The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
NEWTOWN'S FIRST
 SELECTMAN IS OUT FOR THE PRESIDENT
Civil War Veteran Is Sup. porting the Great Cam
 paign of Peace
Especial to The Farmer.)

\SpeClal 10 The Farmer.)
 Newtown, Nov. 6-Ephriam D. Bris-
 COG, first selectman of Newtown for
 the past three years and a veteran of
 the Civil War, has come out for Will
 son, and will urge all his friends to vote the Democratic national ticket on 1 Nov. 7th. Selectman Briscoe has been an independent in local elections but
 has never voted anything but the Re- publican national ticket since he came nome from the war in 1865. He ap- proves of the course of President Wilson in keeping the country out of war, and subscrtbes full-l1eartedly to
 the motto, Peace with Honor'' of the Democratic President of the United States. The selectman was a prisoner
 of war;, and suffered months in Ander- sonville and other prison-pens of the south, and when discharged, "a rat tnng framework of bones inside his
 military uniform,'' he came home to die. A naturally strong constitution saved him, and now at the age of "A, he hopes to end his existence without | seeing his beloved country in the tur- moil and wreck of war Comrade
 Briscoe is adjutant of Custer Post, G.
 A. R., of Newtown, and it is believed that his example will be followed by
 many of his former comrades in arms. Mrs. James M. Blackman, formerly much respected resident of the Rocky Glen section of Sandy Hook, died at her home in PaSsaic, N. J., Saturday. For over 30 years her nus band was paymaster of the N. Y. B. & B. company, and the family was socially prominent, as well as fore-
 most in all civic movements for town betterment Mrs. Blackman was a prime mover in the establishment of the free public library, and with her husband and daughters earnest sup porters of the institution. She was a devout communicant of St. Johns Episcopal church. The deceased is survived by her husband, James M. Blackman of Passaic, N. J., Miss Lucy Blackman, residing with her parents, Mrs. F. A. Bennett of Bridgeport,
 whose husband is the well known sec
 retary of the Manufacturers associa- tion in that city. The body of Mrs. Blackman will be brought to New town. Tuesday, and the funeral will move directly after the arrival of the
 10:43 a. m. train to the Berkshire cem- etery for interment.
 Mrs. Edwin Taylor has gone for a visit of a week with her nephew, Rob- ert S. Tomlinson of Suf1ield, Conn. Paul Warner of Chicago is visiting
 at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. H. Warner, Sandy Hook.
 Some of the sporting fraternity of Sandy Hook have been putting over some dubious stunts on some part1-
 sans whose fealty to party is greater than their experience in the ways of
 the betting fraternity. Saturday one strong party man was fnveigled into
 an open -and-shut proposition with two
 angles by which he is sure to lose $4
 of his hard earned money. It was
 done thus: Five dollars to two was
 offered that w. c. Johnson, the Re-
 publican nominee for judge of pro-
 bate, would not win as next judge of
 probate. The bet was immediately
 closed. and money put up. Before
 leaving, a confederate who was on to
 the dodge Immediately offered the eager partisan g to $1 that Judge P.
 H. Mccarthy, emocratic nominee for judge of probate, would not be elected
 next judge of probate Non-plussed
 but game to the end, our partisan put
 up his dollar with the former stake
 holder. and departed wondering if he
 was wise to hedge. Of course he loses
 both bets, as the next judge of pro-
 bate will be Oscar Pitzsctler, who is the nominee of both parties for judge of probate for the short term from November>7 to Jan. next. It is be- l1eved that the whole matter will prove to be a joke, and that the stake
 holder will declare both bets off as soon as the ruse dawns upon him. A Halloween social was held at the Golden Peach, the home of Jack ONeil, Saturday night. About four score friends of the host were present
 and thoroughly enjoyed the many
 pleasant features of fun offered his guests. The house was handsomely
 decorated for the, occasion in con fornity with the season.