Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-24
CRANKY,

CRANKY.
Road repairing has been done in past years
in variety of ways in this town. This year
the roads are to be repaired under the super
vision of the Selectmen, who furnish three
yoke of oxen, costing six hundred dollars,
a Champion scraper, costing two hundred
dollars, a harrow and other implements. The
Selectmen employ roadmaster at so much
day, who in turn employs what assistants he
may need, retaining and dismissing them at
pleasure. The daily expenses now are about
twelve dollars. The work performed ranges
from three-fourths to one mile of road re-
pairing daily. The plan is to sell the oxen
for beef in the fall. The average annual
cost of road repairs to the town in years
past has been about eighteen hundred dol
lars. Fault finding with the work has been
abundant. It is hoped that the roads this
year will be rendered satisfactory to the pub
lie; and that for four or five years to come
the average cost will not be over eighteen
hundred dollars a year.
The CRANKY and vicinity Bible society,
formerly auxiliary to the American Bible 30
ciety, withdrew to become auxiliary to the
Connecticut Bible society. Last year this
society withdrew from the Connecticut
Bible society to become auxiliary to the Amer
lean Bible society again. Its annual meeting
is held in June, when a sermon is preached in
the morning in some one of the group of
churches constituting the society. In the
is had. During the few years that the soci-
ETY. was auxiliary to the Connecticut Bible
society the chief topic considered by the con-
ference in the afternoon was the one of Civ
ing over two thousand dollars salary and
travelling expenses from three to five hun
dred dollars to the secretary. The outcome
of the session every time was grit, not grace.
What will be done this year, in the absence
of this bone of contention, remains to be
seen. 1t is hoped that the several churches
will contribute something in and to the
American Bible society work; that they will
ton to the large salary of the Connecticut
Bible society secretary. Some think that the
latter's chartered name should be the Con-
necticut Enumeration society.
May %.
Bishop Williams will visit Christ church
parish and administer the rite of confrma-
ton on Saturday evening.
The Rev. G. II. Williams, of New Haven,
occupied the pulpit at the Congregational
church on Sunday last,
A special meeting of Company K is called
for Friday evening, to make arrangements
for Memorial day. The veterans are request
ed to be present
The members of Mr.. John M. Dorman's
Sunday school class, accompanied by their
friends, presented him with q handsome
on Thursday evening last. The Rev. Thorn
as Watt, the new pastor of the M. E. church,
made the presentation speech. Mr.. Dorman
was taken completely by surprise.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Estelle Todd, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs L.
II. Todd. and Mr.. Frederick P. Beardsley,
which will take place on the evening of May
80.
Mrs S. E. j. Hudson, vice president of
the Ladies' Mt. Vernon association, is at
tending the annual council of the association.
She will make it her special object to see
that the room designed for our State is put
in good order.
Our colored people in this town, as well as
Bridgeport are very much interested in a
grand wedding that is to take place in the
A. M. E. Zion church, Bridgeport, this
evening The creme de Ia creme of colored
society will attend. The charming bride is
Miss Mary Jessie Bullock. of this place, and
the groom is Mr.. Robert Jones, of Bridge
port
While the road commissioners were at
work on New Lane lady living on the street
seriously objected to having the lawn in front |
of her residence plowed up and gave the |
toning down. Uncle Harry
Curtis, who has been blind for number of
years, was on hand to tsses the fun"
At an adjourned meeting of the commits
sioners of Washington bridge held at the
bridge house on Monday last, the treasurer, |
4. "A. IL.
a demand through a constable for all books,
papers and money held in the hands of Mr.. |
George w. Hayes, of Bridgeport, ex-commis- |
sioner from that city, and he still refused to /
give them up. The commissioners voted to l
employ counsel and serve a bench warrant |
upon Mr.. Hayes in criminal court without /
further delay.
Mr.. Asa s. Curtis has tried an experiment. /
in apple growing, the results of which will be /
of very great interest to all those who raise L
apples for their own use or the market. I
Having an orchard which produced fruit
only in every other year and hearing that |
the trees could be made to change their bear
ing season so that every year might be fruit
full, he selected a healthy young apple tree
eight years of age. and for four successive
bearing seasons carefully rubbed of every
bud as fast as it appeared. For the first /
the tree emitting all blossoms
the next season, but putting out l
it's blossoms again in the regular year
Last year Mr.. Curtis repeated the exper-
ment for the fourth time, and this
season the tree appears to have given up
It's old habit and to have concluded to
et its owner have his own way, for it
& in full bloom at last in the ''of season"
# a part of the trees of an orchard
IAN thus be made to bear one year and
he others next, there need be no 'teh
year, for the apple crop, SO far as the
bearing habits of the trees are concerned,
md this fact is one worth the attention
If apple raisers. Mr. Curtis has q fine
orchard and spends a great deal Of time
md labor upon it, and has raised some
Tery fine fruit s'MosQUTTo.
May %.
The Hop Plaster will cure Back Ache. and
III other pains instantly. 25 cents only at
druggists my22 6d1w.
Many who never complain are nevertheless
seriously i'll. Use Browns Iron Bitters and
here will be no cause for complaint.
my1S 6t1w.
A pint of the finest ink for families or