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The Newtown bee., 1893-07-28
WOODBURY.

Dr William T. Akey, who is on the medical staff of the insane asylum on Wards Island, New York City, has been visiting his old friend, William Cothren, the past week. He is native of this town, but in 1868 at the age of 20 months, he removed to the West with his father, and has resided in Ohio ever since till his appointment on Wards Island, the latter part of last year. His father, Charles A. Futile, served as private in Company A, Eighth Regiment, Connecticut Volun- teers. He was man of no property, but few weeks after his arrival in Ohio, a gentleman of means, and his wife, who had lost all their own children, adopted this child as their own and reared and educated him and gave him their name. He seems, so far in life, to have fulfilled their cherished hopes and, apparently, he has the prospect of bright future.
 Frank R. Smith is convalcscent.
 Miss Annie Bacon has returned from visiting South Britain friends.
 Stephen Crane has returned from his visit to California.
 Miss Rebecca Huntington is visiting friends in Hartford.
 Rev I. L. R. Wyckof is visiting the Worlds fair.
 William E. Wells has visited his store once. His wife is running it.
 Lightning struck a telephone pole near Theodore Judson's house, shattering it.
 Hoodlums have damaged the new con- crete walks of Mrs Shove. They will be looking through grates in due time.
 Henry Dawson and wife have return ed from their visit to the Worlds fair and the far West.
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TOBACCO GROWERS MUST CO OPERATE NOW.

Now is a good time to agitate the to- bacco exchange, in these midsummer months, especially when, as now, there is so much tobacco remaining in the farm- ers' hands. I do not believe that an ex- change will succeed, unless cigar manu- facturers give their sanction and support to the same. Farmers cannot do with out the middleman, who with ready mon- ey supplies wants that are imperative when the hired help is to be paid of and the regular annual bills are to be met. However. if an exchange is to be, now is a good time to start. There is enough of good goods in farmers hands to make a start and if manufacturers will cncour- age it by buying from first hands at fair prices and enter into a combination with the producer for future supply, there is no reason why tobacco exchange should not be success. Tobacco can oe grad ed and numbered by grades as we'll as wheat and corn, but the manufacturer must certainly have hand in the inspect ion and grading. Manufacturers will please come up and take front seats, and help out on the Farmers Exchange, with the full understanding that we can- not get along without you, and that if you don't come to the front we, ,the farm middleman, and you will dance to his music, whatever it costs.-lJ James P. Crane in Homestead.
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NATIONS FOR DAIRY COWS.

After exhaustive experiments made at the Wisconsin station, Prof Henry advis- es the following rations for dairy cows of about 1000 pounds weight. The aim is to make the nutritive ratio one diges- tible portion to about 6.7 digestible carbohydrates, which the professor thinks preferable to the German stand ard, now generally used. It is not ex- pected that all feeders can weigh out the several constituents of ration each day for each animal in the herd |; let him use the scales in determining what certain measures held and use these for distrib- uting the food among the members of the herd:
 Ration 1-Corn silage, 40 pounds; clover hay, s pounds; wheat bran, 6 pounds; corn meal, pounds.
 Ration 2-Fodder corn, 20 pounds; hay, 6 pounds; oats, pounds; shorts, pounds; oil meal, pounds.
 Ration 3-Corn silage, 50 pounds; corn stalks (stover), pounds; malt sprouts, pounds; corn meal, pounds.
 Ration Glover silage, 30 pounds; hay, b pounds; wheat bran, pounds; corn meal, 3 pounds; cotton-seed meal, pounds.
 Ration 5-Timothy hay, 10 pounds; clover hay, pounds; wheat bran, 6 pounds; oats, 6 pounds.
 Ration G. Fodder corn, 20 pounds; clover hay, pounds; oats, pountls oil meal, 3 pounds
 The results given in the bulletin teach emphatically that heavy feeding pays. A COW producing a full flow of milk should receive over 70 per cent more food than is required for the maintenance of her body; it is the excess over that brings profit to the feeder. The teachings of the experiments re- ferred to may briefly be stated as fol lows: Keep only cows that respond to good feeding feed literally but not to | waste; select such feed stuffs as will | supply fair quantity of protein; raise and feed more oats than clover use bran shorts and oil meal whenever needed ] and when obtainable at a reasonable price. Farm, Stock and Home.
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CHRISTIAN STREET.

I.C. Crofut is having his barns re- shingled.
 c. c. Calhoun has completed large shed or horse barn. Like everything about Mir Calhoun's place, it is a first class job.
 Mrs s. c. Goodhue arrived at Arrow Point, on Friday last, from Staten ls- land.
 Mrs John Carter opened her husbands cottage at Lakeside on Thursday of last week, for the reception of guests.
 Mir Perry, student of Amherst col lege, canvassed this vicinity during the last three days of last week for a work entitled, Cottage Physician" for which he did not find large number of subscribers.
 Maj Walter Burnham is again able to be on the street, having partially recoV- cred from his late accident.
 J. B. Stillson had hanging in his mar ket, last Friday, 10 quarters of choice Chicago dressed beef, besides bounti- full supply of veal, lamb, smoked beef, hams, etc., all of which he expected to distribute about the village and at the various boarding houses about the Lake, over Sunday.
 F. J. Hosford sold a good horse, last week, to D. H. Reed of Brooklyn, N. ' ., for the use of Mrs Reed during her pres ent stay at Lakeside. A church fair, festival and sale of fan cy articles as arranged by the members of the ladies' sewing society of this place, will take place at the church par lors, ,pext week.
 Hull & Tyrrell were engaged busily during last week in painting the exter- for of the Congregational church in Warren.
 | Rev H. Upson and wife returned from their five weeks trip abroad on Thurs day of last week.
 Mir and Mrs Elisha Booth of Trumbull. Ct., visited at William H. Dougals from Friday last till Tuesday of this week.
 Several of the farmers in this vicinity expect to finish their having during the present week.
 William Clark and son of New York City are stopping for three weeks at Mrs Isaac Browns.
 A large congregation from this place and the New Preston Hill society was present at the church on the Hill last Sunday morning again to listen to Rev MT Evans. It is uncertain if the church in this village will be ready for public worship again by next Sunday.
 MT Ludgate of Brooklyn, N. Y., visit ed at Robert Murphy's and Luther A. Tyrrell's, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1893-07-28

The people of Great Britain spend annually, about s240,000,o0o for intoxi- eating drinks and tobacco, the principal part of which is the wages of working men.
 A German writer of considerable note as a scientist, has made the startling statement, after careful investigation and calculation, that ssthe lands in Ger many devoted to grain annually used in beer production would support fifty mill lions of people.'' The direct cost of the liquor traffic in this country in 1889 WAS $l ,034, IF ,91S. There were then B ,O00,- 900 families, and the cost for each family was therefore $79 50 for that year.
 The indirect cost estimated by pauper- ism and crime for that year was $45, 1886, or apout $3 50 per family
 The amount of capital invested in the business was $44s, ,037, ,729, or $34 for each family.
 The direct and indirect cost and the amount of capital for each Of 13,000, 900 families is more than $1I6 per year, which will supply the necessities and common comforts of life for one person in each family. Therefore the money
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Live Farm Topics.
FARMING IN NEW ENGLAND.

We have several times commented on the causes of decline in selling price of New England farms, and have strongly prote sted against the common inference that it is due to any decline in produc- tion value. Census returns for success sive decades give no evidence of such a decline. On the contrary, the produc- tive capacity of Eastern farm land in- creases, and will continue to increase, ex- cept in the case of lands which never should have been cleared for cultivation The real cause Of such decline as exists has been the emigration of our farming population to the West, excited by the foolish free homestead laws. An intelli- gent writer in the Stockman and Farmer has it just right, when he says: 1T would that the homestead law, enacted over 30 years ago, that gives to all applicants, from all nations, 160 acres of cleared land for nothing, is the main cause of the low price of land and produce, ,and the req son why there is no sale for land, and the reason why farmers have gone back financially till the land is covered with mortgages to the amount of sev- eral thousand millions of dollars, and the price of produce remains ruin- ously low, and the farmers will get poorer till the homestead law is repealed, and price put upon the cleared lands so high that farmers can sell theirland again as they did before the lands were given away and so high that the cleared land will not be brought into cultivation fast enough to oyerstock the farm pro- duee market, and keep down the price of produce below the cost of production as it has done for the last dozen years. Had the government charged each settler $l .OO0. more or less, the land would not have been settled fast enough to over stock the produce market. Consequent ly there would have been no decrease in the price of land or produce throughout the country, as there has been, and therefore no agricultural depression !; and the homesteaders having fair price for their product, instead of very low price as they have had, would soon have gone up instead of remaining stationary, as it has done. Homesteaders cannot sell their land any more than the farmers of the timbered states, for the reason that the government supplies the market with the same kind of land for nothing ' IVermont Watchman.
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KENT.
GUESTS AT KENT INN.

Among recent guests at the popular Kent Inn are the following: Gay l.. Bregg, Charles l.. Jones, New York City :; Henry r. Noble, Michigan; Fred Conn, Frank Conn, San Francisco, Cal; J. J. Walhlet, New Milford; F. E. Buckley, Winsted; Eli Potter, Wassaic, N. Y.; A. Middlebrook, Waterbury; H. M. Bolles, New Preston; F. W. Herrick, ,Southfield :; R. J. Orr, T. F. Rowan, P. Willis Hol- den, R. J. How, New York; A, A. John son, Buffalo, N. r.; D. J. Mercure, Rut- land, Vt.; Noah Rogers, Jr., Bridgeport ; J. T. Rider, Hudson, N. Y.; 5. Eggles- ton, Poughkeepsie, N. r.; H. B. Don- nelly, Bridgeport; G. s. Adams, Pitts field, Mass; H. N. Kasson, Southfield :; H. F. Sunday, Saulsbury; J. H. McMa- hon, New Milford; H. c. Prescott, Pan ana, R. l.; W. W. Barnum, Kent; c. C.. Mead, London, Ky; L. s. Mason, New town; E. Williams, Bethel; H. F. Bee man, Hartford; E. l.. Marsh, Troy, N. r.; A. N. Stone, Boston, Mass; k. D. Owen and wife, Binghamton, N. Y.; Miss c. Pulford, Miss Mary Pulford, New Haven; c. Cohen, H. 5. Cohen, Bos- ton MT and Mrs T. B. Grippen, Misses Jennie, Ethel and Bessie Grippen, Master Clifford Grippen, Bridgeport.
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Around the Preside.
THE WHITE CITY.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. 1

The Massachusetts building is a fac simile of John Hancock's house, which stood on Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass, near the state capitol. It is three stories high, surmounted in the center by cupola, the exterior furnished in staff in imitation of cut granite. Above the cupola is a flagstaff, and a liberty pole 85 feet high, stands in the front court. The house is surmounted by a raised terrace, filled in front and on one side with old fashi oned flowers and foli age. The main entrance opens into spacious hall, with a tiled floor, and fac ing it is broad colonial stairway lead ing to the second floor. On the right of the hall is large room used as a regis tration room. The floor is of marble, the walls covered with tiles. The beams overhead bare. The mantel high. On the left of the hall are two large parlors, forming a room so by 20 feet when thrown together. The front parlor has a fireplace on the wall side of the build- ing, with andirons, shovel and tongs,' fho 'tLiStIh1 5iNCpoosiu, ouCiChb ClOCh3 du- cient semi-cireular cupboard, chest of black oak of the 17th century. Paint ings on the walls include portraits of Joseph Story, Nathaniel Hawthorn, John and Samuel Adams and John Hancock, the latter represented in a sitting pos ture, with pen in hand and blank book open before him. He was B or 40 years
 of age. John Hancock, you will remem- Der, was president of the second Conti- mental Congress and the first to affix his signature to the declaration of inde- pendence. He was graduate of Har- yard college and was in England and present at the coronation of George III.
 When he wrote, with a goose quill, his
 name on the famous document as the
 magma charta of our liberties. he said he would write it so plainly, that George III could read it without spectacles,
 and 1 suspect he did. Also we saw
 portrait of the present Gov Rus sell. Bishop Gilbert Haven, John En- dicott, governor of the plantation, 1928 l630 and colonial governor almost con-
 tinually from 1644 to 1865. Up the broad stairway hangs large portrait>of Wendell Phillips. There is an old clock, cradle used in five generations of the Adams family. Also in the parlors | there were portraits of Nathan Bene- dict and George Peabody, the philan- thropist. This building, with it's furnish ings, is historical study running out
 into many lines, suggestive, retrospec- tive, prospective. The old Dutch kitch- n,with great plates of hewn timber over head, the walls covered with blue tile, ornamented with buildings, shops, etc. These things finger in the memory in spite of us. It is well; reader, it is we'll. Without memory what should we be? Memory is forever. It will not be Dec- essary to say to us, s'Son, daughter, re- member.'' We shall remember.-[ Rev A. Gardner, Warren, Ct.
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Litchfield County News.
WARREN.
YOUNG MEN ON THE FARMS.

Although the city papers are full of talk about the young men leaving the farms, it is quite refreshing to find not able instances where young men have staid on the farm and made a success. Among the successful young farmers of Warren are w. B. and F. r. Johnson, who own five farms comprising 1000 acres. Some of the farms are leased on shares, but they have enough to keep 'em busy. The editor of THE BEE en- countered these gentlemen, the other day, hard at work having in one of their big meadows on one of their farms below Mr Comstock's. In the course of conver- sation the scribe found that they had 50 head of cattle and shipped milk to West Cornwall. They have about two acres of tobacco, this year. The great grand father of the Messrs Johnson was cap tain in the Revolution. Fred Johnson has his old tall clock, which is over 150 years old and keeps good time. Their grandfather was friend of Captain knowlton, who led the Connecticut troops at the battle of Bunker Hill. Fred John son only had $S in his pocket at the age of 2l and now owns clear of all incum- brances whatsoever, five houses, 10 barns and over one mile square of land. It would take over 100000 shingles to shingle his buildings. The Messrs Johnson will cut about l50 tons of hay, this season. The Messrs John son are bright, pushing men and would that Warren had more of 'em.
The Newtown bee., 1893-07-28
ILLNESS OF DAVID STRONG.

David Strong Is still clinging to the shreds of life. If he lives until the 18th inst, he will reach the 90th milestone in his mortal pilgrimage. The younger gen. eration had anticipated if he had been well, to have made ths day gala day, a red letter day, but while it is reasonably expected that his frail bark will still be on the high sea, the sails will be partial ly furled and the craft will seem to be lying to. When we pass so it is not wise to make plan too largely as to this day or that. Even the brightest morning may suddenly change to darkness; because the sky is cloudless, we are not to con- clude that it will long continue so.
 Joseph Breen has put in q hay fork and track in his barn, with which he can unload hay in twinkling. MT Breen is assisted in carrying on his farm by his son, Joseph c. Breen. They have farm of some POO acres. They make milk for the New York market, carrying it to Cornwall Bridge.
 Representative Forstell has two acres of fine-looking tobacco.
 Frank Vassard, who works one of the Johnson places on shares, has an acre and half of as fine tobacco as there is around.
 John Andregg has one and one-quarter acres of fine tobacco. He has recently put new siding on his house. He has a fine horse barn, which was built year ago.
 Mir Swift at the Center has either sold or let upon shares, his entire grass crop. It is an anomaly, but he could we'll af- ford to do it. John Angevine has been a sharer of the lions part.
 The hail storm which was so destruc- tive In East Hartford and environments was unknown here, hence tobacco rais- CTS breathe freely.
 The Congregational church edifice is being treated to fresh coat of Jewett's best white lead and raw oil. It glistens In the sunlight, and seems proud of it's new dress. One of the painters placed himself in so precarious position the other day, that paint or painter must fall and you must judge which made visit to terra firma. However, the quantity of material was very limited, so that the amount of white coating the ground re- ceivcd was small. We are surprised that SO few casualties occur in the buzz and whirl of every day life.
 Mrs Gardner has had little outing, and, with her son from Chicago, went to Block Island, the Sea Girt Island, lying 15 miles at sea. It Is a favorite resort and the opportunity for sea bathing is exceptionally fine. The hotel accommo- dations are so varied and multitudinous, that all classes can have their desires met as to rate of living.
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limited proportion of it is beneficial in all cases, and quite essential in some. Horses who are inclined to bolt their oats, ill whose solid excrements are ob- served whole grains, will, for obvious reasons, get more nourishment from
 broken than from whole grain. Unmas- ticated food can afford little nourishment and when horse will bolt his oats with out masticating it, he should have it in
 broken form. A word as to bran. I once gave it up altogether and substitut- ed boiled oats with a little oil meal in it
 for horses that did not sweat out freely
 and scrape well. However, for the past two years, have used considerable bran with good results. Good clean bran
 well scalded, may be used iudiciously to good advantage when the horses bowel: | need little loosening - Charles Marvin
 in his Book, Training the Trotting Horse
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C., is visiting his brother, Turney Hall.
 Mrs J. B. Cornwall is keeping house for Mrs R. V. Cole during her absence.
 Mrs Jennie Lamont of New York is guest of Mrs Milton G. Barlow.
 Mrs E. H. Barlow, lady of 73 sum mers, walked over two miles, one day last week, without great fatigue. MT Eckhart, who lives on the Me- Mahon place, killed wild cat near the house, last week. Rev William A. Beardsley of New Ha- ven will exchange, Sunday, July 30, with ] Rev c. W. Boylston. Edwards $. Beardsley finished having in July, this year, thing never knowr before. Isaac Sherman and Carl Franl assisted.
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sTEPNEY.

As E. R. Hubbell was returning home from his work, one day last week, as he was just below William Osborn's dog came out belonging to E. Bradbury, and pitched on to him. MT Hubbell was whipping his dog for fighting when Bradbury came out, and picking up a stone, struck MT Hubbell on the head, laying him up for few days. A grand jurors complaint was got out and Brad- bury was arrested and brought before Justice B. Hawley and fined, making the cost over SIS.
 Mir and Mrs Francis Allen and two sons, also Henry II. Gray of Norwalk, have been guests of B. H. Peet.
 Otto Uven of New York is guest of A. Langenberg.
 Miss Mary Burwell is guest of Miss Lucy Elwood.
 Mrs Henry Fairchild, Mr and Mrs Arthur L. Sirine and Miss Grace have been guests for a month of Orrin Platt.
 Mrs Charles Potter and Miss Susie Lockwood of Bridgeport are guests of George s. Coley.
 Joseph Clark of Brooklyn was guest, last week, of J. B. Hawley.
 William Patchen, wife and daughter, are guests of Miss Henrietta Turney.
 c. l.. Smalley will close his shop to- day, Friday, July 28, to attend the Q. U. A. M. parade in Bridgeport. c. L. Smalley has built on his shop and placed new eighr-horse boiler to run his engine with, for saving and run ming machinery for doing wagon work.
 Miss Norma and Mabel Stern of Bridge port are boarding at A. Purdy's. Our quite village is alive with improve ments. Several picket fences have beer refreshed with paint.
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Trotters are going faster than ever
 I.B. Harris handsome mare, Augusta, has been placed in Trainer Lewis hands at Seaside Park, Bridgeport. MT Lewis has two or three good ones, this season, that have carried him to the front in more than one race. We expect to see Augusta get there before the season closes.
 Morris Botstord has new trotter that does not leave him in the rear when he is out with the boys.
 Equal parts of pulverized eopperas and gentian make an excellent tonic for horses. Give d tablespoonful in the grain at night for three days, then omit for week. If given too frequently or continued too long, injurious results are liable to follow.
 Birmingham made better showing at Philadelphia than he did at Boston. Following is the result of the race, Bel mont Park, Philadelphia, July 6, 1s93
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BETHLEHEM.

Bethlehem grange will hold a special meeting on August '.
 Having is progressing rapidly. Sever- al are through. The crop is one-third to one-half better than last year. Rye is a good crop and some very heavy pieces are reported.
 Lloyd Bennett has very much improv- ed his place by the addition of a veranda and other Improvements.
 Page & Blakeman of Morris have bought the fixtures and good will of the meat business of F. kerchenberger.
 We had some very heavy showers the fore part of last week but the top of the ground dries out very quickly.
The Newtown bee., 1893-07-28
EASTON

Capt George Cornell, wife and four children of Bridgeport, are guests of Charles B. Beach.
 c. s. Powell and Arthur Chase, who were bitten by mad dog, have returned from the Pasteur institute greatly im- proved by their treatment and to all ap- pearances well.
 Master Arthur Wakeman is enjoying an extended visit in Bridgeport, where he is the guest of his cousin, Master Day i'd Fairchild.
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MINORTOWN.

Miss Ella Davis of Watertown has been visiting Miss Carrie Judson.
 c. M. Rowley and family attended the funeral of their relative, Mrs Olin Shell ton of Huntington.
 Mrs Ned Stevens of Hartford has been spending few days with Mrs T. s. Minor.
 Mrs Milicent Downs visited in Bir- mingham, last week. Mrs Downs has passed her Dist birthday, yet she re- tains the vigor of more youthful wo- man. If astranger were to see her, they would doubt, with her youthful face
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THE LATE LEANDER WHITNEY.

Leander Whitney, whose death was re- corded in a recent number of TIE BEE, would hav9 been 70 years old, the 18th day of next January. For the last eight years he was in delicate health, although able to do some work. Beside his widow there survive him family of four boys, William Whitney and Joseph Whitney Canaan, N. r., Erles Whitney of Ellen dale, Del, and Leander Whitney of War ren. MT Whitney was citizen of the good old type. Up to the last he took a keen interest in the work on his farm and in the affairs of the town.