THE AGASSI/ ASSOCIATION 



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Congressman Merritt. 



At the special election of the 4th 

 Congressional District of Connecticut, 

 called by Governor Holcomb for a suc- 

 cessor to the late Congressman E. J. 

 Hill, Honorable Schuyler Merritt of 

 Stamford, Connecticut, was elected. 



Just at this particular time the na- 

 tion, the state and the district are to 

 be congratulated upon this election, be- 



sure that it is a commendable satisfac- 

 tion to us all that another prominent 

 Member from this part of the country 

 is 111 the governmental affairs at Wash- 

 ington: 



CONGRESSMAN MERRITT. 



cause Congressman Merritt is exactly 



Change of Color in Glass. 



BY C. D. RO.MIG, AUDENRIED, PENNSYLVANIA. 



It is not generally known that ordi- 

 nary, plain, transparent glass changes 

 in color, yet such is the fact. The 

 change is due to chemical action in- 

 duced in the glass when it is exposed 

 to sunshine, rain, etc., or to the full 

 force of the weather. The location 

 seems to have much to do with it. I 

 think that the higher the elevation the 

 more likely is the color to be formed 

 in the glass. Our elevation is about 

 seventeen hundred feet above sea level, 

 and here the coloring is common. 



Some twenty years ago or more 1 

 broke a heavy glass inkwell. I threw 

 the parts out on the east side of my of- 

 fice, where for more than a year I 

 noticed one of the pieces almost daily 

 as it lay exposed. One day 1 picked it 

 up, and 1 decided that it had acquired 



the type of man that should participate a purple tint or a pale amethyst color, 

 in the direction of governmental affairs which proved to be true, for I was for- 

 at Washington. Though a Republican tunate enough to find another piece that 



in politics, he is not partisan and wi 

 strongly support our President in the 

 national crisis. His election brings joy 

 to every American patriot everywhere. 



Congressman Merritt is known local- 

 ly as a man of the highest type of in- 

 tegrity and efficiency, a sound financier, 

 a good citizen, an approachable and so- 

 cial man with kindly good will for all 

 classes of people, and a thorough schol- 

 ar interested in educational, charitable 

 and religious work. He is the Vice- 

 President of The Yale & Towne Manu- 

 facturing Company, President of the 

 Stamford Associated Charities, a mem- 

 ber of the State Board of Education and 

 President of the Stamford National 

 Bank. In connection with his banking 

 business he was placed at the head of 

 the bankers' committee that had charge 

 of the two Liberty Loans which were 

 such a tremendous success in Stamford. 



We are glad to add that he has also 

 been a Member of The Agassiz Asso- 

 ciation for many years. Senator 

 George P. McLean also has been a 

 Member for a long time, and we are 



fitted to it, and this part retained the 

 original tint. This discovery pleased 

 me, yet the best informed men whom 

 I could find did not believe that the 

 «un or the weather had effected the 

 change. 



Two years later a friend showed me 

 an article on this subject in a scientific 

 paper, which conclusively proved my 

 contention, although the article refer- 

 red to glass found on the plains in the 

 West. I have been interested in the 

 subject ever since, and have found hun- 

 dreds of gla c s pieces ranging from pale 

 to deep amethyst color. This region 

 •s full of broken glass, much of it from 

 beer bottles and glass thrown into the 

 ivoods, which are here mostly low 

 brush and huckleberry bushes. Owing 

 to berry picking, broken glass can be 

 found many miles from town, and it is 

 invariably changed in color. My two 

 best specimens are a broken beer glass 

 and a beer bottle. 



I have experimented, and found that 

 in about six months a noticeable change 

 takes place. I believe it would be a 



