The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-17

off. Very few of the old men are left who were the original members of this club but there are younger men who have taken their places and have kept up the discussions
 Speaking of discussions one was indulged in yesterday morning which shows one of the things talked about and thoroughly gone over before the men quit the subject. The matter this morning first was which animal was the most intelligent-elepha horse or dog. Captain Coley who led the discussion was satisfied that the in telligence laid in the order named above. David L. Rhoades, Louis E. Peck, Lucious Judscn and others were present and took some part in the talk.
 Another question which arose was why the letting of automobiles stand on the side of the road was called parking. This question was not de- cided as some of the men had a lit tie business to do and left the party
 These two questions are samples of what has been discussed in the old hardware store and on the steps of the building for the past 40 years
 Up to the time when Harold Lowell took charge of this hardware store the nightly gatherings of the men of the town inside the store was the reg ular thing but Mir. Lowell decided that he would not keep open evenings and the club was partially disorganized.
 But, "' as one of the steady nightly visitors at the center said yesterday, changes have to come and as the town is so much bigger I suppose we had to have a building at the center and a place for men to meet each I.
 old men have gone away anyway and 1t has not been the same for a number | of years now" he continued. Although Stratford Is not in the | great wheat belt it is possible to raise | good grain in this town as has been | proved by Eli Vanderhoof. of High land Terrace. While the wheat grown | by MT. Vanderhoof is not of such | quality will keep mills going For a. long time it will probably thrash | about 35 bushels, a good yield for the | ground taken up.
 | This week it made a. beautiful sight | as 1t grew in the meadows near the | Vanderhoof home. As it grew taller
 and taller the heads of the grain ap- | bearing and when the wind came | along the whole field would wave ap- parently as one. The green of the ! grain gradually turned to yellow, the | ripened color. until today 1t is a fine | yellow straw color it lays in the | field ready for the hay wagons to
 be carted to the Larry Palmer barr l to be thrashed out and the ripe gra1r | separated from the chaff.
 After MT. Vanderhoof had sold his
 standing crop of wheat to Palmer f
 was found that there were very few
 people left in 6tratford who knew | how 10 treadle this wheat and the
 few who did know were not available
 so Mir. vanderhoof had to cut hi.
 own crop.
 | With the success of the crop rais ed by yanderhoof and the high price l secured for this straw and grain many
 more StraAford gardeners may put 1T
 some wheat next year.
 CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, piumbinz and heating; jobbinS a speciality Corner Main and Hillside avenue Stratford. D 10 If" STAMFORD GARAGE-Automob obil. accessories and general repair work Satisfaction guaranteed at Carter Bros.
 TOR SALD-Old fashioned 1B room house in Stratford. Gleason, 2o9t Main St.. Stratford. Conn. | Times Want Ads. One Cent z 'k Word
 --------@ s-----