The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-21
LARGEST HAILSTONES EVER
Chickens Killed and Damage to Crops Greater Than Seen in Many Years in This Town
Special to the Farmer.) )


 stratford, June 21-The shower yes was accompanied by a fall of hallstones which has seldom been equalled in the town. At Oronoque the storm was most severe. Hail. stones as large as pigeons eggs fell until the ground was coated with ice. Melancthan Fryer shoveled up a pail full and brought them to the center on his car. The storm of last Saturday damaged the crops in the north end of the town and the hail yesterday finished up the job. Corn, strawber- ries and fruits of all kinds were ruin- ed. Leaves were stripped from the trees and the devastation was gen. eral
 Rufus Bent, who came to this town to superintend the construction of the Hollister Heights school for the H. Wales Lines Company of Meriden, has removed his family to Hartford. Mir. Bent was SO well pleased with Strat- ford as residence that he would have made his home here had he not been obliged to move away.
 George Bartlett and Fritz Pfau of Bridgeport, have returned from a two days fishing trip no one knows where, but they brought home the finest
 b The largest, which was freely exhibit ed, measured F inches in length.
 There were a number of taxpayers waiting for the arrival of the tax col lector last night at the town hall Many who have business in the city do not reach town till night and have no other opportunity to visit the col lector. There is a general desire that the tax collector be at his office dur ing the evening
 The talk of George W. Fuller on sewers at the town hall next Saturday night will be of interest to every res- ident of the town and those who at tend will learn more than they could In long period of study Mr. Fuller has simplified the technical descrip- tions on the subject so that they, can be readily understood by everyone He has also sifted out the important matter and presents it in a pleasant manner with illustrations
 Webster Conine has joined the fleet Of pleasure boats in the harbor with a new white canoe
 Charles A. Plumb of Ansonia the piscatorial prophet of the Housatonic, old friends. Capt. Plumb has no re- port on the shad fisheries to make to the State Fish and Game Commission, for he neglected to put in his nets at the Derby dam this season
 The ball game between hines cap tained by Frank E. Conine and Char les E. Stagg on July 4, promises to be the most interesting ever contested in the town. MT Conine has chosen his men, all artists of the first rank, and there is a general wish on the part of the players in the town to get on his team. The weight limit is 160 pounds and several aspirants for the team were detected with lead pipe in their pockets to bring their weight up to the notch Sheriff Stagg is not saying much but intimates that when the game is called he will have the niftiest lot of active young men ever got together in the town. The bet ting is now even money.
 The hail storm yesterday killed chickens on the farms adjoining the Huntington line, several residents of that vicinity so reported this morning. Some of the stones exhibited were an inch in diameter.
 The fire department was called out this morning by a chimney fire at the home of William Mallory in Broad bridge road. The damage was slight.