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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
BRIDGEPORT As Il WAS
1OO6O-20-YEARS AGO
(Taken from the Files Of The Evening Farmer)

members present in full uniform, and
attended with their ladies' to indulge
in the mystic mazes of the dance. At
ter an hour or SO engaged in this plea
SAINT amusement, command was given
to fall in" After going through all
the evolutions by platoons and squads,
for about two hours, Major Kelly,
Captains Hoyt and Biebel were form
ed into a large committee to award
prizes. The first prize was awarded
to orderly James Caffrey, consisting of
a solid silver medal.
The second prize was awarded to
Sergeant F. Connety and was given by
Lieut.. Goodwin. There was quite a
strife for this second prize. Capt.
Hoyt in a few we'll directed remarks
made the presentations. Music was
furnished by Redgate's band. The
medals are the work of Stevenson,
Jeweler, Wall street and reflect great
credit on his taste and skill.
DIED.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Mrs Genevieve Bissonnette, daugh-
ter of the late DR.. Joseph Fanyou of
this city and A. M. Hurlburt of Elm
wood, Conn.,, were married Feb. II in
the brides home, William Street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24

Lieut.. J. H. Ingram, United States
Navy, was appointed by the executive
committee, of the Navy Athletic Asso-
citation to be head coach of the acad-
envy football team next season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
DRILL.

Thursday evening, on visiting the
,afmory OF Company E 18th Regiment
C. N. G., Capt. Cahill, we were agree
ably surprised to find so many of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK q srU
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
DIED.

In this city, E. D., John H. Hinck
ley, aged Al years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24

Private, for Ford owners only: Clip
on Truss, to brace your running
boards, only $1.4O this week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
A Small Man.

Lincoln never lost his interest in eX-
hibitions of physical strength, and in
voluntarily he always compared the
possessor of it with himself. On one
occasion, says Francis F. Browne in
''The Everyday Life of Abraham Lin
coln'-it was in 1S59-he was asked
TO make an address at the state fair
Of Wisconsin, which was held at Mil
waukee. Among the attractions was a
strong man." who went through the
usual performance of tossing iron balls
and letting them roll back down his
arms, lifting heavy weights. and so on.
Apparently Lincoln had never seen
a combination Of strength and agility
before. He was greatly interested.
Every now and then he gave vent
to the ejaculation: "By George! By
GeOrge! After Lincoln had made his
speech some one introduced him to
the athlete, and as Lincoln stood look
ing down at him from his great height,
evidently wondering that one so small
could be so strong, he suddenly gave
utterance to one of his quaint speeches.
"Why," he said, 81 could lick salt of
the top of your hat!'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
-PUNNING COMPLIMENTS.
Witty Tributes to Pair of Famous
ENGLISH Bellies

q
English Bellies.
A recent writer, recalling famous
compliments to famous beauties, in
Guided two punning tributes to distin-
guished British bellies. 1t was Sheri-
dan who, when the charming Miss
Payne inquired solicitously concerning
his health. replied with the gallant
couplet:
IT'S true am ILL., but l cannot complain.
For he never knew pleasure who never
knew Payne!
The author of the other verse is I'M
known, but it was addressed to Miss
Isabella Poyntz, lady so beautiful
and popular that it was a standing
joke in her family to inquire when
the mail was delivered, where is Isa-
bella's proposal?" If Isabella repudi-
ated the receipt of any such interest
ing missive her brothers feigned the
greatest establishment; if, as frequent
ly happened, she maintained a blush
ing silence they did not miss the op-
portunity for teasing.
Ole uudlly LudfTIeu Tue Earl OF IKE
ter. 1t was a brilliant match for her
and, in the social sense, a suitable one
for him, but since he was the son of
the artist earl who married village
girl it is probable the suitability he
had in mind was of better kind. His
romantic father, who went a-wOoing
incOgnito, and his lovely mother,
Sarah Hoggins, whose unpoetic name
TennysOn was careful not to mention
when he celebrated their courtship in
his ballad 'The Lord of Burleigh,"
must surely have transmitted to their
heir their own unworldly tempera7
ment.
Miss Poyntz, an exquisite blond,
was still young, fair and fower-like
when she accepted the earl, but she
had already rejected so many eligible
suitors that some society versifier put
punning complaint into the mouth
of Cupid himself:
Men arm against my shafts in vain
That pierce all armor's joints
But Isabel with gay disdain
Outdares them, Poyntz for points,
Youths Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
STEVENSON IN HIS YOUTH.
And SatiricaI Forecast That Became
Reality.

And SatiricaI Forecast That Became
Reality.
I do not think that in these early
days Stevenson appeared to any Of us
as specifically a genius, an exceptional
man set apart for great accomplish
ments. Indeed, had we been sOlemnly
assured that he would share the honor,
with only one or two possible competi-
tors, of being the foremost English
writer of the latter half of the nine
teenth century we would certainly
have received the assurance with q
smile. What! Louis! So simple,
kindly, natural; so all round good
fellow so like all the rest of us, only
nicer!
And l am quite sure that in his in
most heart at this period. he could
never really have looked forward to or
expected the fame which later came. to
him and which grows and expands as
time gives us the perspective where
with to view it in all it's rOundness and
bigness and essential simplicity. In
fact, in introducing himself to me he
remarked simply that he was "a writer
chap" or hoped to be one.
I was told of q rainy afternoon
plague party" at which l did not
chance to be present, during which
Bob Stevenson amused himself by fore
casting the future careers of those
present. When he came to his cousin
he remarked with satirical little
smile: "There sits Louis, as SNUG and
complacent as any old type de bour-
geois. have not the least doubt that
he fondly imagines that one of these
days they will be publishing all of his
dinky private correspondence-'the let
tiers Of r. L. SIN boards"
And Louis Joined as heartily as any
one in the laugh which the sally rails
ed. Bob, at least, did live to see the
publication Of the "Vailima Letters"
and 1 have often wondered if he re-
membered this little incident as he
thumbed their leaves.-Birge Harrison
in Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
OUR ECONOMIC HOUSE,
u May Be Rebuilt, as Railway Sta.
ton Is, While In Use.

u May Be Rebuilt, as a Railway Sta.
ton Is, While In Use.
Sometimes, when l thiak of the
growth of our economic system, it
seems to me as if, leaving our law just
about where it was before any of the
modern inventions or developments
took place, we had simply at haphaz-
ard extended the family residence, add
ed an office here and wOrkrOOm there
and new set of sleeping rooms there,
built up higher on our foundations and
put out little lean-tos ON the side until
we had structure that had no char
acter whatever. Now the problem is
to live in the house and yet change it.
Well, we are architects in our time,
and our architects are also engineers.
We don't have to stop using a railroad
terminal because a new station is be-
ing built. We don't have to stop any
of the processes Of our lives because
we are rearranging the structures in
which we conduct those processes.
What we have to undertake is to sys-
tematize the foundations of the house.
then to thread all the old parts of the
structure with the steel which will be
laced together in modern fashion, &C.
cOmmodated to all the modern knowl-
edge of structural strength and elias
ITCHY, and then slowly change the par
titiOns, relay the walls, let in the light
through new apertures, improve the
ventilation, until finally, a generation
or two from now, the scaffolding will
be taken away and there will be the
family in great building whose noble
architecture will at last be disclosed,
where men can live as a single COM
munity. cooperative as in a perfected.
cO-Ordinated beehive, not afraid of any
storm of nature, not afraid of any arti-
fetal storm, any imitation of thunder
and lightning, knowing that the fOun-
dations go down to the bedrock of
principle and knowing that whenever
they please they can change that plan
again and accommodate it as they
please to the altering necessities of
their lives.-"The New Freedom" by
President Wilson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
What Is In a Name?

Two newly fledged schoolmarms were
busy conversing over the telephone one
evening shortly after they had been ap
pointed to their first schools. In the
course of the conversation Miss X.
asked Miss B. her plans for the even
ing.
Over the wire came the startling re-
ply from Miss B., ooh, l am going to
mark my papers and then see an old
sweetheart of mine"
Whereupon Miss X. exclaimed with
much excitement, ooh, you must not
do anything foolish now just after get
ting good position!'
And she did not understand Miss B.
amusement until she read the theater
notices later in the evening and learn
ed that Riley's "Old Sweetheart of
Mine" was what she was going to see.
Indianapolis News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

upon it a most luxurious armchair In
quiry as to its purpose soon cleared up
the mystery.
1t seems that Ali Dinar, who had re-
ceived two very fine motorcars as a
present, found to his disgust that it
was impossible for him to use them
owing to there being no roads near his
capital He had communicated with
his agent in Cairo and ordered him to
find something which he could use.
The agent consulted some friends
and on their suggestion purchased a
steam roller, on which he had placed
an armchair, it not being considered
consistent with the dignity of the sui
tan that he should ride in the cab of
the engine.
The machine cost no less than f2.50O,
but expense was no object, and in due
course the steam roller arrived mt Eel
flasher. It completely took the fancy Of
the capricious sultan, who. posing in
the armchair, lost no time in trying it,
To every ones surprise it negotiated
the roads without difficulty, though
its speed was necessarily very slow.
The sultan was nightly pleased with
the arrangement and never failed to
use his steam roller whenever he pro-
ceeded on tour through his territory.
One can well imagine that the royal
progress in this style did not fail to in
crease the awe with which this fierce
monarch was already regarded by his
subjects,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Which is Better-Try an Experiment
or Profit by Sank Centre Cit
liens Experience.

Something new is an experiment.
Must be proved to be as represent
ed.
The statement of manufacturer is
not convincing proof of merit.
But the endorsement Of friends is.
Now supposing you had a bad back.
A lame, weak, or aching one,
Would you experiment on it?
You will read Of many so-called
cures.
Endorsed by strangers from far
away places.
It's different when the endorsement
comes from home.
Easy to prove local testimony.
Read this Sank Centre case:
Alan Vessey, retired farmer, Birch
St., Sank Centre, says:
81 have used Doan's Kidney
Pills at different times and have
always found them to be just as
represented. Doan's Kidney Pills
have always brought me fine re-
lief from backache and kidney
weakness"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Vessey had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
- The -
Scrap Book
The louical Name.


"What queer name for child!'
said the woman who had just moved
next door. "Are you sure they named
1t Breeze?
"Yes, indeed, and it is most natural
name for the child" was the reply.
81 suppose it's the outcome of cheap
joke on the fathers part" sighed the
new neighbor. when the child is
naughty he is likely to suggest a
spanking breeze"
"Not at all, though I'll mention that
to him." said the other. You see, the
family name is Storm. Before she was
married the mothers name was Wind
Augusta Wind. Upon marriage her
name became Storm, of course, max
ing it WiGd-Storm. Now. when the
little girl was born they were puzzled
about selecting name. They could
not agree until some one said a little
Wind-Storm might be called breeze.
The little one is just like her mother.
and little Gusta Wind is
But the new neighbor wouldn't stay
to hear the rest of it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
FIFTH AVENUE THE JOYOUS.
Sparkle and vivacity Of New York's
Famous Thoroughfare.

Sparkle and vivacity Of New York's
Famous Thoroughfare.
Perhaps the chief impression which
the metropolis makes is of the vivacity
of its life. 1t is the completest express
sion of our national jOie de vivre. And
1t Is pleasant to record that for the
most characteristic moment of this
quality you would not cite Broadway
at night, but Fifth avenue by day. The
sparkle of this famous street is per-
haps largely due to the New York eli
mate.
Climates are never perfect, but
among the worlds great cities the
American metropolis is singularly for
tunate. 1t is flooded with sunlight, and
on its best days the air has a crisp and
tonic quality. By tacit understanding
i'll dressed and sad people keep off
Fifth avenue. On a bright morning
there is no resisting the streets gay
intOxication. The most expensive shops
in the world are close at hand, the best
restaurants near by. Brave men lounge
at the windows Of exclusive clubs, and
fair women cut coupons at fashionable
banks. Life seems indeed worth liv-
ing. The whole town is gay. Even
children and nursemaids In the park
seem more engagingly clean and inno-
cent and spirited than elsewhere as If
they, too. felt the call of happiness.
, It is worth while noting the clear
ness Of much Of New York's air, doing
justice to the clean and simple nveli-
ness Of much of its enjoyment, be-
cause its prominence as one Of the
worlds chief centers of dissipation and
pleasure seeking has done its reputa-
ton bad service with many people Of
virtue and good taste.-Harper's Mag
azine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Saturday Additions.

Gas 1 was walking through Central
park, in New York. when l was there
last summer" the fat plumber remark
ed, 81 saw round, shallow sort of YES
sci on top Of a short post and I have
been wondering ever since what it
was'' -
"Where was it located?" the thin car
penter asked. :
Fright out in the middle of lawn"
"And don't you know what that
wasp
Nope
"Well. I'll tell you. 1t was a bird
,ath."
"Quitcher kiddin'."
"It's the truth
81 don't believe it for very good
reason"
"What is the reasonY'
Because I don't believe there is .
bird on earth that can tell Saturday
night from any other time. "-YOungs
town Telegram.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
From the Inside Out.

There is restaurant in New York
that employs none but Irish walters.
4 captain of walters there rejoices in
the name of Peter.
One night he was wrestling with the
refractory stopper of bottle of cham
payne
'Say, Peter" stated patron, 81
don't believe you can get that cork
out"
Peter raised a red and perspiring
face.
"Mister Blank" he stated between
gasps, ''I'll get the internal thing out
If have to shove it inv'-Saturday
Evening Post
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Co Ahead!

When you feel like going down,
Go ahead!
When you've got to swim or drown,
Go aheadl
When things are looking blue,
When the world seems all askew,
When there seems no getting through,
Go ahead!
When you're on a thorny track,
Go ahead!
Square your shoulders, brace your back
Go ahead
When clouds put out the sun,
When of hope there's simply none,
Get busy-get things done
Go ahead!
When you've failed, don't sit and squeal
Go ahead!
Put your shoulder to the wheel,
Go ahead,
When your hardest task you con,
Courage, like an armor, don,
Just keep on keeping on,
Go ahead,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Motion For Continuance Granted.

The following actually happened:
A tall, whiskered~ individual walked
into the chambers Of a county judge
and asked for advice. Il
"What do you want to know?" ask
ed his honor.
81 live in Pine City. jedge, five miles
from here. Last night Frank Piatt.
who lives upstairs in my house,
brought some friends home. and they
stayed up all night, drinking and ca
rousing. and KEEP my whole family
awake, and it amt the first time he
done it. Now. want it stopped. How
can do it?"
"Why," replied his honor, ''yOu
should see the Justice of the peace in
your village and make charge Of dis
orderly conduct against him or apply
for dispossess notice"
!. The tall one did not bulge or wink
an. eyelash. chats all right, jedge.
knew that before l came, but this
cases different. This feller's the JUS
tice."
The Judge was Unable to advise him.
Vests Docket.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
SUITED THE SULTAN.
Az Expense Cut No Figure, He Got Just
the Car He Wanted.

~~~
the Car He Wanted.
It appears that Ali Dinar. the late
sultan of Darfur, whose turbulence
brought about the recent English ex-
petition which took possession of his
territory, was very much taken with
the various inventions which science
has of late years produced, says the
Cairo correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette.
When the expeditionary force entered
Ell flasher. the capital of Darfur. they
found that this town, buried in the Gen.
ter Of Africa, was connected with most
Of the outlying villages by telephone.
which had its exchange in the sultan's
palace, where also were found several
of the most modern monographs
equipped with the latest European and
Arabic records.
One Of their most astonishing finds"
was a huge steam roller which had
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
He Had One.

An Adirondack guide one day fed
asleep in the woods. and bug craw'ed
into his ear. A naturalist, who was
one of the hunting party. was able to
discern the insect with his microscope.
After careful examination he walked
away without making any attempt to
relieve the guides distress.
"Why didn't you take 1t out of his
earl" asked one of his friends.
"What did l want with it?'' queried
the absorbed naturalist. II already
had specimen Of that kind Of bug n
my collection"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Schaefer's Golf Score.

Germany Schaefer. the old baseball
coach and comedian, played his first
game Of golf not long ago. When he
returned. "Wild Bill" Donovan, man
ager of the Yanks, to whose payroll
Schaefer was then attached, said:
Germany what did you do the
first hole in?" ....
Schaefer thought a minute.
"A triple, double, two singles and
a pair Of bunts"' he said.-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Not What Il Seemed.

In the county of Somerset, England,
there is village called Hatch. The
clergyman in an adjoining parish was
named Duck. One Sunday morning,
the congregation at the latter place be-
ing assembled, the curate did not ap-
pear. The clerk rose and said:
Il hereby give notice that there will
be no service today. as Mr.. Duck has
gone to Hatch"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
A Useless Utensil.

One morning in Kansas City. two
down and cutters stood on opposite
sides of street where cheap restau-
rants scent the sidewalk.
1t was long past breakfast time, and
the hungry ones eyed each other, spec
ulating on the possibility of dime.
At last one of them crossed the street
toward the other. fumbling in his vest
pocket.
"Here is my toothpick,' he said, hold
ing out his hand. Keep it. I'll never
need it again. - Saturday Evening
Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Two Mistakes.

He who imagines he can do without
the world deceives himself much, but
he who fancies the world cannot do
without him is still more MISTAKEN
ROchefOucauld.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
His DISGUISE.

Il was preparing to shave chap the
other afternoon" said the head barber
In one of the tonsorial parlers of a
fashionable New York hotel II had
trimmed his hair, and from such talk
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Regrets.

Regrets are waste of time in every
possible instance except one-when
they become valuable lessons for the
future.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

as 1 had with him judged him to be
an easy going, unexcitable sort of fell
low.
"But suddenly his whole manner
changed. Out of the corner Of his eye
he had seen man enter whose ap.
pearance upset him.
"'Hurry, George! he muttered to me-
'Lather to the eyeS-quick! Here comes
my tailorv "-Eyerybody's Magazine.
Experienced.
They had been spooning a bit, and
when she raised her face from his
shoulder and they both observed the
white streak on his coat he patted her
affectiOnately and said:
"Never mind. dearie; it will all brush
off,"
At this the young thing beganito sob.
"Oh Harry" she exclaimed, hiding her
head again on his shoulder, show do
you know?"-Everybody's
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Wrr;a;cck & Wilfong
AlctiOlaer

Experienced, competent, reliable
Conducts all classes of sales.
Satisfaction guaranteed or no com.
mission asked.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-27
GIRLS! MAKE A
BEAUTY LOTION
WITH LEMONS

At the cost Of a small jar of OF
dinary cold cream one can prepare
a full quarter pint of the most
wonderful lemon skin softener and
complexion beautifier, by Squeezing
the juice Of two fresh lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white. Care should be TAX
en- to strain the juice through a fine
cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then
this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach and
remove such blemishes as frecklas.
sailowness and tan and is the ideai
SKIN softener, smoothener and beau
tifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and
make up a quarter pint Of this this
sWeetly fragrant lemon lotion and
massage it. daily into the face, neck
arms and hands. It should natural,
~ help to whiten, soften, freshan
and bring out the roses and beaufv
OF any skin. It is truly marvellous
to smoother rough. red hands.