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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
The Clever Shoe Clerk.

At the cost of considerable time and labor one high grade shoe house is bound to protect it's goods. On a rainy in to buy rubbers. Thes.clerk meas ured the width and length of her shoes, removed them and brought a new pair of the same size to try on. Visions of a depleted pocketbook caus- ed her to exclaim, But I don't want new shoes, only rubbers"
 understand" said the clerk. "I
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
Weather Indications
Especial from United Press. }

Especial from United Press.)
 New Haven, Jan. 24-Forecast: fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday Moderate southwest winds.
 Except over the gulf states, where light rain is falling this morning, fair weather prevails in all sections east of the Rocky Mountains. The tenn peratures are somewhat higher over the central valleys and the western fake region.
 Conditions are favorable for con- tinued fair weather for this vicinity tonight and Wednesday. with some what higher temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
Depew Walls Against
 Election of U. $. Senators
 By Vote of the People
fsneciaI from United Press !

Wa shfngtorl, Jan. 24-Trouble to the country. serious and lasting. Chaun- cey M. Depew. Rep., N. Y.), informed the Senate today. will result if the proposition to elect Senators by popu- lar vote is carried into effect
 'Srhis resolution, as reported from the Judiciary committee" Depew said, "seems to me to permit. under the constitution. the States to disfranchise large classes of their electors and vir- tually repeaIs the 18th and 18th amendments to the constiution.'
 ''Tyhe next cry" said Depew. twill necessarily be, Why not elect the Su- preme court of the United States by popular vote? Why not elect the Federal judiciary everywhere by a popular vote2'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
MARRIED.

SHEA-FERRIS.-In Sound Beach, Jan. IS, Walter F. Shea and Miss Emma A. Ferris. L-MORRELL.-In Greenwich, Jan. IS, Jacob G. Rippel and Miss Sadie Morrell.
 NESTOR-WILMOT New York. Jan. 19, Miss Grace Squires Wilmot of Bridgeport and Howard Royal Nestor of Norwalk. IER-LANGAN.-In Winsted, Jan. 1s, Edward H. Cosier, of New Ha- ven and Miss Elizabeth Langan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
THREE BOUND OVER
 FOR EIGHT JOBS
Especial from United Press.

N0PCCIeII OfHktCU
 Hartford. Jan. 24-Held in connec- ton with eight locad burglaries, Frank Joseph, Michaea Rose and Tony Delory were bound over to the Superior court today under bonds of $5,000 each. They were arrested a week ago after a general outbreak of burglaries. The police at once suspected that a gang was at work and rounded up the pris- oners in whose possession was found much of the missing property.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
FOR LA GRIPPE COUGHS
 AND STUFFY COLDS

Take Foley's Honey and Tar It gives quick relief and expels the cold from your system. It contains no opiates, is safe and sure. F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24

Col. valery Havard. retired surgeon of the regular army and famed as the representative of the United States in the Russo-Japanese war who was taken prisoner by the Japanese will address the members of the Park street Congregational church Thurs day evening on his experiences. Col. Havard is now resident of Fair held.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
DIED,

ATKINS.--In Winsted, Jan. 20. Julia A. H., wife of Henry o. Atkins, ag- ed 50. DEWITT.-In Wilton, Jan. 20, Cor nelius J. Dewitt, aged 55.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24

WANT ADS. GENT A WORD
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Menu Of First Thanksgiving Feast

mouth. and the Indians went out and shot q
large number OF them. and mnde them their
contribution to the feast. Governor Bradford
says in his history that they were delicious
to eat. How fitting 1t is that the bird that is
the crowning glory Of our Thanksgiving board
should have been the favorite meat Of that his
toric first Thanksgiving dinner!
There were doubtless. onions beets, pars-
nips cabbage or colewort. squash. and perhaps
other vegetables. for a good variety OF seeds
were brought over from Holland Perhaps
there was succotash, and the indians must
have made It. for It was something that the
Pilgrim cooks had never heard of before and
we know that they learned later from the In
dians how to make it. Now. what did they
have for dessert, wonder? think they may
have had some sort of pudding with buckle
berries for plums. | doubt II they had much
sweetening for their pudding and pumpkin
pies. as their stock Of sugar and molasses was
very limited. Perhaps they had substitute
There were fine wild grapes In the woods. and
they had doubtless dried store of wild straw
berries. cherries and piums. They surely did
not have any mince pies. since the Pilgrims
thought minca pies were very wicked. and
savored OF Romanism. So they condemned
those who afterwsrd made and ate them
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

What did our Puritan ancestors dine on at
their nrst Thanksgiving feastf Surely they
did not set the standard which is being fol-
lowed today on the Thanksgiving dinner
menus.
We know that some things were lacking that
they must have greatly missed There could
have been no butter, cream, milk. cheese.
any dish that is principally made with milk.
because there were no cows In New England
until 1923. when John Winthrop. later their
worshipful governor. brought over four cows
from England. The butter and cheese that
they took with them the Maynower were
long since consumed. hardly think they had
chicken pie for tho feast. for the fowls were
served a rarc delicacy for the sick. They
could have had eggs for their pies and pnd-
dings. Since they raised pumpkins they might
have had pumpkin pies. II they made them
with water.
In the ocean there was great abundance OF
hsh. oysters. and other shellnsh. OF course.
there none Of their national dish. prime
roast beef. veal. lamb. mutton or pork.
There plenty of deer. which would be
good substitute in vension. But they had one
thing that we like better than anything else
Thanksgiving day. Wild turkeys were very
abundant in the woods and fields about Ply
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
mo


duck or goose for the regulation Thanksgiving
fowl. The cost is much less and the satisfac-
ton equally great-once householder mas
freed himself from the tradition that Thanks
giving without turkey would not be Thanks
giving. Then too, the increasing number OF
vegetarians and persons who have adopted
diet Of nuts or other meat substitutes. have
devised some very ingenious proxies for the
Thanksgiving dinner-non-meat dishes that
even simulate the appearance of turkey.
However. these new-fangled dishes can scarce
ly be recommended as cheap. owing to the
amounts OF nuts and the number of eggs the
recipes call for.
In the face of soaring prices In SO many
food lines. 1t is gratifying to note one Thanks
giving Indispensable, the cost OF which re-
mains virtually unchanged. This Is our old
friend. the pumpkin. dear to youth and old
age alike. in the form of the pumpkin pie. No
person has ever attempted to corner" tho
pumpkin crop. and probably no person ever
will undertake such miracle The fact that
the great golden globes with their luscious
"fillin'" can be raised in every section OF the
United States, and that. too without any
trouble. once the vines are planted. is doubt
less responsible for the moderate prices that
always prevail Probably there Is no town or
city In the country where a good-sized pump
kin cannot be purchased for so cents and In
most American markets one may buy a small
pumpkin-an orb Of Joy with ammunition suf
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
THANKSGIVING

thank thee. Life. for many. many gifts;
For wealth of bloom and tender song that lifta
My life the heated highways path above:
But most Of all thank thee. Life. for Lovel
thank thee for the body's health: for friends;
The daily bread thy kindly bounty sends;
For all the goodly things that are or were:
But most OF all thank thee. Life. for Her!
That surfeits ayarice. Thou hast more.
No boon to win one covert sigh from me
When have that whose giving beggars Thea
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

learn that Texas leads all the other states IN
the Union in the number of turkeys produceo'
Proximity OF the market to the rural ois-
trict whence 1t draws It's supply OF holiday
fowls is highly important consideration now
adays, because the mistress of a city home
can longer purchase her Thanksgiving tur-
key from farmer who drives up to her door
marketing the products o. his own farm All
the turkeys are handled nowadays through COM
mission merchants. which means. Of course,
that there is a middlemans profit to be paid
by the ultimate consumer. Another secret Of
the present high prices OF turkeys is found
In the fact that the live birds shipped long
distances. II they are transported by express
the expense is considerable. and II they make
the journey by freight the trip is nearly as
costly, inasmuch the live birds are sent
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

fare for the November holiday have been
greatly Increased in number or variety. Your
nearly diner demands on Thanksgiving the ca.
senuals such as turkey and celery and cram
Derry sauce and pumpkin pie. which were the
stand-bys OF the feast in the days of his father
and his grandfather before him. The point ia
mat some of the eatables are unquestionably
more navory than were their counterparts of
several decades ago. aad-with all due respect
TO the kind that mother used to make-some
OF the modern recipes seem to put 1t all over
the old-timers In garnishes and the prepara-
tion OF puddings and pastry, etc.
And. speaking of the changes that have
come about take the of the toothsome
turkey headliner of the whole holiday menu.
1t would be futile to try to convince the high
liver OF the twentieth century who revels in
his milk-fed or chestnut-fed turkey from Rhode
Island or the middle west. that his forefathers
ever enjoyed anything SO delicious. Certainly
turkeys have increased in size. too. judging
by the average weight those that find their
way to market However. this latter develop
ment is clearly traceable to the tendency of
turkey raisers to devote themselves almost
exclusively to the Bronze. the largest of the
six standard varieties Of turkeys.
However there are two sides to this turkey
story. and the housewives who preside over
small families are the ones who have had
brought home to them the disadvantageous
side of this boom In the size of turkeys. With
the big bronze birds weighing from 16 to &c
pounds apiece-and usually nearer the latter
than the former fgure-crowding the market
It is becoming every year more dificult for
the buyer of a family OF two or three people
to find satisfactory six, seven or eight pound
turkey. It really begins to look though the
small families would be driven to hotels on
Thanksgiving or else be compelled to take In
boarders or entertain all their friends at the
holiday dinner.
Turkey buying. too. is the phase of the
Thanksgiving marketing where the increased
cost of living most severely pinches the man
with the stationary income A dweller in any
of our large cities may consider himself de-
cidedly in luck these days II he succeeds in
getting q tender turkey at Thanksgiving for
rs cents per pound. and he is much more likely
to be asked any figure up to 3s or 40 cents per
pound. which prices have prevailed every
Thanksgiving In recent years in the New York
and Boston markets for the choicest birds.
The people Of the central west have ad-
vantage over eastern turkey eaters. because
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Live stock.

Kansas City. = Cattle = Market
steady to 10c lower. Native steers,
$5.50@s.25; Southern steers, $4,000
6.25; Southern cows and heifers. S2.75
@4.5o; native cows and helfers, $3.50
07.00; stockers and feeders. $s.75@
5.75; bulls. $a.40@5.00; calves. $4,000
7.25; Western steers, $40097.25;
Western cows, s275@5.0o.
Hogs-Market SC to 10c up. Bulk
of sales. $6.00@6.45; heavy, S6.400
$50; packers and butchers. $6.25@
6.5o; lights. se.ooQ6.4o; pigs. 1880
$50.
Sheep-Market steady. MuttoHs.
$3.o0@4.oo; lambs. $4.2566.00; range
wetbers and yearlings, @3.2504.75;
range ewes. $2.00Q3.75.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

tne dinner Is decidedly the most important fea-
ture OF the program, for, of course, there is no
aootDaA game and no matinee such as many
Americans rely upon for Thanksgiving diversion
ana In the case of many of the exiles who OBJ
serve Thanksgiving overseas there is not even
THANKSGIVING religious service such as is uni
Versal at home.
1t is not merely. either, that the officers and
men OF our army and navy have introduced the
iankee thanksgiving dinner to benighted lands
long In Ignorance of Its delights To be sure the
eplcurean bluejackets and the lads in khaki
nave been responsible for much of this CASTRO
nomic missionary work." but 1t is also a fact
a. american diplomatic and consular officials
Ano indeed all classes of Americans resident
abroad, have done their share Tn preserva all
the traditions of the THANKSGIVING dinner as n
reality In every transplanted home Especially.
wnere there is little American colony" in an
AMEN environment. is the Thanksgiving dinner
right 1ealously guarded
but whereas the American Thanksgiving din
et t mas oeen winning Its way around the world
II mas likewise come to enjoy more and mora
prestige at home The one iarrinp note g., 49,
present-day eulogy of the Thanksgiving dinner ia
70 De found In Its greatly increased cost over
'ne expense involved for corresponding menu
= ie" years since. No person who grasped tbe
import Oh the high cost of living" issue in the
recent political campaign can fail to realize
snae .he matter is very grave one to the aver
age nousekeeper. and especially when n oh.
trudes Itself In connection with a holiday raraa.
"nicn ought to be an occasion for care-free feast
ahs instead OF domestic perplexties
me one consolation, If not compensation in
.nis situation is to be found in the knowledqa
,hat our Thanksgiving dinners In this dav and
seneration are vastly better than the like boIi
uay spread OF years gone by. 1t is not go much
tnat tne dishes that go to make up the bill Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
The Cats Thanks
giving Soliloquy

I'm just about tired OF waiting
For my Thanksgiving treat;
/ see them about the table.
And they eat, and eat. and eat.
They do not think OF poor pussy.
Who has had SO long to wait:
Why doesn't some one remember
That it's growing very late.
And haven't smelt that turkey
Since into the oven It went?
II they'd give just one druinstick.
Why. then I'd be content.
But no, they sit there talking
And laughing aloud with glee:
I wish that some one among them
Would throw down bone to me.
There's that greedy little Teddy.
Three times he's passed his plate;
And that turkeys growing smaller
At very rapid rate.
And see Jacks face! 'Tis shining
With gravy up to his eyes.
I wonder they take no notice
When they hear my hungry cries.
Oh. dear. There's dessert to follow,
The puddings and pumpkin pies
And the fruits and nuts and candy,
And oh, how fast times fiiesl
All. there's gentle little Ethel.
She's 80 loving and 80 kind,
She's bringing me some turkey bones
And a grateful cat she'll md
FRANK H. SWEET
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
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the rental of a special
type of car for the jour
ney and pay for the
services of a man ~ho is
sent along to feed the
birds en- route.
Owing to the mount
ing prices of turkey and
an occasional shortage
of supply - although
there is no prospect OF
a turkey famine this
year-has induced an In
creasing number Of fam
lies all over the coun-
-.l-ats..A- - f,I<4v.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Corn in Chicago.

Chicago.-Corn-No. 2, 731ac; No. 2
white, 73kc; No. 2 yellow, 74h@75c;
No. 8. 72073hc: No. 3 new. 64c; No.
3 white, 72072hc; No. white. new.
64c; No. 8 yellow. 74h@74Ac; No. 3
yellow. new. 65h @66c; No. 4. 711z@
72c; No. 4 new 61.062c; No. 4 white.
71h@72c; No. white. new. s1@62c:
No. 4 yellow. 731zc; No. 4 yellow. new.
63A 064c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

ries is quickly reflected in the price. However.
cranberries are never SO very much OF an ex-
travagance because 1t requires such a modest
portion to make up batch of cranberry sauce.
When cranberries are plentiful they sell whole
sale low 50 per barrel. but few years
ago. when there was cranberry famine. the
price went as high as $40 per barrel.
The business side of the problem of supplying
a Thanksgiving dinner for the American people
Ia by means the least interesting phase of
this subject. The city Of Chicago alone re-
ceives during the week or ten days before
Thanksgiving many as half a million turkeys
valued in the aggregate. at wholesale prices. at
much more than millions dollars. From Cape
Cod. Mass, the greatest cranberry growing dis
trict, there are shipped each autumn more than
one-third Of million car loads OF cranberries.
and the major portion Of this harvest finds its
way to Thanksgiving dinner tables. Many car
loads Of celery from Michigan and other states
swell the total cost Of our Thanksgiving dinner
to millions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Hay and Grain.

Chicago.-Corn = Profit-taking held
prices down. The close was weak at
64h. net loss Of V cent.
Barley-s5c@$L2S.
Rye-No. 2. 90h @91c.
Timothy-s13.00015.25.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Butter.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Poultry In New York.

New York.-Poultry- irregu-
lar. Western chickens. 0h011Ac;
fowls. 10@11hc: turkeys. 14016c.
Dressed. steady. Western chickens,
016c; fowls. 7016hc; turkeys, 100
zoe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

Illinois, Indi-
ana, Ohio and
other states
a l o n g t b 9
backbone of
the country
are the great
centers of the
turkey indus
try. although
1t will doubt
less surprise
some OF our
rea ers to
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Butter and gpas.

Kansas CIty.-Butter Creamery,
s2c; firsts. soc; seconds. CSC; pack
ing stock. 20c-
Eggs-Extras. soc: firsts, 2sc; sec
onds. tic.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

ficient for at least couple of
pies-for the modest sum Of four
or FIVE cents. The newspapers
have given prominence this year
to the exploit OF an Indiana farm
er who has raised a pumpkin as
large around as wagon wheel
and weighing $50 pounds. How
ever. the record In pumpkin
growing Is claimed by Colorado
planter, who gets credit for pro-
ducing a few years ago a pump
kin weighing more than 900
pounds.
Cranberries are Thanksgiv-
ing commodity the price OF which
fiuctuates widely In different
years. And yet we feel that we
must have them. almost without
regard to price. for II Thanks
giving is incomplete without the
turkey, certainly the turkey is
incomplete without the cranber-
ry sauce. Cranberries are cuiti-
waited to any extent In only three
states. namely. Massachusetts,,
Wisconsin and New Jersey. and
the producing area being thus re-
stricted 1t naturally follows that
when there comes a lean year
the shortage OF the ruddy ber-
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

TEADILY growing in signif-
cance year by year and in the
lame of its appetizing attri-
butes the American Thanks
giving dinner has become
very much of an Institution.
1t might almost be said that
1t has become more of an In
stitution than the American
Thanksgiving, itself. At least
If the feast does not over
shadow the holiday at home
1t does in foreign parts. For.
be Is known, the American
Thanksgiving dinner is now
eaten around the world"
and In these detached realms
-
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Hay

Colorado upland. per ton. 15.00@1600
Nebraska upland. per ton. 13.5001450
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska. per ton .10.00011.0J
Timothy, per ton. .... .15.50D16.50
Alfalfa, per ton. ......... 10.50@11.50
South Park, choice, per
ton .......... ........ .1600@17.00
San Luis Valley. per ton. .12 50014.50
Gunnison Valley. per ton. Is 500@16.00
Stray, per ton. .......... 4.009 500
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Sheep.

Sheep.
Lambs. good to choice -. ..4.7595.59
Lambs, fair to good. .4.25D4.75
Feeder lambs, I. D. r. ..4.25@4s5
Yearlings, fair to choice. :. .3.50@4.00
Yearlings, feeders, I. p. r.. .3.25@3.75
Wethers. fair to choice. .3.0093.5O
Wethers, feeders, I. D. r.. .2.751325
Ewes. fair to choice. ...... .2.65Q3.25
Ewes. feeders and culls, I.
D. r.. .2.00@2.75
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
MAR K EFT
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
q y oTATIo N 5

cattle.
Beef steers, corn fed, good to
choice .60OG7.00
Beef steers. corn fed. fair to
good .4.5095.50
Beef steers, grass fed. good
to choice 4756550
Beef steers, grass fed, fair to
good .425@475
Heifers, prime. grass fed .4.5095.00
Cows and heifers. grass fed.
good to choice. .3.75G440
Cows and heifers, fair TO
good .................... .s.35@3.25
Stock cows and heifers. -. .2.00@3.25
Feeding cows .2.50@3.75
Gamers and cutters. ...... .1.5013.00
Veal calves .4.50@6.75
Bulls ................... .2.5003.75
Stays .................... .3.25@4.50
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice .45o@5.35
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good .3.50@4.50
Feeders and stockers. COM
mon to fair. .3.0093.50
Hogs.
1oou nOgS .6.35W6.5U
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-13

Too ar- q
man than broom. When she used
to hire a man to do the work for her
There are said to be vacuum cleaners
run by hand that can be worked by
woman. but she did not happen to find
them. There are also neighborhoods
in which such cleaners can be hired
for day or half day. and when that Is
the case it is better To get some OK
perience with the hired ones before
purchasing, for vacuum cleaners are
expensive things as Yet, and the wise
housewife will not lay out so much
money without being sure that she has
got the thing that meets her needs.
To remedy the dust spreading pro-
clivties OF the broom, chemically
treated mixtures that look like sawdust
and act as dust layers are now
sprinliled over the floor just before
sweeping. Almost every New York
housewife is familiar with them, and
many families who have pet dogs and
cats wish that the various manufac-
turerS of these mixtures would tell
whether they are poisonous or not.
AS for busting. not only is the feath-
cr buster out of date, but no enli2hten-
ed housewife ever thinks OF shaking her
buster out of the window. She uses a
dustless buster which absorbs the dust.
land washes it out when it will absorb
no more. This she either buys or
makes for herself by sprinkling Il
square of chees"loth with Kerosene
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