Republican farmer., 1918-10-25

A Ito knowledge of the cause. the long list of like fires which have occurred in the town in the last few years. There must have been g. dozen If these and in not g. single instance has the nature of their origin been dis closed despite some work on the cases by outside detectives and @ still stand ing offer of $500 reward for the cap- ture of the suppositious firebug. The Burtis barn was locked when the fire broke out in the interior during the absence of the family. So was the barn of J. B. Sanford when 1t burst into flames in the night several years ago. One other of D. s. Sanford's i four fires and the H. s. Barnes barn fire happened in the daytime and in none of them was there brought to flight single clue supporting any par ticu1ar theory as to the originating cause. The general belief that most | if not all the fires were criminally set may be wrong guess. | Most of the milk producers on the east side of the town who have been selling to D. E. Hebert of Bridgeport recently shifted their contracts to A. | D. has little or nothing to do with prices the effective tnducement in the Ed wards proposition being an offer to take the milk from the producers premises. Previously the dairymen had to transport 1t to the Ridge. The greater part of the milk put out in this section goes to the Farmers Dairy Co. As the company is to pas teurize the milk handled by MT. Ed wards some infer that he is acting as the company's agent. MT. Herbert retains a number of his former cus- toners here.
 Although there are some cases of Spanish influenza in town the disease has not yet become prevalent. Joseph Bishop of the Center, one of the vic tins. is improving Gerald Olmstead of Umpawaug Hill has the pneumonia and is being cared for by his father, a trained nurse being unobtainabfe. Sidney Lockwood of Danbury is also down with pneumonia at the home of A. A. Gorham at the Center. An other pneumonia patient is Mrs. Henry Worton. Joseph Heatley of the Ridge returned to his home this week from the Danbury hospital where he had been under care for the m1uenza. H. c. McCollam has been appointed chairman of the local committee which will have charge of the next patriotic
 drive to be started next month. It is
 to be a combination campaign in the
 interest of the Red Cross, Knights o1
 Columbus, Y M. c. A. and the Sal vation Army.
 A son was recently born to Mir and
 Mrs. Harry A. Lounsbury and while
 the mother was still enfeebled she
 was attacked with Spanish influenza
 Taken to the Danbury hospital hel
 condition was for a time alarming
 but she is now considered out of dan.
 ger.
 l The adjourned town meeting to con-
 slider the report of the finance com
 mittee as a basis for appropriation:
 will be held on Saturday of this week
 The new board of selectmen has or
 ganized by the appointment of Second
 Selectman DriscoIl as clerk for the
 coming year.
 Reports from Attorney s. c. Shaw
 who was operated upon for appendi
 citis few days ago, continue favor
 able and his early recovery is indi , cated. He was unaware of anything } wrong with him until a few hours be t fore the discovery of his condition s icaused the doctors to hurry him tt |, the operating table.
 7 About 90 of the pigs raised by A 2 G. Barnett this season have been SolC S ito Bridgeport dealers who slaughtere( : them on the premises and singed of : instead of scaIding off the hair. Tn
 pigs reached their final fatteninj : stage by having the run of field o f growing corn. They brought abou n $50 per hundred.
 Dr. Smith has received word iron . his son Herman in France to the eff s feet that the latter was in a miiltar, & hospital recovering from a ten days c siege with influenza.
 Selectman L. g. Warner has pur . chased new Liberty G. F. A. Jud of Sanfordtown has bought a neT n Ford.
 Lay services will be held at tn Il Episcopal church next Sunday, ar a engagements not vet having been ef n fected for steady ministerial supply