The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-20
STAMFORD
Folks Leaving Town-The School Ones. tiOn Baseball Contests - Outbreak of Contagious Diseases Easier Fete Noble Brands.

MT. David Middlebrook left town yesterday on a business trip to Bris- tOI.
 A fresh case of measles has appear ed ill the house where the Clinton
 family resides next door to the high
 school building
 Mir. c. Edwin Dufour is in Winsted
 on business connected with his market gardening.
 Judging from the crowded condition of the local court room yesterday good deal of interest was taken in the
 truancy cases which came up for ex- animation. It was made manifest that either the laws of the state in the matter of attendance at school must be enforced, or the bars will be let down and many children, either from dlslnclination to go to school, or be- at work, will run wild. Naturally the foreign population cannot see the ne- cessity of teaching child such branch of education as drawing, when the chances are the boy will work on farm all his days or in a shop, or may drive a junk wagon or an ice cart. One man said to Supt. An drews that he had such a large family he was entitled to certificate of leave Tor his children.
 Sunday Rev. MT. Bullock preached upon Memory He said that man who is anxious to forget is a coward. L1c CoIISIoSISu IHSIuOTy d pTOOI Ol mortality, since it endures while the physical frame is constantly undergo ing change. It is a factor of the soul and lives forever.
 On Monday MT. Bullock started for New York, where he was to lecture, at Institute Hall, 1O6th street, on ''Un- cle Sam's Farm This by invitation of the Board of Education. MT. Bull lock then proceeds to Cleveland, Ohio, but will be back in town in season to give the same lecture at his church on Friday evening.
 Posters are distributed about town calling attention to the fact that the farce known as Prof. Baxter's Inven- tion, will be given at the Grange on Saturday evening.
 Saturday at Strawberry Hill, the Orioles and the Young Tigers, both To- cal baseball teams, fought out game to the finish, the young IA year old Orioles winning 29 to Il.
 Mr. Munson and family of Ho11ister Heights, will soon leave that famous locality for their new house in Bridge port.
 Yesterday the family of MT. Byron c. Demmon moved to Bridgeport.
 The officers of the Methodist church held a meeting last evening.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Wesley Rogers are entertaining Rev. Geo. E. Farrer for the present.
 The interest on Barnum avenue, re- garding the extension of the trolley to Main street, is said to continue.
 After all it appears there was some foundation for the apprehension that possibly, if the health authorities did not take vigorous action, there might be an epidemic of measles and scar let fever in town. To head this off it has been deemed wise to close the Washington school on North avenue and to have the building put into a thorough sanitary condition. It is as- serted that there are families in that part of the town, some member of which is ill with scarlet fever. Three cases are reported in the Yates family pr. George F. Lewis has the matter in hand, and will do his best to stamp out the disease.
 St. Johns lodge of Masons holds a meeting this evening.
 The Red Men, so it is said, are go- ing to have another dance tomorrow evening.
 People who have recently come to town to see the place and make visits A. L. Lacey, MT. and Mrs. Edward AL len, MT. and Mrs. Arthur w. Burritt, Miss Margaret Stratton, Miss Emma Goodwin from Atlantic city, Mrs. Fur miss of Meriden, and Rev. Frank Flaw ley of Hawleyville.
 This afternoon the annual Easter fete of. the Young Ladies' Auxiliary Of Christ church, is in progress at the wilcoxson has charge of the affair, and some little folks are having the time of their Hves-
 It was a pity the thunder shower l came up last night at just the time it did for some of our Red Men were | on the point of going to Milford. Not | that any local Indians are afraid of thunder. Perish the thought!
 It is now said that Rev. H. K. Job | will really make an address on birds at | the very next meeting of the Housa- | tonic Grange.
 It is said that quite bunch of our l Ie, tn NIav Ia ven tomorrow for a good time with l the Rebekahs of that city. Those who | have bought tickets are Mrs. Julian Clinton, Mrs. Kendall Mrs. Charles | Breen and Mrs. Walter Oddly.
 The annual dinner will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cupheag club. It will be eaten later in the sea- 1 at the shore.
 Mr. Frank Blue is still confined to | the Bridgeport hospital.
 MT. Frank Hackett has found em- | ployment on the trolly line.
 Mrs. N. Ellsworth Cornwall is get | ting better of the grip.