The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-01-03
FAIRFIELD


Considerable curiosity was mani
tested yesterday by people living in
the vicinity of Library Square, re-
Rarding the 81 weddings which the
pubic had been led to believe would
take place at the village pharmacy
doubtless owing to the fact that an
intense fog prevailed, that the streets
were very sloppy, and that the public
Ielt exhausted from its holiday, shop
ping, the people on matrimony intent
tailed to show up. The World, of
New York, sent out q reporter a
woman, to write up a sketch of the
event, and she waited In the bridal
would happen. Mr.. Boyle was in full
>dress, ready to perform the cere-
mony, provided any one wished him
to do SO. Unfortunately the town
clerks Office was closed, and there
a appesseo oo, to be no way. way in which
dozen to fifteen wedding bells were
suspended from the ceiling of the
drug store, and all admit that if as
many happy couples had been stand
ing under the bells, the sight would
have been worth seeing. After all 1t
isn't what we want in this world, but
what we get.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis, who have been
spending the holidays at the Sherman
parsonage. left this afternoon on their
ACNuIn Trip TO 0eaCLlS.
Except the marriage bureau eyery-
thing in town was closed yesterday,
and the streets were deserted.
Men were at work yesterday put
ting the various school rooms in
readiness for the opening of the
Some of the more important new
books just put upon the shelves of
the PequOt library, Southport, are as
follows: Nerves and Common Sense.
by A. p. Call; Book of Football, by
w. Camp; What's Wrong With the
ais Log. by r. d. Evans; Memories
and Impressions, by H. Modjeska:
Round the Year With the Stars, by
G. p. Serviss; Digressions Of ". by E.
Vedder; and Behind the Scenes in
Morocco, by l.. Harris,
The Reading Circle will meet in
Southport on the 10th inst
Mrs. S. r. Pinkham is home from
a. visit to Derby.
The Ladies' Whist Club met this
afternoon with Mrs. Thomas Reid.
Some eighteen or twenty of the
schoolmates of Miss Edna Godfrey
gave her little surprise party few
evenings ago.
When the enumeration of all the
male citizens from whom the person.
al tax can be exacted, is made, it is
thought the town will receive at least
a couple of thousand dollars. This
will more than pay for lighting the
town. This tax applies to all male |
residents between certain ages, as set |
forth in the statute, and is not pecu-
liar to Fairfield or any other town in |
the state, but embraces them all. II |
the voter can show that he belongs to /
a military organization, or to fire /
company, he may escape the tax
otherwise he is not immune. At least,
so 1t is expected, as many as one
thousand male citizens will be called |
upon to pay the tax of So.
The turkey supper given by the
iremen was served at about III
o'olock, Sunday night. when covers
were laid for SO gentlemen. The de-
,orations were by Boyle, the marrying
Justice Of the Peace.
Having to take charge Of some i'm
oortant matters in the present legis-
ature, Judge Banks has concluded
that he does not wish to be bothered
with epileptics, and so has given up
MS connection with the State Asylum
'or those unfortunate people.
This evening, at the Grange, there
will be an installation of officers, fol-
owed by a banquet.
Charles Archer is quite amused at
he way his fine little girl is going
he rounds of the press. Her advent
las been published in several editions.