The Newtown bee., 1896-01-10
Fairfield County Chat.
BLOOMFIELD.
WHY COWS ARE HIGH.

Perhaps many of our dairymen can lee no reason why cows should be so Icarce and high, but 1t is the result of new law in regard to diseases of cattle. The commissioners have the power when they think the circumstsnces de- nand it, to restrict the bringing of cat- lie into the state to those that have been 5ested for tuberculosis and pronounced by competent authorities to be free from this or any other contagious disease. The testing costs q per head. This with the other annoyances has almost stopped bringing stock from the West or any ad- joining states. Should the embargo continue long 1t will tend to farther in- crease the price of cows.
 THE LANEsvILLE CREAMERY CLOSES.
 The Laneaviile creamery has at last | closed owing to lack of sufficient num. Der of patrons to make 1t paying busi- l ness. c. D. H. Kellogg. who has been one of the best patrons acting as super- intendent for . number of years, is now sending his milk to New Haven.
 DIAMOND RINGS IN BRooKFIELD.
 It is reported that Christmas brought three new diamond rings into the town. Guess who were the recipients?
 The meeting of the Industrial Chapter of the Guild with Misses Sadie and Elm" ma Kellogg was in every way pleasant success. It was known as the lunch basket sociable, each lady bringing a lunch basket with lunch for two and these were bought by the gentlemen l for 25c. In each basket was the name of lady present who was invited to sss ! with him. After the lunch large nasa- Der dressed so as to represent the name of some book. Each was numbered, the object was to see how many could guess the book represented, Mrs Y. M
 Beers standing the highest, guessing 4 correctly. The profits were aboat Sl2
 One of the musicians for the dance a
 F. H. Beers', last week, mst with qais' an accident. He started to drive aswl from New Milford. Ills herss ran throwing him out, breaking his arn and the horse and carriage hal not been found on Sunday, she aeci
 dent occurring on Thursday evening
 The dancing was delayed until Jsssp . Cox could be procured, when every e1 D fort was made to make up lost tims.
 The gale of Thursday night wee E caused many roads to be temporarily sh
 structed by trees, broken limbs, etS ? One of the maple trees In front of Jame
 Lees, west of the read, was blown d l rectly across. the road, causing mach il convenience to several returning froI
 the party at F. H. Beers. The tail (
 J. Lees windmill was broken in such
 way that it could not be disconReabc 8 with the pump, which was filling th
 tank on the barn floer. As censs
 quence the tank ovsrdowed, filling th stables below, but doing damage besid ' the inconvenience of wet stables.
 Thomas Halpine was obliged to Ri !, one of his horses, last week, ths effect I of poll evil. It was thought st ons tim e to be cured, but soon broke oas agai
 worse than before.
 a Clarence W. Keeler has been pattiA [ up quite extensive poultry houses ,intent 3 , ing to make poultry raising a specially - The Christmas tree at IEon Works 6
 Saturday night week was shs most aasi f factory one ever held. The room ws l. very nicely and tassef6iay decorated :, every one seeming to ss-s an interest
 the work. The exercises consisted ( singing of carols, an address by ths rs' tor and distribution of gifts from tk !, tree.
 MT and Mrs F. K. Hawley apel
 Christmas week in New Jersey in $ a. tendance at a convention held there.
 One of the finest monuments in tf }. Central cemetery has juss bees place n there by Charles J. Hughes of RridG d port on the family plot belonging John H. and Francis B. Barlsw. It .. built from Quincy granite and consis
 of three bases, on one of which is c'
 the tive family names in large raist
 letters. On these stand highly ps
 ished die with the inscriptions. A sa
 of pretty design stands en shs die aE an urn on that finishes the work. 1T
 monument stands about Il feet high al
 is credit to the builder and an srn
 nent to the cemetery.
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