The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-12
NEW MILFORD NEWS

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| court In town, Monday, to act upon
several applications for decentralization
papers previously received. First pa
pers were issued to the following who
States: Peter johnson, Carl Johnson,
Eric Johnson Carl Johnson, Oscar
Carlson, Augustus Carlson, Charles
johnson, Carl Swanson, and Emil
Johnson All the applicants were
| Swedes
Mrs. Godfrey HArris, who has been
spending several weeks with her sis
ter. Mrs. Lester e Warner, returned
TO her home in West Philadelphia,
Monday accompanied to New York
| by Mrs. Matilda Meade. The latter
visited friends in Bridgeport before
returning.
The Increasing business of the East
ern Lounge Company has necessitated
the enlargement of its plant on West
street. and a large addition, 40x32
feet, to the main building, Is well I'M
der way. The contract is in the hands
/ of G. M Beach, who also has contract
ed for the erection of a. bungalow for
garage for E. H Bdgelow. of New
! York, on the upper slope OF Prospect
Hill. Ground has been broken for the
two latter buildings.
and Mrs. Herbert K. Chance, of South
avenue.
Harold Couch. OF waterview avenue,
Bridgeport spent last Saturday and
| Sunday with his parents.
A series of evangeslistbo meetings
will be begun in the Advent Christian
church, next Sunday, to be conducted
by Frederick Vtggers, of AgawaIa.
Mass, a Hcentfate Of that church. The
services will continue each evening
through the week terminating in a
ministerial meeting on Friday, the 21st.
The gathering will include the minis
/ ters of that denomination in the state,
and portion of Massachusetts, which
is embraced in the Conference. On
Saturday, the 221d, there will be
Sunday-school and Loyal Workers
convention to be addressed by visit
/ ing ministers. The local church. of
which the Rev. Stephen Heacock is
pastor, Is planning to make the oc-
terrain a considerable number OF del
egates who are expected.
Mrs. Joseph Anthony will leave town
Friday, and on Saturday sail from
New York on a Mediterranean cruise,
which will occupy about two weeks
stay in the Holy Land Miss Isabelle
G. Foster, of BrooIzfield, and the Rev.
Father Stanley. of Danbury, are others
of the party from this locality Dur
ing Mrs. Anthony's absence, E. F.
Hawley will assist in looking after her
At the special Lenten service in st.
Johns church, Wednesday evening,
Rev. Father sill, o. H. C., OF the Kent
school, will be the preacher.
Those who had the good fortune to
hear Roy c. Andrews, in his lecture
''Through Unexplored Northern Corea''
/ were well repaid for their attendance
| Mr.. Andrews visited that country some
/ time ago in the interests of the Mu-
| scum of Natural History of New York,
| and at the time won extended notori-
ETY. for his daring to penetrate the
! interior of that country, where he was
| for a time lost sight of and supposed
| to have persisted, his only companions
being natives, among them an inter
prefer. Mr. Andrews talk was an ac-
| count of that expedition, and his de-
lineation of an experience covering a
period of five months was of intense
! interest as well as affording a fund
of Information Of that country
| criptions given were made more vivid
by the aid of a stereopticon, the views
thrown on the screen being taken on
the spot by the speaker himself Last
year Mr.. Andrews was heard at the
school on THE Wailing of Japan,
most favorable comment, and won
for him a. cordial hearing on his sec
ond appearance here.
| al Bank read a. paper on Banking
before the members Of the Monday
club at it's regular meeting Monday
afternoon. He explained the National
banking system and made clear many
| points on the subject not generally
understood. He corrected the prevail
ing impression that banks were money
making institutions, declaring the
sources of wealth to be in the agri-
| culture, mining, and other industries
OF the country. MI. Green spoke OF
| the recent plan of the government in
establishing a. Chinese Laundry for
| the washing and ironing OF old curen-
| cy received at the Treasury for re-
denptfon, by which the restored money
is returned to the banks from which
| it is issued, in lieu of brand new bills,
strongly criticising the scheme, and
| urged the women of the club to go on
record as opposed to it. This process
of restoring the soiled and defaced
| money had developed the fact that it
is more easily counterfeited, and al
| ready the local bank and others had
received notification that spurious bills
Of the So denomination are in circu-
| lation. The speaker thought that Uncle
Sam should destroy paper of this char
| acter. The talk throughout was a.
| practical and illuminating one, and
much appreciated by the members of