The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-27
NEWTOWN

Newtown. Feb. 27-The following 2 Newtown citizens are doing jury duty in Bridgeport at present: Messrs. Charles G. Meeker and James Huni- 1 han in the civil superior court, and l Messrs. Theodore Taylor and Charles D. Beers in the criminal side of the superior court.
 Sheriff A B. Bdaken1an and ex-Sen- ator M. J. Houlihan of this town were among the prominent people who did honor to High Sheriff Vollnner at his reception this week in Bridgeport Frank D. Wetmore is negotiating for the purchase of the Mill property in South Center district from L. Bird sey Parsons, the owner. MT. Wetm ore is putting in a saw, and expects to do this class of work in addition to grind ing feed and cider making in season. Mir. Parsons expects to remove with his family to his farm in Dayton street in Sandy Hook about April 1st. The saw mill proposition pleases the pub lie in the southern part of town.
 A force of workmen from the S. N. B. Telephone compauy are replacing the worn out poles of the old Western Union Telegraph line from the Dam bury and Bridgeport turnpike to the borough via. Sugar street, this week. Under the lease from the Western Un-
 
 Go. the latter company assumed the future cost of maintenance of poles, during the term of the lease The workn1en find over thirty inches of frost in the ground in digging the holes.
 Farmer Eugene Botsford Of Pales- tine has business bob sleigh, bought Sandy Hook dealers. wfichSis attract ing a great deal of attention. Snow has been such a rare natural feature in rural life in town the past decade that many people regard this old standby of a generation ago in the light of a novelty. But this is the old fashioned winter of our dad dies, and this vehicle is a renaissance, rather than new style, as the older genera ton well know.
 A fair number Of the friends. of St. Roses social circle attended the whist at St. Mary's hal1, Tuesday night, and a. pleasant time was enjoyed. The away
 Former First SeIectnan Samuel A. BIackman of HawleyviIIe who has | been i'll for three weeks is now around again, and receiving the good wishes l of his friends.
 Lent was usIered in by mass at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning in St. Roses, celebrated by the rector, Rev George T. Sinnott, and the distribution | of the blessed ashes before the ser vices; and in the evening at 7:SG o'clock. by recfting the Rosary, distrl- button of the blessed ashes, Benedic- ton of the Blessed Sacrament and a< inciter of devotion d short sermon by 1 Father Sinnott, Rev. Father P. I. Dol l an, curate. assisting in the devotions
 At Trinity Lent began by full ser vice at 10-30 a. by the rector. Rev l James H. George, and in the evening 1 at :3o by prayer and short instruc. l tion, also by the rector. St John:
 at Sandy Hook also ushered in the
 Penitential season by the fIrl1 service
 of the church in the morning, ant
 prayer in the evening by the rector Rev. Charles A. Tibba.Hs.
 l The Hawleyvif1e Whist club has dis
 continued its meetings until aftes
 Lent.
 The funeral of Frederick B. Cham
 bers of Waterbury occurred Wednes l day upon arrival of the 12:10 trail
 over the Highland division. The in
 terInent waS in the family plot in tn
 Berkshire cemetery.