The Newtown bee., 1894-07-13
THE CROP OUTLOOK.

The having season will be at it's height, this week, if weather is favorable. Some have not commenced at this writing, July $, some are through and others made small beginning and all agree that the crop is not up to the average, while the oat crop is almost failure. The rye crop is excellent; corn and tobacco also look well.
 The hot wave which lasted the whole of June and the first days of July, has been broken and the cool days give new life to the many that have been obliged to labor under the broiling sun. All though some of the neighboring towns have been blessed with copious showers, we have had to partake of only few drops, hardly enough to lay the dust. Everything needs good rain very much, as we are very dry and the pastures are getting parched. The potato crop is, we fear, badly damaged already. It is re- ported that some pieces have been struck with blight and entirely ruined. The agitation still continues regarding the new park, and Messrs Thomas and Lewis are to be conferred with about l buying a strip from their farms in order to facilitate the work, and if successful, ! they are to raise flag pole and float the stars and stripes and the young people | who will be most benefited and who pat ! hn yx,i11 tn fnruic h the pole and flag.
 The great strike that is causing great suffering to this country by way of busi- ness and destruction of property, has ! been of little help to a few by way of | enabling them to sell few heads ot cat tie and sheep to supply the markets for meat in our large villages. Chauncey l Beers, Horace Squires and Mrs Trow- | bridge have each disposed of cattle, the past week, MT Platt of Milford taking | Horace Squires', also making draft from his own that are being pastured on c. T. | Squires' land, taking eight from there. | six from H. Squires' and five from par ties in Oxford. If the strike continues many days the cattle will all be wanted at fair price.
 David Barnes and John Upham tried \ their luck at bass fishing in the Housa- tonic, Saturday. They gathered in about three dozen, all told, mixed multitude l of roach, bass, etc.
 July a little cloud containing hail passed from the northwestern part of the town to near the center, then moving east left it's track in some places quite plainly, hitting few pieces of tobacco | so that they had to be reset. | Several attended the races at Wood | bury and witnessed one of the best events \ of the Woodbury race track, especially the 3.30 or green horse race, with eight starters, Clock Work, entered by George | Ford, winning first heat and No Name, owned by Hamlin of New Milford, the 1 second and third heats and Quarter Cup the fourth, fifth and sixth heats, ,and win ming the race. The other five were not in it, to 80 speak. Quarter Cup showed his breeding and staying. qualities, trot- ting the last mile the fastest of any mile in the six heats. He is splendid five year colt by Quartermaster, owned by H | O. Warner, New Milford. The three minute race was won by Dorothy, own ed by Pitcher & Andrews of Naugatuck the 2.56 by Dr Smith, owned by Charles Scheyer of New Milford. This race was a pacing race, with three entries, Dl Smith winning in straight heats, as also did Dorothy in the three minute class. I The youngest son of Walter Booth i quite sick with typhoid fever, and undel the care of Dr Pons.
 A. l.. Pierce, who has kept the higl is assisting his brother, Frank, gathe his hay crop.
 PAINTER HILL.
 We had quite hail storm, Sunday evening, though very little damage wa | done to crops.
 Seymour Brown and family were il
 Washington, Sunday.
 Mrs c. R. Hurd attended a birthday party given in her honor by Mrs Waite Thomas, June 26.
 Mrs Teeple recently visited at D Ketchum's in Woodbury.
 Mrs Thomas O'Brien has been at he sons, Williams, in Woodbury, few days. where she has grandson, bori | the 27th.
 l It seems to be much easier to get ha, down than to get it up again. The peo I ple are generally feeling more anxious