The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-03
STAMFORD
In Boston-Mrs. Wilson - Sour Voices -Darwin-Genesis of a Great Idea The Darwin Theory.

 been received, mailed in Boston, where she is passing her honeymoon. She is having a delightful time seeing the sights of the old city, and hopes to be back in town in a few days. This card sets at rest rumors that she went to Atlantic City. or even to Washing ton to witness the inauguration
 The condition of Mrs. George K. Will son remained about the same yester- day. There is some encouragement in this. Mrs Wilson is widely popular in town, and last Sunday Father OConnor asked the congregation of St. James church to pray for her re- covery. This kind action on his part is commented upon very favorably by the good people of Stratford.
 Yesterday Mrs. Robert Brandt took a. run up to Meriden to visit rela- tiveS.
 Owing to the darkness of the streets after sunset, and the distance at which many of the members of St. James church live from Bruce'S avenue Fa- ther oConnor has decided to omit evening services during Lent, but in their place he will lnold them Sunday afternoons. The morning services on Sunday will be held as usual.
 On the 18th of April it is. proposed to give a big whist at the town hall in the interests of the building fund of St. James church.
 Matters about the consolidated fire department have quieted down, and further suggestions will not meet with the approval of the Stove Club.
 F. Jelliffe, Jr.. of North Main street, is on the sick list.
 We hear of young man who has drawn $50 from a bank with which to pay for a trip to Washington to wit ness the inauguration. But since the coming on of the storm, and rumors of high prices for rooms in the great city of graft, he has thought better f1nn Ia iS iIG1Nv fr hla $50 to the good.
 In the vicinity of Elm street, yes terday, a. vast number of angle worms were to be seen on the sidewalks. It is said they go with the frost and come with the frost. A gentleman who has lived in town for 60 years remarked that he had never seen so many so early in the season.
 Mrs. R. A. Heller of Stamford, has been visiting in town.
 Louis Wells is now the vice commo- dore of the Pootatuck Yacht club.
 The latest new club in town is called the Pedro"
 Sour voices'' from men on the top of telephone poles could be heard all along the street on Tuesday, much to the delight of the kids who swarmed to string telephone cables in a high wind. or nasty rain, or when the mercury is hunting for the zero mark. No wonder the voice of the telephone man is sour,
 Many of our local people propose to go over to Bridgeport, seeking for the aInusementS and settlements which cannot be found near the fire house in town. The ProhibitioniStS S will go to the First Methodist church to listen to a, temperance orator, and those who have the price will dine at the Stratfield. Some will go to Polls.
 There were g deaths in town during February. Two old ladies died, Mrs. Mi aI,rfI, fie-a ' or,xd Tvs Sarah c. Brewster, aged 7S. The old est man to die was MT. Horace Field, aged 60
 Edward Thomas has resumed his old position at the depot It looks as if business is improving.
 The theme for Dr. Packard's ser mon Sunday last was Darwin and Religious Thought in the Last Cen the name of Charles Darwin stands in the front rank of those great men born a hundred years ago. Fifty years ago there appeared his revolu- tionary book, The Origin of Species by Natural Selection. It is within bounds to say that book has created more literature than any other that has been printed in the same period. In 1871 it was followed by another The Descent of Man. But the latter only carried out and applied to man what had been applied to the lower forms of life.
 It Is always interesting 10 note the genesis of a great idea. It was hundred years ago that Lamarck, an- other great naturalist, gave to the world anticipations of what we call Darwfnism. New organs could be produced in animals, Lamarck taught, by the simple exertion of the will, called in action by the creation of new wants. The organs thus acquire could be transmitted to succeeding genera tions. The snail, for instance, has ten tacula. upon its head They came from the desire of the animal to feel the object which it encountered. He also taught that all living beings were de- veloped by similar processes, from sim liar microscopic particles.
 Fifty years later came Darwin'S theory, practically the same There were no distinct creative acts to pro duce such species but all came from a common origin in some very low form of life by continuous developments. Man was said to have descended prob ably from hairy quadruped, furnish ed with a tail and pointed ears, prob ably aboreal in habits. When Darwin l