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THE FARMER : MAY -11, 1914 Tii3 Cridscpon Evening Farmer FOUNDED IX J 790. t'ufcUsbed Iaily (Sundays excepted) by' The Furmer Publiahins Co. at 179 Fairfield Avenue, , " ' . Brldrport, , Conn. . i :xepiioe KDIlXJKlAIi 12ST ;. BUSINESS OFFICE 1208 Price 2 Cents tlie Copy. ( ''"' i MONDAY, MAY ill," 1914.' v , I END OF HUERT.VS GVEIL3ULNT NR j t.t. RRPORTS fmm liexico show contin jfJi. -. ued progress of the rebel arms. ; Ad velmop guards of rebels have 'appeared in the ueia-hborhood of Mexico City, and have, disperse r ! the troops sent against Ihern by Huerta. Gen. IMblo Gonzales, with 6.000 Irobps, many guns and plenty of ammunition is about to take.Tani j ; o. H seems. inevitable that the military gov-: er anient nflluerta mu&l yield -to the superior f'rrce of his countrymen in arms. If he can i i t resist the poorly trained and scantily armed i-r Miers Of . the rebellion, he would imake but t pmj" s-howing against the, armed forces of the United States. The, end of Huerta's brief rule c, iinot be distant. His fats may.be to be plac-t- acainst a wall and shot or he may abandon 3 country, and fW to a refuge in some for : i c n country, to enjoy the (.wealth' he is said to 1 .it. e accumulated. , ADVERTIS ING AND QUALITY , UAL1TY IS the only, permanent basra of success in any article.. There is little ney in selling an article once. The profit rues when vou fell some one some, kind of iner -over and over apain. To gri that kind trade you must deliver the goods. A business man who paid v down good u"y to advoitibe goods that . he could not ck up would be a,fooL The wider he distri-f-d them, the more trouble he would have. t merely would the goods come back, but the npe who bought them md were disappoint- would tell all their n'eighbors. . This would -:il? bad will instead of good will. The public understands these facts .per- Hy. When a merchant talks publicly about s goods, the public look? at it as a guarantee good quality.- In fact, ; advertising standar zes quality. The public accepts statements ide in a well advertised store at face value, eling that' the merchant is under the. bonds of A liciiy fo make good. ; ' VICTORY OYER IHIX-ISOARDS sUE CITY OF St. Louis has finally won in w v litigation , extend: ng over nine years, xinst the operations of a bill-board combine. The statute was moderate, merely limiting y ?ighl of such boardings to f-& feet and a max imum area of f0Q square feet. If such regular t-.-ns are not established, there will be" no lim ns to the deformed advertising that will grow vp in vacant city lots and suburbs., ' If it is constitutional to limit bill' boards to ( rtain heights' and lengths, why can'not this limitation be carried indefinitely i the interest c f the public good? ' ' ' To : travellers' on American ' railroads, one r f the most disgusting sights is the way adverr tiing bill-rbrfards thrust, ; themselves against country scenery. ' When one escapes from the routine of home scenes or the 'restless' crowd ing of cities, one looks with anticipation for the serene peace of rivers and hills' and forests.! Yr t'on, almost any line with. "heavy travel, the coarse appeal to dollars thrusts itself at you in the most grotesque form, shutting out the hop ed for message from Mother Nature. ' On some lines there is an almost contin uous succession of these" obnoxious and ugly notices. People pay down good money for the refreshment of country f-cenes, and are solicits ed against their will to buy some one's corsets or tooth paste. "',', f ;-V - A great many people- conceive a strong feeling of dislike against .the company . that chooses this method of advertising. One would think that publicly seekers would begin to think that they are not buying the good will of the public, .when' they choose a method of, ad vertising that is so unpopular.'1 ' " Meanwhile the end of, this tiresome litigaf lion in St. Louis will encourage a host of im provement societies and 'civic associations, which have always believed that , bill boards jould be outlawed or greatly curbed through means. - ' , . ' ' - - r - MAYOR WILSON SAYS DriBT IS ' A GOOD THING, BUT OTHER ; STATESMEN THOUGHT OTHERWISE EDITORIAL NOTES The ammunition 'makeri did not look -.any more i iperfcl when the mediation proposal w annotinced. :. .. -Whatever the Mexican jxsopla may yield, the inalien- sbie. right to disorderly government will never be aban--aed. . . ' . Some school teachers are so, unreasonable as to ex pect the children to keep awake the day after they have had a. tango party. " ' -, ' : .'''"'. It looks as if Huerta, Villa and Carranza 'ought soon, tr unite in a protest againut. the inhumanities . of the Colorado mine war. ' It is believed that Huerta, would yield, provided our rofernment would give him the state of .Tevas. a. . ' i , . , Umnm incurred while working in the garden un frs a fellow for business, but when it comes from playing baseball it is harmless . , : v . i TTiere Is a general demand to have Mother celebrate i-.i..m jjay i, j, cooking on of her bans-tsp old fash t'53d dinners for the children. - IT IS LEFT tor .Bridgeport to display a muiu cipal government committed to the policy that a great public debt is aood1 and blessed thing, and that a greater debt means a greater Bridgeport. , Hitherto it has been , the plan of state, and municipal governments to take pride in extin guishing the debt And this also has-been the almost unbroken policy of presidents of the United 1 States. Debt has .sbmetimes been, in curred, but the policy has ever been to" regard that debt as an evil and to pay it off as soon' as possible. , : ' Washington's messages to congress are full af this understanding" of the injurious quality of public debt. In his sixth annual address he said: '"The , time which has elapsed since .the commencement of fiscal measures has develop ed our pecuniary resources so as to open the way for the redemption of the public debt." - ; He said: "THE PHOGRESSIVE ACCUMU LATIOX OF DEBT 1IUST ULTIMATELY EN DANGER ALL GOVERNMENTS." 1 ' ,v a Thomas Jefferson knew the, evil of a great debt; in his, second annual message 'he ; said : : v!-"When effects so salutary result from the plans you i have , already sanctioned; v when merely -by avoiding FALSE OBJECTS, of ex pense we are able to make large antfi effectual payments toward the discharge of our ' public debt: and . the emancipation' of posterity Afrom that mortal canker, it is an, encouragement, fel low citizens of the-highest order to proceed as we. have begun in substituting economy for tax ation." ' t 1 ' , ' ' . r Andrew Jackson, during . his administra tion, extinguished the: public debt of the United" States, and when this task had' been 'completed he said: .'. i - . - . '. r . .,i , vThe experience of other- nations' admon ished us to hasten the extinguishment of the public debt." ' ' . All the great Statesmen of the United States have denounced public debt a's an evil. '-; i So far a? history shows ; Bridgeport - pos-f 1 sesses the only school of economists, the only statesman living or dead, who have declared to the world that a big debt is a'good thing for a community, , , . t , , ' ' . i , LABOR'S OPPOSITION TO SWOLLEN BONDING T.rtr a XT-rvTiiMr'iT'nirtr'ivTm v. '.r :i ; JL v bor has v taken up .the: cudgels , against heavy bonding is not -entirely unexpected, v . It is the formal .recognition by. workingmen' that the producer, pays the- freight, s The leaders of the unions are men versed in economics: They know the difference between'a, productive and an unproductive febt. A, debt of $10,000,000 in curred for an ice plant, a water plant and elec-tri-Iight and a gas plant 1 wduld furnish the commodities ice,: water, gas and electric . light cheaper to the citizens- ., and return, a large revenue: ' But the same debt incurred foP un productive things would be a burden upon everybody1 and 'particularly upon.; i those who live in their owij homes", or who are among the great army of rent, payers.', . - i . This action Toy organized labor' is an intel ligent recognition- of the economic truth, that taxation is like a stone J which strikes every stair and finally rests upon the ' bo'ttom The producer pays the freight. . '. J; SPRING FEYER "-T-HE ABOYE NAME is often given ; to the JL'. v langour; that attacks 1 most-peopl'e with the first return of summer weather. It isv a time of restlessness. j The trammels of daily work appear particularly irksome., ' Summer spoMs and outdoor life are 'tempters. It seems a crime.to work' on, some of these lovely spring days. , - 'f ' , : i.Shrewd sellers of patent medicine long ago capitalized that "tired feeling..", Who can make even a wild guess at the enormous amounts of money spent; for. remedies and nostrums, good and i bad, supposed to counteract- this physical weariness., Old-fashioned people, have favorite traditional remedies which they always take at this period for' a general internal houseclean ing.' . : ' .. .. Years ago, when industry was less, highly organized and;; specialized, people would listen to" the spring-time call of out door life more freely. .fThe. spirit of the 3'eason would seize hold of a merchant and his clerks, .or. a. room full rof mechanics. They would, lock up .and go fishing or picnicking, for the day. . Prob ably their "product at the tend of the year was just as large as if they had stayed in and yawn ed the afternoon away. , - .Modern life is more intricate. v-Few. people can yield' to the call of the woods and streams for a, holiday of idleness. Every man's daily task' is fitted into his neighbbr's. If one quit his task it would .throw a dozen out of work. So the mechanic or the business man has to put' out of his head the dreams of vagrant ease, and keep digging to the task. " - This regular labor in the face of all otmter attractions -has disciplinary value. : It c'Aates an industrial machine whose product surpasses the world."; But it excludes many natural en joyment and wholesome primitive sports. Mr. Mellen says he will tell all he knows. That story will make Capt. Kidd look like a piker. -, r v Never mind the holes in the streets. They smash vehicles and that makes business good. BROTHERS IOI? , THEIR FATHER'S HOUSE . In a fair plot in Mountain Grove cemetery; he the members of an entire family,' that of David M. Read. It: is a matter of comment that none of the family lived the allotted number of years granted to the average man, and this is especially true of Charles B. and David F. Read who, out of full life went forth upon the Great Adventure. The recent death of David F: Read has thrown a shadow over his circle vof business, associates and brought deep grief and an abiding sense of loss upon his personal ; friends. , Following, so -closely upon the death . of his brother Charles it i the moreremarkable,: for they were very close in their affection for each other, and it is per haps not too much to say that David Read never recovered , from his brother's death. The memory of that tragic toe f currence is still fresh in the minds of the friends of the Read brothers, and at that time,!in "July 1912, David Read 'unhesitatingly took upon himself the burden of his' brother's, affairs, gathered th members of his business i ' family closely about him, comforted them as best he could ' under his own poignant grief, and thenceforth success-, fully conducted the business'of TheD. M.Read Co., and The Read Carpet Co., until his health gave way under the - strain, last January. , " - It is not easy, to say wherein lay the distinct personal charm of these two brothers. It is true .that' those who were admitted to, the friendship of either of the men will never lose the memory of it while life lasts. '- More than r ordinary men they kept the spirit of youth,' and both in- ., Merited from stheir father . a' natural courtesy and graci- -i ousness of manner, the more noticeable perhaps, in that the rush and hurry. of modem business life do not permit ' the acquirement of. such " characteristics, which were , in- . stinctively displayed by the. Reads. 1 In the passing of' -such men Bridgeport loses citizens whom it held in the . highest esteem and upon whom the city would have con-' erred high honors had they been disposed to accept the same. But they held; closely to their business, bestow ing freely the wealth of" their generous natures .upon all with whom they were associated. . They will 'be missed and for a longtime. ; The employes of the big department ; store will miss them, but with the sense of grief and loss there wiR beVionnected a feeling that each one who knew the Reads has been, and , is the better .for having known I them. ' Like those honored of old in Lacedaemon, "These men were folded in the dark cloud of death; yet bing dead, they hdve not died,' since' from on high their ex cellence raise's them forever" out of the house of Hades.1,' ; TODAY'S EBTHDAY PARTY The first observance'. of the Ro gation Days was instituted by St.-. Mammertusi Archbishop of Vien- ., ' na, who lived in th -fifth century and whose festival is ' celebmted v to-day, Thl-ta.mouB prelate, ,xe nowned for his sanctity and learn- ing. . by his i prayers ,ws said to " have- suddenly extinguished a ter , rible fire which threatened to de- , -stroy the .city of - Vienna; ' The ' people, accepting thei bishop's in tervention as a miracle-, were ,pr . foundly impressed, and St.' Mam--tnertus took : .advantage - of the occasion to preach to them the efficacy of pious 'prayer and to . inaugurate an annual . fast and . - supplication : of three days. In i which 'he called : tjpon .all :th J-faithful to Join in: an endeavor1: to appease divine wrath by fast-irtg.-prayer, tears, confession and . supplication. Within a r short time the observance of the Ro- . - gation days spread over Europe. The Anglican and American Epis- copal churches, as ..well as ; the Roman . Catholic . church, observe 7 the Rogation days, which are the -Monday,, Tuesday and Wednes ' . day before Holy. Thursday. ; or Ascension Day. : v 1 An expenditure of much mtiney . and three weeks of time and the endurance of numerous di scorn- -h forts were, required of those who-, made -the Journey from the At-? -i Jantic seaboard to Chicago our ; "score years ago.' The story.", of 1 such a trip is told in a worn, and . , faded old dairy which was kept . by Mrs. ,Brya,nt, mother of the fa-. j mous editor and poet. ,It ' was '. '- seventy-nine years ago today. May , 11, 1835, that the mother-of Wil- ; Minn Cullen-. Bryant left Jihe old-. home where the author of "Than. - . atopsis" was 1 born and where her. . husband had died to establish a new home at Princeton, Ill in the then "wild West." From Cum-: mington. . Mass., Bryant's . birth- place, Mrs. . Bryant, -who was ac companied by her son Austin and ' his wife and ibaby, and her daugh- , ter Louisa, traveled by stage to ' : Albany. The overland - journey : required . :. two days, . the ? party Teaching the Elmpire State capital ' in the late afternoon of the thir teenth. They went immediately on board the canal boat Amherst, -."owned j by Capt- Thompson, . of Peru," and by sundown they were off. "Boat very, full; a great num ber of noisy children; no sleep the; : , first night," was Mrs., ; Bryant's " comment on her first experience , of canal boats. i . On the following day the trav- elers 'Vent through West . Troy, seven miles from Albany, which ' would indicate that the' craft was " f not exceeding any speed limits. On the fifteenth? "Passed Schen ectady, thirty miles from Albany . in the morning. On the Mohawte ;. land very rich; a beautiful coun- try-TTTtica, - a j very 'handsome city," was passed on the sixteenth. "A lady came on board to ride ten Smiles." On the seventeenth the ' boat stopped at Syracuse, and the . weary passangers were permitted to go ashore for the ' first time ' since leaving Albany. Mrs. Bry 6 ant "passed the salt works, twen ; ty-five acres covered with a roof." On the eighteenth at Lyons "more passengers came on board; so full before, could hardly live." One ' wonders if the , canal ibeat was provided with accommodations for strap-hangers, but Mrs. Bry ant . does not enlighten us. On the nineteenth Rochester, "a very handsome place," was passed "the falls are there where Samuel Patch Jumped off and was killed." The interesting affair in which - Sam Patch figured had occurred only six years before, and was still f a matter of great interest- Buf- falo was reached early on th ; : twenty-first, , a week out ' of Al- . bany, .and iSfrs. Bryant and - her companions transferred to th , . schooner Navigation to begin the ; ? third stage of their Journey. ' ., .. The schooner had - a small . , cabin crowded with passengers, ' ti many crying children, no rest day or niht. On the twenty-cecond .' -"Most alt sick 'but able to sit ap , and ' wait : upon themselves. Men :- not much sick; they tarried on ' deck.". On th twenty-third:. "Ves- " t sel rocks very much; lay by: for the night which is a great com-'. - , fort-",' The ship -reached Detroit ! at ,! sunset on th , twenty-fourth, 4 and the passengers went on shore. : The following day they passed : : through the Detroit river and j reached j Lake , St. ' Clair. , where, ' -' owing to contrary winds, they lay ' by for the night and the follow-., irag day. Onj th twenty-eighth., , "got stuck on a sand' bank: took till afternoon to get off; went a - ---.little, way, ran on again, got off ' t about winset and put toy; danger- ous going in- the night." " The - twenty-ninth, "a vessel struck ours;" the . thirtieth, "had to lay by;" the 1 thirty-first, "went atvav. good jog; ( about six ' miles an - hour." On , June fourth the ship-' stopped while ' the men went V i ashore to get "some cowslips for greens." On the seventh, , "landed -at Chicago, went to the Steamboat -hotel, . very .much crowded with' passengers, sought another lodg 5 ing, hired a wagon to carry us a.', mile for which we paid a dollar; ' slept under -a. roof where there were four beds in- which we all ,.:slept fourteen in number.'; - : ' i , $27.00 and $30.00 Tailored Gowns for $18.00 Because it is late in the season and warm weather is approaching- we did not intend to pur chase any more Tailored Gowns, but the other day a group of extra choice suits, came under the notice of our buyer, and, ;he bought then They are the left over models of a great met ropolitan tailor, one who is well known. Some of them were made up to order. The materials are of the quality put into ?30.00 and 35.00 suits, fine serges, twilled and herringbone mannish clothe, Venetian cloths, eponges and some novelties. Dark navy blue, black, n arrow hairline effects and checks, made in the best style,: ' Short coats, . ''. Lj.' .'A' ''..'."rk ' -i it''' ' : i cutaways waa moire, xri us, jfoirex collars ana other distinctive touches. . : . $18.00 Do not delay your coming. ' Second flier. A Splendid Stock of Turkish Towels Any-man or;woman delights in a towel of jrenerov; proportions for the bath. There !s a most satisfactory stock to choose from now. Extra heavy weaves," -, -, , . Imported fine weaves, hemstitched, ' Fancy white, with colored borders, ,fr "Turkniu," soft weave for face and hands, C, 10, I. 25 and 30 cts. : Silk Face Cloths,, white, blue, pink and lavender 2 " c. ' - Cotton Face' Cloths, a large variety, C, t ; Bath Sheets, large sizes, $LG0; C2.C3, C2.C3, T". f . ( , Extra fine with fancy borders, , , 1 C , . Bath Mats, , 50, 75, C3, 01.25 c ! C . . I , 1 i Towel Section, I k. -tr -..t. 22 x 45 O ctf 24 x 48 C3 f; 25 x 50 , O t'l 30 x 56 . 7". i ' r 75, 85, S3 cts and j. 21 x 42 ' Lj c'z 22" x 40 C" c: 18 x 3S 2 fcr 11 '. 14 x 24 5( Prof. JKarl Ijanglotz,. sole survivor of : the Vacuity of Princeton, of fifty years ago and famed aa the composer of the music of Old Nassau, the -bat tie hymn of , the . University, . is now a ' hopeless invalid. t - a I . r Tomato Plants, 10c per- dozen. JOHxN RECK & SOW DON'T FOliGET TEH ALUITG RUBBER STORE ON GUARANTEED IgaobeNIgsseI' We are able to sell you the best quality at a moderate prices We can . suwolv von any length at tbe following prices: "V'inch Xeader 5-Ply. 8c ft inch "Leader 5-Ply 10c ft y2 inch Gauntlet Wire - Wound, 10c ft 34 inch Gauntlet Wire ' Wound . . . . . . . . . . . 12c ft 12 in- Kineo Moulded 14c ft 34 in. Kmeo Moulded 18c ft Full line of all accessories for the Hose. We deliver to all parts of the city; Let us give you estimates on your many needs in the Rubber line. THE AILING &JBBER CO. 1126 MAIN STREET Syndicate Store .-, ; Bargain at the Jewelry Section An odd lot of novelties, discontinued styles, of . generally there is but one of a kind, though in some t.:-z are fair quantities. . - Pocket' Jewel Cases, - were $1.00 and $1.50 ZZ C ; Purses, a ' ' ' . ' ' - were $1.00 f. c , Letter Cases, ' . ; were .50 to $2.50 23 ct3 t- t . : Leather Frames, were .50 to $4.00 23 cts to One Silk Hammock, in leather Case, S 1.' .3 One Traveling Case, .' i was $10.00 ''..'" One Emergency Case, .was $7.50 ' -. I?. Flasks and Bottle' Cases that were 50, $2.00, $3.00 up to ' . ' ' now 25, $1.00, 51.53 up to v ... Clocks, Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets and Sir ill:-; I) . ' Silver Articles at .similar reductions. Summer Waists and Blouses ' fThe season's ..line is- now-very complete. Novelties 1 i Chiffon, Crepe de Chihet plain and figured Voile, in I" z fashionable colors, rose, emerald, tan, apricot, mahorar.y and tangerines . ' second r.,or. The D. M: Pvcad Company RADFORD. R Fairfield Avenue VARIETY STORE Crc- i. ' ' ' tee store that pays the cab fak e , test Cent goods fob eight cy r r " in A 1 " ' SUMMER UNDERWEAR At 8e Ladies' summer vests. , At 12 l-2c Ladies' shaped vests. At 25c -Extra fine quality vests and pants for ladles'. At 25c Men's and boys' balbriggan shirts and drawers. At 25c Men's and boys' nainsook underwear. At 50c Extra quality balbriggan underwear for men. At 50c Fine medium weight, white or gray. 1 At 25c and 50c Ladies' Union suit. ... JOHN .F..FAY 610 FAIRFIELD AVE2TTJE Furniture Dealer, Upholsterer and Cabinet LXalrcr, Li for Fabrics fcr Furniture and Draperies. Tel. 75 AN AID TO HEALTH PURE VATIZr. Highland Spring Water A bealtliXol. InvlconttliMt drink whicii Is bsolately cositTp5nt'l t fnipurltiea of funy Und and baa passed the most ricrid teat. Bottled Daily Delivered Daily 'Phone S37 Highland Spring Water Co. 645 WARREN STREET WANT - ADVERTE3EI.IENTS ONE CEI A