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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
STRAW HAT CROP
 RETARDED BY THE
 BACKWARD SPRING
Official Bell Rang Some Time Ago But the Winter Head
 gear Sticks

Although the official tocsin forFhe donning of straw hats was sounded on May 18th, not many of the fa1thfu1 have responded. A representative of the Farmer standing at the corner of Main St.. and Fairfield avenue Sat- urday night and taking careful count from the thousands who passed found that only about one hardy spirit in every seventy-five of the young bloods who disported themselves on that thoroughfare, had the courage of his convictions to acknowledge Dame Fashions dominion and wear a. straw sky piece. Altogether the present month of May has been discouraging to those who are wont to shed the winter toggery just as soon as the ul- Iy-ei-oo- birds commence to warble their notes of joy to announce the of fictal opening of the, straw hat and openwork underwear season.
 During the very first week of May Old Sol sent down his fierce rays in such strength that there was an imne- diate appearance of the harbingers of the good old summertime in the store windows-namely, the official lid of the season, MT. Pan-ee-ma. The giIded youth of the town commenced to wonder what they had done with last winters wages and many a make shift appeared. The alarm at the early commencement of the season NS1S 9AACA AANOA AAo'' oS O@' e~S N>AAS S0SAAA perature dropped forty degrees in one night and has since hovered below the official temperature necessary to straw hat popularity
 The official bell was rung for the appearance of dips, ducks, bonnets, lids, and sky pieces from Strawland on May 18th, but the unusually cold weather apparently has no let up. The family man is e1ated and he is stick ing to last winters helmet with a grim determination to keep 1t up all summer if necessary. 7 A relief com mittee has been appointed however. and another ringing of the beI this time more vigorous one, is anno1nc- ed for Memorial Day. If hot tamale weather does not appear after this second warning, soime Main St. store keepers announce that their whole stock of lids and dips will be thrown on the bargain counters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

doing in a cistern?
 Tom Alexander, he laughs and he says:
 ''What in blazes you want to jump in there fur, Hank?"
 'FYou dern ijutr' says Hank, '.you quit mocktng me and get a ladder, and when get out'n here I'll learn you to ast what did want to jump in here fur!'
 ''You never seen the day you could do tt,'' says Tom Alexander, meaning the day he could lick him. ~And if you feel that way about it you can stay there fur all of me. I guess a little water won't hurt you none" And he left the house.
 'fElnira,'' ,'' sings out Hank, mad and bossy, ''you go get me Iadderr'
 But Elnira her temper rig up, too, all of sudden.
 Don't you dare order me around like I was the dirt under your feet, Hennerey Walters she says.
 At that Hank fairly roared, he was so mad. He says:
 ''Elmira, when I get out'n here I'll give you what you won't ferg1t in a hurry. I hearn you a-forgivfng me and sweeping over me, and I won't be forgive nor weeped over by no onel You go and get that 1adder.''
 But Elmira only answers:
 ''You wasn't sober when you fell into there, Hennerey Walters. And now you can jest stay in there till you get a better temper on you!' And all the women says, That's right, Elmira ; spunk up to himP'
 They was considerable splashing around in the water fur couple of minutes And then. all of sudden, a live fish come a-whirling out of that hole, which he, had ketched it with his hands. It was, a big bullhead, and its whiskers around it's mouth was stdffened into spikes, and it lands ker- plump into Mis- Rogers lap, a-wig- gling, and it kind O horns her on the hands. and she is that surprised she faints Mis- Primrose, she gets up and pushes that fish back into the cis- tern with her foot from the floor where it had fell, and she says right decided:
 tsElmira Walters. that was Elmira Appleton, if you let Hank out'n that cistern before he has signed the pledge and promised to jine the church you're a bigger fool n I take you to be- A woman has got to make a stand-'' With that she marches out'n our house.
 Then all the women sings out:
 HSend fur Brother Cartwright! Send fur Brother Cartwright!'
 And they sent me scooting acrost town to get him quick. Which he was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
FRATERNAL NEWS

Seaside Council, No. 7O9. Royal Ar canum will entertain the degree and drill team of A. H. Hall Council, Meri- den, in their rooms, 1925 Main street. Citizens building. on Wednesday even ing May 18th, at o'clock. The ivsit- ors. will exemplify Duty TX in a man. ner never witnessed in this city be- fore This team is noted for it's work. twenty-eight members participating and have been twice winner of the Grand Regents Cup which speaks much for them. The committee of arrangements will meet them at 6:3C o'clock and entertain them at the Bridgeport club. The councils in Fairfield county will have delegates and candidates to welcome the Meriden boys. This should prove a, most in terestipg meeting and all members of the R. A. are cordially invited te attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

They Would Be a Awful Bust of Lan-
 suase Come Up From That Hole. the preacher of the Baptist church and lived next to it. And hadn't got no Iamming yet!
 I never stopped to tell but two, three, folks on the way to Brother Cart wright's. but they must of spread it quick, cause when got back home with him it seemed like the hull town was there. It was along about dusk by this time, and it was prayer meet ing night at the church. MT. Cart wright told his wife to tell the folks what come to the prayer meeting he'd be back before long and to wait fur him, which she really told them where he had went and what fur. MT. Cart wright marches right into the kitchen. All the chairs in our house was into the kitchen, and the women was a-talk- ing and a-laughing. and they had sent over to Alexanderses for their chairs and to Rogerses for theirs. Every Oncet in awhile they would be awful bust of language come up from that hole where that unreginerate old sinner was cooped up in.
 have travelled around considerable since them there days, but never hearn such cussing before or since as old Hank done that night. He busted his own records and rig higher'n his own water marks for previous times It was personal too. Hank. he would listen until he hearn woman's voice that he knowed, and then he would let loose on her fambly, going back wards to her grandfathers and down wards to her chiIdren's children. If her father had once stolen a hog, or her husband done any disgrace that got found out on him, Hank would put it ali into his gineral remarks, with trimmings on to it.
 Brother Cartwright, he steps up to the hole in the floor when he first comes in and he says, gentlelike and soothing, like a undertaken when he tells you where to set at a home fu- neral:
 Brother Walters.''
 "Brother!!'' Hank yeIls out, tdon't ye brother me, you snifding, psalm singing. yaller faced, pigeon toed, hip percrit, youl Get me a ladder, gol dern you, and I'll come out'n here and learn you to brother me, will.'' Only that wasn't nothing to what Hank really said to that preacher No more like it than a little yalIer, fluffy ca- nary is like a buzzard
 Brother Walters says the preacher, ca'am, but firm, i've have all decided that you ain't going to come out of that there cistern till you up an sign the pledge"
 CTo be Continued)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
ILLINOIS VICE PROBE
 COMMITTEE MEETS AGAIN

Chicago, May 2s-Managers of 500 five and ten cent stores, officers of several trade associations and rnanu- lecturers who employ a large number of women and girls were witnesses, today, before the Illinois Senate vice committee. This will be the first hear ing by this body since the so-ca1led attempt to block its Investigations as sailing the reputation of Lieut. Gov. O'TTara. It's chairman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

Miss verna Plumb who recently passed away after a brief illness will be greatly missed by aH who knew her Miss Plumb possessed a pleas ing. personality and was well liked throughout the school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

A number of fellows met Friday evening at the home of Robert Bish- op on Norman street, to form 8 social club. The name of the club is the Hermos Club and consists of Robert Bishop, IS; Herbert Jepson. '13; Se1- den Tracey, "A; Marshall Dewitt. IS; i; Dean Dana, '14 and Jos. H. Worden, Jr., '13. The members hope to give a dance in the near future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

Patriotic Instructor A. c. Thomp- son of the Elias Howe Post, No. 8. G. A. R. will speak at the school on Wednesday. His subject will be t"The Message of Memorial Day to the Young American of To-day the ob- ject of this is to make Memorial day more impressive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
S.

a. M. WOOSTER. Attorney-at-Law Late Examiner D. s. Patent Office g115 MAIN ST.. SECURITY BLDGpf
 BRIDGEPORT. CONN. Send Postal for Booklet on PatentA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

Miss Ruth filling was a recent wis itor at the school. Miss filling has just returned from Canada where she attends school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

strict confidence. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman j; thus has been established 8 confidential correspondence which has extended over many years and which has never been broken. Never have they published a testimonial or used letter without the written consent of the writer, and never has the Company allowed these conf dentia1 letters to get out of their pos session, as the hundreds of thousands of them in their files will attest.
 Out of the vast volume of experience which they have to draw from, it is more than possible that they possess the very knowledge needed in your case. Moth ing is asked in return except your good will, and their advice has helped thou sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, should be glad to take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. Address Lydia E.. Pinkham Medicine Co.,, (con- fidentiaD Lynn,s5 Mass.
 Every woman ought to have Lydia E. Pinkham's 8O-page Text Book. IG is not a book for general distribution, as it is too expensive It is free and only obtainable by mail. Write for it today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
B. H. s. NOTES.

Friday being Memorial Day, there will be nc school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

MT. Meeker, 'os is editor-in-chief of the +sYale Lit" this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
FREE ADVICE
 TO SICK WOMEN
Thousands Have BeenH Helped By Common Sense
 Suggestions.
Women suffering from any form of female ills are invited to communicate

promptly with the
 " o m g n's private correspondence de- partment of the Ly- dia E. Pinkharn Med icine Co.,, Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27
Out of the cistsrn.


 IND they all kind O. shivered Hh then and looked at Elmira IHF They says to let some of the
 men open it And Mis- Alex ander, she says she'll run home and tell her husband right of.
 And all the time E1mira Is moaning in that chair. One woman says El- mira orter have a cup Q tea, which she'll lay off her bunpet and go to the kitchen and make it fur her, But El- mira says no, she can't a-bear to think of tea, with poor Hennerey changing out there in the shop. But she was kind O enjoying all that fuss being made over her too. And all the other women says:
 ''Poor thingI' But all the same they was mad she said she didn't want any tea. for they all wanted some and didn't feel free without she took 1t too Which she said she would, after they'd ccaxed awhile and made her see her duty.
 So they all goes out to the kitchen. bringing along some of the best room chairs, EImira coming, too, and me tagging alang behind And the first
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-27

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
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A Plea For the Kitchen.

The kitchen should be the refinery,
the laboratory, the factory Of the home
and the pivotal point about which the
activities of the home revolve. Costs
should be considered thoughtfully: no
scrap of food should be wasted. 1t all
can be and should be used again in vari-
Gus ways By buying staple food sup
plies In large quantities from Is to 80
per cent can be saved. Any one wishing
to do so may economic in this way.
Housewives must not look upon their
art as mere drudgery; they must bring
education. intelligence and concentra
ton into practice They should learn
as manufacturers have, that the best
results are to be obtained in work.
shop that is well lighted, properly ven
tilated and comfortably large. suitably
furnished and sanitary in all its equip
ments.-Dr Adeline G. Soule in Les
lies
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HER TWELVE
COUSINS
The Myths of a Kindly
Heart
By CLARISSA MACKIE

81 am selling The Old Homestead
Cookbook" began the dusty looking
man at the side door. ut contains
a thousand tested recipes and twenty
four illustrations"
you are not going to sell one here :
broke in Mrs. Denton GROSSLY. Books
can't teach me nothing. I'd like ta)
see the printed book that can show me
how to mix up a cake or batch OF
biscuits! Humph! 1 should think d
strong, ablebodied man like you"-t
But the agent had lifted his hat and
was now beyond reach of Almira Den
toms Earring voice.
She closed the screen door and hook
ed it, with the motions of exaggerated
energy that characterized all her acf
tions This habit Of flying at the
slightest task with overstrained exer1
ton had earned for her a reputation
as an extraordinary housekeeper and
a tireless worker.
Now she bounced into a rocking
chair, picked up q pan, pounced on a
luckless potato and peeled it furiously.
Cookbook she shifted scornfully.
Jane Wade, who had run over to buy
some yeast looked out of the window
at the departing agent.
HE looks hot and tired" she said.
"And hungry" added Emma, Mrs,
Denton's thin, pale daughter !.
"Humph! He better get mans
job, then" commented Mrs. Denton.
bouncing upon another potato.
1T must be tantaliZing to sell cook
books and to talk about good things
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CURRENCY MAY
RETARD TARIFF
Republicans Not to Rush Il
Monej Bill is Taken Up.

Washington, July 80. Republican
senators made it clear that they do not
propose to hasten consideration of the
tariff bill ii the president and Demo
cratic leaders of congress are going
to insist upon the enactment of cur
rency legislation at this session.
Senator Gallinger said the Republi-
cans were in no temper to be forced,
and Senator Lodge insisted that as
surances of prolonged hot summer
session would not be conductive to
Fastening tariff action.
Discussion on this point arose when
Senator Gallinger sought information
as to the intent of the Democrats. Sem
ator Simmons said he hoped that the
Republicans were not making threats
purposely to delay passage of the
tariff, which all business interests
wanted settled speedily.
Republican senators assured him
that they were making no threats, but
that it was bound to follow that there
would be no haste with the tariff I'M
less a nearly adjournment should be
the inducement therefor.
Senator Gallinger said that reading
in the newspapers every day that the
president would insist on holding con-
gress to enact currency legislation
would not speed up action on the
tariff. Senator Lodge added that It
was most unwise to demand action on
such important legislation as the cur
rency of ''tired-out congress
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Glass CUTTING.

The layman who is introduced to the
mysteries of cutting glass for the first
time is amazed at the amount Of work
that the workman does entirely by his
eye. The first stage Of the bowl which
Is to be cut finds it in perfectly plain
condition, not scratch upon 1t and
only half dozen or more marks in red
chalk. which mean absolutely nothing
to the Impractical eye. But to the
work man they mean the whole pat
tern. Perhaps the dish is salad bowl
The marks in chalk will run from the
edge, five intervals apart, down to the
center Of the bowl at the bottom. In
one of the divisions Of the bowl thus
marked there may be a little further
marking in the shape perhaps Of dia-
mOnd. This indicates the pattern into
which the bowl is to be cut, and 1t will
be repeated in each, of the five divi-
sions. All the intricacies Of the design
the workman has in his head, and they
develop on the glass In way which
seems to the locker on absolutely mar
veIous.-New York Times
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Standing Of the Clut
SHOT TO DEATH NEAR
LITTLE White HOUSE,
Revolver is Found In Victims
Hand at Sea Girl.

Sea Grit, N j., July 30.-Within a
few hundred yards of the Little
White House" where President Will
son received notification of his nomi-
nation and election, the body OF George
R. Harris, stenographer. of Danbury,
Conn, was discovered by two resi-
dents of Sea Girt
There were bullet holes in the head
and left hand and in the knee. A %
caliber revolver, partly loaded, had
been placed loosely in the right hand.
A short distance from the body an
empty pocketbook was found. Coroner
Bennett, of Belmar, said that in his
opinion it was not case of suicide.
He believes that Harris was shot and
robbed, and that his assailant then
placed the revolver in his hand.
Harris had been spending his vaca-
ton in the boarding house of Mrs. Da-
vid w Robinson at Spring Lake. 1t
was aid at the boarding house that he
had told other boarders that he was a
widower with no living relatives.
The place where the body was dis
covered was on the edge of the state
encampment ground Harvey Blakey
and George Roberts came upon it in a
ramble
The Little White House is now &C.
cupied by Governor Fielder, of New
Jersey.
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Gloves.


The origin of gloves Is very ancient
Some authorities assert that they were
known in Bible times, from references
made to "shoes" which We're thought
to be Identical with gloves. The first
clear account of gloves comes, how
ever, from Xenophon. This writer
speaks of the Persians wearing gloves
on their hands to protect them from
the cold. Homer describes Laertes
working in his garden with gloves
upon his hands to protect them from
the thorns, and Varro mentions this
apparel as being worn by the Romans.
Gloves have been tokens of solemn and
important things from the ninth cen
fury. They were adopted as a rite of
the church, and later the transferring
of lands or titles was always attended
with the presentation Of gloves. In
the eleventh century the method of
challenging to single combat by throw
ing down a glove was instituted, and
this custom still remains in some coun-
tries
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Phillips Hardware Company
Mercury POISONING,

II would suggest" says a doctor,
shat. whenever persons are found to
have swallowed bichloride of mercury.
several eggs be forced down their
threats. The albumen in the eggs will
form chemical compound with the
mercury, which will be insoluble. Then
the poison will pass out through the
intestines or be vomited by the vic
tim. 1t is always a good thing to
pump out the stomach first or to in
duce vomiting. Many times 1t is neces
sary to act quickly if the life Of the
person is to be saved, and it takes
time for a physician to arrive on the
scene. Bichloride Of mercury will not
produce painless death. 1t is poi
son that paralyZes the liver. 1t eats
through the walls Of the stomach. ar.
the victim generally dies in great
agony" Des Moines Register and
Leader
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Observations of United States
weather bureaus taken at 8 p. m.
yesterday follow:
Deodands.

If 1t were customary or possible for
the king of Great Britain and Ireland
rigidly to exercise his royal preroga
tives he would in the course Of few
months become the owner of many We
hicles. especially motorcars. that ira
verse the streets and roads of his king.
dom, since he is entitled to all dec
dands A deOdand Is IAN article which
has proved the immediate and acct
dental occasion OF the death of any
reasonable creature" This right was
for hundreds of years enforced as a
means Of swelling the royal eXchequer
and. legally speaking. could still be en-,
forced. II man were killed by being
run over the vehicle and its contents
as well as the horse. became the kings
property. The number Of reasonable
creatures land dogs might be included
by some within this category, run over
by motors in England would keep the
king In automobiles until he would be
obliged to construct many garages
Harper's Weekly
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A Fair Compromise.

A partner in one of the theatrical
producing firms of the city Of New
York had o,'c;,som 10 hire an actor to
play a small part in II drama he was
putting out 4 RI Their well known &C.
tor. who values himself and his art
with proper appreciation. applied for
the place
"You play full blood Sioux Indian"
explained the manager The salary Is
$50 week"
my dear boy" said the actor in a
panied tone. i've never worked for
less than 500 A hundred dollars is
my regular price"
Fifty dollarsn' said the manager
calmly. Take it or leave it," The actor
thought 1t over minute
'I'll take it," he said, but l can't
play full blood Indian for $50. I'll
play him as half breedy'-Saturday
Evening Post.
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5000 IN TABLE LEG
Hidden Money Found When Suicides
Goods Are Sold.

Hidden Money Found When Suicides
Goods Are Sold.
Bristol, Pa, July S0.-A surprise at
tended the sale of the household goods
of Joseph Hall, who killed himself on
June &C.
A table which sold for $475 was so
large that it could not be taken out
through the door without being taken
apart.
When one of the legs was removed
two rolls of greenbacks fell to the
floor The rolls contained more than
5000, and were discovered by a son,
William Hall, who resides next door.
Hall was hard working man and
thrifty. He had considerable property,
but grew melancholy and ended his
life while grieving for his dead wife.