Republican farmer., 1909-04-02
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
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Redding, April 1.-f Mark Twain | falls to carry out his announcement | made last fall that this year he was going to get into closer fellowship with
 the farmers of Redding by raising some sort of a crop, he cannot plead lack of land as an excuse. At the | time he owned upwards of 200 acres and this he has increased lately by the purchase from Stephen Carmina. of the former Frank Lee farm near George town which gives him 125 acres more. This property adJoins his former hold ings and it's acquisition will enable hdm to carry out a previously formed de- sign of buildingfa road from the vfcin- ity of his residence southerly to the highway leading into Georgetown from the east. The price paid for the prop erty is not stated but is believed to be SC, 900 or more. The house on the place Is an excellent one. needing only some interior repairs to put 1t into first class shape. The suppOsftion is that before the summer is over it will be occupied by some of the new owners friends.
 At their meeting on Saturday the Selectmen decided to make permanent the '1ayoff'' of Civil Engineer D. c. Sanford which they had decreed tenn porarily a month before with refer ence to the job he had undertaken of surveying and mapping the town boun- dary line. With two helpers he had put in about six weeks on the job at a total cost of about $250. This was more than the original estimate for the whole job and it was rather less than one-Quarter done. In addition the DOT ed and had been mapped, 8 fact of which the board was not at first aware. The members will probably peran,ou- late the rest of the line themselves securing the aid of a surveyor only in case that it should be found neces- |sary.
 John Todd died Wednesday morning after an illness of about ten days from fSneJImOniH had fo4Gcad the aHJIfP stage of the disease but lacked strength to rally and heart failure ensued. The deceased was not quite 80 years ot age. la his younger days he taught school and worked at farming. Subsequently he established a lime kiln and followed this business until about ten years ago when. having accumulated a fortune. he sold out to the New England Lime Go. His estate is estimated at from quarter to half a million dollars and will go virtually in its entirfty, it is thought. to Arthur J. Todd. his son by adoption. The deceased was twice married, but had no children of his own. Last year he and his second wife celebrated their golden wedding anni- versary. Charles Burr Todd, the au- thor, is a nephew and there are also two nieces surviving. MT. Todd was close in his business dealings and thrifty and economical in his ways but was known to all his acquaintances as a man of strict honesty and upright. ness of character. To the Methodist church he was G liberal contributor In the ninetieS he served one term in the Legislature and was for several years member of the Putnam Park Commission.
 Bedding Grange will have an open meeting, at their hall on the Ridge on Wednesday evening. April 2, at S:3o. The principal speaker will be Prof. Cook of Storrs Agricultural College. Some of the officers of the State Grange are also to attend. Grand Master Healey had hoped to be with them but other engagements prevent and he will send a good spea ker as a substitute. There Is no admission fee for the meeting and the public are cor oially invited to attend.
 Application has been made to the Prohste court for letters of admins tration on the estate of George Keeler. George w. Wheeler of Bethel being recommended for appointment as ad- rinistrator Investigation of the per- sistent rumor that the deceased had $500 or $500 in a Danbury or a Water bury savings bank shows that it is without foundation in fact
 The Rrumbling over the poor quality of the local telerhone service is about to take formal shape in a protest and petition to the company at it's msin office in New Haven. The document will lay stress the fact that the lines have too many subscribers on each to make prompt and satisfactory service possible. Of course the only remedy for this is the strfngine of more wires. Another grievance ia the