The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-08
one of the most curious features of

one or the most curious features o1 the case
 A settlement out of court was eff. fected in the suit for $3,oOO damages brought .by Patrick Green of DanburJ against Lester O. Peck in consequence of the plaintiff being bitten last sum- mer by d6g owned by the defend ant. Green was attacked by the dog set Hill, whither he had gone to so- licit job. The animals teeth left 8 long and deep laceration across the back of one hand and the wrist. The case was to have been heard before the Superior court in Danbury last Morgan Green of this town. The sum paid in settlement is said to have been about $300
 Last Saturday night dogs belonging to the Storrs College farm in George town, got among a flock of valuable and killed two. They returned to the attack on Monday night and killed three more. One of the dogs was run down in Weston the next day and dis patched. The sheep were worth about s20 each.
 and appreciated institution. but 1t seems not always to be managed as we'll as 1t might be. There was a case in point on Tuesday when the place of Carrier Ward of Route A was taken by his deputy. The latter had least not officially. and the consequence was that many missed their mail. A deputy who doesn't know his route isn't of much use.
 The hunting season is closed a respects all law protected game wit the exception of rabbits. and agains these a gun may not be used, but only a ferret. In this section the season. has been the poorest for a long time, both in regard to quantity of game and the activity of sportsmen. condi- tions which are not always associated
 The Parish Aid Society of Christ Episcopal church will give New Eng land supper and sale on the evening of Friday. Dec. 16. at Rock Ridge. the home of MT. and Mrs. Randolph Brad ley. From 5 to o'clock there will be served supper of chicken pie. doughnuts and other good things. to be followed by a musical and literary entertainment. The sale Is to include home made candies and fancy arti- cles.
 Many from this town were among the company of about 100 who attend ed the party given last Thursday night at the home of MT. and Mrs. Sylvanus Mallett in Easton. Supper was serv- ed in the spacious veranda which ex- tends along two sides of the house and which is enclosed throughout with plate glass.
 Mrs. John N. Nickerson is in South ington on a visit to her daughter. Mrs. Robert Upson. who last. week became the mother of baby girl.
 Rev. Louis Burgess. the neW pastor of the Center Congregational Nhurch, moved into the parsonage last week.
 Heating furnaces are being placed in the residences of Theodore Adams and John c. Read.
 MT. and Mrs. Dewitt Weld and MT. and Mrs Fred Driggs spent last Sum- day at their summer homes in Pleas ant Valley.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Lounsbury at tended the Mark Twain memorial ex- ercises held in Carnegie hall. New York. on Wednesday of last week.
 The condition of Mrs. Patrick Me- Donald was made more serious last week by the setting in of pneumonia. but she safely passed the first crisis of the latter ailment and continues to improve
 As soon as Accountant Soules' pamphlet containing a synopsis of his report on town affairs is published, the Selectmen will mail a copy to each address on the voting list.
 Hezekiah Nickerson has bought the homestead in the Center from the es- tate of the late Judge Nickerson. his father, and will live there with his family. retaining. however. his busf- ness position in New York.