The Newtown bee., 1903-05-15

work in different groups. It was pay day, and the pay masters rode to the different sections and distributed each mans pay in envelopes, with revolvers at their side in case of molestation. The pay for the two weeks amounted to $8OO0.
 Oats are up but at stand still. Po- tatoes are breaking ground, and now the farmers are getting in the corn. All are anxiously looking for rain, as it is very dry.
 The road men have been in the neighborhood, this week.
 Special bargains Tn prunes, six pounds for 25c; four pounds, 25c; extra large ones, three pounds for 25c; evap- orated apricots, peaches and apples, and the best line of the best canned goods in town at Farmers Trading Co.'s. store.
 If you want choice cuts of beef, veal, OI UilhU ROCo " LII ulSI class market at moderate prices, go to The Farmers Trading Co.,. s store. D.
 E. Erwin is stocking his farm with young cattle. ..s
 From I. B. Bristol, New Milford, Conn.,: In reply to your inquiry in re- gard to the Bemis Transplanter will say that I have used the machine for the past season, setting about twenty acres of tobacco, and found it entirely satisfactory in every respect, the to- bacco starting much better and grow ing more evenly than that tset by hand. Staub & Mallett sell these machines.
 Dr R. s. Todd was at Horace I4an- don's, Gaywood farm, Lime Rock, one day recently, operating upon his horses teeth. Among the fine steppers are ''Surprise,' Elton,'' "Dick," and last but not least, "Robinhood, whose weight is. 230 pounds, six years old. The children of Horace Landon take great delight in driving this horse.
 Dr R. S. Todd tested the herds of COWS of Charles S. Hurd and Arthur Leavenworth of Roxbury, the other day, who found them all healthy.
 A. H. McMahon, the genial local plumber and furnace man, has taken a large contract for installing hot water heating plant in the National Bank building at Pawling, N. Y.
 W. F. Hurd, representing R. H.. h. gersoll & Brother of New York City, was in town, Monday, in the interest of the Ingersoll watches.
 s. R. Hill furnished ::and installed 8 new 50-horse power boiler for the New Milford Hat Co.,, last week.
 G. C. Gillette of Potsdam, N. Y., visited his cousin, w. F. Hutchinson, last week. ,. ,-; , Charles R, Planz looked in on the Grand Army encampmenta at Danbury, last week Thursday.
 Former Postmaster George Rich mond of Waterbury was in tc1kn, last week.
 H. J. Pulver of Lee, Mass, called on friends in town on Friday last. y>:
 E. F. Hawley, of the Farmers Ira ding Co.,, was in New Haven on Thurs day last. -@
 In the baseball game at Washington, Saturday, the Weantinaugs were de- feated by the Gunnery nine by a score of 24 to 19.
 Among the New Milford people who went to Washington, Saturday, to see the baseball and basket ball games were MT and Mrs Clemence, Albert Evitts, Prof McCassey, Augustine Taylor, Russell Noble, Howard Kill born, Miss Alice Randall, Everett Arthur and Edgar Bost- wick.
 Four local trout fishermen, James Sullivan, D. B. Soule, Lorin Evitts md Charles Lake, went trout fishing, Monday, and secured an even hundred | )f the shining beauties.
 Druggist w. N. Noble has always IT ade speciality of toilet soaps, having m iex.ensiveula carefully selected stock of new goods.
 Mrs George Stevens of Hocksnnm