The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-10
POSTWAR BELATED
CAUSE he PAUSED
TO SHOOT A FOX

Ward of route "a was half an hour
late at the Ridge on Monday morning
and all because Of a wild animal he'll
bad met When he reached the home
of John Tucker near Little River the
ladies of the house directed his atten-
fion to a fox which was impudently
nosing and digging in a field not far
from the roadside fence. The fox,
female, may have been seeking field
mice or moles or may have been on,
a search for the four puppies alb
= Quoted from her burrow the day pre-
vious by Sanford School pupils. At
any rate the ladies. their men folks
being away, suggested that Mr.. Ward
try to get the much preoccupied ma
rauder with the gun which they
brought out They suspected that the
fox was responsible for the loss of
several fowls they had recently miss
ed and the chance for q counter
stroke seemed too good to be passed
by. Mr., Ward hardly knew what to
do.S He did mot like to delay the mail
delivery ana yet by killing the fox
he, an officer of the Home Guard.
weuld be aiding in the national rooo
conservation campaign and thereby
u
sating for the mali delay. Besides
: he is no SLOUGH of a marksmen and
the appeal from the ladies stirred his
chivalrous instincts. And so with
some distrust of the light No. 6 shot
in the cartridges he took aim and
fired, the range being about ten rods
2 A Shitsi&as sUored, y ther fox hmping
away. with a broken leg. She was
partly sunk in the boggy soil when
the second shot was fired and it miss
ed. The third. fired as she reached
the top of a fence toppled her over
lifeless. When the postman's con-
stituents learned the cause of his de-
lay they fully forgave him. The four
fox puppies are now the star animal
pets or the Sanford school.
Having progressed beyond the
awkward squad stage to a fit de-
gree of proficiency the local Home
Guard will now discontinue platoon
drilling and go forward with COM
panyl drills The first will be held
next Sunday afternoon at the San
ford school ball ground on the Ridge.
The program is for these drills EACH
Sunday. alternating between the Ridge
and West Redding. At the latter
place the drill ground will probably
be on ground belonging to G. II.
& Plump. There is no hall in town
large enough for company drills and
the Guard has been officially inform
i ed that on certifying this fact to
4 headquarters provision will be made
FIR their indoor accommodation. Some
I; have construed this to mean the erec-
ton by the state of a. building to serve
~ q local armory, but the more prob
( able plan is an order directing that
the drills be held in the armory at
/ Danbury.. 1t is expected that on
! Memorial day the company will take
part In battalion drill to be held at
Bethel under command of Major RI
der, recently appointed battalion com
rnandant. The lady friends of the
!, Guardsmen are showing a sympathe-
tic and helpful interest in the orga-
I nization. One evidence OF it was a
lunch which they provided for the
west side platoon at the close Of the
drill last Thursday evening, Another
III che movement now on foot to OBJ
to the company. Some of the Guards
; men are wondering whether their
membership In the oFganization Will
! give them exemption from the draft
| which II being arranged for. The
probabilities indicated BY the best in
! formation obtainable on the subject
! are that IT win not.
The annual parish meeting or CHRIST
Episcopal church was held on Sunday
and resultsd IN ms rszslsction OF the
former officers with the single ercep-
ton OFF. w. Rasanan chosen as a
vestrynan In place OF Charles b.
Morehcuse. The financial statement
showed that the years income had
been sufscient to meet an obligations
and leave q balance OF I'll In the
4 treasury. During the general Discus
sion there was brought forward a
pr0ppdticdfs That = start be made to-
wards realazataon OF the project TO
build parish house. Several years
ago fulhnment OF this project seemed
at hand, it, failure being due to the
sudden death Of the lady apaFishioner
who had promised to provide the
funds. The revival Of the idea last
Sunday evoked expressions of general
| approval and Rev. Mr. Cunningham,
the rector, suggestsd that authority
might be obtained tor using some of
/ the Sunday school collections towards
supp1yfng the Necessary means. An
other interesting incident of the dis
cussion was the suggestion by Mrs. d.
8. Sanford that the annual parish fair
this x4Irr1rva<4- 5,< mazda an a&a,,cv <sr,a.