The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
dIGe lR!ee R! raesday. January 21st, ls79-
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 The Ice on Lake waramalg Is about 8slxteen inches thick. The ice dealers are 1lling tlloir buildings. The regular monthly temperance meet Ing was very interesting. Tho audience vas large. and much interest was inani- Tested,
 The Town Clerks office has been re- moved over to Washington Depot, W.J Ford has it located in u new little build ing noar his tobacco manufactory.
 Miss Mary Bennett and Miss Mainie Bennett aro visiting friends in New York and Washington, D, c. They will be ab' sept several weeks.
 Mrs. Hawley and Mrs. Abbott Of Dan- bury, have recently been in town visiting relatives and friends,
 The week of prayer was observed in thls village. The meetings were full oi interest, and 1t Is hoped that much good was done.
 Six of our young ladies, who arc attend Ing school In different States, spent their vacation In New Preston. All have re- turned, with tho exception of one, who IS attending Mir. Upson's Select School In this village. The school referred to Is becoming quite popular one The 'Waramaug Academy" has very flno class of students. The teacher anu
  and gentleman. Style in New Preston covers amultitudel of sins If your coat Is old and cheap you. are considered of little consequences Strange world We are pleased to note that the ladies (hoth young and old) are holding so- ciables this winter. Thus far they have been very interesting.
 G. w. Cogswell, of Marbledale, has boen confined to his house for over a year. His ease is helpless, yet he will probably live for several months.
 The sick list Is improving. Wm. Come, one of our oldest citiz9ns, does not seem to regain his health He is very feeble. Tho Sewing Circle" holds meetings every two weeks at Mir Upsons. large box Is nearly ready to send to tho mis- sionarys. Goodl
 Sleighiug in this locality was never better. At this writing Thursday, Jan, 9th, the snow Is falling fast, one foot having already fell. Your correspondent in writing up the news items finds that his communication Is rather long this woek, but owing to his long silence he wants to dc all he can. Now, MT. Editor we are glad to find you meeting with sue cess, and hope that you may live long and prosper. ,.s-5
 E. F. Lyma~, VI. D. will be in Hartford during the pre- sent term of the LeSlsla- ture, and during his absence our village will be without a physician. G. T. Brown M. h., of Washington, taking advantage of this opportunity, has secured Sultsof rooms at the fine residence of H. A. Ben nett, at which place he can be found. MT. r;rown has for some time past beca in Brewsters, N Y., following his profes- sion, Lut owing to close confinement and a lnrre amount of practice, he has been sphltnel t1 establi Sh himself in a smaller place. on account of his health. We hope that he will remain always with us, and can only wish him success and prosperity In his calling.
 larye and select surprise came off at II. Mourehouses on Tuesday evening.
 Miss Mary Beeman of Bridgeport, and Miss Lizzie Lennon or Flushing l.: L. Henry Lemmon of Bridgeport, and Miss Nellie Marvin, of Jersey City, are among our present visitors.
 George s. Gogswell, John $. Gann E. IT. Beardsley and Charles D. Camp, are liable to be drawn as jurymen Tn the Nil- lage of New Preston. They were chosen ut a meeting held on the sixth day of the previous month.
 The fellowship meeting which was held in this village on Wednesday,, the 18th, WIS well represented by the following towns: Shermah, New Milford, Wash ington, Warren. New Preston Hill and Milton. The meeting commenced ut lo5u e m. with prayer and confer2uce eXer- .dses. At .l5, n sermon was preached by Rev. Geo. Thrall of Washington, af- fer which a collation. was partaken of iri Union Hall The tables were loaded with good things and many baskets full were untouohett. At 80 P, m. the people Hooked again to the church and the tcal- peraneo question was brought up for dis cussion, Mir. Rogers of New Milford opened tho subject In very clear and able manner. Rev. MT. Cotton oi War ren and Upson of this village, followed and they were followed by others. The main point discussed was: What re lntion does temperance have with reliS ion" There can be no doubt but wha temperunee and religion go hand-in-hand The discussion was quite lengthy ant many new and valuable points wert hro,i,,ht forward. At 3.15 the meeting closed, and there Is no doubt but wha many received good and lasting benefl for attending. These fellowship meet inps are everyEpraseworthy, and il is to b, hoped that every church in the State vii enjoy the blessings that arc derGved b, meeting together in brotherly love ant true unison.
 On Thursday, Jan. 9th, tho quiet villag, of New Preston was greatly excited ove
 
 Coeswell has for many years kept sal oon on the corner of Main and Latin lIill streets, and until two or three year n,,o has sold liquor Since that time tl i,Nytl has voted ''po license" and accord ingly Cogswell has not had any right t soil liquor, but 1t has been reportet around town that ne sold, and severa persons at different times have been see drunk on the streets. On the day abov mentioned Dwight Kilbournc of Litcll ficlI and a Sheriff from the same plac arrested Coaswcll for selling liquor all brought him before Justice Geo. $. Cogs well, who placed Linn under $500 bonds G. A. Glover giving the required bond Tho trial will come off in Litchfleld soou The temperance question Is still bcfor the people, and 1t Is believed that tn trial above to come off will be of unusua interest to tho people in this community True report of trial soon.
 Your correspondent In takingup tn pea to furnish THE BEE with items feel dhut fhcre certainly belongs to its edito an apology for being so long silent. Yes many weeks have passed since your hun blc correspondent has taken pen in han to furnish your paper with eorrespor dcnce from New Preston. My reason for doing so are well known in my natiy place. but for the benefit of the world . Snrge. I will say that my time has he taken up Tn such n mnIHer that ''writin for n papei.'' has been out of the question Iaeh week I have found that THE BE Aas been full of very interesting readin matter, and it's editor and the citizens ( Newtown should be congratulated fc having such paper in thcir town friend Pcarce will fergive me for "dela, ing duty" this time. will try in the fl tnra to have New Preston fully rcpresen ..d each wcak through the columns