Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 11, 1916, Page 12

LWritten Speclally for The Bulletn.) " ‘It is astonishing how many people fere slaves to words and phrases. % It's an old saying that “soft words Sbutter no parsnips”: equally true to fadd that “hard words break no bones”. fhe meaning of both is that mere Swords are not very important; that “they ere, indeed, utterly ineffective as icompared with deeds or things. No fdog ever died yet merely from being ftold that he ought to be killed: but Smany a mongrel has really perished at Ahe business end of a_club, without 2 ‘word being said on either side. © And yet there are plenty of people ffwho are always ready to squabble or “pull hair over a word. A long time ago we talked together @bout the preparation of stovewood e (s gitchen e 1t S must have en a year or more. In the time since ‘then I've over and over again heard,— ‘as 1 had over and over again heard it “before,—that certain wood made good ¥del, “if it can be seasoned under Tover” It's not an uncommon phrase. 3t seems actually to be believed by {many otherwise practical woodsmen. And now, a_year or more after our Falk, in which 1 eet forth the idea that while wood can be and ! “dried” under shelter it cannot prac- tically be 'seasoned” that way, comes a correspondent who questions as to my right to make any distinction ‘between the words. ““He does not state what dictionary he uses, but refers to one as defining the verb season, “to dry out, to ma- ture”. q {=Hence, he maintains that to “dry” ifuel and to “season” it are really the {pame thing and should be effected at the same time by the same process. Undeniably wood will dry faster and ‘more thoroughly under roof, protected from rains, than in the open. There- fore he claims it will at the same time season better in those conditions This is really a matter of words. As I have eaid they are not very im- portant in themselves, and I am not disposed to quarrel over them, except in so far as they stand for deeds or things. Nevertheless, I maintain that £had and have warrant for using the Word “season” as I did. Mr. Web- ster's Unabridged gives no less than eight meanings for the transitive verb «“to season”. One is “To render suit- able or appropriate; to prepare: to fit”: a second is “To fit for any use by time or hal to habituate; to accustom: to mature” a third is “Hence, to prepare by drying or hard- ening, or removal of natural juices. as to_season timber and the like. Note that the seasoning of “timber ‘and the like” is used to illustrate that meaning of the verb which is defined @as the “removal of natural juices”. ‘That is, when you “season” timber and the like you remove the natural juices. ““Which is exactly the sense in which 1 used the word in our former talk. But now let's drop all consideration for the words and consider just the things involved. For, when you make a fire in that kitchen stove, you don't expect or Want it to burn words, but things— such things as stovewood sticks. You know perfectly well that you'd have to wait a long, long time for breakfast if the Missus hadn't anything to cook 1t -with but words. The real nub of the question is not what you or 1 call the method of pre- paring that wood for fuel, but whether we prepare it eo that it will make a Eood fire and boil eggs and fry bacon. Its the quality and condition of the wdod that is important, not the words We use about it, nor even what we call it. For instance, the Romans used to call one sort “fagus” and the, Russians call it “buk” and the Swedes call it “bok” and the Welsh call it “ffaydd” and we call it “beech”. And it makes just as good a fire when it's called ¥bok” or “buk” or “ffawydd” as when it's called “beech”—provided it's equally well seasoned and dried in each case. When one cuts green, living trees in the forest they contain a considerable amount of their “natural juice”, i. e, sap. It isn’t necessary to bring proof of this; every woodman knows it. Now this sap is a liquid,—has to be to soak its way up and down through the spongy “sapwood”. But it isn't just clear rainwater. Not by considerable. It is liquid, to be sure, but a liquid holding in solution a good deal of solid matter, the solid particles by which the hard woody structure is slowly built up. Every one who has ever eaten maple sugar knows that it is simply the boiled-down sap of the rock maple—the solid residuum which lis left when the watery part of the sap is evaporated. It hapens that this residuum is sweet and eatable in the lcase of the maple. But there are oth- er residuums in the eap of other trees. In most cases, instead of evaporating fo a sugar, saps dry down to a gum ©f one sort or another. But whatever SEASONING AND DRYING STOVE WOOD should be me | sugary or gumy matter which is water mor vet wood. And in no case, with the exception of the pitch-bearing coniflers, is this it's presence retards combustion and diminishes the amount of heat given off. This is so well known that a vast majority of wood simcrs Teys fake es R SE: 1 n many parts of the country it is a bit- ter reproach against a farmer that he sap good fuel. Indeed, dry or season their firewood. forces his wife to use “green” wood. His dolng so is taken as prima facie improvidence and evidence of his thriftlessness. Very well, then the tree and whatever its sap, that sap contains more or less solid or sticky or no having cut our green, sap-filied wood how are we to make' it fit for fuel by as complete a “removal of natural juices” as is prac- and drying T don't kmow, but it's dent that he regards the is tmprovident and thriftless DANIELSON ; Prof. W. F. Kilpatrick to Address Qrange—Robert G. Smith Postmast. er at East Killingly—Decorum Pre- scribed For Tonight's Game—Town Officials Deny Statement That New Haven Road’s Property is Over-As- sessed. - Selectmen Louls E. Young attended the automobile show in Boston om Friday. ‘W. W. Wheatley, W. B. Wheatley, and Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Street were in Boston Friday attending the auto- mobile show. Rev. James H. George, Jr. was the preacher at the Lenten service at St. Andrew's church, Norwich, Friday ev- ening. ‘W. P. Perkins has been spending a few days in New York. Will Address Grange. Professor W. F. Kilpatrick of Storrs college is to speak on Poultry Raising at the meeting of Killingly grange on Monday evening. George O. Thomas was in Boston on_a business trip. tical for the farm wood-yard? The| Rev. E. P. Aver of Mansfield will ideally best way to get them out|conduct the services at the Congrega- would be to have a huge vat and boll| tional church Sunday. all the split-up stove- wood, boiled out of fat pork. expensive an operation f cal farmer. Suppose, splitting it into_stov nstead, -wood sticks, till the sap, with its gums and sugars, should have been bolied out, much as lard is But this is too r the practi- after he piles it up loosely, out-of-doors, where it can remain through the remainder George K. Smith has removed from Academy street to the Huntington house on Franklin street. Observed 98th Birthday. Mrs. E. L. B. Howard, born in the neighboring town of Brooklyn, as Woedhaven's oldest resident, observ- ed_her 93th birthday recently. of the winter and the spring. It is| Mrs. Gladys Dunn is ill at her home snowed on, the snow is melted and | here soaks it, and then it is dried or frozen ohn N. Lawson of Hartford was a out. This is repeated again and again. | visitor with friends here Friday. By and by, when spring opens, it is rained on and soaked and dried, and soaked and dried, again, and again, and vet again, over and over. Fach time i¢ is thus soaked some of the gummy sap is dissolved and washed out of it: each time it is dried some more is dried away out of it. Grad- uall there have becn enough rain- soaking tent . the whole original sa on- placed by a rain-water con- James Malley Dead. uis E. Kennedy was in Boston on day arranginz for the forwarding of the bodv of James Malley, 43, to Pomfret, home of the deceas Letters Unclaimed. Tetters addressed to Mederique Bernler, Mrs. Emily Green, R. W. Pat- and Louis Page ave unclaimed at ho Danielson post office. T a tent. =y Harry Moore of Roston was a vis- When that point is reached, the|itor in Danielson Friday. wood is “seasoned.” Tt may still be| Miss Marv Keley have the soggy with wet a quite unfit fori members of h Williams Daniel- fuel by that reason, but the “natural|gon chapter. D. A. R. at her home Juice” has been removed, at least in|in Dayville for a meeting next Thurs- large part. There is littie gummy sap | gay. left to “fry” and fizzle and deaden the fire when a stick is put in the stove. in Now its place if that “seasoned in an airy woodshed, under cover, where dry air can freely circulate but | < no more rain wet ir, it will soon dry out. Then you both seasoned and dried; a clear and steady heat h smoke, less steam and less ashes, and | y. burns up clean to the lasy brand. | have continued to use that word “seasoned” because it seems to me the right one and to have authority hind it. All 1 ask the two processes be recognized distinct and by no means identical. It male: them properly. Remember Mr. Lincoln's question about the calf. calf have"? asked he. “Why, gravely shaking his head, caif will stiil have four ter what you call its tal | have one now in my sense So he cuts, stay there. box. I have another neighbor who piles his green wood, as soon as it is split in And his wife is always in trouble becausc her wood won't burn. She complains that that it chars over and even goes out, unless a wood-house, under cover. it “fries” rather than blazes; she keeps forever poking it up. One of these men ‘seasons” his wood the other dries it Both onlyhalf-way measures and result in but doesn't dry it: without first “seasoning” it. only half good fuel. It takes some trouble and some extra labor to fit green wood as it comes from the mountain for the best fuel. The trouble and work all fall on the But I think most farm women appreciate the labor and trouble undergone for-their convenience. Even if one doesn’t the axe wielder can gain the satisfaction which comes to every good workman from seeing a workmanlike job done goodman of the family, too. in a workmanlike manner. and MEAT and Year by year the natural fertility of the soil is taken away by growin, crops. This natural fertility can only be restored b; ing ‘matare’s plant food made of animal substancen, | o ) teding e Essex Fertilizers give this plant food in available forms—BONE, BLOOD igh-grade chemicals. Th the ili to the soil and prod?meg::?mdu:n;ield-. e, BONE, BLOOD and MEAT Fertilizers act quickly. run freely through fertilizer drills or planters. Due to the lack of potash this year, reliable manufacturers have either been compelled to charge exorbitant prices for potash or to make fertilizers without it. Essex High-Grade Fertilizers have always grown profitable crops. We made extensive experiments without potash and now offer you Essex Animal Fertlixers that awill permanently enrich your 1o, Ask your local dealer about them or write the ESSEX FERTILIZER CO., Boston, Mass. They are fine and BONE BLOOD ME AT Fertilizers s simple rain water. . i. e. sapless but perhaps watersoaked wood is piled have stovewod which is which Is ready to burn, wants to burn, gives off be- But if anvbody objects to it let him discard it and use some other. is that the difference be- |, tween washing the gummy sap out of | (), green wood and drying the clear water out of wet wood be accepted, and that as small difference what you call the processes, so long as you use famous “Call a caif's tail a leg and how many legs will the five, of answered his bewildered call- Oh, no”, responded Mr. Lincoln, “calling a. calf’s tail a leg won't make it one. The £s no mat- eighbor who believes in “seasoning” his wood, using the word splits and heaps it out-of-doors,—and lets it Half the year, when his wife wants a baking fire, she has to dry the soggy stuff off in the oven be- fore she can malke it burn in the fire- I notice that our good friend Cos- Populace Getting Good. Chief Michael Grimshaw has found (his a rather quiet week so far as ar- rests are concerned, this being as it sould be to mark the beginning of the Lenten season. T. Carl Witter conducted an auction e at the David Clarke place, in the town of Putnam, Friday. Miss Georgette Jette of the Emer- son school of Oratory, Boston, is here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Jette. le] Miss Ruth Arnold will lead the B. P. U. meeting at the Baptist church Sunday evening. Rev. . W. Armstrong of New York. formeriy pastor of the Pentecostal church here, has been visiting in town Pcstmaster at East Killingly. The vacancy in the postmastership Fast Killingly has been fllled by the appointment of Robert G. Smith. Previously Mr. Smith passed the civil service examination for the appoint- ment and had the lLighest rating of anv candidate, but he didn’t get the office. Snow Over 14 Inches Deep. Some of the best and most conserv- ative citizens approached the verge ot swearing Friday, when the third snowstorm of the week piled more of the alleged beautiful atop of the mass that already covered the ground. Such a depth of snow has not lain on the ground n this section so late in the season for manv years. The average depth where the snow has not been disturbed is from 14 to 17 inches. Coal Received in Borough. Some cargoes of coal have been re- ived in Danielson this week. re- € the prospect of a bothersome shortage. ~ At present there is suffi- cient coal on hand to take care of im- mediate local needs. One dealer says that Le does not anticipate that the shortage will become so acute as to caus: distress here. Tedious Return Trip. A party of Danielson men who were in Doston on business and to attend the automobile show Thursday arrived here at midnight on the return trip. At Millville Heights, near Blackstone, Mass., the locomotive hauling _their train ‘went out of commission and they had to wait all of two hours until an- other locomotive could be secured to haul the train to Putnam. Ready For Tonight's Game. Arrangements have been made to handle the crowd at the Killingly- Putram High school championship basketball game this evening in a manner that should be satisfactory to everyone. No such nerve-racking din as marked the last game here will be permitted. All tinware and other racket-making devices will be under the ban. The visitors are entitled to the courtesy that always should be ac- corded to worthy opponents and they in turn will recognize that harmony between the schools and goodfellow- ship are best attained by keeping in mind that one game, or a series of games, is but a passing incident of as. sociations of many vears gone by and many years to come. _There is noth- ing to be gained for either side by over aggressiveness, or noise. This does not ‘SORE BACK, _LUMBAGO’ RADWAY’S READY RELIEF: USED AS A LINIMENT. $#STOPS PAIN2 INSTANTLY Relisves Congestions and Inflammations. 19"y It Does Not Blister S &l:a Bare T nroat or Neursigia 50 or quickly Mre. Josephine Hall Green Elected Church Historian—Cassent May As- sist in Getting Danlelson’s Team—Eggens Himes Dead—Adrian Breault's | Friends Endeavoring to Raise Hi$ Bail—Death of Mrs. J. C. Ames. Joe of the Boston Braves was the firat of the party of ball play- e to lc!lQ:u'Inck on, l::;. trip south, so_despatedes from say. Miss Kaltherine. Bill of Danielson sang at thp suffrage meeting in Odd Fellows’ hiall Friday eveningz, when Dr. Valeria Parker of Greenwich was the speaket. Mrs. James McGarry of Pomfrd: street is d¢ Laurel, Delaware, where she will rémain until spring. Body Taken to Pomfret. The body of James Malley, 43, who died in Bpston, was brought to his home in Homfret Friday evening. The Ladies' Aid society of the Me- thodist chuirch met with Mrs. G. D. Stanley_Ffiday afternoon. . Tax Collector Richard Carpenter has issued his’ annual notices relative to the collection of taxes next month. John Lovse is to move with his fam- ily to Reedeville, Mass. Elected Church torian. At a meeting of the church com- mittee at!the home of Rev. F. D, Sargent t» elect a church historian of the Congregational church for a vear ;\érs, Josepbine Hall Green was elect- Hike for Camp Fire Girle. Friday w@fternoon a meeting of the Campfire Qirls was held with Mrs, H C. Meinken. During the afternoon 13 members tqok a hike through the snow with Mrs. Meinken and Mrs. W. C. Kenned: Frank Ehzzilion, who was knocked uncor iovks last Sunday night in an altercation' with Adrian Breault, re- mained in a critical condition Friday, though his mind had cleared in con- siderable dgree. In some of the country districts there was 10 school Friday on account of the stoim, which piled snow upon snow, making travel very difficult. Will Seek Cassent’s Aid. Teddy Cidssent, manager of the Put- nam basebell team last summer, will be asked 1y Danielson baseball pro- moters to .kt them some fast players for the temtn that the town is to have this summer. Third Gime Might be in Pomfret. The Putrfam High school basketball team will inake a supreme effort to Wwin the gatae at Danielson and clinch the champibnship tonight. They will mean that Justy cheering will not be permitted. . The idea is to do away with stunts that would have no place at games letwen two representative high schoolr. NO QVER-ASSESSMENT. Towr Officials Deny Statements Re- garding iNew Haven Road’s Local Hoidings. “M” of Hanielson wrote a letter to the ecditor ©f The Bulletin that was published ™ the edition of Friday. That letter: contained a statement, among others, intended, apparently to show that the New Haven Tailroad is being abused by the interstate com- merce commissicn and “from every quarter,” tha¢ the taxes on the road's property in' Danielson had been jump- ed by the assessors in an unreasona- ble and ubpardonable way. That statement, in effect, was one thi that started something here soon aftes “M's” letter was read and anof that riled some leading bi et was the stntement that if sees how HKis company is treated in this assesmient it does not look like a visit from this man,” this referring to the plan of the Business Men's asso- ciation to have President Eiliott come here and epeak before the association After telling about something that happened, 9r is supposed to have hap- pened in Rlainfleld. “M” writes: An- other case 'is in Killingly, where the railroad company bought a_ parcel of land and §‘larxed their yards in Dan- ielson. is land was assessed to the original owner for just over $3,- 000. When the rafiroad company bought it khe assessment was raised to over 36,000, or nearly double what it was asspssed to the man who sold it to the Iroad compan: creases the tax the rallroad ¥ ‘from $55 to $50 per vear more tham, the man from whom the railroad coinpany bought it.” __This makes interesting reading and is in line ‘with the irrational state- ments that are now being fed regu- larly to 26,000 readers in this vicini- tv. but there is one serious fault with isn't true. When Charles B. Hutchins, mem- ber of the board of assessors, was ask- el sbout the rallroad company’s as- sessment i Killingly he sald, Friday, that the: tptal on all the company's property #1 Danlelson on the list of 1915, recently completed, was $5,100. This covers not only the property re- ferred to in “M's” letter, but all other 'real estate in the section supposed to be for yard enlargement and all dwel- lings, everything the company is as- sessed on here, in fact. This includes the Morris, Reynolds and. Bennett properties along Railroad street. If 36,100 is an over-assessment on all of this property, judges of property values in Danielson are at a loss to see how. Business; men resented such misrep- resentation; knowing that it would not miss the eyes of the road's press clipping bureau. As one town official put it: ‘“That kind of stuff makes a hit for .the major at the big yellor building ih New Haven, but it is bad for.Danielsan and it is untrue.” The 1aiifoad company is not over- asscesed au its Danielson proper'y and if it gets' treated as well thronghout the state jas it does here it will have no kick goming. Danielson business men are &nrieus to see the road suc- ceed ard are not doing other than acts that will help it. The town officials who discussed the letter point out that the $6,100 re ts 1o more than a slight in cresse over what was paid on the same property by its former prival uwm.';'ffl M‘v y‘y that the James Reynolds’ property assessment to the late Mr. Reynolds was epprox- imately $4,000, as mear as can _be judged fromi old records; in those days a man's even though he had several pi of property wers put in a8 one lot. | Then there was & $1500 assessment of Israel Ben- property natt bought By the rilroad. That as- sessment, as it & was iransferred tg the riiroad, as was $300 on the M ‘property. Then there is .warlzgmi)‘. be cheered on by a host of rooters, It a third game has to be played it may be played in Pomfret, at the school, it was satd here Friday Passengors for this city from Bos- ton Thursday night had a cold and long drawn-out trin because the loco- motive hauling the train went out of commission at Millville Heignts. Most of the local people had been in to at- ¢cend the automobile show His parishioners and many friends here were interested in ter from Rev. John n den Noort, for many years pastor of St. Mary's church here, written from his home at Dongen, Holland. Father Van den Noort hopes that his country, which holds many interned soldiers and ma- rines, may be saved from becoming involved in the war. other a let- Junior Town Government Organized. The Junior Winter Chautavq club has organized a junior town govern- ment, with various officers, commit- tees and departments. At each month- Iy meeting there is to be a “town meeting” with the children as citi- zens. There is to be a commission form of government, with commis- sloners selected by the chiliren and various sub-divisions of representa- tives, inciudinz a clean-up commis- slon,” whick: will give attention to arousing 1i:terest in having clean streets, ciean yards, etc. OBITUARY. Eugene Himes. Fugene Himes died at the Day-Kim- ball hospital Friday afternoon, after having been at the point of death for the past two weeks. Mr. Himes un- derwent a surgical operation which revealed a_condition more serious than had been suspected and from the first there was little hope for his recovery. His death caused much sorrow to many friends in this ity where he was a resident for many years and universally respected. For years Mr. Himes was a cleri in Mans- field's store and was known to the trade in all the surrounding towns. He leaves his wife and one daughter, Marion Program For School Night at Grange. ‘The following program has been ar- ranged for the School meeting, so- called, of Putnam grange next Mon- day evening: Selection, High School Glee club: How Much Work Should Children Do Out of School?, Frank W. Barber, superintendent of rural schools; Co-operation Between Home and School, Principal A. B. Handy of the high school; The School Lunch Box, Mrs. W. R. Barber. member of the ‘town_school committee: selection by the Glee club. This meeting is to be open to the publ Breault’s Friends Trying to Raise His Bond Friends of Adrian Breault were bu. Friday afternoon secking a bondsmwn willlng to put up the $1,000 security necessary to secure the young man's release from the jail at Brooklyn, Wwhere he was taken Thursday after- noon. Breault is being held awaitinz the outcome of the injuries to Frank Bazzilion. Should the injured man linger in_such a condition as he is at present Breault would face a length: stay in jall. It was hoped that Baz- zilion would improve rapidly when Breault was ordered held until Baz- zilion should be able to appear in court against him, but Breault's friends think this may be a consider- able length of time and they hre anxious to get him out on bail mean- while. BITUARY. Mrs. J. C. Ames. Mrs. J. C. Ames died at her home ‘Woodstock Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock. She had been ill for a lone time. Mrs. Ames, who was formerly Mrs. Farmer, was well known in this city, in Danfelson and other towns in this' section through her having been engaged for vears as a nurse. Miss Gladys Farmer of this city is a daugh- ter of the deceased and Mrs. Charles Myers of Danielson Is a stepdaughter. Farmers’ Institute Helpful—Fish Pond at C. E. Social. Miss Dorothy Smith is spending her vacation in New York, with Dr. and Mrs. Soule. The meeting of the W. C. T. U. was held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Chas. Smith. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Franklin Coun- tryman took charge of the meeting, which was in the interest of the of the Union Signal, the national organ of the W. C. T. U. Sidney E. Ackley visited over Sun- day with friends in Chester. Farmers’ Institute. A farmers’ institute was heid at the town hall last Friday which proved a day of profit and pleasure to all. The institute was opened by the chairman, S. B. Williams, followed by the ad- dress of welcome by Rev. Franklin Countryman. Dr. G. P. Clinton of the Connecticut Experiment Station, New Haven, gave a talk on Plant Diseases and Spraying, after which all were cordially invited to the dining hall to partake of a fine dinner which had been prepared by the committee in charge, Mrs. B. A. Moore, Mrs. Walter M Crook and 8. ;Brain- -l P m Pror’ . THE JAMES HANLEY BREW WING CO.,BR ; of Connecticut Agricultural College gave an address on Poultry on the Farm, Prof. A. L. Stevens spoke on Vegetable Growing. About were served at dinner, others came for the afternoon session. Fish Pond at Social. A C. E. social was held at he home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Swan Tuesday eveninz. Each person was asked to bring a package containing an article of 5-cent value for the fish pond. As a result ubout four dollars was adde to the electric lighting fund. attended. the followed by on Mrs. ter M. Gillette were in Middletown the first of the week About After several selections Victrola games were played light refreshments. Personal Items. Edwin A. Moore and Mrs. Wal- Richard M. Clark came from Ivory- ton recently his daughter, A.S. for a few days on business. to spend some time with Mrs. Alexa or. Bugbee has been in Hartford AN OLD NEW LO.DON SKIP CAULKER James Palmer Lester Among the Last Who Followed That Business There—Captain Carson’s Log—How Strip of Waterfront Was Saved For the City. (Special to The Bulletin.) New London, March 10—James | Palmer Lester, died recently in New Loudon ar.é the local papers announced his death and funeral, and simply that and nothing more. While it may not | be the proper thing nowadays to be fulsome whenever a death out of the ordinary occurs, still in these advanced times it might not be amiss to say a few words concerning the departed that may be real news to the present gencration. Mr. Lester was a ship caulker by occupation, as was his father and his uncle Paimer before nrm. and was among the last who followed that once thriving occupation in New London, but which is now almost amony the lost trades, so far as New London is concerned. Ship caulkers were in great demand in those “good 011 whaling days.” that some of tha older of the old salts delight in telling about at the jib-boom club rooms and wherever old time mariners congregate, and there were many of them in this @ity during that period, and up to the time of the civil war, when a big fleet of New London whalers were laden with stone and scuttled off Charleston harbor, a factor in blockading that port. Then the caulking business sradually faded waned and finally In the days when full-rigged ships were not a rarity and when along the water front from railroad bridge to railroad bridge was a forest of masts, the caulkers malets could be heard above the din of the ship carpenters’ broad axe and the creaking of blocks as the cargoes of oil was hoisted from between decks, or the placing aboard of stores preparatory for whaling voy- ages. Strange. but true, in those days It was rare for a whaling vessel to haul out on the marine rallways for repairs. The vessels were “broken down™ alongside the wharves and the repairs made while the vessels were in that position. Block and tackle was made fast about the masts and the ves- <ol hauled over so that the keel was oven with the surface of the water. Then the caulking and recoppering was done. first on the one side, and then on the other. When this work was finished the decks were recaulked, a general overhauling of the rigging. and the shins were again ready to start on the voyage for right or sperm whales. It was in those times, and fo- some yvears thereafter, when James P. Lester was among the big corps of ship caulkers, plugging the oakum into the seams to make the vessels absolutely water tight. Mr. Lester was not only one of the old-time caulkers, but he was also one of the few remaining volunteer fire- men who “ran wid de merchine” and manned the brakes of the hand fire ongines of over half a century ago He w among the most active of the active firemen of the time, and more than one kid of that patrol, now among the old men of today, looked upon M. Lester as the heroic fireman that used to be pictured scaling a ladder, wear- ing a red shirt and fire hat, and de- scending with a woman or child from » harning bulldine. He was known to evervbody as “Runkey” Lester and was a member of the Niagara companY. It was Mr. Lester who, at the burning of the steamer Commonwealth in Groton, plunged into the icv water and secured as a trophy the gilded ball of the flagstaff of that sound liner which is now preserved in the Niagara house. and is perhaps the only part of that {ll-fated steaer now In existence The time was when every man woman and child in the city knew “Runkey” Lester and recognized him as an fdeal fire-fighter, and good citi- zen. Rut at the time of his death he was hardly known and_perhaps. that's a reason why he was buried and re- ceived no obituary. He was born in New London and never lived anywhere s in his time there were not many young fellows more deservedly popu- lar than this same James P. Lester. A fow day, New Engla: neglected store room of the custom houss at Newport, a log book of the revenue cutter Crawford, Captain Jobn Carson. country, documents of real hist thrown in a mass ab: This ber of the cre rical value are ely neglecte - same Captain Carson commanded for years the revenue cutter on the | New London station and the captain made hix home, with his father. in the large house at the corner of Feders and Huntington street, with “Tom"” hell as the handy man abou place. There are many in New don who remember Cap and “Tom" Getchell, too. is “Tony sme, for many years the Janitor at custom house and who served on the Campbell, and Richard C. Morris, who was deck boy on the Campbell, and his father was a mem- The revenue cutter James W. Camp- deed the revenue cutter James W. Campbell and th modern reven captained by John W. K London, and tom house wh: Keeney was conce best on Sunday. sailing ce, Captain the steamer orders to sail on cfined. joyed the his stroet Keeney city, and now & the bell, was a schooner, a sailing vessel, and much of the time was at anchor off the custom house. In fact this vessel used to remain on the station 80 long at a time, that the point where she was anchored was christened Beef Bone reef, as all refuse was dumped into the harbor, and the beef bones forred the reef. that of course never existed, only in the vernacular of that long-ago period. During the civil war this same cutter Campbell, like the other cutters in the service, did act war duty in addition to its service for the treasury department. They did not go out on the high and engage the enemy as they were not equipped for such servic they did scout duty and picked up many vessels engaged in co trade for the beneit of the s Yes, in- there is a vast differy nce between cutter Itasca, that is now frequently on the New London station in connection with the school of cadets of the revenue cutter service, or more properly now the coast guard service. In the days of the Campbell, the “buny setters,” mow known as light house tenders, Nir ssels The one stationed at New London was was arf ¢ always at the coastwise masters in this ut as smackman, and m ter.” neither hims vessel, 1 in wor When steamers succee vessels_in the lightho Keeney comma Cacty He recel a Sunday and h. Then he resiened remainder of his days comfortable home In Trum He was father of Dr. Walla still resident of The city of New London owns quit gobbling up in that vic! A for the ferry siip, and it was taken for granted by the railroad companies that all the rest and was a part and parcel of the deal that resulted in a strip of water frontage at the foo of State strest, which the Central w Ferguson wh stretch now ext rf on the nc rf on the utilized for a public land ing, the Groton ferry slip and the spac occupied by the G. M. Long an Company market. In the days fol lowing the construction of the preser railway station, at a time when th rallroad companies, both of them, wer. y inch of water fron: ity, provision was mad was owned by them cking from the water fromt. foot of Prison street, mow Atlantic street. and the site of the Central wharf is now known as railroad prop- erty. while the balance of the strip is conceded even by the railroad com- panies to belong to the city of New London, although the rafiroad company did take a sort of squatter possession of the part now occupled by the Long market. The strip at he Buf for the efforts of action ef the G. M. Long company, and the late Cap- tain Thomas Hamilton, a member of the firm, in particular, the city would not have in its possession the water it now proposes to put to public the council meeting, Monday evening, it was voted to recommend an appropriation of $32,000 tb ereet a public wharf on the Long market site. This would not only relieve the congestion at the ferry landing, but would also give to visiters to the city by the water route much-needed se- commodations. The original Long inarket was located on the water fromt in the rear of the New London Whal- ing bank property and was condemned for rallroad purposes, which meant use. that the G. M. Long company must nd new location or go out of bus- iness. They did not propose to do the atter and the marketmen erected the Neptune bullding on the site of the 'Old Yellow Building on the Parade™ market to be located in the base- ment of the building. Captain Thomas Hamilton held to the opinfon that the only proper place for a fish market was on the water front and convenient to the railroad in order to facilitate ipments. Captain Hamilton made a search of the records and discovered that the city of New London and not the rall- road company owned the water fromt between the Ferry slip and the Fergu- son wharf, and determined to locate the fish market there. The condemna- tion of the old fish market propertr did not carry with it the fish market building and Captain Tom decided to secure the strip at the foot of State street for the city by right of occupa- tion. So onme dark and stormy night and it was really some dark and stormy night. the rain falling in tor- rents, Captain Tom. with the ald of Simor: Fraser and his men, placed the old building on & big raft, and it was towed to the foot of State street, just wehere it is located today. Captain Tom was sure he was right and went ahead. He then assured the city of its ownership, and on condition that the company be given a lease of the prop- erty at a fair rental for a term of twenty vears, the Long company agreed to Gefend the ownership against the claim of the rallroad companies. And this was done and the property saved to the city. Which Another Story. Justice Hughes continues to say he is not a candidate and some of the promoters insist that doesn't mean he wouldn't run.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Surprises of War. One of the surprises of war is that 50 many of these effete nations are found to have several good scraps in State street | their systems.—Washington Post. P — Florida CUBA—-AUGUSTA UTH 4 SO Irkuflll'_z THE “ NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL™ Leaviag New York 2:12P. M. datly, nowin o DINING CAR SEhvice - fin"fl A. F. WOOD “The Local Undertaker” DANIELSON, CONN Parlors 8 Mechanic THE BROOKLYN SAVINGS BANK (Incorporated, A. D. 1872) PHOENIX BLOCK, DANIELSON, CONN. . 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