The Newtown bee., 1889-12-13
CONN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS
TRUMBULL.

 Mir and Mrs c. r. Plumb are settled in their new home at Almon F. Plumb's.
 A movement Is on foot for the erection of n footbridge across the swamp north of the highway bridge at the Center. It would be about l2 rods long. A paper, headed by $. J. Parks, Is being circulat- ed for signatures and subscriptions. The bridge, if built, will accommodate many who travel on foot, especially in Winter, when the highway Is often almost inn passable.
 ". N. Beach is n new employe at Tait's paper mill.
 Nelson B. Beach, who occupies the old Ward place and has been sick, Is much better.
 Mrs Nelson E. Beach has for some time suffered with her eyes and her sight Is now almost gone.
 Mrs Jesse Chalker Is home, somewhat improved in health.
 $. l.. Thomas spent Sunday in Bridge port.
 Jesse Chalker Is again working at Wells & Freuch's, Bridgeport, after a short vacation caused by the fire.
 $. C. Beach took trip north, last week, after new mlleh cows. He pur- chased several, but brought only one home and started for more, this week. He says that they are scarce and high.
 Fred Shumm, German who lives above the dam and gathers drift wood from the stream, met with an adventure which might easily have proved fatal. He was towing drift wood down stream and found the current so swift that he could not make the shore and was in danger of being carried over the dam, as the water was very high. He attempted to cut his drift wood loose and row at the same time, but succeeded in neither. The force of the rushing water caused 1t to shoot out from the dam and escape jagged rocks, which would have crushed 1t in an instant. The fall was about 10 feet and the boat was caught and held on a smooth rock. Fred was washed out just before the timbers he had been tow ing followed, one of them striking the boat. Fred was thoroughly drenched but managed to reach shore by clinging to rocks and stones. His boat was after. ward recovered by Mir Ward.
 With other postmasters, who, willingly or unwlttingly, violated the laws in send ing out circulars for Palliser, Palliser & Co.,, New York architects, ex-Postmas. ter W. $. Wheeler has been fined S5C and costs, amounting to S1O3. His case was among the last called and he had but one hearing, at New Haven. He says that when he received batch of 10000 circulars from Palliser, with as- surances that 1t would be perfectly legit- Innate for him to send them out, he wrote for stamps and was asked why so many were wanted. He replied that Palliser had sent him circulars to be mailed, with out solicitation and inquired what dispo- sitlon he should make of them. In due time, he was instructed to mail them and the stamps were forwarded. Only 5G00 circulars had been sent out, however, when Mir Wheeler found that the law was being violated and the remaining HOO are still at his house. Although he had written and interviewed Palliser, he had been unable to obtain his money and was therefore double loser. My mistake, g he said, twas in selling stamps on credit. That, of course, had no right to do, al- though at the time I supposed 1t was perfectly legal. l relied too much on Palliser's statement that the business was lawful and on my instructions from headquarters. Yes, 1 broke the law and must suffer for It; but although it may be law 1t does not seem just; I don't know how others feel, but it seems al- most as if had been robbed. Under the circumstances, I think 1t would have been punishment enough to have remov- cd the post ofilce.'
 There Is no use whatever to try to make roads or fix roads the way they have been doing, that is to dump on sand and dirt. It will not work. It makes them good deal worse to wheel over than before fixing them. There is no good reason why we cannot have better roads, yes and good country roads, If they will try some other method.-[ Prof Sam E. Sterling.