The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-05
STAMFORD
Prof. Jenkinsen on Lawns-The Will. liamson.Coe Wedding Church Ser. vices IA New New Trolley Station.. Red Mems MinstreIs-PerSonals.

were not all filled, owing to the Bap- tist weather which prevailed. But a good many of the prominent men of the town, who own gardens and lawns were present, and here and there a courageous woman put in an appear ance, showing how deep is their inter est in the Town Improvement Society. The professor said he was going to ask his audience to go to grass with him for a little while, and he remarked
 that the best thing which happened to
 Nebuchadnezzar was his being turned out to grass, for after seven seasons of nibbling and walking on all fours, his
 understanding returned to him, and
 instead of taking pride in the great
 Babylon he had builded, he praised the Lord for His goodness and His great
 works. He went on to say that New
 England Is like one great park. with a beauty, variety and peacefulness which Is charming. Most of our lawns are too small for trees. or shrubbery,
 or even for flower beds, and as for,
 cast iron dogs and other similar stat
 uary, such things are not to be named
 in respectable company. He said the common idea of making lawn is to
 dress the soil with fertilizers and SOW grass seeds But no one ever made a good lawn in two or three years. A lawn is of slow growth; all one needs is a good soil. 20 years of patience and the proper seed. The soil is unsuit- able in most places for a good lawn.
 He spoke of gardens made of brick, mortar, coal ashes, gravel and all kinds of rubbish, and asked how any such land It is a good plan to sod a. lawn, provided the sod is taken from the right place. A well grazed pas
 ture furnishes the best sod. for all but the grasses which persist in surviving have been exterminated by the crop ping of the sheep or the cattle. Seed ing is often a. necessity, but to SOW on weedy land is as foolish as it is A0I F>,-~ NoI1 SeY the best time for seeding. Do not make the soil sour with fertilizers. Grass likes a compact soil. Do not
 use stable manure, 1t is not dignified ton seed are good fertilizers. If you cut the grass close and carry it off you drain the soil of it's fertility. Use | lime, giving the lawn a dose every five years, 800 pounds to the acre. A lawn is a pasture to be grazed by a scream
 ing and discordant machine. It Is difficult to get good lawn seed. Fair trade in lawn grass seed is about gone growth for a. lawn should be the same year after year. Eternal vigilance is the price of a good lawn. When you water the grass soak it well so that with which to kill weeds without breaking your back. Killing weeds on a lawn may yet become as popular as golf if You can have a caddy to carry the tools, can change your clothes and have the required amount of ceremony. Prof. Jenkinson exhibit ed to the gentlemen present three long handled tools which he had caused to be made for the purpose of cutting weeds out Of a lawn and severing the tap roots of burdocks and such like plants. They were of the best steel, very light and sharp. One of them was intended for the wife, if she felt disposed to help her husband. After the lecture the professor indulged in delightful and informal .s conversation with the audience,. many of the gentle
 At Christ church tomorrow the ser vices will be as follows: Prayer and prayer at a:3o The regular monthly meeting of the Bridgeport Local As semb1y of the Brotherhood of St. An drew, wili$ be held in Christ church chapel on Monday evening at o'clock At the Methodist church there will be a Love Feast at 10 a. m- tomorrow. At 1O:45 there will be a reception of members and the celebration of the Holy Sacrament
 Rev E. N. Packard will preach in the morning at the Congregational church. In the evening there will be a union service in the church, the Rev. George E.. Farrar. pastor of the M. E. church preaching the sermon. There will be a half-hour song service with athe familiar hymns On the 1st
 
 preach at the union service at the Methodist church. Good congrega- tions are expected at these union ser vices. company officials for their kindness and good will in allowing the trolley cars to stop in front of the Wilson pharmacy- White poles have been
 placed opposite the pharmacy, which stands at the foot of the junction of Church street with Main street, and is a very convenient place for the pub lie to- take a car. This arrangement l gregation of St..James', for many wish | to take car at ~the new stopping | place. The congregation of the. Con gregational. church is also better ac- commodated.
 A wedding of considerable interest | to local people, owing to the fact that | the groom is a Stratford boy. took | place at o'clock at the Second Con- | gregational church in Derby, Wednes- day evening. The church was filled with a large number of friends and guests to witness the ceremony which made George Bertram Coe of this town and Miss Harriet Currie Williams of Derby, man and wife The church was decorated with palms and white flowers. Some of ethe pews were or namented with white ribbons and c1us- ters of white flowers. The groom is l son of MT. and Mrs. David Coe of Stratford, and the bride the daughter Of MT and Mrs. Sidney J. Williams or Cottage street, Derby. While the guests were assembling at the church a fine musical program was given by Mrs. Elmer Beardsley, the organist of the South church, Bridgeport. Twoa of the numbers were sung by. Mrs. David HaroldrCoe of Waterbury. The music was follows: Tannhauser March ........... Wagner | Marche Nuptiale Bidermann Sous les BoiS .. ...... Durand-Guilmant Bridal Song .....-.........a Goldmark Gayotte in B flat ........... Handel Cantilene ..- R. Huntington Woodman Romance Lemare Solo, A Dream ............. Bartlett | Solo, O Promise Me ..-.--... DeKoven
 The two last pieces were sung by Mrs. Coe. The officiating clergyman was Rev. w. H. Alexander. The ser vice was that of the Episcopal church l While the bridal party was moving to- |