The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-12
l 1 54 What's 1t For
THEY THOUGHT THE FIRE
 HOUSE WAS 4 GARAGE
New Jersey Motorists Make I4udicrous Mistake-Vincent Sexton's Letter
 to Father O'Connor.
STAMFORD
Especial to The Farmer.)


 1 Stratford Sept. 12-Two half besot- 1 ted men drove up to the fire house last
 night in a touring car and asked to be
 allowed to drive in until the storm was
 over. William Nichols, assistant chief,
 was in charge and he allowed them to 1 the chemical The visitors did not
 seem to appreciate the kindness and were very ungracious in their re- i marks The car struck the door cas-
 ing and took off chunk. The car
 carried tail light It bore the deaI-
 er's number, .'6O6 N J. The occu-
 enjoying a lunch. Assistant Chief 1 Nichols demanded one dollar for the l damage done to the door. He had
 removed the spark plug Of the car
 mands were satisfied. The men 1 threatened to prosecute and tear the i town entirely from the map. They | finally paid the dollar and were given i the plug. Their troubles were not | over, however, for State Policeman l Antonio Fellows happened in and he | the rear of the machine suffer ar 1 rest. They removed one of the front 1 lights to the rear and were allowed to go After they had backed out of the frehouse they indu1ged in some very uncomp1imentar remarks con 1 corning Stratford. "I never was used i life" said the driver excitedly- This l is not a garage. this is a frehouse,'
 replied the chief who had arrived on the scene.
 The following letter to Rev. Father l OiConnor from Vincent Sexton, trav- cling in Europe, is of much interest to the many friends of the young tour ist:
 Rotterdam, Holland. September ?, 1912. My Dear Father O'Connor:
 Am just dropping you line to let you know that l. am still on the go, | I,<0 to leave for Antwerp in Belgium, from which place I shall proceed to 1 Brussels, visit the field of Waterloo, and then go on to Paris. Whether I shall go on to Rome from Paris or return home from that place, I am as yet undecided.
 l .@The latter part of my trip through
 Germany was especially enjoyable. After witnessing the inspiring spec i taele of the Passion Play at Erl in Munich and then through U1m, and | Stuttgart to strassburg, coming through the great Black Forest of Ger i many on the fast two days of my l From strassburg I went to Heidel-
 berg, and then down the Rhine <sto | Cologne and from Cologne to eRotter-
 dam. where I am at present
 One thing. I was impressed with
 during my trip from Munich and that
 was the great religious devotion of the 1 inhabitants of this part of the coun- try. I had always Iabored under the delusion that this was the very cen 1 ter of the Lutheran religion, but I 1 found that Catholicism was the ruling | spirit here both in the country and ! in the cities. The great cathedra are all Catholic and it is certainly enough to make one proud to belong 1 to that church just to visit one or two of these magnificent edfces.
 ''I thoroughly enjoyed my trip down l the Rhine as I had often read of the many old castles and medieval cathed- rals which line this rivers banks and had always wished to see them. And I was not disappointed a bit as every thing was as beautiful if not more so | than I had pictured that it would well, as I must be getting on my way if I ever expect to reach Paris in l two weeks. I'll close now remaining as ever.
 ] t.VINCENT sSEXTON.'' George H. Buck of Elm street was the victim of serious accident yester, worse results if assistance had not ar rived in time. He was fishing at the breakwater in his motor boat when he prepared to make harbor to avoid the storm which was looming up in the west. In cranking his engine his arm was broken by a bac<f1re- He was 1 suffering intense paid and moments were valuable. The broken arm pre- vented his starting the engine and af- l ter several fruitless attempts he gave II i fishermen in reach of his voice came 1 to his assistance but none of them
 knew how to perate motor boat
 The storm was approaching rapidly and imrn ediate action was necessary. Buck was held in the arms of his res 1 cuers while he adjusted the engine, which finally started and the party 1 arrived at Capt. Bonds dock safely. Buck was taken to his home and 1 physician was called to set the broken arm.
 i The new tailor shop in TuttIe's block 1 will be opened on Saturday. The pro- prietor, Bernard Koblenz, promises to clothe the men of the town in such Ena nner that Democratic caucus will l look like a convention of million aires.
 1 The supercharge of electricity in the 1 atmosphere during the storm yester- 1 day rang the fire bell. The false l alarm created some excitement for a