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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10

lie Document, Free" and the place
usually reserved for a, handsome Two
cent steel engraving of George Wash
ington, another famous statesman, is
neatly filled with a printed replica of
l-r. CaIdwelTs full signature. The
treatment of the interior decorations
is varied by the use of the rubber
stamp signature in pale blue, instead
of the printed one on the envelope
which is in conventional black. The
fact that Mr.. Caldwell is a member of
the Committee Military Affairs Is
strikingIy brought out in the upper
right-hand corner of the paper, just
above the central decorative feature
of the letter-head reading:
HOUSE OF RE1HREsENTATTv US.
Washington, D. G.
This the lonesome and sometimes
blue Member Of Congress from an
points between the Atlantic Ocean and
Long Island Sound, the East River
and Old County Road, apologies,
'this is a circular letter, but it is in
tended to be personal to YOU
Happiness is what he yearns for,
happiness that. is not to be found in
craftsmanship and franling privileges
alone, but the larger happiness which
is perhaps best described in Mr.. Cald-
wells own words in line three:
MY happiness is complete when
ann able to do things for my friends
happiness through the work that is
sought. For, while expressing par
donable curiosity to know what the
home folks are saying and thinking,
Preparedness, the Tariff Commission,
National Inheritance Tax, Merchant
Marine, Foreign Relations, Innnigra-
ton, etc, which he explains, are
matters pending before Congress- -
the thing that really is nearest and
dearest to his heart is work.
II like work." he writes; at keeps
me from being lonesome
Accordingly, the home folks are ex-
horted to write and tell him " IL there
is anything you think I can do for
you, your relatives, or friends" and
give him a ''chance to try and do it
for you.''
Don't be afraid they are caution
ed. ct like work.
And, as if to prove that he means
business, Representativ Caldwell en-
closes a, pa1e-b1ue and a pale-pin1x
blank for the home folks to fill out
and send back to him, away down
there in Washington, D. c., in case 4
they are laying out gardens. The pale
blue blank is for flower seeds and the
pale-pink one for vegetable seeds The
annual distribution of free seeds is
under way, and if the home
folks haven't written in for them they
had better sado so at once says their
Representative in Congress.
Public documents, like seeds, are all
SO sent free on request, he says, but
there are no pink and blue slips en-
closed for this purpose.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10
FROM CRADLE TO
CRAVE WITH GOODS
MADE in STATE
Rev. w. A. Keefe Calls At
tention to Wonderful Pro
ductiveness of Conn.

Addressing the Eastern Connecticut
Development association in Norwich
the other evening, Rev. William A.
Keefe, of P1ainf1eId described how well
Connecticut provided for the comforts
and necessaries of her own people
from the cradle to the grave. Rev.
Father Keefe was formerly assistant
at st. Augustine's church of this city.
He is widely known as an after din
ner speaker and has spoken here for
the Sons of Veterans and the knights
of Columbus. He is to speak here on
St. Patrick's night. at the annual ban
quet of the Friendly Sons of st. Pat
rick. In part Father Keefe said:
f'Think of how many times we use
the products of Connecticut farms
and factories every day. An alarm
clock made in Waterbury, New Haven
or Thomaston rouses us in the morn
ing. From bed made in Derby
and supplied with Hartford springs
and Windham sheets and pillow cases,
we jump out on a carpet made in
Thompsonvil1e in a room heated by a
Norwich Page boiler and equipped
with electric fixtures from the brass
factories of the Naugatuck valley We
turn the key in a lock made in New
Britain, Stamford or Terryvi1Ie, and go
into our bathroom supplied with
valves and faucets from Bridgeport
Midd1etown, Waterbury and Hartford,
and when we shave we use soap from
Glastonbury. We put on a union suit
from the same town, a Star shirt from
NorwaIk or Bridgeport, and a coat,
vest and trousers made of cloth from
Windham county wooden mills, sewed
with Willimantic thread and Torring-
ton needles on machines from Wheeler
e Wilson's great factories.
your wife dons garments of silk
from the Cheney mills of Manchester
or Hemingway's of .Watertown with
hooks and pins and buttons from Wa
terbury and Torrington. While the
cook prepares your breakfast on a
Norwi Richmond range, you read
about the battles being fought in Eu-
rope with guns and ammunition from
Colts of Hartford, Hopkins & Allen
of Norwich, Union Metallic of Bridge
port or Winchester of New Haven.
You pour cold water from Norwich
Thermos bottle into a cut glass COB
let from Meriden and use s1Iverware
from the Rogers factories of Meriden,
Wallingford and Waterbury,; eat
Americas best apples from Windham
county or peaches from Glastonbury;
eggs and milk and butter and fancy
vegetables second to none from the
farms of Connecticut.
after breakfast you enjoy a cigar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10
THIS CONGRESSMAN
is JUST YEARNING
FOR SOME BUSINESS
/ He Writes Home to His Constit-
uents-Sometimes Lonely;
Blue, Too.

New York. March 1o.-Restdents and
E~oters OF the Second Congressional
District of New York, whose bounda-
4ries (see Congressional Directory are
Amarked on the one side by the Allan
+ tic ocean, on the other by Long Is
Hand Sound, and at intermediate points
! by such national land and water
I1narks as Rockaway Inlet, Bergen
Handing Road, Newtown Creek, the
East River, Powell's Cove, Strong
ECauseway, Flushing Creek, and Old
County Road, were immensely cheer
led up today by the receipt of adv1ces
hdirect from Washington to the effect
kthat all was wen with the Government
of the United States except for
slight attack of 1onesomeness and the
Iblues on the part of their absent
brother, Charles Pope Caldwell, M. G.
Representative Caldwell has been
Eaway from Forest Hills and the other
points OF interest bounded by the At
iaantdc Ocean, Long Island Sound, and
E4heir geog\S phical allies, so long that
lit is said he has almost forgotten
what hour the last trolley leaves ia
l11aa1ca for Forest Hills after the last
Forest Hills special has pulled out
bof the Rennsylvanias station for the
might That is the big objection so
many public men raise when their
Econstituents demand that they pack
Ia1p and go to Washington to see that
Movement in order. They SO quickly
get out of touch with the life and
'dhought and doings of the home folks.
Sometimes this enforced separation
so affects members of Congress that
as soon as their term Of office expires
they pack up and come home and
never try for the job again. But there
Is no hint in representative CaldwelPs
1etter to the home folks that ho would
be one of these. On the contrary, he
yds bearing up braveIy- if one may be
permitted to read between the mimeo-
graphed Iines-no anding that
Honesoueness and the blues hang
heavily. upon him.
Evidently. there is only one thing
for a member of Congress to do in
cases like this-write a nice chumnny
intimate letter back home to the folks
for news.
won't you write to me and tell me
all about things at home, what people
are saying, what our friends are do
fng?'' IS the way Mr. Caldwell ex-
sometimes aonely-sometimes blue /
but that he's always glad to. get "a
nice friendly letter from one of the
people who put me here
There are, of course, quite q number
Of home folks residing this side of the
Atlantic Ocean and the other side of
Long Island Sound, and otherwise
iennmed in by Rockaway Inlet, Bergen
Landing Road, Newtown Greek, the
Hzast River, PoweIIs Cove, strong's
Causeway, Flushing Greek. and old
County Road. If their Representative
were to write personally to each Of
them especially with the fit of lone
someness and the blues upon him
there's no telling how soon he'd break
down And the postage bill would be
az1apressfve.
But fortunately there's the Congress
tnffsT7a1 frank i'm aoe-v-aT1 and
rubber stamp. 50 the mechanical diff
1feulttes are easily overcome The en-
veIopes conveying Mr.. Caldwell's mes
sage of good cheer and labelled Pub
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10
NEW HAVEN GRAYS
PLAN OBSERVANCE OF
CENTENNIAL WEEK
Especial to The Farmer.)

New Haven, March 1O-New Haven
Grays and their guests will own the
town six months from today. Plans
for the celebration of their centennial
indicate a week of great activity and
things of interest to New. Havens in
general as we'll as to the Grays, active
and veteran.
The plan and scope of the celebra-
ton is indicated by the following out
line:
Saturday, Sept. 9-Smoker, get-to-
gether meetings, and registration.
Sunday, Sept. 10-Church services,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10
Scovill's Again
Advances Wages
Of It's Employees
(special to The Farner. )

Waterbury, March 10.-An increase
in wages varying from five to fifteen
per cent. has been given to various
classes of labor in the employ of the
Scovill Mfg. Co, which took effect
the week beginning Feb. &c. Those
included in the increase received their
first share yesterday. The increase
embraces mostly men who work on an
hourly wage.
According to E. o. Goss of SEQ
will Mfg. Co., the increase was made
for the purpose of bringing about a
wage scale that would equa1ize wages
paid by the various manufacturers in
this city who have recently given in
creases in wages. just how many en-
pIoyes Of the company included in this
increase was not stated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10
Soldier Novelist
Views Verdun AS
City of the Dead

Paris, March 1O-A glimpse of Yer
dun under bonbardme emit is given by
Rene BENJAMIN, a soldier. whose nov
ell, "Gaspard," written when he was
in a hospital recovering from a wound
has gone through many editions and
is by far the best work the war has
produced in France, Benjamin, who
is again with the army, rode into Yer
dun in an army supply truck. He
writes:
1--WE traverse a deserted street where
everything is shut. It is a city of
the dead. Blinds are closed. shutters
lowered. A dead horse with a swo1-
len belly lies against a house that has
a great hole in its facade.
1--WE pass the gendarmes who stand
against the wall to let us go by, and
square Uttered with bits Of plaster.
Here stands the Palace of Justice, with
broken windows. Before the door a
yawning sentinel watches US. Our
chauffeur puts on the brake and
shouts:
(which way to the citade1?"
Straight on
1--WE continue. but as we slow down
we hear an explosion followed by a
softer noise like that of a wall fall
ing.
another street-some of the houses
here are demolished. On the right is
one, on the left another, with metal
shutter all bent stiff and projecting
threateningly into the street like an
awning in summer when the wind
slows up. But nothing moves here
The city is like a man contracte with
in himself, drawing back his head
and turning his shoulder to catch a
blow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10
ANSONIA STRIKER
APPEALS FROM $40
FINE FOR INTIMIDATION

Ansonia, Conn. March 10. - Alex
Dyevsky, charged with intimidating an
employe of the Farrell Foundry & Ma
chine Company was fined $40 and
costs by Deputy Judge M. c. Isben in
the city court yesterday. Judge F.
NJ. Mccarthy, counsel for the accused
filed notice of an appeal and Dyevsl1y
was released on bond of 500 pend
ing hearing of the case in the court
of common pleas, New Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10

One American citizen and seven
British subjects from the German de-
tention camp at Ruhleben, arrived at
Rotterdam, on their way to England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-10

Three hundred strikers of the H
B. Smith Co. foundries at Westfield,
Mass surrounded the plant and pre-
vented all persons from entering.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23
With Other Editors
PiCkinq 0ut Presidents.

III all az ~ voted with perfect intelli-
gcnce we would select a president for no
qualities whatever except those which
make hlm 2 good instrument for forrnu-
n carrying out certain desirable
policies. Mere a~miability would not
count with Il, at all, except as IL had ex-
c'utivc value, because we would reason
mat a public mans aimabilitv would still
Pc ~ existence whether lie was elected 10
Roosevelt merely because we liked his
Office or not. We would not choose 4
h"l@icrons ways or reject either n VIII
S"t or d llughes for the simple reason that
We thought him cold. We might even be
ready To vote for a man whose personal
ity we did not like ii we were convinced
mat he was better qualified To do the
things that we believed ought NV ir lone.
BESIDES this, We would rigorou ~ ex-
cindc from our weighing ul andidatcs
tho~e qualities and circumstances which
are parely personal. We would never
dreain, Tor example, of allowing 4uch n
circumstance a. a see nd marriage. some
what hastily entered iuto by 4 lonely man
O" affect our judgment Of him as = can
didate. We woHid overlook small inner
lections OF temperament and p-eccadiios
II manner and speech. III our Lincoln.
came before u with a natural dignity
winch looked, Ut first glimpse. ike awk-
""rdncss, we wculd think none The worse
al them Tor IL. We would also De WILLING
II" condonc the artificial polish which
stands az the other end 81 The line. The
man heart and mind would NJ what ~
would strive L. question. We would ask
hI;n, lir~t. what hc desired IN do. and ~ar-
"ud, what H. would be able la do h,O he
"'i~ u'uipcrod hy party allegiance. IL
promises, by ignorance. bv defects of viii
ana how SEQ tree by his own knowledge
strength and cnthusias-,.
But luis is far most ~ pure moan
shine. n we arr not ri ly partisan. and
80 Obliged to leave eur Judgment n the
Nceplns "a somebody else, we vote N tbc
presidential elections for the man We Ike
BEST i"r hm who has warmed our bcnrt.
moSt ciIecutciy aud that, the end of
NaH Francisco Bulletin
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

and Lieutenant Val f. Miitenhegr of the
United States army In their cooperative
work of making Brownsville clean and
wholesome, deserve the sincere thanks of
the citizens. The various members and
barnches of the city government that are
cooperating heartily in their work and
making ii possible of success. also merit
praise.
A trip through the meat and fish mar
ket today i a revelation to anyone who
was familiar with it a month ago. Today
the market and every stall are clean and
sanitary enough TO conform with even the
most exaeting health requirements.
The city's alleys are rapidly being clean
ed and row present q different appearance
from a month ago. Unde- the strenuous
measures being saken by DR.. Dickson. prop
ertv owners who had seemingly never en-
teriained any intention of obeving the san
itarv law with regard 70 sewer connection
are having those connections made
But after the city ha~ cleaned itself IL
VIII be confronted with the everlasting and
ever renewing task of KEEPING CLEAN.
Whether this task shall be made a difficult
or an easy one depends upon the method
with which il i attacked. A compared
with an annual cleanup day. a daily keep
clean program j. easy sailing. Those who
follow vigorously a~a ~cli-.ouSlv n rule
never to allow IN article Of earbace ~
waste to Get loose anywhere between the
kitchen table and the garbage can and new
or 70 allow a weed 10 grow 10 seed. viii
wonder why and wherefore all this fuss
qhort keeping clean. To them it comes
natural.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23
Not Very Likely.

As the automobile that had hit him
vanished in the distance, the victim sat
up and slowly rubbed his head.
"Ihc city should build crossings below
grade for PEDESTRIANS" he said. "Th,se
streets really aren't safe lor automobile
drivers amy more. Every time they drive
fast they III. some ono ,.nd lots Of foolish
people cross The treots diagonally, a. |
did. instead of - tie crossings"
Then he sank back and LET the ambu-
lance take him away. lie was an auto
mobile owner himself.-Selected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

MOST ~ the women wu n. -hor,
ana Offices are found ". The Eastern .;sies
'hd in Chicago. We Of the latter town
'here has been a romantic fradltin, tb,,
men married women instead Ut maxim,
'"em work for a living. But eyidentIv
times are changing and n ha- ram,;r.l Vii.
NahSaS city 70 establish a provision fnr
working women which one MIGHT i~,nao;,o
g. be needed IN Boston or New Ygrl- mn,
h'TulN "n the banks AZ TIC Missouri
ims HI nothing les than q night park
lur women. from which men are eycInJed
Ia ~ unleciins police. A cynical iua,,;
f'r might wonder whether women would
n"l rs afraid 10 80 ~ such \ nara alan.
our the report j. that the tenni, CONT.
ana other rccreations provided Ara " f,r
use from : O'Clock until 10 in the even,n.
'"ea III the park was 10 afford onno~-
families Tor recreation fsr vonr~
N' haNe been sitting through their eve
lungs "a Rail bedrooms in hoari,-- bon.a
"' moving psctGrc shows aud III, nr,rat
II ~ me plan are elated nc IN. ara.nt
""0e- However. the park ~ new vet and
'a'er reports will hc awaited bef,ra IN.
ne" idea Il widely copied. Adamless Fl
'ns are sorry makeshiftS III best ana tn.
i"''"nthsvpists who cs;abl:s homes v;.h
,-s''inS pariors, are working alonr normal
I'll" therefore probably more spcce.sR,I
Nnes -brooklyn Daily Eacla.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23
Smoothly Bespoken.

The Rev. Sol BroilS was preaching what
he considered his best sermon, hut, for
some unaccountable reason il failed to
arouse sufficient interest.
He decided to try his audience on an
other theme 'Bretheren.' he shouted, "in
glory land dar amt g'wine ter be no mo-
scuthn' fer de good things to eat. Every
thing gwine ter be fotch to you-sasage.
sparerib, chitlins, 'posSnmi think IL datr
Old Uncle Bill Franklin, who had been
sound asleep. woke up 1t this point and
yelled out fervidly: 'Pahson say dem
greasy wuds> again." Evcrybody's
Magazine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

Checks should be made payable 10 The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Go. Business
.onuunicatians should be addressed 20 tE-
eompany. and items. letters. etc. intended for
orhficatioD should be addressed 70 Editor. The
aer4ld. Brownsville. Texas. Letters intended
for publication should BE sigLed With the full
name Of the writer. The name vii not be
printed II not desired. but Il VIII be evidence Of
eood faith on the part of the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23
Then Smile A While
Special Privilege

One morning little Mary hung about tn
kitchen continually botherinc the hrsk
cook TO death. The cook lost patience a.
nally.
Clear out o here. We sassy little brat Y
she shouted, humping the table with a
rolling pin.
The little girl gave the cook "a naughty
look.
81 never allow any one but my mother
To speak 10 me like that" she said.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

officer of the army. and | 60 recommend.
"You viii see. suerei ore. that ii l. the
judgment of TIE president and the seere-
tary of war that This highway should be
constructed under the new good roads act.
under the terms OF which the federal gov
contributes one-half of the cost
of building. the upkeep falling 10 the states.
"The customs service aud the immigra-
tion service nave unquahfiedly endorsed
the highway. stating that i would facili-
tate the administration of their functions
along the Rio Grande in a very great meas
ure. Internationally the highwa~ would
be of immense value' not Only to TIL var
ious arms of the government service m
the border but 10 the state of Texas an
particularly to the section on and near the
river The opinion Of the secretary of
war that the construction Of the road bv
the United States alone l. not favorable
will undoubtedly be the opinion Of congress.
The department Of agriculture has prom
i~ed 10 provide free of charge 4 superviS-
ing engineer and two assistants for the pur-
pose of making a survey Of the proposed
highway whenever local interests are ready
to cooperate. Ii wonld be well. therefore.
for the Rio Grande Military Highway As
ISOLATION to consider the matter from the
standpoint of the letters Of. the president
and the secretary of war herein quoted to
secure the cooperation Of the state and
county authorities for the purpose of con
structing the highway. or sections Of ii
under the new federal good roads act.
II shall be glad to continue to do what
| can to aid the project and | am giving out
this statement in order that its present
status may he known"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

TIE CITY Is CLEANED.
d.. L. l.. D.csnson, city health officer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

America asks nothing TO
herself bat what size has
right to ask for human
H.pF.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

SoL, in Brownsville and recommend
ed as tie worlds Lest corn remedy by
@. Whitman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23
Cogidn't SEE III, as,

"hen that lad boy threw s.opes n ,,,o
Why didtlt you come and Ten me nssa5
u throwing back ut hims~ SAIL ,ha -
h''le hoyss piouS mother.
zen toaf said the good lit,le h.av
why you eouldl't ii. a barn -door."--se-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23
A Point in Space.

What j. this wild and lonely spot (,
There must be some tradition connected
with it. for yonder j. a marker
This j. the center of the population
Kansas City Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-23

"Our Country! In her intercourse With
foreign n~ati0ns, may she always be right,
out our coutry, right or wrong."-Stephen
Decatur
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-06-23
BELMONT

BELMONT -. June 22-Byron
Kemp aud soh Dewitt. were callers a;
Albert kemp's one day last week.
Harvey Hatcher and wife and daught-
'r Martha. OF Route No. ,. visited a.
:. u. Hatchers az LampsNille sunday.
Mrs. HATTIE Price WAS caller at
Belmont on, day last week.
Mrs. white and daughter. Blanche. are
Wis ting friends and relatives Ia West
virginia
Mis- Bessie Hatcher is spending a
fow days with her sister. Mrs. More.
al N,w toStl'.
George sumption was calling at ,.
D. Nilhuaus NlpudHN.
~ j. Hatcher and daughter. Nclllc.
were callers al Belmont Tuesday.
Henry Gattsu made a business trip
90 Belmont FRIDAY.
Mr Frost Was iu this vicinity Mon
dav buying cattle.
hoy Hatcher of Pleasant Ridge was
a caller at o. T. MiIuuru- Monday.
Mr. aud Mrs Emmett Powell and
family 90 Captina and Mr. and Mrs
stanley Moor. CT Sew Costlc visited
a. the home oi T. %. Hatcher at Lamps
willie sunday
Ndd son Wilcox of cool Hul was
working for J. IL. Niiuoan saturday.
John Kemp Wa caller at : ID
llRfDhsr's Ntant sdnN.
several from this vicinity attended
the funeral of Airs Lewis Brown al
EIrus1vIile last Friday.
Miss Mabel Wilcox Uf Cool liiI was
o. caller 90 Manly Kemp Tuesday.