The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-28
STAMFORD BRIEFS.

business trip.
 John Lawlor, Mrs. M. Hodgins and
 Mrs. J. Kelly are all on the sick roll William F. Bea1, who formerly re- sided in this town, was here yesterday preparing to return and become a citi- zen of Stratford permanently.
 John Best, of New York, a, former resident of King street, was the guest of C. Bray, Ferry road, yesterday The Halton five of Waterbury, have been selected to play the Ramblers on Saturday night, and some game is ex- pected for the Brass City boys have held the championship of their city for four successive seasons. For the preliminary the Newfields will prob ably engage the Juniors.
 A Sociable crowd as usual played as the guests of Oronoque lodge. Twent three tables were in play. The following prizes were awarded: John VigUs, silk umbrella; Mrs. H. Meachen, gar spoon and butter knife; s. Priest, sugar spoon and butter knife; Mrs. W. Hubbell, gravy ladle; E. H. Thompson, gravy ladle; Mrs. G. Lane, sugar tongs; Mrs. A. Holmes, basket apples; Mrs. G. Johnson, cream ladle; E. B. Wilcox, olive fork; c. E. Curtis, bas- ket of potatoes: Mrs s. Priest, cake tin; l.. c. Bierce, nut set; l.. NJ. Meachen, cold meat fork; H. D. Barnes, cream ladle; Isabelle Holmes, gravy lad'e; Walter E. Goddard, cold meat fork; Mrs Walter Goddard, chiId's set; J. Henderson, basket or anges; Mrs. H. Kemp, child's set. The affair was a success under the man. agement of Henry Meachen, who has conducted all the whist games of the lodge for the last 15 years and who has reduced the matter to a science. Other members of the committee were Fred Wilcox and Edward Burritt, who set out one of those fine lunicheons for which the lodge is famous. "Cy'' Morehouse and Edward Manchester were the scorers. This was "Cy s" first appearance in society since his leg was broken, and he was heartily welcomed
 The town did not take kindly to the 50 cents charged for admission to the concert given by the Wheeler & Will son band in Red Mems hall, last night, and only S1 people were present Her bert Bartram promoted the concert in the interest of the piano fund of the Center school, and he will have to dig up S22 from his jeans to make up the S60 which he agreed to pay the band for it's services. This is unfortunate, for MT. Bartram was earnest in his cndeavor to help out the school and also because the sch olars would have been much pleased with the two saw bucks which will now leave town.
 Capt and Mrs. A. Bedell Benjamin are still at Denver, Col, where they will remain at least until after the trying spring weather of New England is over They have as yet set no
 
 West Broad street.
 Capt Charles A. Plumb, who sup plies brain food for the residents of Ansonia and vicinity, was in town this week looking over his shad indi- cators and setting them in the mouth of the river to get a line on the prob ability of any run this season. Capt Plumb has a personal acquaintance with all the old time shad who have visited the river for years, and is able to tell in advance just what the pros poets are. He is the only man who has caught shad in the HousatOnic for years, although thousands of Stratford shad have been sold in the markets. Capt. Plumb still cl1ngS to his assertion that a few shad visit the Housatonic every year and that this delectable fish would again appear in their former numbers every spring if the pollution of the river by sewage was stopped. He also affirms that sa' mon would again fill the river in countless numbers if an ir-tclilgent eff fort was made to cultivate them.
 Dr. w. E. CoggsweH is able to be about again and attend to his many patients in the town.
 The Woman's Aid Society of the Congregational church has arranged | with Rev. Thomas Penn Ullman of New Haven to continue his ministra- tions during the absence of the pas tor. Rev F. N. Packard. who is now at TrXnzA- N- c.