The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-14

tower and at the upper end connect with the east and west public road in
 Dodgingtown, skirting at the east the
 lake which will be formed upon the
 completion of the big dam MT. Lutt-
 gen is erecting. The owners will permit the use of the drive for pleas ure vehicles, excluding heavy teams. It had been planned to commence it's construction this fall but operations may be delayed until spring. The length of the drive will be about one mile.
 Several Bedding people were among those, injured by the collapse last week at Poughkeepse of a stand from Which the occupants were viewing the Hudson-Fulton river parade. Louis 1 Treadwell, Professor of Biology in | Vassar College, had his back badly Wrenched and his son was also se- Yerely hurt, Miss Eleanor Sanford, 1 student at Vassar, suffered minor in | iurieS.
 Builder McCollam is erecting for Commodore Luttgen a large ice house which is something of a novelty from the fact of being of circular form. To run the engines which pump the wa ter and run the electric light plant on the Luttgen place there are used weekly nearly 700 gallons of gasolene. No appeal having been taken by At torney c. A. Burgess within the 30 days allowed for that purpose the de- cision by which his claim against his daughter was disallowed by Probate Judge Nfckerson remains effective and she will come into. possession of the house which was the bone of conten- tion unless he wins the suit he has brought to the Court of Common Pleas to set aside her title.
 John Muennich, proprietor of the Ridge store, was helping to lift a rest in the hole provided for it last Saturday afternoon when it came down upon him. One of the branch ing prongs at the stocks top happen ed to catch in the earth and hold there so that only part of the weight came upon MT. Muennich, otherwise he would probably have been killed and as it was his shoulder and back were severely lamed. The stick was the support for an old fashioned well sweep.
 Ezra Bassett, who has been a semi invalid for several years from asthma and other ailments, died last Sunday aged about 70. He lived with his two maiden sisters and was brother of the late Wheeler Bassett.
 MT. and Mrs. D. $. Sanford, Miss Belle Sanford and Mrs. ,Mabrey went to Flushing Wednesday to attend the wedding of William Shelton, Mrs. San ford's nephew. The bride was Miss
 Chicken thieves visited the premises of William Enmons Monday night and got away with seven fowls.
 Melville, the young son of p. R. Warner, fell from a tree last Satur day and striking upon a stone fence received an ugly gash in the neck.
 The banner crop of potatoes in town seems to be that of l.. O. Peck with a yield of 1000 bushels from six acres.
 All of last week the Ridge road was alive with autos bound for and re- turning from the Danbury fair. The procession would indicate that this was the route most in favor with the motor car contingent, although the Long Hill route may have attracted an equally large number. In fair week of no previous year did the Ridge road have anything like the same amount of auto travel and this des- pite the fact that the Jump Hill way was closed.
 Con OKeefe recently lost a calf he was raising from it's being Spoisoned with paris green which had been left in the pasture after being used to sprinkle potato vines.
 The family of J. B. Cornwall re- turned to Bridgeport last week from their summer home in Sanfordtown.
 Mrs. Frank Ferry has gone to New York for a weeks visit.
 The Center public school was closed Tuesday in observance of Columbus day.