The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-25
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
 TO OUR READERS

lReddinr. Feb. 25.--The George Sher- man place in Pleasant Valley mas been sold by Mrs. Sherman througn uhs Sanford read estate agency to Mrs. Myrtle C. Dewey of New York. wno nso occupied it last summer under rentai The cOnsid deration was $l,10O
 Cartdn9 of material from Bethel Tor rhe s. e Shaw house has been in pro- .eress this week The dimensions or the house are to be 46 by 30 feet wltn an addition for a. kitchen about 2O rect suuare. The material to be used IS terra cotta tiles or blocks Tor the en, fire height of the structure which Will have no other frame work. To the outside a layer of stuccos will De ap- piled. The interior finish of the walls will be applied directly to the Ilies without the aid of hath or other holo- ing agency Except for the flooring; doors and windows the building VIII The contract calls for it's completion
 me plans for the house which Her bert Barnes of New York is to puild on the Ridge nearly opposite the res t1ence of H. S. Osborn are Tn the hands of various building firms anu the contract will Joe awarded Wltnln m, q few days MT. Barnes, with hds ram fiy. will come to the Ridge about Apri 1 to spend the summer at the nome oA Miss Belle Sanford.
 C,ommodpre Luttgen and wife came up from New York on Monday to v1eW their palatial new country nome on Sunset Hill which Will tnls Week k pe e turned over by the contractors III completed condition It was the Ilrst tanna Mrs. Luttgen had ever seen the r,Iace although the commodore was an occasional visitor while 1t was in the making.
 Margaret Connery, sister or HepFe- sentative Michael Connery, the George scrrT1 ,nerchart. died at the Norwalk hospital last Thursday after undergo ing an operation for gall stones ana s,ppendicitis Her age was about 4V At the funeral. which was held III Georgetown on Saturday, the aDuno- ance and richness of the floral trfDuleS testified in some measure to the eS- teeYn in which the deceased was held in the community. l.,
 Mrs. Spicer, widow of the Goodseil FTilI suicide. returned from New YOrk last week with four of her seven cnii- drer1. all of whom had been prevlous!y admitted to the Catholic Protectory m that city. when it was learned that thsw did not have a residence in New vnrk Sta4e the managers of the instt- tuition refused to care for them long ar Two of the children the mother placed with relatives and one she ieft sick in @. hospital Of the four whom she brought back here the Selectmen committed two to the County Home. The mother returned to New York with the other two in the hope of being able to care for them.
 whether to make use of a spring gun. a dead fall, g. masked pit or traps for the purpose of bringing discom- future upon the parties who raid his hen house the next time Is a question which w. c. Sanford is revolving in his mind. The roost was recently Yaided twice within ten days, twelve fowls being taken on the first visit and two on the second, leaving only a lonely uuartette as residue. Such a. sweeping despoilment seems to MT. Sanford indicative of a degree of greed which even the worst of the commer- cial trusts would hesitate to show. Hence his desire to pick the device which shall best execute automatic retribution-
 At the home of E. J. Miller in Bethel last Thursday evening Druggist F. Garvin gave Washington birthday dinner to some of his Redding friends and customers. The decorations were mink and white and a thirty pound tur- kew was one feature of the repast Those present from this town were Mr. and Mrs E. M. Sanford, Rev. and Mrs W. H. Jepson, Mr. and Mrs E. F.