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THE FARMER: JANUARY 13, 1917
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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.
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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. '
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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."
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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
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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
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