The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24
OUR NEWTOWN
 NEWS LETTER
Cspecial to The Farmer.l .l

l. - anaugh of the Boulevard found Daniel Griffin, 8 section hand employed on
 the railroad, under a tree on his land yesterday morning. The man was Ill 8 stupor, and pr. Kiernan was called who notified the authorities at once First Selectrnan Johnson ordered that the unfortunate be sent at once to the Danbl1ry hospital for treatment as he has no near relatives here. Dr. I Kiernan took him to the hospital in his car Sunday afternoon.
 George Thompson, a youth in the
 employ of J. B. Nichols, while. motor ing home yesterday afternoon about o'clock, was struck by an automobile driven by Frank A. Drapeau of Wood
 bridge and had his jaw broken, his
 knee-cap split and was rendered un- conscious. Dr. w. c. Kennedy was
 quickly on hand and after resuscitat- ing Thompson and giving temporary
 aid to the injured youth, advised his
 removal to the hospital. Frank H. Blacknan took him in his car to St. Vincentss hospital, Bridgeport, direct ly. No report has been received from
 the hospital as to his condition today The motorcycle was wrecked and the l auto da1naged by the collision. Both
 machines are now at the garage of "
 H. Wa.kelee for repairs. The occu- pants of the car were not seriously 1Il-
 jured, and they expressed much regret for the occurrence. The accident oc-
 cured near the junction of Church
 Hill and Main street. Thompson was
 going north on Main street, when the automobile approached from the north
 and turned off to the left down Church Hill and struck the rear or
 Thompson's cycle. The car was not
 going very fast, and to. this fact is due
 the escape from instant death of the
 motorcyclst.
 1 Three heifers belonging to Milkman H. H. Peck halted two freight trains
 On the, Berkshire division between
 Newtown and Botsford, Sunday after
 noon, and nearly tied up traffic on the
 road. Twice that morning the ivy
 pestered beasts broke out Of their pas
 ture lot and got onto the tracks, but I3eck's near neighbor, First Selectman ] w. C.. Johnson, discovered them and
 returned them to their enclosure by
 way of the street bars, but was un- 1 able to discover the break in the fence
 or notify their owner, who was away | from home for the de. Late in the
 afternoon MT. Johnson again noticed I the bovines racing along the track, I with tails waving in the adr and pre- | sentingS all the phases of cattle 1 stampede. Rushing across the fields | he tried to head off the beasts, but unsuccessfully He then shouted to l Neighbor John Hoyt across the fields
 ahead to help turn the infuriated crea- lures to the side Of the track. Hoyt I
 use. Then the rumble and roar of the
 down through freight was heard by l the now excited town official, and an l instant later the engine showed it's
 smoke encircled head around Point Of l RockS about a quarter of a mile I away. Rapidly divesting himself of i jacket, he. swung it franticalIy aIoft,
 standing in the middle of the track. The engineer saw the signal and shot
 the air brakes which gave an agoniz- ing response and the long train came II to a stop Nafter half its length had I passed the signal place. Telling the I conductor of the danger ahead, MT. | Johnson and the fireman started in E pursuit of the vanished stock, while aI tl1e conductor sent back his rear brakeman to halt another freight fol- Il lowing this train. by placing torpe- l does The engineer Was the n ordered
 to go forward at caution speed, untn T the pursuers had captured or removed the animals. Down, down, past farm crossings and over COW trestle leaped the now thoroughly alarmed cattle, T some of the pursuets sneaking along
 the fences in the vain hope of heading them off, others sprinting over the ties I and trying to frighten them off the I rails for safety For over two miles | these tactics were followed until TJ1r- 1 key Hill crossing was just ahead. Then a, supreme squirt was made to out
 flank the beasts, the pursuers shout ing themselves hoarse, the locomotive 1 whistle giving a. succession of high I staccato notes in the vain hope to de- fleet the course of the animals to the Fl abandoned roadway crossing For an I instant 1t looked as though their hope would be realized, as the leader hes 1 itated second at the cattle-guard
 trestle, but only for an instant. Then
 she catapulted her body high into the
 air and landed three feet beyond the T trestle, to be followed in rapid success sion by the other two. Then the pHr-
 suers lost heart and were on the point
 of giving up the chase when looking
 ahead they saw. the herd in a con
 fused, arrested mass, the leader with Il feet braced on the earth, and the oth- |; CTS crowded against the one in the
 van. This tab1eau lasted but an in-
 stant, for the leader, recovering it.
 self, leaped to the side and vaulted in
 terror over the fence, followed by the Il others with like agility and celerity,
 none stopping until the woods border ing the Pohtatuck were reached. As the animals parted, the cause of the animals discontinue was apparent. A knight of the road had been quietly
 seated by his fire cooking late ddn- ners when the commotfon aroused him. Rushing to the track he spread out
 his arms in an involuntary action to shield himself from the approaching sudden destruction, with the result above noted. The train hands and
 the milkmans neighbors gathered
 around while the hobo told his simple
 tale. NIilkman Peclz's neighbors quick
 sly corraled the now quiet heifers and
 drove them back to their owners barn
 yard.
 Miss Florence Sheehan is spending
 a part of her vacation with her grandfather, William O'Hayer of BrooIzheld.
 Mir and Mrs. William B. Ryan of Bridgeport were week end and Sunday guests of MT. and Mrs. Jerry Troy, Berkshire.
 Miss Airline Miller of Bridgeport was a guest, Sunday, of Mrs. John T. Shee- han of West street, her aunt.
 Miss Evelyn Chapin, bookkeepere of } the central telephone office, is now en-