The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-16

pany called the Yassabelita Mining Company. If the old stockholders wish to get into the new concern they are advised to whack up to the tune or 2 cents a share.
 The Compo baseball team recently played games with the Greens Farms and the Kelseys of Norwalk and de- feated both.
 The Jesup-Sherwood library has re- ceived loan from the state of three small libraries, intended for children, lovers of birds and adult people.
 MT. Walter T. Plant of the Hotel Marie Antoinette, New York, having bought the Tarlton place, proposes to make this town this summer residence with fit of nervous indigestion a week ago last Monday, when he ex- pected to- read paper on Socialism at the meeting of the Episcopal clergy at Dr. Guilbert's in Southport. He is still confined to the house and inn proves but slowly.
 Alittle boy named Jedikiah Gamer, of Saugatuck, has recently had one of ing of railroad tie, upon a heap of which he was playing.
 It has been forbidden to take crabs from Compo mill pond by night. Compo beach yesterday to look oyer the Battle Ground of the Bath Houses.
 Thursday last the families of Cliff ford Jennings, John Allen, Wm. Bur iIell duQ ISddC WdlSn, JOluGQ 1oT a picnic at Roton Point.
 The ladies aid society of the Metto- dist church will meet tomorrow with Mrs. Stanley B. Pillow, at Compo.
 Miss Bell Hope of Brooklyn is spend- ing her vacation in town.
 Frank Treadwe1 has found work in Stamford.
 Rev. and Mrs. Arthur G. Boynton are at Sea Cliff, l.. I.
 c. B. and A. U. Smith propose to build a bungalow at a place called Devils Den.
 MT. and Mrs. J. A. Lees are at As bury Park for a week.
 The Civic club will meet tomorrow evening.
 Charles Dewill Rogers will soon sail for England, where he is to marry Miss Marjorie Hollingsworth, at Houl- gate, on the 4th of September.
 MT. and Mrs. Kar! Dodge are home from Duchess county, New York. The Compo Skiff club is making ar engagements for a coming meet. F Mrs. Frank Taylor and Miss Anna Rice are back from New Haven.
 The statement is made that Rev. Royal w. Raymond, a native of this town, is the President of the Alaska Youkon-Pacif1c exposition.
 Some sixty or more members of the Mills family had an outing last, week at Greens Farms.
 William Ball has rented the place formerly occupied by MT. John Spicer who has moved to Bridgeport.
 Mrs. John P. Horton and daughter are back from Portsmouth, Va.
 The local fire department will send a delegation to the Fairfield fair this week.
 Town Clerk Hyatt spent last Friday in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Beers and their daughter Irene, are making visit to some of the western states to be gone about two months.
 During July the library circulated 6S6 books and the reading room was visited by S22 persons.
 Quite a number of our grangers went to the Storrs farm, in George town, recently and had a delightful time. In the company were MT. and Mrs. Lena and Dwight Fanton, Miss Myra Burritt, MT. Frederick Banks and wife, William Lockwood and wife Sterhen and George Waterbury and Rev. D. Moses and wife.
 Now that the bath houses at Com DO beach have been destroyed, there is a constant cry for more.
 F'rerecik Stillson is at Compo beach painting landscapes.
 It is too late in the season for To- cal tree owners to spray hoping to kill the elm beetles. That should have been done in June at the farthest.
 The season for summer people in town is said to be dull this year.
 Sneak thieves have been helping themselves to Lloyd Co1ey's chickens. Broilers are now almost large enough to steal.
 A man named Devine proposes to open a clothing store in town.