The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-21
BEDDING

 Visny's farm property near the Red ding-Easton line have rendered their decision which fixes $500 as the sum which the respondent is to receive. His asking price was $7,00O and the water company's offer $4,500. w. c. Sanford, A. L. Livermore, D. s. San- ford and Paul Thorp, witnesses for Visney, all testified that in their opin- ion the property was worth fully the sum asked for it by the owner while three substantial Easton residents es- timated its value at not more than | the amount the water company offer | ed. MT. Livermore was ready to | testify that of his personal knowledge !, an acquaintance of his had unsuccess- fully tried to purchase the property 1 for $7,000 but this evidence was not | admitted. The committee on the case were Attorney J. Moss Ives of Dan- bury, H. Sanford Osborn of Bedding and Edward Gillette of Easton.
 The marriage of Lieutenant Everett Brinckerhoff and Miss Margaret Boughton took place last Thursday at the winter home of the brides family in Brooklyn and the same day the couple came to the Boughton summer home at Bedding enter where they remained until Sunday afternoon. Lieut.. Brinckerhon will sail for France soon after New Years and the decis- ion to have the wedding occur pre- vious to his departure was a recent change from the original program and 8 surprise to the friends of the young people. The groom is a brother of A ~ VI Ior place in the lower part of George town. For several years the Bough- tons have spent the summer season here and the bride Is a favorite in local society.
 The Red Cross reorganization cam paign in progress this week is ex- pected to add at least 100 to the local membership. Rev. MT. Cunnip ghnm is in general charge of the canvass and has as associate workers Charles Archer, c. O. Perry and W. c. San- ford for the Ridge section, Lem Warner and Charles H. Ward for the Center and George Pattison, Jr., and Earl Carney for West Bedding. Another committee is busy in George town, feature of their canvass being soliciting work by ladies on constant duty at the postoff1ce and Connery Bros. store. Those who joined the Red Cross in September or later have | the status of membership for one year | from Jan. 1 under the reorganization | plan while the early recruits should | renew their membership which other wise will continue only one year from the actual date they joined They may give notice of such renewal by phone call to any of the committee. New and renewal members are en- titled to a badge and also 8 service flag with stars showing the number of members in a family, MT. Cum ningham having 800 sets of these in- signia for distribution.
 1 A general rehearsal of the singers who are to take part in the Commun- ity Christmas celebration at the Mark Twain Library next Wednesday even | ing, was held in the library on Mon day evening and final one will be 1 held at the same place on Saturday evening. Committees on the details of the entertainment are: Refresh | ments, Mrs Charles Hill; decora- tions, Harry Lounsbury; Yule log, Mrs. | Kate V. St. Maur; music, Mrs. Lem uel Sanford; costumes, Mrs. H. S. Barnes The characters of the pageant will be impersonated as fol- l Jews: Three Kings. W. Rosanan A. G. Barnett, Charles Archer; King Wencelaus, Rev. Raymond Cunning ham; page, Thomas Sanford; Star of the East, Miss Marion Day, with the Misses Kittie Barnes and Margaret Colley as attendants; herald, Stephen Sanford; Yule log, sprites- Seymour Barnes, William Kennedy, John Me- Collam and J. Bodie; Father Christ
 mas. W. s. Woolworth; jester, Francis Macauley.
 Fred Wood recently made an inter- est1ng experiment with the forty cows on his fathers farm on Sunset Hill to determine what would be the effect on milk production of cutting out the grain allowance from the ration of the animals and depending solely on l generous feeding of green corn stalk silage and hay. The information hs had been able to gain on this point was contradictory, a number of dairy men having assured him that the cost of the grain did not give a com pensat1ng return for it's use. AZ the high price of grain foods reduces the profit on milk making unpleasantIv close to zero, MT. Wood concluded to practically test the effect of its dis use. The result was a lessening of the yield of milk by approximately
 50 per cent, convincing him that there was no real economy in the elirn- nation. Next he tried giving about half the former quantity of grain and this worked better, the falling off in the milk yield being relatively slight.
 Under the later method he feeds the
 older COWS a daily ration of about six
 quarts of grain.
 A letter was received on Tuesday
 by Miss J. H. Sanford from her
 nephew, Major Henry (Hal) Sanford,
 who has been on duty in France since
 early last summer with the commis-
 sary department of the American
 military service. The writer says
 that he has recovered from an at-
 tack of pneumonia which he suffered
 about two months ago, and expresses
 the opinion that the Allies have g
 long and hard task ahead to
 achieve victory. He also expresses
 horror and denunciation regarding
 the cruelties practiced by the Ger
 mans on non-com batants and prison nYro 0|@6 ',