The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-20
SANITARiUM
 FOR BEDDING
PLACE AT PINE TREE CORNER SELLS AT DOUBLE EARLIER PRICE-BOARD OF RELIEF TO MEET FIRST MONDAY IN FEB RlJARY


 Reeding, Jan. cc.-The former Eph-
 raim Beers place at Pine Tree corner has been sold by W. J. Franciscus to Mrs. Virginia Runyon of Greenpoint. l.. | The consideration is $500 Whlch is just double what MT. Franciscus raid for the property ten or tWelVe wears ago. There are twenty acres of land The house is an old one ana will be reconstructed and probably en- larged by the new owner. who contem- plates the carrying on of a sanltar1um there upon a small scale.
 A few days since Frank Favreau sold a COW to Henry Gleiber of West port. While the latter was leading the animal off the premises she slipped down on the ice and was hurt so that she could not at the time be got upon her feet. Thereupon Gleiber repudlat- ed the transaction and gave notice that he should stop payment upon the check which he had given in payment. Favreau has placed the check in the
 hands of a lawyer for collection with an additional bill for keeping the cow at the rate of $1 per day.
 The grievance felt by those served with rural delivery over the fact that on four holidays in the year they re- ceive no mail, has hitherto been voiced in this correspondence and mention is again made of 1t to call attention to the disadvantage resulting from the rule other than the direct and im1ned- late inconvenience. The rural car riers stop on their trips at each of the the mail to be delivered further along. Strictly speaking this mail should bear the "R. F. D. address but does not because the consignees have never taken the trouble to effect the change This was merely carelessness or indif- ference on their part, but the amount of the additional and unnecessary handling and its consequent delay is being increased through return by many parties who did make the change back to post office. Thereby they avoid the four blank days because the post office carriers have no holidays The consequence is more work and a lessened efficiency of the service as re- gards promptness. If the rural car riers must have their four holidays why not, as has before been suggested. fill in the gaps with the deputy car riers. The present methods would in private business be regarded as very poor mana cement.
 Although the assessors have com pIeted their work of valuation they have not yet turned over the lists to the town clerk for compilation into the abstract It has been the custom for many years for the latter official to make this compilation although the assessors ere at liberty to do it them selves or to employ an agent other than the town clerk. The statute re- July 15. The Board of Relief hold their first session the first Monday in February. The delay on the part of the assessors was due to the illness of Chairman Connery.
 Last weeks snow storm necessltated more work to clear the roads than has been the case in any winter for sev- eral years. Some of the roads had not been made pasSable until Tuesday, although the Selectmen seemed intent on utilizing all the help that was avail able
 Howard Platt has been quite i'll with but is improving. His daughter has the same complaint.
 The basketball team of the Sanford School defeated the Bethel Highs last week by score of 22 to z.
 The last of the realty belonging to the estate of the late Joel Perry hav- ing been sold, distribution is about to be made. There are altogether 36 heirs, all collateral. and their individ- ual shares run from $65 to less than $1.
 A man named Groute. recently of Norwich, has succeeded MT. Emmons as tenant of the former Levi Hali house on A. L. Liyermore's place. MT Groute bought all of Emmons' stock and succeeds him as lessee of the Livermore farm. A MT. Van Orden has moved into the former Andrew Perry place, which is also owned by MT. Livermore.
 The Selectmen met last week and made out the military enrolment but took no further action in regard to back taxes. which is the special busi- ness they now have in hand.
 A landscape gardener has been here and laid out plans for beautifying the grounds about the S. c. Shaw place.
 Mrs. John c. Read is recovering from en attack of the grip.
 The five months old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Farley died on Friday of last week.