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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-11-02

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
R.ek ef 1.d Luck.

Heaven sends us our good luck; we make our bad. A young contractor, careful. doing good work, always on his job, climbed a bit in the course of ten years and, with his prosperity, had . comfortable. happy family. There eame a chance for some building much bigger than he had ever done. He wanted it. He wanted 1t so much that he bid way down-too far down. as he came to realize after he got the award So he, went on hunt for subcontractors who, wanting business desperately, like him, would take des- perate chances, like him, and he found them. He sublet excavation. masonry, carpentry, everything he could, farming it all out in dozens of different lots. But there was stern architect, with an eagle eye and heart cold for everything but his duty. and he began to reject work, piece after piece. Contractor all broke up; the fruits of ten years blown away upon the winds.-New York Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Little pr. Holmes.

Thomas Wentworth Higgipson in speaking of Dr. Holmes said:
 "He was very small man physical. ly. Though one of the greatest physi- clans in the country and one of the greatest wits and writers. he had al- most boyish appearance. l remem- Der when he returned to Harvard to attend a meeting of the Phi Beta Rap pa he had a poem to Pecite, and he had to stand on a table so that ali might see him.
 "Dr. Holmes had studied in Paris quite remarkable thing in those days -and his services as a copsultant in serious cases were always in demand. In one serious case the patient was a woman. As her own family physician entered the room with pr. Holmes, who had been called in, the patient turned around in bed and said indig- nantly:
 Doctor, why do you bring that boy into this roomY Why expostulated the family physician, that's Dr. Holmesv He isn't a doctor,' answer ed the patient peeTishly. Take him outv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
The Eri x ,-srs.

Miss Sparhawk believed ill having clothes appropriate to occasions" and she graded her wearing apparel with great care. She boasted. and with req son, tbatsshe could .'get more wear oui of a dress" than any one else in Canby
 When the garment was past it's first second and third stages of usefulness for public wear it was relegated to cer tain seasons of domestic stress, froE which it passed eventually to the ral bag. One gingham. long dear to Miss jSparhawk's heart, had reached this last stage. and she acknowledged it one day to the village seamstress.
 Don't seem as if I'd had half the good expected to out of it, she. saio wistfully "'Tisn't but eight years since had it made up. Two years wore it Sundays; the next two. sewing circle afternoons; next two, when went errands. to the village. and these last two round the house. common. But now''-and she regarded the bundle sorrowfully before stufing it into the yawning piece ba,g-.'now 'tisn't even fit to hang out washing in Mondays. - Youths Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
FreShour Gets Music From A
 Street Piano

Nelson Freshour, the well known bon vivant, turned a stunt at Harry Taylor's cafe, last evening, that kept a gathering of his associates in howls of mirth we'll into the night.
 With several other congenial spirits he was seated in Taylor's last evening when hurdy gurdy began to peal forth such tuneful melodies as What's Night Next Week., "Give Me a Shove, I'm Falling In Love-. Go Home and Tell Your Father to Keep His Eyes Off Me-, and others equally up to the minute
 2 Nelson is something of musician himself. He didn't wholly approve of the street impresarios interpretation of such masterpieces, and forthwith resolved to play the music himself. Snatching a stick of red fire he hast ened forth, applied the match to the torch and grasping the handle of the hurdy gurdy played with expression the like of which has rarely been heard from such an instrument
 Thropgs were attracted by the red fire until they came within ear shot of the music, then they doubled their paces until the street was filled. Af- ter each melody Freshour passed the hat. Coins were showered upon 1t at such rate that the Neapolitan mu- sician stood speeches. with amaze ment.
 Freshour turned over his collections to the street player, and then modest 1y vanished into Taylor's. But the music of the other player couldn't compare with F,reshuor's, and he re- turned to the cafe, looking appealingly toward his rival. Freshour assured the musician that he had done all he could. But in a vain hope that his benefactor would return, he loitered near Taylor's grinding out the canned music necessarily. At length Freshour snatched up another stick of red fire, broke itszcontents into handkerchief, and placing it beside the musician in the street he applied match. With a puff and blinding flash the explo- sive issued forth a cloud of suffocat- ing smoke and the musician, choking and sneezing, hastened away to new fields
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
An Anecdote of Handel.

On one occasion Handel was caught in a shower of rain and, being unpro- vided with an umbrella, was obliged to seek shelter in a blacksmith's forge Either Handel was in a silent mood or else the blacksmith showed no con versational symptoms, for in a little while the latter began hammering away at his anvil. accompanying his work with song. He little thought the use his visitor was making of him and his anvil, for it is said that Han del was listening all the time to the strokes of the hammering on the anvil
 which, by producing two harmonic sounds, according in time and tune with the tune the man sang. formed a bass accompaniment. Handel, oi reaching home. remembered the air and the hammer accompaniment. He wrote down both. and so we owe to q shower of rain the composition knOwl - "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
' Horned ...r...,ss seerIe.

l
 The island of Dominica is the home and natural habitat of the hercules bettle Oynastes hercules). the very largest known species of the coleoptera or beetle family. Full grown speci- mems ofethis gigantic representative,of the hard winged bug family average six inches in length from the tip of their pincers to the tefmination of the wing coverr. It has long black horn growing out of head which is even darker than the horn itself On it's lower surface the horn is covered with a thick setting of gold colored bristles. which the entomologists say are used by the insect in capturing its prey Another and shorter but more power full horn grows out from beneath, the two forming powerful pair of pin ces. The creature has six powerful legs, each armed with claws. The elyfra or wing covers are of dapple gray color and the underparts of the body black. Taken all together, 1t is a Formidable creature, with strength sufficient to catch and hold a bird of the size of the English sparrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Osman Pasha's Darinu.

One of the most gallant generals that ever surrendered to the enemy was Osman Pasha, the immortal de fender of Plevna. Surrounded by an immeasurably superior army of Rus sia, Osman kept his flag flying for 142 days, inflicting a loss of 10000 men on the enemy and losing 30,000 of his own garrison. 1t was only when both provisions and ammunition failed that he decided on that desperate attempt to cut his way through the investing army. The attempt, one of the most daring and resolute in history, failed, and Osman was at last compelled to admit defeat. So impressed, however, were the enemy with his valor that as he was carried wounded through their ranks they greeted him as conqueror with cheers and presented arms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Powerful Paper.

"A surveyor when inspecting one of the cottag ges under his care had his attention called by the tenant to a large diagonal crack in one of the walls, close to which they were stand, ing, with the remark from Mrs. Hodge, II am afraid. sir, as the old house be a-coming down, sir
 eve will see to this,'' said the agent, and. taking from his pocket a few strips of stamp edging, he pasted them transversely over the Assure so that he might on his next visit see whether the crack had extended and whether it was settlement or not.
 On his calling about a month after ward he found the pieces of stamp edging still remaining unbroken and, pointing out to the old lady that the crack had not opened any farther. was amused with this unhesitating remark: ''Yes. sir, but who'd ha thought as two or three such bits of paper would ha' held un together?"- London Answers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
seeina Your Own Brain.


 In Professor Lloyd's work. "The End of the World" the experiment of see ing ones own brain is interesting. The experimenter, with lighted can dle, enters perfectly dark room. He stands before black curtain or wall. so that details cannot be seen by the candles feeble light. The candle is moved laterally to and fro in front of the eyes, keeping it about six inches from the face and just below the tip of the nose. In few minutes some thing, as if a thin mist, seems to grow before the eyes. It becomes more definite and gains oatline, and then soon one may distinguish the venation and the division of the brain. The theory is that the moving light produces a counter irritation of the nerves that conduct the impression of sight to the brain. The current is re- versed, and the brain is pictured on the retina. Then the impression re- turns through the nerves and affects the brain so that we see it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
caIamities of Authors

Homer was begger; Plautus turne5 a mill; Terence was a slave; Cervante4. the author of "Don Quixote,g died of hunger; Bacon lived a life of mean ness and distress; Raleigh died on the scaffold; Spenser. the charming. died ip want; the death of Collins was through neglect, first causing mental derzng< ment; Milton sold his copyright If Paradise Lost fer f15; Dryden died in poverty and distress; OtWay died prematurely and through hunger; Lee died in the gutter; Steele lived life of perfect warfare with bailifs. GoIf smiths "yicar of WakefieIdy was sold for a tri6e to save him from the grip of law; Savage died in prison at Brfs- tol, where he was confined for dekt of fS; Butler lived life of penury and died poor; Chatterton, the child of genius and misfortune, destroyed him self e.s,5+ss~e r-e ,--c-z- -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
The Tea Drinkers.

The chronic tea drinkers of this coun. try are generally the kitchen girls and women who remain in the kitchen teapot is constantly on the stove, and the strong, stale brew. full of tannit
 acid and bitter extractives, is poured into the stomach at frequent intervals. Here we get not only the stimulation of the caffein, but the irritation of the tannin derivatives on the stomach mu- cous membrane. The sooner or later result is sleeplessness. an irritable, fretty disposition, nervous dyspepsia or even gastritis and constipation. Of course the treatment is to stop the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Expert Parsons
 Comments Trusts
 Especially Sugar
Special from United Press.)

Especial from United PresS.)
 New York, July 21-@The sooner poll ticians realize that in trying to put down business combinations they are carrying prices of commodities up- wards and that the public must suf- fer, the better 1t will be for this coun- try,' insisted John E. Parsons, former chief counsel for the sugar trust, to- day.
 Parsons was questioned by members of the Congressional committee today, who assured him that they recognized in him the original and greatest expert on trusts in this country. He launch ed into complete defense of trust methods and insisted that, we're it not for combinations, the prices of all commodities would be much higher.
 Congressman Hinds, of Maine, tried to show through Parsons that, .inas- much as the marriage ceremony was could hardly expect to be exempt. but Parsons would have none of that ar gument.
 ..Meddling by politicians" was the curse of the country, in his opinion, and regulation of capital was almost a crime'' Parsons admitted that the sugar trust was the first simon pure States
 That the sugar trust contributed $10,00 to the Republican campaign fund in 1892. because it desired Benja- min Harrison elected President over Grover Cleveland, was the statement made by the former chief counsel for the. trust. Parsons said he believed a corporation had just as much right to protect itself from unpleasant leg islation by contributing to campaign fund as any individual.
 Until the law was passed prohibiting g corporation contributions, Parsons said, the sugar trust would be con- stantly "importuned for money by both political parties" He said it contributed when the platform suited.
 Parsons also insisted to the Hard wick Congressional Commission that the fight between the sugar trust and the Arbuckle interests Is still on. He justified rebating by the trust. for which it was fined $70,00O, by insist ing that 1t learned the rebates before the law prohibiting them was passed. .'
 He characterized the fine as "very unjust.'',
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Shepherd and Sheep

A minister was once addressing a Sunday school. It was a Sunday school of little children. and the min- ister in his address desired to compare himself to shepherd and his congre- gation to the shepherds fiocks.
 What are these beautiful animals ?'' he said. pointing to drawing on the blackboard
 Sheep. sheepw chorused the chil- dren.
 "And the cloaked figure in the fore ground-what is he?"
 "A shepherd!' the children cried.
 Exactly" agreed the minister, beaming with satisfaction And now, dear children, can you tell me what it is that the shepherd does for the sheep?'
 A score of little mouths opened wide, and score of treble voices cried shrilly:
 "He shears 'emv'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21

s10.00 Ladies' Trimmed Hats. .$3. .9S All our better grades in trimmed
 hats formerly priced from $10 to
 $50, now less than half prices. 75c Black Percaline Petticoats. S9c $1.50 Black Percaline Petticoats. .9Sc $500 Black Taffeta Silk Petit
 coats .. $1.7S $7.0O Marabout Feather Boas. .$4.48 $10.00 Marabout Feather Boas. SPAS 75c White. LawE Embroidered
 Shirt Waists s.... ........ .4Sc $1.00 White Lawn Embroidered -
 Shirt Waists ........ .75c $1.35 White Lawn Embroidered
 shirt Waists .... 9Sc $2.00 White Lawn Embroidered
 Shirt Waists ......... .$1. AS $2.75 White Lawn Embroidered
 Shirt Waists $f .9S 5Oc White Lace Veils. .25c soc Black and Colored Chiffon 62c Black and Colored Chiffon
 Velis -. .... ......... .SSc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Iineoln Told a Story.

At one time friend complained to President Lincoln that certain cabi. net officer was administering his office with unusual energy with the hope of securing the presidential nomination.
 "That reminds me-" said MT. Lincoln, .sthat my brother and were once blow ing a field with lazy horse, but at times he rushed across the field so fast that I could hardly keep up with him. At last l found an enormous chin fly on him and knocked it off. Now, 1 am not going to make that mistake sec ond time. If the secretary has chin fly on him I am not going to knock it of, if it will only make his department 0Ov
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Early Horse Rars Prizes.

Prizes for winners of horse race4 hundreds of years ago took cur1oslp forms Fhe earliest was the ~DrgiA dor," or golden bridIe After this tf7e prize in England was bell. This idea was taken from the custom
 among owners of pack horses of dsc- orating the best horse, which Led tts cavalcade, with bell. so that ondark nights and in dangerous places the whereabouts of the leader might bs known and the others follow boldly. At Carlisle silver bells were raced for by the moss troopers and daaesmeny and specimens of these bells are sffa retained in the town haIl--st- yame& Gazette. t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
The CIear Infinitv.

That which we foolishly call vast ness is, rightly considered. not more wonderful. not more impressive, than that which we insolently call little ness, and the infnity of God is not mysterious. it is only unfathomable; not concealed, but incomprehensible it is a clear ininity, the darkness of the pure, unsearchable sea.-Ruskin's "Modern Painters
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
oriain of the Word Farm

The origin of the word farm is as follows: In the Saxons' time the es tates which the lords of manors grant ed to the freemen were at first but for a term of years, with a render of a rent, which in those days was of corn and other produce. The leases so made were called fermes or farmes. but times ensuing turned the produce into money and terms of years to terms of life and inheritance.-West- nn5ns*aS GaSA4A>
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Quaint Cures of Old

For epilepsy wear ring made from a coffin ring and take seven drops of blood from the tail of cat These remedies are equally efficacious either separately or in conjunction. For tooth ache carry in the pocket the tooth of a soldier killed in battle or eat mouse n1bbled bread or trim your nails on a Friday. To cure warts. rub a potato and give the potato to pig, or rub them with piece of chalk, then put 1t in little bag and throw it across crossroads. Holding the affected fin ger in the ear of cat for half an hour was reckoned an excellent remedy for a felon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Weather Indications.
Especial from United Presso

IoPoCIdI IIOIIi, OIIIteu TT6SS.1
 New Haven, July 21-Forecast: Un- settled weather, tonight: Saturday probably fair. Not much change in temperature, moderate variable winds, becoming west
 An extended area of low barometric pressure over the lake region and New England is causing unsettled weather with local thunder showers in the northeastern section. An area of high pressure central over North Da- kota is causing cool, pleasant weather in the western and central districts. Moderate temperatures prevail in all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. The greatest rainfall during the last 24 hours was 1.66 inches at Fort Smith
 Conditions favor for this vicinity un- settled weather and slightly cooler.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21

When do you take the beans whereby ]
 live"
 But his most unfortunate slip oc- cured in the last line of Money where Evelyn says that in order to en- joy the good things of life we require ''plenty of money" In this situation .Kean always brought the curtain down with roar by sarcasticaily re marking that the one thing necessary to complete their happiness is plenty of puttyw
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
lnsuIted.

lnsu!ted. My husband has remarkable col lection Of old curiosities.'' said Mrs. Bilkins, with an air of pride. 4sIndeedr' said Miss Sharpenough. "Was he collecting when he married youT
 "Why. yes" replied Mrs. Bilkins in- nocently.
 That's what I thought" remarked the other spitefully. And then Mrs. Bilkins saw what her dear friend meant. They meet as strangers now.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Truly Remarkable.

tTuiy h0maFR1oio. Quite a remarkable thing happened at the banquet last night"
 "Dfd somebody tell story that was newY'
 No; the stories were all old, but one of the speakers who said he had noth- ing to say sat down immediately after saying it"-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Card PIaxinDa.s

Card playing began in India fn tbe ninth century 1t was introduced into Europe by orientais some time prioT to the thirteenth century. saracens popularized the amusement in spain and Italy The taste for the gamp afterward spread to Germany, wherp it commenced to be induiged in abosfk 1275. Its appearance in France was mentioned in the records of that courr try in 1893. Heraldic cards were first known in England in 1660.-New York Telegram
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
His Trade.

"And you say you have a trader asked the kind lady at the door.
 ''Yes'm.'' said the tramp; I'm worker in precious metals and stones{
 Indeed. And can't you get any
 thing to dow z
 'No'm: de perlice and de jeweleq are all on to me-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Charles kaan,a AffIictions.

Charles Kean. the actor. could no pronounce the consonants "m' anc '.n." In the first scene with Jarvis il sThe Gamester' he began by inquir ing. Well, Jarvis, what says the world of me? I'll tell thee what it says. It calls me false friend, faithless hus- band, a cruel father-in one short word, it calls me Galesterr' In Shy. lock he was won't to say:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
E. H. DILLON & co.

'AAus ..... . ---s-.k.s "A. to leave the loom, much to his annoyance. Then the family physician got a chance to explain matters. and Dr. Holmes went in, but. as he confessed to me after ward, with very bad grace. He didn't like to be taken for boy even by a very sick woman. New York Trib- Ilna
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
FIFTH WIFE FOR
 WEALTHY BROKER
 AND ALL LIVING
(special from United Press.

Special from United Press.)
 Lynn, July 21-Eugene F. Hubbard A years old, a well known and veal thy real estate broker of Lynn, today is honeymooning with his fifth wife, formerly Hattie M. Anderson, a 19- year-old girl who has been a steno- grapher in Hubbard's office for three years. Hubbard's first four wives are all living, wife No 4, Mrs. Annie Goodwin Potter Hubbard, residing at 106 Arbor street, Lynn Where Nos 1, 2 and reside is not known.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
s5c Boys and Girls Straw Roll

35c Boys and Girls Straw Roll
 ing Sailors -. s. .s-.s. JUG s1.oo Untrimr&ed Hats .......15c $1.0O Sailor Hats .39c 3sc Peanut Braid Hats ......... f9c soc Peanut Braid Hats. 25c s75c Peanut Braid Hats. .48c s$1.25 Rough Straw Sailor Hats. .75c ss3.50f Fancy Rough Straw Roll
 Edge Sailor Hats .s.. ..... .96c $2.o0 Black Rough Braid Sailors Straight Brim !. ..,......-.. $1 .25 $500 Black and White Rough
 Braid Sailors $1. .0S $2.00 Children's Trimmed Hair
 Braid Hats ...s 4Sc $500 Children's Trimmed Hats $1.4S $4.o0 Childrens Trimmed Hats $1.75 $700 Children's Trimmed Hats $2.9S $2.75 White Lace Hats. <. .$1.48 $500 White Lace Hats. .s..... .$1 .9S $500 Ladies Trimmed Hats. 75c $4o0 Ladies' Trimmed Hats. :. .$1.25 $500 Ladies' Trimmed Hats. $1 .9S $500 Ladies' Trimmed Hats. .$2.OS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Revenue bv Proxv.

Celtic Stranger-Tim Hennessy has just bin arristed. What will yez charge to defnd him? Very Young Lawyer-Ten dollars is my fee in po- lice court cases. Celtic. Stranger Well, here ut is. I've had it in for Tim this long toime. an 'tis worth tin darlars to git even wid him!-Puck
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21

cause. treat rue insomnia, dyspepsia and constipation and give fresh air. Tea >tasters show earlier than other individuals decay of the teeth. Chil- dren up to fifteen years should not drink coffee or tea regularly. y.-Journal of American Medical Association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
Anniversary rhouahts.

Hubby. dear. do you kHow that we win have been married ten years next Tuesday,
 Yes; realize that we are getting along and should begin to economize for the needs of the future"
 Tt is not the future that am think ing about. but the present. "-New York Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
A Short Story.

My new novel is a story of married Hfe," said Scribbler.
 Boil it down." admonished the pub fisher. Married life is short story nowadays" ys."-Philadelphi Record.