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VOLUME XVIII.
NEWTOWN, CONN., FKIDAY, MARCH 8, 1895. EIGHT. PAGES.
NUMBER 10.
The
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NEW HAVEN
Grand Central Shopping
EMPORIUM.
.F.M.BROWN
I. S. GAMBLE
F. M.
BROWN
& CO.
Try to
Borrow
a Dollar
and then you will appre
ciate the tvto dollars you
will save on any SIO
worth you purchase here
besides we give your
return fare to any point
within 30 miles from New
Haven.
For A
Instance,
bring us the S3 Shirt you
like so well -we will re
produce it for you new,
made to order for
SI. 50
One that will fit just perftet
for 38c
Loveliest
Silks and
Dress Goods
ever woven, from
1 7C vd'uP-
Send Sf
for Free Samples
these goods.
THE
Store
Only
In Town
That makes a business of Shoes
only is the
Guarantee Shoe Store,
Where eyerjbodj will get suited in
style, wear and repairir-g.
Augur's Building,
Opposite Hiantio Milla,
Sandy Hook, Conn.
P. J. Lynch, Prop'r.
THE OLD RELIABLE
SANDY HOOK
SHOE STORE
Dealers In
FINE BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBERS.
The Largest Stock and lowest Prices.
-Repalrlng and making neatly done.
M. WENTSCII, PROP.,
WELLS' B'LD'O', SANDY H00K.CT
Brooltflolcl
3VLIT.3L.JS.
ESTABLISHED 1780.
THIS IS NO WIND MILL,
NOR COFFEE MILL,
BUT A FIRST CLASS COUNTRY
GRIST MILL.
WITH ALL THE FACILITIES
FOR DOING GOOD WORK-
BROOKFIELD MILLS,
BROOK FIELD, CONN,
DRIVE OVER TO SOUTHBURY
and get a barrel of -
PRIMA DONNA FLOUR!
Best lu the World, "
ONLY $4.00 A BARREL.
-Oata, Corn, Feed Btnffa, etc, at hard-pan
H. R. Stone, Bouthbury, Conn
IU3AD THIS !
We sell you Fine Wall Paper, White
Lead. Tinted Lead, Mixed Paints, Oils.
Glass, Brushes, etc, at Hard Time
Prices. Grangers allowed 20 per cent
discount on all paper bought or us-
W. W. WALKER & SON,
S00 Main Strnet Bridgeport, Conn.
NEWTOWN'S CENTRAL MARKET.
J. H- BLACXMAH, Proprietor.
Natl Boot. Newtown Street.
Darin the Lenten ssnn I shall have a,
frBb nplV o t mt market. JOHN 11.
1SL4(JKMaK, Newtown, Couu.
MIDDLESEX BANK INU C.-uooriDea
capital, h,(iuo. Paid In, oo.0.. Issues
a r,.iita iture homts of l(,40O.
and !,(io, wbtoh are by ctatut
"awtul Inventroemn tor '.ot Fonda In the
tw, I.. U. JANrotll, Attent, 11 Bishop
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Veterinary Surgeon,
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Word may be li ft at the Grand Central.
Talk of the Town.
FROM THE BERMUDAS
TO THE PILLARS OP HERCULES. A CHAP
TER IN KEY OTIS W BARKER'S JOURNEY
TO THE HOLY LAND. A MEMORY OF
THE STORM OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA
CAPES. "THE LAND OF THE LILY AND
THE ROSE." OLEANDEKS AND ORANGE
BLOSSOMS. FROM SUNDAY TO SUNDAY
ON THE 8EA. AN IMPRESSIVE SERMON
AND A TRIAL BY JURY.
ino story 18 toia of a country parson
who, through many years of service, be-
cime so Insufferably dry and prosy to his
people that they concluded a good way
to remedy the defect would be to send
their dominie abroad on a vacation, that
he might brighten up his wits and secure
some fresh facts. The parson was de
lighted with the idea. He went, he saw,
and he came home packed full of Infor
mation, and forthwith began to unload it
upon his people. But the trouble wag
he never stopped unloading; his sermons,
his ordinary conversation, his prayers
even were seasoned and flavored and
saturated with his wonderful European
trip. It is stated on reliable authority
that he always started his petitions to
the throne of grace by remarking, "O
Lord, thou knowest that when 1 was in
Europe." His much suffering people
soon discovered that their sending their
parson to Europe to obtain relief from
his profitless was a jump from the frying
pan into the fire, and they peremptorily
asked him to resign. I hope that I may
be aMe to take warning from this awful
example, and that the good Lord will de
liver me from falling into the conceit
that I am the only mortal now Jiving
who has taken a Mediterranean tour, and
so when I reach Newtown again I may
be saved from the fate which ended the
ministerial caieer of my unfortunate
brother.
As 1 remarked in my former letter to
The Bee, or. our first few days out we
sciui-k '-dirty weather,",that is just what
the tailors call it, and ro other term flea
it so well. It was rather
MEAN IN OLD FATHER NXPTUNE
to give us so rough an Introduction to
his native element. Many of us had
never had much experience with the old
fellow before, and we think he might
have been a little more civil on first ac
quaintance. But I suppose this uncere
monious treatment of the elements all
comes from the fact that there are 46
ministers on the ship; a crowd of
ministers always brings foul weather.
It has never been known to fail. Iam
sorry Jonah belonged to our profession ;
if they had only called bim a newspaper
editor or a doc'or, our noble calling
might have been saved this black mark.
It was probably on another ship that, in
i long slres of bad weather, a good old
minister, iuhis first trip on the high seas,
became very much alarmed for his per
sonal safety. He went to the cantata.
who was very busy, with all manner of
annoying questions as to what this stop
ping of the vessel meant and when the
storm was likrly to abate its fury. At
last, when all the captain's attention was
riveted on the task of having his ship
ride safely the storm, the minister popped
in thl question: "But, captain, do you
think there I any real danger of the thip
going down?" "Yep," quickly retorted
the angry captain, "I think the ship will
noon go to the bottom, and we'll all be in
Heaven in 30 minutes." "God forbid !"
exclaimed the man of piety thoroughly
frighted. Well, let us come to lovelier
weather and smoother seas ; every night
of anguish and of storm in life Is quickly
overpast and then the glorious morning
breaketh. Sufllee it to say, as one bright
young lady remarked (your correspon
dent was in no mood for any such scin
tillation of wit), our fare at least wa?
good, for we had rolls three times a da;
and quite often between meals. Now
the sight of a bandaged eye or a shoulder
In a-brace, the results of the scrimmage
on deck wben the steamer-chairs and
their occupants played hide-and-seek
with the pillars and guardrail, Is all that
reminds cf "the unpleasantness"
OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA CAPES.
Friday night, February 8, our steamship
lay off Hamilton harbor In the Bermuda
Islands. The next morning a "tender"
came and made three successive trips to
take on shore all who were disposed to
go. While the little tug is steaming
across to St George's (for Its captain tells
us the sea is running too high for his
small craft to round the point on the way
to Hamilton), just look down into the
water. You never saw anything like it
in our northern seas. How the dirty,
murky water of our East river would
feel even blacker for shame in compari
son with It ! The water here Is a beauti
fuVHgbt green ; no, it Is a lovely blue, no,
It ifall.colors at once; for such shimmer
ing and glinting and play of colors on
the water I never taw before. As we
are tailing Into the harbor of St George',
fc me tell you some things about the
Bermodaf, most of which you probably
already, know. These hlandf'coake "the
King of winter resorts,'1 so Qi'clrcular
of the leading bOtel, the Hamilton-, says,
and I would not think of disputing its
testimony for a moment. The : Winter
temperature never gets Lelow 60 degrees,
and seldom sets above 75 degrees. The
Gulf Stream flows between these Islands
and the mainland, and so tempers with a
perpetual softness the northers that once
la a while strike even our southern states.
I suppose If the natives should see snow
some j'sy falling from the fkles, they
would be as surprised as the old worsnip
pers of Baal were when they saw Ellj ih
call down fire from heaven. The day we
put foot on these shores we found the
little darkies going about barefoot and
many of them bareheaded, and that l-
their style of dress the year round. Iam
afraid the hoedealer would soon go Into
Insolvency in that country.
i THERE ISONK THING '
that greets your eye everywhere la these
islands, and that is coral. The very soil
is coral, the dwellings are made of blocks
of coral stone whitewashed, the roadways
are built of crushed coral, and coral neck
laces and trinkets are what the natives
offer you for sale. But this ubiquitou-s-ness
of coral has great advantages. It
makes the ground almost like a sponge,
and thus the rain is absorbed about as
fast as it falls. And the rain does fall in
that climate, not so furiously as it does
in New England, but it keeps everlast
ingly at It. Thus from 15 to 20 showers
a day is no unusual thing. For five
minutes it will be raining hard (you
would think the floodgates of the skies
had been opened) ; but five minutes more
acd the sun will be shining brightly, and
looking down at the hard road, you will
wonder where the rain has gone. I
puzzled to know how the people decided
as to whether to carry an umbrella when
they just step over the way. I ha ve come
to the conclusion that this is about-the
way they do it: they simply let it rain,
and then, like ducks, stand out in the
sun and dry off.
What does the average American
school-boy know about the products of
Bermuda? He knows that Bermuda
raises onions and potatoes, for he has
studied that in bis geography and seen
them in the green grocer's store. When
I saw Bermuda, I could not help wonder
ing if some of us Americans were not
green also in taking all the potatoes and
onions that are marked Bermudas in our
markets as actually grown in those is
lands. On our ride of 24 miles from St
George to Hamilton and return we did
not see enough potatoes and onions to
stock one good country store, let alone
all the Btores of Uncle Sam's dominions.
To our persistent inquiries as to where
all the potatoes and onions grew that we
had seen in our northern cities, our color
ed driver responded that they were fur
ther inland; and, as the average tourist
i a
MIGHTY MAN OF FAITH,
we accepted this statement. Still, pota
toes do grow in Bermuda, for we saw
them already well above the ground ; and
we were assured they would be ready to
dig In May, a little ahead of our slow
Newtown farmers. But lilies, too, grow
n Bermuda, great fields of them culti
vated like our root-crops; and oleanders
grow there, too, great hedges of them
liuing the roadways sometimes 15 or
more feet in height. The banana, too
grows there luxuriantly, the first I as a
raw Yankee ever saw growing anywhere ;
and the lemon and orange and cedar and
india-rubber tr-e and screw-pine (whose
roots seem all out of the ground) and a
host of other trees, some ugly and un-
hapely, some graceful, grow In Bermuda
and help to make it well worthy the name
the land of the lily and the rose" and
the land where the pilgrim, tired of i
fighting with the neuralgic and' rheu
matic pains that come on the chill east
winds of our northern climate, can go
and dream and bask in delicious sunshine
and let his soul dream itself away in
scenes of endless bliss.
Saturday evening, February 9, the
good ship "Friesland". again weighed
anchor and headed for lands far beyond
the Swelling Atlantic flood. While we
are again getting used to the rolling
motion and again setting our sea-legs in
worthy t! im for an uninterrupted voyage
of eight days, let us stop to think of that
almost forgotten story of Atlantis.
Plato, I think, speaks of it, how the
story goes that once upon a time where
our proud ship now braves the waves,
great continent appeared, a great re
public like our own. It had populous
cities and
FERTILE FIELDS AND WINDING RIVERS
and heaven touching mountain domes;
but in a trice, as it were in the twinkling
of an eye, this fair land disappeared be
neath the engulfing wave, and from its
submerged bourne no traveler has re
turned to rehearse to us Its vanished
glory. How true this story Is I cannot
say: maybe 'tis only a dreamy legend of
of the sea, but it furnishes us food for
reflection in these long days when the
hours drag weary lengths along. And
bow many a continent of tuireUd castles
of fortune and smiling valleys of plenty
and sun jeweled heights of success has
been buried for us all neath the onrush
ing waves of pitiless reality and merci
less fate ! Yes, and it was right across
this track' of waters, too, that that in
trepid navigator, Christopher Columbus,
sailed, and that was not so many cen
turies ago, either, compared with the
hoary antiquity of the lands we shall
soon visit. It has seemed to us this
week, as day after day we have steamed
on and on, seeing no vessel, espying no
sail, as if we were indeed on an unknown
sea, as if there were no further shore, as
if we were solitary amid abysnal waters;
but what thoughts must have stirred
Columbus breast, as he passed over
his hitherto untracked course as he
realized what failure in his undertaking
meant, as with a resolution born of hero
Ism be pressed on he knew not where.
Surroundings have much to do with
our feelings everywhere, but nowhere
more so than on the sea. Place 50
earnest Christians in a room where a
chilly sensation at every other moment
steals up the backbone and where the
lights are dim and low, and then ask
them to pray fervently and sing bosannas
to God. What. Is the result? Then
place thee same Christians on a steam
ship in the midst of the vast rolling sea,
where everything about them speaks of
Him who holdeth the great deeps in the
hollow of His hand, whose way is
through the mighty waters, whose cir
cuit is the blazing pathway of the stars.
What is the result?
AND SO NEVER WAS A SERVICE
more impressive than the one, "beautiful
because of its simplicity, which was
held in the fore cabin, last Sunday morn
ing.. It was the old message of the gos-
pel very simply told by Rev W. A.
Hoblnson, a Methodist minister of Day -
ton, O , but it found sweet acceptance
with the Shakers and Quakers and
Koman Catholics and Baptists and Pres
byterians and COngregationallete, and
all of these were attentive listeners.
The old story never had such,, meaning,
I dare say, to any of us; and the best of
it is, the old, old story' is true. How
large is the theological platform upon
which you stand, my brother, and how
wide Is your theological creed? It has
two principal dimensions so far. as
kno w, and its length and its breadth are
the length and the breadth of the cross
May the prayer which was offered at
this service be answered in the case of
us all, whether we be preachers from the
pulpit or hearers in the pew : "O Lord,
our precious Saviour, as it may oe our
sacred privilege to walk 'through the
land forever made holy by Thy footsteps
and consecrated by Thy tears of sacri
ficial woe, may our faith in Thee be
quickened, may our love for ftaee grow
warm, and may we return 'in newness of
life and in bealthfulness of hope to re
peat Thy sweet message to men."
At sea one day is much . like, another.
It is a lszy life that voyagers lead; the
crew and captain do the work, and .the
passengers do the part of looking on.
To attend to three meals a day, &ve if
you wish them, served with a great deal
of ted tape and ceremony, is no small
business. Many, after a while, give up
the effort in despair and come down to
two appearances at the table or even one,
with a lunch of sandwiches and lemon
ade brought to the staterooms by the
stewardess to fill in the gaps. The
cuisine of the Red Star Line is excellent;
in fact, the company
PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR ELEGANT
DINNERS,
and well they may.
Still, even the glories of table d'hote
soon pall; and, after eating a few spoon
fuls of corn which has been served on a
big plate and then waiting 10. minutes
for a bit of roast duck to come, you long
for the simplicity of home life with its
one or two plain dishes and the loved
one at the other end of the table to give
the food relish and make it sweet. But
one cannot always eat and sleep and
read and sit looking off on the sea, so
toward evening a grand walk begins on
the promenade deck, the "constitution
al" of the day, to get up an appetite for
the big dinner that follows and shake
out the slumbering foot.
Monotonous as sea voyaging may
seem to be, there are numberless diver
sions for whiling away the time, an il
lustration of the old fact that "necessity
is the mother of invention." There is
shufHeboard, a game peculiar to the
ship's deck and probably never seen on
land. It consists in propelling wooden
disks along the floor of the deck and
having them rest in certain rectangular
spaces, which are marked off with chalk.
And then there Is the concert' or'Iectiire
in the dining saloon in the evening, after
the dishes have been cleared Jaway. A
few evenings ago this entertainment took
the form of a mock trial. William A.
Wilson, of Kansas City, Mo., had been
so unfortunate during the storm of last
week as to be thrown violently upon the
deck and thus to break a bone in the up
per arm. Mr Williams, therefore, enter
ed a suit against the Red Star Line com
pany to recover $150,000 for his injury
Mrs Helen Gougar, of La Fayei,te, Ind.,
appeared as leading attorney for the
plaintiff, and Col A. T. Brinsmade, wfio
has just resigned the position of United
States District attorney in Cleveland, O.,
appeared for the defense. Mrs Gougar's
plea was a forcible demonstration of the
fact that women in all the learned pro
fessions can be the full equals of their
stronger companions, and that they are
no longer to be regarded as the" adver
tisements of foolish fashions or the mere
petted dolls of society, but part of the
HEART AND THROB AND LIFE
-. v.-ff -
tbat set in motion the great activities of
the world. Her plea showed that Mr
Wilson had come from the far West,
that he was wholly unacquainted with
ocean travel, that he supposed the Atlan
tic ocean was like the Ohio river; hence
the company should have fully protected
him, should have "roped him in," should
have posted notices of caution, every
where before his eyes. In conclusion,
the lady attorney made an earnest appeal
to the gentler sex in the jury box to pity
the misfortunes of this much-abused and
shamefully maltreated man and to award
bim the full damage that he claimed
For the defence Col Brinsmade made t
masterly plea. He spoke of Mr Wilson
as coming from the region of grasshop
pers and drought; that for many years
ne nad been surrounded dv adverse cir
cumstances that bad ruined his fortunes ;
that this breaking of the arm-bone was a
put up job, be having taken out a $20,000
accident insurance policy just before he
sailed and, a moment or so bef ore the ac
cident occurred, he had been heard whis
pering to one near him, "Now's my time,
boys," that he deliberately allowed him
self to be knocked about on' the deck,
having in mind all the while the suit
against the company, -and thus the secur
ing of money to bolster up his collapsing
bank at Podonk, Mo. ' The strongest plea,
though, made by this eloquent advocate
was that, from a competent physician's
testimony, he bad full assurance that this
bone in the arm Was of no account any-
how and might just as well be broken ai
be left whole. Notwithstanding the
amazing arguments brought forth by the
defence, : -,
THE TENDER HEARTS OF THE LADIES
on the jury inclined toward an unfortun
ate man as a gainst a soulless corporation
and he was awarded an amount sufficient
to satisfy any Injured person.
Bat hold ! I can even now see the haj
of the usually imperturbable editor of
The Bee rising ou his head and bis pen
making for his ink-stand as be prepares
to strike half this manuscript out. If
j you forgive my pcolixity this time, Mr
; Editor, I'll promise not to offend so again
Just let me Bay I am enjoying rny , trip
hugely ; there is only one drawback to it,
A GOLD WATCH FREE.
u you want to Know more
about it, look in our window
when you are in tre city; you
may be the one who will get it.
You ought to know besides
that we carry the largest line of!
Sterling Silver novelties in
Bridgeport, and have just re
a new line of Sterling belt buck
les, Czarinas, hat marks, Brace
lets, Josephines, Tuexedo bair
ornaments, Glove buttoners,
Pocket knives, Curling Irons,
Manicure articles, and a larger
variety of other styles in Ster
ling tLan you will find in no oth
er store.
Dor't forget though that we have a
full stock of Tableware also, and a
complete line of Jewelry. Diamonds
and Watches- Bring us your Watch
and Jewelry repairing and we will do
it well for you- All goods guaranteed
and your money back for the asking.
id,
511 Main street, Bridgeport, Ct.
and that is that I have not all my dear
Newtown friends with me as traveling
companions, and especially those two
who are nearer than any f Heads, who
are dearer than my life. Late Sunday
night we shall be anchored off the Rock
of Ages, the mighty fortress that protects
the entrance to the Mediterranean sea.
Then our sight-seeing begins in good
earnest, and then these Bee letters must
be cut down by half. How many times
at night, while resting on my rocking
pillow, . have I thought of the words we
read in our little church the Sunday be
fore I came away, "Thus He bringetb
them unto their desired haven !" How
truly and how really has this thought in
this paet week been stamped upon my
mind, we are all sailing this great sea of
life unto a haven ! Shall it be the haven
that we desire? that is the question for
you and for me. Shall it be peace after
the storm? shall it be sweet after the
bitter? after the roaming over the rest
less waste of waters, shall it be home?
Thank God that, as Christians, we are
ever under His kindly protection. Thank
God, if, from our inmost heart, we can
say :
"I know not where His islands lilt
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond Hia watch and care."
Otis W. Barker, Cruise S. S. "Fries
land," 660 miles from the Spanish coast.
Longitude 20 degrees west, Latitude 36
degrees north, Saturday morning, Feb
ruary 16, 1895.
BEV MR LOOMIS AT THE CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH.
The Congregational pulpit was oc
cupied on Sunday by Rev C. W. Loomis,
who preached a. sermon of great accep
tance from the text, "It Is written, man
shall not live by bread alone." These
words, said the speaker, were spoken by
the Master at the end of His 40 days fast
ing in the Wilderness. The body of
Jesus was well nigh famished. There
was a mighty appeal to his physical
nature to satisfy bis hunger the quickest
and easiest way possible, but His mind
was superior to His appetite. His spirit
maintained its supremacy. The same
temptation is among men to-day. There
is an eagerness for temporal advantage.
Thought is bewildered by a tempest of
desire to reap the glittering benefits of
of the present and turn even stone into
bread. It is there we need the words of
the Master as a beacon light, "Not by
bread aione but by the word of God."
The struggle for bread is necessary. It
was ordained by the Creator for our
benefit. The person with no ligitimate
occupation has no stepping stone to the
future.
But man does not exist for the sake of
bread, but bread for the sake of man.
Man is not in the world for the sake of
art, literature and governments. Insti
tutions of every sort are. here because
man is here. They are the outward ex
Dressions of his spirit," the manifesta
tions of his energy, the clothing of hi
soul. The satan of to-day is the temp'
tation which comes to us to regard these
elements with which we have to deal as
our : masters instead of our servants.
The temptation of to-day is to regard
human nature as essentially selfish, to
look upon ourselves as the pictures of
circumstances, to relax our efforts to
ward righteousness, and persuade our
selves that it is a small consequence as
to how we obtain bread. There is dis
honesty in business? Yes. There is
corruption in politics? Yea, but in every
profession, in every ligitimate bueiness
there are men who are living righteous
ly and unselfishly, according to the will
of God.
The generosity of the cburch is an evi
dence of unselfishness. There are many
heroes both in public and private life.
The engineer who deserts his post of
duty in the hour of peril Is the exception
rather than the rule, "it is written'
said the Savior, not merely in the writ
ings of Moses, but in poets, philosophers
and prophets. It is written on the
flowers, on the old red Band stone, on
the face of the stares wherever we find
beauty order and intelligence there is
something to awaken man to a con
scieousnes of his nobility. In art, in
literature, in governments, in law, we find
traces of this handwriting. If we look
for any ministry of angels now or here
after let us do as did the Master, live by
every word that proceedeth from the
mouth of God.
Rev Mr Loomis has held successful
pastorates in the West, but at present is
taking a post graduate course at Yale.
BfeclillW
NEWS!
-OF THE-
GREAT
BARGAINS !
-AT-
HURD & J0NF.f!,
DISSOLUTION
SALE
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Has spread like wild fire through
out Bridgeport and the sur
rounding country; crowds
of delighted custom
ers daily throng
their store.
o-
EXT R A0RDINARY
Attractions offered for an over
flowing: crowd of Bargain
Seekers.
-o-
Everything in the house
will be sold at a big ,
sacrifice in prices.
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First Come First Choice.
o
This sale is Bona-Fide and the Dissolution is
real. The money must positively be raised n 80
Days to make settlement with outgoing partner.
6c Best Pins at 2c paper.
Collar Buttons 4o per dozen.
15c Whisk Brooms lOo ach-
10c Dress Steels 5e each.
15c Toilet Combs do eacX
17c Felting 12c per piece.
10c Fine Combs 4c each.
25c Tooth Brushes 15c each.
10c Horn Toilet Combs 5c each-
12 1 -2c Handkerchiefs 8e each.
85 o Handkerchiefs 8o each.
20c Handker chiefs at 12c each.
1 lot of Handkerchiefs at 12c each.
50c Corsets, broken sizes, 25c pair.
$1 .25 Sonnette Corsets at 69o pair.
1 bt of extra value corsets $1 pair.
15c Gingham Aprons at lOo each.
0c Large White Lawn Aprons tie each.
50o Fine Lawn Apr"ns 89e each-
38c Fine Lawn Aprons 25o each-
Surprising Values in
WE ARE SILUNG
60e Night Eobes at 39c eaoh.
75c Hight Robes at 54o each.
91.25 Sight Sobes at 98o each.
25o Corset Covers at 19c each
19c Corset covers at 13o each.
$1-25 elegant'y trimmed Skir's 79c each.
7 5o elegantly trimmed Skirts 49c each.
$125 elegantly trimmed drawers 79c
98c elegant'y trimmed drawers 69c.
75c elegantly trimmed drawers 89o
Men's 50e cheviot Shirts at 24c each.
Men's 25c unlaundered shirts at 19c. '
Hens' 38e night shirts at 25c- ' "
Men's 12 l-2c seamless socks at 6c a pair
Hen's 19e fast black 1-2 hose 12o pair.
Ladles' 25o' royal dyed hose 19o pair
Ladies' 88c royal dyed hose 24e pair.
Ladies' 50c rojal dyed hose 3 8c pair.
Ladies' 19c royal dyed hose 12o pair. .
100 doz ladies' fast black hose 5c pair
Hen's $2 Hedicated underwear $1.69. : :
Hen's $1-50 Camel's hair underwear at $1.19.
Hen's $1-25 sanitary wool underwear at 95c
Hen's 75e heavy fleeced underwear at 49o. i
Ladies' $1.26 natural wool underwear at 95o
Ladies' $1 cashmere wool underwear at 75c.
Ladies' 75o Jersey ribbed underwear at 45o
Ladies' 50c white merino underwear at 39c-j
50 doz ladies' jersey ribbed underwear at 24c,
75o double mittens at 49c per pair.
$1 double mittens at 75c per pair.
$1-25 Kid gloves at 68e per pair.
LACES
AND JET
MINGS
TEIM-
Greatly Reduced.
HURD &J0IIES.
423 ZIAIN STREET,
BRIDSBFOKT.
Underwea
I Your monev bank if
nuAv An AUUb AO
our way of doing business. Whatever you
purchase of us that does not prove satisfactory
bring back and get your money. Anything in
the way of rubber or leather footwear that you
may want we have. Our prices are low.
LYON'S SHOE STORE,
49 White Street,
ThU advertisement is plaoed among a peat nany others ud perhaps hat the ttmt M
story to tell. But raad-It is a faet that ovory person likes to trade in a satisfactory ataaner
and usually with nafiablo persons and vt art trying to attraet every one who hu to bay
Clothing or Gentlemen's Furnishings by our honest methods of dealing
Toil season of the year one is in need of a heavy rait, overeoator mister and we hare a
lijj auorcment of all thisj gjodi; also Gloves. Mittens, Underwear. Hats, Capt, Trunks.
Bags, Umbrellas, in fact everything whieh is uiuallj ftnnd in a well appointed clothing es
tablishment.
To say that we are selling cheaper than anyone else in Danbury, wonld be the same old
story a gain, but we really feel that to be the faet of the ease and wUI be pleased to have yon
come to our store and wa have no fears bnt that you will go away with the tame eonvieUona.
Remember, the place to buy reliable clothing is at
THE "GOLDEN RULE" CLOTHIERS,
C. F. HAVILAND & CO.
HAETWELL'S OLD
ST0EE
199
'tw and
Make Your Friends Elerryf
By makinsr a useful present, such as a nice picture, of which
we have a fine line for the
hne goods, Fancy Plush Rockers, Center Tables in Oak or Mahog
any, and everything in the furniture line
UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING IN ALL ITS BSANC HES.
TAYLOR & MCGEAN,
THE W. F. SW0KDS LUMBER COMPANY,
Bridgeport, conn.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
MICHIGAN PINE LUMBER,
Timber, Lata, Sash, Doors & Blinds, Carvings, Mouldings, Mantles & Hard
Wood, Trim, etc North Carolina Yellow Pine Lumber a Srecialtv.
W-VOTTWATlta FURMIHTTlEn PnnwFn
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS FROST SHINGLES.
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D!DHT
FIGURE.
RIGHT
Now there is a good deal
in knowing how to figure cor
rectly. No one makes a
mistake in buying win
ter clo'hing at the "Up to
date" store, 429 Main St.,
Bridgeport. We have made
a 25 per cent discount on
Overcoats, Ulsters and Win
ter Goods. We also give a
handsome souvenir picture
with every purchase amount
ing to $3 and upwards.
DAv!s$avap?
429AainStBR1DGEP0RT.(T
THE GREAT
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC
TEA COUP AST
To the Citizens of Fairfield and Litch
field Counties, and all oar old
: friends:
Call at the Great A." & P- Tea Cos store for
your Teas. Coffees, Baking Powder, Spices and
Sugars. We have fine assortment of Goods; we
want your trade; we will serve yon right and sell
you goods low as the lowest,
343 Main St., between Bank
; and John Streets. -
. GO T0-
Blackman's New Studio
.... '.FOE . !
PHOTOGRAPHS,
If von want the best. Special inducements
to ont-of-town patrons -
242 Hain St.. A 7 D AH BUM, CX-
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER.
224 Ua'n street, - Birmingham, Conn.
wor oi npercur .bxctsiusiiue tu aii urouuu
aot Photography. - .
COUGHLIN BROS.,
Bridgeport.
DEALERS IH FIHE GOLD WALL PAPERS,
OIL TIXTS, FRESCO BORDERS, DECORA.
TIOHS. WHDOW SHADES. FIXTUXX8. ETC.
A.W.0rgelman,8,,,1
Hook,
Hannfaetnrer and dealer iti Harnett, Saddle
Bridles, Collars, Blankets, etc.
m
II Hi X
vnn ttrant it TViot io
Danbury, Conn.
Main St., Danbury.
trade, a Diamond Mirror, very
SANDY tHOOK.
SIDING, SHINGLES, SPRUCE
If you wish to be up to the times
and want to save money, trade with
POTTER & ROBERTS,
South Britain, Conn.
Dealers ii Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hardware and a fine line of Fresh
Groceries, Fresh Meats and Bakery
The highest market price paid for eggs
and Poultry in cash or trade- Give us
acalL
PBLNDLE & MORRIS,
UNDERTAKERS AND
EMBALHERS,
Are prepared to do anything
in their line at shortest notice.
A share of public patronage
solicited.
W. H. PRINDLE. L. C. MORRIS.
Calls answered if left at W. B- Priadle'a Hoase; L.
C. Horrii's House. Telephone at Leonard's Hotel
BREW & SCANL0N,
UNDERTAKERS,
Embalmers and General Managers of
Funerals
A FULL LINE OF CASKETS, ROBES
AND FUNERAL ET CETERAS
Best Workmanship-Reasonable Prices
WASS ROOMS: Wear Grist Hill.
SANDY HOOK, CONN-WM-
T. BREW- I P. J- SCANL0N-
HAWLEY, WILMOT
& REYNOLDS,
UNDERTAKERS,
JNU. 0 Bl.&l.Ei STIUiiiT,
BRIDGEPORT, C0HV.
TELEPH0IE 291.
SEORGE B. HAWLEY. -CHARLES
E. WILHOT,
JT0HB B. BEHOLDS.
- 834 Park Avente
407 Clinton Arenas;
9 Fremont Street.
Castries ZFable,
UNDERTAKER, -
Basidenee. King St- All orders left with Mr S.
B. Tucker, Easton,wiIl reoeive prompt atUatioa,
Office in Toquet Block,
WESTPORT, CONN.
BEE KEEPERS This
Hive complete, ready
lor use, $1.50; in flat, $1.10.
Section .boxes, $3, 1000
Samples ot Comb Fonn.
dation iand Catalogue tree
LDW1N E. SMITH,
Watertown, , conn
"How to amnse the soil so it will
langh with abundance
. use Plumb ft Winton Ce's
BONE :: FERTILIZER.
Manufactured at Bridgeport, Conn.
B0TSF0RD H. PEETeIsS:
Horse 8 hoeing. Wagon KepaJriag, Saw Filn
and BlacksmiUilng ot ail kinds. MlrirTOwsT