The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
REDDlNG'S OLDEST IRISH RESIDENT
 PASSES AWAY
The Fate of One of His Sons
 An UnsOlved Mystery.
Importation of a Batch of Para sites to Eradicate the San Juan ScaIe.-Team Load
 of Laborers Dumped
 Into Little River,

last Sunday afternoon at his home at the Five Points, there passed away the towns oldest Irish resident, the deceased having reached the age of 1 ninety in the early part of the sum mer- He had occupied the house where he died for about fifty years 1 acquiring it's ownership and a small farm his savings. The end came very suddenly and while he was having q l conversation with Joseph Sullivan, a neighbor- He is survived by three sons, Daniel, who lived al home, Cor nelius of Norwalk and James of Wa terbury. There was a fourth son, Dennis, who disappeared about five years ago and has not since been heard from. The missing man work ed in the clock shop in Thomaston and shortly before he disappeared drew his savings of about $700 from the bank. Upon leaving he told his landIady. with whom he had boarded continuously for seven years that he intended to be absent only three or four days and took with him no lug gage except a valise, leaving his trunk at the boarding house. With the de- parture from Thomaston all trace of him vanished and what became of him is wholly a matter of conjecture. As he was of exemplary habits and had no known reason to become fugitive the supposition is that he met death from accident or foul play. The funeral of the father took place on Tuesday with services at the Catholic church in Bethel.
 A mishap which might have had worse results than it did befe11 team belonging to Sanford Osborn and it's load of Italian 1atborers on Monday evening. The men were being brought from Danbury with Fred Jordray as the driver and opposite Putnam Park the horses became factious and went over the side of the Little River bridge, the single rail which was the only protection being broken down. Two wheels of the wagon remained on the bridge, but all the occupants were dumped into the stream whence they presently emerged with no worse harm than a sousing! One of the horses was injured, but not seriously.
 At the meeting of the se1ectmen last Saturday it was arranged that Selectman Barnes should have charge of all the roads east of Little River. The remaining territory is to be divid- ed between Messrs. Read and Stock ing as they may agree later. Since Oct. no road repairing has been done although Supervisor BIoomerI was compelled to- leave considerable work unfinished and the recent heavy rains have cut the highways badly in places so that taking it altogether present conditions call for prompt ac- ton. If the weather permits the 400 feet of State road in hometown which the town meeting provided for will be built this season. On the rest of the mile section the broken stone is now being carted on and rolled down, but it will probably take two or three weeks to finish the Job. Under the Macdonald administration State road building was suspended on Nov. 1.
 Last Thursday evening E. P. San ford and his auto barely escaped a plunge into the Aspetuck River While passing the main pond in Pleasant Valley the machine sl<idded and two wheels went off the bank and were partially submerged, leaving the other two just clfnging to the edge. Jackscrews were used to right up the auto and get it back on firm ground.
 George Sutor, a twelve year old Sanford School pupil, has purchased from D. A. Judson of Woodbury a which have been partly broken as oxen. The lad will finish up their education and use them in farming work for which he has strong taste. Another of the schools pupils, 16 year old Chinese youth named Che Liang Chan, bought a saddle horse in New Milford on Tuesday. MT. Chan is quarterback on the school football team.
 In turning out to pass another team on the hill below Five Points last Sat urday night John Sernber, who is em- ployed by Senator Peck, drove off the bank at a sluice way. His team was completely overturned, but he and his young son who was also in the wagon, received no material injury.
 Marcus H. Burr has ordered a batch of the parasites which are credited with being deatroyers of the scale that do so much harm to apple and otheE fruit trees and that have so far been principally fought by the application of spraying preparations. These para sites are said to have proved their usefulness as scale exterminators in Pennsylvania and elsewhere and are noy being used and marketed under scientific endorsement. They lay their eggs in the bodies of the scale and when the eggs hatch the resultant brood eat their way out to the de- struction of the fostering organism. Mr. Burr will turn a lot of the para sites loose among his apples trees and watch the results with keen interest. If they make a thorough job of the work assigned them they will prove cheaper agency than spraying as re- gards scale elimination.
 Tomorrow CFrfday) evening Red ding Grange will give a Halloween supper from 5 to s o'clock at their hall on the Ridge. Dancing will fol- low. Admission to the entertainment is 25 cents.
 Mr. and Mrs. David MacLuckie, af- tre returning from their wedding trip to Bermuda and spending a week with the brides parents in hometown, de- parted last Saturday for Chicago where they will make their home.
 Rehearsals are being held in pre- paration for the production of the domestic drama, New Valley Farm which Bedding Grange will give at their hall on the evenings of Nov. 12 and 13. The play is in four acts and has twelve characters.
 Rev. MT. Gilman of Brooklyn preached at the Center Methodist church last Sunday and will probably 1 receive an invitation to assume the pastorate.
 Among the local applicants for