The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume], May 08, 1912, Page 7, Image 7

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THE PARMER: MAY 8, 1912,
THElr
WISSNER PIANOS
at
O Up
Why They Are BEST
Loiig before Mr. Wissner became interested in the manufacture of
Pianos he KNEW the weak points of the instruments then being general
ly used. , i
He also KNEW that it would be an easy matter to make an instru
ment "as good" as those then being sold at fabulous prices.
But Miv Wissner wasnt the "as. good" kind-of-a-man.
He wanted something BETTER than the general run- yes, even bet
ter than the BEST. " .
He started out on a campaign of scientific investigation he selected
different materials, woods, strings, etc., etc., tried them, compared them,
tested them, until he hit upon a happy discovery.
That discovery accounts for the DIFFERENCE between WISSNER
PIANOS and all others sold at the present time the difference of tone;
construction, durability.
Sdon after the praises of WISSNER PIANOS began to be sung by the
musical critics, other piano makers tried to imitate them, infringe on pat
ents what higher compliment could possibly be paid to their EXCEL
LING qualities?
Nor has Mr. Wissner been satisfied with his first wonderful success
improvement has followed improvement progress has been his motto
until his creation WISSNER PIANOS are the most PERFECTLY
PERFECT pianos on the market today. .
It is an interesting story isn't it? and more intensely interesting be
cause it is TRUE. ' f :
These pianos are always on exhibition at our warerooms, and we in
vite you to call, whether you wish to buy or not. Let us explain, show
you by actual demonstration THE DIFFERENCE.
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Factory to Home $4.50 Up
SALOON KEEPER
NOW ROLES AN
IRISH MANOR
Michael O'Connor's Ambition
to Own the Town of
Leitrim is Achieved
1,000 FOLKS HIS TENANTS
Some Years Ago He Bought the Vil
lage, Now lie Has the Manor
.House.
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CANT BE BOUGHT ANYWHERE ELSE
Broad and State Streets
Fraternities
General Sllliman branch, Sons .of
American Revolution, held its annual
meeting' last night in the Seaside Out
ins club house on Seaview avenue.
There was a supper and a program
In connection with the meeting.. About
40 members attended. The secre
tary's ' report showed a membership of
1L. - Two members died during the
past year. An amendment - to the
by-laws provides for four additional
members to the executive board which
has hitherto been made up of two
members and the officers.
These officers were elected: Presi
dent, Edward J. Morgan; vice presi
dent, Tracy. B. "Warren; secretary,
Fred A. Doolittle; treasurer, George
C Peet; registrar, William A. Barnes;
historian. Dr. N. B. Wordin; chaplain.
Rev. John DePeu; executive commit
tee, EX S. Stratton, O. H. Brotbwell,
"W. H. Burr, H. A. Stevenson, David
Oo and F. E. Blake.
Mr. Brwthwell is the retiring pres
ident. He introduced the - new pres
ident and then Rev. E. Livingston
Wells, former chaplain of the branch,
who was a guest at the meeting,
poke. Other speakers were: Tracy
B Warren, Henry C. Sherwood, treas
urer of the State organization; Wil
liam A. Barnes, Charles B. Bucking
ham, and Samuel Beardsley. '
The Memorial Day committee re
ported that plans had "been made tJ
entertain the Grand Army on Memor
ial Day. and Masonic hall in Broad
treet had been hired. Members of
the branch will attend the annual
meeting of the State society in Hart
ford, at the . Hartford Club, BViday,
and also the National congress in
Boston, May 19. 20 and 21.
OBITUARY
: James F. Makln, aged about 43, died
suddenly late yesterday at a colored
boarding house, 208 Hurd avenue,
where he had made his home for
years. Medical Examiner Garllck
found that death was due to chronic
heart trouble and pulmonary trouble.
Although taken ill Monday evening it
was not believed until shortly before
his death that his ailment was more
than a slight disorder.
A large gathering of relatives and
friends witnessed the obsequies yes
terday, of Frederick William Behrens,
at his home in Maple street. Rev. HL
G. Wiemer, pastor of the German Re
formed Church, officiated, and deliv
ered an eulogy 1 recalling the useful
career of the deceaseds The Beeth
oven quartet; Joseph and Matthew
Wieler, Charles Wenk and William
Wolff, rendered appropriate hymns,
both at the bereaved" home "and in
Park cemetery, where. Interment was
made. The pall bearers were August
Evers, J6seph ' Sanger, - Adam Geist,
Henry peiser; Charles Biltz and Bar
tholomew. 1.111.
THE VOYAGERS
They listened to wonderous music
In rooms that were planned for
, kings.
Beautiful notes from beautiful throats,
Sung as a songbird sings. -
They reveled in baths of marble, '
Like the baths of ancient Rome.
'Twas a wondrous trip on a wondrous
. ship
The ship that never, came home.
Music and baths and splendor!
But where are the noble men
Saying good-byes With glistening eyes
' That never shall glisten again?
They call It a floating palace .
But they found it a funeral urn.
Crowded by Fate ' with hero freight
The ship that can never return. -VICTORIA
SHAW. Age 12.
Taftville.
CHAUFFEUR RELEASED
UNDER $2,000 BONDS.
Waterbury, May 8 Pending the fil
ing of the finding of Deputy Coroner
Makepeace in the death of Ruth Ger
man, 7 years old, who was struck and
killed, yesterday, by. an automobile,
the chauffeur, Walter E. Gladding,
has been released under $2,000 bonds.
The girl was killed . when the car
which Gladding was - driving skidded,
striking her and crushing her skull.
G. A. R. LADIES ELECT
OFFICERS AT GOIIVEIITIOII
Several Bridgeport ladles were elect
ed to office In the Connecticut de
partment, Ladies of the G. A. R-, at
the 11th annual convention of the de
partment held in Grand , Army hall.
yesterday. Miss Margaret Beck was
made junior vice president; Mrs.
Nancy Yale, treasurer; Mrs. Nellie
Berrien, chaplain, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Sears and Mrs. MalindaNefC, dele
gates. Mrs. Abbie Connors was elect
ed to the administration council, and
Miss Jessie Berrien was made patriot
ic instructor.
Mrs. Lw B. Bliven of Central Village
was elected president of the depart
ment, to succeed Mrs. Julia H. New
ton of the same town. Other offi
cers are: Senior vice, president, Mrs
M. I Jinks, New Haven; secretary,
Mrs. Mary Peterman, .Central Village
councillor, . Mrs. Julia H. Newton,
Central .Village; delegate at large,
Mrs. Sarah Darrow, New London.
Mrs. Fannie Matthews of New Lon
don was named with Mrs. Sears and
Mrs. Neff as delegates, and these
Bridgeport ladies were named as al
ternates: Mrs. Belle Curtis, Mrs. An
nette Stowe and Miss Margaret Beck.
The other members of the administra
tion council are: Mrs. Mary Cook of
New Haven, and Mrs. Scaplin of New
London.
Past Department President Mrs.
Adeline Wallenta of this city installed
the above officers after their election.
Mrs. Newton, who retired from the
department presidency, was presented
with a cut glass vase, Mrs. J. M.
Downes making the . presentation in
behalf of the department. Mrs
Bliven received a large fern, as did
Mrs. Downes, the retiring treasurer,
these being gifts of Sheridan Circle,
No. 7. Warren Thomas Circle gave
Mrs. Newton a centerpiece, and Mrs.
Jennie Burt .received a neckpiece.
Newport, R. I. Floods of wireless
love messages from Boston girls to
Atlantic fleet sailor's have vexed the
Navy Department, Congress will be
asked to stop them.
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New York, May 8 When Michael J.
O'Connor came to this country twen
ty years ago he had one ambition,
to own the village of his birthplace,
Leitrim, in the county of Leitrim,
Ireland, and to get possession of
Drumhierney House and the domain
of the La Touche family, which had
lorded it over the village of Leitrim
and the neighboring country since the
days of the invasion of Cromwell.
Seven years ago O'Connor, who has a
saloon at Seventy-seventh street and
Broadway, and two more in other
parts of the city, bought the village
and recently he got control of the
Drumhierney demesne at public auc
tion. Now he owns 425 acres of Irish
land,' part of which is on the banks
of the River Shannon, and he is hap
O'Connor does not intend to leave
this couatry and live on his Irish es
tate. It is good enough for him here,
he says, but he will spend about two
months every year with his family
rYi "hia nwn lanri neliMw Via pan -fish
and hunt and not care about game
wardens. There are trout streams, the
River Shannon and pheasants and
grouse, but more than anything else
he says he wants to develop tne m-,
dustries of his native town, that the'
villagers may prosper.
O'Connor Is about 37 years old. His
features are clean cut If a trifle
sharp, and he has the blue eyes of the i
Celt. He remembers that his grand-:
father years ago attempted to build '
a castle in Leitrim that would rival
the glories of Drumhierney house, but;
the La Touches were more powerful
and wealthy and they put such ob
stacles In the way of Granaratner
O'Connor that the proposed O'Connor
castle never got above the founda
tions.
Ever -. V3 the sentimental - Irish
of thEntughborhood called it "O'Con
nor's folly." Young O'Connor in his
school days had other boys tell him
how foolish his ancestor had been to
attempt to dwarf the eminence of the
La Touche, whose ancestors had been
refugees from France, and the pride
of the youthful O'Connor was hurt.
He knew that Roderic O'Connor, the
last King of Ireland and .Prince of
Bref fney, had made his last stamping i
ground at Leitrim, and was tnere any
reason not to believe that an O Con
nor of Leitrim must be a descendant
of the Irish King. The Broadway sa
loon keeper will not Insist that he is
a descendant of King OConnor, but;
he will make feeble protests to your
notion that he must be. . :
Coming to this country, O'Connor
went to a business school for two;
years. - Then he went into the sa- j
loon business. Of course anybody who!
can pay $40,000 for an Irish estate has;
prospered:, wnenever ne got casn ne
put it aside so that when the time ,
came when he could. step in ana buy
the village of Leitrim he would not
have to rustle for ready money.
Meanwhile he could not resist play
ing politics a bit. About ten years
ago he was chairman of the Oneida
Democratic Club, which made a fight
on the leadership of Thomas F. Mc-
Avoy In the Twenty-third Assembly
district. O'Connor was a Tammany
man he still is but you must have
a shindig and O'Connor led the forces
against McAvoy. The latter won,
but it was a close . shave for him. I
Then O'Connor bought the village
of Leitrim. He didn't have to go
abroad to do this. All the negotia-
tions were carried on in Dublin, a
lawyer acting for O'Connor. Having'
got the village he waited for the time.
when he could buy Drumhierney
House. In December Francis La
Touche, the last of the family, died.
In March one of the O'Connor's rela
tives he has a sister and a brother
living in Leitrim cabled to him that
Drumhierney House would be sold at
auction. Two days later he sailed on
the Olympic.
They welcomed O'Connor in Leitrim
with a brass band and a parade.
One of their own had come from the
gold soiled land of America to buy
Drumhierney House. The posters des.
cribing the auction of Drumhierney
estate will tell you that the mansion
has six bedrooms, bathrooms and three
reception rooms, with game in the
woods and trout in the streams. There
were no bidders against O'Connor and
he got the property.
At once he wired to the White Star
Line folks that he wanted a state
room on the Titanic. He was told
that there wasn't one left, so he came
on the Mauretania of the Cunard line.
Before he got here he had heard of
what had happened to the Titanic and
he knew he had had anoter piece of
luck.
" Tis a beautiful spot," said O'Con
nor yesterday, speaking of his estate.
"Across the Shannon is the famous
Battle Bridge leading to County Ros
common. The town of Carrick on th
Shannon is about two miles away.
You may remember Tom Moore's
ballad. The Valley Lay Smiling Be
fore Us.' He sang of the Leitrim
country when he wrote that.
"I want to see my native home
prosper. Fifty years ago the brick
yard which' furnished employment for
the men was shut down. I intend to
start it up again. . It will be a good
investment too. For instance, the vil
lage of Leitrim pays me an income
of 8 percent on my investiment. Shall
I be a harsh landlord? I shall not.
The Irish come to this country be
cause there is nothing for them to do
at home. There are about 1,000 per
sons in the village of Leitrim and
they are my tenants."
O'Connor, who has a wife and two
children, is for home rule. He is a
Nationalist, but he does not believe
in Parliamentary methods.
"I believe in the methods 'which
were employed by this country to
win 'freedom he said.
"You are a radical, like Roosevelt,"
some one suggested.
"Not as bad as that," he replied.
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The only Baking Powder
made from
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
Saves Batter, Flour,
Eggs, and makes
home baking easy
tie Atesm Ho Lime Phosphate
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.Two lays Special Sale
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
FANCY LEAN SMOKED SHOULDERS. .lb 11c
LEAN SUGAR CURED BACON. . . . . . .....Ib 15c
HEAVY BACK SALT PORK, . Ib 11c
BEST CORNED SPARE RIBS ......... , . Ib 9c
FINE GRANULATED SUGAR. ....... .4 lbs 22c
OLD PLANTATION PEAS. . . . . . .'. ..... tcan 7c
FANCY CREAM CORN. . .2 cans 15c
TRYPHOSA, ASSORTED FLAVORS. .... .pkg 8c
LJ SANTA CLARA MEATY PRUNES. . .V. .2 lbs 17c
KARO CORN SYRUP. 2 cans 17c
OHIO NOISELESS MATCHES. . . . . . . .3 pksrs 10c
SUMMER GOLDEN PUMPKIN. can 7c
MACARONI OR SPAGHETTI. . . . . ... .2 pkgs 15c
MOHICAN CORN STARCH. . . . . ... . 2 pkss 9c
CLEVELAND BAKING POWDER
1 lb 39c, lb 19c, y4 lb 12c
BEST GLOSS LAUNDRY STARCH .2 lbs 7c
MICHIGAN POTATOES
.peck 35c
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LORDSHIP MANOR
TiVnncnartotinTl 0ur AutomoWk Bus will leave the corner of Hollis
11 dllaJRJI la Hull ter Avenue and Stratford Avenue every hour, com
mencing at 2 P. M. until 6 P. M. Saturdays and from 9 o'clock A. M. until 6 P. M.
on Sundays. We cordially invite you to enjoy this ride, and inspect this beauti
ful shore property. Transportation furnished during the week on application.
FREE TICKETS
may be had on application at our office
Wilkenda Land Co., Inc.; 21012 Ncwaeid Bidg.
SWEDEN'S WARSHIP TO
COST $3,331,500 PAID FOR BY
POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION.
Stockholm, May 8 Sweden is to
have a warship paid for by popular
subscription. A delegation represent
ing the organizers of the movement
were received by King Gustav, today,
and turned over to the Swedish gov
ernment 53,331,500. The amount was
raised in 100 days.
E. H. Dillon & Co.
1105 Main street are displaying all
the latest styles . in sailor hats, Pana
ma hats and outing hats at prices at
least one-third less than elsewhere.
'Be On Time
Have your watch put in order at
this store. It's essential that every
watch should be trustworthy, and
we've been putting watches in that
condition for a good many years. Fine
jewelry repairing and stone setting a
specialty. M. J. Buechler, the relia
ble jeweler, 48 Fairfield avenue, near
Middle street.
CALIFORNIA NAVEL ORANGES . .... .dozen 15c
CROWN LION BRAND ASPARAGUS, 21c
FANCY PROCESS BUTTER PRINTS lb 31c;
MOHICAN CREAMERY BUTTER. .' lb 35c
MOHICAfr FRESH BAKED BREAD, .... .loaf 3c:
FRESH MADE FRUIT PIES ..'.. each 10c
FANCY ASSORTED LAYER CAKES: . . .each 15c
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90-102 GOLDEN HILL STREET
AMUSEMENTS
THE NEW .
II ';YRIC
" Isliam & Ileaphy, Prop.
ALL THIS WEEK
Mats. Tues., Thurs., Sat.
Frank Carpenter Stock Co.
Supporting Bridgeport's Favorite
Artiste,
ELEANOR CLEVELAND
In Julia Marlowe's Great Success
"WHEN KNIGHTHOOD
WAS IN FLOWER"
Regular Lyric Prices
Mats 10 & 20c. Eves. 20, 30 & 50c.
. Week of May 13
"GREEN STOCKINGS'
First time ever seen in Bridgeport.
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WEEK OF MAY 6th
Matinee and Evening
"Nobody's Widow"
David Belasco's Great Produc
tion in which Blanche Bates
Is now Starring as
given by.
THE POLI PLAYERS
Greatest Stock Company ever In
Bridgeport
POPULAR PRICES
Mat 10-20c. Eves., 10-2O-3OC.
!Last Appearance , of the
SINGING M'ENEL&YS ORCHESTRA
Colonial Ball Room,
Wednesday Evening, May 8.
Concert and Dancing.
Admission 35 Cents.
R 6 s V All Welcome.
THE AliUMNI DRAMATIC CLTJB
Presents
"Trelawney of the Wells"
A Four Act Comedy by Arthur Pinero
At the Park Theatre
MONDAY, MAY 13, 8:15 P. M.
Prices $1.00, 75c and 50c
Seat. Sale Starts Saturday at 9 a, m.
R7 d
ST. PETER'S PARISn
CONCERT AND SOCIAL
' At Colonial Hall
MONDAY, MAY 13, 1912
Admission 25 Cents
R7 d
BASEBALL
Newiield Park
GAMES NEXT WEEK
FRIDAY HARTFORI
SATURDAY NEW BRITAIN
PATENTS
A. M. WOOSTER, Attorney-at-L
Late Examiner TJ. S. Patent Office
1094 MAIN ST., BRIDGEPORT. CT.
Send Postal for Booklet on Patent
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A splendid Female Regulator In eases
of suppressed menstruation, delays
due to colds, ill health, or other un
natural causes; $1.75 for the whole
outfit. Made only at the
WOMAN'S DltCG STORE
870 Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
Lady Attendants Always Here
CHICHESTER S PILLS
U !X THE DIAMOND BRAND. W
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1,.4lMt AikTMpDranl
I'll I. i Rf and iiald metallic
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Taho no other. Boy ofyoor
DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for a
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYHEKE
Mullins Typewriter Exchange
Cor. Main and State Sts. TeL 943
in
:
XHE success of the
young man start
ing in business
depends very much up
on his financial credit
with those with whom
he deals. Nothing so
increases your standing
with business men as
an account with . a
strong bank such as
the Bridgeport Trust
Company.
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STEEPLECHASE MAY
BE OPEN THIS YEAR
Arrangements Under Way For Tilyou
to Subject the Big Amuse
ment Park.
Plans for the re-opening of Steeple
chase Island are in the making. Wil
liam J. Gallagher, a real estate and
timberland dealer, Charles Bernard,
former treasurer with Barnum &
Bailey and others are said to be in
terested in the scheme of re-opening
the island as an amusement resort.
Mr. Gallagher has been in conferMice
with George C. Tilyou, the lessee,
and Captain Paul Boyton, his local
representative, a number of times
during the winter, and late reports are
to the effect that the deal is likely
to go through before the end of the
week.
VVANTED
3 or 4 Men for
Small Assembling
Work.
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Supplies and Repairing'
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AT
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Women's white, tan and black
smart pumps, low shoes and
boots of superior grade.
South Window.
Women's footwear In various
flexible leathers in tan, white
and black, in latest styles.
$2.00
and
$2.50
North Window,
Correct footwear for misses,
boys and small children.
The agency for Ana torn Ik
shoes for foot sufferers Is held
by
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1026 MAIN ST.