The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-06
In Old Monroe Exciting Things
 Happen Often
Especial to the Farm er.) By Arthur w. French.


 Monroe, June 6.-It is the city buyers of country residential proper l ty that often gets all to the grouchy after they have come into their owr and sized things up, as it were. They do not know much about farm land but frequently they are pretty apt tC declare that the house is such as tc make them strenuously declare thai they have been "stung.''
 l Such has been the wOeful wall oi two buyers of property here and there may be more, in the list of present purchasers It rather looks as ii | they took their newly acquired prop critics in the buying of a pig in a bag sort of a way, failing to give it a l microscopic examination before pur- l chase. That's where they got in wrong. One party only casually look ing over thir purchase threw up his l hands and said to the present ten ants: You ain't got to move, unless you want to. Plant your garden and 1 do any old thing this year, and say! | if the shack gets on fire, just for get where the well is will you? I'm going back to the city and try and get the whole shooting match sold off again.
 | Another party. after occupying his property here just a month, has | now turned it over to an agent for | sale, at losing price. The son and l daughter are theatrical people. They are to pass their summer vacation herey but the new home of their mother-she thinks. will somewhat jar them. This with other things has put the place on the market again.
 resigned from the pastorate of the Congregational church, with his fam ily,. left Monday for Iowa, where he is to take a professorship chair in a theological college. They will be greatly missed in both church and so- amateur photographer and takes away with him quite a collection Of large sized scenic and building views for a memory of his pleasant so- journ in old Monroe.
 Samuel S. Smith our affable and progressive summer resident, who is always doing things, now is planning to electrify his residence, Fairview and properties in the upper part of town. Owning the former Ferris property, near by his summer home, through which passes an energetic harness the waters to furnish both electric lights and power, installing the necessary machinery in a ca pable power house. This will cer- tainly be an innovation for Monroe and already residents are surmising
 
 electric juice to sell.
 The seven schools of Monroe will close this weeek for the long sum mer vacation, lasting until Sept 5. All the school houses will undergo more or less repairs during the sum- mer. It is intimated that there will be some changes made in the teach CTS corps next term, by resignadonS. Notice is given out that proposed new teachers should file their applications xrrifh n hn oIY hoo ard T,,y, 15. A number of scholars will finish their district school studies this week, some of them to attend a high school.
 There is a section of the Newtown turnpike state road between Stepney and upper Stepney that has long been delayed in building through a dis agreement or something. Anyway 1t is the cause, of much profanity as we'll as wagon and motor car joltS and no end of nerve jars for a lot of people. It is wrong from all points of view
 The series of college whist parties given under the auspices of Fred P. Sherman at the town hall, ever since last fall, came to a most enjoyable conclusion last Thursday night, there being a large attendance. MT. Sher- man Is to be commended for his ef- forts in providing such a long sea- son for the passing of social ameni- ties and much amusement.
 The outlook for the Monroe hay crop borders on the sky line, at pres ent and all because there was a pro- longed drouth when the grass was starting to get on the job, retarding a heavy growth, so they say Fur thermore, good rains may help a blt but a big hay yield is not to be. Old meadows are sadly devoid of a grass growth and it's to the bad all around.
 Tt never rains but it pours." Now we have the cut worm with us to beat the carpet this season, in big numbers and bigger appetite. They attack all of green growing stuff and hesitate al nothing vegetative. One hum orist ayers that they scraped the green label off a discarded tomato can. Perhaps so, but talking about green things, ct al., the potato bug has blown in for the some thing doing season, already, and it looks as if these miniature mandolins' would play us to the limit.
 Representative StiIes M. Clark, aside from his duties there finds time to keep pretty close tabs on the goings on of the legislature It is his opinion that it will be far along into 'the good old summer time" before that body releases its strangIe- hold on the golden dome. for under it, still, is to be seen that "Procras- tination is the thief of time.''
 The ancient and honorable amen pOANh oI lIic EclONe CIuD mas Wlnt6r- ed it and now is located on the front stoop for the summer, the old seat has a history Some promin- ent residents have rested on it. Among them being a Monroe native, Judge Sydney B. BeardsIey of Rridpenort and before him Judge Cyrus Beard sley, their homestead being the pres ent rectory.