The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-22
FAIRFIELD

Sanitary regulations adopted by the ! town health officers are being distri- | buted through the town by Dr. Don aldson. All infectious or contagious | diseases are to be reported with 12
 hours after the character of the dis ease has been ascertained. This reg
 ulation not only applies to physicians but to householderS as well. No child having any such complaint shall be permitted to attend school. Nor shall persons having smallpox, d1phtherla, | membranous croup, scarlet fever, whOOping cough or meaSelS be allow ed to attend any public meeting or
 assembly, or travel in any public con Veyance. No person who has died
 shall be allowed to remain unburied longer than four days. The dumping
 of garbage is prohibited on vacant
 tions say that no person shall spit up
 on the floor of any public building
 or upon the floor or platform of any
 trolley car running through or with
 in the limits of Fairfield. All alleys,
 back yards, stables, etc., must be
 tervalS.
 The directors of the Memorial Lib
 rary held a we'll attended and long
 session yesterday, devising ways and
 means to improve the usefulness of
 the institution, and how best to ase-
 cure funds for the purchase of books.
 Among the directors present were the
 Messrs. William B. Glover, A. B.
 Huntington, c. B. Jennings, H. C..
 Sturges, Mrs. J. O. Wright, Rev.
 Frank s. Child, Amory E. Rowland
 and Rev. Allen Beeman.
 Mrs. Wright presided at session
 of an Audubon meeting held yester-
 day afternoon.
 MT. William Dalling, ST., the well
 known contractor, now has a stable of eight horses for his work, he hav- ing recently purchased another pair.
 Mrs. Helen A. Smith, we'll known
 by the people of Greenfield Hill, is
 reported very ill at her home in Derby.
 There is no need to try any tricks of sensationalism, because two dis obedient boys were recently punished at the Center school. Boys should l be made to mind when in school, and 1 if they do not, a birch rod is not out l of place. Some boys are allowed to | run so wild at home, @ good spanking l is needed in the school room for the | purpose of maintaining order and l discipline. Last evening Prof. Harvey Swann gave an illustrated lecture on French phonetics, which was much. enjoyed. He presented a number of charts which helped the audience to follow | the discourse.
 It was announced some weeks ago, | in the Farmer, that negotiations were | in progress for the purchase of the French estate which lies in the north | eastern portion of the town just over | the city line, and in the vicinity of | the general acid works. It was also | said that State street should be eX- l tended in a northerly direction to con- wit %Io @IcJ lii r1,rr | the back road, as it is now called. It l is now understood that the Bridge port Land and Title Company has l purchased the land at price said to | be in the neighborhood of $70,000. | The land is we'll situated for manu- 1 featuring plants or dwelling houses, | bordering as it does on the line of the l railroad, and being so near the city. Men are at work today plastering l the inside of the new Baptist church. The Colonial mansion in course of obstruction for Miss Anna B. Jen- | of taxation. Miss Jennings is under
 stood to be at present in southern l California.
 Miss Susie Pulver has returned to her home in Shelton, after visit
 with her aunt, Mrs. James Jennings. Fred Hughes, of Sharon, Pa, has been visiting in town.
 MT. George A. Sherwood is now the
 manager of the Southport Grocery l Company.
 The Ladies' Union met with Mrs. | Hall, of Greenfield Hill, on Wednes-
 day, some forty being present. About fifty ladies and gentlemen
 attended the supper given by Mrs. l Wisner a few nights ago, on Green | field Hill.
 New York Meat Market now open
 in Kinsella's Block. Come in and see us. Prices right. A21 b*p