The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-17
MONROE GOSSIP TERSELY TOLD
 BY sEFRENCHY
Especial to The Farmer)
 By Arthur ". French


 By Arthur w. French
 Monroe. Jan. 17.-once upon a time and that was the other day. Ed. Wake. man. alias Walking Laugh and some more, anbIed into Beachss de- pertinent store, where he held a11a.saft- ernoon's talkfest- an dtold his droll stories. Ed in a character; the real thing and the brain room of the runns papers hasn't much on Ed when he gets his voice coming across a l.. yarns He said he couldn't sing any: that he lost his voice way back in 5s eating pancakes and shouting for Abe Lincoln. Talking Of autos, he was told. the radiators would freeze if there was no alcohol in the water. tsT3v heak, said Ed, s.now I know wI1a. alis my radiator. He hadforgotten when he was ever sick or had a doc tor He said:s Doctors were like c3ci. roacfes; once they got into your house twas hard to get 'enn out. and you know that nature abrors d vacuum Soss do T for 8. tsspirituaI'- one Pm some on the abhor,S myself, I sayI The last time took a drink with a Mon roe man I lifted half pint from ans- hip and he did the rest. He pulled on that halfer SO strong that tI,,. bottle blew in and he nearly swaI7osv- ed discard cork, believe me We'll E 'good by boys. I'm going to ta, ta 7,
 Arthur Curtis is making all to the good with his aut dnnobile passenger carving service. We'll, why not l? Archie" is genial, obliging and de pendable in his treks to the railroat, stations. the Long Hill trolley, or any where in or out of town with his fares At present he is picking up sdpends which average several hun ored dollars a year, and he doesn. z waste any gasoline. MT Curtis holds; R to moderate rate of flores and this. or course, wins him patronage. Tlhes. again he is nd raced in driving and that counts for some
 Washington lodge has put Kerosens lamps into the discard in lighting the Masonic temple and intalIed the Blaa1 gas system. which was pleasingIy used at Monday evenings meeting. Al 1so the darkness in the approach to the building is now dispe1led by a bright light in the front portico, sornethine. which has long been needed there. Tn lne or1gfnal plan for serectifig the tenn Die there was to have been standard supported aar11ps on either side Of the portico. s9 9ss
 Now cometh the time when ice saws are to have a filing up and made ready other requisite parapherna1ia Tor harvesting this seasons crop o, 'scongested aqua- EspeciaI1v are s. F 4IlIoEeSIGQ. Tn summer for cooling milk is almost necessity. All are getting ready to Wateh out. Last year the ice y-se..d q went shy. Some cut ice that was thin ner than usual and others got in but short amount while some waited too long In the late summer there was considerable buying and borrowing If ice and the wary won't be oal1eI1t 19s,.T, ping if they can help it and if there 7is any ice. - A FOOT 1nlIfly sGoGnan. Many regret the sad accident which bereftahirls of 1ifes When he was all there no more capable and HkabIe resident was there Tn Monroe as an all areInd. worker. So it is, that som say ttrequesca,t i,, pace Deceased's brother, Pasey, will not be loner in the old house as he Is going to Waterbury in the spring 10 rside with a sister there. sssE9
 1ts little over two months to spring, ehf What Dame Nature has up her sleeve for. us. in ti1at e. one guess Is as good as another, even in Monroe Why worry? An old resi- dent used to say to- .sfretting over the change season; tut.tut, God alters give us seed time and harvest.''
 IaIklng with rural free sdeliyerv letter carrier about putting an autol mobile on the Job, he said: What's s the use? Some months in tilts yea.
 
 Ice, snow, slufsll, muck or mud up here III the bush and sthe hills. Then again carrier has to do a lot of mail sort Ing Between boxes He wants a free hand, even to picking out post cards to read. (Joa1e. Gan he do. this elutching both hands on the steering wheel of an autoa We'll I guess rat1l-. CT not With the horse, it is to the good, to let the driving lines harrg over the dashboard and there you are, hands free up hill or 5 dow h. That's why. It works this way, some more. A friend of mine has a car, also a steady girl The car ils built for two. This friend told me es1b rosa9 that when he and the girl and the Car were out riding in the moon light or any old time. he couIdn,t get arms around anything but that blamed steering wheel, unless he made a. stop in some dark place and threw out the bluff that the radiator, or som ething, needed cooling off and then they-they