The Newtown bee., 1878-01-03
WOOdbury.


 There has been chapter of accidents in Woodhpw..Qf late. Some two weeks sgo Mrs. Julius Galpin was thrown from .a wagon, and one of hsr legs Was frac. tured in two places About the same lime, Il son of Mr James COmber was cutting wood. or splitting a stick of wood, which he held in his hand, and by ,mischance nearly severed his hand s the wrist. The hahd was held simply by the fragments. Dr. Shove attended to him, and hopes to save his band On Friday last, while Ir. Horace H. Minor was cutting wood, his AK glanced, and nearly severed one of his great toes from his foot. lt Eanlained attached only by tue skin and little flesh. Dr. Shove dressed the wound, and hopes tha, the Joe will unite to the foot again. although liere ,sEe many chances aguinot tbal re- suit.
 The writer personally knew of case, many Years ago--having been an eye witness to the fact--wnere man Was telling a tree .in the grove, some twenty five or thirty rods from his house, when It lodged against another tree, which he Climbed Ill order 10 cut the feIlrd tree loose; and whiie endeayUring to free it .hls ax. being caught by q hnb, glanced, ;aad split off nearly uEe- half ui his great toe. He therefore disencumbcred the tree, Piched up the severed part, and car ,ried Il in his hand to lis house. The part Was, then replaced, and the wound dressed, and, singular To relate, the parts united and healed. But the circulation in the part tnal,w cut of Was poor ey. CT after.
 Our lookup sill continues to do q good business The lrunlps- wandering Vagrants that they are--are nightly hous- ,ea. There were two put in there the ,other night, and curious sn,all boys hung about the prison 10 find what they might lIear. They did not, like Paul and Sias, while away the lime in devotional exer clses, but in laugLng and telling stories of doubtful propriely, especially for the ears of the small boys. They will tire ot these accommodations after lime But the community may at least breathe more freely for the saft ty of property, when they feel assured these wandering Aarabs are safely locked behind the grates.
 A wedding occurred at the office of Wn. Cothren Esq, on Saturday night The contracting parties were Mir George A. Bartoe, of Woodhuiy, and Miss Amanda Bishop, ol Sopthville; and tue ceremony was performed in due and ancient form" by Justice .Cothren, by virtue of the ma iest eriaI powers in him vested by the laws of Connecticut The Esquire" has been heard to say that the marriages celebrated by hin are more stable than lhose performed by other funclionaries, and that iE the long peri. od of thirty years there has been but one Case in which the matrimonial bonds have been severed bs the relentless ax of divorce.
 Woodbury is fast becoming seaport town {''charter applied for'') as witness the report, in another column, of the birth and marriages which have occurred here lately. ..
 Rev. J. W. DaWs deiS cred an inter esting temperance address in the A. E. church on Wednesday night of last week
 George Dewes. of Niddlebpry, is re- moving his wooden yarn manufacturing machinery from that place to the Dewes shop, situated nn the Quonopaug slreaul, near it's junction with the East SPraGn, Nonnewaug river
 There was social tea party in the basement of the Methodist church. and home concert in tue lecture roOln @n Christmas Eve As is usual with that contemplating society, both were decided success The receipts of the former were about $50 They all had good time, and went home" before morning.
 That fellow in West Side is at it again. He forgets We have lock up Let him look out
 Wecuppemee has again become quiet: Its foreign relations are now satisiacto- ny
 Mrs. Nettleton, mother of Mrs George Tyler, received shock Sunday, and is now confined to her bed. The old ladys is 93 years of age. and has for number of years been very active woman and enjoyed excellent health. It is doubtful if she will recover.
 The people of our village are about as anxious and sad as was the Highland Scotch lass, when she mournfully sang:
 <AA And where, and oh. where
 Is my Highland ladsie gUnef" Where, oh, where is our Village Im- provement Society gones It is verify feared that that tho dread edict has gone forth--"Sleep on, now Y This long iethargy, this eomotose state is more than sleep~i. has the yisage of death. Can nothing awake it tO glory'-and activ- ty--"again '" We know not; it makes no sigu, ''snd the mourners go about the streets" A few individuals, having oil, lrim their lamps and have them burning. A faf ihe rest. they sleep wall The