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THURSDAY. MARCH :4.
1912
"us now
. 0f Merchandise
We sing. Today our
Hat is in the ring _
For Coal and Wood
0r anything
That you may need.
We, too. are stripped—-
Yes—“to the buff"
1,, To sell Cement
. And Building Stuff at
Prices that are low
Enough
To take the lead.
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Tel. 363-4
Edwin C. Burt’ s
HOES
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High- Cut Shoes
for Boys and
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pay lc lb. for
ale and feather beds.
We
RAGS
and best prices for rubbers, met-
Orders out
or town must be sent a day ahead.
Tel. Four - Four - One
Whenever you clean your attic
or cellar, remember Wm. Effron,
35 Fort St. East Norwaik.
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‘pose of your Rags, Rubbers, Metals,
‘Scrap Iron anti Newspaper.
ICommander E. J. Hill,
I’Women s “Mayfair"
SHOES
Black and Russia, bobble toe....$3.00
black and Russia. high toe ..... $3. 00
CRAWFORDS, at
169 WASHINGTON ST., BRIDGE
SOUTH NORWALK
JUNK
Ask to!" my prices before you dine
RAGS, 10 PER LB. 1
.33 and 84'
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Special
Bluefish
Halibut
Smelt
Cod
Herring
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that .111. trials. I
G. Yourdisky
Tel '25-27 Ely Ave.
AlliillllllEil aouss
FAST roll TREE
When the water rose to such unus-
ual proportions yesterday at the New
Canaan stone arch bridge, Frederick
W. ii‘ail‘child. of New (Yunnan tut-hue,
went out with a rope and tied his barn
to a. huge tree so that when the wa-
ter should reach such a height as to
carry tho structure away. the rope
would res lain it. The water fortu-
nut oi) did not rise so hil‘ll. httt at any
rate the barn would hate been sate
This has been done l’retpleutly. and
tour years ago several houses In this
vicinity were anchored in a like man»
ner.
"Without having seen it one would
have no idea oi‘ the damage done to
the New Canaan road where the water
coursed over the ltlahwar,” said Street
Commissioner (J‘. lrviui: liyiuatou this
ai‘ternoofi. lie ltad just returned front
work on the highway which he. has
made passable to teams. 'l’t'cvlous to
the repairs there were gullies in some
instances several feet deep. where the
“titer had torn gauges in the roadway.
At times yesterday when the water
was at its highest point it was six or
seven feet deep, the under side of the
bridge being wholly inadequate to ac-
commodate the quantity of the t'loOd.
At times there is a stream under the
bridge of but two or three inches deep
and the normal height is but a foot
or two.
This afternoon the street commis-
sioner with'his gang of melt, and the
teams. is at work on Stewart avenue.
this side hill street having suffered as
much as any froth the downpour or
rain.
ANNUAL INSPECTION OF NAVAL
MILITIA_
Jr., and Lieu-
tenant Commander C. M. Peck
Make Examination.
HAR'DFORI), March 14.~Commau-
tier Ebenezer J. Hill. .lr.. of South Nor-
,walk, and Lieutenant Commander Clif—
ford of New Haven, conducted the an
i nual inspection 01‘ the Second Division
I
' semaphor drill,
BUY
Tel. 294
Hazelton
COAL
The B. Hershiield & Son Co.
122 Water 8!.
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Stave Something from Every
flPay Envelope for deposit in
of Naval Militia, C. N. G.. at the state
armory last night. The compass of
the examination, included infantry and
inspection of the four~
inch gun and lockers, the general elit-
clency of the divisions and equipment.
Folowing the inspection Ensign F.
H. Home presided over the regular
monthly meeting of the division. A
detail of five men was appointed by
Ensign Burns to bring the gunboat
Machlas front lirooklyn Navy Yard to
New Haven today. The detail consis—
ted ot Quartermaster R. C. Palmer,
Machinist's Mate F. G. Lewis, Yeoman
C. H, lngraham. Apprentice Seaman
Henry Austin and Ordinary Seaman
John S. Richards. The tug-oi-wttr
team and the wall-scaling team of the
division will compete in the Military
Athletic League championship meet
to be held at the Twenty-second Regi-
ment. Armory in New York. April 6.
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Unless What you want is a very un.
usual thingy on will find a Sentinel
Want Advertisement in this issue re-
lating to it.
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Henry Lewis.
Henry Lewis, oii‘ Slh‘t-l‘llltlle, aged
eighty-one years, died last night at
his home. lie Is survived by a wife.
The funeral services will he held on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o‘clock trout
the into home, in Silvermiue avenue.
itev. Frederick A. Coleman, of Triu‘.
ity church. will oillcinte and the Intel
them. will take place in the lliver
Hltlt" cemetery.
Maurice Daugherty, 1
The funeral services over the re
mains of Maurice DOunhcrly will he
held from the (‘hurch ot‘ the AHbllillll
tion, 111 ..c.<tport. tomorrow morning
at. to o'clo’lt. The intert‘neut will
leliow in St, Mary's cemetery.
Walter 1.. Dean.
(littl't‘iifi'l‘ldll, Mass, \larcu ll.
Waiter i.ttl'tltottse than. a marine ill“
list, with an iltteruatitutul reputation.
died during the night 111 his home in
1'} list ltlouctsttt He had been ill since
Noventlttl. .\ll. iteau was born in
Lowell 111 1554. lie studied in Paris
under liouluuger attd Jules imit‘ehvrc.
alter a course at the State .\'0rtnnl
School in Boston, after Achille ("ludi-
uot. lie painted many pictures, sev-
eral oi \Vlllt‘tl were purchased by the
federal government. One of his in-
luous products represents the Vllillflnl
skimming past the Valkyrie. in the
race of Oct. 13. 11193. "The. Halibut
Catchers" is another of his well~known
pictures. Mr. Dean was a member of
the Saintagundi Club of New York
and numerous Boston Societies. A
wile (Katherine Bates Whitman) and
two daughters survive.
, William Morgan.
NEW BRITAlN. March 14.»Wil|inn‘t
Morgan, aged ninety years. died rcre
last night, after an illness of three
days. ;\l r. Morgan was the descendant
of a family-which was among the ear-
ly settlers of this part or the state.
He served one year in the Civil War
with Company 'F. First ileuvy Connec-
ticut. Artillery. Up to the time of his
death he was active and ambitious.
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‘ t “Madam," said he,
, ick.
' Evening sun. ‘ «
H. E. SheldOn.
WINSTED. Marco H.~ll. it). Shei-
don. sixty‘six years old. a member or
the town and borough board of assess-
ors, a veteran photographer and vice-
president 01' the. Connecticut Temper-
ance Union, died at the county hos’
pital here during last night from a
complication of diseases. He is sur‘
vivcd by a widow and one son;
Dayton Burnham.
NEW PRESTON. March 14.-l)oac
on Dayton Burnham died at his
home here last night at the age of
seventy years. lie was at one time
postmaster at New Preston and had
also represented his town in the gen-
eral assembly. He leaves a wife and
a brother, Major Walter Burnham.
MADE QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
His name was Frederick. His hair
was red and wanted cutting. His coat
and rest would have shunted
maker, and the less said about, his
boots and trousers the better. His
Sunday collar was in the wash.
~By profession he was a tramp, and
he called at a farmhouse, ostensibly
in search of meat and drink
The woman who opened the door
was sweet and comely
brushing the
aunt! from his coat. "you’d nest give
me a drink of milk—~"
“Yes?" she queried.
“Oh else-" He was interrupted
3 again.
Farmer John, big and burly, came
, forward last at that moment, hickory
stock in hand. dog at heel
"Or else water" continued Freder-
“if you pileuse s1r."-—-New York
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' view arcane. East Norwalk', have re-
turned home after enjoying a two
‘weeka‘ honeymoon trip.
their"
Mriaad‘ Mrs. Frank Mead. of Sea- in
for Friday
12%c
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Homer S. Beers & Co."
FOR SALE
$50,000 City of South Norwalk ’1 W3.
Fer Bonds, due 1939.
Legal for Estates and Trust Funds.
These Bonds can be purchased In‘
$1,000 lots and offer a safe invest-
ment. t
Prices on Application.
Maples St Goldschmid
South Norwaik
’ltl’llwttiillttmiiitll’ .
specialties were auttin prominent at
the opening of today's stock market,
international Harvester and American
Sugar made one point i’lih‘iilltt‘ii.
rittt n th “5. is shown alat ly innit. an
Smeltiu, titration)” shines tnd 1' hit: 1
States Steel pill. (if the it ”tile
l’tiion Pacific made an initial not line
01‘ 1.1,. a point. ’ .
issues
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WA”. S'llilili'i‘. ti o. muwlnlcr»
national i-iarteater and a tow other
specialties made further nine in the
first hour. httt the. market leaders.
with scarcely an exteption ware d1!»
tluetly heavy. U. S. Steel and Union
Pacific selling slightly below yestcr
day‘s lowest. [ostrich Valley lost a
point. American Smelling and allied
shares were Iteipod‘liy the statement
of the attorney-general intimating that
tto proceedings against. those compan-
ies are, contemplated.
WALL STREET. Noonw’i‘he heavi-
ness of the leaders in the first, hour
may have been due to selling under
cover of a diversion in the specialties.
()t‘ the active stocks Lehigh Valley and
Union Pacific were heaviest, while the.
copper-s were. fairly strong. in the
minor railway issues there was renew-
ed inquiry for the Eries. A further
rise. in American Telephone was cred-
ited to buying by Paris. where some
activity in that issue is reported. Ant-
erican Tobacco moved up 554.» .and
there were pains of l to 3 points in
other high priced industrials, such as
(leneral Electric, National Biscuit and
l’uhnan. Bonds were steady.
WALL STREET, 1 p. ttt.«—'1‘alk of
large increases in earnings and ex-
pected increased dividends accompan-
ied the advances in some of the spe-
cialties. Railroad stocks were relegab
ed to the background for the time. be-
ing. The diversity of the demand for
the industtials afforded the average
tradet a good oppottunity for quick
ptoiits.
M..-
LONDON. March 11.-The rate or
discount. 01' the Bank 01’ England re-
mained changed at, 3% per cent. to-
daq.
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sTt'tano ON A PLATTER.
Maude Adams. When a Baby. Wu
Carried to Footlights on Dinner-Tray.
Matthew White. in, in his stage
comment, in The Muusey for March
tells a number of interesting stories
about the Salt Lake theater that celo
ebrates its tittieth anniversary this
month. This theatre was built by
Brigham Young, president of the Mor-
mon church. to accommodate a stock
company of Mornton players.
“in my day there," writes Mr. White,
‘two leading women, were the reign-
ing favorites. One of them. Sara
Alexander is now living lit retirement
in New York. The other was Annie
Adams.
:‘Luter, when Annie Adams had be-
come Mrs. Kisdadden. her baby daugh-
ter, Maude. was carried on the stage
or the Salt Lake theatre on a dinner-
tray4—thus beginning the most notable
career that has fallen to any actreslt
"now on the American boards. Indeed.
this old house has helped to train so ‘
sin well known players that his-
torlcttlly at least. it is one of. the most
interesting theatres in
States."
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; referred as his “brightest pupil
‘lllt the indictment. but will not assist
the United
Norwalk’s Leading Dry Goods Store
‘ 8 and 5 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Connecticut é .
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In the Bargain Basement
Household Helps at Cut Prices
(iood Laundry Soup 9 cakeseoc Walt Paper, pkg. ........... 4c l.ightllouse t‘ieauer. c1111.... 4c
Roll Toilet i'aper. Ii for ..... 10c iiaud Scrub Brushes ....... 3c ironing Wax ............... to
Dry Mops ................. 29c Silex Sand Soap, cake ....... 2c Glass liaud Lamps. with humor.
(‘lothes Linea 30 it. ........ 19c Mop Handles ............. -. 7c wick. and chimney ....... 19¢
Nest Eggs ................. to Large (arrlagc Sponh' res ..... 19:: The famous llayo Nickel Lamp.
Galvanized Tubs .......... 29c Asbeston Mats ............. 2c complete .. ............. $1.25
Galvanized l’ails, Iii-qt. 15c Toothpicks, dozen .......... 2c Reliable Family Scales, weigh
\‘t'ood l-‘ihre Pails .......... 25c Moth llalls. lb. ............. Go from 1 oz. to 2.”. lbs.......79c .
TRIAL OF REV. DR. M’FARLAND.
i’l’r'i‘SRI'RGii, l-’tt., Maren tic—«Dis-
trlct Attorney William A. ltlnkeley
had completed all arrangements can
lv today to: ill“ tiittl ot' the Rev Dr,
W. 1) \ic1atland oi t}l<i‘ll\iilt‘ 'ieuu..
Miami in mun 3t lion with the death
in this city. of his iorm'r wrretart'.
t ‘iiss Klein 1). t‘t‘te. who died as the re-
:~'ttlt of a criminal oputatlon. The
aged educator and minister, iorttteriy
principal ot‘ the i‘ittsltterph Central
High S: ht oi, tutti route ‘tere il'ttlll 'l‘etp
whele he had t'llIti‘?t' ot‘ zt
Foiled i’t'estrrteriaii mission, without
the formal“? ot‘ t-xil‘iitiiiltlu,
The alleged opt. ration in to
have been [it"Ii'tli'illi‘tl at the that res-
idence and the prosecution i~2 said to
tilt little-tl‘im‘leltt statement
made by the young. woman before her
death in a hospital here last January.
in. Mt'i“}ll'iilllil has made a neat-rill tie-
niul of 1111 the charges against hint.
iflr. McFarland was accompanied to
court by his aged wile. They were
quicklv surrounded by attorneys and
friends. Mrs. McFarland sobhed
while her husband tried to comiori
her.
'Asistaut Illstl'lct
W. Martin. to whom in.
ltt'hsti‘tt,
so id
Attorney Richard
McFarland
drew
‘in the prosecution or his former. preg
ceptor.
Judge John C. llaymaker appeared
as the presiding judge, and when the
case was called Attorney Hunter C.
Castle for the defense presented mo-
tions to quash the indictment.
WRECK ON CHLICAGO GREAT
, WESTERN.
DUNKERTON, 1a.. March 14.“-
Twenty five persons were injured 13
seriously and one probably iatallt in
a wreck on the. Chicago Great Western
Railroad three miles east of here this
morning. The train struck a broken
rail on a curve. Fourteen passengers
were taken to a hospital in Waterloo.
SPRING HATS
with
Snap. Vim and Character
to them
CROFUT & KNAPP Hats
of course!
No others have that “just
right" look to them -
$3.00. $4.00, $6300
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'95 Wuhtnmtt at. .- _'T,el. Don.
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THESE “MUST COME As NOBLE
FRIENDS.
The'greatest good that ever comes
to a man never comes as a paying
«guest.1t‘ stands at the door and
knock as does the king who Was turn
ed away item the inn. But it the
man comes to the door, half opens it
and says. “Oh, this is you. Honor? 1
lhave been hoping you would come to
me. My terms are so much per day;
special sertice extra,‘ Honor turns
away. lionor cannot pay for can and
crust. it must. come into one a life as
a noble friend, longed for and pray-
ed for.
Truth comes and knocks. Again the
man says, “How, Welcome to my poor
home you will be! You will greatly
increase my station among my neigh-
bors. But '1 am poor and l perceive
you have no baggage. Nay, as 1 look
at yon in this dim light, 1 see it is
trite what men have told of youwvou ., “mm...“
have no ralment. 1 shall have to ask, it you want your “bttllneu” to be-
you to pay in advance." 'And truth come thetalk oi the town. tell aboutit
turns away, tor truth neveryyet came through a Sentinel “Want" Ad. , _ “’
into any one' s life on these terms.
And so love comes, and fidelity, and
honesty and patience, and, all He
graces that make life beautiful and
noble and strong. And. one by on“,
its the door is cautiously opened on
the chain and the ltouscholdtr begins
to bargain and baggie about terms and
length 01' stay and quality 01' rooms,
they turn and lit) away. There. is no
room for them in the ittu. They are
royal born; Of‘dlvllltt lineage. The)!
are not summer boarders.
if one will admit them, throwing
wide open the door. saying, "All that.
was mine is yours. This is your home.
Let me dwell with yeti. as your sor-
rant, your hondslave forever." they
will make him rich as a kind. But.
they will never liatnaiu to do it. They
do not want out room in the int. —-
Robert .1, Burdctte in Baptish Stan-
dnrd.
Norwalk Chronicler