The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-30
I.itchfeld County News
Destroyed by Fire.

What is known as the old Hiram Wheeler place in the north part of
 Norfolk was destroyed by fire last week. The house was occupied by hoH1sekeeper and the three young chill
 dren of MT. Shores, who died there re- | gently. The fire was caused by de-
 feetive chimney from a small blaze that started . early in the evening, 1 which it was supposed had been en-
 ever, a neigf1bor discovered that the roof was all ahre and succeeded in l arousing the inmates, who escaped
 with a. few things of value & The The
 contents. nearly all of which was de | stroyed, for $250.
 A Counter Campaign.
 That the most interesting. chapter of
 Winsted's back to the Puritan sun
 day crusade inaugGra.ted by the Win chester Welfare League, is yet to be
 written, was evidenced when Joseph
 Haddad and Pete" AttelIa, fruit deal CTS who closed their stores Sunday in accordance with the warning issued Friday by Prosecuting Attorney Blod-
 gett, called at the office of the prose eutor and laid before him a. quantity of cigars, tobacco, candy and even gasoline that they had purchased at stores that were open Sunday. They continuation and that 1 the Sunday laws are to be enforced they must be enforced to the letter without fear or favor, and they assert that unless all of the places at which they purchased goods are closed next Sunday they will reopen their places. This pro cedure if carried out, will compel the
 Welfare Ieaguers to show their hand. As a result of their visit to the prose | cutor the fruit dealers had tue sat1s- faction of learning that the ddscI1m- ination was due entirely to the Vel fare League and not to the pro9ecu- tor. They assert that MT. BIodgett informed them that he had sent let ters only to persons against whom he had received complaints from the l leagues committee, and he advised | them to lay their case before Rev. 1 odist Church, who is playing the lead 1 ing role in this particular matter.
 This the fruit dealers did and they
 ai1ege that Mir. Laird assumed them l that they will ask MT. Blodgett to
 send out a new lot of warnings this I week. The campaign adopted by
 Messrs- Haddad and Abtella, sInday 1 was followed with interest by those acquainted with their, object. They l spent the entire day on their mission
 They first engaged a team from a the wagon was well filled when they 1 concluded their shopping expedition
 Drug stores, newspaper stands, shoe l shine parlorS and restaurants were 1 open as usual and they experienced no l trouble in buying anything in the way i of tobacco, cigars, candy, etc, and a l leading automobile dealer fell into the l trap to the extent of gallon Of gas 1 oIine. What progress the Welfare League Is making in the other cam
 paigns outlined at the recent meeting
 of the league is not known. The com
 mittee having in hand the sale of to-
 bacco and cigarettes to minors has levidentIy been at work, az placards
 bearing a transcript of the laws per i ta.ining to the sale, of tobacco and l cigarettes to minors have been posted in the various tobacco stores. This 1 committee was also to have in hand
 the extermination of the social evil and
 the suppression of gambling. Another committee will give it's attention to 1 the no-license cause.