The Newtown bee., 1891-07-03
GREEN'S FARMS.

GREEN'S FARMS.
John F. Dingee has reason to be proud
of his bay mare Miss Alice and of the
record she made at the Hartford races,
last week. She is royalty bred, her sire
=, Alcantara % being by George Wilkes
2 % 1-2; her dam Thorndale Maid by
Thorndale % Ia. She trotted the fifth
heat at Hartford in 2 II Ii, last quarter
in 30 IA seconds, 90 gait. The entire
field was distanced and first, second,
third and fourth money won. Miss Alice
lowered her own record from 2 10 34and
made the fastest heat trotted this season.
She is bay mare, seven years old,
bought three years ago by Mr. Dingee
from Rumble q White of the Ridgewood
stock farm, Danbury. AS a four-year-
old, she made record of 25, driven by
Mr. Dingee himself. She was put into
the hands of E. c. Walker, the Chicago
horseman, and reduced her record to
20 IL, which was further lowered the
next year to 2 10 81. She is now ham
died by James Goldsmith, who is consid-
cred the finest driver in the country. She
has been entered for the $4,000 purse to
be trotted'at Hartford in August and is
looked upon as a probable winner, bar
ring accidents. The fact that it is unus-
ual for a horse to make such a record so
early in the season points to Miss Alice
as one of the speediest horses of the seas
on.
The side walls of the new house of
Charles Sooysmith have risen to the
height of 10 to 10 feet and present a Gu
rious appearance, the gray color of the
field stone being relieved by vari-colored
bricks inserted beside the oddly placed
windows and along the walls.
Mrs C. S. Wakeman, who has been in
poor health for years and has been much
worse for the past year, has lain at the
point of death at her home in Green's
Farms. She sank into unconsciousness,
Saturday, and the family physician, DR.
L. I. Day of Westport, said that it was
only question of a few days when she
would pass from life into death. Mrs
Wakeman has suffered terribly with
Bright's disease and the Inconsistencies
which robbed her of pain was a relief.
She is about so years old. Besides a hus-
band, there are two children, Joseph A,
clerk for Merchant l.. F. Sherwood of
Southport, and Miss Clara; a second son
died in infancy.
No water was found at depth of 126
feet in the we'll which E. N. Sipperley is
boring for Mrs M. A. Phipps of Phipps
hotel and the drill, at that depth, was
cutting through rock of what appeared
to be mica formation, with numerous
bits of garnet, some of which are quite
pretty. The rock is not hard and the
machinery has been at work night and
day. Mr. Sipperley himself has been in
charge of the day gang and w. c. Sloan
is night foreman. In the mica above
the garnets, as high as 20 feet was made
a day. Mr. Sipperley had instructions to
keep boring until a full and free stream
of water, equal to 10 gallons minute,
was obtained. He has had his 400-foot
rig at work and says that he shall put
up one capable of 1000 feet if he doesn't
strike water sooner. A 12-foot Aermo-
tor wheel is to be put up to pump water
from the well and supply a tank whose
capacity is 10000 gallons. This will be
the storage reservoir; from this will be
supplied large tanks in the hotel and
other buildings. All will be fitted with
float valves, so that the supply can be
shut off as soon as the water reaches the
desired height.
One of the most destructive and mys-
FERROUS fires that has occurred in Green's
Farms in years was that of Friday morn
ing, when the great new barn of John F.
'Dingee on Turkey hill was burned to the
ground. The destruction of the building
was complete, there being not enough of
even the heavier timbers left to make a
small bonfire. The flames were discover
ed by James Connors, the groom, VIII o
was returning from the Green's Farms
station, whittier he had driven Mr. Dingee
to take the 20 a m train for Hartford
When first seen, the flames were on the
roof and had gained considerable head
way. Connors made all speed to the
barn and found the assistant groom at
work on the lower floor, unconscious of
the fire above him. With the help of
neighbors who soon arrived, the horses.
carriages and harnesses were taken from
the first floor uninjured; but there was
no time to get at the sleeping room of the
men in the upper story and they lost their
clothing and other effects. The cottage
stood so close to the barn that only by
strenuous efforts was it saved, carpets
and cloths being thrown over it and kept
wet. The heat from the blazing barn
was great and it was destroyed in cou-
pie of hours but, curiously enough, the
ice in the ice house which formed part of
the barn was not melted, save around the
edges where the woodwork stood close
to it. The fire was seen by Mr. Dingee
when the train was near Southport and
he hurried back as quickly as possible.
He estimates the loss at from $4,000 to
$4,000, about two-thirds covered by in
surance. Rebuilding will at once COM
mence on the old foundations and ,proba-
bly,, from the previous plans. For the
nohce, the four horses and ten carriages
were put into the barns of EFT. Bedford;
but it is understood that barn room has
been hired of j. III. Jennings and will be
occupied until new building can be put
up. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
1t evidently started on the roof, or else