The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-09-09


and son, Leslie Davis, Mr. and Mrs Will
liam Mitchell and child, Mrs Martha
Hoyt and son, Howard Hoyt, and Mrs
Cook of Bethel, Mrs Henry Fry of
RidgeffeId, Mr. and Mis- F. L. Northrop
aud two children, and Miss Flora
No rthrop Of Newtown.
Mrs Milo Stark has recently visited
Mrs Charles Nichols of Danbury.
G. FL. Hurlburt has his cider mill now
in running order, and is quite busy. He
calls it 1.-THE Dewey cider mill" His
grisr mill will be ready for business in
about two weeks. He has given the mill
| fresh coat of paint.
Barnum's fountain, at the corner of
Center and Wooster streets, has had a
very dry appearance, most of the sum-
mer. The water has been lately turned
on which has a cooling effect in the
neighho hood. There is no increase of
water in the basin which appears to be
in leaky condition.
Potatoes are being harvested. The
CT op light on many pieces.
Mr and Mira H. Cornelius Judd attend
ed the New Milford fair on Tuesday.
James McCreagh is harvesting his crop
OF peaches.
Ammi Carter, the genial road man, has
been putting in a new bridge near the
lPlumtrees schOOlhouae.
G. FL. Banks is picking from 10 to u
bushels of peaches per day fro his
orchard, marketing them all in Bethel.
G. W. Bolles will erect next week in
the Quaker cemetery at New Fairfield a
marble head4tOne for Mrs William Il.
Wood. In the Bethel cemetery he will
place marble headstOne to the memory
Iof Aggie Smith, daughter of G. G.. Smith
lot Brooklyn. He is also erecting a
Quincy granite monument in Ridgebury
for Lucinda Amber.
The late bot weather has ripened an
abundant crop of tomatoes of fine quail
Ity. Corn has also ripened fast. Farm
ers are cutting the crop and are also
moving a good crop of rowen which is
curing finely in the hot sun.
| A carryall load of Bethel and Danbury
poultry men attended on Tuesday even
ing the Ridgefield Poultry show. They
rep 0rted fine showing of birds of choice
breeds. Bethel and Danbury poultry
men sent down a few of their choice
stock and received honorable mention.
The association has not offered any reg
ular premiums this season, it being their
frat show.
Mr. and Mrs A. J. HallOck and Mrs G.
M. Freudenthall drove to New Milford,
Wednesday morning, tos attend the fail
; Mr. and Mrs George Crofut were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs G. M. Lyon OF
, Stratford avenue, Bridgeport, on Mon
dav.
j. S. Mayhem, the Plumtrees hustler.
has been in New York, this week.
Samuel Wunderlich has moved his
family to New Haven.
, Milo Starks, while cutting kindline
wood the other day, cut bis thumb and
has sore hand as q result.
Smith Dunning sat up, Saturday, for
, the first time IN nine weeks. He is gain
ing slowly.
Mrs. Harriet Judd, for many years q
resident of Greenwood avenue now living
) with her son, G. M. Lyon on Stratford
! avenue Bridgeport, greatly surprised
: herself and family the other day by
) walking to Avon Park, the distance OF
3 four miles to go and return. Mrs Judd
is 80 years of age and says that she walk
ed the. distance without any great fatigue
and with but few minutes rest at the
: Park.
Miss Grace Judd Smith of New Haver
is visiting her Grandmother Smith or
i Milwaukee avenue.
II Mrs Seeley Taylor of Elmwood district
I is visiting her friends in the village.
i j. Arthur Lynch has opened a meat
. market in Durant's block at the corner Of
: Main and Wooster streets. His many
8 friends wish him success.
A party of young people spent Labor
day at Rotten Point. The party consist
ed of the Misses Maria and Martha Gro
fut, Eva Meyers, Anna Hainea, Florence
Mead, Belle Smith, Edith Barnnm anG
: the Messrs FL. Ly ona, P. Fairchild arc
4 = A. Meyers.
Mrs D. M. Andrews of Danbury is visit
5 ing her sister, Mrs Hiram Crofut Ct Elm
street.
Mrs Mandy Kane is visiting friends il
Brookfield.