The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-07
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
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Bedding, Jan. 7.-Some fox hunting has been done lately by A. L. Liver more, aided and abetted by Will Mall lett and John Treadwell of Trumbull, the latter providing the hounds. The fox they started near the Easton line on the first days sport was run for about five hours and Overtaken and killed in the Hopewell district, New town. The fox was a gray one. Last Thursday the same party adventured again and captured two red foxes at the Oakley ledge in the lower part of this town.
 Through the influence of Mark Twain and for the convenience of his visitors the express from New York due at Bethel about 5 o'clock now stops at West Bedding on flag signal. Helen Keller is to arrive at Mark Twain's tomorrow.
 Clinton Sanford. who has been home from storrs for the holidays, was given a stag surprise party last Thurs day evening at the residence of his parents. MT. and Mrs. E. M. Sanford. A number of the hosts fellow students were among those present.
 Besides Greenbaum & Klein's store builcing the Grange has in view the upper part of Henry Sha,w's black smith shop for @ permanent meeting place. The Grange met last evening with Milo Osborn
 holds was thrown out of gear this week by the non-appearance of the bakers wagon from Bethel. The firm suddenly went out of business, but Jo- seph Dayton, the driver, expects to continue the service on his own ac- count.
 Rev. ". H. Jepson, rector of Christ oI,1 loft n11 a months vacation. His family re- main at the rectory. Services will be conducted at the church during his absence.
 Mrs. A. G. Barnett who has been seriously i'll for several weeks, is, much improved and will leave the latter part Of the week for 8 visit with relatives in Pittsburg.
 The electric lights in the house and on the premises of Stephen Sanford have blinked badly and two or three times gone out in the past few weeks. The trouble arose from the clogglng by cells of the water wheel which runs the dynamo.
 The Christmas present of Harry Lour sbury from Mark Twain was a complete set of the giver's works in 2S volumes.
 The assessors have virtually complet- ed their labors. The grand list as made up from their figures will show an increase over last years list of about s4O,00O The board of relief be- gin their sittings the first week in February.
 Noble F. Hoggson, Fred Driggs, Hal Sanford and Marshall Driggs were among those who spent New Years in town MT. Sanford expects to re- turn here Saturday and will then leave for New York where his wife has pre- ceded him.
 Mrs. Harry Lounsbury had a narrow escape from an accident at the Long Ridge crossing a few days ago, her horse being caught and turned aside by Mir. Vaughn of. the telephone sta ton, just in time to avoid collision. There has been for some time an agl- tation to do away with the crossing at grade at this point.
 Good progress is being made by Con- tractor Burr with the house which he is building for J. H. Ameli at Umpa- waug, the first story, which is of stone being well advanced towards compile tion
 Frank Farley is about to remove from, the John Moore house above Jump Hill to the neighborhood of Bridge port.
 TEe whist club met Monday evening with MT and Mrs. A. H. Sanford. Ire lOckJaW a11eCIeu horse WHlCh was being boarded by Milo Osborn died Saturday night. It belonged to the Naugatuck Valley Ice Co. of Bridgeport.
 Many bIuebirds and a few robins have appeared in this locality during the recent mild spell. Their coming does not exactly verify but imparts additional interest to the forecast of Jim Treadwell who has gained some loca. fame as a, weather prophet. His predictions are confined to the winter season. and he invariably withholds juds ment until about New Years. The opinion he then fornlulates is based on T. is observations of the milt in. the hogs he has slaughtered during the butcherng season which begins about Nov 15. The, why and wherefore of his deduction is known only to him. self This season he deduces and de clartss that we shall have but two
 mort weeks of winter and that only for short periods. After that it will be s>,ft, open weather with good deal of moisture. Those who have ice houses to fill hope that MT. Treadwell is mistaken. Tn some ponds here abouts ice formed last week to a thick r.ess of from six to eight inches, but nonc was harvested.