The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-05
BEDDING FAILS TO SHOW OLD TIME
 6. 0. p. STRENGTH
Margin of Election This Year Is About 30 Votes As Com pared to 100 of Former Elec- ton.


 1 Bedding, Nov. 5-Not so many years
 since the Republicans, had a habit of carrying Redding by majorfties ranging around one hundred while on l Tuesday their margin was only, about thirty A comparison of this kind af- fords the sole and very scant degree of comfort local Democrats can derive
 from this towns election figures, the result being a reversal from that of two years ago and a. disappointment to Democratic expectations. It is result partly but not wholly account ed for by the reduced Progressive vote which was less than one-third that of 1912 except in the case of Shepard whose personal campaigning brought him thirteen votes against the eight given his colleagues. The Socialists po1led one lone vote and might have produced another had not Prof. Stim- son, one Of bheir representative can didates been absent. The Prohibition ists made a better showing by 100 per cent. having two votes. As J. B. San ford was on both the main tickets for judge of probate he naturally led the poll with -307. Both the Democratic Representative candidates ran ahead Of the general ticket, Charles Sanford by eleven votes, but the excess was not enough to win.
 The Republicans never did more thorough or systematic work and their opponents were not far behind in the work of rounding up the indifferent elector. Tn this work both sides had auto service in plenty and to spare
 Of vote buying with money which figured so largely in elections in the old days there was apparently none. Everyone now realizes that such prac- tices are not only detesta,ble and i'm moral but highly dangerous. By agreement sbetween the party commit tees the law permitting voters Of de- fective eyesigElt to have a guide to ac- company them inside the booth to help prepare their tickets was broadened in scope so as to afford such aid to any one desiring it. It was further arr ranged that ". C. Sanford should be the authorized agent to render such assistance. Those elected justices Of the peace were s. C. Shaw, Rufus A. Lyon, Edward A Pinkney, J L. Blackman, Herbert s. Barnes. George s. Banks. w C. Sanford William H. Hill and William A Lounsbury.
 The assessors wil begin their labors in the early part Of next week as they wish to make an early start on a;c- count, of the resolution adopted by the recent town meeting directing them to make an Inspection Of property be- fore fixing it's vaFuation. Like in- struet1ons contained in vote three years ago were compiler with nomin- ally, but not thoroughly. It is the professed intention of the present board to. make the job- a thorough one. The work Of setting a. wire fence to mark the western boundary Of the
 Putnam park pond has been com l menced. its special purpose being the prevention of further trespaas en- lcroaehments by Fishermen Survey OTIS had no difficulty in locating the line which the sfence should follow
 this being indicated by the old stone
 wall marking one boundary of the for mea Sherman turnpike. The distance of this fence from the present highway line is from three to fifteen feet, show ing that those witnesses who testified at the Grove trial last summer that 1t was from 25 to 40 feet were mistaken in the estimates based on their recoI- lection of former conditions,
 MT. and Mrs. D. S. Sanford have sent out Invitations for a farewell recep- tion to be tendered this (Thursday) evening to Rev. and Mrs. E.. NJ Boone iAcceptance of MT. Boone's resignation as rector of Christ Episcopa1 church was voted at a vestry meeting last Sunday, the resignation to take effect November IS.
 list, a total Of between $19, ,o00 and $2o,- tor Duncan about iS15, 900, a rather l unpaid bills bear interest from the first of this month.
 Reuben Wheeler of Pleasant Valley was prostrated on Saturday last with a. severe attack of fnfiam1natory rheu- rnatism from which he is still help l less.