The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-22
WESTPORT
Coming Banquet Town Clerk in Mexico freeing Fox Dancing School At National Hall Tonight Closing of aSchO0l.

It is intended by the members O.
 Aspetuck lodge, K. of F., to give
 banquet tomorrow evening in honol | Of the 18th anniversary of the found
 ing of the lodge. There will be ad
 dresses by Isaac P. Turney of Bridge
 port, Horace o. Case of Hartford, an6
 Grand Chancellor H. D. Stanton o: ] New London William Collier is chair
 man of the committee which is making 1 the preparations.
 The East Saugatuck school has beer presented with a portrait of Lincoln by Miss Catherine Wilcox of Compc street.
 William T. sturges has returned from Yonkers, N. Y. Mrs. Thomas Taylor recently enter tained the Guild of Trinity. Mrs. Ida J. Moulton of Beverly Mass, recently gave a reading in town, under the management of the Ladies' Aid Society. Someone in town, being hard press ed for firewood, has been stealing rail- road ties from the Connecticut Com pany. About 40 are missing.
 Everett Hurlbutt's dog recently ran a fox up a. tree and got the bounty.
 Charles Allen is very ill with pneu- monia.
 Town Clerk Hyatt has gone to Mex ico to look after some mining inter ests. When last heard from he had by way of Chicago. in which progres- sive city he remained for a few days.
 Yesterday MT. Bishop of the new Methodist church preached a sermon on God in American History"
 A clay pigeon shoot was held today at the residence of John H. Weed.
 Eli B. Mead is home from trip to New York.
 It is said that Rev. Kenneth Mac Kenzie is an expert at making ex- tracts He has a son who is well up in chemistry
 T. Fl. Pendergast, who not long ago opened an academy of music and danc- ing in Fairfield, has concluded to do the same in this town. He comes to Toquet hall every Tuesday. He did not find a very profitable field in Fairfield for his accomplishments, and it is hoped he will do better here.
 The Current Events club of this town met last Thursday at the house of Mrs. Charles Bulkley, Greens Farms, which is still a portion of Westport, although it is proposed to get a set off to Southport.
 It is said there are 40 cases of pneu- monia in town.
 MT. Underwood of the Westport Ho tel has recovered from his recent ill- ness He was taken in a faint and fell to the floor unconscious.
 B. Bulkley, the Sasco ice dealer, has not as yet got in his crop.
 Mrs. Hull Bradley has returned to town, after an absence of several months.
 Thomas Walsh of Greens Farms, will work for the Misses Peffers.
 A drug store in town has some old muskets on exhibition.
 This evening there will be a very pleasant entertainment at the National hall, given by the c. of M. of the Church of the Assumption. The pro- gled Banner" sung by IT little girls; "Who Can Guess My Name,'' sung by Ethel Burke; 1.-The Wind'', recited by Mary Bieling; March and Flag song by 22 boys; dance, Basillio Milliarese; cantata, "Clarissa's First Party" by a number of young ladies; to be fol lowed by a farce called Thirty Min utes for Refreshments" with the fol- lowing cast: John Downley, a bache- Tor, Albert Linxwei1er; John Foxton, Richard Baynham; Major Pepper, Ed ward Linxweiler; Mrs. John Foxton, Miss Margaret Horrigan; Miss Ara bella Pepper, Miss Margaret Riley; Clarence F'itts (colored valet), Patrick Oates; Station Master, John J. Grant. Closing song, My Country 'Tis of Thee,'' chorus.
 The School board has decided to close the West Long Lots school, which had but 12 pupils. It will be cheaper to carry the pupils to some other school.
 Thus far the business for this month has been very good at the local post office. St. Valentines day helped out a good deal.
 It is reported that Sheriff Kemper has found several clues recently, but none of them are strong enough to warrant an arrest. The question is: 'sWho put the baby in the well?"