The Newtown bee., 1888-09-14
church, has visited A. E. Sherwood and has promised to preach, Sunday, 18th, if the church Is finished.
LONG HILL.

T Miss Medora c. Beach spent last week with friends in Boston and Hull, Mass. No service will be held in Grace church September 16 or 23, as Rev MT BoylstOn will take his vacation. The church will be open as usual, the 30th, services com mencing at 10 30 m. Mir Boylston spends the two weeks with friends in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He says that he Is in good health, "only a little tired" Hope that he will return refresh ed and invigorated.
 It has not, perhaps, been generally known that Gracechurch stood partly on land owned by the parish and partly on land belonging to the Burroughs family. At an informal meeting of the wardens and vestry, Sunday, the matter was talk ed up and parish meeting will be called soon to take definite action regarding it. The State temperance picnic at Parlor Rock, last week Thursday, was attended by but about 800. The unseasonably cold weather, the convention at New York and other attractions kept many away. Those who attended report an enjoyable occasion and the speeches, ear | ly in the afternoon, were full of interest. | Henry Warner has re-modeled his house and rebuilt chimney. to make room for his son-in-law, George M. Rob- ertson, who will make his home here. Miss Emily Warner has an interesting collection of relics, including a cane of Southern pine from the oldest house in the United States, at St. Augustine; a powder horn carried in the French and Indian war by 'sEbenezer Warner, 1744'' and various antique chairs.
 1 G. B. Hall of Washington, D. C., is with his brother, Turney Hall of Breezy Lawn. He will remain but short time. l Mfr and Mrs Milton Barlow have lost, by the failure of the theatrical company with which they were engaged. Mrs Barlow, who is daughter of D. Hall. is playing in Boston.
 E. Sherman is painting the buildings of James c. Johnson in Elm street, Mon roe. The house will be white. | w. H. Sherwood is in California, where he will probably spend the Winter.
 J. B. Cornwall and family of Bridge bort, who have spent the Summer at Breezy Lawn, return home, this week.
 Mrs c. M. Bennett's hospitable home has been crowded with guests nearly all Summer.
 Fred R. Kuhne is employed by Jesse Nash at Cummings corner, Nichols, where he has several weeks work as car Ipenter.
 Mrs H. $. Wedge has been quite sick with rheumatism. For several nights, she was unable to lie down.
 Miss Clara Hall is among those who, under the able tuition of Prof c. s. Platt of Newtown, become skilled in instru- mental music.
 D. Hall is in poor health and has been quite sick for some time. He has lately Isuffered with stomach troubles.
 A daughter was born, Sunday, to MT and Mrs Ed. J. Kuhne of Meriden. The young lady is granddaughter of Peter lKuhne.
 l T. l.. Wade has vastly improved his home since it has been in his possession land ;c mot xyat tbrouuh hy apu mnapc The lawn in front has been nicely graded and grassed and the bank at the rear cut ldown, allowing room for a comfortable back yard and substantial, well arrang. ed work shop and carriage house. The
 bank was full of boulders, which were
 broken up and removed by blows from a huge sledge hammer; but one blast was
 fired. Instead of welding that 14-pounG
 sledge hammer, he will now develop mus cle by juggling pair of 25-pound dumt
 bells. Mir Wade's property is an exem Iplification of the fact that "Perseveranct and pluck, aided by finance, will accom- Iplish wonders" This is the first week since the season lopened when there have been no picnic'
 at Parlor Rock. Manager Harris has al ready catered to 40 picnics and severa
 more are booked.
 A gentleman who has been connected
 with the Board of School Visitors at var ious times since 1870 says that Long Hill district was not discriminated against il
 the least; that the usual mode of distri : outing the money was followed in tn . last apportionment. The amount fo l schools is divided among the districts ac . cording to their enumeration; then tn 7 amount from the State is divided into si, h Iequal parts, one for each district. Thi Igives the amount received by the dis Q tricts and the only way in which a mis f take could be made is through an erro 5 in enumeration.
 In the course of repairs at M.