The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-13
RElENTS' Nj 5O' M PER CENT ON BEDDING
 TAXATION RAISE

State Boards Increase Only
 [ $10O,O 900 Instead of Pro
 M posed $2OO, 900.
 Reading. July 13---The state board ! of equalization has announced its de- sscision in the matter of Bedding $ ! grand list. making an increase of
 S1oo, 900 instead of $20o,O00 as was
 first proposed, The addition in the
 amount of thelstate tax to be collect { ed from the town is therefore $50. \ The towns appeal from the higher l figure originally fixed was presented by Town Clerk Sanford and ex-Rep-
 resentative Michael Connery and the
 result is evidence that they perform their mission capabIy-
 Upon invitation of County Agent Wright, local mikmen met at the Sanford school Hast Friday evening 1 to hear MT. McDonald, q represents I tive of the U. S. Department of Agri- F e6lture, explain and advocate plan l5w the inspection, testing and proper
 seding of dairy herds To insure the Adoption of thes plan for a single dis rict there are irequired. 30 subscrib- Sr4 each, with aA herd of not less than H 10 cows The yearly fee of $1-60 per 4;oow and monthly visits are made by )4he inspection agent, who looks after anitary conditions. advises regarding |baIanced rations and makes tests of | Individual production to determine jNhat COWS best repay keeping. Thus 1 fhe ssboarders'' can be eliminated and kthe hard standard gradually improv- sAsd. Among those in Reding who have s5oined the new district association ,f1re D.. & Sanford, Samuel Osborn, H. tR Barnes. A. c. Barnett and Bartlett {, a,.sanford. vTne other members are fNewtown and Danbdry rnilkrnen. < The law requiring warning signs Tor autoists to be placed on the high ways near school buildings has been compiled with in this town, but like E Nprecautiors at otherff danger points N SroN lackins. One of these is the sharp bend In the steep hi1l. forming the southsFp sRProachs s of Sunset Hill number of places which ought to be !. posted, although these by no means comprise, the entire list. It is the pur- pose of .tha Mems club of the east
 side to take up this matter with the
 aim of providing the signs at loca- :! tions where they are needed.
 A Three hundred comfortable chairs have been Ordered for the assembly
 hall of the new Georgetown school
 building which will be completed in
 few days. r It is designea to use the
 hall for gelUeral2 2&fii6g Purposes as
 well as school needs and arrange ments are now in progress for a course of fine lectures there during the coming winter. It will beia sub ecription course with lectures of an
 instructive and entertaining charac- ter. Appropriate exercises dedica-
 tory of the building will be held in ! the hall early in September.
 Most farmers can bear witness that the cow, usually so placid and innoc- uous, Is unaccountably subject to brainstorms which impel her to vic-. ious and deadly deeds. In these fudy l its she is likely to attack and gore her herd chum, horse that happens l to be within reach or even her hu- man boss. A tragedy of this kind < occurred last Friday on the premises of John c. Read in hometown. Two cows which had loitered behind until ] the rest of the herd were in the barn, came upon horse in the barnyard and made him the object of saw I age, simultaneous onslaught, tearing 1 each side so that he bled to death in I a few minutes. The victim was f "Moses,n an animal of the pony type noted for it's intelligence, docility and I dne qualities as roadster.
 { What action to take regarding re- i pairs on the Turney road is something 4 of A puzzle to the authorities. That Spart of 1t lying in Easton, which originally had an outlet on public { highway. was some years ago discon- sfinEed and reverted to psivate own l#esship. The Bedding section has I never been legally discontinued, but ' the lower part is fenced , off for pasture and the rest used only by iowners of the adjacent property. One of these owners has made an appeal < to the road contractor and the road \ committed. for the working of the Bedding section, which remains open, and the matter is under advisemef1t
 with some doubts as to the towns liability in the case.
 Moses Baldwin, a very we'll known colored resident, died last Friday from kidney deisease, aged about 80. } He had been able to work until ] few months ago and failed rapidly after his last illness developed. He l was one of a dozen or more children l of the late "Veene" Baldwin, noted character who attained a patrfarcheI l age and appearances befitting one l with such a numerous array of de- l scendants. Most of the latter's chill dren were boys and there are many 1 grand and great-grandchildren, a 1 good partaof whom first saw tf1el ight
 in the ancient family habitation on { the back road leading from Jump Hill to the Forge district in Weston. Moses
 wes an all round butcher and during
 tSs hog killing season his services
 wers- in great demand.
 The s. c. Shaw boys started this
 week on an extensive western trip.
 having Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chi
 cago for its earlier objective points.
 They will be accompanied by their
 grandfather. E. D. Adams, the New
 York capitalist. At St. Paul MT.
 Shaw is to join the party and proceed
 then to Glacier Park. ;he new govern
 nent resefvAtfong on the Canadian
 frontier They will explore this re-
 sort on horseback and thence yo to