The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-11

daughters, one of which, Miss Add1e. lis still living She was a splendid mus elan, and took the part of But tercup' in a production of ''Pinafore'' given at H4wes' opera. house in 1881, for the benefit of some worthy cnar- ity.
 Just to give an idea of the age of 1 this once famous factory. it might not be impertinent to remark that James w. Lyon, of 260 Congress street, was employed in this shop years young.
 WeH-Knoyyn Characters. ''On the east side of the street, nearly opposite to the houses mentioned above were the homes of Leroy Bar mum, Wasson. the dyer. and stephen Nichols.
 MT. Barnum was a soap manufac- turer. and his daughter, CorneIia, married Colonel Richard F'itzgibbons
 MT. Wasson's reputation was mace through his ability to tote 're1 | likker-" He was a well known figure | on Main street. but thes tracks he made were usually irregular. MT. NichOS was a. prominent citizen and 'gentleman farmer and left a handsome estate when he died. His grand -dIa ughter married Swan Brew ster, associated with MT. Gaylord in his art store on State street All the foregoing, except MT. Brew ster, have passed away. After the death of the first Mrs. Brewster, he d. SIdnQ-OauRn- ter of Fenelon HubbelI. Their home is now in Falls Village, Conn.
 .... Shop Next Door to Home. .. But, to go back to the, old stone street, there was the home of Pat rick Sloan, who made money shoe ing horses, and built his home next door to his Smithy. Later in life MT Ous old Horse club.
 Nearly opposite to MT. Sloan's blacksmith shop was Mulloy's lane, a shortcut alley running from Main street eastward and terminating in a square courtyard. On all sides of this quadrangle were curious cabins remnants not particularly well furn- ished with worldly goods.
 This lane was notorious for its con- tinual fighting and wrangling that gave the police never-ending source Of trouble. In fact. Mulloys lane was regarded as replica of New York's Five Points" os the Seven Dials' of London.
 John Mulloy was the landlord of this notorious place. He was a shrewd real estate operator, buying land in funds supplied by Nathaniel Wordin When these parcels of real estate were re-sold. Messrs. Wordin and MuI- Joy divided the profits Both of these Mulloy's lane.
 New Use For Rope. Next south of MT. Sloan's house Iiv- ed Joe Brennan and his family, all good old fashioned hospitaibIe folk Next door lived MT. Dyer, a Miller ite." At intervals ascensions to Heav- en were forecast by one of the more inspired members of this fantastic cult. Once when the indications were particularly suspicious, Eli Andrews of East Bridgeport, an ardent be- liever, appeared at the Dyer homo with an armful of short pieces of @ tn Ia used to tie around the skirts of the women members about to ascend. In those days, of course, it was not con lower portion of female anatomy. Just now these bits of rope would be quite superfluous
 These 'holy hoppers' jumped around Dyer's dooryard and a vast throng of interested spectators gath cred to witness the wholesale trans lations. But, alas for their hopes, a thunder storm broke up the display and all hands went home MT. An drews was very much disappoint- ed!
 Near the spot where MT. Dyer's home once stood is today a building of more than ordinary interest. It is a large wooden structure which once stood on the, site where, now late Nathaniel Wheeler
 Way back in 1848, H. K. Harral bought the land and the wooden build ing on this site and moved it away
 
 present honest where now resides one of MT. Wheeler's sons.
 Horse Moved House.
 Thomas Taylor, house mover, moved this old house off its founda- tions up and back onto Washington avenue, by the employment of q horse windlass. It was slow process and source of great amusement to the boys of the neighborhood. MT Fay Tor lived in the old house for many years and raised a large family there. One of his daughters, Martha, married the Civil war decorated for bravery.
 Next to the Taylor home was Car penter's grocery store, with a bar in the back; on the corner Of Main home of old Fountain Hose com pany, and at it's rear was a black smith shop. run by Ed Carpenter, brother to the grocer. This locality was called Bulls Head.
 At the junction of Main street and North Washington avenue, facing south, was John Shelton's grocery store. This was e famous old estab- lishment- During elections, the Bulls Head district voting was done in this store- It was convenient to Carpen- ter's bar, and generally when the two Opposing political factions met to vote there was more or less fighting. Those were real old-fashioned election Lafferty street. now Lexington ave nue, often made the welkin ring un- til it was time to count the votes.
 'One of MT. Shelton's daughters mar ried John Hurd, who subsequently promoted the Housatonic Rolling Stock speculation, which turned out like Ponzis Most everybody in Bridgeport had some and they've got 1t yet! MT. Shelton's other daughter married Fairchild of Fairchild 6o Shelton, soap manufacturers. She died only recently.
 To Be Continued
 Main street is rather a long street, too long for a detailed mention in one story, therefore, this short sketch will be continued later on-
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