The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-27
STAMFORD
Last Nights Whist-Yale Men-A Prize from the Dames-Minstrel Luncheon-A Grange Program Roy Sent tO Reform ScIlOOl-Per-

The Masonic whist given at Odd Eel
 lows Hall last evening was a great
 success, over 200 in attendance and
 some 60 tables placed in the room, all l of which were occupied. As the even-
 ing was clear and beautiful many la dies were present. In the town hall tables were spread for over 200 guests and a bountiful lunch was served. There was coffee. biscuits, all kinds of cake which the friends of the Masonic order contributed, sandwiches, and va rious other things. The prizes were on exhibition in the upper hall and con sisted of a large variety of pretty ana useful things. A few were gold lin | ed sugar sitter, a couple of briar wood pipes, box of linen note paper. glass | bon bon dish, a smokers set of four nickel plated and lacquered receivers | from G. W. Fairchild & Son, self l igniter which works with denatured alcohol, and can be carried in ones large silver salad fork, handsome steel candlestick resting on the backs
 of three turtles, several pictures one of | which was a sweet ''kiss me quick | bloom, a rose tree and a Niagara grape vine from the COnine nurseries, | a garnet stick pin for a gentlemans s
 necktie, a fountain pen, three boxes of
 mad cap violet powder, a bottle of CO., logne, box of milk chocolate creams
 from one of our popular druggists, i taboret, a center piece of Mexican | drawn work, and many other articles
 of virtue. Altogether the whist must have netted not far from $50 to $75 | for the Masonic building fund. l The commencement of the High
 School will take place on the 24th of June. So there is ample time to get
 ready for it.
 | Lester Alden is in New London, Ct.,
 rehearsing his playlet, 'The Prairie
 Judgment" which is to be produced | sr,o nif r | Alden made quite a sensation in the play a few years ago in San Francis | co, and the papers praised his clean
 work.
 | There are no less than Is gentlemen | in town who have graduated at Yale. These include Rev. Arthur Shirley, Dr. Lewis, Judge Peck, MT. Moore the mu- | sician, and Messrs. Judd, Curtis, Jud- Beach, Miller, Abbott and Bennetto,
 who is the latest addition to the list There are enough to form a Yale Alumni association.
 barn once stood, on Stratford avenue, not far from Hards corner, but the
 stone foundation walls. The nearby buildings are not even scorched, | which shows how effective was the
 work done by the fire department. l TI-e Stratford Juniors recently de- | feated the Modocs. 16 to in a contest l on Strawberry Hill.
 I The SCrdWD6rI1eS IOT tne ISSllNdI dl
 the Methodist church this evening
 have all been hulled and sugared. They are of fine quality, but not so good
 as the natives. which will hardly be in
 the market for some weeks.
 | Edward Allen will have cedar hedge planted in front of his house, on Stratford avenue
 1 The Corinthian baseball club has | just been measured for new uniforms. l Some time ago the Colonial Danes | of New Haven offered prizes and cer- ltificates to the pupils of the public schools of the state. for the best es-
 says on certain designated subjects. But two prizes were offered for the whole state and twelve certificates. One of the latter has been won by a pupil in the 9th grade of our High I School, Elmer Cavelti, a scholar but 1 dozen years of age. His subject was William Penn and the Founding of Philadelphia. He gives concise and I interesting account of the life of Penn; 1 tells why he became a Quaker; speaks
 of his visit to America. and describes
 the founding of Philadelphia, now the third largest city in the new world. The composition reflects credit upon | its author and incidentally upon the
 High school which is an institution proud.
 Chester Dunlap is recovering from | an attack of scarlet fever. | The members of the recent minstrel
 show have been entertained at lunch | con by the Okenuck Red Men. There was music and many short talks full | of wit and humor. Those participating
 in the exercises were George flnkIe- stone, George w. F'airchild, w. Apple yard Joseph Yates, Gus Birk,~ Henry | Griffin, Charles Harrison, Harry Powell, ! Arthur Meloy, Harry Brown, F. L.
 Vincent, Richard King, Robert Syrett,
 William Strickland, George w. Spau,
 and Fred Nettleton.
 | Yesterday the grass in the old Rev | olutionary cemetery back of the libra
 " was being cut ready for Decora- ton day.
 | The usual lunch was served last
 night at the Haymaker's meeting. | John Parks was visiting in town on | Tuesday from Fairfield.
 | Tomorrow evening it IS expected | Red Mems Hall will be crowded to lis ten to Rev. E. J. Crafts Shakespearian | recital All the elite of the town will l be out.
 lHousatonic Grange, in the little an | nual phamplet which it publishes, there will be an interesting meeting on Sat urday evening the 18th of June, when Grange will read a paper on Market ing of Truck. Crops, to be followed by one on Bee Keeping, by Herbert smith Then the Future Possibilities of the
 Mr George Meachen talking about Gardening; MT. John J. Williams about Fruit Growing; MT. R. O. Spamer about Seed Growing; Frank Cook on Dairying, and FL w. Beers on ''Sell-
 ing the Farm by the Wagon Load. This last must be unusually inter-
 esting topic. A man in Bridgeport
 who lives on Fairfield avenue, and
 whose front yard has been dug away to make room for a block of buildings
 has been charging 25 cents for g wheelbarrow load of his real estate !. How much a whole farm would bring
 xl sc, i,r,rr0 cSih h 1o tf !, estimate. MT. Herbert Smith will give
 photograph selections. and after all is done and said there will be straw berries and plenty of ice cream. l, Mrs. Lydia Beers has been visiting 1T
 town
 !. The family of J. H. Elliott, from
 Bridgeport, has taken a Stratford rent Some lively boys, who prefer dark