The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
OUR NE WT0WN
 NEWS LETTER
especdaA to Hhe B'araner.)I

NewitoWn. Ian- 8-The recent ans nouncenent of Sherdf- elect Pease that he would not keep dlaA faithful of the Ct O. P. in suspense much longer as to how he proposed to divide the pas-s tronage coming within laas G1mview, has starshed things moving in New town. From fhesbest inflammation ob- taanabIe it looks as if the new sherIn is up agadnsst it here. For any choice he wf1l make for deputy sheriff of NewtoWn widl mot satisfy the whole, or amy consid iderable part of the party of wllich he is patronage dispenser, county y-wiSe The Republican party in NewAown is admitted to be an ag- gusagatdon of disconda.nt clements that will break apart into segnaents, soon as the exciting element is intro duced 6nFbo the party. And the choice of deputy is the monkey-wrench to do it The hown committee cannot agree on a man to present. for cam d1date for sheriff ,annd two local Re- Iuhficans who are loud in their de- gnands for recognition are going it on their own hooks. Both have seen Mir. Pease, so it is said, and both spent naore tigne in showing up the uznd desir- ability of his opponent and enemy Hhan in advocacy of his own superior qsfailid dcathozs and deservings. It is known the sherdm-e1eet is sick of the whole HJewtown nl11ddle and is con-
 
 man for the job, one Isv1no is not out day and might summing for it. Wise Iones say that WiEIiaKn e. Johnson, for a1ler first @eIectrnan, could have it in the twhnl1lang of an eye If he said H1e wanted it for hdGnself. Everybody would be satisfied with him upon that tcomdition and all the other candi- dabes would take to the taill timber as soon as an affirmative nod or word came froun a1irn He is too busy a man. however, and could not attend to tine work And just there is the Iubs And the answer to this ex- c1amation point is what has been poured drbo Ehe ears of MT. Pease
 for weeks and it is said has caused
 ainn much loss of sleep He is now consulting merchants and visitors of different po1Htfcaa fafittns and trying to make a. new ra-ali lignnent of men i to help l1irn build the Please machine with the aid of entirely new Newtown material.
 The vacancy in the adst of officials of the town board of school visitors caa1s- ed by the death of Ezra. L. Johnson
 has been dfled by h11e election of Rev. Jamnas H. George as c1lEiCunan The board has decided not to elect a new member to hM the vacancy in the
 boarda as permitted by law, but will
 divide up the work among themselves aInbl town naeetingl
 The guests at the January meeting
 Of the Men's Literary club held this
 week included Dr. w. J. Mclaughlin,
 and pr A A. Mclaughlin of Bridge port. The former delivered an inter eatdng discourse on Care of the Teeth,
 Their Importance to the Vital Func-
 tfoms, Roth as Preventatfvas of Dis
 ease. and Aids to Perfect Bodily Ali
 n1entatdon.'
 By returns filed in the office of
 Town Clerk FdtzschIer today, Miss
 Ella E. Tanning of Oxford, was mar
 ried to Truman F. Wheeler of South
 bury on Monday. January 4, 1915, by
 Rev. George T. Sinnott.
 Miss Bessie Pierce Of South Britain
 was recent guest of Miss Dorothy
 James of FTawIeyvi1Ie
 Jesse James and Wbhliann E.gan, New :
 towns members of the General As
 sem bly, were on hand Tuesday in l Hartford at the opening of the legis-