The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06

Hunger stared the working classes in the face continually and the wealthy class saw their assets melt away like snow in a warm rain. Business men rushed into the courts to have their debts discharged and there was an immediate revival of business which was felt everywhere A material aid to the restoration of confidence was the operation of the protective tarif whose influence began to be felt Man ufacturing in the Naugatuck valley was resumed and it has not been seri- ously interrupted since. rememb ber well the predicament Jackson found himself in when the money was turn ed over to the treasury from the Unit ed States bank. It was counted up and stored in charge of the sergeant at-arms who guarded it night and day until 1t was distributed. Jackson got the money but he did not know what to do with 1t for a while.''
 For several years MT. Ellis cele- brated his succeeding birthdays with his friends at Columbus farm. They came by hundreds but since the death of his grandson, George O. Lines, these affairs have been omitted. He proposes. however, on September z, of the centuryss mile stone. He con fdent1y expects to enjoy himself on that occasion and there seems to be no reascn why he should not for he is apparently as sound and vigorous as the ordinary youth of 50. He recalled an amusing incident which occurred two years ago when he invited his nephew, a young man of 70, to enjoy a days fishing with him on the river. They passed the whole day on the river with great success and returned at dark. In their solicitude for the aged man the others attempted to as- sist him in passing from the larger boat in which the day had been pass ed into the tender which was to con- vey him to the shore. They were apparently too jealous for instead of allowing him to make the passage himself they tried to lift him down. The small boat slipped away from the side and MT. Ellis dropped into the water between the boats. He com pletes the story: Instead of letting me alone so that I could swim ashore one Of them grabbed me by the leg and held my head down in the water. Finally they got me on the boat and we went ashore all right but gave them sco1ding because they did not let me swim ashore. When we start leg so that could hardly move When got out the rheumatism was all gone and the strangest part of It is that it has never returned
 MT. Ellis takes an active interest in present day affairs and keeps up WfCn the times. AICnOuBn h4S 1cI4A4S eyesight makes reading almost inn possible he listens to others and keeps close tabs on all passing events. He criticised the action of the 1egtsla- ture in imposing a toll provision on the appropriation for the new struc- ture to take the place of the existing Washington bridge. He regards the collection of toll on a bridge as an abuse which he thought had been done away with years ago.
 Although an ardent Republican and protectionist, MT. Ellis does not see any particular cause for alarm in the election of Woodrow Wilson as Presi- dent. He has seen so many Pres1- dents come and go without any seri- ous difficulties that he has come to believe that nothing very serious can happen to the country. The pendu- lum swings back and forth but 1t never gets far enough to cause any real alarm. With all his knowledge of the career of Andrew Jackson he stills regards him as a very able man and entitled to the respect of the nation. This same feeling is ex- tended to the present incumbent of the Presidential chair.
 A host of friends in Waterbury and in this vicinity are looking forward with eagerness to his centenary cele-