New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
TIE OBSER YER. Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People

The group then relapsed into si-
 lence and considers the wrongs of
 the world. Then one of them re-
 members Patten Brook.
 Remember the big ones we used
 to take out of Old Patten Brook ?
 Remember how hard it was to get
 through the swale and brush on
 those hot June days when every hole
 held a two pounder that was hun gry? Remember the first day the
 season opened and how we used to
 sleep on the bank to be the first on the brook? Today the brush is cut i down and sewage finds it's way into l the brook and about three trout are i left out of the gang that used to hang down in that brook. And we
 have to ride miles up state to find
 any fishing worth while. Remember
 ltonly cost a nickel to ride out there
 on the street car and a couple of
 minutes walk would land you at the
 brook? And now it's a weekend
 proposition with big expense for
 gas and oil. Gosh"
 Remember, they cry, the bunch
 that used to get the big ones? Re-
 member Duke Monier, and Ed
 samlow and Howard Eoight and
 Frank Olcutt and the rest of the
 bunch. They might fish now, but no
 big strings come in like they used to bring.
 "Remember shooting squirrels at the place. that is now Willow Brook park? Remember getting up early to get in few shots before school time? Remember waiting at Kens- ington avenue bridge till it got light enough to fish? What do the kids do nowadays for fun like that? Can the movies give them the thrill we used to get out of hanging onto three ounce rod while big trout gave us a, light? How much longer will the streams that are left hold out?"
 And we listen to them rant and i rave and we smile to ourselves. be- 1 cause We know that near here-ob. !! very near here-there's a brook . flowing silently and smoothly in an 1 alder thicket that defies entrance. 1 And in the brook we've seen dark, ! silent shapes that speak of 15-inch trout. And you just ask us where it is and we'll tell you-maybe. .I
 Radio is a great invention and the great majority have welcomed it, but 1t is safe bet that a. certain group Of individuals, the members of a colored band which played in this city yesterday, did not think it was so wonderful. H&
 The band, composed of boys, had found suitableaplace on one of the citXs streets and began to play q It was at noon and natur- ally a crowd gathered to listen to he music
 Without warning of any sort the |; strains Of a fox trot rang through he air New Britainites knew right ; lWay where the music came from, l put the strangers were evidently per oiexed as to its whereabouts. They 1 played on until their piece was fin- shed but the orchestra also kept on | lndaunted and triumphant.
 The orchestra stopped and inc f announcer at WTIC was heard. The 9and began again, this time much s but 1t was no use. The or 1 hestra resumed and for a few min ltes passehsbys had a program of mixed up music. The battle went on lntil the band had completed play fhp SnpnnI rNionn Iecided that the radio had won. The oud speaker was able to produce he Hartford music loud enough al- 1ost to drown out the band
 The members of the band moved t n up the street to 8 place where q hey would be far from the disturb t 1g radio. Perhaps they will search t he neighborhood before settling c own to play in the future and won't g ark in front of a radio dealers y lace Of business. a The new plumbing ordinance n 3ems to be attracting as much un- f. aVorable comment as would the u -aiser in Paris. It's opponents say @ nose who voted for it were plumb u 'azy. The plumbers are still try a lg to figure out why s3 fee e 1ould be charged by the city on an fl peration for which they themselves e ould be content with two bits. The IT ublic is trying to eyade the or D. nance by learning how to plumb u 'r itself, the chief result being b. lined kitchens and bath rooms and Sl ) much damage that the 25-cent as h hanninnnr Iinr 1 .1