The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-22
FAIRFIELD

The Democrats in town have every l reason to feel encouraged over the l ticket they have put in nonina t1on. There is undoubtedly a growing dis satisfaction with the present order or things, or the machine. which die tates and controls nominations, ana sent to Hartford who will work for the greatest good of the greatest mum Der, and not for the privileged few, or for a corporation, which if ia often al legged owns the state. One thing is sure, no mistake can be made in Vot- ing for Messrs. BrothweH and Burr Farmer representative yesterday Cassella V. BrothwelI said he endorses everything Judge Baldwin has said in present campaign from A. to Z- He is in favor of an efficient public util- ities bill, and is broad-nlinded in his views. He said that if he goes to Hartford he will be a tireless worker, and no bill will slip through at any hour of the day C. night without his knowing what it means. He considers that one of his best assets in the ciated with such man as William O. Burr. Two better men to represent this town can hardly be named
 Charles Archer, of Southport, has ac- cepted a rcleFkship at BettS grocery store.
 Mrs. Bradley. a sister of Scott. the painter and contractor, is visiting in town for a couple of weeks. She has recently spent a year in California, mostly in Los Angeles and at Sac ramento.
 evening in the amusement of soap bubble party.
 Dominic Mercurio is harboring strange cow which came upon his premises on Thursday afternoon. She is red with a crumpled horn.
 Herbert K. Job, the state ornithol- ogist, has been looking up the ques. tion of English starlings, f1ocks of have aDD6ar6d in town. He says that in 1909 he saw but a few of these birds on the New Haven he saw on the same marshes flock of some 2,000 young starHngs. From the 60 birds of this species. which were brought from England, and liberated spread from Boston to Washington, and gone inland as far as Spr1ngheld and worcester. In time he thinks the wave of star1ings will spread over the whole United States. The ques- ton is whether, we are to have an other sparrow pest on hand. It IS known that during most of the year the food of the starling consists of in sects. MT. Job thinks that the bird may prove to be a great nuisance He will be in town again next Satur- day, when he is to speak before the Audubon Society.
 Miss Daisy Knapp, of Greenfield Hill, had a few days ago what they Her friends, to the number of over 20, assembled at her home, and pre- sen ted her with tub full Of all sorts of kitchen utensils Some time this fall she is to become the bride Of El- lis Nichols of Hulfs Farms.
 Charles Deveaux, after a three weeks visit in town, has returned to New Rochelle.
 The Christian Endeavor Society will meet at Grange Hall on the 9th of November.
 Miss Florence Goodwin from Hart ford, is a guest at the Hotchkiss res idence on Mill Plain.
 Henry Burr and wife and Mrs. Fran cis Burr, have returned from trip through the Berkshires.
 On the 25th inst, which is next Tuesday, the choir of the Southport Methodist church will give an enter tainment in the church parlors. This church has recently come into pos session of the $2,OO0 left by the will of the late C.. A. Meelxer.s
 port his wife, was up before Justice Bacon Wakeman, and put under bonds to pay her s a week. On the 17th of November he is to come to court again, to learn if he has done as re- uufred He claims he married the wo- man because he had to, and he thinks he will ask a superior court to set the marriage aside The deserted wife has put her case into the hands of Cham berlain & Hull.
 The case of Louis Hitler, charged with selling adu1terated milk, will come up for hearing Monday morning at Il o'clock.
 Some time during the winter Mrs. Edmund Guilbert, of Southport, pro mia.