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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
George Crabbe, English Poet, HonOred By His Townsmen To-day.


 It was just a century ago to-day, on June 3, 1914. that George Crabbe, the English poet, was inducted as rector Of the church at Trowbridge. Wiltshire, and the centenary will be httingly co1nnern orated by the peo- pie of that town. Crabbe held the rectory of Trowbridge until his death in 1882, a, period of eighteen years. and it was there that much of his best literary work was accomplished. Crabbe's poetry has never enjoyed a widespread popularity on this side of the Atlantic, but in this country, as in Great Britain, there s still a mi nority to whom the simplicity and pathos of his verses make a power full appeal
 Crabbe was In his sixtieth year when he became rector of Trow bridge and took up his residence in the quaint and oId-fashioned rectory which was to be his home to his dyIng day. The rectory, with it's high pitched gables and tiled roofs and air of detachment from the life of the twentieth century, still stands and will be the center of to-day's observ- ance in Crabbe's honor.
 During the eighteen years of his occupancy of the rectory Crabbe rare ,Iy left the rectory grounds. His lit erary 1abors began only after the oth- CT members of the household had re- tired. After all was quiet he settled himself in his library. At such times he always had a. snuff-box and a de- canter of brandy close at hand, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
TIE POWER OF THE SMALL STOCKHOLDERS

ID EGENT DEVELOPMENTS in the railroad IN world emphasize the insignifi- canoe of the small stoekhoIder. He is a pawn in the chess play of giant forces. Nevertheless he has weapon of which even the Morgans and the Mellens and the Harrimans are fear fuI, and that is his tongue.
 The ideal of the magnate is a meeting where the directors appear with 8 sheaf of about 437 542 proxies in their pocket all for the old management In the old days there were many stockholders from Missouri. The man with five shares and an inquiring turn of mind could make more trouble than the railroad presidents could oil over in a year.
 Tn these later days of vast combinations, it has seemed useless for the average small stock holder to attend the.meeting of his company In the majority of cases he lived too far away. If he did take trouble to be present, everything was slated, greased, and expedited. The reports were bewildering arrays of big booming fig ures, not particularly lucid or comprehensible. They made his head ache. By the time he had his spectacles wiped and had begun to per luse the report, the business was done, and the meeting adjourned.
 Railroad magnates are much like other peo- pie. With all their sagacity, they make mis- takes. They lay Napoleonic plans, which run counter to some plain fact of human nature. tinent comment, to which the most competent stockholder may welllistenr
 The small stockholder then serves his own interest we'll when he spends some time in per- lusing the reports of his company, and studying the plans and methods of the management Ev- en though he may be ridiculed as the mere owner of five or 10 shares, he be sure that a host of other and larger stockholders are glad If he speaks out in meeting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03

aided the muse by helping himself literally from both at frequent in terva.ls. Such indulgences, so shock ing in a clergyman, doubtless serious ly affected his health, for he was only seventy eight when he died.
 The Village was the work which made Crabbe famous and secured for him an Introduction into the literary and fashionable circles of eminence and fame. After a time he tired of such associations with the great, anc at Trowbr1dge he lived a quiet and al most hermit-like life. Besides "The Village he wrote several other poems of a domestic character, in- cIudfng .Inebriety,'' The Candidate, "The Library The Newspaper" stThe Parish Register s"The Bor- ough," "Tales in Verse; and Tales of the Hal1.''
 Crabbe was not great poet, but the gentle, kindly, domestic spirit re- f1ected in his verse fully entities him to the recognition to be accorded him by his townsnnen of a later genera ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
GRANT AGAINST LEE HALF CENTURY AGO

~NE OF THE most terrible battles of the A0 American civil war was fought at Gold Harbor, Va, just half century ago today It was Grant against Lee, and it was the great mistake of Grants military career-a blunder a1m0st as tragic as the charge of the Light Bri- gade. Grant hurled his army against Lees i'm pregnable works along the Chickahoniny, and after thirty minutes of terrible carnage in voIvihy a Union loss of 13,OOO and Confeder- ate loss of a tenth that number, the attacking army was thrown pack, in deTeat and disaster Some hours later Meade ordered a renewal of the attack, but the northern army, sullen, si- lent and fmmobile, refused to again immolate itself Not man stirred when the orders were given, and the officers stormed, threatened and pleaded in vain. The defeat at Gold Harbor, and the mutiny of the army, caused Grant to change his tactics, and thenceforth he closed in steadily on Lees army, avoiding such useless charges as he had made at Cold Harbor and within a year the Confederate army was crush ed into submission. The anniversary of this Confederate victory is also the birthday of Jeff ferson Davis, which is celebrated as holiday all over the South
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
DERBY YOUTH, ESCAPED FROM REFORAIATORY, IS
 KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN

DanburH. Conn. June s-rhe young man who died late last night at Poughquag, N. r., across the state line as the result of being struck by a freight train, was positively identi- fed today as William Hea1ey, aged 1s, of Derby.
 Hea1ey escaped Monday from the state reformatory at Cheshire. Iden- tification was made certain by a de- scription of the missing youth and of tattoo marks he bore. telephoned from the reformatory to the coroner at Poughquag. The body, it is expected, will be sent to Derby for burial.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
The FIy~style Hair Roll

This new type of woven wire foundation for the coiffure will meet with the approval of many women. The wire roll has two combs ait tached which secure the roll to the head, and of course it is quite sani- tary. There is no weight to it. therefore it will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03

Though only 700 veterans of the great civil strife may now be able to face the sun and dust and tread the wearisome pavements to in spire their grandchildren with patriotic ardor they are not the only figures in the public eye on Memorial Day. The souls of those who have passed the boundaries of time go march ing on, and the garlands of a peoples gratitude decorate the shrines in which their memories are held sacred--New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
ODe DUR Rad e.
 EAealHrzl6alT Av
White T ailored Skirts
 4l XAya.LuL1. X/..;.4..

The Coat and Suit Rooms offer large line of useful White Skirts to wear with separate blouses. These are of Linen and various weayes of serviceable Cotton which adapt themselves to clever tailoring. They are made on easy, straight lines often with slight fullness in the back at the waist line, and are of width to all low free stepping. Stitched folds and white pearl or self-covered buttons with some unusual cut of belt or fastening lappet are the only dis tinctive marks. They are made for everyday, common wear, to endure numerous visits to the Of plain White Linene, imitation linen, $2.00 Of good quality White Repp, trimmed with but tons S2.25, S25O White Bedford Cord, with deep tunic, rows of small buttons and the senblance of two small pockets, well tailored, $500 White Ratine of fine heavy quality,
 S2.75 and S398
 floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
HIRAMs QUEST.

''Why does Hiram dig around so among those old Canadian records ?''
 '.1e wants to get something on the Weather Bureau. He opines they predicted drouth the day before the flood started. .''-SeattIe Post-IntelIi- geneer.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08

ISAAC REBEcCA WEDDING"-The John Eno
Church. Columbia Fifteenth
streets northwest,
WORTH MAN"-The Church.
Ninth and streets northwest, r.
MOTHER CHRISTINE Montgomery Metro
poitan NJ E. Church. John Marshall place and c
"JAC0BS CONFESSON-The Rev w. H. NJ E. Church.
Fourth and D streets southeast,
EPhESUS"Ihe Weaver, Church.
Ninth northwes, P.
PREACHER IN HADES"-The Thompson, NJ
Church, Third and A streets northeast, m.
LETTERS"-The William v. Maalieu
Cturch,
HOUR"-The w NJ
the Presidents
Church. Columbia
PR0GaESSTh J. Palmer Washington
Presbyterian Church. Kalorama and Columbia
Covenant, Eighteenth N northwest p
Il E. Buatage
North Capitol snG Florida avenue 74s p
PRZEThe W. Spooner
urch and c streets southwest,
"ANnTREE CHANCE"The Rev J. J. Muir, Temple Baptist
n g. northwest p m.
Ctuc Christ Scientist, Union building
and Seventh streets northwest F.
THOMAS EENpS'-The Rey Wallace Radcliffe
F5estyci3r avenue,
The MARKET PLACE" H. Baldwin jr,
Congregational Church. Tenth and northwest, N.
RECKi ESSNESS Rev John Briggs
Baptist Church, Jas
JUDGMENT Washington Baptist Church,
Thrtyfr and streets northwest, 7:4s
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson Does
Honors for Secretary
Of Labor-0thers
Aid Officials.
ELEANOR CONNOLLY.

Miss Eleanor Connolly. anoths: youn;
and attractive Congressional girl. de-
votes much Of her time 20 charities
and has done much in aid OF the Neigh
torhcod House,, Aside from these in
terests. Miss Connolly entertains In
their home in Nintecnthi street where
she is assisted by her younger sister
ard her mother. whu 10 IN Washington
for a part OF the winter. but who b
unable to serve as hostess for her
son.
In mentioning these Congressional
hostesses It seems incomplete to omit
Miss Z. p, WOOD sister Of .former Con-
gresham Wood Of New Jersey Miss
Wood presided for her brother for nine
years, and there probably never was .
more popular member of WashinSton's .
official society. Mr. Woods term Of
office expired a year ago. Mise Wood
not only was among the charter mem
still acting in the capacity Of treasurer
of the Colonial Danes Club. She Is
spending some time in washington nov,
having come for the Congregational
breakfast of a week or two ago. and
some business In connection with the
Colonial Danes Club.
Probably the youngest hostess In AL
Washington society is Miss Helen Wal
cott, daughter Of the Secretary Of the
Smithsonian. Miss Walcott Is q de-
butante of this winter, and Is enc Of
the most capable young women IN
Washington. Ever since her mothers .
death. several summers ago. Miss Wal
cott has presided for her father As II
happens. Miss Walcott and Miss Nc
Adoo have become close friends, and
share the same social secretary MIS-
Laura Harlan -.-
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Evenit1Q Services in Uarious Churches OF Capital

oURSELvES"-The Rev H. " How
Baptist southeast
MOST INTERESTING THING l SAW IN FREDERICKSBURG
Centennial Baptist Church. Eighth and
northeast, m.
DEM0cRACYSeceay of State Bryan Westminster
Church southwest, p
RIVERTh Dunham Western Presbyterian
Nineteenth Twentieth
MISSONARY"Miss M. Eastern
Sixth northeast
UNREASONABLENESS UNsEilEF"Martin A. Morrison,
Eleventh y northwest, m.
SABBATHL. Shidy, All Souls Unitarian
Church, and
OF THE NEW THEOLOGY AND THE NEW
AGE"-The Rev New Church,
OF IMMORTALIrY"The c.
Herbert Church. Eighteenth
Circle, p
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
JAMIE SLEMP.

hostesses Miss slemp. sister Of Con-
gressman c. Bascom Slenp Of Vir-
ginia: Miss Jessie T. Brown, daughter
of Congressman William G. Brown, jr.,
also of Virginia, and Miss Eleanor Con-
molly, sister If Congressman Maurice
Connolly of Iowa.
Miss Slemo has spent the last six
seasons in Washington and On account
of mourning FOR the first several years.
did not participate TO am extent IN the
social life. but this year she has taken
an apartment in the Burlington and
has taken an active part in everything.
and especially the social activities Of
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Capt. Byrne Improves
Under Radium Course

Capt. Michael lHrne, OF the Sixth
police precinct. who is taking the
radium treatnt mt for cancur from pr.
Trnman Abhe. noted specialist. IS
impruvirg. ''ni .lin Eyrn" is more
cheerful than ever. and though little
aITarent change can h1 noted in the
appearance of the cancer OF his upper
LIP. DR.. Able says that he is resnnnd-
ing to the treatment. Captain Byrnc
feds that he will recover. and he
tells Ills men who call on him that
he IS much better.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08

the Congressional Club, Of which she
is an officer.
Miss Brown has really had her first
season in Washington as a hostess this
year. During the former years of her
fathers terms in Congress. she spent
little time in Washington, but last
summer she came here and has re-
manned at Congress Hall with her
father and has not only assisted in
caring for his CONSTITUENTS. his social
duties. but has had an interesting so
cial campaign Of her own Miss Brown
is in her twentie3 and one Of the tnost
attractive members of the Congressioa-
ri circle
The Washington times., 1914-03-08

work when she is not doing society.
And Agnes Hart Wilson neglects none.
Frances Lippitt. daughter OF the men,
Der OF the Senate from Rhode Island.
too. may be counted among the girl
hostesses in official life, although she
does not spend as much time in Wash
ington as at her home in Providence.
But that only adds to her responsible
ties, for she has TO look after both
residences.
Many Aid Congressman.
The Congressional contingent OF
Washington society counts among its
The Washington times., 1914-03-08

organization to fight the high cost Of
living for employees of the department
II its members adopt a plan which WAS
outlined last night by Herbert \. Smith.
chief OF the publications division of the
forest service.
Mr. Smith told of Cooperative p,ans
now followed in some OF lne bureaus
and told Of their benefits.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Miss Mona McAdoo, Prettiest
Girl of Administration,
Presides Over Her
Fathers Home.
By MARY EDNA MOVES.


| Did it ever occur to you What q
tremenduous amount Of RESPONSE
bility is hedped upon the shoulders
iof a wonldn pho is an official hos
tess and presides over a household
in Washington
| The cares and worries of the dc-
tudl running of any every day sort
of a house are generally enough for
one person; to say nothing of the
additional duties that the social part
of official life entails. And social
life is a necessary part of official
life. A mGtrOn of poise and e1-
perience Who finds herself in Wash
ington the wite of a Cabinet off,
Ger, a member of Congress, an Off,
Ger of the army or ndpy, or any of
the other numerous prominent per-
sonages of the Capitol, usually gets
stage fright before six months have
elapsed and wishes she Was back
in her own home town, where calls
are returned by the dozen and not
by the hundred, and tho or three
large parties a season instead of u
dinner, a luncheon, and at least one
tea party a day make up social
program.
Are Mere Girls
There are In Washington this season
! a number of official hostesses who are
mere girls. And the burdens of social
obligations along with the trials OF
housekeeping seem to rest SO iihty
that no one thinks much about it eN-
ccpt the girls themselves. som" of
these youthful hUstesses are scarcely
out OF school, and others have .athered
the experience of several seasons
Miss Mona NcAdoo, the daughter OF
the Secretary of the Treasury. said 20
be the prettiest girl Of the new Ad-
min!straticn. IS barely twenty years Of
age ard she Is mistress of her fathers
home She prcsides II, his dinner par
ties, receives the callers, returns calls,
manages the servants. and sees to the
actual running OF the establishment
they have taken in Massachusetts ave-
nd cfill has a her her
liluc sister. 'SaIlie Mc.hdoo,' and 20
keen an eye on the younger IrotheT
who is home. and write letters and send
Foxes to the other brother in ST. Pau S
School. Concord. y II. Then. too. re
ceiying the attentions of her many mas
c,:!:~e admirers uor they are legion IS
no small part of the scheme Of Things
Keeps Sister Quiet.
Fr, Guently. Wien Mis- N AdUu So,s
calling, she taxes her little sister, who
H. about ten years old. with he, and
when she Introduces her she explains
that Il is the only way she can keep heI'
out uf mischief. Miss Snllic r,th"r i,krS
the method. and. while she IS not what
one would call a "chatte:hoX." &hc Las
not only u ready answer on hand al
ways. but a taCtfui one. In fact. '.w
men in public life are hieS.rd with two
such diplomatic wOmeafvlk TO aid In
their career.
Agnes Hart Wilson. laughter OF the
Secretary OF Labor, is her fathers most
.ss on cunt of her nlnth"r's frail
health The care OF her mDthrr IL hut
rnc OF the countless responsibilities that
sall to u" lot of this most capable
Young person, who finds time to do the
greater part Of her fathers secretarial
The Washington times., 1914-03-08

The Ee1t article BY Kate Waller
Barrett on tie papIexing
problems that confront So
ciety entitled protecting Im-
migrant Girls" and which is
in trpo parts, Mill appear in
Mondays and Tuesdays issues
Of The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Home Plans Campaign to
Cut the Cost of Living

The Home Club. of the Department OF
the Interior. will become purchasing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
FLORIDA BEATS
SOUTH IN CARE
OF WAR HEROES
Gives 100000 a Year to Ex-
Confederate Pensioners and
Widows Of Soldiers.

JACKSONVILLE Feb. Effort
da pays out more money per capita
for the support Of dependent ex-Con-
federate soldiers than any other
Southern State. This fact should be
sufficient to convince x-confederates
everywhere that when they and their
descendants visit Jacksonville on the
occasion OF the twenty fourth annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans Association they viii be IN
the hands OF their friends. The re-
union win be held May s, and g.
The total OF 100000 per annum Is
being paid by the state for the sup
port of Confederate pensioners.
The average yearly amount paid to
each person on the pension list. ac-
cortling TO the latest report of the
State Board OF Pensions. Is Sl2l20.
Widows of Confederate soldiers draw
an average of $3.50 per annpm. There
are 2.63s soldier pensioners on the
rolls Of the state. and 2.221 widows
of Confederates
This brief exposition of the work
Florida is doing for the x-Confeder-
ate soldiers, living and dead, Is proof
that the people of the State VIII ex-
tend a warm and generous welcome
To the old soldiers ana their friends on
the occasion OF the Jacksonville re-
union.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
Make This and Try 1t
for Coughs
This Home Made Remedy Has No
Equal for Prompt
Results.

Mix one pint of graduated sugar
with u pint of warm water and stir
for 2 minutes. Put IN ounces of
Pinex (fifty cents WORTH in pint
bottle; then add the Sugar Syrup.
Take a teaspoonful every one, two
or three hours.
This simple remedy takes hold of
a cough more quickly than anything
else you ever used. Usually con-
quers an ordinary cough inside OF "a
hours. Splendid. too, for whooping
cough, spasmodic Group and bron-
chitis 1t stimulates the appetite and
is slightly laxative. which helps end
This makes more and better cough
syrup than you could buy ready
made for $3.50. 1t keeps perfectly
and tastes pleasant.
Pinex is a most valuable concen-
trated compound of Norway white
pine extract, and is rich in guaiacol
and other natural pine elements
which are so healing to the mem
branes Other preparations will not
work in this plan.
Making cough syrup with Pfnex
and sugar syrup Cor strained honey
has proven so popular throughout
the United States and Canada that 1t
is often initiated. But the old, sue
cessful mixture has never been
equaled
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction
or money promptly refunded, goes
with this preparation. Your drug
gist has PineX or will get 1t for you.
If not, send to The PineX Co, FIT.
Wayne, Ind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
CANARY LEARNS
To REPEAT OWN
NAME IN SONG
"Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Little
Twinkle" Chirps Bird to
Mistress BewiIderment.

WORCESTER. MASS. Feb. 21.-A
talking canary is owned by Mrs. Nell
lie Burrell, No. AZ Richards street.
Mrs. Burrell became the possessor
of the young canary, a bird appar-
emily differing in no wise from other
canaries in appearance or attain
ments, above three months ago.
The bird sang well and flooded Mrs
Burrells lonely little apartment with
music It's mistress in return Law
ished upon it care and attention She
fed it and tended it. even talked TO IL
by the hour as it hoped and chirruped
and whistled in the cage by the win
dow.
The bird was named Twinkle and
Mrs. Burrell often called it pretty
Twinkle, pretty little Twinkle Her
surprise may be imagined when few
days ago the bird repeated, Pretty
little Twinkle and again, more en-
phatically, Pretty, pretty, pretty lit
tie Twinkle"
zone evidence of Twinkle's intell-
gence." said Mrs. Burrell, who is
slightly hard of hearing, lis that
when Twinkle is alone with me he
talks a great deal louder than when
he is just showing off in company
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
Lazy? Then You've
Got a Fatigue Bug

BOSTON. MASS, Feb. 21,-Bewlre
OF the fatigue bug which is, accord
ing to physicians and scientists, about
the most insidiously perniclous little
destroyer OF the husman system yet
discovered
DIR William II. Waters. professor OF
pathology at the Boston University
School OF Medicine, as result of
Investigations declares that not only
Is fatigue the beginning OF toxic
condition OF the system, but that the
longer the fatigue continues the more
blocked becomes the system with the
poison thus generated. until eventual
~ general breaking down of the
entire health cusues He says;
Fatigue is the result OF excessive
amounts of poison turned into the
system,-the body is suddenly pois-
oned IL we rest the surplus poison
Is gradually carried away, but If we
continue TO keep our bodies in this
half poisoned Aate continually, in
time the whole system will BECOME
permanently affected BY it
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
GOV. BLEASE TO
BATTLE SMITH
IN SENATE RACE
South Carolina Politics Warming
Up-Six Candidates Already
Out for Governor.

COLUMBIA. S. c., Feb, 21.-As the
session of the General Assembly
draws near its close, politics are
warming up and nearly every other
man in the Senate and House has
some kind Of bee buzzing in his
bonnet With some it is the return
bee, while others are figuring on run
ming for other Offices in the gift of the
dear people"
Probably 40 other race is attract
ing more attention than the contest
for United states Senator, which. it IL
generally believed, will narrow down
To a battle between United States
Senator e. ID. Smith and Governor
Cole L. Biease.
There is some little talk of former
United States Senator John l.. Me-
Laurin. now a State Senator, as d
candidate, but it is not regarded as
likely that he win run. II Is probable
however that he will shortly an
nounce himself for Governor
Anent the senatorial race, friends
OF Governor Blease are wondering
what effect the State Insane Asylum
probe win have on his prospect Of
wearing the tcga This Is new ele-
AhShA NhsA mas pfti llJNtbeu htAb luf
campaign by the investigation
brought about by Blease,
Among those who are expected to
MAKE the gubernatorial race are John
6, Richards, OF kershaw, at present a
Railroad Commissioner; Mendel L.
Smith. of Camden. Speaker of the
House; Lieutenant Governor c. A.
Smith, of Florence; Richard /. Man
ming OF Sumter a former member of
the House. who made the race eight
years age. G. 2. Sims, professor OF
mathematics at Wofford College, w.
G.. irby a Representative from Lau-
rens County and a son of the late
United States Senator Irbv: Senator
John L. McLaurin and Olln NJ Saw
Yer.
Candidates for Lieutenant Govern
or include Representatives j. +. Lilies
OF Orangeburs; Howard Moore, Of
Abbevlle, and possibly E. Walker
Duvall, Of Chesterfield
Representative Stanley, OF Horny;
Lee. of Darlington, and Fortner Of
Spartanhurg. will run for Railroad
Commissioner