The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-17
FAIRFIELD
The Farmers Institute - Oiling the Streets-The Poor Another Smoker Stealing DogS-PerSOnal Notes.

According to Selectman Fox it has
 cost the town more to care for it's poor the past year than ever before in it's history. The number of women who have been abandoned by their husbands. and left with little children is simply astonishing. He related a town meeting.
 The selectmen of the town propose
 to give the main thoroughfare two coats of oil during the coming summer. Mir Fox is at work the beach
 road and expects to have it finished
 before the beach season opens. It will be much needed improvement.
 Nothing was said at the last town meeting about owho is to be the next
 postmaster. That is a matter which will be settled at Washington a couple of years hence.
 Several ladies in this town expect to
 attend the Peck-Fairchild wedding in Stratford next month.
 Oyster boats and yachts are being put into commission in Southport. Many people in town are proposing to go to the Country Club at Green- field Hill. tomorrow, to attend the an- nual Farmers Institute. These events are of great interest to the farmers of this and neighboring towns. and they
 draw large audiences. The institute last year was of unusual interest, especially the address on dairying A fine program has been prepared and in the event of good weather, a very joyable time is anticipated. An open ing address will be given by Rev. E. H. Olmstead. the new pastor of the Greenfield Hill church. MT. R. N. Penny will take for his subject. Farm ing For a Purpose" This will be fol- lowed by Prof. $. s. Stoneburgh, who
 will speak upon Poultry Cultures in New England" Little Things will I be discussed by Mrs. Estelle St. John
 This will be followed by a recitation
 called When Salidna Called in the Morning. The closing address in the
 afternoon will be by George H. Mer- win, Theories That Will Not Work During the internission- the ladies furnish a luncheon. Last year | it was an elaborate dinner. It is now said in town that the In
 dependent Athletic Club will hold an
 other boxing smoker at Perry's hall on the evening of the 23rd inst. The Fairfield Rubber Company has thought it best to be more fully pre- | pared for a fire than heretofore. and ! stalled an Ajax Chemical Fire Engine. | The tank of a capacity of 50 gallons is
 mounted on two wheels, with some thing like 100 feet of hose. and when | in use it will throw a stream into the l air 80 feet high.
 1 There will be special services to-
 night at St. Thomas church. in honor | of St. Patrick's Day.
 | Next Sunday afternoon the Foresters | will hold a special meeting. 1 At ten minutes of four o'clock on 1 Tuesday morning, an auto passed | through town. coming from the west. | It was going at such speed that it
 was found impossible to turn the Hb- | rary corner. and the driver was 1 obliged to continue up Elliott street
 until he could gain control. It made a l frightfu1 noise and aroused many of
 the sIeepers in the vicinity.
 Miss Eleanor Warehouse has return ! ed to town from a, visit of several days | in New York.
 | af
 daughter. were in town day or two
 ago looking for a house to rent. There
 are no such places in town
 Rev. J. M. Deyo will preach again | next Sunday at the Congregational
 church. in the absenceof Rev. Dr. | Child. His sermon of last Sunday is | highly commended.
 | The late Patrick German of this | town. left three sons. all of whom are | in the employ of the steam railway as | tower men. They are Thomas. Joseph 1 and Daniel German It is but a short l time ago that MT. German celebrate ed 1 the 5Oth anniversary of his marriage. | He leaves a widow and also a daugh- l ter, Mrs. Dennis Connis. His funeral
 was largely attended.
 1 The statement was made in town
 yesterday that two we'll known young
 men who live in Fairfield were con | ce-ned in enticing away MT A. Hol- l land Forbes Valua ble Boston terrier, | which was recovered in Bridgeport. | When the dog was found one of the 1 boys had the animal under his care. | The dog is said to have had a collar | on inscribed with the owners name. | MT. Forbes has been subjected lately l to a good deal of loss and annoyance | by mauraders. and he proposes to put | a stop to the depredations upon his | property.
 At the recent whist given at the | Greenfield Country Club by MT. and | Mrs. w. Burr. prizes were won by ! Mrs Wilmer Pratt Mrs. William Bulk l ley. A. c. Acker and Charles Gray l Interspersed between the addresses