The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
THE NEWTOWN Bee FRIDAY, JANUARY l. 100
Ten Pages.
New Milford.

AN INTERVIEW WITH c. F. sCHOvER-
LING.
c. f. Schoverling, in speaking Of the
1893 crop Of tobacco, says: 1.-The crop
is exceptionally poor" He says'he has
bought The best crops here and there,
and after having bought about 100
cases Of tobacco, has made up his
mind to stop. Mr. Schoverling says the
tobacco is too poor. He says a great
per centage of the tobacco is almost
Mr. Schoverling says the
tobacco crop all over the United States
is practically on the same basis, the
condition being caused by the excessive
wet weather. A good crop of tobacco
will always bring good price, and a
poor crop is worth any price a man
can get for it. Good tobacco is in
price Of labor is the same in handling
poor tobacco as the good. The poor
tobacco cannot be packed with profit
in this country as the labor is entirely
too high. These last facts were
brought out in question to Mr. Schov-
erling as to the prospects of the tobac-
co business for 1904-'5.
ANNUAL MEETING OF AsPETUCK VAL
LEY CREAMERY ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the Aspetuck
Valley Creamery association will be
held on Saturday at the creamery
building in Worthwhile at 2 p. m. 1t
has been very prosperous year for the
creamery, and the capable manager,
V. B. Hatch, is able to report not a
dollars worth by loss by bad collec-
tions. The present wholesale price is
SOC per hutter, &c pound less than
year ago.
E. A. WILDMAN OPENS HIS WAREHOUSE.
E. A. Wildman, New England repre-
sentative for hamburger & Son, opened
his tobacco asserting warehouse, Mon
day, with 40 hands. e. A. Northrop is
foreman as in previous years. Mr.
Wildman is buying eastern tobacco.
Mr. and Mrs George E. Stevens of
Hockanum are receiving congratula-
tiOns on the birth of a daughter on
Sunday. BY this pleasing event DR. J.
G. Barker becomes happy grand
father.
Miss Minnie A. Ferris of Bridgeport
and Mr. and Mrs Mason Morrow Of
Worthwhile we're guests on Christmas
day OF a. G. Ferris.
Miss Laura Hatch, daughter Of Mr.
the Storrs school over the holidays.
Osborne Brothers of the Plains have
sold their 13-ton crop of tobacco to j.
Stuart Halpine.
The seven-ton crop of tobacco of W.
D. Wanzer has been bought by J. Stu
art Halpine.
Howard Kilbourn passed Christmas
with Bristol friends.
Miss Ethel Sturges passed Christmas
in South Norwalk, the guest of Dl
Dumortier.
Miss Ida T.. Sturges of New York is
the guest Of Mrs E. J. Sturges over
New Years.
Thursday evening, December 81, the
scmi-annual election of officers of Good
Shepherd lodge, No. IS, l. 0. O. f., will
be held. Members are requested to
be present.
Mrs Charles II. Warner and Mrs I.
Baldwin attended the wedding of Miss
Lima Peck, daughter of Sherman Peck,
to Clifford Luse at Waterbury, Thurs
day, December "a.
P. NJ. Cassidy made a trip to New
York, this week, to purchase goods for
the spring trade.
The regular communication of St
Peters lodge, f. & A. NJ, occurs next
Tuesday night when the installation
of officers will take place.
P. M. Cassidy says the Christmas
trade was very good with him, and that
! he had no cause for complaint. He
| thinks he was favored with bis share
and perhaps more.
Penny & Marsh have sold their three
| ton crop of tobacco to J. Stuart Hal.
pine.
| Edward Austin and Lyman Stone of
Charlottesville have disposed of their
crops of tobacco to J. Stuart Halpine.
Charles T. Woodruff and Joel Pier
son of Church Hill, Washington, have
sold their crops to J. Stuart Halpine.
James W. Goldsmith was in Itch
field over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Richmond passed
Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs Frank
Pinckney in Brookticld.
Clinton Murphy is now boarding at
home with lis parents, Mr. and Mr.
Garry Murphy, committing daily be
tween New Milford and D,!nbury.
Dudley Booth Of PortcI1oster, n. V.
passed Sunday with his father, Walter
| Booth.
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