The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
BEDDING NEWS
Indications That tie Tomlinsoa Land Pro.
 feet May De Dropped.


 weather the roundup meeting of the coumittee whose members have been uanvaasfng for land subscriptions url- der the Tomldnson project was not held last Saturday afternoon as ap- potntsd. No date for the postponed
 meeting has yet been fixed. While the acrsage pledged will not be defin- ftely Eu0wn until the members of the committee report, the probabilities are that the total will fall considerably < short of the amount regarded as es- sential. Such being the case, the committee will be called on by the situation to decide whether to at once abamdon the project or continue the efforts to secure more land. This can only be settled after an inter change of views but the present indi- cations are that the undertaking will be dropped in it's present stage.
 The seven children on the west side left destitute by the. suicide of their father are no longer a care upon the town, having been received by some charitable institution in New York through the instrumentality of the Catholic priest dn Georgetown. Their mother will undertake to provide for herself.
 The second number of The Sanford , ian has been issued. It is a marked imprOvement upon the first and a very creditable example of school jour- nAlisn.
 Acting on a complaint from an un- disclosed source which was transmit ted to him by General Agent Gard ner of the State Humane Society, D. R. Werner 8 local agent, officially vtsfted the premises of Albert A. Cor ham at the Center, last week, to in- spect the condition of the live stock. It had been reported that they were -sx%& npap1op n y0ufffoianf faadlnQ. MT. werner found that while the cat tie were in none too good order, the conditions did not warrant the charge of cruelty and therefore took no action towardO a prosecution MT, Gorham was the first master of Bedding Grange, and has held various public offices, including those of Selectman and Representative. He thinks the bomplaint against him was prompted by malice. A like complaint against Fred Cole of the west side was look ad into last week by a Danbury agent conditions pretty bad. MT. Gardner has been requested to come here and make a personal Investigation of this case IS we'll as of two or three others which are said to require attention.
 - Tho gale of Sunday night and Mon- day drifted the snow go that the roads were nearly baockaded in many places and considerable shovelling was re- qilired to make them passable.
 - Ice harvesting has been actively in progress during the week.
 Miss Pearl Warmer of the Center, pupil at the Normal School in Dan- bury, fell and severely sprained her ankle recently while exercising in the school gymnasium.
 E Tracy Andrews, a pupil at the San ford School, was taken down last week with scarlet fever and is being cared for with the help of trained nurse at the home of Henry Sanford in Pleasant Valley. = The Grange fS to have a dance on Friday evening of this week at their hall on the Ridge.
 The Sanford School basket ball team seem to have struck their gait. They won from the Litchfield Highs, Sat- llrday afternoon, 9 to 14. On Satur- day they play the Gunnery School team at the gymnasium.
 = A deer was seen last Saturday at Pickett's Ridge on the west side.
 James E.. Treadweu has bought a pair of oxen from George s. Banks.
 Dr. Smith and Seth Sanford are each caring for twenty Hungarian par tridges furnished by the State Game 1 Commissioners.
 An unfamiliar feminine voice ac- costed Seth Sanford, former Selectman | and former Shell Fish Commissioner, l