The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-13
Fairfield County News
Burglars in RidgeHeld.


The discovery was made Monday
that burglars had entered three sum
mer residences on the Ridge" in
Ridgefe1d and that they had carried
off considerable booty. Just how
much property has been stolen is I'M
certain as yet, as the owners of the
burgIarized are those of E. P. Dut-
ton and Charles Holt, and the May
nard place 1t is believed that the
greatest amount of loot was taken
away from the Maynard place, while
the others suffered but little.
Loss by Fire
Fire causing a loss of 81 900 occur
red Tuesday when a two-story frame
structure owned by Edgar T. Bates
in NorWalk was partly destroyed the
blaze started from the explosion of
kerosine stove and quickly spread
through the tenement, cutting it and
destroying the furniture and burning
the roof.
Handled Money, Got Poisoned
AS the result of handling money
which was infected in some way
Frank Brundage, an emp1Oye of Tay-
lor & Gelden's real estate agency, IS
fering with a swelling of the face
caused by poison from the money.
A Strange Occurrence
A most unusual phenomena occurred
at the home of Mr.. o.. r. Barrett. in
Oanbury a few nights ago. When
MIS-. Barrett 10lI lie nOuSC AoSLS
day afternoon everything about the
house was as usual. When she en-
tered the dining room the following
morning she saw, apparently engraved
on the mirror of the side-board. the
pattern of a cut glass dish which
stood on the sideboard, a few inches
away from the mirror. Investigation
showed that the glass of the mirror
was intact but that the quicksilver
on the back was responsible for the
appearance of the mirror. The mirror
OH four
wide and five inches in height almost
identical with the pattern of the glass
dish. Mrs. Barrett can only account
for the appearance of the mirror as
being due to a flash of lighting dur
ing the storm which passed over dur
ing Friday night. Occurrences along
where the imprint of articles have
been made on other things nearby
The entire form of the dish does not
show, only the pattern of the leaves
dence about the house or any OF it's
contents to show that lightning en-
believes that there must have been
a flash of lightning sufficiently
strong to have caused the quicksilver
to be changed into the form which It
still perfectly smooth and the remain
der of the quicksilver on the back is
undisturbed.
Klein to Live in London.
CnarlGS kI61n, the UOled pleLy
with homes in Rowayton and Bell Is
land will leave for Europe during the
first part of May, and will take up
his residence in London.
Little Girl Burned
Pulling a frying pan of hot grease
off the stove at her home In NorwaIk,
Thursday afternoon, Caro11ne, the four
year old daughter of Mr.. A. Burga-
rowsIki, was frightfully burned about
the upper part Of the body. Her
shoulders and back suffered most.
Lost All Effects
was wearing at the time, Mrs. B. M.
Andrews of South Norwalk, lost ev-
erything she had taken south with her
at the fire at the -the-Pines
hotel at Aiken. S. G. Mrs. Joseph
Thomas of Norwalk. lost but part of
her belongings
Hit by Chunk of Rubber
Eber Brown, Jr, of Greenwich, is
nursing a badly swollen eye. While
he was putting on new shoe for
Dr. William Burke. in his garage, the
tire-head broke and a chunk of rub
Der about four inches square flew
off hit the floor and glanced up
wards, striking his left eye and knock
ing him to the floor, unconscious. The
tire had about rs pounds of air pres
sure in it,
Farmers Institute
The state board of agriculture has
announced the following farmers in
stitute: Danbury-At the town hail.
Thursday, Feb 90 at Q and 7:30 p. m,
Addresses will be given by Charles L.
Gold of West Cornwall "Hruit Pos