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'l , v v p" siw" r?& -r- 8 THE FAKMER: FEBRUARY 21, 1911 HENNA NOT AFRAID TO FACE HIS CRITICS . At His Own Request Com mon Council Asks Mayor to Name Committee to Investigate. MR. DAMROSCH, WHO WILL PERSONALLY CONDUCT N. Y. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT TONIGHT'S CONCERT AT PARK THEATRE 3ttlt7 :';;v yhu J ?V . Vp, I) fcSf' . v Via That Mr. Damrosch, the conductor : of the New York Symphony orchestra, , which appears at the Park tonight, is unsurpassed as a maker of programs t is evidenced by the one wh:ch will present to the music-loving people of this city. The program follows: Part I. Symphony No. 5, Tschaikowskl. Andante. Allegro con anlma. Andante cantabile. Valse; Allegro moderato. Finale. Andante maestoso, Allegro 1 1 3 4 vivace. The Orchestra. Part II 2 Overture, "Rienzi," "Wagner, The Orchestra. MONROE HAPPENINGS Batch of Interesting Gossip Specially Lassoed For The Farmer . (Special to the Farmer.) i By Arthur W. French. Monroe, Feb. 21. He detached himself from a train at Stepney and looked around with a "where am I at" sort of scenic scrutiny. The size of . suit case he carried was in the commercial traveler class. "Where is Monroe Center? he ask ed of a depot lounger. "WeeY was the reply, "you take that road up there and at the first corner, turn to your left, next corner to the right, next to your left and a mile further gets you there, about four miles " "Four miles." said the c. t. "Jim iny, couldn't they get the depot any . nearer t?e town than that, gee it's in con ?venient." t"Waal, I don't know "drawlead the lounger, I guess it would be worse of the depot was four miles from the track. Hey?" February is playing on the vaude ville circuit in Monroe this . winter, all right and a headliner too. Va riety is the spice of her stunts. All about town from Main street to Barn hill. Five Points, Hammer town. Vel vet street. Turkey Roost, Jockey Hol low, Stepney and some more. One i day motor cars have come out of their holes and the next it was fit for a Portland cutter and a pung sleigh. Yet us see. There has been a heavy thunder shower, two snow storms and somebody coming from John Beardsley's way saw blue birds. Any way they said so. Also we have had a big wind, rains, sleet, hail, fog and others. Then there's old 'Therraom.' He's been doing a Marathon between zero and 48 above. Wei!, all said, the pessimists have it: "Don't you care, there'll be an early spring, the 'more there is doing in a February fun." Victor Burr, the R. F. D. carrier through, the Center, has been fortun ate this winter, his first season on the job, in not having to contend with blizzards and any big weather distur bance. But for all that, he certain ly has been making good as to time and regularity, despite the ill condi tioned roads and the many drawbacks that attend vehicle use in winter on country roads. This month Is going out with an unsurpassed record of the death of Monroe people, during the period. So far has occurred the demise of Mrs. Peter Jarie and those of both Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen, the latter follow ing her husband within two weeks af ter hi? fatal accident. Paul Mrosko, who did last week, was strangely af fected. A malignant boil close to his eye, became an aggravated in fected sore and this developed acute erysipelas and blood poisoning, with a fatal ending at the age of 15. Monroe, as yet. hasn't enthused very largely over the proposed airship stunt down at Bridgeport this week. Still there'll be something doing in the way of seeing it. Jome residents will take trains, teams and motor cars, if the roads are fit and the weather all right. There is some views of the sound, off Bridgeport, from the high location of the Cen ter, so some of the home stayers have figured it out. that one could so something of the fly from the bellfry of the Episcopal church or the Ma--nixie temple, with a field glass or tel 3 Aria, "Non Mi Dla" Mozart, Miss Sho waiter. -., - 4 Bachanale from "Tannhauser,'? Wagner, (Paris Version), The Orches tra. , ' 5 , Ride of the . Valkyries, Wagner, The Orchestra. -.-- Miss Edna Blanche Showalter, the soloist, is the youngest American prima donna: . , Miss Showalter made her debut in grand opera - only last September, winning the highest lau rels in the role of "Paoletta" at the Ohio Valley Exposition Musical Fes tival in Cincinnati. She is but twenty-two years old and has been trained wholly in New York. Within an amazingly short time she had made a escope. Perhaps it will be tried. It was printed, that a railroad of ficial had said no great attetntion was being paid to the passenger servico on the Bridgeport branch of the Berkshire division, on the so-callled shuttle trains. We knew it of course, but it was a George Washing ton statement, nevertheless. Pin a. medal on him for remindirg us of it. Sleigh riding around Monroe is be coming somewhat obsolete as to pleas ure teams, in these moderhday win ters, when about every snowstorm drifts and leaves bare places in the roadways. Even with a spell lof good going it is generally so brief that often is heard the phrase' "I've stowed my sleigh away and its too much trouble to get it out for it won't last long." With the liverymen look ing for gain, there are more sleighs out. in the city than In the country. Reed's cattle driver from Stratford who is aged and has been long on the job, the year around, plodded through here in the heavy snow' of the roadways behind a herd of cows last week. His "beat" for a drive is between Stratford and Stevenson. As a walker he's a wonder. In the Wes ton class he looks like that famous pedestrian too. He says -he has done 35 miles a. day, as well as scaling rail fences, stonewalls and romping meadows and woods, to head off stray cows from his drive. A family horse, that makes a local record for reaching an advanced age. Is the old white one owned by Ed ward E, Curtin, having been foaled ien Centennial year 35 years ago. Still in harness every day in the week and active, the animal does not show any physical ailments even to . the teeeth. Within the circular area of ' one mile from the park of Monroe center proper, there are over forty occupied dwellings. Of this number but flvo new ones have been erected in. the past fifty years and not many remod elled. The main reason for this lack of residential enlargement, is because this area is respectively two, three and four miles from the three railroad stations of the town and there is no connection except with private or hir ed team. This is often found incon venient for various reasons. Visitors and summer residents greatly com plain of this. THE PLAGUE EPIDEMIC Predictions of Its Spread from Manchuria Through out Europe. London, Feb. . 21 English experts do not generally share in the hopeful view expressed by physicians in the Orient, to the effect that there is lit tle danger of the spread of the pres ent plague epidemic from Manchuria to the Occident. With the advent of warm weather, at the latest, the majority of British authorities agree, it will be a miracle if the d'sease does not appear In Si beria. Once it gains a foothold there, in view of Russia's primitive methods of quarantine and sanitation, they con sider' it certain to break out quickly In' the European portion of the Czar's realm and from there, they doubt If all the efforts of the authorities of neighboring countries can prevent it from reaching -Western Europe. The English viewpoint is especially pessimistic from the fact that there were four undoubted cases of pneu monic plague the type now prevalent in Manchuria, from which there are place for herself among the foremost lyric and- coloratura sopranos of our time. During all of next season Miss Showalter will sing in grand opera, as prima donna in a very important pro duction, not yet ready to announce. She will sing here the aria "Non Mi Dla," by Mozart. Special attention is called to the fact that the concert will commence promptly at 8 o'clock, for the conven ience of those wishing to attend the dance afterwards at The Stratfield. This concert is open to, the general public as well as to the subscribers of the Wednesday Afternoon Musical club. There are still a few good seats left, but they are selling very fast. said to be absolutely no recoveries In East Anglla last autumn and that the epidemic of the same disease among rats, rabbits and . hares, is spreading all over the island.. . Dr. Sambon, lecturer to the London school of Tropical Medicine, goes even farther than other Engl'sh authorities, pointing out that modern sanitation, so effective in the prevention of most other .diseases, hardly even checks plague. "The vehicles of the plague germs," he explains, "are not sewage or drinking water, but rats and fleas, and wherever they are to be found, there the conditions necessary for a plague epidemic exist." "The claims of the plague upon the world's attention," says the London Morning News, commenting glomily upon Dr. Sambon's utterance, "are unhappily not diminishing as the win ter advances, although all previous ex perience shows that the winter is far less favorable to its spread than the summer. At this moment Manchuria with a winter climate much like that of Canada is experiencing an appal ling visitation with scarcely any more scientific resistance to the disease's progress than , could be attempted in Europe in the middle age" , SUBSCRIPTION" DANCE TONIGHT AT STRATFIELD The younger set of Bridgeport society awaits with keen interest the subscription dance which is to be giv en at the Stratfield this evening. Miss Marguerite Bishop and Miss Minnie Nichols, two of the acknowledged leaders of the social set are responsi ble for the affair. A large number have signified their intention of attending and everything points to a great success for the dance. The patronesses are: Mrs. Henry A. Bishop, Mrs. Nathaniel W. Bishop, Mrs. Allan W. Paige, Mrs. T. S. Ellis, Mrs. Stiles E. Goodsell, Mrs. George M. Eames, Mrs. Charles B. Read and Mrs. Charles V. Barrington. COUNTY PROHIBITIONISTS i IN SESSIOHJT Y. M. G. A. .At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon the Fairfield county prohibitionists went into session at the Y. M. C. A. build ing with a large number in attend ance. This afternoon's session .was con fined to a conference, the discussion centering on the best plan of fighting the "enemy." This evening at . 7: 30 o'clock there will be a banquet at which the principal speaker will. be the Rev. Dr. Alexander MacNicholl of New York, who has made a study of the liquor problem. Jeremiah Holmes of this city will act as toast master. . .. John McMahon, 25, of 273 Frank St., suffered a sprain of the right an kle at work on a team near his home this noon. His injuries "were at tended at the emergency hospital, by Dr. Benne.tt. Now is the Time to buy jvinter millinery, fur ecarf3 and fur muffs at given away prices at E. H. Dillon & Co., 1105 Mala BL City Engineer Maurice F. McKenna petitioned the common council . last night to investigate his office in or der to clear himself of the intimations that have been made against his con duct of the office dur.ng the past week: The engineer's communication to the council is as follows: To the Common Council: During the past week,' many in timations have been publicly made in the press, reflecting upon my conduct' of the engineering depart ment of the city. These intimations had their origin in the animosity en gendered by a recent unfortunate oc curance in my office. While no defi nite charges have been . made I nevertheless feel that I have been injured by the suspicions which such intimations, vague as they are; neces sarily arouse. If a motion should be presented to your body to investigate the conduct of my office in which any definite irregularity should be charged I trust that no friend of mine in the board of aldermen will endeavor, by his vote, to resist the investigation of such a charge. If there la no definite charge to be brought against the conduct of the engineering department I neverthe less desire and request that ' a coni mittee should be appointed to make a general investigation into my ad ministration of the office of city en gineer. I feel that I am justified in making this request of your honor able body for the reason that I de sire to be freed from the Imputations which have unjustly been put upon me and in order that the citizens of Bridgeport may be assured that the important deparment of the city government placed under - my con trol is in . trustworthy and competent hands. . Dated at Bridgeport, Feb. 20, 1911, M. F. McKENNA. . . City Engineer. After the reading of the communica tion President Hugh J. Lavery mov ed that the recommendations of the engineer be adopted and that the mayor be authorized to appoint five aldermen to carry On the investiga tion. -The motion was carried. - Alderman Primrose the Republican leader stated that he , had introduced a resolution dealing with the subject and naming the committee, but he would gladly withdraw his resolu tion so that the mayor could appoint. Alderman DeForest wanted to know if the committee had power to sum mon witnesses and hire a stenograph er. The mayor said that the city at torney had given an opinion that councilmanic committees did have such power. Alderman Jackson started after the Connecticut Co. again by presenting the following resolution: That the city clerk communicate with Charles S. Mellen, president of the Consolidated road, and through him learn if the Connecticut com pany have arranged for prompt ship ment of rails, turn outs, frogs and such equipment as necessary for the re-laying of tracks in this city this spring, and if they 6hall be ready to proceed with operations by April; and to inform the city clerk relative to just what the conditions are regard ing this matter at the earliest possible time. Alderman Jackson also introduced the following resolutions: That a committee of five, consist ing of four members of the board of aldermen, and Mayor Buckingham, to investigate and consider what is known as the commission form ol city government; such as now prevails in Galveston and other cities; also that this board invites a similar com mittee from the Board of Trade, the Manufacturers' association, and the Business Men's association, to act in conference, and that the committee report by October. Also' -that"- it be resolved that the sum of $50 be plac ed at the disposal . of the committee. Alderman DeForest objected to its immediate passage and the resolution was referred to the miscellaneous committee. It was voted a committee of 5, con sisting of 4 members and the mayor, be appointed for the purpose of ar ranging some suitable recognition of the placing of the Lincoln Memorial tablet in the city hall, and that the committee seek the aid and assistance of the Ellas Howe post, G. A. R., and the Sons of Veterans for the purpose of assisting. v ' Reports. Reports from committee on streets and sidewalks were adopted, ordering a hearing on establishment of building line on south side of Fairfield avenue, between Middle and Water streets;- or dering establishment of a building line on Water street, between Wall street and Fairfield avenue and appointing Bernard Keating, W. W. Bent and W. D. Murray as the committee to lay out the same; ordering hearing for March 6 on establishment of a grade on Haw ley avenue; accepting Hillhouse ave nue and Edgewood place and ap pointing a special committee to lay them out; widening State street from Seeley street to Fairfield avenue; es tablishing grades on Sylvan avenue and Dewey street Other reports adopted were as fol lows: By the committee on claims, grant ing petition of Marion J. Ellis for abatement of assessment street sprinkling; granting petition of B. D. Pierce, Jr., for . refund of taxes paid owing to double listing of property; leave to withdraw on petitions of Thomas Brophy for abatement of as sessment for Main street paving, and W. F. D. Greniger for abatement .of Interest and taxes on the lists of 1905, 1906, 1907, 190S and 1909; granting . petition of Patrick M. Flynn for reimbursement for injuries due to a fall on an ice walk; granting petition of Daniel Hoffman for reim bursement to the extent of $300 for damages due to change of grade on -Wakeman street; granting petition of Swen Swanson for abatement of as sessment for curb, walk and gutter on Linwood avenue; adjusting petition of Amelia Liftshitz regarding abatement on certain taxes; granting petition of George A. Mlchalcik, for the adjust ment of certain taxes; favoring peti tion of Samuel Krouse abating tax on motorcycle; granting petitions of John H. Chantems, for abatement of taxes, Mrs. W. D. Thorme, same, Kate Sarsfleld, same, C. J. Ryan, same, Salvation Armay, abatement of assess ment for Elm street pavement; Bar num Historical and Scientific society, for abatement of assessment for Main street pavement. By the board of appraisal on bene fits and damages .on assessment for River street sewer. By the committee on fire depart ment, granting permission to George E. Sykes to erect frame building east side Housatonlc avenue; granting pe tition of DeWitt Ballard to erect ver anda on State street. By the paving and sewer commis sion, that a 10x15 sewer had been built on Morehouse street at an ex pense of $767.34, and that a sewer had been built on Gold street, costing $320.93. By the director of public works, making a correction in ' the assess ment for walk, etc., on Linwood ave nue . : T3J 7 (KIT V- .V ii j i5 it. j: rn , By the paving and sewer commis sion, that they had received from sun dry puDiic service corporations tne sum of $2,056 for making repairs to macadamized streets. It was voted to apply this sum t,o the macadam re pair fund. i . By the miscellaneous committee, recommending that the percentage of voters needed to call for a referen dum on any charter amendment, in crease in salaries, a bond issue or any ordinance to be submitted to the peo ple for their approval, be made 15. Petitions. Petitions were' received as follows: From G. S. Jennings for abatement of assessment for curb, gutters and walk on Fairfield avenue; F. Jacoby et al. for electric light, Hallett street and Berkshire avenue; William Martin for abatement ot assessment for River street sewer; William Ainley et al. for electric light, . Park and Putnam streets; G. H. Zumstag et al. for a lamp at Wood terrace; August Grave sen for reimbursement for loss due to water backing up in Federal street sewer; T. J. Cunningham et al. for electric light, Wood and Capitol ave nues; Herman Katz for reimbures ment for loss due to injuries to horse and wagon while driving on Housa tonlc avenue on Nov. 18; Joseph Kochler for abatement of assessment for River street; H. G. Fcte for re imbursement for loss due to injuries to horse while driving across . Con gress street bridge on Nov. 30; Sprague Ice and Coal Co. for permis sion to repair insulation and to build an addition to ice room at 270 East Washington avenue. Communcatlons. , Among the .communications receiv ed was one from H. G. Knox of the American and British Manufacturing Co. calling attention .to the poor con dition of the approaches to most of the bridges in the city, complaining bitterly of this state of affairs and al leging that the city could have them put into good order by the abutting property owners with no expense to the city save the grading and the crosswalks. In conclusion the writer says: "Cannot the city of Bridgeport remove these large beams from its own eyes so that it pan 1 see more clearly the motes that it sees in the eyes, of other corporations." There was also . one from the local photo graphers' association asking to have a license drawn up exacting a heavy license fee from all itinerant photo graphers and those who solicit simi lar work, for the protection of all lo cal people engaged in this business. The Bridgeport Forge Co. notified the common council that it had re moved the fence at the foot of Howard avenue. Petitions were also received asking for building lines on Carlton avenue and Vine street, and also the ex tension of the sewer in Vine street. Resolutions. Resolutions were offered as follows: By Alderman Brady, for cross walks, Main and Charles streets and Housatonlc avenue and North Washington avenue. By Alderman King, that the Third street sewer be relaid so as to empty into Connecticut avenue and that the Third street extension sewer be re laid so as to empty into Seaview avenue. By Alderman Clampett that the city attorney be instructed to make an investigation into the status of the building lines on Water street and report Xo the nent meeting. WHAT IS WHISKEY? NOTHING" LESS THAN TWELVE YEARS OLD Interesting Discussion of a Mooted Question by Hugh J. Reynolds a New Ha ven Expert. New Haven, , Feb. 21: Hughf J. Reynolds, an expert on liquors and wines to-day contributed an Interest ing chapter to the famous controver sy, "What is whiskey." Mr. Rey nolds says: "I have an opinion regarding the character of the fermented spirit call ed whiskey. There is altogether about 2100,000,000 gallons of fer mented spirits used in the world an nually; 900,000.000 gallons of this vast quantity is in the form of distil led spirits. 1,200,000,000 gallons is contained in wines and beers. About 300,000,000 of the distilled spirits U made of grain and is called whiskey. The remainder of the distilled spirits of the world is made of fruit wines and is called brandy in c6ntradistinc tion to grain spirit which , is made of beer and is called khiskey. Now we come to the heart of the whole controversy, namely, the word whiskey and its meaning. It will be borne in mind that fermented spirits is called water of life in all the lan guages of the world. Eight hundred years ago whiskey was first made in Ireland and Scot land under the reign of Henry II. The English language was not spoken in those countries then. The Gaelic language was the only language spo ken by the people of those countries at that time. The Gaelic word for fermented spirit is "uisge beatha." which means vitality, in other words. Uisge in its transition from Gaelic to English has been twisted and vulgar ized into the word whiskey as we now have it. The word whiskey then means water of life. This construc tion of the word whiskey must mean that whiskey contains a food princi ple. This is the property in whis key which throws off the delicious fla vor which is always present in a vor wmuii la aiwaja ieaeui in a whiskey that has been made, of minated grain malt and . stored in wood above the ground for at least twelve years , Whiskey ought not to be used by human beings until it has been in good storage for at least ten years. Whiskey made and . treated in the way indicated here will be pure, wholesome and nutritious. . On the contrary rectified spirits do not con tain any food matter whatever. This explains why it is that rectified spir its is odorless and therefore is not whiskey at all. - - . Rectified spirits are as valuable and as good to use when they are twelve hours made as they could pos sibly be if they were twelve years made. Rectified spirits are obtained from young corn whiskey distilled ov er an intensely hot Are.. The in tense heat under the pot of the still produces great yield at the expense of quality. About five gallons and a quart of spirit Is obtained from a bushel of Indian corn. In the crude state this spirit costs about 10 cents per-gallon at 100 psr cent, proof. This spirit when distill ed is so nauseous that to properly de scribe its objectionable character .t will be necessary to use the objection able word stink to do it justice. This grain product called whiskey can not grow fine by the ageing process, so it is never aged. It goes into imme diate consumption. The manufac turers and venders of this "objection able stuff prepare it for use by sep arating and removing from , the pure spirit called othel alcohol. The bad smelling alcohols called aldehyde al cohol, butylic alcohol, amylic alcohol, and furfural which pass under the blanket expression of fusel oil. Fussel oil is a rank irritant poison. The same forces of nature which cre- atate pure spirit in the process of fermentation create the poison alco hols called fusel oil. Fusel oil, there fore is always present In young whis key even when it has been well made and further, fusel oil must be left in all well made whiskies and iet moth er nature deal with it. Young, well made whiskies ought to be always stored in wood above the ground, the higher up the better. Spirit has an affinity for water and will attract moisture in a damp place. On the contrary, in dry storage the air has greater affinity for water than the spirit has. So in dry storage the air draws the water out of the bar rel through the pores of. the wood. The air goes into the barrel through the same pores, ' through which the water came out. ' The oxygen in the air coming in contact with the fusel 011 which takes the place in the bar rel vacated by the water decomposes and chemically changes it into essen tial oils and others. To make this change complete will, under ordinary conditions,, which means whiskey lying quietly, require 12 years' time. The poison oils In young whiskey are contained in min ute globules in the liquid;- Continu ous agitation of young whiskies breaks up the globules which contain those poisonous oils and frees them, they being volatile, and they reach the surface of the liquid quickly where they come in contact with the air and are rendered harmless at once. In this way the maturation of whiskey can be hastened. This ex plains why the claim is made that taking whiskey in ship over the ocean improves it. Well, the claim is well founded, but it may be injured by 'agitation, be cause such agitation tends to free and exhaust the delicious aroma which is always present in weJl-made old whiskey. . This reasoning does - not apply to rectified spirits. Rectified spirit is a lifeless, sterilized spirit which nothing in this world can im prove if left to itself. It is not eveu by . courtesy called whiskey until there is real or straight whiskey mix ed with it. When this mixing of rec tified spirits and straight whiskey is accomplished, there might be only one gallon of real whiskey put in a barrel with 46 gallqais of rectified spirits, yet the artist who does this mixing in these proportions is allowed under President Taft's decision to call this nondescript compound whiskey. This is the condition in the whiskey business which President Roosevelt, Doctor Wiley and Attorney General Bonaparte labored to prevent, and did for a time prevent. But at present rectified spirits, chicanery and cor rupt politics are, in the saddle. The people have to take the consequences. The market is inundated with recti fied whiskies, and poorly made young straight whiskies, that are not fit for a human being to use. Our government stands idly by and fails to give advice or information to the people regarding the poisonous char acter of the young spirits with which the market is Hooded, yet our govern ment has collected in taxes on' the liquor business since 1863 up to last June $4,000,000,000. ( These figures would indicate that the government of the United States could well afford to take the trouble to keep the people informed regard ing a matter that is of vital import ance to them. It is safe to say that there is no subject in the world that concerns the human race so intimate lyl as does the use of liquors, about which they live in such utter ignor ance. I contend that the government of the United States, owing to its rela tion to the people, and the fact that it collects from the business an enor mous amount of money, should give the people4 correct information and instruction regarding the . character and use of l'quors. The people owe it to themselves to make a peremp tory demand on the congress of the United States to pass a law fixing the time for the government to collect taxes on liquors not before they have been 10 years made, and forbid for eign liquors entering the United States until they are accompanied by certificates from their respective gov ernments, that they were made 10 i years Deiore oeing snip pea. u tnis I ger-jgourse jhtt-13 -followed put, jhe maraJL years before being shipped. If this 11 ket will be rid at once vn& tormvT of the lifeless Are water known as rec-, tified -spirits and also ot young ' straight whiskies that . are - saturated ' with fusel oil. . v With such a law in! existence it would not pay at all to make low grade whiskies. Well-made whiskies 10 years old,, and upwards would be' pure and wholesome as- -a - medicine. Pure old liquors would - be so high priced that they would be used - by the rich classes and not at all by the others. I have heard the. objection raised to my plan, that it iqould de prive the poor man of his. 10 -cent glass of whiskey. Well - the poor man is now under present conditions allowed to freely poison himself with impunity without a hand being rais ed to save him. . ' t It is really the poor people's cause that I am pleading, the rich can us ually take care of themselves. It is the poor people who mainly purchase and sue the low grade poisonous li quors that are the bane , of , a busi ness that if rightly conducted, would be a great blessing to mankind. The book. upon the .contents of, which I am asked to express my opln- ion is entitled "A Plot Against tne People." . It purports ' to ' fcive a his- ' tory of a bitter contest carried on for years between two powerful rival fac- tions in the whiskey business, each faction fighting tooth' and "nail for its own side -without the -slightest' re gard -for the people's . Interest in the outcome. Both sides, to .this contro versy are radically wrong. . . .One side . to the controversy claims that recti fied spirits is the proper1 thing to use as whiskey. -The other side to thia controversy main talna stoutly that straight whiskey four years old Is all right to use. It might be well said a "plague on both their bouses,, "both are wrong. There can be no good excuse . for using . ractifld spirits . and calling it whiskey. On the other hand straight whiskey four years old is rank poison because- of the pres ence of fusel oil in all straight whis kies at that age. A glance through this book shows . the utter helplessness of the class of' men who take rank as . analytical chemists when they come -to deal with the practical, subject of . whiskey. One of those experts who testified in this, investigation into the subject of whis kies instituted by President Taft stat ed that the characteristic flavor of straight whiskey is derived ' from the charred barrel. This claim is not correct to put it mildly. A woody flavor ruins whiskey as a commercial article. The delicious flavor in an old whiskey arises from the essential oil into which the fusel oil has been . chemically changed by the action of the oxygen in the atmosphere. There is not a species of wood grown on this globe that could impart the flavor met with in old ; Whiskey. Neither can drugs perform this ser vice. I will offer this pieice of ad vice gratis to any one who may think it worth his while to take notice of it. Place a quantity of well made whiskey just, as it passes the still and before ever it touches wood In a glass receptacle with a "wide open ing at the top to be left open except that a thin cloth shall cover it to ke?p out dust. To facilitate matters this whiskey ought to be violently agitat aed once every day for 12' years. If thus treated I will stake my non-ex pert reputationn on thev issue that whiskey treated in this way will have the delicious flavor that is charac teristic of all well made straight whiskies when they are old. Storing whiskey is good neither well nor necessary if some other way of caring for it can be devised - which will give the air free, access to it. And in any event no wood, except oak," can at all be used for storing whiskey. Other woods would utter ly ruin the flavor of whiskey. It is to prevent the oaken wood from im parting to the whiskey the dreaded woody flavor that the barrels are charred inside here in - the United States. Whiskey barrels are not charred In any other country. Char coal does not color the whiskey. . It' is the tanni in the oak that does the coloring. In conclusion, gentlemen, you have my opinion of your history of the whiskey controversy entitled "A Plot' Againrt the People.", I trust that we will be found in accord on this im portant subject." STATE OF dONNECTICTJT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, s PROBATE COURT. - Feb. 20th, 1911." Estate of Annie Gorman, late of the . town of Bridgeport in said District deceased. The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date " hereof for Creditors" of said Estate to 4 exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov ery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immedi ate payment to. JAMES H. TYER, B 21 sp Administrator. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, aa PROBATE COURT. February 20, 1911. Estate of John Lukowski, late off the town of Bridgeport, in said . Dis trict, deceased. - The Court of Probate for the District of Bridgeport, hath limited and allow ed six months fr"n the date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within -aid time, " will be debarred a recovery. All per- sons indebted to said Estate are re-, quested to make immediate payment to , . JOSEPH LUKOWSKI. a Administrator. . . " tnrmcr Want As, A Car aiaa '0