The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

CSeCns lie nGeQ never again cO1npldlA
that he ate his food without thor
oughIy mastfcating it.-Exchange.
: Another thing-if we let the wom-
en- vote next year, how long will it
be before they won't let us vote p
Galveston News.
We are ready to bet that the house
of ladies and not the House of Lords
is the. real boss when it comes TO
home rule.-FTorida TimesUnion.
Now Ad. wolgast, the pugilist,
comes out and says too much brandy
defeated him. Same old champion of
all of them-Penny Press.
Governor Baldwin seldom errs. His
judiciary selections are invariably of
the highest type There is no excep-
ton in his appointments made Tues
day.-Hartford Times.
InevitabIe.-The split between Wes-
leyan and Prof! Fisher was inevitable.
The two were incompatible. And as
Wesleyan couldn't go, Fisher had to.
-Ansonia Sentinel.
The back-to-the-Iand theory, on
five acres, with trolley car going
by the door, can be pictured in flu
ture history of the state in, the same
old way.-Penny Press.
That Harlem cigar maker who has
supported five wives on salary of SIS
g. week has given old High Cost of
Living a hard jolt all right.-New
York Herald.
If Mr. Corey wished to be popular
in Wall Street. he should have forgot
ten his name and residence before go
rot
case.-Meriden journal.
Since the parcel post started. it is
possible to get complaint attended
to in many express offices without
committing assault and battery
Hartford Post.
Seattle judge has ruled it is not
proper for a husband and wife to sit
on the same jury. Probably realized
there was small chance for such a
jury ever to agree.-New Britain Her
aid.
What's this? A Brooklyn Bull
Moose expelled from the organization
for calling a man liar? One might
have supposed that he was demon
strating the possession of the very
first qualification for mem ership-
Providence Tribune.
One Solution.-The General Assem-
bly, will save a lot of time and aid in
settling the mileage question if it will
hmm ediately pass q. law comforting the
power upon the Governor to appoint
all minor judges and make the law
operative upon its passage.-New
Haven J ournal-Courier.
The American women who are
clamoring for the ballot will not find
any great consolation in reading the
London news of the day. None but
rational beings should be accorded the
right of suffrage. Not all men are
rational beings-but that's no help
for the women-Catholic Transcript.
These. profits would seem to bespeak
an unusually fat year for the wooden
Industry Now that the hearings on
Schedule K are under way, standpat-
tiers will have something to think
about in the showing made by the
F'arr company and those who believe
in revision of the wool schedule may
deem that they have therein some
good solid amn9unitfon.-Wor
Gazette.
The governors proposal to the effect
that this state should send a commits
sioner to represent Connecticut at the
Panama exposition, at San Francisco
calls for q. man of money, leisure and
| ability and who values the public hon
| or more than his private funds. We
doubt not that there are such men in
| the ,state.-Ansonia Sentinel.
| A bill introduced in the United
States Senate by Senator Brandegee
proposes a fine not to exceed 1000 OF
| imprisonment not to exceed five years
| or BOTH, for the theft of an autom obile
within the limits of the District OF
| Columbia. This is q measure calcu-
| lated to put an end to the practice
of appropriating machines for JOY
rides by parties other than the own
ers of the cars. It puts auto stealins
on a par with horse stea1ing.-Anso
MIA Sentinel
| The old Yankee stock of Connect
cut is melting away like snow touch
ed by a south wind. There were %,
900 babies born in this state last year
and $4,000 or about two-thirds of tn
total, were children of foreign borI
parents. So it goes, but the earl,
Il settlers of Connecticut we're iIf1Ini
grants themselves and it is reasonable
to expect that the state will continue
to remain on the map and its peoplt
be as good Americans as their prede
cessors in the years that will rol
Ialong.-Norwich Record.
The trend in all cities in Connect
cut at present is to improve fire fight
ing systems even to the extent of sub
| stituting motor-driven apparatus TO
horses so that better service may b
o obtained. All manner of devices ar
being used to lessen danger from fir
| and when this is done it is like plac
: ing money in the pockets of the insur
ance companies and there ought to b
some return for it in the form of
reduction in rates. It is not being don
and evidently will not be until prop
erty owners get after their represen
: tatives in the legislature and see tina
: steps are taken in the direction.-Ne1
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