The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-14
MONROE
tSpecfaa to the Farmer by Arthur W.
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tSpeciaa to the Farmer by Arthur W.
French, }
Monroe Jan. 14-ThOse who hRr-
west a considerable sce for their pd'i-
waite use. are beginning to s7lrrnise as
10 this Seas0nss gather and when the
IRON VIII be ready for Quitting. The
milk business could hardly go on with
but Ice through the summer. Even
b.F3xFky- Sinclair bad q large new ice
house hz1s&lad along 70 completion last
month and Il Is there yet-ou the wait
ing Hat the cold dash OF lest week
noe folAs sa3 saro and taEne notice, burt
r o1iy 3Tlst made ice 4trtoaz enough,
the pessfn1isEg E0er, to mold up snow
a foot deep or more. Il The universe
nf - our enoEsturTfss this winte4, wifi be,
or erpf ND with rain and we're goAng
70 have ice making weather, we'll along
into March, Well there's February,
Fhat little month knows a. bit about
Boifd1fyfng aqua prTra- or amy other
kEl dtsperaI1dlsEn
Wen that tempest in a teapot has
gone by and the school committee are
Taking q long breath once more, hav-
kng got Off q Worry street When
SCHOOL ended eT1nss were unse0t4eos
to whether or not they would hold
down their jobs any longer. But al
ter much talk fest and arranging some
matters, all but one teacher, Miss L.
Edith wales of Elm street school,
agreed to remain In two cases, both
pupils, parents and friends were uT~
wales Is going to Chicago to visit sew
eraI wrecks her brother Earle being To-
GATED in business there and h9r parents
are going to Virginia. to make long
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Z. c.
PruTrdTnan-
now has begun the annual cutting in
and making deep rz1ts In the various
koadways by heavily loaded teams
hauling wood to the railroad stations
1T seems as II the most teaming was
Hone. when the ground is soft enough
10 let the wheels sink TO the hsIl1s.
Then when there Is a ffeeze-nice
wheeling, amt It?
Years morning, when a Monroe man
who had forgotten all about ft-wae
eswakened By noises in his hennery.
Dne Of his ROSTERS, with a ragtine
voice, was working the Growing stunt,
Very rngcI1ly. And there wasn't any
knore to make It look as II daylight
pulled on his pants his felt boots and
btner t11ings, and lighting lantern.
went out TO see about it. The hens
Tere c1uttering as he was preparing
Eomrny VtrEtnny'sf classical ditty,
brWho b9s4sx de lock- on de chicken
So were the hens None missing, not
even the broody ones, cooped In dur
ence vile Then the man remember
ed it was the coming on of the New
Kear and saying things about that
booster. told his wife that he guessed
that fowl, must have gotten the tip
end tuned I'D for the -Otd 4SdF Oht
Patsy German, who is somewhat
of an SSpert trappeT caught his 18TH
been on the waiting list. TSothlng
Eoing,- down to date He used to be
pieve in the phrase: There's LUCK IN
bid numbers said Rory OMOre,'' But
he's shaky in 1t now Or he VIII be:
tsif another polecat don't come rozn' .
That was happy eoncelt carrls sts. OUT
Of washington Lodge F. and A. M
On the 9Th The usual dancing session
with IT'S fuss to get ready the banquet
hall by clearing and removing tables
after they he'd set ard reset, wes
aboIfshed Instead, for over two
hours after the n1stalEa ton ceremony
there was reEtfu1Iy enjoyed by thu
large audience present q, social and In
Ntrun1enta1 concert which certainly ap-
bealed TO All, being made up of Bert
ksE's full orchestra, with no end Of
klaesic and popular songs, rendered
by those sterling ARTISTS from ttes
5,19oh choir Mrs R D. Martin, So
hrano and Joseph Weller, bass. There
k-as no end of deIhonstrative applause.
The guessing team of the Stove Club
L. now at work on some problems
Whether 1t is to be an early OF late
hpriue: whether the Center state road
kTfil be built this year; whether there
Il TO De any much ice crop: when are
tI1e trolley cars to run; how much 90
Z fou think ='s hog will weight;
tre a few eggs. at so cents
ahern at 25c2 When will Tom Par1ee
z ~ the coop again when will new
hubble mail box at the center. replace
g khe old one that was broken down
lest fall and will there be any rope
eut on the Center park flag pole, SO
Eha4 the 'tStar Spangled'' may wave
, IN Wazhington's birthday, or any old
kline of the year2
And, talking about eggs what a diff
Ference. a Monroe lady came in from
the hennery some time ago and ex-
fIsirred she GLORY bel" adding @I got
70 to-day: Isn't that just splendid?
Five cents apiece too. Oh you chick
Rzls,'' Down in the city. the house,
kYife said to her maid: Don't put but
bre egg in that cake. They're five
rents apiece. The ideal It's a. shame:
pes its a crime. Guess the farmers