The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-18
BEDDING WOULD HASTEN ROAD
 CONSTRUCTION

 ford went to Hartford Monday in an of State road construction here, there being something over $14,O00 available for that purpose. From the clerk in charge he obtained a renewal of the promise made several weeks ago that the Bedding situation would be promptly taken up. The clerk said that it should not take long to get work started on the Ridge road be- tween the Episcopal church corner as that stretch had already been sur veyed by D. c. Sanford. Where the balance of $1O,00O will be expended has not been settled although the prospects are that 1t will be used on the Putnam Park road. The com missioner is expected home this week and MT. Sanford will make another trip to Hartford in few days for an interview with him. The Ridge road is in very bad shape and about the only satisfactory remedy is stone con- struction.
 Herbert Bouton, whose recently erected bungalow is located near the Saugatuck river below Library Corner, repair disused road which leads past his property, offering to bear half the expense. The road Is a cut off from the hill west of the Center to the Glen road and about 400 feet long. MT. Bouton was informed that inasmuch as the road had been abandoned the town was under no obligation to fix 1t. To this MT. Bouton replied that there had been no legal discontinuance of the highway and that if the town refused to make repairs he should apply to the county commissioners to act in the case. There the matter rests for the present. In the case h hv fho ture or the Superior Court discontin- uance by vote of the town is not effective. although if the road con- tinues to be abandoned for twenty years after such discontinuance it ceases to be legal highway. This period of disuse is said to have ex- isted in regard to the road in ques- ton would probably be unable to com pei the action sought by him on the part of the town.
 Most of the town and many from adoining towns are expected to at tend the fair for the Mark Twain Friday of next week. It opens on Thursday afternoon and will be con- tinued during the same evening al- though that was not the original plan, A large and attractive oollec- tion Of articles both useful and ar tistic will be offered for sale and there are to be music and refresh ments. One booth will be devoted to home made candy. The closing fea- ture is to be dance on Friday even ing. The tickets for this are limit ed to 75, each admitting two.
 The dance at the gym last Friday evening was the occasion of much enjoyment to those participating. The company numbered nearly 100 and in cluded guests from Bridgeport, New Milford, Pennsylvania and other dis tant points. Palms and many Jap anese lanterns gave to the hall and the adjacent lawn an attractive ap- pearance. Ice cream and cake were served.
 At recent session of Bedding Grange approval was voted of the bill prepared by the Business Mems as- sociatfons of the State for a leg1sla- tive measure regulating public utilities explorations. Some time ago the grange placed itself on record as ap- proving the creation of Parcels Post service by act of Congress.
 The report of Expert Accountant Soule on his audit of the town ac- counts will probably be submitted to the annual town meeting in October. One matter on which he is seeking information will have to await the return of Attorney s. c. Shaw from Europe, which is expected early, next month. This relates to the payment of about $400 in back taxes which MT. Shaw is understood to have re- ceived either as special agent for the town or in connection with real es- tate sales in which he was attorney for one of the parties to the trans actions The tax dues involved in the fact that these liens have been released is taken as proof that they were paid. And still, upon the town records, there are no entries showing the transfer of these amounts to the officials entitled to receive them. Doubtless MT. Shaw has a private rec ord showing to whom the payments were made and 1t is this which is re- lied upon to clear up matters. MT. Shaw has said that each of these pay ments was reported at the time to the collector on whose book the claim stood and that also with the money there went memorandum to the town treasurer.
 The huge rattler which George Rix killed while berry picking last Thurs day morning was divested of its skin by Emil MaIblane who is operating portable sawmill in Weston. In skin ming the reptile one of it's fangs pune tured his hand and he at first feared that some poison had gone into the wound but as no i'll effects showed such could not have been the case. The coloring along the snakes back was of a vivid yellowish hue.
 Two ducks, were killed and several. fence posts shattered by lightning bolt which struck on the premises of James Delaney in hometown dur ing the showers of last Thursday Miss Loveley and Miss Tucker who had driven under MT. Delaney's shed for shelter were stun ned by the same bolt.
 The executors of the Mark Twain estate have placed "Stormfeld,' the residence property of the deceased au- thor, in the hands of the Sanford agency for sale and the agency is now negotiating with a possible pur- chaser who thinks the price of $75,- poo too high.
 The selectmen are carting gravel on the State road below Marcus Burr's residence and will next attend to the State section of the Park road. A small hill near the upper end of the 1 park has been cut down by Select man A. H. Sanford and the material used for repairs below that point
 Mr and Mrs. Fred DriggS of New York will occupy their log cabin sum- ner home in Pleasant valley on Sat 1rday. They have new daughter about three weeks old.
 w. s. Downs of the Ridge lost his horse this week at Walnut Beach, | where he is a temporary sojourner, | he animal being found dead in the stable. A horse belonging to Patrick | Sullivan also died last Saturday from | some unknown cause. l