so In Plain sudden Sheets.
‘ «Christmas is pussed and we have some Holiday Goods left.
.4 e...
ric‘rdnas.
From 500 to 350.
“(lid to 50c.
» $1.00 to, 75c.
' _. 51.39 to $1.69 all at 31.00.
mm $3.59.
vent-w lurr; w-i. .. H“...
BOOKS.
A good list of subjects.
lii'c a'lId 19c us 10c.
36c and 500 to 250.
So. N'orwzilk
On those
Novelty Grimm and Children's
Books at similar reduction.
I I
at mark Idown prices.
, Frih‘c‘v Annelise?
We have
grouped the smnller‘ Items III 100 d: 20o.
m..- a»,
re on; enow‘haw
IM’FRQBD Juli. ILL—Tips
toned dominion or the
" goverhmont would in
n
‘a'llntfél' one common (dim
bi government Iwith a suitable provi-
sIu r{or the prompt o of the outtlyl
n 9
l8...” 3'
*ufifh sloth cacti n d stri‘c s
, w e 0 use ill. (-
Chain th9‘; redollltioni ‘Ji‘nt‘rug.
lucofitthterii seemedhto bejno one who
cure a u on I still out, and Dr.
tired bry I-iujidt 3m; till I s was s Willi
important matter it s ould be thor—
oughly talked, over, and ever .y yous giv-
en a chance to express his opinion, as
there might be some who were not In
I vorot it. Harry Payne. of Broad
.yer. was. on his Iieet instantly. and
made quite a long speech. in ‘whlch he
was Interrupted several times.
Mr. Payne For Division.
Mr Payne said In part: “This mut-
tor of co solld'stlon. has been brought
to your at ention In several forms and
bus always been dow ed. because it has
been "comma t :1 Elle expense of
renter. it has
never been shown byltho gentlemen
who have presented th‘e3o schemes for
ionsolldutlon, what benefits consolida-
tlon would bring [I' spy oi the gentle;
men here could 3h‘ow'n a where town
- would he benefited by” consolidation
than we will yot'u for lti. Suture, louv-
lug the old government we should see
what we would fingn‘ by inking up
the new We now
districts and twooty, governments.
the city goveInmcnts htiye ulwuys tok-
2n cure oI themselves. We have u Bohr-Ii
III Séloctmoug they do IhIeiI work
‘_ properly with the leset po'esible cx-
pcuse. then we have our Board of
School Visitors and mu district oom-
Initi‘ees and they (l0 their work plop-
or y
."Now for a consoliduted govern-
ucnt. We would have to have n super -
lntendent of our schools whose salary
would probably. be u thousand dollars.
mid» and clerk hilt: would cost $1500
Ir $2. 00. Would you then have hotter
Ichoo s and could you glyo your child-
on any better cduoution than they not
It present. We now have at good gov
ll‘illllm‘it; If you ohungo.‘ We don' t on-
iorstund whul is coming. The only
way to tell which would be the better
zuvermnent lsvto make a comparison
with other cities" Mr. Payne. then
make or the government systems of
Bridgeport Stamford and h‘uirlleld.
t‘ompnrlng INorwnlk with Stamford.
Vir. Pnybe said: "Sinmlord pays
venue for her superintendent of
Ichools, and Norwglk ppys 5 It
vests Stamford $21 per. child: oliyvslk
osys $12 per child per unnum..' I
Then. attempting to plow the re-
vults of consolidation in other places
Mr. Puvne said that the people (It New
York had found out that. since the ore.
Mon 0! the Greater New York. or the
consolidation of the cities of New York.
Brooklyn and neighboring territory.
*heh taxes had been innreuncd $15. 000. -
300,. We ure‘ only a short distance from
New York and he could see no differ-
' 7 1; once In the conditions. and asked how
I. 1 Payne was making too
: lie was promptly silenced by the chair-
”‘5...” ‘ “1"
M Eltji'lNQ
untied!
on. linux-
1 cl 'llohocoo Growers’ Aosooiution
ii“ an coiled by Pro-Mont mil-III)
:1?th hold III the or tool. Tue-Ii
lsnunry 13 Prat.
aye.
hum Whitney;
chief of the bureau of soils. deport-
V‘ment oi osrlcuituro and
no we. '1‘. Holders and the department
tobacco ex-
will come from Washington to attend
the meeting and moire addressop on
tobacco linoleum.
ONS WWII-m,
Is the value I! high
in
Isl-AR. A ID)!
on merino
Itch. lineal
we could bone for buy more favorable
reshlts.. At this, point Daniel F. Rior-
duh interrupted and moved that the
meeting adiourn‘. as he thought liIr
long It speech
can and tho mee‘tln’fg‘ broke forth into
i hearty laugh,‘ Mr. Feyn‘o non-
blushed. begun sgaiu, and vehemently
mooted: "II we want a ”.obdngo it in
nephrntionfi’ He said that separation
was even one of the first principles oi:
treation. These remarks, brought forth
some appliiuse. though not very pro-
dogfod‘ t I t
orr bit 0 seem p o,
my... said: “Even it [til lierrgxrlndlni:
light pspprated igom .durkn. " At
this point the dirniiin Interruptml
Mr“. Philips. and 'remsrkmlt " "i would
diligent thut the speaker «undue him-
volt directly to the ancient in guestlon.
(unmet no book to the mum of the
world." (Iiou'a‘hterll IMr. Payne
promptly brnu ht his remarks to a.
close and silt town. .. .
Thom-,3 Pim‘rfilil whole, Nam-III to
: stat Go of South Nomolk's
, ‘ near you.
‘, finial- culled
oration.”
lit the fit me
’o‘. c y; yp moot.
“Elmo bullish} m-
for further
i
In». on... .
; street employed
Oompsny says:
by. Dunn's Kl
boy Pills are a fine remedy for back-
ache. No reaction. no bottle to carry.
no spoon to forget or lose. You simply
put them In your pocket and they do
the rent.
For sale by all (terriers. Prion fitic a
box. Foster Mil-burn 09., Buffalo N.
Y ,sole abouts for United States.
. Remember the demo, Donu's and
take no other.’
4‘4
declaring. "We don‘t witut to lot South
Norwnlk no. because if We do. Well
have to have a bigger poorhouse. "
Dr. Gregory Believes South Norwalk’s
Grievances-r amau.
Dr. Gregory then took the door and
was listened to with very much later
est. accentuated by Miquent applause.
He stated first that he had always
been for unity of the term and had ai-
weye felt that what who for the lione-
lit of one section of the town was for
the benefit of the whole town.’ Ho
said that animus use slwsys been a
factor In the reasons put forward why
South Norwulkshould- separate. l-io
bud seen no real argument wily all
should not unite and work in harmony
for the common interests at the town.
Dr. Gregory then relerrod to a com-
munication minted In last nights Sun-
Iiuel on the subject: lit issue signed by
”Good Government." A He sold thut
Good Government goes on to tell no
what might have been, but: he could.
not see why these. things could not
be brought to pass «how. He said:
"What has been nonalble In the past
is certainly possible,“ the future I
am one of those who believe that
South Norwslk bus just cause to com
plain. " Ile ndmittéd that 30th N01-
wnlk had been enterprising and grow
Ing and felt that when illust- Norwnlk
of South NmnnIk prospered Norwuik
had cause to rejoice. But howev—
01. he believed Ih tfiouth Nox walk 3
grievances were 9 illiwhon compared
with division. He compared the Ili~
viding of Norwulk date two small
towns with a postage stamp on a burn
door.
He then proceeded, tdinke up sumo
of the arguments put forth by tho di-
visionists. For instance. ho said it
was only It mile and a hall from the
business center of one city to tho oth-
er. or twelve minuteSIulId from church
to church; evidently referrinu from tho
South Nor-walk Methodist to Si. Mn
ry's, he said was six minutes. Ho
sold it is claimed that each city hes a
separate water supply. “So much tho
better then we‘ll have plenty for oil. "
Then it is said that we have two pub-
lic llbrnrlos. He had always felt
that libraries should keep pace with
the schools. “'1‘qu ubout two public
llbrbiles being the chose for division
of the town. Why. tho little town of
Fulrfiold nnpports two public libraries
and they don't think of dividing. "
Then. referring to things coined by
the whole' town. he said: “We have
one hospital uud thin shown what con
solldntlon can do. for the people of
the whole town worked for It. 'l‘hun.
speaking of other things of common
interest. he said "We hnve only one
armory. one harbor and practically on-
ly one depot. He only new In the or-
gumI-nts of the letter signed by (loud
Government. reasons why the town
abould eonso ldute into one city in-
stead, of divid nix Into two Iowus. lie
stated, that uptown eople, were only
human and It doosn do tor “pot to
cull kettle block " 'l‘o‘ iiluslrnto bow
ohmoly the vyholo town was bound to.
author he said In at. whllol glint u..-
honuiiul one ‘Iluyh race oily ho uppcuod
to take In tho. view l! the town from
this vantoxo around mild could easily
more or ry section oi it. More than
over. tier that."‘ out be impressed
the"; I o town 3 bout be united nod
not divided. no Il «sued the results
at division to the hi in about tho Is-
net's bow on long on they were bound
together they remained strong but
given broken sphrt were soon destroy-
’1!) union thdro
I MW ii
an There timuig
solution wuss
‘Wolsh moved that
to committee to orbit
outed before the next
big lupti on as passed, nlso unau “
Gill“ ill 3‘ .
0
‘Gontraotor Dudley E. 'V‘fVonI Inquire;
about the maliu .iu which the prone
“led oily-wool liodIund ‘
fa. vacuum Ali
1*i'oot. within ‘
illia‘t some tlrii‘e‘ mi
ho had been appointed a’ member of a
” committee to investigate the nuances
.1 ill town and to divi e the, town in-
»to‘wgrds under the progaosed new any
merit“ The, Men bud been. to di-
libnllt nod South NorIvnlk into
three words ouch, two fol East Nor-
‘ walk. on one tor each of the outlying
lotrlotswéllvermiue, Brood Rim
Grunfbury, etc.‘ It Woe ”motioned to
how; an alderman rpprosoni each word
and abolish the present town govern
mont. II was not proposed to do away
entirely with the town officials. as.thls
ondd necessitate a. special not 0! the
legislation The selectmon Would be
retained to make voters each year,
with a salary or pthaps 525 per year.
They would have to meet but-twp nl‘,
three times Iluring the your for this
purpose I-lo dgiliod that u consolidat-
cd government would save the I‘pooplo
of the town $5 000 per your. The
scheme was to have each word pay for
the Improvements; Within its boundm
loo. "(‘0 lllustrnto he sold thnt In East
Norwalk th-y bed a tire district in
toricd lemanly'fInI fire protection,
but the rommittoo has the‘ bowel to
(all a monitor: of tho- citizens by Ilvo
days notice. to Institute a system of
street lighting sowcm public parks.
cth, providing the citizens voted to
Day for it.
He sold thni uniloI this system Wont
Norwnlli did not have to pay for
lights or any impmvcmuuts outsldo
her torIlton; slum only paid for what
she rocolvod. Ho, then referred to the
many dupllcnto ofllcos in the various
sections of the towII—a-iown tux col-
lectors. city tux collectors. nusosuors.
boards or roller. otc. lie sold the
nicotious ulono. the way they are at
pvt-soul conducted} cost over $2.000 per
your. Ho thou romurkcd upon. part
of tho speech of Mr. Payne referring
In the schools and said that Stnmford
has n superintendent because she has
n control high schllol. He then pIo
wooded to go into detail in IognIIl to
tho moucy thni would be saved on tho
sopnrnlo offices. He llgquIl that the
mayor would servo for 3:“ 00 our on
uum land the uldormon at a suitable
sum. ‘ "
A South Norwaiioer Shows His Head
and Gets It Whacked.
At this point S. C. Palmer. who had
been stuntiinr: at the wont end of tho
hull with n few South Norwulk con
llomen stc ppcII forwnid and cxcusiug
himself for interrupting the speaker
asked It Mr Davis wasn't firing his
speech a little lotci The hitter lmlnod
inicly replied. with much emphasis, ”It
in beticr to the late than not at all. "
lApplnusci. Ito said he was mounly
replying to a question asked by one of
the voters. Continuing Mr Davis ni-
uuod that the Inst of rentals for the
new public ofliccs under the proposed
new city ‘would be much less
than at present, on account of
the smaller number that would
be necessary. He said that the
5(- 000 spring per your In the cost of
government would amount In ten
years to sufficient to put up a line city
hall.
In the proposed division of the town
Into words he said that ouch word
would would have to contribute merely
for the maintenance of the general
municipal government Mr. Davis do
Itlan-d that the seloctmcn bro not to
blame for the present yearly increnso
in the cost at the government of ‘tho
town but. it is the fault of the sys-
tom. Ho nssoltod thnt tho solortmcn
have nothing to do with, (our fifths of
the expense of the town. lie hoped
thorn would be no amonnrho t '0 III
motion or Mr Walsh th'ui befor'o lh
proposed new chm tor wps plhceti be-
I’or‘o the (iouernl Assembly it Would be
submitted to the hoopla for thbl'r‘np
pr‘ovul and not rilslitld through the loll
lkluiurc like the town uco'urt and town
hlxh school bills Mr. Davis Idol; his
soul nnIiIl much tppl‘uuho' IChlIirinur‘l
Koclor uskcd lft Ioro word nri‘ fur-
ther romurkn on the subject on .Ilnd-
lug thorn Wore none“ upon his sugges-
thin the motion to adjourn was made
nud unanimously carried. nod tho
crowd died down the otalrs into the
ruin.
Foley’s Kline cure
on my: and blnyddor right.
. . 1901“"),
sell us.
Witch I sail lu‘V “tomb or II.
now oodi Iran the, Who min: b , hi» time
millet! hi idlentti ,_ , ._ Yet be
You In my tlmt
‘ Ht Wt the hind
‘ to Inuit who
apron-p ubiout Mr. -- ‘
sloop 9hr? the Isglsmture eonsblldetv - ‘
‘fix thwwn of Norvi‘alk into (me city.
and ll
. orp-
» out. came to on and early,
those we off: are ssronisl'dn ly.
direct from the
111““ f0 Oil, “all
e' at nudist .Whlo
At 3:15 Which We're 375.
At 3:95 which were . '0.
At 5.oo
h
A fine line of the best California W601 Sign} _,
$6. so to $Iz.oo, show reductions of $1.0 ndSfi
WASH DRESS GOODS '
{HM l
The attractions Iat this Section III-ei remark
the items. A visit will be interesting.
Fast Black Cashmere Sateen,
Imported Mercerized Satecp,
Figured Sateen,
Imported Foulard,
Imported Figured Sateen,
was 20
was 25
was 19
Was 35
was 371/2 cts novv‘I ‘19‘ ct
MEN'S NECK WEAR
3 for $1. 00.‘
Made up Te‘éks In light shades, were 25 ctVs.; now In
cts. 3 for 25 cts.
FOR BOYS
The greatest showing of Mother' 5 Fliend Waists we
have ever offered.
I I
All 75 ct Waisis now 50 cts.
All 50 ct Waisis now 35:15.
All 25 ct Waists now :5 cits.
2 for 25 cts. _
Boys’ Wool Sw‘Caters. were $x .00. now 69 cits.
This latter' Is a wonderful
offer.
The Hosiéry Section can be located by xiii: crowds
that throng It continually. It is a pleasure and gratifiea-V
ilon to have such genuine bargains as these are appreciat-
ed.
Don't forget the furniture
i. .‘I.
up: I). M READ COMPANY"
Bridgeport, Cam.
I
fl
VFOllND IN A BRIDGEPORT VPOND.
BRIDGEI’ORT. Jun tin—The body of
James: K. Screeder. who has been
missing since December 6. was found
New Ycui s afternoon III Moody‘s
pond nozu this city. It is supposed
he awhioutally fell into the pond.
Bill to tho umonnt of $20 were found
in II c pockets.
HEADS sHoULo NEVER’ ACHE.
chcr endure thls’troublo. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it for
Mrs, N. A. Webster, oi Winnie, Va:
She w1ltes“Dr.Klnk's New Life Pills
wholly cured me of sick headaches I
had endured from for two yems.‘ “Cure
llemlnihc Constipnllon, Biliousness.
25c. at F H Baxter's drug stole. ”
~—
AMMONIA FUMEVS CMJ’BE FALL.
NEW HAVEN ..lnn 3~Whlle entail
cd in making ammonia at the blunt of
the New Haven (Ins Light Company
yootordny. John Gilm'uriin aged 25
was ovorcbt‘no by the rhinos; sun fell
striking his head on a pile of iron pipe
At the hospltul it won stated that tho
mun was hollering from brain con-
cussion and that his clihntios for re
covory woro slight. Gilmurtln ulns em-
ployod by his (other. who Is tonnage:
of the local branch of a New York
company which mukds ammonia In dif-
ferent cities. *
-II~ _.
, THE SECRET OF LONG. FE.
Consists in keeping all the mm or-
Irons of the body In healthyi regular
notion .unIl In uulokly Iicstro oyl doud
ly (”I use germs. Electric n t on) row
lllitl‘t bombed lgivouund Kidneys; pur.
ltyt o blood. sud give u upiohdld up
petite. They work wonders in curing?
Kidney Dinmos la‘oindle Complaints.
Nervous Diseases Construction. Dye-
pepsin und Mulnriu. .Viuoroun health
rennin always toliow their use
Only‘ to mmruntood by it ll. box
nuglst ‘
rib In‘wooxsmr mine subs.
Ionioneo Jun. smut otrilro ithe ..
umber workortlubd other union
um up. theiplbliiu at
Mt and IboI‘MechuoiM'
pony tor the.» In two mun
wn mom I I,
surmount r‘ so
~t golden
lob 1
new ch'runY comm- I‘ ~
Millions are daily finding, ii World” 5 “
comfort in Buck-Ion s Arnie: Salve. gilt
kills pain Irom' Burns, scales 6 (3.,
Bruises; conquers filters on erg”,-
Sores; cures Eruptions Salt Rheum ,.
Bulls and Felons; removes cams
Warts. Best Pll‘e cure on afirfli‘.
250. at F. H Baxter's‘ drug store.
FELL rWsurvrws rm
NEW BRITAIN Jon 3.-G ”Ch!!!”
Blunke. 0: Bridgeport. “tell at
through on opening for It dkyi eight at, ‘
P. & F Corbin's rectory
on to the hospital.
Kodol does for the .3
which it is unable. ”
even when but sligh gr .
over-loaded Kodol Miles
urnl juices of. dlmtlgpfi-Iga,
work or the stomach.
yous tention. while the?
cl of that organ are gl'
mu bout. {{0ch disk #1 II I
mu! rumbles the stem all:
ormmls to triggering 0611‘
red b cod. 0 I
_m.‘-r, Alyhglll‘l ,,
JAMES nox MISSING.
NEW BRITAINy Jen. rm! -
Fox. of Berlin, and Ill took ll. bank
book bolonmngto his brother. John J.
Fox. drew 5250 Irom therenIr in thus
cliy nnd disappeo‘re‘il ‘ d! is bronco ‘
has been reported to tile‘ .
W
—-8'I'OP THAT new.
or it may result In Pneumonit.
ever tried. almost without "Who ‘ ,7
10,25 we and $1.00 b’ntfl’u Gilli. ' *
lord. Baxter's or mum
reel“ ‘ V V ‘
He is internally injured girdle ‘wa‘s this? V’
‘11]an Balm ll Noam!!! W’Ofldiwhfli‘ I ‘
Norwalk Chronicler