The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
MONROE
Special to the Farmer by Arthur W.
 F'rench.)

Special to the Farmer by Arthur W.
 French.)
 Monroe. Dec 11.-Over in West Mon roe the Stepneys. if you please and eu along. the Guess club is working overtime in the debate and ta1kfesI problem, ''When are the trolley cars to start running?" The query Is be- Ing given a shuttleoock game. and all because for the past two months there has been great working activity d1s- played in setting poles, wiring ano doing ground well north from the pity into Long H1lI Street The op- tirrlists are hurrahing this week. thar the cars will get a move on soon- per- haps this winter. getting juice rom the Connecticut Co.,, and so forth. The snaiIing and shying their hats into the Fing are saving: 'Not-a-tan. not-a- tall. Savey? The bluff company has got to get so much of its construction work done this month to save it's rharter from lapsing, that's why ano all Going to get an extension or legisaature and we do herewith al kege. that with an extension granted eaid construction work will have the iarsy-pals or some other lapse.
 A man there Is and he lives in. well. it's your guess. His upper set of teeth got so awful bad, that ne had all the stunps pulled out ana los thing but sponge cake, gum drops ana breakfast foods. all down the line Then he went over to Derby ana nao of new upper false teeth. That was all right, of course. After that ne visited BridgePort. where ne wa6 41n oo of mind, or something, and forgetting what he had done in Derby, he went into dentists factory and got meas 4hermore deponent sayeth naUght, but if the two sets of teeth are ta- ken, one can be used for every day work and the other for sunday-go-to- meeting Mebbe. Why not?
 Somewhere over west, towards the setting sun. they are talkang ano which have for centuries, come from underground-the natives say-at place on the Red Sea And, most ev- eryone, of any knowledge has read or heard of Moodus noices-so-c called here in Connecticut. Monroe has had some noises for years They mostly is similar to a company of field ar fiIlery in rapid firing action. some have held that it comes from West Point. forty or more & miles i % to the Wesr Thsv don't bing-bang like that every day In the week at the military station, It ever Some have it. that 1t Is @ a pat dr the days drilling on the Hudson pal iisades. where they get out pavins and small stone But that may De axnlained They are not heard Sun day It also has been attributed to various causes, but the noises go op and so does the guessing. as 1t has for years
 And talking about weather. The gesteryears' December have nothing op kbA present month hereajbouts. as to snfIdness SO far. Farmers the past week have been ploughing in the fields and the cattle driven to pasture as In Indian summer time. Motor cars kicking LID dust along the highways, dandeiions persisting in blossom1ng O. the lawn and wee wild flowers rfIooua afieId A resident in his shirt sleeves. spaded over his garden patch Eaturday. No frost in the ground and lots more of unusual things Even s.Bob'' Sinclair. who Is having an ice house built has begun to wonder when he will be able to fill it. But inc weather oracle of the Stove Club we are to have a late spring Raus nT1t Inn" Sufficient unto the day is the enjoyment thereof
 Deecor Albert Wheeler is at home
 5e arrived from the west sooner than was planned on account of his having a severe cold He had to relinquish
 There are lot of skunks this year and a lot of, trappers are watching nenfs mem A good skunk skin or pelt EelIs for a goodIy sum per Already George Wagner, has run up h1s score 10 neaTlY oU dLAO SOAA1 cA " A&7 01O1O fo chalk up close to 20. Others fol- low. with a dozen or less and even The wary boy trapper is earning some f<frristrnas money. The warm season Eeerns to be favorable for all kinds bf trapping
 A vocal Quartette from just over the horder came to town and attended a nartv lately Going home at o'clock ir tfe morning, they stopped in front = a darkened house-where they knew s 6emsel was fast asleep, in the arms n~ morpheus'' and tuned up with tSVvher1 the silver moonlight makes the nId mill pond look as if it was snow ad in" Then up went a window and rf7rfiI-1fke suf-fra-getty voice cried: sM-e-o-w-Scat you there. Scat!'' This sou cats" as they all beat it cross tots- .,
 -,.r,rch are btlsily preparing for their z7ciaI sale and supper to be held in el1e church parlors on the evening of dne 18th. There is to be an attractive S9eTl,av of salea bles, while the supper Of the turkey class, will appeal to all
 More New York buyers of country Dropertv are coming into town, they having lately purchased the former Wayland property at Jockey Hollow IA number of improvements are to be made to the residence this winter, -hicb is to be occupied next spring.
 Edward Hard husking his corn last -eeIx Jeff a dozen filled bags in the field over night but the next morning everyone had disappeared to some where Corn Is corn with chicken <--~z a~s hfc7, probably the takers