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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

"Did you bring all these for me, Rob- erta?"
 the best of care can live only few years and that's thanks to my good constitutional
 A few yearst' she snfffed. What did you expect, at your time of life? ?''
 He thought it wise to change the subject and hurriedly leaned over, raised the napkin and peered into the basket.
 "Why! Did you bring all these for me, Roberta? That was very thought ful of you.'
 ..I guess you don't need them. Pre- tending to be sick to get peoples syn- oathy because you've been beaten
 He smiled, not in amusement, at her asperity. Its like you to cover up kind act with sharp words. What an escape the men had that you wouldn't marry.''
 There weren't any to escape" , sYes,f there were. I remember that. You were what they call a beauty, weren't YOU? Why'' he asked in sud flc-> e---.- - ssz,-~-'f -vo1l marry some
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one of them?'
 Because sha said simply, '.ycu were too busy being in love with Anne Dunmeade to notice me-"
 s'Eh? I-why, isoberta!'' He stared at her blanlzly. Then his manner quickly softened. She perceived the change and drew herself up even more stmy, if that were possible. Her lips straight ened in severe, thin line.
 You needn't be sorry for me. I have been glad I escaped, ever since I found out the kind of man you were. I'd have made q man out of you"
 'I guess,'' he smiled grimly, you'd have found it hard job, as you seem to measure men. But I guess you could have, if any one could-''
 She turned on him in little unex- pected gust of fierceness. But not the kind of man you are! Not a cow ard to quit fighting the very first time you are beaten. I thought you were one when you left your regiment before Gettysburg, but I excused you on the plea that we needed men at home too. But now Her unfniSh- ed sentence was eloquent
 His astonishment was genuine. sEh! I believed you thought me bad man. lou puSuI IO DC EldO I W as OCc1 1GOAA. ssBut John says you're a better man than Sherrod."
 \ .tOnly,'' Murchen amended, shrewdly guessing, ''he put it that Sherrod is a worse man than I am, didn't he? I don't believe Pm a coward. A few mouths ago I did intend to quit-I was very tired and my sickness was com ing on But now-Roberta, can you keep secretY'
 s1've kept one for forty years"
 s.So you have! Well, the other day I got my doctor to tell me the things must eat and must not eat to keep alive as long as possible and then told him to go to the devil. Roberta, it was the first. time I've sworn since joined the church. J
 Miss Roberta kept her smiles for rare occasions. q wish could have heard you. Which concession she imme- diately negatived by adding. 4sI sup pose you're going to do the same kind of thing oyer again.
 Roberta. you're the most consistent ly inconsistent person in the world. You mean am I going to turn reform CT? You can't teach an old dog new tricks
 ..Not if he doesn't want to learn, l expect"
 She rose to go He followed her ex- ample, though urging her to remain. She went few steps toward the door, then suddenly turned and walked back to face hims
 s.Why don't you help John?''
 It was his turn to stiffen angriIy. ssYou ask that after the way he at tackled me and created sentiment against me that paved the way for Sherrod to beat me? He's responsible for Sherrod's getting on top, do you know that2 l gave him chance five years ago. and he wouldn't take it. I
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

Deal in RaccOonS.
 P. Feeley of Thomaston recently shipped eight live raccoons to Prince Edwards g Island, Canada Hit by Autos. An automobile driven by Edwin Pratt ran into the rear end of wag-
 on in Torrington Friday evening and Waldron of West Torringtdh, was
 thrown out and painfully cut and
 ran up on the sidewalk and was somewhat damaged. The wagon was badly broken up.
 Donnie Hogan of Torrington, was struck by an automobile while play ing in front of his home Saturday af-
 terno0n ter 6 The 6Gy5 ieg %as 9rofG n ffl
 confusion no one thought to secure
 the number of the car: which is thought to have belonged in Litch-
 field.
 Big Buck Killed Charles Planz, the New Milford game protector, received word Wed nesday that a deer was in Rockey River, wounded and helpless. He
 went at once to the scene, and squat ted in about foot of water Planz saw a, remarkably fine buck. The an-
 ready to take anything that can1le
 his way Planz gave him load of
 buckshot. It was found that the an inral had five rife shot wounds in his
 
 legs were broken-the right hind leg, in fact was smashed to plnlp- Some hunter had evidently landed five shots
 and the animal had jumped over a
 precipice and then dragged itself to the river.
 A Colebrook Wild Cat. John Herring and Claude Burns re- turned from a hunting expedition to Colebrook on Saturday. They brought
 with them one wild cat, four coonS
 and nine rabbits. The cat weighed
 fifteen pounds and measured over two
 feet long, It was 9. ferocioq1s look ing animal and in no way resembles in appearance the domestic animal.
 The animal was shot in the day time after it had been treed by one of the dogs.
 Suits Are NoIed- ssst "A non-sllit in each Of the eight dam age suits brought residents of Torr1ng- ton wasA granted by Judge BlTpee or the Superior court Friday, in favor of the Torrington Water Company AL legations were made in each of the ca ses to the effect that the water com pany was responsible for the typhoid epidemic in the town some time ago and S5,OOO damages were asked The decision of the count resulted from the
 failure of the plaintiffs to comply with a court order in filing findings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

HIS O0I0lI..4NOL unI1l 11I0E tue 1dCI 0l0 fhe surgeons, unable to refuse the op- portunity for self advertisement, an nounce that q critical operation had been performed from which there were hopes of partial recoynsy. Interest in his condition ersisted-e1uaordina considering that he was out of politics.
 When his convalescence permitted it he was removed to New Chelsea. That conmunity. as you may believe, was properly excited, intrusively interested and somewhat apprehensiye lest he pass unseasonably into the beyond and rob it of the distinction of being his legal residence John IW1meade. as collaborator in this disast was made to feel a sudden atmospheric frigidity and was led into further sor- rowful reflections on the fickIeness of the public. Murchell in very ungra- cious fashion kept himself secluded from his neighbors and the stream of pilgrims that knocked at his gates. Their plaints were divers. Sherrod was too arbitrary, he was too lax, he permitted himself and his friends to shake the plum trees of the cities so vigorously as to court failure of the crop, he greedily refused to divide the plumS. From which it will appear that Sherrod, even thus early in his minis try, showed an incomplete mastery of the subtle science of suiting the word to the man. Murchen was urged to in- tervene, to resist, to destroy. For one and all he had only the irritable re- iteration, stI am out of politics" But the pilgrimages continued.
 In the midst of this uncertainty the Michigan railroad began secretly to undermine the Steel City, that hither- to impregnablc fortress of the rival monarch. And John Dunmeade S an- nouncement was made that, whether renominated as district attorney or not, he would be a candidate, anti-Sherrod and anti-Murche11, for the guberna- torial nomination. Jerry Brent was al- ready well into a campaign for the op- position nomina ton, heretofore re garded as an empty honor.
 We may not go so far as to declare that Miss Roberta turned the course of history. But it is certain that she was first to foresee, though not with her bones. the fork of the road. So touching were the pictures presented to her of Murchelrs illness that at length. after protracted struggle with herself. her heart relented. She filled a basket with homemade comestibles most jaded invalid. This basket on her arm, she set out, on a day when the March wind clustered and stung her face. toward MurchelTs home.
 She found Murchell reading before an open fire, his cheeks slightly pale and sunken. but his eyes clear and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05
Litchfield County News

Deal in Raccoons. P. Feeley of ThomastOn recently shipped eight live raccoons to Prince Edwards Island, Canada
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

bright --v ,=t., with an. ease that did not bctoken approaching dissolu- ton, to relieve her of the basket, shak- ing hands warmly.
 "I'm very glad to see you, Roberta. Take q chair
 She seated herself primly. 3sYou don't look as bad as they say.'' She observ- ed him suspiciously.
 Roberta" he said lugubriously, ''the doctors tell me that even with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05
SAYS HUSBAND HAS s1O,OOO
 INCOME. SHE ASKS ALIMONY

Claiming her husband has an in come of $10,00O a year, Josephine West asks the Superior court to make JoTn IT. West of New York pay her a1inony. She has brought divorce proceedings upon the ground of deser- ton, April 1, 1908; The couple were maiden name was Josephine Mans field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

iss M B. Broderick, accompanied by her niece, Mrs. John l.. Remedy of No 99 Washington Terrace are spending two weeks in Philadelphia, and Atlantic City, N. J.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

s'We'll make it worth your while, if that's the trouble.'
 You can't make it worth my while. g AsYou politicians" Sackett exclaimed angrily, make me tired with your in- fernal bickerings and jealousies. I'd as soon be back in the old days
 s'No, you wouldn't,'' Murchell inter- rupted again dryly. "You wouldn't go ' back to those days for many times the millions it'll cost you to keep the Mich igan out-if you keep it out. You know that-I know-it You railroaders have grown hog fat the last few years just because in every state of the Union there's been q man like me, will Hing to prostitute himself at your serv- ice.''
 sackett looked a real astonishment- and suspicion.
 'sYou needn't be afraid Murchell grimly answered the suspicion. 'It's too late for the leopard to change his spots. I'm not going to fight you. I'm going to quit.'' |
 He slouched back in his chair half closing his eyes as though he were very tired. He sat for several min utes without speaking, forgetting that Sackett's time was precious. Sackett, too, seemed to have forgotten this inn portant fact. He was wrfnkling his brow over the problem, what means to devise to induce an old, pigheaded. betrayed minister to remain in the service in minor capacity He was too shrewdi to argue. For many years he had had intimate knowledge of Murchelrs inf1exibflity
 sI'll tell you what I'll do,'' he beean at last. "I1l see Sherrod and''-
 Senator MurchelI looked up sharply. as though he had forgotten the others presence. 'sI'm through. I've earned a rest, and my health's gone back on me. I'm going back to the. farm to raise po- tstoes-the farmer vote crop has peter ed ont. And if ever do come back into Voiitics I'll make my own terms. '' He nodded a careless goodby and went slowly out of the office. Appar- ently he had forgotten to shake hands. Sackett did not remind him of the omission. He remained with the i'm pressiop of having beheld broken. hence harmless. old man.
 CHAPTER XIV.
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If You Own Cows

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CnIS0FSG cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Weaver Station.

Frank Purtee, Albert Fry, G.
IF. Keller ard VIM. Beck trans
acted business at the county cap
ital last Monday.
Erman Crumrine and wife call
ed on w. E. Michael and family
Monday evening.
Os Brown of New Madison was
seen in our burg Monday even
ing.
Mesdames C. Mccoy and H.
Fuller were Greenville callers
Monday.
John Imler of Fort Jefferson
came to our town on business
Wednesday.
Clate Reigle and wife of Green
vile visited with Mrs. Reigle's
parents here a few days of last
week.
Charles Reigle and Charles
Sellman were hauling coal last
Thursday.
Our Ladies' Aid Society held
their regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. J. Greathouse
Thursday.
George Miller of near Ft JEFF
ferS0n transacted business IN our
town Thursday.
HerscheI Schlechty of Savona
visited his grandparents, David
Dull and wife, Friday.
The regular delegation of cisi-
zens from here made their Sat-
urday pilgrimage to Greenville.
Mrs. M. F. Koons ate Sunday
dinner with Charles Clopp and
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traffic. A thing that is wrong
and without any element to COM
mend it TO the judgment of even
a barbarous people, ought not to
think of constitutional guaran-
tees. No, that is the last thing
to think of doing. The thing to
do is to degrade it, and outlaw
lit. It deserves nothing but the
kicks of society and these we'll
laid on until it shall take to the
place rightly belonging to it, and
where it shall cease to claim any
consideration whatsoever. This
lis not a choice between evils. 1t
is a duty of putting down an ev-
III. Rather than fasten license
upon us by making it part of the
constitution of the state without
restrictions or with restrictions,
let us keep what we have, to-wit:
That no license to traffic in in
toxicating liquors shall be grant
ed, but the legislature may pass
laws to prevent the evils result
ing therefrom. This is vast
Improvement upon license with
restrictions. Under this provis
ion much has been done, anc
much more can be done; the po
wer under that provision has by
no means been exhausted.
The Ladies' Aid Society of oul
M. E. church will serve meals il
the intermediate room of Oul
school building to the public at
, tending the Farmers Institute
to be held here on the 10Th ant
10th inst. The menu will be am
, pie and at a price that no on
, can afford to go hungry. Re-
Bird coffee, something everybo
! dy likes, will be on exhibition
y and on which all may regale them
selves. These will be red lette
days for Gettysburg.
Mrs. S. C. Rohr is suffering
from an attack OF Iagrippe, Dor
+ dering on pneumonia.
The Presbyterian church add
6 ed nine more members to thei
, number yesterday. y
! Feb. Il. GQB
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family.
Miss Ruby Ross entertained
the Misses Wanda and Anna
Clopp and Gladys McCabe Sun
day.
On account Of the cold wealth.
er our Sunday services at Mt.
Zion were not so we'll attended
as they should have been, but we
hope that with the coming of
warm weather the attendance
will increase.
Rev. Plack filled his regular
appointment here Sunday after
noon and was listened to by a
small but attentive audience.
He gave some very pertinent and
timely thoughts on the questions
of everyday Christian life. If
we were to pass judgment from
the acts of professors of religion
as they are presented to us day
by day, we would have to say
that, measured by the standard
of the life of the Cheat Teacher,
true and undefled religious life
is at a premium. Yet there are
hundreds of consecrated, self
sacrificing lives in This old world
that are letting their light shine
: in dark places, doing acts that
we know not Of. 1t is those we
: should take for our example, and
| not the self-righteous political
trickster and ilver-tongued ora
: tor, who can almost make you be.
lieve that black is white against
your own best judgment.
Feb. II. BUD.
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To Whom 1t May Concern:

To Whom 1t May Concerns:
Notice is hereby given that q pttition has
been filed in the Probate Court of Darkt
County, Ohio, signed by the required mum.
Der of male citizens and electors of said er-
tory, praying for the Great ion ana estab.
lishmeDt of a special school district in the
territory bounded and described as follows
Situate in the township of q erman, Darke
County, Ohio, and commencing on the Stat,
line at the southwest corner of said German
township; thence north on the State line 20
the northwest corner of section min etc en
Q9) and Palestine road; thence east along
SAID Palestine road to the road running
south through Tampico through sectionS
seventeen (l7 and twenty (20); thence south
along said road to the south line of a tlrirtv.
seven (37) acre tract of land belonging 10 IL.
NJ. Elliott; thence east to the half section
line of section twenty coy; thence south a
long said half section line to the center OF
said section twenty COY; thence east to the
east line OF said section twenty (20); thence
south along the west line of sections Iwen
tyOne (2), twentyeight (2S) and thirtythIee
(S3) to the south line of said township; thence
west TO the place OF beginning.
Said petition will be for hearing before
said Probate Court in the Probate Court
room IN GreenVlle, Darke County. Ohio, on
TueSday, the 9TH day OF March, A. d. 1912, al
y O'Clock am.
JAMES 3 KOLP, Pr)blte Judge.
A. G. Brandon. Attorney for Petitioners.
Feb. !, l9l24w
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Notice Of Appointment

EstGte Of Philip Mundhenk, deceased
NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN that the
1N undersigned hasbeen duly appoInted d
and qualified as kxecutrIx of the Last Will
aud Testament of Philip Mundhenk, de.
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county, Ohio.
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"That Young Mrs. Witrr@ Is The moSE
conrrivtDg person ever slw."
"What now"
"You know her husband isn't max
ing 50 very much Well what does
she do but get little white hood for
her baby, and when she holds him IN
the street car the hood looks just Ike
biz white Observation-Disclosures
ExnrpSS.
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Gettysburg.

Today we celebrate the birth
Of him who was called of God to
a service unequalled in the his
tory of this nation, and how we'll
that man of God performed that
duty let history record. This ma
ton owes a debt of gratitude for
the benefcent work performed
by Abraham Lincoln. May it be
the work of present and future
generations to perfect the work
whose foundations were so right
eously laid by this great man.
What shall we think of the
vindication of Senator $107, 900
Stephenson? We might put the
question this wise What shall we
think of his indicators? The
answer naturally arises that pro-
badly not a few of them are IN
the same boat. The thin gauze
that the committee attempts to
cover this corruption with is so
thin that it is a surprise that men
filling the exalted positions they
do should have such a low estim-
ate of themselves or of their con-
stituency as to spread such a thin
cover. To asseverate that cor
ruption WIS not proved when it
was an admitted fact that $107,
600 was spent to accomplish his
election is indeed unsatisfying.
Specific acts need not be proved
when such an amount of money
was used in political campaign
to secure the boon Of election.
Such an expenditure of itself
proves corruption, and, without
doubt, any honest person would
say the charge of corruption is
thereby sustained. If methods
of this kind shall prevail | do not
know but honest elections will
cease, and office holding will be-
come a cesspool Of corruption,
and the highest bidder, the man
that has the money and gift to
place it right, will, in every case,
become the winner. Are we
ready for such a condition of
things? What may we expect as
the outcome of the Lorimer case?
Probably the same result. There
are juries in trial of specific cas-.
es before whom nothing can be
presented that they would con-
slider evidence. Nothing that
would in their opinion rise to the
dignity of evidence, and, of
course, would fail to convince
their judgment. A wilfully blind
person can see nothing except
such things as they desire to see,
and, doubtless, to try to convince
such persons would result in cast
ing pearls before swine.
Gov. Harmon, in his address
before the constitutional conyen-
tion within the last few days,
has seen fit to declare himself in
favor of submitting a license
clause to traffic in Intoxicating
liquors. The Governor has SIM
ply made known what | suspect
ed him to be. He is tolerant of
the wrongs inherent in the liquor
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LEGAL NOTICE.

In the matter of the Establishment OF q
Special School District in German Town
ship, Darke COuuty,O o.
In the Probate Court OF Darke County, o.
No. l0g60.
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Big Bargains. Write for particulars
at once, giving your telephone num-
Der. Address,
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r. D. 2. Oregonia, Ohio.
Feb s 1927
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