The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11
AUTOMOBILISTS LITTER UP
 LAWNS WITH FOOD SCRAPS
Tourists Passing Through Stratford Show Little Regard For Towns peoples Feelings
 Are Indignant.
Special to The Farmer)

Especial to The E'armer) Stratford July 10-There has been a
 deal of comment and no little indigna- tion among the residents of the town, l especially those living on the streets
 used by automobile tourists. over the practice automobil1sts make of stop l ping for lunch wherever they happen 1 to be at noon hour and at the con-
 clusion of their repast leaving the re- | mains Of the meal strewed on some l body's front lawn.
 Yesterday noon a big touring car stopped by the roadside on North
 Main street and after the occupants had finished. eating they drove off
 leaving on the lawn after them six
 empty beer bottles, several cardboard
 boxes, and scraps of bread, cake, egg shells, and other remnants of the feast Only a, few days ago an automobile party stopped for lunch in front of | the Congregational church in the Cen
 ter and they also left the remains of 1 the luncheon scattered on the greens | ward in front Of the church. No re-
 gard is paid to the feelings of the res- idents Of Stratford, the automobilists
 seeming to think that if the people I)of the town don't like it they can lump" it.
 It is anticipated that if this objec- ttonab1e practice of littering up the streets of the town doesn't cease, the Public Improvement committee of the Board of Trade or other public spirit ed citizens of the town will take up I the matter with the A. A. A. If the automobilists were just @ little 1 thoughtful or considerate they would
 partake of their luncheons outside the town limits along the country roads or through the woods where 1t does not make so much difference if a few papers or food scraps are scattered around.
 BOARD OF TRADE The Stratford Board of Trade held an interesting meeting in the town hall last evening at which reports were received from the committees appointed to see that improvements were made on Academy Hill and at Paradise Green. The committees told of the work that was done this year and of what work they will be able to do next year with the assistance of the townspeopIe.
 JOY RIDERS IN STAMFORD The season for joyride fiends is now
 at it's height and at almost any time
 during the day or night parties of hilarious young men and women gen orally in livery cars are apt to be seen and heard passing through the town They show very little regard for the feelings of the natives and seem ] to take fendish delight in waking up everybody along Stratford avenue
 
 ry Boulevard at three Or four o'clock 1 in the morning as they are returning from their carousa1s at Savin Rock or the Milford beaches.
 | Yesterday a party of joy riders pass ed through the town and killed val
 uable bulldog belonging to Charles Longden of Stratford avenue. But as long as the victim was not a little child the people of the town should | feel thankful. What's the life of a
 poor dumb brute worth anyway, as
 compared to the distinction of burn 1 ing up the roads of Stratford at a 1 rate of 50 or 50 miles an hour?
 T. O. O. F. MEETS Oronoque lodge of odd Fellows will
 hold its regular meeting in Odd Eel lows hall this evening. A full attend l ance of the members is desired. DIES SUDDENLY
 | Going to bed Wednesday night ap- parently in the best of health. Mrs. l Christian Ranscher Yost of Victory Istreet was found dead when her daugh- ter-in-Iaw went to wake her yester- day morning. Death was due to heart