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Morehouse
1938.
Oldest
Active Railroad Officer
New Haven Road Publication Pays Local Man
High Tribute-J
ways Ready To
Robert N. Morehouse. of this city
is the subject of aslory in "Along the
Line” a New Haven railroad maga-
sine which calls attention to the
fact that Mr. Morehouse is the old-
est active railroad police officer in
the country.
The article says:
The oldest active railroad pollco~
man in tho llnllod States. veteran of
the Civil War. one of the most loyal
of Chief McMahon's men. and the
_only man who ever arrested a cow—
that'e a brief summation of the co.-
reer of Robert N. Morehouso. of
Norwalk liieiittnnnt of the New Ha-
ven Railroad's police force.
"Loyal to the core. hnd always
ready to go the limit in the perform-
ance of his duty. “(‘aptaln" More-
house. as he is popularly known. can
look back on many an interesting
episode. And here's one‘tl‘hief Mc-
Mahon himself tells:
“There came a report one day that
the crossover track at Mamaroneck
had been tampered with. and it was
at first thought it was a case of ma-
llcions interference. instructions
were given to inspector t‘tlaroy, then
in charge at Harlem River. to have
men patrol tracks 1 and ii. and
Morehouse was ordered to start from
Woodlawn at 7:30 A. M.. it was
intended that he be relieved at New
Rochelle. but somehow inspector
('lai‘cy‘s orders were misconstrued
No nport had been received from
Morehouse up to it P. M. but a short
time later Chief Me ‘ilahoo received
a 'phone call at his home from the
lflilei' Dispatcher at New Haven. re-
laying the following message from
Mort-house: "l‘atrolled tracks 1 and
it from Mount Vernon to Stamford.
Waiting here for orders."
"The chief wired hack:
“if. N. M.
F. S. LYON
JOB PRINTING
South Norwaik
FRISBIE’S
New Oldsmobile Six
More Beautiful
Better Performance
Lower Prict
On Display:
AARON KOHN
9 R. R. Ave. So Norwalls
Phone 689
La Grippe Pill
For colds. La Grippe. some forms
of neuralgia. Contains no opiates
Plaisted Drug Store
Geo. E. Cook. Prop.
59. Washington Street
South Norwalk. Conn.
16 No: Alain St.
South Norwalk
Phone 256
rWe Are Our Own Whole.
" Balers and Retailers of
QUALITY enocsaiss
A. r. Bechmann Co
Inc.
Washington St. Phone 3565
South Norwslk
JACOBY’S
12.14 North Main Street,
South N’orwalk
The Home of Good Clothes ‘
For Men and Women
Charge Accounts Opened
,...
Featuring
ruinous “Kuilpenhdmer
Cloths! For M"!
yet To the Core and Al-
othc Limit.”
——Meesago received. Proceed to New
Haven." and received the following
response: “Located source of iron
bio here; which. proved ‘to be toque
rod dragging on motor. AWlii report
to New Heven by train tomorrow as
the walking in that .rrttory in not
\cry good.’
”that wasnt the only instance
where "Captain“: Morehouse patrol-
led the truck on.tlie New York Di-
vision. Thero was ths‘ episode ,of
the vanished trousers. for which be
searched in vain. it. seems that a
passenger on a New York bound
train felt the need of changing his
clothes below arrival in New yolk.
and had gone into the men's room
to make the change. ”During the
transfusiun'he laid his trousers care-
fully over the sill of the"‘window.
which was open. and they were
swept ut by the wind. “Captain"
liorehouse patrolled the track be-
Widen Mount Vernon and Stitmford
in search of the lost trousers. in
a pocket of which was a consider-
able sum of money. But the search
was unsuccessfull.
"'l.‘ hen there “as the time that th)
“Captain" literally “took the bull by
the her; ." During the period when
he was asoigned to duties as Lieu-
tenant of Bridgeport. he had re-
ceived many Complaints about tres-
passing on our propertyln the vici-
nity of, Palrfleld. and the trespassers
111.: ie not entirely confined “to the
two legged ’ \arletymseverai trains
having been deleted because there
were onus on the hack.
"Captain" Morehouse warned all
the nearby turned to keep their
cows‘oi‘t’ the railroad tracks. but
strange-l; enough. no ‘ono‘could ever
be found who uouid acknowledge
ounership oi the o'rending quadru-
pods 'lhe difficulty continued until
finally the Captain decided on des-
perate iiiensures. He arrested four
cons! 'l‘aklng them to it‘itirfield. he
turned them over to the Deputy
Sheriff, who impounded them. The
misting owners then .proniptlyrturn-
ed up to claim their property. where-
upon ,the charge Igainst the cows
werc,dropped and’tho owners' were
arrested and received licaty' fines
in Court. lint so far as we know this
was the only case in history where
a cow was arrested. .
“Captain" liorellouse is now 81
years young—41nd we mean tl1at..
he has a handclasp which belies 11
ago and a stop which is briskcnough
for a much younger man I) feel
proud of. He was born in New York.
of Irish and Scotch parentage. and
after graduating from. public school
he entered the grocery business with
his father. In 1863 the family moved
to Norwalk.
“When President Lincoln issued
his second (all for 600. 000 volun-
teers in 1861. young Morehouse
managed. although only sixteen
years old at that time. through mis-
representation of his age, to enlist
in Company G. 38th Connectit'Nit. He
served one year with that regiment.
and then re-onlisted in the 170.11 Con-
necticut. Company 13. He served the
was honorably discharged with dis-
tinguished honors at the age of
tw only!
"Although not severely wounded
during the “or. his health broke
down due to privations suffered
while on activeiduty. and he was. ill
for some time. On May 30. 1866.
two weeks before, he reached his ma.-
jority. he married Susan L. Griffith.
"For a time he‘held a job with the
Not-walk Lock Company. but in April
1888. he wssrappolnted to the Nor-
wnlk Police Department and con-
tinued a member of that force until
1907, when he resigned with the
rank 'of Captain. His first job
with the Railroad was an Electric
Zone Patrolman. and because of his
good work in that position he‘ was
promotedto be Lieutenant of Police.
in oils c.o of the Bridgeport office.
Later. at his own request. he was
reassigned to his former territory.
on the New York Division. ' with
headquarters at . Soul h Nor-walk.
“At the age of 8!. “Captain" More-
hmse is one of the most active
members of the Nev‘w‘ Haven Rail-
road Poiice Department, Happily.
Mrs. Morehouse is still living and
also enjoying good health, and they
are looking forward 1 the celebra-
tion of their sixtieth wedding anni—
versary in May They have one son
and too daughters. an.
700 Acres Purchased
- For; StateijForests
A purchase of ’100 acres offur at
land in Killingworth as an addit
been announced by Elliott, B. Bron-
son. field agent for the commission
on forestry and wild life.- in Hart-
ford. The new addition is about six
miles from Hamnlonasset Beach and
in 'view "of" its many’ natural accom-
modations should prove a. useful
auxiliary to the state park there, Mr.
Bronson says.
Situated in Chstfleldbhoilow.,the
land has many beautiful . camping
spots. he says. besides wonderful
clit! and odd rock formations and
fine ' stands of timber. The cast
branch of the Hammonasset River
runs through the purchasefor about
a. half mile. There are also several
naturai.cavso on theJeri-ltory. The
total acreage of the cockapon‘set
area is nowI5.500 acres.
s
swans-1130031)
. 'SAN - ANTONIO. Te]; -—- Absent
from school for t 2 first time in 25
years. The first
ord. not. that one pupil. but of Her-
man Hirsch. principal of the Crochet
School hare. can-1e recently when he
was home on acouunt of illness. for
the first time since joining Iths
school.
While making alterations in pan
old Nantucket ' house. .woriunen
found two copper cents. datedd'ffl
and 180:.
‘ fl 1..
. \
' «Evan's-OBI. I
.. . ... o‘ ....
entire duration of the Civil War and
to the Cockaponeet state forest hail
real: in this rec~ I
W V ‘
Doing right would be much mater .
Appointments To Yale
Faculty Announced
—*
Tho.appointmunts of Filmer B.
Cuckow Northrop. Pb. D.. and‘Llsw-
eilyn T. Bouncer. Ph. D.. as assist-
ant professor of philosophy and psy-
etiology. respectively. at. Yale Uni-
versity are announced.
Professor Northrop is a graduate
of Beloit College, Class of 1910. and
roosivedtho degree of M. A. at Yale
in 1919 and etufiarvard in 1922. and
the degree of Ph. D.. at. Harvard in
1024. He'hus'also studied at ‘nm-
bridge University and has been an
instructor in philosophy at Yale
since 192:1. having previously served
as general secretary of the Y. M. C.
A“ at Hons Kong. China.
Prof. Spencer holds the degree
of B. A. and M. A.. and Ph. D.. from
Yale. He was appointed assistant. in
psychology in 193:: and instructor
inipsychology in 1923. Both pro-
fessor Northrop and Professor Spen-
Icer have been assigned to the li‘wculv
ty of Yale College.
ADAM AND EVE
BlBllCAI. FOLK
TALE HE SAYS
We t e r b u r y l’astoi
States Belief ImF vo
lotion and Religion
Not Inconsistent.
“Adam and lhe are nothing moio
than a Biblical folk tulI- . phased in
the Bible as char rotors by ilit. lle
brew poets an a means of explaining
man's presence on the earth." said
Rev. Stanley l’3. Croslnnd. pastor of
the First Methodist church of
Waterbury in.tho course of a re-
cent address on “Adam and live
and Evolution" at the Y. M. L‘. A.
forum. “Evolution.” he continued.
"in as plain as the nose ou‘your
face."
"Adam, in Hebrew, means man.
Eve means women. There are thou—
sands of mistakes in the old testa-
ment in reference to historical
events. The old testament is nothing
more than. e. book of beautiful
poems." he added. "buothat doesn't
There are plenty or” facts in the
Bible but everything said there isn't
true." .'
Evolution Proved.
Itev. Crosland pointed out that it
had cost more than one man his life
to prove that the earth was round
and that there was no doubt about
it. but what many people would like
to put to death the teachers of evo-
lution. Continuing he said that we
all believed in evolution until some
one applied it to man.
“All the laws of evolution have
been proved." Mr. Crosland told his
listeners. and than proceeded.to tell
that any professor or scientist. if he
could.'would prove that theories on
evolution as advanced by another
wore~wrong. “But." he said. "they
can't ,do it: which all goes to show
that these theories must be correct."
Giving the mammalian fossils. the
different stages 01 the unborn child
and the adaptation of animals to
their habitations as proofs of evolu-
tion. he insistedthut people who put
forth the argument that one could
not believe in‘ev‘olutlon and God at
the same time are incorrect.
Shellfish Rulers Plan
Flight Across Ocean
According to a Paris newspaper,
The Journal. King Alphonso of
Spain. accompanied by Queen \‘ic-
torla,,Premier Prime do Riverae.
and a. brilliant suite. are planning
ant air \lslt. to South America,
piloted by Commander lI‘i-anco' of
theISeapleno Plus Ultra.
Ten seaplanes will comprise the
fleet. and it is understood that as
soon as Franco arrives in Spain. the
work on the construction of the
planes will begin. They will follow
the route that Franco recently took
across the;ocean to BUt'nOl .iires.
butItlie jumps will be shorter.
Glands
mi gland help.
Try these effects
Modern medicine, more and more.
is using gland secretion. One of
the latest is ox-gall. which comes
110m the liver and which stimulates
the liver.
For generations we have thought
that drugs could do that. so we
took cathartics. Now no know that
drugs do not. We know that ox-
gait does. ‘
'lhat. discovery has changed the
treatment for torpid livers. Physln
clans the world over new prescribe
ox~gall. Andrwe are getting results
we never know before. .
A torpid liver'causes countless
troubles—perhaps most of the trou-
bles we suffer. It means scant bile.
That. means that toxins form in the
intestines. and they enter 'the blood.
Those poisons‘causo troubles like
these:
' Indigestion.
Constipation.
Impure Bitmd.’
High Blood Pressure.
Heart and‘Kidney Troubles.
Bad Cornplexions.
Lucite! Youth.
Now ox-gall is used to remedy
those troubles. It does what drugs
can't do. Results start in 24 hours.
To countless people this new dis.
covery _ is bringing pricelss help.
embodied in a tablet. Thensrns is
Dioxol. All drugglsrs
Each tablet- -contalns 10 drops .4
purified ox-gaii.
We 115k you to learn wha:
does. Your trouble they be Sim; :.
you what an.act1vo liver does
".Clip this; advertisansnt. Taitr
Baron
stop me from believing in the Bible. ‘
: mit us to see the town.
VACATION TRIP
Modern Hydroplane
and Primitive Don-
key Are S c e n In
Daily Use.
Rev. Robert B. B. iroote. rector
of the Christ Episcopal church. and
Mrs. ll‘oote who returned recently
from 11 month's trip in southern wa-
ters. proudly display coats of tan and
thoroughly enjoyed themselves on
their \ucntlon. ‘ilr ltooto related a
few interesting details of the trip-
"Tho first stop. " Rev. ll‘ooto sold,
““118 in Kingston, Jamaica. We at—
rlvotl there about ten or 1:! hours
into as the passage on the way down
was fairly rough and the ship. the
"'l‘ivines" of the. United F‘ruit Lines.
had to battle somc winds. that were
rived at Cristobal.
Zone.
Zone.
along the Panama Canal. '
est settlements in America.
Lind.
was beautiful.
prison.
tilul old buildings."
'ilr.
“After leaving Kingston, we or!
in the Canal.
'i‘horo we.viewed the Canal
“‘6 visited several friends (it
(‘olol1_anti.took a train across Iht.‘
Canal Zone and inspected the Gatun
locks and other places of inter. 1.1
"Our next stop‘was at 'Cartalgena, 5
Columbia. which is one of the old-l
The ap-
proach to tile cliy“ls a. In‘uutlful littl-
IJOY‘ extending about ten miles in-
The clty.herders, the harbor.
and a stone well. about” feet. high
runs along the shore for a distance
of nearly two miles. We both took
a trip along the top of the wall in
an auto and the view of tho wait-r
One section or the
wall. which many years ago Wiifltll
is occupied fly Ithe poorrr
residents of the town. who are not
required to pay rent. We made a
loitt‘ of the city antl'saw many beau-
)Iany‘ American Cars.
Poole. adds. “The nerd. por
we arrived at was Puerto Colombia.
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apgily than people ever had before
in that h
tory of the world.
United States and Canada within the
last thirteen years. Stated in an insur»
ance mans language, five years have
been Added to the average expectation
of life. ' ‘
But more encouraging—in the some
period, nearly nine years were adchd
to the life expectation ofMetropoiitnn
Industrial Policyholders—a gain, tower
the general average, of four extra years.
the inspiring work of our Metropolhan
men andwomen.They‘senttr'ainednntfses
to the homes of millions of sick Potty-
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family have a better chance to live long,
Splendid gains have been made in the '
How was this done ?-:-Largely through ,
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the well’ how' to keep well.
Your Health. in. 1926
Use the helps offered by medical
science to prevent distance.
never fear typhoid. inoculation will pre-
-vent it. Your children need never have
diphtheria. Toxin—antitoxin
will safeguard them. Smallp
touch your family it" all are
when necessary.
the tuberculosis death rate in
duced more than onedmit.
ago the diphtheria death rate alone was
higher than that today to?
scarlet ‘fever, measles and
cough combined.
FREDERICK H. some; Vice-President
One by one. dread
diseases are being conquered. In ten years
Send for a Life Table ;'
litiM’fl,
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Have you ever seen th it}! it’ll}. er.
in Life Tables that tell th is avert-1.5.3
and iaughl expectations for each age? \Vlnlo these 1.
tables may not apply to you individ-
uhlly, they do apply to tilt: (‘tlll‘li‘tilSIlC ..
you-you and all the other ions oi liltlll' 'i-
sands at your age. ' I
\‘
You need , ,
Send for a Life Table so that you may
see how many years it: allots to persons.
of your age. It will be mailed free on ten--
quest together with a, list of many free
booklets prepared by the Metropolitan.
covering the cause and prevention of
treatments
0x will not
vaccinated
almost every disease by winch you are 1
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is been re~ threatened. . -,
Five years The Metropolitan Lii'e lmumncc :
Company cordially invites alto i its. iriends;
and neighborstoshare and use the. stench
edge that is conquering dismse and
building longer, happier lives.
1-111st FISKE, President
diphtheria,
whooping
Two Metropolitan Statements which; Break all Previous Receids
Lives saved among Metropolitan
Industrial Policyholders from ,
Health information in adverfise-
meats reached in
it A Health 2gamphlets distributed free
Trained nursin‘ care for sick
Policyholdersin I925. . . .
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Health and Welfare-1925
19“ to 1925,' in excess of gencml ‘
.. 1 mortalityimprovetnent . . . . 240,000 pcOpIe
Lives saved amonil Policyholders ‘ '
in 1925 as com cred with the
death rate for I ll. . . . . ,' . . 66,288 people
Decline in mortality rate ammig ,
Metropolitan Industrial Polipy- _ .
bOIdel'S Since 1911- . s a o, n O .' v 32.5%
Decline' 1n Metropolitan Tubercu- - _
iosis mortality rate since 1911. ., ‘o . 56.3%
Decline' to Metropolitan Typhoid ,
mortality rate since 1911.. . _ . 79.8%
J Decline to Metropolitan Diphflte- -:
' ria mortality rate since 1911. . . . 62.6%
o .1. 1 s SAW,“ people
19,182,126 copies
. 2,695,056 visits
Health films shown to more than . . 2,000,000 people _
. l Total expenditures for Health and
Welfare Work among‘ Bolicy- .
holdersinl925 . '. . . ‘. $4,,056482.47
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Financial—December 31, 1 925
$l.854.657,~i$2.42
Assets ....\.;é.;.
Liabilities:
Statutory Reserve
Dividends to Policy-
holders payable 1926
All other liabilities
Unassigned Funds
$I ,(ri6,153,946.0tl
40.561, 726 .55
63.341, 77.. 7S
10460003113
$1,85~l.657,Ii82.-l3
3:2.t1~l$'3..l_‘\«ll’."J
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Increase in Assets during 1925 . .
Income in 1925 . . . . . . .
(’iaingin Income, I925 . . . . .
Paid-tor Lite Insurance Issued. In-
creased and Revived in 1925 . . 2
Gain in Insurance in Force in 1925 1
Total Bonuses and Dividends paid
or credited to Policyholders from
1802101926 . . . . . . .
Il.ll55.3w.tv:
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05 3
517 4.10mi 1.3.00!
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. Life Insurance Outstanding;
Ordinary Insurance . . . . 55.050.50.77 t'tlltl
Industrial (premiums payable
_\veekly) . . . . . . . . .
Gronplnsnrancc . . . . . .
5A“ \ .‘i. ...I Infill
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Totallnsurance Outstanding . . l2.tl‘?7.lle.?‘l2.0il
Number of Poli ics in Force Dc-
ccmhcrdl.19.. . . . . . . $.33
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a mumut organisation. It has no stock and no stock-
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Norwalk Chronicler