The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-05

and breaks were promptly attended to. With the removal this week of Lineman Comstock to Cornwall the worktn must await the coming of a man from Danbury, thereby entailing vex- atfous delays. That the telephone company should have taken this back ward step in what t~has5 been a pro- gressive policy of improvement is cer- tainly to be regretted.
 Rev. Henry D. Wing,N who is in charge of the West Bedding chapel, preached and administered communion at the Center Methodist church last Sunday in exchange with Dev. MT. Tongue. During the civil conflict MT. Wing was | war correspondent of the New York Tribune and also served in the army as a bearer of dispatches. He is the author of many articles and booklets detailing "reminiscences of the When Lincoln Kissed Me" (Mr. Wing says that he objected to this caption. but that, his publishers insist ed upon 1t as being too catchy not to be utilized, It, was besides descrip- tive Of literal fact. General Grant had important news which he wished to get to the President and intrusted copies of the dfspat tch to several mess engers of whom MT. Wing was the only one to get through and make delivery. When Lincoln received and read the dispatch he was so overjoy-
  bearer and gave him an oscuIatorZ smack. After the war MT Wing served for time in the Tribune of fee as Editor Horace Greeley's privatc secretary. One day. there came tO Greeley from a western admirer let ter asking his advice as to the most desirable breed of pigs. At the edi- tors .dictatfon MT. Wing wrote a re- ply to which Greeley placed his sigma ture. Several years afterwards MT Wing. while travelling in the west was an overnight guest of a farmer who turned out to be the man whom he had sought to er1iighten on the sub- ject of pigs fact apparent from the display on the parlor wall of the let ter in question enclosed in g. frame The farmer said he prized the letter highly as menaentO of one whom he held in reverential regard. He deeply regretted, however, that he had never been able to make out the writ ing. Could his visitor, by any chance, decipher 1t for him? MT Wing re- piled that he could not
 Exercises attendant upon the year end closing of the Sanford school were held this week. Track and other ath- Ietic competitions took place yester- day and this evening two dramatic pieces are to be presented in the gym. On Friday evening the annual clos ing reception is to be held with an attendance of many out of town 1 guests, relatives and friends of the pupils. The summer Inn will form | ally open for the season on June 20. 1 Several of last years boarders have already arrived and are being cared | for as well as possible until the de- parture of the pupils gives more room The bookings for later arrivals tndi- [ cate tax upon accommodations early | in the regular season.
 When W. c. Sanford went to his auto to start for home after attending church last Sunday he found the steering gear had been damned so as to put the machine out of commission. It is surn1ised that the tampering may | have been done by some one who de- signed to steal the machine and caus- | ed the damage in his haste.
 A party of the younger pupils of the Sanford. school camped out last Friday at Stevenson near the Housa- | tonic river and returned on Monday. | They were in charge of Instructor | AIdrich and walked the trip both ways | having a team to carry their lug gage.
 Several more of the prospective de- fendants in the suits about to be l brought for the collection of back taxes have paid up. Those who fail to settle will be served with papers l within a few days.
 Young George Crofut, who has made his home with w. C. Sanford for the last three years, has taken a. farm job in Bethel.
 The condition of Zalnaon Read has so far improved that he is out of imme- diate danger.
 D. s. Sanford drove his motor ear to Poughkeepsie and return last Sun day with a party of friends
 Miss J. L. Glider has been in town to arrange for occupying her cottage this summer. She is planning to build a garage on the premises.
 One of pair of valuable work horses owned by Senator Peck, was found dead in the field on Monday. A veterinary who was called thought it probably a case of lightning stroke
 The state inspector of weights and measures who was here last Friday to examine the scales of H. S. Barnes and L. c. Peck by request of the own