The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27
Fairfield County News
Drought closes Factories

ing scorched and burned up pastures, the people of Shelton are beginning to feel the effects of the dry spell and this is shown in the -curtail1ng of hours of labor in many of the factories. No7 tices have been posted in several shops | stating that short time will be the | rule until the drought is broken
 Injured by a Bull.
 William Ritchie, foreman at Ridge wood farm, Danbry, was severely in | jlred by a bull which attacked him Friday afternoon. MT. Ritchies col | larbone was broken and two ribs were fractured. The bull, which was | young animal, was chained a few rods | from the barn, where it was grazing. MT. Ritchie approached the animal for the purpose of letting it into the barn and the bull, which had been tractabIe heretofore, sprang upon and knocked him down. The animal was dehorned sand consequently was un- able to gore. MT. Ritchie seized a ! ring in the animals nose and succeed | ed as he lay upon the ground in hold | ing the bulls head in such a position | that the creature was unable to butt | him. As the man was prostrate the 1 bull knelt upon him, it's weight pin ming him to the ground
 Jacob Moss, an ermp1oye of the farm ran to the foreman's aid and by means of the ring in the bulls nose, forced
 
 Transmission of Blood. The third transfusion of blood to Mrs. Frank F. Clark, of Cranbury, was made at the Norwa1k hospital Friday afternoon,N when her son Frederick Clark submitted to an operation. Six stitches were necessary to close the incision in MT. CIark's arm. This will be the last transfusion of blood, Mrs Clark's condition being such that oth-
 ,ze1% transfusion was made from Homer Clark, another son, on May 1, and the second from William F. Cogswell, Jr., | two weeks ago.
 To Suspend Issue. Notice has been received by credi- tors of G. B. Richter, editor and pub | fisher of the New Canaan Messenger, I a, weekly paper, that because of busi- l ness setbacks and other difficulties, 1 the Messenger will suspend publica-. tion.. The liabilities are $5,323.70, l while the assets amount to $2,58O, leaving unsecured claims of $2,743.- l 70.
 Says Violin is ssstrad.''
 That Charles W. Murphy of Dan l bury, is the possessor of Q, real Stra dt- vartus violin is the verdict given re- l gently by a violin expert of New Ha- ven, who made an examination of the instrument. About twenty years ago at an auction sale of an estate, the violin was offered for sale. MT. Mur- phy bought it. He stored it away in his attic for some years when it oc- l cured to him to bring it out and try. 1 it. Its tones were remarkably sweet and mellow and. peeping6 inside the 1 violin, Attorney Murphy discovered a paper on which was written almost 1 ilIeg1bIy Antonio Stradfvariuss Gre monensis, Anno 1721." He interpreted 1 io1i n made by Antonio Stradivari of Gre mona in the year d7214 The coEoring 1 on the back of the violin was also une usual, consisting of a cross composed 1 by the black and yellow grainings of l the wood. Consulting a volume de- voted to old violins, Attorney. Murphy discovered that this marking was the | trademark, as it were, of the Stradiva- | rus violins.'' By no means convinc- ed that he had a, real 'Strad,'' MT. | Murphy took the instrument to the New Haven expert, who, after exam 1 ming it carefully, pronounced it a real Cremona, and worth a small fortune.
 Morn1ons in Huntington.
 Agents for The Mormon church or as they prefer to call it. The Church i of the Latter Day Saints, have been I quietly canvassing the western part of l Huntington. So far as known they | confined their nissio ionary work to the selling of books describing and ex- tolling their doctrines but that they 1 were perfectly willing to talk religion was shown by the fact that while call- l ing at one place the agent of the Utah l church cheerfuIly discussed several | phases of the belief of the Latter Day i Saints. Among the matters touched | upon was the doctrine of polygamy, | and 1t is interesting to know that while evading a direct declaration con | corning the practice of this unlawful 1 doctrine in Utah the agent did not hesitate to intimate that the doctrine was believed in and might under fa- | vorab1e conditions be practised by the | Saints. He said, however, that un- l der present conditions the matter was l not discussed at present in Utah. | There are two of the men, both young 1 and well appearing, neither of them l seeming over twenty-five years of age. 1 It is very probable that they will be followed by two ladies who have been l devoting their time for the past few I years to following in the trail of these men, and trying to counteract any fa- vorable impressions they may have | made on the minds of the people. | These ladies have lived in Utah and know the condition of women in that state. The men when somewhat close ly questioned admitted that they be- flieEed women were inferior to men and entitled to a. secondary considera- L1on oL1y- DO lar as knoWn they nave not succeeded in securing any follow l CTS.
 Automobile News.
 An automobile in which pr. Ev- I erett, J. s. Scoheld, Miss C. Adele | Meeker, and Miss Katherine Clark, of Danbury, were riding had a close call from being struck by a train at one of the crossings at Branchville, Friday l afternoon The car was driven by a chauffeur employed by Miss Meeker and was proceeding along the Branch ] vile road foyzards Ila In111.1z v rI1l, q