New Britain herald., 1926-08-14

score for Mother Eve seems to be the aim of Mrs. Richard Fiske, for with the aid of a flock of turkeys and rifle she has dispatched A rattlesnakes. When a rattler comes near her cabin, the turkeys flock around 1t and cause a commotion Mrs. Fiske seizes her rifle and aims so truly that she has not hit g turkey but has killed all the des- cendants of the tempter of Eve that thus far entered her yard.
 Denver-Without the use Of a single cuss word, Vice President Dawes has caught more fish on his vacation than President Coolidge who proverbially uses no words at all. Hell and Maria" and such ex- plettves were laid aside by MT Dawes while fishing for two weeks at Wagon Gap. He thought that he caught more fish than the presi- dent simply because the fishing was better in Colorado.
 LondonLInsulin intoxication is the latest variety of inebriety. A doc tor drove his motor car so cratic ally that he crashed into posts, win dows and other things off the high way. A bobby took him in tow and four other physicians supported his protest that he had taken an over dose of insulin. The court, however,
 fined him s200 and suspended his motor license for a year.
 New York-Women have broken down the last stronghold of men TOT seclusion on trans s-atlantic voy- ages; for, when the Homeric steamed out of harbor last night, signs barring women from the smok- Ing room were not in their accus- toned place. The White Star line had barred women from this pre- cinct after other companies had yielded to the feminine craving for Lady Nicotine.
 New York-How many hot dogs girl can eat in one sitting, was indicated in a contest won by Viola Gray who devoured 2S wieniewursts in 12 minutes. The smoked sausages made usually of mutton and pork. were dealt out to bevy of young women clad in athletic suits for the race of gourmands.
 New York-David A. Broody was angry on his S9th birthday. He said he was mad" every time he crossed Brooklyn bridge over the duplicity that had been practiced to annex the city of which he was the last mayor in 1S92-1Ss4 with promises of city improvements. Brooklyn which now would be se- cond city in America, next to Chi cago, if 1t had remained independ- ent, had not got the promised help and was now merely a borough of the metropolis, he said.
 New York-The modern William Tell shoots with dishes and doesn't aim as high as a sheet of paper above the brow. This American William Tell fired all the missiles in the house at his wife; and in stead of leading to the freeing of a people like the Swiss who shot Ia hi 30 days in the workhouse. His wife was more gracious than in those days gone by when she slew and buried Charles Blair at Killing worth, Conn, when he used cave man tatics to force her to marry him.
 Ossining, N. Y.--It takes some thing smarter than dummy to get out of Sing Sing prison. George Pe- terson placed a life-like dummy in his prison bed and hid on a roof. ready to flee, but the keeper, try ing to make Peterson answer the roll call kicked the imitation and discovered the trick.
 International Falls, Minn.--After a day of fishing in the Arrowhead country Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, conceded. President Coolidge's prowess as a fisherman. The sec retary didn't even get bite. His alibis: It was Friday, the thirteenth, the lake was too rough, the wind was too high and there are no fish in the lake.
 St. Paul, Minn.-Gas masks for prohibition agents. Operators of a large still turned loose acid fumes and smoke and made their escape when the raiding officers were fore ed to retreat.
 Chicago-"There's bunch of real hard stuff coming through to Chicago bakery" prohibition agents were tipped. So they seized a box car and spent a day unloading cedar kindling. Sure" said the Dak6r, II real SdlduldH Hdlu StulL cedar chips we use for start ing the oven fires. Thanks for un- loading it" The agents are seek ing the tipster.
 ; Springfield, ohio-To save her from being suspected as a fire bug operating here, Dorothy Payne. 17. confessed police say, to setting afire her home twice early yesterday. Her lover, Wesley Holtz, is held in jail for investigation. She said she hoped the. fires would cre- ate the impression that the fire bug was. stilh at large and Holz would be released. The fires were extin- guished by her father before ap- preciable damage was done.
 New orleans-Add Friday the i G -