The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-07

voters, E. M. Bradley, Nicolo Sante- 1 hello; school committee, J. B. San ford; tax collector John Muennich. The candidates for selectmen are the | present incumbents and are believed
 to be reasonably sure of election. As
 to the candidates for judge of probate, tax collector and MT. Shaw they can not fail, being on both tickets.
 The Republican caucus, held on 1 Thursday evening, nominated only I state ticket candidates, because the call, through inadvertence, failed to
 mention the naming of town office candidates as part of the business. In 1 the proceedings a new method was fol- | lowed, that of balloting for candidates
 without a previous presentation of
 names. This did not delay results as
 might have been expected, the rest ballot usually bringing decisive ma | jorities. The nominations were: Representatives, s. c. Shaw, John i H. Holman; judge of probate, J. B. i Sanford justices, John Muennich, w.
 E. HaZen, F. I. Judd, A. G. Barnett,
 Joel G. Hawley. Another caucus to name candidates for town offices will l be held next Saturday evening. H.
 Sanford Osborn has made it known i that he will not accept a re-nomina i tion for selectman.
 l Within a few days Deputy Sheriff | George s. Banks lost both his daugh-
 ters through their entrance to the
 state of matrimony. Although both
 marriages were private they were in
 no sense cIandestine, the engagements | Fj
 and the weddings having the advance | knowledge and approval of the var l ious family groups. On Wednesday | evening, Aug. 21, there was perform
 ed by Rev. B. U. Case at the Center
 Methodist parsonage the ceremony by
 which Miss Grace, the younger daugh- J ter, became the wife of Wakeman I Wheeler of Easton. The contracting
 couple were unattended and following | the ceremony proceeded to the home | of the groom. The bride has. for the past two years taught one of the Eas- l ton public schools Her husband is at present one of the towns selectmen | and has held other local offices.
 | The marriage of Miss Jul1a Banks and Frederick Perry, son of Daniel | Perry now of Milford and formerly 1 of Easton, took place last Saturday
 evening at the residence of the off,
 ciating minister in Ridgefield. Thence
 the bride and groom started on a l honeymoon trip through New York
 State and upon returning will take
 up their residence in Milford.
 | The band of ten New York farmer
 cites at West Bedding took a rest last
 Monday along with the other toilers
 and received quite a number of visi- tors. On all the working days since
 entering on the adventure they have conscientiously devoted eight hours
 daily to crop coaxing with highly sat- | isfactory results. They have raised l half an acre of superlative onions and about two acres of sweet corn be-
 sides an abundance of beans and 8
 wide range of other garden stuff. Some has been shipped to New York
 and most of the remainder put up on
 the premises for winter use, canning
 operations having been continuous
 since the season opened. They have
 two cows and fortunately one of the i band knows how to milk. Another has serves as cook from the begin
 ming.
 The fate of Austin Workman, for
 merly of Georgetown, would appear
 to have been accurately determined
 as telegram from the War depart
 ment received by his brother on Sat
 urday last announced that Austin was
 a prisoner in Germany. In the first
 official announcement he was report
 ed as missing and in the second as
 dead. The third is presumably bas-
 ed on later and correct information.
 Probably the most important mat l ter to be decided by the annual town