The Newtown bee., 1877-10-04
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Woodbury Items.

Woodbury Items.
 MR. EDToR You run newspaper, and are therefore supposed to know ey, erything. You are obliged, in these practical days, to All your newspaper with new. Now what do you do when there is no news-for you must have news, you kn0wg Methlnks hear you say, What do do 9-why, nuke it, 10 Dc sure. That's the way to to It." This seminds me of the story of the French, man, who assured friend with whom he WAS talking, that he was poet His friend, much astonished, replied, You poctl Why, how is that S"--"Yes, n poet, and very good one, too" "lIow do you make poetry Y"-- "That's ensy enough" replied he. This is the way do. l levy on all the best poets For example,--I take one of the best lines of Racine, fhen one of the best of Boileau, then one of the best of Lamartine, and so on, in that way. By-and-by, when it absolutely fails me to find line to suit my purpose--I make one of my oaon, and join them all together That's how / do il, and that's why l am great poet. And l suppose you say that's the way to get up news. When you cannot find it, you make it.
 On the 26th of September W. Go thren gathered his third crop of rasp. berries--a very nice variety--aDd the green ones for the October crop are well advanced, while the blossoms for the November crop are fully developed. Unless there is very severe frost lhe October crop will ripen. This is what is called monthly variety, a hardy, strong grower. The name of it does not occur to your correspondent. c. M. Minor, of Bridgeport, agent for Lindley's gardens, furnishes the shrubs to purchasers
 ,--"One of 'em" says they are going to write letter to the editor of the BEE to warn him that if he does not stop pub fishing such articles IS he does, from Woodbury, they are going to get right up and stop the circulation of his paper in this town" Dye hear that now ?" Aren't you afraidp You mad better pre- pure to move your traps. The fact is, that the circulation of the BEE is too large and increasing too fast to suit some So you must take your chances"
 W. V. Rood, A. M., our popular high school teacher, was treated to a genuine surprise party last week More than hundred persons made this "extra Call on him and his most estimable bride. A happy social greeting and exchange of cOurtesies followed, and at a reasona- ble hour all departed for their homes, and. as an old gentleman once said 'thought better of themselves and of each other" Long live the young mar ried twain.
 Our enterprising merchant, Geo. c. Bradley, of whose house mention has been made, has completed it, and moved into it, with all his household goods, and "household gods" The builder of this house, Mir. Hector Baldwin, has purchas- ed of Mrs. CanGee the lot next north, and commenced to erect house for him self. The foundations are already laid. All this is right. All hail down town. Up town has led in this line long enough for the present
 The Woodbury post-office becomes a money-order office to-day. As we have no bank of discount here this will be a great accommodation to persons who wish to send small sums safely by mail
 The republican ticket for town officers was elected at our annual meeting--to wit, Benj. s. Russell, Edward N. Bishop trepublicansl, and Grandson Beardsley ldemocrati, for selectmen; Anson A. Root, Town Clerk. The Justices ticket was by agreement divided between the parties.
 The people are trying out again for the lighting of those street lamps. They say it is shame that the Village I'm provement society should allow the streets to be given up to deeds of dark ness" when it would be so easy to stop it all, if they would only ''let their lights shine" We are verify afraid if the soci- ety neglccts it's plain duty much longer the legislature will take aDay its charter at the January session. At least, that is the opinion of your obedient servant
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