The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-25
FAIRFIELD
C0gcert-Smoker-Lectnre Farmer s Assaciation-Mrs. Sage Progress in Africa.

Africa.
 The young. people of the Christian Endeavor Society of this town will give a concert Friday evening at the l Congregational church. All,the talent will be native to the town. The pro- gram in part will be as follows: Sole by Miss Maud Perry; mandolin selec- tion by John H. Buckingham; ar operetta called "Juniata", by Messrs Andrew Huntington, Roger Smith John Buckingham and Arthur Deyo piano duet by Miss Sadie Deyo an6 Miss Louise Forsythe. There will al so be readings, and a social hour interest in local circles and a full house is anticipated .' '--.-
 The smoker or boxing bout which took place at Perry's dance hall or Tuesday evening. did not attract much attention in town, and failed to rouse the inhabitants to any considerable extent. There was a large audience to witness the sparring and the con teStaQtS were mostly from abroad. A gent eman well known in Southport who attended says the exhibition was enjoyable and that it passed off in a quiet and orderly manner. Many who attended came from the surrounding towns and. it was stated that when they took the trolley to go home there was much loud talking and many bad words were spoken.
 F Mrs. John E. Deyo is visiting for a few days in East Orange, N. J.
 !. A well attended lecture was given on Tuesday evening at the hall of tine Pequot library. by Herbert Francis Sherwood. His subject was ''The Great Unknown River, by which he meant the stream of immigrants which is pouring into this country from va riouS nations in Europe. He spoke especially of the Slavish people. and threw upon the screen many views of their life at home and of the country from. which they come.
 E The ladies sewing society of this town which works for missions, held a meeting this afternoon at the Con- gregational church. followed by a de- lightful supper, which was attended by gentlemen as well as ladies.
 Louis Morehouse will come up from Brooklyn on Friday for a few days vacation.
 Continuing her address to the Un- quowa ladies Mrs. Mitchell spoke at length of the Farmers Association in Connecticut, which she said dominates the Legislature of the State. It is a powerful body and people who wish to have certain measures adopted ap- pear first before this association to discuss the question and gain it's ap- proval. All classes go to it. Not even the automobile people SkipS it. This association keeps watch of all that is going on in the House. It seems strange, she said. that there should be 150 farmers in the House when this is not an agricultural. State. It was explained on the ground that Connecticut still adheres to the old town system of representation, which is not just to the cities. In order to even up with this system on the part of the cities it has been proposed to divide New Haven into IA towns. but if the measure was ever taken to Hartford it could not pass, as the rep resentatives from the small towns would down it. There are 16S towns in Connecticut, and 24 of these have less than 1000 population. The House has 255 representatives. It is assert ed that politics is kept out of the Farmers Association, and that it sim ply looks out for the good of all the people.
 From. this topic Mrs Mitchell branched off to tell about the gifts Mrs. Sage has made during the past three years. or since her husband died, for various purposes. It will be re- membered that this astute money lender gained a fortune of '. S60 COG, 900 and left it all to his wife to give away as she saw fit. Thus far it has taken her three years to give away 16 mill lion. One of her remarkable gifts was a mile of rhodendrons for Central Park. Another is 20 acres of land in Workers for the school girls of that town where they may be taught gar dening. The gift of Constitution Is
 
 ment, was spoken of. Altogether the list as it stands is quite formidable and wonderful, but Mrs. Sage has yet an opportunity to astonish the world with her husbands fortune since she must have some s50,oOO,O00 on hand waiting to be dispensed for the good of mankind, women included.
 Just now, said Mrs. Mitchell, Africa gone or is going to the jungle of wild beasts. But in truth Africa is grad lually emerging as dark continent in to the light of civilization. Mrs. from that land and was astonished at what they revealed. There were fine houses, churches, railroads, ladies on the streets shopping, markets, etc. The Unganda railroad has been com pleted and it is along this railway that MT. Roosevelt will hunt. Mombassa, where the ex-President lands, is a coast town, once slave market, and is the principal port for the shipping of ivory And, in this connection it is interesting to know that in Con necticut, at Ivoryton, there is deep in terest manifested in the new tariff which proposes to raise the duty on ivory. This Connecticut village re ceives a large quantity of ivory from Africa, which it cuts up into thin sheets for keys to pianos, and these sheets are hung up in long sheds to bleach. Even in the Soudan they
  lines are being built across the desert. It has been found that there is a sheet of water under the great desert. and that by sinking wells all the water needed for drinking purposes can be had. All these things are good for the natives and are leading them into the ways of civilization. Naturally the missionary work in this country was spoken of and the fact mentioned that this year is the. diamond jubilee year for missionary Africa. Every year this country sends three million of dollars to Africa to teach the heather Christianity. The expansion of the white race has been for the good of the world, in Africa, the Phil ippines. in India, and other lands. Soon Africa will cease to be Bark continent.
 Eugene Hurd. a. carriage painter, has found employment with the Shuttle &r Co. esta blishment.
 A. E. Corburn. once coachman for J. K. Robinson. Greenfield Hill. is now