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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
AT PARK CITY
 RINK TONIGHT

Tonight at the Park City Rink Harry Burke and Tom 0'Rourke of Waterbury will toe the line for three mile race. This is going to be one of the best races of it's kind ever h Id in this city. as the two skaters have met in relay races Tom OfRourke has beaten Burke's partner and It's up to Burke to return it by beating the Brass City boy tonight which Burke says can easily be done. O'Rourke is also very fast and 1t will be a close race from start to finish
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
scHwAEBIscHER's
 ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT.

Just 13 years ago tonight the Schwaebfscher Maenner Chor was formed and in honor of this annfver- sary- the society will hold a social street. this evening. to which admis- sion will be by invitation only. the attendance to be limited to the mem bers and their friends There will be a rood time for all as in addition to dancing and refreshments there will be big fruit basket to be given away fo the children besides other articles to be disposed of All members of 1h4 society are exnected to attend without further invitation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24

The public library will be closed all day tomorrow with the exception oi the reading room which win be oper from to p. m-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
Dan tl. >,Ih Nnd iuq Eln A!alr Bsqs as,.:-- 111zNz&x
WILL. cELERRATE

YAEEs VICTORY. On Friday last. number of the members of the St. Josephss T. L. & R- Aasacfa ton. were gathered in their rton.s and were discussing the merits of the Yale and Harvard football teams As the discussion progressed one member made a proposition which was received favorably- He asserted trat if Yale should win. he would carry the banner advertising the dance to be given by the St JoseDh's T. L. A. B. Association. on Thanksgiving night at Eagles hall. along Main street from Congress to State and that his fellow members could adopt any method to attract the public attention So prepare for the noise
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE
 ALL AROUND TOWN


 Many of the grocers who have been in business here for years make a big howl when they are asked to pay 25 cents for a license to sell kerosene oil. There are scores of little groceries about the town whose proprietors have been in business In New York city. The latter gladly lay down their quarter for the Hcehse and say that 1t comes cheap in Bridgeport for in<New York city they had to pay slo for 2 than those in force here.
 Groceries are once more sold from the old stand of the City Bakery at berg who recently purchased the bus iness of the city bakery has wiped out the restaurant feature of the business and turned 1t into a first class market and grocery, such as he conducted in Cannon street for years The bakery department is still open and for the past few days the new store has been crowded with people
 The dfrtiest places in the city are beneath the elevated tracks where there are openings for crossing streets. Soot and cinders from the passing trains fall upon the sidewalks and rubbish of all sorts collects in these them are in hopes that something can be done to get these places cleaned out tt The public library win be closed all day tomorrow with the exception of the reading room which win be open from 1 to 5 p. m-
 Tn most of the large buildings of the city there are standpipes for fire protection with about 50 feet of two inch cotton hose attached This hose Is folded up and kept on a rack where 1t remains year i'm and year out with out being tested or folded in differ ent shape to save the wear in one spot It Is doubtful if any of this hose would be much used in case of a fire after 1t has been dried out for In the fire department the firemen find it necessary to change the hose on the hose carts every two weeks and wet 1t as often to keep 1t from drying out. The insurance companies allow reduction in rates for the pres of holding water or not
 There are many people who believe that traffic regulations should be made to prevent the hundreds of au- tomobiles from passing through the streets such as stream through on the day of big football games at New Ha- ven. Some suggest that the machines be directed to go over Washington avenue to Catherine street and over East washington avenue. te Barnum avenue and thence to Stratford An- other plan to avoid the crowding of vehicles at Main street and Fairfield avenue and to lessen dangers in mar row Fairfield avenue is to send the cars through Railroad avenue and Water street to Stratford avenue Oth- CT cities control their traffle.
 OBSERVER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
KILLED FIRST DAY
 ON RAILROAD DUTY

his first days duty as aL brakeman or, the Iacizawanna railroad John F. Heater.@ 9 years old. of Lehigh. Pa. met with an accident that caused his death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
F. H. Dillon & co

1fo5 Main street are displaying an ex- ceptionally large stock of fur scarfs. fur nuns, fur sets and fur coats at exceedingly low prices.
 Five Hundred Gallons of escallops just received at w. ID. Cook & Sons to be sold at lowest prices: also a fine lot of halfbut. steak cod, salmon. snnelt. harbor blues. sea trout, Long Island eels. Spanish mack erel. flatfish. live Holsters. Blue Point oysters. steauiing clans. and all other kind of fresh fish in season at lowest prices Pure cod liver oil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
FARMER SUICIDES BY
 HANGING IN HIS BARN.

Niddletown.Nov 24--Abraham Lind quist. farmer. committed suicide yesterday by hanging in hls barn on to have been Respondent Lfndquist was about fifty years old and leaves a wife and four children
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees with Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: ''In the
practice Of my profession / have
found SO many points in favor OF
Grape-Nuts food that | unhesitatingly
recommend it to all my patients.
1T Is delicate and pleasing to the
palate Tan essential in food for the
sick), aud can be adapted 10 all ages.
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
OF teeth renders masticatlon impOs-
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet find 'GrapeNuts and albu.
men water very nourishing and re-
freshing.'
This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak teaspoonful
of Grape-Nuts in glass OF water Tor
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white OF an egg and spoonful
of fruit Juice for havouring This al.
fords great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assim-
Hate without any distress.
My husband is physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders 1t
many times for his patients.
Personally regard a dish of Grape
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone-well or
sick"
In any case of stomach trouble. nory-
ous prostration or brain flag, 10 day
trial of Grape-Nuts will work wonders
toward nourishing and rebuilding aud
in this way ending the trouble.
There's Reason" and trial proves.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter: A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
interest.
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

wind and straining at the squeaking ropes, |
was reminded of a nervous, blooded race.
horse champing ut his bits, anxious to be OFF
Suddenly the question came to my mind
Where will this impatient. yellow. pot.belied
beast take us and what will it do with us
when il gets us thcre?"
The balloon basket was about AZ feet
square and about that depth and was held to
the -tu.ud by many bags of sand, each hav.
Ing a rope handle and Weighing about AZ
pounds
It Is surprising to the layman 10 see the
number uI things taken on such a Journey
There were a Grag.rope, an anchor-rope and
anchor, huge and well-iillrd lunch busket a
statoscopo-an instrument which indicates
whether you are ascending or descending an
ancmoMetcT, thermometer and barograph.
little cIoch.like apparatus which shows by a
continuous line on chart Just how many feet
one is above the earth. Also we had extra
wraps, good map of England and seven bags
OF sand hung on the outside as ballast
My first surprise on stepping into the bas.
ket and looking up AT the great distcnded bag
above was to discover that the mouth, or
appendiN.like opening AT the bottom of the
balloon, was open and that could see straight
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
From Overhead.

A canary hung directly over the big
square table In the Hungarian res.
taurant.
Once" said a woman who was din.
ing there. "the bottom dropped ont
of the cage. the bird flew at the or.
chestra yonder, and we had bird seed
In our soup. II was awful"
That reminds me-" said the cross
eyed man. of one time when we were
having n little game of poker on tho
u. & o. You know how those trains
roll. Well. Just about the middle of
the game down came all the grips and
dress suit cases straight into the
kitty and broke up the game. Money
flew everywhere. We got so mixed
We couldn't tell which had won or
where the money was that whoever
had won II won. Talk about bird
seed"
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

waisthigh. | suggested that the next
time I should insist on basket that
would come up to ones ears. Then
occurred to me the story of the hun.
CRY boy who asked for the core OF the
apple his friend was eating with so
much gusto. and received the slightly
discouraging reply. There amt goin'
to be no core" So perhaps with me
there wasn't going to be any next
time"
Our altitude was now 1000 feet and
We were drifting in light breeze
straight across the city in the direc-
tion of st. Paul's cathedral. which we
could easily distinguish on account of
its dome of gold. which looked about
tho size OF large football Just here
1t may be well to state that any one
who thinks the pilot of balloon has
nothing TO do is quite mistaken. Mr..
Rolls, ably assisted by Mrs. Harbord
herself cool and experienced bal.
loonist who owns three fine balloons
made everything snug and taut. The
various articles on board were con.
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

or died, when I read abort Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so L
began to take 1t, and am well again and
relieved Of all my suffering. Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDy, Box 40, Marlton, NJ.
Lydia L. PinIham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs. and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousandsof Observation-Disclosures
on file In the PiI,khnm laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodicpains, backache.
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes IT to her
self to give Lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOpfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinl<ham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful.
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

and folds which do not look nice, ! anxiously
inquire If ii ought to do like that II looks
like an enormous, leather-faced, toothless old
giant getting ready to devour its victims four
] admire Mr. Humphreys GOODNESS through 1t
all Although q 'tenderwing like my self, he
is behaving better than l.
Nothing has happened, and ! am reas
sured again. Now we are floating on in the
abyss of silence and of space, Above us, the
deep blue sky; beneath us, the green fields
and changing forests of Merry England,
Did you every try to picture sensation
or paint an emotion? | wish | might. Did
you ever ponder over the soul of things? Did
you ever dream that you were dead and as
your spirit ascended from your body have you
not looked down upon the worn-out casket and
maryeled at Its strange stiffness and quiet
J. plessness? This is my weird sensation as
/ now look down upon the earth, the grave OF
all things. oh, the infinite calm and peace,
We are light as air We free as birds. We
are no longer mortals. We have been un-
leashcd from earth and are on our happy way
out into Gods infinite, the near clouds our
companions ard the earth and all its carkng
cares fading away like the baseless fabric oS
a vision"
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

the gas out last enough. Mr.. Rolls Thought
it was But. / persisted. suppose IT isn't
what will become of us? THAT will depend
upon your past lfe." was the laconic reply.
Up to this moment had felt no alarm or un.
due anxiety One by one the helpers unlocked
the bags of sand that had been holding us to
earth. At length the basket swung clear of
the ground and was only kept from ascending
by a half-dozen pairs of strong hands holding
it within foot or two of the earth
Near us was huge gastank about 20 feet
tall. To me Il looked 200. The direction OF
the wind would take us directly toward IT, The
balloon was edged away by the helpers TO the
farther side OF the Enclosure. as far as pos.
sible from that huge round iron tank. Would
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
Carnations Go 70 Sleep.

Florists often suffer losses through
n habit carnations have of sometimes
going to slce.3" and never opening
again. A series of experiments made
In the Hull botanical laboratory and
described In the Botanical Gazette
makes It seems probable that this
sleep" Is caused by the effect Of IL.
Illuminating gas. to which. even In very
small quantities, these flowers are
surprisingly sensitive.
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
Its Troubles.

The family skeleton complained.
Il wouldn't mind being exhibited
once in awhile" said the skeleton. ar.
ticulft ting with difficulty through it's
set teeth, but they air me so FIRE.
quently in the courtroom. where the
air is always notoriously bad"
But who ever thinks of looking n,
such exhibitions from the family skci.
eton's point of view?
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

venently arranged. The statoscope was
keenly watched, and IL we began to descend
too rapidly a small scoopful of sand was gent
ly sprlnkled out. A good, clear map was at
hand and we progressed a red line was
drawn indicating constantly our position. My
anxiety was not lessened by troubled look
on our pilots face.
AS | write these lines my open diary lies
before me and | will quote therefrom:
1--WE left the good old earth at 2:0S D. m.
1t is now 2;30 My fear is gone. AS | pen
oil these words in peace and calm we are
floating eastward 1000 feet over London. |
reflect that we are crossing the Playground
of History. That tiny winding stream far be-
low is the Thames There Is the House of
Parliament and that little toy church near by
is Westminster abbey of blessed memOues, the
last resting-pace of kings and queens and
scholars, earth's mighty Anglo-SaXon dead
for generations Now London bridge comes
into view and London tower of evil memories.
That little green'roofed building is Greenwich
observatory. That golden ball is the dome of
ST. Paul's and beneath us is the swarming
traffic of the Strand. We look far beyond the
hazy rim of London and in imagination see
the green meadows or Runnymede and hear
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

floats the union
Jack and also the
stars and stripes.
God grant they
may ever float
together I'm ey.
cry land where
civilization has a
home or freedom
a banner!
Just now I
looked up, and,
oh. horrors! the
balloon is on
fire! No, | am
mistaken. It is
o My h e as
which is pouring
out of the mouth
of the bag. To
my unframed
eye 1t looks like
smoke and !
have been taught
that where there
is smoke there is
likely to be fire.
We have lost
quite a lot OF
gas and the bal
loon has wrinkles
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

in the distance !
caught my first
glimpse Of our
aerial 49, might II
not prove a heav.
enly ? chariot. 1t
was swaying In
the afternoon
sun. a great gold.
en- ball ~ feet in
diameter, and ex.
tending up above
the housetops.
Its name was the
Venus. MIR. Rolls,
the owner and pi.
lot, gave us a
cordial welcome.
The other pas.
sengers, the Hon
Slrs. Assheton
Harbord and Mr..
Jack Humphreys,
had already ar.
rived. Mean.
while a strong
ID rec ze h a q
sprung up. and
as ! gaZed at the
Venus swaying to
and fro in the
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

through to the top. where was To-
Gated the escape.valve. immedi.
atetly inquired II 1t ought to be
like that" I was told yes. that
opening was essential In order to
allow the expanding gas to escape:
otherwise the balloon would burst.
| then inquired whether that
opening was large enough to let
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

T LAST the day of dreams had
come. For had 1t not been a boy.
hood dream to step into the car OF
a balloon and go sailing away into
the undimmed blue of the inviting
sky. And now was to cross
the line which separates the king.
dom of anticipation from that of
realization.
must confess that my dcvo-
tions that morning were little
more protracted and feryent than
.cuaI Hnwoyar tho time aud tho
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
Doduinq Work.

ITS too hot to do housework."
sighed the wife.
Il know II is."
Lets go and spend few days with
the Browns at their summer cottage.
They'll be tickled to death to have
us"
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

We hit It? Could we by some miracle miss It?
There and then ! got my first fright II was
a good big, paralyzing fright. oh, how hard,
cruel and altogether repulsive that iron tank
looked! There was nothing nice about It.
sat down on a large lunch basket in the south.
east corner of the car and held on for dear
life. Some way ! didn't feel any inclination to
stand up and look about and crack jokes
which jokes seemed to me quite ill-timed-.s
the Others were doing. Suddenly / was
startled by the cry, Let gol" ! am sure Ga.
briel's trumpet will not frighton me so much
as did that cry. Let go." | am still Of the
opinion that Mr., Rolls need not have said 1t
so loudly, Immediately we were shot into the
air though we were an arrow hurled from
a mighty bow. ! literally held my breath till
we cleared that ugly gas reservoir, then I
looked down and saw the pale, upturned faces
of my friends gazing in specchless silence. /
thought, That is the way people look at a
funeral" and was not comforted.
In less time than / am taking to tell it
We were 1000 feet above the earth. How ex-
tremely careless of these people to keep
standing up and even to lean over and look
down whep the side of the basket is only
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
1 HN0E h;ltG, OLDEST EER0XTLIT m NaRlO
6kDOLYG '"SSl1.HSI,P Bind" GD0D-SHL-

a straight line Indicating that we are sailing
keel. II were-nether ascending nor descend
ing This is the great desire OF sky pilots. $40. We
outside of London. Mr.. Rolls announces geefully
that passed the RuDcon OF difficulties. lie
is kind in saying that he is glad am making my first
trip with him.
Mrs. Harbrod opens n wonderful lunchbasket. and
how delicious those dainties and hot tea up
here the clouds which drifting laziy by like
great white ships In a shoreess 3:45. We have
suddenly struck upper and have scared alo
$500 above the earth. Yes It Is cold. and
button tight overcoats. We Weald hail.
delightfully."- beautiful country estate From the castle
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

were TO sail over london. the playground of his.
toIy as my talented friend c. n. Williamson happily
phrased II.
Iaking taxicab at the Savoy hotel in company with
some canadian friends. bowled along bank
Anes 10 Shorts balloon works, Queens Circus Batter.
sea fak IL was clear, crisp afternoon, the
oi winter was in the air We turned sharp corner and
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28
AFTER
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable 6 Compound

MARLroN, MI feel that LydiaE.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compornd has
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

given me new life.
! suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
flammation, ulcer
alton, indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not sleep.
Doctors gave mo
up, as they said my
t r ou les were
chronic. / was in
despair, and did not
,a -, ...lsaAI
The Jackson herald., 1909-10-28

place and the mantle pilot-were most op-
perfume. for ! was to be the guest of Eng.
lands foremost balloonist. that prince OF
splendid sportsmen. Hon Charles S. Rolls. We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
BANN4RD NEAR SPILL.
AUTO Skids Into Curb and Al
most Tips OUer.

Otto T. Barnard experienced some Of
the excitement of automobile campaign
ing on a wet night last night His auto
mobile nearly tipped over with him In
Whitehall street, and some men and
women who were on their way TO the
Staten Island ferry hunted shelter as
the big machine made a dive for the
sidewalk and the plateglass windows.
Mr.. Barnard had just returned from
his Staten Island tour a little late. and
was hurrying 20 the next meeting, at No.
26O Hudson street. The candidate and
four other men were Gagged in the In
terror Of the closed car, while the driver
and another man sat in front When
the driver, without slackening speed.
tried 10 turn out for a Broadway car, the
hig machine skidded and made a shoot
for the sidewalk.
The driver wIlirled the steering wheel
10 port. The car slid over the wet pave
ment and the starboard wheels crashed
into the curb. There was a momentary
halt. while the big machine tipped far
over. When it settled back on a four
square base the wheels took hold, and
the party was away once more for Hud-
son street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
HIDDEN CHAPTERS
In CITY FINANCES
sBUSES IN RAISING
TAX REVENUES.
Legislature Action to Rescue
Citys Finances from Chaos
"A Wasted Opportunity.

Tn the irst article Of this series. pub
n.hea yesterday. The Tribune stated;
THAT fhere were outstanding at che end
- 1907 revenue bonds issued I'm excess OF
a.. limit permitted by the city charter TO
~. amount Of SIC. .7e1 .ss6. Of which $685.
ono "a admitted I'm the official rceards.
that there were outstanding st the end
- 1905 $50. .ssS.5 .5I9 Of revenue bonds ISSUED
!, excess Of the limit permitted by the
charter.
That upon practically all Of these over
ts..,es of revenue bonds the city Is paying
s,.sr.sf AZ an abnormal rate, with the re-
.,lt that she revenue bond interest hiil In
,aos was 81 .s52 .sSS larger than in the pre-
,esing twelve months.
Thss although there ought 20 have been
An she rity treasury an September Is last
CO.. $40 CSC 20 meet claims for work done
UDop permanent improvements. the Con-
,roIleF has registered practically no claims
sov nayment since June last, on the plea
,hs+ there was m money available.
IN the article here published The Tribune
shows;
That rrfsmsnssement Of the city's rev
,uuss during the last four years has
Increased Interest charges by sls,lsS,2ls.
a. rompsred with q similar increase of
a. iOs .s5s during tile preceding nFe years
That the LEGISLATURE in 1906 provided
means for correcting this reEenne pona
,,su hut that advantage has not been
taken q the powers conferred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
DIR. DIPPEL HURT.
Stengel-Sembrich Also Injured
an AUTO Upset.

Andreas Dippel, one Of the directors
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company, and
C. Stengel- -Sembrich. husband Of Nine
Sembrich. were injured in a taxicab ac-
cident shortly after midnight. The two
men had attended a performance at the
German Theatre and We're returning
home in a taxicab. In turning the cor
ner at Irving Place and 2oth street the
machine skidded on the wet pavement
and overturned. The two passengers,
as well as the chauffeur. Henry L Cohen.
were thrown to the sidewalk. All es-
capped serious injury, but received con-
tusions and bruises. They went TO the
Players. at No. ls Gramercy Park. and
were later taken 10 the hotels at which
they are staying.
Mr. .Dippel returned 10 the Knicker-
booker Hotel and retired Immediately.
At the Savoy Hotel it was said that Mr..
Stengel- -Sembrich was suffering from
shock and that his physician. DR.. Rich
ard G. Wiener, of No. As East 65th street,
was attending him.