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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
FIRST HOME-CHURCH SUNDAY

away from their old associations
 There are many reasons why men and women do not go to church. Grow ing families keep fathers and mothers away. The tiredness that follows a week of steady and hard work in
 instead of attending church. But the
 main thing Is habit. It is easy to get
 into the habit of staying at home. It
 Is not easy to break away from that
 habit.
 Church men recognize this. But they do not sit idly down and say: Whats the use!'' They are getting
 busy. They want other men to join l them in the work of the clnurch-for they believe that work is for the good of the whole city. They do not think the clergyman is the church. They know the members are the church and that a clergyman is only as much a force for good in the city as his church-members either force him to
 be or allow him to be.
 Home-Church Sunday will bring men and women. not regular church -goers, into contact with live men and Wo- men who are getting something out ! of the church. Those men and wo-
 men want others 70 share in what they are enjoying. They are not selfish. TEey know that Bridgeport's growth and prosperity depends as much on the churches as on it's factor ies- They recognize that without the church. and what 1t has done and is doing, there would be no civic pride or progress. And they want the help l of every man and woman who be- ilieves in progress and honesty and
 mutual helpfu1ness.
 Home-Church Sunday should be a
 success. It deserves to be a nota-
 ble success. It will be if Bridge porters are as quick to see it's value as they are to see other things l Every man or woman who reads 1 this went at some time or other to fsone church in Bridgeport That
 man or woman is personally invited by 1 that church to be at it's services nexi
 Sunday. The invitation Is full and hearty. Every man and woman ii l included. Every church joins in it Music will be enjoyable. Associa. tions will be pleasant. Old times will l be brought pleasantly back And l if the sermon doesn't suit, or f. il does. tell the preacher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01

The ss.o1d Lady of Treadneedle St. the Bank of England. celebrates it's birthday on New Years Day. having been opened Jan+ 1, 1895.
 The Iroquois Indians still cling to and will celebrate later in January the beginning of the New Year ASA of the Iroquois Confederacy.
 The Chinese, having adopted the modern calendar, will celebrate New Tears Day on the orthodox date, but they stin cling to their primitive no- ton that all debts must be paid on or before New Years Eve. The ancient Egyptians. Persfans, Chaldeans, Phoenicians. syrians and Carthaginians each began their year at the Autumna1 equinox, about Sept 22.
 Years Day was, first celebrated on Dec. 22, and later on June 22.
 The Latin Christian nations had seven different New Years Days
 Jan- 1, March I, March 25, Dec. 25, Easter. and two variable dates. In England, from the fourteenth Ecentury until the adoption of the Gre gorian calendar in 1752. the legal and ecclesiastical year began on March 25. The twenty-secon of September was the New Years Day in the French revolutionary. calendar. The Mohammedan New Year is not fixed, but retrogrades through the diff ferent seasons of the solar year, the last observance having been on No vember 30, which marked the begin ming of the year 1882
 In Scotland. New Years Day and the day before are called daft" or crazy days, when everybody is priv i1eged to drink a wee drap more than is good for them.
 Up till century ago, it was the privilege of the men in Scotch towns to kiss every girl caught on the streets
 on the first day of the year, but the custom is now tabooed-
 The ancient Persians exchanged eggs on New Years Day, Sept 22. but l that was long before eggs became so
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01

valuable. One of the most beautiful Of Amer ican observances of the day is the tournament of roses which is held an- nually in Passadena, Gal.
 It is estimated that New York. con
 sunes not less than a quarter of a mil
 Hon dollars worth Of champagne every New Year eve and morning According to an old superstition the opening Of an umbrella in the house on New Years Day means bad luck all year, the everturning of a chair is a presage of illness. and the dropping 1 of knife. fork or spoon means that you win be hungry all year,
 The year 1914 will be- born in New
 Zealand for the people Of that col ony will be the first to applaud it's ar
 rival; then the change of date sweeps over Australia and Asia, then Africa and Europe. before crossing the At lantfc to America.
 Tn Japan the last day of the year is called "the Devils Day. because that
 is when the bill collectors make their
 rounds. and everybody has to payup.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
NOT ENOUGH TO GO ROUND.

N HERE IS AN OLD poem about the 1narketnan who made morning visits the first dayof received many proposals which reluctantly responded one
 
 Mayor Wilson's admin straton Fifty patroen haven't uf the boys expecting fifteen including board of asked find thirty the voters will say an charges city S5OOOO But fear shortage, ten police may retired half pay which would make say obs u tNvilfi fifty-five round2 AAssss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
THE DUTY OF GRATITUDE

HENRY RORABACK head Of the Connecticut lobby, in eg the absence of Ed Robbins who has been called n by
 Company J Henry Roraback almost put J. est the New Haven had in it's lobby The stockholders of the New Haven system probably any of these distinguished gentlemens the distinguished gentlemen deprived bread and butter the stockholders have deprived dividends
 shouldn't Mir Hill proclaim in stentoran tones, that Con nlaItreatng Haven Company Should gentleman bite Anybody who has something to be grateful for ought to show sgratit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01

First Sunday of the new year, Jan uary 4th, is to be @ big day for the churches of Bridgeport. That day will be Home-Church Sunday and plans are being made to bring every man and woman who was ever d member of any church and who is still a Bridgeporter, back to the old church home.
 Recently the churches Of Bridgeport set out upon a campaign or publicity Their 4eadeps decided that it was time for modern method ds to be used in presenting the worth and objects of the church. As that campaign works out, people will learn some things about the churches Of Bridgeport and the work they are doing, which will surprise them.
 First move in the campaign was the advertising of the church collec- lively in the newspapers of the city. Second move is the holding of Home Church Sunday at the very opening of the New Year.
 Clubs societies and individuals welcome the New Year by social gath erings and the interchange of good wishes Why should not the church do something similar but do it at the most fitting time; the first Sunday of the year?"
 This was practically the question which the church leaders put to .hem- selves The answer was decidedly and heartily ing the affirmative. Home Church Sunday is the result
 Next Sunday win see the spirit of the New Year making every church in Bridgeport even brighter and cheerier than usual
 Members who are regular in their attendance will look eagerly forqthose who have been unable to meet with them.
 There will be a special welcome for newcomers to the city who have not vet chosen a church home. It will be at splendid time for such folks to get acquainted with the churches of their denomination and the people in them. Personal and church friend ships should be formed in large num- bers on this first Home Church Sun day. But the greater aim of the church leaders was to bring once more into the church home the large number of people who have insensibly drifted
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
LORD or WHITE ELEPHANTS AND BROTHER OF MOON, IS 5z TO-DAY.

Mr Cornelius McGfllicuddy, of Philadelphia. is sometimes referred to as the High and Mighty Mahout of the White Elephants, but this is an in fringement on prior claim to that title. Chowfa Maha vaiirayudh is the original and official Lord of the White Elephants, as well as being the Brother of the Moon. Possessor of Four and Twenty Golden Urnbrellas, and King of siam.
 The young monarch of the Asiatic country from which came the famous ephant-for which, incidentally. Bar nun paid the present Kings father szoo.ooo. ana was most gioriously hunbugged by the willy Oriental po- tentate-the young monarch. to re- sume, was born on the first day of January. 1880. and will hence be thir- ty-four to-day. vaJiravudh was crowned just two years ago to-day, al thoaeh he succeeded to the throne on oct 2s. 1910. when his father Gnu falongkorn L. was called to his re- ward.
 The youthful monarch of Siam is a modernist ir every sense of the word, although he clings to many ancient customs of his country for purposes Of outward show and regaz pomp. He ls one of the most popular rulers in siarn's long history. His greatest ambition. it is alleged, is to marry an American woman While undergo ing an educational process in England he met many English and American women, and, while he admired the British ladies. he was fairly infatuat- ed with the Americans.
 It Is alleged that he has steadfastiy refused to live up to family tfadi- tfons by marrying his cousin in the hope that he may win a Yankee bride. For the benefit of applicants. it may be stated that his address is His Roy al Hfghness Chowfa. Maha vajira- rudh. The Palace. Bangkok, Siam. TAe King has .countenance distinct ly Oriental. but rather handsome of it's type. and he wears a most reapier- dent uniform His bride won't have to rids about on elephants. unless she SO desires. as the King maintains 2 large stable of blooded horses and a flock of automobiles of the very lat est make.
 He is an enthusiastic motorist. and often drives his own cars. He also writes poetry and prose. his flst li,- arary effort published in England 2 decade ago. having been historicaf work bearing the title. sswar of tho Polish Succession In religion he is ( Buddhist, and Buddhism is the state religion of Siam. The King is yer5 much interested in the drama. and . president of a dramatic association which produces, siamese versions ol The great dramas of all countries, a. c we'll as of plays dealing with moderr life in Siam. Some of the latter were written by the King. and he has also appeared as an actor.
 He is an earnest advocate of raif- way transportation, and during his reign many new lines have been open. ed in Siam. He speaks English an6 French duently. as well as his native tongue. His Majesty was educated at sandhurst Military Academy ir England. and later at Oxford. For 2 time he was lieutenant of an Engiist regiment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
THOSE WHO CRY WOLF

EVIDENT Republican politicians settled the cry of hard times the most likely to get them office It possible that New England the best this sort of tactics but New England
 of who would whole country to keep them great with it's rolling it's freedom from Wall street influences it has heard the wolf before, and contepuously it. little later perhaps, Mr Brandegee and Mr. Hill may have opportunity explain 10 the voters the gee with which they proclaim hard tinaes and hungry workers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
FARM HOUSE BURNS

New Fairfield, Conn.,, Jan. 1-The farmhouse of Ezra Boltard at New Fairfield Center wav destroyed by fire last night with a loss of $1, 800, partly covered by insurance. No one was at home when the fire started. Neiga- bors succeeded in saving the barns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
MRS. SHERMAN'S WILL

rr@HE WILL bequeaths $io00O0
 charitable uses The sums will be welcomes and will good Especially it's beneficiaries $OO0 fund Episcopal clergy and families Sherman devout member of the Epis
 able and elo- quent Episcopal Rev Henry Sherman who long filled the pulpit of St. Paul's church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
HOW VARIOUS NATIONS CELEBRATE NEW YEARJ.

Gipsies celebrate New Year on the first fun moon after St. John's Day. which fafIs on Dec. 27th..
 Tn8 Rdssian New Year viii be eeIe- braked on Jam 14th, which marks the h@zinninG of the year so2s A. M.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01

Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 1.-The report of the Gettysburg 50th anniveraary commission was transmitted to Gov Pener yesterday by Col Lewis B. Belt1er, secretary Of the commission. The legislature appropriated s150, ,o0( for Pennsyl ylvania's share of the ex- pensee of the big reunion last July. The report shows an unexpended bal ance Of several thousand dollars
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
FRENCH ARMY FLYER PROCEEDS ON HIS
 TRIP TO CAIRO

Jerusalem. Palestine. Jan. 1-Gen- eral Francois Xavier Bennier. who, like Jules vedrines is making the flight through the air from Paris to Cairo, landed near the pool of SiIeam on New Years eve. The arrival or Ge1eral Benniers aeropIane, the first ever seen by the inhabitants of the Holy City, create the greatest be- wliderment and practically the entire population turned out to see the ma chine and to welcome the airman
 General Bennier is probably the old est French aviator. He was born in 1857 and is brigadier general of French colonial troops in West Africa He re- ceived his certificate as an. aerial pilot in July. 1s1e.
 a2ort Said, Jan. 1.-General Bennier, who started fn his asrop1ane from Jerusalem this morning, arrived here about noon and proceeded on his flight to Cairo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
PEOPLES PARTY HAS
 MAJORITY IN CANADA

St. Louis. Jan. 1-Petitions design led to aoverturn the majority by which the Premier. Sir Edward Morris. will control the new legislature 70 be con vened on January 14, have been filed by members of the opposition, headed by Sir Robert Bond.
 The unseating of seven Peoples par ty members of the assembly, support ing the premier, is sought through allegations of Illegal election prac- tices. The Peoples party has ma jority of six in the legislature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
GROWING PARCEL POST

vT~HE post by s36oooooo revenues
 1 of the postal department Today and lower rates effect the first distance of 25 miles from the shipping point package of 50 pounds weight may package weighing 20 pounds within
 succeeding It is likely that the weight permitted
 increased to 100 pounds before long and rates further reduced.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOG

e URGEONs, WE told drained the blood the
 body of living dog and putit back into the animals veins and arteries The dog lived hours The result thereore about the if the blood had been taken and not put back
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-01
WHAT WEEKS RELIEVES

C ENATOR JOHN W. Weeks, who is life long Republican, M asserts that the law will panics and advocates New York the England Hon. Ebenezer Hill may take notice and dry his tears
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funerals. A back stairway in small
houses is an unnecessary luxury. Large
halls, which are never used to live in but
merely as thoroughfares, are feature
which can be dispensed with in the in
terest of smaller outlay OF money.
Other features that should give way to
comfortable and convenient kitchen are
narrow porches, filigree work, numerous
angles in walls and roof, useless doors.
There should be an intelligent purpose
for every cubic foot of space and for every
piece of material about the building, IL
possible.
II may not be found particable for the
department OF agriculture to furnish plans
and specifications OF farm houses worked
out for particular individual needs.
However, it is believed to be desirable to
work out plans and specifications for the
general needs of farmers and to illustrate
and explain the plans so that the farmer
may understand the principles involved
and apply them when he remodels his
present house. The Office of farm man
agement is endeavoring to help the farmer
and the farmers wife along these lines.
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Don't Quarrel About Fences.

In the current issue Of Farm and Fire
side contributor writes in part, as fol-
lows, about the quarrels that grow out Of
the differences of opinion between neigh
bors over line-fences:
"Hardly one owner knows the real be-
ginning or location Of his rightful bound
airy, and yet will get into swearing rage
and nurse hatred and bitterness for years
if his neighbours fence iuts over foot on
his land; or II the hungry cattle break
over the fiimsy barrier to the green fields
of Jordan.
"How much better to combine and say,
sHere, Pll furnish half the wire and posts,
and help make the fence, il you will fur
nish the other half. The ground isn't
worth q blue bean, and SO Well strike q
line as near as we can get, and let it go at
that. If part is too much on me, never
mind; il too far on you, call it square
rather than quarrel about it,
81 wouldn't be annoyed by other
peoples cattle for the cost OF the fence,
nor let mine disturb anyone else; and I've
got about two miles OF it to make, around
and across and between.
"Any compromise is better than to let q
ine-fence case 20 to law, for such case
is lawyers joy. Better pay for the land
the fence is built on than have any ill
feeling about it."
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emit. There were exercises by the chill

emit. There were exercises by the chill
dren of the schools.
Miss Laura Greenlaw, with friend, of
Portland, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W.
l.. Greenlaw.
Mrs. w. G. Butman, of Rocklsnd, was
called here by the death her mother, Mrs.
Azuba Williams.
Mrs. w. E. Knowlton, Mrs. Edna Mer-
rill and Mrs. Ada A. Frink attended the
grand chapter.o. E. s., at Portland.
Capt. Reuben Cousins is getting the
buildings and grounds at Frazier's island
ready for the summer colonists.
Mrs. Lucy Abbott, the authoress, OF
Boston, accompanied by children and
maid, is at her cottage at West Stoning-
ton.
The schooner Susan Pickering sailed
Wednesday with the granite fountain
bowl for John ID. Rockefeller. 1t was in
sured for $4,000.
Floyd H. Colby, Of West Stonington,
and Miss Lena Dow, of Deer Isle, were
married in Rockland May Is. They will
reside at West Stonington.
Mrs. Azuba Williams died at the home
of her son, May %. Her husband died
several years ago. She was daughter OF
the late Sullivan Green, and is survived by
several sisters and a brother; also TIVE
sons and four daughters.
June 1. Mill.
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SEDGWICK.
June 2.
III


Miss Eta Young has returned to Ban
gor.
Miss Grace Wood is employed at J. w.
Paris.
W. Fl. Wilson, of Boston, is here for a
week.
Work in the clam factory was finished
for the season May 80.
Byron Ford is going to Sargentville to
work for K. M. Buckminster.
Mrs. Hattie Gray, of Surry, Is here.
Her mother, Mrs. S. J. Ciosson, will ac-
company her home.
Mrs. Mary L. Byard, Mrs. Jennie NJ.
Byard and Miss Martha Herrick arrived
Saturday from Hayerhill, Mass.
Mrs. II. A. Braey has gone to Sargent
vile, where she is employed in K. NJ.
Buckminster's ice-cream saloon.
On account of the illness of j. Frank
Gray, special town meeting was held on
May q, and Fl. A. Small was elected col
lector OF taxes.
More than seventy-five came from Isles
boro Saturday evening on the excursion of
the dramatic club, when the drama "Bar
Haven" was pleasingly presented.
John Friend, one of the older residents
OF this town, died May 80, after a brief
illness. He leaves an invalid wife and
one daughter-Miss Blanche, who lived
with her parents and cared for them.
Sincere sympathy is extended them.
June /. II.
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NECESSITIES
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OE LIFE

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COUNTY NEWS.
BLUEHILL.

Miss May E. Chase is at home from
Chicago for the summer.
Miss Charlotte Morton is at "Orchard
Lodge" for the summer.
Miss Adelaide Pearson, OF Brookline,
Mass, was here few days last week.
Mrs. Thomas Taper, OF New York, has
opened "Tapper Woods" for the season.
A. B. Thomas and wife, OF New York,
have opened 'Sunset Cliff for the sum
mer.
Miss Maude Bacon, OF Skowhegan.
spent the weekend with Forrest Grindle
and wife.
L. J. Brooks and wife, OF Orange, n. j.,
are IN town for few days, the guests OF
Miss Edith NJ. Chase.
The usual Memorial day exercises were
held by the local G. A. R. The address by
the Rev. MIR. Smith was an excellent one.
The class of 1914 will give a concert in
the town hall June II, consisting of
selections by quartet, instrumental trio
and elocutionist.
The annual bali of the alumni associ-
alton will be held in the town hall We'd
nesday, June 10. Music will be furnished
by Monaghan. The association will give
reception to the class OF IA from 7.45
to S.45.
June q II
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HAY MAKING.
by George E. Simmons, Professor OF Egron-
omy, University Of Maine.

omS, VI -halbS+
As haying time is not far away, few
words on hsy-making may be timely.
Hay is one OF the leading products Of
Maine, and it will probably remain so.
The feeding value of hay is greatly az
fected by the condition of the grass at the
time OF cutting, and the method of max
ing the hay. II the plants are allowed to
mature and develop their seed, the plants
themselves become woody and less
nutritious; we would ordinarily say that
the proportion of crude fibre in the stem
and leaves would be greater in comparison
to the nutritious material than just previ-
GUS to the time OF seed maturity.
The desirable time to cut clover for hay
is W hen about one quarter to one half Of
the blossoms have turned brown. When
the heads begin to brown, it indicates a
stage OF development OF the plant at
which it makes both palatable and
nutritious feed. With small lots, where
harvesting can be done within a few days,
it may be safe to wait until that time to
begin. Where harvesting will take some
time, it is sdvisa BILE to begin when about
one tenth OF the blossoms are brown.
In case OF timothy (herd's grassy har-
vesting should be done when the plants
are we'll into what is know as the "purple
bloom" stage. The ideal time to cut grass
for hay, particularly il it is clover, is
when it is free from dew or rain. When
damp from dew or rain, plants contain
maxim amount of water in their own
tissues besides that on the outside. This
condition causes the need OF long time
for curing.
This surplus water will disappear more
rapidly from the standing grass than from
the grass in the windrow or shock.
Timothy will dry out better IL cut while
damp than will clover. Amy time after
the grass has dried off the hay may be cut,
allowed to lie for while in the swath,
then it should be stirred with the tedder
and raked into windows, and II not then
fit for the barn, may finish curing in the
shock. The reason for not leaving in the
swath for long time is that it would be-
come sun parched rather than air-dried.
If the hay is parched by the sun, many of
the leaves break off and are lost.
In good hay weather timothy may often
be gotten into the barn on the day it is
cut. This is not so often the case with
clover. Should the crop be clover, and the
cutting done after noon, the tedder should
be used as soon as the dew is off the fol-
lowing morning, following later with the
rake. The balance Of the curing could
then take place in the shock. Before
hauling in, these shocks may be opened
out and allowed to dry more thoroughly.