The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-09
Our Bedding Letter
Italian Garden at Hoggson Country Seat-Repairs at
 Town House

country nome of N F. Hoggson in Pleasant Valley, a plot about 40 feet square is being enclosed by a mas sive masonry wall for an Italian gar den. Entrance to the garden is. pro- vided" by arched openings. Thes new garden adjoins the sunken garden which MT. Hoggson constructed two Or three years ago and the two will con- Stitute a novelty in landscape deyeI- opment in this locality. A gang of about 30 Italian laborers are at work on the garden job and also on the job of building retaining wall upon the property of MT. Hoggson bordering on the Aspetuck river. This wall will be about an eighth of a mile long.
 The selectmen have engaged Builder Eugene Adams to make the repairs and alterations in the town house which the October town meeting au thOrlzed, at an expense not to exceed $500. Under the weight of the crowd which attended the good roads meet ing last Saturday the floor of the building perceptibly sagged, a circum- small panic had it been generally no- ticed.~ Had the floor given way havoc would have been played with Red ding's best citizenship, as beneath the floor is a shallow and irregular cellar excavation. The site is quagmire oO IL WO0lds OC SLI dl6C IL duTiAS th0 many years the building has stood there the dampness had not routed the floor timbers.
 Those having bills against the town which were approved at the select mems recent meeting, suffered no de- lay from the non-attendance at the meeting of Treasurer Luttgen. The bills were promptly forwarded to him and the mail of the following Tues day morning brought payment checks to the creditors. Bach was accom- panied by a voucher or receipt to be signed and returned. This latter fea- ture is an innovation.
 The committee consisting of A. G. Barnett, George s. Banks and John H. Jennings which was appointed by the annual town meeting to consider and report on a proposition that Bedding join with some of the neighboring towns to establish town farm, has so far taken no action in the matter, but intends to do so soon. The first step will be to ascertain whether there are legal obstacles in the way of car- rying out the project. Then will come the financial aspects of the plan and finally the disposition of other towns as regards partnership in the undertaking.
 w. c. Sanford has enlarged his res- idence in Pleasant Valley by a two room addition for the accommodation of his mother-in-law, Mrs. William Cole, who is about to move from Wes- ton and make her home with him and her daughter.
 mer windows and making other alter ations at D. V. B. Heggeman's sum- mer home in Pleasant Valley. He is also doing job of improvements at the HoggsQn residence.
 Herbert B. Barnes of the Ridge is the. latest recruit to the list of auto owners His machine is a 30 Rec, purchased from H. C. McCollam, the agent.
 Mrs. Marion Williams, nee Goodsell, underwent an operation at the Dan bury hospital, last week, for the re- moval of a fibroid tumor. She is con- valescing nicely.
 Barnett last Friday evening by the Parish Aid Society of the Episcopal Church, was a, very enjoyable affair and netteds$32.
 Robert H. Nichols is recovering from a severe attack of the grip.
 James Reynolds has given up his position as caretaker at J. G. Stet- sons summer home, to take another with Arnold & Constable, the New York drygoods merchants.
 George S. Banks is about to secure steam saw mill to convert into ties and other lumber the timber of sev- eral acres of heavy chestnut timber.
 Some of the recent news which isn't so are reports that the Williams farm on Sunset Hill had been sold, and that A. l.. LivermOre was installing appl1- ances for the production of certified milk. The farm in question is not sold; although offered for sale, and the ground for the other unfounded rumor is that MT. Livermofe is having his COW quarters reconstructed on sapi- tary principles
 Commodore Luttgen has not yet an- nounced his appointments of the com mittee which under a vote of Satur- days good roads meeting will under the working of our highways shall be conducted after better methods. Will the movement accomplish real results! :! lis question which nearly everyone is asking. The meeting was certainly a notable and indeed an unprecedented affair of the kind in local history, and unless the sentiment it developed fades away something ought to come of it.. The pessimistic ones say, however, uphill fight towards fruition because of the community's innate conserva- tism, which is the conservatism of inertia or little except that. The present movement, having behind it not only strong public sentiment but the backing of a strong organization ought to win out
 Some of the members of the Cath olic church have united in the build ing of a horse shed for their accom- modation.
 The recent deal by which the sale of the B. J. Miller farm at the Center was supposed to have been effected