Republican farmer., 1918-08-16
BEDDING

UeeH oL IAe waiting llSt or applicants for Army chaplaincy appointments, to report on August 23 at Camp Taylor. Louisville, Ky, for the purpose of re- ceiving a five weeks course of jn- struction. In consequence of the summons the vestry of the Episcopal church voted last Sunday to give their rector leave of absence for the period named, his subsequent relations with the parish being of course dependent on his full entry into military service. A chaplaincy appointment carries the title of first lieutenant In May last MT. Cunningham, tired of the long wait on his original application, applied for a Red Cross appointment for duty abroad, an offer which has so far had no definite results. Ar engagements have been made for the holding of regular church services and Sunday school during his five weeks absence. One of the c1ergymen en- gagged as supply in the interval is Rev. MT. Chapman of Bridgeport. Lay members of the parish will read ser- vice on the Sundays when a clergyman cannot be secured.
 The Mabrey cottage on the Ridge, which is occupied this summer by the family of Robert Hubbell of Bridge port, had a burglarfous visitor on Monday night. He gained entrance through the kitchen door, which was closed, but not locked, and passed on to the front porch where he ex- plored the ice box and removed there from a five pound veal roast. The hairo
 and it's outside door locked at the time he left by a door in the dining room without venturing upstairs or taking | any booty except the meat. The noise of his movements aroused MT. Hub bell who, seeing nothing from his bed room window, concluded that the sounds were produced by some stray beast on the premises and did not in- vestigate further. The same night | Rev. Dr. Shelton, whose bungalow is near by, heard footsteps on his piazza. He saw no one, however. but found 1 the next morning that the empty ice box on the porch had been opened. | These raids and that made the week before at the Thomson house in 1 Pleasant Valley are a warning to
 
 | house fastenings before retiring.
 The Sunday schools of the Episcopal church and the Center Methodist and | Center Congregational churches unit ed in a picnic excursion to Compc 1 Beach on Tuesday. Two auto trucks 1 and a string of smaller cars furnished l transportation for the party whict number upwards of one hundred children and grown ups. Most of them took a dip in the waves, diversion nearly resulting in one drowning ia tality. Mary Schall a young gir, who is spending the summer with the family of Charles Ives of West Bedding, got beyond her depth anc had gone down twice before her strug- | gles attracted attention. When res l cued and brought to shore she was ! unconscious and fifteen or twenty minutes elapsed before the efforts for her resuscitation proved successful William Crouch, boy of the Center also got into danger, but the rescue in his case was prompt. Except fol 1 these incidents the outing was a greaj success.
 The barn of H. G. Barnes on the Ridge was struck by lightning las | Friday afternoon, the bolt falling or that section of the upper part of the building which is fitted up for living apartments and occupied by the fam fly of James Hickey. A hole wa! torn in the roof and a side window broken The electricity also lief traces of its presence in the room
 o+ She received a severe shock whicf had no serious after effects.
 Augustus Markham, formerly O l Georgetown, enlisted at Syracuse, N Y, and has been with the American forces engaged in the recent opera ttons on the French front. He haC given the name of his brother John now of Georgetown as his neares friend and on Monday the latter re ceived word from the War Depart ment that Augustus was reported 2
 missing. Whether killed or. a pris oner is yet to be learned.
 Whether an effort shall be mad
 to obtain for the town election il November the votes of the Reddinl men now in military training camp
 in this country has not been decide upon by either political party. is believed that they have a lega right to vote, but if their votes are t
 be secured in time the nomination
 must soon be made and as yet neithe , caucus has been called. The specia | act passed by the Legislature il March makes provision for the votin of the soldiers overseas as we'll a
 those in home camps, but has appli cation only to state officers and Con
 gressmen. The spirit of the meas ure, however, undoubtedly favors tn
 voting for all elective officials b
 those in the military service but ac II ton by local party managers is neces
 sary to the attainment of that com
 prehensive result.
 Although Harry Barrett of George
 town, has a wife and four childre
 he made no claim to exemption O
 any ground and went into camp whe 1 called to service. Subsequently, hi { wife laid the case before the militar ) authority with the result that Bar l rett has been transferred to the civ ilian branch of the service as rail road hand at Wilson's Point Thi 3 assignment is for the duration of tn . war Harry Lindstrom of George town, who was taken along with tn
 steam shovel outfit which the govern
 ment communicated from the Gil bert & Bennett Co.,, and has sine been at Wilson's Point, has now bee . transferred to a mechanical trainin | school in Massachusetts.
 The Mems club hold their regula | monthly meeting this evening at tn l 2 Tb