The Newtown bee., 1878-06-27
Danbury.

News is scarce as grccnbasks. Nothing startling has occurred. ..r-z tum. | What might have been a serious matter OcCurr- ed on George street the other morning. An early rising husband built q fire, and went about his work. His women. who had not risen. had left clothes hanging on chairs near the stove over night to dry. They smet fire. On going to the kitchen they found the clothes on fire. Hurri d efforts prevented the house from taking fire and bat little damage was done Moral-HusbandF let your wives make<h fire.
 The event of the past week was the firemcn 8 fair and festival. The boys stirred up Danbury considerably particularly on Thursday and Friday evenings. The Bethel and Grassy Plain firemen turned out and marched into town, and awakened considerable enthusiasm. They made a fine ap- pearance Blue shirts and red were plentiful as blue ribbons The people showed tlieir appreca- to close on Friday evening. but. by request, they continued it on Saturday evening. Teken as q whole it was q grand success. Their treasury is repenished. and the boys are in good spirits.
 | The funeral of Gardiner E. Green who died on Friday, was largely attended on Sunday. Services were held at the West street Congregational church
 Rev. Mr. Hershey officiating. The Mas mic frater- nity turned out also representatives of the G. A. R. the Knights of Pythias. and members of the "Cosey Home " Ia young mems club, of which he had been pr r,sident) The Bethel lodge K. of P
 attended the funeral. He was buried in th beau tiful Wooster Cemetery with Masonic honors.
 | The btue ribbon men held an open-ai
 meeting on the steps of Peck store, opposite Inc Wooster House, on Sunday afternoon. Quite a good audience gathered to hear them.
 The saloons complain of dull times. Well, let theml They will learn how good it is. They hope for :yival of business soon. when times are not so btts. They have had business eighteen hours a day. seven days ill the week.
 | Aunion temperance meeting was held in the lst Congregational church on Sunday eve ling. The cergymen of nearly all the churrnes were present. | A MT. Lawson, a reformed ScOtrhman. native of Glasgow, related thrilling experience to crowd | cd house of temperance and religious people. But very few of the class that he undoubtedly wished | and expected to meet were present. It had been announced that free tickets of admission would be issued during the week and those holding tickets
 would be first atim4tted. and comfortably seated, and then the doors would he open to all SO far as
 there was room- This has been done, but on thi
 occasion the plan not carried out. It has been done to secure the attendance if possible, 0
 class that the temperance workers wished especially to reach--the strayng ones. Generally
 when meetings of the kind are held the house will
 be speedily II T with the ninety and nine that go
 not estray and the lost sheep find 1t difficult to
 enter if they wotIId- Temperance workers often
 go te their meein IFgeli to the muzzle for u c rImsellers or filled with arguments for his uni | tunate victim and find house packed win ltenperanee people to the exeluSio, ; the other
 class and they must change their theme or pour
 out their yisl Is of denunciariOn in the Of those
 who never sell and make their tender appeals to
 those who never drink Much valuable smm '.
 milton is thus wasted. Tais is suggestive. sii h'
 not this plan be carriei ont practically in Oar
 churchess : They are generally filled by the lect
 every Sunday and the pastor is compeilesi .J If. up his voice to the ninety -and-nine while the
 wayward sheep are wandering beyond the sound
 of the good she lhe, d. voice. Let tbe sld peg
 holder % out on Saturday and invite nis nOn- | church going neighbor to occupy his seat in church on sunday. SomethinsSmore should be ' done The strayrs1 are more than one per cent.
 The horrible nu Il O. an old man named George Hoyt by ms son Edwin Hoyt both resi-
 dents of Sherman. on Sunday afternoon lsst caused considerable exrits n mt in town. Elwil
 Hoyt had difficulty with his father about sslIis