The Newtown bee., 1878-10-17

ing t0 Bethel accompanied hY his daugh- lhf, Several persons were near al hand and rendered isisnnee, and took Mr, pihhle home, where he remained for several days qnlte sick, He Ia reported Co ho getting along finely and will l a out attending lo business m usual soon,
 The Wtrdga nnd nurgeSaes met last Monday evening to heur tho report of fhe committee, Chief Engineer James E. Dn, rant and Mr, Edward Richmond and on hearing the rnpurl, voted tn purchase sOO leut of ear1olilel hose, wifh tho Cur llS patent coupling, We arc infur ned thai thi1 hose Will hr divided hetWoea the Abort and Grassy Plain Cnmpnys, giving oaGa with what thoy already have on hand Cd feet of hOan. This action of the Warden and Burgesses Ia cummendable one, as it will enable our ire department 10 make use of not only tho hydrant! hut lisA li necessary, th0 wntor from clRlcrns an make, with the assistance of tho en- zines, greater strength to battle with fire ln localities most exposed to tho rayages of Ire should one occur,
 Il Ia sall that variety is the spice ofllfe. So thought tho owner of the eeleD,aled horse, Jucob, the Othor day wnen Wndng into quarter of A yard of juicy besi- steak, garnlshed thickly with sn,s which by mistake wHs handed to him instead of sult. Ed nlL away heartily and washed his meal down with copiou. doses of tea, swectened with tho same salts. Eds shop mates nearly died Of laughing over the probable effects of their kin ness, but Ed came around all right In the nor ing. and tho boys arc wonder ing what kind Of q hair-pin Ed Is anyhow.
 Tho large apple foyer has reached here and several are boasting of apples that will equal those of Newlown. Wesley Horton had Il rouser lest week. In Gras- sy Plain, Mrs. Y. B. Foster found somo that ought to have been sent to tho Dan. bury Fair.
 Willie Watts, young man known to every ono in the village az harmless, yet unfortunate Onc died at his fathers house last Friday Cnoon) after an illness of ten days, aged 2l years and months, rho funeral took place Sunday afternoon at o'clock, Rev. Geo. F. Waters con tucting the services.
 For new kind or rare fowls known as the Miraculous Mirurclou1, cali on the bird fancier, Lorenzo lloyt, Gras. y RiIge. lie has q wonderful rooster.
 We were shown by IIr. Thos. Foster at the Forming Factory a T for feod pipe which had been used only short time, but the dirty dye water had eaten it into holes and reduced it to the thinness of paper. Mir. r. exhibits 1t as sample of what every enginoGr has to contend with ,.,t tn,. I, is to be hope that tho introduction of pure water into the town will lessen the
 anger from explosions.
 Rev A. C. Hubbard of Danbury will lecture, "Wednesday evening, Oct. 23d, in the Congregational Church, at 8 o'clock D. m The subject will be ''Sound." The lecture will be a complete exposition of the principles of acoustics, together with the recent marvellous invention of the telephone, microphono and phonosraph the whole brilliantly illustrated by the .OXy-hydrogen, SterGoptican. It will he m evening of rare entertainment, and the reputation er Rev. Mr. Hubbard as q speaker ought to insure an evcrilowing house. The proceeds will be applied to replenishing the Congregational Church Sunday School library.
 A lot of fellows took it into thOr heads to go woodchucking before winter set in, and hupp"d whopper and had much fat md fun over it.
 Whoop-la! It is boy. Said voter ap- peared in Wofpit5 last Sunday to the de- light of the happy father, Wm. H. smith. Sound man, Hen!"
 Mir Jacob s. May of Plumtrees had not only quantity but variety of excel ient se5ars on exhibition at the Danbury Fair, and though he did not get first pre- miun, he nevertheless dc 9rves credit for his enterprise.
 Willie Kyle has thrown his banners out nee more and is selling fish, oysters and other produce in the building next to Cole t Amhlcr's factory. In this business Willie Johnson, formerly a type-sctter ill he Press office, assists with much Zeal.
 Last Sunday night, Professors OLeary, Hughes and Weston, the walkers, while viewing Georgetown during temporary delay of the passenger train, viewed too much and were left behind and walked to Bethel. They do not think 50 much of Georgetown as they once did.
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 We learn that an attempt to introduce new kind of danger signal on one of the railroads, not far distant, proved an ig nomnious failure and the inventor does not wish to caution the travelling public any MORE.
 The Mountain Pond water ie said to be soft, and just what the ladies of BetIel Ill desire for h ,usehold purposes.
 Mir. Orris Ferry, Jr., has erected h m- s"lf suDstan ial blacksmith shop in his rard, )uth of his house. The merry ring of the anvil and hammer will soon break the silence of Beaver street.
 Last Saturday, Lieut.. Col Geo. $. Cro- fut was elected Colonel Of the 4th Regt., at the meeting in Bridgeport. We congratulate tho Colonel and trust that he may ever wear the spurs and wield the sword with that dignity and soldierIy bearing hat has always marked his mil itary career. ..: w.