The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-07
FAIRFIELD

The fire department. complying with the wishes of many interested in it's endeavors to provide ample fire pro- lection, has issued the following ac- count of its receipts and expenses in connection with the late fair. The receipts were as follows: Tickets sold at the door and by Lowell Jacoby, Fred Granville, John Dunleavy, E.. w. S. Pickett, Alex. Fife and Owen Rich ards amounted to $260.90. The dona- tions from J. M. Hayes, H. S. Glover and B. w. Harral amounted to $8. The amusements provided yielded as fol- lows: Dolls. $52.40; goats. $5.50; frank furters, $58.85; dancing platform, $38. .65: $40.25; wheel $23S.55; candy and pea nuts, $21.80; barrel game, $10.70. The various articles in which chances were taken yielded the following amounts: Ladies set, $7.30; meershaum pipe, $12.55; African dodger, s37.65; china set, $53.40 ton of coal, $28.20; whip and hats, $445; parlor table, $25. 30; copper boiler, $z0.10; clothes wringer, $15.20; fruit chopper $11.50: jewel case, $22.S0; parlor rocker, sS.7o; barrel of flour. $30.05; paT'lor picture, $40; making a total receipts of $1,202. 35. The ex- penses amounted to $417.O1. leaving a balance in the treasury of $7S3.99. The more notable expenses were as follows: Prizes for selling tickets. $7.50: Fred 6Cl1Wau IA lOI Cc1llSS dIlIu OAPI0SS, $1V.lUs James Sullivan, watchman. 5000: rent of dodger for three evenings, $21; mu- sic, $56; prompting, $14; watching and cleaning up, $1550: D. Smith for ci- gars, SIP; S. w. Beckwith for ice cream. s47.45; soda water. $a7.3o; kery for food supplies, $23.S4; for candy and peanuts, s16.7O; Thomas Forsythe for lumber and work. $40; for stringing electric wires. $10.63; for lighting, s16.A; for red fire. s75o. A few other miscellaneous expenses brought the total up to $417.01.
 The First Church of Christ. New Haven, Q638), has issued an invitation to the Congregational church of this town to send delegates to attend an stallation of Rev. Oscar Edward Maurer on Oct. 15 Sixty-seven churches have been invited to attend this council. including all those found- ed before 1700 historically related with the First Church in New Haven. Among these churches are those sit uated in Stratford Norwalk, Bran ford, Derby, Danblry Hartford, Mid dietown, Simsbury. Wal1ingford, Wind sor, Stonington and New London.
 At the firemenS meeting on Tues day evening there was a large attend ance. Four new members were voted for and elected. Three of these are Walter Gould, Neils Johnson and Harry Baker. The house committee was instructed to purchase new hose and have all necessary repairs made on the fire house. A committee Of three on apparatus. consisting of Will liam Dalling, Sr, James Sullivan and Isaac N. Book, was appointed to as apparatus, and report at a future meeting. Tomorrow evening a com- pany of about 40 men will leave town on the 7:20 trolley to join at Park avenue in Bridgeport the parade of the Graphophone fire department, and to take part in the carnival at the rink.
 A new preacher has been secured for Hope Chapel, in the person of MT. Ed wards, a brilliant young man from Canada, graduate of McMaster's the degree of A. B. He is now a stu dent in the post graduate course at Yale University. He fills the pulpit left vacant by the promotion of Rev. MT. Deyo.
 Rev. pr. Frank S. Child conte1n- plates delivering a series of discourses Sunday evenings during the winter, upon Cardinal Truths of Christianity in answer to the question What Do You Believer
 B. A. Bulkley of Southport is exhib- iting some of his horses at the Dan bury Fair. Next month he will take some to the Madison Square Garden show. Last week he won a silver low ing cup and a number of ribbon prizes at the horse show at Mt. Kisco. N. Y.
 Mrs E. w. Nichols is touring through eastern Massachusetts.
 MT and Mrs. Curtis H. Taylor of North. Banks district, have a son born a few days ago.
 Pearl Metcalf and family have left Greenfield Hill for Ridgefield.
 Mrs. Louis J. Olds has returned to Brooklyn after a long visit in town.
 MT. and Mrs. William Hall have re- turned to New York from Fairfield Beach.
 MT. and Mrs. William Skidmore have returned to New York.
 MT. and Mrs. F. E. Northrop have re-. turned from Sharon. Pa.
 The first time a balloon was used in warfare was at the battle; of F1eu- ris, June 26, 1794, when the French