The Newtown bee., 1896-05-15

sociation ought to call out a large and representative gathering of our citizens. There is no doubt but what Nowtown can maintain a fair which shall be credit to l the town. Let the attendance on Satur. day show that the interest in this project . is genuine.
 The residents of Ncwtowu Street have been watching with anxiety for signs of the fatal elm tree beetle. Another yisi- . tation, it IS felt, will finish our beautiful clms In West Haven it is sad that the beetle has already commenced to hatch out and take wings for the trees, and in some places they have seen them leaving the ground in drovcs. The borough officials have taken the matter in earnest however, and appropriated S350 to fight them. We wi,h our local borough would wake up from it's long sleep, and tackle such live local is~ucas this.
 The forthcoming International sunday School Convention in Boston promises to be notable religious gathering. The committee are already assured that 4ooo delegates will be in attcudauce,aud these with their friends will surely crowd cv- cry service. The committee has hired Fremont Temple with its 5ooo seats for the week, and m-o secured Park Street church for overflow srr1or-. Thr great interest in sunday school work in New England, and the splendid array of speakers booked for thj- rnnyontor, will crowd Boston from June 2l 10 2G Com ycutjon week with the leading sunday school workers o, this country.
 The pictures of Colonial and Eevolu- uonary ltmrs drawn by Rev F. S. Child of Flir0eld juh5 .Au ud New England Town" urcrNccydmgIy interesting The book shows much careful research and and the author hrs Il happy style in his narration of cvcnt-. IL jmprcsscs one with the important part played by Fair field in the Revolution and is dedicated 10 the Eunlcc Dtuuic Burr Chapter, D. A. R., of that town. A special feature is thc many splcndij illustrations in thc book from photogmvure plates admir- ably executed, The book is just what it Iurports to be, sketches of life, scenery, character, but they are SO admirably drawn, and contain SO much reliable his toricAl material that it makes it a valu- able book to have. The book is from the press of charIcs Scrjbncrs' Sons.
 We have always considered the cider barrel Al real enemy to the progress Of temperance in the country, and we haven't changed our mind. Too many men depend upon this beverage at this season of the year, It is harmless, and cheers the inner man, is the logic. But if the head of every cider barrel were knocked in there would be fewer cross grained farmers, and more happiness in the homes. It would be we'll if those men who visit the cider barrel, could have conversion strike them as it did one man we know of in I.itchield county. He took an ax and knocked in the head of every cider barrel he owned. There was an awful waste of vinegar. but who will say it was not right. This man did not care to put the bottle to his neigh bor's lips.
 We need rain very badly in this sec tion of Connecticut, there is no doubt about that. But it is poor plan to waste our energy in grumbling about it. The same All Wise Hand is still direct ing affairs, and seed time and harvest will not fail J. Warren Smith of the New England Weather Bureau gives this picture of the agricultural outlook in Connecticut: The drouth is becoming quite severe in the greater part of Con- necticut and it is causing quite a good deal of anxiety. Strawberries and small plants are showing the effects of the want of rain, and grass and grain grows slowly with thin stand. The correspon. dent at East Morris states that straw berries are almost failure, but gener- ally small fruits promise we'll all over the state. Apples have 8 very full bloom. Pears generally show we'll ex- cept in parts of Litchfeld and Fairfield counties. One correspondent In the last named county states there are no pear blossoms. There are some peach blOs- soms out in Litchfield county, and in New Haven county peach. trees are blooming lightly with the conditions much improved. Onion sewing is f1n- ished in many places. Turnip seed is looking we'll, but onion seed is growing slowly. Most of the potatoes are planted and some corn is now in.
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 Did you eyer stop to think what in- digestion really means? It means simply | that your stomach is tired. If our legs areEtired, we ride. The horse and the steam engine do the work. Why not give your stomach ride; that is, Jet something else do it's work. Foods can be digested outside of the body. All I plants contain digestive principles which