The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

and middle sections the material was bBought from the Livernporef farm to the south. For the lower end it was brought from the Sullivan farm to. the north, apparently a deliberate choice of the long haul as against the short haul. A new top dressing of calcium chloride has been put on the stretches where the first dose was covered by. EFaveT almost as7 soon as 9apBlied-1 But. what's the lise of being crhieaIswhen the State pays all the bills 2 essIt %6as "a marvel that a more serious accident did not occur last Saturday morning when 9 runaway team be- longing to Frank Hall coflideda with the wagon of Mail Carrier. Ward in a narrow portion of the road Between Sanfordtown cemetery and the old Hull district school house. The back Of MT. Wards wagon was smashed and one shaft broken. off short. 9th erwise no damage was done The Hall team twas stopped by men engaged in getting hay on the Duncan Gay place;
 The Sanford homestead in Pleasant Valley known as the brick house is soon to be vacated and offered for sale It was built by the late James San ford, farmer, manufacturer, inventor, state sena tor and holder of many local offices and known to his fellow towns men as Squire (most of them pro- nounced it sSquare'') Jim. Here he reared. a. numerous lIa0lllysr neaTlS ali of whom established homes in the Val ley on tracts mostly derived from the paternaI estate. Upon his deeease it passed to the ownership of his wife and later to that of their daughter, Miss Abbie, the present owner She will remove to the home of her brother Charles. near by. while Ferris Read and wife. who have shared the occu- pancy of the house with Miss Sanford for 9. year or so past. are moving to a house in the upper Stratfeld district near Bridgeport. MT. Read will con tinue in his present business of freighting milk by auto truck from PIeasan ssNa1ley to Bridgeport.
 A Advices from Germany are being pa tiently awaited by John Muennieh as to the status and probable outcome of the suit which his brother and two sis ters have brought against Emperor William to- secure restitution of prop erty valued at S20, ,0o0. .000: the same having been owned a century or so ago by their grandfather and 5escheat- ed to the Grown through .confsca tion- One of the family relics in the posses sion of MT. Muennich is a portrait of Grandfather von Muennich which shows the original attired in military uniform Persons who profess to know have assured MT. Muennich that it is the uniform of Prussian army field marshal of that period. Another relic which MT. Muennieh thought he had but cannot now find is Q large ronze medal in a.. velvet lined case. This, so his father told him, was awarded Marshal von Muennich for .distin guished services.
 As the statute which forbids public boards, to make expenditures in excess of appropria tions expressly exelnpts from it's application outlays required for road and bridge repairs and the care of, paupers a special town meet ing will not be required to authorize the raising and spending of money to work our badly washed roads this fall. Of the last appropriation of SC, GOO only a few hundreds are left and whether the selectmen were warranted in going beyond that sum without a further vote of credit has been 9 matter of some doubt.
 The fire department dance at the Ridge gym last Friday evening had. as counter attractions dan at the Mark Twain Library and one by the Dodgingtown fire department and failed to draw a large crowd. The net proceeds were about SIG.
 If the state police have unearthed any new clues regarding the. robbery and assault case at Pine Tree Corne. they are keeping the Information to themselves. As far as known there are no new developments in any quar- ter.
 Alex. watt and family of New York are guests of Mrs. Henry Sanford in Pleasant Valley.
 The Methodist church entertain nnent
 on the premises of Jesse L. Sanford last Thursday afternoon was highly pleasant and successful affair and
 brought net returns Of S42