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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16
2 H.n:s. ts ,s a .,s S;,,;'! SG,si,! $2.99
 Coats, SIP values ~

to secure such extremely attractive styles and values as these. They're fine. Because the price was so small we bought too many. You reap a double benefit. In order to clear quick we sacrifice our legitimate profit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16
High c la s s Plu S h Goats, to $40 Value

A big new arrival just
 in by baggage. A style assortment that al- lows the most critical shopper the utmost freedom of choice. Some show slight inn perfection-after you look very closely only. Elaborate fur collars and cuffs. Extra fine lining, all sizes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16

Another remarkable group of coats, hand somely tailored in extra quality chiffon broadcloth. By far the most attractive coat offer you will find in days travel. A com pete assortment of sizes insure your selec- ton; elaborate fur collars and cuffs. Be sure you see these.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
RESTAURANT

THE GLOBE Restauranr-Reguia dinner or supper zoe. We serve the best food. coffee and butter in the city. For two and one-half years in business. Our ice boxes have been open to the public for inspec- tion 385 Fairfield Ave. Barnum 56S5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

REAL BARGAINS in used cars Pasge 1916 seven passenger: Paige 1915 Touring: Chalmers master six ruilman'a Sedan. 367-s Fairfield Asa.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
AUTO REPAIRING

FORD SERVICE co. We make a speciality of repairing Ford carss Automobile service city or country. Accessories and parts always on hand. Prompt service. 1064 Bar mum Ave. Phone Barnum 6330.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

DOoA4sL.,, UrrOr.IUN IlIlr.,

IF YOU have anything you want to sell quick in the business or real estate line, see the Bridgeport Busi- ness Exchange. Inc, 4U2 Meigs Bldg. open evenings.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
Aa.AAALnA

NEW HOME BAKERY. Speciality in catering to church and lodge sup pegs We feature hC-ac made mlcce and apple pies. Bii ~aday and wedding cakes to order. lf37 North Main St.. Bridgeport.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
CRoPRAOTIo xATUREoPATHs

Dr. Fl. F. Pope; pr. k. T. Wetherbe. Chiropractic-N -Natureopath. Meigs buildAn9, Room 1C1, entrance 13s ! Fairfield avenue. Office hours 2 to
 n q zn-. 1880 to 5 ?. rn.. ' to [ ?. m Closed Thursday and Saturday sveningA Bridgeport. Conn. Tel e stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
MILLINERY

GET YOUR right smart Easter. hat Japanese ornaments and other inn portant novelties at Etta Murphy's. East Main and Barnum Ave.
 s 22 dss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

NEW IDEAS in dance instruction Waltz. Fox Trot. One-Step. Private lessons Miss Jewel Smith. 23S Smith St.. near Newfield Park Phone Barnum .4511.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

YOUNG LADIES, 16 to 8. education Sth grade grarurnar school or equiv alent, to learn telephone operating. Dollar day for four weeks Rapid advancement thersafter. Perma- nent positions. Apply at 1S4 Fair field Ave. Ask fer Miss Wheeler. The Southern New England Tele- phone Co. Dc eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
AWNINGS AND SAIL MAKER

Aus, AWNINGS, COAL BAGS,
 H0pray Hoods. Canvas Covers, Rope Splicing. Geo. L. Harrington. 175 S East Main St. Tel. 6Sls. RIG dt'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
UPHoLsrERERs
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR SALE-5 room bungalow near trolley. Ia hour ride from Bridge port. ell improvsmentk new house S2.S0O; $50 cash, balance as rent The Pease Realty Go. 10s Wall St
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
INSTANCE

WANTED-Inventor to send for one
 of my booklets on U. s. and Foreign
 patent. Mercer D. Blondel. Patent
 Solicitor. Conn. National Bank
 building. B27 '6
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
JEwELRx
INSTRUCTION

F. RHEY GARRISON, pianist and ac- companist. thoroughly pracu- al course of piano instruction. Studio 47 Taylor Building. 46 Cannon g..
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
MULTTGRAPHIN0
PHYSICAL TREATMENT

LOUIS F. NUTTING, physical treat ments by heat. electricity or manip- ulation. Rooms 309-310. City Sav- 1ngs Bank. 952 Main street. Otfics hours: week days a. m. to 6 ?. m. RI eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

FORD SPECIALIST. we repair ev- erything in Ford cars. Thorough overhauling. workmanship guaran- teed. Buy and sell cars Postol Bros. 242 Norman St.
 B 20 aIIs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
Auro BODIES

WE HAVE large stock of open and closed Ford delivery bodies for Ford cars ready to mount cn chas- aiG Metropolitan Auto. q Carriage O.. 4s4 Grand St.. Phone. Earnum Sss1.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
MENDING SHOP

RYAN'S MENDING SHOP. All kinds of gowns and dresses made. and re- paired. Also lodge regalia. Room Masonic Temple, Bridgeport
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
LGSA AND FOUND
HOUSES FOR SALE

BEAUTIFUL family house, large plot, $5,800 worth $7.000. 201 Meigs Building.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Phone Barnum 2332 for particulars of stock now selling at 26c share. Should sell at $1 be- fore Sept. 1st.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

PRODUCTICE FARM TOR SALE or Exchange. furnace in house, water supplied by artisan we'll, high ele- yation, large apple orchard, springs and brook on place. N. B. Loller. 196 Fairfield Ave.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

THE MALLETT FARM on Tasf,ua Hill. 12S acres, new house. young peach orchard, Price $25, 5,000.s Box M. T. K.. Care of Farmer
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

AUTOG REPAIRING of every descrip- ton. No job too difficult. Mag neto and bearing work a speciality. Expert Motor Car Repair Co.,. S2l Charles St-. Barnum 4sss.
 1S AIIs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
AUTO TRUCKMG
AUTO ACCESSORIES
AUCTIONEER

YELL YOUR Furniture. antiques Mbooks, show cases. stoves. junk Mmerchandise to Daniel F. Keane E13s6 Main st. Phone 4o62-3 Bar. Mnum.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

FOR SALE CHEAP-Building lots. 67x100, Avenue F, Stratford, Conn. Address F. H. R.. Care of Farmer.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

FOR SALE-Six family house. Ogden St.. Loewith x Co.,. 1l6 Bank St. Tel Barnum go.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

0OGHT sells your business; list now;
 cash buyers waiting: groceries. con- fectionaries. poolrooms. restaurants
 Barnum 63S0. voght. BOA Warner 2 Building.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

FOR SALE On Bruce avenue. west side. 160 feet north of Hollis ter street, lot 120 feet by 100. Ad- dress The University School, 836 Fairfield Ave.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
MACHINE WORK
MECHANICS CLOTHING STORE

POPULAR MECHANICS STORE Union made pants, overalls, hats, caps, working clothes of every de- scription. Gold St. corner Main opp- Stratfield hotel.
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
LOLZHDUNGZ700N

farmers around Seymour created the basis of his
fortune"
One Of the Indiana colleges, which has an i'm
pOrtant agriculture department. has shown much
interest in the Seymour enterprise. This school
sends out special trains and agents and ennis
saries and whatnOt all over Indiana in line with
its policy of making Hoosierdom a paradise of
scientific farming, and these agents don't often
overlook the opportunity of telling about Sey-
mour's Farmers club and what it is doing to
make the city and its rural customers real bust
ness associates.
The word is going farther, too, than the farth-
est reaches of Indiana. Grange organizations,
commercial clubs and agricultural colleges here
and there all over the country are making in
Quiries of Seymour about the club. SO besides
making it easy for the rural neighbor to enjoy
himself while trading there, Seymour is gather
yond computation.
in any other agricultural community in the
United States. 1t isn't necessary that the club
should be a memorial to anybody; nor that 1t
should be a monument to the generosity and pub
lie spirit of one or two men nor that it should
be housed in a specimen of classic architecture.
Four or six rooms would serve the purpose nicely,
if converted properly to club uses. These rooms
might be found in a detached residence or on
the second or third floor of a business block. The
expenses might be prorated among the business
men, and the farmers themselves might pay a
modest initiation fee and nominal dues. Where
there's a will there's a way-as the fellow said.
Anyhow, it sounds pretty poppy and up-to-date,
doesn't it, to overhear one farmer say to his
neighbor on a Saturday morning in town: "Wel,
Ed, let's run over to the club and have a talk?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
What He covIdn,t Understand.

In the recently published letter of a
Persian envoy to the United Kingdom,
written about the year 1920, occur a
description Of the writer's visit to a
meet of the famous Coaching club of
those days which is worth quoting.
zone thing l see," he writes, but 1
not understand that thing good or bad.
Last Thursday 1 see some fine car
rage, 1 ask why for, they say me that
Gentlemen on Boxes they drive their
own carriage. l say why for take so
much trouble? They say me, he drive
very well. That very good thing. 1t
rain very hard, some Lord, some Cen
tlemen he got wet. 1 say, why not go
inside? They tell me good coachman
not mind get wet every day, will be
ashamed to go inslde-that I not I'M
derstand."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
NOT LIKELY TO BE POPULAR.

A citizen of Columbus, o., has appeared on the
streets lately with an outfit for seeing the time
without removing his watch from his pocket. Great
surprise was at first created by what was con-
sidered extreme singularity of comfort, and 1t took
a good deal of explaining on his part to restore to
himself public confidence. 1t seems, however, that
the device is perfectly practicable, as it has been
accepted by the patent Office. Notwithstanding,
most people will cling to the idea that a man who
is too lazy to take out his watch to see the time
deserves on general principles to be shot and 1t
is very unlikely that the new invention will worm
its way into popular favor.-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20

Studd's advice he could not do bet
ter than walk right upstairs into the
hall bedroom above him.
Nancy had been raised, like himself,
upon n farm, and she had gone to the
city six months before, and she worked
long hours at the store, and came
home as bright as ever.
you like it," asked Frank.
She nodded. "You have no idea how
interesting that sort of work is" she
said. And then l was always fond Of
gayety."
You call that gayety?"
1T Is in a way. It's seeing life,
isn't it?"
Seeing life! The words struck him
dumb. His idea of seeing life had been
to get away from the humdrum of
business and s%quander money; and
life to this girl meant her work OIL a
pittance of eight dollars a week"
He pondered long after she had
gone, and the upshot was that the
next day he went back to work. And
after that he kept out of Miss Nancy's
way out Of shame. He had banked
his three hundred dollars, and his res
olutions never to see that sort Of life
again was strong enough to hold.
1t was about ten days later that
Mrs. Studd gave him the news that
the girl had lost her position.
They're laying 'em Off" she said,
My, but business has been dull lately
l guess she won't have an easy time
finding another job"
Frank went up the stairs almost
with a bound and tapped at Miss Nan.
cy's door. When she opened it she was
smiling as well as ever, but her eyes
looked a little red.
I'm sorry" he said awkwardly.
THANK you," she answered. But
it doesn't amount to much. I'll get
something in a day or two. And
after all, one can see life in one store
just as well as in another"
Her pluck confused him, and he
vas conscious Of nothing so strongly
as the impulse to take her to himself
Perhaps his feeling was re~ciprocated
enough to make him confident; at any
rate, he found himself with Nancy in
his arms a moment later, and he was
saying:
Nancy, dear, will you teach me tc
see life with your"
And in her eyes he read the answer
that she would.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20

their wives have brought grain, fruit, vcge-
tables, butter, eggs, and poultry to the town that
Captain Shields started, and have taken home
with them in the aggregate, a mighty pile of sup
plies during threescore years. Such a mighty pile,
you might say, that the legitimate profits on it
have helped to make a vigorous and pretty little
city.
But until the time that Seymour's leading busl-
ness men decided to recognize the value of farmer
trade by putting up a clubhouse for the mar
keters, the country people certainly didn't enjoy
the hospitality that good steady customers in most
lines of commerce may expect nowadays. In fine
weather they brought their lunch with them and
ate it in their wagons parked in side streets. and
in bad weather they bought crackers and cheese
and bologna and munched it as they stood around
the stoves or lrot-air registers in the back of the
stores where they sold butter aud eggs. That
wasn't so bad for the menfolks, but it was mighty
inconvenient for the farm women, especially II
they brought the children along to town, and
often they did so.
Is it any wonder then that since the Farmers
Club of Jackson County has been receiving guests
the merchants of surrounding towns within a
reach of u and 10 miles in every direction are
complaining that Seymour is getting the best of
the country trade? Especially since the most
prosperous farmers, and therefore the most
profitable customers own motorcars and can go
fairly long distances over the well piked roads?
The Farmers club is good to look at. 1t is
lust as handsome in the face as the public IL
brary and the government building, and better
looking than the city hall and the newest railway
station at Seymour. You step into a paneled YES
thule from the street when you enter the club.
The vestibule gives into a large ~lounging room.
Thanking the lounging room are two nurseries,
toilet rooms, a lunchroom and kitchenette.
If you are a farmer who enjoys sliding down
to the small of his back in a huge leather chair
and toasting his shins before a great fireplace;
who likes breathing space and dark oak paneling
and a pile of magazines and books and some
ported plants; who thinks it makes life more
worth living If he can meet people of his own
kind for a chat now and then, you would ride
many miles to Seymour for half or three-quarters
of an hour of loafng In that lounglng room.
And If you are a farmers wife who knows
the drudgery of dragging small children around
for hours from store to store; who knows what
1t isSto seek in vain for a place of decent privacy
whefe fretful toddlers can be cared for, weary
feet rested and an aching back relieved with a
brief rest on a lounge; who appreciates a place
where a letter may be written In quiet, where a
telephone is at hand. where a crib waits to well
come baby for a nap; who longs for an oppor-
e.aAits ~ taas< WlpA oLaeA ~OunLry wOIueiA, you
would bring pressure to bear ON the husband to
do his marketing at Seymour. For the nurseries
offer these comforts of women-reclining chairs.
lounges, cribs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
Seeing Life
xcesn
NeNA
BY HAROLD CARTER
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Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)

NSopyrlRnt, 1915. by w. u. Chapman.)
Frank Lesson heard his landlady's
step on the stair, and for the first time
in weeks it did not make his heart
sink. He waited in his hall bedroom
with malicious anticipation of the
scene that was to follow.
Are you there, Mr.. Leeson?" came
Mrs. Studd's rasping voice.
did you want to see me, Mrs.
Studd?" asked Frank.
mo, 1 didn't" retorted the woman.
II al to see the last Of you. Your
rents overdue three weeks, and you'll
have to get out"
"Why, 1 told you I'd pay you to-
day." said Frank.
you did, and you've told me that
for weeks past. And I've not seen a
penny from you. And it's nine dollars
l want, or you can go tonight and
leave your trunk behind you"
Tn sorry you don't seem able to
trust me-" said Frank, "but here you
are. Can you change this?"
He pulled out his 'pocketbook, and
Mrs. Studd's eyes nearly popped out
Of her head, for "this" was a hun
dred-dollar bill.
Il don't know as 1 can change It,
she bluffed. "But never mind now,
Mr.. Lesson. Any time, I'm sure" And
Mrs. Studd retired in confusion.
In the ballroom above lived Miss
Nancy Walton. The sound of her foot.
steps upon the stairs made Frank lin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
Government Of a City.

When Henry NJ. Waite, the city
manager of Dayton, o., says that a city
will be governed only as well as its
people deserve and desire; that a city
government can be only as nearly ideal
as a community can appreciate and
understand, and that no community
can be properly governed until a large
majority of its electorate is prepared
to eliminate politics from its munich
pal affairs and keep them eliminated,
he is simply repeating what has been
said thousands Of times and what all
thoughtful city jewellers know to be
true. 1t is not city governments, there
fore, that are primarily blamable for
Lax city adminlstratinn-hnt-ratheE
the people who set up and maintain
city governments on standards lower
than those they observe in their pri-
vate business and in their homes
Christian Science Monitor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
LAY OUT MORE NUT TREES
Grateful Shade and Pleasing Appear
ance Well Repay All Efforts to }
Beauty the city's Streets.

The planting of nut trees is some
thing that should more generally be I'M
dertaken on country and suburban
places. Many of these trees have a
beautiful habit of growth, will give
good shade and will add to the beauty
of any grounds. At the same time
they will produce profitable crops OF
nuts which may be a welcome addition
to the family food supply or may even
become a source of revenue.
The walnut is well worth consider
ing by anyone who has any available
land for tree planting. What is termed
the English walnut is beginning to be
more widely appreciated in the United
States. This tree is not a native of
England at all, but of Persia and
farther east. 1t was carried first to
southern Europe, thence to England
and later to America. The nuts seldom
ripen well in England, the season be-
ng too short and not warm enough. The
housewife pickles the unripe nuts.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20

Meals are not served at the club. Guests are
expected to bring their own food, which they I'M
doubtedly prefer to do in most instances. But
the pantry contains shelves where lunch packages
may be checked. In the kitchenette is a multiple
electric heater, where food and drink may be
warmed, and hot and cold water faucets. In the
lunchroOm are dinner tables and chairs-with
highchairs of course for the little ones. And the
condensation facilities offered at the club?
Well, surely nobody is in a position really to ap-
preciate this convenience more than the farm peo-
pie. There is a matron in constant attendance.
The club has been incorporated under the laws
of the state and the organization is self-perpetuat-
ing. The trustees charged with the management
of the club are the presidents of the three leading
banks of Seymour. Whoever happens to be pres
ident of either of these banks becomes one of the
trustees. The treasurer of the club is chosen
from among the three cashiers of these same
banks, preference being given to the cashier of the
bnnk having the largest surplus fund and undl-
yided profits at the last preceding report for the
year.
There are no fees or costs attached to club
membership. Any legal voter in the county who
is engaged in farming or who derives his sup
port wholly or partly from the farm is eligible to
membership. Anyone thus qualified may apply
for membership privileges at either of the trustee
banks. All one need do is to take enough interest
TO ask for privileges; then he and his family may
participate in the club.
because IL was an untried observation-disclosures
thing that hadn't been done before, and all that
the business men Of Seymour probably wouldn't
have put up the money for establishing the club
and maintaining 1t perpetually If the matter had
been proposed to them. Now, if they were asked
to reimburse the donors fully and make provisions
for maintenance, they'd Jointly jump at the prop
o~sition-simply as a piece of frst-class civic In
vestment; what you might call a trade magnet.
They know that 1t is drawing new farmer trade
steadily, and reaching out farther and farther to-
ward rival markets as roads are improved and
the price of those handy little buzz-wagons comes
down.
The secretary of the Seymour Commercial club
will tell you-for promoters have TO put a squirt
of the poetic and a liberal pinch of sentiment into
business talk-that the Farmers club is "strik-
ingly progressive because 1t is a concrete express
sion of the ideal relationship which should exist
between every town and the farming community
adjacent"
And Furthermore, he'll tell you st was certainly
a happy conception, a fitting recognition OF the
appreciation which the business mer OF Seymour
nave 10r %fir rariner friends. InHt keu the Blish
brothers to no this thing for the farmers of Jack
son county aud at that same time build a memorial
in honor Of the founder of the city, Captain Shields,
who was a farmer and whose dealings with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
NOW IT'S THE ALARM WATCH
British Invention Is a Boon for the
Business Man, and for Others
One Might Name.

at is all wound up and set. I'll
walk away and you %listen," said the
clerk in a jewelry store, retreating
down the carpeted aisle. The other
strained his ear. Suddenly there came
n sharp, tuneful ringing, very clear and
distinct, very much like the bell at
one of the crossings of an i~nterurban
railroad, though not nearly so loud.
1t is positively the latest-the
alarm" watch. 1t has Il luminous
dial, making time easily distinguish
able, even in pitchy darkness, and it is
the most obedient little tocsin yet de-
vised, Sc the enraptured clerk declares.
1t is a British invention, made since
the wal and very popular in the
trenches. 1t rings uninterruptedly for n
full minute.
Experts on timepieces, wits, men
about town, business men and society's
grand danes and debutantes saw in 1t
these interesting qualities:
A business man having an appoint
ment has only to set the alarm and
he'll not forget. q
Milady Of society need worry no
longer about that afternoon tea at
Mrs. So and Sos.
The POSTMASTER at the banquet has
merely to adjust the piece, and when
the fustian, windy orator oversteps
the time Observation-Disclosures !!
What a godsend, too, to the abstract
commuter who forgets all those err
rands Mrs. Suburban had assigned for
him
And, hush! Young women, why not
one for the beau who hangs over the
midnight hour?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-20
REMARKABLE TREE OPERATION.

Edward Fontaine, a tree surgeon of Charlottes-
vile, Va, has, according to Inland Farmer, COM
pleted the greatest tree surgical operation ever at
tempted anywhere, and this has been done for Mr..
John Armstrong Chaloner of Merrie Mills. The
tree is red oak and is possibly three hundred
years old. 1t is "a feet in circumference, two feet
above the ground, with a diameter of eight feet,
four inches in its widest part. The cement filling
was carried up the tree SO feet from the surface
and a cement leg or root was Embedded five fest
into the ground to support the tree in heavy winds.
The material used was six wagonloads of sand, u
loads of field stone, % bags of cement, IA iron
straps to reinforce the concrete, Al eyebolts and a
roll of galvanized wire. So far the operation has
been successful.