The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-26
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Fires of one kind and another ar
so frequent, nobody will feel entire
ly safe until Chief Judson has tina
dandy auto chemical in the house o
| the Hook & Ladder Co., ready tt
rush out as soon as alarm is turnet
| in. Five fires in four days is reall.
| too much, and keeps George Lines
and George Porters' autos In commits
| sion all the time to haul the chemical
about town. 1t is beginning to be fel
! that Stratford is too large, geographi
cally speaking. The run from Lord
ship to Putney Is too much, and i
the town should be divided and tw.
townships created where now but on
| exists it would be a good thing To-
| all concerned.
The story which w. c. Lewis is tell
| ing around, as an inducement for PEG
pie to give him money, lacks verified
| ton. He claimed in Fairfield OF
port hospital This is not so. Sh,
lives in town, and is trying to supper
her family Of children, which hav,
been deserted by their father Las
Sunday she was present at Chris
| church in good health. Lewis ha:
been arrested for non-support of hi.
| wife and children. He is a vegetable
gardner by occupation, and could carr
an honest living if he so minded
! These facts are published for the pro
lection of the public
The rummage sale on Thursday viii
open at O'Clock in the forenoon al
the chapel of the Congregations
| Women's Aid society
There VIII be business meeting OF
the Neighborhood church this evening
and some plan will be devised for pre-
serving the lawn in front of the build
ing.
On the 4th of May there is to be a
banquet at the Hotel Aston, in New
York, OF all the men and women who
have been giving lectures In that city
before the schools at the request Of
the Board Of Education. Rev. G. S.
Bullock intends to be present. The
lecture season has closed.
In the, near future there will be a
series Of Shakespeare readings and
lectures at our High school.
The rising wind is blamed for many
of the woodland and grass fires in
town. If somebody could only invent
method Of keeping the atmosphere
calm, there would be little work for
our excellent fire department.
A. Spencer Reynolds is homo from q
trip to Thompsonville.
A number Of local families are NOV
ing from one rent to another. It IL
difficult ito keep track Of some Of
them
Our fire ladies arc all out Of
breath. chasing after belching Chin
neys and grass fires, in the north
end. But when they do arrive. they
perform excellent work, vindicate their
profession, and at once alleviate the
flames.
1t is said that the last fire in town
was a lively one, and our ladies
saved all the buildings in that Sec
ton.
An italian named Marzadro. has
been required to pay ~ by Judge
Peck for taking three flood gates at
Fresh Pond, and splitting them UP to
make palings for fence. The COM
plainant was Edward Thompson who
looks after the meadows at Lordship
park.
The daughters of William Stone and
John Curtin, who have been kept out
of school, have been adjudged guilty
of violating the law, and under Or
ders from the court must return to
school.
California street Is being measured
for gas pipes.
There is q man in town who has
been a barber for % years, and now
a timer has been discovered who has
stuck to his soldering irons for 43
years. It is said there is an express
man in town who has been in the bus
mess Of delivering packages for b5
years.
The wife of our postmaster reports
having had a perfectly splendid time
in Washington. She saw all the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and shook hands with President Taft.
1t pays to keep dogs in this ancient
Not long since Mr.. Fryer
lost a hen and valuable set of hatch
ing eggs destroyed by dog, and now
Judge Peck has had 80 of his choice
fowls killed by bull dogs which came
to his coops in the night from Cali
fornia street. He estimates his loss
at 800 and will receive from the town
but $50 or $40. If the people Of the
town, at the next town meeting, would
devise some way to get rid Of the
dogs, they would do a good thing.
The Nut Nut club house has been
opened with songs. plays. dances and
a clam chowder party, which. as the
little girl says, "Was done full JUS.
lice to-" Remarks were made by Carl |
Rudine, Thomas McQuillan, Thomas |
-arten, Peter Albrecht, Charles Sand
ford and /. W. Waterhouse
1t will probably be news to Mrs.
Bunnel that she was in Egypt last
winterl She was for sometime in AL
giers.
1t is announced that the wedding of I
.wo deaf mutes in Waterbury recently
vas !" quiet affair." All weddings
should be. The bride once lived in
,0un IN Sutton avenue 80