The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-29
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
 TO OUR READERS

Bedding. April 29.-An important
 transaction was effected this week by
 lhe sale to Joseph Tomlinson of Chi .cago, of a 150 acre tract at Hoyts- Hill. i Bethel The selling party is Daniel G. Wood of Sunset Hill. and the cons1d- erasion Is approximately &13.000. The property has been used for years as a milk farm. Upon it are an old house Rnd two barns. The town of Bethel sunk an artesian we'll there a. few boring to depth of several hundred feet without striking a satisfactory How of water. The place abunds in sprfngs.howev insurinE an abundant supply of water for the use of the oc- cupant and the high and slightly eleva- aion makes it admirably adapted for building purposes The new owner Intends to build a fine house there as be remembered that MT. Tomlinson WAS the originator and chief promoter of the big Bedding land project. now in . state of suspended animation. and fhere will naturally be some surprise that after his expression of fervid ad- miration for Redding's scenic charms he should have selected his building site in another town. t. 5.,.
 Thomas Delaney. who has been su- perintendent at Putnam Park since it was established. and Mrs. Annie Das- kam. widow of the late George Das- Akam, were married in the Ridge Cath ! ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Kiernan in the presence of a small assembla&e of friends. MT. and Mrs. John Reynolds acted respectively as best man and bridesmaid. Follow ing the ceremony the groom and bride entertained a small party of guests at their home in Putnam Park.
 Umpawauf school is now in charge of the third teacher it has had since the term began last fall. Miss Bahret. the first one. resigned to get married and was succeeded by Mrs. Harry Brcwnlow of Danbury. Recently Mrs school and created such disturbance that the teacher suspended the ses- sions and did not resume until Mrs. Steitzsl was lodged in jail under a sentence which would keep her out of the way while the term lasted. She was proceeding with her duties with a comfortable Scense of security when one afternoon last week Andrew Steitze1 appeared in the school yard and made several circuits of the building. mean while gesticulating mildly and giving utterance to loud and supposedly threatening language. Although he did not attempt to enter the building Mrs. Brownlow's nerves were so upset by the occurrence that she at once re- signed. Miss Minnie Carson has been engaged as teacher for the rest of the term.
 The Easter dance given by the pupils of the Sanford school at the gym last Friday evening was very pleasant affair. Among the out of town guests were Mrs. Pomeroy and her two daughters of Pittsfield: MT. and Mrs. Kelchner of New York. Mrs. Ten Eyck and Miss Birdseye of Bridgeport. Miss E1nly Ives and friend of Danbury. and Miss Seymour and Miss Betts of South Norwalk. An orchestra from Danbury furnished the music.
 On behalf of the selectmen Repre- sentative Connery recently called on Commissioner Macdonald at Hartford in reference to having work laid out for State highway construction under the $5.200 allotment now standing to the credit of this town. The commis- sioner promised to give the matter his immediate attention and asked that there be sent him a copy of the speci- fcations under which a part of the road across the Ridge flat was built. The first work done will be the exten- sion of this road to the Five Points.
 By the result of the test applied last Thursday the effective relationship of the old timers to baseball pertains to the present as well as the past al-