The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-23
MONROE
Especial to The Farmer by Arthur ".
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 Monroe, Feb. ADebbe it was Hem " Renou1 or somebody just as good who had a dream the other night and
 had it revealed to him some things that the possible Monroe Improvemenf club was going to do as a starter, if it ever got on its feet Here is a part of the program. New curtains for the .rvdndows Of the town hall, more cut ting down of Furdys hill, earth fill in fixed with a rope so the flag can be run up once in a. while, better walks east side of park, a. roadway fill in front of the Episcopal church, some Of
 the predatory dogs to be tied up, niga1ts anyhow, auto warning aigFH new Center state road shy on mid
 next spring, to cut the high price of
 living. by cheaper chicken fodder, to
 have a fagsbam on the Masonic Tenn
 pie. to frame up some mode Of having
 electric juice come to town, more
 bFasthng or digging of rocks out of the
 roedVays, more nonlking of autos ap-
 pdoaching the several sharp corners Of
 town, the so-cAIlad Pepper street rail-
 road flag station changing its name
 uo--wel1, anything else
 Hea1th Officer stephen B. Hayes was
 on the job last week He had "a look in, or oHeE, the several schools of town
 and made an exaaninataon of the scholars No malignant i1oddsTsosition
 was discovered, but he came aeross
 bvVo children with ttcontagdoa1s'' af-
 hiction of the head or hair, that may
 be designated as sfpaGasdtesis. The
 two children were sert home and told
 to stay there until they had Glad the
 fine tooth comb treatmeart well ap-
 piled.
 Rather surrnise that was some of a
 cold wave which was put over Monroe
 las
 day nsorning. when folks r1bbered
 their thermometers and found they
 marked up from 10 to 14 degrees below | zero. It was also felt on gethIng up
 breakfast Sure, milk froze in the
 can, while carrying it four miles to
 Long HiIl. One man says his large
 clock in the kitchen fnoze and stopped
 at S:23 am A filled tea kettle froze
 solid on the cooking stove and some
 milk secreted in a stove oven was the same. There's a bookfun more ScYne lay it to the ground hog stunt on Can dle4nas. Anyhow, believe me 1t was serne cold, as the cold goes.
 Henry Johnson Lord He is one leading poultry producer, as far as to. the building Up of birds or the ex- traction of eggs he owns it at once. Now as to eggs. It is alleged that said H. J. L. will put in an electric lighting plant at his commodious power house. Why2 Waiti Further more, be it alleged that the egg de- partment of his extensive E1ennery will next be brilliantly lighted by cleo tricaty. What for, to keep chicken thieves away? You have another guess. Say? Won't electric lamps make the hen d0rInbtory as light as day 'swalen the shades of night are falling fast D. And some more. mebbe. afore said bdrds-Iay ers-can't tell when daylight ends and night begins and thinking, in the electric glare, 1t is a continuous performance, sTr1cu- lbate'' an egg any old time in the 24 schedule hours. The only shadow tkat falls acrcEe this big conception is l this: Some one may be hajled before a | justice court and charged with fowl proceedings, because there is cortin- raIly heard so much etctTt. cut, cadaw- l cl1t,' and, on the side, an overtime sscockE doodle, doo.''
 oh, how the cIty people who last | fall bought and occupied country I homes are on the worry, and why blame them? It was all very nice here | during the golden days of Indian l summer but when zero weather 1 came on. with all the annoyance of country house heating, it was differ I eat, very much. Too large an amount l of physical culture as exemI1lif1ed in l the saving. splitting and carrying in | or W0OQ ana W<LeF, on une. S1oe. One couple closed up their house and went 1 back to the city. to wait until winter i was all in Another lady declares she l will sell out She lived in a steam
 heated fat for ten years.
 | Our south end poet just turned him. | self loose with a pen Valentine day i and on picture post cards just threw | himself, making rhymes and jingles | Some of these were very touching, for
 instance: "This heart will pine and | pine and pine, unless you'll be my val eTatine.r
 I Folks in town have asked this win | ter: Where are the snows of yester- l day?" it started off with "a. green 1 February, and the package bore an old time trade mark Never mind l Monroe got all that was coming to it 1 in the snow line last Saturday. It
 was quite a stunt, that howling gale