The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-12

woman is con1lned TO the house with
| an aching limb and a severe case of
| the grippe. Suddenly the sun has
| shone and the snow banks have dis
appeared, the grass has become green
| and the naples are beginning to run
their ''sweetewater'' sap. The fam
lily has cleaned many pailsfu1 and
nave boiled 1T down to a Sugary syrup,
four bottles of which were to be sent
to the daughter Bridgeport.
The little occurrences of the house
hold are related in detail even to the
younger boys tickling his aged mother
| and twitting her upon the slowness of
her pursuit, which in other years was
| more quickly accomplished than the
aching joints will now permit.
| A. premonition of something to
happen has reached across intervening
space and seems poignant in the
kitchen of the snoW-covered farm
house far in the Berkshires- A bottle
of buttons had been lost This was
followed by the unaccountable loss of
q strainer which is wanted in the
sugar-b oi1ing operations. 1t had been
left upon a table several days before.
| Search had been made but it was not
{ found An account readS:
[ A"Weu my strainer went like the bot
tie of buttons. looked for it all day.
Sunday, even looking in your stove I
| looked under the beds and in every
place the strainer could be- I took a
piece of cheesecloth which did all
right
when I came from milking wed
nesday morning there was my stnainer
on the table Annie was there and I.
said, 'Zettor wants cup of coffee
The sight of the strainer gave Annie
such a shock that she screamed and
almost fell. = When she came to her
self she screamed again so loudly that
almost fell down said, Well, I
will go and see if the bottle of but
tons came back left my milk
standing and sure enough there were
the buttons in the same place. Then
went to the table to look for the
saucer that was missing but it was not
there
you can think what you please,
but know something is at the head
of such work The snperstdious be
lief of the writer gave her a feeling
of impending unhaPpinesS
Another series Of letters relating to
the theft of clothing in the apartment,
appareptly written after Mrs, Wo1ter
had rAtneWed her effects ON Saturday
morning explain themselves. All were
written upon one sheet Of paper and
show that the>first writer found no
one home and left the note which was
answered apparently in Mrs. WoIters
handwriting Similar notas had been
left in the apartment for the gas
notes follow. s5e ~ -
II would Like to know who took my
clothes Ira T. Good"
The answer read MIR Goodl
Weber said you left some and he took
yours, he said found a, sweater
in the dresser drawer If it was yours
drop me a card Just Cora Wolter
B1idgsp0rt, and tell me where to leave
Weber works for Donovan and he
said you took some of his things The
sweater is all I have that we know
The history of Mrs WoIter is par
tlc1laT1y interesting it relates to
Connecdcutz and shows that with a be-
ginning in the business world as a.
stenOgEaEafler and boakeeper she has
anassed a large fortune in Bridgeport,
New Haven, Palm Beach and Hart
ford county real estate
| She is the owner of four Large room
ing houses in the big brick block on,
CORTLAND street, between Cannon and
John streets, property en- Fairfield
avenue, a business block at Palm
Beach, Florida, farm land in East
Hartland and some property in New
Haven
,WOIter, who Is known to have come
Chicago to this city about four years
ago, has been employed at various
times in this city by cigar factories.
/ lie worked for a while, in the Yost
O16aE sncp-s HeSenfly he has been
working for MeGudnness & Donovan
in the I'M. d. cigar factory on Hq1rd
avenue His father is a cigar manu-
facturer in Chicago, eastern district
+ 10 his associates in the factory he
has recently mentioned family troN-
Dies with a gentleman in New Haven.
against whom he threatened to. bring
suit. Lately he has been drinking
heavily and many of his friends de-
clare today that he has been acting
queerly-
It was learned today that for sew
eraI years VOTERS father has been
seeking his son, and that while. his
son knew of this, he paid no atten-
| ton to it.
/ Acquaintances of Wo1ter said to-
day that frequently his attention was
called to "ads' in the Cigarmakers'
Official Journal, addressed to VOL
ter anad saying Come home" They
were signed by VOTERS father. =
/ on that's the old man again .
he is quoted as saying when he
read the advertisements
/ investigation may be begun Of the
suspicion that Wolter is a bigan,ist
| Acquaintances declare he has a wife
and two children in kalamazoo
Mich.
j He frequently. expressed his opinion
OF women. Before he married Cora
Ames, he remarked: teThe women are
| all the same. I wouldn't have any-
thing to do with any of them,
/ Wolter was a member of Cigarnal-
ers' union, Local 2S2. of Bridgeport
He had in his possession. Spanish
War veterans medal, showing that he
had served in the Cuban, Porto Rican
and Philippines campaigns
The apartment had been rented for
a period of about six weeks, rent hay
| ing been paid by Mrs WoIter. though
| lease was~in the name of Mr.. Voter
Notification had been served by mail
that on and after today the apartment
would be vacated.
Ex-senator futile came to Bridge
port today in response to information
/ that his name was connected with the
| case. He is 70 years old
To a reporter for The Farmer he