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The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
REDpING.

Miss Lottie Barnum has been with her
sister, Mrs E. M. Sanford.
James Jennings of Norwalk visited
William Dennison, last week.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Ferry of Bethel
were at E. M. Sanford's, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Stephen Sanford and fam
lily attended the wedding of her niece,
Miss Jennie Meeker, Christmas evening.
Ebenezer Wilson died on Saturday,
10th, aged about rs. For long time ne
has been perfectly helpless and death
was happy release from suffering. At
one time, he occupied quite prominent
position in town affairs, having been
member of the Legislature and served
with credit as assessor and board of re-
lief. For many years, he manufactured
carriages in company with Aaron R.Bar-
tram, when that industry was so thriving
in Redding. His funeral took place on
Tuesday, Rev D. Taylor officiating. He
leaves three children, two daughters Luz
cy and Anne and son who resides in
Chicago. His wife, sister of Fred
Bartram of Bridgeport, died some years
ago.
During the absence of Dea John Lee
and family at church, Sunday, their
house was broken into; bureau drawers
pers scattered. 1t was found that $50
in money belonging to Jane Sherwood, a
member of the family, was missing, also
small sum of money belonging to Mr.
Lee, solid silver spoons of Mrs Lees and
other articles of less value. There is no
clue.
H.S.Shaw has bought .Ezequelle's
place, will hire blacksmith and carry
on the business as heretofore. Mr. Eze-
quelle expects to move to the George
Downs place near Plat Keeler's and will
carry on blacksmithiug in a shop near
by. Sorry to lose him.
Mrs Patrick Green has presented her
daughter Nellie with a magnificent up
right piano costing 500. She is taking
lessons of Miss Jessica o. Sanford.
The revival at the Long Ridge M. E
church still continues. Mr. Taylor's la
bors have been rewarded by quite q
number of converts.
| During the terrible storm of Wednes
day, 18th, II of the great telephone poles
near Aaron Squires's old place were
blown down, dragging down so wires.
gang of men worked all night making {
ground connection of the wires.
Mr. and Mrs Fl. S. Osborne rejoice in
boy baby, born on Wednesday, 18th.
Mrs John Colgan of Bridgeport is will
her father, P. Mcdonald.
Homer Fillow is running the engine a
the ore mill in Branchville.
FL. B. Jennings is carting hoop pole
to Todd's lime kiln.
Charles SweeZy expects to move hi
family to Long Hill, where he will worl
after January l.
Mrs George Sherman has been in Dan
bury.
!, Last weeks BEE was a daisy.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Beck of Hopewel
attended the funeral of their sister, MIR
w. c. Taylor of Danbury, Saturday
Goth. She was % years of age. Beside
her husbandand baby girl two weeks old
she leaves widowed mother. two broth
ers and four sisters, who deeply mour
the loss of their loved one. OF bright
happy disposition, beloved by all VIII
knew her, she leaves large circle c
friends to cherish her memory.
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berd for his scholarship and tact as a
teacher. For few years, Mrs Adams
has been too feeble to stand much cx-
posure. Funeral on Friday at . pm.
Bishop 7. F. Davies arrived, Tuesday
afternoon, to attend the funeral Of his
sister, Mrs Adams.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
ELON BOOTHS WILL.

The evidence In the Elon Booth will
case was concluded in the Superior court
at Bridgeport, Wednesday. Judge De-
Forest, who opened the arguments for
the appellees, Friday, was followed by
Judge Brewster and HOLSTER for the APP
pellants, Attorney Fessenden closing for
the appellees. The jury will re-assem-
BILE at 0 o'clock, Monday morning, to
hear the judges charge and render de-
cision. The BEE prints another INSTALL
ment Of detailed testimony.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
ORONOQUE.

Winter term of school closed, Decem-
10, with an interesting entertainment of
recitations, dialogues, etc., executed in
a manner highly creditable. Among the
audience were the chairman of STRAIT
ford's board of education and the first
selectman of Huntington.
Mrs John Munson, who has been ill
with pleurisy, is out again.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
LONG HILL.

L. G. Beers had collision with a
Bridgeport team. last week, and, his
horses becoming unmanageable, he was
thrown out and had his wagon badly
broken. He fortunately escaped serious
injury.
Rev Mrs Boylston won the first prize
and Mrs c. Bennett the BOBBY at the
Whist club at Mrs Wilmot Benefits, last
week.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
AsPETUCK.

Aaron Wakeman and family visited in
Trumbull, Sunday.
Mrs Helen Osborne and son spend
Christmas with Mrs c. Osborne.
Mr. and Mrs William Hoyt visit J. J.
Foster.
Nathan Davis, who was Frustrated by
shock, last week, died, Saturday, aged
81 years. Funeral, Tuesday, Rev MI
Ogden officiating. Mr. Davis leavs one
son Morris. He had been a member Of
the Congregational church for 65 years.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26

of the numerous city boards, have re-
turned from their trip to Rochester and
report favorably on the trolley system of
running street cars. They were treated
throughout their trip in fine style and
were given every opportunity of seeing
how the new system worked and, should
the new charter be granted, the new COM
pany will at once commence TO get
everything ready to begin operations
early in the Spring. All the present
tracks must be pulled up and new tracks
with suitable rails laid, in order to have
electric connections for transmitting the
current from the overhead wires to each
joint of the rails. The storage system
would be the best, but this syndicate
claims that it would cost too much. New
poles are being erected almost daily in
our city and soon it will be perfect sea
of wires overhead. 1t cannot be SO for
very many years before our city fathers
will follow in the footsteps of New York
and bury the wires. 1t will cost the city
no more for one system than another and
why not have the permanent one at the
beginning?
The decorations at Christ church,
Christmas morning, were fine and elab-
crate. Every part of the church and
chancel was prettily trimmed. Friday
evening, the children's festival and
Christmas tree. The attendance of the
Sunday school, this year. has been larg-
er than ever before. Saturday morning,
the Christmas festival of the sewing
school in the church parlOrs.
Gen w. III. Noble will, if can get
the charter, start new savings bank.
He thinks there is need of another. We
wish him success in his new departure.
Mrs Abner Keller is still confined to
the house, but her physician thinks that
she is improving.
p. Gravey has made an assignment in
favor of his creditors.
p. McKeon has bought fine Devon
COW.
William r. Hinckley is again attending
to business, having fully recovered from
his recent illness.
j. Delbridge, bookkeeper for B. d.
Pierce, Jr, who injured his knee at the
gymnasium, has so far improved as to be
at the Office again.
p. T. Barnum is daily gaining strength,
although his physicians will not allow
him to transact business yet. They now
allow him the freedom of the whole
house, so that he goes down stairs and it
may not be long before the public will
see the veteran Snowman again driven
about the city. This will please every
one, even the children, as he is their
friend.
81. E. Bowser enjoys one Of Jobs com
forters on the back Of his neck.
w. s. Bullard has consented to act -
superintendent Of parks, rs successor to
his father, the late o. C. Bullard. He b
the only man acquainted with the many
uncompleted plans.
No 5o7 Main street, which hasbeen 90
cupled ~ billiard room, Il beisg htted
up as = dry goods store.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
HLATTSVILI,E.

a daughter was born TO Mr and Mrs
George 3. Weller, Wednesday, nth.
Edna and Sylvia Gregory have been
with their uncle. Henry Beers 10 Bridge
port. zIa
George +. Bright mashed dnger bad
" while Icy ing stone wall.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
WESTPORT.

Officers Of Temple lodge, No. 65, to
be installed, Monday evening, January
H5:
VIM, W. E. Albin; S. w, W S. Lees ;J.w
e. Lehn; treasurer, DR. Underwood secretary,
Charles Harris; SD, H. Petrie; j. ,P .Foote
Tyler, q. Thorpe.
Rev Mr. Still attended the funeral OF
Mrs Morris Bradley, Saturday.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
CHESTNUT HILL.

Miss Irene Wakeley has visited Miss
Minnie Edwards at Stepney-
Miss Hull has taken Misc Elwood's
school during her sickness; she is oblig.
ed to rest for while.
William !. Haines fell and broke his
arm, last week.
Myron Patchen lost q ON last week,
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26

liver troubles. The funeral was held at
her late residence, Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, Rev DR. Plumley officiating.
She leaves one son, Henry.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
HoYDEN's HILL.

w. Il. Lockwood continues about the
same.
Jennings and Sherwood have moved
their watering trough, which is missed
by travellers ON the Black Rock road.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26

Redfleld & Sons were compelled to re-
move part of the top of the east abut-
ment of the bridge at Morehouse cross
ing, as it was improperly laid during the
cold snap of last week.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24

furnishes a good substitute for the pres
ent basis of that valuable article, it's
culture must eventually become very
profitable. But it is as substitute for
vulcanized rubber that the new products
will be most in demand. Ii it can sup
plant rubber in but a few of the many
uses. to which the latter is put, it will
prove very valuable plant for the agri-
culturist.
In contradistinction to the foregoing,
are the "Soft Cassava" products that
range from those which may be folded,
sewed stamped or printed, down to that
having the consistency OF honey and
which may bespread as enamel on woven
or pulp fabrics.
In conclusion, the scientific. botanical
name of sweet cassava is Manihot Aipi,
and the proper pronunciation, Spanish,
is cassaba-the accent being on ''sab."
Enough, we now think, Ehas been said
on this subject to convince any reader of
it's superior value as food product for
man or beast, and it's Importance as
an element OF wealth to our agriculture
lists cannot we'll be Over.estimated.
Has our correspondent or any one else
raised thirty six tons to the acre.-ED.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
. Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, IN fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life.
Thousands are searching for itdaily, and
mourning because they find itnot. Thous-
ands upon thousands of dollars are spent
annually by our people in the hope that
they may attain this boon. And yet it
may be had by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according to di-
rections and the use persisted in, will
bring you good digestion and GUST the
demon dyspepsia and install instead
Eupepsy. We recommend Electric Bit
ters for dyspepsia and all diseases of
liver, stomach and kidneys. Sold at so
cents and 81 per bottle by any druggist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
FOR TIE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Saving and Planting Cassava.

notice in your issue of October goth
an article by Mr.. Sherman Adams under
the above heading, and was surprised
somewhat at his remark on saving the
seed. The following sentence occurs {:
Don't fool with burying them (the seed
stalks) covering with straw, dirt, etc.
You are very likely to lose the seed if
you do. | have grown cassava for a
number OF years, saving seed by laying it
up over head out of the way"
Well, Mr.. Editor, [ fooled with it for
twenty years until | got on my present
place on Lake Clinch, and I then quite
fooling with it in any way but to let it
stand in the patch until [ wanted to
plant it. cold Jack" has failed for five
years to look after any business on my
hill top and my cassava laughs and
grows fat. Always on hand for seed and
other purposes and | am truly glad of it.
[ am much like Brother Sherman, most
too lazy to go to so much trouble to put
it away in first class style to keep it well.
| was fooling with it fifteen years or
more I guess before Brother A. ever saw
a stalk of it and have twenty times, | ex-
pect, advised in print the ''fool plan" he
speaks of to keep the seed good.
One Of his essentials to preserve it, he
states, is to keep it dry. Now, thisis the
advice [ would give in every case to kill
every eye on stalk and the surest meth
cd unless you burn it.
[ have questioned persons, the old
timers .who came to me for seed hav-
ing lost theirs, about how they put it
away, and most if not all said, "Well l
throwed it into my barn, under a shed,
and it was all dead when went to plant
it?' Why did you not put it down in a
bank somewhere and cover it with grass
Or straw and little dirt and keep it
damp, and then it would not have dried
out. "Well l was in hurry and thought
it would keep most anyway until plant
ing time.'
Brother A. ought to move to Keystone
and he would be done fooling with it, as
there is no cold there to hurt it.
Put me back where | am afraid of ''old
Jack' and [ would do as did for twenty
autumns, snap off the light tops and cut
off stems above the dirt, about the 18th
of November. Bank it in fiat piles and
put dirt and straw on it. This saves
from frost and keeps the moisture in the
stalk and every eye will live until Febru-
airy, which is the best time to plant in
cool localities. Keep it dry, indeed; well
there's no surer way to kill it. 1 could
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24

never risk it over two or three weeks in
loft or barn. Ii you throw it down
on the ground in the open sunshine and
air, in absence of frost, it will keep good
for month or more S. w.
Midland. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24

sliced and fried like Irish potatoes
first requisite being that it should be
carefully peeled. Dried and ground into
flour it makes excellent white bread; still
our grinding apparatusfor the purpose is
not very satisfactory.
A profitable and wise method Of utiliz-
ing it, is to convert it by simple pro-
cess, into starch. This can be done by
first washing and peeling it, then it
should be grated, and after that washed
again and strained The strained water
after standing in the tub a few hours
should be looked after, when it will be
found that all the starch has
settled to the bottom and become caked.
The water is then poured off, and the
starch laid out to dry. Inusing cassava
starch it must be made thinner than
store starch and have little -four stirred
in. 1t goes much farther than store
starch and gives better satisfaction.
AS to it's conversion into bread, alluded
to above, it may be added, that one way
of preparing it is to CRATE the roots dry
and reduce to -four; but as this contains
larger proportion of starch than may
be desirable to some persons, a second
method may be preferable. Crate the
root as before, wash out portion OF the
starch, then dry and pulverize the residue
bake as in common bread. This is
sweeter than the other and is hard to dis
tinguish from that made from wheat
-four. Again, it can be stewed and dried
and reduced to -four by process of roll
ing. This is thought to produce much
finer article than either of the above pro-
eesses, and can be done with more rapid
ity.
AS FEED FOR STOCK.
So essentially important is the use of
cassava as feed for stock, that return
to the subject, even at the risk of prosaic
repetition, will we think, be readily for
given by the agricultural reader in whose
interest this is written.
There exists scarcely doubt but what
pork can be produced as cheaply in
Florida and of as fine quality as
in the great hog raising districts
of the West. In order to do this, it must
be cheap food, which involves the ensu-
ing conditions; it must be nutritious; a
large amount must grow on limited acres
of ground; it must require but little cul-
tivation and produce firm meat.
Cassava fulflls all these conditions.
Experience has demonstrated that one
acre well fortified and we'll cultivated,
will yield ordinarily las stated in substance
in the preceding portion of this article,
fully 600 bushels of roots. In one in
stance that came under the notice of the
writer, half an acre lasted fifteen hogs
two Notwithstanding them for market.
most admirably in that period. In an
other case one acre, is reported to have
lasted fourteen hogs four months, with
like results. One acre will make an
amount of meat that will supply large
family one year, and that too, from a
crop raised on pine land.
PATENT ARGUMENTS.
Considering that cassava is equal as a
milk producer to the best of other foods,
when fed to COWS and that it is equally as
4 IooR 1o
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of February to the middle of March, the
roots will be sufficiently matured for use
early in October Not only does it afford
much larger yield per acre, than the
sweet potato, and while good for all do
nestle animals, as well as poultry, but it
is also, as above stated, an admirable
substitute for bread and Irish potatoes.
But why multiply arguments? 1t ap-
pears beyond reasonable doubt, that as
food crop, it can be more successfully
grown to take the place OF any other food
plant, OF any that has yet been found.
ANOTHER VIEW.
'By chemical analysis it has been as
certained that in the cassava we have the
ingredients or compound elements OF
wheat, corn, potatoes and sugar cane in
large proportions. While this is true, it
excels in the quantity that can be grown,
per acre, and all other crops, the amount
being almost Incredible"
1t has been alleged that in South Flor
ida, and On only medium soil, as previ
ously intimated, that eighty tons per
acre have been produced. Land that
will not produce ten bushels of corn to
the acre will raise from twenty-five to
seventy five bushels of cassava- and
single roots have reached a weight of
sixty-five and seventy pounds. Planted
in hills three feet apart (tho' it is better
to be four feet) there will be 1910 hills
erage fifteen pounds of roots to each hill
there will be thirty-six tons or $4,000
pounds, even at ten pounds per hill there
will be twenty-four tons. There is moth
ing to equal this rate of production
grown anywhere in the Southern States.
Being a semi-tropical plant it does still
better the farther south we prodceed. 1t
will grow wherever the sugar cane
thrives, and prefers loose, light soil. 1t
is surely destined to be one of our staple
productions.
While more starch can be made from
cassava, and more successfully than
from potatoes, more of it can be raised
as food for live stock than can be grown
in hay in any Northern State; and, at
the same time, it contains more nutri-
ment than either timothy or clover. A
noted cattle dealer makes this assertion :
Enough can be raised on five acres to
fatten seventy-fve to one hundred head
Of cattle for the market; and they will
be as finely favored as any Ohio corn-fed
stock" He then goes on to say: cat
four feet apart, each way, there will be
about 5000 hills to the acre, each hill
yielding probably fifteen pounds to the
hill-in that case the production would
be over $4,000 pounds, or over twenty
tons, which would fatten three sets OF
1000 cattle each during a single year,
the net profit On which would be almost
$4,000"
SCIENTIFIC USES.
Finally. we append few remarks as to
the mechanical or scientific uses to which
cassava can be applied: The Hoggson
& Pettis Manufacturing Co., of New
Haven, Conn. has made some interesting
experiments in the application of cas-
sava to economic or commercial pur-
| poses. These are termed "Hard Cas-
h., a.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-29
Banlberg, $500: Georgetown school lcolored),
(5AorpetOgn 500 Total 5000 -

Banlberg, 5000: Georgetown school lcolored),
Georgetown, $500. Total. 5000.
South Carolina's phosphate mines are her
largest source of revenue, and the industry
is growing more and more important with
the cl Sc of every quarter. Wednesday the
department Of agriculture received the
returns of the amount of phosphate rock
mined and removed from the navigable
waters of the state during the quarter
which ended Nov. 30, being the first
of the present phosphate year. The show
ing is a fine one, aud there is a considerable
increase over the last year. The returns
show that during t e month OF September
10, 1876. IL tons were removed; in Octo er,
Is, 547.95 tons; d in November, IL, re. 46
tons. This makes total for the first quar-
ter of As, 070.59 tons mined and removed.
This amount is considerably in excess
of that of the last year and fore
casts large phosphate yield for the year.
The turpeltine distillery of Burroughs 81
Co. at Hammond were consumed by fire a
few days ago. The loss was about $500,
with no insu ance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-29

refused to return home with her father,
who was well nigh heart-broken at her
conduct MAYOR DoZier advised her to 90
home, but she was obstinate, declaring she
would never return. She was taken 10 the
noon train for Atlanta in n hack, accom-
panied by her father and two policemen.
The mayor ordered the policemen t. notify
houses OF ill-repute in the city nor 70 give
shelter to the girl unde- penalty OF heavy
punishment, and if she should escape her
father il is not Ii ely that she will return
to Columbus The girl left her home last
August, since which time her father has
been making diligent search for her. The
father has the appearance of being honest
and intelligent.
Americas Times: A bill was passed at
the recent session of the legislature to IN
crease the number of companies of the
Second Georgia battalion SO as TO form the
Second Georgia regiment. Ten companies
will compose the regiment, to wit, the
present six companies Of the Second Geor-
gia battalion, as follows: Volunteers, Floyd
Rifles ard Southern Cadets, of Macon; Put
nam Rifles, of E .tonton; Baldwin Blues,
of Milledgeville; and the Perry Rifles.
Three of the other companies will
be the Guards, of Columbus; Ameri-
Gus Light Infantry, and Quitman Guards,
of Forsyth. The teltn company will he
cit er the Spalding Greys of Griffin. the
Madison Home Guard or the S uthern
Rifles of Qlitnan. Lieut.-Col C. NJ. Wiley
of the Second Georgia battalion will be
elected colonel of the Second Georgia regi-
ment Adjt. E. D. Huguenin of the bat
TALON, Capt. J. L. Hardeman OF the Floyd
Rifles. are candidates for the position of
lieutenant-colonel Lieut.. Bob Holi zclaw
of the Perry Rifles is candidate for major.