Republican farmer., 1920-03-26
BEDDING
to The Tim@1

Bedding, March 25.---A trip to Bridgeport by H. c. McCoHam the other day was che first made Iby auto from the Ridge section since the beginning of the snow blockade early in Feb ruary. Despite the shrinking of the snow banks, however, the going con- tinues so difficult in places that most cars are still in retirement. An auto truck came to the Ridge from Dan bury on Monday by way of Sunset Hill, getting through without trouble over the frozen surface in the morn , ing, but being held up for several hours on the return voyage while the crew dug a way for it just above the hills southern approach. Several horse teams had previously come to grief at this place, Capt. Barnes hav- ing been nearly engulfed in a pool there one evening while driving from Danibury. Besides the slush pitfalls produced by the thaw many of the snow cuts have slanting bottoms which
 make it hard to keep vehicles from upsetting. No one can recall so long a period of seriously inpeded travel 7 conditions and as the frost is un- usually deep the prospect is for sev- era1 weeks of mud and ruts before the t roads are in good shape again.
 
 t the barrel of cider made by John Ma ) lone at Bethel early in January with
 a gathering of merry villagers to eX- ] tend it a welcome and assist in it's = sampling. That bright vision has ], faded. While the terms laid down s by Enforcement Agent Stremlau, said r terms prescribing the obtaining of a e permit and the giving of a bond d would enable MT. Malone to stage n Ie-11o 1o1, sJocl = that the risks involved make it un-
 desirable. The real trouble is thai
 while he may reclaim his cider there
 can be no removal of the ban already
 upon it for beverage purposes. It is as guarantee against such use the . bond is required Now cider al various stages in it's transition from ' fresh apple juice to a pickle preserva- tive appeals strongly to the human
 palate. In the present case tho
 owner does not distrust his ability tt 'e resist the temptation thereby offer ed, but to secure his cellar agains the invasion of thirsty outsider IS would not be so easy. Even in tn ie good old days invaSions of that sor
 were not uncommon and how muci t greater the lure and provocation il ,o these disjointed times. Whatever tn ls agency by which any of the beverag al It under the eye of the law while tn
 cider remained in his keeping, woul
 be responsible with a $1, ,000 bond t
 answer and even his personal ibert
 in jeopardy under tthe penalty pro
 vided by the law. He naturally feel
 that the risks are too great for hir .N to assume and will therefore sell tn A cider for vinegar to an authorize N agent of the government. The prie
 a14 ic fS
 used to be 10 cents
 f- Until the sale is effected the eide h. remains locked up in storage . a- Bethel. When an adventurous neigh ed bor of MT. Malone recently suggeste m to the cider mill man that he leaV Ve the storage place unlocked some nisf " 1 with view to a prompt and easy a,
 though irregular solution of tn 1S problem that has arisen the custodia ie shied violently. He replied that h ,t, l was under bond to see that the stu 1 was securely kept until removed LII - der sanction of the law and that | o- didn't intend to take any chances.
 The town loses one of it's olde:
 residents in the death of Mrs Maj
 garet OKeefe, which occurred Ia. l Friday at the home of Mrs. Ka1 Favereau, where the deceased ha
 been hvinb for the past year or s 3A Hr age was 94 and for about Is veal S past she had been nearly helple: 2 from rheumatism. She was twiC
 married, her first husband haviE
 been the late John Connors, and hs be second the late John O'Keefe. FC he many years and until her recent II ed moval she had lived at her own plat 'n' at Bedding Center. She was u m mother of two daughters, one 1Th nf ii9 wives her.
 ,1 Last Friday marked the 57th al ,sa niversary of the marriage of MT. ar in1 Mrs Jesse L. Sanford, both repr ,1Ir sentatives of prominent Bedding fan he lilies and lifelong residents of Il We Ridge section. The weather beH ,nt stormy there was no formal obser nd ance of the anniversary although few friends called to extend the
 congratulations and good wishes al
 many more like greetings came ov
 the phone, some from out of tow
 MT. Sanford is in his 90th year ar
 his wife a few years his junior. Bo 0 are in excellent health.
 EE The many friends of Francis
 Malone,for more than two years owe
 seas in the Army Postal Service, W
 be interested to learn that during | D+o absence he has taken to himself n6 wife, fact disclosed by him in a r a cent letter to his relatives on tf arv side. The bride is, or rather ws ,t Miss Marguerite Euillien and t cid marriage took place at Paris on Au lis- II last MT. Malone, who is now
 Germany, writes that he expects inc arrive with his bride about the mi or al eof May
 in Rev. H. Q. Judd, who died at vas home in Bethel on Monday, becaI nts pastor of the Center Methodist chur tor in this town in 1905 and held t ,ng position for the following sev
 years. He had previously retir
 from active service in the ministry
 account of poor health, but improv so much in this respect that his st
 here was unexpectedly prolonged the great satisfaction of his flock r,-1 whom he was held in warm affecd ,o and esteem.
 --, Miss Agnes Nelson, an operator na the local telephone office was t -.e victim of a serious accident l;