Republican farmer., 1918-09-27
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)


 Bedding, Sept. 26.---A concert of very high quality will be given at the Mark Twain Library on the evening of Oct 5, the artists to appear being Osstp Gabrilowitsch and his wife Clara, who Is the only surviving child Of Mark Twain. MT Gabrilowitsch is one of the worlds leading pianists and his wife star concert singer. They made public appearance here in the fall of 1909 at library benefit entertainment, the others taking part being David Bispham and Mark Twain himself. The proceeds of the coming concert are for the fund which was started early in the war to provide special care for invalided Army and Navy men belonging to the artistic professions. Mrs. Gabrilowitsch's con- tr1bution to the cause was the use of the Twain villa as a hospital. There has been some talk to the effect that the Government refused to accept the tender of the building on account of the restriction regarding the class of patients, but there seems to be little or nothing in this report as shown by the fact that the offer received ac- ceptance and that a Government ar chitect subsequently planned the re- quired alterations in the building. Carpenters would probably now be working on them had not the archi- tect been temporarily called to an- other assignment before he finished plans expansive of the original pro- ject. The private fund available for the undertaking is said to be large enough to meet all expenses even if | no more aid were extended by the Government.
 l In driving his Ford car homeward from Danbury last Saturday, afternoon Marcus H. Burr had a serious mis- hap at Bethel. Through some fault with the steering gear, the breaking of the wishbone being advanced as one theory in explanation, the ma ! chine crashed violently against a tel egraph rple by the roadside and was l badly wrecked. Mr. Burr received an | upward propulsion which carried him partly through the roof He was not | thrown clear of the car, however, and escaped with slight injuries. A con- plaint lodged against him for reckless 1 driving Is now under investigation by the Danbury authorities. An impor- tant point involved is whether the breaking of the wishbone preceded the collision or was a result of it. Justice Muennich held a special court session on Wednesday to dis pose of the case against Charles Rey- holds, school transportation agent, who had been made the subject of a serious accusation by 14-year-old Mil- D14 whom he furnished conveyance The girl subsequently, died and an autopsy fully disproved the existence of the supposed conditions which was the essential element of the prosecution. Consequently Justice Muennich, with the concurrence of Grand Juror D. S. Sanford, made a detailed finding in which Reynolds was freed of the ac- cusation by being given a full ac- quittal.
 It is probable that Myrtle Warner, who barely survived a recent attack
 of diphtheria, will be taken to a hos
 pital for ah operation as conditions have developed which indicate the formation of an abscess at the base of the brain.
 The members of the local Food Ju- venile Army, composed mostly of pub lie school pupils, will give an exhibi- tion at the town hall on the evening of Monday, Sept. 30. Some excellent gardens have been developed by the youngsters and the display should be large and attractive. Through the agency of a corporation organized for that purpose by nine citizens, $100 will be drawn from the State treasury for distribution among the prize winners. In line with the same movement was a canning demonstration held at the Center school Tuesday afternoon un- der the direction of Miss Green of Danbury.
 The financial showing made in the forthcoming annual town report should be satisfactory to the citizens. Notes to the amount of $3,250 were paid off during the year, and no new I obligations of that form incurred. There is $2,O54 in the treasury and outstanding obliga gtions falling due between the closing of the books Sept
 10 and Oct. 1, the latter the date o1 the new fiscal year aggregate $4,057 : Applicable as an offset to this sum and the amount in the treasury, s, ,0OC  } and $S60 from the 1916 list of uncol- lected taxes. The latter is practically . a cash asset as it represents pay
 ments deferred by reason of pending litigation. So that substantially the town will start the new year on Oct II with clean slate as to floating in debtedness. Special expenditures of the year were s1,OO0 set aside for the sinking fund and S1,0O0 paid for the Dayton lot at the Center.
 The Liberty Loan committee met al the town clerks office last Friday , evening and received from District
 Manager Shepherd a full supply ot subscription cards and other docu-
 ments for use in the coming canvass which starts Sept. 2S. The town was apportioned into eight districts, one for each member of the committee and each member was empowered tC appoint an assistant.
 A number from this town, including probably L. O. Peck, candidates re- , spectively for congressman. and State
 senator, will attend a meeting whict
 has been called by the Democratic
 State committee for Saturday after noon at the Stratfield Hotel with the
 object of forming a Democratic coun-
 ty organization. The town committed also expect to be represented.
 There is nothing languorous about the canvass A. A. Gorham is making
 in his endeavors to secure enough votes to land him in the office of as-
 sessor. The other day he personally
 solicited the vote of a prominent Dem ocrat with whom he has been at DO
 litical and all other kinds of odds fol years. The reception he got was way Ibo1Or znro in Ona reSDapt ami rcd hOi