The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
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meeting Wednesday evening, and de- cided to conclude contracts for 75 gas lamps and 75 electric lights. The con- tracts will be for one year only. It is expected most of the electric lights will be placed in the Holland Heights district. It is thought to be wise to try the experiment of contrasting cleo tricity with gas and determine which is the more satisfactory.
 This evening the elite literary peo- pie of the town are expecting to be highly entertained by Prof. Phelps, of Yale, who will speak on the Origin of the Modern Drama
 The Board of Relief will be in ses- sion at the Town Hall on the 1st, 4th, 7th and 11th days of February, to con- suit with all those who think their tax lists should be reduced.
 In good time a new post office may be built in town. Possibly it will oc- cupy the new block which William B. Futile proposes to build. It is under stood he owns the present post office building. It would be an excellent idea for him to build an arcade. ex- tending from Main street, to the horse sheds. Such building would accom- modate all kinds of stores, as we'll as the post office and the village bak- cry.
 What with three base drums for the High school and the new fog horn for Theme Judson, 1t looks as if the air would be full of music.
 It is planned by the Masonic fra ternity to give a burlesque for the building fund, to be followed by a dance. When this takes place all will be welcome, whether they are Ma sons
 John w. Thompson hopes there will be lights placed at the fountain in the square opposite the Clinton resi- dence, and he would like to see the ground kept dry. He points out the great danger which exists from the vast net work of live wires which has been strung over the square. If one of them should happen to snap off and fall to the ground, somebody would very likely be killed
 Mrs. Porter. who has been i'll with a severe attack of the grip, is recovering slowly.
 The new post office, when it is built, must be within 80 rods of the depot.
 A few of our local residents have re- gently took an omnibus ride up Huntington way They are longing for big snowstorm so MT. Stacey can give them one of his famous straw rides nJ
 This is the evening on which some of our Red Men will actually go to Norwalk
 In remembrance of her birthday, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Park street, has been given surprise party by a number of her friends. The gentle men who were present with their wives included James vanderbeck, Thomas Reid, Charles Harrison and Charles Johnson. Others in the com pany were Messrs. Louis Johnson, Herbert Laister, William Blamey, Mrs. Frank Stanton, Mrs. Sarah Gull yer, Mrs. Charles Carey, Herbert Bar tram, Sadie Blamey, Ethel Harrison, Ida Burritt, Gunda Benson, Bertha Bartram and Mabel Johnson
 This evening the old folks will have a dance at the Devon Casino.
 Sometime today A. Bedell Benjamin and wife leave for Palm Beach, Flor ida, where they join Sheriff Stagg and hi swife, and George O. Lines. MT. Stagg is not expected home for two months.
 Recent victims of the grip include Mrs. c. Goodell, Mrs. John Hammond. Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Charles B. Davis, 1 and Dr. Herbert M. Clapp.
 Herbert Buck and Walter Hine, both | at the Bridgeport hospital are getting | we'll as fast as could be expected
 This is said to be a great week in l chapter circles in town. The install 1 lation of officers goes merrily on, and l almost everybody holds some impor- l tant office, or will before all the ini- l tiations have been finished.
 Our Red Men are going to have a | big time in Bridgeport next Monday evening. Several hundred pale faces be taken, and war dance of unusual proportions is sure to follow.
 Again it is announced that the old Curtis house is to be torn down. Too bad. Such a venerable land mark ought to be sacredly preserved