New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1927, Page 18

GLOCK HENDER IS GENUINE MYSTERY People Wonder How He Lives on What He Does F —_— New York, May 20—An aged clock mender provides mystery and gos- sip for a certain suburban town. how he manages to live in days of high prices. He will spend an entire morning tinkering with | a clock, and then apologize for ask- ing 50 cents for the job. He refuses to actept more than his own pri The explanation offerad is the old fellow has accumulated a he wants and turned to clock men ing as a hobby. A stranger crossing Broadway in the garment manufacturing district at midday became frightened by the milling mob of men wHo stand on’ the streets, almost pushing each oth- er off the curb. His first impression was that he had walked into a mass | meating or serious accident which had brought thousands to watch. A little questioning, however, revealed that they were merely factory work- | ers, designers and salesmen taking |y ion 1ang Commission fs Iris Cum- | the alr’ at the lunch hour. Among the unusual heroes of the metropolis is the messenger for the | weholesale cloak and suit houses. The messenger, man or boy, faces the heaviest traftic, the biggest cov,‘ or fhie most reckless and belligerent | taxi, from behind the flimsy barri- fade of a pushcart that )s not allow- The villagers are puzaled as to| these | ed on the sidewalks. The cart, pressed sample models, has tiny wheels, frame sides, a j.ole acmu the top for hangers anl a cunaln around the clothes. The rights of the majority are be- Ing upheld by several restaurant owners in the business section who have posted notices asking workmen wearing soiled clothing 1ot to take more expensive garments are likely to come in contact with the grease i or dirt. Home Chief Interest Of Poet Politician Alamosa, Colo., }polmcal leader of women and direc- |tor of the activities of the Colorado deration of women's clubs, Mrs. e Velhagen boasts that no riety of interests can make her :glect her home. Mrs. Velhagen served four years as president of the board of educ: tion of Alamosa, and is head of the | | state republican club for women. {She 15 a member of the Poctry so- | ciety of Great Britain. Ireland Picks Its First Woman to Be Surveyor | Dublin, May 20.—The first wom- an to shoulder a land surveyor's transit with the sanction of the | mins, who has unique ideas about | suitable work for women. Miss Cummins was the first wom- an to take an engineerlng degree |from the University of Dublin, soon |after war wag declared. Her bache- lor's degree in her pocket, she don- ned overalls and began punching | the time clock in the Rosyth dock- yards. loaded with freshly | seats where other persors welr\ng‘ May 20.—Poet, Sen 'MIINIJMENT 10 - FINDING OF O1L |Fn~st Located in New York | State in 1627 | Cuba, N. Y, May 20 GP—Three | centuries after the first white ex- | plorer discovered oll on the Ameri- can continnent, the spot where the discovery was made, Is to be marked with a suitable monument. Deep In a woodland plot on the a Indian reservation near here, ‘oil spring,” first mentioned July 18, 162 de la Roche d'Allion, a Franciscan monk, is to be the scene of the cere- mony. The exercises are under the joint _auspices of the New York State Oil Producers’ Association, the ate of New York, the Cuba Cham- ber of Commerce, and other groups.. For untold years before Father ! d'Allion penctrated the wilderness of the Iroquois country, the spring was known to the Indlans. They attributed it to supcrnatural powers because of the healing qualities of its product. Fabric dipped into the {oily scum on the surface and wrung out produced the ofl. The aborigines used this for healing ailments, to grease their hair and for other pur- poses. Visited by many whites after Father d'Allion, the spring has been written of in many historical works. Most of the earlier ones mention it as producing flame when coals were applied to its surface. Later visitors found it to be a deep pool of water, from the depths of which rose bub- | bles of petroleum. Even today these lbubblcs form & scum on the water, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927, giving the spring the name, “Seneca | 3 | Indlan Oil Spring” The country south of the rtur- tion, reaching well into Pennsyl- !vama is famous for its petroluem, but in the immediate vicinity oil, \never has been found in p&ylnl ‘quanullel. In 1857 the first oll well was drilled near the spring—but it proved a failure | The spring Is sourrounded today, | as it hhs been for years, by a wild growth of trees and bushes, which {are to be cleared away in time for the tercentenary celebration. The Seneca Indians, recognizing the im- portance of the event, have grant- § In charge the B ed the committee right of way through their reserva- tion for a road to the spring and | § also the land for 75 fedt around it. The spring, now walled in with boards, is accounted for by ‘Seneca | tradition in a typically Indian fash- ion. A fat squaw, the legend goes, was gazing Into the pool many years ago, long before the white men came. She became too curious and venturing too near the ecdge, _fell in and disappeared forever. since, surface, and the Indians have used | it “to appease all manner of pains.” “This year's | | | i Ever , oil has been floating to the ! observance of the | discovery will be held on July 18, | the date mentioned by Father d'Al- | lion as that of his first visit. The ! date in 1627 is accepted as that of , the first sight of ofl in America by a | white man. 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