The Newtown bee., 1879-04-01
Bethel.

Our attention has been called to the omission made by the papers in their ac- counts.of the late Fircmen'S Fair of the museum articles furnished by Mir. Peter E. B"rnd of the White Street restaurant, DanburH. It will be remembered that the collection Of dead animals on eXhib- itlon were very fine amt in justice to Mir. Bcrnd we make mention of the fact thal he was in sympathy with tho liremcn and gave them the use of his collection for one or two evenings. Peter, aS he iS fa- miliarly called by his many friends, has a host of friends in the Bethel Fire De partmrnt. Persons visiting Duubury will iind the White street restaurant one of tho neatest and cheapest in the town. Eood dinner and plenty of it for only 2J cents.
 Hating is on the wane. Most of the shops are having only about half work.
 Benjamin F. Bailey will givo his pop ular lecture "Around the World" on We'd ncsday evening, April 9th, at Fishers Hall. Come and hear him you will be we'll paid. We had the pleasure of lis tening tu him last Tuesday evening at the Opera House in Danbury, which wts well 1 filled, notwithstanding largo revival meetings being held in three of the 1 churches. He was very sorry it so hap pened, but it had been advertised and could not well be put off The lecture WI q irst-claSS one and very interesting. i His Whlling experience, as he gave it. was very interesting. His description of 1 the lite manners and ,he productions of many of the Pacific islands was also quite interesting. He held the audience l for nearly two hours, interesting. them l more than the general run of public speakers do. The Bethel Cornet Band will be Tn attendance on the night of his | lecture in Bethel.
 George Kinncr has moved into the up- per rooms of the Widow George Clark s residence on Elm street.
 George Bassett and his parents have moved into the house known as EdmunG HoyCs on Elm streets.
 David Taylor has moved into H. F. Hickok's house on Beaver street.
 Mir. Nathaniel Barber is quite sick. suffering with asthma.
 Miss Abbie Fairchild visited her grand parents in New Milford last week.
 Mir. Frederick Mckenzie has changed his place of residence from Grassy Plain to Beaver street in the house recently occupied by MT. Orris Ferry.
 Saturday evening Hon. Win. H. Judson returned home ard between eight and nine o'clock while Uncle William was quietly cOnversing with his family. tho Bethel Cornet Band broke in on his quiet by giving him surprise serenade We learn that when the Band began to play, Mir. Judson was so surprised, that it was Imaginable to see him unravel himself, and taking courage he went to the door and
 invited the Band into his house Tn. band. nineteen pieces and a newspaper man, went into the house and were cor. dially received. During tho evening the
 Band played several fine pieces, many oi them'n new. About ten O clock a collatior
 was served, of which all partook heartily and gave three hearty cheers for the kind
 ness with which they had been entertain
 ed. The weather was very bad and n, doubt prevented many other friends iron
 calling. Mrs. Judson performed her par
 as hostess in a manner pleasing to all. "On Our Journey Homo" Severa
 gentleman went to Dodgngtown recently and being detained, the rafn began tt
 fall, and the prospect of having to wall home in the mud was not very inviting Cricket improvised a stage (Rich. Shep ards lnmber-box wagon.) Tho men go , aboard, and were off for Bethel, Cricke
 acting the part of Jehu in becoming style
 The cargo reached Frank Judds hous,
 and started down through Sandy Hollow At this point Crickets horse got a new
 idea of navigation into his head, and be l fore reaching the bottom Of the hill, h, 7 had shifted the cargo out oil to he road l bottom-side up without care. Cricket } first experience was that son ething hat given away, and while standin. on hi head, meditated on how good it would b.
 if he could only die just then, he woul, I be a better man. Tho rest of the mel t fared much the same fate, excepting tn
 willingness to die, and commenced t
 d-n off Cricket, horse, wagon and all. Mir. A. A. Bansel, editor and publishe ! of the Bethel Press, commenced to nov ] his office from the building in which tn Q office has been situated for several year
 past, into the room in Fishers Hall mex f to T. B. Wheeler's store.
 , Rev. X. c. Chapman preached his fare we'll sermon Sunday evening. He ex ' horted his hearers to diligence, and Il
 doubt made an impression that will nc . soon be forgotten. Prof. Green an ' others assisted in the choir. The duett |. sung by Mrs. George R. Osborne an !. Prof. Green, as well as the singing of til : quartctte, consisting of Miss WhItlesy Mrs. Osborne, Prof. Green. and Mr. NJ J ble were very fine and ighlyappreciateo E Miss Whsttlesy sang q solo very sweetly z Mr. Charles Green and Mr. Henr !, Dimond havc been appointed by til | Methodist Church as Committee to atten ' the Conference which meets this week i a New Haven.
 The review of tho last quarter Sund r school lesson in the Congregations
 church last Sunday evening was GOV Il ducicd bv Roy C. F Waters who. wi