The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-06
FAIRFIELD
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Town Meeting-D. A. r. Officers.

Town Meeting-D. A. R. Officers.
Farmers complain that the weather
has been so stormy, and the ground IS
| soaked so full of water, that farming
operations have had to be suspended
for the present. Seeds are rotting in
the ground, and even the grass has
been drowned out in places.
For sometime past Mr.. DAZZLING has
been improving Marine avenue from
the Postoff1ce towards the sound, by
raising the grade of the street and
| making a good hard road bed. This
has long been needed as the roadway
was low and frequently very muddy.
good local business in bicycles has
suddenly sprung UP in town, and MI.
Boyle, the local dealer, is filling orders
as fast as they come in. The bicycle
fad appears to be reviving.
At last men have begun to cut up the
great estate known as Grasmere Into
streets, and the old apple trees which
ornamented it so long, are fast being
removed. The stone wall has been
broken down in places and men with
teams are grading the roads to level
with the Fairfield avenue boulevard.
Work for the present on the home
estate of Miss Anna B. Jennings, has
come to a standstill and there is a ru-
NOR that she is undecided as to what
shall be DONE But of her intention
to live in town there can be no doubt,
for sine recently told a friend that she
had been all up and down the world,
and had never found a better place
for a residence than Fairfield.
The good people of this place who
have long been torn by conflicting
doubts about the proposition to bring
electricity from Bridgeport into town
for the purpose of lighting the streets,
if the town votes to do so. were graft
flied yesterday by the sight OF the new
poles upon which the cables are to be
strung. Many of these have been
h. I1a eli a n he
roadway, and will be placed in posi-
ton as soon as the holes are dug. This
will take a. great load off the minds of
the Village improvement Society.
| Both cottages owned by Mr.. Acker
on the beach, have been rented for
the season. One Of them is not quite
completed, but such is the demand it
has been engaged to be occupied as
soon as finished.
On Tuesday the baseball team of the
Hargrove school had a. contest with
the local Oneida club team, at the
| grounds ON Penfield road, and came
| off victors, with a score of Il to l.
Owing to depredationS and annoy
ances on the estate of Mr.. John Free
man on Greenfield Hill, such as break
ing open his barns, opening his hen
coops and letting out the chickens, and
breaking down the Enclosure where his
swine are confined, he has offered a
reward of 500 for the detection and
punishment Of those who are doing
these things. He has also brought
| two private detectives from New York,
who will for the present keep guard
over the place.
The monthly report for the library
has just been issued. The items Of the
report are as follows: New books is
sued, 70; adult readers, 473; juvenile
readers, PAT; visitors, 1872, a total of L.
512. New members, z. There has been
a large increase in the circulation of
books on the useful arts over previous
VIC 1y,o Tor ne he >lxS
read is as follows: Fiction, GIL; jul
venile fiction, 361; history, los; biogra-
ply, As; travel, So; literature, IS; fine
! arts, 81; useful arts, 80; science, So;
philology, SO sociology, GO; religion, Is;
philosophy, Is and general works. 1879.
This evening at the Court Exchange
Building in Bridgeport, Mr. William
1 o. Burr of this town will read a paper
on the subject of brooding chickens be-
fore the Poultry and Pet Stock Asso-
citation. Mr.. Burr is a practical raiser
of chickens and has taken many prizes
for his poultry at the local fairs. His
paper promises to be both valuable
and interesting.
The town meeting which will be held
on Monday evening, the 10th inst, has
been called to consider and act upon
the question of repairing and oiling
the macadam highways, for one thing.
| 1t is understood that it is the desire of
some of the citizens to have other
roads in town oiled besides the main
| street running from Bridgeport to
WeStport. To do this it will be neceS-
sary to get the consent of the voters.
Mill River bridge needs repairing and
| the people will be asked to provide
for the necessary work. A report is
! expected from Selectman Fox about
! the probable cost of widening the dan
gerouS corners or turns in the high
way known as Reinecke, Carey and
Hopkins Corners This matter was
preached at the last town meeting and
i to 40 TO in
vestigate and report. To do these
things money will have to be appro-
priated.
At the meeting of the D. A. RS on
Tuesday the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Regent,
Mrs. Frank S. Childs; vice-regent, Mrs.
Francis H. Brewer; secretary, Miss
Emma E. Brown; treasurer, Mrs. ChaS.
r. Jennings; corresponding secretary,
Miss Loretta B. Perry; registrar, Mrs.
Andrew B. Huntington; custodian of
| flag, Miss Mary B. Kippen; governing
committee, Mrs. W. B. Glover, Mrs.
Fred Burr, Mrs. H. G. Billiard and
| Miss Mary Kippen.
| There was bus at Pickett's switch
last night to take all who wished to go
| to the Country Club at Greenfield Hill
| to witness the performance of the Ia
| dies minstrel troup. The report is
| that a good audience was present and
that every one enjoyed the jokes and
| the local hits.
Mrs. Walter Merw1n is entertaining
| her sister Miss Oracle Gruker.
| The regular state consignment of
new books has been received at the Pc
| quot library.
| Miss Julia B. Banks has been visit
| ing Mrs. Simeon Pease.
| Mrs. Andrew Wakeman has been en-
| tertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Jen-
| nings.
! Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wheeler of
idgeport passed Sunday in South
| port.
| Driftwood, a cottage on the beach
has been rented by Mrs E. R. Os-
| borne, to parties from New York.
| Wall Papers and Room Mouldings.
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