The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
THE TWAIN LIBRARY
TO BROADEN OUT
Branches in the school ad 9th
er Points in Redding Are
Planned Soon.
Especial to The Farner.)

useful institution than it has been in
the past This enlargement will be |
effected by using the Sanford school |
and the public schools as distributing |
agencies and later other points Of dis !
trfbution are to he established. The
plan has been in contemplation for |
some time. 1t was hardly practicable
at the beginning as theSlibrarysS means |
were insufficient to more than meet |
ordinary running expenses but the |
$40 600 endowment from Andrew Car
negie assures fixed income which |
with that derived from entertainments |
is believed by the managers to war |
rant the new departure. Cabinet cases
large enough to hold about rs ordinary |
volumes have been provided and one |
of each placed in the Sanford school
and the towns four public schools |
The cabinets are furnished by the IL |
brary and transportation OF the books
will be undertaken without charge by
d. s. Sanford through use of his mail
team running between the Ridge and
West Redding. Should there be a de-
rnand for it the branch library service
will be extended to include the union
school in Wilton. The public school
stations are extended for the benefit
! of the pupils and their parents, but
the Sanford school branch VIII also
serve the general public. In time a
general branch may be located in
Georgetown although that village has
lalready a public library of its own, the
consolidation of which with the Mark
Twain Library is a probability of the
future. Other general stations are
likely to be established in sections
asking for them and willing to pro-
vide means for the proper care and
! handling of the books. The small ter
[rttory for which the library has here
ItcN@re been conveniently available did
mot at all match up with its capacity
i as 1T has a collection of 10000 volumes.
4 The expansion arrangement viii be
hailed with lively satisfaction by the
entire town.
About 1900 acres of land in weston
has been leased by Winthrop Perry of
dSouthport to the state Of Connecticut
f.as a preserve for the breeding OF game
birds the lease running to Jan. l,
1895. The lease is without considera-
tion, and consequently stands as
j gift on the part of Mr.. Perry to the
state. -Four or five years ago he made
/ a succession Of purchases of Weston
real estate until his holdings aggre-
lgated about 1900 acres. 1t was mostly
i wild land and what may be described
s. as the nucleus of the tract was the
Joel Perry homestead. The two houses
land other buildings located on the
homestead property together with ~
a acres of land is reserved by MI Perry
in the transfer made to the state. He
may also use the leased land for pur-
poses which do not interfere with its
use by the state for the particular
& purpose specified. He forfeits, how
lever the right to hunt over this land
and hunting there by others is made
n by law punishable by heavy penalties.
The lease was made under q statute
designed to develop the breeding OF
game birds, an undertaking which the
State Game Commission has been fol-
lowing with valuable results.
Not long since residents OF the Sun
set Hill section were puzzled by night
| " noises which sounded as IL they
J might be made by an auto horn, but
ievidently came from some other
! and followed on the hill road a strange
!. Ianimal which in the uncertain light
4 they took for a bear. 1t went over
1.-THE fence near the Luttgen residence
. and disappeared in the direction OF
. 1.-THE East woods region. The next day
] discrimination of the trail showed tracks
) more like hoof marks than those per-
tanning to the claw feet of a bear.
About that time some one discovered
? THAT a mechanical device, a relic from
J, the last presidential campaign. pro-
! lduced an imitation of the call of a
moose which was exactly like the
. mysterious noises heard in the To-
: cality. This circumstances in connec-
, ton with the hoof-like tracks, served
, las the foundation for a theory that a
{ young moose. strayed from its north
: ern habituat, was making its abode in
: the neighborhood. One night last
! IWeek JOhl lit Malone VINO l1ReS DStOW
> 1.-THE hill, saw in a field near his home
! La strange animal Tt was too large for
a fox or an ordinary dog and his best
I guess was that it was a wolf. A day
! or two later Charles Wood, one of Fl.
! $. Barnes employees, saw on the park
> road an unaecustomed animal which
he positively Identifies as a, silver fox.
What the Sunset Hill folks will be
seeing next is an interesting subject
for con1ect ure IF the situation devel-
i justified in sending for Mr.. Roosevelt
. or DR.. Long Against the Sunset Hill
Q Imenagerie the lower Ridge section has
q mo exhibit to offer except a partly
: grown white deer which recently came
t within the range of RissAn Of several
: unimpeachable witnesses.
: To all owners of property in the
e town the assessors are sending pastals
a giving notice of the amount of theil
: tax assessment valuations as recent1y
a j given only when there had been ar
a / increase in the valuation. but the more
d comprehensive system. is more salts
q factory One explanation of the large
s decrease in the total assessment Of
n residents and the more than CORE,
8 spending increase for nonresident.
f comes from the fact that the MARI
/. Twain estate was this year shifted
It from the former to the latter class
J. This accounts for about $35, 900 of thu
e $45, 900 change. The board of relief
s consisting of w. c. Sanford. Marshal
i Sanford and Robert H. Rider, will
: hold their first session at the tow1
house on Monday next to hear parties
entering appeal from the assessors
valuations.
One of the local depositors who will
lose by the failure of Burr & Knapp il
P w. P Kennedy. the carpenter. H,
had about 1910 on deposit with tn
firm His brother James, now o
n Bridgeport, was also deposition t.
e the amount of 500.
J. The bridge whist club met las
le Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. E
" Barnett There were three table