The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
ST'RATFORD
Especial to. The Far7ner.)

| Especial TO. Inc Far7neT.)
Stratford, March 1.-THE funeral of
| Mrs. Amelia Brakeman took place this
| afternoon from her home in Oronouue.
| Rev Samuel Wooster Of Norwalk Of
heated There were many tokens of
| flowers, among them a large piece
from the local Grange and another
from the State Grange The pail
bearers were r. e. Brakeman, SeIa G.
Brakeman, Corlos G. Brakeman, Ste
phen T. Palmer, Sherman W. Eddie
and Rufus o. Spamer. Mrs. r. B.
Hard and Mrs. DR. Martin sang She
was buried in Putney.
There seems to be misunderstand-
ing about the man who has been ap-
pointed by the numbering committee
George Wells will call at every house
and INFORM you what the correct
number Of your house will be- He
has with him different styles of num-
bers and If you wish he will put them
on at a, small cost.
At the meeting of the Board Of
Trade, Thursday evening, many i'm
portant matters came up. The board
offers two prizes to the school chill
dren who will give the best slogan to
the town. The first prize will be So
in gold and the second s. so in gold.
Committees were appointed by the
president, as follows: McLaren Steven
son, membership; Charles S. Sammis
the public Improvement; H. E. Bar
tram, publicity; E. H Beers, Iegisla-
ton and taxation; F. NettIeton, COM
mercial industry. PhiIo Ravens,
chairman of the banquet committee.
reports that it will take place on April
10. and Dr. Craft will speak on +'Civic
IDEALS
A number of rabbits have been seen
in the lots on Booth street. One lit
tie girl Of six happened to see one
run over the field one morning and
at the breakfast table asked if they
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Easter. Several people crossing these
lots have almost stepped on them
Miss Ellen Ryan has been awarded
first prize in an essay contest last
week Miss Ryan attends the Center
school.
with a cold, is improving.
Mrs. H. c. Lowell is improving and
is very much better, although she is
not out of danger.
Mrs. Andrew J. Kraussman, while in
the door yard at her home on Main
street, stepped on an old cesspoo1 and
it caved in. She received a severe
shock and hurt her ankle
The Billiards VS.. Stratford played
an interesting game at the alleys on
Thursday evening, at which time the
Stratfords showed that there are some
bowIers still here.
Tonight at the alleys the game be-
tween the Black Rocks and STRAIT
fords will be on.
Frank and John Michalsk were
committed by Judge Peck in court
this morning. Frank, the youngest
was committed to a home in New Ha-
ven, and John to the Reform School
at Meriden- The complaint was made
by the sister and her husband who
have had charge of the boys for some
time and could do nothing with them.
The mother of the boys is at the
Bridgeport hospital
With an up-to-date city postal ser
vice in s1eHt there seems to be con
siderable talk on the street which is
not based on facts. It is fact that
our post Office will have the necessary
IS, 900 income to make it a second class
Office instead of a third class as Of the
past but it is not true that the ad-
vance in class would give us the car
of modern service. It is necessary
for this office to reach an income of |
$40 900, not including the box rentals |
which amount to about 800 a year, |
before we could have the service we
are to have in a few days. Last year |
the income increased about $500, near
w half of which was due to the Pres
identia1 campaign, and would not be
reached in future years The aver
age of the past five years Is about
$3.50. If any one is curious to ascer-
tain how soon we would reach the
necessary $4,000 income which re-
quires 81 700 addition to that of the
present, let him go over the follow
ing figures: If the annual increase is
$500 it would take more than five
years; if $780, it would take nine
years. The figures given here as
facts were obtained from the postal
regulations and the official figures of
the post Office, and are correct, ex-
cept as to figures under 100 which are
not essential to a discussion of the
facts More than 20 towns and cit
les outside of Boston are part of the
Boston postal system, including
Lynn, a city of 1000, and as yet none
of them have lost their identity or
been affected in ay way except to their
advantage This consolidation has
been going on all over the country in
the interest of better service.
Rev. Ernest G. Carpenter, pastor of
the NJ E. Church, will preach morn
ing and evening Topic in the morn
ing will be 1.-The Continuing Atone
ment" In the evening it will be
The Mystery of the Crossed Hands,
The church will unite with the Beth
any Mission and the Congregational
Church at the chapel Of the latter
church on Thursday night to celebrate