The Newtown bee., 1880-01-28
Danbury.
News is scarce. Warden Fry has been fishing.


 Warden Fry has been fishing.
 The News has got out an almanac.
 The Catholics are going to heat their church by steam.
 Miss yolusia E. Botsford, of Pales- tine, has been visiting in Danbury, the guest of Mrs. Hiram Pulling.
 Capt H. N. Fanton has received the appointment of Quartermaster of the Fourth Regiment c. N. G.
 Prof. Northrop Is announced to lee ture this, Wednesday,, evening, at the Opera House, on Village Improve ment."
 Another Danbury dog has gone the way of all dogs. Dogs are money. So much of the material wealth of the na- tion annihilated-deadlo loss.
 The editor of the Republican took aconite through mistake. Hewas brought out of the difficulty by his family physi- elan. Glad to know that he is now all right.
 A quart-ett, is what @ Danbury boy said after putting away four plates at a recent church oyster supper. All for the benefit of the church.
 The Village Improvement Society held a sociuble, at Wildmans Hall, on Wednesday evening, last week. which is spoken of as a success.
 The Irish National Aid Society held a meeting on Sunday week. About S7O were raised.
 A Young Ladies' Cooking Club" is the latest in Danbury. They are organ ized, ofI1cered ana prepared to cultivate the culinary art. Something long need cd not 0 re-hash, but bran new. The boys will be there as tasters, you bet.
 Tho winter is like the old woman, first it thinks it will and "then agin il don't know" On the whole it is very in. dulgcnt, and gives it to us kindly. The weather prophets are rather dissatisfied We wish they would leave Marchi alone March can do it's own blowing. Our ice men have been on the ragged edge of anxiety" for weeks. We were no a little surprised, Sunday, to sec tue ic' on Crofut's pond thick and strong enougl to bear scores, some of whom were skat
 ing while two men with a horse and ic blow were checking off the ice, prepara tory to gathering on Monday, as we wer informed. The ice was about eight inche = thick.
 HE HAS 4 LEVEL HEAD-The Bosto physician, who advertises in tho Danbur papers for a wife. He knows, as every l body knows, that Danbury can beat tn q Hub for pretty girls. He leaves he exact measure with the News, and tn girls are put out by it. She must be l. handsome widow of thirty-two, (no fra l. tions) must be moral kind, healthy an q nave good teeth know how to keep house J. must stand five feet six inches in h.
 stockings, and weigh 1C0 pounds avoird
 pois. Thehandsome widows-are also @ Ii
 tie put out because he fails to give his ov rs measure He hints at forty years, whi'
 is interesting enough to young widows " thirty-two, but then he may be a Dani le Lambert or a Judge Dayi6 and carry es majority of his township ill his elotht sr or he may be Calvin Edson with spid l. legs that are constantly liable to bre G. off and stick into him. He may be
 sociable as George Francis Train. d 37 talk a wife to death i'll three months. oI 3S Gen. Grant and wear an everlasting ste AZ per in his mouth. He may dress slouc ,,e ingly, or he may wear a graceful ulsr ,47 and plug hat. That doctor will have 349 come down with more particulars, or $50 never will trap any pretty Danb' 'oo widow of thirty-two. HORACE