The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-26
By JULIAN IT. STERLING

was teller in the old Pequonnock bank. He went west to engage Tn a prosperous enterprise. but was shot l in melee with some wild cowboys. George married Miss Platt, whose sis ter married Dr. F. B. Downs a great favorite in his profession. Another sister married Edward Taylor. who was railroad tie contractor.
 Gae orge Bennett, at the time of his death, was a member of the old jew elry firm of Parker & Warner, nowa- days Davis & Hawley. Henry Ben- nett is now manager of the Arcade hotel on Main street, and enjoys a well-earned popularity.
 Next to Chester Bennett's store was an alleyway which Jed to a quad rangle, faced by the carriage factory buildings of Osborn and Griffith. South of this alleyway, and facing Main street, was the market of Henry Hinderer, one of the most jovial of the old-time butchers. His links of saucage, head cheeses and fine cuts were devoured by the admiring deni zens of Main street. Their delicious taste still fingers on the palates of the few old-timers left who used to en-
 Next to this market of fu1some memory was the home of James Grif- hth, and next was the home of Henry Osborn, both comprising the firm of Osborn & Griffith.
 Threw Ripe Tomatoes
 Just below on the east side of Main street was the grocery store of Mar tin Gibbs. His brother Henry was chief clerk in the store. Henry was not particularly popular with the school boys of those days as he was fond of standing in his front door and throwing unsaleable tomatoes at convenient urchin targets. Some of the boys retaiated, however using barrage stones instead of tomatoes After Martin died, Henry gave up business to become a driver on the then "new-fangled' horse car rail- road.
 Lower down was a drug store, the proprietor of which is forgotten; and the home of the Hearings, little of whom is remembered. Also the brick building erected by John Dunn, which is still standing. In this building was a shoe store where MT. Dunn made a fortune.
 Nowadays all the foregoing. from HubbelFs block down to Congress street, is covered by a row of stores which have obliterated many of the old buildings and altered others.
 The Foxy MT. Fox.
 All this had almost completely changed the landscape. There was no Congress street in the old days from Main street to Washington ave- nue. The bridge was built in 1870 by William S. Knowlton- During itscon- struction Charles Fox bought all the land where now runs Congress street, down to Housatonic avenue, and a good slice facing Main street. When the street was cut through MT Fox received damages from the city and later on sold out to the Poli inter ests for something over a hundred thousand dollars.
 Smith HubbelPs place, next south, l also went to Po1 for a like amount. | On this land now stands Polls Vaude- vile theatre. on the east side of Main street.
 This strip on Main street was occu- n He catered to the elite of Golden Hill and other fashionable localities and secured an enormous following be- 1 cause of his extreme courtesy to his | customers. Mrs. Nathaniel Wheeler 1, said once of this market: well, I | get a dollars worth of courtesy there | with every ten cents worth of meati"
 100 Per Cent. Beer!
 But the most important portion on | the east side of Main street, on this | same land. was the splendid old home | and bar of Julius Pfau. This was a | haven of refuge never to be forgotten | by the men folks of long ago. Not | only was the lager drawn of the very | best 100 per cent. kind, but every | thing else. Fancy liquors, game sup | pers and roast turkeys were served. | and the preserves put up" by Mrs. | Pfau possessed a flavor never since | exce11ed.
 All kinds of business deals were | cemented in Julius PIau S. Erlnc1palS | of industries would assemble there to i talk it over, and the more beer drunk the closer the com bination of close Doctors spent eve nings there; all sorts of professional men came and went.
 Particularly ludicrous were the star chamber sessions held at Pfau's 1 during the suit over the contest of | the Wordin will
 Nathaniel Wordin left large estate ! to his two sons and two daughters. | The sons were dissatisfied with their | portion. and started to break the | will Samuel Fessenden was on one | the scenes in court interesting, the , was on the other. In order to make ! side of the case and Goodwin Stoddard | Messrs. Stoddard and Fessenden | would get together in Julius place and | fix up what they would say to each | other the next day in open court The | more beer Julius would place before | them the more bitter would they be- | come, finally agreeing to call each l other frightful names When every thing was amicably arranged, these 1 friendly enemies would wend their separate ways home and next morning in court they would blaze at each