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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
LAND TITLES QUESTIONED
DEEDS FILED WHICH COVER
LAND PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED
OF TO SETTLERS AT PINE
CREEK,
Especial to the Farmer.)

Southport, May 9-Mrs. Catherine
Brakeman died at her home in Green
field, yesterday, aged 81 years. Miss
Brakeman was well known in this vi
cinity, where she had lived all her
life. W.
Capt George Ellwood has been en-
gagged for a week in cutting marches
and pines in the forest plantation on
the Fred Bronson estate. The trees
will be used for oyster buoys by the
Nassau Oyster Company. This plan
tat1on was one Of the first ever plant
ed under the improved methods in
this State. and is a show plantation
often visited by experts.
Mrs. Susan Nichols of Greenfield
Hill. was taken suddenly ill Friday
night and her friends are anxiously
waiting for change for the better.
Democrats are getting more plenti-
full in this neck of the woods daily.
Yesterday the sloop Democrat, Capt.
Joseph Elliot, anchored in the har-
Dor
Louis Lespinasse, for many years
superintendent of the big estate of
Mrs. Julia Morris Curtiss, is at his
home in this town. again enjoying a
exhibits with much pride a letter of
commentator received from his lat
est employer. Jacob Rothschild. The
recipient had charge of the horticul-
tural department of the ROtschild
country place at Deer Lodge Beach,
Asbury Park, N. J.
J. H. Bonney who has laid aside the
faithful awl which has served him
SO we'll and so long, has installed a
machine which will hereafter relieve
his fingers Of their painful labor.
A deed has been filed in the town
clerks office conveying to Clarence
Sturges all right and title to about Is
Pine Creek. 1t is said that this deed
covers many lots which have been
sold in this vicinity, and that in the
neighborhood Of Is houses have al
ready been built on it. The settlers
who have built there have always be-
lieved that they had a good title to
their holdings and there is liable to
be some legal proceedings before the
matter is settled. So far Mr.. Stur-
ges has made no move to establish
his title. but those who built there are
beginning to look up their titles.
Action has been brought in the court
Of Common Pleas by Cummings &
Hopwood, attorneys for Horace E.
Hull, who asks damages for an acct
dent in which q car of the Trolley
Express Company ran into his wagon
six months ago and smashed things
up generally.
DR.. Belisle was called Saturday to
attend Joseph Sedat. who was taken
suddenly i'll. He is also attending
Marvin Murphy who is seriously i'll.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
Good Tomorrow for This Worlds Most Famous Beauty
Specialist

An opportunity is now offered every
reader of this paper to consult the
worlds most famous beauty special
list, Harriet Meta, of Paris. London
and Syracuse, absolutely free.
A little over three years ago there
was nothing known which, in our
judgment, would actually remove
wrinkles, but at that time Mile. Meta
made the important discovery which
has since made her famous in two
continents
She demonstrated the great power
of her new process by taking her own
wrinkles out with it in three nights,
after face massage, masks, straps,
steaming pots, ETC., had all failed, ana
today Mile. Meta's face IS still free
from wrinkles, her cheeks full and
plump and her skin and complexion
is a delight to behold In fact, by
many she is considered the most beau
tiful woman in all Paris.
Her remarkable discovery was
brought before the judges Of the Paris
International Exposition and the
Rome Exposition Internationale for
their investigation, and in both in
Gold Medals thereon. The French
government also honored her with a
patent on her new process, and pat
ents are now pending before the U. s..
government at Washington.
London journals sent their Beauty
Editresses to investigate her methods,
and their high Endorsements of her
discoveries made her famous almost
overnight, SO that she was eagerly
sought after by French countesses
and English ladies of high title and
rank. The Beauty Editress of the
London Onlooker wrote: can inter-
view with Mile Meta left me per-
suaded that here at last might be
found the secret to restore youth and
beauty
Many of those who have used her
process report most astonishing re-
suits. Mrs Mary J. Davis, of "a SO.
4th street, East st Louis, ILL.,, says:
my wrinkles were very deep and Of
long standing, SO you can imagine my
surprise when, after only two applica-
tons they entirely disappeared" Mrs.
L. E. Haskell, of San Francisco, Calf,
writes: 81 am SO years old. Conse-.
quently my wrinkles were of long
standing and I haG not thought 1t
possible to erase them, but now when
I view my changed reflection in the
mirror I can scarcely realize the
that has been
wrought" Mrs M. A. Edwards, of
Raleigh, N. c., says: 'Since using
the treatment I look younger than I
did rs years ago. Mrs. M. L. Lee,
221 East Virginia street, Evansville,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09

John is his name, and he lives in
Newburg. Further personal details
are not necessary. Now, John has a
wife who is not as charitable as she
might be, and she has a woman friend
who has domestic troubles of her own
and therefore can and does sympathize
with Johns wife. Just what time it
was when John came in the other
morning deponent knoweth not, but
certainly it was no sort of time for a
married mau to be getting home, and
his wife told him so, though he knew
it perfectly well without being told.
Next morning after John had gone to
his Office his wife called up the other
woman on the telephone and told
about John. The other woman was all
sympathy, and what the two had to
say about the kind of husband John
was was more than plenty. In the
thick of it friend of Johns got on the
wire-not Intentionally, Of course, for
he thought John was model, but he
got there, and it sounded good enough
to him to stay and listen. But not
for long. Presently he coughed. and
there was sudden silence.
who's that?" inquired Johns wife.
tits john" responded the friend
and hung up the receiver.-New York
Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
Careful OF His Gun,

In one Of the small mountain towns
of kentucky lived Dan. a half wit,
with whom the boys often went hunt
ing. On one of these trips Dan and the
young man with him were between
two hills when a rabbit jumped up in
front Of them and ran up the hill to
Dams right. The other fellow, being
On Dams left. did not wish to take the
chance Of shooting at the rabbit for
fear Of an accident, so he said: There
he goes, Dan! Shoot him, shoot him!'
But Dan simply stood still and watch
ed the rabbit disappear over the hill,
and his partner wanted to know why
he didn't shoot. After moments ST.
lence he answered, talking through his
nose: did you take me for a fool?
Do you think was going to strain my
gun shooting uphill?'-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09

Ind., writes: 81 used the treatment
one night and it succeeded in entire-
ly removing my wrinkles, leaving my
face as soft and free from lines as y
chlld's" Miss Henrietta Jackson, Of
6 Melville bldg Pittsfeld, Mass. saws.
your treatment is Godsend to WON :,
ankind- I wish every woman could
know as / know the wonderful results
which are produced by your treat
ment.''
Since Mile. Meta made her remarks
able discovery imitatorS have natural II
ly sprung up all over the country.
Some of them have copied Mile. Me-
ta's advertisements and literature to
such an extent that the public is often,
at loss to distinguish the imitation1
from the real. We are therefore au-;
thorized to announce the following rel
markable offer, which cannot fail to-
conince you as to who is who:
Mile. Meta will forfeit $1,000 in gold
if she fails to prove that she hold nine,
Gold Medals and three Grand Prix
on her discoveries from International
Expositions. She will forfeit $1,000!
in gold if anyone can prove that she1
did not take out her own wrinkles
with it in three nights exactly as she
slams. She will forfeit $1,000 in gold
if every testimonial and sworn state
ment which she publishes is not abb
solutely genuine. She will forfeit sf,-1
600 in gold II anyone can snow adver-
tisements similar to hers published in
any newspaper or magazine In the
United States or Europe prior to the
publication of her advertiseme rts.
Arrangements have been made with
Mile. Meta to furnish free informa-
ton in regard to her marvellous pro-
cess for removing wrinkles to all
Bridgeport Farmer readers. Merely
cut out and send her the coupon be-
low and you will receive free particu-
lars by return mail in a plain sealed
envelope. You can use this remark
able process in the privacy Of your
own home without the knowledge Of
even your most intimate friends. 1t
often works astonishing wonders in
a single treatment over night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
The Waste of the Wind.

Every one who wants a cheap mo-
tive force has tried to harness the
wind. Every child has made a paper
propeller or a windmill. But can it be
said that the possible uses of the wind
have been as arduously investigated
as such recently discovered forces as
steam and electricity and gases? Is it
not conceivable that the practical uses
of the wind are underestimate just
because they are SO familiar?
We cannot help thinking that the
wind will be more variously employed
some day in the same way that prob
ably the problem of laying under con-
tribution the great physical fact of the
tides will be solved. One would think
that the wind could be used for cleo
trio lighting, yet there is no practical
apparatus for the purpose. True, the
wind is variable and occasionally abb
sent, but as electricity can be stored
one might suppose that this was the
very case in which variability did not
particularly matter.-London Specta-
for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
WHAT WOMEN ARE
DOING IN THIS
BUSY WORLD
OF OURS

Miss Esther E. Lape, a former in
structor in Swarthmore college, has
been appointed instructor of rhetoric
and composition in Wellesley College
Miss Lape is one of the collaborators
in the authorized translation of KLAUS
Hinrich Baas,' by Gustav Freussen
Mrs. F. H. Sumpter, Mrs. ]. A
Kring and Mrs. Henry A. Foster have
been appointed a committee to see
that the town of College Mound, Mo-,
is kept clean. Their appointment was
made as the result of mass meeting
which nominated candidates for the
town board.
At the meeting it was unanimously
agreed that all citizens regardless of
sex should vote. This is the first time
equal suffrage has been granted in
Missouri.
Mrs. Mary M. Emery has presented
to the University Of Concinnati what
is said to be the only municipal bird
reserve in the world. This reserve
comprises a large area of wooded land
within the limits of Cincinnati sur
rounded by an iron fence which is as
nearly cat and boy proof as possible.
Mrs. Emery has placed the entire
property under the control of he uni
versity with the understanding that it
is to be under the direction of Pro-
ment of biology, who is to conduct a
series of experiments for the purpose
of working out successful methods for
attracting native song birds into the
city.
Mrs. John A. c. Mention has just
been elected on the school board in
Flint, Mich. Her husband was elect
ed mayor on the same ticket Mrs.
S. NJ. Cantrovitz was elected on the
same date for a long term on the
school board of Milwaukee on the
ticket. Though a Jew
ess, Mrs. Cantrovitz was actively sup
ported by the Catholic and Protest
ant women voters.
More than half of the students in
Cornell university who were recently
elected to the Phi Beta Kappa So
ciety were women. This society
stands for pure scholarship alone. and
of the twenty-seven members elect
ed this year, fifteen were women
There are only 400 women students
in Cornell out of a total enrolment
of 5000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
NEWTOWN.

Rev. George T. Sinnott and Rev. P
Connors attended the funeral, Mon
day, at Waterbury, of Rev. J. J. Cum
ningham, pastor Of st. Thomas
church of that place.
Mrs. Patrick H. Cannon has spent
several days with Bridgeport friends.
On Friday, May II, a ''pansy whist
will be given at the Beach Memorial
Library building. The game will be-
gin promptly.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Blackman, Mrs
S. F. Schermerhorn and Frank Black
man were guests, Sunday, of Mr.. and
Mrs Stanley Blackman of South Brit
ain.
Sterling Hoyt of Derby. was the
Wright.
Miss Eva Cleveland of Bridgeport,
was an over Sunday guest Of friends
in town.
Mrs. George Clark and daughter,
Florence, have been guests of Mrs.
John Carlson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs George Stuart spent
Sunday at Redding.
A very happy evening was enjoyed
by all who were present at the recep-
ton given by the High school faculty
to the seniors, juniors and their
friends, Friday evening. A large
gathering was present. Mrs. VIM.
Waklee of South Britain rendered vo-
cal selections, and Miss Short of
Bethel piano selection. The social
hours were spent in dancing, Miss
Anna Houlihan of the Alumni Asso-
citation, furnishing the music.
Mrs. VIM. Walsh of Walnut Thee
Hill, has been taken to the Danbury
hospital for treatment.
Trinity Notes.-The service at II
o'clock Sunday was a communion ser
vice. No sermon was preached. The
Boys Club will meet Friday evening
at the home of H. n. Tiemann.
ST. Roses Notes.-The prayers of the
congregation were offered for the re-
pose of the souls of Rev. J. J. Cum
ningham of Waterbury, and Martin
Lillis. May devotions Will be held
Wednesday and Friday evenings at
7:45 All the young ladies of the par
ish are invited to be present at ST.
Patrick's hall to enjoy a social time
at O'Clock. A reception Of the Chill
dren of Mary will be held Sunday,
May %, when Rev. DR.. Stanley will
give the sermon. Next Sunday the
monthly collection will be taken up at
both masses.
Rev George T. Sinnott baptized
Catherine the infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Michael F. Grove, of Bots
ford, Sunday afternoon. The sponsors
were Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Koran of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
EASTON

The regular meeting of the B. U
G. E. was held as usual at the Bap
fist church on Sunday evening, tn,
assigned leader, Otto Nelson, being
out of town. Mrs. Clarence Andrew!
led the meeting.
pit at Sport Hill at the Methods
church on Sunday morning. Mr.
Price will soon be settled in the par.
sonage on Sport HILL
Ii William Andrews spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer An
drews.
Charles wakeman and Eli wakemar
were the appraisers on Morris Davis
estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Andrews, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Andrews, Mallett
Sanford and daughter Clara, were in
Bridgeport on Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Seeley of Bridgeport, is
visiting her sister, Miss Agnes Seeley
of Sport Hill.
Miss Edna Brewer Is entertaining a
friend from out of town, for a few
davs.
Mrs. John Sherwood and Mrs. Ida
Ogden spent Monday in Bridgeport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gillett have
recently entertained Mrs Cook of
Bridgeport, for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Haley have
returned after spending a few days
in Brooklyn with friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Mcclellan re-
Gently took Mrs. John Wheeler for a
ride in their auto Bridgeport. Mrs.
Wheeler's friends will be glad to hear
she can be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Andrews were
entertained at Prof. DeMork's in
Bridgeport. on Saturday evening
Owing to the absence of the Sun
day school teachers at the Baptist
church on Sunday morning, Miss Min
Logan's class went into Mrs. Marion
Williams class.
Miss Minnie Sherwood has returned
home after spending Sunday with her
friend, Mrs. Harry Edwards, of STRAIT
field.
E. P. Mills had the misfortune last
Wednesday to get badly cut with a
buzz saw, while filing it. and had to
have fourteen stitches taken.
William ODonnell spent Sunday
with his mother. Mrs. Mary Knight.
Miss Mary Ferris spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs Mildred Ferris.
Miss Lille Krohner Of Bridgeport,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Krohner
The B. U. c. E. will hold sociable
at the hall on Friday evening, May
18th.
The regular meeting of Easton
Grange will be held as usual on Tues
day evening. The degree team will
work the second and third degrees
on the class of twelve candidates
who took the first degree at the last
The programe will consist
Of a debate: Resolved, That the wo-
mans duties Of the farm are more
arduous than the mans. Affirmative.
Florence Marsh, Dora Andrews, Mrs.
P. G. McCollum and Mrs. E. D. Gill
lett Negative, Clarence Jennings,
Jesse Wheeler, Albert Hawkins and
George A. Cornell. Readings, Lucy
Rockwell, Albert Nichols and William
Lopez. The music will be arranged
by Miss Myrtle Nichols.
Miss Mary A Gillett spent Friday
night with friends in New Haven.
Mrs. Clarence Andrews is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer An
dreWS.
Charles Keller is on jury.
Mr. Campbell was entertained over
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gillett
Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wade and
Mr. and MPs. Edward Morehouse of
on Sunday, at Silver Hill
Farm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
j. w. ZEIGLER COMPANY, In
CORPORATED,
IN NATTER OF RECEIVERSHIP.
SUPERIOR COURT,
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.

Notice is hereby given that the
Honorable Superior Court, in and for
the County of Fairfield, and State OF
Connecticut, ordered and adjudged
that the temporary appointment OF
Nathan C. Herr of Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, as Receiver of the ]. w.
Zeigler Company, Incorporated, be
confirmed and made permanent and
that the said Nathan G. Herr be and
hereby is appointed Permanent Re
ceiver of said Corporation.
And it is further ordered and ad-
judged that the period of four months
from and after June 1, 1911, be linn
tied for the presentation of claims
against the J. W. Zeigler Company.
Incorporated. to Nathan c. Herr, Re-
ceiver.
And further notice is hereby given
under said order that all claims NOT
presented to said Receiver within the
time limited shall thereafter be bar
red; and that the address to which
said claims may be sent to said Re-
ceiver by mail is No. 116 Bank street,
Bridgeport, Connecticut
NATHAN c. HERR,
Receiver of J. w. Zeigler Company.
Inc r 9sr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
oldest of Queer Fishes.

A queer fish that does not swim is
the "sargasso fish," known to sailors
as the 'frogfish." 1t lives in that vast
mass Of floating gulfweed called the
Sargasso sea, in mid-Atlantic.
It's pectoral fins are so modified and
developed as to resemble arms, and it
uses them for clinging to the weed.
Very gaudily colored, it changes its
hues to match the aquatic vegetation
by which it is surrounded, and when
the latter decays and turns brown it
assumes a corresponding shade.
The fish lays its eggs in jelly-like
mass, which, absorbing a great guam
tity of water, becomes three times as
big as the mother fish herself, assum-
ing the form of a narrow raft three or
four feet long and two to four inches
wide.-New York World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
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 rainy
day woman wearing wet shoes went
in to buy rubbers. The 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 depleted pocketbook caus-
ed her to exclaim, But 1 don't want
new shoes, only rubbers!'
II understand" said the clerk. 81
am only slipping these shoes on to fit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
Spoiled the SoIemnity.

Joseph II. Choate when ambassador
to the court of st. James and Mark
Twain were together in st. Georges
chapel, London. one hot day, both
seemingly sobered by the solemnity OF
the place.
"What an awful thing it Isl Twain
began in whisper
Mr.. Choate leaned closer to catch
some ponderously sad expression from
the humOrist.
what an awful thing it is" Twain
repeated, ''to be shut up in a place
where one cannot smoke
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
HARTFORD MAN CHARGED
WITH KEEPING MATERNITY
HOSPITAL WITHOUT PERMIT,
Especial from United Press. }

Hartford, May 9-The hearing of
Martin f. Addleman on charge of
keeping maternity hospital without
a license from the Board of Health,
was further postponed today until
May 16. The police are trying to
connect the man with some serious
offences. He was once convicted in
this city of practicing medicine with
out a license.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
Badness Due To
BrainWork Says
Pastor Pontius
Especial from United Press

Waterbury, May 9-Baldheaded men
today rubbed their pates with much
pride as the result of the statement
by Rev. M. L. Pontius, of North Ha-
ven, yesterday, that badness was due
to brainwork. Badness, said Pontius.
was caused by excessive brain activ-
ity which, by some strange chemical
action upon the PHOSPHORUS of the
brain. produced light which in turn
produced heat which melted the roots
of the hairs, causing them to fall out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
Beyond the StYx.

IT believe you were called the ia
Their of your country" remarked the
shade of Bonaparte Did you like
the title?"
1T did, answered the shade of
Washington, 'but between you and
me I'd hate to be even a stepfather to
some of the cities therein today."-Ex-
change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09

the rubbers over. e soils the inside
of a rubber to slip it on over a wet
shoe. Then if it doesn't ut and the
customer doesn't take it it is spoiled
for the next customer"
"And the outcome Of that expert
epce was" said the woman, that 1
bought the shoes as well as the rub
bers and had them sent home G. o. ID.
Maybe that was what he was working
for all the timen-New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
IkCENOIARY FIRE
AT FALLS VILLAGE
Especial from United Pr,

Especial from United Press
Winsted, May 9-F,ire last midnight,
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin, destroyed the house, barn and
icehouse belonging to John W. Fay of
Falls Village, town of Canaan Some
livestock and much farm produce We're
destroyed. Mr.. Fay managed to save
his horses. The authorities are inves-
tigating the fires origin and arrests
are expected within week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
FUNERAL OF VICTIM
OF CYCLE COLLISION

Especial from United Press.)
Willimantic, May 9-The funeral was
held today of Mrs. Alice Babcalk, who
was killed Sunday in collision with
Motorcyclist Rufus Hughes. Hughes
will be given a hearing tomorrow on
reckless driving charge. He was
acquitted by the coroner of man
Slarohter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
HIT The HIGH PLACES
AROUND ELM CITY
Especial from United Press. !

New Haven, May 9-The result of
the election of officers at the annual
convention OF the Grand Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons of Connecticut,
will not be known until late this aft
ernoon. The members and a number
of prominent guests from New York
were given an automobile ride around
the city this afternoon.
The convention opened with ban
quet last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
$4,000 Appeal
For Defense Of
John M'Namara
Especial from United Press,

Washington, May 9-The American
Federation of Labor today issued an
appeal to union men of the> country
for $500, 600 for the defense of John J.
Mcnamara, at Los Angeles.
Behind his prosecution, the appeal
declares, stands a detective agency
with no scruples or hesitancy in man
ufacturing evidences; and the National
Erectors' Association. a part of the
great corporations of the country,
with their millions and billions of
wealth and power allied against the
cause of labor"
The appeal hotly denounces the
Burns Detective Agency and General
OtiG
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
Satan's Kingdom
Still On Fire

Especial from United Press)
Nepaug May 9-Satan's bingham is
still burning today. Last nights for
est fire which was checked by $50 fire
fighters, was famed into blaze anew
this morning, Probably 5000 acres
have been burned over. The flames
today do not threaten any buildings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
An Untamed Rascal.

81 don't think there is an honest hair
in his head"
That's right. 1 believe he'd even
cheat at checkersr'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09

Sailor-Just at that moment my ia
Their received bullet that cut off both
his arms and legs and threw him into
the sea. Fortunately he knew how to
swim.--Paris Rire.