The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
BEDDING

Bedding. Jan. 11-The Protective
 Leagues New Year better-aeabaint-
 ance meeting, held at the Mark Twain
 Library last week. was a highly suc-I I-cessful affair. Many of the one hum
 dred or more who attended had not previously. been members but placed their names on the membership list
 before leaving. An excellent supper l of chicken, mince pies, coffee and other good things was served an4 the enter tainment which followed afforded
 much enjoyment The program in cluded songs by Mrs. Randolph Brad | ley and MT. Rice of Danbury, piano solo. by Mrs. Arthur Sherwood, char
 Sanford, recitation by Mrs. Meeker l Jones, and a reading by pr. E. H. Smith of a magazine article which de- picted the experience of city man who was trying to be a farmer. Mrs
 Kate St. Mauer was chairman of the committee in charge of the commis- sary arrangements, and Mrs. Randolph
 Bradley had charge of the musical I program.
 Mrs. Wheeler Bassett, who until Eee tdeath of her husband a few. years Aso
 was resident of the Ridge, died in Hopewell last Saturday after an H. ness of about two weeks from para lytic shock. She was. nearly 80 years of age. Children surviving her are Benjamin Bassett, the painter Char les Bassett, a carpenter now Of New Haven, and Mrs. William Gilbert. The 1 funeral was held Tuesday afternoon \ with i1terment in the Ridge ceme- tery.-.s
 l The assessors have nearIy completed
 their labors. on this years grand list. The valuations fixed last year have been adhered to in the main. The l increase in the total figures will be 1 rather less than usual of late years,
 amounting altogether to less than $50,- | 000.s
 . Mrs. Lizzie Anderson. an aged col I a HUiTaer R7IClSl6V' s
 Four Corners, was found last Sunday morning lying by the roadside in sthe Forge district of Weston, uncensof ous and half frozen She had started the
 previous evening to walk to the house of a nearby neighbor, but went past her destination and was overcome. by 1 The mail of Monday morning brought 1 to Mrs. James Sanford a postal and
 shower bearing the congratulat ions of the senders on the attainment of l ly 50 of these messages. The anni- versary was further observed during l the day by a dinner party at wtf oh there were fourteen guests. Mrs. 1 Sanford lives with her son.. w c. Sam
 The local probate court has as yet
 received no notice of an appeal by l Daniel W Green from the decision of the commissioners disallowing, his claim against the estate of his father, MT. Green says, however, that he has I not abandoned his intention -OE seeking s l a review of the decision by a higher
 court and will take the appeal next week.
 Miss Crime of New York is the 1 purchaser of the twenty acres at the Center recently sold by Henry Pla,tt
 Several other. prospective realty deals are in the preliminary stage, one of them relating to the former Thomas I Sanford place at the Center. Albert BigeIow Paine and family re- turned to their home at West Bedding, 1 last Thursday, after a stay of several
 weeks at Bermuda
 Miss Lizzie Delaney, daughter of
 Thomas Delaney, is about to remove 1 to Oakland, Cal, with the family of Thomas Williams, of Danbury. The work of renovation and repairs to the former TurT1ey Sanford house in Pleasant Valley, having been com pIeted Miss Esther Waterman of SouthDort- the present owner. will soon enter upon the occupany Of the prem house warming.
 Ice cutting has begun on the local
 ponds, and if the cold spell keeps up
 harvesting operations will be in full swing by the end of the week. James Reynolds has gone to New York to enter upon his engagement with the dry goods house of Arnold, Constable & Go.
 Mrs. Eliza Crofut is in a very low condition at the home of her daughter, her case being pronounced hopeless by the attending physician.