Republican farmer., 1919-11-14
BEDDING

estate of the late Daniel G. Wood as | reported to the probate court by !; Judge Woodman of Bethel and W. H. Hill, the appraisers, shows a value of something over $31,oOO. This rep
 resents only the personal property left by the decedent who conveyed, in his lifetime all his real estate, val ued at approximately s25,oOO, to one of his sons- All the personal prop i erty was bequeathed by will to the | widow. Most of it is in the form of mortgage securities, the balance consisting of sevinss bank deposits Henry Hemingway and Mclean Buckingham of Watertown spoke at the Episcopal church last Sunday upon the church's nationwide cam paign. Both were lay delegates to the recent General Convention at De-
 troit and dilated upon the movement from the layman's point of view. At l the services next Sunday the local i committee will make a preliminary
 report upon the work of the survey
 as far as it has extended.
 | In accordance with instructions voted at the annual town meeting the selectmen have taken action towards ] placing warning signs at various To-
 cations In town dangerous for auto 1 travellers. Eight large signs like those 1 used on the state roads have been or l dered and will be set as soon as they arrive The work of safeguarding other danger points will be extended as these places are called to the se- | lectmen's attention.
 Members of the Parish Aid society of the Episcopal church put in a busy day yesterday renovating the lower part of the Ridge store in preparation for the opening of the public library there about two weeks hence. Dona- tions of books continue to be made and Mrs. F. A. Mabrey has contrib uted the stove that was needed. Mrs. Mabrey has been elected president of the society to succeed Mrs. Archer, resigned.
 i Francis Malone writes from Paris, where he has been stationed for the past two years as a L. s. postal agent, that despite the dreadfu1ly high prices supposed to prevail in Europe for all the necessaries of life he recently out fitted himself with a fairly good suit of clothes and a pair of shoes at a cost of only $20. He expects release from his present assignment in time to be at home for Christmas.
 ! A musical program followed by the serving of refreshments and a season of dancing imparted special interest and enjoyment to the regular meet ing of Reading Grange on Wednes- day evening of last week. Two new
 members were received and the at i tempt to infuse the organization with new life is felt to have made an en- couraging start
 William E. Banks, for several l years one of the force of carpenters ] in the employ of Contractor H. c. McCollan1, has started in as boss
 builder on his own account. His first
 job in this capacity is the Gaynur 1 bungalow, now nearing completion. 1 First class music and an appetizing i lunch, the latter furnished by Mary ! and Jennie Peterson as caterers, were features of the dance given at the Mark Twain Library last Friday ev- , ening in aid of the town hall build ing fund. There was a fine attend ance and the net proceeds were SIS.
 Mrs. Margaret Lounsbury has re- i tired as teacher of the Unpawaus school and Miss Murphy is substitut- ing in the position until a perma- nent successor can be obtained. The
 retiring teacher, who filled the place l most satisfactorily, was paid at the
 rate of $S5O per year, and to secure
 another incumbent the indications are that these figures must be ad- | vanced to about $1,0OO.
 Mrs. Charles Archer and daughter
 Miss Marion, who have for some time
 made their home with the formers sister, Mrs H. s. Barnes, are about
 to change their place of residence tc Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Archer was
 active in church and other welfare
 work and the departure of the cou-
 pie will be distinct loss to the socia
 life of the Ridge.
 Mrs Ranney has asked the select
 men to expedite matters in adjusting the fence building controversy be-
 tween herself and her neighbor, Dun,
 can Gay, setting forth that the pres.
 ent unsettled conditions are causing
 her no little tribulauons. She claim:
 that MT. Gay has made matter: worse by fencing off what was for, merly an outlet for the passage o.
 her cattle to the highway from hi: !, land and that now the only way fol
 their return is across the Saugatucl
 river ,s When attempts are made te drive them across they wander LII and down the stream seeking abou every means of egress but the righ one so that often several hours art necessary to get them back or | their own territory. She further set: l forth as another grievance that MT Gay sometimes stones her cows to ge them off his premises and that the | other evening he pushed her and as sailed her with disa greeable languag gt while she was trying to reclaim th' errant live stock. She says she doe
 not wish to have her cattle annoy th' neighbors and is willing to do he } legal and equitable share towards keeping them within bounds by pro 5 viding proper fences. As for the SC lectmen they say that there are com , plications in the case which hinderet
 an immediate decision, but that ont
 will be formulated in due season. RISH0p RFFIlSFS