The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-07
BEDDING

parish meeting of Christ Episcopal church, held on Monday, Charles San ford was elected senior warden, suc-4 ceeding his brother, the late Stephen Sanford who filled the office for about thirty years. W. c. Sanford was chosen junior warden and treas urer and D. s. Sanford, clerk. The other members of the vestry are A. G. Barnett. Philo PIatt, Charles More house and E. P. Sanford. The treas | urer's report showed total receipts l during the year of $1.212 and expen- dftures of $1.124, with outstanding obligations of $11s. These figures do l not include the $350 raised by the I Ladies' Aid society which was kex- pended in new furnishings for the 1 church.
 A large audience heard with close attention last Saturday evening a, 1ec- ture by Prof. Stimson, the subject and character of which is well indi- cated by the advance announcement prepared by the lecturer and reading as follows: The fundamental forces form and principles of beauty and work in natures studio and revealed l to science in her wonderful arts of arrangement for construction, growth, congressional design and decorative ernbel1ishment. and e-embodied by the arts of Flora, insects, birds, beasts and the manifold works of human in- dustry throughout history, by Prof | Art Education at the IN. Y. Metro politan Museum, the New York and New Jersey, Artist Industry Institutes and University courses at Princeton, Yale, Corn e1L and many leading muse
 uns of cities.
 lRedding Grange will present at their hall on Wednesday and Thurs I day evenings of next week the two act comedy MT. Bob'' and the .one i act comedy Pas New Housekeeper's Tn cEf of fTlo M Messrs. Benja min Parker, Gustave Berquist and J. L.. Ferry, Mrs. Marion I Williams and the Misses Esther Ost- sling,5 Lucy Sanford and Myrtle Beck.
 Those to appear in the other sketch I are aMessrs. 1ewellyn Warner, John I Carson and Frank Meehan. Mrs. Mee-l I han and Miss Dell Carson.
 Officers of the Bedding Tree Con- I servation Association were elected as follows at the adjourned annual meet I ing held last Saturday. President, w. C. Sanford; vice-president. J. w i Teets; secretary and treasurerg H. $. I Barnes. Last year 3as in previous
 years ten peE.cent of the receipts were set aside for depreciation and apart from this sum the treasurer's report I showed small balance in the treas 1 uFy. It was decided to arrange for a lecture by an expert from the State l lAgriculturaI department on the sub-. j ject Of orchard planting, cultivation, I F Work on the new Georgetown ! bridge is we'll advanced and it is ex-
 pected that the structure will be com pleted and ready for use before the end of next week The material is lconcrete with a steel flooring to .strengthen the driveway Builder Taylor of Georgetown has the con i tract for the job at $525 straight ] ening of the bridge approaches is Q feature of the Improvement.
 I A +I,o n as esr.l7 1 his farm on Sunset Hill turns out to
 be at least premature, a son of MT. T Wood stating in answer to inquiry s that there had been no sale as vet. I FIesdid not deny, however, that nego- stiations towards a sale were in pro. tI gress The farm is one of the largest in town, comprising upwards of 300 acres. Itxis understod that Comm O. tdore Luttgen made overtures for its
 purchase two or three years ago.
 The good work of blasting out rocks
 from the highways in connection Witk lrepairs operations is being continued by Selectman Barnes on the east side 5 the latest stretch to undergo this i'm. provement being that below Pine Tree l I corner The Putnam Park road which has been cleared of these ob, ] structions and well rounded up, vii later receive a top dressing of gravel A. G. Barnett and D. S. Sanfors have been appointed appraisers on tn, g
 Taking it all around the property i scheduled to undergo a thorough valuation as within the next few day it will be. also inspected by the Su perior court committee who are t.
 make an award in the condemnation suit brought by the Bridgeport lily draulic Go. and by the citizens wfion tthey summon as witnesses. It vii
 probably also receive further view s ing from the witnesses called by tn VI owners
 The dollar sociable held by the Ia dies of the Center Methodist churci at the parsonage realized $36. Eacl of the contributors told of the mean
 employed for the raising of her in ! dividuaI dollar. One of them did i by the sale of two home made mine pies at 50 cents per. Her eviden
 pride came not so much from thi
 achievement as from the fact that tEl
 purchaser wanted more of the sam
 style pies at the same price.
 Some fifty dog owners in town fail
 ed to renew their licenses before Sat
 arday of last week and as a conse
 Guence must either pay a dollar extra { dispose of their dogs or stand prose cution.
 The Putnam Park commission hel,
 their regular monthly meeting todc.. a and after the transactions of bushes.
 were dinner guests of D. s. Sanford
 one of the members.
 MT. and Mrs. Hobart Brinsmads
 were at Naples a few days ago or
 their return trip to Egypt and Pales
 tine. They will sail for home on May
 22.
 Michael Flood, the blacksmith U
 the Center, has ordered new aute
 to be delivered soon.
 Commodore I4uttgen is erecting z
 bungalow for the occupancy of Stiles
 his chauffeur.
 Fred Mabrey, of the Ridge, will sai
 for Europe soon after concluding hi
 present preaching engagement in Yer
 mont. His wife and child will livs
 during the summer with Miss Bell, 3 Sanford, Mrs. Mabrey's aunt. s w. H. Hill has been appointed ad ! rninistrator on the estate of the lat.