New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-15
TIE CROP OF NUTS IN CONNECTICUT
EVERY sPEcIF5 PLENTIFUL FLOWERS fhE
ouENTIY SEEN IN THE FIELDS.

EVERY SPECIE; PLENTIFUL - FLOWERS FIRE.
o1-ENrLY SEEN IN THE FIELDS
Norwich Nov IA CSperiaD.-This falls chestnut
crop Is said to be The largest one IN the hs'orS va
Connecticut The nuts arc 50 plentiful II Is hardly
worth while for to market them, since Dushei Oh
chostnuis fetch only 81 In the market. and hard,
back-b?eak'ng work It is to gather them Usually they
are worth from 81 to SO a bushel. MarEetmen say
at there are chcstnus enough IN Connecticut to supply
the trade not only In this State. but in Rhode Island
and Massachusetts. Other nuts almost equally rs
plentiful In the State. Butcmuts, which usually are
an untristworthy crop. are abundant Many thousand
bushels of buttenuts have been gathered In the State
this fall and Hartford alone has shipped or Will con-
sumo not less than 1000 bushels The price paid to
the gatherers about 25 cents bushsl for buternuts
Usually IL Is somewhat higher. Hickory and hazel
nuts also are abundant
Flowers are still found growing thrifly ont OF doors
In different parts of this county. A few days ago
Laurel Hill in this city picked bunch Of hand
some volcts on the slope Of Fox's HILL near his home.
and he also clover blossoms and dande!ions. The
pasturage yet good in most Of the towns In Eastern
Connecticut ard few farmers have begun to fodder
their cattle. At Stonngton last Wednesday Edward
Burdick called his neighbors into his front yard in
Schoolst and proudly showed them pear tree there
that was white with blossoms. The blossoms
perfect and fragrant ms If the time May. II. p.
Cleveland, Of Brooklyn village, reports equally
markable phenomenon. strolng across his house lot
on Thursday he saw two fullblown dandelions lively
grasshopper ard sprightly striped snake.
At tho late town elections in this State, the town of
Windham. In which is the big and thrifty borough Of
Willipantic, voted for nollcense by three or four
majority, and the law went into effect about ten
days ago. Accordingly the twenty -four saloons in
WilImantic have been closed and Mr. Brown has been
appointed the towns agent to dispense liquors. In
accord with the provisions Of the strict Connecticut
License law, he is at liberty to sell his wares only
for medicinal mechanical sacramental purposes and
sale no must record in his town agents book the name
of the purchaser, his place Of residence and business
and the purpose for which the goods TO be uscd and
II tho latter the liquor for illegal purpose he
te buyer Is lablo to heavy fine and imprisonment
The that Wndham voted for no license is said
1t had been license town for fifteen years, and at the
late election half dozen wlmanuc saloon and hotel
keepers did not take the trouble to vote. Now, all
the saloonseepers, twenty four In number, are in
dignant, and threaten TO retaate against half score
of prominent winimantic merchants who, they say,
TO get the New-London Northern Railroad Company
to run Satur ay night excursion train regularly from
Willimanuc this city and back, which will enable
residents Of that borough to to Norwich and do
their trading. BY means Of that train, which the
Prohibiuonsts already speak OF the drinkards
rain,' the saloon men hope to lnure the business Of
license Windham loses moro than $1,000 In license
fees.