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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Canning Outfits
Save Housewives Money

Necessity being the mother of in
vention and conservation of food be-
ing necessity in Fairfield county at
this time to guard against the high
cost Of living next winter. invention
has again come to the aid of home
economies.
In the present instance the house
wife bent on canning the various veg
etables and fruits SO abundantly
grown throughout the county has been
benefited.
Under the direction Of experts en-
ployed by the Agricultural depart
ment of the Fairfield County Associa-
ton a complete canning outfit similar
to that used on a large scale in can
neries and approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture, the
Connecticut Agricultural college and
farm bureaus throughout the United
States, has been perfected.
The apparatus which may be uti1-
lied on either, the coal, gas, oil or
electric stoves is about Is inches In
height and consists of large recep-
tacle for holding: Immersed in water
number of glass Jars of various
sizes.
BY an ingenious wiring device these
may be lifted from the bottom as
unit or Individual jars may be picked
up by separate lifting devices to pro-
tect the hands from the scalding
water.
The outfit which will be distributed
at cost to the public through the
Agricultural department Of the Fair
field County Association consists of
five jar containers, five glass top jars,
one pair hooks, one pair duplex
forks, one container and cover both
with handles.
The handy device is said to be the
first real aid towards canning in the
home and has already been endorsed
by Miss M. Estella Sprague of the
Connecticut Agricultural college and
Mrs. E. G. H. Schenck of the Fairfield
County Farm Bureau.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

her own life Thursday evening by
drinking the contents Of a bottle Of
IMMINENT. Family affairs, over which
she had been brooding for some time,
are said to be the cause. The lini-
ment caused the woman a great deal
of pain but she was greatly relieved
of her suffering after it was pumped
out. She is expected to recover
At Point of Gun.
A masked burglar robbed Mrs. A. s..
Tanner, a wealthy resident of New Ca
naan. of two very valuable diamond
rings at a. m, Saturday. Standing
by her bedside, the burglar forced the
woman at the point of a pistol to strip
the rings off her fingers, first demand
ing money. He pocketed them and
Fed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Concert Program of
Coast Band 70 Be
Played at Seaside

The Coast Band will give con-
cert at Seaside park at 8 O'Clock to-
night. The program will be as fol-
lows:
March, "Adjutant Phelps; B. sar-
gent
Overture. "Jolly Robbers; j. v.
Suppe.
Selection, "Feist Bright Lights;
Leo Feist.
Waltz. ''Wi1helmina"; J. H. Hail.
American Sketch, Down South.
H. Myddleton.
Intermezzo, "Cupidietta"; Tobani.
selection, "Maritania"; W. V. Wal
lace,
.'Star Spangled Banner"
J. w. Phoenix, Director.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Derailed Train Kills
"a and Injuries 100

Alexandria, Italy, Aug. 9.-Thirty-
four persons were killed and 100 were
injured Tuesday night in the derailing
of the Genoa Milan express in Arqu-
alta.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Germans Bury Dead
In Cardboard Coffins

Amsterdam. Aug. 9.-Coffins of wa
terproofed cardboard are now made
in Germany, according to the Taglische
Rundschau of Berlin. The lids are
glued instead of being nailed down.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

Gerald S. Smith of Brooklyn,
Cornell University student, COM
mitted suicide by jumping from
window. He left a note saying he
could not live to see Germany's de-
feat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
The Joseph P. Coughlin Co.

Dealers In Painters Supplies and
Wall Papers. Distributors of Colonial
Mixed Paints, 100 Per Cent. Pure.
Varnishes, Glass, Brushes, Picture
Frames Made to Order.
Painters and Decorators.
Phone 1851. 7S1 East Main Street
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Earthquake Shocks
Felt In New Zealand

Wellington, N. e., Aug. 9.-F'urther
severe earthquake shocks occurred at
Wairarapa. northwest of wellington
There were no casualties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

Conductors and motornen on the
railways in Kansas City went on
strike.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
TO APPEAL ALL
EXEMPTIONS IN
NEW YORK CITY
Percentage of Men Rejected
Is Decreasing
Daily.

New York, Aug. s-with the an
nouncement today that two districts
had obtained the quotas required by
the draft 1t was estimated that one
third Of the men called for examina-
ton have in this city been accepted
for the new army. AS the evised re-
turns for the various districts were
being tabu1ated today it was said that
the percentage of men rejected and
claiming exemption was daily decreas-
ing.
Revised figures show that 10 Of
the 1S9 local exemption boards have
called 67,766 men. Eighty boards
have certified to the physical qualifica-
tions of 1854 men, while 10 boards
have accepted outright, without ques-
ton Of exemption or discharge, 4,747
men.
Following the organization of the
district board with Charles e. Hughes
as chairman. it was announced that
the government will appeal every ex-
emption claim granted by local
boards in New York city.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
HOUSE THAT WAS DIFFERENT
Actress Who "Rose From Ranks"
Earned the Bungalow She Built
for Her Mother.

The carpenters and masons were al
work. and under their quick, skillful
hands lumber and stone became Z
house. Passersby saw in the structure
only dwelling place, an attractive
little bungalow, to be sure, but no diff.
ferent from thousands of other struc.
lures of its kind. Then one day an
old woman, her fine cloak contrasting
strangely with her tired face and her
toil-worn hands, came to note the prog.
re<s of the artisans. fnr
> With her was young woman, and
everyone who saw her said that her
face was SO familiar. Who was shel
Hadn't her picture often appeared in
newspapers and magazines2 Finally
someone remembered and told some
one else about 1t. The girl was one
Of number of children. Her. parents
were poor. She went to work for a
Iittance while she was still a child.
It was evident that she had dramatic
ability, and one day she was given q
chance to show what she could do.
She made her dreams come true. She
rose in her profession. Her ability
was recognized and rewarded. And
then the first thing she did was to
build for her mother q comfortable
home. She admitted that she was In
ordinately proud Of the house, and
everyone declared that she had every
right to be. And they all looked at the
house with new understanding. realiz-
Ing that it was more than an "attrac-
tive bungalow, but no different from
others of its kind" Milwaukee Jour.
nal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
NEW WORDS HIS SPECIALITY
Eastern Newspaper Man Has an 90.
eupatlon That Is Unique a. Well
a. Profitable.

There are In the world many I'M
usual and unique occupations, but per
haps the strangest of all which pays
a good income Is that of a New York
newspaper man, who earns, in add,
ton to his regular salary from the pa
per, rather regular amounts from
the publishers of dictionaries, ency-
clopedias and other such volumes. His
occupation is the inventing Of new
words.
The casual observer would be In
clined to remark that the English lam
guage already possesses enough words
for all uses, without the invention Of
any new ones; and probably his state
ment would be fact. Nevertheless
it is true that this man is paid SUBJ
stantial sums for inventing new words
to fit special phases, situations, occu-
patfons and occurrences, and that the
publishers of dictionaries will incor-
porate into them any new word based
on substantial derivatives, for the ex-
istence of which plausible reason can
be made.
The progress of modern business
and especially the discoveries that
have been made in the fields of cleo
tricity and medicine In the last decade
have been responsible for the incor-
poration into the language Of many
new words. -----
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
WHERE MUSIC IS SUPREME
Elevated Above the Other Arts Be.
cause Il 10 the Most Detached
Of Them All.

The strength Of every art lies chiefly
fn the completeness Of its detachment
from reality. Sculpture does not gain
by being realistic, picturesque, or dec
orative; on the contrary 1t Is at its
highest when 1t Is ideal, detached and
'superhuman. Painting does not gain
by being categorical, but is greatest
when it seeks something beyond the
outward. physical view. The novel or
the essay depends for its greatness
on its power Of relating real persons,
things, and ideas to that greater and
deeper reality Of which they are u
part. In this sense music stands su-
preme above the other arts because it
Is the most detached. The elements
Of thought and feeling and action are,
In music, presented as elements. The
thought Is not thought even In the alb
-stract, for 1t is not "about" anything
the feeling is not actual feeling and the
action is not real action. Each of
these properties, or states, of the hui
man beings is here expressed in its es-
sence, detached from all actual mani
festation. None but the highest type
OF mind, none but heart full of deep
human sympathy, none but a vigorous,
militant spirit, could have conceived
and brought forth such compositions,
for example, as the third and ninth
symphonies Of Beethoven; yet they are
nothing but sound-neither the intel
ligence, nor the feeling, nor the action
is real.-Thomas w. Surette, in the
Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Borrowing Weldon.

Not always have the disciples Of
Robert Burns. the Scotch peasant and
poet, borrowed their wisdom from the
master and eschewed his follies.
To base uses has this sweet singer
Of social mirth been put, with the role
forced upon him Of select patron Of
The registering and soaking crew who
And an excuse for bibulous excuses
n TAm o'shanter and Scotch Drink,
md such imperishable lyrics Of the
sVcfn hour as 20, Willie brew'd Z
De0 of maui" and "Auld Lang Syne."
Wisdom's puref water Of admiration
~ Burns exists IN the silent deeps,
where reading and thinking are doaa.
far below the soiled, brawling foam
Eeated b. Burnsite roysterers.-New
York Telegram. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Camping Courtesy.

= zIs-Ff 1TfN n
Good camping grounds should be IL
special property Of sportsmen and low
ers Of tho woods, and It II pity that
they should SO often be desecrated by
the unappreciadve. This Is the season
when the forest door will be strewn
with tin cans and cracker boxes, when
the clean woods will be marred with
all sorts of ugly rubbish, and when
the pleasure Of late campers WIN be
half destroyed by the vandalism Of
their predecessors Great tracts Of for
est will be. blaekened by flames set
from little campfires. The growth Of
young timber will be checked. And
all the trouble could be banished II
only people would observe the few
simple rules Of the woods! The forest
q the last refuge Of solitude amid
beauty; therefore do not make its Sc
cluded glades into vulgar picnic
grounds. Noblesse oblige there as else.
where, and though the after conner
may not know you he will know what
sort Of person you are by the condi-
ton Of the camping grounds you leave.
Countryside Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Didr't Drop Into Poetry.

There, l. an interesting story q
Wordsworth, who went to call on Miss
Harriet Martineau at Ambleslde. In
the house which she had built and laid
out, writes A. c. Benson In the Cen
tury Magazine. There was a gathering
Of neighbors present. and Wordsworth
stood for q long time at the window
contemplating the beautiful landscape
outside. Then he turned to the party
and said: -lac
"Miss Martineau. congratulate you
on your beautiful little domain. The
views are wonderful. and 1t will turn
cot to be the wisest thing you ever did
n your life"
He paused for q moment, and the
guests expected some comment on the
uplifting effects Of communion with
nature. but Wordsworth. with q dns
Dssture, continued:
"Your property will certainly b
trebled in value within the next To-
y0aIDr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
BUT He BAGGED THE RABBIT
Hunter Almost Got Pedestrian at the
Time That He Secured His
Small Prey.

"Hey there; excuse me, didn't see
you until after I pulled the trigger,
but guess you are not hurt much, y
came an excited voice from some brush
at the side Of the track and at the
same time the hunter emerged. James
Jones, young man, to whom the apol-
ogy was extended, began an inventory
Of his person to see whether he was
shot, and he found that he was only
slightly wounded.
Jones was walking peacefully along
the switch track of the Pennsylvania
lines, near Hartford City, leading
through a clump of brush. He was
startled when rabbit jumped out in
front of him, fairly on his feet. At
the same time there was a report of
firearns-and bunny turned his toes
upward while Jones fell over back
ward.
II had been following that rabbit for
some distance and l was bound that
was going to get him-and did," said
the hunter. "But say, old man, I'm
sorry If you're hurt. I didn't see yoa
at all until after pulled the trigger"
indianapolis News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Tricks In All Trades.

"Have you ever had any experience
in handling high-class ware7" asked a
dealer in bric-a-brac Of an applicant
for work.
mo, sir" was the reply, ''but / think
/ can do it."
Suppose, said the dealer, you ac-
cidentally broke very valuable por-
celain vase, what would you dor
II should put it carefully together"
replied the man, '.and set it where a
wealthy customer would be sure to
knock it over again."
Consider yourself engaged" said
the dealer. 'Now, tell me where you
learned that trick of the trade"
"A few years ago." answered the
other, II was one of the wealthy Gus
toner class."-Tit-BitS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
The Gold Dust Wac Th.r.,

North America has counted as a gold
producing continent only since the late
forties. But it might well have done
so for about 200 years. According to
the London Chronicle. in the voyage
round the world which began In 1719
the privateer Captain Shelvocke found
In certain California valleys "a rich
black mold which. as you turn it fres1
up to the sun. appears as If inte-min.
gled with gold dust. Though we wer,
little prejudiced," he adds 'agains
the thought that it could be possible
that this metal should be SO promiscu
ously and universally mingled with
common earth, yet we endeavored tc
cleanse and wash the earth from soma
Of 1t, and the more we did the more &
appeared like gold. In order to be fur
ther satisfied brought away some OF
1t, which we lost In our confusion II
China"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Tn. x.Rax Microscope.

There is a method Of using X-raya
with the microscope called microra-
biography. The apparatus enables q
person quickly and thoroughly to ex.
anime the internal structure Of small
opaque objects, the dissection Of which
for microscopic observation IL ordinar.
lily very slow and unsatisfactory.
So clearly does the instrument re.
veal the internal structure Of diatoms
and other minute organisms that speci'
mems apparently belonging to the same
species have In some cases been easily
seen to belong to different species
Moreover, the apparatus shows the
bones and other parts Of large animals
and fossils in extremely minute de
tail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02

A lktje Lesson In La~R Ms,Sine
Grass should never be cut shortee
than two inches on either new. or old
lawns, for its roots are left unprotect
ed from the scorching. sun when 1t 10
shorter, and this means that dry %
very hot weather will burn 1t scar and
brown, Now often. even rs often a.
every fourth or ffth day, II necessary
b keep 1t at this height, especially on
4 new lawn, and never rake away. the
clippings. They form the best possible
mulch and fertilizer and are SO short
when moving Is done rs often and IS
regularly as It should be that they sift
down among the standing grass i'm
mediately and are lost to sight. Re
seed all bare spots every spring and
take out weeds rs fast as they appear.
peppering the space which is thus left
hare with seed. whatever the seascA
This IL the sort Of care and watchfuf
ness that achieve perfection with thu
minimum Of labor. promptness being
n chief feature.-From "SubufbaS
2ardens.r by Grace Tabor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Bait for Pjaeona.

A little salt mixed with a Quantit!
Of common yellow clay and placed OF
the roof or on . board on the side o
an outbuilding will attract the common
pigeons to such an extept 1t will no
be difficult to secure quite q bevy o
these birds. It II known that the pig
con loves Q little salt, and As most o.
the natural salt licks, A. they wer'
called in early days, are gone. the bird
will soon discover the salt with tn
moist earth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Precious Infant.

Two proud fathers of babies about
the same age were having a Boosting
contest in the city train the other
morning.
Can your baby talk yetT Jones
asked. lf
mo not much" Brown admitted.
"Can yoursY
"Oh, yes; talks like anything" Jones
replied, confidently. yours is walk
ing about now, suppose?"
"No, he hasn't begun to walk yet "
said Brown.
mot yeti" Jones exclaimed. why,
he's older than mine, and mine is tod
ding about"
Brown was beginning to get exas-
perated. "By the way" he asked cas-
ually, docs yours use safety razor
or one of the ordinary onesT-New
York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Frenzied Fiction.

''Take this dictation," ordered the
great stock broker as the stenographer
entered his ONCE.
She did.
III tell all that know" he began.
"inside Of two weeks there will not be
one member left In either the senate
or the house Of representatives. am
in possession Of information b.
II beg your pardon" interrupted the
stenographer, "but aren't you overstat.
Ing the factsr
what Of it?" returned the great
stock broker. II wrote q series Of ar
ticles that brought me notoriety once
upon a time. Maybe this will help me
repeat the proposition" .r.s...
For, being a successful business
man. he realized that advertising pays
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
POkER.
BY EMERSON HOUGH.
Quoted from PICTORIAL RE-
VIEW for February. 1917

Quoted from PICTORIAL RE-
VIEW for February, 1917
Power was the Beginning. L
dates back TO the sun. Always
it has been twofold. Alternate
ly it is repose and effort, alter
lnately growth and birth, and al
ways progress.
Readiness and action in one,
| it is both. it is neither, it il
either.
The man-made motor of powe1
purrs gently on the level, but
opposed by the ACTIVITY It sum
| mons itself. routes, and roars
| alike its protest and its pean.
The God-ma de river is power,
endless and renewed. dating back
to the unceasing SHOWS on eterna
and unchanging hills.
At times it is silent, ani at
times tenpestuous when opposed
Always it is progress.
No power ever was or ever ca
be lost. 1t goes into the primal
Unit, into the Monad, and it en-.
dures, twofold.
There is no divorce in the
union of power. The woman
mated to the man really strong
never leaves him, never ceases TO
entwine her arms about his neck.
1t is the strong who give cour-
age and who offer faith, the weak
who are loose-lipped and unen-
during.
In the monogamy of purpose
there is no wavering. The lion
and the eagle are strong the
rabbit and the guinea.pig are
weak.
Power is the law. We love it
in its calm, fear it in its wratr.
Our arms never cease TO embrace
it, our souls never cease to inn
plore it.
Rightly we reverence il, right
fully do more than admire it. 1T
is Law itself, twofold-progress
and birth, twofold.
1t is the ancient of days,
knowing no variableness, neither
shadow of turning.
1t is the Law. 1t is Life. 1t
is God !!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Butchers 965-round Hog.

Winchester, Va, Jan. 28.-
w. S. Fnnkhouser, of Unger's
Store, w. Va, butehered a pure
bred Poland China hog that
weighed 965 pounds just after
being killed. The net weight
was 858 pounds. The fat yielded
40 gallons of lard. The hog wat
three years old, was eight feet
long and girthed ~ feet. MIR.
Fnnkhouser has recently killed
four other hogs weighing from
500 to 600 pounds when dressed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Alw.y. With Good Companions.

We know a man who always car
ries in his pocket a book written by
Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Carlyle or
some other giant intellect who In
times past scattered broadcast the
blossoms Of his thought that future
generations might inhale their frag
rance. In this age Of hurry and few
erish achievement, when men seem to
have little time for sober reflection, 1t
is good to be able to summon, at viii,
such blessed companions to ones pres
ence.-Los Angeles Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
FOR SALE

My seven room dwelling, two
squares from Court House, fronting
100 feet on Church Street, up-to-oate
In all its appointments, with water,
electric lights, bath room and large
cement cellar, also cement walk-vays
very productive garden, and a variety
OF select fru to. The dwelling is new,
architecture. first-class, making Il
warm in Writer and cool in summer
Possession given April LIST. Price
reasonable. Apply a. once to
Mch 10-tf WIN. CALvEKTj
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
H.rs,eultur, In suuseaeh.s.

Children are consistent and logical
In their thinking, II nothing else.
Uncle Jim removed q mustache he
had worn for q year or 20. A relative
remarked she never had seen Uncle
Jim with q mustache, and another
member Of the family said: "Oh, yes,
he grew 1t about two years ago."
q. did he plant the seed7' little Bob
bic Observation-Disclosures News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
Barber Shop.
Court ST., WOODSTOCK Va.
Warden Fravel, Propr.

Shave. 10 Haircut. Is
RSinge. 800. IL Shampoo. 10
Facial --Massage....-, p
e. Tonic Rub. and ~
Shaving Corpse. LOO
Shave away from shop %
Haircut " I" ~
Haircut and shave away from shop 81
~ Prompt attention give. to a.
customsers.
A sham Of the. vublic patronage
solicited,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-02
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