The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08
BEDDING
7 Special to The Txmes.)

 stone with the upper part thrusting Abovc the surface of the roadway have usually concealed it beneath little dirt and let 1t 70 at that until the washing of the veneer called for further treatment of the same sort. At their meeting on Monday the road decided on . change of policy in this respect and voted that in future these obstructions should be dug or blastcd out and removed. For the extra work thereby involved the compensat3on. Another reform de- cided upon was the replacement. as occasion arises. of the present plank bridges covering drainage conduits across the roads with concrete. both at the surface and for the trench be- meath. The first of these bridges will Do at once put in on a back road lead fng from upper Georgetown to Um- pawaue. All three of the highway contractors are now making supple mertal rcpairs ordered by the com mitt~e, the members of which voted to watch these operations in their re- spcctive districts and in case of any stacking to see that the work neglect cd was done by other parties at the contrcctors expense, It was also voted to further cut away the ledge east oe the Methodist Center church SO as to give an additional width of two feet to the roadway. Repairs of the permanent improvement kind will also be made on the road between the Forman residence and Jesse eanford's corner. Another improvement soon to Dc taaken in hand by the committee as tho elimination of the sharp bend about midway on the first oe the two hfls lead1ng from Pleasant Valley to the Sanford school corner. StiIl an- other is the improvement of the road from the neishborhood of the Rider place to the Bethel line. The juno ton of the two roads below the Gen. ter near Floods blacksmith shop is to be Improved by widening and the providing of a convenient way of &C., cess between the two highways.
 A union service was held on Sum- day evening at the Center Methodist church. Rev. Mir. Lewis, the pastor preached the sermon, Rev. MT. Brady of the Episcopal church offered prayer and .seT. Mir. Cunningham delivered feeling tribute to the late Rev. Bur ton E. Case
 Part of tho equipment to be used in the building of the trunk highway has arrived at the Bethel end of the Ene, the apparatus including a stone crusher and a steam shovel This fact and the driving of the center stakcs would indicate that the long delayed job Is to be started at once.
 Mrs- Elizabeth Reshelle has sold both her properties at the Center, tho former Thomas Sanford place and the Hes place, to Charles Paul of New York. Miss Rochelle and the Hes family will continue to occupy tho
 The State Board of Education has appointed Paul Dillingham; school su- pervbor for the district of which this town Is part He comes from Willimantic and will make his head quarters at Danbury. Mrs. Margar- ct Lounsbury, widow of the late liar ry Lounsbury, Jr., has been engaged as teacher of the Umpawaug school for the coming term.
 Captain H. s. Barnes and Cyrus Brewster. with their families, are camping out at compo Beach this week. relying on tents for shelter.
 A c. Barnett recently added to his live stock a herd of ton Angus Pell cattle They are . Scotch breed and have superior qualities for beef pur- posea
 The lunch counter at the Welcome Homo celebration yielded a profit of about $50. Receipts of tho fund from all sources amount to about S75o and there will remain a Surplus of some thing over S100 for tho soldiers' me- morial which Is to be a feature of the new town hall
 N Mrs. Harding of Pittsburgh Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. c. Bar nett With her family she will re- main in town for a few days before starting for home on the motor trir which was extended to Provincetown Mass.
 E- Charles O. Perry Is away on a res vacation of a week and during his ab sence aid in running his store is being furnished by Vincent Sullivan O Bridgeport.
 Have not the Anti-SAloon League and their Congressional allies in the effort to lock all doors against a1co- hoi overlooked one agency of iniQui. tous possibilities. the agency in ques- ton being that familiar adjunct Q, the dairy farms known as the silo {. So far the silo has not figured largel, 9. ns an sid to inebriety, but this n i,s doubtless because the thirst urge hat and still has open to 1t other ant {: easier means of arrangement Witt the closing of these ways, one afte s another. the silo looms up a las (. and enticing refuge to those in ex tremity. As to what a eilo is proba bly not many. need information is simply a big cylindrical structur' '25 to 90 feet high and having a ca pacity according to size. for holdinl from 60 to 100 tons of green corn stalks cut into short length Thes stalks are juicy and the liquid whicl
 drains from them naturally gravi
 tatss toward the siio's bottom. Ma
 ;ure. .obeying her own laws witt
 blind disregard for the laws of mere
 iy human enactment. sets up tn
 process of fermentation by reasol ct the s1sax elsment in this liQui
 and the result is . percentage o
 alcohol griswously potential. Rumo
 declares that the kind of intoxicat:o it. produces is even worse than tn
 demoraiixing. riot melting brand con
 sequent upon the excessive consump
 tion of hard cider. The thirsty ont
 if he be . trespasser and not a
 owner. sneaks to the blind side C
 the s.io provided with an augur an