The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
FAIRFIELD
Story Books ReforeStation Extensive Fencing-A Beach Hotel Spraying Trees-Transfers of Real Estate.

Something like 15O of the most popu- lar story books for children have been placed upon special shelves in one cor ner of the reading room, the authors including Kipling, Otis, Lothrop, Mon roe. Matthews. Ray, Richards and Johnson In a. list of similar books most sought after by the children of New York city one finds the works of Miss Louise Alcott, of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dickens, Marx Marx Alice in Wonderland is also a popular book in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. W. R. Hartshorn expect soon to leave for Canada
 MT. Wyrtzen has a horse which in dulges every little while in the sport of running away. This it has done twice recently. once at least throwing MT. Carroll, the driver, out of the wagon. And, it is said in town that MT. Wyrtzen bought the beast of a perfectly reliable dealer in horses.
 Judge John H. Perry of Southport. is expected home from a tour of the South some day this week.
 An extensive piece of reforestation is going on in town, at the instance of John Freeman, who purchased some time ago the old town farm. He has in his employ two or three experts who are planting something like $5,OOO worth of various kinds of trees on the place. Many people in town are watching the experiment with inter- est.
 Clarence Gooden of Stratford, was in town on Tuesday, exploring the fields and woods.
 MT. and Mrs. Aldis Ellis who have been stopping for few days at the Sherman parsonage with the brides father Rev. Frank S. Child, left town today for their long wedding journey, on their way to California. They will probably stop at various points of in terest, and may take a run into Mex In vie eli AYft,
 G. P. Brett is having one and a half miles of wire fence put about his place. C. H. Bradley has the contract.
 John Boyle is doing a fine business in the matter of selling bicycles. He has a fine collection on hand at mod crate prices and has recently sold one to MT. Thompson of the Fairfield Rubber Works. and one to MT. Oldberg of Greenfield Hill.
 It took 2,OOO feet of iron fence to in close three sides of the A. Holland Forbes estate. at a cost of at least $500. In time MT. Forbes intends to remove the white picket fence in front of the house and replace it with a stout Eng lis fence of high and sharp spears. The new wrought iron gates will be used for this fence.
 At last there is to be a hotel at Fair field Beach, to be called the 'Audic,'' which will accommodate at least 30 transient guests. There will be spec ial rates by the season, the week or the day. It is to open on the 18th of May A spacious porch will surround the house, and it is promised that the beds and the service will be good. The proprietors are Austin & Dick son.
 Parties in town who wish to have their elm trees sprayed this spring to kill the elm beetle, which is so destruc- tive to the foliage, are requested to communicate with B. Betts, the presi- dent of the Village Improvement So- nj iptv iS doSirah1o Enn hfoy many trees are to be sprayed so that to that end can be made.
 The travelling library which has here Greenfield Hill, Is to be taken in charge by Mrs. Frank A. Warren. People wishing for books can call on Mrs. Warren.
 Fred Sturges has had men at work and retaining a couple of swamps, and the land will before the is over be quite dry and ready to put under cultivation. The land lies back of the old Knapp place and the work has cost some s, 00O
 There have recently been a few transfers of real estate in town, as fol- lows:
 John Kasper Schwarz and wife to Hubert Gray Beach. a lot of land on Round Hill road, five-eighths of an acre, being a part of the land lately to the grdntOr iDy Q. G. Jen- nings.
 Edward S. Hotchkiss of Bridgeport to M. E. Brewster-Green, four acres of land with the buildings thereon, bound by the Eastern turnpike, and land of Isaac B. Wilson, F. L. Nichols, Mrs. J. S. Blakeman and C1app Spooner.
 August Ceasmanto Julius Karchngor- wich and wife, a lot 3S2 x 291 feet. by Kings highway and land of William Crowley.
 Rridp y2- Title pany to Konstant V. ProchaZka and wife, lot 257, Black Rock avenue, Cas- tie Park.
 The same to Frank Yuhasz of Bridge port, lots 4SO 4S1, 4S2 and 4S3 on Berke- ley road, Lenox Heights.
 The same to Amy SutaSki, lot 214, Poe Court, Castle Park.
 Mary L. Sterling to Edward Guil- bert, a lot of land on Pequot avenue, fronting 75 feet on the ave- hue, and the same on land of B. $. Hand.
 Joseph D. Skidmore to George W. Hills of Bridgeport, a certain piece of land bounded by land of Sylvanus N. Beckwith and Seth and Joseph Osborne and the highway.
 The taxpayers of the town are in- formed that the collector who will re- ceive taxes will be on the 11th of May at Banks store, Greenfield Hill and on the 18th of May at Switzers drug store, Southport. On other days dur ing the year the collector will be at the town hall. All taxes should be paid before the 1st of June. NIGHTS
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