The Newtown bee., 1878-06-27
SOUth Britain.

D. C. Platt is making quite an improvement to his hous" and yard.
 D. M. Mitchell. Esq, has moved into the house formerly occupied by Iitus Pierce, Esq. He (Alichell) Ina. rcmodeled the house, putting in d bay-window putting on blinds. changing the roullIs. and has mad0 quite palace out of what was d good house before.
 S.P. Averill has burn or is remodciug his barn and Ont-houses. The barn occupied by Charles HOtchkiss has been newly shingled. Mrs. Olive Lord has put new blinds to her dours.-Thrsc i'm. provumcnts show who are the prosperous ones in our midst. ,, '.'t' 1'"+
 Some one during business hours last Friday came into Downos X Miches store. and appro- priated to themselves some half dozen whiI,-lasll- Gs, pcrfumery tobacco. &c. DOwnes x Mitchell are enterprising InGh in every sense of the worl and the person who stole their goods will find them just as prompt in giving him the full benefit of the law as they are in the prosecution of the general routine of their business. I understand they have positive proof as tt who the guilty par ty is.
 There has been quite stir here during the past week over the dog law. Five different parties have been arrested and complaints and warrants tso 1 undcrstand) in the hands of the officer Deputy Sheriff Wheeler for several more. The records show there are some forty dogs in town unregs- tered yet. One of the tried deserves particu- lar mention. The party was arrested and brought into court. Justice Garfield asked him to plead
 
 seven dollars I would come behind that table and kick l-l out of you!" The Justice looked sur prSed and again asked the question, and received the same answer. He tthe Justire) then entered the plea of mot guilty, and the grand juror pro- duCod the evidence for the State and then asked the man if he had any wi!nr+ses End was told to "do his d-- best" The Juqti"a then showed more patience than is common iu such cases he asked the accused if he hal any witnesses want ed the case adjourned, and to this friendly ques- tiOu was told to |" do his d-tH The Justice in this fined the man seygn dollars and costs. Why, ill the name of common sense the Justice did not commit him for contempt is more than I can see but probably the Justice thought of the old naxini-" Where ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wise" This mans friends, and the man him self have from that time until this abused tho Justice, calling him everything. And not only this, but have nsulted and abused his family which is no more than could and should be eX- pected after the Justice had taken his abuse in court and not given him the full crteHt of the law, as he was dared to do in open court.
 The temperance matter has finally broke out in this village. A man by the name of Clarke, from Mass, lectured in the Cong church here last Sun day. GoOdi it is time! Wonder why we have heard nothing before Your correspondent thinks should not have heard anything now if it had not been for our young Methodist minister, Rev. Mir. Barton. I say again good He has now made quite large number of friends. and if he fulfills the promise of his friends will make quite num- Der more. and in time his friends will be legion.