Republican farmer., 1920-03-05
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

denly came the latter part or laSE week upon the entire family of Moses Baker at their home in Pleasant Val Hey. Baker himself was taken down with double pneumonia and his wife and their six children, the youngest aged three months, with influenza The other occupants of the house. who are Charles Williams, father o1 Mrs Baker, and his daughter Deha were at the same time subjects of se- we're colds The entire care of the stricken household practically feh upon Williams who received some help from sympathetic neighbors and did his best to meet the needs Of a very serious situation. The greatest need was the attendance of a woman with some skill in nursing, but efforts to obtain such aid proved unaVa11lng. Mrs. John FNavereau, one Of whose children is just recovering from pneu- .monia, was willing to undertake the ijofb but her own sudden illness pre- vented. OThe case has prompted the suggestion that the town might in a measure prepare for such emergen- cies by hiring a trained nurse for the winter months, a step which would not necessarily mean much expense to the town as~the services of the nurse would probably be most of the time in demand by those able and willing to nay for them. Yesterday the children @R the Baker family were improving while the condition of the parents re- ,nained serious, the mother being threatened with pneumonia.
 The agency for distributing to the local public some 40 packages of as sorted garden seeds furnished by the Government has been thrust upon Capt H. S. Barnes by U. s. Senator Mclean Instead of trying to dodge the responsibility Capt Barnes "ac- cepts the trust and announces that while they last the seeds will be de- liyered to all corners in the order or their applications. Requests by mall will also be responded to. This sea sons supply of the seeds is meagre one in companion with those d1spenS- ed in some previous years when about every ~stizen received through the mails two or three consignments from as many Congressmen. The usual re- suit was sore perplexity on the part of the citizen as to whether he should rely solely on free seeds at the risk Of a barren garden or go to the expense of buying seeds with a fair certainty of satisfactory results
 Because William A. Lounsbury or the hometown section is well along III years his friends are inclined to take a jocose rather than a sympathetic view of the affEiction that has befallen him in the form of an attack or measles. He has them in mild Iorln and is supposed to have taken the ln- lection from a child of George WlH- jams. a neighbor. Two of the other Williams children are now down with the same ailment. A young son or w E. Grunaman is also measles vic tim. The boy is a pupil of the Center school and the source of his infection cannot be accounted for.
 Some promising histrionic talent was disclosed in the presentation of the two Dunsaney plays given last Saturday evening by pupils of the san ford School The performance went smoothly and capably and to the satisfaction of audience winch filled. the schools large dining room. No li4tle ingenuity had been shown by Captain Bonney and members of the cast in providing scenic effects from paper and other inexpensive mater iaIs Between the acts and after the performance members of the Wom- ans Missionary Auxiliary dispensed refreshments. The entertainment re- alfzed about $45 for the Community House fund.
 Fire company No. 1, at their meet ing on Monday evening, voted to fur ther equip the engines with ropes es~ pecially adapted to quickly hitchins them to autos for runs responding tG alarms. It was also decided to at once restore to usefulness the engine ai tie Center which, in consequence oi being left outdoors after its last ser vice call, had become frozen up and frozen in. After the transaction ot business the members enjoyed a sea son of sociabiIity with smoking and fTOla
 St. Johns Episcopal church o1 Washington, Litchfield county, hak released Rev. Raymond Cunningham from his engagement to become It tector next spring, the release hav1ns been asked for in accordance wita changed plans by which he might re tain his present pastorate in Redd1ns and enlarge his present field Of mEs sionary extension work. A vote by inc parish here on the question O approving this plan will be takeI next Sunday provided the weather does not curtail the attendance a church as it has for several week past
 Bills for snow removal amountfns to about $500 were approved by tht selectmen at their meeting on Mon day and there are some addiIona ones to be presented. There wert three Ca1npalSTlS Ol SnONeIILAS CO CfCa% the roads, the last being called for b! the storm of Wednesday of last week and numerous minor jobs in betweel to clear away over night driftings il spots.
 The findings made by the board 0 relief make additions to the grand lis of s1,35S and reductions of $1,2SO. Al the additions were due to clerical CT TOTS in making up the abstract thre Iistings having been omitted. The re vised grand list totals $1,8z6,SS7, al increase from last year of $1S,se5.
 A trained nurse supplied by tn State Board of Education examines the pupils of the Center school fo physical defects on Thursday of las week. She found that several haI tonsils needing medical treatment an that there were also several who's teeth should be filled. The condition revealed by her inspection furnishe e 8 strong argument in favor of the pro feet for having a. district school nurs as a permanent arrangement, a pla which will probably be placed in ef