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When the flat and the apartment house began to crowd out old home steads in the cities and to suggest that tenancy was inevitably the coming mode of existence, the saying was that, however secure a foothold the European system might again in cen tres of population, the American far mer would eternally be lord of his own domain. But alas for this shortsight- ed optimism Even while men are exult- ing over the record brea king crops and incredible wealth of our farmers, land lords and tenants are multiplying rap idly in agricultural regions. The pros porous times of the past few years, with the lucrative openings for the young men in shops, stores and banks, in the centres, in many instances has left the fathers alone on the farms to struggle with the farm work, made more difficult by the scarcity and poor quality of the farm help. Then, be- coming discouraged the old folks have leased the farm to a. foreigner and re- moved to the village.
 From our travels about this section of the state we should say there were more rented farms in Litchfeld coun- ty than in Fairfield county. In the town of New Milford many of the old American families have moved to the attractive village, leasing or renting their farms on the hillsides. In Wash ington, New Milford, Roxbury and Sherman those thrifty and excellent people, the Swedes, who make the best of citizens, have come in large num- bers, first as farm tenants, and later buying and improving some of. the best farms in those towns. The equally industrious and hard work ing Polish people are acquiring farm property to a considerable extent, and as rule they make success.
 A significant summary of facts has just been given in the Popular Science Monthly" by Professor Homer c. Price, of Ohio State University. Eight years ago more than thirty-fiye farms out of every one hundred were operat- ed by tenants, while 23.3 per cent of all farm lands Ii. e., both developed and undeveloped acreage) was rented to transient occupants. Rural landlord ism is thrice as prevalent in this Hand of economic freedom" as in overpop- ulated Germany, and statistics taken to-day would probably show that the high tenancy rate of France (47.2 per cent) is almost if not quite equalled. When it is considered that the rela- tive number of tenants has been in- creasing in spite of the millions of acres taken up annually for forty years in homestead grants, the magnitude of this economic transformation becomes still more impressive.
 It is encouragingly contended that in America the farm hand rises to tenant, and from tenant, to owner, so that the trend toward landlorism is not an un- wholesome sign. But Prof Price affir:as that the roseate theory conflicts with the facts; if tenancy were transit ional stage for any large number of farmers the percentage of rented farms could scarcely increse steadily for twenty-eight years. The only methods thus far suggested for dis couraging lease holders and keeping owners upon their native or acquired acres are not hopeful. The removal of taxes on mortgaged farms, a question
The Newtown bee., 1908-01-31

Alonzo Hall, IT,, of Torrington, who has opened a photograph gallery over c. H. Finch's store in Sandy Hook, is making his home with his family at MT and Mrs Gordon Stevenson's at Bennett's Bridge for the present.
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Rev Frank A. Johnson of New Mil ford, who preached at the Congrega- tional church, Sunday, was entertained while in town at the home of MT and Mrs Lawrence Taylor.
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Charles Bayon of New York City has purchased the Judson place at Bennett s Bridge and moved his family there, last week. The sale was made through the Strout Farm Agency.
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Gordon Stevenson of Bennett s Bridge spent a few days, last week, in Torrington with friends.
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Robert Camp of Bridgeport was a guest, last week, of his parents, MT and Mrs Hobart Camp.
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Miss Gertrude Beehler of Stamford is guest at Hill Crest, the home of MI and Mrs Daniel G. Beers.
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Mrs George R. Wilson has been spending few days in Brookfeld, the guest of Mir and Mrs L. H. Elsenboss.
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DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is especially recommended for piles. Sold by Henry Rupf, Newtown, Conn.
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Mrs w. M. Reynolds returned, Satur- day, after a stay of several weeks in New York City.
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Mrs Arthur D. Fairchild passed Fri day in Bridgeport, the guest of her mother, Mrs Sarah H. Smith.
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Mrs Arthur D. Fairchild passed Fri day in Bridgeport with her mother, Mrs Sarah H. Smith. Mrs Smith, who is 80 years old, is recovering from an attack of the grip.
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George R. Wilson has been i'll and confined to his home the past week.
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Our Southern Letter.
 E. L. JOHNSON T Writes Interestingly of His Experi
 enceS in the Southland. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4.
wo uld be much greater.

gers. One elderly man in particular attracted my attention, and, believing him to be of southern birth and old enough at the breaking out of the Civil war to have been in the army, a con- versation was started by which much information was gathered that will be remembred by me with much satisfac- tion.
 By birth, he was South Carolinian and at the breaking out of the rebel lion was eighteen years old, and at col lege in Tennessee. In the impetuosity of youth he left college, returned to South Carolina, presented himself to Gov Pickens, and, with all the pompos- ity of boyhood, as he described it, told the Governor he had come to offer his services to the cause of the South. The Governor, instead of embracing him and showering eulogiums of praise tor his chivalry, coolly said: "Go over. to Sullivan's Island and report your self for duty" He said it took the starch all out of him, but he reported, was mustered in, went through the war, and now at seventy years, hale and hearty, he tells of his experiences as soldier at the front, and says he is glad the war ended as it did, and that we are
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Daniel G. Beers passed Sunday in New Haven.
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A UNITED COUNTRY UNDER THE
 ONE FLAG.

Our conversation turned upon the treatment of prisoners of war pro and con. He took from an inside pocket a folded piece of wall paper, well time worn, with the remark, as he offered it to me to examine, Here is some thing I would not part with for any
 thing. Perhaps you would like to read it." It was a testimonial written on the inside of wall paper, and read as follows: eve the undersigned, United States prisoners of war, confined in prison at Salisbury, North Carolina, do hereby acknowledge to have re- ceived the best of medical treatment with untiring devotion while sick, at the hands of Sergeant w. B. Boyd. We shall ever feel deeply indebted to him for his many kind attentions and ten der care. January 25, 1S65."
 The names of forty eight Union sol- diers were attached to the testimonial, all from New York and New Jersey. An old saying, "All things come to those who wait" and our train started at last, and our colloquial friend soon reached his destination before we passed post station, called Eagle Mountain. which, before the railroad was cut through was known as Eagle Rock. The natives did not like the change and one time when President Grover Cleveland was down on a trout ing trip, they told him so, and wanted it put back to Eagle Rock. He had not been back to WashintgOn but a short time before word came that the name had been changed to Eagle Rock and the natives were well pleased.
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TELEPHONE, a..
SDyRRrIsn,o RATES :

Reading notices, brevier type, l0c line.
 Small nonpArei ais, lc word per week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Monay Market ls Easier and the
Amount of Idle Machinery
Decreases.

New York, Jan. 11.-R. G.. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Sentiment has improved in response
10 the brighter outlook, commercial
'oans being made with more freedom
han at any recent date. AS much
projected business was only held back
by inability to raise funds, the easier
money market encourages eXpecta.
ion that postponed contracts will now
be placed. The percentage of idle
machinery has decreased.
Iron and steel production had fallen
.cry low before the revival occurred,
he output of pig iron at the begin
ing of this month being smaller than
at any time in four years. This cur.
ailment Of output has maintained
]rices fairly steady, the average now
icing higher than on July |, 1906. Sew.
raj contracts for structural steel are
nder negotiation. but most mills
are idle pending the accumulation OF
more business.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
JUST BY THE WAY.

Business failures in the United
States for the week ending January {
numbered 434 against 2S3 In the like
week of 1907
Five firemen were injured, none oi
them seriously, at a fire which caused
about 100000 damage in the Forres
ier & Cheney knitting mills at Detroit
A careful canvass of the labor sit
iation in Chicago has revealed the
fact that there are in the city 13S,95O
idle people. There are normally So.
900 men out of work at this season OF
the year.
The Transvaal yield of gold for De.
cember makes new record. The out.
put was 5S3,526 ounces, which is 2S,.
499 ounces over the previous highest
Weld for month. The value of the
December output was G2,47S,659.
Henry r. Kenney president of the
Delaware Railroad Co., is dead at his
home in Ridley Park. Pa. He came
into national prominence as the man
who had charge OF the special train
from Philadelphia to Baltimore which
carried Abraham Lincoln on his way
to his first Inauguration.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
TRAINS C0LL|DEO
ON A TRESTLE
FIVE MEN KILLED ON A RAIL
ROAD IN ALABAMA.
TRAINS FELL INTO A RAvINE,
Passenger and Logging Trains Met on
a Treste Spanning Creek 12
Miles West of Vinegar
Bend, Ala.

Mobile. Ala, Jan. IA special
from Vinegar Bend, Ala, tells of a
disastrous wreck on the Alabama G.
Mississippi railroad Friday caused by
a head-on collision between a passen-
ger train and logging train. Five
persons were killed outright and two
were seriouslyl injured. The dead are
W. b. Paine, merchant, Vinegar
Bend.
Charles C. Busbee, section fore.
man.
Three negroes, names unknown.
The list of injured is as follows:
Frank Marks. engineer of the pas
senger train, will die.
Henry Hall, fireman Of the passen-
ger train, seriously injured
Twelve miles west of Vinegar Bend
the road turns sharply and the great
er portion of this curve is made up
of trestling that spans a ravine and
small brook at the bottom. Run
ming at fair speed, the passenger train
took the curve and trestle just as an
extra freight train came into view on
the opposite end. Before Engineer
Marks could bring his train to a stop
both trains met head.on in the center
of the trestle.
simultaneously with the collision
the trestle gave way and both engines
and trains fell to the bottom of the
ravine. On the logging train were a
number of convicts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Ehrenpreis Beer
""Brewed by Dostal Bros. in Bu-
cyrus"
Convicted of Dcfraudinq Bank.
n Pure Food Beer

Chicago, Jan. 11.--Chauncey l.. Ora.
ham and William s. Tilden, of the
Steel Ball company, were on Friday
found guilty of fraudulently obtaining
money from the Milwaukee Avenue
state bank by using fictitious notes.
1T was for wrecking this bank that
Paul o. Stensland is now serving a
penitentiary sentence. The sentence
of Graham and Tilden carries with II
term of Imprisonment Of from one
to 20 years. The men were tried on
charge of having obtained $1,000 on
a fraudulent note. The prosecutors
charged, however, that the total
amount of which the bank was de.
frauded was $4,000. The company
manufactured ball bearings for bicy.
cles.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
FAIRFAX NOW A DR|TON
IS NATuRALIZED AND CAN SIT IN
HOUSE OF LORDS.
New York Bank Clerk, Head Of Family
Descended from Scotch Peer
age, Gets Social Aspira-
tions.

London. ALBERT Kirby Fairfax,
twelfth Baron Fairfax of Cameron In
the peerage of Scotland, has taken
out naturalization papers as a. British
citizen and now will be entitled to sit
In the house of lords. Lord Fairfax
was born in Maryland in 1870 He is
the son of John Contee Fairfax, M. D.,
and Mary, Baroness Fairfax, daugh.
ter of Col. Edmund Kirby of the Unit
ed States army.
Until half dozen years ago Lord
Fairfax resided in the United States.
His family had been connected In
times past with that of George Wash
ington by ties of marriage. Possess.
Ing Scotch peerage, he disdained to
make use of 1t, preferring his birth
right as an American. He was thus
not only from an American but like.
wise from an European point of view
a far more distinguished parsonage
than an impoverished Scotch peer, liv.
ing in London, with no land in Scot.
land, no castle, no seat in the house
of lords no powerful relations, and
compelled to work for his living, with
nothing but his barren title by way Of
capital.
The Fairfax peerage was created in
1927, and the fifth Lord Fairfax left
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Circus Man Bailey Left $500, 900.

London, Jan. 1.-THE will of James
A. Bailey, of the circus firm OF Bar
nun & Bailey, who died at Mt. Yer
non, N. Y, in April. 1906. was ad-
mitted to probate here Friday. The
personal estate of Mr. Bailey in Eng
land is returned at $14S,350, and the
gross value of his property in America
is placed at $4S3.591. After deduct
ing bad debts and the expenses of
administration, the gross value of the
property will be but slightly in ex-
cess of 100000. This is less than
one-third of the estimated amount of
Mr.. Bailey's property at the time of
his death. The entire estate is lett
to his widow.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Congressional.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The house
on Friday resumed its old activity and
for more than five hours transacted
business of public nature. Material
progress was made with the bill to
codify, revise and amend the criminal
laws of the United States. The feat
ure of the session was a brief address
by Mr.. Burleson. of Texas, who cred
tied Senator Foraker and other repub-
licans with having charged the presi-
dent with the responsibility for the
recent financial panic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
More Steals by vIna Are Found.

Cleveland, Jan. 1.-THE road to
hell is paved with good Intentions"
Receiver Charles Richter found that
inscription Friday heading a page in
the private memorandum book of
Frank Vlna, the financial agent who
has disappeared with funds belonging
to scores OF men and women who
trusted him. AS he was reading 1t
Mrs. Joseph Hlvsa. of 2255 East Sew.
enty-sixth street, entered his Office,
and told him OF another of Vlna's de-
falcations, in which she lost $1,000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11

Columbus, O., Jan. ll.--Charles Co
henour and Charles f. Evans were on
Friday appointed receivers for the
New England Coal Co. which holds
10000 acres of coal lands in Perry
and Morgan counties, this state, with
two operating mines on the Sunday
Creek railroad, a branch of the Bal
timore & Ohio. l.. r. Doty, president
Of the New England Coal Co.. made
this statement regarding the receiver.
ship: "The coal company Is solvent,
and the necessity for the receivership
Is due entirely to the attitude towards
it's coal interests by the Baltimore a
Ohio Railroad Co, which has descrim-
mated against the coal company in
freight rates and has refused to fur
uish cars"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
VIII Be a Test Case.

Columbus, Jan. 1.-THE supreme
court on Friday refused to permit Al
bert Sartain, who was recently ap.
pointed sheriff of Franklin county, to
file an custer suit to secure the Office
from George J. Karb, who refuses to
vacate, and Sartain will have to begin
his case in the circuit court 1t is
to be test case as to whether, where
second-term sheriffs' regular terms
ended January 6 this year, they are
continued in Office for one year under
the biennial election amendment and
subsequent legislation, or there IS a
vacancy to which the commissioners
may appoint.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Small Dividend Awaits Creditors.

Cleveland, Jan. 1.-THE creditors
of Denison, Prior & Co. are soon to
receive the first dividend on their
claims since Prior committed suicide
by shooting himself two years ago,
which was followed by the failure of
the stock and bond brokerage firm
of which he was an active member.
Harold Remington, referee in bank
ruptcy, has 100000 in his possession
to be distributed among the credit
ors and applied on the priority claims.
This will make a payment OF 2h per
cent to the general creditors.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Killed His Son on Wife's Grave.

Ravenna o., Jan. ll.-Edwin J. VIII.
ans, of Cleveland, came here Thurs
lay night to the newly made grave OF
his wife, and there shot and killed
his 7-year-old blind son and tried to
AXE his own life He was found Fri
lay afternoon nearly dead. From his
birth the boy had been practically
iightless, and every dollar the father
,ould save went to specialists in the
effcrt to give sight to the child. Fail
IRE in this and the death of his wife
asst fall Williams gives as his reasons
for wanting to die.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Boo.Hoo Fever.

In the intense heat the young cap.
tain smiled.
"This recalls to my mind" he said.
"boo.hoo fever"
"Boo-hoo fever? What Is that?"
1T is fever brought on by the
heat among our soldiers In the Philip
pines. A mild fever. 1t becomes high
and active only when the weather
grows unusually hot. Then 1t throws
our young men into strange delir-
rum. They cry and weep. They
boo-hOO.
III you should go into one of our
hospital wards In the Philippines on
a very hot day, the loud walls Of
the young fever patients would soon
show you the origin OF boo-hoo fevers
funny name"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Growth of State Institutions.

Columbus, o., Jan. 11.-Ohio's IS
state institutions are growing and
with them the expenses of maintain
Ing them are growing. In 1907 the
total cost of maintaining them was
$3626.S17, which is an increase over
that for 1906 of $32,930. The total
number of persons maintained in
them In 1907 was 1888, an increase
of 249 over 1906. Practically all of
this increase was in the state indus
trial schools for boys and girls. The
per capita cost for 1907 was on the
average $166.23; in 1906 it was
Sf62,54. These figures appear in the
annual report of the state board of
charities which was filed Friday with
Gov. Harris.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
$4,000 Fire Loss.

Mt. Vernon, o., Jan. 1.-THE Jones
block was practically destroyed by
fire Friday. The blaze originated in
Card & Works restaurant. Five bust.
ness houses sustained losses. In the
office of Murphy & Daniels were lost
records of Joe Hooker post, G.. A. r.,
which cannot be replaced. A box of
Remington cartridges in the Office eX-
ploded and many spectators had mar
row escapes from flying bullets. The
total loss Is $4,000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11

his home and estates in Scotland In
1922 for America, because he was dis.
appointed i'm love and, as he believed,
badly treated by the members of his
family. BY an arrangement with the
crown he secured patent for tract
Of over 100000 acres of land in Vir-
ginia, and was the richest man in all
the colonies in his day. He was the
friend of Washington and employed
the future father of his country In
surveying His manor house was near
Mount Vernon. Lord Fairfax, how
ever, died without children, and his
property was inherited by his brother,
William Fairfax. who married Sally
Cary, the "Lowland beauty" who jilt-
ed Washington.
They had no children and when
William Fairfax died Robert, the
younger brother, came into the title
and estate. From him the Fairfaxes
of the United States are descended
During the revolutionary war the title
was held by the Rev. Bryan Fairfax,
who was rector of Christ's church,
Alexandria. of which Washington was
vestryman. He sympathized with the
colonies. was intimate with Washing.
ton. and contributed money as well
as prayers for the cause of the rebels
From him after two generations was
descended John Fairfax, who was en-
titled to a place in the English peer
age, but did not care to claim 1t. He
lived in Washington, where he prac-
ticed medicine and was high in pro
fessional repute until the civil war
broke out, when his sympathies with
the confederacy caused him TO be os.
tracised. He lost his patients and
his friends, and picking up what mon
ey he had bought secluded planta
tion in Maryland and lived there un.
til 1900, when he was called to his
last account. DR.. Fairfax left two
sons and several daughters. Albert,
the elder became olerk in a bank.
ing house in New York city, and hav.
ing social aspirations, recovered for
the benefit Of himself and his poster
ity the title and privileges that be-
long to the British peerage 1t was
from the Fairfax family's settlement
in Virginia that Thackeray drew til in
spiration for his novels, Henry Es-
mond" and "The Virginians."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
A Big Bunch Of indictments.

Kansas City, Jan. 1l.--Indlctments
to the number of 1859 against pc sons
most of whom are engaged i'm theatri-
cal work. charged with violating the
state law of 1885, which forbids un-
necessary labor on Sunday, were re-
turned by a grand jury Friday. Many
of the indicted persons are non-resi-
dent actors who will either have to
return for trial or forfeit their bonds
81 5000 each. The action of the grand
fury was heavy blow to theatrical
managers, because each manager was
lndlcted NJ many times as he had act
M and employees working at his the,
Dter Nv Sunday -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
4 MIRROR OF OOlNGS IN OHIO|
CHARITIES BOARD REPORTS.
Indeterrninate Sentences for Criminals
Are Recommended.

Columbus, o., Jan. 11.---lndetermin-
ate sentences for all criminals except
where death or life sentences are
passed are recommended in the re-
port of the state board of charities
filed with the governor Friday. 1t is
pointed out that no Judge can tell
what length of sentence would be best
for a criminal, for the reason that
training, as well as punishment, has
become the accepted theory of prison
work. The injustice of two men from
different counties getting varying SEN
tences for the same crime is also
pointed out.
The probation system, with a proba-
tion officer for all criminal courts,
is recommended.
II is said that many sentences have
been passed upon men when the trial
Judge would much rather have given
them chance than have sent them
to prison.
The general assembly is asked to
turn its attention to the vagrancy
evil, to the end that all states coop
crate for suitable laws to stop the
increase of vagrants.
An amendment to the Wertz law
which abolishes contract convict la
Dor is suggested for the reason that
idle convicts are not desirable. 1t Is
suggested that as the institution alone
cannot give work to all convicts for
supplies needed, the market be in
creased by requiring state, county and
city institutions and all public depart
ments to use such supplies as can be
manufactured in the penal institu-
tions, as is done in New York.
The crowded condition of hospitals
for the insane is referred to, and the
early construction of the Lima hos
pital Is urged.