The Newtown bee., 1889-05-31
MONROE.

been mastered by Prof Gleason, who has been showing his skill with horses at the Gem rink, Bridgeport. The Morning News says of the struggle: The mare was revelation. Strong as an elephant and full of grit far beyond the average to horse flesh, she made plenty of business for the professor and his as- She was an intelligent beast and had evidently got her back up and went into the fight with clear determi- nation to win; but she didn't. With two men hanging to her head and the profes- sor at the lines, ,she made fearful plunges, springing into the air and kicking des- at the same time. For a full half hour, the big mare fought for the and was covered with foam; she was mastered at last. Horsemen said it was the best exhibition that they had ever seen. -.
 Downs and Sherman of Long Hill have painted and papered for Miss Della B. Curtis of Jockey Hollow.
 Walter Beardsley, with four incuba- tors with capacity of HOO eggs and steam heat to raise young chicks, does not speak in very glowing terms of the business in general, though he believes it canb be made success. He has about 200 fowls and expects to be better equip ped for work next year.
 James Burr will pick strawberries from six acres, this year and has set eight acres of new plants. With favor able conditions, the crop will be large one. The late cold weather has been bad for strawberries.
 H. D. Burr has Ina tened out one batch of eggs in his incubator, which holds 200 The eggs were all fertile, but too great heat at a critical time resulted in but 50 chicks from the 200 eggs. MT Burr has POO fowls now, having matched sev- eral broods with hens. Two pens of fowls, one ranging all over the farm and the other confined in large yard, ir other respects having an equal chance gave three dozen eggs week in favor o1 the confined fowls, contrary to the usu' ally accepted opinion.
 Mrs T. D. Beardsley has had repairs made by Philo Burr.
 Miss Nichols of Bridgeport has beer guest of Mrs N. J. Sterling.
 Miss Annie German has gone to spend a few weeks with her sister, Mrs Perry, in Waterbury.
 Miss Sylvia G. Downs spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs Charles s. Booth o1 Ansonia.
 Elm Street school will close on Friday 3Ist.
 Edson Turney and helpers put in thei appearance here as road workers, mucf to the satisfaction of our people, wht have suffered from improperlykept roads
 Services in the Congregational churcl for the present at 10 45 a m and sop m Eli B. Seeley and s. E. Wales hav been repairing part of Elm Street. Mir Banks, who bought the Uptol place ill Cutters Farm, has moved hi family there.
 Henry W. Edwards purchased severa i calves from the car which came int I Npwtown Sunday
 l.. B. Sterling had to walk to Bridge port, Tuesday morning. from the wrec at Trumbull.
 At a, meeting of Creamery directors Q Tuesday, it was decided to purchase 1 Bigelow engine. The cream yats an
 churn are in the building. The rest { the new outfit is to come from the Vel mont Farm Machine Co.,
 Mrs A. B. Curtiss is very sick, und'
 the care of Drs Hill and Lyons. 'lS Homer E. Clark is in poor health. ], Philo J. Burr is repairing for M. Mallett.
 The Center school will close, this wet
 Friday. Miss Lewis, teacher, has pr pared fine program for the little on to fill out. Parents and friends are e
 pected to be present.
 The railroad accident at Trumb,
 seems to be the news of the day. To s4
 correspondent visited the wreck a
 heard great sympathy expressed for t
 young operator at Stepney Depot, W [, is partly responsible for the accidel
 His youth must plead his cause. older and more experienced man ill [
 office would in all probability have ave
 ed such catastrophe. ' Mrs Clara Wolfe of Bridgeport acco
 panied Mrs Henrietta Burr to the Cen
 for q days outing.
 v Miss Jennie Clark of New Haven ! it's at c. w. Clark's. h, D. N. Burr will begin repairs on I. house soon.
 =, ., WHITE HILLS. es E. c. Wixom lost valuable Holsl n. COW, Sunday night pneumonia. V. Miss Louise Nichols visits her siate
 Nichols.
 srt Walter Hubbell's dairy yields ,ti- pounds of butter per week.
 
 rt- Cherries grapes and strawberries
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