The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-16
STAMFORD

uR11c schools. -IhTe0 nave OCCA placed near the Center school. one in front of Dr. Lewis residence on East Broadway where it will be seen by people coming from the direction or Milford, another in front of the sam nnis store where it will be seen by peo- pie coming from the direction of Para disc Green, and a third in front of Charles Smiths house on Main street where people coming from the dlrec- ton of Hard's Corner will notice ity.s
 The signs have been put up espee- falIy to warn automobilists who are bound flor Milford or New Haven, or who are coming from that direction. where children are apt to be running about in the road and liable to be hit by a passing vehicle.
 The signs have been neededsat these points for some time as trafHcYis very heavy here, especially about the time whenSschool is letting out The signs are about the same size aslthe ones erected at the school crossings in Bridgeport recently, the lettering on thrn being so plain that one can not help but see them for a block or more distant.
 Some wise person mentioned the fact that the signs should read Go Slowly instead of stGo Slow. Ac-. cording to all rules of grammar this is correct and in Bridgeport the Board of Education was told of the mistake they had made, but who ever saw 8 railroad or any others kind of danger sign which read .'Go Slowly The phrase "Go Slow while not absolutely correct has become colloquial so why quibble over a slight mistake as long as the signs were meant well and serve the purpose for which they. were intended2
 Fire At Seueck's.
 Yesterday morning about half past eight, a small fire occurred in the kitchen Of Mrs. Lillias Se1leck's home on Main street. Mrs. Selleck found in the morning that during the night the water pipes had frozen and she teIephoned to H. c. Lowell & Co. to come up and thaw them out. When she was told that it could not be done right away, Mrs. Selleck started to thaw out the pipes herself. The flame which she used for the purpose, set fire% to the woodwork about the sink and soon quite a blaze had start ed. Mrs. Sel1eck phoned to Chief Judson, who with Harold Lowell, went to the Sel1eck home and succeeded in using the hand chemicals to good ad- vantage. The fire. although not large one might have done more dam age than 1t did had it not been for the quick response of Judson and Lowell. As it was, the kitchen was badly burned.
 He'd Mems Dance.
 That the older folks certainly en- loved themselves at the old fashioned dance given by the Red Men last night in the Town hall, was evident from the happy faces and laughter of those who attended. The hall was danced in years but who had by no means forgotten how. Many of the younger people were indeed surprised at bhe spright1y manner in which the older couples danced about the hall There was a great deal of laughter and lots of fun as they did the old fashioned square dances such as the lancers and quadrille and Virginia. reel Harry LaBrun of Bridgeport called out the different figures of the dances of which there were sixteen. 4 The orchestra was composed mainly of local Red Men.
 Burned Hand.
 Miss Mabel Mustapha of Stratford avenue burnt her hand lt yesterday W1ile she was engaged in cooking over the kitchen stove. The hand blister ed badly and blood poisoning set in making it necessary for the young lady to go to the Bridgeport hospital to have dt attended to.
 Falls Down Stairs.
 Daniel Drake of Stratford avenue had the misfortune yesterday to fall down a. flight of stairs at his employ er's home in Bridgeport. MT. Drake was helping to move some furniture and his foot slipped and he fell back wards down the stairs landing on his head and shoulders and receiving painful Injuries. He is at present resting from the shock at his home on Stratford avenue.
 Street Lights.
 Men are at work about town setting up the poles for the new electric street lights which were authorized to be placed in several placer about town at the annual town meeting.
 Expected Home Today.
 Arthur Wheeler. of Academy Hill, l who has been visiting his daughter in Bermuda. for several weeks past is ex- pected home today. The boat on | which he sailed is quarantined at New | York and 1t was not certain whether passengers would be allowed to land | today or not. Miss Emily Wheeler | who was taken suddenly with typhoid fever while visiting her sister, is re- ported as being we'll on the road to recovery.
 New Sign.
 A new sign has been placed in front | Of the St. John drug store at the Cen ter. Sidney Beardsley, the local car penter has been doing the work.
 Basketball Game.
 The Rambler will journey to Water bury this evening to play fast team there. It was stated that a bus would | be at the Center to convey all who | wished to go, to the game but the | plan has been given up that those f who expect to witness the game will be obliged to go by train or trolley.
 Dance Tonight.
 Tonight Shaw and Morehouse will | hold a prize tango in the Auditorium and if it is as popular as the last one there will be a good crowd there. On next Wednesday, the two young m will lr,Id a m and 1lriz