The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-27
BEDDING OFFICIAL
 GETS BACK SALARY
SELECTNIEN IS SMOOTHED OUT WHEN CLAIM IS SETTLED.

| Bedding, Feb. 27-The hitch between l the selectmen and Road Supervisor | B1oomer caused by the boards inac- 1 tion regarding payment of the super I ,VisOr's salary was sTnOothed over Sat- ] urday when an order for the three 1 months compen sation due was ex- ecuted and delivered MT. Bloomer | seemed to be happy at this termina- 1 ton of the affair but indulged in no comments upon the delay and showed no resentment over the reflections 1 previously cast by members Of the board upon the manner in which he had performed his duties. Nomin-f ally the boards failure to pay him aooner was based on a, technical ob- struction consisting of the fact that they had not been officially notified of the supervisors appointment and the rate of compensation he was to
 receive. After this informality had been corrected the selectmen had some disposition to still hold up his salary claim on the ground that he had not
 rendered satisfactory service. After weighing the matter, however, they concluded that they would hardly be
 warranted in taking such extreme course.
 Notice has been sent here. by the l post office departm ent inviting bids | for a four year contract for carrying | the mail between the Ridge and West Bedding on a basis of two daily trips ' Heretofore the contractor had to make l only one daily trip during January, l February and March. The notice evi. l dently means that the bids lately sub- l nftted for a renewal of the present | contract have been rejected and that l Inspector Chapman's recommendation l for the delivery of the morning mail | to the Ridge and Center offices by I the rural carriers who would receive
 it at Bethel, has failed of depart mental acceptance. It is also sur- 1 missed that the figures named in the l bids recently submitted were too high, | being about double the present rate l of compensation
 The Board of Relief have been 1 somewhat retarded in their work by l the illness of w. c Sanford, one of l the members, who was, however, able | to attend last Fridays session. Sev- 1 eral applicants for reduction appear l ed, among them being Randolph Brad | ley, the Mcdonald sisters, Charles l Hingles and a representative of the l estate of Edward Deacon. The board | expect to announce their decision on l all the appeals they have heard at a l meeting to be held next Saturday. A good sized audience followed with l close attention the lecture on the pre- l. servation and propagation of game 1 which was given at the Sanford l school last Friday evening by State I l illustrative Of the lecture were ex- l tremely fine and informing. MT. Job 1 told of the high expectations accom- l panying the large importation of l Hungarian cartridges few years ago | and how the efforts to acclimate them | had proved failure. He was confi- | dent that a like disappointment would | not follow the introduction of the l Chinese pheasant which was now be- ! ing exHerinented with by the Connee- ! | was very hardy, being able to stand | a tempe dature of 40 degrees below
 zero without shelter, could pick up a l living under adverse, conditions, was l prolific and possessed other qualities making it an ideal game bird for this | part of the country.
 1 For a confidence scheme of the minor order one played last week by 1 a coIored couple occupying 4shanty | in the lower part of Pleasant Valley 1 was not so bad as regards inventive l ness and it worked. First Selectman
 tCharIes Sanford was the victim. To | him came the wife, feigning deep de- lection, and asked if he wouldn't send | a Telephone call to the doctor to at l tend her husband who was very, very | sick. stYes,'' said MT. Sanford. And | wouldn't he also please hand her. $2 I so that they could pay for the doc- 1 tors visit and the medicine as they l didn't wish to be beho1den to nobody l and her husband was awful sick. fhe | s2 was handed over. Two Or three
 hours later when the doctor reached l the sick mans shanty it was deserted l Some of the neighbors had seen the | couple departing from it at a lively 1 pace and they are still absent. How | Nhirty they must have been," is the l comment of their acquaintances.
 1 Henry Duncan has been appointed | by the selectmen the towns agent to l collect the personal tax which is due | next month. The enrolment of those | liable for the tax was made by MT. Duncan and he expects to have the l full list of bills mailed by the end of l the week.
 new bond for Constable w. s. 1 Downs has been furnished by Herbert $. Barnes to replace the surety re- gently withdrawn by A. Fl. sanford. ] The special town meeting to fix the 1 tax rate for the present year will be
 held on Saturday, March 8 at z l o'clock.
 Some excellent sport has lately been | had at Stephen Sanford's pond in
 Pleasant Valley from pickerel fishing l through the ice. The pond is part | of the preserves of the Aspetuck Fish | and Game club.
 The telephone company announces 1 to Bedding Exchange patrons reduc-
 ton in rates of $6 per year for private 1 line service commencing April 1. l Major Thomas who died in Beth l el on Monday, was formerly a resident l of this town and sang for long l period with the choir of the Center | Methodist church.
 1 James Ferry and Simon Love1ey are l planning to start about April 1 for 1 Edmonton in far Western Canada 1 where they will work at their trade l as carpenters.
 At the installation meeting of Red
 ding grange last week it was an | nounced that the present membership | is 65, and that the average attend
 ance at meetings during the past year | was 27 Only one other grange in the 1 State owns the building it occupies. l Ex-Sheriff Banks and his son Will
 liam have both been severe suffers 1 from the grip but are recovering.