New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 6

New Britain Herald| HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Issued Daily (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg, 67 Church Street BUBSCRIPTION $5.00 & Year. 42.00 Thres Montha. a Month. RATES Tse. Entersd at tho Post Ofice at New Trit ain as Sccond Class Mail Matter. TELEPE Business O - s B CAL The on vertising n the City. n books ar room always open to advertisers. me a Member of the Associated Press he Assoclated 4t credited fn this news published Member Audit Dureau of Cireulation The A B. is a national or hich based ¢ tection agaln tribution fiures local advertisers. Times trance H s Schuitz's Newss 42ud Strect. York at Square; Grand Ce: “VIVA LINDX 1" Our tlying ambassador to Mexico has achieved anoth complishment in his carecr. So complete is public confi- dence in Colonel Lindbergh's ability he sets out to r notable ac remarkable to attain any goal yeach that there was scarcely any- one who doubted Mexico City. Yet tb haz last two hours ing wer in the the mountains beneath were Jle to a forced landing, the gense of direction failed because of faulty maps, for once “ir flying” seemed destinad to £ tle wonder, therefore, that the flying ambassador had an uneasy two hours between Tampico and Mexico City, and that an extra hour or o was added to time. But Lindy got there finally usually gets there. That is a charac- teristic of the world's leading ai il he man, T ception AMexico City has brought out wmore the city has to Lindbergh in American flags than ever secn before. It wave of good feeling has sprung up between the two republics. Lind- s succceded where count- mummery has fail hergh less diplomatic ed. “Mexico is a great count 1 y and we out to see mors of the colonel's quoted statements be- | he left on his latest air expedi- n. And sui action to the word, inz more ot It, at the samo time giving Mexicans and Americans something to unite about, something | upon | to cheer about, something which to join in “Vivaing”. PROMISING ESTIMATES AND THE ACHERS One's fai o financial per- spicacity of various civie sport pro- iken in con- mix-up oter lating the remarkable of the incide to the ope I bleachers in Willow Brook park. The of income ing prospective scems to have heen of an euthusias tic natur somebod disappoint ick until ness is straightened out. Tk a probl park board seems to be faci faced be- m s never Athlet 1 with as it Britain thinking; to the fr ed to view have and from 1g the promises were 1l papers, how- s that to t even app had no authority n ny of th of this 1 ¥ to do bu FFrom all is clear that is to get white be- in ry con- ENOUGH BEUSES, Is VERDICT would i s around t I not probably would be willing to have [ Nevada and Montana; and these are his downtown terminal elsewhere | as powerless to ald the federal gov- than at the Center. The other fea- ’ crnment in the enforcement of pro- | son given, that the proposed bus line l hibition as New York. It can be said, would be too competitive secms | therefore, that a species of nullifi- | sound if one is to regard it as part | cation already exists in the five of the P. U. C.'s functions to see | states without enforcement acts; and that those in the business of trans- |the possibility is that sundry other | portation do not suffer from compe- |states where anti-prohibition sentl- tion. In fact, that seems to be one | ment is strong may adopt this meth- of the functions esercised by this | od of appeasing local prejudice to Lody, which must be a great satis- | the federal law. This would leave faction to the present transportation | the 18th amendment as a policy of | government without a corrclative in- vasion of state’s rights. #he question naturally arises, will | pete with any of the present lines; | Comuecticut join in such a partial it not now, it certai will have | pullification of the prohibition the early future. It { amendment? The story has been told is a pity that the petitioner for he | that some such action was consid- den street line, instead of picking | ered by high officlals in Connecti- route that wagld ¥ | cut, and after a sub-rosa decision to the effect it would be a good plan | concerna. Perhaps the city has need of a| few new bus lines that will not com- | such need with a been com- routes, had not selected one that would have served people who now are not properly | crnor, where the plan was allowed to !served or must walk a considerable | b before petitive with other | be shelved. | distance reaching a line. | Prohibition politics {n Connecti- |cut are peculiar. The prejudice ARCH STREET WIDLEN PROJLCT ING | especially in the cities, and virtually all of the ety newspapers are drip- | ping wet. Our officials, however, | straddle the prohibition fssue with to learn that one of the most impor- tant problems confronting those who t Is a source of satisfaction astonishing celerity; they seem to wish to “let have been assiduously endeavoring | has | be imbued with the | well enough alone.” to have Arch street widened been removed. If it had been nece: sary to pay $10,000 to the Bouth dry; t in this state is virtually e it was quietly placed before the gov- | | agatnst the 15th amendment is great, | The fact that the grand old party | | steak indicates that e would reach | ex- | strument | Lit- | the estimated flying | Congregational church it is probable | that there would have been no wid- ening of the strect for some time, for these are d#ys of municipal economy, and $10,000 looks like a mint just now, especially consider- ing that the money would have been applied to widening only one point in the project. & It will be spend some mor with the much is yet to be 1t cannot be | very much considering the benefits the propo- necessary, to how however, go through widenin determined. expected, howcver, as nents of the plan look for fully to an inclusion of the amount necessary in next year's budget. Arch strect property owners | pear to have been ap- serious enough about it to make the outlay for the city as low as possible. Land been offered without elaim for dam- | ages in excess of benefits, and the has to! d hope- | | grand ol party newspapers are fighting wet; and amiad this politico- LA R e ol ‘nnr!y gels a large slice of the angry wet vote, It would seem that the G. O. P. | newspapers give the impression that wet when in reality it the party is quite dry. PURITY OF PURITANS The statement of Dr. Henry W. Lawrence, professor of history and political science at the Connecticut College for Women, that his investi- gation had showed the Puritans | were not 100 per cent morally per- fect, but that they were no differ- ent from the generation, gives food for cogitation. It has come to be a tradition to | regard the Puritans as the ne plus | laced morali present | ultra of straigh South church will donate two feet | of land on the Arch strect side of ! There is a possibility, of course, that means that a | new |t been | | the cdifice property. | | ing that has been obscrvable along Arch strect has been that along the Honeyman building, recently con- structed. Tt is quite likely that be- | that has come down to us with the | fore another year rolls round the entire strect will be similarly widen- | the leaders; that the rank and file of | was one of | ¢d- Most citizens consider the wid- | the Puritant community were sub- | ¢ning of this downtown artery as vastly important; and as street wid- enings go, the outlay attached to the improvement s certain to he | that was because the leaders had | very low, A SUPREME COURT V] ON PROHIBITION DICT Wh Unit drivers ed Statos the other day gave its ision freeing two automobile who had been state police near the arrested by Canadian bor- ! der in New York state, a blow was truck at the concurrcnt power of s to enforce the prohibition uw where no state enforcement law | exists. It { to the was only a few da Court decision that previous Supr Go S announced he would ruct all state officials to co-operate with the federal govern- :nt in enforcing prohibition, v of the rescinding of the Mul- t New ago, such co-op- difficult. act in cration is now made more 2 step toward nullt- New York state is well as other states or ement acts, Two men were driving an auto- York troopers mobile in western New state n sev e ral s spied them ed and when they stopped at a gasoline cted the liquor. T T car contain- en were followed, taticn the d fou correc troopers searched the car ions wers . Arrests followed, they were found guilty Thelr first appeal cigion, but the shed, de- appe est of the land v and the d. . Suprem cou prisoners were ordered re- Court’s finding wa t the search and s was il- nt of fourth, The troopers were Vol- Zur legal because there was no sonable evidence violating the 1 sixth amendments, the to enforee found out power ad act because New enforeement act of its own not empowered to for the cral government What this a nts to Is that hoot- from Canada through im- co state n be searched nts have heen ob- i but as utomobiles cover con- ground it is self-evident : would be far away by the | man the word Puritan will continue | troopers took the time to warrant after | in a car. Four other states have no enforee- In | ntin their favor | York has no | suspecting | irri of intoxicating liquor with the passage of time this opin- |ton may have developed through a For a year or se the only widen- | false knowledge of the Puritan char- | | acter. Dr. Lawrence quite convinc- | ingly tells us that the reputation for strict religious and moral living | Puritan tradition referred only to | ject to the same human frailties that | still exist. Though nearly all of [ them dutifully attended | sufficient power to force attendance. | Away from the infiuence of the er-ups in the communities, they were “not so pure” and “about like wpreme Court of the | us,” according to the New London | | professor. | 1t 1s dountful, however, whether | we will change our idea of the Puri- | tans following this revelation. It has 1|u'o!!\o a tom to think of the i Puritans following this revelation. Tt | { has become a custom to think of the | Puri | compliancs with harsh rules of con- ns as the last word in strict | duct; and somehow we like to he- | | lieve it. Perhaps this is the same | psychological ftrait, if that phrase { can be used in this connection, that | causes milllons of people to believe implicitly that witches were burned | to death in Salem, despite what has 1t is | the same predilection which causes | us to think that every carly settler | New been clajmed to the contrary. { ing on the shores of the | World was a godly and upright man; | the same urge which causes h\nu-' merable minds to accept as fact the fable that settlers in Connecticut sold wooden nutmegs to the Indians, And a thousand other perhaps there are fables which the human race | prefers to accept as fact because of | their picturesque character. In- | deed, in some circles it is deemed {a suro sign of lack of 100 per eent | Americanism if a fable is not accept- 1a W | for his researches Into | England history, gospel truth. re indebted to Dr. early e ! Lawrence New of whether he suceeeds in persuading regardless | anyone to believe in his new-fangled | findings. We fear the popular con- | cept of a Puritan will remain; that | e will continue to be regarded as do no 1id wrong, spent a great part | a man who could never | of his time in prayer. gave no heed to the giddy biandishments of life, hated f devil, was Alers as emissaries of the an extreme fundamental- ist in religion and actuated hy a that ver bunked the Indians nor de- Loly fervor to convert everyonc | to his way of thinking. Also | {hen franded them of lands. It's a heau- | titul picture that Dr. Lawrence | would desecrate, Obviously, some of us have a feel- | ing that Dr. Lawrence may be right; but then, the “some of us* will re- main in a minority. To the average | to come in handy when the feels od about blue Sunday laws An oyster containing a $600 pearl ed out of a Scoftish river hy a girl who was searching for a golf was 1t to 50 much as the petitioner | ment acts—>Maryland, New Mexico, nall that had fallen into the water. | church, | wrong, | Facts and Fancies weren't invented in winter. | fun if daughter wouldn't use money | you need to buy you something you don't want. We're a queer race, and when Bill | sobers up he worries because his friend Dick is drinking too much. Brighter days now for those who make pills to shake up the liver. The new Ford doesn't vibrate much. Germany has machines that re- main up without power or a gas bag, s0 they aren't like some of our poli- tical machines, Some bhoys go to college to study [nnalomy, and some hang around the | corner drug stor All cars are alike in one particu- |lar. If they get balky near a road- | side garage, the cost of fixing them [1s §18.75. The difference between the price of a steer and the price of a beef- the railroads aren’t suffering greatly. The Supreme Court says the car driver is responsible for what hap- pens at a railway crossing. What atout the chap who sold the stuff to the driver? Americanism: Boasting of freedom; slavishly doing as others do whether you like it or not. TYou hear of neglected wives, but the average husband is about as mushy as his wife will let him be. Fairy tale: She earned her spend- ing money for years, but w con- tent to ask for moncy when she married. You can’t tell Willie, but today’s prominent citizen used his coat sleeve for a handkerchie years ago. e will always be need of | homes. There isn't light enough in a movie theater to play bridge. about it or think avout it. So you dislike England? W you'd provably like your relatives | Fetter If they weren't related to you. If the author thinks it necessary to mention the fiction gentleman's | | dally bath, the author takes his on Saturday night. feels envious because a rival school has a better teacher of mathematics. i e | Correct this sentence: fine,” said the man; dinner again.” opyright, 1927, Publishers | Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today One of the best known of the lo- al horse men told a Herald report- r today that he w advocating 1mong his sport loving brethrer {the plan of flooding Walnut Hill | |park on the west side 50 that the |surface thus found c speeding and skati A surface| |providing ample space for four| [horses can be found, he said, and horsemen are ready to guaran- ce such su that the experiment, will be repcated every year. It is not known what the park commis- | sioners think of the plan. Mike Chicker of Holmes was struck by a steam engine draw- jing a third rail car near Black Rock | bridge this morning and for a time fit red he had been killed. He was taken to the station and |given treatment. Ofticer Hellberg |tound the railroad had refused to jpay for taking the man home and called a hack. While crossing the Maln street | railroad crossing this afternoon a horse attached to B. C. Porter Sons’ hearse fell down when it was shocked by contact with rail. The other horse be manageable and leaped over his companion. Officer Hellberg and Special Officer Atwater went to the assistance of the driver and manag- cd to straighten them out un- harnessing them. The funcral pro- cession was delayed until new jhorses could be obtained. Insurance Commissioner Upson has published a pamphlet contain {inz the laws of the state relating to | insurance. Members of the Kenilworth club formed a sleighing party to Farm- ington last evening, where they were enteriained by one of their number, 1AL Mile | Mrs. Maggie Cady has been elect- ed treasurer of Martha Rebekah {lodge in Plainville, ! pector Turnbull - reccived wer this morning to munication to the state tory in- spector with regard to the hoiler ac {cident at the trolley company pow- er house. The boilers have been found all right, and any weakness |is thought to be in the connections. | The latest theory is that it was caus- | ed vy electrolysis. | Smallpox has again been stamped ont in New Britain, and today Chief Rawlings removed the quarantine from the Maple strect house after Dr. Recks had finished fumigating it “This is ‘carrots for | | n be used for | ame un- an his com- f: Because of the volume of business, New Britain factories are pianning to make their shut-downs for {nven- tories as brief as possible thls year. Tt just occurs to us that twin beds | Christmas would be a lot wore | nd all communications to Fun i| Shop Editor, care of the New || Britatn Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. A Necessary Precaution, Folks! Our lives should be insured these days When people Jab us forty wa; With lamps, umbrellas, guns, guitars, They will lug home on crowded cars! | “Dad?” ) | Norman, Sr.: “This is the last| |question T'll answer. What s it I now? | | Norman, Jr.: “What relation is | Santa Claus to Jiminy Christmas?” Norman, Jr. | PA CONSIDERS CHRISTMAS! By Theodore Jembel When 1 write out the Christmas shopping check 1 can sce by the family's eyes 'y plan to give me a real swell gift This year by way of surprise. | But every day reminds them all | Of folks they overlooked. | When the friends and all the rela- | tives pert housekeeper.” Abigail: “Yes, never out of any- thing but style!” —G. L. Bolton Logict A statistician has found that Yale graduates have 1.3 children each and Vassar graduates 1.7. This proves that women have more children than men! Easy Today! Connell: “It's 30 much easter than it used to be to buy presents for the folks.” Connell: “Years ago I had to pon- der on what to get for the wife, and grandma, and grandpa, and my son, Adams: “How do you do it now?" Connell: “I just buy a lot of cig- arettes!"” —A. E. Priollo QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any themselves independent and elected Prince Christian Frederick of Den- mark as their king. Q. What officials of the federal government can be-impeached? A. President, vice-president, and all civil officers of the United States are liable to impeachment for trea. son, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors and upon con- viction can be removed from office. Q. How long can a naturalized American citizen stay abroad with- out losing American citizenship? A. Two years {n his native land, or five years in any other foreign country, after which time one is presumed to have ceased to become an American citizen, in the absence of countervailing evidence. Q. Are all air mail pilots mem- bers of the U. 8. Army Alr Corps? A. No. Q. How are steel rails weighed, by the foot or vard? | "A. By the yard. Standard rails | welgh from 120 to 140 pounds per vard. Q. Tn the 1925 world serfes be-| tween Washington and Pittsburgh did Washington win the first three | sames and then lose the last four? | A, Washington won the first game, lost the second, won the third and fourth, and then lost the fifth, | sixth and seventh. | Q. Does the widow of a man who | served In the world war continue to recelve payments on her insurance it she remarries? A. Remarriage of a widow does not affect any payments she may be receiving on insurance taken out by | her hushand during the world war. She will continue to receive such payments until the full amount of | the insurance has been paid. Observations On The Weather Washington, Dec. 15.—Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy, followed by rain tonight and Friday. Not quite so cold tonight. Fresh to strong east winds. Forecast for Eastern New York: Rain tonight and Friday. Not so cold tonight, Tresh to strong southeast winds. Conditions: ' A disturbance of considerable intensity is centered over the Maritime Provinces and the north Atlantic ocean. Pressure s relatively high over the middle At- lantic and New England states with crest of preasure over upper Quebec, Doucet reporting 30.42 inches. The Colorado disturbance now over- spreads the Mississippi valley region with center of 20.58 at S§t. Paul, Minnesota, and with trough extend- ing southward to the east Texas coast. Temperatures are higher this morning in the Ohio valley but are lower in the north Atlantic states, the lake region and the plains states. Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy with slowly rising temperatiire followed by light rain. Temperatures yesterday: High Atlanta ... . . 68 Atlantic City ... 64 Boston .... 52 Buffalo . 42 Chicago ..... 40 Cincinnatt . 48 Denver . 42 Detroit 42 Duluth ... 16 Low 56 36 28 28 38 “ 52 16 your Christmas list question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps tor reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questious will receive a per. sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—Editor. Q How many Quakers are in | Great Britain and Ireland? A. The Society of Friends (Quakers) consists of 19,081 mem- bers and has 376 places of worship in Great Britain and in Ireland it has 27 places of worship and 2,237 members. Q. Why does the ocean not freeze the same as lakes? A, There are two reasons. Salt | water freezes at a lower tempera- ture than fresh water and oceans are deep enough so that the tem- perature of the whole body of water docs not reach the freezing point. | The cold water on the surface sinks | On the d booked. were So, every day my present shrinks And dwindles bit by bit; I'll get some socks and a handker- chie! Oh, well. I'm used to it! I'm used to it. I do not mind, ALL days are genial dubs. (I held out 50 bucks on them— T'Il have that set of clubs!) Immune! “Does your husband ob- Visitor: serve Sunday? M Florian Weems: “What foh 2" Visitor s a day of rest.” Mrs. Weems: “Huh; dat niggah ain’t got nothin’ to rest from!" * —Karl F. Kraft TONY THE BOOTBL. Goes Christmas Shopping CK Mariouche, datsa my wi ghe wants I should make weed her da ireesmus shop. Rosa, datsa ma gal, | Hatteras Jacksonville | Kansas City .. Los Angeles .. Milami Minneapolis . Q. What s the meaning of the name Parsons? A. It is an English family name based on an occupation and means “son of the parson” or preacher. Q. By whom was the president’s yacht, the Mayflower, built? A. By the J. and G. Thompson company, Clyde Bank, Scotland. New York . Norfolk in . Northfield Half the garage equipment Dublin 1s from the United States. CHRISTMAS CANDIES AND CAKES Our Washington Bureau has a packet CANDIED TRUITS. TS “HOCOVLATES, COOKIES, N FUDGES A below and mail as directed: CLIP COUPON HERE - 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. I, | uncancelled, U. NAMB XDY MAKING AT HOME, S. postage stamps for sam AND CARAMELS, and HARD CANDIES AND TAFFIES, the Christmas Holiday seacon. 1f you want this packet, 61l out the coupon | CHRISTMAS EDITOR, Washington Bureau, Dally Herald, . 68 7% . AR 56 78 20 . 52 BT 82 54 70 o 40 58 60 10 48 20 32 roady for you which contatns bulletins telling liow to make from tested recipes all kinds of CAKES AND FONDANTS I want the packet containing bulletins on CAKES AND COOKIES, and and enclose herewith 15 cents In loose, for he makesa onna da picce pape alla to the bottom and is replaced by STREET AND NO. warm water which rises to the top. BTATE You're either a gentleman or you | aren't, and if you are you don't talk | 1, | You'll notice that a college never | avenue | the third | da, teengs we shoulda buy for-a da Ko o we locka da keeds inna | da kitch and go-a to-a da beeg | Apartment Mariouche sheesa 10 can walk fast cause sheesa cata mucha fat like-a Scent Claus. She stands tree hundert pounds inna her stockins foots an eesa five feets tall as-a da crow flies. When we getsa to-a da store Mariouche shecse wobble over to-a | da Inflammation desk an ask where sheesa. can sec-a da jumpin jack, datsa first teeng onna da piece pape. 1 make inna da plain words | for-a da lady an say what ma |« Mariouche she wants eesa da jump jack, datsa for ma litle Guillermo, you know you pusha heem down an hello here he ces back again. Den I say da-Vincenta da whatsa you cooter-car. You know you steppa | on heem like-a da cock-roach cetsa queek gooda by. Pietro wantsa | calendar—the sa the Christian nations. | dition we wanna buy for-a |a an | M Q. What is the area of Holland and what city there is the largest? A. The land area is 12,582 square | miles, and including water it is Amsterdam 712,222 s 13, €quar emiles. having a population of the largest city. Q. A Q. She was born August 31, 1880, What calendar do the Rus- slans use? A. They now me as the rest of Q. What do “status 'status quo ante” mean? A. “Status quo” is translated into English “the state in which” mean- ng the present or previous or position. “Status quo nte” is translated “In the staté and | ;‘ Long Island, the western half quo™ call | which was before.” Q Who was Bdward Willlams Morley? A. An American chemist who col- we shonld buy heem for Christmas | laborated with Michaelson in meas- a racket coon coat, but Mariouchs | u y sheesa no gonna have annyteens | |inna da house whatsa gonna smell |like wet dog. When da Inflammation | ring the speed of light. Q. of Alica A, The part | sheesa hear alla dees tenngs sh: ulCnmernn (Lollv). say “Toy apartment, sick floor.” | 1 pusha Mariouche to-a da heluva. | vaiter where da soldier heesa filla da rooms full peeps an geeva | | dem ride. Weed da rooms eetsa ail time hello an gooda by. We talla | heem we wanna sick floor and he | pusha me anna ma Mariouche in |an da odder peeps pusha her toged- der so much she feelsa like avra- teeng inside goona come upstairs. 1 says to-a da falla whatsa stecr | | de teeng we wanna Toy apartment. | | Soon heesa holler “Deesa da floo We lJooksa around and daresa da beeg to Deesa nice teeng for Rosa. Eetsa | da black-hand board. Shees no write da Marlouche, | Sheesa want found pen. How she teenk I gonna found pen weed dees | crowd walkin around. I looka at da beeg list an I aska Mariouche how { much gonna cost an sheesa say two | dolls. Datsa too much mon ec | cheaper to send-a da keeds to day school where-a dey geev pres- | ents for-a da Chreesmus. | So Ileavc-a da store an takesa da | takesacab home 2n tree hours after- { ward comesa home ma Mariouchs cause-a her feets he's sore an eetsa {long walk from-a da Apartment | store to ma house. s | Maybe Satday night when I getsa | da wage we Buy-a lots Chreesmus teengs for-a da k | and ten centsa s | | | | “Let me carry your heavy basket an’ bundies an’ help you, Mamma.” Lucy's Weaknesst “Lucy is certainly an ex- ‘t | might i |p1 | | Norway was ceded to the |5 it Neighborhood News Q. How many immigrants were | admitted to this country in 19267 Al Q. A “Reau” means fine, beau- iful; “geste’” means an adventure, xploit or gesture. Translated it mean “a beautiful gesture”, “a fine adventure” or a “gallant ex- oit”. Q. 304,488, When was Norway separated | from Denmark? A. By treaty of January 14, 1814, king of weden by the king of Denmark, but he Norwegian people declared How old is the Queen of the Netherlands? | use the Gregorlan | con- | ‘What part did Clara Bow | play in “The Keeper of the Bees”? Louise | What does Beau Geste mean? | cITY t I am a reader of the Dally New Britaln Herald, - { CONNECTICUT CHAM i — ABOUT Ticyy BER OF COMMERCE Connecticut’s Lost Territories of Rhode Island and a strip of | land running westward as far as the Pacific Ocean at one time was Connecticit! Long Island was lost in 1664 granted New Netherlands (New Jand from the “west side of Conns ware Bay."” of Connecticut was granted to years later a commission decided Connectf from salt wat tcut claimed. Connceticut in 1774 set up a c ter of Pennsylvania on land pure years later surrendered claim to Before the beginning of the to Congress Erle. given up the Jast of her western territory. all her remaining land with the exception of 3,300,- 000 acres in a tract west of Pen Hall a million acres of this tract werc given to citizens who suffered depredations of the British during the Revolution and in 1795 the rest was sold for $1,200,000, the proceeds being sot aside for a perpetual school fund. Tomorrow—A Powerful Sermon. This territory, provided for in a charter ob- tained in 1662 from King Charles II, was l‘allrfi the English Colony of Connecifcut in New England in America. when the Duke of York was York), all Long Island and the ecticut to the east side of Dela~ Shortly after, a wide strip lving west and northwest New York by charter. Forty that the dividing line between and Rhode Island should be the-Pawcatuck rlver er to the branch called Ashaway and then north to the Massachusetts line, and not Narragansctt Bay as Connec- olony In the northeastern quar- chased from Indians, but eight this territory to Pennaylvania. 19th century, Connecticut bad In 17868 she ceded \nsyivania and bordering Laks By Fontaine Fox ACCORDING “TO EYEWITNESSES, TTOMBOY TAYLOR'S GOAT, (THE ONE THAT ALWAYS BUTTS ANYBODY THAT BENDS OVER) couLd EASILY HAVE BEEN RESTRAINED EXERTED HERSELF, b IF SHE HA e = a 1@ Fontaine Fox. 1927, The Bell Syndieate. Ine)