New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1916, Page 7

OF THE NEW SPRING COTTONS : AT OUR WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT No matter if the Merc weather in the proper course of time. heavy garments (0 wear. choice of the prettiest materials and these shut should be fashioning them. SOME ry did take a drop, we arve bound io have spring vt caught napping with only sts and dresscs now, you have s arc just when Take our tip, select the stuffs you want, sclect the styles you want, the new ones are in at our Pattern Dept. “Buttericis,” Here are some of the materials that you are Plan your wash wa they are the best, you know. sure to like. MERCERIZED handsome silky POPLINS, are fast col- and dresses, SCOTCH F! & in a nice showing of plaids and stripes, also plain colo Inches wide, for 3 Width 32 in. LOVELY VOILES in all all newest patterns and GABERDINES, one of the popu- colored hown In all the staple Fine for and separate skirts. Dest choice, price of frocks and have a beautiful to select from, 25¢ yard. showing for SELF COLORED layely color shades, make the pret- tiekt of dresses and wa but 19¢ yard. assortment complete, 19¢ yard. VOILES, in all ROMPER CLOTHS. venile Cloth Devonshire guaranteed Regular 25c¢ grade for 19c¢ .yard. VING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. the trolleys running behind schedule The machine was being | and the Kiiby House teams will jdriven toward New Britain Berlip News TIRE COMPANY WILL - LOGATE IN BERLIN | |last night. peared to be the most invit consequently *hine onto that part of The heavy filled the gutter s a part of the road, the chauffeur left a trifle ng path to steered the turned to the {with the result that the front part of machine was |the rear end |track at a point opposite the Prentice | company plant. culty was experienced in hauling the {vehlcle out with the a the party terra firma. . Fiscal Agent Says Freight Con- gestion Has Held Up Material REASONS FOR SELECTIO Sops of Veterans Association Will ‘[sufier was the trolley schedule. Circus in Town? Residents of Kensington across the Considerable [tion but finally istance of the trolley men, was able to get The machine continued | {on its journey and the only thing to |MeN Hold Annual Meeting Tonight—Au- , tomobile Tumbles Into Ditch and the !none of the men Delays Trolley Schedule, Citizens who impression that the Monarch Stitched House yesterday afternoon o’clock thought there was a circus The officials could eback, | of the number out but it is said to and the animal evi- | approximate 800. dently did not like the rider for he i“‘"‘ laborers at the Coe Br: his | of the company had joined the brass have been under the |;iqing barebac proceeded to buck rider onto the ground. | veloped that the man is employed by P. S. McMahon on the latter's farm |work this morning. New | this n | confirm: nor deny this story. Sand Bank | like the one-horse The driver a quandary, but finally decided to ride to the farm Tire company, which chased the old Hartford Burial Case the Farmington promoters’ scheme are en- tirely wrong, according to ment made by H. fiscal agent of the corporation, the Pilgard | Britain and loaded a sleigh. he reached the foot the sleigh, fel] apart. L'Hommedieu, building, Main When int(-,r\‘icw(‘d/ L'Hommedieu “We have purchased the old Hartford company’s horsebaclk conveyance. and obtain yesterday, to dismount his rider and succeeded, with the re- | sult that the man received a drench- ing hefore he reached the farm. Grange Bill Presented. Berlin and will commence to manu- facture as soon as our machinery a purchasing our chinery from a western company and know that one carload is on the road. 1t is impossible to tell just where the car is on account freight congestion. “We expected to begin March 15, but at present it looks im- possible to do this. concern, while waiting for the spend the time in mak- improvements. invitations | fathered by the local Grange was pre- in the senate by {Lean and in the house of representa- tives by Representative Oakey The petition was made out rangers and has for its alms the assistance from the government of the farmers of the country. ing a few have received to locate in various towns and cities A large number from this town at- tended Keeney's theater, last night to see the picture scenario of written by Harry Smith, the local pls be the best place for Economically, it is the ideal place, for the expenses will not S0 great here. vur business. Situated half The Ladles Sewing societ Congregational will serve a supper in the church Kensington in the center of the great- automobile Then there was an idle factory with floor space of from 25,000 to 30,000 able to pur- ment will be offered after the supper by a quartet from the Hartford Theo- to erect a mew building. the building is partly equipped, hav- 1 60-horsepower Allyn engine 80-horsepower boiler. fine distributing point and area of high taxes y about fifty hands Then again, Kensington, whist given st Berlin tonight in the 1: | ter district. Mattebessett, { mee tonight in its hall. The clam chowder supper served b Kensingto Methodist church last night was w It makes a | Sons of Veterans’ Zhe annual meeting of Sons of Veterans association will be tonight at of Worthington 1 returned fr to Daytona, The third game of members were Leing victims cided to hold the gathering tonight. bowling teams will be felled-off on th Kensington and officers you SHED GINGHAMS checks, Fine Als, and new dresses, Waists, Come early for s yard. mater re There’s Ju- 15¢ yard. Airdslie Best Galatea and Cloth, color: the maker by The fourth ion tournament between the Globe ses played tonight at the latter place. Mrs. Frank St. Mar who underwent treatment at Britain General hi returned to her home considerably im- proved. the STRIKE MILL. AT BRASES i Reported Coe Brass Joined Workmen Ansonia, Feb, 17. at the hra Brass company changed in thou ful that imployes Have of American Co. The strike ss mill of the Americ here up to 10 o'cl 1 the oftic ome settleme made durir the day Sey reported for duty this the company had remained this were un- ek morn hope- would he 11 of (he morning made but a offer B0 to ences to artl allow arbitrated, practically who went out yes- returned to work. give no work be werday afternoon, Rumor a Branch mill workers in an effort to secure an increase in wages and refused to The officials of would neither branch however, All the men who have gone out are fereigners and unskilled laborers, They demand an increase of 25 per cent. The strikers are unorganized Tt it is said that T .W. Workers have heen here for the past several day 4 TO 11. BABY WEEK— 1,700 'y 10 Observe IARCH Communitic: in Ivent. More Than Count Washington, Febh, 17.—More than 1,700 communities throughout the country are preparing to observe | Baby weelk, March 4 to 11, it was an- nounced today at the federal chil- dren’s hurcau. Many of the larger cities are included in this number. Plans for a general observance of Baby week werc\begun by the bureau | after several municipalities had con- cluded successful observances, The bureau announcement ecm- phasizes the opportunity Baby week will afford for extending work for infant welfare. permanent RUBBER HELD UP. Tex., Feb. 17. CRUDE San Antonio, yubber worth $50,000 in shipment | from Mexico to Detroit, Mich.,, was bheld up today to await the establish- ment of rightful ownership. A re- straining order preventing the Inter- rational and Creat Northern railroaq from moving the rubber was obtained in the district court yesterday by a company of which Salvador Madero is president. Tle is an uncle €€ the late president of Mexico i Plainville | vices of the set-back cafe be of Kensington, New! sital for burns, has | o¢'the Congregational church of take up the burden of recording | Thoms? no | and the men were unwilling to | their differ= | estimate § joqicated in church on Sunday, February particularly fitting as a Noroton mem- orial, not so much because it is donat- ed by Charles H. Norton, but because it represents the efforts of his early 0 had it | the escapement, the indicating represented by the hand and dial and the striking mechanism. Crude | world less importance. NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, ‘1916. News MEMORIAL CLOGK 15 OF LATEST DESIGN Represents Early Labors‘as ‘In- ventor of Charles H. Norton PRESENTATION ON SUNDAY Gift Will Be Kknown as “Norton Me- morial Clock”—Pendulum Weighs 135 Pounds—Castle Nearing Com- piction of Big Historical Work, Plans for impressive exerci afternoon at es to be held Sunday 2:30 in connection With the formal presenta- tion of the Norton Memorial clock to the Congregational churcih have been | completed and it is expected the ser- will attract an exceptionally large congregation, The services will be in charge of the pastor, Rev. F. T. 2t, who will be assisted by Rev. . Eppler of Worcester, Ma pas- tor of the church in which Mrs, Mary Tomlison Norton, whose memory .the clock will perpetuate, worshipped for a number of years before her death. The gift will be made by Charles H. Norton as a memorial to his deceased wife and mother. The installation of the mechanism, which is to operate the clock and the bell-sounding attachment, is now ctically complete, expert clock m having been at work putting it in position for several days, Mr. Norton during his early life worked as a clockmaker, and the time- piece which he has given to the church as a memorial of a type which rep- csents his labor as an inventor. A. M. Gordon, superintendent of the tower clock department of the Seth Thomas Clock company of Thomaston, who succeeded Mr, Norton in experi- menting with the various designs ana | mechanical ideas, contributes the fol- lowing description of the Norton me- morial with some interesting facts concerning Mr. Norton and his con- nection with the clock-making indus- try, The bheautiful tower clock which is to he known as the “Norton Memorial Clock,’ is considered one of the finest movements produced by the craftsmen of the Seth Thomas Clock company, and has found its place in the tower Plain- ville where it will in the years to come the flight of time, hour by hour, minute by minute, sending out the .alarm of each passing hour. “In the early da of the Seth Clock company, Noah Norton, Charles H. Norton, was the uncle of superintendent at the clock shop. Un- der his stern command and gnidance (‘harles 11, Norton, his nephew, was trained to be skillful mechanic and “lock malker, and upon the death of his unele he took up the duties of su- perintendent at the clock company, ed, constructed and invented ny of the important features in tower clock construction which — still exist today. Represents Donor’s Early Efforts. “The type of clock which is to be the Congregational 20.. is labors as a clock maker and inven- tor, and because it is the one model made by the Seth Thomas Clock com- which has through all these lived, served and succeeded 1y change in design of the principal parts. The timepiece of today represents the accumulated efforts of inventors d mechanics for measuring and in- pany dicating the passing of time, and has four characteristic parts: That part which measures the time, part The first characteristic part can be compared to best advantage with the balance wheel of the watch, which is well understool by most of us. In the tower clock, however, this particular part takes the form of a pendulum. “It was Galileo who at Pisa in 1582 first noticed that tne chandelier in the cathedral swung in the same time from one end of its movement to the other, or a short excursion. gave to the world the pendulum. whether it was making a long This discovery He was then but eighteen years old, and by his discovery was permitted by his father to further study of has brought to the of more or make which discoveries ience, other Pendulum Weighs 135 Pounds. 1e pendulum of the Norton Mem- orial clock is « cast iron ball weighing 135 any rod and supported by a thin, flat, Steel spring seconds, of time pounds, suspended on a mahog- This pendulum heats that is, it requires one second for it motion in ecither direc- - | tion. REDUCTIONS THATARE REAL DAMONS - S51PF 267 /MAIN, ST. hands are ment the pendulum, until the next impulse is given, the hands move forward again, I‘rom i this come: 1 capement.” It has an advantage over “The second characterlstic feature is the escapement and in this clock it is Known LIt was tury discovercd out producing an es as the “Graham Dead Beat.” arly in the seventeenth cen- Graham, an IKnglishman, this invention and worked its principles by mechanical laws, pement which today t for that the by considered is accurac and reliability wien used in connec: tion with pendulum up to one second beat. Through this, the train and forward at the mo- is imparted to the remain perfectly still when moved mpulse and the name “‘Dead beat E | before of the desired, the clocks to the special requirements of the buildings where they have heen installed. Norton's dear wife and mother, it be- comes the pleasure and duty of e citizen of Plainville, Conn., to care for and enjoy it.” His e. Plainville the year 1640, when wandered away from Hartford and are believed to have stopped leaving to locate in the section known as Farmington becaus seeming barenness ing this place, pected a most complete and inter ing description ready for distribution. view and his labors on this work are now he of the secretary of state, the old rec- IFarmington, old new conceivable thing that might possibly throw Mr. and a wealth of state He has pages describing the a which he | secured and in addition he has un- covered some old photographs and | drawings which will be of inestimable value in illus by w and he has devoted much of his spare time for a number of years to the in- vestigation of in the olden plete church since it anniversary work attr tion ag of value and several detai velopment of the organization other forms of escapement for the reason that it is affected very little by variations in power, which is an portant feature in a tower clock where the hands are exposed to the wind and weather. i “The indicating part of the clock, or the hands and dial, is the particular characteristic with which we are all most familiar. The Roman numerals have held their place on clock and watch dials for years, although they have been replaced by Arabic numer. als for almost every other purpose The Itoman numerals, because of their form and type, give best balance to the design of the clock face, and are | | especially attractive and readily dis- | tinguished one from the other. “In the early clocks the dials did not record the minutes as with the modern clock, but simply indicated the hours. which seemed to he sufficiently accurate at that time. The first min- ute hand was used in 1610 the pilgrims landea at Ply- mouth, and the first ciock in kngland | using @ pendulum was erected in St. | Paul's church London, in 1621, the year following the landing of the Pil- | grims. Hammer Weighs 30 Pounds. “The fourth characteristic part of the clock is the striking mechanism, which indicates the hours as they pass by, blows being struck with a hammer on the bell in the tower. This clock has what is known to clockmakers as | the “rack and snail count mechan- | ism,” the particular feature being that | it is so geared to the time train that when it is properly adjusted the clock will strike the hours indicated by the | hands, even if the striking mechanism should for some reason or other have been stopped for a number of hours It does not need to be stepped around and each hour struck, registering the hands in this manner until the right hour ndicted with clock is recorded by the striker. The hammer used {o strike the hours weighs some 50 pounds “This clock is fitted with an auto- matic silencing device which permi striking mechanism to be si- through the night hours, it striking the hours throush the day time in the usual manner. “The working mechanism of the clock is covered by a beautiful plate glass case, mahogany trimmed, and is located in the gallery of the church where it may bhe viewed by interest- ed and observig persons. The [fol- lowing inscription has been engraved on the plate, which proclaims to the ten years lenced world the devotion of the donor to his wife and mother. | Presented to the | | Congregational Church of | | Plainville, Conn., | | In Memory of My Wife, | | Mary Tomlinson Nortonm, | | and My Mother, | | Harriet Hotchkiss Norton. | | Chas. H. Norton. | | - | ‘The early development of tower by s. Burlington, clocks was undertaken Hotchkiss, a native of who manufactured Brooklyn., N. Y. His de- very crude in mechanical detail and appearance This business was faken over by the Seth Thomas Clock company in 1872, and has con- tinued through all these years up to the present time, where considerable thought and study has been given to improvement in design and conven- ience in operation of tower clocks, to Conn., tower clocks in signs were which Mr. Norton gave over a great deal of his early life, developing the mechanical details of these isms. u “When Mr. company to mechan- Norton left the clock take his place in the world’s work as a mechanical en- gineer, serving first the Brown & Sharp Mfg. Co. and later the Norton Grinding Co., the writer was appoint- ed to take up the work where Mr. Norton left it, and has been connect- ed with the Seth Thomas Clock Co. from that time until today. The labor which has been his part to do has in- cluded designing the special attach- ments required with the clocks, as il- lustrated by the automatic silencing device on this clock, and in adapting “And now as this clock is a tribute dedicated to the memory of Mr. | Ty here, subsequently now of the of the soil, is be- | compiled by H. A. Castle of and before long it of the town will be For a long time M Castle has been at work on his historical re- IFor months archives the end. searching the nearing has been clerk paper: ords of the town office in | and every any light on the development ! of the town in the past 270 years. Castle has clung to his task per- | ently and by carnest application patient research he has secured of information that will be wide interest. i already written hundreds of his work. have been a hob- for a long time trating subjects Castle Historical h Mr. conditions hereabouts He wrote a com- the Congregational | was organized for the | celebration last . 'I'hr\,“ cted a great deal of atten- it contained much information | s in the de- with days. history of Real W ort Furniture increasing its prestige throughou This store New England every year as a Furniture center. It ig] a show place for every one interested in Furniture The quality and beauty of design in the great stock of furniture we display excites the admiration and praisg of all our visitors. Come in yourself. E FLINT-BRUCF @ ASYLUM ST HARTFORD. which the not familiar. greatly reduced prices. Birnbaum. people of the town Plainville” be eagerly the people of the town. Selectmen Postpone Tour. Owing to H. Calor to make the trip, the select- men postponed their tour of the out- skirts scheduled for today. had planned to visit the streets where new lights had been asked for to make it possible to arrange for the installa- tion of twenty new bulbs which they were authorized by the annual town meeting to contract for. Selectman board has decided against | putting any Whiting street to augment the “my- riad” of incandescents which the Con- necticut company furnishes to illum- inate the highway, Up to midnight, when the service is discontinued, publication of Plainville have opened , with a full line of staple no delive Prop.—advt tive Eges, 33c dz. [Inslojld of Horses to Field Pieces, traction engines ead of artillery horses to pull h fleld pleces have been conducted h direction of war department, it became known rshy ground on the militar; course they do not give entire satis- s one of the feats @ complished was the cros sunrise there would be less chance for The selectmen to keep a close watch on them and if there is anj pPower or unsatisfactory chs the public on, will probably Good Demand For Tickets. Committees in charge of the min- fault-finding. ning of the ties. wifen experimentig as to the adaptability use in active service - department. com- { hoard | made to the strel show to be given in the Town and Thursday nights under the auspices of the Ma- sonic Building corporation, are great- encouraged tickets for the entertainment and they something Wednesday a fresh made creamery licious flavor and is two grades abo BAD CONDUCT entertainers i which is made up of well known r g court-martial board on’ f y reverencing 15 sentenced of the United finishing | to a bad conduct discharge for * various songs and acts | up” which will be used to make up the | while on shore leave | of the marine corps who while on liberty must leave the servid rehearsing States marine cor touches on the Those membel of which will be of a lo instrumental character, selections, was made for tic temperament Angello's artig be features. the role of interlocutor Sherman and Oliver H. Robertson will =} be the end | Dancing will follow the overture. “The Busy Little Store” Strictly Fresh CONNECTICUT EGGS 33co Right irom the nest, not an egg in the lot a week old. Russell Bros. 301 MAIN- STREET Brief Items, lodge will hold a meeting this evening in Odd Katherine Donahue of Francis hospital in ination of her arm which she injured | when she tripped | first thought was but sprain- subsequent examinations bone in her elbow is broken, services for at his home Hill Tuesday this afternoon at the Methodist church Forestville cemetery place of interment. the Woman's afternoon in holding es, appropriate for the Lincoln's and Wash- Relief corps thi annivers; ington bargains left from slad to dispose of at We would also advise look and rubber boots which we are sell- | you to call and