The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-01
NEW SHERIFF BADGERED
Solid Gold Emblem Presented to John Williams at Cupheag Club Last Night
Especial to The Farmer.)

land the reason has been eagerly Bought. Active old men are always easked to what they attribute their nongevity Charles W. Blakeslee the EMr. Blakeslee is in his 70th year and Eis as active and vigorous as any man In the town. He is able to take the place of any of his men in laying a Ecellar wall and do about double the Ework. He is quick and strong and al- Enough small in stature and light in tweight he can easily lift stone which Twill stagger the strongest man on the bob. MT Blakeslee attributes his won- Ederful activity and vigor to the use kof sugar. Many years ago he heard kthat sugar used freely in food operated Ton jfa system to the preservation of fhe muscles and also tended to make kthe user supple and strong. For thir- Fly years Mir Blakeslee has used sugar kfreely. When exhausted instead of ktaking alcoholic stimulants he eats "a few Jumps of loaf sugar which he Railways carries with him. He finds Ethat the sugar restores his jaded mus hcles and is much better than a stim- C1lant. In his younger days MT. Hlakeslee could out-mow, out-chop land out-swim any Nother man in the Nown and 1t would be hardy young Fters who would enter the lists against him today. He attributes the wonder E6ul conservation of his powers entirely kto the use of sugar.
 The work of tearing down the bak- kery building occupied by John Assum kthe village baker began this morning. f The Woman's Aid Society of the HCongregational church will hold their 1ennual Dollar Meeting" today. The touting is being held at Far Mill river. | The fire house will be equipped with Ia cement floor some day this week. (which will be a great improvement. Flames Lally will donate the sand, the AA-~x s-l- t9n kEnembers of the company will do the kwork.
 A remedy for the garden pests which fhave done so much damage in this Vii kcinity has been offered by Harry Will. fcoxson who says that it is effective in Eevery instance Two. tablespoons of EParis green thoroughly mixed with 5ha1f bushel of bran to which is add led a cup of molasses is. the remedy and it is so simplpe and inexpensive ! that it is worth trying. The mixture Els scattered upon the surface of the ground about growing plants. It is | said that cut worms and other pests feat the mixture readily and die im- Emediately. It will not injure the splants and is good for every kind of Egrowing crop.
 | Deputy Sheriff John Williams was ethe center of interest at the Cupheag kpclub last night. During the evening Ehe was called to the floor py President Edward H. Beers who made a highly complimentary speech in which he called the attention of the incoming ] officers to the esteem in which he Twas held in the community and said Every complimentary things. MT. Will E1iams was hardly able to contain him. Eself and blushed like a school girl, Ewhen MT. Beers referred to his good Hooks and other good qualities. After kthe new official had been the target Ifor the speaker for a long time MT. tBeers produced handsome sheriff 8 badge of solid gold which he pinned on the vest of his victim. MT. Will Hams replied as we'll as could be ex- pected under the circumstances. As the affair had not been broached to him MT. Williams had not been able to prepare any set speech but he ac- quilted himself creditably and ex- pressed his appreciation of the good i will of his fellow members of the club The badge is a handsome af- fair. Among the first to congratulate the incoming sheriff was Charles E.. Etaeg the retiring deputy.
 George E. Mather who recently res moved his family to this village is the special representative of the National Co-Operative Realty Go. He will handle real estate loans and insur- ance.
 George O. Lines. and Joseph John son are in New York today combining business with pleasure. They will viS- at Coney this evening.
 Thomas McGrath Jr.. fell from the lporch at his fathers home on South fevenue on Tuesday and received var ious injuries among them a broken leg
 The annual meeting of the Veterans association of this town will be held on June >
 The committee having in charge the celebration of the fifth anniversary of Okenuck tribe meets this evening to transact business.
 Seldom has Stratford been honored by so distinguished lecturer as Dr.. W. Edgar Geil who will speak at day evening on China and the Great Wall Dr. Geil is an IL. D., and a fellow of the Royal Geographical so- ciety of England. pr. W. A. P. Mar tin Ex-President of the Chinese Im- perial University, places him with Livingstone and Stanley an ex- plorer. He says: Livingstone and Stanley did more for civilization and science than a dozen polar expedi- -tions. Dr. Cells researches have talk ren a wider range than theirs, ex- tending to three zones and he has tshowed me tattered flag which he bore on voyages by land and sea suf- sfcient to put a ten fold girdle around lthis globe Six years ago pr. Geil tfurned his attention to China, ascend led her great river to the frontiers of kTibet and gave the world his experi- fences in a fascinating book "A Yan- 1kee on the Yangtze'. Undaunted by hardships he undertook in the spring fcf last year a more herculean task. RThis was nothing less than the mak- hing of visit to every one of the IS provinces: mapping out the sites of their capitals. collecting on the spot ksheir typographical treasures. a mass tof literature destined to form the tbasis of a Chinese library" Dr. Geil became so much interested in what he saw of the work of the missionaries that he is giving away a few lectures sand Stratford will have the unique honor of hearing him. No admission fee.
 Miss Mabel Ensign of Bridgeport has been the guest of Miss Susie Bennetto at her home on Main street this week.
 Clinton Paul of Warsaw, N. Y, an enthusiastic Grand Army man has been visiting his brother Isaac Paul of Bruce avenue this week.
 The rain of yesterday was welcom- ed by the average villager who has a garden as well as by those engaged fin raising vegetables for market The continued dry weather has not only re- Ffarded the growth of all kinds of veg tetables but has proved to be the prop ser condition for the propagation of cut worms, plant fieas, grubs, and a myriad of other enemies to plant growth. Charles w. Blakeslee of