The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-06
STAMFORD
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 The local Red Men thought it un- wise ito take the war path to Nauga- tuck on Thursday night, owing. to the | weather prediction of ''cool and fair" | If there are more fake weather | forecasts, like the one sent to Presl-
 dent Taft, they may go next Thursday evening" Go they must, sooner or ] later. Last night they took a run over to Milford This desire to travel
 on the part of the Red Men Is thousht
 to indicate an early attack of spring | fever.
 Hope for the ultimate recovery of
 Miss Amelia. Hoyt, now at the Bridge port hospital, is said to have been given up.
 William Maritime intends to visit Bos- | ton shortly.
 The estate of the late Charlotte | Lewis after appraisal, was found to | be less than S2, 900.
 This evening there is to be a meeting at the home of B. Graham to make ar engagements for a coming blow out to l be given iby the Okenuck Red Men. It | is already described as the biggest | thing ever.
 Roger Warehouse has nearly com pleted boat some IT feet long. Very soon he will be dubbed Captain Miss Lucy Wheeler and Mrs. Andrew Selleck are both spoken of as being on the sick list.
 A dear old lady who says she knows. claims that now is the time to plant lily bulbs. The advice for this season of the year is excellent as well as timely. Shovel away the snow drifts; build a fire on the spot where you pro
 pose to plan; thaw out the ground, and then put in your bulbs some three feet below tine surface. The sandy loam should be mixed with some device fo- keeping 1t warm Build a glass mouse
 over the place where, the bulbs have
 been planted. and irrigate them with
 warm water. As fast as the stalks appear above ground, cut them off to
 prevent their being frost bitten Several well known ladies in town plan to send exhibits to the art exhl b1- ton which will open on the seth inst in the great hall of the Bridgeport
 Public Library. Pictures may be ex- pected from Mrs. Cornwall and Mrs of this town should make a handsome collective exhibit. The public is dying to see some of the much talked-of en- broidery.
 A gentleman in town has received a postal from MT. Garfield, postmaster of Milford, who went to Washington to see the inauguration of Taft. He
 writes that there was snow, sleet, slush wind, thunder and lightning, and other kinds of weather He went over the same old ground as four years ago, and will be delighted when he gets out of the blizzard city into the spring like atmosphere of Milford. Pritchard & Co. have just finished a large job of plumbing for the house of Mrs. Isabella SnIffln.
 Yesterday morning at about Il o'clock a. car on the trolley track com ing from Milford, while on the Ferry Road, jumped the rails and shook up the passengers in fearful manner A wrecller was sent for to place the car in position once more, There were three women in the car and about five men.
 There will be the usual services in all the churches tomorrow. Owing to the fact that Dr. Packard is suffering from a sore throat, which has put his voice out of commission, Rev. Henry A. Davenport will preach at the Con gregational church at 7:30 in the even ing Communion service will be held in the morning.
 In the morning at the Methodist church Rev. MT. Eggleston will take for his theme Religion Made Easy" In the evening he will continue the se- ries of sermons on Elijah and Elisha. The subject will be ''Elisha's Double 1 Portion
 Services at Christ church tomorrow as fellows: Morning prayer and Holy Communion at 10:30. Subject of ser mon, "The Parable of the Prodigal: the Father" Evening prayer at 3:S0. Sun- l day school at 3:15.
 It is now announced that MT. Orle- | man had an insurance of about $1,OOO on his house which was recently de- stroyed by fire, and that if he gets it. l which it is hoped he will, he intends to build a new house. The whist l given a few days ago by Mrs. George ! O. Lines is reported to have realized 1 the sum of $75. Altogether MT. Orle- | man appears to be a lucky man. | Among those who attended the whist l were Mesdames F. E. Conine, Harry i Wilcoxson, w. s. Bradley, Frederick 1 Palmer, Sidney Beardsley, Charles 1 Fleming, William McGrath, W. R. l Cooke Samuel c. Lewis, E. B. Wilcox. ! c. E. Palmer, and the following young | ladies: Vivian Conine, May Hathaway, 1 Allie Curtis, May B. Curtis, Louise | Fryer, Pauline Lewis, Julia Wheeler, | and Miss Hathaway A number of | handsome prizes were contributed by | the townspeople and these were won | by various persons. 1
 We hear that Miss Maude Granger las returned to her home in Water 1 bury after pleasant visit with friends | in town.
 On the 18th the Grange of the town | will produce a little play called Prof. l Baxter'S Invention.
 A number of well known young men | in town took dinner on Wednesday ! with Robert Lewis, son of pr. Lewis ! upon the occasion of his reaching his 1 Fist birthday. Covers were laid for ! 12 of his associates. ali about the same l age. They were Allen Wilson, Henry l Wells, Fred Bennetto, Ivan Warehouse. Reuben Townroe, Robert and Fred ! Lewis, George Keeler. Wilson, Vernon Warehouse, John Park, Harold Lowell | and Arthur Beardsley.
 There iss a runor that the pool room has passed into the hands of Ernest | Cox.
 Stanley Y. Beach is said to be con- fined to his house with various com plaints.