The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-03
STAMFORD

A$ 4 & M& 4 A & " 1 @&
 Just because some people in Bridge pot happen to live where they man age to ride as far as they have 10 Tor a nickle, and just because Bridgeport imagined that Bridgeport had a dlVe cent fare"; a part of Bridgeport, all of Fairfield, and all of Stratford' as welt as the Devonites, are still payIhs a 10 cent fare, with no transIeP Pridee- pIge- port who actually are enjoying a nVe cent ride, wanted to still enjoy Ine fruits at the expense Of others. tne above mentioned communities Woulo have been enjoying three for quar- ter rides with full transfer privileges since March 1 last.
 Here's something else. The three for a quarter with transfers and to- kens, is not as unpopular In oLne5 parts Of the state as some foIks Woulo like to pretend 1t 1s-
 The crews of the incoming New, Ha- ven and Milford cars, not all or theIn' perhaps, but at least some Of then1- and these cars all have two operators are either too unaccOmm odat1ng or too thick, when turning from Main to wait for cars from Paradise Green that are a block away, and have pass engers who wish to transfer. Thls IS in spite of the fact that the Paradise
  tom of the platform out from under themselves romping on the gong. As a fellow alongside of Charley Sorenson at the ball game remarked the other day, s'What's the use of be- ing thick if you don't show it?" With dental clinics. trap rock. Nor mai schools. shirt factories, factory dormitories. community chest drives, municipal garages and what not to worry about right 1n R,.iE b[lagePobh1 T5t5t 2Db persist in worrying themselves into cold sweat over stratford's atfalrs' Nav II is the date set for the ap- pearance of that new fire truck Strat- | ford needs it badly. If it arrives
 May II it will only be about seven
 years late. The Board of Fire Com m 1 technical delay due to the fact that the order was made for the appaf- atus early in February before Town 1 Manager CF0o Hunter was piaceo upon the greased sl1ids. l There seems nothing to the rumor
 that the Rudder Club will furnish a fire boat to protect the Sunshine
 Homes plant.
 Somebody wonders if Hunter was vaccinated before he came to Strat- ford.
 Tonight at the stratford theatre Harold Lloyd in ''Never Weaken Will | be featured to repeat tomorrow night | A decision to immediately close the Stratford theatre utnil the smallpox
 scare had subsided, was changed by
 Health Officer G. F. LeWls "nIn aI | play or pay bookings" he had all ready made, and the fact that to close withotu notice would put him in a
 hole that might prove d1sastrous- fJn H. tion including t-civic'' association | meetings, etc. the Stratford theatre has opened its doors to the Strafforo movie fans at just about the most dis- couraging time such an enterprise could have been started in the old town since 1889.
 And now somebody wants to know | if Dr. Lewis will allow the council ta meet until all the members have been vaccinated. Ask the doctor. Somebody else wonders if there might not be a law suit over the fire truck purchase. A few people in Stratford who don't own any prop erty worth worrying over have oppos. ed the purchase from the start. IT they could start a rumpus over the
 fact that Hunter had authorized the purchase, and find some fanc1ed IT. regularity they would be tickled to
 death. What matters an additional law suit or two for the old town
 Judge Nicholson will have plenty 10
 do if some people have their way:
 They hate to SC anybody not kept busy ALL the time.
 Old Irritabi1ity is in again. It's little deep this time. so if you cant
 quite get the drift on the first read ing, don't blame us:
 "I thought I was through but here's a little bon mot that l came across while reading one of Bradford | 1,rv4 tcrr7n n1 N0n
 ''The Foot-Path Way" sEMr. Torrey had been rambling
 with his field glass in search Of birds, (nutty, I know but there are some through a narrow railroad cut young man in skating attire was
 walking just ahead of him ana eV1- dently was suspicious of his inten- tions for he kept his head turned in
 MT. Torrey's direction all the time he was in sight and seemed to be afraid
 he was going to be attacked from De-
 hind
 dent thus: Evidently the world sees no reason why a man with anything better to do should be aimlessly wan
 dering about the country in mid worlds opinions. The majority Is
 wiser than the minority; otherwise,
 what becomes of its divine and inalienable right to lay down the law?'
 ''How true this is-er-that is, un- less MT Torrey is somewhat cynical, but surely a man following so evil dently a foolish pastime would not be deep enough to bring cynicism to bear in his arguments.
 'But. then. the majority are wiser than the minority, certainly, course;
 By the way. I was thinking of Stratford.
 say somebody told me that the signers of the recall petitions would have, in four-fifths of the cases, sign ed two petitions, if two solicitors and come with them at the same time; one for and one against.
 Sure. the majority is wiser than the minority.
 fAOld Irritfbility."