The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-03
STAMFORD

D. Hubbell of New York, are visiting Mrs. Arthur Sammis.
 Harold Lowell assumed today his po- sition as town clerk. He recelVeo many congratulations.
 MT. Futile says he never knew any thing about the much advertised game dinner which was to be given at the gungalow on Christmas. The story was a pipe dl cam out of whole cloth.
 When a fire breaks out in the chim- ney piece the lady of the house IS ad- vised to telephone at once to MT. Jud- son, the fire chief, and he will ring the church bell and get out the appar- atus.
 As the law requires, the assessors will have their work completed by the 18th. ready to hand in the results or their labors.
 ; This evening at the Methodist church Rev. Dr. J. Edward FarrOw of Brook- lyn, will speak on ''The Living Christ
 Several watch night services were held in town last Friday evening.
 Miss Frances Robinson of Raleigh, N. C., is in town until next spring. New York.
 While driving a. team for the Ham
 mond Beef Company a few days ago Elliott Reed, who was recently mar ried, got tipped over into the snow. A scalp wound was the result, when a few stitches made all right.
 Mrs. Thomas Linder is enjoying the season in Hartford. Besides acting as town clerk, it is announced that Harold Lowell wall have charge of the Beardsley hard ware store, where the Stove Cluo toasts it's feet and settles all import ant town questions. One would suppose the tax collector
 would collect the back taxes due the town without ealing town meetHls to instruct him ito do his duty. A recent marriage license issued 1n town is that of Ernest M. Dennese aged 36, a painter of Bridgeport. to Sadie w. Burns, aged 30, of Westport. | Miss Etta Yates is spending her va cation in town, and Joseph Yates is in Providence. R. I. Robert c. Lewis. son of Dr. G. F.
 Lewis. of East Broadway, is engaged to Miss Mildred E. Otis, daughter Of John M. Otis, teller of the Farmers & Mechanics bank. Miss Otis is a senior at Wellesley, and MT. Lewis IS a graduate of the Sheffield Sclentltlc school.
 Wednesday evening the cupheag Club will elect officers and serve luncheon.
 c. J. Richardson has returned to New Haven.
 Mrs. John Maynard of New Haven, is visiting her brother, Elliott w.. Peck
 being put under Washington bridge. It is said they will strengthen the
 backbone of the bridge and prevent sagging.
 It is even better to get out the fire apparatus on a false alarm than IL IS to keep it housed when there is fire.
 This is a New Years resolution. Now and then a. trolley car gong through town appears to be on fire. l The electricity makes a great snap ping, sputtering and blazing, but noth- | ing really serious happens. i 1 During the big snow storm a lady was seen on the street with a, pink shirt waist and a blue sash. A popular song in town now IS "On, 1 Come With Me in the Summer Time | Those Celtic crosses have been on l the gate posts of St. MfchaePs for a 1 long time They were placed there when MT. Patterson erected the posts, ! last fall. Next Friday evening the first lec- l ture of the library course will De l given. London, illustrated. is the topic.
 l Mrs. Adelaide Warehouse is recov- ering from a recent illness. l Mr. and Mrs. D. c. Wood are home | from a pleasant visit to Flatbush. 1 In day or two Mrs. Bunnell. her l daughter and sister, start for Califor- nia.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Henry Blakeman in 1 tend going to Hartford to attend the l meetings of the State Grange. l Curious things happen in this quaint l old town Besides the woman who l dreamt she was in heaven being the l victim of a joke. it is now gravely
 stated that if there is one death in l town there will be two more the same l week. In other words. people pass 1 away in f1'iulptS
 It is now said that Mrs. Charles E.. Stagg and Miss Pauline will leave town next Saturday for Georgia The
 sheriff ought to go for the benefit of his health.
 It is said that the Hammond Beef Company horse which ran away and tipped it's driver into a snow drift was skittish It did not like the looks of the snow drifts in town and started for home.
 T Owing to the severity of the weather
 several people in town have not peer
 as comfortable as usual.