The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-15
nie Remington, a sister, and the last tIa fa r,niIxr cf her genera finn

nie Remington, a sister, and the last of the family of her generation. John Muennich, proprietor of the Ridge store has purchased the one acre lot in the rear of his residence from Attorney S. c. Shaw. The lat ter's artesian we'll and tower tank is in the lot and this of course MT. Shaw reserves with surrounding stryht and right of access.
 who was shot by James Smith, is so far improved that he will be fit to leave the Danbury hospital in few days. The finger which was ampu- has healed but another part of the
 wounded hand requires frequent dressing.
 tn a notice posted this week in B. those in arrears tp make prompt set
 clement of their bills, adding that if
 they do not he will be compelled to suspend business. v
 Lemuel Sanford will enter Sheffield Scienti6c School in the fall, having passesd the required entrance examin- ation- A certificate has been issued
 to Harold Sanford by the same in-
 stitution on his preliminary examine
 tion-
 Ephraim Barlow, formerly west
 side resident and now of Waterbury,
 has been visiting J. L. Blackman and
 other 1r1en0S Tn town.
 The son recently born to MT. and
 Mrs. Meeker Jones lived only a few days.
 John OKeefe is out after being laid up for several days with broken rib and other injuries received in a. coI- 1ision with a wagon pole.
 Henry s. Osborn has bought fine meadows of standing grass from Will lard Fisher.
 The house of Herbert Barnes on the
 ic oa fne rdc pletion and when it is finished he will put up a barn.
 There will be no more ball games on the Ridge for two or three weeks. Manager Ames Merritt having decid- ed on this course because during tho present busy season 1t is impossible to get out the teams full strength or afi attendance whose contributions arc Saturday g. Danbury team. nominally the Gyms but which included fine pro- fessional or semi-professional play CTS. met the Readings and defeated them by a score of 10 to A., This was not so bad considering how the home team was outclassed. The latter had but one infield error, but two flies were dropped in the outfield and both let in runs. Ezequelle pitched and the visitors found him for only nine hits.
 The most exciting incident of the afternoon was one which had to do with the game only indirectly. Dur ing the game Gilbert, a 15 year old Bethel lad who, played center for the Readings, called one of the opposing team a Danbury bun." This re- mark may have had the merit of ac- curate though injudicious description or the demerit of hasty and needless defamation. The subsequent conduct of its subject tends to support the for mer view. After the game and when nearly everyone had left the grounds Y1h hr1rio 1,-1,r walked up to young Gilbert. then sit ting quietly on fence, and struck him twice in the face. With the as- sailant were two of his team mates, one Of whom carried a bat. Thsf COW ardly assault was witnessed by Left Fielder Bradley and Pitcher Ezeuuelie of the Readings and by two resident outsiders who may be described as scene MT. Bradley voiced the indigna- ton felt by the quartet and said there I must be no more of such business Thereupon one of the Danbury trio ding that he, had too much yellow in him to do so. Some further unpar- liamentary language eIisued and then came mix-up between Bradley and of light sparring Bradley nearly wrecked his right hand with blight ing blow on his opponents counten- ance. A clinch followed and the com DdldhlS WSht 0OWn WllH 6TdQley un- derneath. Then the Danbury man showed his caliber and his training With two fingers straightened out he tabbed repeatedly in an attempt to displace the others eyes, These "gouging' tactics failed of their ob- ject and had been only a brief time in progress when Bradley obtained the advantage by Hopping the other man over Then the man with the bat began to dominate the situation He threatened to brain Bradley if he struck the would be gouger while they were down and promised a. like fate to any bystander who interfered. The swinging bat which in one of it's circles barely missed Gilbert and in another came dangerously close | to Bradley's head, terrorized the home | and made a diversion dur | ing which the man who had tackled l Bradley evinced his own yellow ness'' by sneaklng away. There were | no further hostilities. When Deputy Sheriff Banks heard of the affair he | deep regret that he had not 1 stayed longer on the grounds. like | regret on their own account was ex- who like decency and fair play even If they have to fight for it.
 It is felt. however, that young Gill | bert. in being offensive in the first | place made use of the wrong express sion. Cheap things" instead of |
 bums," would have been a more cor | rect designation. And silence on his | part would have been better than any speech whatever of that character |
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