The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-25

Commodore Luttgen for a reduction of his tax assessment valuation the board of relief will visit Sunset Hill and make an inspection of his prop erty. On the same trip they are to look over the property of Senator Peck who is also an applicant for relief as to land, buildings and auto mobiles. At their session on Mon day the board granted Charles Hin gle a reduction of $500 on land and Mrs Marietto Lyon 8 reduction of the same amount on buildings. These changes conform to the final vaIua- lions fixed last year. A reduction to s250 from $4o0. was granted the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. on the water power site purchased from the Henry Sanford estate, the former figure being the price paid for the property.
 The officers and directors of the Farm Bureau association are to hold another meeting in NorwaIk on March to arrange a systematic plan for raising the funds required to finance the movement. Soon af- ter that date 9 public meeting will be held here in furtherance of the same object. At this meeting Director Grouse expects to have as the chief speaker George Wright, the county agent of the bureau, and there will probably be addresses by officers of the association, the whole giving a complete presentafi ioan of the work the bureau purposes doing.
 |, Under the stimulus of the prizes offered some of the public school children are making big records in the collection of the nests of the tent caterpillar and by SO much lessening the output of the pests atethe hatch ing season About 1000 nests rep resent the largest scores so far with several of the competitors making neck and neck race of it. The nests, dred eggs. are found attached to the limbs of the trees oh narrow strips and as few trees yield as many as a dozen nests the patience and activity required to search out and remove 1 several thousand of them are appar- i ent Spraying at the right stage of the matching process is an effectuaI way of suppressing these worms and the two power sprayers owned by the ] local Conservation association will 1 probably be in increased demand this 1 spring for that particular purpose. They have formerly been used, and | very effectively, against the scale and 1 coddling moth. Steps have already 1 been taken by the summer residents from the cities for spraying the road side shade trees against the tent cat erptI1ar.
  Episcopal church last Friday even ing Rev. MT. Cunningham, the rector, was overcome with a fainting spell from which he soon rallied. He was able to off1ciate last Sunday, emitting l the sermon. His indisp ositton is at | tributed to overwork and indiges- | tton.
 selectman zalmon Read has re- moved from his farm in the Urnpa5- 1 waug section to Georgetown The house he vacated and which will soon be occupied by John Hawthorne, son of Julian Hawthorne. the author. is about the only large sized domicile | left in the. town belonging to that particular. old fashioned type of which one roof, extending nearly to] the ground, and a huge chimney are features Some fifty. years ago the farm was included in the tract of several hundred acres owned byl livery stable in New Y York. Stlbse- l quently it passed to the ownership | of the late Frederick Olmstead, fa.th- CT of Mrs. Read. MT Olmstead was the first to introduce Chicago dressed beef into New Y ork city.
 J. Henry Duncan has lately been troubled with an affection of the fa- | ciaI muscles which causes his jaws~to be firmly set, temporarily preventing | speech or other use of them. The trouble IS or a nervous OFd6r.f which | also in his opinion caused the recent impairment of his sight, although the 1 doctors thought the latter due to | arsenica1 poisoning.
 During Lent the Ladies Aid sol ciety of the Episcopal church, will meet every Friday afternoon at the rectory and remain to attend service at the church in the evening.
 George Russell has given up the | janitorship of the Episcopal church in order to attend to his Sunday pa per route and Harley Nichols suc- ceeds him in the position.
 The Sanford School basketball team | went to New Milford on Monday and decisive1y defeated the High School team of that place.
 George Williams. George s. Banks and D. s. Sanford finished their ice harvesting last Saturday.
 Miss Emma Reid has been i'll for several weeks with stomach trouble
 Lawyer Caleb A Burgess and. his bride were visitors to town this week. visitors to town this week. occupying the Burgess cottage at the Center
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