The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Stratf0rd
ED DUFOUR PROVIDES
 FINE SKATING POND. Invites the Town to Come Down to Our House and Play fin Our
 Back Yard.''
Especial to The Farmer.)

Back Yard.''
 l Special to The FarmerD StratfOrd, Jan. z26.-TJndaunted by the successful attempts to prevent him from providing a skating pond for the young people of the town Ed ward Dufour now invites all those who enjoy thi1 healthful sport to visit his place on the Ferry road and take | advantage of several acres of fine sm ooth ice which has formed on the marsh in the rear of his residence 1 Parents may have no fear that their children will run any risk for. the place MT. Dufour owns the land i under the ice and no one need fear interference. Last year MT. Dufour with true public spirit, constructed q | dam which flooded the meadows and provided an ideal place for skatins ! until the dam was destroyed by prop l flooded There was a wall of dismay among the young people and they have not forgotten or forgiven the | damage to the marsh by the flooding | the act of destroying the dam was considered wanton. Any of the older | fellows and girls who feel like getting on their skates will be welcomed by MT. Dufour. Every one who has an l idea of utilizing the beautiful stretch to pass through Mr. Dufours front gate and make themselves at home | on his property. It is nothing to
  lar with the young people. Strat- ford is short of good skating ponds and this piece of ice is desirable on account of its proximity to the cen tre of the town. A vote of the boys and girls of the town would elect Ed Dufour mayor if such a thing were
 The family of Abram Wellington of Elm street are making extended visit in Stonington.
 George Q. Lines of the Peck & Lines company is visiting friends in St. Armand, Canada. He writes that he has become an expert on skis the Norwegian substitute for snow
 Assists mt State Forester w. O. Ffl- ! ley will be the principal speaker at | the meeting of Housatonic grange on | Friday evening.
 The proposed Mems Equal Rights | club, which was to have been Iaunch- | the promoters are keeping in the | background. The premature pub,i- | cation of the "bill of rights'' of the | proposed club in last nights Farm CT | may have. had som mething to do with | this result All of the participants in | the preliminary m eeting were pledged the woman suffragists next Monday | night. It was then proposed to launch the mems movement like a nderbo,t and destroy all the influ- ence the women had gained. Should the names of those who are connect ed with the movement become public
  l9 leap year and the unmarried among the ''sufragers'' will get mighty few invitations to dances and parties with the girls of the town. Perhaps it will be just as well not to speculate on what will happen to the married ones Should they attend the wo- mems meeting they might become converted on hearing the claims of the other sex presented by able and attractive opponents tastefully dress ed and peFsuasively in dead earnest |
 R & l has begun the construction of a rival to the Bell Telephone system on King of Russell Boards ey and Roy Fair child. It works much better than the s. N E. T. system at timeo and there are no "butt-inS'' to roost on the re. ceiver and listen to all the gossip that goes oyer the wire. The boys may extend the line to the homes of some of their companions
 A novel delivery car is seen passing through the town occasionally. The owner has increased it's capacity by attaching the body and rear wheels of | an ordinary wagon to the machine ma king a six wh eeled affair that at | tracts much attention wherever 1t goes.
 Star of stratford lodge, Shepherds of Bethlehem held an enthusiastic n.eeting in Odd Fellows hall, mast
 me third of the series of lectures at the library will be given this evening by Prof. Charles Reyno' ds subject. l Greatest Man of the Nineteenth Cen tury.''
 Mrs. Charles stultz and infant son of Bridgeport are passing a week with Mrs. Eugene Lynch, Broad bridge road.
 A small audience attended the or ganization meeting held under the auspices of the Socialist party at Grange hall, on Tuesday evening Short talks were given by Jasper Mo Levy of Bridgeport, and s. E. Beard Shelton state If f6eI party. A number of names were se- cured for a charter and everything ford of a local organization of the party. Another meeting will be held in Grange hall in the early part of February and also one at Hollister
 Drs HowIand and Lewis have been design ted to examine into the tained by the authorities.
 For theft of chickens the Hide brand woman was fined $5 and costs
 Tn St James church Sunday at both masses the usual col 'ection to purchase candles to be used at all of will be taken up. The faithful .li ways respond generously to this of fertng realizing the necessity of it.
 Rev. Father OCOnnor, rector of St James, was one of the fortunate clergynen that occupied a station of honor at the pontifical mass in s. FdtFlckS $ CAIheordl' SeSIeroay- morn ing. Two princes of the church Cardinals Gibbons and Farley parti- cipated in the ceremonies which were most impressive. Father O'Connor says the sight was the most imposing he ever witnessed.
 ADD ANOTHER
 GAME TO THEIR STRING. Seymour Team Adds Another
 to Long String of Victims of
 Local Players.