The Newtown bee., 1878-08-08
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 "owo nothing K good adylco; hut If every one followed il, and owned noth- Ing who would pay the taNes2
 Bryant Walker the llttlo boy who fell lust week out ot the pear rea and was so seriously Injured, ls doing finely.
 " "non Lake was before Justice Brtts on Monday, for breach of peace, und was dischargcd-on payment of line and tostA
 Seycrnl communications lay over un- til next week. Our friends will plpuze excuse us for being lntrwith this weeks issue.
 Mir. Jerome Northrop has hnd hls house painted on the outside bS Smith and Perkins. in their usual good work man-Iike way,
 We often hcar of strn go freaks of nn- turc in the vegetable Nuld, and only yesterday we saw the cabhaSc5 and beans stalk in our garden.
 The Social Circle Clam Bake As ucia- ton of Taunton will give an cnlortuin- ncnt August ltth, which all are inyited to attend. Tickets one dollar
 Messrs, Parsons &Sayagr, from Bridge port, arrived Monday. Mir. Savage eX- poets to resume business in hi5 own name in Il short time, in Bridgeport. The trial of Russell Wheeler, for the murder of lIcndcrcr, in Milwaukee, June 2ith, has commenced, and it Is thought likely Mr. Wheeler will be acluitted.
 The depot station nt Brookcld Junc- ; ton, in charge of <. W. Stevens, agent, has been cleaned and filled up, making il look rather more inviting than it used 10 look
 l The twelfth annual clam bake of the Fat Mans Association will be held at DorIon Point, Norwalk, Conn.,, Thurs day, Aug. 22d, 1S7S. Bake will be open cd al ; o'clock r. NJ.
 A horse belonging to Mr. Ormcl E. Morgan was cut ill the hip Tnc day night of last week. This is the third time that this horse has been injurci during the night time.
 R. o. Long, agent for Wilson's murs- cry at Geneva, N. Y, has been cnnvass- ing in town for several days, and is meeting with wonderful success, con S Iering the hard times.
 Editor Candcc of the Stondmd was shot in the neck ya burglar in Sarato- ga, Tuesday night, Mir Candcc and city editor L. C, prindlc, with their fam flies, are stopping at Saratoga for a short timn
 A man living near the depot recently | went to the river fishing. A large bass 1 swallowed his hook, and succc, ,d in | breaking the line, making off with about | fifteen feet of it. Did that make the | bass a cord-fish?
 Tho Greenwich Obserrer says ia sea- s"lp n 10 or 80 feet long, has been seen | off Rocky Point, by d party who was out in d sail-boat." It ncglects to state what kind of glasses were in use at the 1 time of the observation.
 Tuesday evening, at Dicks Hotel, | the guests were entertained very pleas antlv with charadeS and tableaux Supt. Stevenson presided at the piano, with with his usual skill, and is, without doubt, a fine player.
 The new hat firm of s. A. Barnum X | Co. are making full time. The shop is | under the management of K A. Nichols, | who is a good practical hatter-ss per son of much experience in the business | and if he cannot make it pay, we know of no one who can.
 4 remarkable coincidence occurred in | Hawleyville last week. Ahiye of bees | belonging to NIT. PhiIander Seelcy swarmed in his kitchen. They have sWarmed in the same place annually for | ten years. It's sweet to remembered, ain't it. Philander?
 Our young friend, C. E. Gorham, mail agent on the HOusatonic R. R., is the happy father of a litttCsgirl, which came | to swell the population of Great Bar ringt0n one. Charlie was not at home on that eventful "Wednesday of last week, and his prize was an agreeable surprise.
 A couple of Berkshire boys lately mis- took Ansonia for NewtOwn, and cut up sundry antics about the streets. They | discovered their mistake when they | found themselves in the lOck-up; and | fully realized it when morning came, | and with it call for about S2O, to heal the broken laws.
 A lady subscriber wishes to know if | the law is off for killing snipe. She complains that her lover took her to a picnic and then deserted her for couple | of hours. On his return he claimed the | reason of his breath being so highly | perfumed with cardamon seeds and cin- 1 namon buds was that he had been out | sniping,
 Last Sunday being Communion Sun day there was no sermon in the morn- 1 ing. In the afternoon Dr. Marble | preached an excellent discourse which many are anxious to see published. The | I.4... tl....-I ......l.I, t. .,u. IL. ir All ]