The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-13
MONROE

Here is a Handout of Happen
 ings Heard of in Hightown
 Especial to the Farmer by Arthur w.
 French)
 Monroe, Nov. 13.-RecaHed, is the yesteryear saying of a Monroe man when the Republicans had Swiped the to wit: Wall mebbe, guess there's enough Democrats left in town yet fer seed, anyhow. Right he was. eh? week. and the uplift of said seed. And the end of late little bits of towns political change. is not yet, say the optimistS, Watch out for next year, is their slogan. something doing all said perhaps, Monroe is coming back to her own again, when one is talking anent the ballot box and so forth '.democratically'' speaking. Also. the Center is still the hub of the town. wfth-well, Representative Marshall around the map. of Monroe, even if the west side and some more, of the town have been buying crepe and red fire
 Altering the old aphoris1n, one might say: Some folks are born cute, some achieve cuteness. and others have we'll you know the rest. Some Of this fits a Monroe man like the paper on the wall sausage skin, 1 fancy. Because why? Listen. He owns a tur- key. Nay! nay, he is not wealthy, but poor, humble and not above suSp1- cion, of some folks. Now. he is try ing to uplift said turk so as to have him or her, or that fowl, weigh about 'steen pounds so as to meet the ex- agencies of Thanksgiving. Also, said fowl is the last of his or any other race, the man owns. Now, so as to nal down-1ifting from the out-of-door perch, of said turk, the owner has put the bird down ceiler to undergo. the playing a 99 to I shot that he'll do a bit of turkey -maStioatinG on Nov. 2S, even if he has to sleep in the cellar Albert Albert Wheeler L left last as X;ek Wsek for for National grange meeting. After wards he is to go to San Francisco and to Los Angeles and then visit his brother George in Denver, his brother Dwight, in Memphis, the family Of his lately deceased brother. Edward in Mississippi. his sister in Chicago and his daughter, Mrs. D. Webster kurfz at Philadelphia. MT. Wheeler will not return home until Christmas time pos sfbly later.
 urday last purchased the residence and land property of the late Eli Curtiss. from a son of the former. Arthur Curtis. the latter acquiring MT Ed wards motor car in the transaction The buyer is to- have the house and barn painted and improvements made, especially to the 1nLSEIOT Ol llC A1OlSC. He is to have a caretaker live there and proposes to operate a large Stock farm, beginning with 50 or more cat tie.
 Bishop Brewster paid his annual visit to St. Peters church Sunday af- ternoon and oficiated at the conhrma- ton ceremony on class of four. The bishop was also heard in a most in teresting sermon and discourse.
 A man there was, last week, measuT- ing, taking survey and figuring along T-fr fz fl construct the state road from Mon roe center to the Trumbull line. Now aforesaid man, didn't act or talk as if he had joined the anannias club. Ask ed about it, he said the contract for building the state road would be awarded ere elong-possfbly before win be started early in the spring. Take your choice on a. guess.
 Henry Renaud, barn man for the Beach property, has the gun bug. He buys and sells and talks game. but he hasn't gone any farther than the stove clubs amen bench. a shooting up things. up to date. Henry is one of the .raconteurs of the club and it's cold night when he don't have some thing in a gun mans line to say But the .'stories" are hoping to Tsic him
 Arthur Curtiss has got another mo- tor car Archie is some on autos This is his third, well, the third time the convertible type-for pleasure or for the milk carrying biz. Just slide. off the back seat and there you are, ready for anything.
 George Wagner, residing up Steven son way, has got folks a guessing as l to why he buys so much perfumery and other nice odorous stuff, in Shel- l ton or some where. Up to date George has trapped over 2 sk,lnks and is still at it. Dolecat belts are some high ln price per and his stipend so far' rom the sale of said pelts, is somewhat to the large Somebody has said he | intended to run skunk farm, put feed, barring the bait. |
 Folks in the western bailiwick of | past week. have been settling up and | taking notice because in the news | papers has appeared notices calling for laoorers of various kinds to go to work on the ridgeport-Danbury tEOI- ley line The notices don't say when work is to be carried on, but probab- ly something will be done ere the is reported that the line from step ney to Bridgeport, will be operated next summer. friends and a wide circle of social ac- quaintances in this and other towns will be very much pleased to learn, is this week thought to be well recov- ering from iIer long prostrating i'll. ness, augmented by an attack Of bronchial pneumonia calling for much attendance and the services of a trained nurse.
 Bull Mooser John J. Andrews, has got to pay an election wager and is now taking beef, iron and wine and other uplifting stuff, so that he will be. able to wheeibarrow around the Center park this week, those whom he lost to. in the late election. He is now buying rosin for his hands, axle grease for the barrow and crepe for his bon net
 Washington Lodge F. and A. M will hold it's regular communication on the 18th, when the NJ, M. degree will be Conferred one candidate The an nual election will take place at the DeceInber meeting.
 . A, mar, xuall1i,,rr oIorarr Main street