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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
What Is Concrete?

Concrete-a manufac-
tured stone-is made by
mixing together Port
land Cement, sand and
stone (or gravel.) Var
ious proportions of each
are used, depending upon
the use to which the con-
crete is put. About half
an hour after mixing
these materials together,
the mass begin to stiffen,
until, in from half-a-day
to a day, it becomes so
hard that you cannot
dent it With the hand. By
a month the mass is hard
like stone-indeed, hard
er than most stones.
We have many book
lets relating to concrete
and cement work which
we would be pleased to
send you.
The
Wheeler & HOWeS Go.
/ MASONS' MATERIAL
BRIDGEPORT
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
TO ELECT OFFICERS.

the Stratford fire department, will
take place this evening at fire head
quarters All members are requested
to be present
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
BASKETBALL GAME.

The Stafford High school basket
ball five will have as its opponents,
Saturday, the strong T. L. S. of
Bridgeport The contest will be
staged in Tuttle's auditorium. Play
begins at o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
NATION WIDE WAR
SAVINGS CAMPAIGN
BY INSURANCE co.

ten For each $500 worth of new bus
mess twelve So stamps and two thrift
stamps will be given, with two So
stamps and eight thrift stamps for
each additional 500.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
woMAN.s SOCIETY TO MEET,

The regular meeting of the Won
ans Missionary society of the Congre-
gational church, will meet Friday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Smith, Main street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

The fact that a man thinks the
churches and schools should close up
to save fuel does not prove that he is
willing for the saloons to shut their
doors
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

Some of the men who are denounc-
ing the failure to equip our armies
are the same one who tied up the
equipment work by strikes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
ADVISES MOTHERS TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN
FATHER JOHNS MEDICINE FOR COLDS
COUGHS AND BODYBUILDING

H1 have been giving my children Father Johns Medicine for
eleven months found good results My baby Char
oe months small and did not thrive took her
to several but until began giving Father Johns Med
cine did she gain Both children have good appetite
and healthy given them Father Johns Medicine
Have also good results taking myself builder My adj
vice to all mothers their children Father Johns Medicine
ISgne Mrs Lawrence Diener 723 Wyhe Ave. BROOKLYN n y
Because guaranteed free from alcohol dangerous drugs
Father Johns Medicine family remedy for colds coughs
and grip prescription with 60 of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing
and heating; jobbing specially. 1851
Main and Hillside avenue. Phone
Stratford 1142 or 114S. B10*tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

FUNERAL BOUQUET AND
DESIGNS
JOHN RECK & SON
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

Times Want Ads. One Cent Word
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
Middlebury Carries On.

Some OF the greatest colleges in the
world have been little In fact, some
that are great now, in the sense OF the
number Of students and buildings and
the vastness of their plant and their
endowment, were greater in the measure
Of their scholarship and their influence
on the nation when thes were little and
struggling than they are now, Harvard
was once, no doubt, very much what a
good high school is now, or at least so
we are often told, but Emerson was
there, and the student of the time some.
how gripped the culture OF the world
with a firm hand that the student who
Il one Of 5000 finds It hard to attain.
William and Mary college leads to-day
but puny existence, if it may be said
tc exist at all; but it graduated Jeffer-
son, Monroe, Tyler, Harrison and John
Marshall, and the light OF the ages
streamed through its tiny windows.
What a culture John G. Calhoun some.
how gained at little South Carolina coll
lege Often 1t seems that the little coll
lege il more favorable than any other to
the "nourishing of a youth sublime"
But a time has come when college
cannot afford to be too little The sub
mergency of William and Mary is a case
in point. Up in Vermont there ia lit
tie college Of valiant and ambrosial his
tory, called Middlebury, which is Just at
this moment in danger of becoming too
little through the war, for service Of the
country has swallowed up all but three
of its senior class. Middlebury wants to
be little bigger without losing the ira
dition of being compact, and special, and
classic. 1t is not enough for it to re-
member that in 1880 it had more stu.
dents than Harvard, and that II has pro-
foundry affected the culture of America
by graduating 65s ministers, $40 law
vers, 1866 doctors, 200 college professors,
thirty.seven college presidents, twelve
governors, hundred judges, eightesn
members of Congress and ll08 school
teachers Middlebury, no doubt, has been
one of the greatest nurseries Of the
teaching profession in the world No
matter---it is in contact with its crisis
now, and must meet 1t. We mean by
that that it was in contact with its
crisis, 1t seems to have smmounted I.
President Thomas, man who unites the
academic faculty with the stimulating
genius in a high degree, has been Assem-.
bling a new fund Of S500,000 mostly in
Liberty bonds. A modest endowment to
ask for-but half million is half mil
lion. Middlebury is on the edge of its
half.million, and it win get it; and who
ever gives up his Liberty bond for this
purpose may be sure that he is building
| il solidly into the foundation Of future
wisdom and strength for his country.
Let us hope that, with its new endow-
ment attained, and its future assured,
Middlebury college will not lose the saw
ing grace of its littleness.-Bos Tran
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
WOOL CONSUMPTION IN JUNE.
Department of Agriculture Report Shows
Less Wool Used in June Than in May.

Washington, d. c., July 27.--Less wool
was Used by manufacturers in June than
in May, according to the monthly wool
consumption report just issued by the
bureau of markets. June consumption
was 65,200,000 pounds, grease equivalent
compared to 74,600,00O pounds in May
70,700,000 pounds in April; 100000 in
March; 63,700O00 in February; and 65,'
100000 pounds in January.
Stocks of wool consumed in June by
classes, in pounds, were; Grease wool
37,997 ,749; secured, l2l69,000; and
pulled, 2,l7l,l75 Consumption by states
for all classes of wool in pounds was
Massachusetts, 22,965,o59; Rhode sland
6,2sS $3.50; Pennsylvania 6,2b7 300; New
Jersey, 5,33S,ss0; New York, 1894, l04;
Connecticut, l,s39,46l; Ohio, l,5l366l
New Hampshire, 1881 ,49s; Maine, s4S,-
627; and all other states, 2,260,395
Out of $40 schedules sent to manufac.
turers, sos reported stocks of wool used
in June, 81 no wool consumed, and fom
stated that material used consisted OF
tops, yarns, and waste. Schedules from
four firms were not received at the time
tabulations were completed; these fom
concerns have combined capacity of II
sets of wooden oasds and five worsted
combs -
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
INLAND WATERWAY
WOULD SAFE LIVES
Besides Protecting Property from the
Heavy Storms Which Wreck
Coastwise Shipping.

Washington, D. G., July 27.--Many
lives and much property would be saved
by an inland waterway from New York
to Norfolk for eoastwise shipping, See
rotary Redfeld said yesterday in let.
ter to the board of river and harbor en-
gineers, which is considering the advis.
ability Of the government purchase Of
the Cape Cod canal.
In the last ten years, Mr.. Redfeld
wrote, III lives and properly valued al
S4,000,000 have been lost by reason Of
storms wrecking coastwise shipping,
Copies Of the letter were sent TO Sen
ator Salisbury Of Delaware, who recent.
" introduced resolution calling on the
secretary for information as to the ad.
visibility Of buying the Cape Cod, Chesa.
peake and Delaware and Raritan canals
The secretary said he had not pro.
gressed far enough with his investigation
regarding the canals to advise regarding
their purchase
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
HOOVER DELIVERS THE GOODS.
Therefore the Allied Nations Want Il
Keep on Good Terms with Him.

London, July 81, - The government
gave dinner Thursday evening in honor
of Herbert G. Hoover, the American food
administrator, Victor Boret, French min
lister Of provisions, and DIR. Silvio Crespi,
Italian food minister. j. r. Clynes, the
British food controller, who presided, said
that owing to assistance from the United
States, bacon and ham hereafter would
be sold without coupons. He referred to
Mr.. Hoover as a man they all wanted to
keep on good terms with, because he
could deliver the goods
Premier Lloyd George, proposing the
health of the guests, paid glowing trib-
ute to Mr.. Hoover. He said that through
him America had achieved great tri-
umpA in securing large number of peo-
pie in Europe from want and starvation.
There was now no fear whatever, he de-
clared, that the allies would be starved
out, Germany had made the greatest
gamble in her history; she had pitted her
whole destiny upon the success of the
submarine campaign and it had failed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
MANY MILLIONS SAVED.
BY England's Shell Factories Serving as
Barometer.

Manchester, Eng, July 27-tCorres-
pondence Of the Associated Press). -
Englands national she'll factories act
as barometer for regulating the prices
paid by the government for shells turned
out in private plants. 1t is estimated
that they have saved the treasury many
millions of pounds.
In this district there are seventeen ma.
tional shell factories. Patriotic engi-
neens organized them and they are oper-
ated so skillfully and efficiently that
despite a steadily increasing cost OF
material and labor, the prices first paid
for shells have been reduced by one-half
and in some cases even more,
The buildings Of one plant cover fifteen
acres. The plant Is arranged for the
manufacture throughout of both high
explosive and shrapnel shells of large
cahbre. Since beginning operations it
has turned out to date nearly 100000
shells. Most of the raw steel used in
their manufacture came from America
also many of the factorys machines
Probably at no factory in the district is
munitions work carried on at such high
and sustained rate of speed.
The number of employees exceeds TO-
000 of whom large number are women
recruited from textile and linoleum
plants.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
A SUGAR COMBINE.
Four Companies Controlled by the Con-
tinental Products Co.

Boston, July 27.--Henry B. Endicott,
state food administrator, announced yes
terday that his investigation into the
sugar situation had brought to light the
fact that the Continental Products com
pany of this city controls the stock Of
four large wholesale sugar companies,
which in turn controls two.thirds of all
the sugar marketed in Massachusetts,.
The companies involved, the announce
ment said, are The Il. r. Sherburne com
pany of Springfield and Holyoke; the 7.
NJ. Leayitt company Of Boston; the New
England Sugar Supply company OF
Worcester; and Koritz company of Low
ell and Lawrence.
Mr.. Endicott said that the Continental
Products company did not have a sugar
license. and he was investigating its sta.
tus under the food laws. He added that
he had instructed the Leayitt company
not to sell any sugar to the Sherburne
company. whose license recently was sus-
pended and its stock seized because Of
violations of the food regulations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
AGAINST sINN FEINERs.
Some of the Older Priests In County
Wexford Speak Out.

Dublin, July 27-(Correspondent Of
the Associated Press Some Of the
older Irish priests, particularly in Coun-
ty Wexford, have been speaking out
strongly against the Sim Feiners. Very
Rev. Canon Walsh, presiding at a meet
ing of the Crossabeg and Ballymurn
branch Of the United Irish league, said
the prospect before Ireland was a gloomy
one, as the criminal lunacy of Sim
Fein" was turning all Ireland's friends
against her. By insulting and trampling
upon the American flag and cheering for
Emperor William, he said, the ''unruly
Sim Fem faction" was turning the
French republic, the American nation and
the English democracy into bitter enc
mics of Ireland
Rather than gain independence for Ire.
land they were more likely to gain
twenty years Of coercion and martial
law, il any general support were accord
ed by Irishmen to the antics of the mis-
cradle faction" whose record, said Canon
Walsh, so far, was one Of discussion, dis
ruption and Disaster The democracy Of
England, he continued, was favorably
disposed towards Erishmen and was will.
ing to do them justice, but they wAuld
never consent to the sheer lunacy Of to-
tai separation and, until the evil spirit Of
Sim Fem was banished from the land
Ireland would labor under the yoke Of
oppression.
Resolutions were passed at the meet
ing condemning the latest German out
.nuo - y,,,rdnriuor saypu innpqpnf fab
ermen off the Galway coast; and de
nouneing the Gaelic league as feeder
of Sim Fem"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
GERMAN MORALE
GREATLY WEAKENED
As the Hope of Winning the War Is Fast
Fading Away-Letters Taken from
German Prisoners Reveal That.

London, July 27.--(British Wireless
Servicel Hope Of winning the war is
fading fast in tbe German trenches, if
letters taken from some German prison
ers accurately reveal the morale of some
of the German troops.
"The Americans are in front of us and
they are terrible men" read letters taken
from German prisoner. 1--WE no longer
have any hope" he continued. my com
pany of 1870 is down to 30"
I'VE should stop before we are utter.
ly demolished, wrote another German
prisoner. Il am always hoping the
French may succeed in roping us in. We
should then at any rate be relieved from
the moral anguish we are continually
suffering. Our strength is becoming
more and more sapped and If some of US
do get home we shall be broken men"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27

3s5 Grant ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
ST have been ParaiyzeG on The
whoIe right side since April Both.
I referred the case to a physician,
who wrote me personally, advising
the use of 'Fruit-a-tives'.
/ bought three boxes and used
them as directed. Tam feeling fine
better than I have in the past nine
months.
I would not be without 'Fruit.a-
tives' for anything; no more strong
cathartics orsalts so long as 'Fruit-a
tives' are purchasabI3 no mora
bowel trouble for me.
Lreeommend 'Fruit-a-tives' to all.
] feel more like 40 than 81, which l
have just passed..
VIM. III. OSTRANDER.
50c. box, 9 for $3.50, trial size 25c-
At all dealers or sent on receipt Of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited.
oGQENSBURG, n. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
ORDER CANS AND JARS NOW.
Need for Placing Orders at Once to In
sure Sufficient Supply Of Containers.

Washington, D. G., July 27.--House-
keepers who have not laid in their can.
ming supplies should do so at once, ad.
vises the United States department OF
agriculture. Reports from the states
show that already some sections of the
country are having difficulty in securing
containers for home canning. The short
age Of tin cans, glass jars and rubbers
coupled with delayed express shipments
make it imperative to place orders for
supplies Immediately if the needs of the
next two months are to be met Women
desiring information about canning
equipment or the ordering of supplies
should at once apply to their local home
demonstration agent, the leader of boys
and girls club work, or their county agri-
cultural agent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
Five Bullets in His Baok--and Fighting

In an article about his experiences in
the trenches, young boy says in the
August American Magazine
"Once down on the Somme, there was
a fellow fighting by me. / was in the in
fantry then, and he said to me, i say
There's sump'n the matter with - my
back. Wish you'd see what it is
$50 ran my hand up under his tunic,
and ! could feel five bullets under the
skin. Felt just like row of marbles A
machine gun must have swept him from
some emplacement we'd passed without
seeing it. He could have quit, all right,
with five bullets in him But not on
your life He went right ahead fighting,
and pretty soon he got it again, this
time in the intestines.
"'Sumpn is wrong againr he said;
and he looked down at himself kind of
funny
But he didn't quit even then. He kept
on fighting all that day-till the job we
were on was finished"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
MEN OF MANY TRADES.
Are to Be Found in the British pioneer
Sections"

Sections"
Behind British Lines in France, July
27-The "Pioneer Section of the Brit
ish battalion consists Of sergeant and
ten men, attached TO headquarters. The
members Of this little band are really
''men Of all trades" and all-round work
men, ready to do plumbing, painting
carpentry, or almost anything else.
The pioneer sergeant is generally
known by the nickname "Old Two-by-
our"-apparently derived from the car
penter's name for piece Of wood with
a cross section two inches by four inches,
which is the foundation in the building
line.
If the pioneer sergeant is asked for a
bed, he must produce it forthwith. Four
short pieces OF two by-four for the legs
two long and two short pieces for the
frame, together with suitable amount
Of wire netting, and the result is what
seems in the trenches the best bed in the
world.
The pioneers are as handy with the
paint brush as with the saw. They paint
the "tin hats" OF the battalion in the
regimental colors and with the letters
Of the different companies, an inyalua
BILE device in fighting when companies
get mixed up.
OF course the pioneer is prepared to do
his fighting when necessary, He Is a
trained soldier, like every other special
list. His knowledge Of saws and planes
and paint has been merely added to his
knowledge Of bombs and rifles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
MUST EAT STOLEN FEATHERS.
Is Order Promulgated BY Commander Of
Americans in England.

Headquarters of the American Troops
with the British Forces in France, July
27.-Bitter words have passed between
two battalions of American soldiers here
over a stolen goose. The bird was missed
from little farm in the area occupied
by one battalion, bub the feathers were
found within the district occupied by the
other.
Believing that its territory had been
invaded the first battalion informed the
second that when it felt the growing
need for goose 1t would be well to con,
fine its foraging to its own territory and
avoid casting unpleasant implications
upon its neighbors The second disowned
the feathers, but paid for the goose as a
matter of pride. To protect the prop
erty of the natives in the area occupied
by the American regiments the colonel
has prescribed new penalty, amy man
in my command who lays a hand on a
fowl that has not been bought and paid
for will have to eat the feathers" he
declares
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
Power of Decision Most Useful.

George Reynolds, well known Chi.
gago banker, says in the August Amer
lean Magazine:
81 believe that decisiveness is the most
vital element in life, whether it is in
business, in politics, or in everyday So
cial affairs. The man who knows what
he wants to do Is almost certain TO be
a winner
IF two men started in race, and
one of them knew where the goal was
and the other one did not, which one
would you bet on to be the winner :
The one who knew where he was bound
for would get over and around the OBJ
stacles in his way. The other one would
turn aside, hunting for an easier path,
because he wouldn't be sure he was on
the right one. What would be the use
Of bucking his way through if be wasn't
sure of where he wanted to go? That s
why the man with definite object will
beat his haphazard and uncertain com
Petitor every time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
NOVEL LED TO TROUBLE.
Too Much Local Color to Suit People of
an Irish Town.

Dublin, July 27.-The Irish Times re-
cords disturbances in Westmeath pro.
voked solely by novel written by
Brinsley Mcnamara, native of Devlin.
The book is full of local color, and the
inhabitants visited their Indignation on
the father Of the author, who is local
schoolmaster, and attempted to evict
him from bis school, They were not sue
eessful, but they prevented their chill
dren from attending the school, which is
now practically closed The population
is, however, not united in approval of
these methods Of literary censorship, and
the event has led to the breaking up of
the local Sim Fein and Volunteer or.
CARNATIONS, the leaders Of which discour-
aged the protests
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
MUSCLES LACK TONE,
BRAIN FAGS,

memory fails, and, soon or later, in many
cases, dependency and melancholy make
the situation worse. Then there is the
pallor of anemia, which is seen in the
faces Of so many weak, nervous, irrita-
BILE men and women.
The best treatment, because the most
effective and the most economical, is
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Peptiron, taken
in conjunction, one before eating and the
other after.
If laxative is needed, take Hoods
Pills. They are gentle and thorough
Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
sINN FEINERs STRONGER.
As Shown By the Election in ri Irish
Counties.

Dublin, July 27-Election of the chair
men Of the county councils in twenty-one
counties shows some increase in Sim
Fem strength, but probably not so much
as many people expected
All the chairmen of the county coun-
ellis were members of the Irish conven-
ton, with the exception of Kerry, which
declined representation. OF the n chair
men on the Irish convention, l6 signed
the majority report and II signed the
minority report. The elections have thus
far displaced only one of the latter, but
new men have been chosen in place of
five of the chairmen who signed the ma
iority report The campaign against
them was largely waged on the ground
that the majority report did not 90 far
enough in the direction of Irish self-goy-
eminent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-27
RECKLESS AMERICAN
VALOR COSTS MORE
THAN THE FRENCH
Reuters Correspondent Comments Upon
Pride in Saving Men, as Well as
Going Ahead.

London, July 27-Comparing the work
Of the French and American troops in
the battle now going on, Reuters CORE
spondent at the American headquarters
writes;
"The French have had four years Of
hard study, and the lesson most laid tc
heart is the value TO France of live
Frenchmen and dead Germans. Wher
sacrifices are required, we are quite ready
to make them, but pride is to kill and
pay little for killing. They admire the
reckless valor of the Americans, but
their own methods are somewhat slower
and more subtle. Each gets to lbs objec
tive, but the French leave fewer mer
behind"