The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-26
BEDDING

i Bedding, Dec. 26-An extensive job of timber cutting and saving has been started by George S. Banks in his The tract covered by the operations in cFudes over thirty acres of second growth trees. succeeding those which were cut off ten or twelve years ago. Much of the new growth is now large enough for ties. In addition to this tract there will be cleared off more than ten acres of heavy chestnut tim Der. These trees have largely be- come affected with the chestnut blight and the owner concluded that 1t was Der before the infection progressed to . the stage of decay. MT. Banks will also supervise the cutting of several adjoining tracts owned by other par Cole farm. Altogether the area to be cleared comprises more than 100 acres and probably a year will elapse before the job is finished. A steam saw mill will be moved in and shifted to different locations as the job pre- gresses. The price of chestnut luIn- Der StiM has an upward tendency, the advance being the most marked for the longer lengths. Owing to the rapid disappearance of chestnut trees by reason of the blight the virtual ex- haustion of that class of timber seems not far distant. The town recently purchased 5000 feet of chestnut plank produced by a saving job on the land 1 M J. Sullivan of Sunset ETH did his pig killing by proxy this season, the operating butcher removing the pair erous being. and returning them later in the day as dressed pork. The same evening MT. Sullivan heard fa-- miliar gruns from the sty and upon looking in saw the outlines Of two pigs of similar proportions to the pair that had made their final exit in the Were the pigs then apparent to the senses ghosts of the pens late orcsl- pants. shadowy mental projections or a former reality? This could hardly be, because the traditional ghost is not audibly articulate. the most con- spicuous exception to this rule being the shade who personated Harnlet,s 8 father Besides prodding with 9 stick showed that the forms had solid sub stance as well as outline. The ex- planation of the myst cry did not come that the ntruding occupants of the pen belonged to Willard Fisher and that after escaping from their own quarters they had journeyed mile or so and taken up g. new abode on MT. Sullivan's premises.
 To dog owners of this town and welcome because it marked the close | of the embargo period fixed by the i order which the State commissioner of domestic animals placed in effect all dogs were required to be either muzzled or confined, and the regula- tion was so well observed that no tho dog wardens issued warnings in several cases which had occasioned complaints. Since the order went into effect two dogs on the west side have gone mad and were killed.
 Owing to the indisposition of Rev. MT. Boone. the rector no services were held at the Episcopal church last Sunday He was able, however, to of1ciate at the regular Christmas ser vice yesterday. A celebration for the | Sunday school. with Christmas tree, will be held at the rectory tomorrow evening. At the Center CongHega- tional church there will be Sunday school exercises on Saturday evening, including the distribution of gifts from a Christmas tree.
 The public schools closed last Fri day for the holiday vacation of two | recess will continue until Jan. T.
 | William A. Lounsbury has been summoned to sit with the grand jury of the United States court which con- venes in New Haven next week.
 Rev. A. J. Tongue and family were Christmas Day dinner guests of MT. and Mrs. John c. Read.
 her regular weekly visit to her sum
 mer home at Umpawaug Lake, last | Sunday, she found that the house and
 barn had been broken into and thor
 missing, but the extent of the depre- dations has not been reported to the local authorities. From such infor-
 nation as could be obtained it is
 thought that the Burglary was com mitted on the Wednesday night prev ious Two New York detectives have
 summer home of Artist E. w. Deming
 and the Franklin bungalow in the same locality were also broken into after their occupants had removed to New York for the winter.
 FAIRFIELD.