The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-04
TOPICS OF THE TOWN

Keeping of the pig in the parlor'' may have been founded on fact is not doubted by Inspector James c. Grace of the Department of Health follow ing an experience on Gilmor~ street the past week. Neither does he doubt but that the criticism concerning the affection of some women for pets re- gardIess of their children is Justified. While poking about the corners and crannies of the back yard he was sur pr1sed to see 8 pair of horns appear in 8 rear window of the house follow ed by a bearded wise-appearIng face of a goat Then came a salutation in a voice more noted for quantity than quality.
 Investigating he found that Mrs. Goat and family of kiddies were being kept in the kitchen in which a mum Der of children were playing. The woman explained that the procedure had been followed for some time, that the children seemed to like it and, anyway, the barn was too cold for the kiddies. She thought nothing, appar- ently, as to whether it was good to have the k1dd1es and Mrs. Goat in the same rooms with the children. In spector Grace informed her that the procedure could not meet with the ap- provaI of his department and that the Dd-Iu Wc1S SOOd 0LOuSA oOLIOWA IhA1S the woman compiled.
 Police Lieutenant Philip T. Blans- field and an inofensive appearing box of matches came near causing re- cess for city court recently, speedy de tection by Prosecuting Attorney De- Laney saving the day. During the course of a trial Prosecutor Delaney happened to have his attention called to wisp of smoke curling up from Lieutenant B1ansheld"s left trouser pocket just as Court Officer Christo- pher Finnegan was going to announce that no smoking was allowed in court. A quick exit was made into the hall way, where it was found that matches in a leather case had become myster- iously ignited. They were removed before the cloth caught fire Just then the new Waterous engine passed in a test run up CourtIand street hill with changing of bells and other char acteristic hre-response noises. Two and two were put together and it was concluded that the response was due to the matches getting on fire. Some speedy response'' was the comment. At the Police and Charities building they are still Kidding Chauffeur Aubrey E- Burltson of the emergency hospital ambulance concerning his ac-
 quaIntance with Charities Comrnis- sioner J. MacLaren Richardson. Ii was Monday afternoon, just after various appointments had been an E noanced, that Commissioner Richard
 son attended a meeting of the Chari- ties board. He received congratuIa- tions concerning his re-appointmen ent Chauffeur Burhson was among those shaking his hands and amazed the l other by predicting that the city's | legal work would now be well taken care of. The others thought it was | pleasantly on Burlison's part until he explained afterwards that Judge Will l liam H. Cornley, newly appointed city 1 attorney, was some genial fellow. Ii l took some time to convince him that | he had mistaken his man.
 Since then attention has been di- verted from the time that pr. J. H Finnegan. emergency hospital sur geon, failed to know Superintendent | Fred R. Johnson of the departme ent i It was in the early evening when Su-
 perdntendent Johnson called up tc
 make some suggestion. Johnson
 Johnson7 7'' said the surgeon, ''it seems
 as if I know you but I can't place
 you You ought to, seeing that you see me every day was the response
 Then there was realization as to who was making the request.
 A good story is being told on 2 Bridgeporter, who sometimes meand- CTS about New Haven doing profes.
 sionaI duty. He has a friend, New
 Haven scribe, who has a telephone operator as a friend. A few evening" 1 ago the New Haven writer decided | that it was a good night for. a socia 1 visit so called up Central There | was no hitch excepting that his friend | would have 8 friend with her, an 1 other telephone operator, and felt tha ] three would be a crowd. No matter ] decided the New Haven scribe, ana ! told her that he had a friend-tht 1 Bridgeporter-who would be glad tt come along. They waited outside O the exchange until the two ''Centra1s' 1 appeared and approached. It was no 1 until the introductions came that thu Bridgeporter found that he was beins i introduced to his own sister. He ha.
 been trying to quiet the story ever. l day since.
 l Thanksgiving eve, he says, wisely ant 1 we'll, but had experience that wa l no nature fake. Waking up in tn
 dawn of early morning and with wis
 ions of the fat turkey that was to be I he was amazed to hear strange sound
 and to see a white object movin
 about thesroom. Guess I've got then
 all right was his comment and rub
 bed his eyes. Got what?'' inquire,
 his roommate. Then they remember
 ed that the night before they had wo1
 a big white gander at a Thanksgivin
 raffle and had tied it to the bed pos when they retired. In some way tn i bird picked the knot and escaped
 Tt was sure one bird of a tine,' say
 the one responsible for the yarn.
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