New Britain herald., 1927-01-29

dictions are being made, with con- servative reservations. that 1927 will be good business year. noth- ing of a sensational nature, to be sure, but reasonably sound. | This is in direct contrast to the expectations of several manufac- turers when the new year dawned. | Wages were cut in some establish ments and the impression gained ground that industrialists were fearful of bad times ahead. But with the opening of the year out of the way. orders are reported to have come in steadily and several shops, especially those in which builders hardware is manufactured, are said to be fairly busy. With the country expecting the continual tion of the building spurt. New Britain should enjoy it's usual prosperity and be able to live up to it's name, "The Slumpless City" A story of long ago when fathers used stern methods of teaching their children, comes from Kensington and concerns the late Samuel A. Hart.
 It is said that one morning about 1852, his father thought that the time had arrived when the boy should learn the boundaries of the Hart holdings, which even now are widespread. One spring morning, therefore, the father took him afield and pointed out the boundaries, im- pressing the lad with the necessity of learning the correct lines. May be 1t was the May morning that de- tracted the youngsters gaze from the mythical lines which his father pointed out or 1t might have been that young Samuel was not undu1y impressed with the importance of knowing the property lines, at any rate the story has it that he did not retain many of his fathers words.
 The year passed and on a spring morning a lear later his father again took him afield and asked him to point out the boundaries which had been shown him the pear previous.
 T can't remember them, father" confessed the boy.
 His father then took him around the same ground again and again and indicated the boundaries which separated the Hart land from the neighbors holdings And again the boys attention wandered from the business at hand as he possibly thought of the large trout he had seen the day before in the brook which bordered their estate. An- other year passed. On the third spring morning his father again asked young Samuel to point out the boundaries which had twice been ex- plained to him and again Samuel pleaded ignorance of the subject. His father thought then that two such excursions were sufficient. Silently he went to nearby alder thicket and cut sizeable switch which he peeled expertly. He then advanced to the waiting boy.
 My son." he said, this wall here is the first boundary. Please re- member it." With that he laid the hoy over his knee and administered a few unGentle whacks. They pro- ceeded to the second boundary and the father laid the youngster over his knee again
 My son, here (whack) we (whack) have the second (whack) boundary. Please remember (whack) it."
 On to the fourth and fifth and the remaining boundaries they went and at each line young Samuel re- ceived a switching which clearly in- stilled in his memory a painful knowledge of the exact location of the lot lines.
 Evidently the boy had received sufficient education because the next spring he pointed out to hiA father the boundaries with rapid- ity which spoke of a well taught lesson. The beatings were all that Samuel needed as no exact deeds of transfer were ever drawn up. With the death of the resident went the knowledge of the lines which will probably never be recovered as the town clerk of Berlin, who has charge of such deeds, reports that no formal papers have ever been found.
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