The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-29
.LAKELET IS SAVED
 TO PHEASANT ! VALLEY
Appeal of N. F. Hoggson for Its Retention Heeded By Water Company
A Justice Trial Having the Un- Usual Feature of Submission of Briefs--C Candidate Shepard'S s Local Activities

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 Bedding. Oct 29-The main pond in Pleasant Valley was mostly enaptied of water this week by the Bridgeport Hydraulic company, it's new owners, preparatory to cleaning the bottom. There. were left pools in the deep places and from these aoundant catches of bullheads and ee1s have been made. The pickerel and trout refused to bite To those who feared that the acquisition of the property by the water company would De fol- lowed by the removal of the dam and the consequent disappearance of the pond, thereby losing to the locality one Of its chief scenic attractions, the decision of the company to retain the dam will be good news. It was or iginaHy the companys intention Ato do away with the pond, but protest against that step was voiced soy No bIe F. Hoggson in communication to the company appealing for its pres ervation on esthettc g+ounds and of fer-ing to bear himself part of the eC1- pense of cleaning the pond and keep ing it clean. His plea proved efIec- tive and the two other dams a short way further down the stream are also to be unddsturbed according to present intentions. MT, Heggaman has also received assurance that his pond will be allowed to remain.
 Justice Pinkney has not yet rendered a decision In tho trespass suit for $lOO damages brought by George s. Banks against John Peters, an action Anyolv- ing the ownership of about an acre of land bordering on the Saugatuck river in the lower Sanfordtown dis- trict The case was tiled on the 17th and upon the conclusion of the hearing the court directed the opposing counsel to. submit briefs by one week from that date The attorneys were Gar. lick & Swain of Bridgeport, for the plaintiff, and Tanmany of Ncrwalk,
 for the defendant. One feature of the
 justice, the parties in interest, and witnesses to the scene of the contro- versy. No evidence was presented in behalf of the defendant except the deed on which he based his claim to
 tn eownership of the land, the allega- -s tions that he he'd harvested two cut tings of grass from the tract this sea-. son and had also cleared it of many small trees being unddsputed. There had been two conveyances. both iden-. tica1 in terms, to Peters of d tract of. thirty acras which he claimed gave him title to the land in dispute. one deed was from J, EA Blacknaan as con-. servator for Joel Perry and another from the same grantor as adminiRtra- tor the estate of Joel Perry, de-. 0a. and bounded the tract on one side by the river a description which fur nished the Foundation for the defend ant claim and was in direct conflict
 with the deed placed in evidence by the plaintiff. Tn addition MT. Banks claimed ownership by virtue of right gained by a. preceding owner through adversee possession. It was also, shown that the late Joel Perry never made use of or laid claim to the dispu ted acre and that Peters made no claim to 1t until the present year.
 A good subject for guessing and laDetting in connection with next Tues days election is the size of the local IProgressive vote. It was supposed l to be utterly extinct, but through the
 personal efforts of George F. Shep- ard, Progressive candidate for con- l it's secrudesence otwtt1lstanding 1 his activities as a campaign speaker Mr. Shepard has found time to make a house to house canvass covering a IEood part Of this town, disseminating Icampaign literature and verbal argu- rnerats and persuasion in behalf of him. self and his party. In fact he has Idone more of this kind of work than all the local candidates of the old par ties and so much effort should have some results. On the other hand the endorsement by the Frogressives of
 
 dtdate, does not promise to work o11e
 as successfully for the enehciary as
 was at first expected MT. Bissell
 represents the discreddted Republican lmachine so entirely that Bethel and EDanbury Progressives by the dozen declare that they cannot support him without doing violence to their con
 v1ctions and hence will give their votes to Stevens. the Democratic can- didate
 The Center school has a. new prin- cdpal, Miss Cobb of Waterbury She IE7tgh and Normal schools Miss AL ford who began the term, found the duties of the position boo trying for her health and resigned. The Saail-
 dren of the school are eagerly prepar- ling for their second annual fair at l which they will show flowers fruits and vegetables of their own raising as l well as various other products of their Iskill and industry. They were great 1y disturbed at the prospect that the lexhibition would not be held, but are now treasured on this point by the town school comm nfttee, who on learn ing of the proposed abandonment of the fair intervened and declared that it should take place. They will fix Ithe date at their meeting tomorrow l A special parish meeting of Christ Episcopal church has been called by T the yestry for next Sunday to take ac- l ton on the resignation of Rev. B " I Boone as rector. Dt is with sincere I regret that acceptance will be voted T as during the three years of his pas T torate here the retiring rector has T grown in the affectionate regard oi the members of the school and the ti entire community well. On his
 part the parish has been one Of un-
 ceasing struggle with i'll health, bu! 'I despite this disadvantage he has per .l formed his duties faithfully and mos Eaeeeptably. His final pastoral ser I vice here will be in connection with .l the visitation of Bishop Brewster or ' November 15. En route to his new q field of labor in Arizona. Mir. Boone and wife will make a. stay of twe weeks in St Louis with his sister