The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-17
Special. to the Farmer.)

assessor of Michael Connery, who had l another year to serve, made it neces- sary for each party to nom nate two candidates for the office instead of l one as usual Hugh c. McCollam is l the full term anud Edgar T. Field the | short term nominee of the Democrats and A. A. Gorham the full term and R A P1nkney the short term candf- date of the Republicans
 Following the example of the Re- publicans the Democrats, at their ca.u- GUS on Monday evening made a change in their town committee system, Ckas. Sanford being reelected chairman with power to appoint five associates
 He has named as these. L.. O. Peek,
 Michael Connery, J. B. Sanford, Will liam A. Grouse and Frank Rider.
 A mere handful attended the Repub- ncan caucus last Saturday evening and the proceedings occupied only 8 few minutes All the nominations were by exclamation, the clerk de posting one ballot for each name as fast as they were presented. Fol lowing is the ticket: Se1ectmen, ZaI-
 mon Read and Herbert s. Barnes; as-
 Pinkney ;tax collector. J. Fl. Duncan. grand jurorsJ J. H. Duncan, B. B. Banks and George c. Williams; con
 stables, D. R. Warner, William B. Banks and H. c. Osborn; auditor, B. 1 A. Pinkney; registrars of voters, L. [ v
 Der of school committee, W. B. Ha- zen Nearly all the candidates are present incumbents of the positions for which they were named Some doubt has been expressed as to swheth-
 Fer the nominations were legal because
 not. made by individual ballot, but Ethere appears to be no ground foP
 such apprehension as the statutes re lquire d ballot only when petitioned I for by fifteen of the electors
 l 1aeA1N Aso-1
 Monday evening with an attendance Of 1 between 20 and 30, J. B. Sanford was moderator and ". C. Sanford clerk. R
 A Lyon was nominated for first &e- l lectman, but declined.
 I Following is the ticket: Se1ectmen 1 M. Joseph Sullivan and Robert Fl.
 Rider; assessors, 1T. c. McCo11am and
 Edgar T, Field; grand Jurors, Joel God frey. william A. Lounsbury and E- P. l Sanford; constabIes. James Delaney, Harry A LounshIlry and Nicholas iSanteneIlo ;tax collector, William A. lGrouse; auditor, R. A. Lyon; member school committee. William c. Sanford; registrars of voters, Edward M. Brad ley and Nicholas Santenello. The ticket Is one deserving hearty support by all Democrats
 Messrs. Sullivan and Rider have l both served acceptably as selectmen and the former possesses special quail. ldcations for capably performing the tduties pertaining to highway repair ling. MT. NcCo1am Is builder Of large experience and can be relied lupon for conscientious and expert ser tvice as assessor. MT. Field Is also well qualified for the position, having I been on the board osE relief for sev- T eral terms while W. e. Sanford has
 heretofore performed RaIuabIe service I in the administration of the town s Ieducational affairs.
 In the extent, variety and quality of the exhibits as well as in patronage, # the agricultural show held oy Bedding Grange on Wednesday, evening of last Fl week surpassed all expectations the i more so as the affair was hastily got
 ten tip and undertaken largely as an experiment. The departments com
 prfsed culinary products such as cake. jel1ies and preserves; antiques, such as spinning wheels and warming pans,
 and fancy work including some beau
 tffu1 specimens of embroidery. The display of flowers would compare ia
 yorably with those usually found at
 county and other large public fairs, {. prominent exhibitors in this depart
 1nent being Mrs. waIbridge Mrs J.
 and Elizabeth Shaw, the latter having 2 a collection of larkspTrs which ar- tracted much attention and received a
 blue ribbon. Among the exhibitors of chickens. pigeons and ducks. we're Hermann Smith, H. s. Barnes and Masters Hegga1nan and Shaw. Several
 children showed fine collections of . garden products of their own unaided 3 lraising and Ernest Beck had on view l a pair of baby skunks that were hon. 5 fored with the blue ribbon. The prize
 for the longest stalk of corn went to I Albert Williams, the stalk mea suIsing 1 15 1-2 feet Charles Beck showed the : biggest pumpkin while the boss cab : lbage came from the garden of S. C. 8 Shaw. The various classes of exhib- ] It's were judged and made the subjects f of honorary awards The attendance
 numbered several hundred and an old r fashioned dance formed the closing e feature of the event. which was SC
 pronounced Q, success that the Grange e will repeat it annually.
 j William C. Doig died suddenly last q Friday evening at his summer home e on the west side Apparently in TO- : the afternoon of that day with an at
 ttack of acute Indigestion. Medical at. ai tentfon failed to relieve him and deatf came a few hours later His age wa< : 64 and he is survived by his wife and . two children. Ten or twelve years
 a5go MT Dofg purchased the Bur
 Benedict place in the lower UTnpawaus
 isection and made extensive improve
 ments upon the property His bust 5 ness connection was with manu
 featuring concern in Brooklyn, N. r
 New teachers for the Center schoo y were obtained in time to permit O y it's reopening on Monday last, abou e a week beyond the date originally set n The present teachers are Miss Edns e Afford of New Hartford and Mis- O Fdfth Culhane of Danbury
 The Bedding delgates to the Repub 5, Iican congressional convention had n, sl part in the nomination of E. J. Hill a e Stamford last Saturday, having faflet IS to receive notices of the time ant '- place of the convention until 3t wa d too late for them to connect. Thef le absence made no difference in the re 8 suit as MT. Hill was their choice Ut Joseph Migone, the Bethel fruf r. dealer, was taking a lesson in aut 10 driving last Saturday when, througl L- a wrong twist of the steering wheel d the .maehine bumped against g road