The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
SIPHONINC GAS
 COSTLY TO MEN
Meriden Pair Fined $25 and Costs For Yalesville
 Road Job Tuesday
CHESHIRE NEWS
 Hubert Rigney Cheshire Phone 334

Constabies Leroy Carpenter and Leslie Hubbell arrested Michael Layor, 19 years old of 53 South Spring street, Meriden and Edward Agacinski, IS years old of IA Twiss street, same city, about o'clock Tuesday night, when they alleged, were siphoning gasoline from the town tractor in gravel bank on the Yalesville road. They were brought before Justice Graham A. Hitchcock in Cheshire town court. A fine of $25 and costs was im- posed in each case. Layor paid, but as Agacuski claimed inability to pay and did not wish to contact
 friends or relatives for assistance he was taken to New Haven jail to work it out. It is understood
 that gasoline and oil have been
 taken from the tarctor on several occasions and 1t is hoped that the arrest of these two young men with their conviction in town court will
 cause a halt to the gasoline and oil losses.
 A farmer in the Cook Hill sec- ton recently reported the loss of
 his watch dog by poison. A few nights after this he saw some one
 prowling around his coops and fired a shot from his shotgun which caused the prowler to leave the scene rapidly. The farmer believes that there is a connection
 between the poisoning of his dog
 and the unexpected visit of the person whom he discovered prowl-
 ing about his coop. Poultrymen
 should take warning from this
 and see that their coops are se-
 curely fastened and have some | means of watching. In the past
 quite few chickens have been
 carried off and only very rarely
 have the culprits been caught. One
 was apprehended in the Moss
 Farms section last summer. Mrs. Frederick Willetts of South Main street attended the
 funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Agnes
 Wadsworth Baker in Meriden on
 Monday.
 Louis l.. Beuchele and William King have been called for jury | uuLy HI Luc CoLHAloh PlSd6 SoaA |
 in Waterbury.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank l. Porter of | Main street have returned from a visit in Maine.
 Constables Wesley O. Collins,
 Leslie w. Hubbell, Leroy Carpenter and Charles R. Fossett have been
 named canvassers by Selectman B. B. Norton. They will canvas the town for the names of those eligi- ble to receive old age pensions as this work has to be completed for the state commission.
 John Humiston, sexton of Hill- side cemetery, has moved from the Coleman house to the Paul T.. Hotchkiss house on Wallingford road.
 This being an off year, that is year in which the election is only of local officers, not a great deal of interest is being shown in the coming election. This is condi- tion, which, in way, Is rather difficult to understand. All should take an interest in what is being done by going to the polls and vot- ing. The present tax rate of IF mills yields only about $90.0OO on the grand list and last years ap- propriation for the towns expens- es was more than $100,000. This will probably mean an increase in taxes. There are many other mat ters of vital importance which the stay-at-home voter will discover when it is too late to do anything about it. Many democratic voters consider that as the town has a larger number of republican votes that 1t is useless to go to the polls in a local election. It is a well known fact, of. course, that the majority of small towns in this state have a republican majority.
 However, the democratic voter should not accept defeat without a struggle. During the American Revolution, George Washington was faced with a seemingly im- possible task. His ragged, poorly armed Continentals. unsupported by the country for which they were fighting and pitted against the then strongest nation on the earth eventually triumphed. Many defeats and dissappointments were suffered before the victory was achieved. A town not far from Cheshire had been strongly repub- lican for many years even though an efficient aggressive type of democrat lead the party there. ~ few years ago the democrats gained there and have held the fort ever