The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-05-10
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Snap Shot of a~"Peeper."


Snap Shot OF a~"Peeper."
Frank H. Baisley, a photographers
of Banbtry, has secured a photograph |
of a pepper or hy1ar as the. little |
frog, SO vociferous in the spring, is |
called, and SO far as is known he IS |
the first person to have photographedl
one. In passing a swamp "Wednesday
evening he conceived the idea of pho
tographing one of the creatures and
secured a camera and Hash powder.
After q time he succeeded in placing
his camera. and eigniting the powder
t'peeper'' which was about two feet
from tn camera.
Burglar at Window.
Miss Christine Peck, the 13-year-
old daughter of Mr.. Sidney c. Peck.
of Danbury, had an experience about
2 o'clock Thursday morning which
she will not soon forget. Awakening
Miss Peck turned on the electric light
and as she did SO she looked out of
the window! To her surprise she saw
a. man climbing UP the roof of the
stoop, and had she reached out her
! hand she could have touched the mid
| night prowler. When the MAJ saw
her he quickly lowered his head and
! tried to conceal his features with his
arms. He was not quick enough,
however. and Miss Peck secured a
good view of him.
crooks Get $42o.
vfctfmized by so-called handker-
chief swind1ers. John Jankowich,s of
xStamford. was robbed of $420, We'd
nesday afternoon, he told the police.
Two men asked him If he would direct
I them to washington street. He
could not, and he said so. Then one
: of the men produced handkerchief
| the contents of WHICH he exposed to
lJankowich's view. There appeared
| to be a. large roll Of bills in the hand
jxkerchief. Hold this for us until we
return said tfle man, thrusting the
handkerchief into fJankowich's hand.
! The men started off, but. after a, mo-
/ ment, retraced their steps, and the
1 spokesman said: Come to think of
| it. we don't know you. Guess you'd
better give US security for this
/ money
According to Jankowich's recital Of
| what followed, the men did not wait
for him to give the security, but one
| of them removed his $40 gold watch
from its chain, onefor the other of the
| men thrust a. hand into his inside
coat pocket and stole the money. AZ
/ ter waiting an hour or more for the
men, Jankowfch looked at the hand
kerchief, and saw that it contained
only cut-up paper. Then he felt for
his roll of bills and, missing that, went
to police headquarters.
Gets a, Promotion
David Salmon of Westport who has
i been employed at the department of
state since 1898, has been promoted to
be chief of the division of indexes
! and archives.
Engfneers Organize
The Civil Engineers Association of
Fairfield, Country has organized in
fStamford, with a. view to promote the
ideal standards of the engineering
profession. OFFICERS of the association
have been elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Harold A. Parsons; vice-presi-
dent, SAMUEL Hoyt of South Norwallz;
secretary and treasurer, L Bromfield.
jr.; directors s. z. Minor of Green
witch and Walter Goodhue of New
Canaan
Wells Are Contaminated.
That water of Wilton is SO contain
mated as to make its use after boil
ing the only safe procedure, is the
conclusion reached by County Health
Officer Hill Of Bridgeport, and Health
Officers Tracey Of NorwaFllz, and Nor
lrison of Wilton, after a. conference on
the matter. The three officials have
gone over the ground carefully, trac-
ing numerous cases of typhoid and are
q convinced that the water supply is
contaminated and that the subsoil wa
disease is spread by this. The board
of health of Norwalk has excluded
Wilton milk from Norwa1k
Il Drowned at Shelton
Unable to swim, William Fletcher
colored, 30 years old, was drowned in
the canal at Shelton, Saturday. after
either being struck by a loose freight
car pushed by a switcher, or having
leaped from the trestle to avoid being
struck by the car.
. II Old Greenwich Place Sold.
Announcement was made at Green
witch, Thursday, of the sale of the old
!, Lenox house, at the intersection of
Greenwich avenue and Putnam ave-
nue., to Postmaster William s. Meany
4 for about $4,000 The corner is one
of the most valuable in Greenwich
The structure on the property was
erected in 1887 and was one of the best
known STOPPING places of the old stage
coach route along the Boston post
road. 1t was owned by the estate of
John WORRIES. The property includes
y about one Nand a quarter acres
After watching some of the joy rid
ers in the public streets. ones respect
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