New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1916, Page 2

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1916. ake Your Wedding Gift Selection From Our Choice Line of STERLING SILVER, HAND PAINTED CHINA, AND CUT GLASS, Iso we have a large stock of fine Jewelry suitable r brides, bridesmaids gifts and ushers. = R Porter & Dyson Co. 54 MAIN STREET Where Quality is as Represented. LOCAL ELKS HONK l INTO TORRINGTON City Ifems H, Andrews, for a number employed by William H. Cad- ps left his office and has en- | Pay Fraternal Visit and Are Highly he employ of Hall & Bacon. Sullivan of 159 Kelsey street, | r of Benedict Sullivan, was | d on at the New Britain hospital last night for ap- is. Sawyer of 674 West Main youth of about 15 years, was | in the face by a horse in 's barn last evening. He en to the hospital for treat- Entertaincd By Members of the Home Lodge. The gasoline fleet of New Britain lodge, No. 957, B. P. O. E., warped out of its docks along Washington street about 6:30 o’clock last night with all prows turned toward Torrington, the occasion being a fraternal visit paid to Torrington lodge by the local or- | sanization. About twenty-five automo- | biles composed the fleet and all were comfortably with the “Best People on E ! The line of machines came to a halt | on the outskirts of Torrington, red | fire was lighted and the natives of that hill town were treated to a real parade. With horns honking, the autos streamed through the principal . streets and finally tied up in a snug vents Tonight it s O o ToRn oF T rington lodge, a beautiful and well = appointed building. The guests were lass photo drama, Fox's the- | given a hearty welcome and from then until the witching hour things hummed, the keys of the building be- ing turned over to the New Britain men. An excellent entertainment was pro- | vided, professional talent being se- | cured from a playhouse. An orches- | rd L. Prior has been appoint- nistrator of the estate of Cath- brecht in place of Martin Al- The change was made at the of the Massachusetts Bond- Insurance company. uxury Bread.—advt. fville and moving pictures, | theater. clerks banquet, Elks club. ME INSANE WOMAN. i tra also helped enliven the occasion and the finishing touch was put on by the quartet of the New Britain club, which ran the gamut from popular Hart street, 1 songs to granfi opera A ywnlflvahle Patrick Skulley and. ocen. | JUnch was served by the Torrington Elks and everything possible was done [Mrs. M. W. Seelye, was en- : bl 5 Ime time Saturday and some | © make the visit a memorable ocea- sion. wearing apparel stolen, and . oy N Police have every reason to | One of the pleasing incidents in hat the theft was committed | r'nnner-fin‘n with the evening was _the Rice, the alleged insane | Presentation of a mahogany cabinet Who escaped from the | Victrola to Torrington lodge hy New of Mrs, Louise A. Brown. | Britain lodge. The speech of pres- 81 Columbia street. entation was made by Wells C. Foster, Lhbor told Sergeant Bam. | €Xalted ruler of New Britain lodge, Bt she saw a woman answer- | 204 the speech of acceptance was Rices description enter Mrs. | Made by Esquire Gleason of Torring- house, but thought she had | ton lodge. The 11 o'clock toast was there. Since then Miss Rice | 8iven by Harry C. Brown of New been seen, as far as can be | Britain lodge. I e It is evident that Miss Rice P. J. Murray of this city is a past nter Mrs. Seelye’s house with | eXalted ruler of Torrington lodge and tion of robbery for there wag | Was the first person to sign the roll Etter clothing lying about | When it- was proposed to organize a took, and there was also | branch of the Elks in that place. Mr. bney in the house which was | Murray was one of the guests of the jhed. occasions last night. ‘ommitted on Hart ught to Be Her Work. 92 Street Fnement at Fine Room for Club Room or Small Meeting Hall To Rent at Reasonable Fig- ure, in center of city. One Family House For Sale. Easy Terms. Camp Real Estate Co. Rooms 503-506 ANLEY HORVITZ METRIST and OPTICIAN h Street Tel. 1513 p—38:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. and Mon. to 10 P. M. ur Services Guaranteed of Auto Goggles and Sun Glasses TIGRAPHS LETTER ile of Typewriting done inu 3 colors with signatures. etter Heads Printed. FORD TYPEWRITER G0., INC. Street. Hartford, Conn. | New Britain National Bank Building Tel. 1616-4 272 MAIN ST- P WORLD’S WISEST and FUNNIEST TOYS acky Doodles, Danny Daddles and Their Family ly are different and new, bright and pleasant to look at, and they never lost their good humor. Inot fail to look in our window. STATIONERY DEPT. ICKINSO . DRUG CO., g MATIN STREET Service Station Mazda Automobile Lamp. | with OLDEST BELL IN THE WHOLE WORLD Interesting Story Told by F. N. Andrews, Once of This City interesting News, re- the world for its local interest: The following from the Birmingham, Ala., arding the oldest bell story in reprinted F. N. Andrews, Britain, but formerly of New Conn., now living in Birmingham, Ala., tells the story of | bell | the oldest bell in the world, a cast which has a history. more than 1100 years ago, ‘and wonderfully fascinating As you may have passed down the Connecticut river, by the little town of East Haddam, some one probably rointed out to vou the little old log- built church in whose belfry hung the oldest bell in the world. If you have ever heard of the old Pell you speak of it with reverence, probably; if not, you might ask about | it with curiosity. | There is no more picturesque stream in America than the beautiful | Connecticut river. Centered about its banks are many of the traditions of American history, the stories af American heroes, the romances of New England. But it is hard to think of the relic of long-done centuries finding its resting place anywhere in | this New World. The prior wha | made the bell little dreamed of such a continent. But here it now hangs, ringing each day, calling the people of a new land to worship, and even in its | cracked voice, for age has robbed it of its sweet tone, it says—'Peacefully iet me lie in my great age in this new | iand.” But how did it come to America? What is its real origin, and how has it been preserved through all the cen- turies? | “One prior, being the most Father Miguel, Villa Murva, the | Procurator, the Most Reverend Father Josef Es Stivan Croales made me. Made in the year 815.” | This, in Spanish, is the inscription | on the side of the old bell. But the | bell tells nothing af its maker but his name, nothing of the place of the rhaking. The bell may tell you, in its | cracked old voice, that was once so sweet, that it was made not long after the canquest of Spain by the Moors. It may tell you it tolled the death of | thousands of its heloved Spanish peaple who perished inthe destruc- twon of the Spanish Armanda. It may tell you how it witnessed the in- cursions of the Moore and Arabs ccross the Straits of Gibraltar. It saw them lay waste the fair vine- vards of Castile, and for 400 vears knew no other than Moorish rule. It may tell of the note it sung in the chimes that rang out the mar- riage of Ferdinand and Isabel in the | tewn of Aragon. It may tell how for €00 years it called to the rich and the raor for joy and for sorrow, ringing cut the brida] procession and tolling for the dead. Then, when the great Napoleon sacked Spain in the early 19th century anq the Dukt of Wel- lington overthrew him, this little bell | was removed, its home was razed, and in sad company with many others it was taken away. The sweet-toned hel] of Aragon tells not of its suffering, but for twenty years it 1ay unnoticed in some deserted corner. In 1835 4 shipload of bells that once hung in Spanish churches which Napoleon haq de- stroved was sent to America. Here | the bells were to be recast and hung in the churches of the New Worlq The little bell, even then too o1q to travel. a veteran in the world's battles and a singer of great woprth was shipped along in this motley throng. O, the misery of the jour. ney; to be forced into new environ- ments, to witness new scenes, to-cry and laugh with a new people; and, worst of all, to be molded anew, its 1ich copper to be cast with baser Rev. ow one hears of its life in a new world. At this time in East Haddam, Conn,, lived William Willys Pratt, a New York ship chandler. His wife was a daughter of the late Captain Oliver Attwood of this little city, whose family was closely identified | with St. Stephen’'s Episcopal society, which had erected a church on the hill east of the landing, near the old Gelston homestead. This little church was minus a bell. Knowing af the shipload of bells and heing able tojobtaln one of the load, they purchased the old Spanish bell. The little bell selected from among many hundreds of athers be- cause of its lavely tone and hung soon after in the Chapel st. Stephen For 65 years it rang out the joys and sorrows of this new people from the church belfr: The woaodland and the river echaed its sweet tones. Again it called the people to worship on the Sabbath. Tt tolled for the de- | parted and sang love songs for the newly wedded palirs. Tt became a part of the histary of this section. Later the little St. Stephen church was condemned, worn out and used, but the littie bell literally as old as Methuselah was still singing, velvety voice, to the people of the town. After the church was de- | stroved the bell was placed on an | ! | was| of un- cld stone wall near the little school- house of Nathan Hale, and but for the interest of two men who knew | and loved the old bell it would have been lost. Even so, the exposure to the weather and the great age of the bell, and who knows, perhaps a broken heart, made it crack, greatly impairing its lovely tone. | willing ta see it left | William | this Ip. m. In the early days of Iast Haddam TENNIS RACKETS, GOODS NETS, TENNIS BALLS, MARKERS, RACKET COVERS, ETC. | Popula r Prices HERBERT L. MILLS HARDWARE M. HALLINAN, INC. Successor to Hallinan Our Delicatessen outing. Our American Ice the store in paper Egg Vanilla .. ... French Vanilla. . . t 11 a. m. must be orderedby 10 Deliveries a tain all you require for that Decoration Day G. A.R. Special will be our Ice Cream of- fering for your Holiday Dessert .50c qt Neapolitan in Brick ...........35cqt J. M. HALLINAN, INC. Successor to Hallinan Bread and Ice Cream Co. ‘Phone 906. 336 MAIN STREET \ Bread and Ice Cream Co. Dept. is the place to ob- Creams on sale at W4 S PUe W'V T1 ‘ABQ SOOAIP( OM P s i e e e little church, tinkering their sticks and nails against the old bell and en- 20ving its tiny tones. When their old tfriend was neglected, for the bell was almost human to them, these boys, erown old themselves now, were not on the stone wall. The Daughters of the Revolution had just purchased the little school- house of Nathan Hale in East Had- dam, and to this society applied one of these men, in behalf of the bell. | Thraugh his intercession it was hung again, this time in the new St ephen’s church by the side of the Nathan Hale school, and again it is doing service with for the community. Several vears ago Frank Munsey became interested in what he sup- posed was the oldest bell in exist- ence, found to have been cast in 1100, Andrews of New Britain, one of the same boys who Conn, in the church, wrote to Mr. played | Munsey of the old Spanish bell. Recently an article in the Los Angeles Times tells the story of the cld bells that hang at Riverside, here again do we find mention of what is cupposed to be the oldest bell in the world. This one was cast in 1247. It boasts of being made in Spain, while | the French Crusaders gathered about Cracked and clapperless “chief among thou- Louis IX. it is said ta be sands.” The oldest known bell in Europe is said to be in Freiburg, dated 1258. The oldest bell in England is dated 1297, but to America comes the honor and distinetion of having at East Haddam, Conn., the aldest bell in the whole world, cast A. D. 815. ENIGHTS T PLAR COMING. Will Attend Ascension Day Services at Methodist Church Thursdiy, Members of Washington Command- ery, Knights Templar will hold « spe- cial conclave at 4 o'clock at sonic Temple in Hartford on day afternoon of this week for purpose of attending Ascension services at the Methodist church in ctiy, Rev. Warren ¥. Cook will preach and there will ve special music under the direction of Robert H. Prutting. All Templars will be in full uniform and at 6:30 o’clock a din- ner will be served at the church par- lors. The day’s program is as follows: Report at Masonic hall 4:00 p march to South Green park;: take clal cars from South Green at p. m., due New Britain 5:40 p. march around the city square to Methodist church; supper promptly at 6:30 p. m. in the parlors; public service begins at leave New Britain 23 and friends of the served *hurch 7:30 p. m. Families Knignts are invited BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package o O its cracked voice | ‘PUTS WILL MARCH FOR PREPAREDNESS Also Plan Elaborate Patriotic Ser- vice Tor June 17 The Putnam Phalanx, to which a number of New Britain men belong, | has arranged its calendar for the fol- {lowing months. One Junme 3 the i in full uniform, will take the Hartford preparedness On June 4 the members with auto run will the | members part in | parade. their ladies will an and a basket picnic. The run be to Norfolk and down the Naugatuck valley to Thomaston Plymouth. On June 17 they will take | part in the annual Bunker Hill day exercises with a dinner at the Allyn House at 6:30 o'clock, followed by pa- triotic addresses. Various Prominent Speakers, The principal speaker of ‘he eve- ning will be William Mouton Ingra- {ham, assistant secretary of war. Mr. | Ingraham is a Maine man, having at one time been mayor of Portlani. He is a graduate of Bowdoin and has a large number of college acquaintances and friends in Hartford. He will speak on Preparedness and he comes to this city with the reputation of be- ing a fine and interesting after-dinner | performer. Mayor Frank enjoy and A, Hagerty will be welcome to our guests of the evening and give an oration on “Our Country.” His Honor is an orator of reputation and his speech is sure to be pleasing and inspiring to evervone present. Chaplain Soule, whom ever: ber knows and loves, will be on the program and he will speak to the sub- ject “Patriotism at Bunker Hill" as only, Chaplain Soule can handle any subject that he undertakes. Judge Advocate George B. Chand- ler is to have as his subject “Prepar- edness at Bunker Hill.” Any words of praise of Lieut. Chandler as a pub- lic speaker would be carrying coals to Newcastle. He will give up a treat as he always does when called upon. Another speaker, Rev. Albert C. Dieffenbach, will have as his subjest “The Spirit of the Men of the Revolu- tion” and there is no better, finer or more entertaining public speaker than Dr. Dieffenbach. His address will surely be full of thought and in- spiration. An especially interesting and at- tractive feature of the evening will follow the addre: when Comrade Morrison will show 5,000 feet of moy ing picture films on the subject of “Preparedness.” These films come from the American Defense socicty and are especially fine. 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Well Known Guests, For the occasion the Phalanx will Continentals. ster Continentals extsnd an to any members of the | Phalanx to accompany them on their fall trip. The Phalanx could not participate in this as a battalion bLe- cause of its conflict with our own plans for fall, but any comrades who choose to go as individuals will be welcomed by the Continentals. Full informa- tion as to the trip and cost is posted on the bulletin board in have present as its guests General G M. Cole of the National Guard, Colonel Richard J. Goodwin of the First In- fantry, Major John B. Kennedy and a delegation of officers of the Second Campany, and Major E. A. Shuttle- worth of the United States army. ompan -