The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-09

reported as in no danger from the foes of ice which have piled up against it. The recent rains and the warm weather have so honeycombed the ice that the pressure of the water which is damned above it will easily carry 1t away without any resultant dam age whatever. The old bridge has v1n- dicated the judgment of Governor Baldwin who refused to sanction an appropriation for a new structure and has proved itself to be a. pretty "good old hoss for the fix it's in.' With a big new bridge residents of the old town would be obliged to hunt some other menace to worry about. A charter for a ferry at this point was granted in. 1890 to Samuel Wheel l CT for 21 years. In 1719 Richard Blackleash operated the ferry. Josiah tCurtiss was ferryman in 172S. Along about 176O a. ferry wAs established on the Milford side of the river also. The 1 Milford and Stratford Bridge company was chartered in 1902 and the next year the name was changed to Wash ington bridge. In 1907 the company was allowed by the legislature to change the form of the bridge and in 1913 it was in use. Since then the structure has been rebuilt several times but no record of these successive changes is available. The present
 successor is provided for, even with
 the many defects which are apparent. even to the casual observer
 Peter Gleason has recently dissected and removed the old barn on the premises of Mrs. W. H. Blamey on
 Main street. The barn was more than a century o1d,-just when it was built is not known but 1t was one l of the oldest structures in the town
 The place has been in the Peck fam l fly ever since it's first allotment in the early days of the colony. It was the original home site of the Peck family and since then every male descendant with one exception has been born on
 this level tract. The old house was removed over % years ago. It was
 then the property of Mrs. BIameys father, Capt Charles H. Deok. who
 was the great great grandson of Na- lthan Peck. to whom the original grant
 was made in 1750
 ! Miss c. Ethel Parkee. linotype artist
 Of the Stratford Publishing company
 has returned from a brief visit with friends in New York.
 I The committee which will have Icharge of the building of the two new school houses recently voted in town
 meeting met at the Center school
 building on. Saturday night and did
 much preliminary work. The com
 mittee members present were Dr. w.
 B. CoggsweIl president of the board | of education; F. E. BIakernan, secre- l tary of the board; Ephriam Wakelees Elliot w. Peck and E. s. Hoyt. Work will begin as soon as possible and the
 buildings will be ready for occupancy
 at the opening of the fall term The rl1anor that an effort would be made to rescind the action of the town
 meeting in choosing the London site on Nichols avenue appears to be with out foundation for the work as or. dered at the town meeting is pro tceeding without reference to any pro- posed change
 l The Evening Star Rebekahs will hold
 a whist at the home of Mrs Julian Clinton, Main Street and North avenue this evening.
 Ephraim WakeIee Is preparing to re-
 ter building further north on Main.
 street. Esph needs more more room
 for the increased line he proposes to
 handle. Among them will be the fa-
 nous hen food. the secret of which was supposed to have been lost when the late Stiles Smith passed away.
 This food is so potent that even a
 pen og roosters will make record as layers.
 The contest for trips to Bermuda been in progress several weeks was
 decided Saturday night and the Times Publishing company will make the awards this week. About 800, ,000 votes lwere cast and the circulation of the
 Times has made big Jump. Post master w. B. Bristol, Supt. ". B.
 Kelsey and Town Clerk H. c. Lowell lcounted the votes and they deserve a. i trip or two to the tropics as the job
 was long and tedious The awards
 follow: Miss Maud Wainwright, two.
 round trip passages to Bermuda; Miss
 Virginia Middlebrook, gold watch; Miss
 Elizabeth Travis, rocking chair; Miss
 Bertha Wilkes. si1vermesh bag; Miss
 Helen Beach, golf bracelet; Miss Mar garet walsh, travelling bag: Miss Ma
 bel Rogers, ladies hat; Miss Jennie EBlakeslee, water set: Miss Dorothy Peck, dozen photos. The contest Icreated more interest than anything lof the kind in the town for many lyears.
 1 Ario Walker has bought an interest l in the Bray drug store and will here fafter be seen at the store MT. Bray will remain.
 The members of the Taxpayers Irn- lprovement association enjoyed a fine
 supper at the club house at Nichols avenue and California street on Satur- day night. The ladies of the auxiliary Ihad provided a spread of about every Il lseasonable viand that the market af- lords and there was a large attend lance of well satisfied diners. The pro- Iceeds will be added to the piano fund.- Rev. E. B. Sniffen, who has often as Isisted Rev. N. E. Cornwall, the late lrector of Christ church occupied the lpu1pit of the church yesterday. Rev. MT. Sniffen has relinquished active Ichurch work. Yesterday he consented Ito of1ciate- Taking as his text, 70. lDeathi Where is Thy Sting? O, Gravel Where is Thy V5ctory?" he
 preached eloquent1y and paid a high tribute to theA deceased rector.
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 Foley Cathartic Tablets are entire | Iy effective. thoroughly cleansing and
 always pleasant in action. They con I tain blue flag. are remedy for con- lstipation and sluggish liver, and l tonic to the bowels, which are tmprov-5 ed by their use. Try them. They do not fail to give relief and satisfac- ton. Hindle's Drug Store.-Adv.