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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
9 wife and two sons. to mourn his

wife and two sons. to mourn his loss
 Mrs Jane A. Smith, who has been 8 guest of her cousin, Mrs. Frank Booth of Bridgeport, and Miss Jose phine Osborne, who has also been out of town during the winter months. with Bedding friends, have both re- turned to their respective homes.
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert Barrett of North Wilton announce the engage to Ralph Stanley Gregory, son of MT. and Mrs. Charles T. Gregory of Can nondale.
 Miss Susie Ruscoe and the children of Everett Stannard of Bald Hill are ill with the measles.
 Rev. H. I. AppenzeI1er has invited the members of the official board of the Cannon M. B. church to spend a social hour at the parsonage on Fri day evening.
 Mrs. Fred Brundage and daughter, Mabel, of South Norwalk, and Earl Henderson of New Milford, were Sun day guests of Mrs. Mary Abbott.
 J. Paul Schubert and friend, MT. Roth of New York are spending sew eral days at the country home of the former.
 Miss Helen Sturges entertained a number of her young friends in a novel and amusing way on Saturday evening" 1IS OAQ-4dSIAAOASO fireplace in the dining room affoded a delightful place to pop corn, toast marshmallows and nuts, as we'll as to group around and sing familiar songs and tell stories Refreshments were served in a new and unique manner and the guests departed, declaring Miss Sturges charming hos tess Among the guests present. were Mir. and Mrs. Harry Epps, MT. and Mrs. Fred Sturges, Miss Amy oungs of East Norwalk, the Misses Jennie Scott, Beatrice Bates and Ruth Phones of Rowayton, Doris Godfrey, Elsie Barrett, Anne Carsen; Messrs. Frank Benedict, W. Louden of Winni- pauk, William Lockwood, Charles Bennett, Ralph Gregory, Thomas and Robert BeIden of Bridgeport, Francis Martin of Ridgefeld.
 Miss Mary Alec of Brooklyn is spending the week in town opening her country house, which is rented to MT. and Mrs. Whitt1esey of New York who will take possession May Soth for the season.
 Miss Ada Williams gave the mem
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
IDA BREsEv GETS DIVORCE

Judge Webb in the superior court vesterday handed down a. decision granting a divorce to Ida Bresev the Norwalk business woman who charged Philip Bresev with cruelty Bresev contested the suit. He denied the cruelty and charged his wife with in fidelity, naming Abraham Levy as CO., respondent The only evidence Bresev had against his wife was that she had been seen W alking arm in aSm with Levy and that the co respondent had visited Mrs, Bresev's store frequently The parties in the action were married June 8. 1899. In addition to a decree Judge Webb granted Mrs. Bresev GUS tody of three minor children
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Twenty Years Ago.
A SUGGESTION TO "JIN1.' g

It is respectfully suggested to Man ager Jim O'Rourke that he sign Tom my Kelly, the letter carrier, as one of his pitchers for the season. Kelly seems to have regained his old time form and speed and curves, and in a recent game where he had most of the Victors for his opponents he pitch ed in magnificent form, striking out many and allowing but a few hits. Backed up by the Victors, and with O'Rourke himself catching him, KeI- Iy ought to prove one of the best twirlers in the league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Holliston Hill Poultry Farm, fWhite), Holliston. Mass. 9t
 WyandOtteS.

Holliston Hill Poultry Farm, tWhite),s Holliston. Mass. 96o
 Wyandottes. Obed G. Knight. GWhite), Bridge ton, R. l., 1245 Tom Barron. Cwhite3. Catforth. England, ......z.5. -..s... ...-. .--t 12S2 P. w. Backus. (White), Chatham, Ontario, .10S1
 Rhode Island Reds. Pinecrest Orchards. Groton, A. w Rumery. Danville.N N. H.. 1925 Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven.
 White Ieghorns.
 Will Barron, Bartle, near Pres ton. England, s1054 Tom Barron, Catforth, near Pres ton, England, -. ..... 930 Francais F. Lincoln, Nit. Carmel. Conn, S30
 Miscellaneous. oregon Agricultural College, Oregono, Corvallis. Ore, .... 914 J. Col1inson (B1ack Leghorns) Barnacre, Garstang. England, 300 A. Schwarzf (Black Rhinelanders ,. Burlingame, Cal, ........ 886
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
1 Ihers of her. Junior Epworthl league. 3

bers of her Junior Epworth league. a May-day picnic on Saturday.
 On Monday evening, May 29th, an entertainment will he given in the Cannon hall under the auspices or the Ladies Aid Society by The Am phion Entertainment Co.," of Bridge- nort Pronninent members of this company are Henry and James Doug las. sons of Rev. William Douglas former pastor of the M. F. church' and who have many friends in town, Ice cream will be on sale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
JOHN BULL ON LAKE ERIE.

The British government have seven armed vessels of different sizes on Lake Erie and are about to build a. frigate at Maiden. They for some time past have been engaging car 'penters from the States at $3 per day to work at the frigass. These facts must be known to the American gov ernment and ought to excite a cor responding vigilance and activity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
100 Average for all breeds, sos

1OU Average TOT all DreedS, o0b In the preceding contest there were three hens that did not lay an egg dur ing the entire year. This cannot hap pen again because the management has concluded that any bullet which does not lay an egg during the first six months is incompatible with the purposes of a laying contest and should not therefore be allowed to participate further. Under this rul- ing Barred Rock No. 8. White Rock. No. 1o4. White Wyandotte No. 255. i. Rhode Island Red No. 459. White Leg horn. No 6s2 and Oregon No. STA have been with drawn and the reserve birds put in their place. :
 The three best pens in each Of the principal breeds are as follows:
 Plymouth Rocks.
 Jules F. Francais (Barred). ".
 Hampton Beach, L.. l., 9S4 Rock Rose Farm CBarred). Ka-
 tonah, N. F.. =. -...s.. 973
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
LUSH IS GETTING PEEv1sH.

en out by the owner of the Washing ton Senators yesterday: CT am in re- ceipt of a letter which I dislike very much to answer in the way am com pelled to. The letter is from Billy Lush, my substitute outfielder He states that the present outf1eId is playing such very good ball that he is destined for the bench unless an ac- cfdent should happen to SeIbach, Brown or Abbey. In view of this he makes the request of me that I loan him to some minor league, where he can do some active work, and ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
CANYONS

Mrs. Mary c. White, who has been visiting her son, Dr. Davenport White in Washington, D. C.. returned home Monday evening.
 The funeral of James Lawrence of O1mstead's Hill, who succumbed to typhoid fever on Sunday morning was held from St. Matthews Episcopalian church Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Chas. Marks, officiating. MT. Lawrence has been an invalid for 22 years anI leaves
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
CARELESS WHEEI,NfAN

Mrs. George w. Fryer, of Stratford, while passing along the sidewalk of one of the streets of that town last night was knocked down by a bicy- clist and received cuts on her face and was otherwise bruised. The identity of the rider has not yet been learned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
SPAIN AGAIN INCENsED.

Capt. Gray. from Teneriffe, informs that it was reported at that place that the Spanish government was highly dissatisfied with the refusal on the part of the United States to deliver up West -F'Iorida.; and that the misunder- standing between the two govern ments would probably lead to an inn mediate war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
, A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

Last evening a party of gentlemen and ladies. the personal Friends of MT. Vim. A. Reid, made a social call upon him at his fathers residence, in Prospect street. During the evening Mir. Jones of the firm of Jones & Lyman. in behalf of the gentlemen present, presented MT. Reid with a very handsome rubber cane
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
MANIEACrIIRE OF SODA

Robert T. Hitchins has Commenced the manufacture of Soda Water and SarsaParil1a, and the bottling of DOT ter. He intends to go into this branch of business extensively and proposes to furnish the trade with an article in that line superior to any thing of the kind sold in this city
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
ro STORM MEXICO.

It is said that certain revo1utionists of South America, are still recruiting men in the city of New Orleans. and that a considerable force were about to depart from that place aganst Mex co,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
INTERNATIONAL
 EGG LAYING CONTEST

when the hens in the laying con test at Storrs produced 1851 eggs in the twenty-second week it was as- snmed that the high point had been reached, that a thousand hens could not reasonably be expected to lay any more eggs in the course of a week. This assum ptfoIl. however. was erron- eous. For the twenty eighth week just ended the total yield amounted to 472O eggs nearly 500 more than for the corresponding week last year, about 300 more than for the same week two years ago, in short 9 new high mark for any week in any of the competitions that have been held at the State College.
 Homer P. Deming's pen of Rhode Island Reds from Winsted, the Club pen of White Leghorns from Spring field, III. and the Agricultural College pen of eOregons'' from Corvallis. Ore. all tied for first place with 61 eggs each. F. G. Platt's pen of White Legh orns from VVallingford. Pa, were second with so eggs Pinecrest Or chards Rhode Island Reds from Gro ton. Mass. laid 59 for the week, and Dr. N w. Sanborn's Buff Wyandottes from Holden, Mass, laid 5s eggs.
 The subjoined table shows the aver age number of eggs laid by each pen number of pens represented by the breed. It is interesting to note in this cbnnection that although the Wy. andottes have the three highest pens nevertheless the Rhode Island Reds have the highest average
 No. of Pens. Breed. No. of Eggs
 21 Rhode Island Reds 866
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
REGISTRARS SWORN IN.

Daniel Smith and w. R. Palmer were sworn in as registrars of voters by City Clerk Mullins this forenoon Both the officials named their depu- ties. Daniel Smith selecting Thom- as White and MT. Palmer naming Fred .'CooI'' Curtis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Fifty Years Ago.
STRIKE ON HORSE R. R.


 Some of the men employed on the extension of the Horse Railr0ad, who had agreed to work for $1.5o per day, yesterday struck for more wages. The company at once discharged the men and have hired others in their places.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
BURGLARS IN THE WEST END.

An attempt was made last evening to burglarize the saloon kept by Ed ward Corcoran at Clinton and Rail- road avenues but the intruders were frightened away by MT. Corcoran, who occupies apartments over the store be- fore anything was taken.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
THE PKETr1Esq wAOR

ana the most beautiful hands are 1f- ten disfigured by an unsightly serE IL can easily be removed in a Few days without pain by using Cyrue Nart Remover For sale only at Che Cyrus Pharmacy. AIS T7alrEisld Ava
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Gertrude May, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Lennon, of 10 Highland avenue, celebrated her fourth birth day yesterday, assisted by about 30 of her young friends. There were the usual exercises thai. please children
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
LICENSES TO-DAY.

William Hennessey, 34s Water St. Suspicion & Graether, 509 Water Ct. Isaac B. Williams, S36 Pembroke St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
TENT CATERPILLAR,
Nest Should be Destroyed When F1rst Detected-Spray With ArsenicaAs to Destroy Larvae.

Washington. May 19-This is the season of the year when the larvae and small nests of the tent caterpll1ar are likely to be found upon orchard and other trees, especially in locah- ties where the caterpillars were pres ant last wear. With the first warm days of spring the larvae escape rom the eggshells in which they have lain dormant during the winter. Trees in= fested with larvae during the early part of the year, or those In the nm mediate vicinity, are perhaps more likely to be chosen by the parent moth for the deposition of her eggs, and such trees at least should be searched.
 Methods of Control.
 The recommendation of the U- S. Department of Agriculture's entomo- Iogists for the control of this pest are, briefly. as follows:
 As soon as small nests are detected, they should be destroyed. as this pre- vents further defoIiation of the tree When in convenient reachA the nests may be torn out with a. brush, with gIoved hand, or otherwise, and the larvae crushed on the ground care being, taken to destroy any caterpillars which have remained on the tree.
 The use of a torch to burn out the nests will be found convenient when they occur in the higher parts of the trees. Tn using the torch great care ills necessary that no important injury be done to the tree; it should not be used in burning out nests except in the smaller branches and twigs. the killing of which would be of no special inn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

The gasoline combine places an ad- ditiona1 premium on the manufacture of a su bstitute motor fuel every time it advances prices on it's product.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
JAMES ROONEY DEFEATED

Wanted To Be Dog and Liquor Agent.
 Important matters that came up be- fore the. Aldermen last evening were the election of general registrars and a dog and liquor agent. MT. Phelan presented the name of Daniel Smith for the position of Democratic regis trar. He was elected unanim ously. Alderman Curtis presented the name of W. R. Palmer for the Republican registrars. He was also unanimously elected.
 The next matter that came up was the election of a dog and liquor agent. Alderman Lyons presented James H. Rooney as the Democratic nominee, and Alderman Barker nominated Vim cent S, Whitney. There were 19 ballots cast, Alderman Thomas on the Republican side being absent. The result was Whitney 10 and James H. Rooney g, and Whitney was declared elected
 There was a look of disappointment on the Democratic side and the Re- publican members smiled There was considerable whispering among the spectators. and much speculation as to who the Democratic bolter was MT. Rooney's name had been agreed upon in caucus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
1ARGE SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

There was a large attendance of in terested spectators at the auction sale of building lots yesterday in the tract bounded by Madison, Lincoln, Lexing- ton and Garfield avenues. The sale was under the auspices of Burr & Knapp .and Charles Lee was auction ger. The sale realized not less than $8, 8,5OO. The largest purchaser was Druggist F. s, Stevens. He will erect a. large residence for himself
The sun., 1916-09-28

\ Reuter- despatch from Bucharest
dated September % stys tina. the impor-
;aat battle in the Du1rudja between Won
Mackenscn and Ayercscu has Resulted IN
IA decisive victory for the Russians and
~Ru'nanians. who ar. following zip their
advantage Thu. despatch says
Later details confirm the report Of "A
great victory for the ltuman!ans in the
DobrudJi. Thousands OF prisoners were
captured. while the Russian nior;ars did
f!'Nendous damage. The Ruma-
IL forces are continuing their advance
10 the south
On III. northern Pennsylvania fror,
also the EGmdnitus have pushed still
fufther INFO the Austrl4g province and
are approaching It's western boundaries
Their advance here. IN conjunction with
the Russians 10 the north, thrvt'aus t.
Dust the .Aus'r,ans from their prs!t.ons
~ the 'nrpathians and throw IL, plain
or Hungary open TO Il Russian INVASION
from the Bukowina.
Ruman!an troops arc lighting now
near Bistritz ,Besztcrcze). in northern
Traneylvania. roughly nifty miles south.
west OF kirl!haba. IN the carpath!au-
wher" the Russians are irving to break
throue the passes into Hungary. BIS
,ritz .> ,irty miles west Of Il line drawn
cas-. OF B!stritz. Further l,umaniin ad.
yances here would mean the outlanking
~ al the Austrian positions about Kir.
.!bRba.
All oHicia! statement issued In Buc,a-
The sun., 1916-09-28
COMPLIES 4
Every Inch OF GrounL Won liad 20
Re Fought For.

PARIS, Sept. Cit was not u village
the Allies assaultcd-it was a fortress
says the SPECIAL correspondent Of la
LiJtrtc at the front IN describing The
taking OF Combles.
"When Il was clptured.' the Corrc-
sppndent adds, "it was n charnel hou~"
What remained Of the GARRISON OF two
battalions fought furiously, and every
corner OF the town was the theatre Of
murderuus combats. No ground was
yielded. Every inch Of II was conquered
THE ruins OF a church changed hands
three times during the twenty minutes Il
TOOK the French and British. after they
had formed n junction and closed tn"
ring around the town. to reduce the last
stronghold, the fall II which was sa-
lu'ed with enthusiastic cheering by the
troops. ], WAS then impossible To take
two steps withou, |cncountering dead.
"lu cellars and dugouts dead and
wounded lay mingled 10y the hundreds.
AID il IS now certain that the Allies did
not take y greater number of prisoner
because the garrison was virtually an
INITIATED In the assault and the previous
shclllngs. Many OF the deaths seemed
to date back a few days,
"Tlc jub.lation Of the soldiers over
this victory communicated itself TO the
villages behind tho lines where. for the
first time since the war began, satisfac-
| tion over successes took the form Of
celebrations. The civilians toasted the
troops, organized impromp,u concerts,
sans the national hymns Of the Allies
and acclaimed the victors Of tomoles
| and Th!epval."
The sun., 1916-09-28
RUMANIANS PUSH ON
IN TRANSATLANTIC
Drive Back A~ustrians in New
Sweep Through the
Province.

LONDON. Sept. 27.-The Rumanian
army that was forced back through the
Vulca pass In tho Pennsylvania Alps
n week g and ~reconquered the pass
" or three days . from the Aus
TRANS has driven the Teutons ten miles
north into Pennsylvania. The Ru.
manians are again within range Of Pc
,roseny.
This is admitted tonight in an Official
statement from Vienna. The Ruma-
mans. outman9uvring and o%utighting
the Austrians. have removed the menace
Of an invasion Of their country from
the northwest and have at tho came
time pushed their new advance into
Pennsylvania almost as far as they had
gone previously IN this part OF the front.
The Austriais are retreating in haste,
says n Rumanian official statement O!
to-day received here. In tho Jiu Val.
Icy. a very few miles from Petroseny, the
Rumanians defeated them. The state.
ment says
On the north and northwestern front
actions occurred on the Caliman and
iuighin Mountains. South OF Sibia
Hiermarnstadt) violent lighting is still
IN progress. In the Jiu Valley our
troops attacked aud repulsed the
Enemy. who II hastily rctrcat.nS to-
ward the north and northwest. We
captured a hundred prisoners, includ-
ing two officers. We took two machine
guns.
The sun., 1916-09-28
I'russinus Flee IL ROut.

This afternoon the much lauded rrus.
sian regiments OF the line I'D an cN-
,~rso:diuary thing Launched from lie
T'rarsloy ~ Il las; desperate counter
attack. they Ned pc.lm.li from the
Brush barragc i-c. They were men
whose nerves Lad been worn 10y the ~
rcssant sh.ll.ng, veterans OF many bloody
encounters with the British, but u%,.trunH
and euiceJ ed
M the iirst SHOCK they stopped.
'urrcd. then hultcl, throwing away their
rifles and equipment IN a mad iiigni .
some safe place. The field over when
they tried 10 advance Nas Uttered witl'
abandoned weapons. That vas the las,
phase %; the German resistance. The
destruction Of entire infantry btttal.ous
20 the last man. had had the iUeNItap Die
effect upon the surviving troops.
Eight German battaliOns tryms q
stem the British Hood between LesOrufs
and Gueudecourt acre wiped out. Moth
Ing but handful, of dazcd men survive
Tho fighting spirit was dead be o.; Z
Lesbnu.s and Morval frli. As Ear AS
can lee ascertainel practically no re-
sls,ance was offered once Villages were
entered.
The sun., 1916-09-28
ALLIES PLAN BATTLING
TO GERMAN LEADERS
Latter Cannot Sec Definite
Strategy in the Attacks,
Says a Correspondent.
Special Cable Despatch 10 TIE Sry.

sPectuf thoie Despdfch 70 HE Sun.
LONDON, Sept. 26.-The FrdnkJurtcr
ZeitunJ'S correspondent at German head
quarters says the German army leaders
can distinguish no definite plan in the
Entente Allies attempts. lie sumo
that the Allies hope vaguely that chance
will enable them to pierce the German
line or that in some way or other the
o%nslaughts in Picardy will enable the
ALLIES to gain a victory in Galicia, the
Carpa,hians or In Dobrudja.
The correspondent adds that n pecu-
liar feature of the operations Is hat the
German troops by their valiant resist
ancc really are shielding Picardy from
devastation BY the English and French.
He asserts that the tanks are OF little
use and played n quite Insignificant
role in the actions OF the past few days.
The Leipzig Neuesten Ndchrtchten, de-
scribing the Zeppelins as the "messea-
gers OF German retaliation" refers to
the raids OF September 23-2t, saying
that this time even the British authors
ties who drew up the official report
lacked the courage TO lie In The face OF
the world and were obliged to admit that
many persons were killed.
News will soon trickle but that whole
districts In London were destroyed, nu-
merous munition factories burned down.
various ships and docks blown to pieces.
says the Leipzig paper. which admits
that the English deferses have Improved.
making the raids more dangerous to the
German a%eronauts. The paper adds:
This does not deter our heroes from
undertaking intrepidly the destruction
spreading flights. Thousands Of their
comrades are shedding their blood daily
in the Somme region. and the crews Of
the airships desire no moro kind fa.c.
for all know they have the most "ffcc-
tive means of piercing E.ngland's heart,
and peace will be within reach when the
satiated shopkecpers on the Thames no
longer feel safe In their homes and fear
drives the blood from their cheeks
The sun., 1916-09-28

II is pointed out that the ~asceudaaty
Of the Allies Over the Germans Is "leiri,
demonstrated. as implied ~ the German
statement, " ARE obliged 70 admit the
success obtained bv our ,dNvrs aries"
The results Of tho Sommc of"nstN" ar"
summed up - dat As rnr'y-flur Villages
du.l iYu square miles ot French territory
~reconquercd and 10000 prisoners taken.
According 20 dispatches from CORE
spouicnts a., British headquarters IN
France the TANKS" the British armor"i
cars that were first used "A week ago. as
sisted in tho Ht;aCns Yesterday upon
combleS. ThiepNal and Guoudecourt.
overwhelming machine gun positions and
making easier the Wogh Of the infantry
The Capturr ~ Thiep'a, and The
Hohcnzollcrn Ee !oubt means that The
German gun -,-.tions around Grand
court and IN t,.. Aucrc Valley are re-
,caled 10 the British guns, ard already
the Germans have begun TO withdraw
their batteries. says a correspondent
with the armies.
One oil the most striking features Of
the rghting last night and today. was
the surprisingly slight resistance offered
at Morval and Comblcs by the Ger
mans. accord NJ 20 all reports made BY
the British officers.
The weakening Cerman resist ncc,
which seems obvious to IN spectator, l.
variuusly interpreted ly the allied Of
Hcers. some believe that The Germans
are merely maN,ug u rear guard de-
fence If the lower ground while Their
main forces fail back 70 another pre-
pared line OF trenches stretching from
Bapaumc others insist that the an,
ceasing hammer blows Of the British
and French are resulting In a decided
sof,en!nr in tho morale and fighting