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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
At 70 Years of Age Finds "Wi|derbs'
 Brings Back the Vim of Youth!

Mrs H. c. Hurd, who has lived here whose husband is prominent G. A. R. man, was the cynosure of all eyes Sat urday evening in Hindle's Main and State streets store.
 What a cheefy old person she is." remarked a customer as she entered. Thought 70 years old Mrs. Hurd is 40 years younger in spirit. Because or her optimism and Upright disposition, she is just what f,ne customer said, "a cheery old lady" And Mrs. Hurd' $ story was of keen interfst to the little group that surrounded her. 'I have suffered from Rheumatism for several years" she said. 'It has been quite a trial It started in. my hands and gradually was spreading all over my body I seemed always SO tired out. and I am not usually that way, she added briskly. T would get up so tire l in the morning that I dreaded to face the day. I am not in the habit Of giving in to myself, I never give up. You see, am not nervous" Ms. Hurd said as she extended a steady hand, but I got so I felt all jumpy and ner- vous. I did not sleep well at all. lost my appetite and became all run down. But it is different now,' Mrs. Hurd continued. "I have used two bottles of 'Wilderbs l go to ned at D. m. and sleep as sound as a log until o'clock Just look how Timber my hand is. The rheumatism is gone. My husband has seen how Wilderbs helped me and I am glad to say he Is going to use it too. He has had
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
IOCAL JITNEY MEN
 SEEK LEGISLATION < THROUGH STATE BODY

A resolution in favor of law for the regulation of jitneys and public hacks was introduced at the conven- ton of the State Connecticut-Federa- tion of Labor at Hartford yesterday, by Albert B. Fairman and Ernest A. Schadewald, delegates representing Chauffeurs' Union, Local 55, Of lBridgeport\ The Federation is asked to favor law before the next legisla- ture requiring jitneys to proceed over regular routes and forbidding them to carry passengers on hoods, doors, ! lenders or running boards.
 Protection of passengers, should accidents, be met with, is an import ant measure being worked for. Con- rvention delegates declared themselves i1n favor of placing jitneys and public hacks under indemnity bonds. Cars with seating capacity of 10 persons or less will be bonded for $1,009; cars with seats for II to 20 passengers, S2,00O; cars with room for 21' and more occupants. $5,000.
 Fees would be fixed as follows by the convention: License for jitneys or public hack, $ yearly; operators S license, $.75, including badge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

stomach trouble eyer since the Civ'i war. I want to recommend 'Wilderbs' because it is the best medicine 1 ha- @ everl taken and I hope weak and nervous women will take this wondei- full tonic." -. /
 T. s. Jackson, Dr. Picrce's Health Expert, who is talking to increasinS numbers each morning and afternoo at Hindle's Main and State streets store, said:
 Did you ever stop to consider th9t animals are seldom afflicted with catarrh; that the savage, fleet of foot, was rarely stricken with rheumatism; for hundreds of years; is it an all wise Providence that affords therl special protection? No! Prime''r man wats likewise blessed and the stress and strife of modern civilization hos thrown into disuse the protection afforded by Nature and now man above all animals is most susceptible to hundreds of diseases. These ar" absolute facts which you will readily recognize from your own experience and observation. In developing Wild er,s' t(full eXtract), pr. Pierce's great reconstructive tonic, it was upon tn, idea that stomach trouble, kidney si,- monts catarrh, rheumatism and many other symptoms which arise frorl weakness should he treated with roots. barks. herbs and plants as they have been given to mankind from tn eelds. woods and mountains. This is the underlying cause for 'Wilderbs phenomenal success. I-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

modest girl, but it only serves to ac- centuate the heart hunger of the boys who gaze at her. O." say they, If a fellow could only speak to her! Just to hear her say it was a fine day would be a relief
 This may seem odd to the folks at home who have never experienced the great loss of being eXcommunicated from the society of the gentler sex, but the feeling I described is exactly the feeling of 99 in every 100 men who See an occasional woman in camp.
 But, say the girls at home, don't the soldiers get a chance to go to town and meet people socially?
 I answer them they go to town; but in the case of the enlisted men their diversion there consists of wander ing about the street. TOT an hour or two in the evening, buying few post cards and some simple refreshment. and "beating it'-soldiers' terms for hastening back to camp before 9:30, empty-handed, empty-hearted and as lonesome as man on a desert isl and.
 This 1onesomeness is increasing from what the soldier sees in town. The streets through which he lounges lone somely are filled, between ' and g., with promenaders, Fl Paso people. who lightly dressed and clean, look as if they were cool
 They look contented. and in their content [ they gaze right through Johnny Doughboy from Boston with out seeing him or betraying any con- sciousness of his presence in the same street with them. /
 This particularly is true of the fem mine portion of the crowd in the street. The soldier in his dusty khaki is no hero to them.[ As he passes through their vacant gaze he feels that the warm greetings he received on his way across the country must be part of a fantastic dream.
 The promenade in an Fl Paso street indeed is another chapter in the dream for the lonesome soldier; for he had not believed that in everyday life a man could mingle with a crowd of his own people and be so entirely ig- nored.
 The soldier boy from home is per pleXed by the impersonal, penetrating, unseeing gaze he gets from the women he meets. He wonders if they can be as conservative as they look. He en- vieS the men with them. who receive smiles and gentle words in sufficiency, and he wants to kick those same men, all and severally. for their apparent lack of appreciation.
 All of which increased his hunger for a talk with a genuine, unreserved and responsive Yankee girl such as he knew back home.
 In justice to the women of Fl Paso, may say that their attitude toward the soldiers is not one of unkindness but of custom. I have never been in city of 10000 people in which the women marcn so uniformly with -.yes front as they do here.
 There are no side glances from them for the sterner sex. They do not even admit the existence of the process of flirting. They never smile on the stranger, even from a safe dis tance. In this one recognizes the influence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
FREE CLINIC FOR 1 7
 CRIPPLED CHILDREN TO REOPEN SATURDAY

The Free Clinic at the Halr home, 715 Main street, which has accom- p1ished such excellent work among the crippled children of this city dur ing the four years that it has been in existence, will be reopened on Satur- day morning. Dr. Arthur Scrimageour is substituting for Dr. George B. flaw ley while the latter is in France, and he will have charge of the clinic. There is trained nurse at the rooms. As most of the patients of the clinic are former victims of infantile paral- ysis for as far back as ten years the
 clinic will be of particular benefit this year. "
 Operations are performed where there is chance of their being a help.
 Braces are furnished and massagfng and other treatment given. The ex- pense of the clinic is met by private
 subscription. Some of the patients are able to contribute a bit toward their care and. this is encouraged wherever possible. All crippled children are welcome at the clinic and expert help and treatment will be given them.
 Now see the Roumanians get the bulge on the Bu1gars
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
THEY MISS THE GIRLS
The Women of the Border Do Not Look at the Soldier Boy When He Goes to Town.
(El Paso Letter, Boston Globe)

If anyone wishes to know the great est deprivation of camp life far from home, tell him it is just this: The loss of women's society.
 To every man in the 25,00O or more citizen soldiers now concentrated at this place women have had a part in his Aome life. If he is not married, he has perhaps a girl in whom he is interested, and if not that he has had at least the benefit of meeting women in his everyday life of store, work shop. office.
 Here, in, the lonesomeness of camp amidst heat and dust and an eternal sunshine that blazes at him all the time from morning to night, the sol dier boy finds himself deprived of even a siHgle word with 9 woman.
 No women visitors come to his camp. It is a working camp. visitors are not welcomed. The only woman seen in it for days on end isf a prim old lady who teaches Spanish, ac- companied by her daughter, a pretty girl of IT, who walks with her eyes on the ground.
 It is good to look at this fresh and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
MOTORISTS MEET
 ! RECIPROCITY ON l ENTIRE BORDER
Arrangement Between United States and Canada of
 Great Benefit.

Z Motoring reciprocity now extends 4ha cE..rg length of the border be- tween the United States and Canada,
 as the result of the Joint labors of the American Automobile association' Ind the Canadian Automobile federa- Mon. \ N It is now possible for American owners to: enter Canada and Canadian owners to come into the United States
 without the, giving of a bond for thirty
 days, which Is a period greater than
 That granted by some states in motor Ing reciprocity with other states. John "A. Wilson, former president of the
 American Automobile association. pre-
 sented the case to Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, and
 particularly dwelt upon the point that
 the number of Americans who would
 cross into Canada would be greatly in
 excess of the number of Canadians
 who visited on this side of the line.
 In 8 communication directed to the
 American Automobile, association at its Washington headquarters, Assist
 ant Secretary of the Treasury A. J.
 Peters thus officially sets forth the de-
 cision: N
 'In regard to the admissionNof au-
 tomobiles from Canada, without the
 giving of bond. have to advise
 you that the first instructions were
 gent on June 28 to the, collectors Nof customs in New York state, it being understood th4t the courtesy extend Sd to Canada related only to automo- piles arriving in the province Of On- tario from the state of New York. Au-
 Eust 3, the privilege was extended to automobiles arriving from all ports on the Canadian frontier. The pe- riod of twenty-one days named in the former instructions has now been ex- tended so as to permit automobiles from Canada to enter at all ports Tn the United States without the giving of a bond for thirty days" | t@while there may be some delay in ! effecting the reciprocal arrangement ! It some of the minor ports of entry, l the A. A. A. advises all motorists to call for the sending of official con firmatory telegrams in cases where the authorities may not realize the full ! import of the agreement in reference < to border-wide intentional automo- bile reciprocity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
BEDDING HAS FIRST
 DEATH FROM PLAGUE
Especial to The Farmer)

Bedding, Sept. S.-Arthur Ander son, IA years old son of Andrew An derson of Georgetown. died yesterday the first victim in the town of Red ding of infantile paralysis. He was taken i'll on Monday and visited by Dr. T. F. Scanlon and Health Officer Smith who diagnozed the case as the dread poliomyelitis The boy was promptly quarantined as was a schoolmate who visited and sat on hi 5 bed the day before he was taken i'll. He was an exceptionally bright lad. q graduate of the public schools Of Georgetown. and w3f a student at the Norwalk high school. He had not been away from home al inS s;o- and the health authorities are al loss to determine how he contracted the disease.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

"A few months ago was beginning to suffer with indigestion and dys- pepsia which bohered me great deaI. my stomach would feel bloated and sour with gas pains and great distress, it made me nervous and half sick. I tried a great many remedies but could not benefit myself until l began using Lax-a-Tone. I found out 1t was just what needed and it sure ly fixed me up in short order and can heartily indorse it as l feel inc and my digestion is perfect
 Iax-a-Tone is for sale at Hartigan's Drug Stores, 81 Fairfield avenue, and Main and Congress streets.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
TRAINMAN DIES OF INJURIES

New Haven, Sept S.-Hafry Me- ginnis, of this city, died at the hospital today from injuries suffered when he was crushed between two cars while at work in the Cedar Hill yards of eAA Few York, New Haven C EfarS- ford Railroad, on Sept. 5. He was 46 years old and married.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

of Spanish customs; sOr, however It. tie the people of Texas may like the Mexicans, the older manners of the despised race have left an imprint on every community along the border, and in no instance more deeply than in the matter of won,ens behavior in public places.
 Half the women you meet in El Paso's streets are Mexican. who ob- serve the old Spanish custom of walk ing demurely. looking neither to right nor left. Unconsciously the American women here have paid their darker sisters the compliment of imitation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

The British government has decided
 that hereafter all mails will be carried over Canadian railways exclusively, and existing contracts with American |nnds will not be ncnewed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
! LOCAL STEEpLE JACK TELLS A
 TRUE NARRATIVE
6ays Lax-a-Tone Gives Him { a Steady Nerve and al z Good Digestion - Read 2 His Experience.

r. Here is, another local man saying q good word for Herbal Lax-a-Tone, a man used to danger requiring steady nerve and a ,strong constitu- ton. Hear what MT. Victor Dickson of z33 Alex street says:-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

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  O same notdo intentionally will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

The American Commercial Commits sion, which is in France for the pur- pose of studying industrial conditions has arrived in Paris from paneN--.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

Perhaps the reason why the farmer gets up at 4 a. m., is not so much his eagerness to get to work harvesting, as because it was so dull the night before that he went to bed at dark, and in the morning can't sleep any longer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

After the display of fervent affection at the family reunions for Smith, Brown and Jones, whom one has nev- CT met before, it is amazing how satis- fled you can be not to see them again until the next triennial gathering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08

Now see the Roumanians get the bulge on the Bu1gars!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-08

siah, delegates were chosen to attend the
American Unitarian association conyen-
| ton to be held at Boston the week OF
May %. Rev. Lewis c. Carson, the pas
tor, Mrs. Carson and George l.. Blanchard
church with Mrs. George Blanchard and
Frank Fl. Smith as alternates for the
last two named. 1t was also voted to
! close the church for the summer, com
mencing July 2 and opening it for serv-
ices the first Sunday in September.
Miss Florence Sweeney left this fore
noon for Burlington, where she plans to
,, attend business college during the
summer She completed her duties in
the r. H. Standish market Saturday
night.
A delegation representing the local
council Of the Knights of Columbus, went
to-day to St, Adams, where the third de-
gree will be worked this evening on a
went this forenoon were Barney Mcclure,
Fred Dover, Frank Brown and Daniel
McGovern
Carroll Dobey, who has been employed
in Pittsfeld, Mass, for several months,
is visiting relatives in the city.
Fred B. Thomas went last evening to
Middlebury, where he viii spend few
days on legal business.
Mrs. n p. Lewis, who has been the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Stone for
the past few weeks, left this forenoon
for her home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Unable to hold lead of five runs by
hard hitting in the first, third and fourth
innings, Montpelier high school lost the
opening baseball game of the season to
Burlington highs fast team Saturday
afternoon on Seminary campus, Mont
pelier, the score being 8 to 7. Three
errors and some slow thinking. coupled
with a single and double in the seventh |
inning netted the visiting team four
runs, tied the score and paved the way |
for victory Until the sixth frame, |
Sawyer, twirling his first game for the
high school team, had allowed but one lit |
tie bingle and had pitched himself out
Of several bad holes. Some questionable
ball playing on the part of Flint and a
subsequent two base hit gave the Bur
ington team their second run in the
sixth and then came the seventh, eighth
md ninth inning, seven runs and the
yame.
Given the case at o'clock Friday aft
'rnoon and returning at 0 O'Clock Sat
irday forenoon to report that they had
,een unable TO reach verdict aud that
here was no indication that decision
would be reached, the jury in the case
# Dennis Pocket VS.. George T. Almon
eported at 2 o'clock for the plaintiff to
ecover S9s.3l in Washington county
curt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

Sixty drawer notion case SIS. Knights
May sale laces and hamburgs at tn,
Vaughan Store.
Mrs. Arthur l.. Rohde Of Brattleborc
is visiting at W. A. Murray's Of Church
street.
Be sure to see the idol OF millions
Warren kerrigan, in "The Pool oil
Flame" at the Bijou -morrow.-adv
Frank Comolli left the city yesterday
for Concord. N. H., where he is making a
business visit of several days.
Miss Louise Canton of Maple avenue,
who has been attending business col
lege in Boston, arrived in the city last
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walker have re-
turned to the city, after passing several
days with friends in Burlington aid
Waterbury.
! A jolly good time for all. Just drop in
to Rowland hall Wednesday night, May
10. The hospital ball Gentlemen's tick.
cts, 81 ladies', soc.
A new soda fountain of modern design
was unloaded this morning in the NJ. 4
w. r. yards and will be used by +. A.
Drown in his pharmacy.
Aidil Htlu AlHIdAIys LAIRF-iFet
drama, featuring Rosemary Theby and
Harry Myers, also comedy, at the BIZ
iou today.-ady.
Open cars were used on the main line
of the Barre & Montpelier Traction &
Power Co.'S trolley road to-day for the
first time this season. Last year the
cars appeared at an earlier date,
Mrs. William Randall and Mrs. Mary
Randall Of New Jersey are passing sew
eral days in the city as guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wat
son of Merchant street
Mrs. Charles Merkle and daughter,
who have been visiting relatives in VIII
Jamestown for the past two weeks, were
visitors in the city this morning while
on their way home to Springfield Mass. |
Sharp crashes OF thunder at inirequent
intervals Sunday afternoon marked the !
first electrical shower of the season Rain |
fell ftfully and none of the three show
crs was of long duration.
Brook trout swimming leisurely in a |
tank have attracted the attention OF /
many passersby at the f. d. Ladd Co.'S |
store, The fish were taken from pri
vate preserve and loaned to the Ladd
Co. for exhibition purposes.
Mr. and Mrs Charles c. Kimbal OF
Corinth, who recently disposed of their
farm in that town, arrived in the city
yesterday and are making their home
with Mrs. Kimbalfs mother, Mrs. Berry,
Of So Washington street. who is in de-
dining health. E. l.. Hall of West Tops
ham is the purchaser of the Kimball
farm which comprises 10 acres. Mr.. Hall
plans TO move to Corinth at once The
sale OF the property was consummated
through the Barre office of the D. A.
Perry Real Estate agency.
Ensign Platt, who has been connected
With the Salvation Army corps in Barre
'or several months, left the city this
morning for Tilton, \. H., where she is
% engage in salvation work for a time.
John Slater of Hartford Conn,
Who has been division commander of the
lrmy in Vermont, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut for the past seven years, ar
lived in the city last evening and will
ave charge of the Barre barracks for I
tx weeks. Special services are project
d for the ajutant's stay here and
ampaign for the betterment of the army 8
ondition in Barre will be under way in
he near future.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN
issue wrapping paper at Knights

Tissue wrapping paper at knights.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Welsh of Grotor
were visitors in the city Saturday,
a demonstration Of cookies at Eastman
Bros. Special prices during the week
All are welcome at this store TO look
and get prices. Visit the Vaughan Store.
The West Hill Sunshine club will hold
special meeting Tuesday afternoon,
May 0, at the home of Mrs. Frank Lafay.
cite.
Mrs. Clarence Clark of East Brookfeld
passed through the city yesterday on her
way TO Winooski, where she will submit
to an operation at the Fanny Allen hos
pital,
c. f, Smith, auctioneer. was in Will
Jamestown. near Graniteville, last Friday
afternoon holding an auction sale for 81
moneau and Marquis. Three COWS sold
from $50 TO $40 each, two horses sold for
Sl6o each and one for $l22, farm tools
and household furniture brought fair
prices. Mr.. Smith has four auction sales
this week. tomorrow in East Montpelier,
Thursday in Orange, Friday in Montpe-
lier, Saturday in Fairlee. Watch this
paper for notices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-08

The following incident, as recounted by
a Connecticut newspaper, will be of inter
est in Barre, where United States Exam
iner Allen F. Church appears frequently
in sessions of naturalization court; When
Thomas Sesss of Stamford was on the
stand in the civil side OF the superior
court yesterday afternoon. being exam
ined as to his fitness for being q citizen
of the United States. he was asked by
Allen Church Of Boston il he ever saw the
constitution of the United States.
Eyes. sir"
"Well, what is it,"
No response and long pause.
How many legs has il .
"Forty-eight.' was the prompt re-
Spouse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-08
FUNERAL OF YOUTH.
Many Schoolmates Paid Respect to Itillo
Rizzi.

Funeral services for Itillo Rizzi. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs Felix Rizzi of 10 Vine
street, whose death al the age OF 10 on
Wednesday morning followed a brief it,
ness, were held at the house Saturday
afternoon at ? o'clock, Rev r. g. Lip
sky, pastor OF the Hedding Methodist
church, officiating Among those in at
tendance were many schColmates of the
lad as well a. older friends. There was
profuss tribute OF flowers. The bear
ers were: Armando A. Comolli, A. Com
oln. Paul Bianehi. Carlo Bianchi, Frank
Rossi and Ugo Comolii. Interment was
in Hope cemetery.
Many flowers were contributed. as fol
lows: Carnations, Frstelli CrugEola. Mr..
and Mrs. r. Broggini, Amanda MOnti.
Jos Rattazzi, Mr.. and Mrs. S. RizEi. Mr.
and Mrs.. Antonio Rossi, Josie. Nico,
Mario Rizzi, Mr.. and Mrs A. NJ Ala, Mr..
and Mrs. r Demers. Mr.. and Mr.. r.
Psrnigoni, Joseph Bossi, Harry Bossi,
Mr.. and Mrs. q. Tori. ". n. Dustin,
Mrs. MeTavish. r. Csl6srzrs and family,
Mrs. Franeesia Bottjgi. Dsrio Bottigi, Mr..
and Mrs. Scampini. Mr.. and Mr.. Aspesi,
Carlo Bianchi. NJ and Mrs. y. Giudici.
Mrs. Paul bisnc hi; tulips and carnations,
e. p Rianehi and family rases and car
natien-. A. a. Comolh and family jon
lmls seventh grade schoolmates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

George Sullivan of Schenectady, n. r.,
arrived in the city this morning on a
visit to relatives in this city and South
Barre.
Regular meeting of Jumpers, boxers
and derrickmen in Foresters' hall Tues
day evening at 1880, Nomination Of Of
hcers and other important business. Per
order secretary.
Red Feather photoplays present the
popular Universal star, Warren Kerrigan,
in an absorbing drama of love. romance
and adventure, "The Pool OF Flame" in
five reels, at the Bijou tomorrow adv.