Republican farmer., 1920-01-30
BEDDING

Bedding. Jan. 2s-One result prob Fairfield County Archdeaconry of Rev. Raymond Cunningham as mis- stonary is the continued stay of MT Cunningham as rector of the Epis- copal church here although he re- signed that position last summer to take charge of the parish at Wash ington, Lttchfield county. It would hardly be e1pedtent for him to per form the duties of a missionary in this county while holding rector ship in another county and in view of existing circumstances 1t Is as- suned that the Washington church will release him from the engagem ent with them upon which it was expected he would enter about the first of next month MT. Cunningham's accept ance of the missionary appointment and the change in previous arrange ments which it involves has the ap- proval of Bishop Brewster and also of the Bedding church's vestry and consequently no obstacle to the car rying out of the plan appears likely from the attitude of the Washington church in the matter. The present parishioners of Mir. Cunningham would heartily approve the proposed arrangement which also eccords with the personal inc1inations of the cierEynan The successful starting of the local Community House is one of the many instances of his capacity for achieving results under discourag- ing circumstances, g. kind of ability which will have enlarged opportunl- ties for it's exercise in his new work as a missioner.
 A letter from Albert Bigelow Paine to Harry Lounsbury. his fellow trustee of the Mark Twain Library, conveys the welcome Information that the death of Andrew Carnegie will not de- prive the lfbary oe the $500 annual allowance which it received from MT Carnegie during the latter years or his life. The continued payment or the grant had not been assured by trust fund and was not provided for by will so that the only method or remedying the apparent oversight was thorugh favorable action on the part of the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation who possessed the author ity to take such action, but whose disposition in the matter remained in doubt until few days ago. MT. Paine acted as the librarys advocate in pre- senting its claims to the trustees and has just been informed by MT. Ser tram, their secretary, of their favora- ble decision. Furthermore, the per- lnanence of the allowance has been secured by the setting aside of a $1o,- 900 trust fund consisting of secur1- ties, presumably United States Steel Corporation bonds. bearing interest at the rate of per cent It is not yet known wh ether the trustees will also advance the $500 for the past year which was not paid last July,
 -.-H~ ing supposedly due to the fact that Mir Carnegie was i'll at the time.
 The real estate in West Bedding which Marguerite Todd, the divorced wife of John Todd, has placed under lien and by proceedings in the Su- perior Court at Bridgeport, is trying to realize upon for the collection of the 5000 alimony awarded her along with the divorce decree, consists of the homestead owned by the late hJohn Todd, the wealthy lime manu- facturer By the terms of the lat ter's will this property was bequeath- ed to the younger John Todd subject to it's, life use hy the testator's widow, who is still living. Whether young Todd's present interest in the prop erty can now be turned to account for meeting the ahmony judgment is the question at issue in the pend- ing court action. The defendant Tn the case is son of Arthur J. Todd, whom the late lime maker, having no children of his own, legally adopted and made the chief beneficiary of his will. To Arthur Todd was left the life use of an estate of s9,000, which unon his decease, goes in equal shares to his three children. There
 fore the present John Todd has 2 one-third interest in this trust estate which might also be, but has not been, made the subject of action un- der the alinony award. The prop erty so far involved is valued at from
 S1O,000 to $12,oOO- Young Mrs
 Todd obtained her divorce last month on inc ground of cruelty and inten-
 perance The former wife of Todd 1 also divorced him.
 Influenza has appeared in town,
 there being now altogether about 20
 cases Georgetown, which was hard hit by last years visitation of the cpd deuic. hss four or five and there are
 a number among the teachers ana p11s,ils of the Sanford school. Other
 victirrss are Mrs W. H Hill and Mrs | Cyrus Brewster. None of the cases is i severe
 The making up of the tax abstract /! which the assessors completed this week, confirms the1r earler eSCihaIe < that the amount of the new grand Est { will not materially differ from last l vear,s. The board of relief will hold { their first session next Monday te ! heer appeals from those aggrieved by ' fine assessors valuations, The board i consists of B. B. Banks. w. H Hazer
 and W c. Sanford.
 When the curtain rises for the mir. stre1 performances to be given al Grange hall on the evening of Thurs dey. February F, it will disclose g scenery set painted for the occasion
 bv Manager P. B. Nash and showing an island in the Pacific on whicf
 four Bedding men are supposed t' have lived as castaways for the pre-
 vfous 30 years. The answers of the1
 rescuers to questions asked by tn
 castaways as to what has happene'
 in Bedding during this interval ar
 expected to prove highly divertine
 Strung through the program ar
 many other quips and jokelets o
 local flavor. Several of the favorit
 oldtine melddres are included in tn
 musical part of the program. Tn
 ,,,anasement guarantees that the hal