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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
Gus, the Detective,
Gets a Slick Teller

New York. Jan. 3-Gustave Vetter
| is Detective No. 80 on the East
Orange Police Department and last
night he came to New York to see
if a certain slick young fellow" who
had been swindling New Jersey resi-
dents, could not be found loafing
about the Bright Lights. At Broad
way and Forty-seventh street he
walked up ITO Herbert r. Manner, of
No los West Fortieth street, threw
back his coat showing badge No. 80,
and tapping Manner on the shoulder,
said: 49,
You're under arrest; I'm a detec-
tive, see?''
I you're crazy" said Manner.
mo, I'm detective from East
Orange, and you're the Slick young
Teller I want"
Don't bother me tonight; come
around tomorrow"
Vetter took hold of Manners arm
and some one showed him away. Po-
liceman Hartnett, attracted by the
crowd that was gathering, came up.
nd then Vetter twisted Manners face
around into better light, and said:
mo, by heck; I guess you're not the
lad 1 want, after ALL
Hartnett decided both of them bet
ter go to the West Forty-seventh
street police station, and there Vet
ter's identity was esta blished by tele-
phone and Manner agreed not to
prosecute him for disturbing his
peace
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
OUR NEWT0WN
news LETTER
Especial to The Farmer

Newtown, Jan. 3-The next BIZ
monthly meeting Of the Equal Fran
chise league will be held Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. w. B. Glover,
Queen street.
Frank Kilbride spent few days
last week in New York city.
The New Years sociable at St.
Mary's hall Monday night, under the
direction, of Jack O'Neil, was the oc-
casion of much pleasure to the large
number of towns people. as well as
holiday visitors who attended Dele
cations from Danbury and Bridgeport
came by autos to ENJOY a night in
Newtown.
+ Fred Leiss Jr., of Bridgeport spent
the holidays at home. :
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Pitzschler
had for Sunday guests Town Clerk
Oscar Pitzschler, Miss Elizabeth
Clark and E. S. Pitzschler, assistant
town clerk.
The advent of 1917 was ushered in
by ringing the church bells in Sandy
Hook and by firing off the old cannon
which has done it's patriotic and civic
duty for two generations.
Mrs. j. w. Gordon spent part of
the holiday vacation with Danbury
friends.
Miss Mary and Martin Roche en-
! joyed the holiday, season with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Roche
Depot road.
Professor and Mrs. Leo Eickson
returned Saturday from a visit of a
week in New York.
William Stegman of Boston and
his brother, Charles Stegman Of
| Bridgeport, were holiday visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Coger of Bots
ford.
Mrs. Frank Conger of Cold Spring
has been confined to his home several
days, suffering injuries from fall
on an icy walk.
John Heating and family of Shell
ton spent aAfew days with Mrs. P.
eKating, Palestine.
Raymond ODea OF Bethel is visit
ing his aunt, Miss Mary O'Dea of
J Sandy Hook.
Earl Lyons Of Bridgeport is spend
ing his holidays with Mrs. John Car
mody.
Miss Mary Kane of Bridgeport and
!. Frank Tally of the same city are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C.
Keane.
Mrs. ,Adella Irwin of Main street
Is on the sick list.
The young people of the associate
villages held a skating carnival on the
Foundry pond Saturday night. At Il
huge bonfire marshmallows were
toasted and other CONNECTIONS were
dispensed to all. The party broke
up shortly before midnight and all
went home by moonlight.
Mrs. E. Wilson Of New Jersey is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Edward Tay-
lori.
P. T. Lynch of Bridgeport is visit
ing At his home on Walnut Tree Hill
this week.
Mrs. Louise Gibson Of New York
opens today Fer villa for a house
party of guests from the city who
will ENJOY week Of winter gayety in
Sandy Hook.
The Sunshine club held a meeting
Thursday with Miss Kate Tibballs at
st. Johns rectory. "
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
Greece Is Considering
Demands of Entente

London, Jan. 3.-Reuter's Athens
correspondent cables the following
semi official note relating to the de-
mands of the allies on the Greek gov
eminent for reparation of the, losses
suffered as d result of the recent clash
between Greek and entente troops at
Athens.
The government is considering the
latest note presented by the allied
powers. Despite it's desire to give an
other proof of it's sincerity towards the
entente, certain currents of public Qp-
inion make it's task difficult. The
government appears to wish to pro-
coed rapidly with it's decisions regard
ing the note and to endeavor to COM
bine the safeguarding of vital interests
of the country with maintenance of
the traditional friendship between
Greece and the entente and hopes the
latter will assist it's efforts"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03

in the Duma. The Imperial govern
ment has not yet spoken, pending in
vasion of Lithuania by Germany, but
when normal conditions are restored
the government will undoubtedly APP
prove the autonomy agreed to in prin-
ciple by the Duma.''
Mr.. Ychas says Russia has cOnsid-
erably improved political conditions
in Lithuania in recent years. For
merly the holding of lands by Lithu-
anians was prohibited; the press was
prohibited; all Lithuanian books in
GLIDING the Bible were prohibited :
holding office was prohibited. All
this has been changed Mr.. Ychas says
and there was fair degree of free
dom under Russian rule up to the
time of the German invasion. There
were IA Lithuanian representatives in
the first and second Duma, and five
in the third and fourth Duma.
'It was during the old period of re-
stricting that so many Lithuanians
went to the United States" added Mr..
Ychas, PREACHING 10000 year from
1909 to the outbreak of the war, and
aggregating 100000 in large colonies
throughout the United States-with
thirty newspapers, and their own
clubs, theatres and societies. But the
Lithuanians in America are essenti-
ally Americans. They have found
better social and economic conditions:
they own their homes. direct their
own business, enjoy political liberty,
and exercise a strong and wholesome
influence in politics."
Mr.. Ychas showed his faith IN AM
erican Lithuanians by marrying
among them while on his recent trip,
his wife being a daughter of DR..
Szlupas of Scranton, Pa, one of the
leading publicists of the Lithuanians.
While in London Nine. Ychas has ad-
dressed large gatherings of Lithuan-
ianS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
Mrs. Nc rackin Says
She Got Blow Instead
of Cash From Husband

is we'll known in Bridgeport, received
$29, 900 as his share from the Willard
Moran fight Mrs. MacCracken says
all she received was a blow on the
cheek. According to her testimony in
her separation action in the supreme
court at New York yesterday, she
went to the McAlpin hotel to ask Mr..
MacCracken to ':do the right thing by
her. since he had received so much
money. The blow was what he gave
her, she tolda4Iustice Giegrieh.
/ MacCracken formerly was general
manager for the Barnum & Bailey
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
STEPNEY

| Mr. and Mrs Morris French have re-
Gently spent few days at the home
| of Mrs. French's parents in Brooklyn
Jesse Lewis and Stephen Hall have
spent few days in Norwalk where
they enjoyed duck shooting in that
vicinity.
Mrs. Elmira Deas has been ill with
an attack of pneumonia.
AChristmas tree celebration with
exchange of presents was enjoyed by
the members of Harmony grange at
the meeting last Thursday evening
A meeting of the selectmen will be
held at the town hall at l p. M, Fri
day, Jan. 5, to pass on bills and trans
act other business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen B. Hayes en-
tertained as New Years guests Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar B. Plumb and daughter
Beatrice of Nichols and Charles Mich
OILS Of Danbury.
Mrs. James of New York city is the
guest of relatives here.
The women of the NJ e. church are
planning for an entertainment to be
held the latter part of January
William Liska Of Bridgeport has
---.--- $50 @sys at his home here.
Edward Booth was in Bridgeport
Tuesday where he was drawn as a.
juror.
Mrs. William Curtiss and children
were recent guests at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Beers in Newtown
Several coasting parties have been
enjoyed by the young people of this
vicinity.
M. B. Hawley was recent visitor of
Charles Curtiss at the Galen hospital,
Bridgeport.
David Fairchild of Waterbury was
a recent guest at Hillcrest
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
circus, receiving $4,000, his wife says
TELEPHONE RARNUM 821.

circus, receiving $4,000, his wife says
In those days, before they separated,
Mrs. MacCracken says he gave 5000 q
month to her for pin money. In add1-
ton to his Willard Moran profits, Mrs.
MacCracken says her husband is as
ISOLATED with Tex Richard in the
direction of the American tour Of Les
Darcy.
Near the close of the trial, Frank s.
tONeil, formerly a boxing commits
sioner, appeared to act as counsel for
the husband. Justice Giegrich refused
to let him participate, saying that the
court opened at 10 in the nlornine.
He advised Mr.. IO'Neil to leave if he
wished later to make a motion to re-
open the case. The justice took the
lease under advisement.
So
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE MEETS

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 3-The 49th
session of the legislature convened
here today. The framing of laws to
make effectivefin 1918 the prohibition
constitutional amendment carried at
the fall election, is regarded as the
most important work to come before
the legislature early in the session.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
MAKES GOOD TIME

The steamer Bridgeport held over
here on New Years day went out in
the night at her usual hour. She re-
turned yesterday in good time. At
1915 last night she was off again
and took a tremendous load of freight
to New York. The rough weather in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
FOUGHT OFF HAWK

Deputy Collector Sloan of the in
ternal revenue service Of this district
had a gpartridge for his New Years
dinner. He rescued the partridge
from the bill of a very large hawk
in Greenfield Hill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
$500 FOR THE POOR

Supt. Brennan dispersed fully $500
today to the poor. The majority of
this AMOUNT went to- the workmen
who had been employed at the town
farm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
NEVINS REFLECTED

The good government club held a
meeting at their rooms yesterday and
President John J. Nevins was unani-
mously reelected. Alderman Hand
son was chosen vice president.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
NEW sCRAPER EFFICIENT

The new fashioned scraper on the
horse railroad operates splendldly.
The snow is taken effectually from
the track and turned into windrow
two feet outside of the rail, leaving
the road as smooth as a barn floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
DANCE THIS EVENING

The regular bi-monthly dance, OF
the country club will take place this
evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
DIRECT TAX
TALLOW WANTED

Cash and the highest price paid
for rough and tried tallow by c.
Mitchell, Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
NEW YORK MARKET

Cotton is quiet. At "a IL to 35
cents for middlings Flour receipts
SO19 bbls. sales $500. The market is
5 to 10 cents better.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
CALL MEETING

The Democrats of Newtown are re-
quested to meet at the Union hall in
Newtown Saturday for the purpose Of
appointing delegates to the state con-
vention to be held in New Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

ed Note-Direct tax in the early
history of the United States was very
unpopular as is evidenced by the num-
Der OF persons who protested it. The
following notice elected many COM
plaints.)
DIRECT TAX
Notice is hereby given that the di-
rect tax for the 1915, laid in conform
ity to the Act of Congress upon the
following described property is now
remaining unpaid and that unless the
said tax with 10 per cent. in addition
thereto shall be paid to the subscrib-
er on or before the 9Th day of March
next the said property, or so much
thereof as shall be necessary to salts
fy the said tax and 20 per cent. in
addition thereto will be sold at pub
lie sale at the home of Mollie Pike
in Mill-Small River (now Southport)
in the town Of Fairfield in the County
of Fairfield; the sale to commence at
20 o'clock a. m. on said day.
(To Be Continued)
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
BRIDGEPORT As II WAS
1OO15O-20-YEARS AGO
(Taken from the Files OF The Evening Farmer)

these days impedes her progress some
but she is safe and sure boat and
makes her fetch whenever she is
put square to her work
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
CHICKEN THIEVES

Chicken thieves have been raiding
the memories along the Birmingham
turnpike.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03

A small shipment OF new half dollar
pieces arrived at the sub-txAa.----
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
SHALL WASTE coNTiNUE7

THE ferm~nted rather than the dis
TILED liquors call for the greatest con-
sumption of grain In the liquor bust
ness" asserts the dean of the college
Of agriculture. Illipols university,
writing In the Atlantic Monthly. "That
Is to say. about 120.OOO.OOO bushels-or
approximately the world shortage
are used for fermented liquors, against
some 35,0O0,O00 bushels. practically
none Of which is wheat. used for dis
tillatlon.
"To transport the grain now used for
fermented liquor In the United States
alone would require the entire fleet Of
a thousand wooden ships. such as are
now contemplated for the war trade.
This l20.OOO,0O0 bushels Of grain is
the equivalent of over half the wheat
crop Of France or Of Canada. and IL is
twice that of England. 1t represents
the entire grain food of over 15,0OOOO0
people, and that Is no negligible
amount. Ii represents in the form of
meat no less than 7JO,O00,OOO pounds,
or the carcasses Of more than million
Of the heaviest beeves.
"WIth people starving abroad, with
large sections of Europe desolate, and
with food riots beginning In this
country as a result Of high prices,
there can be but one answer TO the
question whether this wastage shall
continue"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
JAB FROM THE LANCET.

THE enormous expenditure on
drink-even II drink were innocuous
implies corresponding abstraction
Of wealth from useful and beneficial
uses. But drink Is not innocuous. Ii
is the most powerful and fascinating
Of all means Of degradation and dis
ease which unfortunate human nature
can find 10 debase itself. Every med
ical practitioner sees illustrations of
this almost every day Of his life. Z.
The bishops have set us an example,
and we of the medical profession have
also our rellgisas duties."-London
Lancet.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
SUNDAY ON AMERICA.

] would like to do this: I would
Ike TO see every booze-fighter get on
the water wagon. I would like to
summon all the drunkards In America
and say: Boys, let's cut her out and
spend the money for -four, meat and
calico; what do you say7"
Come on; I'm going to line up the
drunkards. We will line up in front'
Of the butcher shop. The butcher says:
What do you want. piece Of neck7"
mo; how much do ! owe you"
1.-Two dollars" Here's your dough.
Now give me n porterhouse steak and
n slrloin roast."
"where did you get all that
moncyr
"Went to hear Bill. and climbed on
the water wagon"
"Hellol What do you wantr
"Beefsteak."
We empty the shop and the butcher
runs TO the telephone. "Hey, central,
give me the slaughter-house. Have
you got any beef, any pork, any NUT
TOM"
They strip the slaughter-house and
then telephone for trainloads Of beef
steaks.
"What's the matterT
"The whole bunch has got on the
water wagon"
And the big packers say to their
statesmen: 'Buy beef, pork and NUT
ton" and the farmers see the price of
cattle and sheep jump up to three
times their value.
Let me take the money you dump
into the whisky hole and buy beef
steaks with II. I will tell you what Is
the matter with America: Your chill
dren are going naked and the whisky
gang has your money.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
NINETY PER CENT ACCEPTED.

Wartime conditions have brought to
light a new and unanswerable argu-
ment In favor of prohibition. 1t has
been source of no small concern that
no larger per cent of the young men
OF the country were able to meet the
physical requirements Of the army and
navy. A Y. NJ. G. A. secretary has
made a significant discovery. He has
ascertained that while but % per cent
Of the young men from certain IL
cense state were accepted for army
and navy service, 90 per cent Of those
who enlisted from Kansas, the veteran
prohibition state, were up to grade.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22

enough to run up to a peak at the cen.
ter. by screwing a screw eye into the
tops of uprights b. and one into the
under side Of poles C Figs. s and 81.
the poles can be joined by tying to-
gether the screw eyes with cord.
Screw screw eye into the upper end
Of poles C to tie the cord to for sus-
pending the poles from the ceiling.
Crepe tissue paper in different col
ors is the best covering material for
the booth framework. Figure / sug-
gests how strips Of the paper may be
wound around the corner uprights and
canopy poles, how a latticework
frieze OF twisted ropes OF crepe pa
per may be extended. around the sides
at the top, and how ribbons of crepe
paper may be used to inclose the
canopy framework. Pretty. home
made cardboard lanterns hung from
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22

The daddy of the family had once been
a school friend of the farmer, but he
had gone to the city to live, and he
had had very hard time. He, too,
had four children, but their faces were
pale, and often, often they had not
quite as much to eat as they needed.
My father turkey was sent to this fam
ily." The turkey paused, gobbled three
times, then began TO talk again.
"Ah, when my father arrived. there
was such joyl The four children
looked at the feet peeking out of the
box, and there were some feathers left
on his handsome legs and around his
neck. He has fur boots they shout
ed, and fur collar. Oh, what a rich
bird he must have beenl Isn't he too
rich to eatr
"They called him a rich bird-they
didn't know he was still greater than
rich bird-one of the turkeys of the
great Thanksgiving day. But their
daddy told them how Mr.. Turkey had
come from the country, and that he
would be cooked and would be eaten
that day for their dinner-as soon as
he was nice and brown and while he
floated in little pond of gravy!
Snow, wasn't my father the lucky
one2 He was used for children who
had never known Thanksgiving din
ner before. And weren't they thank
fulf oh. weren't they happy! Such
a surprise as my father gave them,
such meal as he made for them, and
how happy the little pale children were
that there was day in the three hun
dred and sixty-five set aside for
Thanksgiving-and for turkeys!
"While you creatures in the barn.
yard got so many Of the goodies left
from the Thanksgiving table, so did
old Dan, the dog, get the bones from
my father-such bones as he had new
er before tasted. Even Dan knew the
meaning Of the day!"
"We were both right" said Mr. Cob
bier. "My farmers children were
thankful because they knew they new
er had to long for food. They always
had enough. They never needed to
long for fresh air and place for play
ing. And they did not wish for some
thing they did not have. So were the
family to whom your father went
thankful. They were happy they had
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
@&1x<A
81 H. %'.-A< =!
' G.4 A-.AW
Be Thankful Every Day.

The purely passive contemplation Of
all good ought to be granted TO COM
mon days on which no more has oc-
Cured than the daily round of little
pleasures and the absence of more
than ordinary annoyanees. With the
evening Offering of silent thanksgiv-
Ing 10 God we take conscious possess
sion Of simple happiness and enjoy
II once again, instead of slipping off
past Gods best gifts as men so often
do. Thus thanksgiving involves the
recognition: All this good is from
God, and this recognition reacts on our
own mood, creating conscious JOY and
humble trust in the God who will con-
tinue To bless In things both great
and small.
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canopy are nailed to these boxes (B

canopy are nailed to these boxes (B,
Fig. 81.
The distance apart to place the box
supportsAwill be determined. of course.
by the size that you want to make the
booth. Seven feet square. outside
measurement. is a good size. The coun-
ter boards should be twelve inches
wide, and long enough to make a
continuous counter extending from
corner to corner. This is not shown
in Fig. 2. but II is indicated in the
plan diagram of Fig. 3.
The canopy framework is made Of
-four poles &c, Fig. %. The lower
ends OF these are secured to the tops
Of uprights b. and the upper ends
are suspended from a screw eye
screwed into the ceiling directly over
the tops of the booth. These poles
must project six inches or so over
the tops OF uprights b. and be long
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22

the two little girls with the blue eyes
and the soft brown hair. And so did
the mother and daddy. But even then
my father had not entirely vanished,
and with one accord they said that
they had never had such a Thanksgiv-
Ing dinner"
The turkeys, as well as the other
creatures in the barnyard, had gath
cred around to listen. "You are SO
proud of being eaten" said the pigs
arr ducks. "and how can you enjoy be-
Ing proud-your joy is so soon over?
Why do you want TO be fed so much
when 1t only means that soon you can
have no more to eat, because a hun
cry family has eaten your"
THAT'S because you don't under
stand turkeys" said handsome Miss
Turkey. "We consider it'such splen-
did honor TO be eaten on such nota-
BILE day. We are not eaten any time
Mt all. like some creatures know Of"
The other barnyard animals hung
their heads. They knew of whom she
spoke, and they were suddenly much
Quieter, clucking, quacking, grunting
and squealing in low voices.
Mr.. Gobble, cousin of Mr. Gobbler,
had begun to speak: "YOur father
was very fortunate in being the one
saved for the farmers family. And a
great treat he was. But listen to my
tale Of a greater treat" They all
drew nearer. "Gobble, gobble, COB
BILE" repeating his own name and the
call of Turkey-land, my father served
a far better purpose.
The farmer knew of family In
the city, far from here, where there