The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-07
NEWTOWN

NEWTOWN
 Henry McKeon of South Center dis trict is now the owner of the Ezra Young property on lower Main street
 in the borough. Owing to ill-hea1ta he will dispose of his farm and take up this smaller places for the future. Miss. Grace Lake of aseairc, N. J., is a guest of her sister, Mrs. w. c. Johnson.
 There will be no meeting of the So- ciaI circle of St. Roses parish this week, owing to the activities of the parhshioners in the devotions attend ing the Forty Hours celebration and the further fact that the Social cir cle do not desire to clash with lie concert of the Sandy Hook bank at l Town hall, Friday night, May sth,
 thus giving this popular organization the full right of way in the entertain | ment line this week.
 Attorney Loughran and son of New York city, were in town Saturday and Sunday at their summer home on Berkshire Plains, making ready for the summer sojourn of the family. 1 MT. Arthur Beard has set out a DOT ton of his land to peach trees this spring, which are thriving we'll. The location is suitable and next year he expects to double his orchard in size, and eventually expects to do business on commercial scale in this line of fruit
 Raymond Conger has accepted po- sition on the staff of the Newtown Bee, and began his duties last week. The heirs of the late John Lynch .-f Newtown who was killed by the cars at Haw1eyvtlle, a year ago, settled their claims against the railroad con'- pany this week, without the case @om ing to trial in the courts.
 REOA 1F Bridgeport arrived at the home of B. S.. Lowell Sunday. MT. McAuliffe re- turned to his duties Sunday night, but Mrs. McAuliffe and child will spend a vacation of few days at her
 parents home.
 MT B. L. Johnson and wife are on
 their return trip from St. Louis this
 week, being now at Zanesville, O., vis-
 iting their son, Lee M. Johnson and
 family They expect to reach New town Friday of this week.
 Mrs. Jerry Lynch and son. Harold,
 were guests, Sunday of friends on
 Queen street.
 Mass, returned to her home yesterday
 after pleasant visit spent with her sister Mrs P. H. Mccarthy of Edge wood Farm.
 Mrs M J. Donohue returned to her
 home in New York yesterday, fully re- covered in health and strength. A handsome monument Is being
 erected this week in St. Roses cene- tery to the memory of the late Mar
 tin F. Hou1ihan.
 For sometime the Senior class of the High school has been rehears1ng play entitled, "A Rose O Plymouth
 Town" under the coaching of Miss
 Short and Miss Oleson of the teach
 ing corps Owing to the success of
 their former play. presented under the
 direction of these same teachers, the public may expect an excellent pro
 duction this time. The date Of the
 rendition of the play has not yet been liked, but will appear later in these
 columns
 The work of practical gardening as
 exemp1ified by the agricultural class
 of the High school on the c. B. Fay
 Tor lot in the Borough is attracting
 considerable notice. The mathemat1-
 cal lines and smooth surfaces of these
 seed plots astonish the rule of thumb gardeners in these parts, who shake their heads and say 1t takes more than scientific knowledge to make seeds
 grow. Nevertheless the work Is an object lesson in the right way to do gardening, and will doubtless, show results at the harvest time. The work i is directed by Principal Johnson | The Forty Hours Alteration { closed l this morning at St. Roses with dlgh mass and procession and bened1ct1on | of the Blessed Sacrament. From the l opening at 1O:30 o'clock mass on Sun day the church has been visited by
 the faithful and the numbers who ap-
 preached Holy Communion gave eo1fi- l cation to all. The altar was most Etastefu1Iy arranged, much pains be- ing taken Several personal gifts or | greenhouse flowers, besides the profu-
 sion of May blossoms, with new and | artistic arrangement Of candies pre- duced a beautiful effect. The visit | rtn a assisted confess | sfons were: Rev. Joseph Daily and Will
 liam DuIIard of Danbury; Rev. Otto
 Baumeister of New Milford; Rev. 1 Augustus Jordan of Washington,
 Conn; Rev. Fr. Keenan of Bethel and 1 Rev. T. B. NihiII of Bridgeport. 1 Willis Lockwood of Pootatuck, has 1 settled with the railroad company for I his claim to damages for the loss Of his sons life a few months ago in
 a Massachusetts wreck. The family | did not care to bring suit aganst the | company: so advised the admintstra- | tor of the estate to accept the com
 pany'e offer which was done, and the | incident closed.
 | Leader Beard of the Sandy Hook band has received samples of clothi
 trimmings and pictorial representa- tions of uniforms together with price | lists from the tailors which were ex- hibited to the band members last night | at rehearsal As net receipts of the
 concert this week are to be used for | equipping the members with uniforms, it is expected the public will be in l terested and patronize the concert lib- | orally. A dance will follow the con- l cert.
 Martin Conger is acting nights in | the capacity of nurse for Merchant | John H. Blackman. Mrs. Wu1ff and l her mother Mrs. Peese act as nurses in the Blackman household. Both MT. and Mrs Blackman are reported as