The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-15
BEDDING
lspecial to The Tin,


 the Sanford school last Saturday even ing Miss Ida M. TarbeH did not pitch into" the Senate obStructi oniStS of the Peace Treaty, but feelingly and forcf- ply expressed how deeply she dep1ored such obstruction both on account of the great harm it did to other nations and the injurious effect it was having on the worlds opinion of this nation. The early part of her talk was given to graphic description of the scene at the signing of the treaty with Ger many. at Paris, a scene of which she was 8 spectator. The atmosphere of the occasion was tense with emotion, the predominant element of which was a feeling of relief and elation over the prospect that there was about to be- gin a new world era free from wars. This sentiment of confident hope, however, was not all pervading. The
 speaker observed g. jarring note of dissent in the scornful expression worn
 by one of Italy's representatives and the same expression of cynical Aderi- sion marked the face of a. member of the French group. Of all the distin- guished figures in that notable assem- .blage the personality of President Wilson stood out as the most digni-
 fled and impressive even in coInpar- ison with those of Clemenceau and Lloyd George, the two other great personages of the occasion. 1t was a highly diversified gathering as to races anld costumes. It comprised a coal black Negro and the handsomest man in it was an Arabian.
 The hideous war was at last over, thanks largely to America and also thanks mainy to America by the work of her President there were to be no more wars. All recognized the fact that the treaty was not a perfect in strument, that could not be expected in view of the many and complex problems which confronted the Con- ference, but the League of Nations Covenant provided a way of corree- ton by future readjustments for what ever mistakes had been made. And then the months went by and the United States Senate, by its refusal to ratify the Treaty, dimmed the high hopes that had been raised. Europe could not understand how it was that America which had risen to such heights of self-sacrifice and idealism should sink to such low levels of tlm- idity, indifference and dlstrust as were indicated by our Senate's attitude. To the rest of the world 1t looked like shirking of responsibilities which was unaccountable in men of what had gone before. The address was heard by an audience of rair size which showed itself to be in full accord with the speaker.
 A delay of five minutes in the dis covery of the fire which started last Thursday afternoon on the. second floor, of Miss Florence Simpsons house in hometown would probably have meant the destruction of the building. Mrs. Simpson and her two boys had been out for a walk and were nearing the house on their re- turn when they saw smoke coming from the windows of an upstairs room in which an oil stove had been left burning. The wick flame had flared to the ceiling and set fire to the curtains and other light furnish ings of the room which were burning fiercely when Mrs. Simpson arrived. She and the boys obtained water by breaking the ice which covered the cistern and succeeded in subduing the fire before netghbors arrived and helped finish the job.
 A Danbury real estate firm, acting for Henry A. Selleck of New York, an author, closed negotiations this week for the purchase of the Seth Todd place, located in the hometown section not far from the Danbury line. The consideration is about S5.000. Title has not yet passed. but a partial payment was made to limit the bar gain. A supposed sale of the prop erty was made last summer, but after terms were agreed upon the prospec- tive purchaser failed to complete the transaction.
 The newly elected officers of Red- ding Grange, Mrs. F. P. Sanford heading the list as master, will be in stalled on Wednesday evening of next week by A. J. Sherwood, formerly master of the State organization. The ceremony is to be open to the pub
 lie and will be followed by the serv- ing of refreshments. At last weeks meetings of the Grange general discussion took place as to the causes which had brought about the bodys languishing condition. One member thought the explanation lay in the fact that while the distinctive 6 mission of the Grange was agricu1- tural Bedding had ceased to be a strictly agricultural community. A sentiment that in future the local Grange enlarge the sphere of it's &C., tivities with a real community spirit as the moving impulse received gen. eral approval.
 Several more good voices would be welcomed for the chorus of the local combination who are to give a min- strel show within a month or so Those willing to help in this respect are asked to make the fact known to Manager P. B. Nash. Those already enlisted for the chorus are James Reynolds, A. G. Barnett, J. B. San- ford, T. W. Read, Fred Crouch and | Messrs. Crenham, Sheffield and Bur- dette of the Sanford school The ! quartet will consist of F. w. Rose neau, Harold Rushmore, P. B. Nash and. Rev. Raymond Cunningham. The I end men are to be Frank E. Mee- han. E. P. Sanford and Sergeant Nash. The interlocutor is Charles H. | Ward.
 While E. P. Sanford, the West 1 Bedding merchant, was driving his I car through Branchville last Monday l the wheels sl>idded on the icy surface 1 of a hill and caused the car to be 1 overturned. MT. Sanford was partly 1 caught beneath the top which was 1 torn off, and severely bruised, but may be considered fortunate in hav- i ing escaped with no worse injuries A man who was the only other occu- l pant of the machine escaped I1rfil1rt