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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16
NEWTOWN

The old disused dwelling house OF
ARA Whitlock on the Walnut Tree
H1!I road was burned to the ground
saturday forenoon. The loss is sma
on building and the cause of the fire
is unknown but the owner Mrs. W T
Driscoll, had furniture stored in If
which was insured
Prof J. e. Skiff is sinking an arte-
sian well on his premises, Botsford
Hill. Other neighbors on the Hill find
Wen water growing scarce, and John
Heating has already sunk his well
deeper, with the result that his well
is a great success now, and supplies
the neighborhood
Miss Eva Briscoe of Rutherford. N.
j., spent months vacation wifi Miss
Helen Hook, and with Judge E. D.
Briscoe's family, returning to her home
last week.
Rep. E. T. Hook returned from
Hartford, Saturday, to be present at
the Democra tic caucus.
Eli Greenblatt and E. S. Lowell are
among the farmers rushing the corn
crops into the ssi1o this past week. The
heavy frost of last night struck crops
even on the highland, and there is a
grand rush among the farmers to get
the corn housed, but there is a dearth
of labor hereabouts
Miss Mary Harrigan, Miss Winnifred
Page, Mrs. Homer Conger. and Master
tors in Bridgeport
Miss M NJ G1idden returns today
to Brooklyn, N. Y, to Pratt's Institute
where she has had position for
years.
Mrs. Michael Donohue, and Mrs
Charles Ward of Walnut Tree Avenue
both reported as dangerously i'll. giving
alarm to their families and friends.
The Progressive party in Newtown
Saturday evening, put into the field
for the Town Election, Monday, Oct
9Th the ticket below:
Se1ectmen-William c. johnson.
Thomas F. Brew; town c1erk-Oscar
Ki1bride; agent of town deposit fund
Michael Kilbride; tax co1Iector-John
F. Hou1fhan; auditor-F'rank H Ives:
assessor-Thomas j. Corbett; board of
relief-David H Bale, Richard Egan:
stabIes-Charles F. Conger Fred
ericlz Lockwood, Egbert J. Thrall, Jr.,
William w WakeIee; registrars
Thomas F. Bradley, Frank w Kirby;
high school committee-George T. Sin
mott, Martin A. Corbett; school visitor
George T. Sinnott; grand jurors
Patrick H. Cannon, Julius F. Tflson.
Mrs Sanford Bartram and daugh-
ter, Louisa, have been spending sew
era1 dRys with New Haven friends
James F. and W. E. Donohue of the
are IN town, owing to ill
ness of their mother.
Walter Erwin of Danoury is in town
in the interest of the S. N. E. Te1e-
phone Co. M J.. Murphy is here to
for two weeks assisting in the
oca1 work, and renewing old acquaint-
ance. He is stopping at Mr.. and Mrs.
A. e. Brintons.
Mr. and Mrs NJ. J. Houlihan and
family enjoyed an auto ride to Dan
bury Monday with Thomas Wright.
Miss Viola Kutscher, N. H. s. 1918,
today begins the four years college
course at Mt. HolyoIxe, Ho1yoke, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Mccarthy and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Keane of Zoar
Misses Mary and Eliza beth COrbett
who have been spending two weeks
Facation with their parents, Mr.. and
ATrs. J. Corbett, at Botsford, returned
20 Bridgeport Sunday evening
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16

At the request of a large number OF
Dem ocratic electors of the 18th dis
trict am sending you for publication
in The Farmer the admirable address
delivered by Mr.. Owen Burns at the
public meeting of Democrats of that
district held last week when Mr.. Fred
G. Mullins was endorsed for mayor.
We trust that this address VIII be
printed, as submitted, in your columns.
While favoring Mr.. Mullins candidacy
Mr.. Burns makes it plain that who
ever the choice of the Democratic con-
ventfon may be will receive his hearty
support.
Yours truly,
DONNEILY,
Democratic Chairman of the 18th Dis
trict.
Mr.. Burns Speech.
He wears no factions collar
Untarnished his renown
And his name is F. G. Mullins,
And he's going to sweep the town..
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16
heal up completely.
Commercially. ~

COMMERCIAL COURSE STARTED
A commercial course was started
yesterday for those pupils in the high
school who desire to take up office
work after graduation from the school
Miss Avery, a sister of Mrs. Harry
Wilcoxson of this town, is to be the
teacher. Typewritfng, shorthand
stenography, business arithmetic bus
mess penmanship and business geo
graphy are the subjects to be taken
up.
JUNIORS MEET
The members of the Junior class. S.
II. S. held a meeting yesterday in
Room IA to elect officers for the com
ing year. Whether Or not the mem
bers are all suffragettes is not known
but the result of the voting is this.
President, Miss Edith Luce, vice.pres-
1dent, Miss Ellen Wellington; secretary
Miss Beatrice GoodelI; treasurer, Miss
Mary Hall.
BRIEFS
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phillips of New
Britain, Conn, are visiting Mr. Phil
lips brother, Mr.. Louis Phillips of
North Main street.
Mrs. Louis Phillips and daughter.
Helen, are visiting Mrs. Herbert Dun
ham of2391 Davidson Avenue, New
York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16

He has received an appointment from
the governing board of the University
of Pennsylvania where he will be an
instructor in applied mathematics. The
honeymoon trip of the young couple
will be concluded in Philadelphia
where Mr.. Hastings will assume his
new position.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16

day, Oct 6, on the proposition OF the
city's purchasing the land at the
northeast junction of East Washington
and Housatonic avenue.
The mayor sent a message to. the
council last evening dwelling on the
advisa bility of getting the land now
before values increase, and especially
before the railroad tracks are raised.
when such a purchase will become a
necessity by reason Of the narrow
street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16

The members of the Staples High
school football team are now holding
daily practice matches preparing for
the fast advancing season. The man
agement is preparing a number of
games with near by schools.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16
PUBLIC HEARING OF NORTH
END LAND PURCHASE OCT. 6

At the suggestion of Mayor Wilson
and on motion of Alderman Brady a
public hearing will be held at the
meeting of the Common Council, Nom
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-16
JOHN .LARKIN ESTATE.

Mary A. Larkin qualified today a.
administrators of the estate of John
Larkin. late of this city. in the probate
court today.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
BOOK COSTS $365,000 YEAR
New York's TrIyearIy Distribution
Entails Expense Of One Thou
sand Dollars a Day.

New York-One thousand dollars
a day, $S65,000 annually, is the cost
of supplying Gothamites with triyearly
editions of the telephone directory,
the June issue OF which is at present
being delivered to 100000 subscribers.
The total number of directories to
be issued amounts to 1,385,000. Each
subscriber receives two books, one for
the city and another listing suburban
telephones. About half a million of
these directories will be delivered by
hand, which will require the services
of 400 men for a period of fifteen
days.
Even with the triyearly issues it Is
difficult to keep the telephone direc-
tory up to date, and. within the last
four months two additional exchanges
have been added.
For a time the new names "Stagg"
and "Woodlawn" will doubtless add to
the phone girls tribulations through
forgetfulness on the part of subscrib-
ers who have been shifted.
The present distribution of ], 1886 900
directories forms a sharp contrast to
the first issue in 1873. Then there
were only 252 subscribers in the entire
city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
ICED BEEF TEA IS EXCELLENT
During Hot Weather It Will BE Found
More Acceptable Than the Hot
Beverage.

Where beef-tea Is required on a hot
summer day it is sometimes more &C
ceptable to the invalid Il served iced,
and In condensed FORM. Prepared al
follows it is quite palatable: Cut up
a pound of lean, juicy sirloin steak IN
to pieces of about two inches square.
Grease clean pan with butter and
put it on q fire of red-hot Goals, and
as soon as ever the pan is hot toss
the pieces Of steak in 1t. turning them
rapidly this way and that way with a
fork until scared on every side.
See that not drop Of Juice is In the
pan, and that each separate square
of beef is thoroughly heated through
before you finish your work.
Take the pieces now, one by one,
and squeeze through wooden lemon
squeezer which has been standing In
boiling water into cold bowl. Ex-
tract all the Juice from the piece, and
you will have the finest beef essence.
Set the bowl in pan filled with
cracked ice. The coldness of the beef
essence-which you serve in a tum-
bier, having added the necessary salt,
and with a tiny triangle Of toast-does
not affect its qualities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Newsboy Follows Agent Accused Of
Grand Larceny and Points Him
- Out to Patrolman.

New -Eighteen-year-old Louis
Greepspan, who sells newspapers on
Long Island railroad trains, succeeded
in capturing a man for whom detec7
tives have been searching for a year.
Agar ago warrant was issued for
the arrest Of Charles L Bennett, TWEEN
ty.eight years old, Of 81 New York
avenue, Jamaica. It was charged that,
as agent for Newman & MacBain, of
"a William street, Manhattan. IRE In
surance agents, he had collected $500
In premiums on fire insurance policies,
which he failed to turn over to his
employers or account for. One Of his
alleged victims was Greenspan's father
) Bennett disappeared. =s..
Young Greenspan saw Bennett enter
the Jamaica station and purchase q
ticket for Brooklyn Grsenspan fol-
lowe9 him o 4s6 Pulaski street brook
In xeays RaaaAi eatese . ones
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Law to Provide for Disablement
Starts Well in England.
Physicians Oppose Measure Because
of Small Examination Fees and
Society People Object to Buy
lnq Stamps for Servants.

London.-So far as can be judged
In the three days that the new ma
tional insurance act. compelling work
ing people to insure against sickness
and disablement, has been in force
and before any payments, except in
case of casual laborers, have fallen
due, the measure is working, accord
ing to the government officials, more
smoothly than was anticipated.
The working men and working wom-
en- have taken up the great reform
with alacrity, and the government es-
Inmates that of the 100000 persons
insurable before the act came into
force, upwards Of 100000 already
have registered with societies and
another 100000 have taken out cards
Mt the postoftice
The doctors, as represented by the
British Medical association, still are
In revolt against the act and an
nounce their intention Of refusing to
attend patients under it's provisions.
An organization including num-
Der Of society people also has been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Paper Clothlnu.

The latest idea is clothing made OF
paper. A representative of a large
English firm of paper manufacturers
states that they are at the present
moment experimenting in the hope of
producing a kind of paper really suit.
able for the making Of clothes which
can be sewn and hold buttons. PA
per towels are an excellent idea-these
are made in Germany he said. Pa.
per hats have been fashion for
some time. Instead of wearing wash
able cotton sun bonnets and caps,
children can have each day a new pa.
per hat costing from two cents to
twelve cents, which takes one item of
the washing bill. Paper shirts are
being produced at IL cents apiece,
while the cost Of paper handker-
chief Is two cents-the price of the
washing of a linen one. In the house
hold, too, the washing bill can be
largely reduced by using paper in.
stead of linen, for now there are paper
blinds-lace edged-paper serviettes,
paper toilette mats, paper doilies, pa
per table covers, while paper toweling
could be adapted to kitchen use for
tea cloths, busters and similar arti-
cias
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Mysterious Cave Dwellers.

The sentiment that accompanies the
common desire for the preservation of
historical relics of the American In
dams, who are fast passing away or
being merged into the civilization Of a
new century, is now being manifested
In reference to the preservation of the
home Of the cliff-dwelling Indians.
whose history is as mysterious and I'm.
recorded as that of the lost tribes of
Israel. Various theories have been
propounded regarding the cliff dwell
ers. Legends have it that they are the
descendants Of Montezuma The popu-
lar theory Is that the Indians began by
living In caves, the homes that nature
had provided, and then, with the
natural ingenuity of man, proceeded to
excavate caves high up in the side of
the cliffs, where they might be safe
guarded from attacks and where their
supremacy would 81 unchallenged.
Americans know very little of the his
tory of the cliff dwellers or of the
place where they formerly lived. II
the Indians know, they do not tell
Harriet Quimby in Leslie's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Mourning Colors,

"W1en people who write for fashion
publication" says a Vienna letter,
have nothing more to say about
queer-shaped hats, grotesque skirts
and other equally Important matters.
they tell us that black is going out and
white Is to be the mourning color-if
white may be so termed. This fashion
news item may be looked for several
times year, but black, sombre black,
still maintains it's place. The band on
the sleeve has done much to save
money for those who still wish to wear
a badge Of mourning, but the sleeve
band will never be white. The greater
display of mourning is made with sta.
tionery, the size Of the cards and the
depth of the black borders Indicating
what? There will be real mourning
among the stationers when one may
announce the death of beloved one
or tell Of his good qualities on paper
which is pure white"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
MANY ARE INSURED
formed with the object of resisting
payment for domestic servants. That,

formed with the object of resisting
payment for domestic servants. That,
however, is chiefly. a political move, so
that the only real opposition the gov
eminent has to face is that Of the doc
tors. The government has offered the
doctors four shillings and six pence
approximately $1.12) annually for
each person insured, but the doctors
demand eight shillings and six pence
Approximately $2.12) each.
The only section Of the community
likely to suffer Is that composed of
casual workers and old people, both
men and women, as some Of the big
employers have decided to do away
with this form Of labor. ..s
Besides the casual laborers are not
likely. to derive any benefit from tho
measure. While they are working and
the employers are paying part of the
premiums the casuols will nc suffer
much, but they will be unable to pay
their full dues the weeks when they
are out of work and thus will lose
the benefits Of previous payments.
AS the first employer of a casual
laborer will have to buy. the necessary
stamp, there Is a decided objection on
the part Of the employers to, become
the FIRST employer" To obviate that
clearing house has been started in
Liverpool docks to apportion the dues
among the employers The men struck
against this at first, but the majority
of them since have accepted.
While the Unionist party is making
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03

teeth and dressed in a damp, dirty
sweater underneath a borrowed robe
in which a fellow graduate had mo.
ment before received his sheepskin
and title. E-:-1-ze. -. % =. s: rs.
Mr.. Spalding got TO the campus en-.
trance two minutes before his name
was reached in the roll call Of the
seniors to receive diplomas. He had
jus! ended q hard all-night run In hia
big touring car. s. = $3.50. =... -.
The previous night at the class
dance q telegram came to ]. e. Dr&
fish, a classmate, announcing the
death Of his mother In Waycross. Mr.
sspalding volunteered to take the
gridr-StEicken young man 70 Atlanta
in his car SO he could catch IN early
train for Waycfoss. 'sssSssz= s $s
Mr.. Spalding excused himself from
his dancing partner and started the
wild night ride. The trip to Atlanta
and return was made In record dine
and he arrived on tho campus lust al
the graduates wsre receiving thai
diplomas ss:.s:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Quick Action.

Residents in rival cities, Jones and
Brown were Dragging hard about the
excellences of their respective homes.
Take our fire brigade" said Jones
after an hours heated discussion. do
you know, the other day a fire broke
out in our town, and within three min
utes the engine came along, but it was
going so fast that the driver couldn't
pull up till he was a mile past the
burning house?"
Brown smiled IN superior fashion.
my dear fellow, that's nothing" he
said. Zone day two men were work
ing on church steeple in my city and
suddenly one of them slipped. A ter
rible death would have been his, only
fortunately spectator had the pres.
ence of mind to call the fire brigade
on the telephone and they came just
In tine to catch him In a blanket!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
To Make Sure

The colored janitor of an apart.
ment house approached the grocer
next door with paper containing
some white powder.
"Say, Mistah Jenkins" said he.
"what do yo' think dis is? Jes' taste
it an tell me yo' opinion"
Pursuant to this request, the gro.
Ger smelled the powder and then
touched it to his tongue. "Wen, Joe"
he said, Il should say 1t was soda"
Oats jest what I say" triumphant.
ly rejoined the janitor. II say dat
It's soda, and my ole woman she saws
dat it's rat pizen. She says she knows
1t is. Jest taste it again, Mistah Jen.
kins, and make shore"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
campaign AMMUNITION out ct the ma.
tional insurance act, there are many
earnest supporters Of it among the In;
dividual members Of the party. not the
least Of whom is Waldorf Astor.
LIVE FROG IN HER STOMACH
Lived for Year While Doctor Laughed
at Suffering Woman-FlnaIly Re-
moved by Pump.

Deanwood, Md.-A live frog that
crawled and clawed and croaked lived
for nearly year in the stomach OF
Mrs. L. v. King of this place.. After
clawing at the lining of the woman's
stomach until It was raw, causing
strangulation as it climbed into her
throat and reducing her to a living
skeleton, 1t was finally extricated by a
large pump.
Mrs. King swallowed the frog while
drinking water from a we'll after dark.
Weeks passed before she realized there
was some living animal in her stomach,
and when she told doctors of her fear
they laughed at her. Two months ago,
Mrs. King declares, the frog began to
croak quite distinctly at times. She
went to q hospital for treatment and
finally the frog was pumped from its
hiding place. :. : - d. -: r..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Plan to Keep Slave Relics

them on quickly. That night he sent
them to Harrisburg. For this oftense
Kaufman was prosecuted in the dis.
trict court and fined $4,000. The case
was appealed and the decision re-
versed, because the o1fense was in vio-
lation of the fugitive slave law and
should have been tried In the United
States court. He, Brechbill and Weak
ly, were then prosecuted, and after
three trials were fined $4,000. Sympa.
thizers subscribed $1,000 toward the
payment of the fine and costs, which
amounted to $4,191.
The suit seemed to have cooled Kauf-
mans ardor, for the control of the
road" passed to Richard Woods. John
Morrison, Stephen Weakly and John
Harder. The route through the coun-
try was also changed, due, probably,
to the increased animosity of the Mo-
Clintock riot in Carlisle in 1S47, and
the prosecution Of Kaufman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-03
Old "Underground Railroad Stations
In Cumberland County to Be
Marked,

Carlisle, Pa.-Members of the Cum
berland County Historical society are
initiating a movement to mark In some
fitting manner famous old landmarks.
that are fast being razed, which at
one time played important parts in the
Underground railroad system" which
prior to the Civil war made the Cum
berland Valley. famous.
The underground roads, were in
operation as early as 1885, and the
mountains of southern Pennsylvania
made the Cumberland valley a natural
route for runaway slaves. One of the
principal stations Of the road" was
at Boiling Springs. where Daniel Kauf-
man was "agent" from 1895 to 184s
Kaufman lived near thick woods. in
which he hid the fugitives, and often
in inclement weather he used his house
and barn as hiding places. Other
agents who were instrumental In help
ing the slaves we're Stephen Weakly.
Philip Brechbill and Mode Griffith.
On one occasion Griffith found nine
negroes on ridge near Boiling
Springs. They were secreted, fed by
Kaufman and later taken to Harris
burg. Another party Of 13, guided by
Cole, free negro from Chambersburg,
appeared at Kaufman's on November
10, 1S47. These had travelled via Ship
pensburg and Miller's Furnace at
Huntsdale, down the Walnut Bottom.
finally arriving at Burkholder's cider
press, where they were directed to
Kaufman's. Having travelled by day
light, Kaufman was compelled to pass