The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-10
FAIRFIELD
More Boxing Proposed-The Postmaster "A Lecture on Trees The Famous Burr Residence WaIdstine.

not been so thoroughly 'aroused' oyer boxing matches as the public has been led to believe Most of the ''arousing'' was of the hot air kind. The rumor is that another smoker with gloves and knockouts will be given at Perry's hall on the evening of the 18th. be- tween kids from New Haven. Bridge port. and South Brooklyn The last smoker paid too well for those in terested for the series to be discon- tinued so long as the police do not in terfere-and like the snakes in Ireland. there are no police in. Fairfield.
 Since it is believed that Postmaster Pickett's term of office will not expire for two years yet, those who hope to be appointed postmaster under the new administration will have to wait for a, little while. to say the least. The gossip of the town is that one of our selectmen would like to be postmaster. It is a good plum for anybody, espec- ially so long as there is an assistant as efficient as MT. Smith.
 The new Rocery store in what used to be called the financial district" of the town, is reported to be doing a fair business.
 MT McCaffrey. who has been on the sick list. is able to resume his work for MI. Warehouse.
 l. MT. Shannon's little child continues to be very ill.
 It is stated that Miss Bessie Child went to Atlantic City with her father. Miss Grace Child is the young lady Miss Theodore as has been mistakenly announced. This latter young lady is in New York. and in the spring will take her diploma as trained nurse.
 The subject of Rev. MT. Olmstead'S sermon last Sunday was Bible Prom iSeS."
 One of the speakers at the coming Farmers Institute at the Greenfield
 h will tlG MI win.
 MT. and Mrs H. F. Gowans are in New York for a few weeks
 Mrs. Celia Northrop has returned to her home in. Nyack. N. Y.. after a visit
 Thursday evening there will be a meeting of the County Club. in charge of MT. and Mrs. w. Burr Hill. At this meeting final arrangements will
 be made for the Farmers Institute.
 The slot gum machine in the depot at Southport. has been rifled of it's valuable contents. Some of the gum
 was scattered on the floor.
 The Kings Daughters of the Metho- dist church will give a supper next Friday evening.
 It was too bad that the night was so dark and stormy last evening. otherwise there might have been a larger audience of fruit growers at the Peuuot library. to listen to MT. Whitaker's lecture on the "Care of Trees MT. Whitaker is spoken of as a scientific forester from Boston and New York. It is said that he has had
 much practical experience on some of the finest estates in the country. and has gathered much data about the growth of trees from the seed to the mature plant He tells how roots feed the trees, and the need there is for a
 nourishing soil If a tree is to flourish There are men who think the disease known as peach yellowS is the result of an impoverished soil. Trees. like animals. must have the right kind of food if they are to flourish Judging from the looks of the old apple orch 2r1S in town there is much need of correct information regarding the rais- | ing of good fruit. And when one re- collects how poor the apple crop was last year and what high prices they | now fetch in the market. it would
 seem that many new orchards might | be set out MT. Whitaker points out l the diseases of trees and the insects | which prey upon them. and indicates l the remedies. He also has to say | about forestry. and gives an outline
 of the work in which the government | is engaged.
 According to Dr. Child one of the most notable houses in town, is Gar den Court the residence on Main | street of A. Holland Forbes This | stately mansion stands on the site of | the former hospitable home of the | High Sheriff. and takes one back into l | after the war MT. Burr rebuilt his | house and his friend John Hancock as- sisted. him. It was in the old house | that Mrs. Thomas Hancock and Doro- | thy Quincy tarried a good part of the year when Boston was besieged and | affairs in that neighborhOod were in an unsettled state. Here Mrs. E1an- l cock died only three days after Wash 1 ington's third visit to this town. Her | body lies in the ancient Buryins | Ground. It was the old Burr house | that Dorothy Quincy often met Col I Aaron Burr. greatly to the annoyance | of her fiance. and the watchful aunt 1 into whose charge she had been given | It was also in the old mansion that l the President of the Continental Con- | gress and Dorothy Quincy were united ] in wedlock-a gay occasion for Fair | field when the terrors of war were for | gotten for an hour and the town gave l itself up to festivity. A letter writ | ten by Thaddeus Burr to a Philadel- phia friend. now owned by the New