ESDAY. FEB. 7. sort .. I
litanss for Tornomw l?“
». M6357: sets 5:17.
W ..tide 5. 55 a. 11.176:er p. m.
M communication
. Lodge. No. too. I. and A. M.,
he held at its room February 7th;
, at I O'clock p. m. Win-it. l. A.
All Master Masons cordially
mentally Invited.
Frslofndlyoiuura.
ROBERT M. iLOOX. Godly.
ms salt-riser. ratseueua
csth
clitoris Residence
lay] lditor's Residence
_ drums TO THINK Asour.
Elsewhere in today' a issue. the Ben
tine! prints a decidedly interesting let-
‘. lit on the Washington street bridge
s1tuation by .l. M. .Podrnore, n civil en-
. user of long experience in a field
railroading) where many engineering
. is have to be accomplished and we
Mindless its careful reading. While
”may be maintained by some that
nPodmore writes from the pOint of
of a person directly interested in
his father William Podrnore to
owner of some of the property along
abridge. which it is proposed to
- ti line under the plans being consider
ed at present, it cannot be denied that
.therd' is much logic in his contempla-
tion of what is for the best interests
,4 .of the City of South Norwalk.
The Washington correspondent of
the. Springfield Republican writes to
it that the-Honduras treaty by which
the United states guarantees to J. P.
Morgan h 00.. the principal and the
Interest of a 812. 000.000 loan to the
- Honduras government. was negotiated
by Secretary Knox as a "part 6! Pres»
Ident Tait’s openly- professed policy
of ‘aetting a hand' on the live repub
lies about the Panama canal so that
_ the United. States may have ground
* for stopping in and controlling any
dlioidor that may break out in that
section of tlle world. " Editorislly the
Republican suggests that at this rate.
. we shall have a hand in all Central
America and the northern part oi
South America, and it ,does not “kl.
the prospect.
‘0 W...
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
The papers say that Lord Denies and
Miss Gould walked to the city hall to
got their license. and that his lordship-
paid the dollar. We suspect that this
expenditure will be nearly all that will
fall to his lot.——Houlson Post.
-—o-— .~
Twice as many idle freight cars as
a year ago. This must make it hard
tor our leisure class to secure trans-
portatioa—lderlden Journal.
Wis have a suspicion that every bus
_ and flying around looks like a Thanks
[giving turkey to the poultry editor on
i the Houston PosL~Scranton Tribune
Republican.
—e——
The report that the river Euphrate.
is to be dammed for the purpose of irrl
gating Mesopotamia reads like a one
lotion from the “Revised Edition."~
Paterson Call.
‘5 "*" .
3:; -_ After listening to Mayor Reillyi
’. “ call: last evening the banquetterl
i; hound they had food tor thought as
“well as the stomach filling kind—Merl
den Journal.
. «e— ,
’ ,, A news item states that a Senator
woman has been yawning tor soon
days and cannot stop. The "study is
E. ' simple. Take her out of the sleepy sn-
.. rii'onloentv-Wllkos-Bsrre Record.
Perhaps that Fonsst City girl wht
: cannot stop yawning has boon readies
. tho women-u newspapers—alone-
toa Tribune-Republican. 5
A sociologist says man have always
mm the blesses. And the slander
apparently mlproeaisd.--Ieho
‘ Union
, .--e—-
onston Post is bragging ho
ills illiin of the first assaults
" heard in that city. it does
7. has soar-siesta
'0
Of Old'
yl'srhsr
litthnlshan‘t
“.415deth
lst era for ublicaticn. from its
A brief and Io~
or the a headin .
thsupcmt cornmu‘nloatign.” ‘ a gen nsral
ton. carries more we ignt and con-
Won than a lengthy one in which t s . ‘
mom is not cones Mntrated
mm“ Emolraticauy was}: sast brevity Long-
1r.“ ave observsdhm are
‘ xigmhsrfw
m
is channels tar-ran "to moon» ‘
GREISMAN ON THE CANAD-
IAN AGREEMENT.
Deer Mr Hill: a lot of us old hay-
heads clost to the Wilton line bev
been hevin' an expssrlense meetin' in
the skool-haouse about this here Kan.
tick agreement. Home on us sod it
wan't good perteckshun pollytloks on
others on uswif wish I hev the honor
lobe wuuwstuclt to it good su' rl
that it's perteclrshun to kill. w
these stuck—up naybors nst us wy we '
thunk so. with considuble honest pryde
in your raisin‘ beer among us. Cou~
grossmsn. we snsurd. “Bekauzc Con~
gressrnan lilll ses so. an' wat he sea
goes on the Wilton Pike." Wen they
sed it takes the tariff oii und puts
on the free list eggs. butter. cheese
sn‘ chickens. milk and ducks, geese
and guinea hens. hay. pertaters. un
yuns. kebbidge. carruts, turnips,selery,
parsnups. bunny. cawrn. otes. rie
buckwheat, wheat. apples. pairs. peach-
es. plums, an' every durn thing a
farmer raises. lncloodin' all sorts of
live critters. seen as horses. oeuvre.-
sheen. goats. mules. eksettyry; and
that the Rsnucks. abacut eight mil-
lons- strong. stsn ready to undersell
its Yankee farmers all along the line
an' make it dooced hard work fur us
toisorspe together munay enuii‘ to bi
tee an' sugar with. to say nuthln
absent snuff to pay the intirist on
our morgldges. an‘ our skool.~ tsown.
state, an‘ dnwg taxes; We and in re-
ply that we didn‘t b'ieeve it. beksuze
Hll hed sad the Kanuck agreement
was a good thing an' a strong per-
teckshun meshure. an‘ that he won for
it hart an' sole. bekause he is s stench
berteokshunist an‘ a black Republlkln
of the deepest dye; and he sisn's
Iur free meat. free lumber. free hydes.
free cola. free Standard Oil. free wool
an as much other stuff free as he kin
git, an‘ Tait does. too; and we‘re its.
publlklns nn' perteckshunists. ies' like
these too grate men: an' wst they
say goes up here all along the Wilton
Pike an' Weston way, likewise: on
we' re all on us in fur gittin all we
{in free-gratis, with n shovel full
Lhrowed in. if possible.
Then these wire-alter nnybors said
awlso that this beer Ksnuck ree-
ment wuz a laud-kitin‘ job. one
by the Kennedian Pacific Rnilrodc.
that hes land to burn at If» an alter;
better land, ten times over. than enny
land in the hull of Kun’nettlcut; su‘
:hey sod. two. that alot oi sharpsters.
who air expectln' to make rnillyuns of
many on the risin‘ oi this land twen-
:y times as high as it is now, beksuze
of free trade With the Yoonlted
ltnytes. were standin' back of mg
lill Tswana pushln‘ on him nose iurst
“"0 the dirtiest job that ever was
hatched ng’ln‘ American land values.
in’ these know-it-alls up there to the
limo! Mouse and awlso that a mighty
ite of us Yankee farmers would be
soul for the graft. two. like them big
and sharks. nn' wood sell our forms
the hot. cakes to sit land at 85 sn' sell
nit at 8100 an alter an' that some on
is wood be an snxo‘bus to sell an' git
into the, Kennedlnn swim that we
wood keep cuttin' our prices for our
arms until farms bad fell down
ty cheep all 'rouud the kuntrio
in that would make folks who hold
)ur morgidges rite skerry abaoui,
lesvin' their munny soul on farmin'
land an' they wood sat us fur their
.nunny I koniess, with some shalrn.
Congressman. that the idea of my bein
called on fur to cash in and take up
the morgidge on the old farm did sheer
me (or absent a minit. sn' i must hev
loolcsd rather pelted no white sbaout
.he gills for nary. who act nigh me
n the bench at the skool haouse where
re wus discussin this Ksnuek agree-
nent. set me if she shoodnt fetch
no a tin cup of water. an‘ i said‘ ‘.Yes "
:ith considuliie enthuusiasm. Then i
allied a little an‘ spoke up kwite
rurraius sn' ed, “Nobuddy as old au'
sensible as we be had ortsr hsv enny
morgidges to be sold soul iur." It
was ruther skittish bisnoss to chuck a
blur! like that, bekause l was afeerd
foe Grimes. the notry. who wus pm
int. might hey seen on rakurd at the
taown bnousc the morgidge wich
Squire Parker holds on my farm for
unity mulch its hull value. not he
lid not seem to grin none wen i bluff-
:d so sharp an' In in hopes he didn't
know; but 1 Mains. Gongrsss|maml
was rite proper sheared: an Inaow
take my pen in hand to iskwire absent
this Kanuck agreement more portion
or.
Naow if thsre's enny dainiur of land
tallln' the least slits bsksuse of this
Kannok agreement an the audio“ of
several billion. or less. alters to local-
ted ltaytss land. along a big railroad
wish sells it for is an altar. an a
girls of them Kanuchs the rite to
send their stud rite into this market
withacut no tax at all on thorn. please
also. ‘phons me at my ss-
pscss. is». r it. horseman
n‘s odor of user
.tahss p'f’hsd
. for this lam so dutch It will make his
, head swim: otherwise." iwait. desire
wil close out his morsidsoior
tacsnt. lilting
sa'oimahsrs'
ousting! will be pleased to receive ‘
n.Alilolllioly sure
MW
HWMMTI
J
shuns. an‘ the like. and winnin more
an' more golden lawruls as a high per-
teckshun. But dosn‘t you tblnlt you
may be strainlo the pint a little an‘
wood it not be good Jedgmlnt not to
stick sent for each high tariffs? 'l‘be
kuntrle seems to be runnln‘ toards
free trade an" it l go to Kennedy on
your tip. I about keer.
Weteisr happens. me and fly Jones
will star pat bl your side. as we did
at the sitool hsuosc: an sink or swap
servive or perrlsh, our battle cry shs l
ever be. "lllll en‘ pertecltshun. now an'
forever. one an‘ lnsuperble. horray,
hooray!"
Awaltln' that ‘phone messldge ytll
much eegurness.
Yours.
JOSH STURGES.
VAN ALS‘I’YNE WINS FROM
DE WITT.
...—....a
Davis Also Wins from Unhcltx~8outli
Norwalk Club Pool Tournament.
Two more games were played 08
last night in the pool tournament 6’!
the South Norwallt Club. The con-
testants were George R. Van Alstyne
and Ralph DeWIll. each rated 125.
on and Joseph Davis. 60. and w. ll. lin-
holtz. so. The scores of the games by
frames:
Von Alstyns. I25. DsWItt. I2.5
2~—~l llw-l
12 is
21 2
26 alwl
28 is
30 58ml
38 53
58 62-—~l
57...] 72
67 76—1
75...] ill-«I
R2 h‘ii
96 90
105—1 iii—“l
Mimi 109
116 ill
125 its
Davis. to Unhoits. II.
8—1 I
9 "-2 lb
19 19-4
29 21—3
39~l 24—4
45 33
Sit-«l 39ml
(is til—l
80-42 Mwl
PUTNAM Hoe: COMPANV POOL.
One game was played last night in
the l'utnam Hose Comp-m pool tour-
namcnt when Frederick 1‘. Coleman.
60. defeated Frederick llogardus. 90.
by a score of 60 to 76. The score was
as follows:
Coleman. so. logardus. so
i-l 7.8
12....2 ll~i
iii—«l 20——l
28 28
lib ii
an H
41 {is
41—4 87
I'lwl 74w!
DD 78
or. NARY‘O PAROGHIAL IOHOOL
NOTIC.
The honor roll in St. Mary's school
(or the month of Many. consisting
oiall those receiving an average of
eighty-Iva per cent or over. is as ice
lows.aooo aooording to their ranki
Room s~—Ward Prendergast. istas
Masher. .Ieunls Baniagosa. John Leon-
ard. Edward Kearney. Marion Burns.
irvlng Campbell, Julia Dsgon. lllsthsr
bruises and Vera McNamara.
Room ‘lm0srtruds Ryan. John Wuh-
, K
lll' Hersh. Anna lion
osrfsld. Thomas Berhorioll. Donald
Powell. lllverett shuhsn. William its»
nedy. Ilsry Kiosslls. Anna
Itoorn Mulls Atchison.
Diary Atoblson.
liaise
n. Rarry
Ryan. thsrlns Weston!)
sh. Frsdsric W
lishevieh. charlss Callahan.
llisrdsa, annis Riotschsisr. Anus Oolv
MWPMPMGII’M“
’ Interment»
we assist “mum“: Jails!
_ OHM
. i an'
Wilton Pike.
sad. Anna Holds slid annoy
Daniel MIMI“!
1"
The Weather Man has... not been quite -as good to
us as we would have him. but despite bad weather
conditions, the crowds come just the same,
and this GREAT SALE GOES MERRILY ON.
“There’s a Reason,” no need mentioning it, every
woman that is the least bit posted knows why the
crutgds are still coming to the Boston Stare.
you haven’t secured your share, we would advise
you’to come here as early as possible.
.If
Domes-
tics
Wonderful Savings
Offered
$1.75 Long Cloth
$1.19
i-‘ine quality English bong Cloth.
We will sell tomorrow at
$1.19
Usually sold at 81.75.
. d
Walstmgs
Mercerised Walstiags in a va
riely of «lo-Ens; regularly 25c
yard Tomorrow
12‘4c
Sheer Fancy White Waistings.
values to 19¢ yard. at
6V2c
Ginghains
"Amoslreag" Apron Gingham. to
quality. ancrrow. VARO
she
Unbleached Muslin
36-Inoh Un asehsd Muslin.
heavy and no quality; worth
10c yard. at
Tic
Towels&Toweling
Linen Huck Towels. white and
red borders; value lilac each.
Tomorrow ‘
8c
Heavy Bleached Turkish Tow-
els. worth an. at. IAOII
lie
1 hole «soot yardsl Unbleached
Orssh Towsling. will wash
v amt; value so. at.
PI YARO ,
4’4c
. RIM. IITATI "ANWIRI
‘i’hs following real estate transfers
rulsmliae have been muss on the town
I‘iiitiilld: oh 3. Hoishto
and
C“
,m-
Sheets and Pillow
Cases
Full Bleached full size Sheets.
worth 5°C. at
29c
75c Bleached sheets, line qual-
ity, at $80
taxis Pillow Cases. regularly
the each. at. EACH
llc
HERE ARE Ila MONEY-SAV-
ING ITEMS
(tethered at random from the
Sensational Offerings in our
Muslin
U nder-
wear
Depart-
ment
Night Gowns
“ads of good quality Muslin.
low neck. trimmed with nif-
ile edge and ribbon: regular
60c value. at
27c
Fine quality Gowns. chemise
style, trimmed with embroid-
ery and ribbon; iisc values at
49c
Petticoats
Women's line quality Muslin
Petticoats. regularly ssc. at
39c
Lot of Long Muslin Petticoats.
with deep ileum and under
raffle: $1.00 value. at
69c
OARPdIITIRI IN QONVINTIOII.
HARTFORD. Fab. 7.-—At this morn
iag's session oi the annnsi scum
oi the Connecticut State Council. Uni-
ted llmthsrhood of Carpenters
Joiners oi America. the delusional
the another of isomers addnsssdli
Presidsiu Beaches. of the stats I‘
srstlen orbs Masher Icel'rssidsat
’ .. “a.“ so:
was as
lssrasdthst hstths chief
a me it. wider onus.
and it. waist cl» muesli
tion and tour thousands d
Corset Covers
Well made Corset Covers. trim-
med with lace and embroidery;
regularly 25c. at
19c
Drawers
Women‘s Muslin Drawers with
plain tucked ruffle; 25c talus,
.. 19c
Lot of fine quality Muslin Draw-
ers. with embroidery and tuck-
ed ruifle; regularly 59c. at
37c
Laces
FRENCH A GERMAN VALIN- ‘
CIENNEO LACEB. values to
12m. at. PER YARD
4c
1000 yards of POINT DI PARIS
LACEO. a variety of new do.
signs; widths from 2 to i in.:
7 to lilo values. at, PIR VD.
4c
Handker-
chiefs
Ladles' Lace and Embroidered
Handkerchiefs, slso'All Lin-
en iiemstitched Handker-
chiefs; regularly 1255c
9c ea. 3 for 25c
(doves
Women‘s 2-ciasp Cashmere
~(ilores. sllh-ilnsd. all sires;
60o rains. at. FIR PAIR
36c
MN‘V FOR CHICAGO OIPI'IANC.
CHICAGO, Feb ’l.-’l’wo hundred
oliars has been
collected by the relief committee for
and the widows and orphans oi the tire-
tohsn who lost their lives in the stock
reads an last Member
The committee that today to discuss
a plan for distribution or the money.
There are is widows and thirty~tnree
orphans oi firemen. besides it! a rela-
tlrss oi the three victims who were
not mass.
M
"II III HUNTIWLLI.
omnvm M s.-~rm at the
plant's! the fines Products coco
Heather board will. yesterdsI.
counted at about
is
fie restartsdin thsosirm
m cm
Hosiery
and
Under-
wear
MEN‘S Natural All Wool
SHIRTS l» DRAWERS. sizes
32 to 18: regular 81.50 and
“.75. Tomormw
$1.25
LADIEe' Wool OHIRTB A
DRAWERS. 750 quality. To-
marrow 590
LADlEB' Wool SHIRTS. high
neck, long and elbow sleeves;
regularly 81.00. at
79c
CHILDREN'S Wool Hoes. sizes
5 to 10; regular 250 quality. at
19c
OUTSIZE H00! for stout wo-
men: regular 60c quality, at
39c
CHILDREN! Ribbed SLEEP-
lNO GARMENTO. large sizes;
regularly 50c. at
39c
Notions
CLINTON QAFETY- PINQ, all
sises ................. ‘oozd
cuarrss emsr same. 1.
colorsonly ...... ......aoyd.
oasmuo corrou. black
only .......... e spools ior 5e
IDIR woos. all colors
.................. Ias sksin
easel. ill-liar sorrows
sssssssssssssssssssss
dudes.
IANTIARY HAIR NITI. ....4s
Dni'I'IR'I KNITTING COT-
TON. white and colors.“ hail
PAD H00! OUPPOR‘I'IRQ
with belt ............. .11!ng
VANDIRIILT 0UP MOI.
Arrangements Icing Made to Held it
on Another Part of Long island.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.~—-Beeause oi
the deadly character oi the Vanderbilt
cup race on the long island Motor
Parhwsy course last year and the sub-
sssusnt transfer of the Grand Prise
race to Savannah. shorts are now In.
dsr way to bring about the hold of
rev-“m it? 3:.de m.
the
hit“ “firm tumor
“I w
manta“ 0to its:i guiding“ spiilu of
ar
which controls the ta ”gm automobil-
lag events oi the yofl. :9“th
Norwalk Chronicler