The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-02
BEDDING

cost the town so far this season the sum of $S 800, which is e100 in excess of the appropriation. The reason for the unusual expenditure is the badly wretched condition in which the spring break up and heavy rains left the roads Town Treasurer Luttgen, who has done a good deal of road building on his own account. attended last Saturdays session of the selectmen and discussed with them the local road situation. He is in favor of hir- ing a superintendent who shall devote his whole time to the work of super vising repairs and also of an entire abandonment of the present usage Of relying upon gutter wash and such other dirt as the roadside may fur- nish as material for making repairs. a gravelling of all the roads supple mented by a better system of drain age When the local scarcity of gravel was mentioned as drawback to this plan MT. Luttgen said that there was probably plenty of gravel available, the only thing being to find it. He further said that the engineer now CT work on the Luttgen estate had a remarka b1e faculty for locating gravel deposits finding them where the sur face conditions gave no sign Of their existence to the ordinary observer and that sthe town was welcome to the services of this expert. The se- lectmen accepted the offer and next week the engineer in question will en- ter upon hunt for gravel. Commo- dore Luttgen promised to attend the annual town meeting in october and give his support to a plan locking to the accomplishment of permanent highway improvement.
 .fOTTTV Taa R. CT part of the population, is looking forward with much interest to the are rival of the soldiers on the 11th. Two camp sites for the visitors have been secured, one tract of about 40 acres owned by D. S. Sanford and located near the Aspetuck river, and another near Little river owned by Milo l.. Os- born. The force will be larger than at first announced, consisting of 1000 men and 600 horses Most of the horses will be kept upon the Osborn tract.
 Longfellow's poem "Hiawatha" was presented in series of tableaux at the Mark Twain library last Friday w. Deming, the celebrated artist whose speciality is the painting of scenes depicting Indian life. The stage represented section of an Indian en- campment and an abundance of ac- cessories, including costumes, animal v from MT. Deming's stock of proper. ties and were the genuine article, aid- ed in tf.e realistic effect. Introductory music or an overture was played by MT. Atherton of Boston on the piano and Miss Dening, daughter of the ar tist, on the violin. Each tableau was accompanied by a descriptive passage from the poem read by Mrs. Franklin. MT. Luther was Hiawatha. Miss Dem ing Minnehaha and Miss Breckinrdge, Nocomis. The latter's dog also fig
 ured in the scenes and won applause for the fidelity with which it staid putt in it's poses.
 At the home of Mir. and Mrs. Henry Shaw on the Ridge, Rev. A. J. Tongue performed at F o'clock, noon, on Wednesday the ceremony which unit ed in marriage Miss Grace Peer and Charles H. Pollard, both of East bourne, England. The groom, who Is in the employ of Attorney H. s. Barnes, has been in this country sev- eral months and the bride arrived last week to fulfill their previous marriage engagement Her wedding gown was of white batiste. Miss Charlotte Shaw was maid of honor. Following the cer- emony the guests sat down to an elab- crate repast. The wedding gifts com prised the following: Dinner set, MT and Mrs. H. S. Barnes; embroidered table cover. Mrs. Arther: center piece, Mrs Harry Ruph; lamp, Sylvester Murphy and William Keeley; fruit plate and pitcher, Charlotte Shaw; berry dish Mrs. Henry Shaw; toilet set and hand bag. MT and Mrs P Peer; coffet pot. William Behm; dozen cut glass tumblers, Catherine Peer and Mary Coleman; silver and pearl butter knife, Mrs. Beral; cut glass table set, MT. Hornsby. In the after noon Mr. Barnes car conveyed the newly welded pair to Bridgeport on the first stage of their wedding trip.
 The set back from the dam which l Commodore Luttgen built this sum- mer to create a second artificial lake on his estate at Sunset Hill caused an overflow of the adjacent driveway,