New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1915, Page 5

- TE FUDNLI BUY NOW AND See our specially arranged rooms giving you the proper suggestions for furnishing your home. - We Have Everything to Make the Home Comfortable. AVE MO Hall Sets, Parlor Sets, Bed Room Sets, Dining Room Sets, Kitchen. Special Sale of Free Sewing Machines, The Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets and Baby Carrlages 100 New Carriages Just Received of F. A. Whitney and Haywood Bros. and Wakefield Co. JOHN A. ANDREWS & CO. "™ w&fl !lccds to B6 Dry--Never| “ 1o Be Ilscd When Its: Wet. ‘Washington, D. ., March’ 3.—~ “When is the proper time for prepar- ing to plant one's garden?” The United States department of agriculture’s specialist says that m “the spring as soon as the soil has dried so that a handful when grasped “in the hand and griped by the fingers will slowly fall apart upon being re- Jeased, it is in a fit mechanical con- dition to prepare for planting. Clay or heavy soils should never be worked while wet. More injury may be done by doing this than can be overcome ‘In several vears of careful culture. ‘When the soil is found dry, as de- scribed above, the upper three inches should be made fine by the use of the hoe and steel-tooth rake; all rub- bish, stones and clods should he. re- moved and the surface made even, somewhat compact, and as level as the contour of the area will permit. It may then be marked off for plant- ing in conformity to the general plan of the garden. Much of the soil in the average back vard is not only poor in plant food and deficient in decaying vegeta- ble matter, but it is hard and un- yielding. However, such is the basis which many a housewife or child has to use for the making of a garden. Teachers who plan school gardens for their pupils also have similiar condi- tions to meet. Therefore, in order to -get good results, careful attention must be given to the preparation of the soil, Soils which are naturally moist are likely to be sour and so not in the best condition for the crop. Whether sour or not it will be well to have the pupils test them, which can be _done as follows: Secure from a drug store a piece of blue litmus paper; then tage a handful of the soil slight- ly moistened and place the paper on it. If sour the paper Will turn red. To correct such a condition lime should be used. Cover the ground with a thin coat of air-slaked limee, which can probably be secured near- by at small cost, and work this in well. The use of the lime, while not a plant food, will correct the acidity and will improve the physical dition of the soil. If the soil is clayey or a stiff cla) loam and the location is in a section where severe freezing occurs, be found a decided advantage to give the area a heavy dressing of decom- posed manure in the autumn, and before freezing weather sets in spade the land so as to turn the manure under and leave the soil in a rough, lumpy condition so-as to secure the benefit of the digestive action of the winter freezes in reducing the soils. This should be repeated annaually at the North. If the soil is light and sandy, a mulch of manure imay be spread -over it in the fall and the spading delayed until spring. In localities \»here the soil does not freeze, the manure may be applied in the autumn and the soil repeatedly spaded during the winter -it is dry enough to be worked. The whenever | a Selcction. - FAST TRAIN JUMPS TRACKS NEAR BRIDGE value of freezing at the North can to | an extent be attained by repeated spadings at the South, The one gen- eral precaution which should always be observed is never stir the soil while it is wet. WE WANT YOUR ACCOUNT ON OUR BOOKS it will | Garber's Homefurnish'ng Store 1090 MAIN ST., HARTFORJ. With complete stocks of the newest and best patterns finest homefurnishings the GARBER Everything for the brightening of your home and give it I's ihe Store That is After Your Trade- and et it Havs Yours--You'll HaveNo faegrel in the trada the store solicits your all comforts that you could wish for are here for your inspection and at (he lowest of prices. DOES BABY NEED A NEW CARRIAGE? ‘We have assembled a fine display of the best carriages in the newest patterns that are all made with the idea of giving the most comfort and attrativeness to the little one. all within your range of payment. con- l GARBER’S Prices are varied and HOUSEFURNISHING STORE 1099 Main Street, Hartford, Opposite New Grand Theatre I . ford railroad, Engine, Baggage Car and Smoker. of Boston Expl'-ess Derailed at Devon. ! Devon, Conn., March 23.—The en- gine, baggage car and smoker of the fast east bound Boston express on the New York, New Haven and Hart- jumped the tracks a few hundred feet from the open drawbridge over the Housatonic river near here last night. No one was injured. There was a panic among the passengers. caused by the operation of the de- railing apparatus, which sets auto- matically when the bridge is open. . Accarding to the story told by John Albee, the asa$stant bridge tender, who was in charge at the time, the bridge had been opened to allow the tug John Glenn with a tow of coal barges from Derby, to pass thraugh. As the draw was being swung back into place, the express. pounding along the rails at a fast speed, approached and was auto- matically shunted onto the derailing tracks. Owing to the speed the train is said to have been traveling, the first three cars jumped the tracks and bounded along the rails. The engine came to a stop about 100 feet from the enbankment. Had the cars gone over the enbankment, they would have been precipitated into the waters of the Housatonic. The fireman, whase name could not be learned, was thrown from the cab and he received a broken thumb. The passengers in the smoker were shaken considerably and the occu. pants of all the cars, five in number, were much excited. Traffic was delayed short time. for only a SUNK IN CHILEAN WATERS. German Cruiser Dresden Went Down There States Report. | London,” March 11:50 p. m.— A Valparaiso dispatch to the “Evening News” say: | “It is estimated that the engage- ment in which the German cruiser Dresden wdS sunk was in Chilean waters.” ! BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED. | London, March 23.—The Briush: steamer Concord, of 1,825 tons, was | torpedoed by a German submarine in | the English channel yesterday. The | crew of twenty-six men were Tescued | by a patrol boat and landed at Dover. The vessel is reported to be still afloat. i Arthur P. Slocomb, of 125 Fair- | view street, a well known man, is l confined to his home, having suffered a stroke of apoplexy. The derailment was | HIRMTURE SF Pl An Unexcelled Opportt STRE NEW EDUCATIONAL LEADERS. To Hold Conference at Allegheny Col- lege in June. Meadville, Pa., March 23.—Educa- tional leaders from all parts of the country will gather at the centennial celebration of Allegheny college in June, to discuss college matters, among which will be a plan for the standard- ization of courses of study. The pro- gram for the conference will be de- voted to the ifleals and achievements of the American college, what enters into its curriculum, its place in edu- cation and its future. Sessions will begin June 22. Among the speakers will be Rev. Dr. Willam H. Crawford, president of the Allegheny college; Abraham W. Harris president of the Northwestern universit; Dean Charles H. Haskins of Harvard university; Provost Edgar F. Smith of Pennsylvania university; John H. Finley, commissioner of edu- cation of New York state; W. H. P. Traunce, president of Brown univer- sity; P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education; Charles F. Thwing, president of Western Re- serve university; Prof. Alexander Meiklejohn, president of Amherst college and Henry C. King, president of Oberlin college. Seeds--Seeds- The Only Real Seed Store Is at No. 113 Church At no other seed store In town will you of high grade seeds as you will at this store and the kind we handle are the best that money| WHY EXPERIME " WITH SEEDS? BUY AND YOUR TROUBLES CEASE. ‘We wish to call special attention to our LA mixture with only the HIGHEST (E'RADE of S| WIZARD BRAND SHEEP MANURE. BRAND on the market. A carload will arrive Yards in a few days. It will pay you to wait This Manure gives the soil what it needs (o m S. P. STRC 113 CHURCH ST., NEW BRITAIN, CONN, WYOMING qfl STATES WITHOUT OPTOMETRY LAWS ARE IN (THE) DARK COLODAD YTEXA See An O[/)tometrist First If You Have —Any Eye Troub.e or Headaches— S. STANLEY HORVI1Z, Registered Optometrist ard Optician, 321 MAIN Step In and Watch Us Do Our Own Lense Grinding