The Newtown bee., 1893-05-26
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 c. w. Minor of this place and John Capewell of WoOdbury have 24 fox tails as a result of this last winters cam paign.
 John Bolt has about three pecks of fine russet apples that will be two years old in fall. The editor of THE BEE sampled" them and can testify to their excellent quality. Mir Bolt is having an addition built to his house. John k. Clark has been doing the mason work. William Delaney moved to Naugatuck, last week Thursday.
 There are about 30 men employed at the quarry now. The outlook for work is excellent.
 Mrs Hiram ElweIl has been quite sick for several weeks. pr Hartwell attends her
 Phineas Clark and wife, from New Milford, were at s. T. Baldwin's on Fri day, remaining over Sunday.
 C. W. Minor has taken, in addition to his own farm, this year, 50 acres of land from Leander Blakemau and 1J acres from the New Milford savings bank He is extensively in the milk business, ,as he keeps IS cows and carries milk to the HOtchkissville creamery. MT Minor eX- poets a busy season, as he has one quar- ter of the town roads 10 care for beside looking after his large farm.
 The fence about the village cemetery has been painted by John Upton. He will do painting for Mrs Bruce Hodge.
 Mr and Mrs W. l.. Braman of Platts- burg, x. T., have been visiCing Mr and Mrs Mark Bradley.
 Everett E. Hurlbutt and a classmate of ! ale, were here last week, collecting geological pecimens.
 Mrs Proctor Warner has visited in North Woodbury.
 Ira Booth went to Merden with horses last week.
 C. B. BOtsford expects plant about an acres and a half of tobacco, this year. He will try the Phinney phosphate.
 Mrs A. F. Squire is quite sick under the care of Dr King of New Milford.
 C. B. Squire has a fine road horse, ,pur- chased of Platt & Pope, dealers in that kind of goods.
 James Botsford, foreman for B. $. Preston, has purchased COW from C. T. Squire.
 C. T. Squire returned from Buffalo, the 17th, with fine load of steers selling George E. Barnes four for butchering also the estate of B. Hodge four, and his father taking the balance, Is head.
 Phineas Platt of Milford, having rent ed the pasture of c. T. Squire again, sent up on the 20th, 3l head of cattle.
 Samuel Baldwin still continues to be unable to do any labor on his farm, but not confined to bed
 Horace Squire has so far recovered as to be able to labor some and ride around. On the 18th he visited old friends at New town.
 Henry Bronson, of the firm of Bron- son Brothers, has purchased building lot intends the erection of a house and barn on it some time in the near future
 John Upton is to remove from the place of the late Edwin Prindle to A. l.. Pierce's house.
 Henry Trowbridge is having his house reshingled, the firm of Evans 6 Booth doing the work.
 Carpenter Wait Leavenworth has sold two COWS to c. Thomas.
 The Booth free school closed, Friday, the 18th.
 Mir and Mrs Burton Hodge are visiting friends in New Haven. MT Fairbank has visited in Massaehu- | sets, the past week. w. E. Fisher, principal of the Booth school, returned to his home in Vermont last Saturday.
 Mrs William Merwin visits her daugh- ter in Sheffield. Rev George Burgess of Hadlyme visited friends in town, last week. While here he received the news of his fathers death, which occurred in Bridgewater.