The Newtown bee., 1877-10-18

There VIII Dc An hdJ1urncd meeting o
 the Newtown Water O., at sanford'
 Hall, Oct goth, at7P.M. A iull atten
 dance Is desired. as at that meeting it
 will be known whether this project will
 be carried ont or not. The inhabitanu
 of the whole town are invited, ladies and
 all.
 Mir. Norman B, Glover has in his corr
 house seventy five bushels of corn
 which he raised from three quarters Of
 an acre of land, The land was once ful
 of Calamus, and Mir. Glover, though
 seventy years of age, plowed it up and
 has for two years past raised a good crop
 from 1t.
 Chauncey Donalds the Photographer, is taking some very nice pictures. He
 has had many years of experience, and Is not unknown to this community.
 His establishment is In Sandy. Hook, near the bridge, and convenient to the office of R. N. Betts, who has on hand, and can make to order, any kind and style of picture frames.
 Chas. F. Hubbell says as near as he can figure it, the one that put in Aer sp. pesrance last week, makes seven now living. Jas. M. Blackman, of Rocky Glen says he has got it in his family, too. It is of the feminine gender, and regu- lation weight NeIts
 And now Moves Thompson says it Must be in the air." for he has not but just got settled in his new house, and he well, its a girl too.
 Mir. Norman B. Glover has a genuine curiosity in the shape of three ears of corn, which he picked from one stalk in his garden. Two of the ears have six distinct ears branching from the main one, which is of the usual size. One other ear has three branches, but there are altogether IS distinct sets.
 Our town clerk, c. H. Peck, Esq, found that the vault in which the town records were kept was entirely too small, and last week he cut out the brick parti- ton between his portion of the vault and that of the Probate office, and rearraDged the whole, and has now every thing more convenient. Mir. Geo. w. Stuart built the board partition, and put in some new shelves.
 Dr. F. N. Bennett discovered rattle snake ia his office last Sunday morning, which he, with the assistance of Mr c, H. Peck, killed. The doctor can only account for it's appearance from the fact that he bought, on Saturday, a quantity of charcoal, and that it was measured with the coal. It had fourteen rattles. Some one has been malicious enough to say that his snakeship was hunting up Governor Redstone, to take a piece of him.
 The N. P. B. were out several nights last week, and the week before, and en- livened the street, by their soul-stirring melodies Sweet By'-and By, was mos, beautifully rendered. When the stiffness of the night was first broken by these new musical instruments the quiet cti zens were startled but their fears were soon silenced when they comprehended the situation, and thanked their stars that it was no worse.
 A man not great way from Newtown had an old-fashioned scare the other day and it made think of the Sweet By and Bye" He had the fever and ague bad. and thinking little Cider B. would help him tried 10 take horn, but his old friend, stomach, shut the door on him, and shut up his tank tighter than the last election law did the bar-rooms gener- ally. When this took place he thought surely that his days on earth were done" He is all right now, and he continues to 'naile at his folly.
 Business was in flourishing condition ast week. At the grist mill of F. N. dawley who keeps on hand quantity of grain, of the best quality, and requests hose desiring good, sweet, freshly ground corn, oats, or rye, 10 call and see or themselves. He wants you to see the lind of grain he gives, before purchas- ng elsewhere, and guarantee to sell ;heaper than any other miller in town.
 Some of our teachers who were pres. mt at the Institute held at Ridgefeld ast week were both surprised and pleas. d to see present Mir. Hoyt's assistant, Hiss Botsford, with class of his schol- rs, who by giving an excellent recita. ion in the afternoon showed the super. ority of his method of teaching English Grammar over that commonly used. There was general expression of ap, 'rovsl both among the teachers and by he members of the State Board of Edu. atioa present and the scholars were also ighly complimented for the promptness nd accuracy of their recitation.
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