The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
BEDDING

1 Bedding. Dec. 19-Two of the three
 places in hometown which the laIe chased several years ago were sold
 within the last few days to Town Clerk J. B. Sanford. One of them is | the former Moses Platt homestead, which is about to be vacated by Fred Crouch, and the other the adjacent | farm known as the Bartram place.
 The former property co comprises 9 S9 there is a house on each. The pur- chase of the homestead was made from the Deacon estate and that of con. The consideration has not been made public but is reported to be not far from S7,o0o. The third parcel Of the Deacon holdings, the former Ed- monds place, is occupied by W. H. Hill and remains the property Of the estate. MT. Sanford bought the two
 whom conveyance will be made and
 who will occupy the property as soon
 place, His fancese is Miss Psulips adi1s and granddaughter of pr. Barbour of Bethel. While the date of the mar riage has not been announced it is understood that it will occur before
 spring.
 County Game Warden Smith of Nor walk of an alleged violation of the
 law forbidding the drawing of seines in ponds and lakes the complaint be- ing to the effect that seine had been so used in a pond of the Saugatuok river by a party which included ex- Deputy Sheriff Banks and Constable
 W. s. Downs. MT. Smith referred the complaint to D. R. Warner, the local
 game warden, who made an investi-
 gation and found there was no ground for prosecution. The facts are that
 the party complained of made a night trip to the Saugatuck river near Lib
 rary Corner in pursuit of ee1s. They had small fishing net of which they
 made no use except as a receptacle for the seven eels which they drew from the bottom of the river with worm bobs. No other fish were talk en. The party think that the com that any way they would have been | within the law had they drawn the seine in the running streams. the pro-
 hfbition applying only to lakes and I ponds Besides a seine isn't an effec- 1 tive device for the catching of eels. One day last week Mrs. Frank
 pup on feo
 flock and placed them in the barn to await their delivery to a. buyer The barn was locked but the same night some person unknown gained access l to the building by removing boards
 at the rear and made off with the
 fowls. Last winter Mrs Niekerson l by thieves. Other hen roosts in the vicinity have also been raided and 1 last summer one of the residents had |
 stolen.
 There will be no appeal to the su- preme Court in the Patrick Collins
 will case from the verdict of Su-
 perior Court jury sustaining the will. | Subsequent to the rendering of the verdict counsel for Mrs. Mary Row. land, the appellant, appeared before l Judge Curtis at Bridgeport and argued l for a reversal on the ground that the | jury's finding against the evil dence. Judge Curtis dismissed the
 motion and this left an appeal to the 1 Supreme Court as the only resource 1 remaining to the defeated party. The | time for taking such an appeal has i now passed.
 On Monday last Mrs. Eliza Smith | of the Center gave a cheery greeting l to the friends who called to con- 1 gra.uIate her on the attainment of her eighty-seventh birthday. The re- 1 freshme ents served included a. birth | day fruit cake of her own making l and among the gathering none was more sprightly in conversation than herself. Age has not in the least inn paired her sense of hearing and un- | less kept at home by the weather she 1 walks to and from the Congregational l church every Sunday.
 1 The latest deal for the sale of the
 Mark Twain property is off, Miss
 Home of Pennington having forfeited | the $500 which she deposited a few weeks since on an option to complete | the transaction for a consideration of $55.ooo. It was her intention to use