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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19

FOR SALE-Seven passenger Chal-
 mers 1915 model in good running condition $70o; in good paint; also Ford commercial car. Ideal Garage ITO Thompson St Phone Barnum
 <ose-s. s24sf FOR SAL+Second hand lumber.
 doors and sash Inquire Conrecd- cut sWrecktngs Cosz2l Harrison. St.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19

ENCOURAGEMENT new Arion Hall, S5T East Main St, now ready for renting to lodges, parties or dancing, offices and club rooms Inquire at the hall Tuesday tven- tngs. B. Tel. 1650-3. U30SSs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19

DOOR BELLS repaired; everything electrical repaired; careful work. fair rates. Phone Bar. 6797-5. Gould Electric Service, 42l State St
 '19PSdsN
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19
SERVICES OFFERED

NOTICE to property owners. will. paint your houses with your paint or mine. Anthony Detuzzi, house painter and paper hanger, .55 Prank St. Phone Bar. 6737-5 'l9LlSal
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19
RANQUET AND AMUsENIENT CLUB

VILLA COUNTRY CLUB, Inc.-Ital- ian and American restaurant. Danc- Ing and singing every evening; also catering to banQuets, etc. Accom- modations for 300 people. All foods in season. Brooklawn Ave, near Suburban Ave Phone Barnum 2657. '19P17aI~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19

POULTRY AND SUPPLIES

POULTRY sold alive or killed and dressed, 25c fb. Snows Live PouI- try Market. corner North Ave. and Main St. T2OaIl~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19
PAINT STORE

PAINTING AND PAPER HANGING
 First class work done reasonable Jos. C. Gansick, 614 shelton st.
 Phone Barnum 949 G25aN%
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
FORMER PUTNAM SLIPPER MAN
UFACTURER DEAD

William H. Tourtellotte died at the
home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Bessie Crawford Tourtellotte,
Webster, recently, at the age of sc
years. He had been in failing health
for some time.
Mr.. Tourtellotte will be remember
ed by older citizens of Putnam, as he
was formerly engaged in manufacture
ing slippers in Putnam. He is a
charter member Of Quinebaug lodge
Of Masons of Putnam and also of the
Royal Arch chapter of this city.
Mr.. Tourtellotte was born in Dud-
ley, the oldest of seven children. He
is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jane
Leach of West Thompson and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hazard of Newport, K. L.
He also leaves a brother, Henry, of
West Springfield, five grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
GYPSY MOTH THREATENING

The gypsy moth threatens to over,
run the state of Connecticut unless
adequate provision is made to combat
the pest, according to the report OF
w. F. Britton made to Governor Hol-
comb. An appropriation of $4,000
is to be asked for the next two years
to continue the fight against the in
tested areas
The federal department has assist
ed in the fight and federal employees
sprayed the infestations in Eastford,
Windham, Hampton, Mansfield, Plain
field, Scotland, Griswold, Lisbon, Nor
wich, and help in Thompson. The
remaining work in Thompson and
that done in Putnam, Woodstock,
Pomfret, Brooklyn and Killingly was
by the state forces.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
EKS 9TH ANNUAL
CHARITY BALL
Putnam Lodge, No. STA, Has
Arranged For a Big Affair
Next Thursday Night In I'm
ion Hall.
Piokees Orchestra.-Decora By
Sanons & Fox.|Proceeds For
Charity.

The committee of arrangements
for the seventh annual Elks' Charity
Ball, to be held in Union hall mex,
Thursday night, January Goth, are
promising the biggest affair yet held
Tickets are selling well and large
crowd is anticipated.
Simons & Fox of Hartford have
been engaged to transform the hall
into gaily decorated ball room. This
concern has decorated the hall many
times and always has succeeded in
pleasing the public in this respect.
Picket's orchestra of Willimantic
Will furnish the music. This organ
ization of musicians is too well
known in Putnam to need a word of
commendation.
From 8.15 to 8 o'clock the orches-
ira will render a pleasing concert
program, after which the grand
march will form led by Exalted Ruler
George Lewis, Jr. and Miss Rachael
Brady. Esteemed Leading Knight
W. J. Bartlett, and Mrs. Bartlett,
viii be the second couple in line. Fol
lowing the march and circle dancing
viii be in order.
The committee of arrangements is
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
FIVE MUSTERED OUT OF SER.
VICE AT PITTSBURG FRIDAY
Assistant Postmaster Gagne Among
the Number

After serving in the radio depart
ment of the aviation service of the
United States army for the past six
months, Edmund R. Gagne, assistant
postmaster at Putnam, Daniel Weeks
of Putnam, and Edward McKeon,
John F. johnson and Ernest Prince
of North Grosvenordale, were mus
tered out of service at Pittsburg last
Friday and returned to their homes.
The young men went first to New
tonville, Mass, and from there were
transferred to the Carnegie Institute
of Technology at Pittsburg, where
they were students in the radio de-
partment.
Mr.. Gagne will rest for the re-
mainder of this month, taking up his
duties at the postoffice the first of
February.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24

composed of Ralph f. Thurston, Johr
Lynch, Edward w. Mullan, Ray Sher.
man, Prosper Veigard, Morgan De
laney.
Floor director, R. E. Thurston.
Aids, Herman Selig, Louis E. Ken
nedy, Adler w Towne.
The net proceeds from the Elks'
Charity Ball, as it's name signifies,
are devoted to charity. Each year
during the holiday season Putnam
lodge seeks advice from pastors, or
CARNATIONS engaged in philanthropic
work, and individuals, to find out
where there are needy poor apt to be
without holiday cheer. This is done
in Putnam, Webster, Danielson and
surrounding towns where the lodge
has jurisdiction. In many homes
there is happiness and good dinner
through the charitable work of Put
nam Lodge.
AS the purpose is one that appeals
to all, there should be no difficulty in
disposing of hundreds of tickets.
There is an opportunity to enjoy an
evening of dancing. For those who
do not care to dance there is an OPP
portunity to listen to good music, see
pretty costumes and look upon live
ly scene. For those who do not care
to go, or who are unable to, there is
a chance to contribute dollar that
the needy poor of the district may
have something to brighten their lives
during the holiday season when those
more fortunate are making merry.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24

saying now Where Is My Wandering
Boy Tonight and many of the boys
are singing that new song just out,
Goodbye France, Hello Miss Liber-
ty.' 1t will sure be one big day when
we all land back home. | guess all
The home fires will be burning until
we ali get back. know many fellows
who were here at Nevers, but now
they. are in St. Nazaire and probably
before long on their way to Home,
Sweet Home. guess | have done
your letter justice, SO will close. 1t
is getting nearly time for our enter
tainmept l will close with best
wishes-in friendship, love and
TRUTH So
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
SAW MOLASSES FLOOD

Phileas E. Lesieur, proprietor of a
Boston grocery house, was in Putnam
last week and told of being within
200 feet of the molasses flood on
Commercial street, when a tank con-
tanning two million gallons burst on
Wednesday afternoon with a result
ant loss of nine lives. He said he saw
buildings swept away and overturned
and saw the elevated bridge broken
like pine board. Pictures in Boston
papers were taken from his Office
windows.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24

CHANGE IN TROLLEY SERvICE

The Shore Line Electric Railway
Company, which operates the trolley
line through Putnam, has announced
that, owing to lack Of patronage.
the car which has, during the holiday
season, been leaving Dayville at TOO
p. m. and Danielson at ITO p. m.
arriving in Central Village at 7.43 p.
m, and returning to Danielson and
leaving Danielson at 1910 p. m. for
Dayville, has been discontinued. The
change went into effect Thursday.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
FIRE ALARM RUNG FOR BLAZE
IN BANANA CRATE

When a banana crate filled with
straw caught fire in the fruit store OF
Ovid st, 0nge at the corner of Prov.
idenee and Marshall streets, about s
o'clock Monday evening, someone
pulled in the fire alarm -7q- & 's.is'--rr's
Before the fire department arrived
Mr.. st. Onge and Letter Carrier
Howard Carpenter had thrown the
burning crate into the street. ~. !.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
ATTY GEORGE E. HINMAN AP
POINTED JUDGE OF SU-
PERIOR COURT

Former Attorney General George
f. Human of Willimantic, member
of the bar of Windham county and
well known in Putnam, has been NOM
mated by Governor Holcomb as a
Judge of the superior court. His APP
pointment dates from July, 1919, and
is for a term of six years.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24

Deputy State Automobile Commits
sioner John Macdonald and family of
Hartford spent Sunday with rela-
tives in Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Cahill Meehan, Grove
street, are entertaining Mr.. Meehan's
sister and father.
The sun., 1919-09-21

afternoons, the evenings and the early
mornings. When other folks are
sleeping he is writing poetry. Or, If
he is not doing that, he is walking
the quiet streets, talking with cabmen
and derelicts. I like to take walks at
night; I meet real people,"
Walking the quiet streets and talk
ing with cabmen and derelicts. What
else could one have expected Of the
Whitman disciple of so many years?
In 1855 Whitman sent a literary note
about himself to the Brooklyn Times
which read, in part: Loves the
streets-loves the docks-loves the
free rasping talk of men-likes to be
called by his given name, and nobody
at all need Mr.. him-can laugh with
laughers--likes the ungenteel ways OF
laborers--is not prejudiced one mite
against the Irish-talks readily with
them-talks readily with niggers -
does not make a stand on being a
gentleman nor on learning or man
ners-eats cheap fare, likes the strong
favored coffee Of the coffee stands
The sun., 1919-09-21
Tribute to MerCier

n ISTER MARY IGNATIUS O'KAv
ANAGH, whose appreciation and
~ character sketch of Cardinal
MERCER appeared in last Sundays
SUN, has written to say that Bishop
Samuel Fallows OF the Reformed
Episcopal Church in Chicago should
have been quoted for the following
part Of her article:
Such spiritual heroism as Cardinal
MsrcIer has displayed since the begin
ming of the war has been rarely equalled
In the worlds history. With his coun-
try lying stark and silent at his Feet
this prelate dared TO step forth, one puny
voice against the might of the Central
Powers, raising his voice In protest
against the unjust devastation around
him. After the sncking OF Louvain ana
the destruction of her university MS
alma mater, with the priceless library
therein, the great Cardinals human heart
well nigh broke, II may be that the
passionate prayer of this latter day saint
was answered by the inspiration Of that
famous pastoral letter which afterward
shook the world with the strength or
| it's pleading At any rate, Christendom
| has listened breathlessly ever since TO
! each word Cardinal MERCER has publicly
uttered. sure of Its inextinguishably
| truthful origin.
Only u nature formed from COM
| bination Of the ascetic and the soldier
| could dare speak az such time and
| in such n manner as has this courageous
/ prelate. And yet the Cardinal Is not n
young man. Born In 1851, he Is far
| from being either youthful in appear
ance or strong in physique. Tall and
thin, he Is the ascetic In every Inca
i ment. Yet of his physical and moral
| bravery there have been few peers In
history. It Is related Of him that on
morning when he was driving in his
automobile along the streets of a neigh
boring village a little girl ran directly
! In the path OF the machine. Instantly
| the Cardinal shouted to TIE driver to
| swerve from the road, though in tho
\ fulfilling of this command the chauffeur
was obliged TO head for high stone
wall The Cardinal was thrown out and
| suffered severe decorations 20 his head
and face. When condoled with subse-
! quently he remarked with fervor that
his injuries were a real source OF Joy
f, tnasmuch as through them the child's
| life was saved. His first word on re-
| covering consciousness after the aoci-
dent was: What about the little gtrlT'
The sun., 1919-09-21

you what you think of me. I ash you
all culture is founded. Those who
plant and raise the trees but are
kicked out of the orchard. They are
my good news. And when l see them
ready at last to take what belongs to
them they will become better news.
And when in a farther day they as
sumo the earth they will become my
best news. That's the only kind of
news my heart is hungry for and is
ready to receive"
Repudating the old apologists OF
old systems and the old interpreters
of /old saviors," holding them TO be
"autocrats of culture, who hear neither
the laugh of the unlettered nor the
cry of the living" Traubel was sub
| timely confident in the future, in man
kinds power to rebuild.
Iii, l, you high and mighty lord
lings of things and affairs:
Il take all your books and properties
and precedents and cultures and put
them on a pile together.
And l light them with a simple
match into vast flame.
And you stand close by with mt
and see them all go up in smoke
And then you look at me wonder,
ing what is now TO come to the earth
81 will tell you what is to come Il
the earth. you lordlings Of affairs anC
things
IAN that has just burned up befor,
you so casually will come to the earth
again and would always come:
For they have always come out o
life,
For they do not come making man
but they come made by man,
And will always come and be de
stroyed, and come again and again . e.
photographer are the following
lines written by Traubel on the twenty
fifth anniversary of the ConServdtor
80 l kept on: while my better
were doing the recognized things
was left with what was discarded
II took my place in the ranks:
was happy: it's best Of all to jus
serve unseen:
TITS not half as much fun being tn
rose as the root oh! how like
down there in the ground!
TITS not half as much fun eating tn
fruit as having been the cause of tn
fruit; oh! how l like it being a ray Q
the sun!
ITS more my wish TO be something
very necessary yet totally unknown
to be required but denied:
! That's how I've travelled my voy
age; under cover: invisible: neve
named by those who make out tn
lists:
"A mere atom, maybe, yet a neces
sary grain of sand: perhaps the mos
needed item of all. yet unspelled il
words"
At first, according TO William Eng
lish Walling, Traubel was very niue
under the influence of Emerson as We
as Whitman. and the COnservator wa
originally an organ working for
broader religious unity. He dealt wit
God as he did vita love To hir
The sun., 1919-09-21

w THILE the United States is SELL
w ing its war towns and indus
trial centres intact, England
is disposing of her surplus from the
war with a double purpose in view
first to realize as much as possible
from these accumulations, and second
to assist the rent payer TO solve the
increasing rents, which have become
a problem in that country as veXa-
tious as here. Thus when the English
landlord approaches and announces
that the rent for the coming year will
be jumped the rent payer is ex-
pected to follow the new slogan and
BUY a War Hut"
The Disposal Board Of the Ministry
OF Munitions has taken the double
task Of selling the surplus war huts
and assisting the gouged tenants
The board has placed on exhibition ir
London a war hut made into a peace
The sun., 1919-09-21

in the market at sunrise likes
to make one of the crowded table
among sailors and workmen-would
leave a select soiree of elegant people
at any time to go with tumultuous
men, roughs, receive their caresses
and welcome. listen to their noise,
oaths, smut, fiuenoy, laughter, repartee
and can preserve his presence per-
fectly among these and the like OF
these"
Also Traubel has been pictured dur
ing the baseball season on the blea CHI
ers, watching the game with the eyes
of an expert. He knows baseball as
a sporting writer knows 1t. He knows
football, too. Frequently he is to be
seen in attendance at prize fights.
And when the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra gives weekly concerts Sat
urday nights he may be found in the
gallery OF the old Academy of Music. "
In addition to his remarkable study Of
Whitman, Traubel published his first
prose book, "Chants Communal" In
1904: his "Optimes." bringing to-
The sun., 1919-09-21

Rover!' it used to stir me up clarion
like, I read It many times. Is all
this Old-fashioned? l am not sworn
to the old things-not at all-that is,
not to old things at the expense of
new: but some of the Oldest things
are the newest"
May 8. 1888. w. said: IT believe in
Immortality and by that 1 mean iden-
tity. I know I have arrived at this
result more by what may be called
feeling than formal reaSon, but l
believe 1t; yes, know 1t Logic
does very little for me: My enemies
say 1t, meaning one thing-I say it
meaning another"
May Z, 1888. w. spoke of material
successes in civilization. What do
they show? Not necessarily much.
We make a big noise about the things
we have done, accumulated-wh what
can we do-will do: With soma of
this 1 have some sympathy, but after
all the main question is, What is all
this doing for the men, women, chill
dren Of American" &C.
The Personal Horace TraubeI.
A few years ago a writer in the
American Ma0dzine. sketching Horace
Traubel. made the statement that for
nineteen years he saw Whitman daily
II that be true it is astonishing, for
in the first of those last nineteen years
of Whitman's life Traubel was a boy
of fifteen. But that is trivial. The
important point is that he carried
| out the Whitman inJunction "Be
sure to write about me honest. What
ever you do. do not PRETTY me-"
In his early writing days Traube
contributed rhymed poems to news
papers and magazines. In the 80:
he did most of the editorial writing
for the Boston Commonwealth. OF
the appearance and habits of Traube
in later years the writer in the
American Magazine said: "He is shor
and compact in stature and his hail
is white and bushy. His eyes ar,
blue, sharp and kindling. His speech
is direct and vigorous. He works
slowly and steadily in piecing tn
biography together. He works In tn,
The sun., 1919-09-21
Blow to Rent ProfiteerS

time abode. This type is sixty feet by
Is feet and approximately eight feet
high. Partitions have been made in
the hut and it provides a living and
dining room combined, three bed
rooms. kitchen. pantry, bathroom and
space for storing coal. The hut sells
tor $500 and VIII accommodate a
family of six. A similar home, II built
new 1t is estimated in England would
cost $1,625.
The war hut can be taken to the
country and made into a home there.
the salesman of the Disposal Board
says, but explains that the cost will
be greater, for an asbestos lining as
proof against fire and dampness must
be provided. Then roofing and other
materials must be purchased at an
increased cost OF $500. But with
these additional expenditures the war
hut in the country can be made into
a home which would cost aproxi-
mately $500
The sun., 1919-09-21

gether the best of his poems, in 1911,
and selections from his Collects" in
1914. But the larger part of his writ
ings, the work through which he won
his following, is associated with his
editcrship of the Conservdtor, in which
for so many years he developed Whit
mans literary and social ideals.
What TraubeI stood For.
"A whole new world has been born
since Whitman's days. and Traubel is
of this world" said George d. Heron.
whitman himself would be the first
| to recognize this. Traubel walks in
the light of a social vision which had
not broken upon man even when
Whitman went out into the larger
| quest Once some one compared
John Masefeld to whitman. Traubel
thus protested:
'"Some one has spoken of John Mase-
field as the Walt Whitman of 1912
! Which means-don't it?-that Walt
Whitman was the John Masefield of
1855. This Is like killing two men
with one shot. But why kill any
body? Why kill Whitman with Mase-
field or >Masefeld with Whitman
| Why not let them both live?"
Contrasting his own standpoint with
that of William Morris, Traubel, ir
the Conservator, wrote of Morris:
His speculative Utopias were won
derful. But he couldn't have lived in
them. They were not made for NOR
tai men and women but for immorta
superpeople. don't mean by this
that he went too far. He went fai
enough with his dreams. But h
didn't go far enough with his facts
He felt that he was dreaming beyond
truth. But I can see all kinds o.
truth beyond any possible dreams.
have such faith in the democracy thai
l expect to see It so expanded as t.
make the best mans best dream vul
gar and belated."
!. In his militancy Traubel went be-
! yond the radicalism of the days So
called radical poets and press writer's
In his eyes they were not democrats
in their inner being, but merely striv'
ing to be democrats and doing the de
mocracy the honor of making 1t theii
ideal. He had them all in mind wher
he wrote to Masefield:
at seems like literary Summing
, Like the humor of the people who pu
off their laces for a night and go into
the east sides or south sides of cite!
for experience. You can't enter tn
temple by such door. Starving your
self to death is not the same as beinI
starved to death"
Traubsrs "GOod News"
Here ia Traubel himself thorough!
revolutionary:
al am going about looking for goot
news. Yes, good news. New
5 of the people. News of the growth AM
revolt OF the people. News of tn
r fulflments of the people. That's m!
! good news. And insist upon it wher
4 ever am. Nothing less than this In
r terests me. ! read the paper
D for good news. Not news l want goo
news. And don't care who you are
I ask COED news Of you. I don't asl
The sun., 1919-09-21

- ISTER MARY IGNAT1US O'KAVS
ANAGH, whose appreciation and
~ character sketch of Cardinal
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-11-05
DID WHITE STAR SILVER MINES
 ARE SOLD
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

Late last week there was formally closed in this city the deal for the old White Star group of five mines, Situated on Mt. Union and near the head of Turkey creek, the seller be- ing Frank Savoy and the buyers John w. White of Prescott, and Judge w. H. Dial of Phoenix. The considera- ton was withheld.
 Preceding the sale MT. White had been operating the property since last May under a bond. Development had been centered in three shafts of 55, 38 and 29 feet i'll depth, with a tunnel of l60 feet, ,all determinations proving so satisfactory that the deal was clos ed outright, and possession given. MT. White said:
 We took the precaution to defin- itely ascertain absolute mineral con ditions by carrying out an extensive line of prospecting at all four points, and in each instance believe we have proven an attractive silver proposi- tion, the deepest shaft carrying a four lOOl DOuS Ol SllNOA -OOppCl SOlO OI v that will average close to $1OO per ton. Our work has been quietly go- ing on for over six months, The White Star is not to be a stock con cern, but it will be individually hand led by Judge Dial and myself"
 Mr. White left Sunday for the East to purchase a hoisting plant, air com pressor, pumping facilities and other equipment, and will return to his holdings during December, when an elaborate line of development begins.
 In mining circles of this community the sale of the group is occasioning more than ordinary interest, the orig inal owner having what was believed to be the most attractive mining prop osition in that belt. Its location at the source of the big silver field or Turkey creek indicates that 1t will probably enjoy fine future, addition al development being required to prove it. This property is the last group of that district of pioneer rat ing to pass over to the new era of mining since silver has galloped back into the most preferred class of a mineral investment.