The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-05
BEDDING

Bedding, Sept. 5.-From Mrs,
 rary Association has purchased the rest of the lot on which the library
 building stands. Its area is about
 fourteen acres and the consideration was $4O0. The library site was gift from the late Henry Adams but
 more room is needed for the horse
 sheds to be erected and the acquisi-
 ton of the additional land will also
 serve the good purpose of keeping out possible purchasers who might
 make undesirable use of the land.
 Local Democrats are confident of
 repeating in November the victory
 they achieved two years ago and
 again in the local election last fall
 Although as has been announced L..
 o. Peck Is a receptive candidate for
 the senatorial nomination in this dis
 trict he will make no aggressive effort
 to secure it. The attitude of the Dan
 bury delegation will probably be the
 determining factor in deciding the
 matter. Should MT. Peck fail of the
 available as a candidate for repre-
 sentative and in view of the excep-
 tionaify fine record he made in the
 last legislature the party will doubt
 less be glad to place him on the
 ticket F. M Bradley, his associate
 two years ago, has declared that he
 sequently the other candidate for representative will naturally be sought on the west side and if
 doubtless be the unanimous choice
 He has already served two or three
 terms in the House with high credit.
 ing the selection of Democratic candi-
 dates for the local election in Octo-
 Der. Zalmon Read is slated as one of the Republican candidates for se-
 Iectn1an- There are several aspirants for the other seIectman nomination,
 the. names of Robert H. Nichols, M. l.. Osborn and George O. Sanford be- ing among those mentioned.
 The woman suffrage rally at the Fidgewold Inn last Friday afternoon brought together an audience of about one hundred consisting mostly of residents but having a fair sprink- ling of representatives from neighbor- ing towns. Mrs. D. s. Sanford pre- Boone, Miss Alcott of Ridgef1eld, Mrs. Robertson of New Rochelle, Judge Schrader and Mrs. A. l.. Livermore. an able and argumentatiVe manner and judged by the attitude of the audience with convincing effect. The 1 business of efecting a permanent or ganization was deferred to another which will probably be held early in October. marked the reopening of the public l schools on Tuesday, that at the Cen 1 ter school being nearly double that | of last term. The union school which | a large part of the | children has for it's new principal a MT. Miller. His home is l IN. ana ne mas nad IlN6 | years teaching experience in the east 1 ern part of the State. His staff con- | sists of Miss Edith Perry, successor 1 to Miss Jennings who has married | since last term, and the two Misses | Moffet of Danbury, re-engaged.
 The interests of Mrs. John M. SulIi- | in the homestead and | farm property of their late parents | Patrick Mcdonald and wife, were last | week transferred to the Misses Isabelle | T<v, HHoT x1ef4 4I,1 grantors, and the latter are now the sole owners.
 The celebration by Rev. Horace L. Judd and wife of their f1ftieth mar | riage anniversary at their home in | Bethel last Saturday was occasion | of interest to many Bedding people l pastor of the Center Methodist church and the couple have many warra friends here. Their marriage took place in Washington, Litchf1eld coun- ty, and was performed by the late Henry Ward Beecher who described It in letter which he wrote a the how he had been unexpectedly called upon to officiate while assisting at an evening service in the Congrega- +ional church. The wedding was an
 affair, having been hastily 1 decided upon and hastily arranged for because the groom had enlisted m ern Der of the 17th c. V. and had just received a call to report for duty. number from the Center attended the anniversary exercises.
 Miss Lucy Wilson died on Saturday evening at the family home in San fordtown after a long illness follow ing paralytic stroke. She was T years of age and a daughter of the ate Eben Wilson who was identified 1 turing his life with the once flourish ng carriage factory in Sanfordtown ] Funeral services were held on Mon lay afternoon at the house.
 The improvements to be made by CS~ar@ f@T-1 f< ! l cost of about $1,OOO include the erection of a building in the rear for Ise as a grain room.
 The summer camp of the Rogers I 9eet & Go. employees adjoining Put | 1am Park closed for the season on "a Dor Day.
 Floyd Bouton of RidgefeId has sold lis bungalow in the Glen.
 The new good road committee do lot seem to be making any particu- ar progress and the matter they have n hand will probably not be acted 1pon until the regular town meeting 1 instead of at a special meeting to be 1eld this month as was contemplated.
 As no other carrier for the cross own mail route could be obtained John H. Malone agreed to act for an- other week in order to prevent a break in the service. John H. Jen- lings, the West Bedding merchant. is rying to induce the post offic de- l. ,artment to chasn&A R. D. Route 24 50