The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-19


 at her Woodside avenue home. There were the usual decorations with music games and refreshments. Among the
 presents she received was a $20 gold piece. About 50 invitations were is- sued, including Miss Marjorie Rogers of Danbury, Floyd Coffin, Edith To- vey, Margaret Driscoll and Cora Dar- row.
 running board of trolley, while pass ing what as known as Mill River switch, Joseph Leipertz, the conduc- tor, got caught between his own and
 his life. He was taken up uncon- scious. and after reviving, c, local doc tor was called in who discovered that no bones were broken. Two launches full of gentlemen con- nected with the Methodist church. went on & black fishing expedition one day last week, and came back with a big haul.
 Rev. Warren P. Landers. formerly the pastor of this town, preached yes terday at the Greens Farms church, Rev. MT. Strayer being in a Norwalk hospital.
 The two Kenneth Mackenzies were at Rrdgeffeld on Tuesday attending the annual meeting of the Archdeaconry. Mrs. E. N. Thomas of Bridgeport has
 been visiting in town. The Misses Harriet and Anna Able of Albany are the guests of Miss Louise Nash. The bank at the foot of the lawn of the Congregational church is being re- moved along State street, to make room for a modern concrete sidewalk. Harvey Allen is now the night man at the trolley barn. Next Wednesday the Sunday school of Christ church will take it's annual picnic to Roton Point. A special car The people nre asked, to fetch with
 them cakes and sandwiches. The Sunday school of Trinity church
 will hold it's picnic the second week in August.
 There is a suspicion in town that the dumping of large quantities of mud
 near the Nash wharf by a digger from New York, is the cause of the malaria which now claims victims on Riverside avenue.
 The ladies of the women's Improve ment Society are holding a meeting tfis afternoon at the library, and fair.
 Fred Lewis of Sugatuck is in Bridge port, in. jail, waiting for trial in September on the charge of fntoxica- tion.
 On the 2sth inst. there will be a fes- tiva1 and sale at the Congregational parsonage park. of things eatable and
 useful.
 and Mrs. George H. Boyden- will be at home to their friends.
 The recent lawn party of the Girls Friendly Aid Society netted $25. MT. and Mrs. Jerry Keehan of Riv- ertside avenue has a son, born on Thursday. George Wright of this town designed the cover for the August Argosy. State street has been reoiled recent ly and is now in excellent condition.
 There is no dust, little noise, and the
 surface of the street is protected. The report that a Minute Man" is to be unveiled on Compo Beach has caused considerable apprehension in certain select circles. As he is of
 bronze, however, CT will be, and as it
 may be years before the ceremony
 upon their front porches. All the Danbury cottages at Compo
 Mill are now occupied. Norman Fallon has returned to his home in Paterson, N. J. MT. and Mrs. William Wright of New York are at Compo Inn. Miss Ellen Purdy will be the teacher at the West Long Lots school when it reopens.
 | There is a report in town that plant | lice have attacked the maple trees, and one who knows says: ''The only method of exterminating these tree eaters is to kill the aunts, thereby get ting at the root of the trouble" Many of the elm trees in the vicinity of the Westport Hotel and on towards the new Methodist church have been bad
 The foliage is drying up and falling to the ground. These trees should have been sprayed weeks ago. Selleck Warren and Eddie Lehn, who have been in the Adirondacks. will re- turn this week.