
 This noon We tuned in on a con- versation in the seat behind and it was something like this.
 Did you see those new spring hats in the (ouch, that was a wicked one) windows down street? That new color catches (Hail Columbia, when are they going to fix this my eye. think it's be-u-ti- ful. I was saying to my husband only the other day (get off my feet) |. It's a wonder the people who stand up wouldn't hang on to something. As I was about to say, I said to my husband the other day: James, I simply must have one of those hats for church next Sunday And he said (Oh, my head) Don't go to church. But I'm hot goin to be and I'm going to have one of those Bumps. nothing but bumps. I'll be glad when the sum- mer is here) hats if I have to spend sall the egg money
 Just to emphasize how much con yersation has become lost art on the line, it may be said that no one has remarked for two days that that handsome young driver "looks so much likeNhe Prince of Wales
 One of the show places" of New Britain is being torn down. This startling statement immediately calls up visions of razing the Burritt hotel or the new state normal school, while the show place." the old Deacon Strong place." is one which would never be thought of or point ed out for its beauty now. The Deacon Strong place is the old wooden house just north of the City Coal and Wood Go. office on Elm street. As far as can be ascer- tained, it was built in the period when that section was the most fashionable in New Brit ain,
 Henry P. Strong, the head of the firm of Giddings & Strong, after wards the New Britain Lumber and Coal Co.,, acquired the place about 1870. In those days Judge B. F. Gaffney, Charles H. Parsons, Dwight ParsoRs, and many others of the leading residents of the city lived in that neighborhood, Landers, Frary X Clark not t5yct having built over to Elm street. There was high sand bank in back of the house, the rail- road consisted of single track (al- though an elevated line into Land CTS, Frary & Clark was projectedD the railroad station was on the north side of the track. and Commercial street did not exist.
 The mansard roof and dormer windows of the Deacon Strong house made it one of the residences which citizens pointed to with pride to visitors from out Of town. The fact that there was no bathroom in the building was not considered a detri- ment then.
 The residential section, as shifting as the tides. moved westward, while the building of more railroad tracks made the property less desirable. About 1900 1t was purchased by the City Coal and Wood Co.,, and now the requirements of an expanding business have necessitated the rag ing of the old house 10 make room for the storage of lumber.
 And perhaps 1t is just as well. Decades of careless misuse have left the house in bad condition, while