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for fear / might get myself into a
scrape. | was with party Of boys
from our neigh borhood, and we like

for fear / might get myself into a
scrape. / was with a party Of boys
from our neighborhood, and we like
to haye been caught like a fox in a
trap by these Dragons, and all
through that blamed canteen;n hand.
ing it to her, he continued, $50 I've
made up my mind to let Whiskey
alone till the wars over at any rate.
So take the old canteen and keep It
till Icall for it. It's got some all.
fred good stuff in it yet, and / hate
to part with it, but needs must you
know, and here he was cutshort
by the sound of the approaching
dragons, and gathering up his reins
he put spurs to his beautiful ami.
NAL, which had been pawning the
ground with impatience during his
colloquy with The widow, and re-
marking, there they come like the
hounds after a fox, but III double
'em yet, he gave Butterfly the
word, and was out Of sight III mo.
ment. Dashing down toward the
creek, he forded it's rocky bed, and
turning up the course Of the stream,
ascended hill from whence he could
have a full view Of the ground he
had passed over, as well as of the
ford. Looking in the direction Of
the house he saw the leader Of the
troop III conversation with the wild.
ow, and from his angry gestures he
surmised that she, being anxious to
screen and aid his fight, was equivo.
eating in her reply to the questions
Of the Dragon, and was being threat
ened in consequence. In a moment
his horn was at his lips, and he wound
a blast which rang and echoed
through the woods and dells, and
having the desired effect Of calling
attention to himself. The red coats
were in pursuit Immediately, but
coming to the creek they could not
readily find the ford, and the time
lost here gave Esbel so great an add
vantage that they relinquished the
chase and he escaped.
Esbel was frequent visitor at the
widows afterwards, but whether
from the fact that he had eschewed
whiskey, or that he was ashamed to
ask for it, he never spoke Of the
canteen.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-27
Making 81 900 en ! Small Capital.

E.sjSS
81 R ssi ane far fE9 d sas tss
formally opened to the public. Attwo
O'Clock. on Tuesday, April 23, the first
business was done. What book it
would make if the stories Of all the
money made and lost IN the Exchange
during that time could be truthfu11y
told. Il .#5 . :,
One little transaction has come I'M
der our notice, though both parties to
II we're DESTROYS that no names should
be published. On the day the new Ex-
change was opened, one year ago, the
ruling quotation was $1.3O. That
evening. after the excitement of the
day was over, a young man with but
little money, and an older gentleman,
an operator with more capital, were
discussing the market. The younger
man, in the course of conversation,
asked:
s.What do you think of the marketP''
sob, ! think oil is mighty cheap at
present prices. The market can't 90
much lower. There's too much CAPT
tai ready for Investment. y
Perhaps that's so, but I'm feeling
bearish, !" replied the young man. Il
believe it'll go to ST.
ooh, pshaw! neverr' returned the
other.
swell, now, I'll just tell you whta
I'll do" said the enthusiastic young
bear. GIVE got 800 that I'll give
you, for the privilege of putting 49,
900 barrels any time during the year at
81 per barrel.''
''Oh, pshaw, / don't want to take
your money. It would be just like
throwing it away
$50 Well, I hardly. think the market
will go there myself, but I would like
to get the put as a hedge. Then can
buy against it il i feel like it when the
market gets low
''An right, I'll let you have it.
know it's not business-like to sell put
for so long a time for 50 small an
amount of money, but I'll let you have
it, s.
The 500 was paid aud the contract
made. The young man remained
short the oil during the entire year,
until the latter part of October, when
he bought 10000 barrels at 80 cents
per barrel. He knew that this secured
him $4,000, and he was afraid to wait
longer for decline. On the Both day
of November the market jumped up to
$1.13a. Then he sold the 10000 bar
rels, which q friend had been carrying
for him at $40, thus clearing $4,000
on the purchase at so cents and still
having his "put'' at 81. At the close
of the year he ''put'' the oil, the mar
ket then being about 974c, but instead
of buying the OIL. he gave the party to
whom it was going a sellers option the
year. Yesterday he covered the seller 8
at 77ac, thus realizing profit of 224c
per barrel, or $2,25O on the 10000 bar
rels. To this add the $4,000 made on
the first turn and we see that the
young man made $5,2 in one year,
on a capital of 800. Who can beat
it?-Oil City Derrick.
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REM Co-UEIol

E2ENIIo MED!
I would inform my friends and
patrons that II have removed nv.
barber shop to the building formerly
occupied by Mark Cane, where &
shall he happy to wait upon my Gus.
toners. Herman Setter.
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BARGAINS | BARGAINS

As desire to close out my entire
stock Of Farming chinery it will be
to the interests of all such as are in
need Of Sulky PloWs. Horse Hay
Rakes, &c. &C., to give me c;.ll. and
examine my mac hines and obtain my
prices before placing their orders else-
where. Now is the time to buy, as {
am determined to sell. $3.50; u.
My attention will be hereafter exclu-
siyely devoted to my Hard and
.Saddler business, and 81 assure my
friends and customers that their or
ders will rece Give spronnpt tent ion, and
my prices will be Us low as the lowest.
sH. 81. BEUSSMANN
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Our Washington Letter.

q Washington, d. c.. Aug. Is, 1870.
| 1t is a gratifying fact that SO import.
rant and necessary {; work as the Texas
and Pacific Railway is to be completed,
whether Government aid is extended
or not. The Company will at once is.
sue bonds to the amount of 1924 600, 200
and it is altogether probable that Col.
Scott, now abroad, has assurances that
they can he sold on fair terms. This
| road will, besides connecting the East
with California by a line competing
| with those already built, help to de-
velOpe an enormous stretch of fertile
land-as much as would form several
States of fair size. It is better, of
course, that all such enterprises should
proceed without Government aid-bet-
ter for the Government, and better,
in the end for the enterprise Itself
and every one will be glad that the
Texas aud Pacific Co. finds itself able
to 60 on in that manner. 81 as..y
Reports to the National Board Of
Health show that there were fourteen
new cases Of yellow fever reported at
Memphis, Tenn. on Friday, and seven
interments, few of the latter being
white. The prominent sick are re-
ported as progressing favorably. The
Board also has adyices from Havana
that several American vessels there
are infected and will soon leave for
the United States. The Physicians Of
Mayersville, Miss, and other places in
the southwest, report the existence Of
yellow fever there. On the whole. the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-27

st. Paul & Sioux City r. r:
Sioux City 4 St. Paul r: Z.
Worthington & Sioux Falls Il. L.
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London Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
London, Aug. 2nd, 1879.

An International Literary Con.
gross recently held it's first sittings
in London, and, with Victor Hugo
as it's President and Alfred Tenny-
son at the head of the English Com
mittee appointed to receive the dis
tinguished foreign visitors, it may
be fairly said that the poetry Of the
two countries was we'll represented
AS in all gatherings of this kind,
festivity played it's part; the mem.
bers of the Congress were received
at Mansion House banquet, and
afterwards the vary Shakesperian
Mayor of Stratford-upon- Avon well
coined them as his guests. One of
the London clubs opened it's portals
to all the members, while the more
distinguished were the objects of
cordial hospitality at some public
and many entertainments.
It's not at all surprising that the
official language Of the Congree was
French, for no other tongue has &C.
quired such peculiar prominence.
English is more widely spread, and
Spanish is of greater commercial use
in South America and the adjacent
seas, while italian has still an in
ternational superiority as the inter
prefer of the highest kind of music.
The Courts, the aristocracies, the
statesmen, and the cultivated classes
in Europe, however, find French
the most convenient common link.
It is now what Latin was in the
middle ages, and even down to the
beginning Of the eighteenth cen.
fury. Russians and Turks, Germans
and Spaniards, Italians and Swedes,
Englishmen and Dutchmen, all use
French in diplomatic or social inter
course. 1t is the inevitable second
language Of all who have two. A
foolish Chanvinism has recently in.
duced Prince Bismark to force Ger.
man into diplomatic use and when
he grew angry at Versailles he in
sisted upon talking it to NJ. Theirs.
Yet, though he may thus impose
some additional trouble on Foreign
Office clerks in various capitals, he
will do nothing to induce other ma.
tions to displace French from it's in
ternational position. Though not
the vehicle OF the best literature of
the world-in this respect second
both to English and German
French is the native language of the
best modern drama and of the most
highley cultivated literary style. (P)
It is curious to note that at this Inter.
national Congress, mainly concerned
with Copyright the French dele.
gates, who were anxious to make
arrangements to secure their rights
here, found no authorised represen-
tative of the publishers Of the Unit.
ed States with whom to carry on
negotiations. The fact is that they
need not much fear being wronged
by rcprinting, translation, or adap-
ton on our side the water. Though
citizens of our Great Republic travel.
much and flock to Paris as a para.
disc, their ignorance OF the French
language is as great as was the Eng.
lish during the Continental War,
when George III. applauded one Of
his courtiers four refusing to learn
French, and when that language
was considered kind Of dialect ma
tural enough in the manly Briton's
sisters, but not to be expected from
the Briton himself. Few French
books are riprinted in the United
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HAIR WORK.

Ornamental hair jewelry, such as
charms, chains, pins, earrings, brace
let's, rings and all kinds of solid work,
promptly made to order. Combings
SO cents an ounce. 81 55. III.
MRS, TX. PICKER.
Centre Str. Nep Uln, MIN
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Are the most ef-
Rctive and congo
NAL purgative ever
discovered. They
are mild, but ef-
fectual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
searchinr cathar-
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10
Observer VaEedictOry.s

EDITOR BEE In your last issue we
expressed our confidence that ere another
week was over, there would be some def
mite plan arrived at, through which New
towns manufacturing stagnation would
be a thing of the past. We fear we were
about the matter, for we
too fondly hoped that the public spirit of
Eewtovn was not dead, but sleeping.
Reluctantly do we change our opinion !;
but it is as evident as a noon-day sun
that there are no public-spirited men In
our village, who wish to see our town
this, MI. Editor, everybody must suffer,
but we think we can see that the money
ed class, will in the end, be the greatest
losers. We are sure the working people
are in position to help themselves, but
they seem to lack that confidence in
themselves, which is ever the surest lever
to ensure the success of any enterprise.
Last week we heard from good source
that one man in Newtown signified his
willingness to invest one thousand and
four hundred dollars; Welt, can this man
be alone the only one who wishes to wit
ness the prosperity OF the place-the only
one among SO many that are blessed with
ample means, and with willingness tc
invest it anywhere, but in their own vii
lage. II this be so it is really sad state
Of things for our village, ard all we cal
say is that Newtown must be in the future
AS she has been in the past, the stagnant
poOl-the eye-sore of inactivity in Fair
field County, If not in Connecticut
Relative to the cutlery business II
Sandy Hook, why not drop it altogether
and take a hold of something more tangi
BILE. The duck or hating business cal
be started there with a capital of one
half what would be necessary to start tn,
former, and there are many who thini
the latter as safe as the cutlery.
We have said what we thought the in
terest and prospects of this town required
on this matter; and with the assuranc
to our readers that we had no other ak,
to grind, we will take our leave, but beg
to be still considered OBSERVER.
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The Entertainment i'm the Sandy
Hook school.

On the evening of Tuesday, Deem
Der I'd, an entertainment was given in the
Sandy Hook school house, for the pur-
pose of raising funds to purchase charts,
black boards, etc, which the school needs,
and we will say that considering the hur-
ried manner in which it was got up, and
the proficiency that was manifested by
the pupils, the teachers of this school
have good cause to congratulate them
selves. 1t was opened little after half
past seven by some remarks from Mr..
O'Doloherv. The subject Of his remarks
was on the advantages of education: he
briefly showed what education had done
for the world i'll the past, and that it
must be the main prop on which will rest
the perpetuation of our republican insti-
buttons.
The room was very Hastily decorated
with evergreens and other things, but
the motto, 50 God bless our school," the
work OF Mrs. Baum attracted most atten-
ton. This lady deserves much praise
for the solicitude she showed in assisting
the teachers and children. After Mr..
| O'Doloherys remarks were over, there
was a song entitled, "An Ode to Tenn
peranee,' from the following children,
accompanied by Mrs. Julia Murray on the
organ: Misses Susie Carroll, jamie Croft
ty, Mary Brew, Maggie Blake, Maggie
Callaghan, Annie Heating, Mary Madi-
gan, Mary Crotty, Master James Callag-
han. The next was a defamation BY
Michael Bradley, eubject, John May
nard," followed by piece by Tommie
Bradley, entitled 1.-THE Little Boy That
Died )" next was 1.-The Little Orator,
| by Dubois Keane: then came poem en-
titled Zone BY One" by Miss Maggie
Callaghan; then master James Callaghan
sang the solo, i" Old Black Joe." Nelson
Morgan. Esq, of Hartford, next delight
ed the audience, especially the younger
portion, by his beautiful rendition of ;" A
naughty little girls view of life" After
this little Ernest Sniffin delivered in a
very sprightly manner, for child of his
age, /" Twenty Little Froggies." This
child having been placed in chair be
cause of his diminutiye size, was really
the attraction of the evening. A sister
of his Lulu, next recited Work while il
is day" The Misses Gaffeny after this
delighted the audience with q song styled
the "Old Wooden Rocker" Willie Brew
then recited in very able manner, ar
extract from Emmets Speech. Mr.. Nor
gan then brought down the house with I
humorous piece styled 1.-The Yankee
Teacher Boarding Round" Lynn vii
son came next with a beautiful peace
on 1.-The Wayside Flower" Lulu Orgel
man after this reclted 1.-THE Rebel Kit
ten" Miss Murray then very beautifully
played and sang :" Faith and Hope" ther
a humorous piece was ably recited ,,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10

Mr.. George L. Price, of Brookfleld an
employee OF S. A. Blackman & Co.'s hat
shop, Hawleyville, came down on the
morning train, Monday, to that place.
He was crossing a turnout track. in
front of an empty fiat car, when an en-
CINE started some other cars, striking the
empty one, which run into Price, knock
ing him down, running over his leg and
one thumb, cutting the latter off, and
brusing the leg badly but not breaking
any bones. DIR. Bennett. of this village,
was sent for, and rendered medical as
81 tance. He will soon recover, and be
around on duty, but it was very narrow
escape, and had not another man dragged
him off, would have been killed.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10

The entire work on the N Y and N.
E. r. r. has been sub-let by the princi-
pal contractors, Messrs. Smith and Rip
ley. The sections are disposed of as fol-
lows: Sections one 20 five, inclusive, ex-
cept section five, to Flowers & Co.; sec
ton five, George W. Cram; section thir-
teen to sixteen, inclusive, j. Edwards
section seventeen, Mr.. Wellington: Sec
ton eighteen to twenty-five, inclusive, c.
Ryan; section twenty-three, which in
cludes the tunnel near this place, Hugh
McIntye: sections twenty-seven to thirty
three, O. B. Reynolds. These men are
all experienced contractors: The road
is already commenced at Waterbury, and
work all along the line will be pushed
ahead as rapidly as possible. Eighty
tons of iron will arrive at this station.
this week, to be US ed in the construction
of the work.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10
A Grad Christina. Gift.


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Freddie Curtiss named :" A speech of a
Candidate for Sheriff" Miss Nell Brad
ley next very appropriately recited ''Bar-
bara Fretchie;" then George Baum de-
livered 'Good for Nothing Miss Gaf
feny and Miss Murray were on hand
again with that splendid song. dublin
Bay" to which they did am pie justice,
Charlie Baum then gave Don't Leave
Us OUT" Mr.. Morgan was again ready
with I" Kitty Matone," and we can say
that it is necessary to hear this gentle
man in order to appreciate his distin-
guished histrionic ability Little
Gretchen part first was delivered very
| feelingly by Miss Susie Carroll and part
second by Miss jamie Crotty; after this
the audience was kept in an uproar by
Mr.. Morgan with " Pats Dream of Hea-
ven and - Pat and the Pig" the Misses
Red Rose" Lizzie Cribben recited
Grand Fathers Chair after this Master
Callaghan recited lis side-splitting Nc
Carthy's Mare" and it is needless to say
tuallysproved himself on this occasion
"a real broth of boy" he was encored.
and made his appearance with The Lit
tie Old Log Cabin in the Lane" Mr..
Morgan finally wound up the evening 8
entertainment by reciting in his very
able and characteristic manner, " How
the Old Horse Won the Bet" The schol-
ars and all concerned are under a debt of
obligation to this gentleman and to
Misses Murray and Gaffeny On the
whole everything passed off pleasantly,
and it is true to say that the parents were
very much pleased with their children.
On motion Of Mr.. O'Dolohery, a vote Of
thanks was passed to the Misses Murray
nd Gaffeny, also to Nj. Morgan.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10

a% Every person who wishes to see
what Bridgeport enterprise is accomplish
ing, should call at the large and COM
pletely stocked Drug and Paint Store of
T. S. STEVENS & Co. This firm keep In
stock almost everything that can be found
in the ]argest and best appointed metro
politaI. stores, and buying Of the manu-
factursrs and importers, they are enabled
to getthe lowest prices, thus being ena-
bled TO sell at wholesale and retail at the
lowess New York prices.
Their stock comprises all the Foreign
and Domestic Drugs and Chemicals, as
we'll as most of the proprietary articles,
Pateat Medicines. &c, &c Paints, Oils,
VarIishes and Brushes.
MsssRs. F. S. STEVENS & Co. are agents
for the Latin II Rand Powder Co., and
are doing large trade in that celebrated
Gun, Rifle and Blasting Powder.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10
Justice Court.

John Crawford, better known as " Deaf
Johnny" Of the Taunton Lake Hotel. a
house that has attained no enviable rep
utation for being the resort Of disreputa-
BILE characters of both sexes, WAS ar
raigned before Justice Belts, of Sandy
Hook, Thursday, charged with assault
and battery on the fair form of his bet
ter half" After hearing both sides of
the question, it was deemed best by the
Justice that " Johnny" should be kept in
durance vile for sixty days, and he
was accordingly taken to Bridgeport by
Sheriff Glover, and placed in charge of
Jailor Wells. The house has been con-
slant source of trouble to the authorities
for several years, and, although, it has
been pulled number of times, the
management still continues to do bust
ness 1t would be we'll for the citizens to
look after it, and see that the den is
thoroughly exterminated, as it is blot
on the fair name Of the town.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10

st. Johns Church will have its usual
Christmas festivities for the children of
the Sunday School, on Friday evening,
Dec. Goth. They propose having a jacob
Ladder this year instead of tree.
Miss Mary G. Woffenden, who has
been home the past week, on account of
her mothers ill health, returned Satur-
day. Mrs. w. is convelescing.
Stated convocation Of Hiram Chapter.
No. l, Thursday evening, Dec. 18th.
Work In the Il. A. d.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10
A Grand Opportunity.

Generals G. I. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early have
entire charge of the preparations and the Drlwin
OF the Louisiana State Lottery Company in it's ex-
ira ordinary Semi Annual Distribution on Decem
Der 10th. The to be distributed exceeds half a
million dollars. Full particulars are given in an
advertisement in another column of this paper.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-10
Robbery,

zSOBDeFy.
A man from Brookfield was badly beat
en- and robbed on the railroad track be-
low Crofut & Co s factory, Danbury. and
thrown across the track, on Monday even
ing. He had about fifteen dollars with
him, and had been drinking with one
Charles Crosby worthless fellow, and
others. They followed him down the
track, or led him down, and it is supposed
committed the robbery. They have been
arrested.