The bee., 1877-08-23
sourH BRITAIN. Aug 20. 1s7,

was an article from this place over the signature of "Kate.p Whoever Kate is we are unable to say--suspicion points three different ways, and f we cannot say just who she is, we can say she has made this village lively since last Thurs day. Any one who reads her communi- cation would a. once presume her mod est old gal. Kissing seems to go by fla vor with her as the rest of the world. Why did she not give some of our other merchants slap as we'll as the Peanut shop" as she is pleased to call it. The proprietor of ths peanut shop is fuR able to defend himself, either through your c, lumns or anywhere else, and l will only say that he is ne plus ultra as mer- chant.
 Here let me ask question. Isit any more of disgrace 10 sell cider and pea nuts than to close place of public busi- ness 10 play chess
 If our worthy deacon don't look sharp for that Spitz dog of his he will find him among the missing one of these fine mornings. He q mean the dog, not the deacon) attacked two ladies last Satur- day, and had it not been for the timely interposition of a friend we might have had serious consequences to report
 Geo. w. Mitchell commenced cutting and harvesting tobacco to-day. When those boys go out "cooning". again they will be very apt to taste their fifty-cent cider before they start, and not carry it five or six miles, and then find it vine gar.
 Last Sunday passed off very quiet. There is nothing to report but an arrival from Roxbury, armed equipped and mounted on blackboard 5arefooted He made the time between here and Southbury very sh ,rt twice during the day. After darkness came or, he started home, with good load on It was ask ed several times last week who that man was on Tyler's stage last Friday that made so much noise on an old brass horn, when the stage went up. The knoaoing ones said it was lunatic which MT. Ty. Ter was employed to turn over to Good sell, the deputy sheriff. But when the stage came back Saturday, and he was still aboard, it was agreed all around that the conjecture of the day before was wrong, else he had escaped from the sheriff.
 l If Kate meant any fling at the Glee Club, it was only jealousy which caused it, as the Glee Club is acknowledged by all to be far superior to either of the church choirs, and it is not necessay for them to rehearse before they can sing a common | m. tune As Kate gave one of our merchants such lift 1 will say one word for the other two.
 | Downes & Mitchell, the merchants at the upper store, are men of pleasing ad- dress, and close attention to business. They run two stores, one in Southbury, and one here, and between the two stores and their outside business, they are al- ways busy.
 | CT. Downes, the popular proprietor of the lower store, is live man, and a good representative of young America He has q full stock of all goods usually kept in country store, besides a good assortment of carriages, harnesses, har ness fixtures, etc, etc. So much so it causes the harness maker to carry long face as he goes by there, and sees the nimble quarters slip into his pocket | Bradley Hoyt & O., our well known woolen manufacturers, are running with all their accustumed vigor, in spite of these dull times. As one goes into their factory he sees at once skill, thrift, in dustry and honesty in all their actions. Everything moves as regular as clock work.
 | During the thunder storm, last Satur- day, the lightning struck so near where a man was loading logs as to cause the chains he was handling to ring and jim 1 gle, and the cattle, after turning the cart over twice, started for the lane uble-quick, while the man drew bee line for nome, like a scared dog. | There is some talk now of calling 8 special town meeting, to see if we can not get vote of the town to put a rail- ing on the bridge over the mouth of Pennsylvania brook. With respect,
 A. II. P. 1 sr s,.-.,