The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-26
BEDDING


 Bedding. Nov. 2-Isaac Newton Bar. tram. who died at his home in sharon last week. was a native of this town and until his removal to Litchf1e1d county in 1865 lived at the house in Hometown now owned and occupied by George williams. His family were among the early Redding settlers and members of the different branches made up in the past a considerable part of the population, sharing in this and other respects prominence with the Sanfords and the Hills. The grand father of the late Senator Bartram served in the Revolutionary War as blacksmith. I. N. Bartram had eleven sisters and one brother, the latter be- ing F. A. Bartram of this town. Sem ator Bartram followed the occupation of a mason while young man, but abandoned it for farming which he carried on at the ancestral place Tn Hometown and later in Sharon. He served six terms in the lower branch cf the Legislature, beginning in 1868, as representative from sharon and as senator from the former 18th district in 1Ss9-9O A Democrat in politics, the sturdiness which was a donlinant characteristic of his physique and character, naturally manifested itself in his political activities and he came to be regarded as one of the party war horses
 The phase of his public career which brought him most into prominence was the leading part taken by him in the establishment and development of Put nam Memorial Park. The late Aaron TreadWe11, having offered to donate to the state the twelve acres occupied by General Putnam's brigade as win ter quarters in 17S8-9 Senator Bartram introduced in the Legislature in 1887 e resolution which was the first off. ciaI step towards the creation of the proposed memorial park. In all the subsequent measures towards the car- rying out of, the project he was zealous worker and in 1893 purchased from the late Henry Adams twenty three acres and presented the land to the state for the parks enlarge ment. Other gifts and purchases have increased the parks area to 102 acres One of the original members of the park commission, he served con- tsnuous1y upon it, through successive reappointments until three years ago when he declined furt1erf service. From his Who1e-hearted interest and exer- tions in the undertaking he came to be known as the father of Putnam Park His wife was Helen D. Vii nan of sharon. They had four chil- drens of whom two daughters are now living.
 Tn accordance with the reorganiza- ton plan voted by the Redding Pro- tective League. Secretary Plump is sending to the members explanatory circulars which also invite them to specify the particular group that they desire to become affiliated with. As already told in the Farmer these groups come under the heads of Agri- culture Art Churches Education, Game and Forest Protection, High ways, Social Life and Sports, and Wo- mans work The circular says, We hope that you will find something of personal interest and value in one or more of these subjects and will be- come member of some group or groups. No special invitation is nec- essary to join, so ask your friends and neighbors to join, too, in case the names may not be on our mailing list. For the purpose of proceeding at once with the organization of those groups in which there is the greatest interest the return of the enclosed postal card before December 1 is requested. You will then be notified later of the meet ing to form the group.
 The auto trucks used to convey trap rock screenings from Bethel to the new state road in hometown have made ruinous work upon the town highways over which they passed. Their first route was over the upper port1on of the Park road and thence westerly by the cross highway and when this line became so torn up and Tutted as to be nearly impossible the Chestnut Ridge road was resorted to with results equally as devastating. The horse teams had previously plae- ed the Park road in bad shape and the auto trucks with their heavier 1 loads greatly aggravated conditions. It is estimated that it will cost the town from s2o0 to $500 to repair the dam age.
 The foundation is being laid for an addition to the Sanford School gym of Is by 20 feet. When completed it 1 will be equipped 10 serve permanently for a stage, thereby releasing the present stage space so as to add to the halls seating capacity. The basement part of the addition will be 1 used for dressing rooms and the stor- age of properties. In it's enlarged form the gym will have a seating ca pacity of about 25O.
 The terms by which the s. 900 slan- der suit of Adolph Geoppler against i Bashford Bain was settled a few days l ago it was about to be brought to 1 trial before the superior court at Dan bury have not been made public, but it is reported that no money consid- plaintiff accepting a. retraetion of the offensive allegations attributed to the defendant and the latter's apology. The islander complained of consisted of assertions that the plaintiff had sought to take unfair advantage of his mother-in-law in property transactions. Both parties to the Euit are west side residents.
 In appreciation of the time and eff fort devoted by Henry T. Kennel to- wards preparation for the recent pro- duction of Valley Farm a volun- teer party of Bedding Grange members organized husking bee for his bene- h t and got busy in his corn field on Friday of last week. There were about dozen in the party and during the day they extracted and stored the ears from $50 slaqts of corn.
 Local fur hunters have made an un- usually large catch of skunks this season. PerhapssSone reason is the favorable weather conditions, the mild temperature encoura ging the animals l to wander about more freely than if