The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-04-02
STRATFORD
PAIR OF Is CENT SHOES
RESULTS IN ASSAULT CASE.
ohoe Deal Gets StratfOrd Avenue
Colored Men Into Court Oh AS
raauit Charge.
Especial. to The Farmer

/ StTdtford, April 2-An assault case
the outcome. Of debt of Is cents, was
tried before Judge Charles H. Peck
last night. Charles Swain was &C.
lcused of assaulting William Hazard
on Thursday night Both parties are
co.ored men Is and live on StratfOro
| avenue. Swain claims that Is months
| ago he sold pair of shoes to Hazard
for 10 cents, and that he has never
been paid. Hazard acknowledges the
Idebt but says Swain has dunned him
on the street and in public every time
Ithey have met, and objects to this
part of the program. The parties
| met ON Stratford avenue Thursday
| night and Hazard was subjected tc
the usual dun for that 10 cents. Haz-
ard said in court:
tHe asked me fo' dat Is cents FOL
them shoes an he asked did 1 have
| any money, and 1 showed him my
| roll, but All tole him that he wouldn't
get any of it. Then he punched me
in the ahnl.'
Swain said: ''I let that wuthless
Teller have them shoes to keep his
feet often the groun', an now he wont
pay me my Is cents. I jes made ur
| my min that I'd dun him every time
I saw him. 1 pushed him because
knowed that he was bad man an
toted a ra-a-Zer and I want goin' to
| take no chances"
Judge Peck admonished Swain to do
his dunning in private and that he
had violated the law when he dunned
Hazard on the street. The judge
dismissed the warning parties with a
promise to impose a severer punish
ment if they were brought before him
again. AS Swain departed he said:
Use gwine to dun that fel!er every
day if / has to go to his house to do
it. Use gwine to get that 10 cents,
and don't fergit it -
Holy Week services are being held
at st. James church this week. AT
the morning mass today. and on We'd
nesday, Friday and Saturday, the
Passion will be read. After the s
o'clock mass on Thursday. Rev. NJ. j.
O'Connor will leave for Hartford.
where he will participate in the Holy
Thursday services in the cathedral.
On Good Friday there will be mass
at o'clock and the Stations of the
Cross at $780, After the morning
usual blessing of the Easter water.
After 80 D. M and in the evening
confessions will be heard. Prepare
lions for Easter Sunday are complet-
ed. At both masses Father O'COn-
nor will preach on the Resurrection. -
At the 8 o'clock service the Holy
Name Society will be present in a
munion. All male members of the
church are requested to join with
them The choir will be augmented
and enlarged to more than double its
usual number of singers with able So
loists among whom are Miss Nevins
and Mr.. Lord, well known here.
The Rambler basket ball team will
play their last game of the season on
Wednesday, April 10, with the Morris
Cove five of New Haven. There will
be music, refreshments and dancing
after the game. making hitting finale
to most successful season. The Ia
dies who have promised to contrib
ute cakes for the affair are requested
to have them at the hall at o'clock.
The Ramblers are handicapped by the
loss of three men and they could not
make arrangements with the Blue
Ribbons for test game as a wind
up. Every fan in town would have
enjoyed seeing such a game had it
been possible to make the necessary
arrangements
Town Clerk Harold Lowell was rush
ed with applications for dog licenses
yesterday, and was busy all day CIV
ing out the new tags. 1t is estimated
that there are 25 per cent more dogs
in the town this year. Every FAM
lily which has moved into town has a
dog and most of the old residents
have raised a litter of puppies during
the year. There are now more dogs
than voters in the, town and if the
ratio increases much more it will be
necessary to set off part of the town
for their accommodation.
The April Fool whist given by Oro-
noque lodge of Odd Fellows was one
of the most successful in the history
Of the organization. The April Fool
part of the program applied to the
prizes which were not jokes as eX-
pected but valuable articles which will
be priced by the winners. The usual
bountiful spread was heartily enjoyed
There were 81 tables in play. The
winners in their order We're: Mrs. H.
Hotchkiss, S. S. Beardsley, Mrs. H.
Brown, Mrs G. Foss, Mrs. NJ. Dia-
mond, F. w. WilcoxsOn, S. E. Cor
liss, NJ Hendrickson, J. Dram, M.
Peck, Mrs. Daniels, w. G. Keith. Mr..
Wright. Mrs. Wolfram, Miss Mills;
Risberg. j. Vigas, H. Hunt, w. w.
Hubbell, !. Keith. Mrs. W. Goddard,
BOBBY prize loaf of white bread; E.
B. Wilcox, BOBBY prize. loaf of rye
bread.
Rev. DIR. E. N. Packard, pastor of
the Congregational Church. returned
to his home here yesterday; from
North Carolina, where he has passed
the winter. It is believed that DR..
Packard has entirely recovered as his
appearance is vigorous and healthy.
He will conduct the services in the
Congregational Church on Sunday.
His many friends here are rejoiced at
the Improvement he shows and hope
that it will continue.
The condition of Miss Sarah Nc
Even, who is now at the Bridgeport
hospital, is reported as very low and
her recovery is not expected.
The F. E. Conine Nursery Company
have just received the largest consign-
ment of imported nursery stock ever
received in the town. There are 40
immense cases in the shipment and
they contain the finest varieties of
imported stock it is possible to pur-
chase. The company will do the big
gest business in its history this year.
Captain Clinton Beebe, resident of
White street. who died at the Bridge
port hospital, Sunday. was a well
known and highly respected citizen of
the town. He was born on Long Is
land but had been a resident of STRAIT
ford for upwards of 25 years He
was a painter by trade and skilled
workman. He was a charter member
of the lodge of American Mechanics
which was organized in town years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Goodell of Chi
cago were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence S. GoodeH of Broad street,
over Sunday.
Mrs. Andrew Graham of King street,
is exhibiting to her friends the most
complete collection Of lilies in this
section. Many of the specimens are
now in blossom. Some are very rare
and the wonderful beauty of the dis
play is the subject of comment by
those who have had the pleasure of