The Newtown bee., 1879-05-06

made present fortune out of his lecture on Hell, besides what is laid up store for him in the fu ture.
 In heaven they don't reckon values in greenbacks nor hard tack. yet it in this world Providence is on the side of the heaviest purse.
 Company G, of Danbury, is to meet Company A, ot Bethel halfway. Coalpit Hill road for battalion drill, under Col. Crofut of Be hal, May H.
 Brass looks so much like gold that many mistake it for the real metal. It is good substitute and much used in the absence of tho genuine article. In all your gettings get brass.
 Why don'5 the doctor go out to make his professional calls Sunday morning, just the people are going to church. and look anxious and drive uriously especially if he has patients?
 Mir. W. E. Mallory is trying to get up an interest among business and others here sufficient warrant his putting up lines for tele- phonie communications. he having secured the right.
 ? Taking time by the forelock.-Fo the proposed International Exhibition in New York in 1885, the Centennial Exhibition, No ?, Hon. Roger Averill of this town has been appointed one of the Commissioners for Connecticut.
 ~One of our preachers recently said that those who profess sanctifcaton are generally sour and censorious and the most impatient with their brethren. Why shouldn't they be2 perfect workman has no patience with a bungler.
 Mrs. Pearce's building that was so damaged by fire is going to have an improved front new windows. etc.; Mrs. Harris's store will look better than ever Mr. H. Osborn's ditto. It is ill wind that blows nobody any good.
 Rev. James w. Hubbell, late of Ports mouth, N. H., has been engaged pastor of the First Congregational Church. The Portsmouth Times says he is an able preacher of liberal views, and extremely courteous and genial
 Justice Barnum held court on Sunday week to try several boys charged with entering the Housatonic depot and stealing articles therefrom They were bound over to the Supreme Court It appears that the same parties opened the millinery case and stole several hats, spoken of two weeks ago.
 A dry-goods dealer had a piece of homely goods that hung on his hands. at 12 cents on his bargi counter and marked it only If cents He sold the whole piece in less than hour. Mark your unsaleable goods up.
 MT. Matthew W. Scott, one of our pop ular young men. starts Saturday a trip for Europe. The Kohanza boys. No. 2. of which com pany he is member, gave him surprise few nights since and expressed their views with regard to his going. A good lively time is reported.
 maC thkeS With nm many good WlsHes.
 It seems that the Butcher and Watson temperance featuring firm has suspended or totally failed. The BRE blocked their little game. The press very generally in Fairfield New Haven and Hartford counties published the exposure made in the BEE, which made it a little too for them. This is the best service the BEE could do for the temperance cause.
 Who invented the Tyre? Like the in ventor of the blow and many great benefactors of the world his name seems to be forgotten. King David, himself great musician puzzled this problem and could not solve it; and when he dis covered that all men had aptitude for playing upon it, got high and said fguratively all are lyors. And that was before music was developed up to the perfection of our day.
 He vas laying out Virginia fence in the nag nborhood of the park and made angle at each ginmil, although there is connection be tween gin-mills and worm fenc He succeeded in passing them all and went his winding way till he reached the Courthouse, that ancient seat of justice opposite the jail, when he made acute angle and suddenly sat down on it. Rolling over on his back he braccd his occiput firmly against the stone pavement, and bending up his perambu lators at angle of fortyfive degrees, took new caring by the stars. Some good Samaritans pass ing by took him up carefully and laid him before the door of a benevolent physician. But he wal not drunk of Danbury is a no-icenst town to the tune of 283 majority but he was fear | fully discouraged. These are discouragng times. l HORACE.