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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
An Unsought Pardon.

Among the stories of that former governor of Texas familiarly known as Sam Houston is more than one amusing tale.
 There was a financial agent of the penitentiary who had warmly opposed the election of Governor Houston, but was particularly anxious to retain his own pleasantly lucrative position. Con- sequently the new governor was soon in receipt of a petition in which the mans years of faithful service and special qualifications for the place were set forth in glowing terms by himself.
 The governor sent for him and said gravely, ''It appears from this petition that you have been in the penitentiary eight years"
 'I have" was the reply.
 @And during that time you have per formed faithfully every duty that has come in your way to the best of your ability?"
 '.I have" answered the agent, his courage swiftly rising.
 Then. sir" said the governor, with the air of one conferring priceless favor. T pardon yeu out"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Put Out of Commission.

Abernethy was supposed to influence people by a brusqueness amounting to absolute rudeness. It is related that one day very voluble lady took her daughter, who was i'll, to see him.
 Which of you two wants to consult meT said Abernethy
 My daughter" replied the elder wo- man.
 Abernethy then put question to the girl. Before she had a chance to reply her mother began long story. Aber- nethy told her to be quiet and repeat ed his question to the girl. A second time the, woman began story, and a second time he told her to be quiet Then she interrupted him third time.
 'sPut your tongue out" he said to the mother
 "But there's nothing the matter with me-" she exclaimed.
 Never mind, put your tongue out, :" he commanded.
 Thoroughly overawed, the woman sobeyed.
 '.Now, keep it out" said Abernethy, and he proceeded to examine the girl.- Grand Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
A Queer complieation.

In Sydney. town of 5OO.0o0 inhab- itants, one can get nothing to eat on a Sunday. Certain restaurants supply food surreptittously, but the whole time the guests are in danger of being arrested. Once an Italian was in such B restaurant on Sunday when suddenly the police entered. The Italian was promptly pushed by the proprietor into q room where waitress happened to be standing in negligee. Even this room the police invaded. but the wait
 ress saved the situation by declaring that the young man was her fiance. The young man, by the way, had been married some time. He thought that he had deceived the policeman; but, as . matter of fact, he had got out of the frying pan into the fire. One fine day the waitress called him before the courts and claimed $2.500 for breach of promise. The Italian had to pay. And then came the worst of all His wife sued for a divorce and shortly after married another man.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Typewriters all makes. new and second hand. Mullins Typewriter Exchange, 159 State St.
 B2O *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

Messrs Leverty will gc further, and will give with every package they sell their personal guarantee to refund the money if Dr. Ames' Pleasant Spe- cific does not cure, reliable medi- cine at half price, with the guarantee that your money will be cheerfully re- funded if the remedy does not cure.
 Anyone who is suffering from liver trouble, constipation, sick headache indigestion, bad taste in the mouth, biliousness, specks before the eyes, melancholy, or tired feelings, should take advantage of this offer. Messrs. Leverty do not know how long they will be able to sell Ames' Pleasant Specific at half price, for the sale has been something phenomenal.
 AS the dose is diminished after the first few days a bottle that you can obtain now for 25 cents. will last a month. And it costs nothing if it does not cure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Tackle This One.

The following paragraph of hun dred words is an excellent test in pro nuncfation. Try it first. and then go over it again, every word, in company with good dictionary:
 Cleopatra, isolated in the oasis, soon became acclimated and had am- pie leisure to contemplate all the eco nomic details of her inextricable sword. The wound resisted the allopathic mi. sogynist who gave a courteous diagno- sis and humbly craved precedence for 2 tiny idyl in the form of vase with an aesthetic acousting apparatus. This told the news like book, but it might have been dog living in squalor from the look she launched at him when he wrote dowI his address. She ate her breakfast and then fraternized with 3 national expert in appendicitis, who attended the obsequies.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
VIEWPOINT.

The whist for the benefit of the New town Library held Tuesday evening at the Beach Memorial Library building was very successful considering the extremely disagreeable weather, about 35 persons being present who with the exception of one or two were residents of the street. After an enjoyable play of two hours the following score was announced: first ladies', Mrs. Henry Rupf, tea pot; second ladies', Miss F. V. Daniels. fancy work basket; gen. tlemen's first, Charles G. Peck, book; bill-folders. Mrs. Wm. Glover carried of the ladies' consolation and Wn. Hawley was rewarded with the gentle mems consolation. The usual choice refreshments were served.
 Harry Rupf moved his family and household goods to Bedding to-day.
 MT. and Mrs. George Wheeler Of Bethel are guests of MT. and Mrs. L. c. Nicholson.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. A. Garfield enjoy ed Monday with friends at Long Hill.
 Guy Brown of New Britain passed Washington's Birthday with his pa- rents, MT. and Mrs. F. l.. Brown.
 Mrs. John Talty passed the day re- gently with Bridgeport friends. Z
 The household goods of J. H. Black man were auctioned off yesterday at his former home in Newtown street, with Charles F. Beardsley as auction. eer.
 Mrs. John F. Blake entertained Mrs. Charles Keatchel of Long Hill recently
 Mrs. c. H. Finch is enjoying a few days in Northampton, Mass, the guest of. her sister. Miss Pearl Parsons.
 Leroy Hyatt of Waterury enjoyed Washingtons birthday with his pa rents, MT. and Mrs. John Hyatt.
 Mrs. Frank Wright and two children have been enjoying a few days in Ridgefeld
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

FOR RENT-Several 5-room flats, all
 improvements, SIP; desirable 1oca-
 ton. L. Weiss, Room "A, 925 Main
 St. T Il *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS
 WANTS

carry a full line Jl stencils letters and figures, alsa make stencils to order Burning Branos, rubber and steel stamps. The Schwerdtle Stamp Co. 4 Can- non St. R 10 a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
A Plot That Failed,

A story of plot to kidnap Queen Victoria and turn England into a re- public is told in Peter Latouche's book, Anarchy; It's Methods and Expo- nents." This coup d'etat was planned to take place in 1888, the year of the great dock strike in London, but was frustrated by the success of the strik- CTS and the unexpected sympathy and telp shown them by the moneyed classes. This did much to conciliate the masses, on whose help the revo. iutionists relied.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
END OF A RED NOSE
New Flesh COlored Product That Heals and Hides Skin Imperfec-

A peculiar feature of poslam, a new skin discovery, is that 1t is naturally flesh-colored and contains no grease, so that when used on the face for the complexion, or for pimples, red noses, or any other inflammatio tions, blenishes, or discolorations, its presence cannot be detected. It can thus be applied in the daytime, the natural color of the skin being immediately restored and the actual healing and curing pro- cess accomplished in few days It can be had of any pharmacist who sells pure drugs. Jennie Hamilton's Phar- macy makes a speciality of it. Fifty cents worth will answer either for the troubles mentioned or in curing ordin- ary cases of eczema. Itching stops at once
 The Emergency Laboratories No B West Twenty fifth street. New York, are the sole dispensing agents for pos lam in the United States, and will send an experimental quantity free by mail in plain wrapper to all who write for it. This will show results after an overnight application. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Cure Your Cold
 with Flax Seed

For many years physicians have been suc- cessfully treating Coughs, "Colds, Bronchi- tis and Consumption with an Emulsion of Flax Seed, called LINONINE. This is not secret remedy, the formula being on every bottle. It is palatable emulsion--sweet as cream - made of the oil compressed cold from the finest, selected Flax Seeds and by a scientific process requiring r2o hours.
 If you wish to know what this Flax Seed Emulsion will do, write to the makers and they will send you an order on local drug gist for regular-sire package (not a mere sample) and will pay the druggist themselves for it. This is their free gift, made to let the remedy itself show you what it can do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Cut This COUPON Out It Is Valuable, and Will
 Save Half Your Money
 Redeemable at Leverty's.

J. A. Leverty & Bro., the popular druggists, will save you money. Pre- sent the following coupon at either of their three stores, 1855 Main St., sos Park avenue, or North Ave, and Main street. and they will let you have a regular fifty cent package of Dr. Ames' Pleasant Specific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia, containing full months treatment at half price,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
c.ni4als Punishment.

Bride (throwing her arms about the brldegroom's neck)-You are my pris- oner for life! Bridegroom-Its not i'm prisonment for life, love: it's capital punishment.-Sydney Town and Coun- HJ Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Cut This Coupon Out and Use It at Once,

This coupon entities the hold CT to one soc package of pr. Ames' Pleasant Specific for the cure of dyspepsia. constipation and biliousness, at half price, 25c. We agree to return money in all cases where it does not cure. J, A. LEVERTY & BRO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
WOMAN DEPORTED
WITH TUBERCULOSIS SHE MUST RETURN TO HEIR NATIVE COUNTRY LEAV
 ING HUSBAND AND

R. A. Doremus inspector of the EIn- igrant department at Ellis Island was in town yesterday on official business. He investigated the case of Sophia Obruchay, 34 years of age who was afflicted with tuberculosis when she came to this country from Austria one and one-half years ago.
 The woman is the wife of Andrew Obruchay and has one child. She was discharged from the Bridgeport hospi- tai yesterday. She will probably be deported. Her husband has been in the country eight years and cannot be sent back. If he decides to remain here the family will be broken up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
His Limit.

Operator-W What do you think of the new foreman. Jimmiep Printers Devil Say, dat feller could print all he knows in display type on postage stamp without canceling the stamp Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Tho Villain.

Critic-The villain in your story is a perfect masterpiece. Where did you get she character? Novelist-I imagined man possessed of all the forms Of wickedness which my wife attributes 10 me when she is angry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

Next to acquiring good friends the best acquisition is that of good books. Cotton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
MALE HELP WANTED

e mechanical architec- tura1 or structural, are always in demand at good salaries: ten young
 men wanted to join club to learn drawing, at home evenings: instru- ments furnished. Address c. S. K., Box BPS, City. U25 "tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
SWELL CAFES

with you. Weep and you weep alone. Stop at the Eagles Nest for a smile. Cor. East Washington Ave-. ana No. Main St.. J. J. Ra. leigh. Prop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
FEMALE HELP WANTED

WANTED. ED.-Experienced operators on one needle gore making. Birdsey SomerS Go. B 15* tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
uneomplimentary,

HoweIl-pm a man of parts. Pow. Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
FURNITURE
INSTRUCTION

REPAIRING-Now is the time to have your piano put in per- feet condition. Our workmen are not busy and we can give you very low figure now. Let us tell you how much it will cost. Drop postal or Call. Steinert's Piano Store, 915 Main St. L6 *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Business Opportunities

Our speciality is Business Proposi- tions of all kinds: stores. factories, cafes realty, etc.. bought, told, ex. changed: city or country. Informa- tfon confidential. MacDaniel & Co. Business Brokerage. PIP Warner Build ing. Bridgeport. H7sp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
SURGICAL APPLIANCES

ELASTIC SURGICAL APPLIANCES fashioned on hand looms to individ. ual requirements. Requisites for physicians. nurses. hospitals will. liam Snowden. No. Taylor Block. 1l19 Broad street. practical ex- perience. of over 25 years. Telephone 997. 29 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

FIRST NATIONAL BANK, of Bridge port, corner of Main and Bank Sts. Chas. G. Sanford, presidnt; E. w. Marsh, vice president; o. H. Broth well, cashier Capital, $250.000 surplus. $3O0,o00.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

FOR SALE-The double house, 6o0- 654 Connecticut Ave. full double line improvements; price $4.500; terms. $1,5O0 cash. TO RENT--West of Ash Creek, 1st floor, 1 acre land, $16; Edgewood St., 2d house west of Burr Road, s8; 1497 Park Av.. cor. Worth St., lower F, SIS; Golden Hill St.,east of Middle St. and Kossuth St. near Stratford Ave-, stores to rent; East End-Williston. near Bunnell, 10 rooms, $15. Enquire at the Industrial Savings Bank, southeast cor. Fairfield Ave. and Middle St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS

YOUNG COUPLE wish two or three light housekeeping or board and
 room. West Side preferred Address, Reasonable. Farmer Office. B 24 b*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
SHOES

NEW AND SECOND HAND Shoes for
 sale. Repairing neatly and prompt-. ly done at lowest prices Nathan
 Hartman. 72 State street. 4 1 If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
UP-TO-DATE TAILORS

DO YOU WANT to have your clothing
 cleaned. pressed. repaired. or altered
 The we'll known Middle street tailor
 will do the job neat. quick and rea-
 sonabIe. Matthias Sajben. custom tailor. 23 Middle street. between Lafayette and Fremont Hotel. Bridge port. Conn. B7s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
ROOMS TO LET

FLAT ROOMS, all improvements, 1st floor, No. 191 Catherine St., be- tween Washington and Harral ave- nues, 10 minutes to center of city. Apply to Anderson & Co.,, 952 Main St. B 23 q
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

CONNECTICUT CYCLE CO, 127 Stratford Aye. Cat the lower bridge). NOW Is the time to have your bicy- cles put in running order for the spring. B1e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

TO ENT-Large front room: also hall room, with steam heat. gas, hot and cold water, in room. 469 State St. s 16 $"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

TO RENT.-5 room flat. all modern Improvements. $1s, 699 East Main; 4 room flats, modern improvements. $10. Sterling and Noble: rooms, S, 8 Sterling St. Inquire 6s3 East Main, or Attorney Meltzer. s25 Main.
 G IS Ssp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

FOR RENT-One store and rent,
 1786 Main St. II3 "tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

TO RENT-Typewriters Underwood, Remington, Smith, Oliver, etc.. at Mullins Typewriter Exchange, 159 State St. B 20 eff
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-09
PAGE NINE

In the Hoze Smith administration, 'well-
connected forger and swindler, whose depre-
datlons amounted to more than $4,000, got a
full pardon-N1r. Smith being such fabby
snob that he did not have backbone enough
to resist certain members of the kid glove ele-
ment of Augusta.
Thank God We've found q man, at last.
Mitchell, deliberately, cautiously and elab-
orately made every preparation to commit the
most helnous of all crimes,-the ruin of
woman. And in this case, the woman stood
IN such relation to Mitchell that the mere
tustlng after her IN his heart, was a most I'M
natural crime.
But he had always 'stood well'' his people
were all respectable, influential people. and
they had already suffered anguish and NOR
tlfication, and Mitchell was in poor health,
and had already been severely punished, and
to work out his sentence would endanger his
life, ETC., etc., etc.
All this sickening twaddle came before
Gov Brown in the Mitchell case, just as sim
liar mush and bosh came before Gov. Smith
IN the Tom Alexander case.
In the one instance, our Chief Executive
acted the spineless snob: in the other, the
stern, impartial Judge.
Hurah for Joe Broom!
It's the first time I've said it, but say it
NOW.
It is as much duty to praise where praise
justly incurred.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-09
Express Company Robbery

Last week, ordered from Theo. Schultz,
of New York City, "The History of the Bap-
lists, 2-volume work by Rev. Dr. Armit-
age.
The price of the books was 3d.
The charge of the Southern Express Com
pany for bringing the package to Thomson
was 81.
In England, and in Continental Europe
even in poor old unprogressive Spain-where
they have the Parcels Post, those volumes
could have been sent through the mails for -
cents.
Why have we no Parcels Post, in this smart,
progressive and democratic republic?
Because the Express Companies would
rather carry packages at eXtortionate rates
than to allow the Government to do it on rea-
sonable TERMS as is done in the Old World.
No other country under the sun is so cor
poration- cursed as ours. The history of the
world shows nothing to match it.
When the Rate bill was on it's way through
Congress, an effort was made to subject the
Express Companies to Governmental super
vision They fought the proposition, and de-
feated it.
The minority leader, Hon. John Sharp Will
liams, sided with the Express Companies, and
helped the Republicans to keep them free
from Governmental control.
YET instead of furnishing Mr.. Williams for
his antagonism to the interests of the patrons
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-09
Watch Ont, Farmer!

Hello, Farmer, you foxy old thing, you,-
did you know that they had trap set for
man of about your build?
No. You don't know it, and you won't be-
Eeve it,-not until it's too late
That's the way with you,-you foxy old
thing. Nobody can make you believe that
any sort of skin-game could be played on you,
until after you have been burnt.
You listen to the agent; you decide that
you have never met a nicer man; you believe
every word he says; you consider his propo-
sltion perfectly fair (and so it is), and you
scratch your name to the bottom of the print
ed note, when the agent blandly requests it;
and you take him at his word when he saws
that the note corresponds with his converse
ton. In that way you become the happy
proprietor Of a patent for new washing
machine, or an improved churn, or water
elevator, or window screen. [ once knew a
foxy farmer who quit his cotton growing to
travel around the country peddling a device
to release a runaway horse from the vehicle
The agent had figured out a fortune in it, and
the foxy farmer bit at it, with prompt alac-
rlty.
The calculation was all right enough; but
by the time the foxy farmer had travelled
with that device about three months, he was
more than willing that some one else should
complete the journey to the end Of the rain
bow.
And last of all comes the man who sells the
foxy farmer some shares of stock in Perch
eron stud-horse. When the if. arouses him
self to see himself as others see him in this
transaction, he hasn't even got the strength
to consult lawyer much less fight the
case in court.
AS Mr.. Stephens client said to him in the
divorce suit,-after the wife had testified, .
"Well, Squire, guess we'd better drap it, .
so the owner of stud-horse stock is generally
willing to let bygones be bygones.
What | started out to remark, however,
before | was interrupted in this ridiculous
way,-was, that the country v0ter IS IN great
danger Of being diStrunchi8ed.
Mr. Hoke Smiths new law requires that
registration must tahe place sac months ahead
of the election.
Continued on Page 1@J
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Ole Jeffersonian

of the corporations, Mississippi promoted
him to the Senate
The Southern Express Company is Geor-
gla concern and could be handled by our
State Legislature and reinforced Commits
sion, but nobody tackles it.
We've got five members on the Board now,
and gilt "rate-expert'', and tip-top
press Company is immune, just as it was
when we had only three Commissioners, no
ghpriced 'rate-expert", and no cracker
jack lawyer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-09
Bully for Old Georgia!

my neaQ !'-crleQ Henry Clay, eXultantly,
when the news reached him in Paris that An
drew jackson had, at New Orleans, given the
best troops of Great Britain the worst licking
an English army ever got.
Before that, all American patriots were
ashamed. Detroit had been ignobly surren-
dered to a mob of bowling Indians: the "Bla-
densburg races" had been run; Washington
was In flames; President Madison, his wife,
his Cabinet and his Congress, had taken to the
woods; all America was bowed in humilia-
ton and grief. But Jackson's thunderbolt
came crashing down at New Orleans The
rifles of the farmers of the South did in the
War of 1912 what they had done at Kings
Mountain in the Revolutionary struggle
turned the tide and changed everything.
So Clay went to London, and did not have
to hang his head in shame
Readers Of The JEFFERsoN1AN know how
keenly mortified we have been at the refusal
of the Georgia Legislature to approve the In
come Tax. This incident has carried conster-
nation throughout the ranks of the friends
OF Democratic principles. It has rejoiced the
pets OF Special Privilege everywhere. Wall
Street is happy over it. Tax-dodging mil
honaires openly exult.
But it has been severe blow to the reform
ers in every state of the Union. They cannot
understand why Georgia, Democratic
State,-comparatively free from malignant
milllonaires and "malefactors of great
wealth",cshouzd be so ready to screen the
rich raScazs Of the East and North from Fed
e2uz taUati0n. $50 TG4 t
Consequently, we have been possessed by a
sense of shame,-shame that a body of repre-
sentative men, fresh from the common peo-
pie, should virtually declare by their votes,
that the burden of the Federal Government
must continue to rest upon the backs of the
poor; and that net incomes, swollen to enor-
nous proportions by iniquitous laws, shall
not contribute q cent to the epperase of the
Federal Government.
But Governor Joe Brown has, in part, re-
deemed the situation. So far as lay in his
power, he has given to lovers of Justice and
equality the right to feel proud.
He resisted the tremendous pressure brought
to bear on him in behalf of Mitchell, the
would-be raVisher, and in effect declared, 'No
matter how influential the family connections
of a criminal, he must pay the penalty Of his
crime, just as the poorest, most friendzess Of,
fender must do"
Buzzy for Co., Jos. N. Broaom! It was
high time that some official showed the grit
to teach the wealthy and well-connected Grim
inals that we haven't got one law for the rich
and another for the poor.
In New York, the Sugar Trust law break
ers have not even been indicted for their con-
fessed stealage of nine million dollars from
the Government.
In San Francisco, the most convincing
amount Of evidence was unable to convict Pat
Calhoun,-the Hartman Hearst corruption
ist
In Missouri, every one of the St. Louis
boodlers got through the net: not one was
punished