The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-08
MONROE.
Special to The FaFmer) (By Arthur F'rench.)

Monroe, Feb. S.-"Expansion' is the slogan of Stepney Depot's environs. It arises by the way of proposed new dwel ings in that section of town, and rumors are rife. It might be said that A. s. Edwards, proprietor of the Ieea store ana granary there, was the promoter of the nucleus of said ex- pansion- Any way, his trade has in creased so steadily that he has had erected number of annex buildings occupied his new large cottage resi- dence near by, whose appointments and architectural beauty, is a credit 10 him and the designer. Now, MT. through his adjacent land, running westward, to connect with the sta road There you are. Houses on this street-on which the owner pro poses to sell building plots-wil' have the trolley line and the steam road, on either side, conveniently near. You can feel it in the air, over Stepney Depot way, that there will be some thing doing whereabouts ere many months. A Bridgeport resident is waiting to be assured that the trolley to buy land and build a dwelling in he vicinity IS above. He has to take up his business in the city as early as 7:3O o'clock-too soon for steam The state road work vii be comp1et- ed this year through Stepney and put ting all the above together, as soon as spring opens, folks over the way will sit up and take notice. One thing more, comes by the way of rumor, that a public motor car garage is also to be put up in this Stepney De- pot section.
 The dramas enactment-that is. the farcieaI annex of it-seems to be com ing to the front in Monroe, as inter- preted by amateurs, rere ard there and all over town. The younger set of East Village Methodist chuTch are at it. They are rehearsing a drama" to beat the hand, just about nova days. Sc ectman Bliss rubbered at rehearsal and says the pay will be scream. The title of said playlet Is not as yet given out. Never mind, it will probably be represented to ca pacity audience a-d tlla church real ize quite a stipend from receipts, "ov- CT and above" And some more. Over in StepDey, up town, they have elaS- sy company Of amateur acto~s and &C., torines, just now holding one or two FeheaFsals a week, for presentation in the near future of that "It is to laugh" playlet, "The Country SeRool' All the performers are resi6ents-a home made show for the church ben eft. And in the center there is fu- nor that-Well, this is something for a futurity. Wait till the above two l standing room only,' characterizing g cutups have made good and they vii '. f Monroe, last week put it all over | the anticipated jokelet. about the ms n
 who sawed off thep tree limb he was sitting ond and both man and severed | limb came to the ground with a dull
 siekening thrd and so forth. Well, l th's put ing it over, or under, IS 1t
 was, happened up Stevenson way. An ice getting helper, foreiener and
 a novice, was set at saving out ice | and he did, sawed and said nothing
 He sawed out a block feet square. and next he and the cake he S ood on went down under water with a | big splash and yells. The chump
 narrowly escaped going under solid ! ice and drowning, but was rescued af- 1 ter much effort and nearly froze, get F ting to a house and fire
 It is given out that when the l Bridgeport Danbury trolley line gets in
 operation. that milk ears are to be | run. For those willing to pay the freight, this will be a most we come l innovation, For some years, it has 1 been and is still the practice of team | ing milk to a rendezvous at the head | of Long Hill s+reet ard trans 'erring | to wa gons from Bridgeport, making fo~ some a daily drive of miles or mo e | for the producers Also to those in | the western part of town the use of cars would obViate some troubles and
 more or less annoyance particularly in | indictment weather and when the
 wheeling is lad of course it will great | Iy depend on whether the ear trans l portatien prices are made acceDtable. Anent this operation of the trolley line
 
 town, it may be said that it is not os great interest to residents of Mon roe Center, north and south. It will be a short distance farther to the electric read than to the rairoad sta tion, though possibly a Bridgeport tr. D may save a dime in fare. One great advantage will be that one using the trolley line can get out or into town without being hampered and the fear of missing a train. Again. people can also pass an evening ia the city or country and feel assured of get ing
 home. A worry as to that. has al
 ways been the "pogy man. of the
 steam road. No more vii be heard | the pitifuI song ;"Last train gone and
 we've got to wa back home" when
 Monroe gets the trolley cars.
 Over west towards the setting sun,
 settings hens and-Pshaw! we mean l some where in the Stepney hailiwick, a | ider down cellar late in the fall. for l keeps. That is, he meant to have it l remain an unbroken package un Il such time as said apple juice ShoTld ger in it and other idtoms. Now, let | it be said that the aforesaid farmer, | boarded and bedded hired man who eou'd hit up cider of any cd CT new vintage and didn't care. But farmer man felt safe as the barrel did not 'eak and so he left it untapped and the bung out for it to get on the l +ob of working and for fresh air. Ali 70, he felt mentally safe, some more, because there were no sucking straw m the premises, no rubber pipe or no
 nothing to use in the siphen style in hat bung hole over and above the ci- Ser Well ''temuus fugit.'' Some time after Christmas had gone down the inc, the farmer went down cell r tto sample the brew and with a di- vining rod, find out just how muc1 ci- Ser had worked away. Great Peter'' said he, there's only half the bar eI left'' Then he got his Sherlock Holmes thinker to work but could not connect, until he espied some broken macaroni sticks and these little hollow
 tubes were just as good a cider siphon, as mint iu CD straws any old rack ing-off thing. The grocery store was near and the Macaroni only 5 per box. Did the hired man ?-we'l, that's up Q the guess club. The antiuua ted
 -araeox, in metaphor of slang vern C.
 uIar has it: There's more than one way to skin a cat" also, to loot a cider barrel