The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-22
FAIRFIELD

It was a white man who wished to marry a colored woman in town last Monday. He Is a large. fiorid com pIexioned fellow, and the woman is rather small and very dark The mans name is unknown. but the wo- man Is said to be a Miss Hall. At first the couple applied to Rev MT but he declined on the ground that they had no license. The pair then went to the town hall and endeavored to get license from Town Clerk Flint popular in this section of the world, and he declined to Issue a license The disappointed two then took a trolley for Bridgeport.
 have stood for generations in front of the Kinsella bl0ck and which were badly decayed. were yesterday chopped down.
 Elting Deyo during the holidays is working for Davis Ss Savard in Bridge
 Albert Mettlinger has left the employ of Bentamin Betts and will seek for work in Bridgeport He recently vis- tied Newark, N. J.
 from New York on Friday evening.
 Miss Ruth B. Hall will spend the holidays in Guilford.
 All the ice men in town are smiling
 
 the cutting of ice has already begun on Jennings pond. It Is now some 10 inches thick, and as there is no snow the cutting proceeds with expedition. There will he little excuse for high prices next summer If our local icemen will fill their ice houses while they lave the chance.
 Miss Nellie Connors. employed at the dc pot. has been in New York for day or two doing Christmas shopping.
 Fs, TT dine on Christmas day with Charles G. Noble avenue, Bridgeport.
 The health of Dwight B. Adams con- tinues poor.
 at Hull's Farms on Friday. was very successful farmer and made a fortune. He bred choice cattle and had one of the best farms in town. /
 Miss Bessie Banks is visiting her aunt fin Black Rock
 There is a milkman on Greenfield ] Hin who has been going his daily for II years. missing but one l day. He should have a Carnegie med | al.
 This afternoon the ladies of the Southport Congregational Church have been holding very successful food | sale and tea.
 R. P. wakeman of sasco Hin will pass the rest of this winter in Bridge ! port
 There is a rumor that Mrs. Mabel | osgood Wright will be in town over l Christmas
 Capt Wakeman Burr. aged 90 years, | Is III at his home on Main street
 The Hollywood Inn Club having | closed down, some of the young men n town feel the need of another club, | 90 1t Is said. and the talk of organiz- ng one.
 A man who imbibed too much in- spiration, and was found unconscious ny the road side. was recently picked ] ID and put into his wagon. and cover d with blanket to keep from freez- ng. The poor horse was also given a blanket and tied to a near by tree. Such little incidents are so common nowadays. nobody thinks of getting ,xcited about them.
 Thirty new volumes for adult read ITS were added to the Pequot library his month. some of the more notable | leing: Living on a Little, by C. F. Benton; Our Wasteful Nation: The story of American Prodi-ality and the Abuse of Our National Resources by Rudolf Cronau; two volumes Of Dip omatic Memoirs. by John w Foster: wo volumes of Recoliections of a l. Dong Life. by Lord Brouchton: A l. of Friendship. by w. H. -ow; Life of Mi-abeau by s. c. Tal- entyre. and the Life and Works of echard Jefferies. by Edward Thomas