The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-29
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 Bedding. May 2e-Timber for the frame Of the barn which Albert Will Hams will build to partly replace those turned is being cut. The trees for all or 1t are donated by Albert Bar tram and Albert and Everett Gorham Will saw them without charge. Charles H1nsle has offered his services to do the carpenter work required for the framing and Builder Eugene Adams will contribute the labor of three of his carpenters for three days Two different parties have offered to lay the foundation without pay and a Dan bury man with whom MT. Williams has had business dealings makes a similar offer regarding the mason work The two subscription papers circulated by PhiIo PIatt and E. F. sanford have brought contributions amountin to over S2OO All the mem bers of the Pleasant Valley summer colony are represented in the list and Ida M. Tarbell whose summer home is Tn Easton, just over the line, gave $25. From his brother, George, MT. Will Hams has received the gift Of 8, pair of fine cows, a pedigreed bull and a number Of farm implements. For all this assistance MT. Williams feels pro- foundly grateful. The total of his losses by the fire as tabulated and sworn to by him Is about $11, GOO The
 
 80 by 3S feet and it will be completed in time for the hay crop The burned buildings stood close to the house, but the site of the new one will be about 300 feet distant, in the orchard.
 An incendiary blaze discovered at about midnight on Wednesday night of last week on the outside of D. S. Sanford's tenement house, which is To- cated about 600 feet north of his ex- tensive school and farm buildings, is believed to have been designed to throw a scare into the occupants of the house rather than to cause it's des- truction. The occupants are several of the colored help employed by MT. Sanford and the glow of the fire through the windows led to it's prompt discovery on the part of the inmates. They brought into use a hand chemical extinguisher which is kept on the premises and the flames were soon extinguis1aed before they had more than slightly charred the lower sid ing. Kerosene soaked rags and pa per had been used to start the fire Suspicion fell upon a co1ored woman in MT. Sanford's emp1oy as the au- thor of the blaze. She was accused and sharply questioned, but would ad- init nothing although the circumstan- tial evidence against her was strong. One feature of the evidence was the finding among the material used to start the blaze of two letter envelopes bearing her address and a newspaper she was known to have had the day before. Mir. Sanford was inclined to cause her arrest on a charge of arson, but finally adopted the plan of dis charging her and sending her out of town. It is supposed that her motive was to frighten away some of the help whom she did not like and replace them with others to whom she was friendly.
 Wa baua 1,75 ~xaofoI +o,--,, ,-,,o+;,,--. for a wide range of objects but a new one Is that which prompts the calling of the meeting to be held on Saturday of this week at 4 o'clock Its pur- pose is to clear up the title of the Close property on the Ridge which was recently bought by H. S. Barnes from pr. Reid. In a, search, of the town records incident to the transac- ton MT. Barnes found that there stood against the epfoperty, there being no secure a loan of $20o obtained on April T. 1844, from the town by Noah E. Parmelee. Presumably the loan was repaid as not long afterwards MT. Parmelee sold the property and gave a warranty deed. However no release of the obligation appears on the records and hence MT. Barnes desires a re- naoval of the technical flaw in the title conveyed to him, this defect not having been disclosed in previous transfers. Attorney Shaw, on being consulted advised the seIectmen that they should not record a release unless authorized by vote of a town meeting. The loan in question was made by the town from its school fund
 As soon as the State road across the Ridge is re-surfaced it will receive an application Of oil, the selectmen's re- quest for such application having been favorably passed upon by Com. Ben nett The patching Of the road with gravel from the north end to Epis- copa1 church corner has been finished and like treatment of the section be- low will be accomplished in a few days On Great Hill the gutters have been cleared out and will be laid with cobble stones, this improvement being carried out in connection with gravel top dressing of the roadway The gravel will be obtained from a deposit on Cornelius Keefe's land
 Among the business to be done by the Putnam Park commission at their June meeting will be the appointment of caretaker for the coming year. All the members are Of one mind in the present incumbent, and his ap- pointment is therefore assumed. Dur ing the past year MT. Delaney has discharged the duties of the position in the most satisfactory manner both as regards the upkeep of the grounds and the courteous and helpful atterl- tion he has given the many visitors With the exception of one year he has been the parks caretaker ever since it was establish ed
 The east side gang of town road workers are now busy in the Pleasant Valley section. Heretofore this has been the first locality to receive atten- ton and because this year it went to the foot of the calendar, so to speak, some of the residents became so peeved that they talked of petition1ng the county commissioners for a redress of their imagined grievances.
 The local band Of American Boy Scouts which Herman Smith recently set about organizing has now a. mem bership of seven with prospects of d