The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-30
ICongregational church yesterday both

| Congregational church yesterday both | morning and evening.
 | The case of Herbert Pool, charged with taking s20 from a house where | he was stopping, came up on Satur- | day, but was continued until to-day.
 The fund for the purchase of books s125 by the garden party held on | Thursday. During the evening the To- cal orchestra furnished music. Since the grading of the lawns in front of the Sterling and Coe estates on Main street, down to the stone | curb line has been completed most l people are loud in praise of the ap- pearance of the street. It is greatly | improved and the lawns will now be preserved. Rev. George Farrar delivered two sermons yesterday at the Methodist chCrch-in the morning on t'The Will and Mans Destiny" and in the even ing on Growth; it's Place in Chris tianity."
 | Dr. Packard conducted the services at the Bethany Mission yesterday af- ternoon.
 On the sth of September the Pomona grange of Fairfield county will be held at Monroe. Several local people plan to attend.
 MT. Johnson and family are back from a trip to Europe and are at their home on Nichols avenue. On the 18th of next month MT. Ma than Middlebrooks will again enter tain the 2nd Conn. Battery, much as he did last year when he decorated his residence, and spread bountiful ta- bles in the barn, which was transfer red into pretty dining room. The tables will be decorated with autumn flowers and fruits and in the house there will be music and speeches. Messrs. D. M. Read & Co.,, furnish the flags and bunting for the event.
 The members of the Pootatuck club had a very enjoyable dance on Satur- daV evening The weather was ideal
 Recent visitors in town and those who have returned from vacations in clude Mrs. Thos. Dempsey who is visiting Mrs. John McDonald; Mr. Donovan; Miss Mabel Merrick, back from an outing; MT. William Curtis; Miss Edith Bacon from a trolley trip to Mass; Mrs. Banjamin and Annie Fish; Miss Isabelle McKean: MT. and Mrs. Alfred Wilson and Judge Mich ols, of Shelton and Postmaster Holmes visiting MT. William B. Futile.
 Rev: J; W. Eggleston made a brief visit to town a few days ago.
 Mrs. George Bowe has been visit ing in Nichols.
 It is said that while in the Berk- shires Misses E. M. Burritt and Cor nelia Curtis, spent some time at Mt Washington.
 MT. and Mrs. Lucius Judson have gone away on trolley trip, which will include Woodbury and Middle bury.
 There is to be a new business firm of carpenters-Vanderbec & Stanton.
 MT. J. Albert Smith of Boston is visiting at Columbus Farm.
 MT. Franklyn Peck is home from auto trip to Albany.
 Asa IL. Parketon is now Captain of the Okenuck Tribe of Red Men.
 1t is said some 200 hundred invita- tions have been issued for the meet ing of Lilly Camp of W. 9 W.'s next
 The library has placed in the read ing room the Buyers Reference Book for August, 1909. It is known as the Thomas Register of American Manu- 200, GOO names and 45,000 articles. It is regarded as a standard work as it is used by the Government at Wash ington.
 Father O'Conner intends visiting the fair at Westport, for the benefit of the Church of the Assumption, some day this week, probably on Friday.