The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-01-24

handmade, long Havana filed. Sold
It SC by the Farmers Trading Co. All
eading brands, six for Csc.
OUT 81, 5OO.-TOBACCO Or
1a1NALLY SOLD FOR % SELLS FOR
Isl CENTS 4 POUND.
Local growers Of tobacco will read
with decided interest Of the recent ex-
perience OF large grower at Sumeld.
Their experience is somewhat like
that of certain local farmers who first
sold their tobacco to William Schover-
ling at a good price. His widow de-
clined to receive the crops and now
the farmers have sold a second time
and it is said have banded together
for the purpose of suing her for the
balance due them. In speaking of
the Suff1eld case the Courant says:
Somebody is out considerable money
by sale Of tobacco yesterday which
took place at Suffield. Last summer
H. S. Chapman & Co. of Suf1eld sold
a crop of IS, 1000 pounds of Havana seed
tobacco to the Syracuse Tobacco Com
pany for o centsa pound. The print
ed contract used by the New York
state company was not used, but the
agent of the Suff1eld firm drew up a
cast iron contract which provided
that the company should take the to-
bacco as soon as cured, without any
priviso as to its condition. The SYRIA
cuse company signed the contract and
paid a forfeit of $1,000. About two
weeks ago the Sufield firm packed the
tobacco and took it to Thompsonville
where it was loaded on the cars fol
Syracuse. A sight draft was attached
to the bill Of lading and was SEN
along in advance. To the surprise o
the consignors the draft came bacl
unpaid without any explanation as t.
the reason it was not honored. Tn
| tobacco was unloaded and was return
ed to the Chapman sheds. Then al
auction was advertised and yesterda,
the whole crop was sold to the high
est bidder. The bidding began at
cents a pound and was advanced b.
bids of quarter cent per pound unit
15@ cents was bid by L. P. Bissell,
cigar manufacturer of Suf11eld, VIII
paid spot cash for the goods. Th
auctioneer was E. A. Coogan of Vino
sor Locks. Chapman s. Co. now pr
pose to collect the difference betwee
the selling price at auction and til
price at which the Syracuse compan
contracted to take the crop, trifl
over 81, $3.50, and the probabilities al
that a suit is impending.
NEW MILFORD has BURGLAR SCARF
New Milford had a genuine burgls
scare on Sunday night, which t6rne
out to be joke played by a populs
[ society young lady on nefghbor.
, appears the two families are on exec
, lent terms and frequently exchant
} calls. On Sunday the young lady
, question stepped in to speak to M
:, -, and found the house empt
r Seeing basket of silver ware 81
! thought it would be &C cd joke to hit
it, so taking it into the parlor 81
! placed it behind lace curtain. {
? coming home from the Y. M. G. 1
> meeting the silver was missed and {
? though they hunted high and low
could not be found. The good man
. the house accordingly notified tt
police and telephone dispatches we
: sent out to Brookfield Junction, Was
! ington, Danbury and other points
r be on the lookout for a tramp with
. bundle Of silver ware under his JACKIE
On Monday morning when the you
: lady in question found what a moi
e her innocent joke had caused, she e
planned and apologized and the office
, were called off the war path.
III THE FOREsTHRs' BALL.