The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-07

morning and before crOWOeu CoH- gregation preached a masterly sermon and confirmed a class of five candi- dates among them being Miss Clara Danforth and her brother. James T. Gregory presided at the organ and the singing was by boys choir composer of pupils of the Sanford School Mark Twain's story, 'The Prince and the Pauper," has been made into a moving picture play which at some date yet to be fixed will be presented here for the benefit of the towns free library. The arrangement for such nresentat ton was made by the author of the book in connection with his sale of the rights for stage use.
 A deer with her fawn has been | hanging around the farm. of EdWaro
 Ryan in hometown for the last two or three weeks. His cows resent the 1n- trusion of the. strangers and charge
 at them when they come near put when it comes. to chase the oeer
 easily evade them.
 Attorney S. c. Shaw and family | moved this week into their handsome new residence on the Ridge. They 1n-' tend to remain for month or so ana will then return to their Bridgeport house.
 a few days ago to MT. and Mrs. Her bert Barnes The family are now oc- 'cupying their recently completed house on the Ridge.
 The new iron gates donated by ProI. $. s. Sanford were placed in position
 at the two entrances of the Ridge cemetery, on Tuesday.
 One hill of potatoes dug in Marcus H. Burr's field the other day yielded three tubers weighing collectively little more than five pounds E.
 west side man who owns crack coon dog wanted Mondays town meet ing to authorize the payment of bounty of $1 for each coon killed in ,,rI, !, a fn6
 damage to crops and poultry done py coons, his petition was turned down. Other coon hunters present said among themselves that the pleasure Of the
 hunt was pretty nearly reward enougn n and besides a coon skin is worth $l 5O to say nothing of the animals merits as a toothsome dish. At the same time they agreed that coons had been unusually destructive to corn this fall A very cautious animal. the coon finds green corn, even more than young chickens, a lure which tempts him to forget his shyness and to sometimes approach close to the abode of ms enemy. man. Thus it comes a60ut that green corn time forms the 1ntro- ductory period of coon hunting times for. like grand opera, the sport mas such a preliminary season. While the law does not dignify the coon Wltn an open and a closed season custom gives the animal a respite from pursuit
 
 come of little market value and What is inside it poor eating. Felt anu flesh do not reach their best estate until early winter, but neVertneleSS inc green corn period provides the coon hunter with a new interest in life.
 Devotees of this sport are or the hardy, adventurous type-a class III themselves-for the past1me IS one which does not appeal to the d!lltantte sportsman or the flabby fibred molly coddle. A dark night is best for 1t, and if a dense fog accentuates the darkness so much the better. I<dn- ferns are tabooed and as the coon makes his home in the toughest kind of country all sorts of things are like ly to happen to those on the tral. Stumbling over rocks. getting m1red Ill sink holes, decorations from prlers ana bushes and plunges down steep places the coon hunter, battered and torn, try to hide his disfigurement rom kindred spirits after one of these trlpS! Not at all, for are not these honoraple scars certificates of dead game sports noanship and it's vicisSitudeS. Neltner is he ashamed when in the darkness he loses his bearings among surrouno- ines almost as familiar to him as ms own dooryard and has to wait for the morning light to reveal the well knoWii landmarks.
 TO inc coon hunter his coon dog IS a. hiehly prized and highly priced es- sential. Attempts to produce the ideal coon dog by careful selection ana breeding are said to invariably fail Hence the real coon dog is an accident and usually looks as if he were assem. bled from odds and ends of cast oil canine material He should have the bird dogs keenness of scent so as not to be diverted from the trail. ana should also possess the fleetness Of the hound and the fighting qualities Of the bull terrier It is the fight between the dog and the coon that affords the eliminating thrill of the sport. After the coon has been treed by the dog and located among the branches by inc flaring light of a torch-lanterns, as has been said. being tabooed-the next step is to bring the quarry to earth. The use of shot gun for this purpose is not absolutely forbidden, nl d. h. dislodge the coon by poking him with a pole or by climbing the tree ana ana shaking him off. Thereby he faces the dog with his fighting powers un- impaired although if only tingled by charge of shot there is imparted an additional fierceness. It takes mighty good dog to whip a full grown, kI,@ Hoor r5f