The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-26
OUR BEDDING LETTER
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 Bedding, Jan. 26--Lena Simmons. a colored girl of Bethel employed in the family of Frederick Mabrey, first as- sistant teacher in the Sanford school, has lately been adventuring in taint- ed finance A few days since her en- ployers missed valuable gold watch belonging to Mrs, Mabrey and two pewter plates. These were vainly hunted for in the girls temporary ab- sence, Being questioned about them on her return she found them in a place which had previously been thor oughly searched. Later a small clock disappeared, but subsequently, reap peared coincident with the return of Miss Simmons. Last Saturday the girl
 bought pair of rubbers at Muennich's store and rendered in payment a
 check for s4 drawn on the Pequonnock National bank of Bridgeport and bear ing the name of Mrs. Mabrey When asked to endorse the check Lena pre- tended to MT Muennieh that she could not write and he filled in the endorsement around her mark and
 
 cash. The next day MT, Mabrey re- ceived from Druggist Garvin of Bethel telephone message saying that Lena had rendered him check for s4 pur- porting to be drawn by Mrs. Mabrey and inquiring if it were good. Being suspicious MT. Garyin had refused to accept the check although Lena of fered it at a discount of $1 from it's face value. MT. Mahrey at once took steps to have the culprft arrested. but on Tuesday she came to him with a confession and a desire to settle, As this was understood to be her first offense MT. Mabrey agreed to with restitution
 The proposed enlargement of the town house has led a number of citi- zens to express an opinion in favor Of removing the building from it's present site at the corner of Prof, Ab- potts lot to the vacant triangular space directly in front of it which is bordered by the intersecting highways. The spot is none too large for that l purpose but would give more room about the building than the present l site affords. The ground 1t now oe- cupes was donated by the Abbott
 family only as long as 1t should be I present owner would therefore regain l possession of the land should the pro- 1 posed removal be made For this l reason it is inferred that Prof, Ab- bolt might be willing to bear the ex- pense of the removal, The shifting of the building would be an easy and | inexpensive matter were it not for the ! brick vault which occupies one cor ner of it, but notwithstanding the 1 vault the job is entirely practicable. Everyone seems to be agreed that the enlargement of the building by the l addition of another story cannot be 1 undertaken too soon.
 l Builder McCollam finished last week 1 his contract on the Commodore Lutt- 1 gen place, comprising the erection of l a double dwelling house and of a large l boat house at the lake. The commo- dore has planned various other inn provements to be started in the i spring. one of them being the sinking
 of another artesian we'll. This week
 MT. McCollam began work on an ad- dition to the log cabin summer home l of Fred Driggs in Pleasant Valley. He has, also the contract for alterations at the Heggeman place in the same l locality. The principal of these are l the addition, of another story to the l house and the widening of the veran- das.
 The census taken of those liable for
 the personal tax as prescribed by a 1 new statute produced list Of up-
 wards of 400 names. The personal l tax, which calls for a payment of g from those between the ages Of 21 and SO, who are not exempt for causes i prescribed by the former law regard l ing military enrollment. supplants the 1 former military tax as well as the poll 1 tax and it's collection is made the duty of the selectmen, They may ar-
 range with the regular tax collector l to do the work or employ some one l else. They will probably engage Col-
 leotor Duncan to perform the service l The Board of Relief. who hold their | first session at the town house on Wednesday of next week, Anticipate l a busy time of it this year in con- ! trast with the inactivity af the past. l By the time they meet every property
 owner will know from the notices sent 1 out by the assessors how much their valuations have been raised from last 1 year and in many cases where the in-
 creases have been doubled or more 1 there is likely to be a protest. One
 of the heavy relative increases is that
 affecting q tract of 6a acres bought
 last year by George g. Banks, It is l wild, unproductive land situated in 1 that section near the Weston line 1 known as Egypt. MT. Banks paid for l it trifle more than $8 per acre and
 last year it was listed at about $1 per acre. ThlS year IL IS doWR TOY between $S6 and s27 per acre.
 Mrs. Sarah Osborn, the towns old 1 est resident, was suddenly prostrat- l ed last Sunday with what is believed l to have been slight shock. She soon l rallied, however, and is now comfor- table and doing we'll under the care
 of a trained nurse. Mrs, Osborn is ] the widow of the late George Osborn ] and her 99th birthday will come in March. She is wonderfully we'll pre-
 served for one of her age, her physi- l cal and mental faculties having, until l her present illness, suffered only l slight impairment. She walked out l almost daily and her hearing and sight were but little affected. For I many years she has made her home
 with her daughter. Mrs. Jesse l., San l ford.
 Nearly all winter the pond of Geo l s. Banks has been a favorite recrea- 1 tion place for the public. parties oi l skaters exercising on it's frozen sur face almost every afternoon and even l ing and at times indulging in races l and games of hockey, There was ar l interruption to these pastimes on l Tuesday when MT. Banks began gath l ering his ice crop.
 l. The inventory of the estate of the late Elizabeth Gilbert of Georgetown | has been returned to the Probate l court. Her property, which consists mostly of securities is given a value
 of $124.6s2.
 A new caretaker for Putnam Park | will probably be appointed at a meet