The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-31
STAMFORD

Congressional caucus will be held next Tuesday night and from it will be gained an idea Of the interest which that party will show in the coming good showing it will indicate the sure defeat Of the G.. O. P. in this town, for it is freely acknowledged that the party is sure to win if the rank and file get to work and take an interest in the campaign
 John Dorman, who is to stump for the Prohibition party in the coming campaign, will present a novelty at his meetings. Following the example of Ffddling Bob Taylor, Governor of Kentucky and U. s. Senator, he will make use of the violin to gain votes for his cause. As MT Dorman can not fiddle himself, he will take Joe The experiment. will be watched with interest
 The Progressive party in Stratford is now at work getting runds for the conduct of the campaign.
 The Progressive Town Committee ex- poets no aid in a financial way from outside the town, and the party in the State expects every town to pay it's own expenses throughout the cam paign.
 At a recent meeting of the Progress sive's Town Committee, committee on finance was appointed and it has been decided to depend absolutely on the people for small subscriptions.
 The committee appointed comprises William B. Booth, Herbert Doolittle, Meigs B. Russell and Frank R. Sam mis. MT. Samnis was elected treas urer of the new party at the meeting recently held for the choice of Town Committee, and other officers of the party in Stratford.
 The nrincin91 aXnanSa of fhQ cam paign will be in providing literature which will be distributed by members Of the party as the campaign pro- gresses.
 Sam Wakelee is recovering from the uremic attack which nearly cost him his life, and is expected to be able sooner or later to appear on the streets of the town again. His phy- sician, however. fears that he will never be as strong and rugged as be- fore the attack. e
 The annual clam bake of Oronoque lodge of Odd Fellows will be held at Hickory Lodge, in Putney, Monday, and a big time is expected
 A lawn party with whist as the main feature. will be given by Strat- ford lodge, Shepherds of Bethlehem, at the residence of Mrs. Wright, Strat- ford>avenue. Thursday y evening.
 A wire on some metal lath which he | hand of A. B. Park of the Peoples drug store, yesterday The wound is deep and painful and will give the vic. tim trouble
 The head of a big black bear, hand sonely mounted, now occupies the counter of Tuttle's drug store The bear was shot by w, F. Beal of Bridgeport, in the Adirondacks, this summer, who presented it to MT Tut tie.
 Rev. Ernest E Carpenter, pastor of the Stratford M. B. church, has re turned from his vacation in Vermont and will have charge of the services, morning and evening. The commun- ion service will be held in the morn ing. In the evening Mr., Carpenter will preach upon the theme, Think ing Big Thoughts 2 The Mems Bible Class, that was such a success last morning service, and each member of the class is urged to be present. New members will find this a favorable time to join the class.
 Communicated
 At meeting Of the East End Inn provement Club or Purity Club of Strat&ord an attack was made on the reputation of the Stratford Inn, ac- cording to an article in morning paper. It looks to the writer like a malicious attempt to injure MT. Staff ford, both unjust and unwarranted There are a number of people in this section who have lived here for years and who have never been annoyed in the last. Theyt can see in these at tacks nothing but spite and interfer- ence with other peoples affairs which some people have a penchant for do- ] ing There are worse things in some neighborhoods than first class dim 1 ing resort. It would b a blessing if 1 people who love to meddle with their ] neighbors' affairs could be colonized 1 by themselves and kept apart from 1 those who wish to be quiet and mind l their business. The writer called at { the Stratford Inn at an early hour in | the morning to investigate, and with i courteous attention has been shown | through every room in the house Not 1 a feature that could be. criticised in l any way was found. The so-called l to purify the morals of this 1 is super1uous and unnec- ! essary and were it not for the serious damage to a reputable business it | would be amusing to those who fully the reason for the animus that is shown