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The Newtown bee., 1893-10-27
In Fairfield County. :.
WESTON.
THE PERRY SILVER wEDDING-

THE PERRY SILVER WEDDINCE-
 A full account of the silver wedding of Mir and Mrs Oliver Perry was printed in last weeks BEE. This estimable couple received the following presents:
 Pickle castor Elmer Downs; lemonade set, MT and Mrs ". E. Osborne; oat meal set, Mrs Charles Bradley and Mrs Stephen Bene- dict; mirror. William o. Hull and sister; ink font and pen holder, Clara J. Banks; pickle castor, Mrs M- Wheeler and daughters; silver pepper box, Miss Grace B. Osborne; hanging lamp. MT and Mrs Henry Whitehead, MT and Mrs Arthur Sherwood; nut picks, cracker and grape sheals S, Dr and Mrs Frank Cor ham; rug. Rev and Mrs A. Hamilton and Miss Alma E. Hamilton; pair towels, Mrs William Cole; damask table cover, George Brown; mirror, Mrs Caroline Kicks and Mrs Rufus Goulds silver gravy spoon, Rev and Mrs J.
 F. Dulnkerke; rug, Mir and Mrs William O.
 Santoad; nut picks and cracker, Edgar Perry
 and sister; mirror, Mir and Mrs William c.
 Sanford; one halt dozen silver fruit knives,
 Erva C. Brotherton; six silver coffee spoons,
 Frank P. Morehouse; nut picks, MT and Mrs Theodore Hamilton; silver sugar shell, Miss Jessie Kellogg; rug, Mir and Mrs c. c. Sal mon; gold lined berry spoon, H. Clinton Patchen and mother; gold lined sugar shell, MT and Mrs D. Parsons; silver gravy spoon, D. B. Perry; silver butter knife, Mason F. Sanford; butter knife and sugar shell, Mir and
 Mrs James A. Smith; nut picks, Mrs Thomas J. Bennett; towel and cake plate, Mr and
 Mrs Rufus Beers, fruit dish, Miss Eddice B. White; large glass pitcher, Mrs William Will Hams and granddaughter; lamp, K. K. Fitch ! and sister; banquet lamp, Mrs Lester Ben ! nett; glass set of four pieces, Rev and Mrs William Cogswell; castor, Oscar R. Smith l; gold lined silver spoon holder, Mrs F. c. Per ry and daughter and A. B. Smith and sister; | nut picks, Mrs Mary A. Merwin and daugh- ters; silver butter dish. MT and Mrs H. E. Wheeler and son; nickle lamp and silk shade, MT and Mrs Wesley Banks; ornamental satin and lace set for easy chair, Mrs Alice Cook paper rack, MT and Mrs l. E. Smith; velvet purse, Mrs Daniel Brown; nut picks, Alfred 1 B. Gilbert; gold lined berry spoon, c. B. Kel- l logg and Miss A. Hamiltons lamp, Mrs Platt l keeler; OK yoke, Platt Keeler; ax, Daniel Brown; drum for master Andrew Perry, Ethel salmon; tea set 56 pieces, MT and Mrs Hawley Williams and family, John Williams and son,
 Mrs Rocelia Brown ard sons, Mrs George I Brown and Mrs Mary J. Miller; glass berry I set Mrs Mary E. Jennings; one dozen nap kins, name unknown; s in gold, name with
 held; silver spoon holder. Mrs B. F. Bulkley l and son.
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Live Farm Topics.
WORK FOR THE FALL.

The value of much of the work done in the garden and orchard depe nds on it's seasOnable performance, and we offer few memoranda for the benefit of those who are apt to overlook useful or important jobs in season: Peach stocks which continue to grow freely may be budded as long as the bark peels freely for the insertion of buds. New straw berry beds must be kept entirely free from wt eds, and manure finely and even- ly scattered between the plants and rows, unless the ground ia already rich enough Keep the runners continually cut. Prune out all useless shoots in young fruit trees, the growth of which being now about completed, no injurious check will be given the trees. Orchards which need more fertility may be now, and on till winter, treated with an even top-dressing of well-broken manure Young trees may be now transplanted if they have ceased growing. See that they are provided with ample roots on both sides,a ,and are so firmly set as not to need the imperfect support of stalking against winter winds. This will be as- sisted by properly heading them back. Before the advent of winter and snow, do not omit the conical mounds of earth around the stems, where mice are feared. Watch for the work of destructive in- sects.-I Country Gentleman.
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HINTS FOR FRUIT GROWERS.

The inhabitants comprised in dis.
 tinctively fruit-growing section are gen. erally the most progressive class of farmers to be found. For them the slow, old-fashioned pace of 100 years ago would mean positive bankruptcy. To be sue cessful the horticulturst more than any other class of people must be onto the latest short cuts and devices for the largest yields with the least work and expense, coupled with prolifcacy and regularity of yield. When the most ad- vanced and intensive methods of getting as much out of the soil as is possible are followed, and the slipshod backwoods methods of all-round general farming dispensed with, the farmer in particular and the community in general will be more prosperous. As result of high class speciality of farming, the spirit will be quickened, the senses sharpened and the intellect opened to a wider vision of the possibilities. Good schools, good churches and lecture halls, good roads lined by rows of shade trees will be in- sisted on. In some sections of Califor- mia, where oftentimes the keenest com petition is met in the fruit market, these progressive, wide-awake fruit-growers have the country highways sprinkled regularly throughout the dusty season. Such public spirit and intelligent action as this, improving the roads, making travelling facilities better and improving
 the fruit greatly, will commend itself to
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WOODBURY.

Mrs ". J. Nichols and her sister, Mrs Rollins and child of Acton, Mass, visited the family of John W. Nichols. William Betts was killed on the rail- road near Soutbford, Friday, snd was buried in Woodbury on Saturday, Octo- Der 20.
 Edward Judson of Providence, R. L.> visited his father> last week.
 George Cowes was married to Miss Mary Gordon, Tuesday October IS.
 Homer s. Tomlinson visited his broth CT Elisha P. Tomlinsen, in New Jersey, last week.
 The new organ purchased by subscrip- tion for public use at Town hall was dedicated, Sunday, October p, when it was used at praise service.
 F. P. Stong raised some l75 bushels of good peaches, notwithstanding the dam age caused by our West India hurricanes.
 E. F. and J. W. Nichols have visited their cousin, Mrs s. ". Summers, who is critically ill at Birmingham.
 Thomas Condon has been granted a communication of $75 for an artificial leg through the office of William Cothren. He lost his left leg at battle in Fen nessee by gun shot wounds.
 Rev Mir Freeman Of the Fiyss Congre- gational church gave, last Sunday, an interesting account of what he saw at the Worlds fair.
 Mrs Cornelius J. Minors Sabbath school class gave her very enjoyable surprise party, recently. A fine picture and easel were presented Mrs Minor by the scholars.
 Mrs George c. Bradley has gone to visit Miss Phebe Hegeman of New Jer- sey.
 W. A. Strong and D. l.. S0mers at tended the council of the O, F, A. M. at Statford, last week
 The last cyclone paa5ally unroofed q c"i u AOA Nhlo NcOI SSS- ID. I4eWlS ana aQ- other for V. NJ. Rasnes.
 Miss Jennie, Lewis has Teturned to her New ), sTk home from her stay at Mapletor~
 Ms J. A. Freeman and daughter have raSurned from their visit to New Haven.
 Mrs D. R> Rodger and children have returned from their visit to Jamestown, N. |,
 Mr and Mrs Edward F. Basastt of Seymour visited Woodbury frisnds. last week.
 A sister of Mrs W. c. Gihsley visited her, last week
 The editor of tas> Reporter visited New York, recerssy, in, the interest of his subscribers.
 George F. Morris and. family visited New York; last week.
 The Case of Addison T. Hall vs. estate Of MaRy A. Smith has been an,icahly set. tled- .Cothren for Hall aud Hubbard fo, tha estate.
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Sunday morning. T. W. Turney accom- panied him.

Sunday morning. T. W. Turney accom- panied him.
 Miss Maud Silliman visits .Miss Nellie Elwood and with her attended the teach er's meeting on Friday at New Britain. returning home $ ,tufday evening.
 Mrs John Adams is to spend the winter with her son and granddaughter.
 Mrs Jane Mallett is at present caring for Mrs Austin Grumman and daughter.
 MT and Mrs J. l.. Perry were surpris- ed, Sunday, with visit from Mir and Mrs Frank Andrews, with their two sons of Bridgeport.
 Mrs Charles Warehouse of Reddjpg spends Saturday at her fathers, Z. B. Wilson's.
 Mrs Lafayette Candee and daughter of Chicago are visiting at Jason Candee's.
 Annual meeting of ladies' enterprise society will be held at Academy hall. Wednesday afternoon. New officers will be appointed.
 Miss Annie Candee expects to com mence school, Monday.
 s. N. Osborn found his OK all right. having strayed from pasture.
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WASHINGTON.
A SCHOOL HOUSE.

The Church Hill school house is hav- ing needed repairs made on it. c. N. Beach, assisted by Henry Ziggler, put on new roofs, last week.
 4 WATER COMPANY WILL BE NEEDED.
 With the increase of the village of Washington Depot in population, the question of drinking water for the vil- lage is likely to be serious problem. There are one or two who already have found their wells contaminated with sur face drainage, who have taken steps to secure drinking water from 8 spring. It a bad idea for property owners to con- bine, form water company, secure a supply for drinking and fire protection. There. are numerous springs on the high ground above the village, and Ia supply could be easily secured. One gentleman, y, w. Rrasie, has already acted for him. self. Not finding his we'll water satis- factory, he has secured spring right on Church hin on land of Fred Carlson and will pipe water to his houses. 1t will cost some hundred of dollars to do il. but the result he believes will pay him hand somely. The village is of course practi- cally without fire protection. It is a question that will command attention five or ten years hence, if not sooner. Good and pure drinking water is a necessity, rH int ha F,,k, ed action to obtain it may be necessary.
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TO PROTECT CORN AGAINST SMUT.

In some sections the corn crop is not harvested, and as this is an excellent time to use preventive measures against the recurrence of smut in corn by re- moving the infected stalks from the fields and burning them, it is well to call at tention to some of the efforts that have been made in the corn-growing states to eradicate smut, Nebraska having
 made some valuable experiments at her agricultural station, the results of which are important to all farmers who grow corn. The smut of corn has long been distributed over the whole of the United States and in Europe and Asia, the injury to the corn often being as much as forty
 per cent. It is also affirmed by leading
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A NEW PRESTON FIRM.

kenney & Hosford have put up a new coal shed at New Preston station, which has been decorated by Painter E. Hull. kenney & Hosford, by the way, have quite varied business. In addition to their livery, which consists of IG horses and two bOardcrs, they run two stage lines, one to New Milford and one to the Shcpaug station at New Preston. They also have coal and wood yard and are agents for the Adams express. They do considerable in the horse business, buy ing and selling as opportunity presents. This fall Mir Hosford has disposed of sev- en sulky carts, which shows they also do something in the carriage line, Last spring they opened 9 pleasant office in the old market building by the river. They keep a stock of harnesses, robes and the like. D. kcnney, of the firm, was one of the towns representatives in the Legislature at the last term.
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H0TCHkIsSVII.iLE

Mrs Belle Smith was yassaling in New Milford last week.
 VIII Belts, who Was Killed on the N. E. railroad at Souaiiford. last Friday night, was brothea,of. Perry Betts and Mrs John Rolf of tkas pikee. Will's ca- reer has been varied For several years ne was ranching in Colorado. and five years ago drifted back East. The past summer he has been working in Strong town.
 Cnarles Curtis, with his f. lnify ,are wis., l6lng at.Jake Schindler's. Charlie brought nis gun along and is out, for bear. Mrs Curtis stays with her mot her while the men SCOUT the country flor anything to fire at.
 Carter Barnes raised 8. .epiece of pota- toes on Shares at the 4lsto ne House farm, Trans glvania. He stor. Id his share. g bushelsslin thssceller of ihe stone house preparatory to moving here from west side- Last week he mo ped his family, and on looking at his potatoes found thieves had broken in nd took all but seven bushels. They had taken time to sort the tnbers, thus leaving the cuIls.
 Mark Hall is sick again.
 John, the mllkman, says Ee is not go ing to Sweden.
 Frank Ward of Burnside is in town
 The funeral service of Will Betts, who was killed by the cars, was held at his sisters, Mrs John RoIf's. last Sum lay.
 George Browns ho fse got one le, into
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WARREN.
IMPROVING HIS HOME.

Michael Barrett has been making great improvements on his house. He has put in new stills, new sidings, etc., and paint ed his house. John Andregg has assist ed in the work.
 AT REPRESENTATIVE FORSTELLES HOME,
 Representative William Forstelle, Jr, has recently built on the Fallen place, opposite his house, which he bought dur ing the last year, substantial and hand some piece of stone wall. For the last three years, since Mr Forstelle went out of the milk business, he has dealt exten- sively in cattle, buying and selling. He raised this year some 300 bushels of fine potatoes, and also B tobacco crop.
 John Morrow has harvested 16O bash els of corn, and regards it good crop considering the dry weather.
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PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

IEl(StDNAIs l. AND OlIlEkN lSt..
 Robert Kik returned from Staten Island on Friday evening.
 J. B. Wilson still continues i'll at his residence at Lakeside.
 Miss Mary k. Hosford, with her maid and Mrs A. F.. Corning, left New Pres ton on Tuesday of this week for Miss Hosford's home in Brooklyn, N. |.
 Mrs E. H. Beardsley is visiting friends for a few days in Bridgeport.
 Sherman Cogswel was chosen, on Sunday, with Rev MT Evans, as dele gate from the Village church to the or dination services at the Congregational church in Southbury, on Wednesday of this week.
 J. B. Stillson received, last week, 100 baskets of Niagara grapes from George A. HickOx's grapery in Washington for sale at his meat market and by closing time on Saturday evening, the majority of the baskets had gone from the pile.
 Virgil Hatch is shipping apples to New Haven.
 Oscar Larson of Washington has rented Mrs Williams place in Christian street EX-Selectman Grannis has begun again for the season in the cattle business Last winter he bought and sold POO or 300 head, and probably will handle more, this year.
 B. Gordon has the largest pile and assortment of gents clothing at his newly opened store here, which has been seen and offered for sale in many years. Give kim q call and encourage his business venture here all you can.
 F. $. Cogswell and l.. J. Baldwin of TorringtOn were here over last Sunday.
 Mrs l.. A. Tyrrell arrived home on Monday evening of last week, from three weeks visit in New Haven.
 Charles Hoffman is placing an addition to his barn. D. M. Tompkins is doing the carpenter work.
 Prime Wright has been consigned several colts for breaking to harness and expects several more later in the season.
 Mir and Mrs George Braman of Tor rington was in the congregation at the Village church, last Sunday morning.
 Mrs Gilbert Vincent of Kent is visit ing her parents here, MT and Mrs Noble Bolles.
 Two of our hunters met with an em- barrassing experience in Marbledale or Church Hill, last week, while shooting bird on Samuel Millington's farm, which has been protected by posters against such encrOachments. As the bird was being secured, Mir Millington suddenly appeared to them and demanded satis- faction. After a lengthy consultation together the grievance was settled with out resorting to furthur legal process, but it should certainly be a warning to all others to be very careful about tres passing on MT Millington's land for that purpose under the penalty of the law.
 Edwin Cogswell sold good four-year- old colt, we'll broke to harness, hast week, to Samuel H. Clark of Marble dale.
 E. H. Beardsley has received for sale full stock of the medicines and lini- ment of the C.. G. Clark Co.,, of New Haven, lately advertised here by the lecture of pr Fechter. He has also accepted the agency for the sale here of John r, Doyle < Sons new and cele- brated "Bakaska," the greatest cleaner for cloth, paint, glass etc, in the mar ket.
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Last Week
 You Remember. We told you we would talk about
BOOTS AND SHOES,

this week. Well! what we have to say will be in few words. This is the season of year when everybody has to get ready for the winter and; our store is just the place to do iti n as we have everything in the Shoe line to suit everybody, both old and young and our prices, well! we'll leave that for you to say if they are not the lowest, and quality the best to be found this side of the Worlds Fair.
 We have a few odds and ends in Shoes and Boots, good to wear which we offer at half price, 75c, S1, S15O and S2. They're big bargain and wont last long so come quick before they are all gone. Complete line of best make of Rubber Boots and Shoes at lowest prices at E. r. Hawley's.
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scientists that the rust of wheat and the smut of corn are identical in many re- spects, and that where the wheat crop is affected the corn crop will also be liable, but opinions are not unanimous on the claim. Disseminated by spores, the black powder of smut, which is so familiar to every farmer who has grown corn, consists of spores, the ball of smut being really ball of seeds, as the spores reproduce smut as the seeds reproduce or
 dinary plants and these spores may grow in the manure and liquids of the barn. yard for an indefinite period. The smut enters the corn when it is very young. penetrating the soft tissues of the low
 est joint and the root of the small plant and does not pass from plant to plant in
 the cornfield, as has long been supposed
 The ground must be protected against
 receiving spores. Outward applications
 to the corn plants will not avail, as the fungus is inside of the plants, where no
 substances can reach it; hence smut can
 only be prevented by destroying all
 affected stalks upon the first indication
 of the fungus. Rotation of crops, in-
 stead of growing grain on the same plot
 every season, will prevent the smut from increasing, but the surest method is to
 consign to flames every stalk that is not entirely free from smut, and the smut balls must never be allowed to open in fields. The seed corn must be perfectly free from contamination with the spores
 month it will pay to cut out the
 affected stalks and burn them, and by
 following up the work next spring care fully it may be stamped out in two or
 three seasons.-C Philadelphia Register
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k. c. Johnson of Church Hill had a splendid crop of corn, this year. He vii have $50 or 400 bushels of ears to put in his granary.
 Dea Henry Seeley has been making re- pairs and improvements on his barn. Apo,Alos Jennings has assisted him.
 Fred Forbes, the painter, will soon put new dress of paint on the house of T. q. Jordan.
 Fred Monroe is now carrying on the Bryant and Edgar Calhoun farms. From the former he sends milk to the cream cry and from the latter makes butter for the Waterbury market. He has over 300 acres to look after in the two places.
 Mir and Mrs A. G. Baker passed Sun day at New Haven, where their son George is attending business college.
 Leavitt Brinsmade has closed his large house for the winter, and will occupy the smaller one. 4s~z
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

joint with little mould of soil. If this is done the vine will send out roots from the joints that are covered, and its Vigor will be greatly augmented. If fine manure is spread around the hills during the period of growth it will show in the size of the squashes, and few years ago we grew a kershaw squash that weighed over twentv-nine pounds by mulching the whole patch with the scrapings of the barn-yard. The average kershaw weighs rather less than ten pounds, so it will be seen that we had a pretty fair sized one for our pains, and it was not the only large one in the patch either. American Farmer.
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HOME FROM EUROPE.

Rev pr Spencer stood in his pulpit at St Johns (EpiscopaD church, last Sun day, for the first time since he left five month ago. He received hearty wei come from his parishioners. Dr Spen- in England and Germany. For two months he had charge of the American church in Dresden, his duties being very nleasant.
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WORTHWHILE.
A GOOD STAND.

J. +. Wells is now managing the grist mill of the late W. w.. Wells, and is car- rying on the business to the satisfaction of all the patrons. This stand is one of the best around. Mir Wells has trade that comes as far as Bethlehem, even, Sherman and Cornwall Bridge. The mill is equipped with three sets of stone.
 R. D. Lampson and three others from New Milford are expecting to go to Flor ida to spend the winter.
 The friends of Carr Lyon are pleased to see him out again. He has been laid up with blood poisoning for two months.
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BEE.
Litchfield County News.
NEW PRESTON.
GREAT LUCK AT DUCK HUNTING.

GREAT LUCK AT DUCK HUNTING.
 A. J. PiXley and Charles Ferris enjoy ed splendid luck at duck hunting, the other day, bagging II out of flock that settled down on the lake. Their friends in New Preston and New Milford enjoy ed some of the game. The Pixley house, by the way, will remain open All winter, which will be good news to fishermen. Mir Pixley, Sr., has put in d stock of live bait and is well prepared for the cam paign. A. J. PiXley returned to his studies at Columbia college, last week.
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BEDDING.

Mrs J. A. s. Burr, after visiting Cleveland, Norwalk, Toledo and the Worlds fair, was the guest of Mir and Mrs A. A. Banks, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. She is now spending some time with her niece, Mrs Hobart Brins- made, in St Louis.
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BRIDGEPORT.

Plans are made for the new memor- ial library at Milford, which is to cost in the neighborhood of $25,O00. J. A. Northrop is the architect.
 Bradley Nichols has sold B lots at West End to W. II. Lamson, who is to build several houses there soon. He also has the foundation in for new house on the corner of North and Wood avenue.-[ The Weekly Record.
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MARBLEDALE.
A GOOD CREAMERY.

Ford's Marketable creamery is now turning out 200 pounds of butter per week, and is scarcely able to keep up with orders. MT Ford has just had ground broken for creamery building, 24x40, which will be completed and be in running order by another spring. MT Ford's creamery butter has No. repu- tation.
 D. Olihan, state inspector of boilers, was here looking after the boilers, last week.
 Mir and Mrs G. A. TomIinson have been visiting at Buffalo, and later will go to the Worlds fair.
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RoxBURY.
BIGGEST BRIDGE ON THE sr

BIGGEST BRIDGE ON THE sHEPAUG.
 The town of Roxbury can now boast of having the biggest and handsomest bridge over the Shepaug, the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. having just completed the bridge at the Station. The bridge cost $l700, while the abutments. etc. footed up total of $l700. The abut- ments were built under the supervision of R. T. Blades of the quarry.
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BETHEL.

The sum of 5000 has been paid to the widow of the late Peter Malarkey by the Connecticut General life insurance com- pany, through their agent in this town, George H. Hawley.
 Sidney Judson and Harry Judson have returned from visit to the Worlds fair.
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STRATFIELD.

Kepler H. Nichols and wife returned home, Wednesday week, from four weeks trip through the West, including Niagara, Chicago and the Worlds fair, Cincinnati and Washington.