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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

woman has a right to scold her
and. according to a Missouri
F, II she didn't have the right
would benevolently assimilate IL.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

ne hilarious gentleman in Texas
ate mirror evidently labored
er the impression that it was cast.
reflections on him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

What has become of the old-fashion-
ed politician who used to imagine he
wa3 destiny's only son? = Toledo
Blade.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15
An Even Break.

Pm writin' letter to Lille
Smith, mother"
But, my dear, you don't know how
TO write"
THAT doesn't matter. She doesn't
know how to read Life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

7e presume that the heiress who
'rfed an acrobat will now proceed
:wfst him around her fingers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

New York man tied his wife to a
phone pole the other day and she
1T like 1t because it isn't the style.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

he man who routed a highwayman
, box of bonbons probably will
be asked to give a testimonial.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

evotees Of bridge whist indig-
lily deny that it is a gambling
e. What is 1t, then? A sure
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

SO weak, l had to take
to my bed. Kidney
secretions were sup
pressed, l became ter
ribly bloated, and final
ly reached the point
where / took no inter-
est In life. 1t was then
/ began using Doan's
Kidney Pills and soon
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

reports from China tell rs
he bodies OF the slain were niled
bat heaps A war correspondent
Q terrible execution with his
typewriter
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

4 man is middle aged at ninety"
8 Lord Strathcona Think Of all
infants that DR.. Osler wanted to
reform!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

southern surgeon says that rail-
wrecks make drug victims OF the
red. Even that is a shade better
/ being killed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

oliet has seen a hoopskirt But
I until rush hour crowd In an
gated train encounters one.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

VIII the chauffeurs please have the
soplanes within easy call OF the
nese imperial family?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

'ootball accidents are few this
rr. much to the chagrin OF our pro
sional reformers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

The Kansas Judge who wants to
1lish love at first sight should ad-
tise his serum.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

I Is really too bad that the papers
At print any baseball news these
vs..
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

Beware OF cold storage Thanksgiv,
/: turkey. Pick the feathers on
irself
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

ennyson Dickens. who says that
ton girls ankles are too beefy.
kes as as being an observing old
or
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15
Sold.

Who gave away the bride?"
She wasn't given away; she had
three rich suitors, and she went to the
highest bidder"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

Death snaps the whip Tor the circus
lators.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

ing as he is. the Chinese emper.
y soon have to begin looking for
er Job
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

Mrs. Wfnsiow's Soothing syrup for ChIldreu
seething, softena the gums, reduces fnfiamma,
ton, allays pain, aures wind collie, Csc q bottle.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

ng girl for not marrying MIN
'e a New York mans idea of the
t thing to do Our idea would
offer her rising vote OF thanks
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

Making
Presents
to -
School -

BY LILLIAN McGRATH

room would give her 81 SIS, sum out of all reason
Third and most important always out of the room
when the fruit and finds surprise on her return
Even assuming that of the most
offering would hardly be possible select the one she
merely finds fruitladen table
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

We show how much of the bible we
believe by the way we trust God.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15
TIRED. SICK AND DISCOURAGED.

poan's Kidney Pills Brought Health
and Cheerfulness.
Mrs. ]. p. Pemberton, S54 Lafayette
St., Marshall, Mo-, says: For years
i suffered with Brights disease which
doctors said was incurable. l grew
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

Many people are, no doubt, interested
in ins subject of sleeping out of doors.
Many have probably utilized their porches
for that purpose during the summer
months who will move indoors with the ap-
proach of the first cool night Like the
birds, they migrate to warmer chimes.
My advice is stay out all winter. II
will do you more good than you realize and
the hardships will be only those that will
really be a benefit to the average person.
My husband and l "canvased i'm our
back porch at about this time last year.
We arranged it SO that one side could be
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15

put down at night. The cost was
S to make a covering for the bed.
early winter and spring the most
d weather we place a heated soap
e retire.
q colds, and my husbands chronic
before. This in spite of the fact
e lake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
DADDY LONGLEGS.

Probably no insect is treated by the ordinary observer with less respect than daddy longlegs, and his good na- tured readiness to leave various legs as souvenirs With those who handle him adds nothing to his personal dig nifty nor his good standing in society.
 His short snatches of flight across the grass are not remarkable foT grace, and he possesses neither the personal attractions of the butterfly, glaring imperfections of the blue bot tie.
 Daddy longlegs' figure is rather more blunt and corpulent than that of mad am his wife, and among his thirty damage to beets, cabbages, potatoes, lawns and grass lands. The females are said to lay their eggs as they fly and are sometimes literally stuffed full, carrying as many as 300 at a time fact which ought to. cause Topknot to blush for shame, with her boastful cackle and one egg day cleverness.
 The larvae are footless things, with black heads and excellent jaws, and change to pupae from August to Sep tember. They are furnished with spiny rings, which enable them to work their way to the surface of the ground, and when their emerging time comes thou sands of empty eases may be seen sticking half out of the earth among the grass.
 The tongue is a queer specimen of the blowfy order. and on each side of its entire surface is a thick, heShy cuShion.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20

Divisions have a larger percentage of the production of the country than they have of it's acreage In potatoes. In the West North Central, South Att lantic, East South Central, and West South Central divisions the production per acre in 1909 was less than 100 bush els; in the Middle Atlantic and East North Central divisions It was on y a little over 100 bushels; while in the New England divisions 1t was TIT bushels, in the Mountain division 143 bushels, and en the Pacific division 131 bushels.
 Increases and Decreases in Production.
 In all of the divisions except the West North Central and the West South Central the production of pota- toes increased from 1899 to 1909 by a greater percentage. than the acreage. The difference is particularly conspic- uOus in the New England, Mountain, and East South Central divisions. In New England the acreage increased 29.5 per cent. and the production 75.S per cent. All of the New England states showed decreases in acreage ex- cept Maine, where the increase was 64,034 acres, or 89.2 per cent The pro- duction for Maine increased by 1S,743,- 900 bushels, or 191 per cent. and that for Vermont by 598,O00 bushes, or 16.8 per cent; all others showed decreases. In the Mountain division the produc- tion Increased from 9,047,000 bushels to 24,232, GOO bushels, or 1879 per cent, as compared with an increase of 111.5 per cent. in acreage. It may be noted that the New England and Mountain divisions were the only ones in which the average value of potatoes per bushel was lower in 1909 than in 1899.
 State Figures.
 The largest acreage in potatoes was found in 1909 as Gn 1S99 in New York Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in the order of rank, these four states combined having in 1909 1.312,00O acres in potatoes, or considerably over one third of the total land planted to that crop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
MONROE

The members of the East Village Methodist Society will give an enter tainment at the church on Friday ev- ening, Dec. 2S. The attraction will be the senior class of the Shelton Fvgh School, who vii present the drama entitled Supper at Six.'' Admission only 25 cents, which will include re- treatments.
 MT. and Mrs. Solon B. Wales and daughters, Edith and Pearl, leave next Friday for Virginia, where they will spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Proudman.
 Harmony Grange elected it's officers for the ensuing year as follows: M., Clarence B. Burr; O., George s. flaw ley:A L., Rose Sinclair; S., Ernest Sherman: Asst. S., Charles c. Lacey; Chap, Edward E. Curtiss; Treas, Theodore Lockwood: Secy.. Edwin c. shelton; G. R., Arthur H. Curtiss; Ceres. Pearl Wa'es: Pomona. Elosia Curtiss: Flora, Mabel Hayes; L. A. s., Anna Hawley; Exec. Con-. Louis B.. Beardsley.
 Mfr. and Mrs. Edward l.. Hurd at- tended the Great White Way parade at New Haven. Friday, and report a fine time
 "The Peddler's Parade which was given tn Stepney last week, will be given in the town hall, Monroe, in the early part of January. Watch for the date.
 Edwin c. Stevens has purchased a mow of straw of William Rachman and will market the same in Derby.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
EASTON

The Congregational Sunday school will hold their Christmas concert in the church on Sunday evening.
 The Baptist Sunday school will hold their Christmas concert at the church on Monday right, Christmas night)
 The install ation of the officers of the Masons at Monroe occurred at their hall on Monday evening. Those att tending from here were MT. and Mrs. John H. Candee. MT. and Mrs. Robert nings, Mir. and Mrs, Charles Seeley, Samuel Seeley, MT. and Mrs. Dwight Fuller, and Willard Gillette. Miss Mary Gillette is confined to her home with a severe cold, and her sis ter. Miss Dorothy Gillette. fs teaching at the Plattsville school for her. Miss Annie Logan, who has been i'll and unable to teach school, is now better and is teaching again. Rev. Gilbert Campbell is spending a few days as guest of MT. and Mrs, Edward Gillette. at Adams Corners. Miss Adel Keller Is visiting Mrs. Mallette Sanford for few days.
 Martin visney who broke his index finger in a corn sheller two weeks ago, has had to have 1t amputated.
 Miss Nellie Northrop who spent the week end as guest of Mir. and Mrs. Milon Haw,ey of Stepney, has return ed home
 
 been spending several days in B;Gdge- port with relatives. has returned to her home.
 At the next regular Grenge meeting there will be Christmas tree. Every one is requested to bring ten cent article and will receive number and when the gifts are distributed every one vsl receive a present, The com- mittee In charge are Miss Dorothy Gillette. Clifford Gillette. Martha An drews, AnSel Ruman, Minnie O. Sher- wood and Rufus Knapp.
 Mir. and Mrs, John s. Joyce cele- brated their golden wedding in very quiet way. owing to the illness of Mrs, Joyce. A post card shower was given them by theGr friends. The ladies Of the Baptist church, of which Mrs, Joyce is' member, presented them with 30 daybreak carnations and % heauttfu' roses, and their children and sister presented them with an appro- priate sum of money in gold.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
FaIrtleld
GREENFIELD CHANGERS
 EXCHANGE CHRISTMAS TOYS.
Annual Christmas Exercises Attended By Large Gathering and All
 Have a Merry Time.
(special to The Farmerl

Especial to The Farmer)
 Fairfield, Dec. 20-Last evening the naiis at Greenfield Hill to enjoy their ssnual Christmas tree and exercises. EheShall was we'll filled with members and their friends early in the even- ing, waiting to partake in the festlv1. ties which were soon to follow.
 A large Christmas tree adorned one corner of the large hall and was dec- orated with all the pretty things thai the little ones love to wake up and see on Christmas morning. Each mem Der brought with them small pres- ent of some sort. Names were placed on these presents and placed under the tree. Later in, the evening one of the members being dressed to rep resent Santa Claus. proceeded to pass out the presents to all in the hall. Each and every one received some, thing. When they were distributed about, more fun than circus was had. Toys of all descriptions were in view Farmers that have been work ing out in the fields all day were recipients of toy dolls, trains of cars, contrast that many a laugh was pressed forth to make the time full of jollity.
 An exceptionally fine program was rendered during the course of the ev, ening. comprising overtures and se< lections by Grange orchestra: Christ mas song. by Miss Edna Bulkley; Christmas recitation, Miss Elva Banks; violin and piano selections; Christmas Grafton. John E. Boyle, Christmas Reading. Miss Frances Pease; Christmas and New Years res- exercises.
 Last evening the members of the Fairfield Congregational church met in the church parlors for the purpose of electing officers in the Sunday school for the ensuing year. Those elected were as follows: Bacon Wake man, superintendent; Miss Emma F. Wakeman, librarian; Miss Mary West, chairman of Cradle Roll; Miss Kath- leen Glover superintendent of the pri- mary department; Livingston G.. Smith. treasurer. The Christmas tree dren and all the children of the par tsl1 will be held in the church parlors on Thursday afternoon, January 4th, ats5 p. m-
 The open meeting of the Impoved Order of Red Men. which is to be has been postponed until after Christ mas on account of the holidays. On the 9th of January, smoker ana so- cial time will be held in one of the local halls when all men in the town will be invited to attend and join in together and enjoy a sociable time.
 The many friends of Miss Josephine Connover who has been, confined to her home for the past 10 days with pneumonia, will be pleased to learn that she is slightly improved.
 The annual meeting of the First Ecclesiastical society of Fairfield, will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the parlors of the Fairfield Congregational church. The purposd of this meeting is to elect officers for the ensuing term, and also to trans. act other business that the society deems necessary. The committee for the society is composed of the fol- lowing: Andrew P.s Wakeman, Fred erick Sturges and Oliver Turney.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20

Hartford, Dec. 20.-At last that won- derful one hoss shay, that was built in such a logical way that 1t ran a hundred years, to a day, as Oliver Wendell Holmes would say, has been outmatched up Hartford way; for the Hartford vehicle, it appears, has last ed all of two hundred years--which fact, when everything's said and done, has beaten the Deacon's cart two to one. And to-day this chaise, which couldn't be broke, got caught in a fire and went up in smoke. Which shows now the world has gone ahead. since the day that Oliver Wendell said: Little of all we value here
 Wakes on the morn of its hundredth
 year,
 Without both feeling and looking queer
 In fact, there's nothing that keeps
 it's youth So far as I know, but tree and truth.
 (This is a moral that runs at large: Take it; you're welcome-no extra charge).
 Just who did build the Hartford shay, no one now living up here can say, but it wasn't the Deacon of Holmes lay. Twas known all over the countryside as William Lubys particu- lar pride, which Governor Trumbull used to rtde; and that, as every boy will know, was full two hundred years ago. And later on. after Congress met, it carried the figure of Lafayette. It appeared to be built in the self same way that the Deacon construct ed his one-hoss shay.
 "so the Deacon inquired of the village
 folk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
THIS 2OO-YEAR-OLD SHAY
 BURNS IN A POETIC WAY
fead This Kerry Ealo:d Lay if You You'd Learn We Fave Ioday (hdise That Beats by Two to (ne
 Holmes Deacon's Ancient Champion

Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split, nor bent, nor
 broke
 That was for spokes and floors and
 sills:
 He sent for lancewood to make the
 thrills: Q The Daneis of white-wood that cuts But lasts Kke iron for things like
 these
 Thorous hbrace bison-skin, thick and
 wide: Boot-top, dasher from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died That was the way he ''put her
 through"
 "Therel" said the Deacon, 'naow she'll
 dew!" z
 And so she did, and so did the shay that was licked to. death by tie flames to-day. For Trumbull appeared in the records when the date was writ ten as seventeen-ten. William Luby IcaTed this a "chaise'' and wheeled her of Hartford gaze; and after the noise and shouts and fun he would wheel her back to Kensington; he wouldn't have sold it for Lord knows what remarkable tnin~ in Connecticut. And wi liam Luby, he always thought this chaise was made as chaises ought, and that like the one that the deacon rode, fn the self same way this would soon explode. So no one wonders that Lu- by's ire Is aroused at the freak of the frightful fire.
 'End of the wonderful one-hoss shay.
 Logic is logic-that's all say"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
NEWTOWN

Those who did not hear Charles R. Taggart the entertainer Friday even ing. who appeared under the auspices of the Mems Federation of the Con. dollars worth of amusement for 25 cents. A good gathering was present and all felt more than repaid for the effort. It Is without doubt an as- sured fact should MT. Taggart appear again in Newtown that the Town who is known as "The Man from vermont, gave most amusing laughable and best of all clean enter tainment fro mstart to finish. Of re- markable versatility the entertainer seemed to touch the humorous vein of gram was followed closely with con tinual laughter. AS a violinist. vo- calist. humorist, ventriloquist. imper- senator and pianist in each he was equally fine.
 MT. and Mrs. L. F. Jones of Seattle. Wash. are guests until Friday of MT. and Mrs. Frank Wright
 First Selectman w. c. Johnson Is putting the trunk line highway, which extends from the head of Newtown Village street. south to the Monroe line, in shape to receive a dressing, of trap rock which has been ordered by Commissioner Macdonald. The Job has been let to Contractor A. e Benedict of Pittsfeld, Mass. and calls for the unloading. delivery and spreading of goo tons of three quarter inch stone. Selectman Johnson put in bid for the job so as to hold the work for our Newtown workmen. When the bids were opened it was found that the towns bid was ten cents under R. N, Beard Go. but the Pittsfield firm bid e5 cents per ton sranding demurraye. The work is ho h1x.. weeks to finish. Selectman Johnson's efforts will be appreciated by all.
 Mrs. Charles Miller of Bridgeport mas been the guest of her sister, Mrs. John T. Sheehan.
 Mrs. James F. Dunn was the guest of Waterbury friends Monday.
 Miss Roberta Neville returned to Bridgeport. today, after a weeks vis- 1t with Miss Jessie M, Taylor.
 Mrs. Dunn of Danbury. has been the guest of her son, James F. Dunn.
 WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
THE ORIGIN OR HEAD-HUNTING

In an article in Harper's for January on her recent journey among the Dy- aks Of Borneo, Mary Blair Beebe tells the origin of the practice of head hunting-a practice which still prevails among these savage peop-e despite our efforts to put it downs
 'I was told later that a Dyak Is quite mad for days after taking a head. realized the infinite tact and wisdom with which the two white Ra- jahs of sarawak-sir James and Sir Charles Brooke-have striven to abol- ish the practice of head-hunting, the greatest passion of the Dyak, having its roots in fis courtship and in his idea of immortality and f1lial affection
 "A Dyak legend tells that the daughter of their great ancestor, who resides in heaven near the even star. refused to marry until her bethrothed brought her a gift worthy her ac- ceptance. The man went into the jun- gle and killed a deer. which he pre- scented to her, but the flair lady turn ed away in disdain. We went away and returned with a mias (orangutan), the great monkey who haunts the for ests, but this present was not more to her taste. Then in fit of despair the lover went abroad, and killed the first man he met, and throwing the vic t'm's. head at her feet. exc aimed at the cruelty she had made him guilty of. but to Its surprise she smiled, and said that now he had discovered the only gift worthy of herself And to this day a Dyak girl will o-Cen refuse to marry q man who has not taken at least one head. Stir more binding upon the Dyak is the obligation to fur nish a fresh head to attend the spirit of any dead member of hts family. The feathers of the hornhi,l--the insignia of war-have come to be worn only by one who has taken a head, and the large circle of ~>other-o of pearl which ho'ds in place the feather war-coat is emblematic of immortality, since it is of this material that the spirit must construct the boat that is to take it into the next world"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
News of Fairfield County Towns
rUsSIAh WIFE DiDn'f CONSIDER MARRIAGE LEGAL

Declaring that his wife deserted him because she did not geleve the mar riage tGnding under the Russian law, Nelson Taylor, a prominent Norwalk resident, has brought suit for divorce against Aliette Taylor, now living in Napadowo, Russia. Taylor says his wife left him to wed Constantine Err ston and that she and Ergion are now living as man and wife in Napadowo. The couple were married July 26, 1900. The marriage to Ergion took ace September 25, 1911, after the defendant whose maiden name was Ailette de Carriere had been induced to consider that according to her nationality and religion the first marriage was not binding. Papers were filed to-day tn the superior court