i D‘AY. FEB. Io. r904.
Alstssss for Tomorrow.
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7IINTINIC. TELEPHONE
.4
‘n-Iraaoh Gilles, Net-walk.
, . IMILII.
ly a night passes In South Nor
, ‘ but that a dance of considerable
ls hdld in bar or another of the
bout the city. They are as a
rgely attended. financially suc-
{and barring little personal
and angulahes. they are heartily
oi thoroughly enjoyed. People will
my Ill) all night. and feel tired and
M all the next day. and some at-
5vtend so persistently as to actually In
'thelr health. yet they feel that
hi pleasure they derive from these
aces makes it Well worth while. '
Why? '
There are of course, a number of
I. htrt seemingly the prime roa
fingl hlch makes tissues so eoloyablem
t'he smile. (lo Into any dance hall
tie pity and look at the faces of the
e mom, brrt it Is safe to predict
Shere Will not be half a dbson poo
a who will not be smiling. 'l‘irc
pariah .without a smile at a dance Is as
ucli old of place as a death' a head at
feast: therefore. whether people wlslr
”silo; or not they do so from the
Writ of imitation if nothing else. The
main point to be considered Is that
hey do smile. it is that which goes
far to make the dances so successful.
it is Inspiring to hear the music. of a
- oslngla‘ Instrument, but the pleasure ls
:ttstlQlly enhanced to a far greater de~
”ride. by hearing a band. ‘l‘ligre is,
Nothing contagious about the met or
liltinber of people doing the same
' it. once The trend of a marching
apolitical meeting where the
Is very strong and even though
iews may be diametricallyop-
, to those of all the rest offltlitl
In the room, you will feel that-
r thrill which comes from being
body of people all Intent on the
. a lie with a mob intent on the dos-
.. of property and, bloodshed
'3',“ though you may be the
‘ ’est possiva disciple of the
.lafv‘of property you will feel a
_ desire to abandon yourself to
/ trains impulses which stir the mob.
‘ he strong waves of patriotism
' h sweep over the country in every
Phil crisis doubtless gain added
gth from just\this same peculiar
‘ tagion which comes fromiths con-
with peoplhfill of one mind.
this doctrine Is taught to the church
I
of Christianity. It is known and
, ‘Iaed, Is this same spirit of col-
on; hard it is the plea everywhere
. perponal holiness for its" example.
force. of a” room fullof peopltI
ling at ouce and coloring them»
makes the dance no successful
unconsciously dances are rated
~ fill or otherwise by the amount
w fling that to being done.’
.amile should not be confined to
‘ ce hall nor the spirit of personal
‘ to the churches and‘ pie
realise the force of combl ed at
trainees and carried all through
. it man encountered‘v‘flmore
faces during the day. and less
5 and unkind words, business
be in dealer and more pleasant.
”would be less trouble and
, doing a day' s work.
' on ever stop to consider that
‘ w York newspapers are publish»
or tour hours before they
2; city and that or. mongol
riots the news lust that num-
{hours later than they do. Your
enafhltis far later-wane"
riders. more may he sou unseat N
the best way of propagating, the '
The “file should be Idken ’li‘rurce a splendid pack of French for
case. do not waste your mostly on "ev-
ening editions" filled with fakes brrt.
published s_t noon.
The Bridgeport Post says: "Bltd- .
ing on skin is m mded with dan-'
ger. a numberuaocidenrs are. re
seriously Injured her knee."
We suspect. Iarwover that our os-
Iwrucd contemporary Is mistaken unit
that the troubli- comes from falling
down on skis.
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Admiral Alexleff occurs to true tak-
en themautle of Kitchener. and will
perpetuate that famous gorreral's
phrase, "I regret to I-cport."' ‘
OINTRAL NEW ENGLAND BOLD.
Formal Transfer to Consolidated Will
Take Place Boon.
WINSTBD r‘eb.10.-—r‘rom a source
Ionsldered entirely reliable it was
learned today that the (‘entral New
England Railroad has already been
purchased by the New York. New Ha
veh Q Hartford Railroad. and that the
formal transfer of management will
take place very soon. It is stated
that the policy of the New York New
Haven a Hartford width) to make the
Gen ral New England a freight line
verting passenger trailic largely to
or lines of the system, thereby doing
away/with the present route to New
.York by connection with the Harlem
division of the New \' ork Central
at M llerlon N Y.
Only two passenger trains are to be
run each way daily between Hartford
and Nillerton it Is ..aaid According
to the plan as outlined a New York
connectlo will be made at Canaan
with tile rkshlre division of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford.
in this connection It Is an interest-
ing fat-t that the New York. New Ha-
was. A: Word has recently acquired
to te In this city near the Nau-
gatucek Mlle station and also close to
the Central New England tracko. and
It Is reported that the Intention Is to
erecta alarge freight station.
NEW HAVEN Feb. 10. —-At the gen-
el‘al paces of the New York. New Ha
up a Hartford Railroad today it was
”IL! CTN will Mbiag. to be said at
ptesen regarding the reported pur-
chase of ibe' Central New England
Railroad by the New York, New Haven
& Hartford. It was not denied. how-
ever: that a statement might be Issued
in the near future.
. OUR FIRST HUNT CLUB.
It Was Organised in Pennsylvania
, Away lack in 17“.
The year 1768 Is far back, but it Is
interesting to think that the mutter
ings of the coming war storm were not
yet so engrossing even then but that
the sportsmen of Pennsylvania could
turn their ttentlon to a more system-
atic or’ganl atlon of their fox bunting
forces and their established the first
bunt club In the country. the Glouces;
bar Hounds. Not that this was the be-
ginning of the sport in Pennsylvania.
that eminently horse loving cotmtry.
for fox hunting had held a high place
In the pastimes of the people many a
year before. It was rather the evi-
dence that the sport had become so im-
portant that It needed systematising.
so that districts might be thoroughly
hunted in turn and contentions. rivalry
and clashing dates be avoided.
All the early fox hunting clubs had
their origin in the preexisting owner-
ship of a greater or less number of
hounds by private owners. Every con-
sider'able landowner In the south kept
them and good dogs they were. notll
always orthodox. according to the
standard of the my the Quorn
of today. but neverthdlosa nds de-
rived from the first unified and on
.opean stock and continued by Judi-
cious selection of those who showed
the instincts by conformation suitable
to the country i which they were
called upon to work. Washington may
he Quoted as one of the southernera
who kept hounds end hunted them too.
Lafayette. moreover sent him from
hounds. with qualities which still fur-
ther helped to complete the most per-
the American hound
.From the formation of the Glouces-
tar Flo: Hound club in Wild until to
day clubs have played the most. lm‘«
portant part in preserving the sport
and regulating its practice. Not all
clubs of Mllal importance it Is true.
but all of the same spurt—Innsbru-
e’d Sporting News.
JACK OHINN'O We not“.
wflt Veuarsdall'i who is In dbl?“
tonal Jack Chlnn' “our spar mine
in Salt flp'sIng. was In town Saturday.
and though rather late in the season
for soaks stories, tells us one that It
out of the ordinary. 'nue mine entry
is being driven in the side of the oil!
about ‘0 feet below an old shaft sunk
half a century ago by miners In It“
edtho old shaft and there a surprise
-swattad thom- a bottom of it was
-°f' verso with snakes of all kinds-—
”moccasins. copperhepds. black
snakesud other varieties more or less
It ‘ s.“f1re reptiles resented the
In :ipdnwas onlyafterapreo
ty lively fight that they were killed.
arm the workmen thought that the
" . had‘gpthered there to thb
a. at an investigation showed that
allialthllsn into the pit and and no
“N“ ”fidfiwfl‘fn‘“
on
titles of to'ads. rabbits and
mitt fit?! is mirror-ruse of
to “I. but not In
WWW as did the snakes.
—-l"rom the W Herald
. 5 W
WHAT. IIOIIO'
porlcdgfrol W. one girl havllllt i
'i‘s‘ti't‘anlmarfor American fox hunting. observe that al coneenlraffil wealth
.0! silver. A few days out they roach-r
.. It]. ‘. Q
.. .M'ituiodllli‘mfd'llw
a“?! . .
I
Raul Builders,
Auctions Road ers'.
Association fielding a fun-g
vontlon ii llartftvtl. todayi
llAH'l‘lt‘Oitl), Fob. iti.—~ImprtivelIIelit
of highways by state and national aldl
formed the subject of discussion by
delegates representing many states of
the Union who assembled here today
thr the opening session of the Congress
of Road Builders held in connettlonl
with the annual meeting of the Ameri- '
can Road Makers‘ Association Thei
convention brings together men of ns-l
tlonsl reputation In road building, I-
eluding highway commissioners n d
others especially delegated by the gov-I
I-rnors of the various states.
Most of the delegates arrived this‘
In rnlug, and when they assembledl
rtly after noon In Representatives.
Hall, at the capitol building, It was.
apparent that the estimate that. nearly I
l.000 would be present was.aot exalt-I
gerated. more was a delegation oi"
thlrly members of the 1'orrlugtonl
Wheel Club. The convention was csil~i
«I to order by Horatio s. Eat-.le of no I
troit. Mlth.. president or the. American!
[toad Mskers‘ Association and High
way Commissioner of Michigan. In thel
absence of Governor Chamberlain; of
Connecticut. who Is sick at his real-
dence in Merlden with the grip. iden-
tenant-Governor Roberts welt-om
the delegates in a brief address Hel
was followed by Mayor Sullivan of this
city who extended to the delegates the!
freedom of the city.
President Earle then delivered his
annual address.
A. C. liatlmer, United States Seira~
or from South Carolina. was the neat !
seeker. He was followed by Martin:
oIlge, director In the ofllce oi' Publicl
Road inquiries. United States Depart- l
meat of Agriculture, Washington. Mr
Dodge said: ‘
'Many people are. alarmed in control
quence of the concentration of wealth
and population in' the great cities of
our nation but few seem to appreciate‘
the effect this has on the rural dls
ricls. It is dotibtfirl whether anything
an be properly done to Interfere Wllll‘
the great economic law that makes the
concentration of numbers. wealth and
power in the great cities. because there'
Is a real gain in the-wages of labor and
'he profits of industry so manifested
;u the prevailing system; but some
thing can be properly done to offset
the correlative loss which has fallen on
the rural districts by reason of the
areal change in the wealth and popu-
lation which manifested itself within
the last. generation. One of the chief
Iorner stones on which every great
city In founded is cheap transportation.
not only cheap transportation for long
.llstancea over both land and water
by means of which the food products
and the materials for manufacture can
be concentrated with but little cost.
but cheap transportation In the cities
themselves by reason of paved streets
and vehicles propelled by InanlmateI
power The country districts lilt‘ki
this Important element that Is to say
cheap transportation to a great ex-
tent. The vehicle propelled by animal
power proceeding over a common coun-
try road Is about as expensive It means
of transportation now as it was llfty
or a hundred years ago, and it still
costs by that means for passengers ten
cents a mile and for freight twenty
five cents a ion a mile. it is for lack
of cheap transportation primarily and
mainly that the country people suffer.
'l‘hat cheapneas which results from
great numbers Is not attainable by
them for their numbers. though large.
are diffused: so the only way to cheap
on transportation to main to the coun-
try peopls Is by means of public high
ways‘ proved at public expense.
But this same concentration of
wealth and population has deprived
the country people of the natural rave
one which should beapplled to Improv-
lrrg the highways, thereby chespening
the cost of trans nation; for we must
end population in the great cities are
'exempt from taxation or contribution
of any kind toward Improving
rural highways wherever and so long
as the ancient. methods pursued. , so
long in vogue In this country and
England, and generally prevailing here
fry which the burden and expense of
tInprI-rvlng the highways ls placed on
lreiy on the shoulders of those who
own agricultural lands or live in rural
districts
When our agricultural people were
approached with the proposition that
the highways of the country should be
permanently improved they generally
resisted the proposition because they
supposed that the entire cost of im-
proving would fall on their shoulders
according to the geneIlaIIy prevailing
custom But since they have been at
sored that this burden will be shared
It”? found in dilfcrcnt statas'
- of
‘ ““wealth to the . cit-
Ies all mfavortng a new plan Noe-opera.
lloll In road building by which the
people in the rural districts shall be re.
illeved of a portion of the burden and
|the entire cost distributed so that all
shill bear their lust pro rtion.
'Many hands make light wor, " and
what was too V] for the tenors to
bear alone or be easily carried by
these three g estates. that Is to
say. the fsrnrm of the north, the
statesmen of the Bomb and the ropre
scutatlves of concentrated wealth\ In
the great cities.
Governor N. J. Hatcbolder. of New
Hampshire, opened his address by re-
felting to the remarkable progress
made in Connecticut In recent years In
the matter of road Improvement. He
contrasted the general lack of legisla-
tion by National city and state govern-
ments for highway building. with the
generous appropriations that have been
'made for transmoutlnental railway
systems and Improved harbors and
waterways. the areal mass of poo-
pl.‘e' he said "who would be benchi-
tcd by better highways are without an
organltatlon auillcleutly thorough and
persistent to influence legislation as
has been done on other transportation
matters. While It Is wise to promote
national aid Io'tuad building In every
Ikissllile way. there should be no delay
on the part of the states In establish-
lng a state policy for permanent anti
systematic road ; Improvements. The
matter of! greatest Importance In arorrs-
lug the” people to the 'need of good
roads is a realization of the advantages
OVPly ‘one will derive.
”A vast amount of missionary work
Iii necessary and u vi Its umpllgn
must be waged reachrn rig cry cottnty,
town and school district before a pot-
It-y will be endorsed i any degree
commensurate with the importance or
l'lli subyect."
uoverncr batchclder told of the sc-
tlon or. the New Hampshire. legislature
In 1908 to cadmium the governor
and (ouncil to investigate the subject
or good roads and recommend a course
lor the state to pursue In providing
funds.
laurcs H. Mandonsld. highway com-
missroner of t‘onat'tlcut; told of the
rumour conditions which he had en.
countered in practical rad building In
this state and said. “the vital ques-
tion It seems to me la how can sev-
Irnl states of the Union accomplish
road reformation under conditions that
t'Xli-il tlnanclally and otherwise. as they
He
concluded by saying: 'Out of tho
Iathourless depths of extravagance, lg-
norancc and wasteful expenditure of
money, so grout that no man can tell.
may there not come from tho delibera-
tions of this convention more real good
to the highway system than anything
which has ever transpired In the l'nit-
r-tl States. "
Hon. llorntioS Earle highway com»
nrlssloner of MIIhi an. spoke of the
organisation of t' American Road
Mskers' Organisation one year ago In
Detroit. and predicted that this. the
second annual meeting would result in
downing all opposition to national and
state cuooperatlon intlbe Improvement
of the public wagon roads. "It It: a
fact." he said. "Illa we have the poor-
tst roads of any utilised country yet
It In another fact i at every country
whit II has better roads has secured
these by National aid
“Let the government give some of
:he tariff money w ch aids Industries.
cmployes villages nd cities to im~
prove the public roads so as to gene-;
rate the lndustry. thpt must prosper or
all others fail~ the arming Industry. |
In discussing ‘Ststc Aid in Pennsyl-
vsnla " Hon. Josepbi a. Hunter. high—
way commission: (1 that state declar-
ed that In the matter of good roads
Pennsylvania is far behind sister states
having few material advantages. He
bellowed that in the near futune every
scientific school college and unlvorklty
would have a special department of
road building In which all practicala
well as scientific details of tbosu biect}
would be studied and young men train-
ed and lifted for practical road bulld-
Ing. "We have many theorists now on
road building." he said. "but few scien-
tillcslly practical road builders."
W, E. Mctillntock. chairman of the
Massachusetts Highway Commission.
gave a very comprehensive idea of the
work of the commission of which he is
the head. He said the movement for
good roads In his state is backed by the
manufacturer and the farmer. by the
merchant and the professional man, by
the wheelmen and the automobtllsts in
twelve years this has been accomplish-
ed and more. The old methods have
made way for the new and the well-
bullt road In no longer looked upon as
a luxury but as a necessity. It Is no
longer considered an extravagance. but
an economical measure No arguinent
is now needed to prove that larger
loads can be hauled over roads.
as hundreds of owners an drivers in
all parts of the state have had convin-
that on Lincoln‘ a birthday there will be
clng ocular demonstration and proof
What has been done lathe old Bay
state can be done in the other states.
and when it is done then will our
by others and that a state fund will
be paid. and that this sum may
supplemented by an appropriation by
the National Government In aid of per-
manent road building. the farmers are
:radu’ally but surely turning from an
adverse to a favorable attitude on the
general proposition.
From time out of mind it has been
the theory and practice that the cities
should pave their streets and the
country should make its roads; but
pow a voice la heard through cham'
ber's or warm and boardsoftrade
Ind executive cflces of the great old;
country take her position In the front
rank of progressive nations In road
vbfilldlng. as In In arts and iii other
vr.v.
We ‘
look Proaldoht Whose dhlrt lots
the Wrong Initials.
(Saturday livenlng Post.)
When Berlah Wilkins. who Is now
the proprietor of the Washington Post,
was In congress from Ohio he was al
so president of a national bank. He
was ordered away by his physician
for a rest and went to a little villa“
in Georgia, where' he knew ma
where nobody knew him and 'fi 1.
apparently. care to know him. lie
t around the otel for two weeks
olng nothing Then he decided to K0
back to Washington.
He found he. did not have enough
money to My his hotel bill and his
railroad fare. He did not care to'
make a check so he walked over ioi V ' A » \
3 \-2.c out I; .uo.
he was, saying he desired to make a| . ' . -
draft for 3200 on the bank of wuss! ”—w
the little bank that faced the public
square and told the aged banker who
he was president.
"i don' t know you.” said the banker,
“but you can matte the draft and It
the bank honors It i will give you the
money.
"i can't wait that long." Wilkins re
lllleti. "I want the money now.
“Identify yourself.“ said the lilinlltl‘. I .
i We are showing the new spring styles and at very low prices.
Mr Wilkins showed the banker his
name as president of the Ohio bank in
Pitt: Bank Directory and produced some
e ors.
“That's all right. " said the banker I
"but I can't let you have the Infinity
on such an ldentltlcstlon.’
Wilkins argued. The banker was
obdurate. Finally after- half an hour's
talk, the banker softened and said:
“Let me see the tag on your shirt.
If the initials are right I’ ll cash the
draft." Wilkins tore open his vest.
The letters' ‘_J P. B.” loomed red anti
distinct on the tag.
He had on one of half a dozen
shirts his shirtmaker had sold him for
cost because the man for whom they
were made didn‘ t take them.
Gladys—Did he get on his knees
when he proposed to you?
Marie—No; l was already on them.—
stoves and Hardware Reporter.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the Stock-
holdcra of the Norwalk Iron Works
Company will be held at the olhce of
the company In South Norwalk at I:
o'clock p. m.. February 16.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ls}. HILL. 111..
feb 10 2t Secretary.
IIIY rrfifirrr nu
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
_—-—_——
WITH
. i ll f at t I .
Capital. 3100, 000. 00 25:331.Eotigni"d..e:.§°i§f.;«"3112. .
Stupid“. 5 1:00.000. 00 rI-er darted“ ‘i‘egz m” 3‘1er f“- the
NO! Mil". 350300.00 Milli: my‘husbslfadP xh‘ieying this a:
Solicits accounts of. Individuals. man
ufsctursrs, merchants and corporations
upon favorable terms.
EDWIN H. NATHIWION. Pres.
JOHN H. KNAPP. Vlchroe-
JACOB M. LAVTON. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
John H. Knapp Henry Osyrnour
Josiah ll. Marvin samuel Grumman
Christian dwartx
E. H. Mathew-on
John H. Light
Fred. H. Rowan.
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A dancrutration of the Goodrich Food will be held at our store all this week.
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Fine Japanese Silk Walsts.
i “ , 8mm metrics.
I We have now a complete assortment of handsome ltmbrolderles in
I camhrlc. nainsoolt. Swiss, beading, hemstltchlng—we have every width
i from the tiny head to the wide fiounce. also some beautiful matched seb'a,
Remnants.
Prepare I‘or the sure to come showers, buy a new Spring Raincoat,
ladles‘l’l‘allored Suite for spring are 'now shown. '
' newest and smartest styles for spring ‘wear. -
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stats.
Hundreds hf spring Walsts are now on sale in silk. memorized and
lawn, from the. plain at she to the best in silks
Special at 82.95.
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We have thew-dry
, i married a minister with a charge
'in a country parish. My most inti-
mate friend also married a minister
but his charge was In a large city. ply
husband kept the purse and took all
charge of money matters. My friend
kept the purse herself and took all
charge of money matters. We lived
counts at Whitsunday and Martinmas
it or at latest on the Saturday of each
week. Although I did not all In my Pow
.er to keep down I s accounts. and al
lways dealt with t e same, people so
that they knew what I wanted still I
believe my friend's house was kept at
less expense than mine. simply because'
she was In a position to pay everything'
ready money. With regard to other
expenses I think It Is a matter of has
having entire confidence in each other
-Vera.
CALI-38rd.
noon. 1mm
“lNI'TIR'S W’VES.‘ """‘ ‘ -~- ~— . .,
My friend paid everything as she got'0
1'0. Elli
TRAITOROUS FIIT.’
A good many amusing Iitorles are
told at the expense of servant girls
.rd domestics generally, but this
[which comes from Chestnut Hill is at
ithe expense of the mistress rather
than the maid. it was a new servant
girl. who was, as a rule; truthful. but
who would tell a harmless white do
when he mistress required It.
One day the rector tailed, but. for
lsome reason the lady did not wish to
use him. Answering the hell the maid
very politely said her mistress was
o.ut
9 Now. In the drawing room. leading
'dlrectiy from the (root ball. there was
.I folding screen which stood two or
three Inches from the floor. Behind
this the lady secreted herself.
I “So your mistress Is out?" mildly
aid the minister.
“Yes sir. “ answered the maid.
‘Well, " remarked the caller. at he
looked toward the drawing room “the
Wallace Marvin rband and wife being unselfish and next time your mistress goes out.“ will
you kindly suggest that she take her
feet with her?"—-Phlladelphla Ledger.
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Let all
.hose who are interested' to goods manufaéturcd in your own pawn show their appreciation of same.
and flock to Seymour's Store after a package of their food. The Goodrich Food. to cts.
Oat Rusk. r5 eta. package.
ple. It will do you good.
The best of Eyerything at
said Us
| Other speakers during the afternohn
I were RA
lPond state engineer. New York
George Pierce irradiation. Vt... and H._
It‘ll.I Wallace, highway commissioner of
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‘ IIFIJCTIONI or A sacruaaon.
' (New Yea Press.) '
AJIesker state superviaor oft
MIMI!!!» New Jersey: Edward A. 21 Lid. FINE GRANULATED SUGAR FOR ...t..
reasonable prices.
Charles E. Seymour. loadhg Grocer. 33 West llaslrhaton Street
package.
We want to place these goods in cverv home} help us do it. Come in anyway and take a sam-
t'.
in?
"t For Groceries
:haru notice: The prompts“. at dolrvsry,the eioaollnsasa'nd froaltoaosofgood'a. the full. honest measure. the
aren't at what you I“.- You will find abundant volson for audio. as your future Irv-dove. This week's spaciala'
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