The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-29
REDDING STARTS
HOME GUARD WITH
81, ENLISTMENTS
Design to Form Another Com
pany on the West.
Side.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Especial to The Farmer)
Redding, March 29.-In a downpour
Of rain and with the roads hardly
passable in places there was an at
tendance Of between 60 and 70 at the
meeting held at the town house y on
Tuesday afternoon to Organize Home
Guard. Notice Of it had been given
by 400 post cards sent out the previous
day by the recruiting committee con-
sisting OF Representatives Shaw and
Stocking, J. b. Sanford and III. 8.
Barnes. To the gathering Mr.. Sam
ford and Mr.. Barnes made short ad-
dresses explaining that the Guard was
to be an organization distinct from
both the Regular Army and the State
National Guard. 1t was an emergency
body liable for service in any part OF
the state and the term of enlistment
two years. There had as yet been no
provision for compensation of the
members, but in case of injury while
on duty the victim and his family
would undoubtedly be cared for. Aft
ter some remarks by A. G. Barnett
and E.tP. Sanford recruiting was be-
gun and the names OF 81 volunteers
were soon entered upon the enlistment
rolls as follows:
John Muennich, James Sweeney,
Fred. W.. Rasanau, A. G. Barnett, H.
Sanford Osborn, Milo L. Osborn, John
Reilley, James Tucker, Marcus H.
Burr, Abram Burhance, Francis Ma
lone, John Beaudry. E. NJ. Bradley,
Walter H.. Luther, Jr., Howard c..
Plat, Charles H. Ward, Samuel S.
Osborn, j. B. Sanford, Jr., Herbert IS.
Barnes, John III. Malone, Fred. A.
Crouch, William H. Gill, Louis C..
Rumsey, John A. Favereau, f. Gin
ton Sanford, L. S. Warner, George s.
Banks, Thomas Lahey. IN.
All these are residents OF the Center
and Ridge and 1t is believed that from
sections there will he enough addi..
tional enlistments to make up com
pany of So, the minimum strength.
Georgetown and West Redding are
depended upon to furnish at least one
more company and recruiting meetings
with this object will soon be held in
these localities. The appointment of
the company commissioned officers
rests with the Military Advisory Board
OF which T. Moss Ives of Danbury is a
member while the nonAconns are to be
chosen by the company members. It
is conjectured that Mr. Barnes win be
named as captain OF the east side
company. He has served a term in a
New York regiment OF the National
Guard as has Mr.. gMuennich, and VIII
liam A. Gill has dome a full terms
service with the u. 8. Regulars. The
times and places Of drill are yet to be
arranged for. w. e. Banks has served
in the Coast Artillery.
Owen McGim, who is employed ny
William Fischer on the Mt. Tom, farm,
started with an OK team In the morn
ing of one day last week to get load
River. AS he had not returned by
the middle Of the Afternoon his wife,
greatly. alarmed for his safety, made
a fearful appeal over the phone to Mr.
Muennich at the Ridge store to start
some one to look for him. "A call to
the Sanford school led to the muster
ing Of a relief expedition but soon
after II started McGim showed UP with
a tale OF distressful adventure. His
oxen had run away before he could
load the cart and got mired In swa,npy
ground. After he had extricated them
with much difficulty they repeated the
performance. He yelled for help but
no one came and he feared that If he
deserted the oxen IT would be the end
Of them. Finally they went il, so
deeply that the only remedy was to
remove the yoke This he finally sue
ceeded in doing by splitting and hack
ing 1t to pieces with an axe. Then the
cattle managed to liberate themselves
and kept out OF further trouble Nc
Gins struggle with the team lasted
for several hours and left him thor
oughlys exhausted. The cart had also
become mired besides being wedged
among saplings and its removal was a
task Of much difficulty
What remained OF the old Meeker
house on Meeker's Hill was torn down
last week and some OF the rubbish
was disposed of by burning in the cell
lars The high wind Of Friday after
noon started sparks from a shoulder
ing beam and fearing for the safety
of the nearby barn Mrs Jesse San
ford sent an alarm call for the Ridge
fire department. The chemical engines
responded, but found little or M, occa-
sion for their services. The removal
CT the old house was preliminary to
the erection on an adjacent site of a
new residence for Henry Formen. the
magazine editor and novelist, Work
on the building will be started next
week by Contractor H. G: McCollarn
A single sale OF 1.5Oe chicks was
made to a Torrington man last week
by Fl. IS. Barnes who has more orders
for infantry poultry stock than he car
fill. Ills incubator building has cal
pacity OF 5000 eggs and what with
keeping up the owners stock OF 5000
fowls, filling Matching orders from
supplied eggs and meeting orders fo1
chicks, iE at this season under oper-
alton to the limit. 1t recently turned
out 800 chicks for. Miss Newell and
1900 for A.. q. Barnett, making his
total about 1000. He recently sold 40t
fowls in one transaction Herman
Smith has 600 chicks OF his own hatch
ing. Mr.. Barnes limits his own stock
of FOWLS to the white Leghorn breed
which he raises primarily for egg pro-
duction. ii9
Spring conditions show progressive
pronouncement. The honking OF flccks
of wild geese northward bound has
been a familiar sound for week. past
Advance attachments Of robins and
bluebirds put in an appearance some
time ago and now the blackbirds are
coming in what seems to be un1Isua
numbers. They settle in swarrns in
the trees or on the ground and engage
in spirited vocal interchanges sugges-
size Of a disputatious town meeting
sacouting parties fly out from the plair