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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
PUBLIC OPINION

To the Editors of the Farmer. Sirs:- The citizens of Bridgeport are justly proud of "The Stratfield." and honor Mr. Samuel H. Wheeler. with the re- spect due to a municipal benefactor, who has given us the finest hotel be- tween New York and Boston. yes. l may venture in New England. l have hesitated in taking the in- 1tlative in the matter to which I am about to refer. but an article in The Evening Farmer of Jan. 26. warrants me, in my opinion. to speak up. With great interest, I read that MT. Wheeler inquires eff running the cars around curve into Main street may be the source of noises that might dis turb the guests of the hotel.
 AS a resident of Chapel street. would like to inquire if MT. Wheeler appreciates the fact that the noises produced by the announcer, coach driv- CTS and chauffeurs has been distur bing the residents of Chapel street after every social affair given at his hotel, which sometimes occur weekly, some- times semi-monthly
 It is annoying. to say the least. to be aroused from a sound sleep about 2 a. m. and listen to a man with a megaphone voice calling for As cab, B's cab, C's cab. etc.. until almost a. m.
 Many of our readers have walked up Broadway when the theatres were dis missing their audiences and have heard theannouncers shouting 57-106241 num- bers given to the drivers when they arrive at the theatre.
 The Metropolitan shouters have noth- ing on The Stratfield caller.
 But remember. it is seldom perform ances run after eleven o'clock in New York.
 Then too. Broadway is not a resi- dential thoroughfare.
 Manager Griswold says: We've got to have dances" I inferred. whether the noises disturbed the residents of Chapel street or not
 Good. We must have transportation over routes which will accommodate the one hundred and ten thousand peo- pie of Bridgeport. whether the noises disturb a couple hundred guests or not.
 The cars. having stopped running, cannot disturb the guests between 2 and a. m.. as the megaphone man does those within hearing of his sonor- OuS voice. x
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
CIVIL WAR ROSTER
 TO BE CORRECTED
Veterans Point Out Mistakes of Various
 Kinds.

Members of the Connecticut Secre- tarles' Association met yesterday, and there was considerable criticism of the roster Of records of volunteer soldiers of Connecticut as printed by the State some years ago. There ar emany mis- takes, omissions and errors. The as- soc1atlon voted to have a committee appointed to appear before the present Legislature to have the mistakes cor rected.
 Dwight c. Kilbourn of East Ltch- field is the life president. The veter- ans of the Civil War are fast dying, he said. The largest number reported during the last year as being present at any reunion was 150, and this num- Der included, in addition to the sol- d1ers, their wives. sons and daughters and grandchildren. It used to be that it was not unusual to see 300 at re- union of a regiment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28

he had to pay for every minute. They had small slips of paper and as soon as anyone started to use the wire she put the slip of paper under the clock and when the person was through speaking she took the slip from under the clock and on it was marked how long the person talked and he had to pay accordingly.
 Tn the center of the room were two desks. These are called the twenty five desks" If person wished to telephone to someone else and did not know the number. he would call up one of the girls at the twenty-five desks and asked her to kindly tell the telephone number of the person to whom he wished to speak.
 Tn another part of the room a cur tain was hung to separate small place from the rest of the room In this place there were some girls learn ing how to work the switch boards as they call them. There was one man who sat at a desk and he was the head operator.
 Enclosed you will find postal. Hoping in return to receive an an- swer, remain.
 Your friend.
 MARY ENGELMAN.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
SOUVENIR BOOK A
 FIELD FOR TAKERS
Labor Unionists Talk of Means for the
 Prevention of Fraud.

Local 115. Brotherhood of Carpenters and .Toiners. are in receipt of a conn
 nunication from Stamford notifying them that a man representing himself as a member of the Bridgeport union is so,icitine advertisements for sou venir book alleged to be published un- der the auspices of the Willimantlc branch of the brotherhood. The iocal 1nion has ascertained that the solicitor is not member of Bridgeport local and are Investigating the Wlllimantic end of the story.
 Labor organizations are getting wary of the souvenir book proposition be- cause so many frauds have been perpe- trated by bogus solicitors
 Al the recent session of the Connec- +ic11t Federation of Labor one Of the members declared that 1t had just peen brought to light that the organization was duped few Sifh years agS New when York k nuhlishing house to get out year hook for it. The agents of the com nanv went to one of the largest lapor enonloving corporations in the State and asked for an advertisement. Ihe corporation managers thought the man came direct from the labor organ!H1aao H1ao for page advertisement providing that the Federation did not interest It. self in legislation pertaining to that corporation during the next session of the legislature The publishing agent agreed and got away with the money.
 These facts have made union men talk of doing away with souvenir DOCK schemes and of prosecution or frauou- lent canyassers. If books are issued in the future the work will probably be done by known members of the un- icns and the field of their efforts con- eined to the town or city where the union is located.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
CITY BRIEFS

@The Farmers Association of the Legislature met Tuesday and elected officers for the present session. Repre- sentative Simeon Pease of Fairfield was elected vice-president. and Repre- sentative George w. Ogden. member oi the executive committee from Fairfield county.
 --Patrolman Ike Williams last even ing picked up August and Patsy Ros- ano. aged F and G. respectively. at the railroad station. They were selling papers, They live at 1050 Willard street. They were thinly dressed and very dirty. They were taken home and the parents were told that they would be arrested if they allowed their chil- dren on the streets late at night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
Y. w. c. A. NOTES.


 Young Womens Christian Associa- tion 629 State St., East Side Branch. 56 Beach street. All the girls whether members of the association or not are invited to the central association this week Friday evening for a good time. An evening Of games and lots of fun is being planned. Come and enjoy it with us.
 Sunday Services and Bible Classes Twilight services are held each Sum- day at 4:30 This Sunday at the Gen. tral Mrs. Katherine Moody Spaulding will lead and t1,ere will be special mu- sic. At the East Side Branch. Mrs. Myra Durfee will lead, solo by Miss Constance Lownds and one of the jun for clubs will sing.
 Girls Bible classes Monday evening at 8 o'clock at Central. Tuesday at 2 o'clock Ea Side Branch. Rev. MT. MacKenzies class 4:15 Thursday at Central and Mrs. F. c. Featherstone teacher of East Side Class. Wednes- day at o'clock. A welcome to all these services and classes for all wom- en and girls.
 Educational Department.
 The new term in dressmaking and millinery will be started next week at both central and Branch. Other classes at central. First Aid to In- jured" under graduate nurse and local physician has had two lessons. Much interest is manifested.
 A New Class.
 Class in Physical Training under Miss Julia Bishop a graduate, of the New Haven School of Gymnastics and a teacher of experience will be started at the East Side Branch. Term con- sists of 10 lessons at very low price. Class limited to 20 on account of floor space. See the secretary at once if you wish to enter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
DANDURY'S CONTESTED
 ELECTION IN HEARING
No Claims of Mistake When Count Was
 Made.error of 2I Votes Alleged.

Hartford, Jan. 28.-The House conn., mittee on Contested Elections gave the first of the two hearings which are to come before it this session, yesterday afternoon. The petition was that Of Morris Meyers of Danbury. who was a candidate for Representative on the Democratic ticket and who contests the seat held by Wilbur c. Tonlinson, a Republican. Mr. Meyers recited that the returpa showed that MT. Tom
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
THE pHETTTEsT FArE

Ask for o'Rourke's un,on tobacco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
MIR. HILLS EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
 (Hartford Courant Jan. 23)

There was some talk at the Capitol yesterday about the time for Messrs. Brandegee and Hill to file their ex- pense accounts. It seems the law gives two weeks from the election for can- didates and two weeks from the cau- GUS for those who are only candidates there. Yesterday was the end of the two weeks since the caucus, but it was contended that. as fourteen members voted for MT. Hill at the election, he was candidate there and need not file his statement until two weeks from the 18th.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
TWO KILLED IN SEWER TRENCH
Special from United Press.)

South Bend, Ind, Jan. 2S.-Paul Bar re, 28, J. w. Owen, 35 and Stephen Smith. 333, were instantly killed to-day by the cave-in of a sewer which they were diggigng and fifty men are at work trying to recover the bodies. 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28

and the most beautiful hands are of. ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed in a few days without pain by using Cyrus wart Remover. for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy, 253 Fairfield aveuue and 1S6 Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-28
CLEANEASY. THE BEST HAND
 SOAP

Guaranteed not to injure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust. Grease, Ink, Paint and Dirt. For the hands or clothing. Large can 10 cents. Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn. 244 Stratford Ave.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
TRUMPET VINES.

When the bignonias are in flower Is
a good time to call attention to the
beauty of the Chinese species-grand-
flora. 1t differs greatly from our own
species, radicans. 1t has very large
orange flowers, and probably a less
rampant habit of growth. Those
who have knowledge of but the ma
tive one, radicans, should possess
themselves of the Chinese one as well.
The two make a good combination.
There Is now a yellow variety OF
the radicans, aurea, and good thing
it is, too. But it, of course, has the
longer flower tube and the narrower
mouth of the flower than the Chinese.
and it is the broad mouth of the Chi
nese, the grandifiora, which makes
the flowers so very conspicuous, to-
gether with its orange color.
Although very many years since
the Chinese species was introduced
to cultivation, it is not as well known
as it should be, nor is 1t as abundant.
For the latter reason it has been
grated on the native one to some ex-
tent and this may lead to disappoint-
ment should the graft die out and
the stock take its place. The nams
trumpet vine is well given the bigno-
mia, the flowers being trumpet
shaped. Blooming as it does in mid
summer, it is much valued, whether
used as vine or in bush or standard
shapes it Is often seen in.-IE diam
apolis News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
SOME GOOD LILIES.

A very beautiful and generally
good garden lily is L. testaceum. 1t
is of robust habit of growth, possess
ing certain affiEities with L. candi-
dunn, which is one of its reputed par
ents, and towering away to five feet
Or six feet high gives its apricot
shaded flowers in July. It is dis
tinct and good lily in every way, and,
being fairly cheap, should be found
in every garden. Like L. candidum,
L. testaceum is also an early riser.
and If we bracket with these twain
the very handsome l.. Hansoni. we
have a trio difficult to equal for earli-
ness, distinctiveness, yigor and good
Towering. The whole Of these flower
naturally in July, and when in good
condition are not likely to disappoint
the cultivator. The last-aamed
should be planted where shelter Is af-
forded both from cold winds and
strong sunlight, and II the root-run
Is in comparative dryness so much
the better.-Indianapol News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
A WESTERN STORY.

Here Is a story from Manhattan
with vaudeville features, not to men
tion the hard luck:
A farmer living on Deep Creek,
several miles east of Manhattan, had
a thrilling experience with an auto
mobile and team of mules. The
farmer recently had purchased a new
machine and on one Of his first
trips tried to cross the creek at a
ford. He put the clutch at high
speed and waded in. For some rea-
son the engine went Gead in mid
stream. Cranking failed to revive it.
After number of useless efforts. the
farmer secured a team of mules,
hitched them to the stubborn auto
and dragged the machine across the
creek and up the bank. The driver
had left the clutch on at high speed,
and from some unaccountable cause
as soon as the machine was on level
road the engine suddenly revived, the
machine started forward with a
bound and struck the mules square
Iy in their kicking apparatus. There
was something doing Immediately
thereafter. The mules started Off
full tilt with the machine chugging
after them; the driver, being occu-
pied with the mules, could not give
the machine much attention. The
machine was soon going at grea;
speed, striking the mules on the
| heels again and again. Both team
and machine became unmanageable;
but the mules suddenly jumped to
| one side, bringing the machine sharp.
| ly around and causing it to strike q
| bank of earth, thus bringing the
strange runaway to an abrupt end
kansas City Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Idaho Coyote Trapper.

F. L. Breidenstein, better known
to Idaho sheepmen and his other
friends in Boise as Coyote Bill, a
hunter in the service of the forestry
bureau, was in town Wednesday,.
Breidenstein reports the extermina-
tion of forty-seyen coyotes during the
month of September. Altogether for
the year he has been with the depart
ment he states he has destroyed at
least 500 coyotes, besides a large
number of pups, wildcats and other
obnoxious animals. He has killed
seven bears, but has not succeeded in
getting any cougars.
Although more successful in de-
stroying coyotes than any other man
in the State, Coyote Bill says he has
never used poison in any form, nor
has he used a gun. He does all his
work with traps, and it may be i'm
agined with what care and skill he
places them when it Is remembered
that of all the beasts that roam the
hills the coyote is perhaps the hardest
to fool with a trap.-Idaho States
man.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
DRYING POTATOES.

Drying potatoes to take care Of
over-production during any season is
the subject of report by Vice-Con-
sui Burrell, of Madgeburg, in which
he states that several potato-drying
plants are operating in various Sec
tions of Germany. Such factories are
increasing, due partly to the advanc-
ing prices of grain, but are believed
to be important factors in equalizing
the returns from the potato industry
from year to year. To produce 220
pounds of dried potatoes $50 pounds
of potatoes are required and the dried
product is stated to be worth $3.50
to $3.50.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
TALES OF

WAKES DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
The Dead Letter Office Department,
at Washington, D. c., belied its name
when a tarantula threw the clerks
into a frenzy that for moment
threatened to become stampede.
The trouble started when ]. E.
Davis tore the cover from mys-
terious looking package addressed to
Dot Huguero Verify, via Leon v.
Firenzo, Florence, Italy" He found
a box pierced with small holes. Plac-
ing 1t to his ear he shook 1t in an
effort to ascertain whether or not 1t
contained an internal machine. The
lid came of.
Jumping Jehosephat! exclaimed
Davis, when he found giant taran-
tula roosting on his shoulder. He
knocked it to the floor, where it
promptly began a mastery retreat.
Women clerks climbed on desks and
fell over one another to escape the
fuzzy peril. Never, said a veteran
employe of the Dead Letter Office.
were so many silk stockings seen in
the Office before.
After a brief but determined search
the tarantula was discovered in a
pile of mail sacks, where it was killed.
philadelphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
GRITTY ON GALLOWS.

Cheerily greeting all who spoke to
him, laughing and exchanging as SEEM
ingly happy salutations as if he were
the one least concerned in the crowd
at the gallows, Stanislaus Marcavich,
the fourth man executed out Of 120
convicted of first degree murder in
Northumberland County, Pa, in a
century, was hanged in the jail yard
at Sunbury, Pa, recently. Denying
his guilt up to the last, he neverthe-
less paid the penalty for the murder
of Charles Yesolonis, an aged cobbler
in Shamokin.
It was nearly II O'Clock before the
death march was started. Following
a short prayer in Jail Marcayich said
he was ready to go to the scaffold.
The Sheriff, Jail officials and several
priests were greatly relieved when the
condemned man said he was not
nervous and would not cause any en-
barrassment on the way.
AS he entered the Jail yard he
threw his head back and remarked
that there was good stiff breeze and
that he liked pure air. He smiled at
County Detective Jack Glass as he
passed him and cried:
Hello, Jack; good-bye!"
Spectators were astonished at Mar
cavich's GOODNESS. AS he arrived at
the foot of the gallows he cast quick
glance at the rope, and leaning
against a railing Of the gallows
listened several minutes to prayer
by several priests and smiled at them
He kissed the crucifix and walked
steadily up six steps 10 the platform
of the gallows, and agaf7 looking al
the rope, smiled broadly st tbs Sheriff
as the latter adjusted it about his
neck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
NOT HER FAULT.

It Is a very backward child that
does not know how to lay the blame
on somebody else's shoulders. Little
Katharine, of whom the New York
Tribune has a story, does not belong
in that class.
Her grandmother had gone down.
stairs for a few minutes, leaving
Katharine sailing some tin ducks with
a magnet in bowl Of water. Pretty
soon her grandfather looked up from
his book The little girl had sue
ceeded in drenching herself from head
to foot.
why! WHY" he exclaimed in dis
may. What will grandma say now?"
"Oh," said the little girl, instantly,
"she will scold you for letting me do
it,"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
CAMPANULA IsOPHYLLA.

If we were asked what we consid-
cred the finest of all basket plants
for the window we should unhesitat-
ingly decide for Campanula isophyl-
la. When covered with its pretty
blue flowers in the type of the pure
white ones in the variety Alba we
known of nothing that can approach
it and yet be as easily grown. Plants
are easily raised by means Of cuttings
made from shoots taken off at any
time of the year when they can be
got without flowers or preferably in
spring. These may be placed several
together in pot or pan, and when
they have a little growth placed in
the baskets. Any ordinary soil will
grow the plants If little leaf mold
and manure is added.-Indianapolis
News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
JACK HORNER'S PIE.

The children were having a1 en-
tertainment out in the playhouse,
and the very best thing OF all was to
pie was really" one. Mildred had
made it out of some CT the crust
dough that was left from mother 5
big pie, and had 1t baked in the oven.
Theo was to be Jack Horner; but,
as there were only two performers for
everything. he had to be several other
people. too-Little Boy Blue, Hia.
watha with his bow and arrows, and
George Washington chopping down
the cherry tree; but, as the players
and the audience were to eat up the
pie for refreshments after the enter
tainment was over, Jack Horner came
last of all.
Mildred had just come out from be-
hind the curtain, dressed as Red
Riding Hood, and the audience
(Which was mother and the baby)
had applauded loudly. when all at
once she cried, "Oh! where is my
ring?"
She held up her hand. and showed
the ring-finger without the dainty
little band Of gold that it usually
wore. The entertainment was for
gotten, and they all began searching
for the ring. They hunted in every
room where Mildred had been that
day, but no trace of it could they find.
They ended up by looking again
IN the playroom. and, when they could
not find it, Theo put his arm around
Mildren, saying, comfortingly, Never
mind. I'll take the money out of my
bank and buy you another one"
Mildred wiped her eyes and tried
to smile I'VE might sit down and
cat Jack Horner's pie" she said, and
maybe, If We rest awhile. We can
think of some other place TO look.
Mother cut the pie into four pisces.
one for each of them. Jack Horner
1ay have the first piece, even if he
Goes not say his Speech" she said;
and, when Theo took his first bite, he
felt something hard.
Il guess it must be the plum,
laughed mother, but Theo shouted,
No. 1t isn't; it's Mildred's ring" and
So it was.
So the entertainment had happy
ending after all, and they were all
more certain than ever that Jack
Horner's pie was the best thing on the
program-Louise N. OgleEee, in Sun
Gay-school Times.