New Britain herald., 1927-08-20
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

hope you will realize the immense good which can come of vacation spent in the deep woods such as are found between this city and Plain. vile. Remember it takes time tc make an experienced camper-it i, not stunt which can be learned al a minutes notice. The hard bumps of the game are half the battle, and a merry and happy heart conquers all obstacles. Also rolling stones gather no moss; birds of a feather flock together and g barking dog never bites, in the order named.
 Goodbye-good luck-and there is absolutely no use in trying to find us when you return from your trip i've are leaving for Bolivia on the next steamer. And we aren't going to camp along the way, either.
 Intercepted letter from dry clean ing establishment employe to boss who is enjoying vacation.
 Dear Boss:
 T am glad to tell you that every thing is going along fine at the plant. Yesterday we all died. Joe and Pete died in the morning and surely did lot of plain and fancy dying before lunch time. After lunch time I made Eddie die while l took care of the shop. Eddie is kind of young to die but he did the job pretty well and cleaned up everything before o'clock. I my self died when I was only IS years old but it takes a good man to die so young.
 Now that everybody has died am sure the plant will run along fine now. We have got lot of dy- ing to do tomorrow so will close this letter and get to bed.
 MANUEL. P. S.-Your six year old son was in the plant yesterday so I let him die too, along with the others. He done fine"
 Some of the very best humor is circulated among comparatively few people, and some of the wittiest re- marks are the banterings of semi private conversation. Witness:
 Constable Frank Clynes stood on Main street one night recently as A. Swanson, one of the city's force of garbage collectors passed by. Flows business" inquired the wearer of the gold shield. Pick ing up." replied Swanson.
 George A. Quigley, former mayor en route to Boston to welcome home New Britain soldiers of the YD was accosted on the train by soldier who had returned ahead of the rest Where's Mayor Quigley?" inquired the soldier. Quigley in joking mood pointed out certain brick manufacturer of his acquaintance who was seaed farther down the train. T understand he's pretty soft confided the serviceman, watch me get him for five spot Then followed the business of approach and handshaking, a somewhat perplexed look on the part of the brick man and next a turnabout in which the soldier was directed to Quigley. Returning some- what sheepishly, the khaki-clad one said: That's good one on me, mayor. But don't you think it's worth two bucks, anyway"
 At Central ct mercial street. house-to-house salesman for metal and silver polish sauntered in recently and asked for an opportunity to demonstrate his wares. He got it. The metal drum on one headlight responded fairly we'll to the buffing 1t received, but shadows or something else prevent ed 1t from receiving real good in- spection. At least that's what one of the smoke eaters decided. The sec ond drum was somewhat better. but perhaps that was the result of the sun striking 1t as 1t did. The bell showed up fairly well-but perhaps the brass fittings would prove the polish not so good. Some of the brass was tried, in fact much of it was tried and the apparatus looked much better. Finally the salesman began to sense the fact that he was being worked" for a thorough ov- erhauling of the metal work and departed angrily beofre the firemen asked him to try the polish on re- moving mud from underneath the lenders.
 Councilman Samuel Sablotsky criticized the board of public works last month for not having sufficient rubbish cans on Main street. A few days later one was placed directly in front of Sablotsky's place of bus mess with no verbal comment.
 Charity Commissioner Samuel Greenberg attended circus some time ago and was interested in the pranks of little Indian lad near one of the side shows. Sam reached down in his pocket and extracted a dime which he handed the boy. One of Greenberg's companions asked what the "big idea" was, and Sam replied: Well we ought to give them something; We took the coun- try away from them for a few beads and some tobacco"
 We've been looking over some of the recent theater programs pub lished in New York city by the arrangements of abme of the big successes down there. Of course, we mean musical comedies. While we enjoy the serious type of perform ances, our friends, boosting of men, talities not quite as highly develop