The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-11
NEWS OF BEDDING OF INTEREST TO
 OUR READERS

Bedding, Aug. IA statute pro- v1des that taxes not paid within thir- ty days from the date they become due shall bear an interest charge al three-quarters of one per cent. per
 month. In this town the provision
 has never been enforced, interest be-
 ing added only from the time the tax
 bills were made the subject of liens
 A change in this respect will be
 plication of the statutory provision
 regarding interest. As the taxes are
 made payable on the 23d of this
 month interest will begin Sept. 23. AS soon as Collector Duncan receives
 the new rate book which Selectman Pinkney is making up he will send
 bills to all taxpayers and enclose with them a slip on which is printed the law in question.
 August 25 and 26 have been fixed upon as the dates of the fair to be given for the benefit of the Mark
 brary building will not be completed at that time it will be sufficiently advanced to serve for the entertain ment. and additional space is to be the grounds, one of these being a re- freshment tent. Many attractive features have been planned for the event. Photographic views of the Mark Twain residence and the sur rounding country have been specially taken for the occasion and will be offered for sale singly and in sets. Collectively they afford panoramic view of that section including the beautifully picturesque Glen and of four old houses with historic asso- citations. Other articles on sale will be a fine Assortment of faces, rugs and other valuable goods besides a variety of hand painted and other artistic objects. Other features are in preparation and will be announc- ed later.
 With the death of Mrs. Arity Beers home of her daughter, Mrs. Jane Banks. there passed away one of the towns oldest residents. Her age was 96 years and one month. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. For the last fifteen years Mrs. Bene- but all this time she retained her mental faculties and cheerfulness of disposition. Her surviving children, besides Mrs. Banks, are Mrs. Harriet Gould and Stephen H. Benedict. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon ment in the Ridge cemetery.
 The published story to the effect that $70O in counterfeit silver coin was lately found in a wall of the for mer Noah Lee house near Georgetown shrinks a good deal in the light of the facts as the total fund consisted of only twenty-five silver quarters and was not considered of sufficient i'm portance to call for notification to the U. S. authorities. Noah Lee has been dead about thirty years. He did some counterfeiting in his day and served time for it but his activi- ties in this line, as far as is known, ran to the production of bills and not of coin. The house passed to the ownership of his son, Frank, and later became the property of an Italian family. Next Mark Twain played at farming there. It is now owned and occupied by Arthur Nash, formerly of New York.
 The town officials are silent as to whether any important discoveries have been. made by Accountant Soule He has not yet started on the seven rate books covering the period when Henry S. Osborn was collector ana therefore the field he is in is that gone over by the Selectmen. Not withstanding this fact there are per- sistent rumors that he is finding con- ditions which will startle the public when they are made known.
 Miss J. l.. Glider is having another big we'll dug to increase her house water supply, the job being under the direction of George s. Banks. In connection with the well she will put up a tank having a capacity of G. 900 gallons.
 A. G. Barnett took his outside help to Compo Beach in his auto on Tues day for days outing. The next day he and Mrs Barnett started on an auto trip for Provincetown, Mass
 The public school buildings are be- ing overhauled and repaired in ac- cordance with the directions of the State inspector. The members of the work, each taking the building in his. neighborhOod. The prompt ness shown is an instance of the practical advantages due to the town system and many oth- CTS have already been demonstrated. condition of ToWX Clerk Nickerson, such change as is apparent being rather for the worse than otherwise. In attempting to take short walk the other day he collapsed and had to be carried back to the house.
 Dan Beard returned last week from a fishing trip to his cabin preserve in Pike county, Pa., in which he had Harry Lounsbury and M. B. Burr as MT. Beard was severe ly famed during the jaunt by a knee injury. 1
 George Williams of hometown, has given up milk production, selling his fine herd of twelve cows to his broth CT Arthur of Bedford, N. Y.
 An invitation dance is to be given at the gym on the Ridge on Fri day of this week for the younger so- ciety set The Misses Reid and Miss Tarbell are the promoters.
 The registrars met last Friday and meet again on Friday of this week to make up tn eprimary lists. They found that the new law requiring the registrars to also make up the lists for the poll and military tax applies only to cities.
 Harry Greenbaum will retire in a few weeks from the firm of Green baum & Klein, and return to Bridge 1 hort. He will be succeeded in the firm by Julius Klein, brother of his present partner.
 MT. and Nrn- Ossip Gabruowitsch