Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-02
WATERTOWN JOTTI NGS
Rev Dr Davenport Spoke at Town
 Hall Last Night.

The union service held at the town hall last evening brought out large attendance. The. service opened With singing Onward. Christian Soldiers" followed by responsive reading, led by w. w. Winans, pastor of the M. B. church; doxology; prayer, Rev w. T. Holmes, pastor Congregational church; singing, Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus;' Scripture reading, MT Holmes; singing, s'The Son of God Goes Forth to War;" sermon, Rev Dr Davenport; singing, "America;" benedict1on.
 J. Purdy, proprietor of the local ice cream parlors, has taken the contract to supply ice cream and soda for the w. A. 0. dance.
 MT Mount, who has taken the posi- ton of gardener vacated by MT Weiss with Miss Mary A. Curtis, will occupy the Curtis homestead.
 Regular meeting of Federal lodge, No IT, F. and A. M., this evening.
 After a careful search on and around the public sign post. we have been un- able to discover any warning for fire district meeting. Probably one week from to-day will be the date of the district meeting. The notice for the election June Is to ratify or reject the new constitution has been posted on the public sign post by the town clerk.
 The constitutional oak is beginning to bud. We expect to see it in leaf be- fore the election June 16.
 MT and Mrs John Williams and MT and Mrs Thomas Doran visited at John Purdy's yesterday.
 The lawns ill and around Watertown center never looked better than at the present time.
 l.. D. Higgins is laid up with his old enemy, infiamnatory rheumatism.
 Hubert Bassett and wife of Torring- ton are visiting at Judson Hoopers.
 N. B. Miller and family took drive to Quassapaug Saturday afternoon.
 Heminway & Bartlett's silk factory, which was shut down Friday and Sat- urday to make some alterations in the machinery, started up this morning.
 The postoffice drug store was open yesterday forenoon.
 Service was held in the Congrega- tional chapel last evening at 6:30.
 John l.. Scott conducted the service in St Pauls Episcopal church, Wood bury, yes +erday morning..
 James B. Woolson and E. P. Nc Gowan took an automobile ride to Mid dlebury and NaugatucN Saturday af- ternoon.
 John A. Weiss has moved into the Theodore Atwood tenement on Water town Heights.
 Yesterday was the first day of June and still the hay crop is scarcely start ed. The last three years have yielded poor hay crops. Present indications are that the present year will be rec ord breaker ln so far as a small crop of hay is concerned. Farmers who keep much stock are considerably wor- ried. The price of feed has gone up, and this, with small crop of hay, and no increase in the price of farm pro- | 1uctS, will be apt to make farming for the next year rather an unprotitable business.
 These are days when the disciples of lsaak Walton get nervous and worried over their regular work and long for a lay off either to coax the trout from his lair in the brooks or else to have a nice quiet time still fishing for either nckerel or bass in some of the inland lakes of Litchfleld county. The past IeW days have seen many of these en- .ahuslasts ! start out, equipped with stA 1clent fishing tackle to swamp an or- llnary boat, and returning with hardly enough fish to make the irving nan smell hshy. but all emphatic in the statement that they had a good time.