The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-29
FREE ILLUSTRATED
 LECTURE THIS EVENING
Special to The Farmer)

W6SIpOrL, F'eD. SJ-lllS eN NelllAlSr HI
 Library Hall, an illustrated lecture will be presented by Mrs. Claire Fin ney of Brooklyn, New York, on An Andrean Tour Through Three Zones | Mrs. Finney is a woman of wide | travel. and is well known throughout ! the country as lecturer She will | illustrate the lecture with new ser 1 ies of colored views and will begin at prompt eight o'clock. No admis- 1 sion will be charged.
 The regular mid-week prayer meet 1 ing was held at the Methodist church ! last night.
 | Yesterday afternoon the Ladies Aid 1 society of the Methodist church met | in the church parIOrs. Aprons and | fancy work were made which will be | sold to pay expenses of the society During Lent. each member has pledg- | ed herself to earn one dollar for the society, in addition to all other reg ular contributions.
 Sunday. being the first one in the month, will be observed in the Metho- dist church by Holy Communion ser vices.
 This afternoon, and continuing this evening, confessions were heard at the Church of Assumption. Tomorrow
 morning early mass will be said Extensive repairs are being made on the summer home of Dr. J. F. Bren- nan of New York.
 Dr. John McCarden and Mrs. Mo Cardell with pr. J. N. Nolan, spent
 yesterday in New York city After a visit with his brother, Irv- ing Stone, of this town, Harry Stone, | has returned to his home in Bridge port.
 At the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias to be held Tues l day evening. March 5th plans will be made for the celebration of the anniversary which was postponed from this week.
 A former Methodist minister, Rev. Levi w. Holmes, is to become again 1 a resident of this town. Rev. Holmes is at present in charge of the Metho- l dist church at Windsor Locks, but be- | cause of the ill health of Mrs. Holmes | he will not accept the pastorate an- l other year He will take up his resi- | dence here as a retired clergyman, | and will not attempt to take any active | part in church work but will devote | himself solely to the care of Mrs. | Holmes.
 Thornton Smith has rented the loft
 in the Allen building and will soon | open the agency of the Atlantic Com
 pany of Amesbury, Mass, makers of | a full line of motor boats and sea-go> | ing dories. MT. Smith expects to keep | on hand an ample display of these | boats and will be able to give prompt l delivery.
 i Word has been received in this town l that Mrs. Lottie Tillotson, of Hono- lulu, Hawaiian Islands, has recently | been committed to an insane asylum. | Mrs. Tillotson was once well known | among Westporters, and will be re-
 membered now because of the trouble | in Westport on a lecture trip. | The Congregational church is again ] undergoing improvements. New car- I pets and upholstery are being placed
 floor and in the lecture room above, | These new furnishings are in har-
 mony with the redecorating recently done in the church.
 i MT. Neil R. Mitchell left yesterday | for a visit of several days in Bayonne, | New Jersey.
 Much interest is being taken here in | the proceedings in superior court on before the probate court in town, and | decision rendered, upon which an ap- l peal was made to the Superior court | A. G. Southey completed another l real estate deal a couple of days ago | when he sold the Dosher property on 1 State street to Mrs. Francis J. Web | ster. Mrs Webster does not intend
 to use the property, and buys for spec l ulation only.
 l The Altruistic society met Tuesday l afternoon at the home of Miss Helen
 Kemper. it's president. Plans were l discussed for the future, and it was l decided to hold meetings hereafter on | every Tuesday afternoon. The next | meeting will be held at the home oi | Miss Elizabeth Tyler.
 | The ladies of the Congregational | church are planning for a big fair to | be held sometime in the early spring | Yesterday afternoon they gathered al l the home of Mrs. J. A. Lee, each one
 bringing a sample of what she could l make for the fair. These samples | were copied by the other ladies pres | ent, so that there will not be the us | uaI hit or miss collection of fancy | work, but a fine stock of uniformly l made articles.
 Tuesday evening the Star of West port Circle, Companions of the Forest
 met in their rooms on Main street John F. McCann of the Westport | Drug Company is in Portland, Maine
 owing to the serious illness of a sis
 ter