The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
ocomnunicated.)

.'In commenting on the article sign ed sC1ericus' in the Stratford column Of The Farmer, dated Sept g, I would. like to say that it appears to me that the writer is nis sta11en when he as su1nes that the Mquor business cannot justly be taken from those who en- gage in it while the laws of the State are in their present form It Is quite true that the laws of the State do one. but they do acknowledge the right of each town 10 decide for it. self to whether 1t shall be carried on. The fact that it does this is conclusive evidence that the State law reco cognizes the fact that the business can justly be taken from those en- gaged in it. if the town says it shall court says, There is inherent right in a, citizen to sell intoxicating liquors by retail and the State law says that If the citizens in the town where he lives say by their ballots that he cam not Again it is quite true that when there is no demand for intoxicati ting H
 qrors there will be saloons, but on the other hand if there were no saloons there would be no demand created This is just what the citi- zens of Stratford propose to do at the coming election, to stop the creating of the demand by voting, the saloon dtrt of the town entirely; if they do not succeed this time they will stick tenacfously at it till it is accomplish ed It is all nonsense to argue that a nO-A1conSe regime m JnIS CO@n WOuIO have little if any effect upon the con sumption of intoxicating liquor by it's residents. This line of argument re- fleets upon the intelligence of the community and should have no weight whatever. It is a fact that figures gathered from many places where mo- license has prevailed and covering years, concIusively prove that on the average it stops about two-thirdS of all the drinking. People are not go- ing to run out of town, as a, rule, to secure liquors: if they cannot get It at home they will go without.
 @It is this habit of drinking you speak Of which is the cause of the saloon in our midst and which is wea king the physical and moral pow CTS of the young man around us that we propose to rid ourselves of. The sa loon is the parent of more crime than any other cause and entails want and misery upon the innocent It is this evil that we hope wiM be wiped election. CITIZEN"
 The impression that the comnunica- tion signed .Clericus'. to which the above is an answer was the work of man is rToneous. The person who stands behind the article in question is a woman and a Socialist.
 Miss Susie Bennetto will open a Kindergarten on Main street next Thursday with large class. Miss Bennetto has had the benefit of thorough training in the Froebel sys- tenn and her school will be success An institution of this character is needed in the town.
 Two specimens of a rare and bea uti- full shrub are now in blossom at the handsome home Of Miss LiEie Selliek in Main street The plants are fine speclnens of Dufenia or Marriage Bell Their natural habitat is a much warm er climate than New England can fur nish, and consequently the plants have ing the winter The blossoms are formed much like firemen's trumpet and are very fragrant A few blos- sorns ins a room will fill it with an are Is inches long and eight inches across the face. pure white In color and very beautiful. Hundreds of blos- sons hang from the two plants, mak- ing picture indescribabl bea utiful. Other rare ard beautiful plants make this place one of the most attractive in the town Tine site is ada pted to such a display and has advantages mature does not often bestow upon
 Alice. wife of Alexander Willing. died suddenly at her home on the Hunting ton road, yesterday afternoon Mrs. Willing was about the house usual best of health. The husband and the many friends she had made here are stunned by the blow. She leaves no
 The stgatford boys who are studying at Yale have returned to their Alma Thomas Conine, Ludwig CasseI. How ard Curtis Theodore Lewis, Louis Bristol, John Stoll, Alan Beardsley. Radford Smith Raymond Munson and FFeredick Garry.
 Delegates have been chosen to rep resent the Holy Name Society of St James parish at the meeting to be aaeld at St Augustines church in tBrid geport next Sunday evening at o'clock. At this meeting arra nge- ments will be made for the grand rally which takes place November IF in Bridgeport at which Bishop Milan will make the principal address.
 The social which was planned to take place at the M E. church, has been stpio1ed till Oct. 3.
 Count Caprillian appeared last night before Judge Charles H. Peck to an swea' a. charge of assault made by the Countess. The judge could not find