The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-21
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cemetery and sent to Fresh Pond. L. l.. for cremation. The friends of the widow have it that 1t came to her mind about a month ago that her be- loved better half had told her before he died if she did not see to 1t that his body was burned he would appear to her after death and scratch her eyes out. The wife did not put much stock in the statement that her husbands spir- it would have claws so she gave him ing to the most of us-
 Since Mne. Pa.adino came to this country from Italy to meet the spirit of the great Ceaser Lombroso the widow has been reading the newspa- pers and she became imbued with the idea that perhaps her hubby would come back Whether or not she be- licved the eye scratching poss oillti,s she told her friends she would rest better If the wishes of her husband were carried out so she had the re- mains dug up and burned
 The rivalry among the Christian workers of the city Is becoming in- tense and 1t Is no longer possible to go into a saloon on a Saturday night 10 get a glass of beer and sanowich without being solicited for money to help out some good cause or be pre- scented with tract.
 Last saturday night in centrally located cafe where there is a good or chestra a party of men sat doWn TOT a pleasant chat and sandwich In- side of 20 minutes they were inter rupted three times by the Chrlsuan y-or.-ars First came the Salvation 1: lassie with a bundle of war crys: Sne was patronized. Next came a blonde hatred girl from the Swedish Saliva ton army who was soliciting money with a small tin drum She got some money. Before the party could fn- ish their sandwiches there came a mn n by three middle aged women, all or the militant suffragette type, any one of whom could have been cast TOT car rie Nation in melo-drama- Iney Wore ribbon badges on which was printed "BridEeport Rescue Band" Each one of them looked husky enough to DICK a drunk out of the gutter ana carry him home on her back But there was no rescuing to be done in thS place and the women had nothing to do The rosy checked young man pro- ceeded to distribute free or charge slips of paper upon which was prHfteo in large type the statement that the slips could be bought in>Chicaso Tor so much per thousand and a verse Of scripture.
 erybody a slip the women let With WlIn him satisfied that they had seen none of their neighbors' husbands in the place.
 The Savings banks of this city have stopped making loans for the cree tion of fx-family houses except where there is an agreement that the mort gage will be taken up by regular par tial payments. The bankers do not regard the six family structures as --~o1 investments and the banks would sooner loan one third upon them than one half which is the usual custom A |. eli nnown banker said this morning. "The craze for the six family houses h1NFnrH the tcanaCltY Of the city. People are willing to live in them when they are first built put once empty they are hard to nll- Go out into the West or East Enos ana you will hardly find a six tenement house where every apartment IS nL- ed These buildings deteriorate fast and the owners of renting real estate in this city have not learned the fac- ulty of keeping up their property II a man comes into bank now ana wants a loan for six family house we ask him why he doesn't make II a four family house.
 'sJf he insists on going ahead with a six family house we make verpal agreement that he Is to reduce the mortgage by partial payments The agreement Is protected as the mort gage is really demand note in It self. Six families are too many to crowd into a frame structure erected on the average sized city building lots anyway"
 
 -Bertshire pond was frozen over as smooth as glass Saturday and yester- day several hundred people enjoyed the skating there
 There is always a large percentage of trough necksr among those attending the trials in the criminal superior court and this crowd incensed Judge Ralph Wheeler so much in instance during the Eissonnettee murder trial that he stood up behind the bench and demanded that every person in the court room who laughed be e1ected- Rissonnette, the shaver of his oroth- er-in-law was on the stand testifying to save himself from incarcerat tion for life and part of the, testimony dealt
 with the maternity of the wife or the accused for twelfth time. The coun- sel for both sides were hand ing the subject with all the delicacy possible iut inc trough necIss'' thought 1t fun nv and broke into laugher. Those in the room with a sense Of decency re q revolting sensation and their pIooo ran cold to think such a situation could be developed in civilized com r,unitv. Judge wheeler's eyes fash ei with indignation and ii was with
 his orders that number Of deputy
 =berir~s never took their eyes off the -rov-d of spectators during the rest of the trial.
 There's a travelling salesman who l of late hit upon a scheme that outri- vars those of the Favs and other dem onstrato tors of so-cared psychic phe- lnoulena both for getting the money l To real mystery. Yet it's all very simple when you understand how it's
 done. Here is the scheme. NIT. sales
 man meets a group of men in the store
 of his patrons. where phone IS hardy He enrages them in discus
 sion of telepathv and otNer mental
 stunts he strongly supporting al the
 most radical claims for the existence of such a thing as communication of
 thought from one brain to another: O;
 course. he encounters sceptics. Then
 he volunteers to demonstrate ne
 as,rs for n pack of cards. then re-
 quests the most violently opposed to
 hts theories to draw one of the cards
 He shows the card to all
 Now you call up No. 4-11-4A New
 Haven. ask for Ed and he'll tell you
 the number of your card" About th's time wagers are laid. The salesman s,F, ,-,-tr r.4 4fFrif n Vr