The Newtown bee., 1878-07-18
Bethel.

Miss Maggie Morrow and Miss Agglo 9 McWatcrs as assistants, have beon re , engaged to teach the Grassy Plain P school. During tho severe thunder storm of Tuesday of last week little Firost made , it's appearance in Grassy Plain, at the house of Mr, Charles Frost.
 Mir. Willie Lyon of Grassy Plain Is the
 happy father of two boys, weighing IT,
 teen and one-quartcr pounds. Mother and boys are doing well.
 Mir. Wm. MrWuters was seriously in- jurcd last Friday at the hatshop of
 Fisher X Co, $ by the falling of a step
 ladder Mir. McWatcrs went up into tho
 top floor of the colorlng shop to get Il
 box, and while descending the ladder
 slipped throwing him to the floor,
 spIuining or fracturing his right ankle
 and cutting his head. Uncle William
 is now laid up for repairs, but we are in
 hopes of seeing him out soon, well as
 ever.
 Mrs. Thos. Wheeler, with n lady
 friend and daughter were thrown out
 of Il wagon Saturday whilo crossing . washout in tho road, but fortunately were not injured. Mir. Wheeler was driving at the time, and did not see tho washout, and as the wagon passed over it the seat flew up, causing the ladies to fall.
 Grassy Plain is to have brass band. The following gentlemen have become members of this organization Charles o. Morgan, Charles Mansfield, Bolles Bros, A. Decker, Will Oakley, Will Fox, Howard Gilbert Fred Durant, Will Halpin, Will Ochs, Howard Mackenzie, Howard Platt, II. NJ, Burns, Geo. Phil ips, Chas. Wood, Chas. Doran, Mitchell A. Leppert Frank Pillow, Geo. H. Gill bert. The band engaged Mir. J. A. Beal of Danbury to purchase the instruments, which he has done of Wm. A. Pond of New York. The pieces are of the ccle- hratcd Distin manufacture, and arrived this week. We trust that this band will prove not only q pleasure to the citizens of Bethel, but source of profit to it's members.
 Several gentlemen of Grassy Plain were engaged last week tearing down all l,Il nd It, them all that if anything valuable was found it was to be divided One of the gentlemen, in searching around an old hatchway-for manly years used as an ice-housc-saw an article which shone like silver; picking it up it proved to be buckle. Of course it was silver and was worn ahundred years ago. There's millions in it." So thinking our friend stored it away in his pocket. On reach- ing home he carefully showed his "big bonanza to his wife, who, with wo- mans keen wit, soon discovered that the prize was a nickle-p plated buckle. patented in 1875.-" Splinter my bootsif I didn't think that was silver! hope that 'Croquet Johnny won't get hold of it. If he does he will put it into the BEE. o, do take care" &c.
 The Hat Finishcls' Society met last week and elected E. Signor. President; Winthrop Bassett, e-President; Wm. McDOwell Spprntarv
 A daughter of Grassy Plain gentle man went to Danbury short time ago bank business at the Savings Bank. At the bank the lady received new envel- ope cover to the book which she car- ried, and returned home with it. The "guid mither," on examining the new cover, found four fve-dollar bills which the daughter could not account for. The lady returned to the bank and asked the clerk if he had lost any money. and he answered, "No." The lady then told of finding twenty dollars in the envelope. This astonished tho clerk, and, though not knowing anything about it, he took the money. Had the young lady's fath- CT known of the circumstance, he would have taken charge of the money until the owner or bank called for it. He is of the opinion that if-as was claimed by the bank-their accounts were all right, the money did not belong to the bank, but was some one elses money.
 Have you seen Bolles?" is the stand- ing question. "Who is there among us that can lift it?" is another.
 Gilbert Bros. are repairing the hat factory of E. T. Farnam X Co.,. lately damaged by fire. Wehear the insurance companies have agreed on the damages. Messrs. Fanam X Co. speak in the highest terms of Weston X Co. of New York as insurance agents. Perhaps it is because the agent, Mir. Gibson, Is Newtown man.
 A. L. Benedict's house is in the hands of H. F. Pulford, as painter.-Senior t Wheeler have F. Comstock's house un- der the brush.-M. c. Schoonmaker is again at work finishing up the painting at the residence of D. T. Hubbell, Esq.
 F. Agnew is building on to Thomas Kyle's house.
 O.. s. Ferry is still moving the rubbish from the ruins of Nichols & Hines fac tory. Will that firm build up here again? is the question.