The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-29
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
 TO OUR READERS

Bedding, May 27.-The mystery at- tending the abstraction of a load of hay from Albert Williams barn in hometown has been cleared up and the explanation removes the supposed ele- ment of larceny from the affair. Af- ter more or less amateur detective work had been done upon the case without results Emory P. Sanford learned of the bother that was being made and came forward with the facts It seems that he bought from A. H. Dfmond all the hay in one of the sew eral buildings on the present Williams place and sold a load of it to an Eas- ton man named Cornell. The man sent for 1t told MT. Williams that he was authorized by MT. Sanford to take the hay and the former, supposing that he referred to George O. Sanford. directed him to the mow belonging to the lat ter and Milo Osborn Hence the com p1ications. The remarkable feature Of the case is the failure of the efforts made to trace the load of hay and as- certain who had taken it. Had it really been a case of theft it would probably have been, so to speak, success.
 The house which M. B. Burr began building at Umpawaug Hill last fall for J. H. Ameli of Brooklyn is nearly completed and the owner expects to occupy it by June 15. The first story lure of wood. MT. Amei is about to put up a barn on the place and Mr. Burr will do that job also.
 Mrs. Kate St. Maur has moved from the Selleck place to the w. E.. Grum- man house on the west side which has been enlarged and repaired. The Sel- leck house is now occupied by Joel Selleck and Joel Selleck Jr., and his bride.
 The summer residents are beginning to arrive. Lester O. Peck and wife were to come to-day to their country seat on Sunset Hill. MT. and Mrs. J. W. Teets are at their place on the Ridge and the Hoggson's at their sum mer home in Pleasant Valley.
 Representative Connery visited the Ridge Saturday and discussed with Eelectmen Banks and Sanford the pro gram for State road building in order ffiat he might be better prepared to lay all the facts before Highway Com missioner Macdonald. Henry $. OS- born has offered to contribute stone walls as mentioned for construction across the Ridge.
 The Sanford School closes for the term June Ii. Running races and oth- CT. field exercises are to form part or the days program. The Ridge Inn will be opened by Miss Rushton on June IS, in the main house belonging to the school establishment
 A. G. Barnett of Lonetown has pur- chased a Packard motor car of 45 h. p. Ee will employ a chauffeur until he acquires the training to run the ma- chine himself.
 effWOr0 has been reCGlVeQ 1rOfn Sd1SSeS Barnes and Osborn announcing their safe arrival at Bremen.
 Ten chicks a few days old went to their nightly repose under the mother hen last week on the premises of Mrs. Bridget Dudley. There was a thunder storm during the night and in the morning every chick was found dead although the hen was alive and un- harmed. What killed them is the ques- tion that puzzles. No cat, weasel, skunk or other such enemy did the mischief It is we'll known that cleo trio storms often kill chicks before they have emerged from their shells and it is believed that this was the destructive agency in the instance not ed
 Albert Benjamin and M. B. Burr we're summoned for jury duty in the Criminal Superior Court which met in Bridgeport this week and the latter was chosen to serve in the murder case taken up.
 An additional telephone wire was strung across the Ridge last week. This is good as far as it goes but the needs of the situation call for several more. The judges who theard the pupils of the Sanford school debate the ques- ton: 'fShould the United States An mex Cuba 2'' decided in favor of the side which upheld the negative.
 A steam road roller has been in use on the upper part of Sunset Hill this week to finish off the half mile stretch
 
 Luttgen.
 On Friday evening, June 4. Bedding Grange will give at their hall a public entertainment embracing many inter esting features. Next Wednesday ev- ening they entertain Easton Grange on which occasion D. s. Sanford is to deliver a stereopticon illustrated lec- ture on the English public schools. On the evening of June IT. the Grange have dance. Next weeks entertain ment has moved one of the members to the perpetration of the following lines:
 The Bedding Grange with greetings
 most hearty. Invite you to come to their Vendors
 Party,
 And see the sights of the Takers Each in his costume queer, you know There'n be the echef" in cap and whom sell you doughnuts rich and The cook who'll make the incest cake, As only our own people make Pies, candy, popcorn, jam and jelly, And the hokey-pokey. who ice-cream
 yells. While each in poem or song will tell About the wares he has to sell. Hurdy- -gurdy and tambourine will be To add to the program their small
 share,
 To admit, twill need but a very small
 sum. But you'd better bring more with you
 when you come. Of good things we'll have so many in
 store, We're very sure you will want more, And you certainly would be very sad, If nothing to carry home you had Remember the pIace-remember the
 date, And get your ticket before it is too
 late, And be on time that you may see Street Vendors Procession" from A.
 to 2.
 Admission is 10 cents and the hilarity begins promptly at 8.
 Iitchfield County News.