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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
LITTLE BENNYS NOTE BOOK
BF Lee PoDa.

 l T was combing my hare for suppir yestidday and I combed it with the part in the middle, jest to see wat 1t looked like, wfch it looked so funny thawt, G, imagine enyboddy going erround looking like that, III ware 1t down to suppir that way jest for fun. wich did, and as soon as got in the dining room ma sed, Well it's about time you calm down. well for goodniss sakes, sints wen have you ish fashin.
 Ha ha Ina, well if yure not a sitey sed pop.
 Go back and hcks it rite. for land sakes, sed my sister Gladdis, mersey, that's terribi1.
 sed pop, ha ha, that's the funnyest thing I've seen sints y1re nnothir tryed to ride a bysicki1.in IS 99.
 Goodniss, sW1llyum, its wundir you woodent dig up sum ainshent history vile yure about it., sed ma.
 And sat down in my place and Gladdis sed, wy farthir. yure not reeIy going to let him sit down that way are you.
 Wy not. 9sed pop. they say a, littel Hitter at n1eels is bettir than a hole buckit of terbasko sauce, and we scr ten1y have a conikiI spectikil in our midst, ha. ha ha, as T. think I remark ed, haven't seen enything so funny sintS yura mOthir tryed her. luck avn bysickfI in 1899.
 Yes, and we awI herd you remark it, sed ma, I don't see the sIitest nec- sesserty of repeeting it.
 Farthir, posertively I cant look at him and injoys my suppir, sed G1addis.
 We'll don't look at me then, sed.
 Its not yure bewty that makes me look at you bIeeve me, sed Gladdis, and for hevvin sakes stop making fa- ses, yure hoamly enuf without that, goodnfss noz-
 We'll if you dident look so hutch you woodent seeso mutch, sed, mak- ing anuthir wun.
 F.arthfr. look at him. sed Giaddis, hes jest spelling my appertite, that's what hes doing, I nevvir saw such looking thing in my life.
 Then you nevvir saw mutch, I gess T. sed.
 Benny, in the grate cawse of yewnf- versn peece, sed pop, perhaps you bet tir inkwire yure way to the bathroom and push your part back to the left. side ware publick opinion seems to think it belawngs, ha ha ha-
 Wieh went upstares and did, srnak-. ing anuthir fase at Gladdis avn the way out, beefng the fearsest fase yet, only. she pertended she didentt see me make it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
CASES OF INTEREST

JOHNSON GRASS ON sECONTTGU- OUS's IAND.=As contention that land separated from a railroad right of way by a parallel public road which was condemned from the landowner was not contiguous to the right of way, within the meaning of a statute per mitting recovery by contiguous land owners from railroad companies per mitting Johnson grass to mature on it's land, twas held zunsound, as the fee of the public road still remained in the landowner. Judge Rice of the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, in In- ternationaI & G, N. R. Co. vs. Boles 161 Southwestern Reporter, 914, in very interesting discussion, in part saying: 'sThe writer, however, speak ing for himself only, is also inclined to the view that appellee's tract of land in contemplation of this statute was contiguous to appellants right of way, irrespective of whether OF not he owned the fee to the strip of land over which this public road ran. While it is true. as contended by. -appea1Ent. that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
NATIVE BRIDGPORTER, LEADING PHYSIGIAa $
 BEAD IN HEN BRETAIa
CrNew Britain Correspondencs Of EIsr5-
 ford Tfmes1

| ford Times.1
 Dr. William W. Bracket. ono Of tts
 best-known physicians in the citv.
 died Tuesday afternoon at his home al
 No. 2s Court street, following an lIl-
 ness of five weeks duration Of ualig-
 nant endocarditis. The deceased war
 Al years of age. He was a. native of Bridgeport, but spent the grea4er Dart of his early life in Hartford, where ha
 uated from the Hartford public his1 school He entered Jefferson Medl- cal school, and after his graduation
 he opened up practice in Upper Ls- high, Penn He later took @ post- graduate course in the New Fork Postgraduate school He came co thss city in 1902 and from the outset be made himself very popular At tna time of Mayor Lauder's first admin istration hes was appointed health of~ oce very faithfully for three years. For the past three yearg he has been the medical inspector fin the public schools He was past president- Or the Society of Regular PhysioiauB and a member Of the Hartford County and 8. member of the American Medical so- cfety and of Centennial lodge A. W and A. M., and served as home phFsi- elan at the New Britain General hos pAIdA SAncS 4SVo- Ae SpoEe on FaFlo4a occasions at the r. M- c. A. on frsl aid to the injured Dr. Braolzett G. survived by his wife and a son. who is student in the New Brftalr hfg1 school, his mother, two brothers. Dr A. s. Bracket of Bristol and Dr. D. S. Bracket of Providence, R. l., ana a sister, Mrs L. A. Lippttt oG DaGrula Mich His father, the late D. a. Bracket of Hartford, died very s1s- denly April 3, while on a visit to hls son in Bristol The information r7as not imparted to the son in this eff- owing to his precarious condition. me funeral was held yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
ID. s. ARRANGES FOR TRANSPORT SERVICE
War Department Believed to Have Applied For Mer-
 chant Vessels.

It is stated on good authority that
 the War Department has already
 made overtures to the American and Red Star lines for the. use of their Am erican registered vessels in the event of it being necessary to trans I port troops and anmunitions to Mex lico.
 The American line has four vessels under American registry St
 Louis, the St. Paul the New York and the Philadelphia-alI of which are
 capable of making eighteen knots. 1 The Finland and the @Kroon1and, of the Red Star linea carrying the Amer 1 ican flag, are as equally speedy. All
 six are now in the transatlantic ser
 vice and the entire fleet could be 1 pressed into duty for the government
 within a. period of two weeks.
 Marine men scout the idea that the War Department may find itself badly l handicapped because Of a lack of
 American registered vesseIs- They
 say that more than enough Amerfcan l vessels could be m ustered into service
 within three days to transport the entire United States army This a,p- 1 plies, they say, to either coast. BIG VESSELS ON COASE ] The Manchuria. of 20,71s gross ton l mage and the biggest vessel in the Pa cific trade, sails under the merican l B. 639 gross tonnage, her sister ship, the Mongolia, and the Siberia, of I1,284 gross tonnage. The three former ves- sells are of a greater gross tonnage than any American registered vessel on the Atlantic. The magnificent
 fleet of the American-Hawaii Steam ship Company on both coasts is also at the disposal Of the government.
 The St Louis and St. Paul already have a war history, as< both saw ac-
 tive duty during the Spanish-Ameri-
 can hostilftfesa They were used at Officials of the Americans line ex- pressed themselves as doubt tfu1 over the prospects of their fleet being press ed into service by sthe, government. as they believe the War Department is
 amply provided with transportation fa- ci1itiess Any overtures made for their vessels at the present time,t they say, woi11d merely be as 8 precautionary measure.
 EXPECT TO. NEED TRANSPORTS l Naval authorities however, believe
 that it will be necessary to press
 some of the American registered mer- l chantmen into service on the Pacific coast because of the heavy movement
 of troops and supplies which may be
 made from the California and Ore gon depots to Mazatlan and other
 points on the west coast of Mexico l The progress of wireless telegraphy has usurped the place Of 8 despatch boat, which played such prominent l part in the Spanish-American War Wireless was practically unknown al tthat time and with all means of com lmunieation cut off between the United States and Cuba scores of smaller yes < fse1s were pressed into service as des- fpatch boats. Many Of these were private yachts.
 The Salem, Birmingham, Chester Arkansas, New York, Utah and Flor
 Ida are capable of working direct by wireless from Tampico or Vera Cruz with the government station at Ar 1ington, or with the stations in Key West, New Orleans. Havana, Kings ton and the Canal Zone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
PoKER sAvEs a1 -LTvEa.
Early Morning Players Gave Alarm
 for Y. M c. A. Fire.
New York sun.1


 Twenty-one occupants of ehs( Y. T1 C. A. building at Alaon, III, which wan destroyed by fire Saturday norniaa think they owe their lives to poke gmm@.
 The poker mgame was not played fn the '. M c. A. building. It was play ed across the street, and lt was fl- rectly. due to this session Of sraSrr many do you want2v' that several men were awake at this hour and fr n position to sound an alarm pronsNtlv and help the sleeping oppouenes of poker and kindred vices to escape
 It Is one of the sad features of fEa lire that this little band Of heroes cannot be comm ended for their p.rrr1rr action Not a solitary man cougd ae found yesterday in old hurpbsrfres Alton, or any of the little AIfon1 w1 1 would admit that he was one of lra poker playing heroes.
 The anonymous aports. however. fff gallant work, and raced into tbe '. 1r e. A. building, spreading the ala1r. The office, where the tefephone seaarTr. was ablaze, so one man. who a rsr minutes before, had been ffFtinn Hltf stradghts and hushes. ran to ths rr- lice station and gave the alarm in ffa old-fashioned way. as ft waa done De- fore telephones were inverted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
sFHds EGas oN WATHR sTRIaEr.

An overloaded truck fsbelonginEs to 4rhe BEidgeport Coldssf Storage xsod1n4 pany was being drawn. down W.ader
 street about six o'clock Thur z9Ay when it struck a paving block that s5utted up above the others. Nine Ecases Of eggs containing 270 dozen eggs were spilled over the street The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
WHAT UNCLE JOE DID NOT
 KNOW.

(From the Wall Street Journal)
 Ex-Speaker Cannon says he "can't understand" why New York papers support the administration on canal tons If he could he might have held his job. 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

driver got down from his seat to pick them up but he only found scram b1ed eggs forshis troubIes A dishpan was pressad into service and the mess carefully scraped up before the vasg- on proceeded on it's way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

English paint manufacturers have found oil made from seeds of Brazil ian rubber trees an acceptable substi- tute for linseeds oil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

In every LOGO marriages 1oaenarsz-.- in Great Britain. z1 are betweeis rr.- cousins. Among the nobility fl.r rzfr is much higher amoun4ing te 4E l LOCO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

ting his third set Of teeth at the age of 70.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

Prof. Frederick F. Harrington. .ss4of Columbia, has accepted the chair of pedagogy at Yale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

Atlantic .City,s slogan will be: Check thek baby and bathe in com fort
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26
North New Home.

Mrs. Matte Richmond left Thurs.
day to stay few weeks with Mr.
land Mrs. Bassett, of the Virginia
neighborhood.
Brick Mccoy sowed grass seed
Friday.
Nell Campbell spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks in Butler.
Glen Maloney of Nevada spent last
week at the home of Merritt Pickett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linendoll and son
Albert spent a very pleasant day at
Orval Pickett's Sunday.
Bud Berry is still working on Bob
Sprouts house.
Walter Smith sold calf to Walter
Strein Tuesday.
Mrs. McCormack's brother of Rails
county Mo. is visited with them for
a few days.
Robert Osborne spent Monday
night at the home of his brother
Earl.
Mrs. Cliff Chart and baby have
been on the sick list with bad cold.
Albert Linendoll spent Monday
night with Orval Pickett.
Mrs. Maud Martin has three more
weeks of school at Lost Corner.
= Grandma Pickett has returned to
her home at Claude Berry's from
Colorado where she has been visit
ing at the home Of her son Bob for
oyeria year.
Frank Smith visited at John Nc
Kissick's Sunday.
Milt Reeves and wife spent Sun
day with Cliff Chart.
John Phelps said that he had burn
d half load of coal and Ike Kelly
Two loads OF wood since the storm.
Wonder if they have any left for the |
next storm, if so we will know where
y 60 as all Of our wood is showed
lnder. COR.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26
States New Flag is Shown fol-
First Time in St. Louis on
WashingtOn's Birthday.-'


Adit Gen. John B. -O'Meara Sum
day permitted the new State flag of
Missouri to assist ''Old Glory" in
concentrating Washington's Birth
day. The two flags were in evidence
decorating the home Of the military
head of the State 5347 Cabanne
avenue, and they attracted much at
tention, says the St. Louis Republic.
The new official State flag was Gre
ated by the Forth-seventh General
Assembly in 1918 and is rectangular
in shape.
The emblem of the State has one
red, one white and one blue horizantal
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

The State Board of Equalization
will meet in jefferson City, February
25th. The total valuation of real
estate and personal property was
fixed last year by the board at S., 567,-
7US. 600.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

Federal Judge Smith Mcpherson,
who has been seriously ill in Kansas
City for the past few days, lays his
indisposi. ion to eating oysters and not
to what General Barker made him
swallow.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

St. Joseph, NO., Feb. 20.-William
D. Rusk. Judge of the circuit court
here and prominent in Missouri legal
circles, died today Of pneumonia. He
was 63 years old and a native of Ken
tucky.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

Ruth Keehn, six.year-old Kansas
City girl, has just completed hike to
San Francisco, Cal. She shows no
i'll effects from her strenuous trip.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

l.
Mrs. Harry Crumb Of Kansas City
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. j.. A.
Grimsley.
E. 7. Burge and family and Geo.
Butler and family spent Sunday at the
home Of J. D. Winery.
Mr.. and Mrs. /Conard visited the
Grand View School Friday evening.
Miss Iva Ayres spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
T. J. Wheeler spent Saturday and
Sunday with homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Balm of Amoret
spent Sunday with Sam Grimsley.
Carl Grimsley spent Monday at C.
F. Lent's.
Geo. Lewellen had sick horse
Sunday night
Mrs. Lewis Lent's sister is visiting
with her at present.
Tommy Grimsley was sick last
Saturday night.
Rosebud, Sunshine and Beauty.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

The corner stone of the handsome
new First Christian church at Clinton
was laid February 18th.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

~
Mr., Charles H. Rush and Miss Jes.
sic Mawson were united in marriage
at the Mawson home in the north part
OF this township Wednesday evening
February 18th, 1914, at g., o'clock.
The Methodist minister Of Archie Of
ficiating
The Mystic Workers Of the World
held their annual banquet at Bowman's
hall last Thursday night and it proved
to be very enjoyable affair.
Virginia and Grand
View Pick-Ups
1t seems like winter has come at
last.
Miss Luella Conard spent Satur-
day and Sunday with home folks.
Fred Roberts who is working at
Fuller, Kansas, spent one day last
week with home folks. ~
The dance at j. A: Grimsley's Sat
urday night was well attended.
Little Doris Roberts has been very
sick but is some better at present.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

The condition Of former Lieut.. Gov.
j. F. Gmelich OF Boonville is growing
worse. His family and doctors have
,piven up hope of his recovery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

!. The ladies' of Harrisonville's Civic
Improvement Association are cireulat-
ing a petition to the railroads for a
union depot at that city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26
Missouri News III Brief

GWS III oEl6I
3 Washington, D. c., Feb. 20. Sen
ator Reed today made an appointment,
for an interview with President vii.
son next Thursday. It is probable
that he will then submit to the Presi-
dent a list'of his recommendations OF
; candidates for appointment to Federal
offices in Mispouri.
Miss Effie F. Mitchell recently sold
24O acres Of land four miles south of
Bolton, Mo..to Frank G. Robinson,
vice.president of the National Reserve
Bank, for $50, 600 cash. Mr.. Robin.
son is junior member Of the Ryan.
Robinson Live Stock Commission
4 Company at the, stock yards. X. c.
Journal.
It is rumored that Col. James Nc.
Cord is to be drafted as the Demo-
cratic nominee for mayor of St. JOS
eph, and some knowing ones profess
to believe that he may be induced to
accept the nomination. So far Col.
McCord has refused to commit him.
SELF he having on several other &C.
casions refused to accept nomina-
ton.
Brookfield, No., Feb. Platter
celebrating eight hours and half,
the jury in the case of Miss Harriet .
Myers against Rev. w. C. Atwood, !
reported late this afternoon, in favor /
of the minister, who had been accused
of kissing the girl against her wishes. !
Miss Myers had sued for 5000 dam /;
ages. q
Judgs w. H. Allen, after long ill., Q
ness from uraemic trouble, passed h
away at his home in Windsor at 6 a
o'clock Sunday evening. He was rs t
years old. Judge Allen possessed a "
wide acquaintance all over Henry IA
county, and during his active years m
vas prominent in the upbuiding and b,
development Of the county. He was a,
/ member of the county court at the re
ime of the building of the present SC
curt house. Clinton Democrat. OF
Among the most notable long. IN
rawn.out Missouri litigations was a SO
cries of suits between Charles Bobb IN
nd his son, John, which extend over ia'
nirty-four years. The case, began in 81
I. Louis in 1869 and ended in 1903,
hortly before the elder Bobb died
lis son died about five years later.
is stated that about $3.50, 600 was
pent in the litigation. The contest ga
vas over property held in the name M
+ Charles Bebb's first wife, mother CO
John Bobb. ia
The overcharge suit of $1,000, 900 h.
rought against the Missouri Pacific ov
ailway Company by Attorney Gen. 20,
raj Barker has been set for hearing -
the Cole county circuit court for .t<
thursday, March 5. The Attorney Az
eneral will insist on an immediate -,
caring of the case and the appoint =,
ent of a Master in Chancery, so that -,
aims for excess freight and passen-
,r payments may be filed with him.
he St. Louis, Iron Mountain &: South
n also has been sued for $4,000, 600
Poplar Bluff, Butler County.
Willis Hill shot and killed Roy OAR
,g Tuesday night about II o'clock
the latter's home on South Grand.
he killing was the result of bad
God between the two young men,
cir first quarrel occurring about two
,ars ago. It was then Darling
reatened the life of Hill. Darling,
seems was hitter AGAINST It'll ho.l
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

Missouri ranked fourth among all
States in 1913 for amount of cotton
wood timbeE placed on the market.
The output was approximately H.
coo, 900 feet. 1t, at SIG. SO a thousand
feet, was worth $196,32O.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

When Alexander NJ Dockery was
running for Congress several years
ago, he found that there was GER
tain lrshman in his district who stead
fastly refused to accord him his sup
port. So it was with much surprise
that Mr.. Dockery learned from Pat
just before election day that he was
going to give him his vote. .I'm
glad to hear that Pat" said he, TOR /
had rather began to think you was
against me-" "Well, sor, said Pat,
to tell yees the truth, Oh was; and
when We stood by me pigpen and
talked that day for two hours or
more, zee didn't bulge me hairs
bridth. But, sor, after We was gone |
away l got to thinkin how yees
reached yer hand over the fince and
scratched the pig on the back till he
.runted at it. Oh made up me moind
hat whin mon was so gentle and
as to tickle pig, Oh wasn't
he mon t vote against him. Cal
attn Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

!. Frank Leet, Of Urich, is having a.
::;reries of long distance checker games
by mail with J. w. Spaulding Of
HowardStOwn, XIV.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

z Thomas A. Edison denies the re-
port that he intends coming to Mis-
souri, to prospect the Ozarks for rad
1 INN
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26
Henry county dairy enthusiasts have
formed a Dairy Association.

Monet, Mo-, will vote on the adop-
ton of the commission form Of gov
eminent Thursday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

Missouri Il
Henry county dairy enthusiasts hav
formed Dairy Association.
Monet, Mo-, will vote on the adop
ton of the commission form of gov
eminent Thursday.
The corner stone of the handsom,
new First Christian church at Clinton
was laid February 18th.
z Thomas A. Edison denies the re
port that he intends coming to Mis-
..souri to prospect the Ozarks for rad
'Aium.
!: Frank Leet, of Urich, is having {
:reries of long distance checker games
by mail with J. w. Spaulding Of
.Howardstown, Ky.
!. The ladies' of Harrisonville's Civic
Improvement Association are cireulat'
ing.a petition to the railroads for a
union depot at that city.
The condition Of former Lieut.. Gov.
j. F. Gmelich OF Boonville is growing
worse. His family and doctors have
'given up hope of his recovery.
Ruth Keehn, six.year-old Kansas
City girl, has just completed hike to
San Francisco, Cal. She shows no
i'll effects from her strenuous trip.
Federal Judge Smith MCPHERSON,
who has been seriously i'll in Kansas
City for the past few days, lays his
indisposi. ion to eating oysters and not
to what General Barker made him
swallow. ~
St. Joseph, NO., Feb. 2O.-William
D. Rusk. Judge of the circuit court
here and prominent in Missouri legal
circles. died today Of pneumonia. He
was 60 years old and a native of Ken
lucky.
The State Board of Equalization
will meet in jefferson City, February
25th. The total valuation of real
estate and personal property was
fixed last year by the board at 81, 567,- |
708, 600.
Missouri ranked fourth among all
States in 1918 for amount of cotton
wood timbeLplaced on the market. 9
The output was approximately 49, .
acc, 600 feet. 1t, at SIG. SO a thousand :.
feet, was worth $196, 800. 9
Laura Young, formerly a maid in a S
1otel at Washington, Iowa, and who
S said to have married Merrick L. l
White In St. Louis in 1885, is sought 8
by j. L. Collins of St. Louis, as heir v
70 an estate of SIS, OOO Republic q
:, The annual meeting Of the Fedora q
ion OF Missouri Commercial Clubs
viii be held in jefferson City March b
% and II, when plans will be formu- R
ated for the development of Mis- e
ouri's almost inexhaustible resources ii
The delegates will arrange an adver- T
ising program to boost Missouri. G
The committee for the Supervision n
+ Commercialized vice in St. Louis II
) preparing an anti-vice bill along the Ct
mes of the Kenyon bill, to be intro =
uced into the next Missouri legisla-
lre. The Kenyon act strikes at the el
wners of property used for immoral d
urpOseS.
Capt. F. P. Bronough, formerly of lii
oonville and a veteran of the Civil al
Var, died in st. Louis Friday. Capt. T
ronaugh was veteran of the Con- bl
'deracy and native Of Virginia. He tn
Nv active service in many battles of "
Re Civil War as captain of the Six til
enth Missouri Infantry. it
n
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26

Laura Young, formerly a maid in
hotel at Washington, Iowa, and who
is said to have married Merrick L.
White In ST. Louis in 1885, is sought
by j. L. Collins of St. Louis, as heir
TO an estate of $75. OOO. -Republic.,