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The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
MONROE.

EAST VILLAGE AND VICINITY.
James Ferguson and daughters visit
ed at Charles Hubbell's, Sunday.
David Booth and wife were recent
guests at Thomas Osborn's.
Florence Ferguson is suffering with
toothache.
Miss Annie Stiles is visiting her
mother, Mrs Jeanette Stiles.
A quiet wedding took place in this
place, recently, the parties being David
Blackman's hired woman and John
Linsley of Hull's Hill. The groom has
a home prepared for his bride at that
place.
Celestia Curtiss has her tenement
house occupied by gang of Italians
chopping wood for Reuben Stowe.
S. Newton was at home with his
family over Sunday.
Charles Green is improving the farm
of Aaron Mallory by building new fence
and cutting brush.
Try E. :Hawley & Co.'s, Baking Pow
der. 1t is seldom equalled, never ex'
celled. Every pound warranted. 25c
per pound.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
BETHEL.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS ESTHER GOD
FREY.
Mrs Esther Godfrey, widow of the
late Austin Godfrey of Newtown. was
found dead in her bed, Saturday MORN
ing, May 3, by her son, who receiving
no response to his call went to.her
room, where he found her. The body
was still warm and she had been heard
moving about her room short time
before. Medical Examiner Stratton
pronounced it apoplexy. She had, the
afternoon before, returned from Wis
it of few days with friends and had
assisted in entertaining the Mission
airy society in her usual active and
pleasing manner and had retired in
her usual health. The deceased was
born in Westport, March 8, 1928,
daughter of Solomon and Abigail
Gray, living afterward while young at
Green's Farms until her marriage with
Austin Godfrey, son Of Zalmon and
Polly Godfrey of Newtown, where they
lived till the death of her husband.
Eight children were born to them:
Zalmon, the oldest, dying in infancy,
and daughter, Elite, dying num-
Der of years ago. OF those surviving
are two sons, E. G.. Godfrey of Dan
bury, where she made her home, and
Franklin Godfrey of Westport, and
four daughters, Mrs J.. P. Nee of Los
Angeles, CAL, Mrs Chauncey Beers and
Mrs G. w. Gilbert of Danbury and
Mrs G. J. BecklDf Newtown; also a sis
ter, Mrs Bradley Coley of Westport.
When young, Mrs Godfrey joined the
Congregational church, being a men,
Der of the Newtown church for nearly
80 years. The funeral was held at her
home, Tuesday, May 6. Heic,astor,
Rev G. Soper, otficiated, and remarks
were made by Rev Aaron PETERS, a
life long friend of the deceased, who
testified to the purity of her early
Christian life, helping and doing for
others to the last hours Of her life.
She has passed to her reward.
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BOYS WASH SUITS.
A FEW OF THE MANY DESIRABLE GOODS
FOUND AT A POPULAR srORE.

While the cloth Russian blouse suit
has gone out OF fashion the washable
Russian blouse is still in favor and for
good reasons-it's sensible compro-
mise between kits and pants. Almost
any small boy looks well in Russian
blouse. OF course, the sailor blouse
suits and the slack Tars" in both
short and long trousers hold their own
in wash-suit styles. Meigs s. Co. in
vite mothers of boys to see large and
complete showing of washable suits in
their children's department in the
bright and cheerful Annex. Wash
suits in every sort Of fabric that courts
the was tub-linen, chambray, galatea,
crash, pique and Bingham. The vari-
ETY. shown is so much greater than has
ever been seen in Bridgeport that 1t
has already attracted the admiring
attention Of many mothers. Now is
the best time to buy boys wash-suits
at Meigs & Co. s because all the lines
are cOmnlete.
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SAVED MANY A TIME.

Don't neglect coughs and colds, even
if it is spring. Such cases often result
seriously at this season just because
people are careless. A dose of One
Minute Cough Cure will remove danger.
Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Sure
cure for coughs, colds, Group, grip. bron-
chitiS, and other throat and lung trOu-
bles. IL have have used One Minute
Cough Cure several years." says Post
master G. o. Dawson, Barr, Ill. cit
is the very best cough medicine on the
market. 1t has saved me many a
severe spell of sicknessand I warmly
recommend it," The childrenS fav-
orite. R. H. Beers & Co., Newtown;
S. G. Bull & Co., Sandy Hook; A. B.
Brakeman, Botsford; B. Hawley &
Co., Stepney; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill.
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HATTERTOWN.

TESTIMONIAL TO REV F. P. BRAMAN.
Rev F. p. Braman of the Stepney
Baptist church has held occasional
meetings in this place for number of
years. just before the close of an in
teresting meeting held Thursday even
ing last, Mrs E. B. Booth offered the
following resolutions which received
the unanimous vote of the rs persons
present:
Whereas, We learn with deep regret
that our esteemed pastor and friend
purposes to leave us and that this is
the last service he expects to hold
here.
Be it resolved, That we heartily and
earnestly thank him for his many eff
forts in our behalf and wish him God
speed and success in whatever field he
may labor.
Miss Emma Mccarthy of Bridgeport
has been the guest of her cousin. Miss
Flora M. Mccarthy.
Andrew Richmond has recovered
fror his recent illness and gone to his
fathers home in New Fairfield.
Ralph Benedict and Miss Lydia
Benedict have been visiting with rela-
tives in Danbury.
Prof Taylor has been stopping with
Henry Morgan for several days.
Mr. and Mrs E. G.. BevanS of Bethel
have been the guests of G. D. Stillson.
An artist from Bridgeport has been
taking pictures of Henry Morgan's
pleasant home and views from various
parts of his farm.
Harold Tomlinson was guest of his
uncle, W. f. Tomlinson, in Danbury,
over Sunday
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HOLDS up A CONGRESSMAN.

cat the end of the campaign"
writes Champ Clark, Missouri's bril-
liant congressman, "from overwork,
nervous tension, loss of sleep and con-
slant speaking had about utterly COL
lapscd. 1t seemed that all the organs
in my body were out of order, but three
bottles of Electric Bitters mademe all
right It's the best all-around medi-
cine ever sold over a druggists coun-
ter Over-wOrked, rundown men
and weakly, sickly women gain splen-
did health and vitality from Electric
Bitters. Try them. Only SOC. Guar
anteed by R. H. Beers & Co., Newtown:
B. Hawley & Co., stepney; Taylor, Cur
tbs & CO., Sandy Hook.
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They SAW The SMOKE.
But They Declined to Act Upon tho
Warning.


Once vesuvius destroyed two Italian
cities in few hours. The people saw the
smoke from the volcano but failed to
escape in time.
Where there is smoke there is fire and
where there are symptoms of one of the
most dangerous of diseases. A feeling OF
languor, sense of weakness and WEAKNESS,
drowsiness, giddiness and mental discom-
fort. A bad taste in the mouth-the old
coppery" taste. An offensive breath,
headache, neuralgia, heartburn, feeling
of du1lness and weight in the stomach,
nausea, dry and feverish skin, constipation,
rising of nasty gas into the throat, tongue
furred like the moss on tree, irritabihty,
disgust with food.
Have you any of these symptoms?
Either now or sometimes? Eyes," you say.
"but I don't think they are dangerous. "
They are signs Of danger. They show that
the eruption is coming.
Now what lies at the bottom of all these
symptoms2 Indigestion, dyspepsia, and an
overworked liver. There is but one help,
one remedy. Slow up, and for the mis-
chief already done, tone up the digestive
organs and liver with the new medicine,
| Calcura Solvent, discovered by DIR. David
| Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, N. Y.
All druggists, $1.O0 bottle.
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Mr. and Mrs Francis Mcdonald o.
liver Of Savannah, Ca, were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs D. G. Peck of
Mt Pleasant. Mr. Oliver, who is a
prominent young lawyer Of Savannah;
recently married Miss Julia P.
Ashurst at the home of her mother,
Mrs Carrie P. Ashurst, of Montgomery,
Ala. Mrs Oliver lisa grand niece of
D. c. Peck, and Observation-Disclosures
of the late Simeon B. Peck.
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WHAT THIN PEOPLE NEED

Is a greater power of digesting and
food. For them DR. Kings
New Life Pills work wonders. They
tone and regulate the digestive organs,
gently expel all poisons from the sys-
tenn, enrich the blood, improve appe-
tite, make healthy flesh. Only Csc at
r. H. Beers & Co., Newtown; B.
Hawley & Co., Stepney; Taylor, Curtis
& Co. Sandy Hook.
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IN MASONIC CIRCLES.

Hiram lodge, No Is, F. & A. NJ, will
confer the third degree, next Wednes-
day night, when District Deputy
Grand Master Lawrence of Stamford
will be present to make his official
visit. The members of Eureka lodge
of Bethel, King Solomon's lodge OF
Woodbury. and Washington lodge OF
Monroe have been invited to be-pres.
emit on that occasion. The brethren
Of Hiram lodge will furnish supper
at the conclusion of the work.
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STEVENSON.

BUSY TIMES AT THE STATION.
These are busy times near the Sta
ton. Teams are at work carting coal
and cement, also large stones, obtained
from the Mine Hill quarry in Roxbury,
that are to be used for the principal
part of the culvert at the big trestle.
Mrs D. M. Sullivan and Mrs Charles
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floors and porches; dries over night
with hard gloss finish, made to walk
on. Beware of imitations.-(TheE e. G.
Platt Co., Vaudeville, Ct.
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STAND LIKE A STONE WALL

Between your children and the tor
lures of itching and burning eczema,
scaldheadS or other skin diseases.
How? why, by using Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, earth's greatest healer. Quick
est cure for ulcers, fever sores, salt
rheum, cuts, burns or bruises. Infalli-
BILE for piles. Csc at r. H. Beers & Co.,
Newtown; B. Hawley & Co., Stepney;
Taylor, Curtis & Co, Sandy Hook,
drug stores.
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Mr. and Mrs A. p. Smith and Miss
Hazel Smith were in Half Way River,
the other day, guests of Mr. and Mrs
w. s. Bradley. They also had the
pleasure of greeting Charles Gilbert.
Charles Bradley and William Jordan,
near neighbors Of Mr. Bradley, whose
neat and well-kept places suggest thrift
and GOOD citizenship.
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GREENFIELD HILL.

A SOCIAL EVENT
r. The Y. P. S. c. E. will give bundle
social at William Wilson's, Wednesday
evening, May q, to which you are cor
daily invited. An interesting program
will be given at 8.3Oo'clock. Cake and
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Frapcis Barnett, a student at Yale
college, a son of Rev F. w. Barnett of
Glastonbury, passed Sunday in town,
the guest of Curtis p. Morris.
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Charles G.. Stowe OF Zoar, who is
working for the Diamond Match Co.
at Southford, has moved his family
there.
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Cd. L. Downs bought six-weeks-old
pig, last week, of j. B. Downs, which
weighed SO pounds:
CARPENTER w. w. Bliss is getting out
new floor timberS or StringerS for the
suspension bridge at Zoar, across the
Housatonic river. Careful observers
say the county commissioners need to
give attention to the west abutment
of this bridge, which might be in some
danger of being undermined if another
spring flood came along.
George S. Minor, prominent South
ford farmer and horseman, called on
friends in Newtown Street, Sunday.
Herbert T. Coger has been indisposed
from an attack Of tonSilitis.
Mrs r. n. Peck and daughter of New
Britain passed Sunday with Capt and
Mrs A. w. Peck on Mt Pleasant.
The marriage Of Harry Beers Curtis
and Amanda Laura. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs James H. TrulOck, of Pine
Bluff, Ark, will occur at Trinity (Epis-
copaD church in Pine Bluff, Ark, on
Thursday morning, May p. Mr. Curtis
ia the son of Mr. and Mrs Henry G.
Curtis and one of Newtown's most
popular young men;
At the meeting of Pootatuck Grange
on May 20 a delegation from Brook
\ field Grange are expected TO pay
visit.
The houses owned by Miss Turne
in the Street and occupied by the Tom
lin and Carlson families are being i'm
proved by new dress of paint. won
Ter & Burwell are doing the work.
Rev Charles Dixon OF West Goshen
Methodist preacher who is favoraol
known from having held pastorates Il
number Of towns in The BEES Tel
ritory, has been granted pension
President Roose welt having affixed hi
signature to bill for his benefit las
week.
Mrs George Durham, l'27 Broa
street, Bridgeport, near the postottic'
invites ladies to call at her new mill
merry store, as larger and finer selec
ed stock of trimmed hats and untrin
med straw goods will not be found
the city; prices are right. Custo
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
TOWN TOPICS.
AFRI0hTFUL ACCIDENT.
THOMAS GOODsELL INJURED AT BLAKE E.
MANS SAW MILL.

Thomas GOodsell was the victim of
frightful accident on Saturday at the
saw mill Of g. E. Brakeman In Pales-
tine district. He slipped and fell near
the big circular saw, which cut two
large gashes in the back Of his leg,
leaving serious wound. Mr. Brakeman
showed good judgment in attending
to his wound, and after binding it up,
took him to DR. Schuyler's office, who
was away. DR. Gordon was sent for
and cared for the suffering boy at the
Newtown Station. 1t is a peculiarly
sad affair, as it was the young mans
first day at the mill. 1t is believed the
limb will not have to be amputated.
He was taken to the Bridgeport hos
pital,
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G. ]. Hedden of Monroe moved his
family into the house recently vacated
by Charles G. Stowe, in Zoar.
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FROM MRS NORRIS LETTER.

FROM MRS NORRIS LETTER.
81 can now eat anything and enjoy
it. My stomach and liver work all
right, and whenever hear my neigh
bors complaining of being sick I tell
them to take the new medicine, Cal
cura Solvent, discovered by DR. David
Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston,
N. Y" For sale by all druggists. 81
WAX FLOOR PAINT.
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Allen X. Beardsley and his sister
move, this week, to Stevenson, into
the tenement house of J. B. Downs.
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PLATTSVILLE,

HOYDEN'S HILL AND VICINITY.
Miss Caroline Wakeman has been at
her old home for a few days.
Mrs Emma Wheeler has been indis-
posed with severe cold.
Mr. and Mrs Jesse Wheeler of Easton
were guests of her father, c. A. Jen-
ningS, recently.
Miss Edna Buckley of Greenfield Hill
has visited her uncle, Albert Buckley.
Mrs James Jennings is confined to
her bed.
Mrs William Buckley has visited at
Mrs Albert Bulkley's.
Leroy Clark's housekeeper has left.
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work speciality and will be executed
same day.
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Hon ThepOn e. Platt of Hopewell
has been in bridgeport, this week, on
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This is the perfect article for your
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Downs are boarding some of the men
employed and the Italians are living
at the red house near Zoar Bridge.
Mrs William Jordon has been suffer
ing with badly sprained ankle.
Mrs H. r. Stevens and son Of Ora nge
have recently visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Charles Bradley.
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16

C. II. Gay was in New Milford, Tues
day, the guest Of Former Postmaster
G. w. Anthony.
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Mrs William L. Terrill arrived in
Newtown, Tuesday afternoon, after
winters sojourn at San Diego, CAL,
where her son, Frederick Terrill, re-
sides.
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Herbert T. Coger has been indisposed
from an attack of tonSilitis.
Mrs r. n. Peck and daughter Of New
Britain passed Sunday with Capt and
Mrs A. w. Peck on Mt Pleasant.
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George S. Minor, a prominent South
ford farmer and horseman, called on
friends in Newtown Street, Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16

Cd. L. Downs bought six-weeks-old
pig, last week, Of J. B. Downs, which
weighed SO pounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
was a Good Show

At the matinee and evening at the
Crawford yesterday was presented a
Breezy Time" a comedy full of life and
fun. The play opens rather slow in the
first act, but the fun gets fast and fur,-
Gus after the meager plot develops 1t
depends more on the mechanical effects
and bright sayings and puns for its sue
cess than on any complicated plot. Ii
abounds in puns and jokes. While some
ere old. they took fairly we'll
Billy Williams as Jack Daub'' is easily
the star Of the company His acting is
fee, light and airy and his dancing
good. Mr.. Robert Reed makes a good old
man. and allows al sort of jokes to be
played on him with perfect good humcr
The girls were not as pretty as some that
have been seen on the Crawford stage
but were passable.
Miss Grace Sloan acted the part Of
Daisy Iiehtfoot and "Cholly" in good
shape. and is a dainty little actor.
The show, on the whole was fair pro-
duction Of the old comedy. a Breezy
Time"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
HEmMEo IN BY WATER
Wichita Men in Bad Plight in the
Choctaw Nation.

William II Walk and Tom Arnold
have returned from the Choctaw nation
and that they are again IN civilization
is owing. according to current rumor.
to their ability. as swimmers. They. with
Henry Schnitzler. Fred Bel. 5. (. Dyal
ard John Aden went 70 the Choc;aw
nation for a two weeks hunt Shortly
after they got there. according 10 inlor-
nation received by Dir. Fritz Schnitzler.
they were surrounded BY high water on
all sides Of them which has not set sub
sided. Their supplies both liquid and
solid. had run down 20 very low notcs
when walk and Arnold escaped and the
rest were reported 90 be ia a pitiable
plight The story IS that Mr.. walk ard
Mr. Arnold were outhunting and having
been separated from camp by a cata-
mount they determined % swiru river
ard reach one OK the indian viliag 8.
his IS how ther happen to be back At
any rate they have told a such sensation
al story cf The distress ~ their con-
rades that stearacs The noted Butler
county artist. has drawn a~fgrid picture
of the camp lis occunanis and e7viroa-
rlcrs fsc1 the description u Il given
bv the refgEces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Mss amelia Wegner
Hundreds OF Women Cured Of tn
First Stages Of Consumption
by Pe-ru-na.'
The Following Letters From Thank
ful Men and Women Tell
Their Own Story.

Miss Josephine Stolhammer, Denver
Colo. care of soderburg Palace Studio
writes:
My physician advised me to go tc
Colorado because my lungs were deli
cate. and l had catarrh of the head
which the damp climate OF the east
seemed to aggravate. I spent two years
here without improving. Reading OF the
value of Peruna 1 began taking II and
in two months was completely cured
and well. This is nearly three months
ago and 1 have suffered no relapse. I
consider Peruna very superior to Colo
rado air for catarrh. If ! had known
OF it before It would have saved me
hundreds Of dollars Stol-
hammer
In a recent letter to DIT. Hartman Mrs.
Adam Staats. Mequon, Wis. writes as
follows:
Il suffered six years with chronic
catarrh. Last year my condition was
very bad. l could not speak aloud had
a terrible cough. hemorrhages from the
lungs and night-sweats / expected 10
die from consumption. as catarrh had
spread through my whole body. Through
one Of DR. Hartman books ! decided
to write him. lie prescribed FOR ae and
I followed his directions ] am now as
well as I ever was''-Nrs. A. Stats.
Mrs. Gardner. Portland ore writes:
Il had coughed for three months and
had doctored without benefit. when
learned OF Peruna / was very weak
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
WOMAN SENT
BULLET INTO
HER HEART
Snicide of a Mother While
Nursing Her Child.
INTENDED DOUBLE KILLING
Child Was Only Slightly In
jured by the Ball.
INTENDED DOUBLE KILLING

Guthrie, O. T., Nov. 2s.-The Newkirk
Journal. givin gan account Of a Kay coun-
~ suicide. says:
County Attorney Pinkham and the
coroner were called to Ponca Tuesday
night TO inquire into the death of Mrs.
Cora Basher. The tragedy took place al
about half past two O'Clock Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Irwin farm south OF
Ponca
A boy about IA years old. a brother OF
the dead woman, says he was digging
peanuts near the house when he heard a
shot, and going to the house found his
sister and her 15-months-old child in bed,
his sister with bullet hole in her breast
and the child bleeding from a wound in
its cheek. He notified his elder brother,
who was in the field some distance away,
and then came TO town and gave the
alarm.
1t was found on examination that the
woman had been shot in the breast near
the heart, and that the child had evil
IDENTIFY been struck in the cheek with the
same bullet. leaving the impression that
the child was nursin gwhen the shot was
hred. The wound in the child cheek is
only slight flesh wound.
''The parents of the dead woman, Fris-
bic Irwin and wife, were at Anadarko
and have been notified. but have not yet
arrived. 1t is understood that Mrs.
Basker and her husband have not lived
happily together, and he is not here at
this time. his present whereabouts being
unknown.
The deceased is reported to have said
that she would kill herself and babe with
one shot. Although a valuable farm the
family lived in noe-rnom shack which
appeared full Of bullet holes, and there
were firearms Of every description in the
house. one of the children said they
were frequently frightened by intruders
e-ld they shot through the roof to scare
the trespassers away. 1t was a shocking
and distressing suicide in the opinion Of
the officers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

congratulation for the manager. After
having been closed for more than a year
after the fire nobody can blame Fred Dold
for feeling good when his old customers
come back unsolicited.
Dold has sausage machinery Of the
very latest pattern and vnen it was Grst
started people who inspected It thought
the machine could grind sausage enough
in one day to supply the trade for a
month. but that is where they are mis-
taken The orders fer sausage have come
iE so fast and in sucn large quantities
that Fred Doid has placed an order for
another sausage cutter, with a capacity
Of twenty thousand pounds day
The only unhappy man about the Dold
plant is Superintendent Charles Darri-
grand He Is afraid there Will not BE-
hogs enough Mr. Darrigand is far
mer as wei las a packer. because he owns
one OF the best farms in this county. and
while he has not cultivated very much
corn or fed very many hogs. he has bad
II done. He studies tho hog situation
and he was put on record some time ago
in prediction that hogs would be scarce
in the southwest and that prices IN
Wichita and Kansas City before next
March would be as high az in Chicago.