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Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
Who Owned the cart3

An old law in Carmurthen county. in Wales, required that every convey. ance passing over the turnpike toll ronds should be plainly marked with the name of the owner so that the per. petrator of any lnwlessne~Ss could be eusily detected.
 One young farmer known as Stam. mering Jim was summoned before a magistrate. who demanded why his name did not appear on his two wheel ed cart
 "W-w-whose n-n-name am 1 to put on7" stammered the defendant.
 Your own. of course" said the mag. istrate
 "B-b-but it isn't my cart, your wor. ship" says Jim.
 ''who is the owner. then7" demanded the squire.
 "T-t-that's the t-t-trouble. sir" said Jim. The old sh-shafts belong to D-D-David T-T-Thomas. the wh-wh. wheels b-b-belong to Hugh JJ-Jones. the old axle to w-W-william B-Bow. CT, the t-t-tab belongs to Joshua M-M-Morgan. the t-t-tailboard belongs t-to me. Then w-w-whose n-name am ito put on. sirT'-National Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
MeIbss Pullman Porter Critic.

One American experience recurs to me at the moment ! had been ap- bearing in Faust" at Washington. md, getting Into the train after the performance rather tired, wus not un- naturally annoyed nt finding my stnte- room unprepared. called the coIored attendant. who kept me waiting long time before he ~ndescended to appear.
 Why is my berth not readyT' be. gan.
 He looked me up and down Indlf- ferently,
 "I saw you play Margaret (Margue- riteI this mornin'," he said defantly, an l thought you weren't bit O good. You'll hev to wait But Plan. kon PlanconI was Hne." he added as an nfterthought
 Two years afterwurd I received letter from thls same ebony critic. "I heard you last night as \Manon Les caut." 1t ran. and 1t was real tine. You beat the band. l take 1t all hnck." Mime. Melba in Strand Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
General Markets.

wHEAT-Receipts. TOT. 900: No. red. elevator export. s1.001h: No. red, f. O. D. afioat s101h; No. north Duluth. f. O. b. afioat, SlO21h. The market was quiet and lower Offerings were light. The weak ness in coarse grains had influence; May, s9Zc.; July. 96Sc.
 CORN-Receipts. 1000; No. new f. O.. b. to arrive, 6SMc
 BUTTER-Slightly higher and firm; re- ceipts. 12,5s6 packages; creamery. extras. Ib, 27a271c.: flrsts. a5Ika26hc.: seconds. 23Iha25c; held extras. 261ha27c.; firsts, Ais a26c; seconds, 23a24c.; state dairy, tubs. finest, 26a261hc.: good to prime. 24a.5Rc. :: common to fair, 19a23c.; process. extras, 2Sa24c: firsts, 21a22c.: seconds, 20as0iac, 1: imitation creamery, firsts. 22a23c.; factory. held. 21c. current make, hrsts. 2lc.: sec onds 20a20hc.: packing stock, l9a2oc.: cur rent make. No. 2. 1slha1sc.: No.'s, l7aiSc.
 CHEESE-Firm; receipts, 2,62 boxes: state, whole milk, specials. white, held. 1Sa1skc.; fresh. 17ka17%c.; colored, held. ISa1sAc.: fresh. 17ha17Ac.; average fancy. white, held, l7ikal7&c.; fresh, 11kc.; col- ored, held. 1T1aa17Ac,; fresh. 17hc.; skins. specials. held, 13l4a14kc.: good to choice, held, 11kal212c.
 EGGS - Weak: receipts. 14,536 cases: fresh gathered extras. doz., 33a34c.; extra frsts, sl1za32c.; firsts. S01za3lc.; seconds. 29a3Oc; refrigerators, best, 28lka29c. fair to good. 26Jka2Sc.: state. Pennsylvania and nearby hennery whites, 39a4oc.; gathered whites 39c; hennery browns. 34c.; gath cred browns and mixed colors, 3la3ac.
 NEW HAY AND STRAW-Easy; tlmo- thy, per ton, S17a21.50; shipping, $l6; clover. Sl5alS: clover mixed sl5a1950: long rye straw, $l6alI: oat, Sl0al2; small bales, soc per ton less than large.
 POTATOES-Weak; Bermuda, per bbl.. s3 50a5.2 .25, domestic, bbl. or bag, $2a250: European, bag. S1al90: sweets, Jersey. basket. 60aS0c.
 LIVE POULTRY-Firm: prices unset tied.
 DRESSED POULTRY-Steady; western turkeys. fancy, lb.. 25c.: average, best. 23a24c; poor. 1Sa20c.; old. per lb.. 22a23c |; chickens. broilers. dry packed, l2 to box. to 4 lbs. to pair; western, milk fed. lb.. 22a26c; corn fed. 21a24c.; dry packed. F to box, milk fed. 31 to 47 lbs. to dozen. b, lSc. 4S to to lbs. to dozen, 20c., corn led, Sl to 47 lbs. to dozen. 16a16ihc.; 4s to Gg lbs. to dozen. lsc; broiers, to 4 lbs. to pair, Philadelphia and Long Island. lb,. soc: Pennsylvania, 25a2Sc.: Virginia. milk fed 2c; to lU lbs. and over to pair. Philadelphia, fancy. b.. 22a25c.; Pennsyl vania. l7a2Oc.; westerH, milk fed. l7a19c corn fed. dry picked. l7al1i@c.: scalded. lGalIJhc; capons, Philadelphia. lb.. 2Ga BOG western. z1a2Ic.; fowls. western. box es. lb.. 15alSc: bbls.. lb., 15al7c.: old roos- ters. lb, 13c; spring ducks. western choice. lb.. lGc.; average. 14c.; western geese, choice. 16c.; average, l4c: squabs, per dozen. s2.75a550: guineas, per pair. 75c.aA.D
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
Clement Moore's One Poem.

Just one poem was written by Clem. ent Clarke Moore. whose grave is in Trinity churchyard, at One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street Washington heights. Twas the Night Before Christmas" lives because it touches now and has always touched human hearts. It was put into an autograph album in 1922 and published a couple of years later without the consent or the author, who was professor or Greek and Hebrew at Columbia col lege and did not think 1t comported with his dignity to write chlldren's verse. pr. Moore died in 1868 at the ripe age of eighty-four. His fame as a scholar is lost. His fame as the au. thor of that one real poem will live while the English language is spoken and read anywhere on earth.-Brook- Iyn Eagle.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
Notwithstandina.

A teacher had been at great trouble to explain to her class the meaning of the word notwithstanding" und. on asking for sentence In which the word occurred. was somewhat non pused to receive the following effort from a blushing maiden of some eight summers and winters;
 Please. miss. my little brother has a hole in the seat of his trousers. and it's notwithstanding. ."-London Mail
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
No Friends ot Ills.

Well. what did your better half say to you?"
 She said a-plenty."
 You always seem to have friends to take you home after these ban quets"
 Not friends. My enemies do it, Pittsburgh Post.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
An Ostrich Trick.

NaturaIsts state that an ostrich uev' CT goes straight to its nest. but always upproaches 1t with nmny windings. ia order. if possible. [" conceal the. tornl nv from observation
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
MeianCnoly.

Melanchulv uny be defined ns state of mind m which n mnn K sn oui "r touch with his ruvirnnn"m that iif' has lost it's sweetness Str Ntllnm OSer
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
Foaay.

James. understand the fogs are thick in London"
 "I remember one. sir. that held for three months 1 was working on tunnel. sir. and we cut ninety foot tunnel through sixty foot hill "-- Washington Herald
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.
Happenings Of interest in various
 Parts of Our Country.


 Parts of Our Country.
 The plant of the Young Torpedo con- pany of Sisterville. W. Va, was wreck ed and damage estimated at S10y0o0 was done to property within a radius of ten miles when lightning exploded a big quantity of nitroglycerin in one of the torpedo company's magazines
 To satisfy the earnest wish of her prospective father-in-law. Marion Gay nor. sixteen years old. daughter of the late Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York. was married to Ralph Hayward Isham. Yale graduate. twenty-six years old and heir to millions.
 R. Meyer. the presidents personal choice for receiver of public moneys at Dickinson, N. D., because of United States Treasurer Burke's charge that Meyer violated the prohibition laws.
 Mrs. James Fl. Clarey, a restaurant waitress in Burlington, Vt.. whose hus- band disappeared twenty years ago. re- ce1ved word that he died in New York recently leaving to her an estate of $35.000.
 By a vote of 49 to 4 the New Jersey assembly passed the resolution for an amendment to the constitution giving women the ballot. AS soon as it passed Speaker Beekman had it sent to the senate.
 Emphatic recommendation that the government establish public ownership of the telephone and telegraph busi- ness was contained in a report made to the senate by Postmaster General Bur leson
 Announcement was made in Charles ton, ". Va. that the president had pardoned Mrs. Frances Brown, A. H. Mooney and Alfred Mooney, convicted for violating the pension laws.
 The John D. Archbold. largest oil tanker ever built, was launched at Newport News. Va. Mrs. M. NJ Van Buren. MT. Archbold's daughter. chris. tened the ship.
 Lincoln Beachey was severely in- jured at Los Angeles, Cal, when his aeroplane fouled a tree in a trace" with an automobile. The aeroplane was smashed.
 Several firemen were overcome by smoke and several persons were rescued with life nets and ladders in a fire in an apartment house in Law. | renee, Mass.
 Smallpox at Tampico already has caused the death of one American. Rear Admiral Fletcher reported sixty four cases and two Americans among the sick.
 Chester A Clegg of Fitchburg. Mass. secretary of fire insurance company committed suicide by shooting because his mother was put in a sanitarium. | Senator Murtaugh introduced a bill in the New York legislature to ap. propriate $675.OOO for additions and improvements at Cornell university. | Representative William D. B. Afney of Pennsylvania announced his candi. dacy for the United States senate in opposition to Senator Boies Penrose.
 Former Senator c. J. s. Blackburn of Kentucky was appointed a member of the Lincoln memorial commission to succeed the late Senator Cullom.
 The condition of Congressman Brem- her of New Jersey. who is taking the sadium treatment for cancer was re- ported as improved.
 Mir. and Mrs. Francis E. Sayre. the White Hous,' bridal pair. left Wash lngton for WlllElmstown. Mass, to be gin housekeeping.
 One-half os the business section Of Huntsville. w Va, was wiped out by fire; loss $100.00O.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

General James Grant Wilson, famous as q soldier and author and one of the last of the staff of General Ulysses s. Grant during the vicksburg campaign. died in New York after an illness of several weeks. He was eighty one years old, and death was due to the in- f1rmities of age.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Folks Are Doing on the othss
 Side of the Globe


 Side of the Globe
 The estate of the late Count Jules de Perrochel, amounting to $1,400.O00, which was awarded in December to two nephews-a Paris cabman and a groom. Charles Auguste de Perrochel- has now been claimed by the mother of a five-year-old boy, who Is alleged to be the son of the count The divi sion of the estate will be delayed pending the decision of the court.
 Eighteen Spanish soldiers were killed and twenty-seven wounded and fifty Moors were killed. many wounded and many taken prisoners in a recent severe attack at Beni Salem, Morocco The Moors attacked General Beren- guer's brigade and the battle followed The crown prince of Italy. at the age of nine. is an officer In the army. He has had his officers uniform for many months. The little Prince of Piedmont Is the first heir to the throne of Italy who has been destined to a naval ca. reer.
 A Madrid dispatch to Paris states that King Alfonso has informed tho bishop of La Plata of his definite in. tention to visit South America. No date has been fixed.
 The strike of the coal wagon drivers and porters in London came to an end when practically all the strikers re. turned to work under the old condi tions.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Some Things That Are Happening In
 Other American Countries

Unsuccessful attempts to arrest pr. Augusta Durand, former revolutionary leader of Peru, were made by the DO. lice. His residence was searched and five visitors were taken into custody. A raid was then made on the Union club, where four members were seiz ed. The premises were closed and a police guard was left in charge.
 Edward Simpson. musical student. after a quarrel over money matters. shot and killed his father and mother at their home near Hillsbury. Ont. and chased his sister into the street. firing several shots at her. all of which missed
 Sharp fighting occurred at Gonaives between the followers of the two revo- Iutionary leaders. Senator Davilmar Theodore and General Oreste Zamor forme"'y government delegate to Cape Haitien.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

How many people live on the r"intn. tion of the reputation they might have made!-- HomPr
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
FROM THE SPORTING WORLD.
rhIs and That In Amateur and Profss-
 aIonaI Athletics

Approval of three schedules in the minor sports department Is reported by the Cornell committee on student affairs Wrestling will begin on Feb. IA, Cornell meeting McGil university at Ithaca: fencing starts on Feb. 2 against Pennsylvania at Philadelphia And the swimmers open their two meet schedule on Feb. 13 against Harvard's first at Boston.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The Rev. Frederick Woods, D. D.. for fifty years one of the foremost fig ures ill Massachusetts Methodism and one of the leading pulpit orators of the denomination. died from old age at Melrose. Mass. where he had mnde 1is home after retiring from active pas toral work. He was eighty years old.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

pr. Garwood H. Atwood Yale's sec ond oldest living graduate, died at Wa terbury. Conn.,. aged ninety-fve years. pr. Atwood was graduated from Yale in the class of 1S4O. The oldest gradu- ate of the university is pr. David F. Atwater of Springfield. Mass, Of the class of 1889.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Mrs. Bessie Mckinney. a widow. liv. ing in Glasgow, four miles from New. ark. Del. sho. and killed her cousin, Delaware Reed. to save her own life She was held without bail to await the action of the coroner.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

1t was reported from Canada that Sir Thomas J. Lipton has been in com munication with Aemelius Janis of the Royal Canadian Yacht club. with the Idea of having him sail the Shamrock ". for him in the races for the Amer ica's cup. but it was impossible to verify the rumor.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Record Of the Week on Accidents
 and Tragic EventA

Fifteen persons were injured. some of them so seriously that they may die, when Chicago and Alton passen- ger train. bound from Chicago to St. Louis. was wrecked between Joliet. H., and Lockport Nine cars left the track and three were overturned. one car being badly shattered.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Dartmouth defeated Yale at hockey in New Haven by a score of 4 to 3 in the presence of a large number of junior prom. guests. The game went over time for two periods.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Kid Williams of Baltimore knocked out Eddie Campi of San Francisco in the twelfth round of a scheduled twenty round bout at Vernon. Cal This Is the second time Williams has defeated Campi. Both fought at the bantam limit. 116 pounds.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Leslie Edwards, twenty-one. was frozen to death, and Buford Terhune twenty-two, of Lexington, Ky. prob ably will die from exposure. They were caught under an auto which turn ed turtle.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
LIABILITIES

Reserve on Life, Endow-
 -ment and Term Policies. 89,334, ,93S.O0 Additional Reserve, not in-
 cluded above. 795,7O2.O0 Premiums paid In advance and other Liabilities 9l5, l63.6l Unearned interest on Poll-
 cy Loans. .....-....'... SOS'Soo.oS Accrued Taxes. ..... .... 67O,So6.63 Surplus reserved for special
 class of Policies and divi-
 dends to Policyholders
 payable on demand and
 during the year 1914.... 3,4l5,O7l.sO Losses and Claims awaiting
 proof and not yet due.., 7l6,2O7.9o Unearned Premiums on
 Accident. Health and
 Liability Insurance. 2.773, 18O. O3 Reserve for Liability claims 2,O43, ,664. 4S Surplus to Policy holders. 13,025, ,627. .03 Total liabilities .Sn3. .056, ,007. .4s
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Harry W. Goss. a business man of Union City. Pa.. shot and seriously wounded his wife. killed Mrs. Fred Field. neighbor. and then killed himself. Mrs. Goss was suing for di- vorce.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

George A. Hubbell. eighty-seven. fol sixty years an Odd Fellow. died 1T Bridgeport, Conn. He had been master mechanic of the New York. New Ha ven and Hartford railroad and pio neer engineer in laying out the Rocl Island system. D..
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE.
Men and Women Who Have Died In
 the Last Week

Men @no women Who Have ot@0 tm
 the Last Week
 The Rev. Frederick Woods, n. D.. for fifty years one of the foremost tS ureS in Massachusetts Methodism and one of the lending pulpit orators of the denomination. died from old age at Melrose. Mass. where he had mnde 1is home after retiring from active pas toral work. He was eighty years old.
 General James Grant Wilson, famous us q soldier and author and one of the last of the staff of General Ulysses s. Grant during the vicksburg campaign. died in New York after an illness of several weeks. He was eighty-one years old, and death was due to the in- frmities of age.
 Dr. Garwood H. Atwood. Yale's sec ond oldest living graduate, died at Wa terbury, Conn. aged ninety-6ve years. pr. Atwood was graduated from Yale in the class of 1S40. The oldest gradu- ate of the university is pr. David F. Atwater of Springfield, Mass, Of the class of 1889.
 George A. Hubbell. eighty-seven. for sixty years an Odd Fellow. died in Bridgeport, Conn He had been master mechanic of the New York. New Ha. ven and Hartford railroad and a pio- neer engineer in laying out the Rock Island system. ..'
 Professor Victor Rigueur. one of the oldest members of the French colony in Philadelphia and widely known as teacher, died suddenly. Heart dis ease was the cause of his death. He was eighty-three years old
 Mrs. Sarah Rowland Jones. wife of Captain George N. Jonvs. Downers Grove, H.. died there. She was sev- enty-seven. She was a direct descend ant of the John Rowland who came over in the Mayhower.
 The Rev. !. Frederick Dripps. a widely known Presbyterian minister, died in Philadelphia, aged sixty-nine He served churches in Indianapolis. Montreal and Savannah.
 Shelby NJ. Cullom. who for thirty years had been United States senator from Illinois. died at his home in Washington He was born in 1929
 Vice Admiral Paul Louis Germinet, formerly commander of the French Mediterranean fleet, died in Nice. He was sixty-eight years of age.
 Samuel Laughlin, a thirty-third de gree Mason and known throughout the country in Masonic circles. died In Philadelphia.
 D.. F. Blythe, who spent years in Mexico and was an intimate friend of former President Diaz, died in Mon. rovia, Cal.
 James G. Ghio, a member of the pa. pal nobility, died near St. Louis. NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS. What Folks Are Doing on the othss Side sf the Globe
 The estate of the late Count Jules de Perrochel, amounting to $1 100000, which was awarded in December to two nephews-a Paris cabman and a groom. Charles Auguste de Perrochel- has now been claimed by the mother
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The seventy-frst annual boat race of the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge has been scheduled to take place on Saturday. March 2S.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05
ASSETS

Real Estate acquired by
 foreclosure. ...,.......$ 2S,s25. .67 Ofice Building. ........... 543, ,246.1 Cash on hand and in Banks 3,711 ,591.87 Stocks and Bonds ....... S5, ,839, ,218. .08 Mortgages secured by Real Estate. ................. 56,S3S, ,SO2 AT Loans by Collateral. ...... 1878, ,559.97 Loans secured by policies of this Company. ...... 10, 135, ,945.77 Interest due aud accrued
 December 31, 1913. .. 2.267 1886. .23 Premiums in course of col
 lection n d deferred
 Premiums. ......... 2,s7o, ,sss .o4 Market Value of Securities
 over Book Value, less
 Assets not admitted. 947, ,522. IS
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

A triple murder occurred at Wood son. eight miles south of Jacksonville. H.. when John Henry shot and killed Charles l. Ezard. Constable Everett Grain and Grains four-year-old son.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

To satisfy the earnest wish of her prospective father-in-law. Marion Gay nor. sixteen years old. daughter of the late Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York. was married to Ralph Hayward Isham. Yale graduate. twenty-six years old and heir to millions.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The plant of the Young Torpedo COIL pany of Sisterville. W. Va. was wreck ed and damage estimated at S10.0O0 was done to property within a radius of ten miles when lightning exploded a big quantity of nitroglycerin in one of the torpedo company's magazines.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

One fireman was reported killed. five others were injured and property loss of $7Oo.OO0 was caused by fire which swept through an entire block of the retail district in Manchester. N. H.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

James G. Ghio, a member of the pa. pal nobility, died near St. Louis.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The charred bodies of MT. and Mrs Orville Hopkins of Cincinnati were taken from the Little Kanawha river near Parkersburg. w. Va. A launch in which they were in exploded.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Professor Victor Rigueur. one of the oldest members of the French colony in Philadelphia and widely known as a teacher. died suddenly. Heart dis ease was the cause of his death. He was eighty-three years old.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

D.. F. Blythe. who spent years in Mexico and was an intimate friend of former President Diaz, died in Mon. rovia, Cal.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Emphatic recommendation that the government establish public ownership of the telephone and telegraph busi- ness was contained in report made to the senate by Postmaster General Bur leSUn
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The Rev. ]. Frederick Dripps. 8 widely known Presbyterian minister died in Philadelphia. aged sixty-nine He served churches in Indianapolis Montreal and Savannah.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Announcement was made in Charles ton, ". Va. that the president had pardoned Mrs. Frances Brown. A. H. Mooney and Alfred Mooney, convicted for violating the pension laws.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The John D. Archbold. largest oil tanker ever built was launched at Newport News, Va. Mrs. M. NJ. Van Buren. MT. Archbold's daughter. chris tened the ship.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

Mrs. Sarah Rowland Jones. wife of Captain George N. JonYs, Downers Grove. H.. died there. She was sev- enty-seven. She was a direct descend ant of the John Rowland who came over in the Maynower.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

The senate refused to confirm Otto R. Meyer. the presidents personal choice for receiver of public moneys at Dickinson. N. D., because of United States Treasurer Burke's charge that Meyer violated the prohibition laws.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-05

By vote of 49 to the New Jersey assembly passed the resolution for an amendment to the constitution giving women the ballot. AS soon as it passed Speaker Beekman had 1t sent to the senate.