The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-07-02
In Litchfield County.
ROXBURY.
ROXBUBY.
AMAMMOTH STRAWBERRY.

surprise greeted Mrs David Gillett
while preparing some strawberries for
tea on Sunday evening by the size of one
of them. Mr. Gillett thought it worthy of
measurement and also of newspaper men
ton He also would like to know if any
one can beat this one. The berry was one
entire berry and measured 10x7 inches by
following two or three indentures in the
small end. But just around the berry
was 7x9 inches. Charles Sanford, the
grower, thinks that if he had picked off
the other berries On the same stalk, it
might have been quite little larger.
Harness Maker TYrrell has exchanged
his highly bred fIly, Lady Tophet, with
Henry Trowbridge, for fine carriage and
farm horse.
The stage route which has been in the
hands of Walter Thomas for the past II
years passed into the hands of his cous-
ms, Myron Thomas, on July l.
AS the sergeant couldn't secure help so
as to get his hay crop before July l, he
went at it alone and if the weather is all
right he will harvest it before the cele-
bration.
There will be dance at the Town hall
on the evening of July .. The commit
tee OF arrangements, Albert Buckingham
and Frederick Crofut, will spare no time
or pains to make it one Of the most en-
ioyable ever held there, as they are young
hustlers and they are bound to please
every one that comes. Good music and
refreshments will be furnished. Ice cream
will be had without money and without
price.
George Pierce was taken sick while in
the field on Friday and his folks made q
hurried call for DR. L. j. Pons, by way
of horseback, under the charge of Fore
man Petit, and he fully obeyed orders to
get there az quick as horse could carry
him. The doctor soon relieved his pa
ticnt so that he is now all right.
John Clark made a business trip tC
Bridgeport on Friday, running over tc
| New Haven to take dinner with his ole
0 friends, Mr. and Mrs y. w. Baldwin, Civ
: ing them surprise, as they knew not o.
his coming.
The show at the Town hall on Friday
evening was very good, but it wassalmos
s a failure in regard to patronage as only
d about 20 were there. 1t was repeated OF
; Saturday evening attendance slim.
$ Some fine bursts of speed have beer
seen on our streets, the past few days
between Constable Wilsey's horse and Fl
Thomas's colt, Bonnie Bion.
While rye and grass are looking fair
corn is small for the season of year, to
bacco is uneven, while some are just fin
ishing first setting others have hoed their
the second time. The hay crop will b
somewhat better than last year, but no
very heavy, only on rich new seede
0 pieces, owing to the dry seasons of tn
past. We are in need OF rains just q
present, ground getting very dry an
hard.
The distribution was made of the Ii
ander Brakeman estate on JuneE23, Mis-
Jane receiving the old homestead an
buildings, Mrs Mary Brakeman, her Sit
r ter, residing near Lockport, N. Y, tn
outside pieces.l
w. A. Wilsey has taken the grass O
the Hall place to get Oh shares of Butct
er Barnes, he having rented the farm fc
the present year.
William Jackson has position on th
farm of George E. Pierce, assisting Fort
man Petit in his haying and harvesting