The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-13
Especial to The Farmer )

down stream by the current and pile 3up against the Washington bridge Should this condition arise it is be l l1eVed that nothing can save the l structure. It is time a new bridge
 was built at this point as the present l structure is obsolete and ill adapted | to the uses to which it is now put. | The rails of the Connecticut company | and the additions to the seams neces- | Jary to strengthen them to bear the l added weight has resulted in a horrid | affair which is anything but credit | to the two most populous counties in 1 the state. In the event of the bridge 1 being carried away the new structure,
 must be of much stronger construc- l ton to accomm odate the trolley com l its share of the cost of the bridge l which ought to be more than one ] half leaving the other half of the eS- l penSe to be paid by the counties of
 New Haven and Fairfield jointly When the Washington bridge was
 built it was considered about the greatest achievement the town of | Stratford had seen- It has answered | the purpose well and would have been | good for many years had the trolley
 company built bridge for itself | across the river and had provisions
 been made to relieve the strain of ice
 gorges.
 BRIEFS.
 The New England Ice Cream com pany have stacked up thousands of tons of ice on the outside of their houses at Bruce's pond and the gIist- ening mass is plainly visible from the trolley cars on Barnum avenue. Pas
 general opinion of strangers is that
 the mass is a monster ice palace. The | ice will be used before the main crop in the houses is touched. George Bartlett yesterday killed a me grey fox in the north end of the town. The hide brought $3 and the Only two red foxes have been killed in the town this winter. Twenty years
 ago the grey variety was unknown here but they have superseded, the | now. A fine red fox pelt is worth from $10 to $15 according to quality George O. Lines is having his mo
 tor car repainted and put into first
 class order for the coming season. Boquet holders. sachet bags and a
 toilet set containing power puffs and
 machine. The friends of the owner
 are wondering what use a bachelor will have for these articles.
 | The members of Housatonic grange | will hold an invitation dance in the hall in the McNamara building to-
 morrow night.
 M. H. Rogers, secretary of state, was Tn town yesterday investigating the conditions which surround the | maiming of Robert Hard by a motor car on the Ferry Road Saturday night. With State Policeman Rowe | Wheeler he went over the ground thoroughly and questioned everyone
 who had any knowledge of the un- fortunate affair. Bob" Hard, the victim is slowly improving but his in juries are of the most serious nature and It is almost a miracle that he
 was not killed outright. Twenty-oha | stitches have been taken in the | wounds on his face. The tendons of
 his right leg were torn apart and the
 limb was go thoroughly bruised and
 use to him again. The accident, if it
 may be called by so decent a name has demonstrated how heartless the human animal can be when self in genial Bob" was thrown into the
 gutter on a bitterly cold night wound
 ed almost to death and left to freeze. While the running down of the vic tim may have been purely accidental and perhaps unavoidable the subse- quent action of those in the motor car is deserving of a punishment as severe as the ingenuity of man can devise. Hanging is a pink tea in comparison with what the jackals should receive.
 At the meeting of the Stratford
 Charity society held yesterday after noon at the rooms on King street there was a continual line of visitors seeking assistance Many of those
 who applied for help told of their SufferingS which were pitifuI. All
 applications are now being inYestigat- ed and the indiscriminate donations to the unworthy are being cut off and 1 the professionals who have so long lived on the bounty of few of the tender hearted will be obliged to go to work or move to some other town to work their little games. It was voted at the meeting yesterday to purchase a wheel chair which will
 be rented to the ilIvalids at a nomi- nal figure The severe winter has taxed the resources of the society and the demand for warm clothing has exceeded the supply on hand. The mem bers have been obliged to hustle to keep their charges warmly clothed. As is usually the case the most de- serving people do not apply for aid. Several cases have been recently dis co-ered and relieved.
 Mrs. William King of Providence,
 at Peck's Mill.
 Australian Charlie Griffen has re-
 covered from the attack of the grip
 and is able to be out again as we'll
 as ever. Fred BOSse is T covering but
 will not be out for sevel al days yet.
 Capt. Will Porter has returned from
 a trip through Canada in the interest
 of the Oyster Bay Oyster company,
 where he disposed of large quantities
 of the shell fish. w. Y. Bailey is man.
 ager of the company and MT. Porter
 represents him on the road. Last
 week four carloads of oysters were
 shipped to Philadelphia which is re-
 garded by Baltimore growers as their
 special territory.
 The new boiler which is being in
 stalled in the Sedgwick school by H. N@ l1ONel c ASO. IS or the same tYO6 as those recently purchased by the
 town to heat the town hall. The new
 plant is built with a view 10 the prob-
 able addition of more rooms to the
 school in the future. The boiler be-
 ing installed will take care of several
 more rooms without extra expense.
 Oyster steamers are having a hard
 time of it in the ice this winter Re. ports of several break downs have reached here. The steamer Hoy of
 the Oyster Bay fleet recently lost her
 wheel and drifted about in the ice un-
 til another steamer took her in tow
 and got her into the harhor with diff fIcuity.
 The fashion plates for men at Peck's
 Mill this winter call for f.&ll boards
 This explains the stubble on the face of the mayor of that burg. George O. Lines and also on that of the city clerk, George s. Webb and also re- lieves the anxiety of the town con corning the supposed lack of water in the pond. The report that the re- united Webber and Fields of New York were visiting in the town is tracea ble to this source for NVebbss