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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

on the two, press down evenly, and in a very few minutes the mend will be perfectly complete.
 We know that discoIorat ton, mould and often unSightIy-IoOking rents are made by the accommodating of water between paper and ceiling caused by leaks of unsound roofs or d:sordered spot appear on your ceiling, fmme diatly make a few openings in it with a pin point, fastening the pin on stick or long broom handle, and let off the water The paper will dry out, leaving soon not the least trace of disaster.
 z An asbestos pad for the table may be made in this way: Get enough as- bestos paper to cover the table with double thickness. From a couple of old sheets cut two pieces the size of the table. Baste the asbestos paperbe- tween them and quilt it on the sewing machine, using a long stitch. This is necessary, as the paper tears and pulls apart easily. Put this pad on the ta,- ble under your silence cloth, and there will be no marks made on the polish ed surface by hot dishes.
 To prevent the bedc, othes pulling out from the foot of the bed and leaving the feet cold take half an old sheet put one end or half of it under the foot of the mattress and let the other half hang over the fOothoard while you spread the sheets and blankets as usual; but before putting on the spread bring the other part of the ha'f sheet up over the nlo+hes as far as it will come, then put on the spread. It will take more than an ordinary most vigorous boy to tear the clothes loose
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
ENGLISH FOLK SONGS SAVED. Old Ballads Have Lived By Oral
 Transmission Alone.

English folk songs, for years un- known to the musical wor d, appar- ently doomed to oblivion, but rescued at the last moment, formed part Of under the auspices of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the British Empire, for the benefit of their pnilan- thropic work, yesterday afternoon. orally for hundreds of years, owing to industrial changes due to the intro duction of the factory system, are known and sung not only by the very England. Cecil J. Sharpe and Water G. Fuller are at the head of the move ment in England to collect these songs bcfnre the old peope e die off, and tG Jle concert yesterday afternoon, and made a brief address on the folk songs before his three sisters sang a numL CT of tnem- Miss OriSka Fuller supply hal D, an instrument exQuisitcly adapt- e"! tn the simple sincere character Of the folk songs. The women wore dresses O? the early Victor-a1 period which gave a suggestion of the B on es and supp jed an appropriate setting for the music.
 The infectious humor of the Somer- sarsEire 70. No John'' and .HFhe Tail spirit of Moving the Barley'' tFe gentleness and wiIdness of the song from the Hebrides, "So Sweet is Mo- rag the wonderful song of the ship-- wreck of ''The Nightingale,'' with Q humming accompaniment as original Iy sung by the girls in a glove fac tory in DOrSet-indicate the wealth of the musical tradition which has grown up among the country people of Eng land, and which now has been saved unspoiled by editing or artistic '.'ul- prOVement" just as they were sung by the English peasants themselves for many generations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

ing that the spirit of the juvenile sgSss&J court should prevail in handling older GNA@ 8sZ$11 men who have gone astray. An authority ~eC@ says threeOurthS of those committed to prison first offenders that nearly half young between the ages of 20 and A.
 The first purpose of Imprisonment should not be pun ishmen but protection of society. Anything except
 life sentence presmes that the prison inmate is to return to the world, The interests of society demand that he back if possible, fortified against temptation and qualified to an honest living.
 The ordinary prison regime of monotonous piece york; under armed guards in enforced silence would make good desperate and dangerous Prisoners when leased handicapped not only with the stigma of having stripe but without having taught
 trade in which there is demand for their labor They helpless and hopeless and almost compelled to live the life of outlaws
 Colorado the first of the states to experiment with the honor system for it for boy offenders Warden Tynan, who is friend of Judge Lindsey takes personal interest in the men, wins their confidence and keeps his hold of them after they leased.
 - They are given mostly outdoor work. Large bers of cOnvics trusted to engage in road budng miles from the prison, without manacles guards and without striped clothes They taught farming, how to raise poultry and pigs and garden truck.
 A reporter says the facts that crimes have committed that escapes practically unknown, prove that Colorado has solved the convict problem and that the work she Is doing well be followed other states Copyright 1911
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
Church Raised Money
 To Pay for Rum
Record Found in Valuable Documents
 of Cornwall Society

The idea of a church collecting money to pay for a barrel of rum us ed by the church society would be the cause of much comment in these days. but there was a time in the history of this state when the collec- tion was mot only made, but the item was even set down in the record of the church society The barrel or rum, however, was used by the work men, who helped to erect the south Meeting House in the town of Corn wall some few years prior to the be- ginning of the nineteenth century.
 This unusual incident came to light through two documents now in pos session of the Congregat at1onal Church of Cornwall, which show how the meeting house of the Ecclesiastical So- ciety, which is the forerunner of the jresent church, was built and man tained. The direct methods of ob- taining food are also shown by the equivalents of articles, instead of mon ey for the payment of note. Both documents are in old English
 The following is an extract from the records of the society:
 At a Iega1 meeting of the First Ec- clesiastical Society in the town ot Cornwall, held at the South Meeting House therein on the 18th day of March 1796 Captain Joseph Bearse was chosen moderator of said meet ing, and 1t was also voted that tax be levied upon the inhabitants lof said society sufficient to raise the sum of CSC, lawful money (and some shil- lings), in order to pay about s76. l. m., to MT Austin Beirce which is due to him, for what he has done towards building said meeting house, and also about the sum of G10, lawful money which is due to General Swift for a barrel of rum which he procured for the raising of said house. Also at the same meeting it was voted that rate or tax of AZ pence lawful money on the pound be levied upon the inhabi- tants of said society according to the list of the rolls and rateable estate of said inhabitats for the year 1794 to pay said &S6, 1. m., and that the same be paid into the treasury of said society by the 1st cay of June next for the prur-nose aforesaid- Also voted, that Josiah Hopkins be collecto- of sai1 rate Then said meeting was dissolv- ed.
 Test, John Pierce, society clerk.
 The General Swift referred to in the note as having furnished barrel of rum for the occasion was colonel of the Seventh Connecticut Regiment of the Revolutionary War, and afterwards became brigad'er general and promin ent as an officer in the war.
 The following note was given by the subscriber for the support of the socie- ty:
 Cornwall Gin LitchfieId county), Jan
 uary 6. 1904.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
AGAINST THE
 PARCELS POST

Retailers in small cities and towns do not seem to be impressed with the great iEujry that will fall upon them should the proposed parcels post be- come a part and parcel of the postal service of this country.
 The benefits that they will derive therefrom, which may be the receipt of packages through the mail at a less cost than is now charged by the express companies, will be offset by the benefit that their next door neigh lborS and customers will derive through their purchases from the mammoth catalogue houses in the large cities, which will naturally curtail the output out of business entirely, forcing It's corps of clerks to go to the larger cit ies in search of emp 'oyment.
 The parcels post will practically kill the business of the commercial trav- eler or drummer as some people call them, as all small merchants whose business will fall off considerably the moment the bill goes into operation will buy small lots and have them sent through the mail They will have little use for the commercial trave'ers, who are now in the habit of calling upon the small storekeepers frequent Iy, selling them good sized bills.
 The United States Government, should the proposed parcels post be- come law, becomes competitor of the express companies, who would meet such competition by reducing their charges and becoming more ac- comm dating to their patrons While such a change would be welcomed, yet even this would not equal the loss the small storekeeper would sustain in the transfer of much of his business to the catalogue houses.
 The great expense incurred by the government in sustaining such a SyS- bem diSsipateS all thoughts of the penny letter posta ge'' now uppermost in some peoples minds, as the same charges will be made for carrying a package three thousand miles as for three miles, or less, thus increasing the So-called deficiency in the post of flee department, and no doubt forcing an increase in the delivery of second and monthly magazines to their read CTS. The claim is made that the parcels post is success An foreign countries; if 1t is, it is because that many people are concentrated in mar TOW limits and the expense is fnfin' tes- irnal in comparison with the cost of delivery in such a vast area, of ter ritory as the United States. And if the truth is told the small storekeep- CTS in villages and towns in foreign countries are great sufferers because of the existence of the parcels post. By the present. postal laws a seven pound package may be mailed from any given point in the United States to a city in China at less cost than when mailed to any office within three miles of the same distributing of flee.
 Every retail merchant and mflIiner ambitious to succeed in business should write to the Congressman from their district and the United States Senator from their State protesting parcels post Iaw.-The Millinery Trade Review
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
MAKE EIGHT ARRESTS.
West Haven Personal Tax Campaign
 Starts on Way.

West Haven was the scene of much excitement last night due to the ar rest of eight of the towns promi- nent residents for failure to pay the personal tax.
 Two of the men arrested, one of them Harry Raffle of Thomas street, were arrested at the Airdome theatre, at Savin Rock The arrest caused a commOtiOn and the performance was stopped for about ten minutes.
 Those arrested were Cornelius Snap of Campbell avenue. Harry Raffle of Thomas street. Dennis Sullivan of Washington avenue. Frank B. Owen of Campbell avenue, Patrick J. Me Carthay. George w. Smith. Stanley Warner and w. w. Barry.
 The latter has served many years in the volunteer fire department, on which, it is understood, he claims ex- emption.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
WHERE GOVERNMENT HELPS
Australia Offers Farmers Many
 Inducements

Land for the people; water for ths land; government in the interest of all, and not merely for the interests Of the individual engaged in business. That's Australia. Two hundred miles out from Sydney, in a westerly direc- ton, at a, place in the mountains call ed Burrinjuck, the MurruInbidgee Riv- CT, narrowed be1ween two g1gaHt1C cliffs, boiIs impadent-y over blocks or granite, which, ages ago, lost their hold on the moIntatnSide and plunged to the bed of the rushing waters.
 Here an irrigation dam, one of the largest in the world, is in the building. It will impound the waters of the AdTrC- rumbidgee, drive the river back upon itse'f, and turn the mouBtain-hemmsd valley into a vast lake surpassed u1 area by the reservoir of Assuan in Egypt only. In the parched summer flood the plains two hundred miles to the westward and a mil ion and a half of acres of desert land will be- come fertile. And the Government finances the enterprise
 The land is being divided into dftye acre sections for mixed farming, ten acre sections for horticultural pUrpoS- es, and tvvo-acre sections for home lots for farm and other workers Assist ance, beyond that which even the most expectant might look forward to- will be afforded to incoming settlers The State will erect necessary factories and
 
 may be treated and prepared for uar4 ket Conditions are highly favorable to the growing of many varieties ot fruit and to fruit drying These facA tories will afterwards be handed over to CO., operative societies at a fair va4e usatfon- A demonstration farm has already been estab .ished for the pur~ pose of testing the suitability of vaa rious plants to the conditions Of the local climate and soil and also to af~ ford instruction to settlers
 Additional assistance will be offered to homesteaders before entry by the preparation of a portion Of the sec tions for irrigation purposes and by the erection Of the nucleus of yards and buildings, the cost to be paid or in annual instalments- There will be a water right of one acre foot-that is, a depth of one foot of water over one acre to be supplied during th5 summer irigating Season-to each acre of irrigable land disposed Of Further volumes will be sold if required This charge tor water will be five shillings about S1. 1.25-per acre foot, but there is a probability that this rate may bs reduced by one-haIf in the first year of occupa tion, the rate being increas- cd until the fifth year, when the full charge must be paid.-Technical World Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
What The Papers Say
 About Bill Al POIi'S
The Telegram, Feb. 20.

Good Bill at Poli's''-.'PrOduced with the perfection Of detail for which B. A Rolfe stands pre-eminent among vaudeville promoters '+The Rolf on ians'' as presented at Poli's this week easily classes as the best musical act ever shown upon the vaudeville stage Not only are the combinations of va rious instruments splendidly arranged and the selections excellent, but best of all, the music is rendered with taste and expression that would do credit to any high class musical or the MilIership Sisters got a great re- ception from their old friends at the opening performance and will continue to do so throughout the week from all of the bill from a laughing standpoint is Joe Jackson, ''The Vagabond', pan tornimiSt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
The Standard, Feb. 20.

s'The Rolfonians'' head the bill at Polls this week, and it is one of the most pleasing musical acts that has ever visited this city. The large company played on various instru- ments, and Miss Lottie Mclaughlin, soprano, and Nat K. Cafferty, bari tone, rendered songs that take well with the audience. The act was well staged and one of the big hits was medley of American airs. The act came in for much deserved applause That favorite, Harry Fox, was on the bill as an added feature and he has with him again this year the Milership Sisters, those dainty dancers and singers, and the trio appeared in Artistic Oddities MT. Fox convulsed his audience with laughter, as he always does, and it was hard for anybody to keep from joining in the mirth when he gave an imitation of an actor doi1e a recita- ton stunt. %* It isVsome trick for a comedian to get an audience with him by his puns, but Joe Jack son, who is billed as the Vagabond, goes the others a few better and makes his listeners nearly roll off their seats with his comicaI stunts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
The Post, Feb. 20.

Review-AIchemists have searched all through the ages to find some meaAs of transmitting base metals in to pNre gold, but they could get some good lips from Joe Jackson, the tram D cycHst at Poli's this week, for he has discovered the trick of turning pure fooIishnesS into gold How does he do it? Well, the act beggars descrip- tion but it is one of the very funniest seen at Polls for a long time The audience laughed and laughed then when fresh breath and strength could be obtained, laughed some more. Harry Fox with his peculiar style of comedy and funny little whis- tie was another that got across in good style < B. A ROtfe and his Ro'fonians have one of the most pretentious musical acts in vaudeville. The medley Of old time songs that hear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
Sally Merwin, z Irere NJ irwin, Jesse Girard.
WOMAN BURNED.
Cleaning Gloves With Gasoline When
 Electric Spark Ignites the Fluid.

New Haven, Feb. 21-Mrs. Lynde Harrison, widow of Judge Harrison. was painfully burned about the face and hands yesterday afternoon when an unusual accident started a fire which burned the whole back porch of her home at 79 Sache mstreet.
 Mrs. Harrison was cleaning some feathers with gasoline on the porch It is the theory of the fire depart ment officials that the gasoline was ignited by a short circuiting of some electric wires on the porch. Mrs. Har- risOn was standing near the wires and the short circuit could certainly have started the fire
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
A WARNING AGAINST WET FEET.

Wet and chilled feet usually affect the mucous mem brane of the nose throat and lungs, and Ia grippe, bron- chitis or pneumonia may result. Watch carefully, particularly the chii- coughs give Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It soothes the infiamed membranes, and heals the cough quickly Take no substitute. L. F. Curtis. "135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

I, the subscriber, for value received promise to pay to John Pierce. Benja- min Gold, Silas Patterson, Joshua Pierce, and John Calhoun, a commit tee of donations, of and for the First Ecclesiastical Society in COrnwal l afO e. said, or to their successors in said Of fee, fifteen dollars on demand, with the lawful interest for the same, from and after the 1st day of instant Jan uary, until paid, which interest is to be paid annually, on the 1st day of January in wheat, rye, Indian corn, neat cattle, sheep, or bar iron, at their then current cash price, and if the principal of this note, or any part thereof, shall be paid on the 18th day ot December, in this or any future year, it is to be paid in good mer- chantable neat cattle, sheep, or bar iron, at the then cash price thereof, and in the payment of said principal and interest, bulls and stags, of any nine years cd, shall be exemplified as witness my hand, in presence of
 Sally Merwin,
 Irere M irwin,
 Jesse Girard
 t1n the back of this note are endorse ments as follows:
 Jar. 1st, 1895, received one years interest being O.90.
 Jan. 1st, 1906, received one years in terest being O.90.
 Jan. 1st, 1907, received one years interest being -O.90.
 Jan. 1st, 1908, received one years interest being O.90.
 Jan. 1st, 1s1O. received two years interest being $1.SO
 Jan. 1st, 1872, received two years interest being $1.S0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
HOW COLD AFFECTS

Avoid taking cold if your kidneys are sensitive. Cold congests the kidneys throws too much work upon them. and weakens their action. Serious kidney trouble and even BrightS dis ease may result. Strengthen your kidneys, get rid of the pain and sore ness, build them up by the timely use of Foley Kidney Pills. Tonic in ac- ton, quick in results. L. F. Curtis.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
MEETINGS OF
 WOMEN'S CLUBS
 FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY.

THURSDAY. 10 1O:0O-MunicipaI Art League. :3O-Luncheon, D. A. R., The Strat-
 field. ?: 2:3O-AIethea Guild. Peoples Church,
 Laurel avenue. 6 .30-Dinner, BrOOklawn Club. S:OQ-Whist, Brook avn Club.
 FRIDAY. 1O:O0-Lace and Embroidery Art
 League, 118S Main street. 1O:OO-Eng glish Literary Club, Mrs.
 Raymond. 2: 2:OO-Woman's Guild, Christ Church. 3:00-St Mary's Guild, Trinity
 Church. 1 4:OO-Authors' Club. no meeting. 8: 3:OO-Park Avenue Temple Ladies
 Auxiliary, vestry room. 8: 3:OO-Fidelity Sewing Circle, Mrs. H.
 J. Sanborn, 631 Brooks street. 8: 3:O0-Wednesday Workers social af-
 ternoon at Mrs. P. c. Seeley's,
 325 BrookIawn avenue. 4 4:OO-Authors' Club. with Mrs Gran
 his. East Main street. 8 S:OO-Round Table, Miss Mary A. Ball,
 629 State street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
The Farmer, Feb. 20.

''The RoIfonians'' in their great mu- sica1 act are the headIiners at Polls this week There is no cheap com edy in this production. It is hand someIy staged and each musical mum Der is well rendere@. The entire company plays a medley of ragtime airs and closes with a collection of the old time melodies that arouse great enthusiasm They cou, ,dn' t get enough of Harry Fox and the MiIlership Sisters last night. Harry has a wonderful line of conversation which he passes out over the foot lights and the girls are graceful danc- CTS. Joe Jackson had to bow several times last night in re- sponse to the hand-clapping.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
Mcclure is dead-''
 Jjnl-'Dead? Was he insured ?''

,Jjnl-'fDead? Was he insured?''
 Pat-''No:, he's a total loss. Life.
 Mrs. Gralnnercy-''H we have to economize, suppose you'll proceed to give up the motor carp Cramercy- q should say not. We'll have to do it in some way that our neighborS cant see e.''-Puck-
 Some Of your friends say you will be a candidate and some say you won't 'fWe'I.'' replied the wary statesman, what do you expect me to do at this stage of the same2 Break in and try to me umpire ??''-- Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
MN' DICKENS
 (I}z1 WlI*sWISDOM Y l5'l.I'11 N>s1& MRSHOGUE STNqCOfB
HUSTLE WHILE YOU WAIT

''Now am convinced myself, and this have pointed out to Mr. cawber several times of late that things be expected to turn of themselves We must in measure assist them to turn up may be wrong but have formed that opinion. David Copperfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

MaTks-'Does your wife play by ear2'' Park=f'Yes, but not by my ear, if can help it."-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Tons of Fresh Fish at W. D. Cook & Sons to be sold cheap during Lent s-~SE
Now Is the Time.

at W. D. Cook & Sonis to be sold cheap during Lent s--=e
 Now Is the Time.
 Now is the time to have your up- hoIstering and repairing done good quick and cheap. The NothnagIe store has just received many new styles in platu and in novelty goods for furni- ture covering. Velours, ta apestries GobeII-- bushes, etc, make the as sortment varied and complete. Here you find the largest selection in town to choose from, and this is where you get that high quality of skill and thoroughness in construction that goes to make lifetime furniture. Have hat old parlor suit, or easy chair, or couch attended to now, before the spring rush is onI It will cost less and be re turned promptly. Nothnagle's, the busy place. Everything to furnish a home Enter 1869 Main street or 135 Fairfield avenue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

SATURDAY. 5:0O-Brooklawn, tea and music.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

89s !!9!5 ThoUgh2t125r j Today Qrf1D AA1IaS RoaERT N Z4<0zIEzz&.
HONOR SYSTEM

KW HEN Ben Lindsey began his work for AAA the youthful wrong-doer he touched the heart of the nation. It is now dawn
 ing on us that the spirit of the juvenile
 court should prevail in handling older men who have gone aStray. An authority
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

1O:0O-MunicipaI Art League. :3O-Luncheon, D. A. R., The Strat- |