The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10
FAIRFIELD
Coming Teachers Convention "A Dull Day-Lecture on Rome = Planting Onions -The Roads.

Supt. Wheatly is busy preparing the
 program for the Fairfield County
 Teachers Association which will meet in Bridgeport on the 3Oth of this month. It will be about as follows: At 10 in the morning there will be singing by the Yale Quartette. At l0;l5 pr. Henry Suzallo, professor of Education in the Teachers College of New York will give an address on
 Making the Man of Action At 11:15 section meetings will be held. In the Primary section Miss Katherine T. Harty, supervisor of training at the Danbury Normal school will speak on Profitable Seat Occupations" In the section for the Intermediate and Grammar Grades, Supt. Charles W Department, will talk about '"The Reading Class" In the High School Department Supt. William Ee Chancel- Tor of South Norwalk, will have for his School Teacher There will be an in termission until 1:15 D. m., when the exercises for the afternoon will open with music. At half past one o'clock there will be business meeting. And at 2:15, the concluding address will be by Miss Margaret Slattery, Supervisor of Training, State Normal School Fitchburg, Mass. Her topics is ''The Reality of Ideals" As all the schools in this town will close for the event, it is expected that a large number of the county teachers will be present.
 Good Friday was strictly observed in town yesterday, all business being sus- pended. The only place opened was the village pharmacy. The library, post office, grocery stores, the Eastern Underwear plant, and even the liquor shops were closed. There were large congregations at all the churches. The day was uncommonly quiet and dull.
 Such was the demand for hot cross buns at the Home Made Bakery that the establishment had to be run all night.
 MT. Carl Och, went to his new place at Wilton yesterday to spend the day.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Wheatley of Syracuse, N. Y., are in town visiting their brother, Supt. Wheatley.
 Among those who came up from the city on Friday to remain over Sunday were MT. O. G. Jennings. MT. Tobin and family, and MT. John Freeman and family.
 Tuesday evening next, at the Pequot library, Southport, Dr. T. E. Potterton will deliver a free and illustrated lec- ture on Rome, the City of the Caesars. From the title one may reasonably in- fer that he will speak principally of ancient Rome, it's glories, decline and downfall. There is sure to be a large audience, as the Southport people inn prove every opportunity to attend lec- lures on literary historical topics.
 keen observer who has been watch ing the farmers and noting what they put into the ground, predicts that the onion crop will be larger than usual next fall, as there is a greater acreage The season must be somewhat in ad- vance of other places if the farmers of Southport have already Sowed their onion seed.
 The roads were not so dusty on Fri day as the day before, owing to nat uraI causes and it is expected the Se- lectmen will hardly begin the process of oiling until the spring rains are over. MT. Fox has announced that it is the intention of the authorities to oil the roads twice during the summer.