The Newtown bee., 1899-02-03
lar child in town as the forthcoming Catholic fair.
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

GAL1G IS dlt1uoG Ab Q SGhuApbl1A HI 1CESht0 $O tobacco growing, although there have been few lots of '98 tobacco grown. It IS expected that matters will not be fixed in time for the setting of the weed in '99 IS the late war still has great effect upon the growers of that island. Otto Sarrorius has recently returned from six Weeks' visit in Havana and he ex- presses the feeling that the situation is not favorable there at present. He says as far as the old tobacco is concerned, That is out uf the question entirely and there is practically none to be had"
 Warehouses in New Milford are begin ming to boom. H o. Warner, K. Wild man and Stewart Haipin have their ware houses in operation for New York deal" CTS. The two former men are well known in the Come cticut valley terrl- tory. Schoverliug & Go. are also pack ing. The largest buyers so far this sea- son in the Housatonic valley are the Sutter Brothers. Mir Sterling, their agent, has 50 sorters busy and is very much pleased with the spotted tobacco, which looks very fine. Old tobacco Is very scarce in that section of the state.
 K. Hoffman & Son of. Water street, New York, through their agent, W. L. Hunt ting, have purchased quite good many crops of seed leaf in the past 10 days, among them being c. w. Porter's crop at 20 l-2 cents assorted.
 Fine old Connecticut Broad leaf is get ting to be 8 very scsrce article, says the Leaf. If you don't think so, just stry to get together lot of any size. A good piece of Broad leaf and Havana makes splendid combination, and the smokers of the country have caught on to this fact in great shape during the past year. E very manufacturer that 1 know of who has put out goods under this combination has made some money and increased his business. Some have made the mistake of using poor grade of Havana filler, and of course these people are not en- thusiastic about the results of their busi- ness. If the tobacco growers will only give the proper care and attention to the growing of this variety of leaf, there will pever be any danger of the mouse leaving their meal barrel with a tear in it's eye.
 It is hoped that one of the 12 com missioners to be appointed by the Presi- | dent to represent our government at the Paris Exposition will be selected from ] the tobacco trade. There will be thou sands of pt Ople connected with the differ ent branches of the tobacco industry who will visit Paris in 1900, and it will 1 be pleasant to know, before buying our steamer blankets, that there will be some one at the Exposition who will extend the glad hand and make us feel at home as soon as we reach the French capital. 1 Hast Hartford Gazette.
 | GAYLORDSVILLE AND VICINITY.
 H. M. Bcown is quite i'll.
 Fred Prague of New Preston has talk en the place at the Crea neFy made va
 cant by Hermon Moss leaving. It is reported that Peter Johnson has
 taken k Daken's farm to work the com
 ing year.
 Miss Lottie Kennedy is still under th' care of Dr Barnum and is slowly recov
 ering.
 H. s, Disbrow went to Bridgeport owe Sunday to see bis brother, William Dis brow, who is quite sick. Miss Carrie Foote was in town ove e Sunday, the guest of Miss Minnie Pom
 eroy.
 E. Nj. Waller, who has been confine |, to the house for several weeks, is abl s to be out again.
 r H. H. Pomeroy is shipping car loa e of fat cattle to New York nearly ever r week.
 Dr Dolan Is so busy these days as [ IT require the services of man and teal e to get him to his patients. T THE MERRYALL DISTRICT. n William French, an aged resident, hs y been quite poorly. His son from Wate d bury has been helping care for him. There was dance, last Friday nigh o at the residence of Byron Terrell.
 Miss Iva Murray is improving. Y l.. B. Hendricks, who recently nov, ,a to South Carolina, writes to friends he "a that he has his potatoes all planted. re Miss Eva Ives has been quite sick wi III the grip.
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 WORTHWHILE AND VICINITY.
 Sickness is on the increase, but all a Id thankful that no deaths have occurred of yet. The doctor reports Mrs Soule al
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