The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-01
FLOCK OF ROUND CLAIMS
 BOOST IN BLAKEMAN'S bi SWEET CLAM TREE
First Crop From Crafts Stolen From Famous Tree Planted By Danny Walker of Bridge port.
especial Id. the Farmer.l


 Stratford, Nov. 1-Evidently J. Hen he surreptiousIy grafted from the fa- knous arboreaI freak of Alderman D. J. walker of Bridgeport has begun to bear for the genial assessor was seen yesterday on Main street with two enormous Northern Spy clams in his hand The tree is supposed to bear a a roasting place for the flock of round clans which flow over Putney the day before
 Hunters are getting big bags of ducks this week Water fowl are more plentiful now than they have been for a long time. Cappy Weeks took party one day this week and the total bag was over 1O0 Joe Boose brought in 35 yesterday. Others are having as good luck The present broadbiH with an occasional varia- tion- The ducks are in good condition and furnish good eating
 The appropriation made for the re- pairs of the town hall have not ex- tended further than the assessors and Gelectmen's office which has been thor oughiy overhauIed and repainted. Town Clerk Lowell will miss the beau tiful mural decoration of his office when the decorators get in their work Those lovely water scenes and land scapes will have to go and the affa- ble stenographer in the office will no longer be obliged to pose as a mer- maid water nymph to be in keep ing with her surroundings Those decorations have cost the town 2. large amount in plumbers bills and it is hoped that before the redecorat- ing is begun the pipes in the floors above will be arranged so that there will not be any more overhows-
 Fourteen mail boxes have been or dered located in the town by Post master AEarigoId of the Bridgeport off7ce- A big box to receive both let ters and parcels has been located so41t- side the post of1fficffefH door and it is a great accommodation to the pub lie. The remaining boxes will be located where they will be most con venient for the public and the car riers will no longer be obliged to pick up their loads. from house to house
 It must have been a very mex penEfve election for the Democrats this fall for not one of this party has filed any record of election expenses with the town clerk
 SeIectman James Lally-is preparing to extend the cuIvert under the Boothe street hill by laying a big pipe across the road and then using the filling he had deposited there to widen the road. He will also remove the rock over Wn1ch the vehicles Of the town have pounded for 200 years and which makes the hill a bugbear for teamsters and automob obiIists. This will enable the residents of the sec ton to get heavy goods delivered on their places without making the wide Boardbridge road
 A controversy is on between Capt. Theme Judson of the lighthouse and Hon Zalmon -Goodsen of Bridgeport.
 
 age reduction is responsible for the failure of the mermaids to visit the Housatonic river this summer The ioId-tfme bunch of beautiful maidens who combed their hair on the rocks of the breakwater were absent this season. The lighthouse keeper has put the matter squarely up to the apos tie of old fashioned sewer disposal. MT. EoodseII denies emphatica1ly that the sewage in the Housatonic river is re- sponsibIe for the absence of mernlaids, .shad or any other aquatic life. He says confidently that the Inermaids have deserted the shore because Capt. .Judson got too fresh, presumed on 71is long acquaintance, and invited the ladies out to have a good time some afternoon Friends of both these celebrities are awaiting the outcome Of the controversy with interest.
 The board of finance met last night and worked over the appropriations which win come before the adjourned town meeting which is to be held the first part Of next month. The prin- snZ of the estimates to get them with sn a reasonable figure is no small task for the new board.
 A big steam boiler has been shipped 10 this station for the Eastburn com pany which is laying the Amesite roads The cold weather so hardens sk1e material used to build this road s21at it is almost impossible to handle dt on a cold morning Heat will be used to soften the material and time will be saved in the operation. It