The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-13
STRATFORD
Hwo remperance Tales-Wife Beating
 -On For Pittsburg Little Mus l ical-Peopie Wh6 Come and Go.

Two thrilling temperance tales were bold in: the local justice court yester- kday. The first one called was that Of Wesley Pitcher. who lives on what 5,,l IS root of the trouble was too much beer. hdrs. Pitcher brought the charge and teent for, Sheriff Stagg and had her husband hauled up before the court Ion hessHround of assault, wife beat hng and intoxication. Mrs. Pitcher tHaid ha struck her many times on Sat turday and Sunday last. and evidence Twas zgfven to the effect that the hus- band grabbed the wife by the throat, hushed her up against the wall, and Ifried to choke her. The Pitchers, it keenns raise and pick berries for the market some of them going into F'ris- bie.s pieg. Mrs. Pitcher said she was bften up at four o'clock in the morn ling when it was so dark she could hardly tell a black berry from a green bner Both husband and wife worked Hcnr and late and MT. Pitcher drove ko Bridgeport to market the fruits Of hhefr labor. Once, so his wife said, he took a load of strawberries worth k9 to market, and blowed most of the money in, coming home with a keg pf beer When intoxicated he did all sorts of unlawful things. and Mrs. Pitcher came to the conclusion that khe would no longer stand the pound ling. She has a daughter IS years lold and a. babe of months. MT. Pitch Ter admitted that he took too much tbeer at times, and that when under khe spiritual influence he did not all ways know what he said or did. A Houax man testified that he saw the hast attack upon Mrs Pitcher. The 6udRe finally decided to leave the case bpen for the present, upon the pay ments Of costs, but warned the hus- hand that if he struck his wife again, he would be sent up on a mittimus Forthwith to do time. The costs, an,ountfng to some $16 the husband asked the wife to pay, and she cheer fulIy sent home for the money.
 The second case was similar, the wife charging her husband, John Ga hoyesak, with striking her with a pair bf old shoes and getting drunk. John Es tl1e second husband, and a young bman, son of the mother by the first husband. was in court and acted as Enterpreter for the stepfather, at the saIns time being obliged to testify arafnst him. MT. sGabovesak was Eharxed with getting drunk quite of ken. and when he does he makes kurniture about in dreadful manner and wakes all the folks in the house Hp At o'clock in the morning, when kheys need sleep. as they have to go ployed in the Shear Works and earns sonne SIP a week. There are five chill drens in the family, two by the first husband and three by John- He was Ened s and costs
 Mr Frederick Lewis, who so recent ay graduated from the scheffield Ecientific school at Yale with honors. has accepted a position in the Ritter Eonley Steel Construction works at Rftfsburgh, Pa. He left town for that city sats il o'clock this morning. He expeets to be gone at least a year be- Fore he again sees Stratford. A num- Der of friends assembled at the depot to bid him God speed.
 UNr. Bierce has rented store in the Poffer building, a much larger room khan the one he now occupies. and Uesterday some of his goods were be- ine Transferred to the new place.
 what was called yesterday by a xenffe511An in town, an Oregon mist" iifd<-not prove of much benefit to the karmerB whose crops are suffering for tho want of rain
 IF. Huntingdon GiIpin of PhiladeI- ph1aI is occupying the Julia Fairchild hoQae.
 H IS announced that the Methodist picnic will take place next Thursday. The same Afternoon there will be lawn fete at the CoEsweu mansion.
 aafurday last MT. John Heeney was Benf to jail for 90 days
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