New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1928, Page 3

s of e as 1 of has any ture a 95 y or “on heat it of first reen ther take ince way d to ime- S0, are e is spe- cars 1 of oint du- ete. able ore- rps or.” NEW BRITAIN DAILY. HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1925. DEMOCRATS UNITE | AT SITH DINNER Factions Forgotten at Tesllm& nial (o Pany Registrar An unusual tribute to, has given so much of ‘his time [ volitics that he is universally KNOWN | corner that we're going to win. But | 2 us a politician and so labels him- | Thomas Jeffers warhorse night gathered hin seff, was paid Smith, New Britain's dvmoc Thursday more than 100 fricnds the Bueritt hotel to tender testimonial dinner. When a man has been inact politics for mor: than 40 ycars has usually amassed a suffici number of cnemics to defeat for anything he might s not so with ‘Tom Smith space of sage sent word of large group of democratic s reached and every one v 1o take part in the testimontal. I there are the democratic pa claimed that there united at least for the cvenin there were democrats of every from '\ ry district, and with ey and T In by mouth, seen factions and it o they w for tion. sury Thomas all 1 concluded and registrar was called on remar he aro: with “One time in a nearby city. ss the Jefferson Smith, other in its praise but wh the gen a sto L nated for officc a very good frie After T had concluded he | “Tom, | vou were so sincere that I almost iy e was employcd selling monu- of mine came over to me and said: believ&d it myself.” Couldn't Be ¥ 1t nothing morc characteristic modesty who for*many yea of afernal” affit up scemed anious to for.a fi a man who | Win, put the que to son of | when ive he ent \im But he 24 hours through a mes- a triends red | Smith in is af hen nial ow ry: 1 nomi- nd | n the | smith, | rs has been ele - - might. Four years ago when the late Robert Lakollctte headed a third party ticket for president, Smith was one of the candidates for representa- tive from this cit “onditions were | anything but favorable democratie chances in as far as FISHERMEN, AHOY! s i m_T_HJS_SINI( IN democratic caune.| D016 Dwellers Build Fence to \\e\ roncerned. .md his colleag form urging the After the campaign had been on for | \m al days, one of the leading K pF]sh m | democrats, wondering if Tom actu- L i 6 |ally thought he had a chance to ion to him point- His reply was: “Well, friend, telling them on the (Contributed) | Dear Andy Dale: strect | gome time ago you told me of an amusing fishing incident where a guy accidentally dropped the rc- freshments overboard. A large fish grabs the pint, somehow man- S to remove the cork and after uking a fcw healthy swigs does loop-the-loops, tail spins, ctc., into the air making him so dizzy he didn’t know whether he was under water or ashore, upsets the boat, in- cluding the fisherman, and then dashes for the three mile limit to tackle a rum fleet. Well. Andy. T don’t know of any place where the fish are so big they upsets rowboats but T knows a lake where fish are more plentiful than small change a dime museum. The fish are so plentiful that the residents who live near the lake had to place a fence around it to pre- vent them from coming ashore and causing a disturbance. They claims that every time they launches a rowboat the finny tribe causes a trafe jam, the like of which s never seen in the city, The fish traveled in “schools” and a perfect tendance was the one thing they 1 most of. Last weck Jimmie Tat” Furlaini and me visited this lake and caught so many we almost got bow-legged and round-shoul- dered from carrying them home. We borrowed a rowboat but used our own fishing tackle, The boat looked like it had bren used to take passengers off Noah's Ark, the top being open but luckily the bottom was closed enough so's we got along with only one bailing n. The fish saw us coming and | vlank. [ we're now that you ask me, T'll tell you. If the people we expect to do so vote for LaFollette, we'll be beaten by 5,000 votes, and if they don't well, the sky is the limit.” LaFol- | lette didn’t get the expe d strength and the sky was the limit. But Tom mith wasn't disappointed nor did he consider the cfforts put forth wasted. A charactenstie that has always [ marked Tom Smith is his ability to Jtell an appropria: story or make a {bull’s-eye with a remark sent home {at the most fitting time. During the last_campaign, the end-men for the Political I'ollies were having an | impromptu rehearsal of jokes in a Main street cigar store, while Smith and others stood listening. After the jokes had bheen rehearsed | once, one of the end-men turned fo |Smith and said: “Tom, we might not have our regular interlocutor to- | How about having you act We can rehearse with you sever; instead. now.” “That's all right about hearsal part of it none will b ary. L rcad all those jokes in | e almanac years ago.” was Smith's reply. M a1 men's weeks ago, Smith for a few 1 life work | the hanquet was marks. Tra briefly, he some alled upon ng back his recalled {ments. After completing a sale to |the widow of a fireman, he was ask- «d 10" suggest an inscription. His | recommendation was: “He has gong |to his last fire.” were already gathering about like ed demacratic registrar without op- | Kids to a circus parnde. They must position. and who lus been men- | yagy fo Favorably | of theught it was pienic day and we | tione ! for mayor and for congress, was bringing the Junch, We rowed | Further evidence of his modesty | Impressed h.V HOOVer | jiowiy so's ot to bump them but | might be seen in the reply he n Rome, June 16— (UP)—The tenth | no matter how careful we was a | 10 a man who suggested that he | yuniversary of the Battle of the | few got bruised as the ears acci- | a candidate for mavor this ye | Piave, which was the prelude of the | dently clipped them. They kept | good friend” replied Smith, | Austrian downfall in the war, and | their mouths wide open and watched | appreeiate ‘the compliment you after Vittorie Veneto, the most im- | us prepare the hooks as interested pay me. But T don’t have te run | portant encounter on the Italian jas though they was to be measured for mayor t6 find out whether [ froni, was celebrated by the army | for bathing suits or somathing, No | conld win. T know the voting list of foduy with pavades and revi xooner had T thrown a baited hook the city of New Britain. T can com= | while the people of Rome and other ' gverhoard when a fish makes a fly- | pretty cldke to telling you who on | citics decked their windows '\|\‘1‘Inz tackle for it but fumbles the | that list would * vote for e and | halconfes with the tri-color in honor | cateh and is tossed for a 5-vard loss | who would not, b k and white that it isn't Lle for me to win by Nothing doing!” Registrar Smith modest politician ough one. When a candidate for the tion, he could have rested on recovd of n ¥ half century work for his party and it is ext Iy unlikely that he would huve 1o win the support of Hartford ty. But he did not. There country town to obscury for 1 visit in his canp Kate: was re portant for is not only but also a he decided to national dele, unit personal canvass, Tl result was that Smith was clected a | publie buildings 4 as too 1 can show you in | possi- | u long shot. | thor. | e o his of m- he of the event Patriotic demonstrations and pro- cessions of war veterans were held | throughout the country, and the “Hymn of the Piave” the battle song, which, after “Giovinezza™ as others shoulder him aside. U tries again but meets with the same results, except instead of only | a couple trying 1o grab the hook | v wwas at least half a dozen. What they craved most was morc the most popular patriotic air of | hait and less competition. T fools . was played and sung in hun- them by tossing my line on the | rracks and public places. | other side. The way they swim artillery took such an regiments which | after it would make Johnny Weis. | active part in smash- muller turn green with envy, throw | ing the Austrian offensive that be- away his famous strokes and go ! gan on June 15, 1918, and ended back to using water-winge. One | Lint al refreat on June 23, hig boy, not so dumb, puts one over | were ssed in their on his mates by taking a diving squarcs by Division Generals and | short-cut under the boat and grabs | their commanding officers, the hook in the nick of time as the | In the evening, government and 'others crowd his tail. When were illuminated | pulled him in 1 thought he was a tes salmon or something becausc W. R THOS. L act color reminded me of our pet gold- fish. His complexion wus duc to sun-|the burn on account of leaping out of the cr so often in trying to get the bait before it touched the water. t seems they'd bite if you offered them nothing but chewing gum on a button hook. All you had to do was to show them your fishing li- cense and they'd do the rest. We was afraid to heave the anchor overboard for feur they'd mistake it for a hook. Three of them tries to got on my line at one time and stages a battle that would make & free-for-all strect brawl scem as tame as a flapper's petting party. I'm trying to make them behave when a big husky himbo leaps outa the water when I ain't looking and lands in my lap. I tosses him back again. “What's the big idea of tossing him back?" inquires “Fat”, hauling in a beauty that's perspiring freely and gasping for breath of account of being al- most exhausted from his game ttle in keeping the others away s0's he could t the bait first. “I'm playing no favorites” 1 grins, re- moving my coat and folding it neatly on the seat so's none would jump into the pockets, “he'll hafta wait for his turn “Fore" glee- fully shouts “Fat.* (who is also a golf bug) swinging a mean line far out in the hopes that the ones in front would duck {heir beans so's he could reach the on oar he's holding a busy line and no wrong numhers, we left the great , not to mention a many disappolnted fish. OAH COUNT. Cuban Executioner Is Given Discharge Havana. 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FEIGENBAUM FENN FIRTH big lads in the | In less time than it takes to lose | Towards night | means of | of Pines was turned | Romero's assistant on \1‘\'." been accepted for enlistment in th United States at the navy recruiting he: New 18 ENLIST IN NAVY | necticut, For the ftivst recruiting week of Enlistments were accepted as tol- | mouth of June, 15 me have | jows: Bridgeport, 2: | New ]ll\l". 4 Meriden, 4: 2 |fora, 4; New London. 3. The 18 recruits were to the naval training 1; Hart navy. it as Teported lquarters, state of Con- transterred Haven, for the station ut Newport dergo training, most of them will take the !tunity of enteripg the service schools, four will take they will uu- of militar upon completion of whic vight oppor- trade It is expeeted that at leas the competitive ex- Frank L. Lindstrom, J'r.g motor hoat. amination for the naval mimr. as 100 enlisted men are chesa front © he ranks each year for the nayal {academy. — ¢ Bridgepeort, 8. Edward A. 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