The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER

Seventy-five males applied for inc suffrage privilege before the regis trars of voters at their meeting yes terday. Only seven females sent in their names for admission as limited electors under the law.
 The quarantine has been entirely removed from the premises of Lucien Pierron, the milkman, and the board | of health has given him permission to resume peddling milk through the village on and after September 16. Deeds filed in the town clerks of fee yesterday show that Charles Arnold of Dodgingtown has sold his house and 45 acres of land to Stephen and Julia Writes of New York. Owing to the nearness of school opening and the consequent scattering of students the High School Alumni Association have decided to postpone their play, The Time of His Life," indefinitely.
 The case of Frank Wilson of Hat tertown vs. Homer Roberts of the same burg, was continued till Sept 23, by Justice Mccarthy. It is an ac- ton for attempted trespass. As usu- al a large delegation of adherents of the disputants was on hand, each one
 ready to testify for his side. All | went home disappointed. The selectmaa-and town clerk will be in session at the town clerks office Saturday, Sept. 23, from g a. m. to 2 p. m.. to examine the qualifications of those persons whose names are on the list to be made and to admit | to the electors oath all found quail fled.
 | The roof of the main factory of Cur tis & Son took fire from a defective
 chimney Thursday forenoon, but was
 discovered before the flames had
 made much headway The employees
 threw several pails of water on the
 fire extinguishing it in short order.
 There will be whist party Tues
 day evening, Sept. 19, at the town hall,
 Southbury, for the benefit of the Sa- cred Heart church, one of the mission
 churches connected with St. Roses
 church.
 E. J. Thrall, ST., was in New Haven
 Wednesday, where he acted as one of
 the judges in the dahlia exhibition
 of the New Haven County Horticul-
 tural society. MT. Thrall is recognized I as an authority on dahlia culture, and
 is frequently called upon to judge
 and help award prizes at agricultural
 fairs in the East.
 The milk producers of Fairfield and
 Litchfield counties will hold a meet
 ing at Hawleyville at 10:3O a. m,
 Monday to confer. It is promised that
 the State Dairy Commissioner, F. H.
 Stadtmuller; F. B. Duffy, past presi-
 dent of the Connecticut Dairymens
 association; Prof. H. J. Judkins of
 the Connecticut Agricultural college,
 and County Agent S. J. Wright will be
 present and address the meeting. l Nelson George of Thompsonville, a
 nephew of Rev. James H. George of | Trinity church, Newtown, met death
 by drowning at Islip, Long Island, last | Saturday sHe was well known in | town where he occasionally visited. Miss May Hoyt spent Wednesday in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Ella M. Alexander has reurn- ed to her home in Mount Vernon, N. Y., after spending the summer at
 her cottage in Taunton.
 At the regular convocation of Hiram chapter, No. 1, R. A. M., Wednesday night, several applications for mem
 bership were received. In the absence
 of Charles A. Peale, H H., Louis T. Briscoe, E. K, presided.
 Hiram Hanlon has returned from
 the Danbury hospital fully recovered
 from tetanus which followed an in- jury to his foot six weeks ago. R. E. Jones, an expert on poultry from the Connecticut Agricultural col
 lege will be at, the poultry farm of
 Stanley J. Blackman, of Pierce Hol-
 low on Sept. 22, at 2 D. m., for the
 purpose of showing anyone interested
 in the method of selecting hens for
 best layers. All are invited to attend.
 Miss Maude Elliott of New Haven was recent guest of Miss Jennie Honan.