The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
FAIRFIELD YOUNGSTERS
Club of Octogenarians Who
Meet Daily and Swap Stories
About the War and Other
Matters
Especial to the Farmer.)

nave Its snare or the circus DuS1noSs
next week when the combination
known as the Frank A. Robbins Cir
Gus, Museum and Wild West shows
will exhibit On the lot in the rear
of the Hotel Fairfield next Tuesday
There will be two performances rain
or shine and the best in the business
is promised to those who attend
There will be some of the greatest
acts ever seen in the arena. The
Wild West show connected with the
aggregation is said to be the best ever
seen in the East. No one who has
never rode a bucking bronco can ap-
preciate the skill and courage Of the
busters who will give an exhibition OF
the actual conditions which existed In
the great West when the cattle indus
try was at it's height. Besides all
this there will be ceen a collection OF
animals worth thousands of dollars.
The company had intended to stop in
Bridgeport but the coming of the 1O1
Ranch show forced the show out of
that city and rather than lost date
Fairfield was selected as the nearest
point to cover the territory. The
whole show will be quartered at the
Hotel Fairfield.
An interesting coterie of young fell
lows meets almost daily at Edward
Jennings' market at the corner of the
Post road and Spring street. Lacking
a better name this could rightly be
called the s'tRecollection Club The
regular attendants at the meetings Of
the club are Patrick Sweeney aged
"a; Thomas Wheeler, who will ack-
nowledge the same age; Daniel o'Dell'
aged n; Patrick Whalen, aged rs;
Andrew Sherwood, aged 20 and Ste
phen Jennings aged 20. The club is
still mourning the loss of two of its
most popular members, Frederick o.
Seeley aged rs and Addison Mills ag-
ed Sc who have passed to the great be-
yond within the last two years. AS
a matter of education it would be as
good as a year In the high school for
= the young people of the town to sit
and listen to the tales of peace and
war told by these veterans Fred
erick o. Seeley, deceased, was a vet
eran of the civil war and an enthu-
siastic member of the G.. A. r. Some
OF his stories. are often repeated at the
meetings Of the club. Addison Mills
deceased was a street car driver in
New York during the war and at the
same time his brother was a police
man there During the anti-negro
riots both of these men saw stirring
times. When the street cars were
laid up a crowd of rioters forced the
company to take out a car to con-
vey them to Harlem where they were
bound to turn off the water that sup
piled the city. Mills took the crowd
to Harlem but before he got to the
vicinity of the water mains he stop
into a saloon to take drink. While
the rioters were busy filling up with
intoxicants Mills slipped out. trans
ferred his horses to the other end of
the car and started them on run
for the city. New York was saved
from a water famine that day and the
public never knew that the hero Of
the occasion was an unpretending car
driver from the old Nutmeg state.
The policeman brother was obliged
to take Off his uniform and fly for his
life. He met Addison and told him
that he was not safe driving a car
and induced him to enter a side street
and talk while the rioting was going
on. Addison did not relish the idea
of leaving his car but it was lucky
that he did for a moment after he
dropped the lines a cannon ball came
I'D the street and wrecked the car.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic Union
man of the coterie is Thomas Vice.
Ter now approaching his 85th birth
day. When the war broke out he
enlisted as a soldier but when the Sec
rotary of the Navy Gideon Welles
made his plea to the nation for sail
ors Wheeler dropped his gun and was
transferred. He had been a sailor on
the coast for years and ibis ability
was soon recognized when he was as
signed to the man-Of-war Shenandoah
He rose rapidly until he was made a
lieutenant Andrew Sherwood and
Daniel O'Den are both veterans of the
civil war. Peace has it's heroes as
well as war and the other members
of the coterfe are probably entitled
to as much credit as the warriors for
they staid at home and forced liv-
ing from the ungrateful soil of their
native state.
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an extensive job of plumbing at the
Aluminium Castings shop.
The Smith brothers, Gid, George
and Randall are doing much work at
the beach, making repairs on cottages
and building new ones.
People are wondering how the town
MANAGED to get by yesterday for
John Boyle, William Kinsella and Har-
ry Barker all attended the wild west
show in Bridgeport.
Frank Howden has moved into a new
house on Thorpe Avenue.
Harry Barker has moved into his
new house next door to his cafe and
the neighborhood is wondering when
the house warming will come off.
The fre department held a special
meeting last night to prepare for a
rousing welcome for the auto chemi-
cal which is expected next week or
later. 1t is reported that the machine
to the paint shop next Monday.
The Fairfield baseball club will
meet the strong Yannigan club of Sau-
gatuck next Sunday at McGarry's lot
and there will be something doing
for that day. The Fairfields will wear
their new uniforms which have al
ready arrived and are now at Boyle's
emporium ready for delivery.
Next Sunday the Fairfield Juniors
will play the Independents of Bridge
port.
The special tax, which is now due
and collectible is causing considerable
discussion here. Bills have been sent
to old soldiers, aliens and others who
are supposed to be exempt from taxa
ton No one seems to know exact
~ who is liable and there is a gen.
era1 mixup all along the line.
Dan Rock did the best he could at
the banquet of Master Plumbers as
ISOLATION in Bridgeport last night and
disposed of amazing quantities of
good things to eat and drink He sur
wives to-day.
Mrs Samuel Glover has arrived at
her summer home for the season and
her coming will be greeted heartily
by her many friends in this vicinity
Mrs George Heminway OF Spring
street is visiting her parents in New
Jersey.
Landlord LeBate has sold one of his
houses at the beach and is now adding
to the other to make accommodations
for an expected rush of business
when the season opens
Paul Tushake was hailed before JUS
tice Bacon Wakeman. yesterday after