The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-09-03
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The public schools .pened Monday.

Gr. Joseph G. Cowan died Friday. His
funeral was largely attended Sunday.
Two OF our singers. Miss Carrie Allen
and Miss Belle Fayerweather, 20 to
srookficid Tuesday Sept I'd. to assist in
tAs musical cntertainmont
&es. Van Meter, formerly OF tho How
Atd Mlssion, ana who spect some years In
The city of Rome. Italy. In mission work.
10 announced to speak ut the Baptist
Church. Tuesday evening.
Business. particularly hating. Is good,
and business men and laborers seem to
be much encouraged. The present out
look Is favorable for good fall trade.
The Danbury Fair Is beginning to loom
up 40 the next Important thing with us.
OF course 1t is to be the best, every succeed
Ing one has been. improvements on and
about fairgrounds are in progress. Among
the improvements Is now art building.
The Juveniles and the Blue Ribbon
Men bad meeting together in the opera
House. Sunday afternoon. Besides home
speakers, Major Dane gave an interesting
address.
Although the habitof enlargng the BEE
has become chronic with the publisher,
and Its readers are generally prepared for
anything In that direction. they were COM
pletely taken by surprise last week by its
much Increased Dimensions and its wide
spread wings.
Tho Peach Festival OF the Reformed
Mon, at the Opera House. on Friday
evening was Il success. 1t WAS well at
tended. and must have netted them quite
a handsome sum. The Bethel Cornet
Band was in attendance, and discoursed
sweet music. They played several beau
tiful pieces in Concert Hall Square.
Prof Orland Hoyt presided at the piano.
Saturday evenings are always lively
now. On Saturday night week. Mr.. Moeg
ling, OF the Opera House saloon had little
unpleasantness in which he took a hand
himself, using q club with telling effect.
He was brought before Justice and fined
seven dollars and cost. He appealed. A
victim of his club before the same Justice
who. after hearing. fined him three
dollars and cost. On the Same evening
horse whipl ing ufray, or what came near
being such. varied the exercises In the
neighborhood of Main street bridge.
There WAS considerable noise on the
street which continued till past honest
bed time. We are a no-license town.
The Aquen uckaXuewauks are out again.
This. Ito the printsr,) believe to be the
correct photography, therefore the printer
should follow copy, not letter should
DO left out. They go to Black Rock this
week, starting Monday. 1t is right that
the readers of the BEE should know about
them. They arc a fishing club who n, yer
fish In fresh water. Tho name believe
10 Chipwaway Indian, and originally
signlfed Pleasant Water, but like many
words that have been Incorporated into
our language ii has changed somewhat.
It now means Salt Water. They are not
Indians. as might BIO supposed, but are
mostly native Dnnburlans and all white
men. They, like the Fat Men, go
annually down shore, but not like the
heavy weights, on a gormandizing expo
dition. to make offerings to the god OF
tho stomach. but to dip themselves in the
brine for n renewed sailing, and to offer
sacrifices to Neptune, as tho East Indian
devotoe visits the Ganges to battle In the
saere 4 rivor and get his spiritual strength
removed. BY this annual sailing they
manage to keep through the year. 1t is
said the historian Of the association keeps
the name OF the club packed away In salt
Ia q twelve foot section Of sixteen inch
Kohanza pipe. This word proves too
much tor the tele phone. They can't scnd
It through the curves.
1t Is not In my commission to say any
thing about other places In these items
although my commission Is rambling
oae. but something In your Southbury
correspondence last week somehow re-
minded nae that have sometime heard
that country called the Land OF Fight"
Whether 1t Is given to litigation more
than other places In this delectable land
OF STEADY hablt5 know not. L know
they are placky people "over there" A
good story Is related of the late d. H.
Eeldrn, a prominent lawyer In Newtown a
few years ago, we'll known in this county,
which will do TO tell In this connection.
especially nm 1t has never been In print
They used to have frequent law suits
there. when he was in practice, and the
suits were frequently tried at Benefits
Bridge. and they used to employ him,
and the lucky litigant who secured his
services felt as II his cause WAS as good
M won. as he nearly always carried his
suits. at all events he is represented at
being quite successful. His general
success. keen wit and genial manner
made him popular there. On ono occa-
alien. however he must have been on the
wrong side, he failed. After doing his
host and exhaustlng his battery, and hav-
ing discharged all his wilt and sarcas. N,
the case was decided against HIM. After
the decision his client came TO him with
n dolsfnl. long face. "Well,' said he
Mr.. Belden we are defeated. You didnt
beat 'em this time" mo" said Belden