Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
BEDDING
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Carnegie gave the Mark Twain Li- rbsary for several years before his death has now been assured a per- imanent income upon an entirely new baets Tke contribution ceased be- fore MT. Carnesie's death, it being Subsequently learned that it came from him a recurrent gift instead of feing derived from trust fund, but was restored last year by the trus- tees of the Carnegie Foundation after they had been appealed to by the Li- brary trustees. The latter were there fore further surprised and gratified when they received last week from the Carnegie Foundationszk check for $10,0oe with the explanation that it had been decided to make enduring by his means the benefaction begun by MT. Carnegie The Library trus- tees, who were named by Mark Twain upon his death bed as the agents of the $6,o0o which he then gave for library building, are Albert Biselow Paine, Harry A. Lounsfury and Will liam E. Hazer. They have virtually ldecdded to invest the entire $1o,000 in Liberty bonds of the fourth Issue By the addition of about $20o which Is available there can be acquired a suf- 9fc1ent amount of these bonds to yield "a yearly income of $S1e, the character of tho investment dnsuring fixed re- Stl4l W4&A dHoS<ql3S Sd&eLJ~
 About 100 attended the union ser vice held last Sunday evening in the Center Congregational church, the other churches represented being the Center and the Long P'a-e Methodist and the Epfscopal. A combined choir of some 20 voices rendered the musical progarn In fine style. The speaker of the evening, sS1lostitutfns for Miss Roach, was Miss K. Vaudy Wojcfes- Jah, a Polish woman of American birth. Her subject was the American 1zation work being done by the foreign Languages hranch of the Red Cross She said that upon the close of the war many of the patriotic societies transTerr6d th@zr ActtvitiesN to this ,Americ niza [ on work, but because of an arbitrary and Fsatr0nizing attitude iEsteSd of one eTdncang sympathy and understanding they often did more harm than good. They failed 70 take into accornt the Inevitable difficulties of read1ustnent to a new environ ment by which the immigrant was confronted- The newcomer naturally fell into association with his own countryrnen stiN alien and usnal1y disag,podnted because their own ex- pectahons in reference to ldfe in America had not been realized Thus from the start there arose pretudtces and a sense of lost ideals. The only methods of successfully dealing win these people were th~-o ~- patience and helpfu1n ess The speaker de- ecribed the good results achieved by the Red Cross in carrying on their work along these lines, showing how the we'll meaning but Ignorant for ieignsr had been sawed from exploit atioDl, udttsm by those of his own race, and had been helE,eh ito obtain through the -cprrts redress of wrongs which his unnHded efforts rcould not have se- cured and especially thR help given returning immigrants bewndered by the complexities of passport and in conne tax requirements.
 JuIm Mmsznmacih, nDw of Bethel, haz - sold his 1vml estate at the Ridge, a house, garage, barn and three acres, to Hemny B0ddls. The consideration is understood to be about $3,500- The family of th@ EM1rehaser now live in thesRandan hpuse at the Center which was recently sofa to J. B. Sanford, Jr- MT. Boddfe Is travelling salesman for a CaIradian fi1m-
 The EpiscoIsa1 clergy of Bethel DanAuuy, RidSsfield and Newtowr will rnept with RN. MT. Cunningham mt the reGrrny em the Ridge next Sun day aftsnmmam for conference re gardfny 1riasfDrrAny extension work On fhe 14r,h fhe pastors of the Red ding churches, Messrs Cunningham
  hold a. conference regarding 1ocs church nx.tfvitfes. At this meetinl ySlans Will be cours dered for a suEDe. of tfra town Rs to religious conditions
 The vaIetudina1ians of the eas side met the Rnappy, agile youngster of the west side in 8 ball game a the Ridge Monday afternoon and as torfstred themselves and their oppon ents by winning the score being 1 Tp1, nj col lection realized $7-5O and will hel; defray the cost of repairing the Ridg flag pole.
 c. FL M. Thompson and N- E HoEgsOn of the Pleasant VaTley sum 1ner colony have sailed for Europ on bustneHs trips The former president of inc American Hardwnr Ca.
 Miss Frances Barnett celebrate her 10th bfrfhtfaF last Eaturday by soap bubble party 1n which 24 of he young friends were invited. On Mor day Ma1fum Osborn, aged just g, ha q birthday party at the shore, severs Ridge fa1nTliEs taking part in the oul ing.
 A. B. F'roBt, whose new residenc near the Five PuimtB is con pleted. has enlarged his b0undarit there by the purchase of a tract about four acres from Charles Mort house.
 The old Sanford homestead, know as the brick house, is occupied by
 family from New York, who han rented 1t for the summer
 Barnes & Osburne have ffnishe their stane road contracts in Orang and Salisbury, but are stf11 busy the latter place on road work f. the town.
 Mr. and MrH. Pa1rn1ey S. Clap returning froGn Boston to New YoI
 on their wedding trip, have bee guests Of Miss J. H. Sanford for
 few dayx Soon after arriving he
 Mrs. CIapp became indisp0sed vii 'symptoms indicating ptoma1ne poi
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