The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-02
EDITORIAL NOTES

5 EDITORIAL NOTES 5
Hon Sir James Pliny Whitney, Mt.
X C NJ G.. LII D., G. L., k c., NJ. P.
P. Prime Minister of Ontario, was
born In Williamsburg, Ont, seventy
years ago today. The distinguished
Premier OF Canada's most populous
Province IS affectionately known to his
admirers as the '-Old Man. but he
does not appreciate the implication of
age. To the Opposition he is The
Autocrat,'' The Gar the Joe Can
things that an Opposition can always
be depended upon to think of.
Sir James-he acquired the sir 1--WE
years ago-began his career as a bar
rister in 1876. Ten years later he
asked the voters OF DundaS to send
him to the Legislature, but Dundas
was not willing Two years later, in
q bye-election, he carried the riding,
and he has represented DundaS coun-
u In the Legislature ever since, a
matter of a quarter of century. He
was leader of the Opposition from
1897 to 1905. and in the latter year,
upon the down fall of the Ross gov
eminent, he was chosen Premier.
In addition to his other titles and
degrees, Sir James is a Lieutenant
Colonel In the Reserve Militia In
his youth he was q non-comInissioned
oG3csr during the Fenian raids As q
political leader, he considers it his
mission TO lead, and whenever there is
any job OF prime ministering to be
done, the Prime Minister does it.
vvhsresore his friends call him Born
Leader OF Men, and his political enc
mics a Despot Overriding the Idber-
ties OF the People.
1y7rsfe
Montague Vaudeville, who will inner
it the title and debts of his father, the
Duke OF Manchester, and the fortune
OF his mother. who was Helena Zirn-
norman OF Cincinnati, viii pass his
eleventh milestone today. The youth
fu1 heir to a famous dukedom is a
sturdy. sood-natured lad, with a face
Ike q full moon He is being brought
IN ut Kylemore Castle, in Connemara,
Ireland, which IS one Of several cas-
ties and estates owned by his father.
The Duke is one of the champion
spenders Of Europe, and only last
month he was saved from bankruptcy
only by the aid of his wealthy Amer
lean father-in-law, Eugene thinner
man. who settled the Dukes most
pressing debts. Since his marriage
the Duke has had several narrow es-
capes from the tolls Of the money
lenders The heir to the dukedom- is
more American than English, as he
his fathers mother was an American,
the daughter OF Antonio de Vale, of
Louisiana The title of Viscount
aIandevine, borne by the Dukes son.
was created in 1920.
sir wI1lAa1n Ramsay, the eminent
scientist who created a sensation in
learned circles early this year by his
announcement of the discovery of 1.-THE
birth Of the atom was born in GIas-
$50 TODD
researches In chemistry have been OF
great value, and 1t has even been
predicted that his latest discovery may
point the way to a realization of the
a1chemisfs age-old dream of the trans
mutation OF base metals into gold Sir
william was knfghted In 1902 and he
has received the highest llonors from
the learned bodies of nearly all of the
countries OF Europe and America.
the first cathedral In the New
World, that at Lima, Peru, was COM
pletsd and consecrated 2ss years ago
Oct / 1925. The ground for the edi-
ice was laid out by Pizarro on the
very day on which the site of the
Cfudad de los Reyes, or ''City of the
Kings" was chosen, In 1888 The con
struction OF the cathedral occupied sc
Years The work was delayed by
earthquakes which were of frequent
occurrence in Lima and by changes
In the plans made by successive vice
roys. In 1T46 the sacred edif1ce as vel
as practically the entire city of Lima
was destroyed by the great earth
quake OF that year. A new cathedra,
was erected on the same spot and was
completed In twelve years The build.
ing IS on the beautiful Plaza Mayor
or principal square, of the Peruvian
capital. and is one of the most irnpos-
ing OF all New World cathedra1s. L
has I'VE aisles. and its two sides are
formed Of ten chape1s, in one Of which
are deposited the remains of Peru's
ruthless conqueror. Francisco Pizarro
The ediflce is adorned with many ole
and valuable paintings. including {
Xurf1lo-
The first English law designed for
the suppression of vagrancy and the
punishment of vagabonds was put in.
to effect on this date in the year 1880.
Before that time the English "'hoboi
was left to the tender mercies of the
local authorities, and there was nc
general law dealing with the crime OF
being without a home or visible
thousands to the streets and high
ways in the early part of the six
teenth century Under the law the
vagrant was to be whipped, and ther
forced to ia Ike an oath to return tc
the place where he was born, or hae
last dwelt for three years. This stat
ute did little good, and in 1885 it was
supplemented with an act providing
that n vazrant a second time convict
u should have the upper part of his
right ear cut off, and upon a thir6
conviction should be put to death II
1547 another law was passed, where
by . vagabond was to be branded with
the letter w and be a slave for two
years If he escaped and was caught
he was branded with an ''S" and be
lie Co. -
law was further amended, providing
whipping, failing and boring of the
ears as punishment for the first con
viction, and death for the second.
Rosh HaShanahl
Happy New Year!