The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-27
aTaHEEPENNY DAY'' WILL BE CItLEBRATED
 AT EToN TO-DAY.

Many quaint and ancient customs obtain at Eton College, the famous Buclxing nghamshire school founded in 1440- as. a nursery to Cambridge. ana one of them, the celebrated ''threepen- nv day. will be cerebrated to-day .rf5s ensfor1. has been observed nearly four Senfurles and was inaugurated by Iz6aerr Iupton, who was provost of EtonF from 1902 to 1535. In his will Lupton arranged for an annual distr1- button of money on the anniversary or his death. which fell on Feb 27th. By the terms of the bequest the pro- vost received 2s. 3d., the fellows, head master and chaplain 1s- 4d-, the as- sistaut chaplains and ushers 3d., the clerks 6d., and the pupils and choris- vos@ sBdSt-f aIE 6 dnntrfb bu tta fund for the same purpose, and the scholars at Eton will each receive threepence to- day
 There is an old tradition at Eton to the effect that the beQuest really pro- vfded that half a sheep was to be giv- en to each scholar, and that half g sheep is really what each pupil is en- titled to. The college, it is alleged, sidesteps this obligation by giving each lad the worth of half a. sheep at the prices prevailing in the Middle Ages There seems to be little basis of fact for such a. tradition, but it persists andssit is likely that to-day, as in years past, some brave scholar will create a sensation by refusing the ten dered ''thruppence" and demanding his rightfuI half a sheep. The last boy to make such a demand aroused the ire of the college authorities, and was soundIy logged. This precedent is hardly likely to act as a detrinent, for what lad would not take a fog ging ifs he gained thereby the respect and admiration of his fellows? 
 The Dominican Republics national holiday, commemorating the begin ming of the struggle for independence in 1S44 will be celebrated to-day. AL though it has had it's share of politi- cal troubles and civil strife during more civilized and prosperous than it's nefghboring black republic, Haiti. Nothing so accurately reflects the ed- ucation, intelligence and culture of a people as the support given to their press, and in this respect Dominica is far ahead of Haiti. - The population Of Dominica is only little more than a third that Of it's neighbor, yet Do minica has thirty-one newspapers and periodicals, six of which are issued daily, while Haiti has only five publi cations, two of them daily newspa- gers. Port au Prince, the Haiti cap- itaI has a population of 60,0o0, and it's two daily papers have a com bined cir cuIation of less than 1000. Santo Do mingo, only a third as large as the metropolis of Haiti, has two evening papers with a combined circulation. of F, GOO. Tn addition to the daily, Sun day and weekly press, Santo Domingo has semi-nont11ly and monthly re- views Of religion, agriculture, educa- tion. medicine, pharmacy and conn merce, humorous weekly and three excellent literary weeklies. Haiti has only one small review, which boasts os a circulation of 5000. Dominica was a part of Haiti until the revolution which began Feb. 27, 1844 From 1861 to 1863 Dominica was a, Spanish pos session, but the republic was restored in 1868. The semi-centenary of the es- tab1fshment of the present republic will be celebrated next August
 Kaiser Wilhelm and Kaiserin Au- guste- Victoria will celebrate to-day the thirty-second anniversary of their wedding, which was celebrated in Der lin Feb 27, 1881. The Kaiserin was the daughter of Duke Friedrich Of S1k