The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-31
REDMEN'S MEMORIAL SERVICE
Large Audience Listened to Address by Col. Selah Blakeman and a Musical Program.
(speciaI to the Farmer.)

Mems hail. Monday evening, were amply repaid. Okenuck tribe was Charles Homan, sachem of the tribe. introduced George A. Fairchild as the master of ceremonies, in a, compl1- mentary speech. MT. Fairchild in as- suming the char addressed the assem- blaze. His remarks were well recelv- ed Col. Selah tBakeman, the speak CT of the evening, eulogized the veter- ans but also called attention to the heroic services of the women of the North during the Civil War. One feature~of his remarks indicated that the doughty veteran has little conf dence in the efforts of the friends of universal peace, for he said that there would always be need for soldiers and he believed that the young men of the nation should be trained for war so that an available army could be ready for any emergency. There was plenty of good music during the exer- cises Rev. C. S. Bullock and his brother, E. s. Bullock, of Cold Spring, sang in duets and solos. A quartet ccmposed of Joseph Yates, Theodore RTaitling, William Baldwin and Roger Beers were heard in several selections. Samuel Thorpe recfted "The Grand Army Button" in an acceptable man. roy \ bountiful lunch followed the exercises.
 Howard Policy will leave the New ten Reed store this week and return to his former home in Massachusetts. Edward /Burritt, who has been with George T. Jewell for years, will suc- ceed MT. Policy
 Tomorrow Plain John Williams, az rioulturist and popular citizen, will don his armor and become deputy sheriff for this town. The public has every confidence in the ability and judgment of the incoming deputy and everything is expected to run along as smoothly as in the past.
 Louis F. Peck will soon open a real estate office in this town. He will also do an insurance business, both fire and life.
 Selectman Fred Nettleton is having 2o foot sign placed on the ridge of his stables at the station.
 The home of Rufus Bent has been funnigated and the family has emerg- ed from the quarantine against diph- theria, with which they were afflict- ed MT. Bent has entirely recovered tending a building going. up there. His little daughter Gertrude is out again and there is general rejoicing in King street over the defeat of the dread disease
 At St James church yesterday Emile Allard and Miss Mary Ryan in marriage. There was a large at- tendance at the nuptial mass.
 The funeral of Mrs. Elvira Curtiss, aged ss years, took place yesterday from her late residence at Barnum Shirley officiated. The pail bearers were William Blamey, E. Doolittle, William Dean and William Almstead. Interment was at Union cemetery.
 On Monday, William Sperry discov- cred a dog in the cellar he has recent
  which he will soon build house. The cellar had been covered and MT. Sperry had placed his 43 fine fowls there for safe keeping until he could provide different quarters. When dis covered the fowls were all dead but the dog was very much alive. He had entered through a cellar window but could not escape after doing his deadly work Joe Motell, the owner of the dog, will be asked to settle by he Selectmen, who have appraised the damage and will make good to the owner of the fowls
 The announcement last evening of the untimely death of Edna Beers, wife of W. Howard Cone, caused gen. eral sorrow in this village. Deceased was 25 years of age, the daughter of the late Frank W Beers, and was dearly loved by the members of her own family as we'll by everyone with whom she came in contact. She was of an unusually amiable disposition Since the birth of son last week she had failed rapidly. The whole public of this town is expressing sympathy for this afflicted family She was the mainstay of her mother during her re- oe7t Bereavement. An aged grand mother, the widow of the late Wheeler Beers, her mother, Mrs. Frank w Beers. and two sisters survive
 Joseph Wheeler has sold his place in East Main street to parties from New Jersey, and has purchased a farm Of 50 acres at New Preston, where he will remove in short time Tonight the family will give a farewell supper to a number of friends.
 Yesterday John Puges, boy of 19, asked his father, James Puges, for per mission to go to Bridgeport and wit ness the parade, also asking for fifty cents as spending money. The fam ivy lives in the Beaver Dam section of the town. The boy told his fa- ther that he had worked hard all the spring and wanted half a day off The father, who was chopping wood at the time, refused the boys request and roughly told him to get back to work in the field. The boy refused, and the father, desperately angry, with the axe in his hand, chased the boy about the place. The boy took ic the woods and escaped. Neighbors ir-erfered. The father was arrested and fined 8 and costs by Judge Char iHs H. Peck. The ia ther paid up. Mrs. William Coleman was the guest If Mrs Andrew Graham, King street yesterday
 That Postmaster William E. Bristol is a hunter of great ability was dem- .onstrated yesterday when he discov- cred a cat making off with one of his young chickens The postmaster got out his musket of the vintage of '76 loaded it with rusty nails, gravel A stores and other missiles. The cat heard about 1t and got out of sight Mir Bristol crawled forty rods on his stomach, running a new silk waistcoat and bursting his suspenders. He fin ally got a bead on his quarry and lei the old gun fly. Only scattered frag- ments of the cat could be found. Be sides killing the cat the charge cut of thre efence posts.
 baby boy is the welcome guest at the home of Gustave Johnson, of Johnson avenue.
 John Prest died at his home on Johnson avenue, yesterday, aged A. Deceased was formerly the proprietor of cafe in Bridgeport, and was well known in the city
 The big barn on the Burritt property on Katherine street, is being torn down and removed under the direction