The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24
STAMFORD

Young Man-Old Trees Coming
 Down-A Family of six-The Build ing Boom-Peep at the Church.
 It can hardly be said that the regu- lar services will be held in the church es tomorrow. As is well known the Congregational church is closed for the present. The Sunday school will be held at Il o'clock in the chapel at ing prayers have been omitted for some time at Christ church. There will be morning services. Announce ments for the Methodist church were made yesterday. Preaching in the morning and song service in the evening. It has not been announced who will preach at the Neighborhood church. When last heard from MT. Bullock was in Cleveland, Ohio. At the Bethany Mission there will be preaching at 3:30 as of aforetime. The colored churches are open to all who wish to attend.
 Mrs. Bradley, mother of MT. Charles Bradley, East Broadway and White street, is reported to be quite i'll.
 The young man who was found in toxicated in a Paradise Green barn, being a well known citizen of the town, was brought to the cooler to sleep off his insensible condition, and then set free. He was not arrested, but only confined. It being his first offence it was thought better to let him go without a public trial.
 The Pootatuck dance held last even ing is reported to have been very en- joyable.
 Sheriff Stagg went to Black Rock yesterday to attach property for-@fhe amount of promisory note.
 It is again announced that lawn fete is to be given in August at the library. The exact date has not been set
 A number of little folks. mostly girls, met at the home of Bertha Sandine a day or two ago to help her keep her 11th birthday.
 The amount of the county tax appor- toned to this town is estimated at s342.
 There are several old decayed elm trees in town, mostly on Main street, looking at, and if he can find an Ital- ian willing to go up and saw off the limbs, the trees will be removed. One is in front of the Cranstoun home, one in front of Miss RusselPs, and one near the Allen house. Speaking of trees. it is noticed that the elm leaf worm has begun to descend from the trees, and the trunks are alive with these in sects. Now is the best time to kill them. before eggs are laid at the root of the tree.
 Paul GoodelI, having obtained work in connection with the new Grand Central depot, in New York, will go down to the city each day and back again.
 Mrs. Scott of upper Main street. has recently been entertaining her nephew. Commander H. F. Horton, of the na- tional navy.
 Miss Helen Capers. of Bridgeport, has been visiting the Misses Taken.
 Mrs. Sherwood Day is back in town from a visit to Annapolis.
 It is said that at the next weekly meeting of the Grange. a family of three brothers and three sisters, will make the evening interesting by each occupying half the time. It is seldom six of one family engage in a public disputation.
 Our local baseball team goes to Fair field tomorrow to play a game on Mo Garry's gridiron at 3:15 o'clock.
 A new residence is going up on the Huntington road. And the frame for the new house at Eleanor park is all ready up. And very soon MT. G. A. Porter will begin to dig cellars for ten new houses on Warwick avenue. All this indicates quite a building boom in town.
 Later in the season, when there is more wind, the Colleen Bawn.'' with its master, Kenneth Peck, will go off on a long cruise, taking the "main way" to the state of Maine.
 Mrs. Lavinia Curtis, with her nep- hew. MT. William Bristol, recently vis- ited Southington.
 MT. and Mrs. Elliott w.. Peck have been entertaining company, Mrs. Cur tts Thompson of Bridgeport.
 There is report that the water pipes about town, and a number of old wells have been cleaned out re- gently in anticipation of the fall rains.
 Already the interior of the Congre- gatfonal church looks much more bril- liant in color than before the decora- tors began work, the new pigments placed upon the ceiling being much lighter. The interior of the church has been too dark and gloomy, and anything which alters the tone is well come.
 The Grange holds one of its regular meetings this evening.
 New attractions continue to be en- gagged for the Masonic garden party which is to materialize on the 4th of August.