The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
LONG HILL.

LONG HILL.
The young son of Elijah Middlebrook
who early in the Winter injured his leg
when skating, causing an abscess, is i'm
proving slowly. Although still using a
crutch, there are grounds to hope his
lameness may be temporary.
The sick ones in the family of Rev c..
w. Boylston are all better.
j. B. Hill will move back to his farm
in Aspetuck, this week Saturday.
There are many different opinions as to
the best method of saving and keeping
Indian corn for planting. The writer
has had no trouble with his seed for
many years. His practice has been to
select the best and ripest ears when the
corn is being unloaded at the courthouse
and put them by themselves in dry and
suitable place, not piling too thlckly.
The reason for much corn failing to
grow may be found either in its heating
in the pile or freezing before becoming
thoroughly dry, thus killing the germ.
Very little good seed rots in the ground.
1t may not be known to every one
that Lima beans, like pig, should be
pointed in the opposite direction to
which they are wanted to go. Thrown
fiat in the hill, very many will wind
around in the ground and, if they ever
see the light, will have but feeble growth,
but, if planted with the eye down, will
come straight to the suface and do their
very best.
Some people seem hardly to know
what to do with their coal ashes. They
will empty them in heaps in the road
where they are a nuisance, or deposit
them in an unsightly pile in the rear of
the house. Put around fruit trees, they
are considered beneficial, but an excel
lent plan for those who keep hogs is,
after the sty has been cleaned in the
Spring and it's contents removed to the
field intended for corn, to spread the ac-
emulation of the Winter, or year for
that matter, over the bottom of the pen,
where, mixing with the litter and absorb
ing the juices, the quantity of this valu-
able fertilizer is increased. A wise old
farmer once said that a cob on which a
pig had breathed was worth more for
growing corn than a shovel full of barn
yard manure.
Miss Florence Beach of Bridgeport
has visited her grandfather, L. G. Beers.
w. B. Coan is building a new meat
wagon for F. J.. Turney, our popular
butcher.
Mrs George Sherman has entertained
Mrs Fred Sherman Of Cutters Farm and
Mrs Mary Downs of Bridgeport.
HOLSTER Sage is thinking of selling
his house here and buying a place in
Nichols.
r. G. Tousey sports new buggy.
Mrs George Sherman has cared for
Bertha Gregory, who has been very sick
for two weeks.
Miss Alice Dingley is with her sister,
Mrs Roy,in Bridgeport. 1t was current
~ 1CPoI oCb, liSC NCChs GilhO w III DIASlSy
of Springfield, Mass, was dead, but he
arrived here, Saturday night, alive and
well, much to the joy and surprise of his
friends.
Fl. C. Scriven of New York city has
been in town.
Mrs Frank Bolande- of Bridgeport
spent Sunday with her parents.
Daniel Mahoney is still confined to
his bed he improves but slowly.
Charles Ell. Walker died, March 10, of
consumption, at the age of 46. He has
been ailing for three years, but was able
to be around most of the time, two weeks
ago. He was taken suddenly worse and
suffered greatly up to the time of his
death. He leaves wife, two sisters and
four brothers to mourn his loss His
funeral will be held from Grace Episco-
pal church, Saturday, March IA, at 2 D
m. The brothers are w. w. Walker and
John O. Walker of Bridgeport, E. Il.
Walker Of Huntington and David s,
Walker.
A sociable will be held at the hall,
Wednesday evening, 18th; if stormy,
Thursday evening. There will be games
to amuse young and old and good sup
per for of meat, biscuit, several kinds
of cake and coffee, all for 10e Every
body come.
Watch the BEE, next week, for the
program and date of the coming enter
tainment by local talent. Will tell-you
confidentially, it will be worth coming
to see.
GREENS FARMS.
Miss Ada limbaugh of New York has
been with her friend, Miss j. G. Wake
man. She returned, Thursday morning