The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-01
FAIRFIELD GIRLS CLUB RECEIVE MANY DONATIONS Their Sale the Town Green Nets Them Good Retslrns-Incomine and Outgoing Mails Remain
 the Same.
FAIRFIELD

Fairfield, Oct. 1-Cerebro spinal men ] ingitis brought about the death of lit l tie Harold Risley, 12 year old of George and Ellen Risley of Cemetery street, at the home of his parents on ! Saturday. The little fellow was taken i'll the fore part of the week and the family doctor called The boys ill- ness bore every evidence of meningi- : tis but the physician was at a loss to understand the cause as there was evidence of some injury The par ents Of the lad were sure that the boy had not been hurt in any way, that the illness came on him not unlike any other i'll. It was then that the boy, being questioned by the physi- elan, stated that about two months ago he had fallen from a tree landing on the side of the head. The lad at the time was only momentari1y stun ned and was so well able to go home that evidence of the fall, either through appearances or the boys ac- tions, betrayed the mIShap. The lads folly in neglecting to tell his parents of the fall probably resulted in his death. The shock at the time of the fall was but of a minor nature, but it was sufficiently severe to grow and spread and in time at attack the brain. When once the brain was
 The funeral was held yesterday morning from the bereaved home at s:30 o'clock, and thence to St: Thom- as church where Rev. William F. O'Dell sang a high mass of requiem: The bearers were playmates of the departed youth, John Bonney, James Moran, Frederick Granville, John Smith Adrian Bennett and John Leahy. Interment was in St Thom- as cemetery.
 Over $500 will be realized by the members of the Fairfield Girls SO green Saturday. This amount is made possible through the receipt of several cheeks, among them one for s1oo from pm Miss Annie Jennings and one for $50 from Mrs Samuel Wheeler. An amusing feature of the sale was the fortune telling tent where Miss Mar taking hold of ones hand following the placing of a piece of silver in her own hand told of the blonde or bru- nette that was soon to cross your path Miss Barr also told a, few oth- CT things.
 Pest office box rent for the Oct. l. Dec. 31 quarter is now due. Boxes will be closed after Oct. 10 unless the rent is paid.
 There are no local changes in the railroad time table in the winter schedule which is now in effect Changes where made are mostly in service will continue at the post of. flee. Mails dispatched close at 6:10 a. n., 9:45 a. m, 1:10 D. m. and 6:30 p. nn., all going east; 6:1O a. rl-, s;45 going west. Mails received and dis tributed at TAO a.. m-, 10:50 a. m-, 2:50 and TAO a. m, 1O:50 a. m. 2:1o p. m: and 720 D. m, all from the west The office hours still the same, a. m.
 At well attended meeting of the Holy Name society last evening the special committee appointed last week Bridgeport OF sunday submitted their report. The Fairfield Holy Name l members intend to be well represent | ed and expect to bring out their full membership. Rev William H. O'Dell. l chaplain of the society; President John B. Boyle and Joseph Lee attend ed the Bridgeport meeting. l
 So cold was it yesterday morning at l the Center school that the classes were dismissed at ii o'clock The afternoon session was held usual, | the frostiness and snap in the air 1 having cleared away
 Lester Knight and family have re- | moved from their old home in Beau 1 mont street to a new home in Eliot street
 Members of the Eunice Dennie Burr | Chapter of the D. A. R. are being en- kiss and Mrs. Hurlburt in the library | this afternoon.
 closed their summer home in South port and have removed to New York for the winter.
 Mrs. E. L. Wells has returned to her home in Southport after spending two l months at the home of her daughter in Bennington, Vt
 Prof. and Mrs Henry Seager are en- tertaining friends at their home in PeQuot avenue.
 This evening Prof. Herbert K. Job, lecturer at the State Agricultural Col lege at Storrs and State ornithologist, will address the members of the Greenfield Grange at the Grange hall His topic will be The Value and Charms of Our Wild Birds He will be assisted by stereopticon views. The meeting will be an open one and is free to all
 MT. and Mrs Theodore Sturges will this week take up their residence in Stamford to be near their daughter, Miss Eunice, who is a student at one of the girls schools there.