The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
MONROE
Especial to the Farmer.)
BY Arthur w. French.

comes, to Sunday or overnight in
Monroe, from the city-as he does
enthusiastically and says things
get put over them his latest pipe"
as to what ought to be done to in
crease the residential elasticity of the
old town, particularly in and about
the Center, whose isolation from its
three railroad depots, is detrimental
by new corners to its environs. First
and foremost, he is of the opinion
that ''if'' the trolley cars ever run
through Stepney, someone ought to
run a passenger wagon. of the motor
type, to connect with said trolleys
and the steam road trains and not
afraid to be out in the dark, some
times, on the Center route. Badly
missed is the former wagon express
to Bridgeport. 1t was exceedingly
convenient and perhaps some day.
omebody will get wise and restore
it, for there are certain conditions by
which this service can be made to
pay. The bad hill just above Haw-
Ieys crossing, on the turnpike, ought
to be eliminated in some way, cut
teams 1t is fierce and for years it
has rendered teamsters unfit for pub
LEGATION, with the users of motor cars
a grouchy good second, nowadays
Monroe hasn't much sand. That is,
the kind useful in fixing over road
ways. It costs too much in the first
place to dig and haul it, SO a good
share of dirt put on to the place In
the roads is loan and other stuff, with
no tendency to bind, any longer than
the first heavy rains, when it is wash
ed back into the cutters. Possibly
road repairers would do the better
way if the town would stand for the
expense, but it won't except in some
pressing case, and this refers to the
much used highways and not the
state road work, just at present, and
last most, "'He is not SO very much
mistaken.
Half Way River, girdling the north
ern limits of Monroe, has as usual,
this season been the Mecca of pre-
sumptive trout catchers. They get
stream has something like a capac-
ity visitation. 1t is alleged that the
stones along the banks have been
worn glass slippery, being trod over
50 much. In order to. get a head
of this crowd of fishermen, a Center
resident arrived up there about a.
M, and waited for day to do the
breaking act. AS the strains of
"Alone" ran through his head and
some wet bait ran down his throat,
he heard sneeze and saw something
like the hitting of a pipe. OF course
it was the other fellow, who might
have been there all night. And prob
ably there were others.
Somebody with snap shot ought to
have pictured the following: Monroe
at sunrise April 9 with a heavy snow
falling and six inches on the grount
Last week up at Stevenson. when bv
count, Is trout hunters, tackle and
all, got off one train there. That
hen at East Village who celebrated
Eastertide week by laying only dou-
BILE yolk eggs. John Testers bantam
hen, who could not stand the big
chickens rough house, so cuddled with
the bulldog in his kennel. The man
who drove from Shelton to the Gen.
ter and wanted to go to Milford SO
had to get back. And lastly, that
party who was wheeling home a
spring pig in crate and going into
John Beardsley's to see what time It
was the piggie FLEW the coop" and
maybe, is flying yet.
A very serviceable chicken bunga-
low is being built for Rev. H. S. Ha-
bersham and ne is to have several
hundred chickens therein The en-
tire portion of his large and former
kitchen garden plot has been COM
pletely wired in, both at the sides and
on top, making practically a cage
out of which the poultry cannot wan
der neither can any destructive ami
NAL or kid get in. The hennery is
to have all the modern conveniences.
Theodore III. Nichols is now a full
fedged cornettfst in the U. S. Military