The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-11
FAIRFIELD

At this season of the year it is not at all uncommon for algae to appear | in reservoirs and give the water all unnatural taste. This is now the case with the water of the Bridgeport Fly
 draulic Company in this town. Com
 plaipts by telephone began to pour in to the office of the health officer ask ing what the matter could be with the l water Dr. Donaldson asked the men who have the reservoir in charge to remove the vegetable growths. and this has been going on for a few days. The
 water mains have also been flushed.
 which caused the water to appear | muddy, but it is expected that in a
 day or two the water will be as clear and pure as ever.
 Considerable speculation has been aroused about a human figure which now and then appears in Fairfield ave- nue, draped in a bath robe. The strangeness of the costume, so far from the beach, leads one to suspect that something is the matter. Prof Washburn of Trenton, N. d., is to fill the position at the Hargrove school left vacant by Prof. Joy.
 Mrs, Samuel Glover and daughter have opened their house in Fairfield avenue and Benson's Road.
 A largely attended at-home recep- the residence of Deacon and Mrs. A. P. Wakeman. The rooms are prettily decorated with ilacs and dogwood blossoms. In the receiving line are Mrs. Wakeman, Emma F. Wakeman and Miss Hall of the Staples High Guilford presides at the tea urn. and Mrs E. B. Bullard of Bridgeport pours' the chocolate. A large number of guests are present from out of town. Those invited from Westport include the Misses Sanders. Chatterton and crp Charming Harris. Neil Mitchell. Will liam Smith, H. B. Bradley and Miss Long of the library A few of the towns ladies are Mrs. L. G. Smith, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Deyo, Mrs. Osborne
 Mrs. Francis Brewer, Mrs. Dr. Child, Mrs. Allen Beeman, Mrs William B.. Glover. Mrs. Samuel Wheeler, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Sartain, Mrs. B. B.. | Warehouse. and Miss Eleanor More house. Miss Mary B. Kippen. Mrs. | Albert Brown. Miss Eliza Bulkley, Mrs. J. H. Jennings, Mrs. $. c. Warehouse | of New Haven. Mrs. Benjamin and Mrs. James Bulllley. Miss Hattie Os- | borne, Mrs. Will, Mrs. Fred Burr. Mrs. Foster, and many others.
 | MT Dalling said yesterday that the | members of the Hook & Ladder Com
 pany are not at all ruffled over the l decision of the town counsel that the 1 money appropriated for an auto chem | lca1 machine cannot be paid over. Far from being discouraged. they expect
 that next August will see a fair we'll
 patronized. and that the money needed
 can be raised without calling upon the I taXpa yers.
 Helen Hatchkin is learning how to
 run an automobile.
 Theodora. a vassar' college student
 daughter of Samuel Wheeler has taken | the highest prize in athletics for run
 ping high jump, and a 100 yard dash. | James A. Blackford and. family of New York, have returned to their sum- | mer home in the North Banks dis | trict.
 l F. B. Banks, who has been visiting
 in town, will leave soon for Sugar l Loaf, Colorado.
 John Kershoffer of Long Island. has l bought the James L. Pratt farm. at l Greenfield Hill l A few days ago at the parsonage on Greenfield Hill. William Van Ness and Lillian Campbell were married Both 1 from town.