The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
to a man named Mason

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There was lively brush IRE !as'
Friday afternoon in Pleasant Valley
Before being subdued 1t burned over
several acres and seriously threatened
the Heggeman residence. Fire War
den Warner with force of about 81
helpers, among whom were the pupils
of the Sanford school, fought the blaze
most Of the afternoon. A humorous
Incident of the affair was a demand
upon the town by the man who start
ed the FIRE that he be paid for gar
den implement which was destroyed
The joke Is more pronounced from the
fact that the man started the fire
without havinr obtained permit, al
though he had applied for one. Those
who help the warden In fire fighting
are paid by the town at the rate OF
20 cents an hour, and the town gets
repayment to the extent of one-fourth
from the county and one-fourth from
the State AT least the law so pro-
vides, but last year the town got back
only $40 out of a total disbursement
of $50. On Monday Warden Warner
was again called out for a fire in the
woods bordering the road to Stepney,
east of the home of Clarence Andrews.
Quite a tract was burned over.
The towns treasury was not greatly
fattened by the auction sale last Sat
urday of four of the disuSed public
school buildings. The Foundry school
and the quarter acre which went with
it brought 500, Henry Sanford of
Pleasant Valley being the purchaser.
The Center school building went to
William f. Couch for sci, the Lone
town building to George williams for
$26, and the Sanfordtown building to
G. A. Talmage for SIS.
The former Diamond Crofut place in
Sanfordtown,s comprising about an
acre. on which is a well and the eel
lar of "a burned house. has been sold
by Mrs. NJ j. Scribner to Miss Cor
nelia Talmage for s175. Miss Talmage
has also bought from Mrs. Kelly the
nearby property consisting of an old
house and about 80 acres. 1t is I'M
derstood that the purchaser will build.
On Saturday evening of this week
Rev. H. G. Buehler will deliver, at the
Sanford School gymnasium, an Illus
trated lecture on the Battle of
Gettysb urg'' Other lectures of the
by Samuel Scoville, Jr., of Philadel-
phia, and one on Napoleon. May 26,
by Miss Ida M Tarbell.
The Misses Waugh and Blanchard
came on from Philadelphia with a
carload of furniture, last week, to oc-
cupy the house purchased by them
from Marcus H. Burr, and since re-
modelled and enlarged. The house
was not quite ready for them and
meanwhile they are stopping at the
Miss Runyou place at Pine Tree Cor
ner. This house has been rented for
the summer by Herbert Pierson and
the Messrs. Jones, the latter being the
nephews and the former a nephew-at-
law of Miss Glider.
Charles Sepeck, while visiting rela-
tives on the west side, recently, was
o&f Inv ha1 oriy7or n ~
Doig. An examination by DR.. Smith
showed that the animals teeth had
left only an abrasion of the skin, but
Mr.. Selleck was alarmed and went to
the Bridgeport hospital for treatment.
He also made a claim on Mr. Doig for
damages. The dog has been killed.
The Mcdonald family are arranging
to replace the barn and companion
buildings which were recently burned
with another structure. The fire
losses have been adjusted by the in-
surance company with a damage
award of about 5000.
There will be a ball game on the
Ridge, Saturday afternoon, between
the Sanford School and the Ridge
fields
The option which Miss J. L. Glider
obtained last fall on J. M. Sullivan's
store property has expired without an
effort to exercise. In a recently pub
lished magazine article Miss Glider
tells how she bought her summer home
on the Ridge for $500 and later ex-
pended $4,000 for improvements, over
$500 of which was for deepening and
enlarging the well.
First Selectman Charles Sanford is
learning to drive Metz runabout,
lately bought by him and delivered on
Monday last.
Henry S. Osborn lost a $500 horse
from collie, few days since.
Louis Klein, of Greenbaum & Klein,
is. laid up with an aggravated case of
grip, complicated with rheumatism.
Collector Duncan is preparing the
papers for a batch of suits which he
will at once bring against tax delin-
ouentS on the old hooks