The Newtown bee., 1878-09-26
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 Henry $. Peck is our wator-million-aire. MT. Charles Stewart ha5 been quite seriously i'll.
 Aunt Hawloy Sherman is suffering from a severe indisposition, but is slowly con valoscing
 Report says that Geo. C. Jones is busy opening an Indian Mound on the property of Sherman Foote. As far as he has made excavations, ho has met with little en- couragement. Should Mir. Jones make a find, his reputation as a scientist in this line will Dc established.
 Andrew Northrop makes trip this week to Buffalo, N. Y.
 Six fine fatteu steers were driven through town on Saturday, coming from Kent on their way to Bridgeport.
 Sidney E. Hawley is quite busy just now, attending to Fair business. Sidney is the committee on Booths and Stands and intends that this business shall be run satisfactory to all. No liquor will be sold on the grounds.
 Fall pasture is fine and fresh and Fall butter will be correspondingly nice.
 ". F. Wildman our ex-represonta- tive is strong greenback man.
 "A' stands for Adam who sinned for all.
 'B" stands for Boots who ioines in the fail.
 The BEE comes to our neighbors much enlarged and improved. Well. its Editor is a jolly good fellow and knows, or at least endcavours to know the wants of his numerous readers and subscribers and caters to their wishes. If he does not succeed it will be BZE-cause BEE-elsebub is not good to his own, this of course re- fgrs to the printers devil.
 Uncle Ben is doing as well as can be expected.
 The contractor for building the stone arch at the Iron Works has at length ar rived and the work now goes bravely on, and ill spite of Observers" predictions to the contrary, the bridge will be un- doubtedly finished in due season, and done in substantial and satisfactory manner, judging from present appearance The stones that they are getting from H B. Hawley's quarry arc of a most excel lent quality and such as can not be ob tained elsewhere. There are always those who want thing done in minute, es pecially if it be public work. We mus express some astorlshment at"C b5cryors s fluster, knowing that he must be wei , versed in Roman literature which tell, } him that those lasting works, such as tho Cloa Marina, Yid AppiG and others were over hundred years in building. The Danbury Fair promises to be al = it's friends desire.
 : A Imaginable little affair occurred las . week, in which young lady was the un l fortunate victim. 4 gentleman had jus returned from the New Milford Fair, ant n on reaching home got out of the bugg, " and was just turning the horses heal r around, so that the lady might not strik - the wheels. when the lady hurriedl jumped out, caught her dress, and fel s headlong right into the soft mud. - One of the attractive features of ou l. Danbury Fair this year will be the pres ence of some of the famous blooded stoc F from Echo farm Litchlield, belonging [ 0 F. R. Starr. The stock will be there thre : days, until Thursday night. His famou S bull ''Litchfield' will be on exhibition | Of which the Haper's for October '7S says e ''LitchfieId, which took the first prize q d the Centennial Exhibition, is a solid fawr beautifully dappled, and darker aboy T than below, where he is rather light
 His horns are a clear waxy yellow Q sure indication of good butter stock i T all Jerseys-and his body is long. H > is the patriarch to an incredible numbe of the herd, and a nobler sire'neye roared defiance in pasture. n The Hon. Samuel Sherman went a e Republican delegate to the conventio i. lin Hartford on Wednesday. His eonst V tuency expected great things from hin r but your issue goes too early to the pres i, for us to report his speech this week. - The Professor is boasting of cats s phone established between the Doctor 4 and the Goodsell House. "B."