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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22

Robert S. Smith, who landed here thir- ty-one years ago from England, With just $6 in his pocket, and no one to greet him at the dock. The price paid for the plot, which covers only 1,154 square feet-less than half a city lot was $1,00O,O00. This is at the rate of $87O a square foot
 The next nearest approach to this was $622 a square foot paid for the plot occupied by the massive building of the Manhattan Trust O., in Wall Street. opposite the Sub-Treasury, where George Washington took the oath as the first President of the Uret- ed States. MT. Smith bought the Thirty-Fourth Street and Broadway corner in 1901 for $375, 900, then con- sidered a top price. A few years ago Smith sold it to Henry Siegel, the owner Of large department store here for s500,0OO. Siegel held it a little while and sold it back to Smith, who has again parted with it for the maxi mum price ever received per square foot for any section Of this earth since the days of Adam
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
Possibilities of Electricity
From Henry T. F'inck's "The Future
 of Cooking and Eating in the Jan-

From Henry T. Finck's '.'The Future
 of Cooking and Eating in the Jan-
 uary Century,
 For home use, electricity is still in most localities comparatively expen. siye, but it will be less so when it comes into more general use If the electric companies would follow the example of the gas companies in rent. ing cooking ranges, it would be a great stride forward. In England some of the companies charge a spe- cial low rate for electric cooking, be. cause it is done mostly in the day time, when there is little demand for the current for lighting purposes. But the most radical way to reduce the cost will be to combine the electric range with the fireless cooker.
 Thousands of families that could not pay for an electric current five Or six hours day could easily afford one for the fifteen minutes necessary for heating the food before it is put into the box, besides the few minutes needed for crisping roasts, browning coffee, or toasting bread. It is quite likely that the electric range can be so constructed in part that no sepa- rate cooking box will be needed; and then the culinary millennium!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
SOME OLD FASHIONS
 THAT. ARE NEW.

Paris is not taking kindly to the new fashions of the year. That is not to say that it never. will. for, as we all know, if custom stales in the long run, it begins by making us admire just what it will
 We have only to remember how acutely we all disliked the straight i'm silhouette in the beginning, and how we love it now, to be humble and walk warily in our prophecies and prognostGcations
 It is on the cards that the silhouette is changing, but this has been said so often that the fact still remains doubt fui. For the present we heartily dis like most of the innovations that point in thSs direction, if on,y for the req son that the Wearers of present styles contrive to look Addressed.
 Perhaps the explanation is not far to seek. After all, it is only a short time since we last wore the short coatss small sleeves, narrow trains and draped hats of the present styles, and since these all practical y belong no further back than the fashion before last one cannot help seeing them with eyes that find them dowdy and de- mode
 city in the least, and the mode, to suc- ceed, must be fresh and come upon us with something of an agreeable sur prise. Because they do not take our fancy in this way we have no present use for the long and narrow waist, the curved figure and swell ing bust and the serpentine train which are all in the new style and date back vii hin very recent years and the memory of all of us.
 The season is, to tell the truth, a very dull and depressing one sartor- ia ly. We have no originality left and very little chic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
AN S4 YEAR FOX HUNTER. Aged English Woman Who ssTakes' Fences and Ditciles-Has Hunt
 ted 62 Years.

London. Dec. 22.-The fox-hunting season. which has just opened. is made notable by the reappearance with the Atherstone and Meynell packs of the Hon. Mrs. sColvile, aged 84, the oldest person in Great Brit ain--man or woman-to. follow tho hounds
 Mrs. Colvile, who is the mother of the late General Sir Henry Colvile, has been hunting 62 years. It was thought that last season must be her last. However. when the hunters present season, the veteran hunts woman, was present on her favorite mare and was ''in at the death" She stook" every fence and ditch, and finished strong. The weather was wet, acoldr and stormy, and Mrs. Col vile was the only woman of the dozen or more who usually follow these packs, who dared brave the elements.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
SECRECY IN DIvORCEs.
yulge Details-Contempt of
 Court

London, Dec. 22.-If you are mar ried to a brute Cor a cat) and sue him Cor her) for divorce, and the case is tried .'in camera and you get your decree, having proved that you were blameloss, the fault lying entirely with the brute Cor cat,) you must never tell anybody, not even your mother, what happened in court in England.
 Mrs. 4. M. Scott sued K M. Scott for divorce. Both being society peo- pie, the case was tried in camera because of the very private character of the details.' Mrs. Scott was so pleased at getting her decree that she wanted the members of her fam fly and her intima te friends to know the result. She therefore sent them copies of the courts transcript of the official notes. Justice Bargraye Deane held this act to De contempt of court, and fined Mrs. Scott and her lawyer the costs, The judge explain ed that he was letting the defendants off easily, as he believed they acted in ignorance.
 He gave an official. ruling that parties to 8 divorce action heard in private may tell their relatives the bare result. but they are forbidden to go into details concerning the eyi- dence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
POINTS OF INTEREST.
By Reading Radford B. smitl

by hGduliiS 1ldO1OTuE
 Advertisement today people can see ate price of the goods kept at this popular store. But it is only by giv. ing to these sales and seeing for themselves that a good idea of the article suitable for Christmas pres ents can be had. Big reduction in prices on many goods for Saturday s sale. Christmas Economies at
 The Mohican Store
 Finest merchandise at price savings is the offering this week at the Mo- hican store, and coming as it does when the purse is strained to it's linn it, it will be the more appreciated by the frugal housewife. In the bakery department, all kinds of fancy cakes and pastry bread, crackers, pastry. and etc, will help make the Christ mas feat a success. Fancy groceries of reputable brands, at lowest prices makes this department of particular interest. The meat department, where the finest cuts of Government inspect ed beef are sold at astonishingly low prices will be an ideal place to buy the roast whether it be lamb, beef, chicken, ducks, geese or turkeys, and then no Christmas spread is complete without a generous assortment of est prices-here you will find ftT oranges, pineapples, nuts. apples, cranberries, and also all kinds of veg etables The dairy department also furnishes an opportunity for money saving, read the prices on butter and eggs in the advertisement on another page, not much indication of price jumping here. This firm buying and controlling the output of vast quan- titles of merchandise. are enabled tC sell below the average, because of ar economic system-this economy of cost makes the store the most eco nomical for yous to trade in.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
&s T1houghlt5%I6daz j UrIfi7D lX1aS Q0aEzpT ~. Z4E0zzEzzE.
A PAIR OF SCALES.

E3 HE flesh habit is only one phase of Fl bodily proportion, But it is the most
 obvious and is the one that the most peo-
 pie are interested in overcoming. There are those who philosophically accept the tendency to increase in weight as ineVit-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22

WANT Ans. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
The Fool And Immortality.
sE,ovE CAN NEVER DIE"
(Written for The Farmer, by
 R. IL. Johnson.)
fate had formed

Misfortune's fate had formed
 A thing of feeble mind. Yet, to the poor, unreasoning boy,
 Fate had not been unkind. Old Martha loved her helpless child. And he was everything to her,
 Who knew no hope. Or fear. She knew his. wants. she understood
 Each half artfculate call, For he was everything to her,
 And she to him was all. And so for many years they lived, Nor knew wish beside; But age at last on Martha came, And she fell sick, and died. He trted in vain to waken her. He called her OCT and OCT; And, when they told him she was dead : The words no import bore. They closed her eyes and shrouded her, While he stood wondering by, And, when they brought her to the kfae followed silently. S They laid her in a narrow house, They sang the funeral slave; And, when the so emn train dispersed,
 He fingered by the grave. The rabble boys, that used to jeer
 Whene'er they saw poor Ned. Now stood and watched him by the
 grave,
 And not word they said. They came and went and came again, Till night at last came on; Yet still he fingered by the grave | Till every one had gone. And when he found himself alone,
 He quick removed the clay; Then raised the coffin up in haste, And bore it swift away. He took 1t to his mothers home.
 And laid it on the floor, And with the eagerness of joy
 He barred the humble door. Then out he took his mothers corpse. ]. And placed 1t in a chair; And soon he heaped the wood and made
 A blazing fire with care. He sat his mother in her chair,
 Beside its wonted place, And then he blew the fire, which shone
 Reflected in her face. And, pausing now, her hand would feel And then her face behold. sWhy. mother, do you look so pale,
 And why are you so cold?' ItsIaad pleased God from the poor wretch
 To take his only friend; Yet God was kind to him, and soon
 Through death did knowledge send. Dunn mbfounded, reason dawned at last
 Through fond affections plea, The dead gave to the living life
 And immortality. q, Newark N I Dec ID 1411
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
JR. O. U. A. M.

Plans are on foot for a mammoth banquet at the Stratfield under the auspices of the local councils of the Junior Order United American Me ehanics in which it is expected that all the past councillors in New Eng. land will participate. The latter will pass through this city early in Jan- uary on their way to Washington, D. C., to attend q get together confer ence and a meeting of the committee on national legislation. It is plan ned to have them all stop off for a banquet here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22

At Christmastide there are often little anniversary parties of differen, kinds. and almost always party fol the children. For these affairs a vel decorated cake is usually in demand
 Leaves of white iofng are always pretty for this purpose. and are made in the fol owing manner:
 Take a small piece of white bobbinet and cut the leaves in the sizes and forms you desire to have them
 Then. to give a little curve to them smooth over a greased bottle
 Put the icing you have prepared tn a confectioner's tube, and squeeze the icing in delicate fernlike lines on the bObbinet leaves.
 For this tracing process place the leaves on the dough board and do not attempt to remove them until they are quite dry; then they will slip of easily.
 The bobbinet does not show if the leaves are arranged close together on the cake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
DECORATING A CAKE.

Newark, N. J.. Dec. 10, 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22

Charlie Bigelow, the bald headed comedian who has made millions laugh
 in some of the leading musical pro- auctions of the last generation, prom
 ises to write an interesting epitaph for the man who turned the joke on him the other evening and caused his ar rest for discharging a revolver in Sixth avenue. Compared with the man who stole the penny off his dead friends left eye, Bigelow says he's Tn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-25

the beatitudes can be enforced. Alto
gether, Mr.. Taft's address was very
reassuring. While showing prime re-
gard to sound public policy, it at the
same time showed keen consideration
for business interests and plainly in
timated that no hostile campaign was
to be conducted against large corpora
tions as such. Business interests have
been unduly harrassed by excessive
and often irrational attacks upon CAPT.
tai for purely political ends. Against
the latter, Mr.. Taft has lifted strong
arm regardless of consequences to
himself, and this is something which
should be assuring to financial and
business interests.
The future course of the market is
uncertain. Liquidation may. carry
prices still further, but it is quite GER
tain that as soon as completed, a
sharp upward reaction will follow. We
can only repeat our previous advice of
exercising much discrimination in pur-
chases. Several very poor railroad
statements were issued during the
week and not unlikely some of the
industrials will soon show the conse-
quences of trade reaction, leaving the
maintenance of dividends somewhat
in question. The future of United
StatesSteel and other big corporations
lis an important uncertainty. The In
ternational Harvester. is reported to
be contemplating voluntary dissolu-
ton, so, too, is the United States Steel,
if dissolution of the latter is possible.
If these companies adopt this sensible
policy others threatened with indict-
ment will unQuestionably follow suit.
The securities of high grade railroads
and industrial corporations having a
vel established record for earning ca
pacity are in many cases selling at ex.
ceedingly attractive prices to the in
weston. Wei selected purchases of
this character will undoubtedly result
in good profits to the buyer within a
few months.
Henry Clews.
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be on the highrOad to socialism and to
far graver political disorder than now
seems likely. What is now being en-
dured is not so bad as what might
have been, for which there is reason
to give thanks. 1t is time that our bus
mess men took calmer and more
courageous view of the situation The
country is resting. liquidating, COM
ing down from the heights of initiation
to more normal level; and because
we are not rushing on at record break
ing pace and making big profits that
is no reason for the present irrational
state of depression.
The Presidents address on the Sher-
man act on Tuesday was at first some
what misunderstood. 1t created an en-
tirely unwarranted feeling of uneasi-
ness, when in reality it should have
given ample reinsurance, if correctly
interpreted. Mr.. Taft's attitude to-
ward monopoly is unchanged. He rec
ognizes, as does any thoughtful OBJ
server, that the drift toward monopoly
is against public welfare and has
brought us closer to industrial revolu-
known force. He, therefore, wisely
insists upon performing his duty in
enforcing the law, He objects to any
, revision of the Sherman law because
the supreme court has already built up
series of interpretations which make
the law in its application we'll under
stood. Revision, he believes, would
simply revive agitation and probably
set aside all of the excellent work and
thought already expended upon the
subject by the supreme court. The de-
cision is now being enforced in the
light of reason" and revision, he
thinks, is wholly unnecessary and
could accomplish nothing except fur
Their injurious disturbance of business
affairs. Mr.. Taft also very properly
argues against the proposal that the
supreme court should decide between
good and bad trusts as imposing inn
proper work upon the court, the infer
! ence being that trade monoplies when
good would be allowed to live; only
the bad ones being sent to perdition.
Mr.. Taft probably recognizes the utter
impossibility of keeping monoplies
always good in the present makeup of
human nature. Monopolies, it is we'll
to remember, are only safe where
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CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
Department Of Public Works.
Office of the Board.

Richmond, Ind, September Is, 1911.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given by the Board
of Public works OF the City of Rich
mond, Indiana. that on the 18th day OF
September, 1911, they approved an as
sessment roll showing the prima
facie assessments for the following
described public improvement, as au-
thorized by the Improvement Resolu-
ton named:
Improvement Resolution No. EAT, 1911.
Providing for the improvement of
North "E" street, from North 10th
street to the east side of North Six
teenth street by constructing cement
curb and gutter and paving the road
wey and full width thereof with one
of the kinds of modern pavements,
to-wit; Concrete, Brick, Asphalt or
Creosoted Wooden Block; and con-
structed cement sidewalk feet in
width, on the north side of said street
to a point SO feet west of North 18th
street, and on the sonth side from
North 10th to North 18th street, ex-
cept on the portions paved with ce-
ment.
Said improvement is intersected by
the following named streets and
alleys: East side North 10; both sides
North 18th, 18th, 18th 14th and 18th
and the west side of North 10th street
and all alleys between North 10th and
North 18th streets, and the follow.
, ing named streets parallel with and
within one hundred and fifty 15O)
feet of said Improvement: Elm place
From North 10th to North 18th st.
Persons interested in or affected by
said described public improvement
are hereby notified that the Board
of Public Works of said city has fixed
| Monday, October 2, 1911, > O'Clock a
m, as a date upon which remon
strances will be received, or heard
against the amount assessed against
each piece of property described in
said roll and will determine the ques
ton as to whether such lots. or tracts
of land have been or will be benefit
ed in the amounts named on said roll
| or in a greater or less sum than thai
named on said roll.
Said assessment roll showing said
prima facie assessments, with the
names of owners and descriptions OF
property subject to be assessed, is on
file and may be seen at the office OF
the board of Public Works of said
city.
H. N. Hammond,
Fred r. Charles,
W. w. Zimmerman.
Biard of Public works.
sep1S-1wk-
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CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Sept. 25.-
Last Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Roy
Copeland entertained a company Of la
dies to thimble party in honor Of
her guest, Miss Jess Anderson. OF In
dianapolis. The invited guests were
Mrs. Mae Boden, Mrs. Chas. Wheeler,
Mrs. Lawrence Ogborn. Mrs. Glenna
May. Mrs. George Babcock, Mrs. DR..
Harris. Mrs. Jack Harper and Mrs.
Ed Copeland.
Mrs. Kate Whitley Of Bloomington
came last week for a visit with her
many friends In this place.
The Loyal Women OF the Christian
church held their monthly business
meeting at the home of Miss Jennie
Barnett. After the business meeting
they enjoyed a social hour. Nice re-
freshments were served by the hos.
tess.
Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ Marson and
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Logan and
daughters, Beulah and Harriet, were
Sunday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Manlove.
Miss Lillian Wright Of indianapolis
has been the guest of Miss Edith
Bertsch at her home east OF town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Modlin, Miss Ber-
tina Cosgrove and Mr.. George Brend
linger attended the ball game at Mum
Gle Yesterday.
Mr.. John Marson, Jr., has returned
home after visit with relatives in
Paris, III.
Professor and Mrs. Filby OF Chica.
60 were the guests Of Professor J. w.
Bowden and relatives here last week
DR.. and Mrs. Harris and son Sew.
ard, made an overland trip to Rising
Sun In their new auto and spent Sun
day with relatives.
The little son Of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Boyd, of Grand Rapids. Mich. who
was operated upon, is reported to be
doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chapman, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Griffin. Mr.. Frank
McDaniels. Charles Young, Karl Mos
baugh. Buzz Smith. Harry Hall and
Misses Irene Elliott, Carlyle Diffen.
VetiCl, LIMA IuuiuStuu, MARY I1OW anu
Loretta Doll attended the X. of p.
dance at Jackson Park, Friday night
Mr. Joseph Palma. our hustling fruit
dealer, spent yesterday with his par.
cnts in Shelbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin of Rich.
mond, and Mrs. Hannah Martin were
entertained to dinner yesterday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin OF Mt. Au
burn.
Miss Emma Lynch is visiting rela.
tives at Bentonville.
Miss Maude Drishel returned to her
home In indianapolis yesterday after
pleasant visit with her father and
brother.
Mrs. DR.. Harris was shopping in
Richmond. Saturday.
Mr.. Lawrence Bertch and Miss
Mary Lou Doll were invited guests at
bridge party given recently at the
Country Club at Richmond.
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HAGERSTOWN, IND.

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Sept. 25.--Mr
and Mrs. James Pierce have returned
from Muncie where they visited with
relatives.
Mrs. B. F. Mason was the guests OF
Mrs. Will Hindman at New Castle Fri
day.
Frank Hawkins has returned from a
three weeks vacation spent at Chicago
and Milwaukee.
MIR. and Mrs. Perfect of Sunderry
Ohio. are visiting with Rev. and Mrs
w. +. Warbinton.
Mrs, Daniel Harter has been the
guest of her daughter Mrs. B. d
Haines at New Castle a few days.
Mrs. J. II. Kidwell returned Friday
from New Castle where she was the
guest OF relatives a couple of days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Burton of Primer
Ohio. are visiting his father, Carlos
Burton and wife. They are enroute
to Texas where they will spend the
winter In view Of locating there.
Ralph Teeter spent over Sunday
with friends at Anderson.
Mrs. Henry Keagy, Mrs. Leslie Da
Wis, Mr.. Henry Teeter and Mrs. Susan
Mason. a relative from Oklahoma, who
IL visiting here with the Teeter family
spent Saturday with Mrs. Nancy Tee
ter at Buck Creek.
Among those who attended the play
Seven Days" at Richmond, Friday
night were Miss Carrie Allen, Mr.. Gro
yer Brewer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thur
ston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Wycoff, Miss
Nellie Brant, Mr.. George Keagy, Miss
Myrtle Newcomb, Mr.. Ralph Teeteor
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Davis, Mr.. anG
Mrs. Joe Teeter, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Stonecipher. MIR. Henry Teetor, Mr.
John Harris and Mrs. Jerome Day.
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When Bunyaa s..Gl S-.s.
The bin Of Indictment p-eee--s
against John BCnyan. who wrote II
grim's Progress" ran thus: "Joit
Bunyan bath deviiishly and per:
ciously abstained from coming
church to hear divine service and Is
common upholder OF several unlawf
meetings and convensieles to the Z:
turbance and distraction Of the Eoa
subjects of this kingdom. contrary
the laws Of our sovereign lord t.
king" He was convicted and impr.>
Book of Notable Thiags,"
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Terre Haute, Indianapolis
& Eastern Traction Co.
EASTERN DIVISION

Trains leave Richmond for Indian
apolis and intermediate stations at
600 a. m; a.:25: 500; 50: IS; 10000;
HOO; 1900; 100; 1925; 500; 400;
1925; 600; $50; 1925; 900; 1000;
11:10.
Limited Trains.
Last Car TO Indianapolis, S:25 p. m.
Last Car to New Castle. 10: 90 p. m.
Trains connect at Indianapolis for
Lafayette, Frankfort, Charlottesville,
Terre Haute. Clinton, Sullivan, Mar
tinsville, Lebanon and Paris. Ill.
Tickets sold through.
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REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

Eliz. Lamar to Anna l.. Lamar,
March l, 1910. $500. Pt. N. w. u Sec.
2.17-12.
Sarah ]. Bell to Mary A. Higgins,
Sept. 81, 1911, $4,000. lot 81. Roberts
Brown, ct III. Add. to Richmond.
Samuel Mccain to Benz. c. Wicket,
Sept. 81. 1911, $3.50. Lot IL, Benton
Heights. ............