The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-28
OLD NEWSPAPERS ARE DISCOVERED
 IN OLD HOUSE
Ancient Fairchild House Re- moved to Make Place for Railroad Station Was Once Town Hall.

Stratford, May 271The "oId Fair child home'' which stood on the spot how occupied by the railroad station, was built something like 137 years ago according to the reports It is now located on Judson place where it has 1 been transformed into a. two family house For many years it was used as a town building. The voters met III town meeting in the east room and the other front room was occupied by the town court. It is a quaint, solid affair and shows the wear and tear of time very little as it has always been kept in repair but it bears many marks which indicate that 1t was a public building at one time Recently the present owner, Capt. Charles A. Plumb climbed into the low garret for some purpose and began systematic search for relics. He found many papers, legal and otherwise slowed away there but they had all been de- stroyed by rats and their contents could not be deciphered. There were deeds, records and other papers with just enough left to indicate their for mer character but not enough to be of any historic value. In a box stuck between the hewn rafters Capt Plumb found two newspapers which are read with interest by everyone who has seen them. One is copy of the "Co1umbian Register" published in New Haven, dated December 25, 1927. and published sfby Joseph Bar Der publisher of the Laws of the Unit ed States which quotation occupies 9 prominent place on the first page. This paper gives an account of a great naval battle between the fleets of Tur- key and that of the allies of England, France and Russia who were then at war having taken up the cause of Greece in it's fight for independence.
 
 destroyed the Turkish fleet, which gives the editor great satisfaction.
 One of the first reports from the colony of Liberia. which had been founded short time before is. pub lished in the paper. It is very grati- real news story according to present standards is one taken from the Prov idence Journal which describes suit to determine the legality of a debt incurred through a bet. Two Provf- dence men had each posted his check for $50 with third party as a bet on the result of the election for Unit ed States Senator for which Hon. Ash CT Robbins was the prominent candi- date. One bet that the senator would be reelected. The other bet that he would not. Robbins was re- elected but without opposition. The checks were turned over to the winner by the stakeholder but the loser stop ped the payment of his, alleging that as there was no opposition neither could win. The winner then brought suit to collect the amount of the check and was awarded the full amount with costs by the jury without the formality of a charge from the presid- ing judge. The election to take place in Nov. 1926.
 Another newspaper was found in the box which will interest the old time abolitionists. It is Human Rights" published in New York, vol. II, No. 3, dated September, 18S6, and is devoted to the struggle then in progress to exclude slavery from the District of Colum bia. It is as rabid as any suffragette organ of the present time and calls upon every citizen to fight the demon of human slavery AL most 30 years elapsed before slavery was abolished by President Lincoln and this fact may give the suffragettes and. socialists comfort and induce them to be patient and not too stren-a uous in their agitatin' and they will some day meet their reward.