The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-20
FAIRFIELD

Yesterday Dr. w. H. Donaldson took down one scarlet fever sign and put up two. The new cases are in Mich ols Terrace and Brooklawn districts. They are sporadic cases, and no fears are entertained of an epidemic.
 The board of assessors have sent out notices of increase of taxes, Tn many cases, and there is the usual grumbling on the part of the taxpay- CTS. Owing to the liberal manner in which the town votes appropriations of money at it's town meetings, the ne- cessity has arisen for an increased revenue and therefore there has had to be an increased grand list The same state of affairs existed last year, and many complaints were made to the Board of Relief and something like $10O, 00G or near that amount was thrown off.
 There will be another hearing a week from Saturday, at the office of Judge Banks in the contest over the will ot the late Charles Meeker of South port.
 The ladies of the Congregational church connected with the Sewing So- ciety for Missions, will give one of their supperS tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock. in the church parlors.
 The following new books were plac- ed on the shelves of the Memorial Li- brary yesterday: Chile, from the In-  publics; Beloved Vagabond, by W. J. Locke; New Ideal State and County Survey and Atlas, from Rand & Me- Nalley; Harper's Electricity Book for Boys, by J. H. Adams; The Count Of Monte Christo, by Dumas; Golden Treasury, by F. T. Palgrave; Why Quakers do not Baptize with Water, by J. H. Noon; That Affair at Eliza beth, by Burton F. Stevenson; Labra- dor, the Country and the People, by Wilfred T. Grenfell; The Boy Pioneers, Sons of Daniel Boone, by D. c. Beard; The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets. by Jane Addoms; Laws of
 MT. Mahlstead of the Hargrove School, is at his home in New Rochelle for g. few days.
 pr. and Mrs Child are having a visit from their daughter, Miss Theodora Child, who has come up from New York for a few days.
 Mrs William Clone and daughter at- tended the Yale Prom.
 Monday afternoon the F'Ortnlghtly Club held one of it's pleasant meetings at the home of Miss Kippen.
 Once more, for want of due notice, the pupils of the High School in Bfid geport have made journey to the city, only to find that no school will be held. It looks as if Supt. Deane might devise some way of send ing notice to the town when the school is to close down for a day.
 Ere derrick Hyde left his Greenfield Hill home yesterday for his civil en- gineering work in Mexico.
 After a short visit in town MT. and Mrs. Lester Brush have returned to Danbury.
 Theodore sturges has gone to Ten nessee.
 Edward Warehouses pasture lot was recently visited by a couple of deer.
 There was a very successful cake sale last night at the hom of Mrs. Wisrer.
 Isaac Banks of Southport, has the scarlet fever
 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith have returned to New Canaan.
 Mrs. Charles A. Meeker, widow Of the late MT Meeker. has closed the Harbor Road house and proposes to pass the winter in New York with MT. and Mrs. Henry Meeker.
 In his report to the Humane Society, just made by Dr. Donaldson, he says that there were not more than a dozen cases of cruelty to animals in town last year.
 A large and handsome array of val entines at the village pharmacy indi-, cate the approach of St. Valentines day. And to help out the expecta- ton of it's arrival, MT. Boyle appeared yesterday in a new suit of green.