The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-02
REDDING

Ra5ding Jan "A wild cattle hunt
s-x.eu4inp over three days furnished
an abundance of exercise and excite
hnenS for the participants the letter
bart Of last week Two IMo-y e@@ ~ ~
E1eifers belonging to john IucKeF anu
E-harles Stoeffel had the run OF an
kaxtensfxe range of pasture bordering
IN the upper part of Easoon dur1hS
khe summer and refused TO be rounoea
10 when an attempt was mace 10 8et
E1L@r1 10 the shelter OF their Aome
uuarterz The owners finally gave up
Hhe attempt and sold the animals 70
aaron and George Sanford, the buyers
l7[-aivin- delivery Of the gbods as one
bronds5on OF the bargain. One DAY
Exas devoted BIZ the new owners 70
In unsuccessful pursuit of the hetfeIs
To then t4ney decided that shooting
twas the only alternative 50 elusive
fdtd the game prove, however. that the
Revond the slight wounding OF one Of
tkthe heifers by a charge from a shot
kgun- For the third days hunt a gen
EeraI Invitation was sent out for vol
karteers esxuapwssd with rifles, and about
Z dozen responded. Some had revot-
Everz and some shot guns, the effec-
Rive rife contingent being limited 60
Hfarctrs Burr and Moses Baker, whose
kweapo11s were of only p calIbre
k(-rSarlie williams bore a "A W1ncheS-
k4ar which served only an ornamental
tr1upose owing to the absence Of am
Hrauzz1ition The party divided into
squads in an effort to turn the ami
kmaIs so as to get them within range
fof the guns. and a mild and not al
Eozechsr merry chase epsued- Fences
fxxere no obstacles to <he fleeing quarry,
Evs5 neither ySzss the snow although
tine latter impeded the progress of the
kzsurSuers besides concea1ing rocks and
Ebox holes which frequently brought
Them 10 grief A distance of probably
f1wszEty miles through swamps, woods
land un6erbrlEsh had been covered
FVThen, about O'Clock in the after
moon, the heifers we're headed in the
= y--T1 ar1H
tcazne within range of 3fr. Burr'S rifle
with two shots he got both of them,
dropping one with a bullet to the heart
and the other by a bullet to the brain
Hhe animals were then bled and
hk5re=sed into beef
( One Of Albert Williams hired men,
"a recent arrival from Bridgeport, made
"a Christmas present of a fine ham to
Eharies Bennett, a fellow enp1oye. and
Fhe latter looked the gift horse in the
mouth 10 the extent of going behind
chat the ham had been purloined from
their employer Instead of prOsecut-
ing the offender Mr.. Williams made
e1iTn pay for the ham. thereby doing
substantial Justice and conserving the
knterests of the conscientious NIr. Ben
nett
assessors are in general proceeding
k.IonE the lines which they have&fol-
Bowed for the pact two years, and con,
kequentIy the only change in the grand
hfsk VIII come from the additions due
TO building improvements 1t is es-
minated that these will aggregate
something like $50, 900 about the
same as last year
A cantata was pleaSingly rendered
Ezst Friday evening by the Sunday
sFo4rooi OF the Center Methodist church,
Ets rendition being one feature Of the
e RnulIsI Christmas celebration The
distribution of presents from a Christ
mas tree was another feature, DR..
smith being the Santa Claus. About
E1aO partoOzz Of the fine supper which
tyva< served On Saturday evening the
ASSglnoay school of the Center Congre-
Irrational church held enjoyable Christ
f7nas exercises. including singing, reel
t4ationS. a Christmas tree distri button,
s-eadinss by Harry Price, an eIocution-
Est from New York and a supper.
One Of D s SanfoT5's double teams
ean away while descending Church
E5iu from the Ridge Sunday evening,
l1-educinz to fragments the sleigh to
(which they were attached Andrew
t'SuITfvan the driver, escaped with Sc