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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
IF YOU NEGLECT TAKING A TURKISH BATH AT THE ATLAS You Are Doing Yourself Injustice LADI E S D AY F R ID A Y
FIRST THINGS

The site of Boston was sold to the white colonists by the Indians on this date in 1884 When Gov. John Win throp and his company, with the kings charter, had arrived at Charlestown on June IS, 1880, they had found the peninsula without human habitation, except for the little cottage of the Rev. William Blaxton, a clergyman of the English church. The English settlers at first called the peninsula Trimoun- taine. or Fremont, but in September 1880, 1t was ordered that the name be changed to Boston. The aboriginal in- habitants had been devastated by a plague, but in 1884 an Indian sachem laid claim to the site of the city, all leging that it had been the property of his grandfather. In order to avoid trouble with the redskins, the settlers paid small sum for the property, on condition that they be left in peace. The name of Boston was chosen in honor of Isaac Johnson, one of the foremost of Winthrops company, who hailed from the English town of Bos- ton
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
A CONSERVATIVE SOCIALIST

Political problems of the day were discusseA bys pr. Arthur Twining Had ley, in his baocalaureate, sermon, be- fore the graduating class of Yale Uni versity.
 Said the distinguished head of the University:
 'aTo the privileged classes Jesus seemed like . socialist. to the rabble He seemed like conservative Per haps he was both.''
 :. Perhaps Mf. Hadley is both. Is there not some. dim tradition that MT. Hadlsy was strongly sympathetic toward the early intellectual move ment. which was the origin of social ism in the United States. There was a sroiib q litslisotu&ls in New. Haven some 26 or 30 years ago, and not a few men now prominent in various forms of endeavor were members of it Sss-.-- .-.is~
 Mir. Hadley's work on economics is a queer medley of standard econo- mic dogma and Marxian doctrine.
 As to the sonndness of the Hadiey statement just quoted there may be doubts, although it IS likely enough true that the privileged classes thought Christ socialist.
 Tho privileged classes think any body . socialist who proposes some that they regard as inconsistent with their pRereGatives and gains. There is no evidence that the rab. 'ble thought Christ conservative however. They thought Him rad ical- They followed Him-the col leotfvity which MT. .Hadley describe, as the rabble so devotedly that pa san1sm shuddsrsus and fell. Rome fad cd from her seven hills to shadow in Censtantinople. and democracy wa. boen to iordship.
 Mf. Hadlsy Is a socialist, but he is 90 conservative the privileged classes have never found it out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
ACONSERVATlVE

If proof were needed that the con servative vote is Taft's comes John P. Warren, 53 years a convict, and just pardoned at "A, that he may die in the free air of Holland County, where-ne speakhisxi1fe until he was 21 years old.
 Perhaps Warren's experience has made him an advocate of the long term, and he dislikes to have the president cut off with four brief years of confinement in the White House, or possibly he detests the long term and wishes to save Roosevelt from an indeterminate sentence to- the presi- dency.
 Warren killed his wife in fateful moment, and from thenceforth saw the world through the obscuring cur tain of stone walls. His chief desire appears to be to cast a ballot before he dies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
THOUSANDS IN MEAT STRIKE Pittsburg Women Begin Boycott te
 Last Ten Days

Pittsburg. Pa, June 18-The meat boycott has been inaugurated Tn Pittsburg. For the next ten days none of the thousands of women Tn the Federated Marketing clubs will buy beef. Scores of butchers, especially those in the residential districts have closed their shops and will keep them closed until the ab- stinence period has ended.
 There was some doubt among the butchers as to what importance the boycott may have. because g week ago the meat dealers formed g truce with the women, promising to supply cheap meets to be used +na in %s e1ohing 13i nt demonstrations at the Centrai Market. those cooking lessons
 Mrs. J. S. Flannery. president of the Federated clubs was advised by Mrs- Julia Heath of New York to keep the Pittsburg. women firm in their original purpose and to reject the compromise suggested by the 'hutchers This decided the issue and the strike stands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
MYRTLE AVENUE SCHOOL
 GRADS LEAVE MEMORIAL
Class of 1912 Present Fine Picture of
 Sir Galahad.

At the morning session of Myrtle Avenue School yesterday the graduat- ing class of 1912 presented the school with a beautiful picture of Sir Gala had. The presentation was made by Miss Bessie Nugent, who in few appropriate remarks paid very pretty compliment to their teachers in appreciation of their untiring work during the past year.
 The gift was accepted by the prin- cipal, Miss Gilmore, who in turn thanked the class for the memorial and reminded them that her inter- est in them would not cease upon their graduation.
 The members of the class are: Henry E. Flynn, President; Hazel Broch, Secretary; Marian Doolan, Treasurer.
 The Misses: Lillian Brooks, Evelyn Grace, Ethel Haggerty, Bessie Nugent Agnes Nyberg and Masters: Howard Curley, Max Lebovich, John Miles, Morris Rasmussen, and Edward Speer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
CURSE OF MONOPOLY

The blighting effect of monopoly on business and industry is revealed in the news dispatches from Kansas, and other points in the west. to the effect that not enough men can be obtain ed to harvest the crops.
 If f1wag@s were high enough there would be no difficulty about getting men. because there are plenty of men who would be willing to do the work if they could get to it. But the far
 mer can not afford to pay sufficient ly high wages. because. he has, to fig ure closely on his profits First, he has tofbuy his harvesting machinery from monopoly, and this monopoly sells the machines at prices which en- able it to pay dividends on stock that is heavily watered. Secondly, the farmer has to ship his grain over railroads which charge a rate that will enable them to pay dividends on stock that is largely. watered.
 The trusts and industrial corpora tions of this country are soggy with watered stock. Dividends must De paid on this stock, so that Morgan, in New York, may spend $60,000, ,000 for an art collection; so that the Vanderbilt heirs may compete with the nobles of Europe in the London horse shows: so that Gould may mar ry his daughter to a foreign prince, and so that whole swarm of idle, wealthy fools in New York and New port may ride in imported automo-
 piles and cruise along the cool Maine coasts in steam yachts.
 The blighting effect of these mo- nopolies finds expression in a spirit of unrest. The big millionaires of the East, hiding behind unjust laws,
 have got things so arranged that ev- cry man, woman and child in the country must pay tribute in the form of unnecessarily high prices. These prices are high because dividend pay | ments must be met regularly. It matters not to the money barons that
 the crops must go unharvested for
 lack of men.
 Monopoly. is everywhere. Little
 monopolies pattern after the big ones
 so that everywhere. in every line of industry, an artificial situation is created. At Springfield Mo-. hun
 dreds of carloads of strawberries rot ted in the fields because the grow CTS could not afford to pick them. Al the same time, small monopolies in the big cities rushed thousands of crates of berries into cold storage
 and held them there, so that an arti-
 ficially high price could be maintain ed. As result, not everybody who likes strawberries could get all he were raised, and had the price re-
 mained normal, the children of the poor as we'll as those of the rich could
 have had all they desired.
 But the monopolists want quick
 profit By limiting the supply they l can boost prices, and nfake more prof. it than they could by allowing the l supply to come in unrestrained. Get
 rieh-quick is the policy of the mo- | nopolists, big and little, and to ac- | complish this end they force the peo- | pie to pay. They have made mo. | nopoly the curse of all industry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
Uhf D. M. Rran Qnnt1tatt11. ExtahliaArA 1l51.
ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE OF THE JUNE
 SALE OF UNDERMUSLINS,
 TO OPEN THURSDAY MORNING, THE TWENTIETH. -s-zsz DETAILS LATER.
SUMMER PETTICOATS OF MESSALINE AND
 SOFT-FINISHED TAFFETA
DETAILS LATER

long list of colorngs, so many that can easily match any summer costume They scant and cling ing, but yes, can step very comfortably, on hgh-step troleys There numerous changeable ef- fects, cerse and light green, reseda and blue all the soft creamy tans browns, and russes Petticoats to wear with pongees and linens with light cloth tailored suits with foulards every shade and combination s SIPS each
 Nsss rE SatSSss " Look at the assortment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
Concerts on Steamer Park icitys z

Concerts on Steamer Park iCfty<@
 Ralph H. woodruff. of Woodhufrs orchestra, will furnish music for the concerts on board the steamer Park City during the summer. Matinee sails are given across Long Island be very delightful halliday trips. This is the fourth season that Mir. Wood hull has furnished music for these excursions. Charles V. Keller. we'll known piano tuner. and muD1cfan, will be the pianist for the orc4oetse-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
MABEL HITE VERY ILL Little Hope of Actress Surviving v Appendicitis Operations

New York, June 18.-Mabel Hite the actress, wife of Mike Donlin, the professional baseball player, is dangerously i'll at pr. Walkers sani- tarium, 33 East Thirty third street She underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis week ago and yesterday y .peritonitis set in. Her condition last night was reported as critical aud faint hope was held out tha, she would live. Her husband is with her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
THOSE sALTERLEss. DRESSES.

It does sound queer, but thats really correct They are in sizes of course. are other washable house dresses; the special feature is the elastic belt which adjusts itself figures having waist proportionarely larger than the shoulders neck or bust They are made of chambray and percae, white and black old blue, gray, and linen shades The Price $1.5O.
 Suit Rooms, second floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

A TURKISH BATH AT THE HOTEL, ATLAS IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
 FOR YOU PHYSICALLY l. A ID E S ID A Y FIR ID A Y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

is near All Onondaga is excited. The Iollv faced lord of Salina made good his boast. No jury need indict him for the governor has assumed jurfs- diction and proved that Justice can nrevai1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

Three years from today the cen- tennial of the battle of Waterloo. which put an end to the career of Napoleon, will be celebrated in Eng land.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16

Bob Lawrence was disturbed. He struck sayagely with his cane at the tender flowers along the country road. He had been promised a degree of happiness here and he had failed as usual to find it.
 Say, mister" said small voice, T wish you wouldn't knock the heads off these flowers. l want about a bushel of daisies to decorate our school room tomorrow. Miss Cynthia's invited the board to hear us speak
 "Cynthia?" questioned Bob wonder ingly. Cynthia who?"
 She's just Miss Cynthia, that's all,' answered Jimmy Green. Shes about the best locker we ever had in this county. Pa said so, and pa knows"
 Does she teach school?"
 You bet she does and we're learning too. cause we love her so we just study our heads off to see her smile, said Jimmy boyishly. You must be Mrs. Golfers brother. visiting over st Three Oaks. My pa is the gardener there"
 You've guessed right. Whats your name?"
 Jimmy Green. Green and gardens go together. pa says
 
 Now, Jimmy, where do you go to school?"
 T don't like to tell you cause pa said to me, hope Mrs. Golfers brother don't see Miss Cynthia, Jimmy, for she's too pretty not to catch any man who sees her and you're learning So well at school, l don't want you to have to change teachers. Pas right about that. Why. her face is just the color of the apple blossoms over in your sisters orchard" Jimmy ponder ed for a second. Seems like I ought to answer you civil, you being a stranger here. The school house is about a quarter of a mile straight down this road. Shes there all right. Miss Cynthia is. She's keeping Petie Murphy and Tom Vance in to learn | their speeches for tomorrow" "Cynthiai What a train of memo ries and pleasant dreams the word conjured up for Bob Lawrence, who | thanked Jimmy for his information and kept on down the road toward the schoolroom This time the wayside l flowers were free from his bruising cane. He was thinking in tently of the only girl who had ever stirred any emotion in his heart She 1 too, was called Cynthia, and he1 ! tlASCh5 were Ah6 tue dppl6 D1OSSODlE 1 in his sisters orchard. He had met her almost year before, a few hours | out from Liverpool. She had beer 1 touring the continent with a very wealthy aunt. The girls beauty had attracted him at once, and later he. 1 superb health had been added to hei 1 list of other charms. She was the only woman on board. so the steward hat told him, who did not miss a meal. The last night out there had beer a moon. Lawrence recalled how ca gerly he had waited for her on decl while she went for wrap after din. ner They had stood together watch. 1 ing the moonlight on the phospores. l cent waves and listening to the sof l strains of an Hungarian waltz HI. love for her. none the less intense be. cause of it's short duration. had stir.
 red him nightly. and he had spoker
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
THE PANAMA TOLL BILL.

It is probable that President Taft ~ill refuse to affix his signature to the Panama toll bill should it pass congress-. since there is pending be- tween this country and Great Britain a question as to the correct interpre- tation of the treaty between the two countries.
 The Hay-Pauncefote treaty was nec- essary to make secure our right to build this canal and the pledges made therein are what made Great Britain abandon prior claims to the territory America must have in order to carry forward this inter- ocean scheme. There is no question but Secretary John Hay made honest promises and there can be no doubt that it is this country's duty to respect and honor them.
 There is a senseless display of jingo- ism over this matter-a disposition to refuse to arbitrate matter which certainly affects the honesty and hon. or of the republic. This is an attitude which must cause honorable men to blush.
 Here is a question well put: For over a decade we have led the nations in their search for peace and loftier ideals of international dealings. Shall We now resign our leadership, break our word, place greed before honor, and finally hang back in fear from the halls of peace we helped to build?"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
THIS IS ENTERPRISE.
What is enterprise


 The. Standard Dictionary defines en- terprise thus: 'To perform-to un- dertake."
 So, when a new firm of undertakers in New York sent in a petition for the bodies of the seven electrocuted mur- derers at Sing Sing. signed by 17,O0O citizens, obtained five of the bodies and placed them on exhibition with plates upon their knees to receive con tributions and advertised to have funeral on Saturday with five hearses drawn by four horses each, and led by a brass band, it was enterprise under the strictest definition of the word they undertake to boom private busi- ness by an unprecedented piece of sen sationalism.
 As an exhibit of what can be done in free America with the criminal dead this is a disgrace to New York and a worldwide shame to the republic. The Bulletin does not wonder that readers of this abroad think we are nation of semi -savages.
 It is questionable if this could have been done in any other state in the union The four of these five dead men who have no relatives should have been privately buried by the state and the other should have been deliv- cred to relatives if they desired to in ter it.
 To permit such a speculative play with the dead as this is certainly far below our standard of civilization.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
THE BULLETINS SHORT STORY.
CYNTHIA'S EXTRA SESSION

of that love and asked her to marry him
 ''No,v she had answered, forcing back his arms, it is not possible. We belong to different worlds"
 What difference would that make if it were true?" he had demanded What do you mean by diheFent worlds ?''
 You have money" she had told him. T belong to the broken down aristocracy of the south. I work for my living. Aunt Lydia took me for this trip because I was her brother s child and she was sorry for my pow erty" He remembered with bitter ness how he had begged, stormed and argued, but all to no purpose, for Gym thia had remained deaf to his en- treaties, protesting that his people would be disappointed
 When they landed, although he had tried to find out where she lived, and followed her, she evaded him. His pride stirred then. and he had turned to his work determined to forget the girl, but in that, too, he had failed. The following spring his sister wrote to him. Your letters sound as if you were blue, so leave your affairs-they are too enormous for a young man, anyway-and come to visit me for ten days. The fishing is fine near here, and you can count on mending your l depressed spirit"
 A voice, young and vehement, broke into his meditation. ''Yes'm, I'll do my best. Both of us will, won't we. Tom ?'
 Lawrence looked about him. There was the schoolhouse, and out the dool 1 rushed the two scholars, who had been kept in to learn their speeches. He watched them out of sight, wondering what excuse he could offer to the coun- try teacher if he dared to go to the door just to look at her because hel name was Cynthia. = Kansas City | Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
WILLING TO WIN ON TECHNICAL
 TIES.

Colonel Roosevelt is Illustrating the truth of the slogan; "The king can do no wrong!' A theft is not a theft when it is done in his name; lie is not a lie when uttered for his advance ment; a villain is not villain if his villainy is promotive of bull moose in- terests.
 The case of Stubbs against Curtis in Kansas well illustrates this-Curtis, the most popular senator Kansas ever had, beat Stubbs in the recent election by 10000 plurality, but Stubbs gets majority of the legislative districts and under the new primary law his name goes upon the ticket and the 10000 plurality simply was a vote that Senator Curtis should stay at home
 Great interest has been excited in the situation and everyone was anx- ious to know if good Colonel Roose- welt would condemn or approve. He only displays shrewd politicians evasiveness when he says:
 T haven't paid any attention to the popular vote. We haven't even thought of totaling up any majorities. This was but a contest for legislative dis tricts. I made no fight in populous eastern counties for votes. for I felt that l could not carry the districts" |"
 If this had been Curtis winning in this way instead of Stubbs, the Col onel would doubtless have said he was "a thief. liar and a villiain," as he has said of political bosses less offen- sive.
 Those who think righteousness is the way of Roosevelt must be blind if they cannot see their mistake.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
CANADA MUST SAVE HER COM
 MERGE.

Canada recognizes the value of the Panama canal to it as a means of cheap transit. The Ottawa Citizen, referring to the opening of the canal says;
 "The opening of the Panama canal is an event of the greatest importance to the Dominion and to the western provinces in particular. The Grand Trunk has declared that with the opening of the canal the great grain country served by this road will ship it's wheat via Panama. and the Grand Trunk serves a territory as great as the Canadian Pacific or the Canadian Northern.
 "In 1910 the export of grain from Montreal reached twenty millions of bushels In decade where will the grain outlet beat Montreal or on the Pacific coast? It is well to remember that one cent buys in water routes ten times the distance the same money buys in rail routes. And the big railways can ship grain to the Pacific coast cheap. in the knowledge that from this point on the journey is all by water"
 The Canadians do not like this men, ace to their trade. The Citizens says further:
 Looked at from every viewpoint. the conclusion is irresistible that eventually the Panama canal will mean the complete abandonment of | grain shipping to the Atlantic coast. The prospect is scarcely a pleasing one to Montreal. in particular, but for tunately there is a remedy and against l it's development the Panama menace is helpless. The Georgian bay water way now becomes a national necessity It is no longer a sectional matter, but | commerce from the furthest limits ot | Ontario to the seaboard must insist upon it's construction if the great western trade is to be retained, in stead of being allowed to develop the southern half of the American conti. nent and the Pacific coast"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
IDEAS. OF A PLAIN MAN
FEAR OF GREATNESS.
By Dr.. Frank Crane.

Don't be afraid of your generous emotions.
 The worst fear is the fear to be too great.
 The meanest satisfaction is to be content in being like others.
 If you trust a friend. trust him to death. Of course you may be deceived in him. But better be humiliated by betrayal than be incapable of perfect faith.
 If you love your wife, love Loyalty utterly She may not appreciate it. But better be unappreciated than to miss the joy of perfect self giving.
 Don't be too afraid of casting your pearls before swine Better than to hoard your pearls. And Jesus, who said 1t, did cast his pearls before many swine
 Don't be afraid to forgive. The ob- ject of your forgiveness may be un- worthy, but that cannot mar the fine ness of your pardon.
 Don't be afraid to show yourself
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-16
CORN GROWING CONTESTS.

With the national, state-fair and newspaper corn tests there are per haps 15,0O0 or 20,000 American youth engaged in acre corn contests in the west and south.
 We are sorry to say The Bulletin could not excite interest enough by a s10O prize for the best acre of corn grown in the two eastern counties of this state to get a sufficient number of competitors to enter upon it; but here is a western contemporary, the Des Moines Capital which put up $515 in cash prizes. makes a success of its corn growing contest, of which it says:
 Although there are 1000 boys work ing hard for the s515 in cash which The Capital is going to distribute to the winners, not single one has with drawn. This can be construed only in one way-each boy believes he will win. It is predicted that the winner this year will be forced to produce at least 150 bushels of corn on his acre. This will be going some, but it is not too much to expect. Iowa is making a wonderful crop showing this year. and The Capital will be surprised if the total grown on it's prize acre does not come nearer the 200-bushel mark than the figures mentioned above"
 And The Bulletin would call the at tention of the farmers to the fact that land in the past ten years has ad- vanced in value on the average in the state of Iowa s57.S4 per acre. A farmer there has just re- fused S225 an acre for land he paid s10O for seven years ago. What raises land value? The amount per acre the land can be made to make satisfactory returns upon. It is low average crops that make land cheap in New Eng land.
 The Bulletin had nothing to gain by such contest except the honor of having promoted competition which would have added to the agricultural fame of this section and made the land of the winners more valuable than ever
 What is needed to bring New Eng land land values up is a little heahhy competition in growing crops. More of the alfalfa spirit than of the old timothy.