Municipal Uses
We were in Singupmc.‘ and the
plain said to me: ‘.l.iid lt'l' 5 play
fill! game- of thethrs fox lilo
Oi‘lds championship .illll. if you
t me, l’li luln hci- bowsprit
"So we thank ii gallon Jug of
m. and my score stood 27 Clean
tiles and ”11'“ skunks . . . and
' 0 came home after having been
glue for tho years and three
inlaiitbs."
.mNO. it isn't (.‘onrntl. although its
'Uilt a smack or salt spray between
lull) words. it isn‘t by Stevenson.
’lfithough its got tho. "bottle of
“film." even it it hasn‘t the "Yo ho
‘Kl‘l" part. it isn’t Kipling. or even
mmmaet iii: lug-z,liin although it's lo-
allied cast 01’ Suez with tlic luck or
,flpmmulldnlcnts its liltnf‘llllill thirst,
m pagodus. palms, splcts 11nd yel-
,uilv and blown Alyolis.
”’"lt’s morely palt of a "business
ttcz, " mailed to Itosmli A. Benc-
ct, lawyer. of 3 Lililbllllk street
,uth Norwalk. and it‘s one of the
czicst busincss lcitcrs on record.
«tilt is Ivlittcn on tho letterhead of
e Harlin Municipal Garbage 1n-
N’gt’icrator and Steam Generatox
mpnny of Nt'lshiillc, ’l‘tnncssoo.
Pi osaie—llut !
Piosaic enough that. But ro-
1honce anti ineincrdtms they sccm
Milli: Singapore and steam hy-
Uliaulic elevators: Santiago and steel
'cd siiutcs compasses; Cuba, Cape
asi. Cape Horn. Chili, Capetown.
nlcutta. Cape of Good Hope. Cadiz.
‘4 ape Vcrdc, chain conveyors, car
2 __\ _~‘-d.s - r
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I RN iNVENTOR TRAVELLER
, lTES 0F LONG SEA VOYAGE
AND WONDERFUL lNClNERATOR
oswell A. Benedict Gets Communication That
Carries Flavor of Old Wind-JammerwGar-
bage Disposal Plant Is Said to Convert
Waste Into Electric Current for Varied
aystt‘ms, compressors. conduits. con-
tlcnsod steam, concrete and combus-
tion products—they're all in this re-
nim'kabls business letter.
.iolifi lirown llurris. M. D. (rcilr-
ed), licgllls by telling Mr. Benedict
that he saw his letter in the Manu-
i'ucttil'cl's' Record of Baltimore.
llo continues by telling how.
yours and years ago. he knew the
editor oi: the Record and, at that
time. he (Harris) was in Anlston,
Aim, where he heard someone offer-
ing ten dollars a day to take over the
job of dcpot agent.
More the. letter begins to sound
like a movie.
“Everything for miles around.
liOlllt‘s and even the railroad depot.
wns owncd, lock. stock and barrel,
by the 'l‘ylcrs and the Nobles, who
lllltl manufactured artillery for the
Confederacy. 1 met them all bllt
Mr. Noble. who was out of town.
One day I saw a great, big. rawboncd
nuin appeared in the depot, ordering
this, that find the other done, and
all the freight hustlers were hopping
around at his command. Feeling
that I was the boss. and being thcn
young. with real Southern blood
coursing through my arteries. lwcnt
into the depot and walked up to Mr.
Noble and, in an abrupt manner.
asked him what in the 11— he meant
by coming there and taking charge.
ignoring mo and the office; and he.
knowing more about the local situa-‘
tlcn than 1 did. proceeded to still
ignore ’lllt‘. whereupon I laid hands
on him and bodily threw him out.
and told him next time he had any
HillcreSt
Norwalk, Conn.
the sale.
Onthe property.
i
PUBLIC
AUCTION
101 Lots on Boston Post Road, Westport Avenue ‘
(between Children’s Home and Dr. Vollmcr’s),
TWO Sales Each Day Commencing
Aug. 22nd, Aug. 23rd and Aug. 24th
2:00 P. M. and 6:80 P. M. on the property
Visit the property before the sale and select the
lots you consider most desirable and fix your
price on them. ‘If you cannot be there, have a
representative. Any bid will be accepted during
., Agent on land from 9:00 A. M. to
Hundreds of valuable and useful presents given
’ " - away absolutely FREE whether you bid or not.
Also two thousand balloons free to the children
Office on Property
Adams & lngalls, Auctioneers
’Phone 2275 Norwalk
THE AMERICAN LAND CO.
TORRINGTON, cons.
Terrace
8:00 r. ‘M-
$19.75
$29.75
RED TAG SALE
SPECIALS
Men’s and Young Men’s
ALL WOOL SUITS
$23.7 5
334.7 5
‘ BATHING SUITS
$4 00 Now $2. 45—35. 00 Now $3 .45
South Norwalk Store
‘wALK L
S‘HIRTS
$1.55
ROGERS a STEVENS
. TWO STORES
ribbed Wednesday Afternoons
SO. NORWALK
soil in the Ruhr.
business down ihcrc, to come to the
office.
“Mind you. I hadn't the remotcsl
idea of who the man was that I had
ejected-v—but. on going to dinner up
at the 'lnn.‘ everybody was laugh-
ing. and even old man Noble‘s sons.
thrce big, st; upping fclions. and
every body, seemed to enjoy it as a
joke on M1. Noble.
Neier I‘orgiivo life.
"Mr. Noble never forgave me, nor
would he ever speak to me.
“I know the South. i know the
North. and the pcopic. their char-
acteristics. and have lived in New
York city; froth which place. about
1860 in May, 1 not sail on the five-
mastod sailing shil. ‘Sca-Witch’ of
Bath. Maine, compass S. by E. 22 dcg.
passing Capo Maui, eastern end of
Cuba. thence S. by W. to Legunrn.
Venemoln.‘ and on down Orinokn.
crossing mouth of the Amazon, ltio
do Januiro, Buonos Aires. around
Cape Horn, and up into the harbor
of Valparaiso. where we saw a naval
battle between the Chilinn ironclad
O'Higgins. and the Peruvian man-o'-
wars-man Husscar, tho O'Higgins
sinking the Huascar afte‘r three
hours of terrific cannontttiing in close
quarters.
"Thcncc coasting on 11p to Santia—
go, and put in at San Francisco (Los
Angclcs was not then). and. after
shifting- cargo fo‘r a few days. we
act sail W. by S. 18 dog. to Honolu-
in. Hawaiian islands. 2.200 miles,
and then on and on. and delivered
our cargo of R. R. iron at Shang-
hai. then freightcd up and down
between Yokohama. and Hong Kong.
Manila. Sydney, Wellington, Java.
Sumatra. Melbourne, etc.. for three
years—and. one day. old Capt. Clout
sales says to me: 'Lad. let us play
thirty games of checkers for tho
world'achampionslilp. and (we were
than in Singapore) it you beat me,
Res it' We drank a gallon jug of
rumil and my score stood 27 clean
gum s and three skunks.’
“We then cleared the Strait Set-
tlements. up into Bombay. Calcutta.
Tumatavs. Madagascar. Capetown.
around the Cape of Good Hope. Cape
Verde Islands. Gibraltar. Cadiz, Lis-
bon. Liverpool. thence across to
New York. Big. strong. and never a
day's sickness. having been gone five
1'“ turn her bowsprit homewarda,
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Danbury Mayor Goes
On Extended Vacation
DANBURY. 'Aug. 21.—-Mayor A.
Homer l-‘illow. of llalhury, accent-
panlcd by Mrs. Fillow. loft. yester-
day for i-lnrutolza Springs. N. Y..
whore lht‘y will spend several days.
[From Snmiogn. the mayor will no to
Montreal find other Canadian cities.
He plans to be away at least two
weeks.
0
years and three months.
"I had been given a classical Nlll-
cation. and was well read. and this
1rip was in itself a great education.
“I am now in my lath year—and
iron, steel. manufacturing. boilers.
ctc., has bscnmy line. and engineer-
lug.
“not. right now. I. for the first
time. begin to see my children.
around fifty" and my head whiter
than a bunny's tail. and 1 must be
getting old—wbut I do not feel it at .
all—~-but it'stime to begin to ‘wind-
In’ for keeps."
Praises Cmnecticut.
Handing the palm to Connecticut
113 It garden of live "Yankees" and
cxcusing himself for being gsrrulous.
this Southern inventor-traveler-live
wirewyol. and author. too. closes:
“lv‘or fully 50 years I have said
that Connecticut ltste contains more
l‘t‘tll bright mechanical scheme".
i‘utllncerl. and live Yankees than
any other spot on earth of the same
arca. -
"I told Englishmen in England
when their navy was considered in-
vlnclblo that. if ever a war broke
out between the United States and
England (which God forbid) and
this country Just exempted Connecti-
cut from service. except to turn out
and manufacture. she would sink
every ship England had afloat in
twelve months—that Connecticut
was equal to the job, and doubtless.
some or them will put their thinker
on my incinerator. steam-generator. .
and see its possibilities... . . M iii
U. s. patents run to 1931; but 1‘ five,
every improvement ready to file in
Patent Office to run to 17 years still
longer—41nd, in that time, a syndi-
cate could make a billion on it.
“You soc. in my old age. I am
it own CONTROL Ar
Gcniian polloc’shown marching into Essen to relieve the last of the French troops occupying German
This marks the departure of the last of the Allied troops from German territory and also
the resumption of German control of the Ruhr Valley.
s'
exceedingly gsrruloua~liks to talk.
write and exchange ideas with mum
of brains.
“Trusting you will appreciate what
i have laid before you. and tall me
it? tinny expect interest from people
in your parts.
"Yours vcry sincerely and truly.
"JNO. B. HARRIS. M. D."
Mr. llori-ls' letter in another part
explains in detail the workings of
an incinerator of his invention which.
while is disposes of garbage. at tho
same time generates power that is
converted into electricity to light the
streets of: a city and. in general, tur~
nlsh current for municipal uses.
Painting Inte’r’i’o: of
. N orwalk R. R. Station!
Workman employed by the, New
York. New Haven. and Hartford
Railroad Co. began to paint the in-
tcrlor or the un-town railroad sis-
tion yesterday afternoon. The inside
of the building. sorely in need of new
decorations, will be painted yellow.
Workman will remain there about
three days.
MY LITTLE VILLAGE.
l was born in a little village.
A little village by the sea.
They used to call it Little Chatkis.
This place I now do wish to use.
In this village I roamed and wan-
dam].
in my young and happy days.
Through the orchards and the corn~
fields.
'Ncsth the sun's most brilliant rays.
But my pleasure‘ did not last long.
For the war cams on right then.
And we departed. broken hearted.
, To a far and well known land.
Hi this land we suffered greatly;
Struggling hard by night and day.
'1‘ inking of my little. village,
Which is so fat-Io far away.
filtd’ms hick to my little village.
For ’Wl'lloh my heart does always
Cl‘ i
To the sunshine and the pressures.
Where i was born and want to dis.
wBy Allen L. Schnsbls.
0
LAST Greenwich BO in
mud hole and saved his ills.
Saved From udllolc
GREENWIGH. Aug ll.—-A small
boy. aged about four. whose name
could not be learnsdqfcll headlong
into about. four' or five feet of water
at the excavation. on the Joseph
Christiano property. Just south of
tho Libuuon building on Greenwich
avenue Wednesday afternoon. The
lad was rescued Just in the nick or
time from a. watery grave by Rich-
ard Hannah. son at Mrs. need Han-
an of West Putnam avenue.
The Iad’s playmates were unable
to reach the little isilow. Mr. Han-
nan. who bad Just come from the
Greenwich theatre. jumped into the
money's vow wisva
errors-wuss IT
COAL
C 0 AL
Phone 113
THE NOR’WALK COAL8ISUPPLYCOMPANX
mnuura COAL simumous
MAsoss‘Bunmlvo MAnullAL
108 Water Street
COAL
C 0‘ A L
COAL”
COAL
Eff),
.b’fll)
Why not use some of your mossy
to purchase modern plumbing
contentment? You'd be surpris.
ed at that lownsu of our chat-gov
for installing s modern bathtub
in your home. .Why not get ac-
quainted with the real facts of
the case and give us a chance tc
demonstrate our superior sup~
piles and plumbing abilities.
The Nash, Raymond
& Dean Co. ‘
2 Flex Hill Road
Always
Something New
———0n—--
BRUNSWICK RECORDS
——-—and-———
U. s. PLAYER ROLLS
’68 No. Main St. Phone 126 ’ So. Norwalk
Pianos of Quality. Since 1875
Studwell Piano CO.»
7—0111 Annual August
CLEARANCE SALE
' AUTO SUPPLIES
ma-
TIRES TUBES
FAMOUS STANDARD
Genuine $7.00 roslbsrtii CORD TIRES Bathing Beauty
Automatic Windshield ‘ Radiator Ornaments
. CLEANER Quality Cords that assure a ' 0m, Begum
and an em reduction of mileage costs price $3.19
) est automatlic Size Tire 'l‘ube
”'- \Vlndshled
u.” Cleaner! made. sass sass also . 1mm "3"“ “mm"
30‘“ Cl. Jr. .- ‘ ' 9.95 2.25 11 one piece bathing
s4. 67 soil-31,4 moraine c1. 11.95 .25 9““- B‘m‘m“ 5““
329% S S 3 1|. ’5 2 05 and shoes finished in
Bad s 8’ ' "' ' 15“ 2:80 ,_ bgautii‘ul colours,
. - . a c ass-sea ., Q ‘ . h ‘11! y en.n1 0d.
'1‘.» 30— - MObIEOIE g": g'lgifn'fi" 13:: 3‘3: ' Ornament very at-
G d " 4 m'" ' ' tructive and highly
1'8 es 3434 s. s. 17.95 3.30 “shed Large Em
A & E 321434 s. s. 22.95 ass 3“)" ““1 price
33:4“ 5. s. as.» 8.80 3319 O
F. 1 Mon 23:24.- 23: 4.4:: Ammo.
I seal“ 0 I I I I I I I O 4 '
-. 97 c soils 8. s. sass 4.95
r‘ Cans V 1 8 O R
Limit 1 gallon to
I mtomor
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4' MIRROR
and head light glurcs. Finished
Absolute protection from sun ’
in black japan fittings with an -
Baby Hammocks
The only practical
$2.49
lion bracket for
fleaw plate glass mirror—21’ ,; x
9 inches.. Has special combina-
leathcr covering.
open or closed but mic” ”'00'
$1.73-
Yoacsnlim loo offun
making so many dim
ant dishes with We:
Salad Dressing. Sand-
wishes forplmlqsslads
for bridge as, cold
night“ rs. It’s so
«me
P111. “1
oufifim
Minus-in
meals for Ida Sunday
sci-you can win and .
‘
Here’s a contest
that will be fun
easiest thiagyou
lTlSdIs
foodusesyouhmfoua
may,” have 5:
coveredinsny more.
Wears-warding
”(technetium
board. List pricodilc.
Made to fit any size running
_ cars. ~ . . ‘
153511510337 infill-13:353. List price $2.00. 51-39 vgllndslueld 49C
- caners '
III to El l wind hi Ed
FA... 3...... 19c 31b Ball Pain 51 35 .5312. 24:23.4... F 2..
Board Stopmsts . . Hammer oars. Guaranteed rustproof._
Made in one piece; makes it
impossible for handle to come
Premicsim write us din“ Millions:
To make it easy for the competent judges who will
read all letters. number such to use (namely. 1.
2. 3mm: mfos the number of at practical uses is
the ded' factor.
You may ave used Premier in devilied
as a delicious dressing for fruit salad. Orwith dam of
Sole. Oren oizilclnieatforSolid?"'e till
it on sandwiches
suggested uses and youe :11th
147' Prizes—“$2, 500 in gold
035001.: 141 Militias-Mum»
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Contest closes December l. 1925.
Address MUSEUGGthMPANY. NWYORKCITY
mum’ on.
alert. DRESSING
. amalgamat-
Local Branches: Stamford, Norwalk, Meriden
mdiilfyouhmuu‘
“steam v4
Thiscoauuisopsaea
f RADIO
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Tomahawk, The Bandy Toe].
for Home or Oar
STOP THAT LEAK
, w your: Rams-Ion
price $1.00.
loose from wiper arm.
List '
DOES IT 10oPisce Socket
$2.95 5
This tool is a hamnier, hatchet. X'LIQUID Wrench 36%
box chisel and nail puller, all For “ml cars. Consists of 1 Flat Ratchet
combined in a sturdy solid in- mm mm, 7m 0 Handle, 1 Long Extension, 1
stmment. Its uses are manifold
$1.23
his! [”100
$1.50.
for large radiators.
List price $1.26.
$1.09
31-32. List price $5.00.
Universal Joint. and 7 Pressed
Steel Sockets. From 7-82 to
W ‘m Guaranteed STORAGE BATTERIES
"‘ andso ' Model
r: 2.. mil? FOR AUTO FOR RADIO 5......
.gh re - ilV—ll pl.“ 12.05 “VI—60 amp. 9.95 Boyce
oeiver and 80 Amp. Wood Case Motor-
‘m a t o l: ' sir—13 plate 14.05 sv— 12.95
. ~ holder. woman.» so Amp. ’
Om- usual 89 Special 13.“ av.—
Dricc II.”- c Dodge 12 volt 120 Amp.
HARD RUBBER GASES
SPECIALS FOR FORDS
A-CFSptgk Plugs
F2”... 253.3%
will recognize a tre-
mendous reduction in
price of these popular
spark plugs.
1917 to 1022 ..
gymwfnfim $2.95 ms .. F... ..
Highly nickel plated handsome
looking handles. One loch from
Retopping Outfits
FOR‘EORD TOURING CARS
Seat Covers for Ford 1024-1025.
Two spa four door tvsodsns. 30.40
~ RAYBESTOS
for Ford Cars. -,
........ $6.95
‘7.” Known for its quality
the world over.
Genuine Stewart
the inside, the other from the
outside. Lined Brake $1 19 Regular 315. 00 value. On sale ' "‘
a only while the quantity on hand, ..
Rubber Mats Shoes, 3 set - lasts. For Ford Cars only. ' ‘ 4
For “in! Sedans ........sa.so
For 00“” onusunon-so‘s-‘L.a
For 'lburlng Car-sand
Roadsters .80
boss-scoot..-
List price $2.00.
STUBE
Guaranteed Phone 2796
nigh grade castin’ g: carefully
drilled and milled. Lined with
finest quality asbestos lining.
TIMES SQUARE.mm m, “SUPPLY C.
64 NORTH m NWT
Open "evenings till 8:30
Speedometers
3’96 : W
"Hilhly polished Wing Radiator
Caps for Ford cars. Adds to
the attractiveness of your car.
Chatter-less transmission linlng‘
23 inches long."_
' 1% inches wide and 5-32 thick.-
95c ”
10.89
Other Fun Belts
Black fabric fan belt.
lell not stretch or
inc
RADIO
TUBES
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