The bee., 1877-08-09

" We4"He 4tN4 HUI a@* wv %@~t*%~t whose united ages are between fifty and sIxiy yssrs. Ifany ono can mako them live to Dc c hundred be ls the man to do t.
 The Trinity church Benevolent Socie' | ty propose to hold fair and festival this month. Some of our summer visitors have made some fancy articles. and will not others occupy their leisure by making articles for the tables
 Il Is said that . Waterbury young lady danced with Gen. Grant al Frankfort on the Main. That Is nothing. A New. town girl danced with us last winter, and never thought It worth bragging about either.
 A gentleman, came near being shot. while walking in the tobacco lot of Mir. c. Y. Beardsley, one day this week. Some boys are in the habit of going in, to the horse sheds, and firing off pistols. This is very dangerous, and we hope the
 bcys will take the hint and save them. selves trouble.
 Somebody, supposed to be tramp, en. tered the dwelling of Mir. Otis, early Monday morning, through the pantry window, and took off all the eatables. Mir. Otis thinks there ought to be an an- li-lhief society organized here, the same as described in TIE BEE short time since.
 A few meetings ago, of the Alpha Juvenile Temple, in Sandy Hook, the following officers were installed c. F., Chas. L. Galely; V. F. Miss Bertha Peck; Secy, Miss Hattie Crofut Asst. Sec'y., Harry Gately Chap, Louis Leland; w. M., George Taylor; R. S., Miss Jessie Mitchell L. s., Mss. Fan nie Taylor; Guard, Wallace Ferris. Many copies of the BEE have been sent to parties outside of Newtown, who are interested in any enterprise tending 10 advance the interests of the town, (by friends of the parties to whom the pa- per has been addressed, and of the BEEJ with the expectation of receiving their subscription. THE BEE will be forward. ed to any address in the U. s. or Canada tposl-paid) for $1 year. A kindergarten table and gifts have been introduced into the South Centre District school, and the youngest pupils are very much pleased with them. These Kindergarten materials were pur- chased with the funds from an entertain ment given for the benefit of the kinder garten, by the Newtown Dramatic Asso- citation two years ago, and arc loaned un- til the kindergarten shall open again.
 Some one threw pile of pea brush in the gutter, beside the road, just below the residence of MT. Mark Hawley, last week. Is there no law in our borough that prevents the throwing of rubbish in our street ? If there is, whose business is 1t to prosecute the offenders? We hope this eyesore will not be allowed to remain where it is.
 Df. Frank Seeley, the popular young dentist of Bridgeport, had miraculous escape from horrible death, Thursday, Aug. 2d. While attempting to board the N. Y. train, some distance from the de- pot, he was thrown violently quite un- Ger the cars; yet, with the exception of being severely bruised about the face and body, was unharmed. He is quite prostrated from the shock, but his medi- cal adviser considers he will be able to resume his professional duties within week.
 The residence of MT. E. Starr has been receiving the attention of Smith & Per kins, and really looks handsome with it's new coat of paint
 What home was it, that was without mother for many hours yesterday, while the old gal laid beside the road drunk, beneath the scorching rays of the sun? We understand that she had ammunition enough to hold her posish for a long time. No one appeared to know her and when we last saw her she seemed just as drunk and helpless as she was seven hours before.
 Miss Bertha Curtis, of Zoar District, was taking walk in the fields near the residence of her father, Cyrenus Curtis, Esq, when she was confronted by huge snake. She retreated in good order, and her father coming to the res cue succeeded in killing the ..Yarmint.