The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-15
MONROE
Especial to the Farmer) By A. w. French.

Morgan haS been an active school
 teacher for several years and there
 fore she knows things. So she is | easily the leader in rehearsals for the coming enactment of Hickory Hollow School" Firstly. the production is
 solely for benefit of the Center school l and the hall ought te be crowded to | the doors, with school visitors. " There will be 20 speaking characters in the cast, all adults in kiddie will be to laugh some. Of course there will be the conventional dunce, | the cut-ups, the stern school visitor and a few drop-ins. The date of presentation will soon be given out | and-but just wait. Everybody is telling everybody, they'll be there. Harmony range, D. of H. at their next regular meeting, on the 24th, is to hold what is termed a dramatic night. Just what form the dramat- ics are to be presented, is not made public, even many grangers being in ignorance as to whether 1t will be tragedy, melo- drama or comedy, en- acted or given by readings. It sa- vors of an intended surprise and cer- tainly the programme will attract a large presence of members.
 Nearly every spring for a number of years, particularly when high wind s prevail, fires have been started in the WOOO1d4AOS IAI6 Id111OdO, III the northern part of the town, some times doing much damage. Locomo- tive sparks were the cause. This year only some small fires have ensued. with trivial damages, so far.
 With the opening of the schools for of pupils. At Cutters Farms Miss Dorothy Ma1Iette was taken from Elm street school as an assistant, a teach CT from New Haven succeeds the for mer.
 A lively four years of age Monroe boy, on being asked: What are your folkes ping now?'' said, as he caper- ed about: Grandpa is raising cows, papa is raising chickens, mamma IS raising some little kitties, sister is-is raising dollie, an me-I'm raising the deuce; mamma says. Te-Hee. The relator of this, also tells some more. The visiting uncle of a wee Miss, was trying to find how for she could count. She halted at -four and one are how many?" so uncle said: Listen. Your papa makes one, mamma makes two, your (hurrah brother makes three and yourself makes four. Now if you had another brother what would that make? Little Missie thought for a moment, then solemn1y said: Why! I dess that would make-would make mamma crazy"
 When it comes to using work horses or cattle, some men are a can full of the milk of human kindness There is noticea bly, such in Monroe. One, in variably lets the horses of his heavily loaded wagons, stop to rest at the foot of a hill and also at the top. He deserves some sort of medal pinned on him.
 A young Monroe man, at a party gathering essayed to do something funny He shifted a chair so that a 3T1Ef nf iYCr hnV self. fell on her back, heavily to the floor, sustaining a shock and had to be taken home, as, seemingly, her spine had been injured, but she has recovered.
 There have been at least a dozen city people in town this spring, look ing for a country home and farm property to purchase, but there doesn't appear to be any rush in the passing of papers at the town clerks office, up-to-d date.
 Monroe Whist club with now a m embershfp of over so, has had a most successful and enjoyable season. Parties interested suggest, at the final assembly before a summer vacation, there ought to be had brief play and a closing session, given to dancing.
 B. c. Shelton is sIeuthing on the trail of prospective inheritance windfan.. It Is stirring up his Sher-
 
 ing him awake nights, so it is alleged. 1 There are about twenty other heirs on l the waiting list too, but E.. c. don't | care. He isn't getting ''fuey. in the Albert for that. The brief of it s this. One of his forbears, Mrs. Glo- riance Shelton Smith of Derby pass ed away several decades ago. She left land in East Derby and it was not fixed up right in the settlement of her estate. The property has since passed through several hands. | Now the pesumptive heirs are to set up their claims. Among such, besides MT. Shelton, hereabouts, are Clark Mrs. Mortimer Hubbel1, William H. Shelton, Warren HubbeH, Mary Hubbell. The remainder are scattered. It is claimed that nearly S40,00O is involved. It is also claim I'd that the aforesaid B. c. is recei7- ng motor car literature and has been looking over machines down town.''
 Over at the west side of town there S a big guess class as to what, if anything, will be done this summer in he way of constructing the road for he proposed new trolley line.
 Frederick w. Wheeler has recently made a cattle buying trip up far north md has purchased several yolzes of : lassy oxen- With his years of ex- he knows whats what :
 Morris French, last week, was the hauffeur of a straw ride party of a Lozen, who went down to see an ami teur play given in Huntington. The 1 ide both ways, was big noise, with ] ongs and hurrahs, accompanied by he sweet music of horns, auto trum- tets, bells and so forth, and that is no 1 Lream.
 Finishing up the many improve aents made to his rental house in the $ Center. H. T Lord has had added a eat heavy wire fence on the entire ' ront of the premises.
 MT. and Mrs. William Mix who have | isited all winter at the Wells Lewis l ome, will soon leave to sojourn in | he Adirondacks, as usual. It is finally announced that the t Old SchooI' play is to be presented I t Monroe town hall on the evening