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The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Your clothes will keep their shape
and look nice longer If you have
them cleaned and pressed by us. The
Suitorium. Phone Black 662.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

You dropped your watch, 1t won't
rum You're going to take it to the
Blackstone Jewelry Company. Majes-
tic building. That's right
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

II you are looking for something
new and correct in programs or an
nouncements, ask to see the new line
at The Sentinel job department.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

All fair-minded peopfe should at
tend the fair and see Fred Mantey
about harness or buggy
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Joe e. Dulmarne has engaged In
business at 1915 Stout street where
he will be pleased to meet anyone
from Grand Junction and The western
slope.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Any old furnace viii do In hot
weather. but Front Rank is the
kind TO have when II gets cold.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Let us clean and press your cloth
ing. Telephone Black 662. We ca
for and deliver. 125 Sou T.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

We install baths which are alyaI
a comfort and pleasure, Sanoai
and correct plumbing. r.. Nj
KenZie.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Horse blankets and lap robes are
now ripe. You know who we mean
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

II you are particular In regard to
your cleaning and pressing. give us
trial. Phone Black 66e. The Suit.
orium.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Beautiful souvenir plate free with
every 99c bargain. See our win
dows. C. w. Primrose. jeweler
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

Follow the big crowds to the Crys-
tai tonight.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14

For an hour of solid comfort and
amusement the Crystal is the place.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-14
Rio Grande special Rates.

Boys Cord. Suits. $3.50. Loefler.s
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30
HoW's THIS

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned. have known r.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lleve him perfectly honorable In all bust.
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by his
firm.
Walden, Kinnan s. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F.J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O.
Sold bv all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30
A Thought for Every Young
and Old Woman.

Longfellow could take a worth.
less sheet of paper. write a poem
upon it and make it worth 5000
that's genius.
John D. Rockfellow can write q
few words on piece of paper and
make it worth $1,000, OOO-that's
capital.
The United States can take an
ounce and quarter of gold, stamp
an Eagle Bird" upon it and make
it worth S20-that's money.
A merchant can take an article
worth Is cents and sell it for $1,OO
that's business.
A mechanic can take pound of
steel aud make into watch springs
worth "A, 0OO-that's skill.
A lady can buy a hat for rs cts,
but she prefers one that costs $40
that's foolishness.
A cellar digger works ten hours
q day and haddles tons of earth
for $2,O0-that's labor.
A tramp could write a check for
$1,000, but no one would cash it
that's unfortunate.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30
The Story of Eleven Poor
Boys.

John Adams. second president,
was the son of a grocer of very
moderate means. The only start
he had was a good education.
Andrew Jackson was born in a
log hut in North Carolina, and
was reared in the pine woods for
which the State is famous.
James K. Polk spent the earlier
years of his life helping to dig .
living out of a new farm in North
Carolina. He was afterward q
clerk in country store.
Willard Fillmore was son of
New York farmer, and his home
was an humble one. He learned
the business of q clothier.
James Buchanan was born in a
small town in the Allegheny
mountains. His father cut the
logs and built the house in what
was then a wilderness.
Abraham Lincoln was the son of
a wretched poor farmer in Ken
lucky, and lived in log cabin I'm.
til he was 81 years old.
Andrew Jackson was apprenti-
ced to taller at the age of 10 years
by his widowed mother. He was
never to attend school, and picked
up all the education be ever had.
Ulysses S. Grant lived the life
of village boy, in a plain house
on the banks of the Ohio river IN.
til he was II years of age.
James A. Garfield was born in a
log cabin. He worked on the farm
until he was strong enough to use
carpenters tools, when be learn
ed the trade. He afterward work.
ed on a canal.
Grover Cleveland's father was
Presbyterian minister with a small
salary and largo family. The
boys had to earn their living.
William McKinley's early home
was plain and comfortable, and
bis father WAS able to send him at
school.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30

Ring No 3-For your Fres b
Milk Cream, Cream Cheese and
Home Made Butter. You will be
served promptly and with tho best,
P. L. Guilbeau
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30

Alex. and Joseph Pellerin
No lOS7O
State Of Louisiana. Parish Of st. Martin,
10th Judicial Court.
By virtue of a writ of 6.fa issued In
the above and entitled and numbered
suit, dated December 3lst 1908. have
seised and will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder
at the front door Of the Court House in
the Town of st. Martinvills 90
Saturday the 27th day OF Feb
ruary 1909.
That tract of swamp land situated in
the Parish Of st. Martin. La, conta ining
two hundred and eighty seven IS. 1OC,
acres, more or less. IN superficial arp,,,
bounded North by land Of Adam Nil
lien. Charles Babin & als.. South by
land Of ThibOdeaux heirs. East by lanIs
Of Baptiste Charles, Cesairr Angel. Phi
lip Aleck q ais. and West by lands If
Mouton heirs, excepting the mineral
rights and right Of ingrpss and egress
TN and to the northern half Of said land.
Seized to satisfy said above writ.
Terms and cOnditions--CasI,.
Sheriff's Office this 22nd day of Jan,l-
airy A. ID. 1909.
A. 4. BROUSSARD.
Sheriff st. Martin, Parish. Ii. !
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30
SHERIFF'S SALE,
j. Cheeseman's Sons
H0llier & Melancon
No. 1O283

10Th judicial District Court,
State OF Louisiana. Parish Of st. Martin.
BY virtue Of writ Of f-fa issued in
the above and entitled and numbered
suit. dated this End day of January 1909.
l have seized and will proceed to sell at
public auction to the last and highest
bidder at the front door of the Court
House in the Town Of st. Martinville o.,
Saturday the 18TH day of Feb
ruary 1909,
That certain Town lot. situath 10 the
Town Of Breaux Bridge iu the Parish Of
st. Martin. La. with all improvements
thereon, bounded North by Edward Thu
bedeaux, East BY Street. South BY Estate
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30

A. E. BROUSSARD,
Sheriff Of the Parish OF st. Martin, La,
Sheriff's Sale.
z. Peter Michael
Va
Alcibiade Champagne,
No. 1851
Stare Of Louisiana, Parish Of st. Martin.
10th Judicial District Court.
By virtue Of writ of H-fa, issued In
The ae0ve entitled and numbered suit,
iated this 9th day Of January 1909. I
have &ised aud will proceed to cell at
public auction to thu Last and highest
bidder az the front dior Of thu Court
H"1sr in st. Martinvillr. ON
SATURDAY THE Goth DAY or FEBRU-
AIRY 1909
the follow ing described property. tp.wit:
That certain tract Of land situated In
st. Martin Parish. La, containing IS ar
penis mote "r lrss In superficial area.
bOun del North by Ain,ar Bsbin. Sou'l,
by land Ut brirs IT 0. N. Thiboiesux.
East Ivy Public Road ani West BY land
OF T Of" Arcaneaux. being the same pm.
pert.v acquired by Alcibiads Champagne
from the Bank ri St. M,.rtinville on
Aprii 18th 1907. as per act recorded In
mortR age Book % Folio 81 No. 22372.
togetl er with oil improvements thereon
aud Il eretO belsDging.
Seiz I'd TO satisfy said above writ.
TER n and cOnditione-CASH.
SheI ills Office this 18th day Of Janua-
~ A.. D. 1909.
A. 4. BROUSSARD. Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-30

OF Aston Patin and West BY Broussard.
Seized to satisfy said above writ.
Terms and conditions-Caah.
Sheri6's Office this 22nd day Of Janua.
~ A. D. 1909.
A. E. BROUSSARD,
Shsrth OF the Parish OF st. Martin. La.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Judge PIatt Changes
 Federal Ee.nrn Dates

Judge James P. Platt has issued an order in the circuit court of the Unit ed States changing the return dates for sults in the Federal courts of this district The order is as follows: Judges Chamber United States Cir cult Court. for the District of Con- necticut,
 Hartford, Dec. 27th. 1909. Present, Honorable James F. Platt. District Judge:
 Under the authority of Section SIS of the Revised StatuteS Of the United States, and in order to effect a more speedy disposition of civil actions at law inS this district the following rule ss to the return days of nesne process is established and promulgated: -----i-fl -S RULE IT. From and after January l. 1910. the first Monday in every month in the year. except July and August. are es- tablished as the only return days for mesne process in civil actions at law. brought to said court. Process may be made returnable at either the first or second return day after its. issu- ance at the option of the plaintiff. in- to the clerks office. but must be serv- ed at least 12 days prior to the return day named therein.
 JAMES P. PLATT,
 "District Judge"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Ten New Patr0lmen
 Not Yet Appo.nte1

Police Commissioner Arthur N. Dean. whose absence from New Haven has foiled the intention of the present ad- ministration to appoint ten new pa- t-olmen, had not arrixed in town up to fhis r-orning. Fis colleagues on the Board of Police Commissioners and Mayor Martin have not received any word from him and it is not known just when he will return.
 It Is said that Commissioner Dean gave no intinration that he expected to be absent from the city. The mat ter of appointing the new patrolrnen is known to have been discussed ani a certain line of action agreed upon hv the men In control Of the board The men to he made patrolmen had also been decided uron and there is some ye-y po'onant d'sanDointment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Father in Jail is Notiliei Of ChiId'S
 Wish to DisOwn Him

City Sheriff Thomas Cunningham served parers today upon Per Orlando Pierson who is prisoner at the coun- ty jail and upon his wife at her home. s69 Hollister avenue. in connection with the. petition of their daughter, Sigma Pierson. to the Probate court to have her parents removed as her guardians.
 The girl made the petition in per- son yesterday to Judge Nobbs. She told the judge that she did not believe her parents were fit persons to be her guardians. The father is serving a year in jail for indecent assault upon his daughter. At the trial of the fa- ther In the Superior court Mrs Pier son took the witness stand. but was unable to remember many of the statements she had made against her husband In the city court. She made a very poor showing as an indignant mother in the eyes of the spectators. Judge Nobbs will hold a hearing In relation to the matter next Wednes- day morning.
 Miss Pierson desires that her guard ian should he Anthony Wolf. a well known trolleyman who is president of the Trolleymen's Union. She IS -ood looking girl of 17 years and is employed at the plant of the U. M. c. Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
FRATERNAL NEWS

Swedish lodge of Odd Fellows enter taineG the little folks at the annual Christmas tree festivities in Pequon= mock hall last evening. There was an extensive program of entertainment, followed by the distribution of gifts Among the artists were Miss Dorothy Hjorth. Nils Olson. O. Swanson. C.. Dahlin, Miss F. Daillin. William Zeil- feldt, Miss Gertrude Hjorth. Axe1 Bergman, and the 39th Regiment or chestra-
 The election of officers of waIde- mere council, O. U. A. M-, last even ing resulted as follows:
 Councillor, c. L. Jaynes; vice coun- cillor, A. E. Halsey: recording secre- tary P. c. Tihbals; assistant record ing secretary, A E. Wedge. financial secretary. George D. Egbert; treasurer. s. F. Powell: inductor, Henry Coch- rane; examiner. E. c. Studwell; inside protector. S. Clark; outside protector, Fred Loth; trustee. C. L. Smith; rep resentatives to State council. J. W. Van Tasseli. E. G.. Conger. A. A. lib bals. A. F. Wedge; alternates, P. C. Tfbbals, W. w Bouehton. R. w. Fsris-7 bic and w. J. Kelley.
 St. Josephs T. L. & B. Association will hold open house on New Yea~ day. On New Years eve a social and dance will be held. to give all who wish an opportunity to await the New Year in the midst of enlivening sur roundings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
VETERAN OF CIVIL
 WAR DIES AT 79
WILLIAM J. MEYER, TRAINED IN GERMAN ARMY. CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO FIGHT FOR THE UNION.

William J. Meyer. a veteran of the civil war. died at his home. IT Shell l ton street. at 4:3a yesterday afternoon,
 of infsrmities incident to old age. He was in his eightieth year. He was
 the father of Alderman Eugene I.
 Meyer. of William T. Meyer. cashier ] in the Bridgerort post office and of Assistant Cashier Winfield c. Meyer. survived by a widow and by tn zee daughters Mrs. Harry B. Nichols wife of the well .known merchant tailor; Mrs. w. M. Coles. wife of Assistant Miss Jennie Meyer. who resides at home.
 William J. Meyer care to this coun- try from Germany in a spirit of ad- venture in 1859. He had entered up- on a collegiate course with the Idea of becoming a doctor. when he was consc7pted by the German govern ment and required to serve four years with the German army. Tn serv.ce filled him with military ardor and as war in this country he came here to participate in the combat
 When the civil strife finally broke out he enlisted In the sgd N. Y. Inde- pendent Battery. on the first call. and served throughout the war. He was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. He was in the Battle of the Wilderness, in the Seven Days Bat tie and tn several other important bat ties .er.-- -H At the close of the war he engaged In business in. New York for a time. but some 2S years ago came to Bridge port During II years of this time he was with the Naugatuck Ice Company. For some 15 years he had been unable to lahor. owing partly to age and part ly to Injuries incurred during his ser vice in ptftting down the Rebellion.
 He was a memher Of Elias Howe Post, G. A R.. and zealous in its ser vice. He was politically a Repuhli- can. and always ready and able to givel reason for the faith that was In him. - -. r--- --.
 While still In the army he was mar ried to Elizabeth Moore. who also was coing he- part to preserve the un'on as a nurse fin the war hospitals. cer- tainly a full ouota of war duty to be rendered to the nation by two mem bers of one family. f't-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Trust Companies in
 New Haven Mercer

New Haven, Dec 20.-Vice President W. Perry Curtiss. of the New Haven Trust Company. says that the audit ing of the accounts of his firm by Sparrow. Harvey & Co.,, public ac- eountants. of New York. is sirrply pre- 'iminary to the merging of the New Haven Trust Company with the Union Trust Coupany. which consumma tion Is expected to be made on January T. While these two concerns will be merged then they will not come to- gether physically for some little time yet. and there are. in fact several matters between the two companies that will have to be disposed of before the final union takes place. These matters will he taken up at the meet inFs of the two trust companies to be he'd early in January.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Radical Charter
 Draft for New Haven

the New Haven city court bench is at work now preparing to make a draft for an entirely new proposed charter for the city of New Haven. which. if 1t is framed up along the lines he at present contempiates. will be very radical departure from any system of government which has so far been tried in that city. The new plan, wh oh the judge is working out. aims to bring about the more effective ad- ministration of the city's affairs. and in general contemplates the reduction of the number of city officials and members of boards to minimum in the interests of efficiency and better government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
FATHER GETS THE
 CONGRATULATIONS

The Thomas B. McAvoy who secured a license to wed. yesterday is the reg ister clerk at the Whiting street freight house. He is Thomas B. Mc- Avoy. Jr. Thomas B. McAvoy. Sr., s foreman at the freight offices and the publication that one of the same name intended to take a wife led to the elder McAvoy being the recipient of the congratulations that belonged to his son. The elder MT. McAvoy is wIdower and he does not care to have it known that he is to b~ mar ried until it is actually so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
WORKED FOR SAM COLT SIXTY-FOUR YEARS AGO.

Hartford. Dec. 3o.-George W. Yale. of s Ashley street, who celebrated his eighty-foUrth birthday yesterday, and a part of 1S47. When seen at his home Mr. Yale was somewhat dis tur bed at recent story to the effect that the first 1000 pistols on which Colonel Colts fame was based were made in this city, for this he said
 was incorrect. as they were made in Eli Whitney's shop in whitaeyville Mir. Yale says so. and he should know for he helped make them. Colt first started in New Jersey and came from there to Whitneyville. bringing with h'r- at lea~- one workman. A black smith named Burns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE. It takes about 2.s5o house flies to

It takes about 2,S50 house flies to weigh an ounce.
 A Texan has patented an attach ment for photographs which causes music.
 Using electricity, Nome, Alaska, the most northerly town in America. is one of the best lighted in. the world.
 A twelve-horse power motor weigh. ing but 50 pounds has been perfected by a German inventor for use in aerial torpedoes.
 All Rotterdam street cars carry first-aid packages for relief in case of accident to crew, passengers or pedes-, trians. [ A cure for the sleeping sickness hv the injection of aniiine emetic is B recent discovery claimed by French physiciar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
TAMPA. FLORIDA.

After January 1st the Tampa Bay Hotel. Tampa, Florida. will entertain some of the prominent people in this country. At the present time a num- Der of reservations have been made for a number of national celebrities The hotel this year has more than doubled It's business and all the credit goes to MT. David Lauber. the man ager. who has made this famous resort one of the most popular in Florida.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
. undr -ts of Pupils At German School
 Entertain. Trends

Several hundred children. pupils of St. Joseph's German Catholic paroch- ial school. entertained their parents end friends last evening at the annual Christmas festival in Eagles hall. The little folks presented an unusually fine program, the most striking fea ture of which was a tableau of the ado-a- tion of the Shepherds of Bethlehem A musical play in one act. "The Toy maker was another pleasant num- her. while there were also songs. reel tations and musical selections. Danc- Ing followed the entertainment, and continued until midnight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
MAN IN THE HOSPITAL
 WITH BOTH FEET GONE

Hertford Dec. 3o.-Nichael Fleming. a tearsfer. is at the hospital in a se- rious condition and minus both feet as 2 result of being hit by train at the Pleasant street crossing yesterday The unfortunate man was apparently deiirious as a result of illness for he was nated from the waist up indica- ting that he had wandered from home The train passed over both limbs. talk ing off one foot just ahove the ank,e and the other below the knee. His death is expected
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
FIREMEN FIGHT sTUBBoRH
 BLAZE IN STAMFORD.

Stamford, Dec 30.-Ffremen had a.
 hard fight to put out small fire in the boiler room of the Oven Equip ment Company yesterday The loss was about $, GOO covered by insurance This fire started not from the boiler, but in the floor upon which was thrown probably lighted cigar or cigarette. and the tiny fire smouldered all night finally breaking out in a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Aged Man Found
 Dying in SnOwdrift

Greenwich Dec 30-Daniel Peck. c& hty years old of Round Hill. a neiyhbor Of c. T. Willis and C. A Moore. of New York. who own farms here. was found last night lying in a snowbenk in an unconscious condition and near death. He had driven to Port Chester and started home at $ o'clock 1t is believed he lay in the snow for two hours, after being over come by cold
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
PRIEST RECEIVES CHALdCE
 FROM HOLY NAME SOCIETY

Father James A. Mackin of the Dom inican Order received a handsome gold chaiice on Sunday afternoon last as a Christmas gift from the mem bers of the Holy Name society of St. Mary's church in New Haven. Father MSckin has been the spiritual direc- tor of this society for about three years The. presentation was made by John J. McKeon, the retiring presi- dent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
MERIDEN POULTRY SHOW
 OFFERS SEVERAL Cl

Meriden, Dec. 30-Cups for competi- tfcn offered by seven national 'associa- tions are some of the attractions at the poultry exhibition which is open cd for the eighteenth time here un-7 der the auspices of the Meriden club and with 1,500 birds from all parts of the state on the benches. During the meet several of the national clubs will holo meetings here. The Pit Game club has already held it's session
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
CONGRESS- MAN KAHN WILL
 SPEAK TO BUSINESS MEN

The New Haven Business Mems as- sociation has secured Congressman Julius Kahn Of California as the chief speaker for its annual banquet on Jan 13 in Harmonic hal. No local spe ak CTS have been announced. The event will be one of the best efforts which the business men have as yet under taken.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
STAMFORD WOMAN DIES

Stamford, Dec. 30.-Haie and hearty at s2 years of age, apparently Mrs. Mary Knapp. mother of Sylvester LA Knapp. was stricken by heart disease yesterday and died immediately. at the home of her son in Suburban avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
Bargains in Rubbers at Thing & Co.'S.

Rubber footwear is indispensable in stormy weather and just now you need them to protect yourself rom colds and doctor bills. Thing & Co., 8 prices on rubbers enables you to se- cure what you need at a big saving We have done an immense business in our rubber department this year, and it's the prices that has made it You will find many good values in oyershoes and rubbers at this big store. Were it not for the fact that we buy in such immense quantities. we would not be able to onfer the great bargains that we are doing Whether YOU want to buy of us or otherwise come in and look around. and learn our prices They will in terest you and will be guide to what you should pay. Comparison is this stores strongest argument S. B. Thing & Co.,, 1153 Main street. Store open Friday evening, closed New Years Day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
CLEANEAsA. THE Bksr HAND
 SOAP

Guaranteed no. ~ inJure the skIn Instantly removes Stove Polish Rus, Grease. Ink. Paint and Dirt For In hands or clothing LArEe can 10 cent. Manufactured by MTn- R. winn. .s. suatford Ave
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30
THE PRETTrEST <,rR

and the most b~AutIfuI hands are of. ten disfigured by an UnsightIy war; IL can easily be removec in a few Say, without pain by using Cyrus War Remover. for sale only al The Cyru, Pharmacy. 2s1 Fairfield avs .ns xne lks Cannon St