the army and navy, barrels for the muskets, and heavy chains to bar the rivers.

In this vicinity is Bear Mountain, the highest point in Connecticut. Its summit is 2355 feet above the sea level.

One of the first of Connecticut's inventors to win fame was David Bushnell, who was born on his father's farm in the little coast town of Westbrook. He prepared for college after he reached manhood, entered Yale at the age of twenty-nine, and graduated just as the Revolution was beginning. Then he turned his

attention to making what was a forerunner of the submarine. He called it the American Turtle. It

was seven and one half feet long and nearly as wide, and there was just space enough inside to contain one man. The man propelled it by working paddles with his feet. Under the keel was ballast which could be lowered to act as an anchor. A compass was carried to aid in steering, and a barometer to determine the depth below the surface. The boat could be made to descend by admitting water through a valve, and to rise by expelling the water with a pump. The supply of air was sufficient to last the man half an hour. There were windows of heavy glass, and phosphorus was used to obtain additional light. At the stern, above the rudder, was a receptacle which contained one hundred and fifty pounds of powder. This could be attached to the bottom of a ship, and a mechanism inside exploded the powder after a certain interval.

The inventor thought the entire British navy on our coasts could be blown out of the water. The first trial of the turtle was made in New York harbor. A sergeant set forth in it and got under the British man-of-war, Eagle, but did not succeed in attaching the magazine to the bottom. He had started to return when he fancied that the enemy had discovered him, and in his alarm he cast off the magazine. It was timed to explode in an hour, which it did, much to the consternation of the British.

Later Bushnell himself tried to blow up a man-ofwar anchored off New Haven. He failed to do so, but

did succeed in blowing up an enemy schooner which lay just astern of the larger vessel, and three men were killed.

Soon after the Revolution Eli Terry of Windsor made some small-sized wooden clocks to hang on the wall, and presently he hired two men to help in their manufacture. The case, the dial, and various other parts were of wood, and some of the work was done with a jack-knife. There was often difficulty in getting just the right kind of wood, and when it was obtained it required many months' seasoning before it could be used.

Twice a year Mr. Terry would pack up some of the clocks and make a journey to peddle them at twentyfive dollars each. In 1807 he and some associates bought an old mill at Waterbury to get the aid of machinery in the clock-making. A few years later an apprentice introduced a circular saw. This helped reduce the cost of manufacture and the price, and peddlers sold the clocks in all parts of the Union.

The clock with brass works was invented in 1837, and machine-made Connecticut clocks and watches were soon being exported. Their excellence and cheapness made them favorites the world over.

A remarkable variety of manufactured articles is produced in the state, but brass goods constitute fully one-fourth of the whole in value, and Waterbury is the most noted centre of the industry in America.

When a machine was invented for making pins at

one operation the manufacture was established at Derby, Connecticut, in 1835, because in that vicinity competent mechanics could be found who had gained expertness by working on brass clocks.

Different towns and cities in the state have in a number of instances won a notable reputation for a particular product in which they excel. Thompsonville, north of Hartford, has its great carpet mills;

Danbury

is

America's leading community for the manufacture of hats, and the production of cotton thread and sewing silk has

made Willi

mantic famous.

One of the important manufacturing towns is Meriden, and not far from the town are the famous Hanging Hills. They are flat-topped, but rise very abruptly from the valley.

Meriden's manufacturing enterprises began in 1791 with the making of cut nails. A few years afterward pewter buttons and dishes were manufactured. Later still the making of silver-plated ware developed into such an industry that Meriden became known as "The Silver City."

Along the Connecticut Shore

HE place in Connecticut that has the most inhabit

THE

ants is New Haven. It is sometimes called "The Elm City," there are so many fine trees of that variety adorning its parks and streets. The first settlers were attracted to it by its excellent harbor. They came in