The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
NEwTowN, OCTOBER s4, 1890.
GREENFIELD HILL.

GREENFIELD HILL.
 A valuable dog owned by city man, which has been kept at F. B. Sherwood's, was lost, several weeks ago.
 Emngham II. Nichols, IL. D., and wife have returned home, after n pleas ant visit with Col A. R. Y. Nichols.
 Mrs Jane Campbell has lost the use of one of her eyes.
 Mrs Sophia Bulkley is quite sick.
 Six more children from the home at Stratford were brought to the Cross Highway home of Mrs Bunnell, last week, making II who are now boarding there. The children are we'll cared for and are pleased with their home.
 Edwin Sherwood, with J. Frank FL wood of Greens Farms, has brought in a quantity of Canada unbleached ashes.
 James Grove of Norwalk, who had charge of the removal of the old frame house at Verna, is in personal direction of the construction of the tower for n windmill, just opposite the handsome new brick house now being built at Verna. The tower is octagonal, l9 feet in diame- ter at the bottom and l3 at the top, which is S5 feet from the ground. The posts are of SxS selected timber and the girts of SxS and Sxl0. The tower posts are spliced several times, but are strongly braeed with iron and girts. The frame was got out in Norwalk and was brought here and raised, last week. In the upper part of the tower will be put large wa ter tank, holding 40 tons, which will be supplied with water by pump operated by l2-foot Corcoran wind mill, placed on the top of the S5-foot tower. From this tank. pipes will be run to the new house, supplying it with an abund- ance of water in every part. The tower will be finished in five or six weeks and will then be taken in hand by the wind mill men, who will put up the tank and mill.
 Lloyd Sherwood, who has, in the past, devoted his greenhouses almost exclus- ively to the culture of roses, with mush- rooms In season, has decided to make q change and has put lettuce into four of his greenhouses for the New York mar ket. He has about 20, 900 plants, the ear Hest of which will soon be ready for harvest. There will be three crops of lettuce and the houses are graduated to ripen at different times, to keep the mar ket well supplied. He still has five hous- es devoted to roses and has many splen- did specimens. Mushrooms, which he raised so extensively, last year, will be left severely alone, for the supply has in- creased SO greatly that the price has dropped, It Is said, 50 and even 75 per cent. and the remaining margin of profit is too small to pay for the cultivation.
 New officers of the Congregational Sunday school:
 Superintendent J. II. Hull; secretary, Miss Sraria & rerrE !rgasgrer perr FTank bMnss IT, ganist, W. R. Purple, assistants, Miss Hattie Jennings, Miss Mamie Merwlu.
 Reports showed the school in a flourish ing condition, 2i0 scholars being regis tered, with an average attendance of about 100 in the If classes. The present superintendent, Mir Hull, was elected to succeed Dea N. B. Hill, who, after serv- ing faithfully and well for IS years, wish cd to lay down the responsibility of the work.
 The families of Frederic Bronson and J. E. klssam will probably leave Green- field early in November, the former to spend the Winter in New York, while Mir Nissan and family will travel through the South.
 Simeon Pease is to leave, this week, for visit at his old home West.
 Fred Meeker, who left home, last week, has spent some days in New York city. Miss Maria Wakcman is assisting Prin- cipal Purple at the academy.
 W. R. Purple spent Sunday in Spring field.
 Misses Susie and Sallie Hubbell of Bridgeport spent Sunday with their sis ter, Miss Mamie Hubbell.
 c. II. Downs is to move, November l, to the Talcott Wakeman place opposite the house they have occupied.
 Miss Murray has rented on advantag- eous terms the house she has recently fitted up on Madison avenue, near 42d street, New York.