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"' THE FARMER: JANUARY 13, 1917 r BR1DGEPOR T R '..' : , (fDKDED 1790.) 1 Published by The Farmer Bubllshtnj; Co.. 17 Folrfleld Are.. Bridgeport. Oonn.; OAtLY. r.. .BOe month. $6.00 per yew WEEKLY. .$1.00 per year In advance, PHOJCB t f f PHONE 1 BXTSPfKSa, j -ggfN v EDITORIAL OFFICE . G&mfflS$S DEPARTMENT , . BCSS&IGN REPRESENTATIVES : Bryant. Grlfftfli Fred ricks. New York. Boston and Chlcaeo Only Evening Newspaper of Bridgeport Carrying Associated Press Service. SATURDAY, GIVE BRIDGEPORT A FAIR SHOW 1T RIDGEPORT WITHIN a measurable time will erect a num ber of buildings semi-public in character, which will be paid from the proceeds of public subscription. ' , May it be suggested that when plans for these buildings are called for, that local architects, local builders and local trades men will he at least invited to compete. ' Bridgeport make's goods for the world and sells them to ail mankind, and is the last" city in lay. down the proposition,, "trade . . Bridgeport sells to and buys an area in which Bridgeport has i 1 . " economics, real convenience and true civic pride meet to- , gether. : ; ..; ) s ; . ' Perhaps when plans for a building are submitted, an outside plan may be the best, but how can the ability of hcmer tajent be known, if it isn't permitted to compete. And surely, if a Bridge- portarchitect offers as good, as sound, as artistic, as harmonious 1 X 7 . , ' ". , 1 There, is the Housing Commission, a Chamber of Commerce auu 1 1 vijjxoi.iiin. if i n. ii. iir? nun I .program. Has it been quite just to Bridgeport Straniarers come here to build manv houses as the v a ria-ht to do ; this-' is, indeed a case in which the world has aided (Bridgeport in a crisis. They do not lay down the rule that what can be bought abroad shall be. They practice a different plan, what can be bought in Bridgeport is bought herel S ; i - i ' t Such organizations have, usually given to Bridgeport con- ; cerns the contracts for .decorations, hardware, lumber and the ,like. They thus didbetter for themselves and better for.Bridge- ( 1 The Chamber of Commerce ought not to lag in a field in - which strangers are so wise. , . v , . ; : 'V 1 The "Chamber should lead the, effort to see that Bridffenort geis wuai uriugepori ougm lo.nave. , , - A i air snow to compete, is can be conceived in this field. ' - V FELLOW 2 CUliPTOR BORGLUM, who . . Wy ; est political hurdlers in , E. J. Hill, reproaching the eminent advocate of more taxes oh j tea and coffee, because , he has boosted John T1 King for head of , 'the Republican National Committee. 1 ' ,. ' Mr. Borglum does not pursue the philosophy of economics. He ignores the precepts of economic determinism, which is the f Should a sculptor obtain two offers of employment, brie ; twice as profitable as tHe other in cash and futures, and can take . but one, which will he take? How will the artistic cat jump Plainly, toward the biggest' offer. i , ';-" ..y ; " ' And so it is withJMr. Hill, Mr. King is Mr. Hill s opportunity. Mr. King is also a sculptor. . t'rom the Republican bog rock in Fairfield couiity he has carv- ' himcAlf n nlnnp TIia rcr miivora whan Kitiop ctone nn Vi o long grass. If it shopk too hard Mr. Hill would fall in. ; i '' Hill, King, and Borglum' are fellow craftsmen. They all sculp, but in different media. ' Borglum,-; working in rock, ac- nninao nanKona ci rliolooln frwrt nomn onanAO Tr i-rll tio Vi r io n fluid element, flowing in and out of tlie Republican party with graceful windings of a country brook. : . ' ' i King and Hill work in a semi fluid medium. They walk pn i the bog. The tufts quiver as they tread. They long for perma--nence. , ' ' ,- , , . , : ;. .. :.' ; V :., - Wlien Mr. King wishes to sculp . a place in the Republican ; national committee. Hill is for him. 'What's the nfatter with the idea, : ; ' ;0 ) y iican party has come to nq, rememoering wnat iorces have .split it, and what those forces want, Mr. King is ah ideal candi- ; date. . :. v; ' Mp Rnrcliim rnav rint, 'wfl.nt v lie represents Uie max.iiuuui uiyiaiuu. Ait.uau uu nu murtJ ior . , iconoclasm. The Democracy waits for King's elevation, and ,t keeps a light in the wmaow ior BUFFALO BILL B tic. UFFALO BILL was a strong, brave man, the last rioted sur vivor of a vanished period, mistakenly termed roman- Those were very crude times, in which Buffalo Bill dicl his work, and Americans lived in a crude, rude 'way. Babies died ! of preventable (Jiseases faster than Indians could take scalps. .Everything was harder, meaner and more difficult than now. Bath tubs were not at all common, and sewers were in their in ' fancy. -V . ". ' War in Europe is illumined by some of the greatest pontri yances of the intellect of man. But war with the Indians 'was almost as unromantic as pure trench slaughter, where you get your man with a knifej or a club. - This is the romantic period, a time of signs and wonders, and tremendous opportunity. The time of a life which Buffalo Bill enlivened, by his' show, in which idealized Indians, riding idealized horses were daily slaughtered by such plainsmen as the plains never saw. ; , j Good bye, Buffalo Bill, loved by children and respected by : grown tips. Wo are glad you lived through the hard practical . years until you saw, the light of true Romance, which came with railroads and air ships.- ? WHEEL STRAPPING B ARBARIC NOTIONS Of military discipline slopping around in the half disciplined minds of ill trained militia offic ers are to blame for such incidents as the wheel strapping in a New York armory. Eiiscipline must be stricter in certain areas in an army than in civil life. But discipline in an armory need notbe as strict as discipline in the field, and in no case requires the; de cree of barbarity which attaches VRNING FARMER JAN. 13, 1917. the world that canuafford to only with Bridgeport." ; from the world. Yet is there rights,' an area in which sound Id a 11 imii.iin tfniiriiviw in Lim a. w f I 1 1. tne very tiniest opportunity mat SCULPTORS is one of the finest ana swift- Connecticut, writes a letter' to lie is a '-'sculptor of opportunity. I , : Kinxr ' hut Democranv wants him uorgium. to old fashioned ideas of man-1 aging an army. The chief difference between military and civil crimes grow out of the nature of circumstances. A sentinel is a watch man. If he sleeps he may contribute to the deaths of many of his fellows. It is one thing to punish such a crime with death. But who would advocate shooting a soldier because he fell asleep in an armory, in the middle of a prosperous city, in times of piping peace? An officer might very well justify the peremptory shoot ing of a soldier who was running away under fire, and who might .stampede a reginent. But if he shot a soldier for running away from a curry comb in times of peace, he ought to be hung. There is no military discipline quite as severe as that im posecl'b'y a poorly trained officer of militia when he is in a temper. More and more the country comes to the mind that the military establishment ought to be under Federal control. PIERRE LOTI Captain Louis Marie Julien Viaud, of the French navy, was born at Rochafort sixty-seven years ago from this Sunday, and this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of his naval service. C&pt. Viaud Is better known as "Pierre Loti, au thor, romancist and dramatist, and as the uncompromising foe of realism in literature. He retired from active service in the French navy some years before the outbreak of the war, but when hostilities were declared he laid aside his pen and again took up the sword. It is reported that he was the commander , of a French gunboat which took part in the bombardment of the Dardanelles fort a sad duty for Pierre Loti, j long and extravagant admirer of the' Turks. "Later he was assigned to shore duty, and, while serv ing on the western front, he found time to write a series of brilliant ar ticles descriptive of trench warfare. In these sketches he made use . of all his literary powers to castigate the "sin ister ' German emperor," his "impe rial heir, whose, hatchet-like face is buried in an over-large cap of black fur, adorned with a death's head," and the whole German people, who "dare go on living, these beings 1 of dark pess: in the presence of so many tears, of so many tortures, of so mony im mense heaps of bones, they eat in con tentment, they sleep, they, accept homages, they even pose, doubtless, for sculptors, for lasting ; bronzes or marbles, when the old tortures of Chi na should be refilled for them." The author explains that it is "not to arouse needlessly a world-wide hate" that he writes, but rather to "keep back the dangerous ( oblivion that-may fall on tneir crimes," to prevent" fels countrymen from forgetting that "this predatory ractf is encurably treach erous, thievish, murderous, that: with them no treaty is binding, and that,, so long as they are not crushed, so long as their "head has not been cut off -that frightful Gorgon head Prussian imperialism will begin again!",' "(MAIiLARD PAY" Among the. many ' quaint observ ances' of the : ancient . colleges . and schools of England, not the least amusing is "Mallard Day," the spe cial festival of the undergraduates and alumni of All SquIs' College, Ox ford. It is celebrated on the four teenth of January by a great merry making general frolic, but' this year, owing to the war and to the fact that the date falls on Sunday, it has been decided to' dispense with the custom- ary frivolity. . t , "Mallard Day" commemorates nothing more important than the find ing of a 'inallard in a drain in the year 1437, When workmen were dig ging a foundation for the college buildings. A contemporary account of the Incident has been preserved, and , it is j worth reprinting 'because of its quaint English : ' ' " ' o , "Whenas Henrye Chichele, , the late renowned archbishope of Cantorberye, had minded to founden-a, coiiidge in Oxenfordey for the hele of his soule and the soules of all those , who peryshed in the warres of Fraunce, f ighteing valiantelye under our most gracious Henrye the I if the, moche was he distraughten concerning the place he myghte choose for thilke purpose. , Him thinkyth some whylest how he myghte place it withouten the eastern porte of the citie, both for the pleasauntnesse of .'the meadowes and the clere streamys therebye runnine. Agen him thinkyth odir whylest howe he mote builden it on the northe side for the helefui ayre , there coming from the fieldes. Nowe while , he doubeth thereon he dremt, and behold there appereth unto him one of righte godelye personage, sayine and advise- ing as howe he myghte placen his, coi iidge in the high streete of the citie, nere unti the chirche of our blessed ladle the Virgine,. and . in witnesse that it was sowthe, and no vain and deceitful phantasie, wblled him to lave the first stane of the founda tion at the corner which turneth to wards the Cattys Strete, where in delvinge he myghte of a suretye finde ,a schwoppmge mallarde imprisoned in the sinke or sewere, wele yfattened and almost ybosten. . Sure token of the trivaunce of his future collidge. "Moche doubteth he when he awoke on the nature of this vision,, whethyr he mote give hede thereto or ' not. Then advisyth he there with monie doctors and learnyd clerkys, who all seyde howe he oughte, to maken trial upon it. Then comyth he to Ox enforde, and on a taye fixed, after masse, seyde, proceedeth he in sol eranee wyse, with apades and pick axes for the nonce provided, to the place afore spoken of. But long they had not digged ere they herde, a it myghte seme, within the warn of the earthe, horrid, strugglinges and flut teringesg, and anon violent quaak lnges of the distressyd mallarde. Then Chichele lyfteth up his hondes and seyeth Benedicite, . &c. &c. Nowe when they broughte him forth, be hold the size of his bodie was as that of a bustarde or an ostridge. -And moch wonder was thereat; for the lycke had not been seene In this londe, ne in onie odir." However much of truth there may be in this ancient tale, it is certain that All Souls "Coiiidge" has fully justified the "token of the rivaunce" and the college men do well to honor the mal lardeven if some of the latter day sceptics among them have suggested that the good Archbishop may have had some excellent reason to suspect that the fattened bird would be found in. the spot where he dug some rea son more substantial than a dream! TWO DIE IN STORM. St. Paul .Minn., Jan. 13 A light snow swept over this city, today and was believed to herald the approach of the driving storm that yesterday caused the death of at least two per sons in North Dakota and Montana. The Old Oaken Bucket.' ' One of those homely old ballads that shall never die is "The Old Oaken Bucket" of Samuel Woodworth, to which special interest now attaches from the fact that this year marks the centenary of its publication. Al though he wrote many other werses during his career as a 'journalist, Woodworth is now remembered only because , of that brief flash of inspira tion in whichyhe dashed off the song which made his name immortal. One day in 1817 young Woodworth, a free lance journalist eking out a rather precarious existence in New York, met' a friend who invited him to "have, something." , The pair ad journed to a convenient bar, where the servitor of Bacchus dispensed li quid refreshments. Just what bev erage, .among those favored by New Yorkers a century ago, was served to Woodworth and his friend can not be known. x In any event,. it tickled the poet's palate, and he expressed his ap preciation of its virtues. "Tes, it is fairly good," remarked the friend, as he set down the glass, and doubtless, after the' manner of drinkers since al coholic beverages were invented, pass ed the back of his hand over his mouth. "Fairly good, Sam; but' I'd much prefer a drink of . the clear cool water we used, to drink when lads f r6m the old oaken bucket that hung in the well. , ' ' . The phrase used by ' his friend re mained in Woodworth's ,mind, and when he returned to - his .room he dashed off "The Old Oaken ucket," spending only about half an hour in its composition. He had written many verses before that, and he last of t all anticipated the popular ap plause that followed the publication of "The Old Oaken . Bucket." The poet received practically nothing in financial recompense for his work, but, he gained the lasting admiration and gratitude of a multitude of his fellowmen. ; ' - . '. It is probable that the bucket and wel which appealed so strongly to Woodworth's recollection were lo cated somewhere in the vicinity of Scituate, Mass., for there he was born 132 years ago today, Jan. 13, 1785, and there he spent his youth. As a boy . he manifested a ' strong leaning toward journalism, and at thirteen was apprenticed to a local weekly pa per. At twenty-two he became, edi tor of a . paper inJNew Haven and in 1809 he removed to' New York, where he supported himself by doing liter ary, hackwork, for the newspapers and periodicals. During the war of 1812 he was editor of a. weekly ?Sweden borgian publication caleld the Hale yon Luminary, and later was editor of a literary periodical, the Parthe non. He was also one of the found ers of the New York Mirror, to which Irving, Cooper Bryant, N. P. Wil lis and other' literary lights contri buted., v i !. ., 1 V.1' ' Nearly all, of Woodworth's ventures failed, and throughout his life he was seldom more than a few strides ahead of the wolf .Yet today most of his wealthy contemporaries are forgot ten, having failed in a lifetime, of money-getting tq achieve the re spect and remembrance attained by Woodworth in half an hour of literary inspiration..; ' f "JOHN STRANGE WINTER." Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer was the real name of the girl who, in 1872, began to contribute sketches dealing largely with military life to the English periodicals. She was then only sixteen, and, to disguise her sex and immaturity, she adopted the nom de plume of "John Strange Win ter." Under this name she wrote the stories which were published in book form in 1881 under the title of "Cav alry Life." The authoress was born in York, England, sixty-one years , ago to-day, Jan. 13, .1856. Her father, Rev. Henry Vaughan Palmer, was rector of St. Margaret's Church in York, but he had been an artillery of ficer in; his younger days, and it was from his knowledge of military life that the precocious girl drew the ma terial for her amazing realistic pic tures of camp life. In 1884 she be came the wife of Arthur Stannard,v a civil engineer, .and two years later she published the story, "Bootje's Baby," j which established her reputation, and attracted widespread attention be cause of its racy style, and the au thor's evident familiarity with mili tary matters. It was generally, sup posed hat the author was a man, but with the success of "Bootle's Baby" her identity was revealed. She also wrote some stories under the the name, Violet Whyte." TO-DAY'S ANNIVERSARIES. St. Kentigern, most notable of the early Christian missionaries to labor among the half-savage tribes of Scot land, died in 601, and he is still hon ored as the founder of Glasgow. Geo. Fox, who bounded' the Society of Friends or Quakers, died on this date fn 1690. Alfred C. Post, famous American physician and the f-f-irst to operate for st-t-ammering, born in 1806. Salmon P. Chase, one of the most distinguished of the chief Jus tices of the United States, born at Cor nish, N. H., in 1808. SEINE RIVER RISING. Paris, Jan. 13 The Seine rose 13 inches during the day and the gauge at Tournelle bridge registered 13 feet. All the wharves of the city are now under water and large quantities of coal are submerged, still further ac centuating the fuel famine. Most of the tributaries of the Seine continue to rise. FUNERAL DESIGNS AND .'BOUQUETS tfOS HD3U MHOt BRIDGEPORT RESIDENTS WILL DISCUSS PROPOSED JEWISH CONGRESS AT MASS MEETING Great Gathering Expected at Casino Where Noted Speakers , , - Will Tell of Plans for Movement Prof. Hourwich to Give Address. ' ; . . & -' - 'X gte'-y ' ' fe ': X -Z ' Ov, hi'-..-- ; v4 W$0j,Wm4 Miyy'y--1 1 HON. SOLOMON SUFRIN Speaker for Jevvish Mass Meeting Sunday. A mass meeUng of Bridgeport's Jewish residents will be held Sunday evening in the tate street Casino for the Durpbse of discussing the proposed Jewish Congress, in all its phases. . . The meeting is expected to be one of the greatest . ever held in the Ca sino. The subject is vitally interest ed to a large part of the city's popu lation. , . . 1 j For the last two years the Jew3 of America 'have been attempting to caU a'' congress for' the purpose of discus sing the question of the Jews' suffering in Europe," and the rights and the priv ileges they should be granted after the war- is over. As is well known, many of the battle grounds of Europe in this greatest of all wars in the world's history , are , upon territory mostly populated ( by Jewish people, and where they t do not actually form a majority of the populationsthey are at least a great proportion of it. Likewise is there a veritable army of Jewish soldiers to the number of near ly a million fighting on all fronts, in all armies and on all battlefields.. How many ' ef " these brave Jewish' soldiers will have . been slain when the war "is over, how many' of them maimed and crippled for life, no -one can know or foretell. Certain it is that the num ber will be appalling. But notwith standing all these facts, the Jews in many countries, an4 in all of the de spotic' lands that are parties to this war, suffer special disabilities and mis fortunes by virtue of the discriminat ing laws against them existing in these countries, and thus to the misfortunes of old to which they are accustomed are added the horrors of var with the plunder, rapine, transportation, fexile and murder of innocent non-combatants.' ( Yet to all this there is not a central power or a united body to raise a voice of protest, for the reason that the Jews as such have no territory, land, coun try or government of their own , to speak for them officially and authori tatively,' and to enter with the coun cils of the nations upon terms an con ditions at the conference of peace. It is for this! purpose, in order tq form a representative body - that should be able to represent through the proper channels the needs of the Jewish people in the belligerent coun tries that a Congress of Jewish rep resentatives, elected by. all the Jews of this country, will convene in Washings ton, D. C, on or before May 1, 1917, when a prmannt - institution known as the Jewish Parliament will be f orm- edi , Bridgeport's have been active in this interesting movement ever since its in ception, and sent two delegates to me preliminary Conference in Philadel phia la.st vear where the first pro gram was worked out, and worked in defatigably, along with others, to bring about the union of all Sections of Jew ish life under this one standard. The The effort has at last been crowded with success. Tne American oewi Committee, with Louis Marshal at the bead, the Independent Order of B'Nai R'rith nf which Hon. Adolph Kraus Is president, and the National Work men's Association, nave ior a long time held out against a popular and democratic Congress of the American Jews, but favored" rather individual and independent action by each organ ization ,as has been the case hereto fore. At last, however, by the un tiring efforts" of the Jewish Congress Organization committee, which is the central organization of all Congress Pnmmitt pes throughout, the country, all the refractory elements have becnj united upon a common platform, the B'nai B'rith and the American Jewish', Committee as well as the organized Jewish workmen have united and com bined upon this one thing, to demand J rights and living conditions for the Jews after the war wherever such rights and conditions are denied them. At a great meeting in the Savoy Ho tel, New York, two weeks ago, Hon. Nathan Straus was elected chairman of the combined Executive Committee -- of .all these affiliated national organ! zations and congress committees, ; the opposing candidates having been Hon. Louis Marshal and Mr. Adolph Kraus. The first speaker will be one of the most prominent- speakers and scien tific lecturers of this country, Profes sor Hourwich, a prominent lawyer, who.had been a candidate for the first Duma in Russia in 1905. For a long term of, years he he served as a sta tistician for the Government at Wash ington, and has. recently become prom inent as an arbiter of labor disputes, notably that of the Cloak Makers' Un ion. " He is also well known as an able writer on economic and scientific questions. Prof. Hourwich is one of the most notable and beloved figures on the east side of New York, and was the chief figure in he great protest raised in this country andrbeiore con gress 'at Washington against the pro posed extradition into Russia and the delivering over intoi Russian despot ism of the famous Revolutionist, Van Puren, who sought sanctuary upon the shores of this land of liberty. ,. Hon. Solomon Sufrin, speaking in English, will be the second speaker of the evening and doubtless will hold the audience spell bound with - elo quence and oratory for which he is so well known ' and well liked in New York. ;Mr. Sufrin,' former assembly man of New York and candidate for Congressman of a New Yorfci district on the Progressive ticket, also the i president of the Rumanian Jewish al- iance of America, has a great many friends and admirers i' in Bridgeport who, it is obvious from many indica tions, will turn out to hear him in large numbers. ' The third speaker will be Baruch Zuckerman, one of the most forceful orators on the Jewish platform. Mr. Zuckerman is a leader in the Peale Zion Federation of America, a special branch of the Zionist Movement, is an able writer on many topics, and is sec retary of People's Relief Committee that has collected nearly a million dol lars for the Jewish war sufferers. All the three speakers are members of the new joint Executive committee of the Congress movement, Prof. Hourwich being one of the honorary vice presi dents. The mass meeting in this city is given under the auspices of 'the Jew ish "Congress committee of Bridgeport. The entire public is invited to attend. GREEKS APPEAL TO WILSON. Nashville. Tenn., Jan. 13 Greek residents of Nashville today sent to President Wilson an appeal saying: "In the name of Christianity and hu manity we' respectfully ask friendly intervention of this powerful republic on behalf of starving Greece. All we want is to be allowed to pursue our peaceful - course, t We' demand that our kinsmen should not be al lowed to die from Btarvation." BRADFORD. FAIRFIELD AVE. VARIETY STORE BROAD ST. CO-OPERATIVE-B& , ... - i We are showing the COUPON GOOD MONDAY, JAN. 15. Three Big Long Cloth Bargains. LOT NO. l--Different length piece, our regular price 15c With Coupon Monday 11c. LOT NO. 2 Our regular price 20t! With Coupon. Monday 16c LOT NO. S Our very finest 35c yd. With Coupon Monday 21c or $2.40 for 12 yds. Young Wife Fails , Second Time to Get Marriage Annuled Margaret Helen Powell, the 21-year-old girl who tried three years ago to get an annulment of her marriage to James F. Powell, attempted again to pet a separation yesterday afternoon but her caso-was dismissed by Judcre Bennett of the superior court. He said the evidence was not sufficient. The girl stated she was married to Powell in 1913. The affair was a secret and after the ceremony they went to New York. When they ar rived there Powell decided he didn't care much for matrimony and said he didn't see why he should work and support her. Thereupon the girl re turned to her folks in this city. The court said the only evidence in troduced was that the plaintiff did not want to live with her husband and he did not care to live with her. He de clared the charge of desertion had not been proved. ' , . OUR NEWTOWN NEWS LETTER (Snecial to The Farmer. Newtown, Jan. 13 llr. and .'Mrs. William E. Gilbert announce the en gagement of their daughter, Mabel Louise to George Donaldson Adamson of Bridgeport. At the annual meeting of the Coun- try Club Realty Corporation Tuesday night the directors elected . were: William T. Cole, , president; Dr. Charles H. Peck of New: York city, Dwight Wheeler of Bridgeport, Leon- 1 ard M. Johnson and Arthur T. Nettle ton of Newtown. . : Among the Newtown people Vwho attended the automobile show in New York this week were R. H. Beers, H. H. Curtis, E. W. Troy, A. J. Crowe, Lduis Lovell and Mr.' and Mrs. Jesse A. James of Hawleyvile. Newtown's ' share of the liquor li cense money collected by the county commissioners during December was $487.50, . . . The W. C. T."tT. held its meeting last night at the' home of Mrs. Ed ward Olmstead. . Despite the extreme' cold weather there was a good attend ance of members, and an interesting session was experienced. , Mrs. Cora Pierce Js ill of . pneumo nia, and Mrs. J. J. Northrop and Mrs. A. A. Banks are suffering from the grip lLt their home in North Main . street. Dr. F. J. Gale assisted by . two nurses, Miss Hopkins and Miss Gaffney are taking care of them. Miss Fanny Beers of Queen street is. Improving after a week's attack of " grip. , ; The Dodgingtown Fire Co. No. 1, ; will give a dance at their hall next Thursday. The'Septimo . club , will have a sociable at the town hall Sat urday evening, Jan. 20. ; , St. Rosa's parish supper will .,' be : given at St. Mary's hall on the even- ' ing of Jan! 31. Dancing will follow the feast. ' . ' The Rev. E. G. Peet of Bridgeport,:, will officiate, at the Methodist church at id: 45 a! m. Sunday. ' , ' James Lee of Hawleyville has filled his ice houses from his pond In Haw leyville, -, the first to. report. Ice 13 Inches thick is reported today on the ,; Foundry pond. , .' , 1 Joseph Keating and John Edward Keane have been, engaged, to assist In the stores of Taylor & Curtis and ; Corbett & Crowe' in the spare hours. Congress has been asked by Secre tary McAdoo to pass a bill to forbid, and punish by fine and imprisonment . impersonation of secret service agents.1 : Anyone purchasing a Hot Water Bottle wants the very best possible ;f or the price he wishes to spend. I - j " . We endeavor to v supply just that kind. Our busi ness in this line is just what you could expect in a Rubber Store, VERYLARGE. 1 Every bag guaranteed. V; We have a bag, for every-.- one a price for eveiy purse . FOUNTAIN SYBINGES ' 75c to $2.50 ' N LADIES' DOUCHES v i - $1.25 to $2.00 . MARVEL SPRAY $2.95 ALLING RUBBER GO, 1126 Main St BVM.ITH: largest assortment c-f plain and fancy white goods we have ever been able to get together. Be pure to call and see this display on our center tables. . -.. , Money can be saved by purchasing at this sale. Water Bottles r. ' f - -