The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-20
STAMFORD

O ' AA ' t OxAD 1 Old Irritability Is in again. This | time your humble correspondent is | on the pan. It don't worry us any more than 1t does Seymour Wells. En- 1 joy yourself.
 My boy. my boy. I weep for you you are so young, so young to be sac | rificed on the alter of the tyranny ot public opinion.
 Awake, my angel child. and soar 1 sense and a substantial footing on solid ground. Lean on me, child, and let's go small timers, amateur politicians 1 and obedient sheep
 Oh, oh, my boy, I weep for you, the tears blind my poor old eyes and cannot see from weeping.
 bOleths and catch1ords% who's | coaching? Come on, tell grandpa. Listen, son! Listen to an old. old man, who is going to give you the can base your judgment of the effects people.
 One wise in his generation has said; shibboleths and catchwords. that the art of the politician is the art of finding some Fascinating formula" which, repeated often enough, dom mates the mind of the crowd and l renders it immune to facts and argu> l ments."
 An, Son. seest thou thy error |? You've got your right shoe on your | left foot
 Again the old man epeaks: ''The ethical standard of democracy are the educated classes, that. democracy puts generosity above justice. sym pathy above truth, love above chas- fIty. and Qisten. Kdl A PLANT ESTY"
 Get that. A pliant disposition. a good fellow. a back-slapper, a guy which the wind of popular opinion happens to be blowing |. Will not gain any admirers" Oh, oh, don't say that and they thought they were pleasing everybody, every
 pointed in that direction. Sure ly the people, that is those who came to the council meetings did not show that they did not admire the council, they alpplauded everything they did
 My son! My, son, my heart is bust, I cannot continue. Oh. oh. this is
 And "there are some people and some publications that are boosting the council" I don't believe a word of it, so there.
 Oh. oh 'Because the council at the present moment is helping boost their little racket, who down in tn eir hearts think the council is made up of a lot of small timers, amateur poll ticians and obedient sheep''
 Fie, oh fife, to throw such terrible islander at Innocent gentlemen, how can you?
 But then. suppose it's all ad cap tandum vulgus, so it's all right.
 Adios and good luck
 OLD IIRRITABILITY
 At the rate families are moving away from Horace street, the place will look like a deserted village soon. ---7- ~ ----'--.-'2I Hydraulic company were flushing hydrants around the town yesterday. Perhaps the water will not be so milky and cloudy at the dead ends as it has been for the last few months
 It seems possible that the long looked for decision will be forth coming soon, perhaps today Then we shall see whether there are any good losers in Stratford, or whether there are a bunch of folks that will try to rough the umpire. As far as the principals in the argument are concerned, 1t has been stated on good authority that no matter who wins the verdict. an appeal to Supreme other reason why the council should try the referendum if this would shorten the argument in any way
 Laura Louise Brown Knudsen. Stratford, yesterday filed suit for di- yorce from Walter -Knudsen, also Stratford, to whom she was married September 25. 1912. Desertion is alleged since November 2S, 1918 The petitioner, also asks the custody of two minor children.
 Four of the recall petitions. with many more than the necessary , per cent. of the voters of the district signed to the papers, have been filed with Miss May Warehouse, town clerk They are those directed against Coun- cllmen Robert B. Turney, Vito Bene- detti Ralph Sherwood, and Deputy Sheriff Mills Tornlinson. of the third, fourth, seventh and ninth districts, respectively.