The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-09

the affair is invited, both by attend ance and the offering exhibits of products of the farm and garden. There will be no admission charge and the ladies will serve cream, cake and other refreshments.
 Mrs. Robert Carter, while on a visit to her sister, Mrs. John N. Nickerson, at Bedding Center, was prostra ted with a severe shock one day last week. An ambulance conveyed her to her home in New York.
 Conveyance was made last Saturday of the lies and Dick property at the Center to Mrs. Elizabeth Rechelle- As regards price comparison the transac- tion was an exceptional one in local real estate history by reason of the fact that nearly forty years ago the property sold for $3, 300, which is about $1,0o0 more than Mrs. Rochelle paid for it. For a number of years past the trend of Bedding realty has been de- cided1y upward rather than downward and this single instance by no means indicates that 8 reverse of this ten dency may be looked for. Harry Hes, one of the grantors, will remove to Bridgeport. "
 Miss Marion A. Hewson, who has so successfully conducted the Ridgewold Inn as housekeeper manager during the season just closing, left yesterday y for Rochester, N. Y, where she is to become instructor in psychology and
 
 Institute. She closed an engagement this summer as teacher of psychology in Ade1phi college. Her. successor at the Sanford school is to be Mrs. Craig who, with her husband. conducted a. summer hotel this season at Cape Cod.
 Bills for the taxes which become due on Oct. 1 are being sent out by Col lector Muennich. All property taxes on the 1913 list which remain unpaid by Sept. 15 will be secured by the filing of liens.
 Joel G. Hawley of the west side shipped to the State fair at Hartford last week an entire car load of p~od- ucts, raised on his farm. The col1ec- ton comprised many varieties of po- tatoes, corn and other vegetables and grains, the latter including specimens of about all kinds of grass seeds suit able for New England cultivation.
 The Sanford school will reopen Sept, with about 50 boarding pupils and the former staff of instructors, includ- ing. Mrs. Bryant, as secretary. She has Just invested in new Metz auto. Che .Lieng, a former pupil, spent the vacation in his native China and is due at San Francisco Saturday on his re- turn trip.
 Jean Verd, the famous French plan ist who has been a guest at the sF2idge- weld Inn, entertained a gathering at Miss J. H. Sanford's residence last
 
 lightful1y interpreted. On Sunday. Sept. 10, of last year, Monsieur Verd was playing the piano at his home in Paris when a bomb dropped by a Ger man airman fell upon the house ad- joining and killed 9 woman and her child.
 As to the excavation near. the Center Congregational church recently re- ferred to it appears that this season g road owrkers are responsible for only a small part of it. They took out per haps half dozen loads whereas about 15o loads were removed. by a crew pp- erating three or four years ago @
 The monthly meeting of Fire Go. No. 1 on Tuesday evening was occu- pied mostly with a general discussion a. sto conditions and needs. Three new members joined, two active and one associate.
 Herr schock is about to build a gar age near his bungalow at the Five Points His next move will be the pur- chase of an auto. t. Mrs. Jesse IT. Duncan is arranging to remove with her family to the .vi- cinitySof Hartford where she has rela- tives.ss