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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
LIT TILE BENNYsS
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape

Puds Eimlk3nses sissey cuzzin Persey star1d to kuna up vile us fellos was aWI setting avn my frunt stepsto- day hawking about the and wat we would say if we was asked wioh ar my we wood rathir lite with, and Red dy MeFfy sed. Lets pertend Persey is spy and lock him up in Benny's ves- terbu1e
 Wien jest then Persey calm up, saying, Hello, felIos.
 Helo, we aw1 sed. and Reddy Mer- fy sed, To arms. to arrnss hes spy.
 To arms, to arms, we awI yelled. zAnd we Jumped up and a.wl got CT round Persey and pushed him in my vesterbule, and shut the doar and kepp a hold of the doarnob so he eoodent open it.
 Lets make him say, Herray for Ing land. sed Sam Krawss
 No let's make him say. Herray fox Germany, sed Ed. Warnick
 And sum Of the fellos wuntid him to say Herray for Ingland and sum wuntid him to say Herray for Ger many and we kepp avn holding the aftir a vile we compromised avn Mexicko. avy1 calling in to the spy, say sE1erray for Mexicko, say Herra.y for Mexicko.
 Wich the spy didn't say enything and I called in. You bettr say it, ESs O4. N7 H4A4f AAA1 A1A G44z1ES VF1lI45 2 submareen and lot of cannins and blow you a.wI ovir the vestibuie- But Persey kepp avn not saving anything, and Reddy Merfy yelled. heysy ou spy you bettir say HerraJ for Mexicl1o quick or III kunn in thare and beet you up
 Now ISbet he will say 1t. awl rite, .seti Sid Hunt And we avI nssened but we dident heer enything. and Reddy Merfy aeds= forward martch, sve will go in and execute him.
 And. we quick opened the vester- buIe doare and awr ran in, and heer noboddy was in thare but us, avn ak kount of Persey not beeing thare.
 C. I bet he ran in the house, sed And we aw1 ran back to the kitchin. and Nora. beefng our cook, sed we'll. wats the neening of avvl this kslnntng tramptug throo the clean house
 Did you see Persey, I sed.
 He calm throo the kiechin and went out the back doar 10 minutes ago, now you kids cleer out of this. sed Nora.
 Wich we did
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
Fairfield County News,
Legacy of s1,1.s

Legacy of S1, ,1s3
 Mary A. Murray Of New York aunt Of Alice Bowne Pope Sutton of Will ton, left an estate of $590, ,s67 31 when cording to an appraisal of her estate. She left to Alice Bowne Pope Sutton, the Wilton niece. $1 ,17312. Hardly had the will and codIciIs been filed when two actions were started by the reIa- tives, one in the surrogates', the other in the supreme court, to prevent the carrying out of theA testatr1x wishes. The one in the surrogates' court charged fraud, undue Influence, un- sound mind, etc. The other in the supreme court, charged that the testa- trix had made, many years before, an agreement, in writing. with her nephew, Walter Bowne, that her en- tire estate, at her death, was to be dis tributedl equally between fourteen nieces and tnephews, he,4 at his own re- quest. being excluded from the dis trfbution- The proceedings were later withdrawn following a compromise out of court that al bequests under her will and codtctl be paid and that wo-thirds of the residue was to go to charitable institutions while the re- maintng lone-third was to be dfstrib+ uted among fourteen of the nieces and nephews.
 Injured by Cow.
 n Danbury hospital with several broken ribs as the result of an encounter with 8 COW Thursday afternoon Kolesar was alone at the time and he has no clear recollection of what happened From what could be learned from Kolesar and others in the vicinity, Kolesar was leading the COW to the road. The COW either hooked him which caused him to fall to the ground. !. sustaining the injuries, or else the COW kicked him.
 A Close Call.
 Edwin Kaiser of North Wilton had close call last week, when cutting trees with his father, J. B. Kaiser A branch of the tree struck his upturned axe and brought the sharp tool down on his neck, making a. terrible wound. MT. Kaiser hurried his boy to Ridge field, where the wound was sewed LID and the young man will soon be able to resume his duties.
 Another New Dam.
 The center and eastern sections of passing away of the so-called Saw mill City,, owing to the purchase there of land, mill buildings and water rights by the Bridgeport Hydraulic company, in view of the erection of a proposed large dam. This also, prob ably means the dismant1ing of the mill ponds and saw mills of Theodore Hub bell and Edwin c. Shelton, to the north of the above named district.
 200 Chickens Burned Thursday large hennery on the East Port Chester was destroyed by fire More than POO chickens were burned The origin of the fire is a mystery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
NOTICE

Taken by virtue oI an execution to me directed, and will be. sold at pub lie vendue to the highest bidder, at the public sign post in the Town of Bridgeport. fourteen days after date, which will be on Monday, the 9th day of April, 1915, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy said Exscu- tion and my fees thereon, the follow ing described property to wit:
 1 Yacht, named Rega4na, sale to be held at 1o5 Kossuth St, in rear of Bridgeport Motor Co.
 Dated at Bridgeport, this 22nd day of March, 1915.
 JOSEPH F. WELLER, Deputy Sheriff of the County of Fair
 field. 2s s"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
FOR SALE

All of the real estate of Burr 8 Knapp, consisting of cottages, two and three family houses and vacant lots, located in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Strat- ford and Milford. Also one-tz1ird i'm terest in the factory property located at the northwest corner of South Ave nue and Water Street. Lists may be obtained at The Title Guaranty and Trust Company, 993 Broad Street.
 J. o. CHAMBERLAIN,
 Trustee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
OUR TOWN
 EWS LEI l FER
Special to the F'aru1er. }

Nem4own, March s1-A- FL Pat ters0n and wife have completed ne~ gotatfons for the purchase of the Edward T Clark homestead in South Center district from the owner, Mrs Allen of Bridgeport. It is expected shat the deeds will De passed this week. The price paid Is said to be the amount of the appraised valuation as presented to the court of probate.
 " Cook Of Stratford, A veter- Of the 10th Conn. regiment Of in fantry is vfsftfng his daughter, Mrs. F. Reynolds of Walnut Tree Hill and incidentally renewing friendship with local veterans
 Mir and Mrs. George B. Wilson re- turned from their wedding trip Mon day evening, and a party of IS friends made them welcome at the home of the groom's parents; Mr.. and Mrs George R. Wilson of Tsun- tor- During the reception the happy pair were surprised by a shower of kitchen utensils and other presents from the assembled friends
 sA4F D. e. Hough, Norwich, Miss Jane Smith and Miss Jacobs of Brid geport were recent guests of Mr and Mrs A H. Patterson.
 Mrs. $. B. Camp is confined to the house by severe attack Of grip.
 Frederick Foote Johnson from the Saufordf school. Reading and Benja- min Smith from the Massachusetts Agricultural college are spending the Easter vacation in town
 simon j. Cannon who died In Bridgeport was a member of St Roses church while residing in Mon roe and WAS we'll known to our townspeopIe. The burial will be in St. Roses cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife and three chill 1ren- One brother. P. H. Cannon resides in NeWtown-
 MT. and Mrs H A. Young of Tal1r- son are Eeported to have given an ops ton on their farm to an out Of town person who is expected to close the sdeaE this week.
 Miss Florence Gaffney; teacher of the Walnut Tree Hill school, is spend- ing part of the Easter vacation in Bridgeport. a guest Of her aunt, Mrs. John Brown.
 Mrs. e. F Brew has returned from visit of a few days in the metropolis
 Tn a court hearing before a local justice last week the prosecuting att torpey objected to one of. the witness es smoking in the court room, and he turned to the judge for an or der, there being no court officer in attendance. was surprised to note the ghost of q smile on the pleased feat uFes Of the judge. The attorney couldn't understand 1t, but the au- dlence did. The Judge had just re- moved a weed" from between his lips while the states representative voiced his objections. In the mean lime the offender had removed his cigar, and the pFoceedingsf went on smoothly to the end.
 The Jolly Two announce another of their pleasant socfables for April ' in the town hall.
 The Newtovzn A. c. basketball team just walked away from the High School team at the game last night in tlles town hall. John ". I1eavy, man. ager of the Blue Ribbons refereed the same Ehe score was 8 to 20 in favor Of the A. c. team
 Rev. William De Loss Love, Ph.D., president of the State Humane socie- ty lectured last night before the n1enss Federation of the Congrega- IionaI church. TTie lecture was H. illustrated by more than 100 stereopti- con views. A fair number were present and enjoyed the lecture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

scene Is laid in a haberdashery. Spe- cia1s scenery, 9andsome costumes and catchy music should prove attractive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
NOTICE

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed, and will be sold at pub lie vendue to the highest bidder, at the public sign post in the Town of Bridgeport, fourteen days after date which will be on Thursday, the sth day of April, 1915. at o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy said execution and my fees thereon, the following described property. to wit:
 One lot of hardware.
 Dated at Bridgeport, this 18th day of March, 1915.
 Attest:
 ANTONIO R. ABRTOLA, Deputy Sheriff of the County of Fair field. s 30 De
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

In a fire that destroyed their home at Clay City. Ky, William Lairson his two children and Miss Florence Charles, his housekeeper, were burned to death
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

During 1914 the Mutual Relief Asso- cIation of the Long Island Railroad paid out $70s932 to the 1885 employees and their families.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

The Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities is planning a campaign to raise $10o,0 900 in one week to aid des- titute Jews in the war zone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

Crazed by his attention to other wo~ men. Mrs. B. J. Sheffield, wife of a prominent physician of Blakely, Ga, shot and killed her husband
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

TO RENF-4 rooms with improve ments, 175 Herbert St Inquire Bertha Schwartz. ITS Herbert St.
 go dep
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

CELLARS put in sanitary condition at moderate prioe. Address w H. Jackson. Care of Farmer
 2s tt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

fake home. Addresss k E cssre of Farmer. S4z6s d&
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

Woelpper Co, members of the FhiladeIphia stock Exchange, failed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND BOUQUETS JOHN RICK & SON
 Telephone
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

SMART SPRING SUITS for men and young men. Credit for particular people. Bradshaw, 1455 Main.
 s 2s dsp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

WANTED-To buy all kinds of sec- ond hand furniture Geo. 2. To Eams, RedfieId's old stand. A3 Har- rison St. Telephone 2544-2.
 Pl0 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
HEMP WANTED. dAIE
Wanted-To Buy

WANTED TO BUY-sScond hand clothing. Send postal, will cal. Yale Misfit. 6ss Main St.
 ss eBsp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

WANTED TO BUY mems second hand clothing and furniture. MrR c. Meyer. 1447 Main St NeI 2362-a
 s 6 aRS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

WANTED-To buy all kEads of sec- ond hand furniture. GeO. F. Totarnn. Redfelds' old stand, A Harrison St Tel. 1O16-2 U 1R eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

Thursday a large hennery on the property of Morton zacharaissen in East Port Chester was destroyed by fire More than 200 chickens were burned The origin of the fire is a mystery.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

STATE or COLORADO.
Rio Grande County,
In the District Court. No. 1882
Maria j. Snort,
Plaintiff,
Isabelle o. Murphy, admins
trstrix OF the estate OF Mar
tin s. Murphy. deceased,
May Murphy. Norman Wal
ter Murphy, Loris Martin
Murphy and Isabelle O.
Murphy, as heirs-at-law OF
Martin \. Murphy. dcceas-
ID, and Albert r. Cooley as
public trustee, Rio Grande
county, Colorado.
Defendants.
Under and by virtue of n special execution
on order Of sale and decree of foreclosure
issued out Of the district court OF Rio Grsnds
county, Colorado, on the list day OF February.
4. u. 1915. In the above-cntitIed action
wherein Maria J. snort the above-named
plaintiff did obtain n Judgment and decree
OF foreclosure against Isabelle o. Murphy,
sdministrstrls OF the estate of Martin :. Muir
ply, deceased. and May Murphy, Norman
Walter Murphy Loris Martin Murphy and
Isabelle q. Murphy. rs hcirs-at-law OF Martin
;. Murphy, deceased, and Albert 4. Cooley.
public trustee OF Rio Grande county, Colo
RADIO, which said Judgment and decree was
ON tho list day OF February A. u. 1915 re
corded In decree book volume c OF said court
nj pages No. Gs'-B-7 and ct SEQ.
am commanded to sell at public auction.
In manner prescribed by law, all tho certain
real property situate In the county of Rio
Grande and state OF Colorado, described ss
follow. The southeast Is. E.) one-iourth ~
of section thlrt.seven ls7l north of rang.
eight tN, Fast New Mexico meridian. to.
sethor with all improvements thereon and
atrurtonanccs thoreunto belonging.
Public notice II hereby given that on Tues
day the 2nd day Of March. A. u. 1915. at tn.
hour Of ? o'clock IN tho afternoon OF said day
81 the north front door of the county court
house In the town Vt Del Norte RIO Grnnde
county, Colorado, / viii. In obedience To said
special execution ON order of sale and deere,
oi foreclosure. sell the aboVo-d.scrib.d prop-
sriy to IN. highes, and best bidder for o.,b
In lawful money OF the United State, al
America
Dated nj Del Norto. Colorado. this "a d.,
OF February. a. IL 1918.
J. FRANK uoAD.
shsrin OF Rio Grands County. Colorado.
fsb. 8. 10, 20, q
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

An automobile license inspector,
whose duty it will be- to search out
those automobiles which do not
bear state license tags, probably
will be asked for by the secretary
of state from the Legislature. In
vestigation has disclosed that sl0,-
600 annually is lost to state fund,
through evasion of the law by mo-
torists in regard to licenses.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

A usury bill has been intro
duced in the legislature limiting
the rates of bank interest to 8 per
cent. This might be all right for
the large city banks, which have
millions on deposit, but the aver
age country bank would be badly
crippled by such law and many
OF the smaller ones would have to
go out of business.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

1t will be the part of wisdom for
those who irrigate to exercise car.
If bill which has passed the stat.
senate becomes law 1t makes il
a criminal ofTense to flow water
upon or allow it to flow upon pub
lie highways.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

Felix Kaiser, one of the prosper
GUS and popular farmers living
north of the river, was married last
Wednesday to Miss Lucy Wheeler
of Del Norte, at the home of the
bride. Mrs. Kaiser was warmly
welcomed by the good farmer folk
who are to be her neighbors and
the community gave tin shower
Saturday night in honor of the
couple.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

/ Rev. M. N. Nelson, formerly pas
tor of the First Christian church
of this city and lately of the High
lands Christian church of Denver,
has resigned his pastorate and is
now travelling for the Woodmen of
the World.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

The formal opening Of the Pan
anna canal has been postponed until
July owing to the fear OF a rspsti-
tion Of those destructive slides OF
earth which have so often retarded
work on this big waterway.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many expressions Of
kindness and sympathy, and for floral
offerings, in the sickness and death of
our darling.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOHN L. COOPER,
LORRAINE COOPER.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

You can't afford to burn more
money than is absolutely neces-
sary. Then buy our genuine
OAkDALE or BALDWIN coal.
The Akers Lumber Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

1t is reported that Byron A..
Robson has struck rich ore vein
in one of his mines near Liberty,
Colo. We hope there are millions
in it for Mr.. Robson.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

j. j Navins and wife, who re-
side near Center, were shopping in
Monte Vista Monday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

Quincy Cornelius returned We'd
nesday from Kansas City, where
he had gone with a shipment of
sheep.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

Frank Kegley came in Sunday
from Ogden, Utah, to visit John
Hscker aud Mr.. and Mrs. George
Blackmors.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

Mr.. and Mrs. John Macarthur
left Tuesday for Denver to be gone
week or two.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

Carey Campbell left for Denver
Tuesday evening on = business
trip
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

Glenn Gotf and +. Hubbard went
to Alamosa Monday, returning on
Tuesday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

New spring line of dust cog.
gles at Fuller's.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06
"Chronicle" a Sickly
Failure at La lara,
AS Tribune Comes
Here for Its Health

From last week 3 issue Of the l.,
Jara Chronicle we take the follow
ing:
/ regret to announce the suspen-
sion Of the Chronicle with this issue.
Two sickly papers in small town
like La Jara are damage to the
community.
The Chronicle plant will be movsd
to Monte Vista and a new paper es-
tablished, with Mr.. Clark c. Denny
AS editor.
Subscribers may have the new
Monte Vista paper or the Alamosa
Courier for the balance Of their un-
expired term.
l feel very grateful to the many
friends and patrons OF the Chroni-
Gle. My stay among you has been
plsarant and profitable and wish
you all happiness and prosperity. |
believe in your town, and hope
that or someone olss will be able
to come to La Jara before long with
good newspaper such as you de-
serve.
Respectfully,
L. ERL BIGELOW.
Wednesday evening the Chroni
Gle plant" arrived in Monte Visit,
at dusk, being conveyed overland
on wagons and hay racks, and ha,
been housed in the office formerl,
occupied by the McKuns & Wal
lace Lumber company.
1t seems that the Alamosa Cour
ier is behind the new venture ant
that a large part of the work viii
be done at Alamosa.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-02-06

i, STATE oI COLORADO. S.
In the District Court. No. 1882.
Maria j. Snort,
Evening journal., 1915-02-17
German Report so, 900 Prisoners
Taken in East Prussian Fight

great cost Of times but we have nov
forced them across the frontier and theJ
are utterly defeated al every point
Only remnants of their divisions man
aged to save themselves by taking ref
uge ia the wooded heights and dcns,
forests east OF Suwulki and AugustoVo
where they are now being pursued
Their losses have been enormous. OUR
have. been comparatively small.
"The Kaiser was present at the de-
cisive lighting on the centre of the
line The victory was obtained by our
East Prussian troops who. while
young for such work. proved their
worth and have disregarded the fear
ful weather conditions. steadily per-
forming tthe tasks set for them. Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg directed tho
operations, with Generals Won Eich-
horn and Won Bueiow In direct COM
mand of the forces"
The unofficial reports received de-
clare that the Germans successfully
outilanked the Russians. who believed
that they were secure in their acavily
entrenched positions because Of the
snow. The German offensive. how
ever. was started en- February 8, when
the left wing, composed entirely Of in
Continued on page S.
Evening journal., 1915-02-17
English German Situation
Puts United States in Peril

able. or compromise. reply was con.
sidered slight.
AZ the same time naught has been
heard Of the English flag protest
answer, but officials were convinced
that England will not now relent In
her plan to drive Germany to starya.
tion. No more did they believe Ger
many will drop her plans 10 annihIl.
ate commerce In the war zones.
Between these two attitudes. gov.
ernment officials foresaw more or less
serious trouble for America. Her
commerce must inevitably sufier in
such an arrangement and the nation,
they feared. might be plunged deeper,
In event OF the German destruction
an American vessel or american YES.
sells.
Evening journal., 1915-02-17
ArrTICEn lRICEC
HUUUUhU nHlUuD
NEW LEGAL points
Declares II Is Not Larceny
to Take Tools Left
on Street
JUDGE CHURCHMAN
TAKES ANOTHER VIEW

Some novel legal points we're raised
III City Court today by Harry North,
of Philadelphia. when a charge
against him of the larceny of a kit
of pipe-fitters' tools was tried. North
acted as his own attorney.
The tools. which were valued at
S1z.54, were the property of the VIII
lnington Gas Company, and we're
stolen from the doorway Of 7O3 Mar
ket street, at 8 o'clock this morning,
where they were left for a few min
utes by Edgar Smith, an employe of
the company. North was arrested
by Detective King as he was about
to dispose of the tools for So to Junk
Dealer Jacob Strauss, No. 1lS Market
street
North closely questioned the wit
nesses produced against him.
"This man Smith was guilty of con-
tributory negligence in leaving the
tools alone on the public highway" "
declared North.
Il think that is a new application
of the term" smilingly replied Deputy
City Solicitor John f. Lynn.
when l was arrested" continued
North, "the tools were in the possess
sion of the junk dealer and l had
received no money. therefore 1 think
the junk dealer should be arrested for
receiving stolen goods"
North closely questioned Smith as
to how he knew the tools belonged
to the Gas Company. and Saith
showed that some of the tools as we'll
as the leather bag containing the
tools bore the stamp of the company.
North practically admitted taking
the tools, but said he was not guilty
of larceny as he considered finding
tools not larceny.
Judge Churchman told him that tn,
law in Pennsylvania was the same as il
Delaware. that the feloniously taking
away of the property OF another anc
converting it to ones own use was lar
ceny, and anyone finding valuable prop
erty of any kind must endeavor to dis
cover the owner.
"He is not compelled to do So" de-
clared North.
"Well, l think so" remarked judge
Chuchman, with a smile. "lhe finding
of stolen goods in the possession of 9
person immediately after the theft, Is
presumed to be evidence that he is th'
thief" continued Judge Churchman.
BY this time the spectators in th'
court room, as well as the court ofiicer
were broadly smiling at the legal bat
tie in progress.
II was brought to a close by Judg
Churchman. saying; "North. l will hol'
you in $500 bail for the Court of Gen
eral Sessions, and you can there con
tinue your legal points before a jury"
North put up a fight when arrestel
and had to be Knocked down by Dctec
tive King before he could be taken int
custody. When searched at the polio
station several skeleton keys were foun'
ON him. lie has the prison pallor on nj
face. and Chief Black believes the maj
has just completed Jail sentence some
where and will see that he is "muggcd
+. far the Eogucs' Gallery.