The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-16

S 1 4 M < & 4 N " < A 2& Looked like "old times" for a mo- ment in Stratford shortly before 8 o'clock this morning when a detach- ment of field artillery of the First Bridgeport to shelton, Derby and An sonia. The outfit, in good condition, looked typical Just a scattering of gas masks and tin hats would have made it look just like lover there.'' Noticeable in the lineup of regulars were several Indians.
 With the First division artillery and the Walter Main circus both in An sonia today, the valley towns are hav- ing more excitement than Bridgeport has had since the smallpox was pre- valent.
 Speaking of smallpox. the Stratford total is 27, and there is hope that show in any greater numbers than they have since the last of the week. E Did Manager Harry Feldman of the Stratford theatre make any fur ther efforts to operate after Health Officer Dr. C.. F. Lewis told him to close? Well, just ask Harry. The Stratford theatre is still closed for closed a part of the time a year ago and there was no smallpox either At that time the trouble was small bank rollitis. Some people haven't recov- cred from this disease yet. Tn fact some have had a decided relapse.
 With the All Stars still winning ball games and now the K. of C. team has nothing to kick about in this line.
 Building operations opposite the plant Of the R9ird Automatic Machine company, Stratford avenue is pro- gressing rapidly. First work also started today on the Sterling Memor- ial, Main street, when workmen com menced the erection of a temporary wooden shack for housing tools and equipment.
 Hunter, R. H. Hunter, who used to be our town manager, is A. W. O. L. A lot of people are glad, but some are still worrying, and dorft seem to get over the fact that he was am ongst us for a while, and incidentally put a few across on some who thought they knew everything about politics As safe expert Hunter made some of the "experts" look like battering rams. Bet if he had stayed around long enough he would have turned out to be a good baseball player, too. Hist! Iris rumored in some of his haunts that he may yet return. so cheer up.
 Marcello Masuil1o, of Portchester. N. Y, has received the contract and is in charge of the work on the Ster- ling Memorial. It is expected to have the building ready for use by early fall.
 And now they have started calling us Sir" wich is quite appropriate, correct and appreciated. There is nothing so uninteresting as a one sided argument. Inasmuch as we are neutral as is possible in Stratford, without being accused to be a horri- ble politician, will someone please start debate. Here goes the contri- button:
 ''Sir-When in the course of hu- man affairs one comes upon one of those striking cases of parallelism of events or the precision with which the poignant urgency of the pen strikes to the midriff of some local or intimate happening, how surprised it leaves us
 Yet, there is nothing new under the sum- and, when we come to think of it. every such event has been du- plicated and quadruplicated many times.
 ''So we should not be surprised when we read the following case of parallelism between the actions of Dean Swift and those of the Pro- Hunter leaders and the newspapers.
 Speaking of Den Swift, Edmund Wilson, Jr.. of Princeton. tell us:
 "'At the very time when Voltaire and other men of Continental Europe were combittins- prejudice and super stition and carrying on the work of human enlightenment, Swift was de- tending the dunderheads, playing up to popular prejudices and attacking the champions of progress with all the sham shibboleths beloved by the mob. This only because it gave him more power with the aristocrats he wanted to please
 This so perfectly deselbes the newspaper and Pro-HunsS attitude of the leaders of tha- mov2<nent that it might well be used in Such a ca pacity by filling in the proper names
 By the way, old Scout, did you notice the alliterative idionatic phraseology: Precision of the piog- nant pungency of the pen?
 Hard luck, old top, I saw it com ing. Better luck next time
 "Old Irritabnity."
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