The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
WESTPORT
A Drum Corps-On for Streets Something to Talk About-New
 Sewers-A Publicity Committee

A drum corps is being formed in town 70 consist of some 30 members. Some of the young men, among them MT. Reed, come down from Fairfield for the pur- pose of practising. Meetings are held twice a week at Andersons.
 The judge of probate will allow Charles Fable, administrator of the estate of the late James Maawer, to sell a portion of the land at some fu- ture date to pay the debts of the de- ceased.
 The last meeting of the Current Events club was held with Mrs. Am brose Hurlbutt.
 Mrs Leroy Meeker recently enter iained the Afternoon Whist club.
 There is talk in town of oiling some of the streets during the summer to keep down the dust and preserve the road bed. The example of Fairfield Jast summer, when the streets of that town were oiled for the first time, has had much to dc with convincing the public and the authorities that oil is the best material yet discovered for the laying of dust and conserving the highway
 Commerce is picking up a little at our wharves. Within the week a ship load of seed oysters, said to consist of 600 bushels, has arrived for planting : on local beds And now and then the draw of State street bridge is opened to allow a barge of coal to go up stream a few blocks.
 If there. was no harbor to dredge on this town and no sewer to be laid, and no sidewalk to be made, ana no bridge to be repaired, there would be rrecious little for some people to talk about. Since the trolley company has nut new and strong timberS in the draw of the State Street bridge, 1t IS now in a good state of repair, and 1T the iron work of the draw is kept well doused with kerosene, there will be little difficulty in operating it The
 -I,r, ,1reac- ifc CI6 vITIf h daughter every time an auto shorts across.
 MT. and Mrs. Neil Mitchell will occu- py the Bottome Cottage, Compo beach during the summer.
 There was a christening at Christ church on Sunday when the son of MT. and Mrs. John Ball was presented. Ceremony by Rev. Ellis B. Dean for a long time in the Norwalk hospital and died, was buried few days ago from her residence on Riverside ave nue.
 fo Brooklyn after a visit in town.
 Mrs. Francis Day and daughter are some from Boston.
 Surveyors have recently been at work laying out a line for sewers It is thought some of the youngest in habitants will live to see them finished The committee having the work in charge consists of Robert w. Post, Ei- iC. Smith, Freder1ck heInper anu reo- lerick Salmon.
 Probably both the telephone and the electric wires for the town hall will be placed under ground.
 MT. George B. Mills will continue the leather business in Philadelphia, to which he has gone.
 Rev. c. s. Dykeman, who spends his summers at the beach, died recently sn Georgetown
 The Hostorian society will hold an other meeting on the 10th of May.
 The ball to be given by the order of the Golden Sceptre will occur at Arion hall on the 1st of May.
 MT. E. IT. Bedford is back at Greens Farms where he has opened his sum 1ner residence.
 Miss Eva Tarquharson is home from "a winter in Jamaica.
 There have been few cases of mea- Sles in town.
 Some of the residents of Greens Farms think there ought to be fire house and engine in that part of the town. If this district should be an nexed to Fairfield it is probable it could depend upon the Southport Fire department.