Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-17
AM OVER THE srATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE.
Apples and Apple Growers-How a
Vermont Farmer Moved His Eff
fects to Shelton-A Double Wedding |
method dist Conference at New Lon.
don-One Hundred and Fiftieth An |
nfversary OF Church In Kent-Hart- |
ford and Eastern Capital I'm West-
ern Roads-Charter Oak Park
Obituary Notes-Norw1ch's Coming |
New Hospitable-Poultry Show
CongregationalistC Council.
The great scarcity of apples caused by
last years failure of the apple crop and
the present high prices of apples, directs
more interest to the subject of apple grow
ing this spring than usual. Apples are
dearer in the New Haven and other
markets than bananas or oranges. The
State Apple Growers association held a
convention in City Mission hall in Hart
ford yesterday. Ex-Lieutenant Cover
nor Hyde presided. T. S. Gold of Crom
well was secretary. j. H. Merriman spoke
on apples for shipping and exporting. He
said the Baldwins were far superior to all
others. A. J. Coe of Meriden related his
experience in spraying apple trees, and
DR.. Thaxter of New Haven gave valuable
points on how to combat with the apple
scab. He recommended spraying with
paris green solution and the bordeaux So
luton. State Pomologist P. M. Augur
read paper on Chow to Prevent Early
Decay of Our Orchards" Trees inherit
disease as well as human beings and ami
mails. Thrifty and hardy stock only
should be used for budding. In the after
noon R. S. Hinman spoke of the exhibit
ton of fruit at fairs, and Mr.. Gold made
an interesting talk on the future of apple
growing in this state.
annual meeting elected officers as follows:
President, William J. Clark; secretary and
treasurer, Frank P. Smith; directors, W.
J. Clark, Colin NJ. Ingersoll, Samuel Plant,
George P. Ingerso1l, F. E. Smith, G. M.
Ingersol, jr. The date of the annual
meeting was changed to the first
Tuesday in June. The last year has been
prosperous one for the company.
Sheriff Austin of Wallingford looks for
an appointment as deputy under Tomlin-
son.
Mr.. simons of Wallingford is critically
i'll; as is also George Ward Of Walling-
ford.
The eldest daughter of J. H. Mccormack
of Wallingford is seriously ill with con-
sumption.
When D. P. Loveland of northern Yer
mont purchased farm in Shelton, Conn.
recently a serious problem presented itself
to him. He had houseful of goods and
some live stock. To sell them meant a
sacrifice to him, SO he set his Yankee in
genuity to work to see how he could move
his stuff to his new home in Connecticut
without too heavy expense. Last week he
arrived in Shelton, and this is how he did
it. He went to the station agent in his
town and chartered the largest and long
est box car to be had. Then he loaded his
goods into it. These consisted of all his
household goods, one wagon, pillow and
horse rake, 500 pounds of butter, so bush
els of potatoes, two barrels of buckwheat,
three horses, five COWS, two pigs, II sheep,
go chickens, and three turkeys. By
putting up partitions and making loft
over the head of the COWS and the horses
for the smaller animals and poultry, he got
his live stock into less than one-third of
the car. Then he began at the other end,
and packed in his household goods, taking
his wagon and horse-rake apart for the
ly half of the car. Then he slung ham
mock from the roof Of the car, put in a
stove, running the pipe out of the door,
and prepared to accompany the goods him
self. He put in bale of hay and some
grain, and stock of canned goods enough
to last him for week. Bread and meat he
purchased wherever the train stopped long
enough. The trip occupied five days, and
during that time Mr.. Loveland occupied
the car with his effects, animate and imam
innate, and says he enjoyed the trip. His
live stock came out of their cramped
quarters in good condition. The horses
are now doing tho farm work and the
spring p1oughing, the COWS are furnishing
excellent milk, the chickens are laying
eggs at great rate, the sheep are growing
fat on the much better browsing they find
here and the pigs seem to enjoy the cool
ing qualities of Connecticut mud as we'll as
that of Vermont.
The action of the Hartford board of
trade looking towards the protection of
eastern capital invested in western rail
roads is gratifying. Hartford, as great
center of capital, is at once conservative
and progressive, and the action of the
the board of trade combines those two e1-
cellent qualities in scientific proportions.
Waterbury Republican.
The Methodist conference met in New
London yesterday morning, Bishop Bow
man presiding. Several reports and ad-
dresses were made. The vote on admit
ting women to conference relations will be
taken at 10 o'clock to-day, and the place
of holding the next conference will be de-
cided Saturday.
The three Meriden councils of the Knights
of Columbus-the Silver City, Washing
ton and Genoa-will hold union meeting
tonight. There will be many brother
knights from different towns of the state
The delegation from New Haven will in
clude James Brennan, z. H. Kerrigan
Daniel Colwell, Thomas F. Campbell,
James P. Bree and others.
E. F. Durand division, q. R. K P, of
Waterbury, are hard at work preparing
themselves for the competitive drill for
the grand prize to be given at the coming
field day in New Haven.
Woodbury. farmers have organized a
'1eague" with James g. Curtiss for presi-
dent
The O. U. A. M. in Woodbury. numbers
nearly 100 members.
Arnold, Constable & Co. of New York
have come into possession of the Caleb NJ.
Talcott place in Hartford. They have cut a
street through it and will put it into
marketable shape. The place contains
eight or nine acres.
Corporal Michael DAILY, who was in the
Wounded Knee fight, is visiting friends at
Bridgeport, of which city he is native. In
his troop of sixty-two seven were killed
and six wounded in that fight. and Daily
says it was nothing less than a miracle that
saved every man from death.
Letters and packages continue to arrive
in large numbers at the Rockville pcstofice
for Clementine st. George Ray, the fraud
who appealed for charity. About two
hundred letters have been received within
few days and probably over two thousand
letters and packages have been received
during the last month.
The Litchfeld Enquirer tells of pro-
fessional gentleman who went fishing one
day last week. He began by falling into
the brook. Then he broke his pole twice,
and started throwing the line with a
heavy sinker attached. At the third cast
the sinker hit him in the eye. Saying,
"GoI You have bothered me enough for
the last two years." he flung pole, reel, line
and sinker out into the stream and struck
a bee line for Town Hill.
Stephen Beardsley, an old resident of
Kent Hollow, well known by everybody in
that region, died recently, aged sixty-fve
The remains of Harry Knapp, a long
time resident of Washington, CT, were
brought from Danbury on the evening
train of Saturday. The funeral services
were held at the house of Frank Woodruff
on Sunday forenoon. Mr.. Knapp married
Betsey, daughter of the late Goshen Fem.
His age was ninety-four years and six
months.
The remains Of Mrs. Abigail Barker, for
merly of Harwinton, and mother of the late
Cyrus Barber who died in Torrinoton last