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DELEGATES FOR EIGHTH DIS- 1
 TRTCT

DELEGATES FOR EIGHTH DIS- TRICT.
 Thos. P. Burns, 6S1 N. Washington Ave.
 John A. Cornell, Jr., 55 Parallel St.
 Wm. R. Wolff 25 Randall Ave.
 Daniel Mooney, TrumbulI Road.
 John U. Cullen, 2S Thompson St. FOR ALDERMEN EIGHTH DIS-
 TR:<
 Patrick J. She-c.. r. 68 Lindley DELEGATES FOR EIGHTH DIs-
 TRICT.
 Frederick Teller, 140 Merriam St. William E. Mahan, S5 French St. Fred Henninger, Tesing Ave. Charles J. Mooney, 1916 Main St. James N. Forsythe, 56 Randall Ave. FOR ALDERMAN, EIGHTH DIs- TRICT. John D. Broadbent, 329 River St. DELEGATES FOR NINTH DIs- TRICT. George M. Coughlin, 4S9 Putnam James Nolan 8 Willis Place. Otto Wagner, 230 Goddard Ave. Terrence B. McMahon, 785 Shelton John J. Ennis, IT,, 713 Ogden, St. FOR ALDERMAN. NINTH DIS TRICT. John J. Ennis, Jr., 713 Ogden St. DELEGATES FOR TENTH DIS- TRICT hugh J. Lavery, 164 Brooks St. Carl F. Dorsch, 553 Maple St. Stephen S. Siksay, S3 Reilly St. John J. Brolley, 38 Crescent Place. William F. Russell. 693 Maple St FOR ALDERMAN. TENTH DIs- TRICT. Patrick Cuddy 142 Clarence St. DELEGATES FOR ELEVENTH DIS- TRICT. Joseph F. Hart, 37 Burroughs St. Frank G. Schepp, 358 Pembroke St Archibald A. Cameron, 560 East Main St. Peter Brady, 16 Pierpont St. James Dooley, 1SS Cedar St. FOR ALDERMAN. ELEVENTH DIS TRICT. Isaac Mercy, 153 Hough Ave.
 DELEGATES FOR TWELFTH DIs- TRICT. Wm.t N. Mullins, 1129 Stratford Ave. Michael Lillis. 9S Sheridan St. Frank Conner, PAY Bunnell St. Frank Barnby. 397 BunneI St. Frank c. Brady, 172 Beardsley St FOR ALDERMAN, TWELFTH DIS- TRICT. Frederick D. Hobson, 45 Winter St DELEGATES FOR TWELFTH DIS. TRICT. Robert Driscoll, 147 Newfield Ave James S. Coates, 1472 Stratford Ave.
 Thomas F. Meehan, 1884 Seaviev Ave.
 Thomas W. Hungerford, 259 Sixth St.
 William H. CalIan, 5S Beardsley St FOR ALDERMAN, TWELFTH DIS. | TRICT. William Rogan. 2007 Seaview Ave
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CARPET CLEANING

Brfdreport Steam Carpee C1eau1nn and Fluff Rug WOF1ks Has Removed to 23e stratfoyd Ave.
 Q. W. WILCOX ProA
 2. q. ELORTDA. Dlkx. Teicphone 132s-S s1s e 7
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BANKS

THE CONNECfIS ss =. bANh, of Bridgeport .>.>r ss.ssn and Wall Streets. g. " saIdwsn. President: H. s. Shelton. Wee Pr~s~ 1dent: L. B. Powe. Cashier. r C. Cumming, Assistant Cashier cap- ital. $332,10o; Surplus and PToffsL $335.000
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OF FURNTTURE-sepe~ rate rooms. securely locked, furn1~ lure and china packing. Furnifurs and Pianos removed. large yan& Warehouse Co.,. 1zS7 Main St. Cox. Coneress St. Tel. ezs~1.
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FURNITURE

BEDDING. gTovE4. housefurnishings, cash or on ensv termA Your credit is good, as6< foe prices and terms. The Sterling Fus~ allure C.. 12s7 Main SG Tel ez1-1
 Bz1 eff
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MERCHANTS LINE
DaiIz Except sundax

Daily Except Sunday
 Leaves New York. Pier 19 East River. 3:00 D. m. Due at Bridgeport 7:3O p.m Leave Bridgeport, Joy Line Dock, 2:0O a. m. Arrive New york zoo a. m. For further information and rates apply to W. H. PEASE, Agf.
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SWELL CAFES

LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAU0HU. with you Weep and you wsyD alone Stop at the Eagfer Nest foF a smile. Corner Fast WsshfnGfs4 Ave. and North xSain SG J. 2. Ks~ leigh. Propf
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Democratic Delegate Tickets

DELEGATES FOR FIRST DISTRICT George W. Osborn, ,8SS Broad street. Harry A. Welch, 198 West avenue. Michael F. Higgins, 54 John street. William A. Johnson, 5S7 Warren street.
 John M. Sears. s6s Broad street.
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SHOE REPAIRING

GOODYEAR SHOE REPAIRING co Shoes repaired right: same sYxz>m as used in making them Goodo called for and delivered Cpsn evenings 7e John Street. Te1e- phone Rz eff
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MONEY TO LOAN

FALL AT OUR OFFIcE-ws vsI a6~
 varce you money on your own 1ose n you own property. no matter hoZ much your property fa mortyags4 at Bridgeport Realty O.. Eoom 1O9-110. Warner Bldg LIS sf< MONEY ADVANCED TC COyDUCK~ ORS. engineers. nremen. frafnmsm~
 clerks, letter carriers mall Gerk4
 school teachers. bcokkeeperss eAs1- fers. mechanics s-nd otherA gtHe<fy confidential. Hezron Co.. Room 301 Mcigs Bldg G11 s0
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Entirely so,' declared Mr. Billiard heartily. "Go ahead and order your machinery and supplies By the way, what do you know about the mineral possibilities os the region back of Kal- vik?" Not much; the country is new. There is a-woman at Kalvik who has some men out prospecting"
 Cherry Malotte?'' "Do you know her?' asked Boyd with actonishment.
 ''Very we'll indeed" Then, noting Boyd's evident curiosity, he went on, "You see, I have made a number of mining investments in the north. My operations have turned out so we'll that
 l keep several men just to follow new strikes"
 1"Has Miss Malotte made a strike? ''Not exactly. but she has uncovered some promising copper prospects" 'H'm! That is news to me-" Three weeks passed quickly in strenuous effort, and then one morn ing the partners awoke to the realiza- ton that there was little more for them to do.
 Through it all Clyde had lent them enthusiastic if feeble assistance, and now that the strain was off he gave fitting expression to his delight by get ting drunk. Being temperamental to a degree. he craved company, and, knowing full well the opposition he would encounter from his fltsads, he annexed a bibulous following of loaf CTS whose time hung heavy and who were at all times eager to applaud a loose tongue so long as it was ac- companied by loose purse. Toward midnight "Fingerless" Fraser, cruising in a nocturnal search for adventure and profit, found him in semimaudin
 state. descanting vigorously to his
 train, and upon catching mention of the Kalvik fisheries snatched him
 homeward and put him to bedA> after which he locked him into his room,
 threw the key over the transom and stood guard outside until assuped that he slept.
 At an early hour the adventurer was peremptorily reused to find Emerson hammering at his door in a fine fury. "What is this?" demanded Boyd through white lips, thrusting a morn ing paper before Fraser's sleepy eyes. Its a newspaper" yawned the oth- | er-"a regular newspaper" Where did this story come from P With menacing finger Boyd indicated | a front column, headed: NEW ENEMY OF THR SALMON
 TRUSTi
 FIRST GUN FIRED IN BATTLE FOR
 FISHERIES! l Y. A. P A. Promised Bitter Fight For
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FOR ALDERMAN, FIRST DISTRICT
 Wallace w. Welch, 1SS West ave-
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DELEGATES FOR SECOND DIS-
 TRICT.
 Patrick Whaley, sos Myrtle Ave. John Cleary, 562 Atlantic St. William J. Ganley, 222 Warren St. Edward Morris, 602 Myrtle Ave. Matthew Lynders, 500 Lafayette St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-27
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

BARGAINS in Building Lots, both sides of Washington bridge; Welles Place, one block south of Hards Corner; south of new car barn near St. Michaels cemetery. City iots very reasonable. Desirable one. two and four family houses. Steam snip tickets to and from Europe. Drafts payable in foreign lands James Feeley, ' P. O. Arcade.
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eyes or open his lips. even when Boyd flung out of the room, convinced that he was the culprit.
 A telephone message summoned him to the bank at II o'clock the following morning.
 That means trouble" he told George. Maybe not" the big fisherman re piled. "If Hilliard took any stock in the story it seems like he'd have jump ed you the next day"
 To be Continued.l
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PRODUCTIONS ELEMENTS AS TROLOGY and other astrological books. Send for list. Ray BrOugh- York City. U16 S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-27

I BUY OLD HORSES to kill. Re- move dead ones free of charge any, where within 25 miles of Bridge port. F. H. Daniels, 2367 Madison Road. Tel 1811-6. LII Ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-27

WANTED.-New roofs to lay, and old ones to repair. Prompt work at low figures. Farmers Supply and Roofing Company, 256 Middle St. Telephone 1138-3. R18As"
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MATINEE AND SUNDAY : X c U R s I o N S

Steamer PARK CITY to Port Jeffer- son, NY, every week day and Sunday
 MATINEE EXCURSIONS
 From Bridgeport daily 1880 D. m. Re- turning leave Port Jefferson 4:SO pin. Round Trip Tickets. good day of
 issue only .5Oc
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FEMALE HELP WANTED

WANTED.-Stenogra young lady
 Caesar Misch Inc L25* If.
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FOR ALDERMAN, SECOND DIS. TRICT. Janes p Garrjty. 36 West Ave
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Farmer Want Ads. I Cent a Word
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WANTED.-Cottage furnish at Wal nut Beach or Laurel Beach from stating terms and location. Vaca- ton, care of Farmer. P9" If.
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1909. nr HARPER c. BROTHERS
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FOR ALDERMaN EIGHTH DIS.
 Patrick J. Sherc.4 f, 68 Lindley St
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MISCELLANEOUS
 WANTS

se. s your keys ntted. locks repairs6
 ws nied. lawn mowers shar5ens6 ,. ano all kinds of light repairing aons Tel. 75.4. afi eff
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MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED.-$1.50 300 second mortgage on family house on Connecticut Ave. Best house. steam heat, 1st
 mortgage s4,000, Savings Bank. Willing to pay good bonds. Write Loan, 173 Stratford Ave. L25 s*p
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DELEGATES FOR SECOND DIS
 TRICT. James Kiernan, APO Warren St. Thomas P. Whaley, 332 Warren St Thomas Condon, Al Johnson St. William J. Bowden, 254 Gregory St Ernest J. Benham, 537 Lafayett' St.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
PREMIUMS 1T THE FAIR
Special Offers Being Made in
Poultry and Swine Exhibits

11ie Live Stock Exhibit This Year il
10 be a Particularly Fine One as
the Large Entries Already Clearly
Show.
The exhibit Of poultry at the grea.
jubilee State Fair this wear. October
II TO 22' promises TO be larger and
more varied and therefore more in
'efestlhg than any IN the fifty wears
OF the Fairs history. The premiums
oiefeo this year are very large and
.nc1ude practically every variety of
low raised IN North Carolina and
many favorities of other States and
Some special Inducements are hung
QUIZ Tor the encouragement of GER
tain breeds.
out now comes along a special offer
IN the way OF a medal that did not
gel mention in the Premium List. hut
"lii be on the program to be com
peted Tor, nevertheless.
Yesterday Secretary Pogue OF the
STATE Falr received a communication
rom Secretary S. T. Campbell, Mans
held, Ohio, OF the American Poultry
Association, Of which the North Caro-
Ina State Fair is a member, to the eff
feet that the American Poultry Asso-
cation Is Offering annually one grand
PAA.~ ca II1SddI 10 dill iOc2I aSSOci2-
tons that are Of the same.
tor the best cockerel in the American.
AsIatic, Mediterranean and English
classes, also diplomas for the best
male under n year old in all stand
ard varieties, competition open to the
world.
The management of the State Fair
that it offers twenty-five
dollars C$25) to be divided into first.
second and third premiums, for the
BEST, second best and third best ex-
hlbit Of h Essex variety Of hogs at
the coming State Fair to be held at
Raleigh during the week of October
1922.
This variety # swine was omitted
from the Premium List his year
when the department was revised,
and since it is understood that there
are parties DESTROYS Of exhibiting spe-
cimens of this variety at the Fair this
season, the above prizes are put out
by way Of encouragement, as it is not
desired that any meritorious breed
should be sighted.
The exhibits Of all kinds of live
stock this fall will be unusually full
n varied, Judging from the large
entries thus far, which are rpass~
ing anything known before as early
in the year as this.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

Tost and afraid in the world so MD,
80 ozark world. Catching it
ne CAV it the milk in the wait;,,
cup, "o waiting
Out 80 ~ it nome to its mothers arms
Nv u Ihe reach Of the worlds aIarns
Jay Went down in the eriu,inn,
west
WIN It the hope Of tie Iloss,.d
ana Conrad sighed as the world tnrr-
ed gray;
M IS IT, Lord, that your feet DELAY,
n.y. you lorget that this was the day?a
solt IN the silence a Voice y.
heard: wv oe
Ai' up your heart, for ! kent nv
word, p hS
ihree times I came to your friendly
door; hoi
ihiee umes my shadow was on your
floor, Soo1
l WAS the beggar with bruised feet.
! was the woman you gave to ca,
was the child on the homeless
street."
Markham
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captives. He was taken as he fought
with Arctic, and it was the strong
young King Of india who rode W
at the head Of the twenty who over
came Palamon and made his sword
to bite deep into the Knights flesh.
And in the melee King Lycurgus Of
Thrace, for all his strength, was
thrown from his horse.
When the Duke Theseus saw that
Palamon was taken he cried out. "Iio,
no more. I Will be a true Judge and
have Emily. whom by his valor aud
his fortune he has fairly won"
At this there arose so loud a shJut
that 1t seemed that the lists would
tumble down; the votary Of Mars had
won the day; what now could emu
I'D above be doing? The heralds, with
sound of trumpet, proclaimed Arc9te
victor, and that joyful prince, raising
his visor to show his face, began t.
circle round the lists and, pricking to
where, high up beside the duke, the
Lady Emily sat, he looked up at her
and she looked down at MIN with
friendly face and sn7lled. for ""-
men ever will look kindly upon the
favOrites of fortune.
But now there happened 4 nlSacu-
Ions thing. Suddenly out of the
rOunC IHoIe SpI iiS q ~
beside the horse or Arctic, q ire sent
bv Pluto. that god Of the lower re-
gions. at the request OF Saturn who
had been moved thereto by Venus.
The frightened steed eprang aside and.
holtiog upright in air. fell to eartn,
crushing az he fell, his rider They
nicked up Arctic from beneath inc
fal1an steed. where he lay IN sorry
night It was long before he recOv-
cred consciousness. and then he was IN
groa% main. for his breast bone hac
boon and he had suffered
,,anv other severe injuries, so that II
VIC. nIain1v seen thai he had not lon2
70 live They carried him away out
Of tho place to the palace, Where the
nrysicians attended him. But all et-
forts TO save his life were useless; MS
cnirit ebbed fast away. But all the
while he was clear in his mlnd ana
Wv Wv mar he wa. doomed. He sent
for Emily and for ahu
mban they both stood beside his bed
.aid TO them: There lived never a
=, in a. this world but that some
tira he must die: this world Is a
thnrouohfare full OF woe and We are
n;larius nassing to and fro along II
neath is the end of every earthiN
sorn Weep not, NY Emily His last
-rarde were "Mercy,-Enilyi'
Above his body now did Paiamon
80 EniIv weep and all the rejoicing
az 40 feast and the tourney wa.
chaneed into sorrow at the death or
tbfe brave knight. this Prince OF
Tbehes. A short time before he had
seemed to stand upon q pinnacle OF
fortu,a-and now he was cold clay
mike Theseus. who a 50 short a
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time before held Arctic and Palamon
as his enemies, now was filed with
grief at this sudden taking off of one
of them. A great funeral did the
duke decree for the dead prince and
all Athens mourned him. They aid
the body on bier covered with a cloth
of gold and in cloth of gold did they
clothe him. Upon his head did they
| place a wreath of laurel. At daylight
the next MORNING they brought the
body to the great hall, which resound-
, ed with the weeping and waiiing OF
the people. Thence they took it to q
| great funeral pyre outside the city,
two princes bearing his bier upo
their shoulders, and following mount
ed upon steeds, came squires bearing
the shield, the spear, the sword, the
bow, the arms and armor of the
prince. When the body had been
placed upon the pyre and the fire
lighted, the gentle Emily fell down IN
a swoon and Palan1On walled aloud
and tore his beard. After the funeral
rites Palamon went ~sorroWfully back
to Thebes.
The progress of the months lessen
ed and wore away the general grief
for Arctic, as time will wear out the
]ong sorrow. And now, when a
few years were passed. there was s
great council held of the Greeks at
Athens, in which council there was
question of making an alliance De-
tween Athens and certain other coun-
tries of Greece. among them Ihebes.
The noble TNhesus sent for PalamOn.
who, wondering what was required or
him, repaired to the court. Still dress
ed was he in his oTuni clothes OF
black and his visage was sah.
sent for you" said The-eus. in order
that I might make OF two sorrows one
great. 10Y; and to bind yourself and
Tbohn. 70 u . forever. LOOK mere
upon my sister Emily" Then turn
ing to the lady. he said: sister. with
my full assent. and with the advice
and consent of my parliament, | make
his Palamon your true husband ana
knight 10 serve you with hts might, his
TT and his viii. Give me your
hands, The did the duke Join the
hands of the two. saying: Sister. this
knight has served many years for
YOU. he is a kings brothers son: and
rio hi royal." Tie lady Emily looked
upon Palan0n, and smiled. anu he
looked love into her eyes. Thus were
they married. and Venus had her way.
And so they lived in bliss and har-
monv for all their lives together.
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SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS

SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
"A httac philosophy inclineth a mans
nIIu 70 atheism, but depth in philoso-
piiy mems minds about RI
reHgton.-BacOn.
oei1-reverence, self-knowIedge. self
control,
Ikiese three alone lead life to SOW
ereign poweE.-Tennyson.
Your daily duties are part OF your
religious life, just as much as your de-
votions.-Beecher.
me secret of life is not to do what
one likes, but TO try to like what one
mas TO do; and one does come to like
tin time-Dinah MuiOch Craik.
am glad to think
L am bound to make tho world go
right!
But only to discover and to do.
With cheerful heart, the work that
God appoints.
jean IngeIow.
Abide in thy purposes as in laws
which it we're fmpious to transsress,
-EpictetUs.
Every hand is wanted in this world
that can do u little genuine, sincere
work.-GeOrge Eliot.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

NEXT WEEKS ONF-PAGF GAS
SIC VIII BE "THF VOYAGE TO
BRORDiNGEiG.' BY JONATHAN
SWIFT.
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I1RE RELIGIOUS WORLD
,,,, Church Folk Are Think
'' ind kbont and Doing

eo, Accounting-The Interna-
1l tonaI sunday school lesson for &C. :;
t pI Is is The Il Last Judgment
ha'r WILLIAM Il. ELLIS.
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THE KNIGHTS TALE

Continued from page ten.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

Byrd and Byrde are variants of the
name Bird. Byrd was colonial form,
and it now shares honors with Bird,
the last being the usual photography.
1t is name in the same class as
Eagle, Swan, Fowler, Finch and Fal-
coner. Names Of birds and animals,
in all ages and among all nations,
have been applied as sobriquets to
persons, which, after lapse of time.
acquired the force of surnames, and
thus were handed down.
In Northampton, the Byrd family
also went by the name of Byre. The
Birds of Penrith, Cumberland county,
trace back, in unbroken line, to the
year 1895. Thomas Bird of Stafford
shire, a captain in the kings army,
was knighted 1861.
Kent, Lincoln, Chester, Hereford and
Derby are names often encountered
when looking up old homes of the
Birds. Emanuel Bird, who died about
the middle of the seventeenth century,
left "e6 per year forever to the
Church of St. Michael Basinghall."
That is, to st. MichaeIs, Basinghall
street, London.
Upon a monument in an Acton
(England) cemetery we find the fol-
lowing quaint lines:
"Al you this way by me sal pas,
Bird l was first, John my name;
Here in Acton, priest and parson of
the same, fifty yere."
Reason enough and to spare here,
even if no rhyme.
William Bird was organist to Queen
Elizabeth, and a famous composer of
madrigals.
If you are a Bird of the New Eng
land family, but not certain as to the
first forbear of your line in this
country, Thomas is name for you to
ponder over. Thomas has much to an
swer for. The only trouble with him
is that he was double. That is, there
were two immigrants named Thomas,
and when we turn to the records,
where we hope to find it all as easy
as rolling down hill, we are confront
ed by two Birds, each bearing the
manly name of Thomas, and records
which are delightfully."- vague. For ex-
ample, we think we have him-that is,
our long-lost ancestor number one, and
he is Thomas, but somewhere, some
how, we come across a disconcerting
random remark, Thomas Bird of
Scituate and Dorchester, 1912, may be
(Who cares for may be? we exclaim)
the same as Thomas of Hartford, but
the Dorchester Birds seem to be of
separate origin" From this line dor
chester) descend the Birds of Boston
! and New York.
If we don't want to lose our reason
worrying over this. let us drop every
ancestor we possess. for the moment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

If the primitive photography, Johnes,
were adopted, the name might still
sound as commonplace, but in read
ing and writing it would have almost
patrician air.
The immigrant ancestor, or first
settler in America, was Maj. Thomas
Jones, called "the Chevalier," a de-
scendant of a noble family. He ar
rived in Rhode Island in 1892, and
there married Freelove, daughter of
Thomas Townsend. He fought in
the battle of the Boyne. Jones was
the name of the master of the May
flower. but of him there are no rec
ords.
The southern family of this name
claims descent from that Robert Jones
of Wales, who won his true love in
a most romantic manner. He came to
I Virginia in the seventeenth century
as boatswain on British man-of-war.
Falling in love with Norfolk damsel
while his ship lay Off Old Point Com
fort he leaped overheard the night
previous to sailing and swan ashore
to his betrothed. They married and
settled near Norfolk
Of the members of the family who
have distinguished themselves was
Samuel Jones, direct descendant of
the first settler, Maj. Thomas Jones.
Samuel was called the father of the
New York bar" ranking among the
most profound jurists of this or any
country. Some of the most eminent
jurists and legislators of colonial
times belonged to the Jones family.
Robin Jones was attorney for the
crown of North Carolina, about 1851.
One of the most interesting mem
bers of the family was John Paul
Jones, who, however, was not bona
fide Jones. He was John Paul, a bold,
frank sailor, who, when a mere youth,
happened to pay visit to those old
patriots, Allen and William Jones,
who owned large estates on the Roa-
noke river. They became so much
attached to the young sailor that they
adopted him, giving him their name,
which he promised to distinguish
Thus he became John Paul Jones, and,
through his friends, got his first COM
mission in the navy.
The traits of the Jones family are
distinctly marked almost to man.
Good Judgment and penetration, with
remarkable memory, have distin-
guished it's leading members. They
are choleric, sanguine, sociable, hos
pitable, Independent and honorable. In
politics they are Democrats as rule;
in religion, Church of England or
marks the elder members of the fam
lilies no less than local and personal
pride, and that clannish feeling which
is so prominent among Scotchmen.