The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
MONROE
(By Arthur w. Freneh.)

Monroe, May 14.-The Monroe Dra- matic company, with H. J. Lord manager, has now an embryonic for nation. There is the necessary taI- ent for q good getting-together and 1t is proposed during the summer to present an entertainment of the vau- devflle class. Society everywhere is taking to this form of amusement, either by professionals or amateurs | and so. why should not Monroe fall
 Monroe Civic club had a good at tendance at their last regular meet ing. when, in most interesting way they were instructive1y addressed by President Grossly of the New Ha-f Even club, who was the guest. A mum Der of matters were acted upon, among such being the signing of a. petition to have change Of telephones ! at Stevenson station, from Seymour to the Monroe division. After the busi- ness, refreshments were served. ! Reverend and, Mrs. D. Webster kurtS, the latter nee Ethel Wheeler; who are making an extended Euro. pean tour are to visit the Holy Land | and possibly Egypt. . Their. itinerary l also includes a. sojourn in Germany and a visit to Heidelburg university, where MT. Kurtz was a student, -,hav- l ing won the -DeForest prize at " ale. E w. H. Plumb is to sell his large farm property on <Bagburn hill. The l recent nlishap, by which, he lost a: part of his right hand,= hasl handi-' l capped him a farming life and so he is down and out, as it was. On | this farm; is a newly worked linn e rock quarry and that case freak of l nature, long called Devils Dem, long quite a curiosity. s The selectmen, or somebody in au- thority, should take a look in at the 1 auditorium of the town hall and in l I1~z -eI,o l2e1 E1-.1 torn and disa bled and it makes things l look arniss there.
 l Thornton Blakeman, with his newly | acquired auton obile, has started in to
 do some long wanted service to Mon
 roe center and environs. He has
 begun passenger carrying business between the railroad station and also | direct to the cities and elsewhere. If 1 the carry is kept up, it will surely ! grow and prove a great convenience l as frequently horse drawn vehicles are not de pendable, especially at | short notice. So everyone wishes sue cess to the venture and Thornton's ad- l dress is at the Center. In past years, 1 people have refrained from locating in | Monroe, on account of the irregular | team carrying service to the railroad I stations.
 Grass is growing finely so far and | ahead of the usual season. This week several here made arrange ments to get in their hay crop on the | last week in June, unheeding the old l time schedule: After Fourth of July.'' l That epidemical spring fever, or l contagion, if you wilt is catching continues to spread in Monroe, and has been diagnosed as acute chick enitis.'' The broody hens of yester year are seeing much of their occu- patton gone. mostly. nowadays Dr. I. N. Cubator has the call on large I -7 merous as the stones in Monroe meadows. Bargain counter sales at 1 cut prices in fresh incubated chicks | prevail in some towns Up in Rox- bury a man had sign on his fence: t'Chfcks were 12 cents per, marked down to 9 or 3 for a, quarter O you merciaIism A cursory census of few, results as follows, as to hens and their progeny, also incubated: Anton Zinm herman, 5000; H. J. Lord, | 1.5O0; H. S. Habersham, 1,200; Fred
 P. Sherman. 500; Merwin Johnson 400 and so forth and so on, down the line. | One uplifter has 1t so bad, that he is going to raise several thousand l birds, just as soon as he gets domiciles built.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of East Will 1 1age M. E. church have arranged for 1 a series of their attractive socials this season. On this Friday evening, they are to give a penny social at the par sonage, affording much entertainment | to those who attend.
 Now that the state has appropriat- ed much money for the building o1 good highways a gleam of hope comes
 that Monroe will have get-in on Econstructfon of that proposed state
 road from the Center to Trum bull line
 Everybody's waiting for it and the
 sight of something doing will be
 good for sore eyes, all right.
 l I Q
 passenger touring car. His runa-
 bout has been given to Mrs. Lord fol
 her personal use. She being a ca
 pab1e operator.
 Conforming to the usual change thi, year, on June 1, the Monroe Menoria.
 exercises under the auspices of Kel
 Iogg Post, G. A. R. of Derby will be
 held at East Village M B. Church.
 Well, well, why was this thusly l Monroe's cold wave, put over ou1
 midst Saturday and Sunday last wa.
 too much, for anything-and the mid
 dle almost, too, of the month. Ther'
 was a heavy frost, and thick Ice form l ed in out of door receptacles. Som' 1 early rising garden stuff was blasted
 Furnaces had to be started and over l coats mittens and tippets had tn,
 call. o you May, 1913.
 The singing trio, who frequent!
 vocalize in Monroe, are using som
 local hit songs, sketches of which ar' as follows: I'm the Guy to build thu
 state road from the Center down tt
 TrumbuIl, so the horses can pull som' load and the walking made good fo
 the humble" Also, "Everybody's do l ing it.'' Doing what?" so says tn l narrator. Why making chickens il
 an incubator.
 Cincinnati, May 13-The new uniol
 of Cincinnati street car employees re