New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1915, Page 2

" HERE'S WHAT .YOU’VE BEEN WAITING. FOR! uine discount sale on the finest stock of High C in our Hardware City. ! c OF F THE $1.00 Illustratlon of Cash Sale Savings d Decoration, at 12 i-2c . ;g Wall at 50¢ U arPnce..................... Saving Pric . $5.00 . 82.25 $7.25 - $4.35 Average Bed Room Takes 10 rolls Side Wall, gt 10c ... .. .. 16 yards Border, at 3c lass Wall Paper and Border . $1.00 48 Regular Price. .... At Cash Sale Saving Price . ... Wall Paper and Border Decorations NOW and pay your taxes and water OHN BOYLE CO. any day for a man of seventy, soO spry and active is he. For more than a generation He has studled the plun- ets, their effect upon the earth, ats | i mospheric conditions and science , | generally and it is from faets that { he has learned by years of patient ' d h over bp ymany hot gays this summer bug | the remain- ‘made yester- n, fondly known H , of the country as | on, the venerable | addam, to a Herald | him at his cosey addam in the hoise er over 100 years not far from the Connecticut no« introduc- v His reputation 0 B made be- | ‘whoge hobby s the weather and whn may be suffering from senile debil- ' s whs ng” the official 1 nly yesterday ure sky overhead. s sun _shining m&m leut val- o ng with his rehensively sky- | “We're going I nunty- our in tortly after 8 ed; the edh!"::b in his | observation and untiring study that he makes his predictions. . | Blames Planet Mars. i prophet, in com- cold The | venerahle n oh the unusually’ plane drawing perature to the hich is at present eafer (0, the éarth in its orbit. | v, Johnson, “when at | eatest distdnce from the earth, ! 200,000,000 miles away. ' At its nearést point it is 38,000,000 miley | away. At present it is drawing near- | er the earth and I think that it af. tecta atmospheric conditions here.” . Asked his prediction on the re- maindes of the summer Mr. Johnsotl sald i will be as the first part, cool, He ;am that there will, of course, je"oes not lcok forward to any long.spells at one time. Neifher does | hé think there will be any scarcity 8 ’;fi er for he prophesies a ‘fi% ‘irdin this summer. i sked ‘he outlook for the comini winter with a view of laying in ths winter's supply of @edl"Mr, Johnson smiled and sald He wds undble to say .as his- observations from which' /he makes his prophesies are not com- pleted until October. Is Remarkable Old Man. In many respects Horace Johnson is the most remarkable man in Con- necticut and one thing is certain, there s not a man in ‘this or anv other. state who, at ninety-two years of age, cdn surpass him for preserv- ing his youth. | Those who, from reading mbled aceounts of Mr. John- gont or who from heéaring his name &0 . coftstantly mentioned as ‘“tha | weathef, prophet” have come toy think of him as a childish eld man ity, had best change their minds for they are wrong. Or, if still skeptical, 2 visit to his home in Middle Hadduin' | and Mr. John: | will' convince then, gon always extends the right hand of welcome to his guests whether : they be friends of long standing or new comers who he has never secn before. = He is not a childish old man. He is a smart old man who ig very much up-to-date. He certdinly ! 1s not suiferihg from senile debility ! as a parry of wits and general know- | ledge and inteligence with any skep- | tical persons will convince them. On the contrary he is a remarkable spac. imen of manheood. He is a phileso- Pher and a close student as well ag | a scientist of note, a man who bases bis opinions on years of scientific re< séarch and not on the wild, hapha- zard guess of the moment. As he himself says, “if we cannot believe For Tomorrow 3and5 Franklin Sq. 'on Our Delica- tessen Counter You Will Find An Assortment of Good Things Roast Béeef Croquettes, at . “New Potato” Salad - Baked Ham to Eat. Corned Beef Hash Cabbage Salad On the Baking Counter You Will Find Parker House Rolls 10c doz. Suntart Cake at 25c a pound. Honey Cocoanut Cake at 12c a loaf. On_the Candy‘ Counter the Young Lady Offers Assorted Cocoanut Kisses, at .... Safety First on . 25¢ a pound O‘ur Ice Cream You can't beat our quality and delivery Qur delicatessen man has put up a number of mighty fine auto lunches. HALLINAN Try one and be convinced. BREAD & ICE CREAM COMPANY 142 MAIN STREET in scientific facts—then what are we te believe?” In Excellent Health. His sharp, clear and explicit an- swers, hig keen memory for almost a century past and his general air of intelligence will gonvince anybody with ‘whom he talks that he is not a fanatic, but a remarkable old gen- tleman, for although he has seen the passing of ninety-two summers he stands today a more héalthy man than many half his ‘age. His hearing I3 acute, his brain clear, his bedy erect and ‘all ‘of his organs, except his eves. which are now beginning to weaken are in apparently perfect condition and he walks about his native town with a sprightly step, ualng only a light cane. In tHe wii not an uncommon sight. Gk Bors to se him &o'to the porch, sarbed only in his house clothes and without hat or overcoat, step boldly out into the frigid atmosphere to look at some object of interest. House Full Of 0ld Relics. Horace Johnson's father was a ship- builder by trade and built the hcuse in which the old gentleman now lives. Any guest of Mr. Johnson who is for- .tunate enough to be taken into the house by the old man is indeed lucky for the interior surpasses many a museum. In the first place every pieec of furniture in the building i3 old and antique with an interesting bit of history attached to it. On the lawn and outside of his house Mr. Johnson, has according to his own words, $2,000 worth of 'rare sea shells collected in all parts of the world. In the house he has bhetween thirty or forty old clocks, each with its history. One, a big grandfather's clock, speaks for itself. In another room he has an old clock which used to. stand in his bearding house in Hartford when he was a boy. In an- other roem, beneath a glass doms, i8 a remarkable clock set in a beauti- ful design in gold, the only one in ! existance so far as is known. Valuable Historical Relics, ' In his front hall Mr. Johnson has another collection of curios. There are a pair of slipper buckles thag were worn by the famous French general, the Marquis De Lafayette, while fight- ing with General Washington during the revolution. There are two car- riage handles from the carriage in which President Andrew Jackson once rode. On a corner is a flag staff taken from' a Confederate regiment during the civil war and nearby is a rifle taken at Harper’s Ferry and a drum stick wielded by some brave drummer boy at the bloody battle of Antietam. He alsé has an old sword he carried himself while doing inilitary duty and points proudly to a silk American flag given by Cheney brothers of South Manchester, in recognition of a pa- triotic article he once wrote. Upon the wall is a huge pair of horns which Mr. Johnson says are the larg- est horns ever seen in these parts, with the exception of greenhorns, He will have his little jo Facing each other above oppesite doorways are two ancient Chinese gods. One, a wicked looking fizure with a beard, is the Chinese god. of war and the other, a fat, squat ob- Ject; .is the god of commerce, the owner explained. Mr. Johnson also has a rare cellection of old canes. He has one made from a piece of the NOW IN PROGRESS A FOSITIVE MONEY-SAVING PROPOSITION FOR YOU IS OUR JULY CLEARANCE SALE This Is a Spl?nfhd Opport_uniry to Purchase New, Desirable and Seasonable Summer Millinery, Suits, Coats, Dresses, Waists, Skirts & Gloves REGARDLESS OF COST. This is the Great Clearance Sale that thrifty people of Hartford and towns and cities for miles around eagerly look forward to for the Extraordinary money savings it affords on New, Stylish, Seasonable and Desirable Mil- linery, Coats Smrs, Dresses;, Waists, Skirts and Gloves. In acuordnncc with our ved policy. which demands | that we begm each Season with New Merchandise—it is absolutely imperative that a | Summer Goods be dis- poséd of. No time to think of pro ‘t« now—or even actual cost—a price must be found that will sell all merchan- dise we have AT ONCE, even' if it means a big money los$§ to us. Our Entire Assortments of New Trimmed Hats Now Offered at Greatly Reduced Prices Yes, our Entire Assortments of New Trimmed Summer Hats are now to be seld re- gardless of cost. Every Hat in this great sale is of that. individual style for which this store is noted. All the latest styles are in the lot in white and all fashionable colors. These Hats have just arrived from our ewn workrooms trimmed with all the newest style ideas. You may think the prices we have marked these handsome Hats far too low to gét much of a Hat. But if you stay away for that reason you are likely to be greatly disappointed when you see the bargains a friend or meighbor obtained at this Clearance Sale, Here are the prices that tell of the wonderful reductions, exaggerations are avoided :— Forty New Trimmed Hats. Regular price |, Untrimmed Hats of choice quality Hemp, in $3.00. July Clearance 98 white. Regular price $1.50. Sale C July Clearance Sale ... 790 Thirty-Five New Untrimmed Hats of Milan Hemp. Regular price $4 and $5. price $2.00. July Clearance 25¢ ance Sale Regular price Forty-eight New price $5.50 and $6.50. Clearance Sale Thirty-Two New price $7 and $8. ancé Sale Lntnmmed Hats, Regular price $1. July Clearance Sale Panama Hats, Choice shapes. $2.00. July Clearance Panama Hats, choice styles and quality. Reg- ular price $2.50. July sl 45 rice $10.00. 4 Clearance Sale Sale Untrimmed Hats of French Chip, dress sl\anes. Regular price $3. Clearance Sale July Clearance Sale $l 98 Suits, Coats, Dresses, Warsts and Skirts at. Sacnfice Prices stripes and combination effects. July Clearance Sale choice styles. Worth $4.98. July Clearance Sale $2.98 Dresses of Lingerie and Voiles, in dots and stripes, also black July Clearance Sale .. White Dresses of fine Voile. Worth up to $18 00 July Clearance Silk Dresses of Taffeta and Faille. Worth up to $26.00. July Clearance Sale $ 7.50, $9.98 Black, Blue and Checks. Regular prices up to $27.50. July Clearance Sale. 38- 75 Regular price up to in white. Regular price $1.25. Dresses of Voile afid Lingerie, in plain wlme and mloru, also Dresses of Voile and Lingerie, in stripes and date, and white effects. Values up to $7.50. 33 98 sale $5.98, $6.75, $9.98 The Balance of our stock of Women's and Misses’ Wool Suits in Children’s Coats in plain colors and checks. $9.98. July Clearance $2.98 g 83.98 Sale Waists of Voile and Lingerie, trimmed with laces, insertion and embroidery. Sizes up to 44. Regular price 98c. 49c July Clearance Sale 98¢ Silk Waists in stripes and plain colors, sizes to 44. izes 51 98 July Clearance Sale $2.50 Regular prices 1.08. Silk Waists in plain colors and stripes, also some pongee 5\lk \'\ nlsts 36 44. Regular price $2.75. July Clearan ce Sale . Waists of Crepe de Chine, in white and flesh color. Regular price up to $3 July Clearance Sale old Frigate Constitution and another made from a piece of the old Charter Oak. A third cane of which he s very proud was carried by Cornelius Vanderbilt when he was a young man. 1t was given to Mr. Johnson by Mz, Vandérbilt's son. Although his ninety-two years rest lightly on Uncle Horace's shoulders and he does not feel the chill of life's winter creéping into his bones, he realizes that his time on this terres- tlal sphere is short and in his more serious moments remarks that the book of his life is almost a finished story, yét he seems to leak forward t{o that inevitable day with no fears. 1t is the will of his Maker and the old gentleman is not afraid. He has lived a long and useful life and will be ready when God calls him. His parting words of yestérday demon- strate the sincerity of the man. “Well, you will prabably never see me again, unless we meet in Heaven.” “Even though you dre old in years vou are not old in body Mr. Johnson.” “Ah, yes,” sadly smiled the vener- able sage as he shook his visitor's hand in farewell, “yes, but we must all come to it. We must all come it and I realize it.” Horsfall Straws Reduced All of those fine Straw Hats that cannot be equaled anywhere. Styles” from Knox, Henry Heath and Lin- coln-Bennett —the Kind that are imitated so much by other makers—are here now a great reductions, SEE THESE PRICES: STRAWS FOR STRAWS FOR STRAWS FOR . $2.50 STRAWSFOR ... $2.00 STRAWSFOR ............ $1.00 Panamas, Bankoks, Bamboos and Leg- horns—All Reduced. Visit Qur Men’s Clothing and Haber- i dashery Sale. The fire devurtment was called out by a still alarm yesterday morning to T B $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 a store near Broad street on Wash- ington street. There was a back draft in the chimnéy which filled the build- ing with smoke, There was no blaze. Hot weather comfort and health is 140 TRUMBULL e2sy with Williame' Root Beer in the house, A splendid tonie, 1 PAYS To NUY OUR KIND™ NANTAORD. $1.00 Panama Hats, very choice styles and quality. 4 3 | | | |