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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
ArauSen1entS
POLES THEATRE

The Poli Minstrel Misses have tri- umphed. With the big Main street theater crowded to it's very doors with audiences that were profuse in their applause, the success of the ten girls that have been thrown together in one large offering that has unity, ttrac- tireness and harmony Is assured.
 Their Yama Yama costumes in the. beautiful garden setting entrancingly set off the songs which individuals af- ford their audiences. With lighting effects and novelties the act continues from start to finish with a grip upon the emotions of pleasure which has Ia bunch. It is said by critics to be the best that has yet been offered on a local stage.
 Acts and pictures furnished by Man ager Polf further add to the enjoyment of the Mardi Gras occasion where bushels of confetti and favors are giv- en to the big audiences that they may enter into the general spirit Of the time.
 For genuine fun-making Burke and Burke in their farce comedy t'The Laugh F'actory.,s keep the audience in howls Of laughter for fully eighteen minutes Mizpah Selbini, tumblere Jugglers and acrobats truly offer a marvellous act. Beth Cha1lis. the dainty little singing comedienne, put over some songs that are new and have juvenile themes that immediately find favor. Hattie Barlow and Danny Weston, in song and pfanolog que, en- Etertain, whiie Lewis and Lewis offer song and dance with costume and voice that are educational TWO special pictures that have been brought from the metropolis to induce hi1arity this week do not disappoint and truly the whole bill is one that drives away all care while the patron sits comfort ably in the big theater.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
REAL ESTATE NOTES

The following papers were filed for record in the town clerks office tor day:
 Quit claim deeds: Katie N. Dakin to Morris Rome; Eliza. J. Camp to Nor ris Rome; S. w. and F. E. Beach to J. J. Mcfarland; Burr & Knapp to Hen ry C. Knight: Bridgeport Savings and Loan association to Richard Jackson; City Savings bank to Susan B. Tou- sey.
 Warranty deeds: John and Gather inc watnouth to Giuseppe ScauziElo; Chapman Ropes to Agnes Krepss Richard Jackson to Joseph Rudernani Charles F. Noren to John J. Ldnkskey-
 Mortgage deeds: Adolph B. Reich to Tracy B. Warren; Giuseppe Scauzil1o to John and Catherine Watnough; Chapman Ropes to Agnes Kreps; Jos eph Ruderrnan to the Bridgeport Saw ings and Loan associations; Joseph Ru- dernan to Richard Jackson; Jacob Bitzer to the Bridgeport Loan and Saw fngs association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
SHORT ROAD OWNERS
 LOSE FIRST ROUND IN
 UNITED STATES COURT

Washington, Aug 18-The United States Steel corporation and. other big manufacturing concerns which own short railroads lost yesterday the first round of 8 fight involving $40. 900, 600. Justice Stanford of the District of Co., lumbia supreme court denied the ap- plication of the American Steel and Wire company the Cleveland City Railway company and other shippers along the Newburgh and Southshore railway for mandamus directing the interstate commerce commission to make an affirmative order in the so- called industrial railway case.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
NAH. SERVICE
 UNBER AMERICAN FLAG

New York, Aug. 1s-The American and Red Star Lines announced toda.z that, by special arran cement with tbe postoh1ce department. there will be an Atlantic mail service each "Wednesday and Saturday both from New York and Liverpool, by steamers fiying thu American flag
 The vessels scheduled are the Anaeri- can liners St. Louis, St. Paul and Phil adelphia, leaving New York Wednes- days, and the American line steam ship New York and the Red Star liners Finland and Kroonland. which will leave on Saturdays
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
HIT BY AUTO
 IS BELIEVED DYING

watertown, Aug 1s.-Kenneth Peek, 12 years old was perhaps fatally in jured when he was struck by an au- tomobile driven by c. T. Jones Of Wa terbury The boy was delivering news papers on a bicycle and apparently became confused when he heard the auto coming behind him His chest was crushed so that not much hope is given out for his recovery The driver Of the car was not arrested, as wit nesses said that the accident was un- avoidabIe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18

Two armed bandits entered the Hon estead. National bank in Pitts burgh, stole s2.5oo in cash and escaped in an automobile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18

Governor Fielder of New Jersey has ordered an investigation into the food prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
PERSONAL MENTION.

The Misses Sophia Stokes and Betty weisberg have returned from a pleas ant two weeks vacation spent in the Berkshire Mountains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18

Four persons were killed and five injured. when a gasoline tank explod- ed in a garage at McConnelsville, Ohio.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18

Henry se1feIt and Fred Rouse. of Youngstown, Ohio, were killed r75en their automobile was struck by an Erie train at Leavtttsburg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18
deville program.

devflle program.
 The photoplay program includes t'Our Mutual GirI'' and sThe Horse gWrangler," a two reel Reliance fea- ture. ls,s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-18

Fasmar Want Ads. One Cent Word.
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X
Joseph Bakers 0ctagon House.

IT MAY be that the old octagon house
which the Rambler recently pointed
out westward of the Foxhall road, and
which was said to have been the home of
Gen. James McCubbin Lingan. was not
built by that officer. The farm on which
that house stood, but which farm is now
cut up into small parcels and holdings.
was called Harlem. 1t was given that
name by Cen Lingan. in memory of the
battle of Harlem, in which he performed
gallant service.
1t is believed that these lands were the
home Of Gen. Lingan before the outbreak
OF the revolution. for although born in
Hartford county. Maryland, he must have
come to Georgetown in his youth. 1t is
not likely that he owned before the revo-
luton all the lands which after the war
he called Harlem, because when Lingan
left Georgetown for New England with
the Maryland troops his position was a
clerk in one Of the tobacco warehouses
on the river front. After the war Lingan
became prominent. He was active in the
promotion of the plan to establish the
permanent seat of the American govern
ment on the Potomac river, and he had
been appointed by President Washington
collector of the port of Georgetown. The
Rambler remembered that few years
ago the remains of Gen. Lingan-there
was not a bone left and only a thin strip
of earth darker than that above and be-
low it marked where the casket had lain
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driven several miles to worship there be-
cause their families have prayed there
for generations. They are loyal and de-
voted to the old church. They will not
put convenience above sentiment
x =
There are two doors at the front of the
church and before each is blue nag
stone Standing in one of ahese doors and
looking 'eastwardly, you viii see to- the
left. few yards from, the church, p row
Of tombs. They are e,brickedsup about two
feet above the earth and covered with
stone slabs. :. Sometimes the front, back
and sides are faced with stone. Tombs of
this kind in old Maryland churchyards
show that the tenants of those graves
We're people of rank and wealth in the
community in which they lived and died.
The first Of these which the Ram bier
stood by was inscribed In memory of
Christopher Lowndes. who departed this
life on the Sth day of January, 1855
The tomb next to that of Christopher
Lowndes is inscribed: In memory of
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowndes. relict of Chris
topher Lowndes. esq. who departed this
life on the 10th day of September, 1IS9,
in the sixty-third year of her age"
Next to this tomb is one inscribed. In
memory of Anna Margaretta Lowndes,
who died January 16. 1922. in the seventy
fourth year of her age
BY the side of this tomb is one in.
scribed Sacred to the memory Of
Francis Lowndes. who departed this life
April 81, 1915, after a long and painful
illness, which he bore with Christian
fortitude, aged about sixtythree years
Passing the tomb of Francis Lowndes.
You come to one inscribed. Fanny f.
Nicholson. daughter of Capt ]. Nicholson,
L. S. N, and Rebecca Holt. died July
81. 1850" Close by Is tomb I'm memory
of Edward Loyd Lowndes who died Jan
uary Z, 1892 Aged twenty-five years. He
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October, 1910. in the eighteenth year Of
his age. He was the son of Benjamin and
Rebecca Stoddert" The Rambler believes
that the Benjamin Stoddert mentioned
here. and who lies not far away. was that
Stoddert who as resident of Georgetown
had much to do with the making of the
agreement with the original proprietors of
the land on which the city of Washing
ton was laid out and who afterward be-
came Secretary of the Navy.
Passing among the graves you may read
stones inscribed. In memory of Ann
Lowndes, who died the Goth of February,
1871. aged seventy-two years-a Christian
lady" Next is one inscribed, I'm mem
ory of Richard Tasker Lowndes, who died
1st of October. 1910. aged about seventy
six years. Next to this one inscribed.
I'm memory of Anna l.. Lowndes. who
died the 1st of May. 1880" Then there is
the grave of Benjamin ogle Lowndes-.
October IL. 1s11-July Il, 1897
Mrs Owens. wife of the former sexton,
who was busy attending to the sod and
flowers on the graves of her husband
and numerous relatives buried in the
churchyard, every now and then came
over to the Rambler with information
concerning some of the people at rest
under the tombs he was. reading. One
of the things she told was that the
wife of Bishop Plnckney VINO had resteu
in the Lowndes' lot for many years,
had been removed not so long ago chow
ever long ago that may be) to another
cemetery If the Rambler's memory is
not at fault, she said it was Oak Hill
cemetery.
There is one little incident which the
Rambler wants to tell of. The name
Seat Pleasant, the settlement through
which he passed on his way to Addison
Chapel. seemed strangely familiar. Re-
fiecting on this. he recalled some time
in the nineties-about 1S96-a horrible
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A Real Saver.

N A MERICA is the land of high wages.
and it is really possible here for
workingman to grow rich. But Eng
land"
The speaker was the late Henry Town
send Martin, tire occasion a luncheon OF
Americans. He continued:
English farm laborers are striking for
16 shillings a week. They get 13 or IA
shillings. They want 16. But 1 doubt if
they get 1t.
And their pastors. living in beautiful
manses on salaries Of $1,000 or 5000. call
them ilnprovident because in their old age
they're usually destitute, The idea of ex-
pectlng them to save money! 1t reminds
me of old Bill Smith.
MY sons got a fine job now said
old Bill. He's savin' money fast
What Is he doing? said l.
Hes a night printer. sir. Bill an
swered oh, fine job. He works all
night and saves his lodgin's: and then he
sleeps all day and saves his food
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The Last Resort.

ttI ONCE besought George ". Wander
1 bilt to give our parishioners AMI IL
Illustrated lecture on his pa.atal home.
Biltmore. but Mr.. Vanderbilt was too
modest. far too modest. for anything OF
that sort.
The speaker. New York clergyman.
sighed. smiled. and resumed:
Mr.. Vanderbilt said that if he tried 10
lecture on Biltmore he'd feel as vain
as the little boy in his first pair OF
trousers.
This little boy had one friend whom
he greatly admired. and that was the
butcher Accordingly, the morning he
first wore his new trousers. the urchin,
as soon as the butcher drove up, Went
out and strutted up and down with his
hands in his pockets
But the butcher. busily cutting up
meat. did not notice his little friends
new rig The boy strntted about, he
did vainly all he could to draw the
butchers eye to his manly legs, and
then finally, he piped:
Mr.. Brown, is your horse afraid OF
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With these thoughts in his mind. the
Rambler asked Mrs. owens: Wash
there sensational murder at Seat
Pleasant about twenty years ago."
'Oh, yes" she said. Margaret browns,
while making ready for bed one night.
was murdered man climbed up the
porch and through her window. I don't
remember the mans name. but l think
he was hanged. Her people kept a
hotel. The hotel burned down a long
while. ago. and a dwelling house has
been, built on the site. Margaret was a
beautiful girl. That's her grave over
ehere on the hillside under the big oak.
It is the grave covered with moss.
There is no tombstone there
The Rambler went to the spot pointed
out. well mounded-up grave lay
there under the big tree. No grass
would grow in the shadow of that oak.
but the grave was covered with green
moss The grave is unmarked by a
stone. The Rambler thought of the
crime that stirred Washington about Is
deeply as the murder of Elsie Kreglo.
Then. from this unmarked little grave
OF sorrowful memories. the Rambler
shouldered his camera and resumed his
walk.
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The Highest Garden.

NNE of the .most extraordinary bo-
~ tanic gardens in the world is that
laid out, at an altitude Of $3.50 feet, on
the Little ST. Bernard" near the val
fey of Aosta.
This garden. established by the late
rector of the hospice. NJ. Chanoux. COM
prises specimens of practically all noun
tain flora. whether it grows in the Alps
the Balkans. the Carpathians, the eau
casus. the Pyrenees, the Himalayas or
among the mountains Of America, Japan
and New Zealand
1t was begun in 1892, but was not act
uaIly ready for inspection until 1897, when
the rector of the hospice intrusted it to
the care of Prof Vaccari. M Chanoux
was particularly encouraged in his work
by French and Italian private and pub
lie subscriptions
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Not a Pleasure Trip.

CENATOR BORAH. discussing his
- thrilling correspondence with George
W. Perkins. said of one incident:
Here, 1 must confess. Mr.. Perkins put
his case awkwardly. He reminded me
of Blanc.
".Hello. Blanc- said a man on the
limited on for New York. eh? Is it a
pleasure trip?'
No said Blanc. Its just to bring
the missus homa
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Wellington.

A TRAVELLER over the road between
Alexandria and Mount Vernon may
have pointed out to him very old house
that bears traces Of former elegance. In
spring and summer it is nearly screened
from the view of pilgrims along the pub
lie road by venerable trees and by vines
of Virginia treeper and honeysuckle The
approach to the house from the main way
is through a lane lined with old cedars.
The place is called Wellington. and it was
a part Of the Mount Vernon estate when
the great Washington lived there. We'll
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Overconfidence.

IsTRICr ATTORNEY WHITMAN of
- New York said the other day of
business man who had failed disastrous
ly:
He didn't work hard enough. He was
too self-confdent. That is why he fail
cd
added:
HE who feels sure that the world has
an opening for him is apt to land In .
hole"
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
TODAY NAPOLEON BID
FAREWELL TO OLD GUARD

and funds belonging to the government.
which they asserted he had with him.
He feared to eat food when the party
paused at St Cannat lest it contain
poison Word had reached him that the
people of AK were violent in their
hatred toward him and he commanded
one OF his aids to put on his own ia
miliar dress. Pursued by assassins, not
moment to another. the fleeing man
disguised himself in an Austrian uni
form and sat with the Austrian COM
missioner in the latters carriage.
Around him then were warlike Austrian
hussars, but despite their presence at
tacks by mob after mob grew more
serious as each day passed. and finally
as a precautionary measure tho train
of carriages swerved from the direction
of Sc Tropez, where a corvette was wait
Frejus.
AS he came in sight of this port Ma
poleon breathed more freely. for there
he saw an English frgate and a French
brig riding at anchor. = But even with
this unexpected means of escape from
mob violence Napoleon criticised what
he was pleased to call "a breach of the
treaty" In the contract signed with the
commissioners appointed by the allies
IL WAS 1HeItlOHSu liidt ANdpOicou Siiouio
be conveyed to Elba in a. corvette from
ST. Tropez; and here, he remarked with
little attempt to conceal his displeasure.
was a brig-a mere brig. Did the COM
missioners accompanying him really ex-
pect that he would sail in such vessel
when he had been expressly promised
that a corvette would be placed at his
disposal?
Thereupon he asked permission to en-
bark on the English frigate Undaunted-
He asked this as if he wished to have
an Intentional discourtesy repaired: but
in reality it was because he knew he
would be far safer aboard the frigate
than upon an unarmed French brig To
be sure. the corvette was lying in reaoi-
ness at st. Tropez, but plans had been
changed so hastily that she could not
be brought to Frejus.
He bade farewell with dignity to the
Russian and Prussian commissioners
and accompanied by the commissioners
from England and Austria he went
aboard the Undaunted.
The frigate weighed anchor and set
sail out upon the blue waters of the
Mediterranean. On the 4th day OF
Nav il entered the harbor of Porto Fer
rajo and going ashore Napoleon took
UP his new and brief career as Emperor
of Elba.
But in far less than a year the world
was to hear of him again. at the heac
of an army sweeping through France
and again threatening 70 conquer al
Europe. to stretch forth his grip OF
power far across the ocean.
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CUP

ton of physical equation will be reduced
to a minimum.
England is not willing to concede that
in the handling and sailing of a racing
yacht the Yankee tars, either amateur
or professional. have any advantage over
the English salt.
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: e. X WITH THE RAMBLEE; g. 6|lll[[[
II III aM N1zZ/]@akc2huzLzzz Z@&a@4HMN

were removed from the Harlem farm to
Arlington.
In strolling around what was Harlem.
,he Rambler came upon the very old and
tila pidaied octagop house. which per-
sons in the neighborhood said had been
the home of Gen. Lingan. Persons in
the neighborhood. are SO often il not
usually. wrong on the history of that
neighborhood that the Rambler wrote:
''StroIling through the country north of
the Conduit road and west of the Foxhall
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who was born March H. 1892. and died
of cholera at Washington October l,
1892
In the next tomb lie the remains of
a daughter of Lear. The inscription is:
Here lie the Remains of Maria Lear
and her Infant Daughter. Her Memory
Depends not upon inscriptions on
Marble: Her E,ulogy is in the Hearts or
Her Friends
A white marble cross marks the rest
ing place of the third wife of Col. Lear.
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ADDISON CHAPEL.

murder shocked Washington. The news
came into the offices of the morning
newspapers late at night. along toward
lamps out that way then. From one of
the newspaper offices a reporter rushed
to Benning. and then on foot made his
way along the dark and unfamiliar
roads, finally reaching the place called
Seat Pleasant. which was a summer
hotel The murder story was pub
lished in the morning.
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lington, before and after the death OF
Washington, was the home of Tobias
Lear.
Tobias Lear came to Mount Vernon as
private tutor to the young Custis chill
dren, the grandchildren of Mrs. Washing
ton and the wards of her second husband,
George Washington. Lear from tutor
came to be the private secretary Of Wash
ington, and at one time his military sec
retary Lear was with Washington when
the great man breathed his last. and
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it was never Gen. T.ingans home. as Il
was not built until long after his death.
and then hN my great-uncle. Joseph
Baker. who built ii himself for his moth
er. and was quite proud of the fact from
plans taken from his cousin :. stephen
Harnesherger. house in Rockingham
county. Va. and which is still standing
Ny t-grandfathcr. John Baker. pur-
chased the Harlem estate with the un-
derstanding that the ground in which
Gen. I.ingans body Was Inferred Should
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was the second son of Richard Tasker
Lowndes-'
Perhaps you will be attracted to another
part of the burial ground by line of tall
vertical gravestones, one of which reads:
In memory of Richard Tasker Lowndes.
who died the 10Th of September. 1915,
aged eleven years and three months. He
was the eldest. son OF Richard Tasker
Lowndes. ESQ.,.
Another tomb is that I'm memory of
Richard Stoddert, who died the 10th of
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FEW Sundays ago
the Rambler stop
ped at Bostock, on
the south chimney
of which are the
big. black char
acters. "C.L- 1I46.
The present owner
of the place told
the Rambler an in
teresting story or
h o W christopher
Low n d g s and d
4ANl nf
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he has a private spiral staircase lead
ing up to his workshop. Until few
weeks before the time set for the launch
ing Of the boat it was impossible to get
into this room on the roof without
written permit from the designer himself.
The same precautions were taken by Her
reshoff, the designer of the Resolute. the
New York Yacht Club syndicate boat.
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and by Owen, who Is responsible for the
drawings Of the tricity defender.
Until recently one had as much chance
of breaking into the United States Treas
ury as of forcing ones way into the
Herreshoff shop. Every door was locked
or bolted from the inside. Every WIN,
dow was screened. and the only method
of ingress was through winding ONCE
fitted up with metal partitions The
shed where the cup boat was being con
structed had. high windows over the
water that only a bird could reach
The builders first payment has to be
expended almost Immediately for ma
tertals Generally he makes subcon-
tracts with sailmakers. sparmakers,
plumbers and others. Some OF these
furnish the material and install 1t IN the
yacht
The first step in the construction of the
modern cup defender is the molding OF
the lead keel. For this some ninety tons
of lead is used. \ wooden trough IS
built Of the size and shape required. into
which the molten lead is run The mo-
ment the contract is signed hurry orders
are sent out to firms who furnish steel.
so that by the time the keel is run some
or all OF the frames are generally on the
way to the shipyard.
Being received in straight lengths, the
steel for the frames is, made hot at
. the shipya placed on what. IS known
as the, bending platform. and by Tfteans
Of wedges and pins is bent to the shape
required by the designers PLANS: A long
fiat piece Of steel, called the keelson,
reaching the entire length Of the yacht.
Is first fastened to the lead keel by long
bolts, then the stem and stern posts are
set up, the stern post being the part OF
the frame to which the fudder is later
attached
The middle ribs are generally the ones
first fastened to the keel and keelson, the
deck beams which are fastened to the
upper portions of these frames being put
in place at the same time. Twenty inches
is the average space between all frames
and as soon the frames are all in
place the riveting or bolting, as the case
may be. of the plates begins.
A captain and a crew of some fifty
men are engaged and under pay long
before the yacht is launched. Their pay.
food and clothing go on from six to
eight months. Bills for towing and a
special steamer upon which to berth the
crew are among some of the heavy ex-
penses.
The race in September next for the
Americas cup has already taken prece-
dence over all other international sport
ing events among American and English
sportsmen. The impression appears to
prevail in England that the chances of
winning the cup are better than in the
case of either the polo or the lawn tennis
trophies. owing to the fact that the ques
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proportioned to its work and the material
employed"
There never was such keen rivalry as
this year in the construction of a de-
fender 1t has been years since more
than one yacht has been built for the
defense Of the cup at one time. In the
meantime the construction of racing
yachts has been improved in many