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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
DANDELIONS IN DECEMBER AT
 BARNUM SCHOOL
Suu.Kissed Lawn Unfo.ds Saffron Hned
 Beauties of Springtide.

IF October the news reports were telling about New Jersey having a second crop of strawberries but there is no place in New Jersey that can boast of December dandelion greens. For several days residents of East Bridgeport have witnessed the phe- nominal sight of innumerable dande- lions in blossom upon the lawn of the Barnum school on the Noble avenue side Of the building where they get a great deal of sun during the day. The blossoms were very short stemmed and grew near to the ground but never theless, they were December dande- Hons
 Members of the Italian colony who are about the only people who appre- ciate the food and medicinal qualities of the dandelion heard of the blossom ing of the plant and yesterday they visited the school lawn and secured several messes of the greens which had not blossomed. the plant being too bitter to eat as a vegetable after the flowers have appeared.
 large number of blossoms were still in evidence this morning but they had suffered from the dropping of the mercury to 20 degrees fahrenheit dur ing the night
 New Jersey may be able to cultivate a second crop of strawberries In Oc- tober. but can she grow wild vege- tables in December and feed her peo- pie with them?-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09

lively easy matter and with the pros pect of long prison term before him. the man returned to Hartford to take his medicine.
 His one desire was to obtain n brief interval of freedom, so he could see his wife and child and tell her about his situation And he author ized me to tell the States Attorney that he would plead guilty, that he would return to the Courts jurisdic- tion, even though he knew it meant imprisonment"
 MT. Barbour told of the meeting he and MT. Alco-p witnessed, and continued:-
 T believe that this man is penf- tent, and there is room for repent ance- He has assured me. and have reason to believe him, that he is re- solved to end the life which is a tor trre to him and begin a new life for himself and for his wife. I do not mean to be irreverent. but a thief repented on the cross"
 During the attorneys plea while the spectators were breathlessly list en1ng, the prisoner became affected He hung his head. his eyes lost their defiant look. his face flushed, his low CT lip trembled, and at last he broke into hardly suppressed tears and deep sobs.
 Judge Shows Lenfty.
 Stevens" said Judge Robinson gravely, 'I am going to be even more lenient to you than the States At torney suggests, because I understand that this Is to be the end of VOLT career as a criminal. Is that so''
 The prisoner nodded.
 In view of what the States Attor- ney mas said, continued the Judge. ana or what your own attorney has told me, I shall be more lenient than perhaps I might otherwise have been. sentence you to be confined in the state Prison for not less than one year and not more than two years"
 stevens bowed and. with Shoulders thrown back and head held bigb started to prison.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09

one seems to know. It Is now re- ported that Judge Perry has arranged to build a road from the Joel Perry place in a general direction southerly. highway near the residence of Lumley Gould. This would indicate develop ment for building purposes although the previous impression was that Judge Perry's buying had for Its pur- pose the creation of a privately owned reservation for fishing and hunting purposes.
 The attachment papers obtained by George P. Williams in civil suit for S2O0 damages which he purposed to bring against James Delaney in con- sequence of their collision over cat tie trespess have not been served and the suit is hardly likely to materialize. probably because Delaney was acquit- ted on his trial for assault and abusive language. The evidence at the hear ing was very contradictory.
 J. B. Sanford Is convaleScing satfs- factorily from his illness with dlph- theria The quarantine has been with drawn from his house and the Gen. ter school, which was closed on ac- count of the case. reopened Monday Several of the pupils are kept at home by chickenpox.
 Martin Murray had two fingers crushed recently by their being jam med between a log and a stone wall
 Lorenzo B. Nichols and Rosa Hawley of the Center were married on sunday by Rev. MT. Judd.
 A water supply Is being placed in the residence of John Muennich on the Ridge from s. C. Shaw's artesian well.
 Work on the Luttgen road east of Sunset Hill is progressing with force of about 40 men.
 The advance sale of tickets indicates a capacity audience for the entertain ment to be given by Sanford School pupils at Grange Hall next Tuesday evening
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
WEEKS ON
 WATERWAYS
CoNNECTICUTS GOVERNOR aD- DRESSES RIVERS AND HAIR
 BORS CONGRESS.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Goyernor Weeks, of Connecticut, at the Nation al Rivers and Harbors Congress. here spoke of waterway improvements as the foremost principle of conserva- ton now pending. He said:
 welcome this movement not aione TOT the question of waterways put 1t calls immediate attention to the necessity of forest protection conservation and storage of the head waters. and emphasizes the import ant work of the whole reclamation scheme, for without the one. we can not nave the other I believe this out a mighty scheme, not so much for present enrichment as for the increasing benefit of posterity. In our country's history we are past the mile-stones of selfishness. The re- proach of the river and harbor bill IS possed; we are going forward, our nation to build up and conserve those resources which were given by our fathers that they may be preserved undiminished and improved to our children and our grandchildren"
 Gov. M eeks criticized the pork hsrrel' principle upon which the riv- CTS and harbors bill is made
 When the appropriation bill for rivers and harbors is being agitated by Congress" he said, ''it receives so much attention by the press that our people form the idea that we expend as much on these improvements as upon any other department I am informed that only two and three fourths per cent of our total ex- penditures have gone into rivers and harbors permanent improvements In Connecticut for instance, the nation- al government has expended less than Tour millions of dollars upon water ways in its whole history, and this Lot by concerted plan, but by piece meal. Still there results an annual tonnage carried in bottoms on our rivers and harbors of more than five millions of tons valued at about $2OO, 900, ,OOO."
 Gov. Weeks declared that the movement was broader than any sec uon Of the country. and that he wished to be considered as repre- sentinE not his state. nor New Eng. land, but every section
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
POLAR BREEzES
 HOLD PARK CITY IN ICY TRAIL
OLD DIR. COOKS WEATHER MAKES THE NATIVES TEETH
 CHATTER.

Ice Coated Pequonpock River Re-
 fleets Fall of Temperature to 1s
 and IA Degrees Below Freezing.
 Whether it's cold or whether it's
 hot.
 We must have weather. whether
 or not-"-Melville and Higgins.
 Cold? Not a bit of itI Were you Then you didn't take your cold plunge this morning What does it matter if the mercury does drop to a mere matter of IS or 20 degrees above zero, if you plunge faithfully into the icy tub on arising? When you emerge, your blood goes tingling through your whole body, and as you rub dry with a coarse, heavy towel, you forget all about the late hour of your retiring, don your clothes and eat a breakfast big enough for a family. Then walk to work. disdaining the aid of your motor, and even declining to hail a passing fiacre, or trolley car.
 This was one of those mornings in the throes of a horrible nightmare inwhich you are condemned to a tomb in a cold storage plant. You left the furnace so regulated that you expected 10 ma a warm mousse when you awOke and you found you had drawn a blank. Or mayhap you were restless during the night. You awoke to find cold chills running a marathon up and down your spine ard for an awful moment you thought she was warming her feet on your shoulder blades.
 Stricken with terror at the thought of plunging into the icy gloom to tumble about for mora comforts tables you wrapped yourself up like a hump backed peanut and let your teeth chatter a lullaby.
 When you did finally arise. if you peered at the therometer at o'clock you found it about 20 degrees above zero. There it stuck for a couple of hours. until towards noon Old SoPs ''not-in-the-trust" sun rays spread comfort over the surface of our ter restrial home.
 At Stepney the temperature at 6 o'clock was p degrees and at o'clock it was 20 degrees. At Long Hill it was 22 degrees, or 10 below freezing point at 2 o'clock. At Easton, it was IS above at o'clock
 In the center of this city it was about 22 and in the North End. where the wind swept more freely, it was about 20. Stratford and Fairfield re- ported temperatures of IS in the early morning.
 The Pequonnock river was coated with ice from Berkshire Mills almost to the Naugatuck dock this morning; until the shipping became active and sent most of the ice drifting into the sound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
TWO BILLS SURE
 FOR CONGRESS
Special from United Press.)

Washington, Dec. 9.-There will probably be a rivers and harbors bill this winter and also a public building bill and the decision of the leaders to push along these measures has already opened the flood gates During the two days that Congress has been in session more than a thousand bills calling for the improvement of streams and nearly as many more cal ling for public buildings in nearly every Congressional district have been introduced in the lower House.
 To Representative Alexander, Re- publican, New York). has been given the post of chairman of the committee which Senator Burton held for so long. Alexander today sent out notices to every member of the lower House urg- ing them to put in their requests for surveys and to get ready their esti- mates for the work already surveyed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09

, congress on Friday, arrived in this city last evening from Las Vegas, New Mexico, and took quarters at the Quinnipiack club. Judge Mills has been judge of the supreme court in New Mexico since his appointment by the late President Mckinley twelve years ago. He has son., Wilson Waddingham Mills, now in the senior class in Shelf Judge Mills married a daughter of the late Wilson Wad- dingham here. He is a graduate of the Yale law school in 1877, and is a brother-in-law of W. H. Law, now of New York, who was a classmate of President Taft at Yale.
 Judge Mills comes to New Haven on a business trip purely. He twas cordially greeted by many of his old time New Haven friends.
 When asked to say something about New Mexico he remarked that he had lived there so long that he felt very much at home there, and he had no doubt that this rich terri tory, with it's 475,000 of population. and with its great area, will be ad- mitted to the coterie of the star spangled banner states during the present session of congress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09

examination of Brokaw at the point following the final separation of the couple last December when Brokaw hearing that his wife had given a par ty at their Great Neck home during his absence, sent telegrams alleging she had entertained men whom he had forbidden her to invite to their home.
 Mrs. Brokaw insisted that the party to which her husband objected was of the most innocent character and that there were as many women guests as there were men. From the moment of their marriage, she insisted, Bro kaw's insane jealousy made her life unbearable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
SOCIETY PEOPLE ATTEND BROKAW
 DIVORCE TRIAL
Special from United Press.)

NSpeCldI ITO1n UHIttu FTeSS-J
 Mineola, l.. l., Dec. 9.-When the separation suit of Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw against her husband, w. G. Brokaw, millionaire clubman and horseman. was resumed before Justice Putnam today the plaintiff resumed the stand apparently as confident as yes terday when she recounted the wounds she received at the hands of her hus- band. She had been so hurt by the actions of her husband that she is now practically an invalid She asks for a lump alimony of S60.000 and a regular monthly alimony.
 There was a good crowd of society people in attendance in the courtroom today. Attorney Baldwin resumed his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
POINTS or INTEREST.
Thing & Co. Opens New Store

Thing & CO Opens New Store
 The progressiveness of the firm of s. B. Thing & Co. ''The Million Dol lar Shoe Folks" is again shown by their extending their we'll known chain of busy stores to Hartford. Conn This enteTpriSing firm has leased for n term of years store in the business cen ter of Hartford and the very success full opening of this. their latest veu- ture. was most gratifying. "'The Shoe Hustlers' store in this city has been established five years. and has won and held the favor of thousands of satisfied customers in the city and vi- cinity. as is evidenced by the greatly increased business being done this year. Thing & Co.'S policy to always sell ''the most for the least. together with their money back" system have gone far in securing for them the phe- nomenal success which they enjoy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
THIEF GOT BAIL
 TO KISS HIS BABY
JUDGE ROBINSON TOUCHED ON HEARING OF STEVENS SEC- RET VISIT TO WIFE AND CHILD IN ANOTHER
 STATE

Hartford, Dec. 9.-When Joseph Stevens was taken before Judge Sllas Robinson in the Superior Court Tor sentence everybody in the court room thought it would go hard with the thief, who had pleaded guilty AS tne leader of a band of New York pick Thomas F. Foley. treasurer or the James ,PuIlar Carriage Company, two months ago. Mir Foley was going 10 pay his men when the highway rob- bery was committed.
 Stevens record was against nm, too. He was known to the police or New York as a professional thief ana had served prison terms Defore- One of his aliases was Red Jonn Mur- ray.
 His bail had been fixed at $5.o0o. which was considered too high for him to obtain. Nevertheless. double that sum, and, as is required by the Connecticut law, in cash, was sup piled on Monday. November 2s. by a MT Mullen,of New York, and Eugene Sullivan, of Waterbury. who declined to say what their interest in the de- fendant was
 vision that he was to appear in court the following Saturday The general impression was that he hoped to escape. At the hour fC- his appear ance on Saturday he failed to re- spond to his name the wiseacres said: -".I told you so. He has jumped his bail"
 His Tardy Return
 But Stevens burst into the court room an hour la.SI ana was remana- cd to custody. It was apparent ne had hurried He explained his tardi- nesS by saving he had missed train at Springfield, Mass What he was doing in Springfield came out in the court room yesterday.
 There was a sudden hush in the courtroom chattering and all eyes were directed to the prisoner when Stevens was brought before the bar Hugh M. Alcorn. the State Attorney made the formal motion for sent ence. Stevens. a muscular, athletic man. with gaunt cheeks and brown hair, stood up very straight and did not finch
 lie interest. and justly so,' MT AL corn said For some time this mans s occupation has been that of picking pockets, pref preferred S,s s5 to oo6 nave .na the he a record charge was entered and the bond fixed at S20,000- But when MT. Barbour became his counsel he told me something about the case that prompted me to have the bail re-
 About a year after this man was last released from prison he married and his wife is. I am assured, thoroughly good and honest girl They have a child fourteen months old I wish the ends of justice to be served, but my investigations have shown me that lenity should be shown
 T have here, your Honor. a letter from the James Pullar Company stat ing that restitution has been made, that this man has restored every doi- lar which he stole I recommend. your Honor. a maximum of three years in prison"
 Wanted to See Wife.
 Joseph L. Barbour, the prisoners attorney, addressed the Court and disclosed why Stevens had been so anxious for his release on bail.
 stevens had wanted to see his wife and baby" he said, "and ex- plain the situation to the girl. It was they whom he had visited in Spring field It was the hard parting with them that caused him to miss his train Rut with escape a cOmDara-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
Wanted to See Wife.
The flower loving woman

The flower loving woman -the type of woman who will bury her face in a clus- ter of American Beauties or breathe the incense from a spray of Violets-Sylvan Toilet Soap is made for her. It is the soap with a senti- ment because it permits her to enjoy the delicate per fume of her favorite flower in the very soap she uses. obtainable in Violet, Rose, Carnation, Lilac, Sandal wood, or Heliotrope, at Cy- rus Pharmacy, 10c the cake. The box of three cakes, 25c. THE CYRUS PHARMACY
 FAirneld Ar. Cor. CourtIand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
GOVERNOR MILLS VISITS NEW HAVEN
NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NEW MEXICO CONFIDENT OF STATE
 HOOD FOR HIS TERRITORY.

New Haven, Dec. 9.-Judge Wm. J. Mills, formerly of this city, the new governor of New Mexico territory, whose appointment at the hands of President Taft will be presented to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
Friday Hour Sales

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 to of $11s worth sl5O, this 2 to I P.
 
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  Venereed wood to P O children Values = cnoce = to The biggest suit 5000 Alterations 4 to 5 P M. To of hosec alive :
  6 NJ A lot all coats sell
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
CHRISTMAS RIBBONS
BOOKS-BOoKS-BOOKs

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  at Black
 
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
THE SMITH MURRAY co.
 NOAH'S ARK

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09

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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
SUFFRAGISTS TO WORK,
NOT FIGHT, IN NORTH
Seattle Leader Against Methods
of English Sisters

SEATTLE, Oct. Washington
suffragists are not going to adopt the
militant tactics of the English 'suf-
fragettes,'" said Mrs. Emma Smith De-
voc, president of the Washington equal
suffrage association. at their head
quarters here yesterday, discussing a
dispatch stating that the Iowa equal
suffrage association had decided TO
adopt similar tactics.
Well not fight, we don't have to.
We've obtained everything we want.
The last legislature treated us very
courteously. We are working now. not
fighting, for We are carrying on a CAM
paign for the election of November s,
1910. when our cause will be placed
before the voters of the state.
Il am not criticising the Iowa suf-
fra sgists. understand the legislature
there has not been favorable to the
cause, but certainly such methods are
not countenanced here. We are work
ers not fighters"7
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
A Beautiful Complexion
Is Dependent Upon An Absolutely Pure
Condition OF the Blood

creams, or steaming the face In hot va
pors. or using electro-vibratOry mas
sa ge in an attempt to improve the cir
cuiation Of blood through the face with
the idea of making the cheeks rosy.
Local treatment is simply waste OF
time and money. Ladies who desire to
gain and retain a smooth, clear skin.
unarected by lblsmishes of any kind.
should use STUART'S CALCIUM Wa
FERS. which act upon the system gen.
orally. and upon the blood specifically,
relieving it OF all the impurities which
float upon its current, and which are
sent out through the pores of the skin
by the blood I'm its efforts to eliminate
the foreign matter, to the detrimeat
and damage of the complexion
These nfarveIou& little blood purify
ing afers will clear the roughest and
most thickly blemished skin or every
form of cutaneous disease in remark
ably short time, and persons who have
been trying for years to rid themselves
of, pimpies, b1ackheads. etc, viii be
a agreeably surprised and pleased at the
rapidfty and completeness with which
they do their work
Purchase a box OF Stuart's Calcium
Waters from your druggist today, price
so cents. then send US yeur name and
address for free trial package Address
T. A. Stuart Co., lis Stuart Building,
Marshall Mich.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

1t is rare indeed to find woman who
does not desire TO acquire q beautiful
'coFnpl exion, or to permanently main
tain ii. IL she is SO fortunate as TO pos
sess IL naturally. 1t makes little diff
ference how expensive and stylish may
be the clothing she wears, or how much
she may be adorned with costly jew
elry, if her complexion is sallow, her
cheeks covered with pfmples or black
heads and dark. semi-cfrcles under the
eyes, all efforts 10 make herself beau
tfful and attractive are entirely wasted.
The woman who is the happy posses
sor of clear. clean, unblemished COM.
piexion. and a rosy, healthy color or
the cheeks, is the envy OF all her sex
less fortunate than she. The fair sex
spend thousands OF dollars every year
in. their efforts to secure and preserve
fair skin and perfect complexion
Powders, cosmetics, facial creams.
without limit, are purchased and used
on the cheeks in endeayoring to get rid
of pimples blotches, b1ackheads, liver
spots, and various other blemishes,
completely overlooking. the fact that
all of these skin disorders are due to
an Impoverished and depraved condi-
tion of the blood. which must be puFi-
fed and renovated in order to get rid
of the unsight1y skin diseases.
It is equally absurd TO resort to Ia
cial massage with fancy. perfumed cold
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

balloon, he reasoned. because that
would havv been deserving his plates.
He could not throw them out. tor they
would break Or become lost or wet
MAKES GA1eAT BEARS
: The rsseuers, approaching the scene
from Dumbarton point in q boat. saw
the Fairy making giant leaps across
the marsh, striking the earth like a
thrown rock, bouncing swiftly upward.
stopping gradually, and then gathering
headway Tor the next shoot downward.
Pfllsbary was being smeared with mud
and ducksd In the dark slough chan
nels. but he held on. Finally the bag
drapped at lightning speed across the
marsh for q half mile, wiping the mud
diest portions Of the slough with the
photographer. Still he hung on.
Finally the bag struck a mud bank and
stuck there. The photographer scram-
bled to the side ana neld the bag down
until the men arrived.
The rescuers found Pillsbury. wrap
ping up hts films. They assisted him
IN rolling the balloon into bundle and
put the silk fabric in the boat. and the
start back was attempted. But In the
interim the tide had run out. The boat
was abandoned. the balloon hoisted on
the mems shoulders. and the return
journey made through mud and ponds
of water waist and sometimes neck
high.
AFTER 4 2s MILE JOURNEY
The Fairy is at Newark in charge Of
the Southern Pacific agent. 1t was to
have been used in locating the direc-
tion OF the winds preceding the balloon
races here today, but that is impossible
now,
Piflsbury is pleased with the thought
that many OF his best films were saved
and that seems to end the Incident we'll.
according to his view.
HE staid by his films through mud,
water and the upper reaches of the
air. a friend of Pillsbury said last
night. "and he would have wrestled for
them with the angels had he gone that
high"