The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-06
I.itchfield County News
Chicken. Farm, Raided

The state police descended upon
what is known as The chicken
and raided the place as a disorderly
house, arresting ten inmates Mrs
James Farley was charged with be-
ing the proprietor and was put I'M
der, $500 bonds for violating the Ii
quor laws, Celia Smith, Nellie Whit
ney, Blanche Hyde, Marjorie VII
ley. Peter Commons, James Clark and
James Johnson were charged with be-
ing frequentens and We're put under
500 bonds Forty-eight bottles of
beer and a jug of whtskey were also
seized. Mrs. Farley was found guilty
and fined $25 and costs for keeping
for keeping liquors in the house with
the intention of selling them The
five female inmates and four male
visitors were each fined SO and costs
for frequenting a house of III fame
All the fines were paid.
AS 1t Should Be-
The plan of remodeling the business
blocks of West and South streets,
form as nearly as possible to the pre-
vailing colonial architecture of the
town has been agitated for some few
months. On Saturday afternoon, Jan
25 an, exhibit of the proposed plans
was held 1t was a revelation to see
how by the addition Of columns pilas-
ters ornices and mouldings, a COM
non-place, plain brick building could
be made both attractive and of dis
tinctive character. over one hundred q
was the unanimous opinion that if
these changes can be accomplished it
will give to Litchfield an added at
| unique in the country and will also
| enhance the value of Litchheld prop
| erty.
To&ringtons Good Water
of Torrington city water has been re-
| ceiVed from James A. New1a,nds, state
| chemist at Middletown. The number
of bacteria. in the samples of raw wa
| ter was small while in the samples
| of treated water, taken from the fau-
| Gets, the Colon baciili were absent in
| each case and the bacterial counts
| Large Choruses
| w. 3. Perry of Lakeville has orga-
| nized and is directing large choruses
in Cornwall and Goshen preparatory
/ to giving concerts in the early spring.
The Cornwall chorus Of ffty-eight
1 voices which sang the Creation last
year, will sing "Hiaw atha's Wedding
ha'' and the Goshen chorus of sixty
voices will sing Gauls Holy CITY,
| PIymouth's Grand List
The total 1912 grand list of taxable
] property in the town Of Plymouth: as
compiled by the assessors is $2,445.-
| 109, against 81. 364. 1893 in 1911.
New Game Association
1 There was a meeting of the land
| owners and residents of Morris Fri
day evening, Jan. 81, for the purpose
4 of organizing fish and game pro
tective association. The organization
was perfected and the constitution and
| bylaws adopted. The name of the
| organization is the Morris Fish and
/ Game Protective Association sand the
| following officers We're elected, to
! serve for one year: President, r. w
Skilton; president James M
| Whittlessey; secretary and treasurer
| A. w. Bissell.
Purse Of $500.
Father Rfzzio, pastor of st. Peters
| Italian Church, in Torrin gtOn was re
! Gently given purse of $500 by the
members of his former parish in
| Stamford.
A Dangerous Place
The following from the Harwinton
correspondence of the 'tWinsted Cit
| izen'' shows that there is something
wrong going on in that locality: G.
| Tam, who came here from New York
and bought the Culver place in Pow
| erty Hollow, has disposed of most all
| his furniture, incubators and lumber
which he intended to use to build
Mr.. Tam could not leave his house
for any length of time. He found
manure and oil thrown into his spring
also some one fired a shot through
his window. He said he was in dan
ger of his life and that when he wen1
after his mail he went across the lots
| as he didn't wish to be seen leav-
ing his house. Mr.. Tam said he is
going back to New York, where i
: he made a complaint he would have
ago a young man had one of Austin
horses from Thomaston to come t
:, Harwinton-S He was seen going by
/ Poverty Hollow and a railroad tie wa:
to go home another direction. Thit
| is the second attempt.