The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-22
OUR NEWTOWN
 NEWS LETTER
Cspecial to The Farmer. }

l chamber of commerce, through the | secretary of it's agricultural commit tee, J. W. Orcutt, in conjunction with
 the Conn. state board of agriculture
 and the Agricultural College extension
 service of the state institution, has | taken up the cudgels in behalf of the l milk producers They have arranged ] for two meetings in this state to which l the farmers are invited to state their l grievances, and have sent out circular l letters to leading farmers of the state and to the granges to attend these
 meetings and frankly state their trou- | bles. If the producers of milk feel l that they are not getting "a square
 deal'' they are urged to be present l and present their cases with a. view 1 to improving the trade conditions and l the movers in this plan promise to | bring about an ameHoration of the
 bad conditions, so that the farmers | will continue in the milk business in 1 New England, whict1 branch of farm l endeavor seems to be on the decline | So much so that the extinction of the 1 business seems to be imminent. The meeting tor this section will be held at HaWleyvdIle, Thursday, August 27, at Il a. m- Besides the experts from the organi zations back of this project, l the federal department Of agriculture | is interested in the movement and will send representatives It is hoped
 the meeting will be attended by the producers of Newtown and vicinity as l well as those farmers who in the past l two years gave up the business, owing to the impossibility of making it pay. It is believed that the business can be l made to pay, as the committee say, I ''When the farmer gets from to 5 cents a quart, and the consumer pays
 from to 10 cents 3. quart there is
 something wrong in Egypt
 Despite threatening weather early in
 the evening, good sized aaldience l witnessed the production of thet com
 edy-drama, ffThe Private Tutor last | night at the town hall Bach member
 of the cast did splendid work, show
 ing careful coaching and painstaking | rehea rsals, and the audience were cap
 tivated with the acting. Dancing was
 enjoyed afterwards. It is believed a
 goodIy sum was realized for the ben
 eft of St. Roses church, under the
 auspices of which the entertainment
 was given Many out of town people
 attended, and their opinions, as to the
 merle of play and player agreed with
 that of our townspeople.
 There will be no service at the Methodist church, Sunday, owing tc ] the absence of the pastor, Rev. T. N.
 f1aire, who expects to attend the ce1e-
 bration exercises of Milford, where
 formerly he was pastor of the Meth odist church.
 A daughter was born, Tuesday, tc l. k1 r
 Sandy Hook.
 The picnic of St. Johns parish held s last Wednesday afternoon on the lawn
 of Dr. w H. Kiernan's home was 8
 very- enjoyable affair for young and old. The pleasures of the day were
 enhanced by several fine recitations by Miss Kate Tfbballs, the elocution- ist.
 MT and Mrs William Hard of Berk- shire are enIivened this week by 3 Il visit from their daughter, Mrs. James kBedient, of Norawlk.
 Mrs. Margaret Lester has her daugh- ter, Mrs. Frank Stearns. and the lat ter daughter from Ohio as guests fol a month Mrs. Stearns was formerly \ Ia popular school teacher in town. Mrs. Minot Auger is entertaining hel
 niece. Miss Alma Augur, of Wood bridge.
 Newton Curtis has begun gathering his early peaches, which find a ready market locally. Contrary to his belied
 at the time of blossoming, his trees
 promise a fair yield, particularly o1
 the late varieties.
 Miss Florence Gaffney is enjoying
 life at Camp PastiTne, South Norwall1 the guest of Danbury friends, this 1 past week. Patrick Campbell has finished the
 installation of new Hume for his 3 turbine wheel at the Sandy Hook mil s and added to the efficiency of. his ma , chinery so that he is now prepared tc : handle every kind of grist for oul y farmers.
 Mrs. George o'Rourke and son Rob. ] ,ert, who have been enjoying the hos \ ipitality of MT. and Mrs. D. H. Bale y Hawleyville, for two weeks, left or ]. Wednesday for New York where they l rejoined MT. O'Rourke. They vii : make a stop at New Brunswick, N. J. 8 to visit other relatives, before depart Hoe r Miss Nora Keane returned to he ?. home in Cold Spring, today, after { e visit with Long Hill and Bridgepor s friends: y Il
 - The men engaged in the survey anc
 drilling for the foundation to the pro = posed dam on the Housatonic rive t near Zoar Bridge have completed o these preliminary operations and de s parted.
 e Two parties of Boy Scouts hav = joined the .bivouac at Camp Hemlocl : on the IIousatonic, one from East ,Ha - Smith of New Haven, and the othe = from Oxford under the leadership O 2. Scout Master Ensign
 = Miss Marie Goulette of Stevenson @ has returned from a visit with Mrs - May Sullivan of Lafayette street 7. Bridgeport
 l. Sunday services in Trinity at Ii a e m. Morning prayer and sermon b. l. the rector, Rev J. H. George. y At the Congregational church at i l. a. m, morning srevice with sermon b,
 the pastor, Rev. T. J. Lee
 d At St. Roses, first mass at 8 a.. m II second mass at 10 a. m. Mass at OK tt ford chapel at g a. m., and mass a @ the Southbury church at 1O:30 a. m. IT Daniel J. Keane, of Troop A, c. \
 G., of New Haven, is a week end gues
 of his aunt, Mrs T. J. Corbett, Quee
 street He is just back from the man r oeuvres at Hampton, Conn. The funeral of Martha Egan c
 HawleyvilIe was yesterday at 10:3O h m. from St. Peters church, Danbur-y p A large number of Hawleyviile neigh 0 bors attended Interment in Danbur1 e The residence of the late Abel E If l r41a rlxa is oeferedi for sale as +b