The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-22
CHILDREN WAIT ON THE
STREET FOR THE WAGON
One Session Plan Works Hardship on
Children Coming Long Distances
Sanford Boy Down With
Pneumonia.
STRATFORD
Especial to The Farmer)

Stratford. Jan. 15-Complaints are
made by the merchants at the center
concerning the delay in transporting
children from the school there to their
over. The wagon is expected to be
ready at the close of the session to
take the children aboard. There have
been several delays recently presum-
ably caused by the team being engag-
ed otherwise and the children have
been obliged either to wander about
the streets or seek refuge in the stores
until the conveyance arrived. A son
OF James Sanford, superintendent of
the Beaver Dam reservoir, is down
with pneumonia and the father attri-
butes the Illness to exposure. 1T is
asserted that the boy has walked the
whole distance to his home in the
wait for the wagon. Mr.. Sanford de-
clares that he will not send his chill
rem to school until the regular sessions
have been resumed. He attributes the
whole trouble to the Unnecessary and
unsatisfactory one-session plan which
has been adopted at the Center school.
Cooney, died at her home on Bishop
avenue yesterday morning. Mrs. Coo
ney was the oldest member of St
James church and one Of the Oldest
residents of Stratford She was born
in Ireland SO years ago and settled
in Stratford before the vicinity of her
sons survive: John, who conducts
cafe on Barnum avenue, William and
Daniel. both Of the latter having
positions in the Locomobi1e factory.
Rev John Fitzpatrick of Niagara Uni
versity, a nephew of the deceased, will
offer the mass at St. James church to-
morrow morning.
At the annual meeting of the Found
ers and Patriots of Bridgeport yester-
day Miss jeanette Booth of King
street was reelected chaplain. Miss
years.
Cards have been received by friends
Miss Pauline Stagg, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E. Stage and Frank
II. Weller of Palm Beach, Fla, which
was celebrated at Palm Beach last
A meeting of the members of the
Neigh borhood church, the Church of
Christ and the Advent Mission will be
held at the home Of Capt. George
Cleveland to discuss the proposition to
sell the church property on Church
street to Okenuck tribe of Redmen. All
of these have a voice in the disposal of
the property. The Redmen are anx-
ious to buy but stipulations in the
deed have complicated the deal and
the meeting is called in the attempt to
straighten matters out.
The charter committee appointed by
the town met last night at the home
began the work of drafting a charter
to be adopted by the town and present
ed to the present legislature for &C
ton.
Warren r. Briggs of this town has
been appointed representative for the
district of Bridgeport by the American
opened headquarters for this state at
Waterbury. The institute is really
organized to establish a uniform scale
of charges, among other things.
HarOl Dunbar and Howard WILCOX
son are making some interesting ex-
periments with moonlight photo
graphy. The brilliant moon last night
furnished them a fine opportunity to
work and they obtained excellent
negative of the public library.
Former RepreSen tative William H.
Crawford and former Prosecutor David
Rhoades have a fancy for fine birds.
Crawford lavisheS his affection on an
enormous bronze turkey gobb1er and
his neighbor is equally fond of a flock
of barred rock fowls. The patriarch
of this flock is handsome cock, the
gem of Selectnan Charlie Wells many
high scoring productions. Yesterday
the gObbler who has no mate, wander
ed about the vicinity in disconsolate
loneliness He passed the time of day
with the pride of the Rhoades hen yard
An invitation to drop in was accept
ed by the gobbIer and what began as
a friendly visit DEVELOPED into an open
quarrel, probably over the respective
attractions of the principals. Turkeys,
although usually modest and retiring
in demeanor are some scrappers when
they really get down to business. The
Plymouth Rock has won many battles
and takes nobody's smoke. He has
spurs several inches long and they tell
when connected with an enemy in
upper cuts and swings. The turkey
had the longest reach and right and
left jabs with his sharp bill rocked
the ROSTERS head repeatedly. The
audience was all on the side of the
rooster which is natural and the hens
encouraged their lord and master by
frequent applause and admonishions to
put out the Ianky intruder for the
count. The noise of the spectators at
tracted the attention of Mr.. Rhoades
who interfered to stop the bout Meth
er of the conbatants however, was
ready to quit and they both resented
the decision of the referee and attacked