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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
SECRETLY webs CHAUFFEUR
Girls Father Then Sends Couple on 8
 Honeymoon in Private Car.

Greenwich, Feb. 10-Mr and Mrs. Arthur Woodcock departed from Greenwich yesterday in private Pull man car for Miami and a trip South extending for a month, which they will spend entirely on the car. The trip is a belated wedding gift of Mrs Woodcock's parents, MT. and Mrs. William J. Smith, who accompany them.
 MT. and Mrs. woodcoclz were mar ried last May, and kept the secret un- til last month. The groom was acting as chauffeur for Mrs. J. K. Converse Of New York, so that he might be near his wife Summer home at her fathers bungalow at Stanwich. They had been betrothed for year unknown to MT. Smith. She vainly tried to get her father to consent to her receiving her husband, the supposed wooer, in his home, and they decided to leave home for good.
 Some one finally told the father. Woodcock was summoned and the se- cret wedding revealed by searching Port Chester records.
 "It is up to you to make good. You've married her, now support her, said MT. Smith
 When they started to say goodbye the millionaire and his wife called them back, leased a house for them, furnished it, and now comes the pri- vate car as wedding gift. The young man has forsaken chauffeur ing and 1t is understood. is to be a banker in his father-in-law's bank.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
PARK THEATRE

The theatrical manager who can tell from the manuscript of a play how the work will affect the public when pre- sented on the stage has not been born. That is why it not infrequently hap pens that the most skillful managers occasionally present works in which they had much confidence, that fail miserably to interest the public. It is not sufficient that a manager can script; eff it is worth producing he must know how to cast 1t. A fine company has lifted many work above the plane of mediocrity while many clever work has been doomed by actors not suited to it's characters. It is claimed that the casting of a Shakespearean play is an easy matter. The casting of a farce, however, Is a matter of much work. It is neces- sary that the people be fitted for it, that they possess a keen sense of hu- nor and proper appreciation of the touches of light and shade that bring out in relief the meaning of the au- thor. Charles Frohman feeling the truth of this spared no pains in gath ering together a number of very clev- CT people for the production of the French farce, "The Zebra" which he is to make known at the Park theatre Friday evening. The cast includes A. Hamilton Revelle, Richie Ling, Law renee D'Orsay, Alexander Clark, AL fred Hudson, ST., Reginald Mason, Adelaide Nowak, Vera McCord, Irene Fenwick and Dolly Lewis. As is French and has had big success in Paris, where it is now running. The American adoption is By Paul M. Pot ter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
CUNNIaG OLD FOX
 IN ELIZA ROLE ON ICE
 DROWNS FAMOUS HOUND

South Norwalk Feb. 10-The fox has been accredited with being the most cunning of animals, but even his tricks in Aesop's fables were outdone yesterday afternoon in Broad River. when he drowned one of the best fox hounds in this section of Connecticut and displayed almost human intelli- gence in the deed. He had been chased all day by the. pack and. be- coming tired "Old Lucifer". as this particular specimen has been known for the last five years. ran out on the ice of the Norwalk reservoir.
 Taking to the ice. the fox jumped from one small floating piece to an- other. seeing each time that the one he left was rocking and moving for the dog to land upon.
 Caesar was close on his brush when the fox's hope was realized. Caesar slipped from a wabbling cake and fell into the water. He was clinging to the edge of the little floe when the old Nestor of the local fox tribe de- liberately turned back. and by biting at the hounds paws and pushing with his nose showed the dog into the stream. which carried Caesar beneath the ice to death by drowning.
 John Marshall. the owner. stood on the shore meanwhile, but was help less. The old fox then parked. as though in derision, and made off into the woods. This is not the first trick he has turned on sportsmen. robbing them of their dogs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10

The description of the state and it's people and ways is we'll worth repeti- tion. Of political conditions it says:
 'The people live under a free gov ernment and have no fear of the ty- rant. There are no overgrown estates with rich and ambitious landlords, to have an undue and malicious infiu- ence in the election of civil officers. Property is equally enough divided estates descend as they do now. No person is prohibited from voting. He who has the most merit, not he who has the most money, is generally cho- sen into public office. As instances of this it is to be observed that many of the citizens of Connecticut from the humble walks of life have arisen to the first offices of the state and filled them with dignity and reputation. That base business of electioneering which is so directly calculated to introduce weak and design .ns men into office is yet but little known in Connecti- cut. A man who wishes to be chosen into office acts wisely for that end when he keeps that desire to himself.
 "At the anniversary election for gov ernorn and other public officers which is h8 yearly at Hartford on the sec ond Thursday in May, sermon is preached which is published at the public expense. On these occasions a vast concourse of respectable citi- zens, particularly the clergy, are col lected from every part of the state, and while they add dignity and sol emnity to the important and joyful transactions of the day, serve to ex- terminate party spirit and to harmon ize the civil and religious interests in the state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
New Milford Recluse Had
 Money Rotten With Age.

New Milford, Feb. 1O.-The estate of the late Miss Emma Williams, the 70 years old recluse, who died at her home here last December, has been valued by the appraisers at $31, ,00O, of which amount $1,20O is given as in real estate, $500 in personal effects and cash $29,500
 Five thousand dollars of the cash it is stated, was found stored about the house, some of the bills being so decayed that they had to be sent to the United States treasury department for redemption.
 A large quantity of expensive cloth ing, some of which had apparently never been worn, was found in the upper part of the house. Miss Will Hams had lived alone since the death of her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell, about seven years ago, her manner of life and dress giving no indication that she was possessed of means. She was known as 'Old Maid Williams .'' Her death was discovered by a neigh Dor after Miss Williams had been dead for 48 hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
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CONNECTICUT PATENTS.

The following were issued February |7. 1911. List furnished from office of A. M Wooster, solicitor of patents Bridgeport, Conn. John A. Manson, Bridgeport, care % Geo. H. Smith, Bridgeport, shoe Jos. Bellini, New Haven. ice cream cutting and wrapping machine.
 Chas E., Dayton. Hartford, wind actuated display device.
 Geo w. Hayden, Hartford, hydrant Joseph Willmann, Shelton, appara- tus for killing bacteria in liquids. wilson E. Post, Norwich, lock me- chanism for firearms.
 Chas. B. Lawrence, Torr1ngton combination tool rest.
 August Arens and E. l.. Telch, New Britain, door lock. Chas. Glover, New Britain, blank for threading shuttle eyes.
 E. N. Humphrey, New Britain buckle.
 Walter H. Perkins, Cheshire, shade Frank E. Ludington, Waterbury, continuous cigarette machine with tipping attachment.
 Albert w. Erdman. Waterbury, Hiram s. Combs, Norwalk, wire net ting machine.
 Leonard H. Dyer, Greenwich, tran som lift.
 Geo. P. Fenner, New London, print ing press.
 Jas J. Murphy, Terryville, paddock. Mathewson w. Potter and H. M. Shell, Saybrook, embroidery awl.
 Prints.
 Landers, Frary & Clark, New Brit ain, ''The Universal Safety RaZors." :" (For universal safety raZOrs.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
DO YOU ENJOY
 YOUR MEALS?
None of the Most Important Questions to Consider in the Search for Happiness and Health.

The burning question to you is,
 "Are you getting out of life all the pleasure and the health you are en- titled to?" If not, why not? No matter whether every organ and member of your body is in a sound state of health and strength, if your stomach is in any way disordered, you are not going to be yourself. You sorts, nervous or sullen individual. whose actions will reflect your condi- tion inside, and people will naturally avoid you.
 The world wants to smile and be cheerful, at least, occasionally, you will have few friends, fewer oppor- tun1ties, no success, and you will go down in defeat-defeated by dyspep- sia and a bad stomach.
 A good and thorough digestion has a quick, wonderful reaction upon the brain. You must have noticed it many times for the brain and stom- ach are as intimately connected as a needle and its thread, one can hardly be used to advantage without the oth- CT. If your stomach is slow and lazy in digesting your food, it will produce at once a slow, lazy and cloudy infiu- your stomach has absolutely quit workA and fermentation is poisoning your vitals as a result, surely your brain is going to be sluggish and cor respondingly depressed. No one need tell you that.
 But why continue to suffer all the miseries and torments that disor- dered stomach brings you?
 If your stomach can not digest your food. what will? Where's the relief? Where's the cure?
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the relief and the cure. Why? Because, as all stomach troubles arise from in- digestion and because one ingredient of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is able to thoroughly and completely digest 5000 grains of any kind of food, doesn't it stand to reason that these little Dyspepsia Tablets are going to digest all the food and whatever fOOod you put into your stomach? Sci ence nowadays can digest food with out having to use the stomach for it. And Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the result of this scientific discovery. They digest and digest thoroughly and we'll, anything and everything you eat.
 So, if your stomach refuses to work or can't work, and you suffer from eructations, bloat, brash, fermenta- tfon, biliousness, sour stomach, heart burn, irritation, indigestion or dys- pepsia of whatever form. just take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and see the difference. It doesn't cost you much to prove it. Then you can eat all you want, what you want, whenever you want, if you use these tablets, and you can look the whole world in the face with a beam ing eye and you will have aScheerful spirit, pleasant face,a vigorous body and clear mind and memory and everything will look and taste deli cious to you. That's life.
 Get a package of Stuart's Dyspep- sia Tablets at any drug store on earth for soc a package.
 f1o mo odd fo- day and we will at once send you by mail a sample package free. Ad- edress F. A. Stuart Co.,, 15O Stuart Bldg, Marshall Mich.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
LIN THE THEATRES
POII'S.

To show that Manager Poli considers expense the least important factor in
 booking a bill of vaudeville for his local playhouse it might be of inter- est to the theatre going public to know that the sum total of the salaries he will pay the acts on next weeks bill is more than three thousands and any one who is at all conversant with vaudeville and it's inner workings will know that this is an actual fact. The
 bill will be notable not only for it's costliness and naturally its merit but for the reason that there will be no act on the bill headlined, because they have all been headlined on bills pre- viously, and the matter of which act
 is the most entertaining on the bill
 will be left to the audiences to decide making the week one of the most
 eventful in vaudeville circle ever known here for each act will be out to get the applause honors. The bill
 will be opened by Ethel Whiteside and her Picks an act which is the special feature of the bill at Polls Hartford this week. then will follow Frank Mill ton and the De Long Sisters, in the comedy sketch hit of the season and headlining the bill at Polls Springfield this week, followed by the Four Song Writers, called the 'Monarchs of Mel ody" and this week the hit of the bill at Keith's. Providence, then will come William Gould and Hattie Lorraine, the classiest combination in the sing ing line that vaudeville has seen this season MT. Gould being remembered as the former partner of Valeska Sur ratt and the star of several musical comedies while Miss Lorraine Is known ias "Broadway's Most Beautiful Ac- tress'' and they are topping the bill at Jacques in Waterbury, this week, then will follow Corcoran and Dixon, a positive riot at Poli's New Haven, this week and the bill will close with the local favorites Melrose and Ken nedy in their new act Scotch Bumpty Bumps" and it need not be mentioned that the boys were featured on every bill all over the Orpheum Circuit which they have just completed. In an effort to learn which act the pa irons of the theatre consider the best act on the bill from their personal standpoint a voting contest will be ar ranged and the best judges after all the people who pay their money for seats will select the winner. The week will be a gala one in more than one way for following the holiday per- no advance in prices the employees of the Rowland Dry Goods company will occupy the entire lower floor on Tuesday evening forming an immense theatre party with special features for their benefit.
 This weeks bill of sterling quality continues to pack the theatre and the act of John B. Hymer and company Tom Walker on Mars has already been stamped with the approval of the patrons as the best comedy production of the year. Yvette, the Girl with the Violin and the most fascinating figure in vaudeville is still proving a riot at
 each performance and all the other acts on the bill serve to round out
 ''the best ever" Tonight a goodly part of the lower floor will be occu- pied by a theatre party consisting of members of the Arab Patrol of the Sphinx Temple and the band and 1t will be one grand "Shriners Night"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
MONUMENT FOR
 DEAD CONF1EDERATES.

Washington. Feb. 10-Southerners are wondering just how much of the $1eo.000 which Congress recently ap- propr:ated for the erection of monu- ments to mark the graves of unidenti- fled Confederate soldiers who died in Northern prisons. will be devoted to that purpose. as a result of a decis- ion of the Comptroller of the Treas ury recently made.
 The Comptroller has decided that the travelling expenses or army officers in charge of the erection of the mon- uments. and of their families shall be paid out of the appropriation. instead of from the funds of the War De- pertinent. The officers are also to receive a per diem. while supervising the work.
 Since at least half a hundred monu- ments are to be erected it has been figured out. by a statistical shark in the Treasury Department that less than one-haf of the original appro- priation will be expended for the pur- pose for which it was primarily in- tended
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
OFFICIAL DENIAL BY SPANISH COURT
 OF MARITAL WOES
Delayed Contradiction of Re. ports Respecting Differences Between King and Queen on Account of Alf0nsO's Gay Life in Paris

London, Feb. 1o-Government agents, who have been trying to run down the derelictions of King Alfonso, receiv- ed advices, today. that Alfpnso's alias while in Paris was Monsieur Lamy." On these trips to the pleasure resorts of the French capital, which are per sistently reported to have estranged Queen Victoria from the King, Alfon- so was always accompanied by a young Spanish nobleman of unknown identity, and by two specially chosen detectives. The mere fact, that AL fonso guarded his movements while in Paris with such care. is considered filings at high life. the nature of which would never have done for the public to know.
 Simultaneously with the receipt of this information. came an official deni- al by the Spanish court that there are marital differences between Alfonso and Victoria. ''The reports published denial says. respecting differences between the King and Queen of Spain and regarding the Queens proposal for a separation are absolutely false and calumnious. The King and Queen are aware that political enemies have invented these reports"
 The issuing of this denial was a great surprise to English court circles and it is feared, it's effect will be ex- actly opposite from what was intend ed by its sponsors. The worst feature of the denial was that it was so long in coming. It is probably month since the United Press first told the story of the reported differences be- tween Alfonso and Victoria and 1t has taken all this time, according to the best information obtainable here, for the English and Spanish advisers of the King and Queen to patch up mat ters so that a denial could be issued with safety.
 Now that the denial has been issued it is assumed that the Queen has for given Alfonso on condition that he forego his pleasure seeking jaunts to Paris and abjure musical hall favorites in the future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
WALTER DANIROSCH AND THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY OR- CHESTRA COMING TO
 BRIDGEPORT.

The people of Bridgeport will well come the opportunity of hearing the great New York Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of MT. Walter Dam rosch. on Tuesday evening. Feb. 21, under the auspices of the Wednesday Afternoon Musical Club. No musical event in recent years will be remem- bered with greater pleasure than MT. Damrosch's former appearance here with Mime. Nordica- The exalted po- sition which he holds in the musical world is sufficient assurance to the people of this city that the same high artistic standard which Mr. Damrosch maintains in New York will be sus- tained on this occasion
 The soloist whom MT. Damrosch will present at this time. is Miss Edna Blanche Showalter. a gifted coloratura soprano. who has scored a brilliant success in the past two years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
REFORMATOR1 IN FALL
Cheshire Establishment Expected to
 Accommodate 200 Then.

In presenting their first report to Governor Baldwin yesterday, the di- rectors of the State reformatory com- mission stated that the new reforma- tory in Cheshire will be ready for oc- cupancy by the first of this com ing October and will give accommoda- tion to 200 inmates. The report calls attention to the fact that the judges of the courts of the State say that there should be accommodation for at least 800. It gives the details of the purchase of 456 acres of land in Ches- hire and Of the letting of contracts for the erection of various buildings. Up to January 1, 1911, $91, ,033.7O had been expended out of the State appro- priation of $400, 900 and an additional $230, ,0o0 is asked for.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
THOSE WERE THE
 GOOD OLD DAYS
 IN CONNECTICUT
Old Records Say That the People Once Ruled in
 the Nutmeg State.
CHartford Courant.) !

There was recently brought to this office a most interesting volume, brown originally and browner as the result of IF years of use. It is the fo1pth edition of the abridgement of Jedediah Morse's American Universal Geography, printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews at Boston, 1794. On the opening page is written: "Enoch s:ll's Book. 17as." A map of the United States shows that the country reaches only to the Mississippi River, for beyond that is written Boundary of Louisiana" Sandusky and De- troit are on the map, but St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati are not.
 Especial interest hereabouts centres in the description of our own state. It seems at that time the total population of Connecticut was 237.946, of whom 117,34S were females and 2.764 were slaves. The most populous county was Litchfeld with 3S755 people as against 3S,029 in Hartford county. It is interesting to note the population of each county. It was:
 Litchfield 3S,755 Hartford, 38,O29 Fairfield ...................... 36,250 New London, .............3 33,2O0 New Haven, .s... 3O.S30 Wndham, ...... ............... 28821 Middlesex, 1855 Holland, .................. 13,106
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
w. & w. BAND CONCERT
 AT POLFS SUNDAY

The Wheeler & Wilson band will render splendid musical program at Polls. Sunday afternoon. before the address of Governor Baldwin. The Young Mems Christian Association has been able to give the popular band a little more time in the progra m. and the lovers of the fine band music these musicians are able to give will welcome this notice. Miss Elsie Smith will also contribute violin solos to the program. and Miss Helen Smith will accompany her. The doors will open and the band will begin it's concert promptly at S:15.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
FORMER GOV. FUTILE
 DIES IN PITTSFIELD
Special from United Press. l

Pittsf1eld, Mass, Feb. 10-Former Governor Hiram Americans Futile died at his home here, today, after a long illness of valvuular heart disease and other complications
 He was born in Barnstead. N. H., Oct. Is. 1887, but lived the greater part of his life here. He was elected as the states chief executive on the Re- publican ticket in 1891, serving one term.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
GIVEN BIRTHDAY PARTY.

At the home of Arthur Barschow at 659 Main street a large number of friends gathered last evening in hon. or of the ninth birthday of their host. A very enjoyable evening was passed and after an entertainment, colla- tion was served. Arthur Barschow is the son of John Barschow, well known newSdealer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10
REMEMBER THE NAME

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 hoarseness and for racking la grippe coughs. No opiates. Refuse substi- tutes. F. B. Brill and Curtis Phar- macy. SIS 5
The Washington times., 1911-02-06
New York Alumnus
RapS Yale MuckeriSm

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, Feb. GA New
York Yale alumnus who signs himself
"A 190S' in the current issue of the
Alumni Weekly roasts YaIes alleged
muckerism in basketball and hockey in
the following terms:
For some time 1 have followed the
Yale hockey and basketball teams, with
q good deal Of interest, and am grieved
to see such long string of defeats.
My grief would be even greater If ii
were not for the reports in the daily
paper that The Yale team resorted to
football tactics, and rough playing
Why in the name of goodness cannot
the Yale hockey and basketball teams
stop this rough and unsportsmanlike
playing and devote their energies to
playing the game and not try to disable
the other side?'
In other sports Yale is eminently
successful because the participants
are taught to play cleanly and to keep
their mind on the game. The over
seers of the major sports will not al
low anW such unfair tactics, and, I am
sure, would not permit men to play
who would play unfairly.
Let the overseers Of the Yale hockey
and basketball teams remember that
they have Yale's fair name in their
hands, when the teams play other COL
legeS and schools, and may they take
steps to do away with this rank muck
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