The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-07
STAMFORD
Especial to The Farmer. )

George O. Lines of Columbus Farm
 received letter which had been mail
 ed in Bridgeport on Jan. 2. So un-
 usual an occurrence was worthy of 1 investigation and the envelope which l had been soiled by much handling,
 was carefully scrutinixed. The half obliterated post marks furnished a | complete record of the travels of the
 missive. It first went to Cape Town,
 South Africa, from thence to Hong
 Kong, China, where it was remailed l to San Francisco, and from there it came direct across the continent to
 Stratford. The letter had been on the road for three months lacking
 three days and had travelled 27,S75
 miles. It had beaten Phineas Foggs
 will keep the letter as a souvenir for his descendants. It will be curios- l ity when the same trip will be made in. an .aeroplane in 2 quarter Of the George 0. H1lis. who viii soon ceie- ibrate his ,szth birth day. Is passing week with friends Tn Waterburx where The was engaged in business before the lwar. MT. Ellis gets around among
 the young fellows and is able to tire them out when 1t comes to long walk. This remarkable man prob ably bears his years lighter than any | man of his age in the country. l. Mrs. Henry Beardsley is preparing to occupy her summer home at Peck's Mill.
 pie attended the entertainment given at the Washington Park M. B. Church
 in Bridgeport, last night.
 Mrs. George Beach of, Peck's Mill has sold lot on the corner of Main
 street to Bridgeport parties, who will
 erect bungalow there this summer. | Nine young men with academic ten- | hA
 Works on Saturday night at the 6tratfield, where an elaborate dinner
 was served The dinner was enliv-
 ened by college songs and impromptu
 speeches. some of which were very
 complimentary to the host of the ev-
 the service at the hotel was up to the | mark in every particular.
 l Mr. Olmstead has sold a lot at Co.,
 1umbus Farms to Bridgeport people | who expect to build on it at once.
 The desirability of this section for
 appartnt to many, has just reached
 the outside and there will soon bs | many new houses there.
 1 Sunday night the trolley wires on the hill from the Washington bridge l nearly to Boards corner were down
 and no cars passed either way be- l tween the hours of 10 and 12. Many
 Stratford people was disconnected. | Mrs. J. L. Lines of Columbus Farm | is visiting friends in South Norwalk. l Odd Fellows and others too are look
 ing forward to the whist and pinochle of Evening Star Rebekah lodge, this evening. A large number of hand
 some prizes will be distributed and re-
 treatments will be served.
 ] A party of Stratford ladies connect
 ed with the Women's Relief Corps of l kH, T s~, rdavp attending the convention Of the or der.
 Prof. Shaw will give one of his pop
 ular dances to his pupils at Grange
 hall on the evening of May 10. 1 The Woman's Aid Society of the and food sale in the chapel on May
 g, beginning at o'clock. The ladies l in charge of the tables will be Mrs.
 George Spall. food; Mrs. Deacon Ha-
 vens and Mrs. Robert Sammis, candy;
 Mrs. F. l.. Curtis, tea and sandwiches;
 Mrs. Stillman, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Wilson, ice cream; Mrs. R. T. Wheel
 CT, aprons; Mrs. c. K. Stagg, fancy work.
 Everything Is in readiness for the big whist tournament to be given by the ladies of St. James' Church, this l evening. Dancing will take place in | Rcd Mems hall to music furnished by the Stratford orchestra. The whist | tables will be set in the town hall.
 The prizes are unusually handsome and valuable.
 l The smoker given by the members of the Taxpayers Improvement Club at the club house on Nichols avenue, l was largely attended last night. Mem bers of all the improvement clubs in l town were present and the evening was pleasantly passed. This meet | ing was the opening wedge of a plan
 by which the clubs will cooperate in the attempt to obtain improvements for the outlying sections
 Miss Adelaide Blakeslee of West Palm Beach. Fla, arrived last Satur- day and will pass the summer here. She Is visiting her nephew, E. J. Blakeslee, of Fairview avenue. The members of Hickory Lodge held | the formal opening of their summer camp at Pumpkin Brook, Cut Spring, on May 5. A large number of guests were present for the ceremony and partook of the bountiful feast which had been prepared by the members. A long letter of regret was received | from "Beaconsfield' Bennett, who is
 now in Los Angeles, Cal. Pa" Cham berlain who is in Toronto, also sent a letter expressing his regret at his in- ability to be present. The lodge and surroundings have been put in fine shape and the picturesque spot will attract many visitors during the sea-