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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
NOTICE OF DIVORCE.


Whereas James Simmons Of Green
witch, in the county OF Fairfield,
brought his petition tor the superior
court. holden at Fairfield within and
for the county Of Fairfield, on the
last Tuesday ( Of December 1915,
against his wife Esther Simmons,
praying for a bill of divorce from her
on account Of her wilful desertion
from for more than three years, and
also Of her having been guilty Of the
crime Of adultery, and the said Esther
Simmons having absconded out Of this
state to parts unknown, said petition
was by said court continued to the SUI
perior court to be holden in Dan
bury, within and for the said county,
on the 4th Tuesday OF September next,
SO as to give notice of the tendency
of said petition. These are therefore
to notify the said Esther Simmons to
appear before said September superior
court and show reason (if any she
hath) why the prayer Of said petition
should not be granted.
Fairfield, January 16. David Burr,
Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
SCHOOL STRIKE
THREATENED IN
FOOD SHORTAGE

New York, Feb. 23-Definite meas
ures to meet the food situation were
considered today by both state and
city authorities. Gov. Whitman and
some of the members of the state leg
islature see hope in the immediate
passage of the food and market bill
already introduced by a legislative
committee, which has investigated the
situation in different parts of the state.
! In New York city the board of alder
men and the board of estimate met
to discuss possible remedies.
The housewives in the more thickly
populated districts of the city who
first called attention to the acute Sit
uation, have formed a number of or
CARNATIONS for the purpose of more
orderly agitation.
The Women's Anti-High Price
league, the largest of these bodies,
sent a delegation to the board of es-
innate today to demand an approprfa-
/. ton of 100000 to be used in buying
food to be sold to the poor at cost
This organization announced that if
it's plea was unsuccessful it would
urge that beginning Monday children
be kept out Of school until conditions
had improved.
In some of the tenement districts
the boycott, however, has not been
altogether peaceful. A number of
women were attacked by Infatuated
housewives as they came out of shops
carrying meat and fish. A score or
more of arrests were made yester-
day.
Gov. Whitman safA last night that
he regarded the food problem Every
serious The food and market bill,
which the governor is known to ia
'vor, contains an emergency clause
which authorizes the proposed COM
mission to take such measures to Sc
cure relief as it may deem desirable
in case of an emergency creating or
threatening to create a scarcity Of
food Z.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
MISSION DAY FOR
LOCAL EPISCOPAL
CHURCHES PLANNED

The clergy Of the seven parishes of
the Episcopal Church in the city have
arranged for an "inter-parochial
mission on the second Sunday in
Lent, March d
Each rector will put his people in
the care of the rector of another par
ish for the entire day, from the early
Eucharist to Evensong. The people
will be asked to attend all the services
sof the day.
This mission day will be followed
by a series OF mi ssion services con-
Quoted by the Suffragan Bishop of the
diocess, the Rt. Rev. e. Campion
Acheson, on the Tuesday evenings OF
Lent, except the first. These services,
in which all the parishes unite, will
he held in Christ church. and will be-
gin at TAB p. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
rFFv. YEARS AGO
ADVERTISEMENTS.

d. III. Belden, attorney and coun-
sellors at law, Newtown, Conn.
h Myron Slade, attorney and coun-
sellor4 at law, Probate office. Bridge
port.
Beardsley & Sumner, attorneys and
counsellors at law, offices 5-S Sturde-
want building, Bridgeport. S. B.
Beardsley, s.. B. Sumner.
John Barr. mason's materials
Bridgeport.
C. G. Pendleton, chemist and drug
gist. Noble street, Bridgeport, E. d.
Conrad & Smith. wholesale gro
GERS, rs Water street.
s. c.. Patrick, flour. grain & feed,
So Water street, Bridgeport.
Charles Ball. mechanician, Bridge
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
BISHOP BREWSTER TO
3, CONFIRM GLASS OF So

"A class of 81 will be presented at
st. Johns Episcopal church next Sun
day morning for conirmatio The
Ri. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster. D,
D., bishop Of Connecticut, will off,
ciate. The service will be at 1880
o'clock Bishop Brewster will also
be the preacher at the morning ser
vice. This is the largest class that
has been presented at st. Johns
church in several years.
In .the afternoon a. 4:45 o'clock
there will be choral even song and
sermon. Rev. Mr.. Findlay will
preach
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
'Iorpedoed by a tire!

Iorpedoed Dy a Tire!
Without warning, too-a
deliberately unfriendly''
act on the part Of the tire
maker.
Thine to declare war on that
kind of tire.
IBuy COLUMBIA tires and
we will guarantee that
it doesn't happen until
you've had at least 1000
miles of good use.
fDon't quarrel with a far
away manufacturer about
adjustment. You come to
us-we guarantee Column
bia performance.
See our ''Made in Bridgeport
Auto Show.
q
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23

HOUSATONIC r.. r.. MEETING.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of this company the following
directors were elected: Nathaniel
Thayer, Boston, Mass; David Leavitt,
Great Darlington, Mass; George W.
Peet,N Falls Village, Conn; Daniel
Marsh, New Milford, Conn; John e.
Goodrich, Stockbridge, Mass; Sam
uel Willets, New York; William H.
Barnum, Lime Rock, Conn; John L.
Stuart; Bridgeport, Conn; Charles K
Averill, Bridgeport, Conn. John H.
Strong was named superintendent
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
UEWISH TAG DAY NETS
$3.50 FOR WAR RELIEF

Announcement is made today that
the Jewish Tag Day collection made
yesterday netted $1.025, including $95
recently obtained at theatrical per
Torrance. The money will be, for
warded 20 war sufferers in Russia.
One hundred young women, under
the auspices of the Bridgeport branch,
Workmen's circle, made the collection
on the streets yesterday, when, in ex-
change for cash donations, they gave
small flags and buttons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
CHARITIES MEETING.

There will be an important meeting
Of the charities board this evening.
The principal matter will be the set
Element for good of the question of
payments for ambulance calls by the
Consolidated road in particular, and
all outside towns and persons. in gen
eral. Heretofore ambulance service
has been furnished to the road at SO
a call.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
If YOU WISH TO BUY
WATCHES
DIAMONDS or JEWELRY
I COME HERE

If you just wish to see and. ask
questions come here; or for any reason
at all come here.
Like to show you our goods even
If we don't sell. because anyone that
sees can not forget
If you are contemplating buying
anything in our line, let us with our ex-
perience and practical knowledge, as
sist you and you will not be sorry for
the counsel The prices are moderate
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
GERMANY TO INDEMNIFY
SWEDISH SHIP OWNERS

London, Feb. -23-Reuter's Stock
holm correspondent cables that the
German minister to Sweden has in
formed the Swedish foreign minister
that the Swedish steamer Edda was
sunk as result Of a mistake on the
part of submarine commander and
that the German government regrets
the occurrence and is prepared to pay
an indemnity. The Edda was tor
pedoed on Jan. 20 while on her way
to Sweden with coal
T. Lawrence Seibert, comic song
writer, died at Los Angeles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
ONE Hundred YEARS AGO.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

The sloop Young Fox, Samuel Pen
meyer, Master, having superior accom-
modations for passengers will sail from
the store Of the subscriber in Bridge
port, during the winter on the follow-
ing days: Tuesday evenings, March 5,
March 49,. Also offers for sale cheap
for cash or country produce an as
sortment OF dry goods crockery grass
seed and nail rods. William King,
Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
BRIDGEPORT As u WAS
1O0-50L2O-YEARS AGO
(Taken from the Files Of The Evening Farmer)

port
French & Stevens, dealers in gro.
ceries, 2 Wall street.
Adams Express Company, HI. Par
rott, agent.
Theo. Rennings, German Public
House, Water street
Alfred Hopkins, stoves and ranges
232 Main street.
Walter Goddard & Co., dry goods
271 Main street.
r. Bernhard & Company, fancy
store.
Peck, Barnum & Co.. dry goods, 226
Main street.
Taylor & Joyce, dry goods, 225 Main
street.
Chamansky & Wolf are disposing of
their extensive stock at cost price at
the Bee Hive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23

Among the people who think the
Lenten observance is all foolishness
are the many who are uniting them
selves for business success by their
late hours and high living.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
FOR GOOD ROADS

Zalmon Goodsell addressed the Goot
Roads committee at Hartford yester
day in favor of better highways.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
BICYCLE STOLEN.

| A bicycle owned by S. w. Walton
was stolen from in front of the Yost
| factory this afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23

When two drunken roughs punch
each other gently in the street. it is
a Sdisgraceful fist fight; when two
professional bruisers nearly kill. each
other on the stage, it is gentlenanly
sport Of boxing. i.e.s--,~
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY.
The w. G. T. U. will celebrate their
21st anniversary this afternoon with a
reception at their rooms, 16 Elm ST.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23

The most beautiful sight the land
scape gardener can product in our
back yards this summer, will be a lit
tie plot full of flourishing potatoes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23

Some people claim that women are
not fit to be lawyers, but that would
not be because of any inability to talk
to the jury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
Lyon & Grammar, Retail Division.
AMERICAN HARDWARE
STORES
(IncOrpOrated)
FAIRFIELD AVE AND MIDDLE ST

There is general complaint that the
chorus girls and movie stars don't
wear enough clothes. OF course if
their faces were attractive they
wouldn't have to resort to scanty
dressing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

next time, and ordered him to sit down and
feast on what in these high-price days CORE
spends to the good corned beef and cabbage
of yore.
So sight Of all these men at school was i'm
pressive. Each was provided with a tiny
wooden table, set high on wabbly, thin legs,
perhaps foot and half square. With this
was provided a folding wooden chair, such as
one finds at funerals in undertaking parlors,
and set of examination Notwithstanding
else. The men even were required to bring
their own pens and ink.
Here, with blue coat showing on its sleeve
the priced bronze star Of the Honor Legion
thrown over the back of his chair, sat a big
man Of the Traffic Squad. His table, helpless
little thing, was between his knees. A fex OF
his muscles would have crushed it into the
kindng it should have been. There, blouse
unbuttoned at the neck, starched collar open
at the throat, sat a man who had been ten
years on desk duty in precinct station house
lie worked cooy methodcally, carefully, with
a fountain pen. His watch was open in front
Of him on the table, and 1t was easy to tell
as he turned down sheet after sheet of answers
that he knew what he was about and was well
within his time limit. He had crammed for
the exam. and was ready enough.
| could feel the tensity of the time limit
in the air. Starting at 2 o'clock the candi-
dates were required to finish two of the four
sheets of the examination by 4. Then there
was a recess of half an hour, and another two
hours of WORK. Every man in the place knew
that if in the first two hours he didn't finish
the first two sheets there wasn't a chance in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

on the preferred list and once on the list
there might be years of weary waiting for pro-
motion But the new spirit of the new Po-
lice Department raised under the capable hand
of Arthur Woods moved them TO do their level
best. Only one man, so far as | could learn,
cried quits, and he simply couldn't help it.
This man. trembling in every nerve and muscle,
walked up to a superior officer Of the depart
ment at recess, saluted and addressed him
in the familiar manner he had known when
both were patrolmen.
Jack he said simply, I'm all in. | can't
finish this thing I've been twenty years in this
game, but this stuff is too much for me- I'm a
sick man. Let me go, Jack. guess I'm sat
isfed with being policeman"
He was excused and allowed to go home.
The officer told me quite frankly later that
he had felt like crying when the policeman's
plight was revealed. He was a good two-fsted
policeman, he said, high in the lists of men
proficient in the performance Of police duty.
No gangster had ever licked him and gone
around to tell the story; no thief had carried
off things on his beat and stayed out of prison
long enough to spend the proceeds of his work.
But going to school was too much for him. He
was a poceman-not a schoOlboy
| wondered what happened when that good
policeman got home. | hope he had told his
wife, ITS no go. old girl. I'm too old bird
for this new-fangled high school game. Put
me in the front line of the reserves in a riot
and I'm all there, but that's about my limit"
Then. as visualized it, the "old girl" had dried
whatever tears she couldn't help crying, patted
the old boy on the back, told him better luck
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

man who invented civil service torture could be
burned at the stake in mighty pyre of his
own mimeographed foolish questions. Also, it
may explain why the missing 200 developed
headache or something equally annoying at the
last minute.
Having qualified by being perfectly good pa
trolmen for at least five years-some of them
for four times that. and more-the 4300 elect
ed policemen gathered at the Grand Central
Palace at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Each
candidate was OF leave Of absence with pay
for four hours, and had the satisfaction of
knowing that his post was being walked by at
least two volunteer policemen of the Home De-
fence League. SO he had nothing to think about
but the questions, what he could do with the
extra pay that comes with sergeantcy, whether
he could possibly make the trousers to his best
uniform last through the summer, whether he
could get through the examination without just
one draw at his pipe Smoking was on the al
ready full forbidden list), and whether Maggie
would remember when she was downtown that
he needed another box of shoe polish.
I stood facing 1900 of the examination
takers seated row on row, almost far the
eve could reach, on the main floor of the great
building. There were 1000 on the second floor
and 1000 on the third, all in the same orderly
rows, all bent on the same self-chosen task. As
looked, the earnestness of every man in the
building impressed itself upon me. Every
mothers son of them was there to pull himself
up-if need by by his own bootstraps. Some of
them knew well before they came that they
couldn't hope to pass the examination. Only
few hundred of the lucky ones could hope to get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

much aftonifhed as | was, when they hear Of
his rifing TO early; and Especially when |
allure them, that he giUes light as toon as he
RITES. am convinced of this. am certain of
my fact One cannot be more certain of any
fact. / faw it with my own eyes. And having
repeated this obfervation the three following
mornings, found always precifely the fame
refult.
Yet 70 it happens, that when fpeak of this
difcovery to Others can eafily perceive by
their countenances, though they forbear eX
preffng it in words, that they do not quite be-
lieve me- One indeed, who is learned natura
philosopher, has affured me, that | mutt Ger
tainly be miftaken as to the circumstances of
the light coming into my room; for it being
well known, as he fays, that there could be no
light abroad at that hour, It follows that none
could enter from without; end that of confe-
quence my windows being accidentally left
open, inftead Of letting in the light, had only
ferved to let out the darknefs: and he ufed
many ingenious arguments to fhow me how l
might, by that means, have been deceived.
own that he puzzled me little, but he did not
fatisfy me- and the fubfequent obfervations
made, as above mentioned, confirmed me in my
firft opinion
This event has given rife, in my mind, to
feveral ferrous and important reflections.
confdered that, if had not been awakened 70
early in the morning, | fhould have flept fix
hours longer by the light of the fun, and in ex
change have lived fix hours the following night
by candle-light; and the latter being much
more expenfive light than the former, my love
of economy induced me to mufter up what lit
tie arithmetic was matter Of, and to make
fome calculations, which | fhall give you, after
obferving that utility is, in my opinion, the
teft Of value in matters Of invention, and that
difcovery which can be applied TO no ufe, or is
not good for fomething. is good for nothing.
took for the BATS of my calculation the fup-
petition that there are 100000 families in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

"A letter By Dr. Benjamin Franklin
to the editor of q Paris journal. Re-
printed from FrGnkla'S ESsayS.)
V = on often entertain us with accounts of
new difcoveries. Permit me to COM
municate to the public, through your
paper, one that has lately been made by my
self, and which | conceive may be of great
utility.
was the other evening in a grand company,
where the new lamp Of Meffrs. Qunquet and
LANCE was introduced, and much admired for
its fplendour; but general enquiry was made,
whether the oil it confirmed was not in proper
ton to the light it afforded, in which cafe
there would be no faving in the ufe of it. No
one prefent could fatiffy us in that point,
which all agreed ought to be known; it being
very defrabe thing to leffen if poffible, the ex-
pence of lighting our apartments, when every
other article of family expence was TO much
augmented.
was peafed TO fee this general concern for
economy; for l love economy exceedingly.
went home, and TO bed, three or four hours
after midnight, with my head full Of the fub-
ject. An accidental fudden nofe walked me
about FIX in the morning, when | was furprifed
to find my room filled with light; and ina
gined at firft, that number of thofe lamps
had been brought into it: but, rubbing my eyes,
perceived the light came in at the windows.
! got up and looked out to fee what might
be the location Of it, when faw the fun juft
rising above the horizon. from whence he
poured his rays plentifuy into my chamber,
my domeftic having negligently omitted the
preceding evening 10 clofe the fhutters.
looked at my watch, which goes very well.
and found that il was but fix o'clock; and fill
thinking it fomething extraordinary that the
fun fhoud rife 70 early, / looked into the
almsnack, where | found it 70 be the hour
given for his rifng on that day look for
ward too, and found he was TO rife fill earlier
every day till towards the end Of June; and
that at no time in the year he retarded his riff
ing 70 long as till eight o'clock. Your readers
who with me have never feen any 6gns Of fun
fnine before noon, and fedom regard the
Astronomical part Of the aimanack, will be as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

larity: for &c NETT que ie premier pms nj
coute. Oblige man 70 rife at four in t,s
morning, and it is more than probable he VII
go willingly to bed at eight in The evening"
and having had eight hours flecp, he viii rife
more willingly at four the morning following
But this fun Of ninety fix millions and feyen
ty-fve thoufand livres is not the whole Of what
may be faved by my economical project You
may obferve that have calculated upon only
one half of the year, and much may be faVei
Befides, the immenfe flock of wax and talOv
left unconfumed during the fummcr, will prob
ably make candles much cheaper for the enfl-
ing winter, ard continue cheaper as long as
the propofed reformation fhall be fupportsd
For the great benefit of this difcovery, thus
freely communicated and beftowed by me o.
the public, demand neither place, penfion, e.
clufive privilege, nor any other reward what
ever. expect only to have the honour Of u
And yet know there are little enyious nind
who will, as ufual, deny me this, and fay ta''
my invention was known to the anc!ents; an
perhaps they may bring paffages out Of the oN
books in proof Of it. ! will not difpute WIZ
thefe people, that the ancients knew not ts
the fun would rife ~ certain hours; me!
poffibly had, as we have, almanacks that pN
dcted it; but it does not follow from then@
that they knew he gGre tight as fooH as
rofe. This is what claim as my difcovery' i
the ancents knew il, it mutt have been IoDs
fince forgotten. for it certainly was unknown
TO the moderns, at leaft TO the Pariilan''
which to prove, need ufe but one plain hmp''
argument. They are as well inftructed, Ju'N'
Gus, and prudent people as exit any "Ds''
in the world, all projecting, like myfelf' 10 y
lovers Of ECONOMY; and, from the many he'''
taxes required from them by the necehi'sS "
tho fate. have furely reafon to be 1conon''''-
/ fay it is impoffble that 70 fen6ble a peop''
under fuch circumstances, fhould have n'eo
long by the fnoky. unwholefome, and emu
moufty expenfive light Of candles, II they D'0
really known that they might have mao
much pure light of the fun for nothing '"'
&C AN ABoNNE.
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Paris, and that there families confumc in the
night half pound of bougies. or candles, per
hour. | think this is a moderate allowance,
taking one family with another; for though
believe fome confume iefs, know that many
confume a great deal more. Then eliminating
feven hours per day, as the medium quantity
between the time of the fun's rifing and ours,
he rifing during the fix following months from
fix TO eight hours before noon, and there being
feven hours Of courfe per night in which we
burn candles, the account will ftand thus
In the fix months between the twentieth of
March and the twentieth OF September, there
are