The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-23
BEDDING

Reading, May G-Ine telopnOHe cOli-
 pany wishes to put down a line or ner along the west gutter of the Ridge
 road to the corner below, a distance of about a mile, and most of the prop
 erty owners strongly object, Among
 them are D. S. Sanford, John Muen-
 nich, J. w. Teets and Miss J. H. San
 ford. There are now no poles on this
 section of highway, due partly to the
 fact that as a preventive measure
 some of the present objectors granted concessions for setting on their prl-
 yate property the poles heretofore re-
 quired They are willing to grant
 some further privileges of the same
 kind, but the telephone company pre-
 that with the latter the locating of
 "troubles'' and making of repairs are
 facilitated. The company offers to
 put up symmetrical poles and to paint
 them, but this does not satisfy the ob-
 jectors and it is probable that the
 case will be fought out before the
 county commissioners. A cable line
 will be strung on the poles. On the east and west road from the church
 corner there are now two lines of tele-
 graph poles and the telephone com
 pany will erect another.
 Curtis Hungerford. who stole about
 8 1000 from Miss J. H. Sanford, his empower, dIlu WdS gwen a. poAOio uio
 charge by the Superior court at Bridgeport, last week, has been placed with the George, IT,, Republic in New York State by Attorney S. C.. Shaw, his guardian. Those hereabouts who know all the circumstances of the case feel that the courts clemency was not well bestowed In the sense that it was the defendants first court ar raignment it was a first offence, but in point of fact the particular theft which brought about his detection was probably at least the hundredth of a series extending over a long period. He stole through no stress of neces- sity and consequent temptation, but through sheer averice, never lovely and one especially repellant in the young because alien to youth s normal impulses. His misdeedS were further aggravated by continuous de- ceit, sneaky craftiness, hypocrisy and rank ingratitude towards his employer who had treated him with the most generous kindness. Although young he had enough intelligence and educa- tion to fully understand the moral turpitude of his acts and their legal penalty That the pretended contri- ton which he showed on the discov- cry of his crime was sham his sub- lying he kept up with the rector of the church to which he belonged when, after his arrest, the rector went to him in sympathy and good will. In short, the culprit showed not one quality. The 1eniency ex- tended him was urged by Attorney J. G. Pullman representing the ,prosecu- tion.
 No wonder that the State Board of lifted Redding's grand list to the amount of $155,OOO. Why they did so First Selectman Sanford and Town Clerk Sanford learned when they appeared before the board last The assessors had certi- fled that they listed the property at 100 per cent. But the board of relief made formal declaration that the rate was only 80 per cent. Then the board of selectmen delivered an utterance on the subject, their estimate being 95 per cent Next year the three boards der to be consistent by agreeing on some figure which shall represent their united opinion. It is believed that the State board will reduce their raise by about one-half.
 Georgie, the eight-year-old son of ex-Sheriff Banks, has been having great fun catching snakes. His meth od is to step on the snake just back of the head and then grab it by the tail. Dangling and squirming the snake thus displayed produced surprise youthful companions along with ad- for the exhibitors bravery. bound from school last Friday Georgie was a little careless in doing the trick with a snake that he met up with in the road. and as he stopped to make the grab the snake nit him in the hand so that the blood