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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
TOLL GATES.

Senator Judson's speech at the
opening of the Old Lyme-Old Say
brook bridge across the Connecticut
River was in his happiest vein. Sena-
tor Judson was not without his more
than touch of consciousness that one
error marks the half million dollar
structure which the state has erected
for the convenience Of traffic through
these ancient communities. The toll
gate is an ultimate barbarism from
which the state had all but shaken
itself free. Said Senator Judson:
AS a matter of fact, we all realize
that it will be but short time, under
the influence of the modern spirit of
liberality in affording the greatest
freedom of travel, when yonder toll
gate will be cast aside as a barrier
and Old Saybrook bridge will span a
stream where the waters below and
the timbers above are equally free for
the passage of that traffic that con-
tributes it's mite to the progress and
development of state.
The sentiment will be approved by
all who know the history of high
ways in Connecticut.
But, after all, the taking of toll on
a bridge by the public itself is COM
paratively a small matter.
Certain other important highways
have been confided to private persons,
who take tolls richer than the wealth
of principalitieS. Trolley lines and
railroads in private hands, with CAPT
tai watered to bursting, take from
the pockets of the people without
stint the gold that industry has CLEAN
ed. Modern needs demand that all
highways be public even the railroads
and the trolley roads, and that only
the cost of service be charged to the
user.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
UNCONSCIOUS IN ENGINE.
Engineer On Central Vermont Road
Was Struck on Head.

Willimantic, Aua 26-It became
known here yesterday that on Thurs
day the engineer of Central Vermont
excursion train of thirteen coaches
carrying returning excursionists from
Newport for the north, was uncon-
scious at the throttle for several miles
of the trip, from south of the Lebanon
station to Windham. When the train
reached Windham according to the
story, the fireman noticed something
wrong and found the engineer uncon-
scious, with a cut on his head, hang
ing out of the cab window.
The fireman stopped the train and
ran it back to South Windham, where
the engineer was restored to con-
seriousness and his head bandaged. 1t
is believed that the engineer became
unconscious before the train reached
Lebanon and that as the train passed
that station his head struck a freight
car standing on siding, inflicting
the cut None of the passengers or,
the train it is understood knew of the
incident.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
JUDGE TRIMBLE INSTALLED
AS HEAD OF THE G. A. r..
His Appointments al
Closing Session of the National
EncamDmeut.

Rochester, Aug. 26.-The forty
fifth annual encampment of the G.
A. r. came to an end last evening
with the installation Of Judge Henry
M. Trimble of Illinois as Commander
in-Chief, and the other national Of
ficers elected earlier in the day.
Judge Trimble announced these ap-
pointments:
Adjutant-General, Charles r. e.
Koch, Chicago; Quartermaster-Ge
eral, Col. D. r. Stowits, Buffalo, re-
appointed; Judge Advoca General,
w. A. Ketcham, Indianapolis; Assist
ant Quartermaster-Gen j. Henry
Holcomb, Philadelphia.
Los Angeles was selected for the
1912 encampment.
The encampment went on record
In favor of a universal observance of
Memorial Day for five minutes begin
ming at noon, whereupon all labor
and traffic shall cease, bells be tOlled
and the people stand bareheaded.
1t was unanimously voted to de-
finitely postponed consideration of a
resolution calling upon congress 20
remove the statue of Robert E. Lee
from the Hall of Fame, in Washing
ton.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. elected
Mrs. Catherine Ross of Denver, Ma
tional President
1t was said that a large majority
of the delegates were widows.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

The Assessors of the City of Bridge
port will meet at the Assessors Office,
CITY Hall, on the first day Of Septem~
ber and each week day thereafter. TO
and including the second day of o.
tober, 1911, for the purpose of rece1v-
ing the sworn lists OF all persons la
BILE to pay taxes on personal property
(namely, horses, wagons, autcmoo1les,
stock in stores, etc.), and real estate,
in the City of Bridgeport, making a
description of all real estate, each
parcel being separately described (tn-
Guiding street number). And II ne
or she shall neglect or refuse To do
so. the Assessors shall fill out a list
for him or her and add thereto ten
per centum of its valuation.
The attention of nonresident prop
erty owners is called 10 the change In
the law relating to the filing of their
lists. as failure on their part to LIST
their property during September, de-
Drives them of the right Of appeal
to the Board of Relief.
Special attention Is called to Sec
ton 1903 of the Statutes, which states
that each parcel of property musesbe
separately and accurately bounded
and described.
Post office address Of each owner
must be given.
Office hours-9 a. m. to .. m;
Saturdays 9 a. m. to IL m
F.. J. HUGHES,
w. v. WALSH,
JULIUS w. KNOwITON,
LAWRENCE j. BILL,
L26 *tf Board Of assessors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
Women Use | Lemonade
To Quench Flames
At A Church Fair

Middletown, Aug. 26-An alcohol
lamp on the platform in the Congre-
gational church in Eastford village,
where the annual fair Of the Ladies'
Aid Society was in progress Thursday
night, became so ashamed of being
full of alcohol in such company that
it blew up in disgust. If a wash
boiler filled with lemonade had not
been handy it is impossible to tell to
what lengths the conflagration might
have gone.
As soon as the carpet on the plat
form blazed it was seen by everybody
present that only herculean efforts
could save the tinware booth, the
fancy goods booth and the home made
cake bazaar from destruction. Those
efforts were not wanting.
Several young men and women OF
the congregation rushed forward and
grabbed the wash boiler that was
Drumming full Of clear, sparkling lem
onade, made of real lemons and with
not a headache in the boiler. They
poured the delectable contents all over
the burning carpet. The lemonade put
out the fire, but it was such good lem
onade that it made extensive altera-
tons in the design of those parts of
the carpet that had not been affected
by the fire.
A young man who had neglected to
check his raincoat as he came in had
reason to be glad that he brought it
in with him, because he was able to
wrap it around Mrs Henry Bartlett,
president Of the Ladies' Aid Society,
and so prevented her dress from catch
ing fire.
Mrs. Bartlett and the other mem
bers of the society decided that the
carpet had been so badly damaged
that it will be necessary to hold an
other fair for the purpose of buying
a new one One of the first things
that will be made for thes next fair
will be a wash boilertul of lemon
AIDE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
KEPT vow SIXTY YEARS.
PendletOn Shaved When SaybroOk
Bridge Was Completed.

Saybrook, Conn, Aug. 26-Keeping a
vow registered sixty years ago, Jonas
Pendleton yesterday lost his patriarch
al beard. When he was 81 years old
he swore never to shave again till the
Connecticut River was spanned by a
bridge that linked Saybrook with
Lyme. Six decades have flown by
and Pendleton has reached the age of
81.
Last year the bridge was begun, and
Thursday it was finished, and Pendle-
ton sought Henry Whitcomb's barber
shop to keep his vow. He found it
closed, as the entire town had turned
out to witness the bridge opening ex-
ercises, which included an automobile
parade five miles long
Yesterday the entire village was on
hand to witness the removal of PEN
diet onS beard. Few of the villagers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
A BAD SYSTEM.

Connecticut has eighteen cities.
Seven of these cities have d popula-
ton OF lmnre than 5000. Is All of
them contain 642,O54 persons, six
tenths of the entire population Of the
state. These eighteen cities are rep
resented by Sc men in the lower
house of the General Assembly. The
other 472,702 are represented by
more than 200 members of the lower
branch which illustrates the beauties
of the Connecticut system, which pro-
vides for representation by land in
stead of by men. 1t is quite evident
that a system so unamerican and so
unequal will have to be modified, the
more specially as it creates evils from
which the small towns are the worst
sufferers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
Wild Man Scare
In Bethany May
Be All A Fake

Naugatuck, Aug. 26.-Is the wild
man scare in Bethany fake? The
whole community is panic-stricken,
the women are living in fear and ter
nights prowling around the place
with loaded guns, in order to pro-
tect their families from injury at the
hands of the wildman. For some
time stories have been coming from
the suburban village about the ter
rible yells and shouts that startle the
neighborhood, also that a man with
big staring eyes, tattered clothes and
beard to his knees is seen running
through the woods or standing on
the brow of some hill; but very care
full investigation fails to find one per-
son who will say he has seen him, al
though they ali seem to be sure he
is in the vicinity.
1t is true they have heard the
blood-curdling yells, but it does not
necessarily follow that they proceed
ed from the throat of a wildman. On
Saturday a Republican reporter was
told that it was the intention of three
young men in Bethany to build
shanty in the woods Sunday, and that
about Tuesday or Wednesday the
shanty would be found and the story
imm ediately circulated that this was
the abode of the wild man. That
they performed their work in a high
ly satisfactory manner is shown from
the fact that people who visited the
little hut believed they were looking
at the home of a desperate charac-
ter.
When the hut was discovered an
old can partly filed with milk was
found, and nearby in one of the fields
where a number of cows were graz
ing. 1t was discovered that one had
been MIXED while the others had not.
This only seemed additional proof to
the man-hunters that they were On
the trail of their quarry.
That the attention of the authori-
ties has been aroused is shown by the
fact that Constable Percival, for
many days searched the woods, try
ing to capture the man. while this
morning a man named Crotty, living
on South Main street, was taken to
Bethany by a farmer named Perkins,
the latter telling the Naugatuck man
he would personally give him SO for
the capture of the wild man and that
he thought the state would add $500.
The whole place is stirred up, and
it is known that one family with
large country home is living in two
rooms because so terrorized. And ali
this, it seems may be the result of
joke concocted by some of the village
characters to try out the new con-
stable. If this is true, the perpe-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

POPULOUS EAST SIDE.

More detailed reports upon the
population of Bridgeport show that
four-tenths of the people live in the
four voting districts east of the Pc
Eleventh and Twelfth, which contain
41,506 out of 1O2,O54 persons disclos-
ed by the enumeration. 1t is no
wonder that 1.-The solid east Side
plays an important part in the gov
eminent Of Bridgeport, a part out Of
proportion to the amount of it's terri
tory, if not to the numbers of its peo-
pie. Three of the four East Side dis
tricts are the most populous in the
city, as the following table will show:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

traitors had better be careful, for if
their identity becomes known they
may rest assured that Bethany Will
not be "a very agreeable spot Tor
them.
The farmers are all excited about
the matter, and if they discover tnay
have been made the butt OF a sense
less Joke they may turn their atten-
ton in another direction and ferret
out the jokers. If they do, there are
going to be three Bethany men off
on a lengthy summer vacation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
TAXATION.

Score one for the esteemed Hart
ford Courant, which has found time,
between demands for the fracture Of
party pledges, to suggest that railroad
taxation is not the only rotten taxa
ton in sight. Says the Courant:
If it is decided to have a commits
sion investigate railroad taxation, it
would be well to widen the scope Of
the inquiry and investigate our whole
scheme of taxation. A better one
could easily be devised.
To this we say, amen! 1t would be
difficult to devise a worse one. Homes
and farms now shoulder the burdens.
Public monopolies in private hands
largely escape Manufactures, which
are nowhere more profitable than in
Connecticut, get off with a pittance
suggestion of our contemporary that
each town should pay to the state at
the rate which it taxes its own prop
erty. the theory behind the sugges-
ton being that a low valuation means
a high rate. Fortunately no state tax
is to be levied. Therefore occasion
to adopt the suggestion does not
present at this time.
1t is to be hoped that any commits
sion which investigates the taxation
of railroads will consider the impro-
priety of permitting a railroad to tax
the people upon a greater amount
than 1t permits the state to tax it.
II there is any principle that ought
to be sound, it is that the measure of
the value of a railroad or railway
property. for taxation xhy the state,
ought not to be less than the meas
ire which its owners esta blish as the
basis of its right to tax the public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

hence will show a proportion in favor
of the west side of the river, where
population is less dense and there is
more room for expansion, within city
limits, or possibly, before the next
census period Is reached, Bridg eport
may annex territory in the direction
of stratford and Nichols.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

had ever looked on his face, for the
reason that it wos not visible. The
barber declined to accept compensa-
ton. Pendleton declared after the
operation that he felt twenty years
younger, and intended to shave reg
ularly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
Uhr q. M. Rran Gn1ttpattJ.
EatahltaAe1 lH5z.
The Store Closes Daily at Five O'clock
Except Saturdays.

During these late August days
there is something in the atmos-
phere that foretells the near ap-
proach of Autumn. How soon it
grows dark after sunset, and
there is an intimation Of short
days and coming frost in the busy
chirr of the crickets. The plumes
Of the goldenrod are fading along
the dusty country roads, and the
already. ripened seeds of plant
and weed are drifting along the
ways.
Also in the shops are indica-
tions Of a changing season, in
many ways difficult to describe,
but new things appear, and one
hears, ooh, those are new SUITS
"Here are the new long COATS"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
HOTEL KAATERSKILL

In the Catskin MISUNDERSTANDING
5000 Feet-The Rejuvenation OF
This Famous Resort
The first time this hotel has been
leased. Mr.. Louis Frenkel, for IL
years proprietor Of the Hotel Albert,
has leased this hotel, and has reno
waited and put 1t In first class cond<-
ton. Climate and location unequaisd
In either Europe or America Up 70
date Garage, Boating, Fishing. Col,
Tennis. Excellent Accommodation,
for Conventions. Assembly rooms
seating 1000 persons Symphony Or
chestra Special Attractions and In
iiucements for the Younger Set.
HARRISON 3 DOWNS, Manager
Booking Office, Berkeley Lyceum, IS
West 44th st.
HOTEL KAATERSKILL
KaatersIkin, p. o. ". Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

When making panned oysters it is
essential to have the pan, piping hot
before putting anything into it,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

and there wonderings whether this " or that is
be Interesting days that witness arrivals
morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
Among new Furniture are some pi

Among Furniture pieces of Black Will
low which noticeable for their elegance and novelty Of
cooring armchairs rockers, and chairs
that capacous in size and very comfortable The will
low is of dull finish like teak ebony and the cush
of French in black grounds with flowers
urns and cornucopas quite French in design Very suit
able for livingrooms or small clubrooms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

and cornucopas quite French in design Very suit
able for livingrooms small clubrooms
Jewelry Section chains that
odd and it is only after asking that finds they
made of Chinquapns strung threads. The beads
black dull dark red not highly polished and remind
Of wellfngered They will be found useful
lorgnettes And the price, only so
Hatpins to be growing smaller and
of jet Of very modest size, but quite bril-
liant Is Others small cabochons Of coral tur
pearl surrounded with sparkling rhnestones so
cts
A very handsome dog-collar consists of six eight
strands of pearls supported with bars set with blans
Large clasps also with brilliants From $500 up
In the Housekeeping Section is table filled with
small Aluminium trifles which will be useful in the kitchen
teabals coffee balls individual mold
jels and milk bottle 10 cts fot of
them.
Another 10 ct table holds little articles
ameled cooking ware, with blue edges Neat and pretty
enough to tempt anyone to try and cook. Saucepans
saucepos shrred egg Dishes custard small tunnels
vegetable Dishes cups and plates. Many people
buy this for camping and cottage Very mex
pensve and very durable.
should leave the store without looking at the
English Chinzes. There is such wealth Of coorng
that reminded of the lines of old English poet
who evidently had eye for gayy colored materials
walk with robes of various dyes bespread
Seems from afar moving tulip bed
Where rich brocades and glossy damasks glow,
And cAntz, the rival of the showery bow.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1911-09-07
PLENTY Of GAME
THIS SEASON
State Game Warden Pre-
diets Fine Hunting--Deer
in Large Numbers.

"Deer were never more plentiful in
Wisconsin than they are this year
This years hatch of partridges was
unusually large, and the wardens re-
port that there are more of them than
in long time. Ducks and other birds
are also more numerous than they
have been for many years."
On the eve of the bunting season,
State Game Warden Sholtz brings glad
tidings to sportsmen. A hunter him
self, and in the woods nearly every
year, he says there is more game in the
state now than for 35 years.
Some of the game laws were chang
ed by the legislature, and Warden
Shotz is preparing hunters memor-
andum to show these changes. The
deer season remains the same, Nov. 10
TO 80. A change was made in the bag
limits for bird hunters. Hunters this
season must observe these restrictions:
Grouse, prairie chickens, or Woodcock,
five; geese and brant, ten, partridge,
ten; wild duck, mud hen, plover, rail
or rice hen, fifteen; mixed bag of game
birds, TWEEN ty.
Hunters who trespass will not have
as much TO fear as formerly. Wealthy
gun clubs have encroached on the
favored hunting grounds to such an
extent that the legislature decided to
put an end to the game preserve mo-
nopoly. 1t has been usual for courts
to fine trespassing hunters small
amounts, perhaps few cents, but the
costs always made such experiences
disagreeable. The new law limits the
costs 10 an amount not greater than
that of a fine.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1911-09-07
Series of MisfOrtanaS BefeII Him.

Claude Duddleston, who lives near
LaValle, has reason TO feel that mis-
fortunes never come singly. Recently
Mr.. Duddleston was working at a
neighbours threshing and had his hand
caught in chain pulley and one
of his fingers taken off. He had the
wound dressed and stopped at his
home few minutes then returned to
his work and in a short time received
word that his little son two years old
had just been drown in the water tank.
The child had been missed at the house
and a search of half an hour was made
before the body was discovered in the
tank where the little one had fallen.
Later in the evening thunder
storm came up and the house was
struck by lightning and the family
badly scared though no great damage
was done to the building.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1911-09-07
SPELLING CONTEST At FAIR
State Board Has Appropri-
ated Fifty Dollars in
Prizes.

The state fair board has appropriat.
ed $50 90 in prizes to the winners in a
spelling contest to be held at the state
fair.
Pupils of the public schools of the
stale are eligible TO enter this contest
if during the past year they have been
doing work below the ninth grade.
Each county is entitled to two con-
testants who must come properly GER
titled as to grade, An oral and writ
ten contest will be held.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Oral contest, 1st prize, $1,000. Writ
ten contest, consisting of fifty words,
with prizes as follows: $1,000, $500,
Sc 90, $500, $4.OO, $500, $500, 81 90.
The contests will be held in the edu-
cationaI building at ii a. IN. Wednes-
day, Sept, 13.
Words for the written contest will
be chosen from the following list of
words CONNOLLY misspelIed:
Manila, Philippine, neuralgia, Traf-
flicker, separate, receive, believe, aero
plane, chauffeur, susceptible, sincerity,
disk, humus, dirigibie, icicle, inf am
able, iniquitous, rigid, thoracic, vigor-
Gus, Rensselaer,, February, benefited
embarrass, acquiesce, privilege, paral
lei, judgment, until, analysis, lettuce,
precede, divisible, pursue, origin, full
fill, descendant, government, vertical ,
prejudice, noticeable, miniature, UNI
brelia, adj AGENT, similar, foreigner,
hygiene, victuals, millinery, sovereign,
laboratory, cistern, cemetery, rever-
end, mischievous, vinegar, bilious,
sieve, clevis, celery, diphtheria, dissi-
pate, khaki, harelip, erysipelas, vac
cinate, legib!e, specimen, participle,
auxiliary, censure, facilitate, license,
serviceable, fugitive, audible, rhinocer-
os, versatile, bicycle, cynical, acety-
lene, indelible, alpaca, surcingle,
mademoiselle, apparition, lachrymal,
cavalier, inimitable, dexterity agility,
cylindrical, isosceles, corpuscle, chute,
Delaware, tariff.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1911-09-07
BAD FREIGHT WRECK
. IN GAINESVILLE YARDS
Several Injured as Re-
suit of Mistake in
Sig 1als.

One man lies in Mercy Hospital in a
critical condition and ten others are
more or less seriously injured as a
result Of a rear end collision in the
South GAINESVILLE yards Of the g. q n.
w. Ry. Wednesday night, in which
the caboose Of a through stock train
was overturned and ane elnigrant car
filled with furniture and household
utensils was completely demolished.
Professor Frank NJ. Jack, institute
conductor at River Falls normal, was
in the demolished car with his furni-
ture, which he as moving TO his new
home at Beloit and escaped with only
minor bruises to his left sidesand arm.
How any man could have escaped
from the car with his life is wonder 10
all who viewed the wreck.
The accident was due to the mistake
in signals of the night switching crew
as the caboose of the long stock train
was being put in readiness. .forithe last
zap VI VIC lOuB blIp llOLA Vic lar W6Sb.
The stock train was standing on the
siding and the stockmen had changed
from the day caboose to ] another,
which was to be placed on the rear of
the train for the remainder of the trip.
AS this was being brought into place
along one of the side tracks another
engine was shifting a box car which
)ntained the household goods owned
by Mr.. Jack, into place on another
freight train and the caboose and
freight car were smashed into each
with considerable force.
The ca0oose in which several stock
men and members of the train crew
was thrown over on its side and the
occupants hurled into heap, together
with the furniture of the car. The
box car which contained household
goods and a horse which Professor
Jack was moving to his news home at
Beloit, was completely demolished.
One half Of it was torn into kindling
wood and most of the contents were
to ally destroyed.