The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-23

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were by no means so bad as they are
represented bySthe historical fakir
whose fiction has, in the popular mind,
become entwined with the facts This
might be a good subject for the sew
enth and eighth grade pupils to inves-
tigate, as the writer cannot say wheth-
er Mr.. Boyd was right or wrong in his
| assumption.
Mr.. Brundage, speaking from expe-
rience in his particular field of instruc-
ton, said that it was rather difficult
to get children interested in the study
of agriculture on the abstract or pure
" scientific side, but that once started
on the practical or experimental side
they made satisfactory progress An
evidence of this was before them. The
New England farmer had before him a
large field of only partly improved OPP
portunities, chief among which was
corn growing and it was well to en-
phasize this idea upon the minds of
the coming farmers
= A brief address by Mr. Ireland, an
entertaining recitation by Mrs. E. P.
Sanford and musical selections made
up the rest of the evenings program.
Miss Nichols is in charge Of the High
school department of the Center school
with Miss CUTLER as assistant in
charge of the lower grades
The. selectmen met last Saturday
and organized, but deferred the di-
vision of road territory until Saturday
of this week. In the meantime they
are attending to only emergency road
work. A request from Miss Water
man of Pleasant Valley for perInis-
sion to move out her front door yard
fence a short distance beyond the pres
ent line was granted. The unusual
feature of the petition was that while
entirely proper it should have been |
made at all. It is quite common for
property owners to extend their fences |
beyond the highway boundary line, but
not for a long time previously has
any one asked authority to do so.
The Salisbury School defeated the
Sanford School football team in a
game played on the Ridge last Satur- I
day; by q, score of "a to o. Herbert Ca
sey of Bridgeport was referee. The
visitors considerably overweighed the
locals and the latter lacked the STRAIT |
egg and speed to overcome the dis !
parity. That the Sanfords are not so |
slow they proved on the previous We'd |
Eesday when they vanquished the !
Bethel Highs, Is to 0.
Last Friday, George S. Banks went |
adeld to post some mo trespass' signs, /
taking his gun along against contin- |
gencies which invariably happen when
you don't have a gun. In his pilgrim I
age he caught sight of a dark object
in a tree which looked like a coon and /
but two; both of which he carried /
home.
By the end of the week most of the |
summer colony the Ridge side of
the town will have vacated their local I
for their city homes. The Hoggson,
DunweI, Stetson,' Heggeman, and I
briggs families are included in this i
category. S. G. Shaw and family are /
to remain at %'Piermont'' for several I
weeks longer on account of the re-
moval of their; Bridgeport house from
Washington avenue to a site above the I
Henry Sanford hom estead-
Two men alighted from an auto at
Grand Juror, Duncan's home last sat
urday and stopping under a walnut
tree belonging to him proceeded to
arrange for garnering the nuts. One
spread. couple of blankets on the +
ground while the other mounted the
tree. Thereupon Mr.. Duncan, who had
been watching, appeared on the scene
and said harsh words which caused
them to vacate. They affected sur
such a small thing as two three
bushels of walnuts.
William Benin is selling the shop be-
longing to his blacksmith shop on the
Ridge preparatory to removing to
sold his portable sawrnill to Bridge
port parties and it is being removed
to a scene of coming activity in the
Black Rock district.
son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
George P Williams of hometown on
Sa turday last.
Marion Williams is nursing a broken
wrist caused by his fall from ladder,
a round of which gave way while he
was apple picking.
Rev L. F. Burgess has returned
from his health vacation and will Off
ciate at the Center Congregational
church next SUNDAY