The Newtown bee., 1879-10-22

for wells and cisterns everywhere are
dry, and the streams are very low.
= The tobacco crop of New Preston is
considered as equal In quality to any
raised there within ten years A few par
ties have sold their crops at good prices,
but a majority are holding on for higher
prices.
Each evening a gang of young hood
lums congregate OH the depot platform
and make it disagreeable for persons
awaiting the train, and knock each other
around, even when the locomotives are
steaming up to the station, We expect to
have good item from this source some
OF these days,
VIM. III. Post, who was killed at the
White River agency in the recent Ute
massacre, was a native of Workers, and
was well known to numberof matters in
this section. At one time ne carried on
book and stationery store in Workers,
and was also postmaster of that city.
-Newtown will soon be as notorious
for runaways as Danbury. On Friday
a horse belonging to Mr.. Fred Sanford,
of Westport, ran away and was caught
near William Hogs, with his legs fast
between the cross bar and spring of the
buggy.
Mr.. Robert L. Livingston, of New
York, well-known to many of our citizens
paid tbis place visit last week. Mr.. L. is
evidently n first-class fisherman, as he, in
company with Prof Jennings and j. New
ton, caught sixty-lve pounds of fish in
Taunton Lake Monday.
There is a woman farm er in Bridge
water, who owns three farms, two of
which she is said to have paid for from
the profits of the first. She takes entire
charge of the business, buying and sell
ing cattle, marketing produce, ETC., be-
sides doing her share of heavy work.
The rain which fell Saturday night
was the first with which we have been
favored in upwards of six weeks. 1t was
sadly needed, and we could have stood
several days of it. Not enough fell to do
any good further than to dispell for a
time at least the hot weather. and to Law
the choking dust.
Vice President James H. Wilson, ac-
compauied by Supt McManus, of the
Western Division, and Mr.. l.. Bidwcll
were in town Sunday morning. They
have been making u tour of inspection Of
the unfinished portion of the road
They expressed the opinion that the road
would be finished within the coming
year, and that as as far practicable the
work would be continued this fall
Mr.. Samuel Pearce, of Bethel, who
had his shoulder dislocated by being
thrown from II wagon, two weeks since,
does not improve very rapidly; he
thinks his age is against him, and that
he will not have the use of his arm in
some time. At the time of the accident
Mr.. Pcarce lost his cane, and requests us
to state that the finder will receive his
thanks by leaving it at this office.
On Saturday, Mr.. Henry G.. Stephens,
the totally deaf and partially blind SOL
der OF the 31st regiment, n. Y. v, who
has been canvassing our village for the
sale of fine oil chromos, called at our Of
flee TO pay his respects to us. For some
years after his return from the war Mr..
Stephens was popular editor and cor
respondent Of several of the leading daily
and weekly papers of New York CITY.
New Jersey and Boston, and financial
agent of the Five Points Mission" of
New York. In the spring of 1874, how
ever, his eyesight became so feeble that
he was compelled to discontinue his lit
erary and missionary pursuits
A sensation was caused at Darien re-
Gently, by the supposed suspended an
imation Of Mary Gregory, who died at
North Haven from an overdose Of ano-
dyne and was taken to DarIen for burial
When the casket was opened at the GEM
etery, for farewell look, a red tinge on
both ears and a red spot ON one of the
arms convinced the family that the girl
vas not dead. The corpse was taken
from the grave after partial interment
and kept two days, when decomposition
set in so rapidly that all hope was given
up.
On Saturday a flashily dressed wo-
man stepped up to the window OF the
ticket Office at the depot, purchased tick
ct for New York City, and said to the
agent, What time do / retire in New
York;" Thinking he might have misun-
derstood her, the ticket-seller asked a
repetition, when she used the same words
again. He not being acquainted with her
habits, informed her that The train would
dr-ire in New York at three o'clock p. m.
Young men should guard against
forming bad habits, as once formed they
are exceedingly hard to overcome. A
young man, of this village, who has been
an inveterate tobacco chewer for eight
years, determined to rid himself of the
habit, forming the resolution last FRIDAY.
Since that time he has expended fifty
cents for chewing gum, eaten up the butt
ends OF two boxes of matches, devoured
wooden toothpicks by the gross, and still
has longing for "quid." III he had
never formed the habit of chewing he
would have escaped his present trials.
On the Monroe turnpike, about
mile from where it leaves the Newtown
turnpike, stands house through
which the line dividing the towns of
Monroe and Trumbull runs in a diagonal
direction, leaving one portioa of the build
ing in Monroe and the rest in Trumbull
Some years ago 1t was owned by Austin
Sherman, who paid taxes in both towns
and voted in Trumbull. The property
was subsequently bought by Wilson Sher-
man, who followed the example of the
former owner In the matter of taxes and