New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1916, Page 14

‘hamber of Commerce Research Contes: Ends iss Hazel Dohrenwend of Humason of St. Mor judged the Winners. The annual research contest under e auspices of the Chamber of Com- erce, which has been in progress r several months, was brought to a ose this afternoon, when the com- ittee consisting of G. C. Atwell, C. Steel and Mrs. W, F. Brooks, the dges formally announced the win- prs in the High school and the grade ool contest. First honors in the High school ntest went to Miss Hazel Dohren- nd of 189 Lincoln street, daughter Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dohrenwend. e a member of the freshmen hss, having graduated last year bm the Camp school where she was nsidered one of the brightest schol- in the class. William Humason of 238 High eet W adjudged the winner in grade school contes! Master hmason has just passed fourteen hrs of age, and is a member of graduating class of St. Mary's ochial school this year. 'he essays of the successful ts show careful thought and are dence of what close application to dy will do. The contest is the ond of its kind held by the cham- , and the large number of com- Bitors bespeaks of the growing in- the children in the public jools are manifesting in it. he essays of the winners follow: arly History Of New Britain. (By Hazel Dohrenwend.) has been claimed that the title he territory occupied by the early lers of Connecticut was obtained from the English and the In- s, the grant of Robert, Earl of bwick, to Viscount Say and Seal, ber Lord Brooke and others, dated ¢h, nineteenth, sixteen hundred thirty-one, old style, if having au- ity, conveyed the territory of necticut and included Farmington, I Britain and Berlin. About the e time this grant was made, ginnacut, as sachem supposed to iving near the site of Hartford, other Indians visited the Massa- ketts colony to urge the English to e settlements in the valley of the hecticut river. Though this invi- n was declined, Sowheags (or in), known as the “Sachem of ang” and the chem. of Matta- btt,” sold Pyquang (Wethersfield) other land to the English. he first settlers of New Britain farmers with such limited edu- n as could be obtained in that Nearly all had some property, h by frugality and industry was ased after they had occupied new homes. In the eastern part fhe parish, commencing at the ern boundary, there were a suc- stu- High Schocl and William y’s Scheol Are Ad- Stanley Quarter, on East street and the Stanley Road, or in Hart Quar- ter. Park street was unknown, except as a crooked lane turning south and meeting Stanley street by the. way of Whiting street. West Main street was a crooked road going over the hill where Walnut Hill park is now, and there were few other streets opened until some years later. A saw mill had been built on the Quinnipiac River, and the grist mill of the Harts in the south part of the parish had been increased in capacity and power, while other small mills for dressing cloth and for other pur- poses were established on some of the small streams. After the treaty of peace of seven- teen hundred #nd eighty-three was slgned, a tide of immigration set in toward the west from the east, and from Rurope and companies were formed in New England. | to bup up land in Pennsylvania and | Ohio. One of these companies, known | as the Susquehanna company included a2 number of proprietors from New Britain, and some of its meetings were held in this parish. Among those in- terested in this company were Colonel Gad Stanley, Captain Jonathan Belden, “Esquire Churchill,” James North, and a few others from thec eastern part of this parish. A few of the residents of the New Britain society became interested in different enterprises abroad; but nonc of these proved so renumerative to the shareholders, or so beneficial to | the parish, as the schemes to increase and develop the resources of the place, by increasing the variety of its | industry and the intelligence of its people. During the first half century, the increase in population was slow and consisted principally of the de- scendants of the first settlers. The most rapid growth in the parish pre- vious to eighteen hundred and twenty was during the two decades following the close of the Revolutionary war and the peace of seventeen hundred and -eighty-three. The change in business, which oc- cured soon after eighteen hundred, produced its result upon the . social | condition of the place, but ,at the t opening of the present century, and for many years afterwards, New Bri- tain was only a small agricultural parish, without post office or route, without any commercial ities, little water power, to predict future growth. The years which followed the Rev- olutionary war were to some extent years of trial to the parish of New Britain. The disordered finances of the country, the struggle to maintain facil- | eighteen hundred there were three meeting houses, post office, two stores, and an academy, all located on or near Main street, and all erected within six years. pulse was given to New Britain; erected; mail | made, | somewhat or anything | and thrift Oh, say! You say COMPANY -ZuZu e+ ZuZu ¢ ZuZu » ZuZv ¢ Zuy Ty *Zu Zy * ZyZu the high moral character of the place, and to support the institutions of education and religion had taxed the people very heawily. East street still retained its charac- ter as being principally the residence of farmers. Manufacturing business was con- centrating nearer the center, and the shops and stores of East treet were closed. In ecighteen hundred and occured one of the most remarkable revivalé New Britain ever experienced. | | the growth of the place was checked. It had an effect on the whole commu- nity, especially the business men and | wealthy families. A new meeting house was_erected on the corner of North Main and East Main' streets. In eighteen hundred and twenty there were less than twenty houses on Main street, south of Dublin Hill. In and twenty-eight a e ZUZU * ZuZu - Zu Zu to your grocer man and you’ll get snappy, spicy ginger snaps. NATIONAL BISCUIT (& twenty | and eighteen hundred and twenty-one ZuZu * ZuZyuy - I say! Z A= VAZ OZ « 0Z 07 « OZ 07, « 0Z a7 == The first horse power had been intro- duced in the same shop. The increase in manufacturing business from eighteen hundred and thirty to eighteen hundred and thirty-seven re- sulted in an increase of dwelling houses and various shops and stores, and some increase in population. The financial depression which was felt so disastrously in many parts of the country in eighteen hundred and thirty-seven paralyzed a large portion of the. business of New Britain. Sev- eral shops were closed, large losses were experienced and for a few years | | | The growth, resulting largely from the increase in manufacturing busit ness, was much more rapid during this decade, eighteen hundred and for- | ty to eighteen hundred and fifty than ever before. The population of the society of Nevw Britain which was less than three hundred in seventeen hundred and fifty-four, had increased to nine hun- dred and forty-six in eighteen hun- dred, to nine hundred and eighty-two In the latter part of this decade, (eighteen hundred and thirty), and in he first part of the next, a new im- manufacturing in | larger buildings were other improvements were and the parish was becoming | noted for its enterprises The first use in New Britain of | anthracite coal for melting brass and iron was in the shop of North, Smith | spring of 1628 there came to the vil- | and Stanley, at or near the corner of | | South | 1in eighteen hundred and thirty-one i settlers. However, he readily respond- Main street and Pearl street, | One beautiful morning ear in eighteen hundred and ten, to a lit- Ite more than one thousand in eigh- teen hundred and twenty, and to three thousand twenty-nine in eigh- | teen hundred and fifty, when the soci, ety was incorporated as a town. Developments of New Britain (By William Humason.) ; Up to 1850. | in the ge of Plymouth, Ma oung Indian brave, a st aehusetts, a anger to the on of farms—some ' large, and s comprising but a few acres— hding southerly, first on the Stan- Bl oad and then on both Stanley East streets, to the southern 5 of the parish. On the north west, at irregular intervals, were lar farms, extending from Stan- juarter and the Farmington Road, Horse Plain to Pond River and ource of the Quinnipiac, westerly southerly to Hart Quarter and to the Blue Hills in Kensington. e north part of Stanley Quarter, ast street and in Hart Quarter, were a few large farm build- and at or about the time of the poration of the New Britain so- in seventeen hundred and fifty- | most of these farms were pro- with comfortable frame houses but buildings. Upon the less fre- ed roads, and near the borders e place, were a few log cabins lumbermen’s huts. Next to Stan- | uarter, East street was. the most ly settled part of the parish. center of the society, or that pn of New PBritain which con- ed the borough in eighteen hun- and fifty to eighteen hun- and seventy, and which now rises the most thickly settled and business part of the city, was b-cupied until some years after ey Quarter. East street and quarter had been occupied by " nters of social life. In hundred and forty-six years after the settlement at jan Lane was commenced, and ast part of New Britain was oc- d, Nathan Booth, the eldest son bout sev- farmers and were becoming | nearly | Jobert Booth of Great Swamp a clearing and built hi k the South church now d inherited some property from her and he becamec a large hholder and one of the wealthiest it the society. however, the residents of Stan- treet and East street, as north as the home of min Judd, had, for several been petitioning for liberty to preaching in the part of the b within the limits of New Brit- nd then for a separate society; s a petition for the latter pur- bearing the same date as the N of Nathan Booth and others, Presented to the same General bly, the inference was strong. he residents of the central and parts of New Britain had been @ to make common cause with frethren of East strect. in of. to secure, if possible a divi- if the society. Their object was ed for two years. Afterwards pw Britain society was organized om this time (scventeen mog. and fifty-four) the interests of | frerent parts of the society be- drawn more closely together, e place gradually became uni. action, and to some extent in ht. and feeling. The people, 8 exception of four or five in the center, were living in Throughout the tense situation at Chicago resulting from the determin- ation of Roosevelt’s friends to see him seated again in the executiv | chair, some men have stood out bold- | I as being for Roosevelt in all event- ualities. They are members of the ‘“0ld guard” of the progressive party, if such a term may. be applied to an organization that is only four years old. Two of the stanchest Roosevelt men are pictured here, with a picture of the colonel himself made from a very recent photograph. They are, left Conventions’ Action Cannot Affect Roosevelt’s Leadership of Progressives James R. Garfield of Ohio, President Garfield. He was secretary of the interior in the Roosevelt cab- }i et Right is Gifford Pinchot 1J’mnwlvnm:l and Washington, D. C., formerly chief forester of the United States, | the | land ! than amon son of | settlers and soon became a favorite. In return for their kindness, Squanto, for such was his name, taught the inexperienced villagers the art of en- | riching the soil, and before long farm- ing became most profitable. Squanto, in his leisure hours, often told to wondering people, stories of a south of theirs, a land watered the Beautiful River, a land of So enticing were the stories, that when Squanto’s chief appeared one day and begged the people to settle in his band, some of them read- ily consented and soon a company, led by Thomas Hooker, moved south- ward and started the town of Hart- ford. This settlement grew rapidly and soon Wethersfield and Windsor were founded from the mother colony. Later these towns grew rather érowd- ed and in 1640 a number of settlers migrated from them and started a ) new village, Tunxis, on the banks of | the Tunxis River, and thus began the parent of New Britain. | As Tunxis was located on very fer- enterprising | by plenty. tile meadowland men were attracted to it, and so rapid | was the growth of the village that in many 1645 it was incorporated as the town of Farmington. . Sergeant Richard Beckley, a plant- | er from New Haven made the first | settlement in Berlin in 1660. Beck- | ley had purchased the land from Ter ramoogus, an Indian chief, the. suc- cessor of Sowheag, from whom Tunxis had been purchased. He erected a house and barn and cultivated the land; others by the name of Beck- ley settled around him and the place became known as Beckley Quarter. In 1715 this settlement was separated from Wethersfield and united with Kensington. Thus it became the first settlement in Berlin. Not long after incorporated as a town a few settlers | started a village in what is now the | northeastern part of New Britain. | Gradually the settlement spread until | it covered a large area. This section, | known as Stanley Quarter, became a | part of Farmington and contained | what is now Clark Hill, Wolf Plain and northern Stanley Quarter. Soon after this the northern end of Rast street was settled by a few families who had moved from Wethersfield. For a time the center of population remained here, for it was on the main hghway, connecting Meriden, Berlin and Hartford. Still another settlement made about this time was the Great Swamp Vi lage. In August 1661, the general cofirt granted to Jonathan Gilbert, a faith- ful officer of the court three hundred and fift yacres of meadowland in the southeast part of Farmington, within the towns of Berlin and New Britain. In the next vear a similar grant was | made both to Daniel Clark and John Moore. In 1672 Gilbert bought Clark’s tract and rights and this added to his own land made a strip reaching from southeastern Farmington to Southern Berlin. Gilbert kept a tavern in Hartford, and among its frequenters was Captain Andrew Belcher, a weal- thy merchant of Boston. He became acquainted with the Gilbert family and married one of the daughters. The father-in-law sold his land to Belcher, who made improvements upon it by opening highways, build- ing tenement houses and . in other ways making it fuviting to settiers. The southern part of the tract was called Great Swamp and the northern part as Christian Lane. In 1686-7 Richard Seymour TIRED LOOKING WOMEN Some women always wear a worn, tired look. Itis the outward sign of pervousness, neurasthenia perhaps, with its characteristic symptoms of Farmington was and | free-thinking worry, headaches and sleeplessness. Overwork, grief, undue excitement, the late hours and nervous strain of a strenuons social season, lack of out-of. door excrcice, any or all of these may be responsible for the trouble but the most common cause at this season of the year is the grip. ‘Whatever the cause, if you feel the need of more strength try the great non-alccholic tonic, Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. As the nerves get their nourish- ment from the blood the treatment must be directed toward building up the blood. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills act directly on the blood and with proper regulation of the diet have proved of the greatest benefit in many cases of neurasthenia. A tendency to anemia, or bloodlessness, shown by most neu- rasthenic patients, is algo ‘corrected by these_tonic pills. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams® Pink Pills or.they will be sent by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents per box; six boxes $2.50. ‘Write for the free booklet, ‘‘Diseases of the Nervous System’’ and a diet book. 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We sell Emery Shirts, $1 to $4. Schaffner & Marx Quality and Color,. Copyright Hart Schaftner & Mars some others began a settlement just a- few yards south of the present boundary line between New Britain and Berlin. A fort was built, and a never failing well dug; the place became known as Farmington viliage and was a part of Great Swamps. The settlements of Great Swamp, Christian ILane and Farmington vil- | lagé grew rapidly, for the land was swampy and thus suitable for farm- ing purposes. | As the population of these villages increased, the difliculty of attending church and transacting business in | Farmington became more apparent, and at last the pcople sought a change. They asked the privilege of becoming a separate parish and after a brief struggle Farmington consented. After the erection of a galleried church the Great Swamp society wished to change its name to the Society of Kensington. Soon it became apparent that a | more commodious meeting-house was needed but no agreement could be made as to its location. The result of this disagreement was the division in 1754 of the society into the two so- cieties of New Britain and Kensington Thus in 1754 New Britain com- menced its carecer as an independent mmunity. It was still rmington but from s Britain's growth and lopment was rapid. The founders of New men of the greatest ene kecenest intelligence. As their de scendants resembled them in mental powers the gr prominence and im- poriance of New Britain today, is largely due to ihe splendid forefath- ers of that city. TI influence is 4 the rapid of in's industrial life. parish unde Britain were and 'the rise ns | of that | many this way New. Britain grew so rapid- abroad, than they could be manys factured for, here. The events and changes which oc- curred in New Britain between 1820 and 1830 were the events that were to shape ard greatly influence the future cf Stanley Quarter had annexed to New Britain and many of the leading citizens of New Britain lived there; many different lines of manufacturing were startee, some were successful, others unsu cessful. Prominent among the suc- cessful ones were the brass foun- dries, and these are still prominent to- day, for New Britain men have been alert and have clearly seen that they must change their line of products from time to time, to succeed in bus- iness. The first foundries made can- dlesticks, andirons and other colonial necessities but changed their line of goods as soon as household necessities changed. During this decade also, bead-work, tanning, cutlery manufacturing and many other lines of industry (soon) were started, which because of the fore-thought of New Britain business men quickly \grew in size, and drew people to the little parish. In been ly that in 1850 it was incorporated as a town. Thus because of the alertness and energy of its citizens, as well as its natural resources, New Britain in 3 comparatively few years grew from a small village of a few houses, to. a city, fifth in prominence in the state of Connecticut. Hillside creamery, 31c Russell Bros. advt. were farme doctors part of their time upon their farms. Upon the unfrequented roads and near the bor- ders of the parish, lumber-camps were coming into prominence, while sever- al sawmills made it possible for the people to build with sawn lumber Taverns now were erected in differ- One of the Noah Stan- the and lawye even profcssional men, pending s was opened by in Stanley Quarter. Two, erected soon after, were those, of Joseph Smith on East street and of Elizur Hart in the south-western part of the parish. The blacksmith trade w common one in New Britain. South of Noah Stanley's tavern, Thomas Richards had one of the first black- smith shops. It was here that James North and many others learned the trade. The also a was New t, and was owned by Jo- first store in Britain on Bast stre seph Clark. After a few years, many | other stores were added in differ- ent parts of the parish, but between 1760 and 1800 few houses we erected. Thus Britain farming nor mail power nor cilities. About the middle of the eighteenth : century tinware was first manufact- ured in the United States by a noted man living Berlin. Many “Yan- kee” peddl now took this new product south where it wi not large- 1y known, sold it and did a flourishing In fact the business was so profitable that between 1800 and 1812 attempts were made to manufacture catlery. This venture, however, © a failure as was also the later silk- worm industry for these articles could be purchased for far less money, 1800, New only a small parish, with no post-office, | route and with no water | other manufacturing fa- | that in ctically, it wa was p: in Women's STOMACH TROUBLES | The Great Woman’s Medi- cine Often Just What Is Needed. We are so used to thinking of Lydis E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ds a remedy exclusively for female ills that we are apt to overlook the fact that it- is one of the best remedies for disorders of the stomach. For stomach trouble of women it is cspecially adapted, as it works in com= plete harmony with the female organe ism, since it contains the extracts of the best tonic roots and herbs. It tones up the digestive system, and increases the oppetite and strength. Here is what 1e woman writes showing what this medicine does: Newfield, N. Y.—“I am so pleased to say I can recommend Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound as an eco- nomical and beneficial remedy in most ailments pertaining to women. At least I found it so by only taking two bottles. I had indigestion in a bad form and I am now feeling in the best of health and owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs. BURR WILLIAMS, R.D. No.29, Newe field, N.Y. Many women suffer from that ““all gone feeling,”” and “‘feel so faint,’* while doing their work. Ten chances to one their digestive system is all out of order. A tablespoonful of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after each meal should completely remedy this condition in a few days,