Republican farmer., 1918-06-14
BEDDING
Special to The Times.l

Ao4 O4 bIC pAof1SfOu 016QO Dy LAS AC6- islature for taking the soldier view most citizens were surprised at the warnings posted for political caucuses this week. The Republican caucus was held on Wednesday evening and that of the Democrats is called for this CThursday) evening. The former left for the future nominations for representatives, justices and judge of probate while the Democratic call in- cluded naming of these candidates and also the election of delegates to all the conventions. The three classes of candidates above mentioned go upon the State ballot to be voted in November, but will not be placed on the ballot to be sent the soldiers. blank spaces instead being left in which the, soldier voter may write the names of his choice. Consequent ly nominations for these positions at the present time are not really essen tial, and the Democratic caucus may decide to defer them. It is. under stood that the Republican delegates chosen Wednesday night favor re- nominations for Governor Holcomb, Congressman Merritt and Sheriff Pease.
 Calls from neighborhood friends who drought flowers along with ap propriate greetings and good wishes, and a season of cheerful sociability marked the 93rd birthday of Mrs. Ma rietta Lyon which fell on Thursday of last week. Other floral gifts and con- gratulatory notes came by mail. These informal observances began when Mrs. Lyon reached the age of 90 and Thursdays callers declared that meanwhile time had apparently stood still with her. Certainly her mental powers have suffered no de cadence as was evidenced by her reading of some verses which she re- gently composed. With her guests she laughed over the contrast between their melancholy tone and the mild gayety of the occasion. A short time since Mrs. Lyon received letter from a New York lady asking her to trace a remote relationship which the writer had unsuccessfully tried to trace. With the aid of the family record contained in a very old Bible and a deed by which conveyance was made of Newtown property in 170S, Mrs. Lyon worked out the geneolo- gical uzzle and promptly supplied her correspondent with the desired infor- nation.
 | Samuel Randall, who was recently promoted to a captaincy, returned to 1 Camp Upton this week after few days in town on absence leave. At the camp he is in command of what is known as the Depot Brigade which is 1 composed of men not quite ready for divisional assignment and sometimes has a strength of nearly one thou sand. Previous to being assigned to this position Captain Randall was in l charge of attachments during their transfer from one camp to another.
 The Sanford school pupils who gave up baseball this season in order to be on call to devote their spare time to farm work made record to 246 hours in agricultural occupation, most of it upon the school farm. Aside from this they did by contract painting and other jobs amounting to considerably more than labor by the hour. Last Saturday there occurred the schools annual commencement exercises which were preceded on Friday evening by a dance attended by quite number of the boys lady relatives and friends Six pupils remain at the school tc await their college entrance examina- tions.
 The girl baby of ten months left
 motherless by the recent death o1
 Mrs. Fanny Shaw Marshall has been adopted by Rev. and Mrs. Raymond
 Cunningham. They motored firm
 the Ridge to Newark, N. J., last Fri day to get the child, making the round
 trip in one day. In last weeks notice
 of Mrs. Marshalrs death an error o1
 statement was made regarding hel
 family connections. She was hte
 granddaughter and not the daughter
 of the late E. P. Shaw and niece, in
 stead of sister of Attorney s. c. Shaw
 Those who attend the War Stamps
 meeting to be held at the town house on Monday evening of next week are
 assured of hearing addresses of 2
 high order of excellence, the speaker:
 announced being Herbert Knox Smitf
 of Hartford and Miss Mayone Lewis
 of Norwalk. Through his public ser
 vice and political activities MT. Smitt ] has won national prominence an6
 Miss Lewis is known as a forcible ana
 agreeable speaker.
 In the second phase of the Peel and Luttgen tax suits the counsel or
 each side submitted two sets of brief
 to Judge Banks, Attorney Bowers
 first brief being combatted with al answer from Attorneys Lockwood ana
 Shaw Mr Bowers returned to th'
 attack with an assault on their argu
 ments and the opposing lawyers coun
 tered with a rejoinder so that by thi time the law bearing upon the issue in dispute should be thoroughly ven tilated. Judge Banks has not ye
 reported his second finding to the su , perior court.
 Committees of Georgetown citizen began this week preparations for tn Fourth of July celebration to be hell
 this year as in the two years previous
 The program will follow the genera lines of former celebrations, a parade
 a public meeting with speaking an probably a ball game and firework
 being among the features. Arrange
 ments are well advanced for the exer
 csies by which the Fourth will als
 be observed at West Bedding.
 At one of the Y. M. c. A. station ' in Paris a few days ago Francis Ma , lone, postal agent, ran across R. W walbridge, one of the Red Cross hig executives, and the couple had a animated talk about Bedding folk
 and matters. MT. Walbridge said tha
 he expected to be on this side in Sep ef tember.
 An eight year old son of Rudolp