The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-08
FAIRFIELD
D. A. K. Notes.-The Greenfield Grange Fish Stories - Wedding Presents -1he Immigration Question Notes of Persons.

ordered to be purchased for the lib- rary at the meeting of the Library Board held a few days ago. Many of these are-up-to-date scientific works and books on sanitary science.
 yesterday men were at work with brary building, regarding them, and putting them into condition so that the fence can be moved back and en- close all that belongs to the institu- ton.
 The delegates to the coming conven- tion at Washington from the D. A. R's Of this town will be Miss Loretta Per ry and Miss Emma A. Brown. Some of the friends of Miss Kippen have been trying to induce her to attend but she does not expect to do so.
 Every few days someone comes to town to look over the place, hoping to find an opening for some sort of a bus mess. The trouble is there are no emp ty houses suitable for the purpose.
 At the meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Tuesday Miss Loretta Perry gave a very inter- esting report of the state meeting re- gently held at Bristol, which she at tended.
 Supt. William A. wheatley of this town is one of the vice presidents of the Anti-Vaccination society. Probab- ly he would not object to having the school children vaccinated if the epi- den1ic of small pox should appear.
 MT. John Deyo was one of the speak CTS at the banquet of the Alpha Delta Sigma society held on Tuesday evening at the Stratfield.
 The next meeting of the D. A. R.'s will be held at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Brewer, on Main street.
 The Grange of Greenfield Hill held meeting at their hall on Tuesday ev- ening, when the speakers were Post master Pickett and Attorney Clitus H. King, both practical and extensive farmers. MT. Pickett knows the best way to send seeds through the mails, and MT. King can issue an injunction, if there is likely to be an early frost. Seriously, it is said both addresses were practical, useful and interesting. There was a large gathering of the Greenfield farmers and their sons.
 good many fish stories are now in in the vicinity of the South port breakwater. Some of them are decidedly fresh. All the same datish are said to be biting here and there. And by the way, why not have the harbor dredged? When the machine is at work it looks as if something is being done.
 built by Rev. Edmund Guilbert will be ready to live in by the middle of June.
 Naturally the most interesting event for the coming week will be the Ellis Child wedding on the 18th inst, at the church, with the reception following at the Sherman Parsonage. Miss Child has already received a large number of costly and beautiful presents, among them a chest of silver from the parents of MT. Ellis and chest of linen from Mrs. Samuel Wheeler.
 Mrs. Joseph Pinkham is home from Port Chester, N. Y., where she spent several weeks.
 Mr. J. Thomas, the owner of Marine villa, at the beach, was in town yes terday putting the house in order for the opening of the season.
 MT. A. c. Acker has rented his cot tage at the beach. Five or six new struction at the beach, and the sea son gives promise of being a very live- ly one.
 Mir. Dwight R. Nichols of Boston is his parents on Greenfield Hill.
 The farmers on the hill have planted their peas. The ground is as yet a lit tie too cold for potatoes.
 This evening the Christian Endea- vor society will meet at the residence of Mrs. David c. Smith, Greenfield Hin.
 Miss Ida Wales has entered the Business College.
 MT. James A. Blackford and family have returned to New York.
 Mir. and Mrs. William F'rankenburg guests of MT. and Mrs. C. O. Jelliff. have returned to New York
 In the course of her address before the Unquowa club, Mrs. Mitchell, speaking of the immigrants, asked What can they do to us? What will be the effect of the amalgamation of SO many races? Some one has said 1t will alter the shape of the human skull, of the legs and the hands. Mrs. did not think it matters so much about the shape of the skull as what there is inside of it. And she was sure ones legs will always be large enough to reach the ground. One of the deplorable effects socially IS the sweating system and the em- ployment of child labor. Work is done in unsanitary houses, low wages are paid and long hours kept. A case was related where a child of but IS months had been taught to pull out oasting threadsi Then the burden of charity forced upon the American peo- pie is very great, and and the filling of our asylums is largely due to immi- grants. A homogeneous race does better work than a mixed one and de- velops more great men, but with the mixed races the common people will De more benefited. The chief hope of is to settle the immi- grants and develop large tracts of aniS