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Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08
Ancient Industries.

Yes, daughter, yes; you do right to
model in clay, TO paint the lights and
fire Sour u ss ?" what Sa0f Fl rd &c
with it il l got the chance: Pottery
Is the oldest industry In the world.
Adam was made Of clay, and Cain
got up the first kiln. Accent heavy
on the "n."-Bob Burdette.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08

TNOR sALE-Chesp--A good buggy, Hines
N pest make. Apply to J.. II. Btsvens, a?6
Austin street.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08

TT,O RENT--The corner store ON North Firth
Il and Washington streets. Inquire at Hinch-
mans old stand, on Austin street 2-stf
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08

UyANTED. -first-cIass canvasser lad,
North Third street. Mrs. Mcneil.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08
Ticket Agent, Pacific Hotel Block
n. q r. q.

Il. II. HILL, Ticket Agent.
Under Pacific Hotel Block. Opposite Postoifice
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08

Patronize MOlOer q Hearne'S, north
side Of the public square.
Call on g. W. Mclaughlin for wood
and coal.
Parties desiring board will consult
their interest by calling at the Silver
Moon.
The finest Mince Meat in the land q
Joe Thompson's.
The best assorted fancy condies at
Joe Lehman's.
All prescriptions carefully compoun-
ded at j. 4. Sears. 1926 Austin street. y
For we'll served meals 20 to Leh.
mans south 4th street.
Leave orders for coal and wood with
Mclaughlin.
For fine watch and jewelry repairing
go to j. LevinsKi, 421 Austin street. I
For fresh stick and fancy candles,
you can get the best at Lehman's res
taurant south Fourth street.
}. A Boy EFT, Dentist at Waco. Den
tai Instlt ute 613 IL Austin Az.
II you want fres h taffy candy 90 K
Joe Lehman's south 4th street.
For meals 60 to Joe Lehmahn.
Ross Imported Soda at the Cotton
Exchange. +
For good meals 20 to the Silver
Moon.
Fresh crop cranberries at Joe
Thompsons 4th and Franklin streets
Buy feed at Duvall's 300. Frnklin.
Go to Joe Lehman's to get oyster
loaves.
Buy your meal tickets at I.ehman's
restaurant south 4th street.
For all kind Of family groceries go
to Taulman & Vivrett, corner s. 9Th
and Austin streets.
"Old Tom" London Gin at Cotton
Exchange. +
For fresh Boston chips, all coIors
20 to Joe Lehman's restaurant.
Patronlze Molder & Hearne ut the
old Grand stable north side public
square.
If you wish lasting souvenir, have
photo made by jackson.
Go to w. d. Jackson and get q pho
tograph Of yourself and children.
Go to A. j. Herr & Bro, for good
smoke on bankers row.
Sears sure cure for catarrh is the
best. 426 Austin street.
Coal and wood, Geo. W. McLaugh-
Inns prompt delivery
Buy your candies at Joe Lehman
south 4th street.
Best turn-outs IN town at Molder 4
Hearne's.
Fish and game Of all kinds, at the
Silver Moon
A. j. Herz's news stand can accom-.
odate you with any paper.
Imported sherry drawn from the
wood at Cotton Exchange.
Taulman & Vivrett run the Peoples
Grocery-corner s. 9th and Austin
streets.
A nice line of jewelry and fine
watch repairing speciality at A. j.
Leslie's.
Landreth's, Ferry's and Bowen's
garden seeds, fresh, at Joe Thomp-
sons.
Order your groceries, grain, feed,
wood and coal from Geo. w. McLaugh-
lin. Satisfaction guaranteed.
For nice clean shave, good hair
cut, and polite attention, call at JEFF
williams o. X. barber shop on Aus.
tin Avenue.
The wise man, who wants his
moneys worth in every thing he buys,
goes to D. H. Spencer to buy piano
or organ. Spencer sells good goods
at reasonable prices and on easy terms
For fruit or ornamental trees, call on
J. Fl. Hurwood, at EVENING News Of
fee Franklin, between Fourth and
Fifth streets APPARATUS roots by the
hundred or thousands
Waco. February 25th, 1889.
Raw II p arh-DEAR Sir AND
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08

CITUATION wANTED--By . good colored
- woman, who has Just come TO Texas and
brings good references with her ~ nufse. OF
rather have the care Of small baby night and
day. Address Charley Gibson, Waco, Texas,
care Of Paul Quin College.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08

J. n. Gallagher attorney-at-law,
s15t, Austin avenue, Waco, Texas.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08
DR.. PERcE's PELLETS
Purely Vegetable I
Perfectly Harmless I

Smallest, Cheapess, Easiest 60 take,
One tiny, Sugar-coated Pellet q dose. Curs1
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and All os-
rangements of the Stomach and Bowels,
% cents vial, by druggists. 49,,
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OLD SILVER WATER SET.

increased their capital stock to $4,000,
most of it being taken by the original
stockholders. Later OH, they built the
second brick mill, easterly from the main
structure and increased the manufacture
OF hollow ware, rs well as fiatware and
also increased their capital to $2l0,000.
However, year later they increased
their capital to 100000. During this
period, the board of officers has almost
continually remained the same, as fol-
lows: President, Il. DEF. Shelton; treas
urer and manager, Watson j. Miller.
Thomas III. Newcomb is the efficient SUI
perintendent. The directors are as fol-
lows: Il. Def. Shelton, Watson J.. Mil
Ter, William E. Downes, ID. w. Plumb,
r. N. Shelton, A. r. Smith and George
w. Cheeseman. 1t is hardly necessary
to say that the company is in very pros
porous condition and making money. 1t
is now making q beautiful line of antique
silver goods which are meeting a great
demand in the market.
The cut of the factory which the BEE
presents shows the factory from the
Shelton side, but does not include the re-
Gently completed viaduct over the Derby
extension as it crosses Bridge street.
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FRUIT DISH,

half, has been finished in dull old silver.
The patent clouded finish, the exclusive
property of the Derby Silver Co., is also
In great demand.
Much of the engraving on the finished
work is done by hand, but some of the
simpler designs are produced by by
draulic presses. In the engraving room
proper, the busy worknen cut tiny chips
OF glittering metal from the smooth sur
face before them, following delicately
traced design which soon appears in all
its beauty. A handsome satin finish is
put on some of the articles by lightly
touching them against revolving wire
wheel,
Imported glassware Of the richest and
eostliest make fills many shelves and
bfistles for the multiforin handles and
backs Of brushes are all made to order
and put together by the company's
workmen.
After passing through the shops, the
photograph album was inspected And
sacl 4 book Twice AS large as at ana
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WHITE HILLS.

Capt Charles E. Brooks, seaman and
California gold digger in his younger
years, was buried, Saturday. Death fol-
followed a stroke of apoplexy. He leaves
widow and two children.
Cyrus Chamberlain of Derby has visit
ed his cousin here.
Mrs Frank Upton was at Highland
Lawn, Sunday.
Mrs Martha Curtis and daughter Car
RE visited in Stratford, last week.
Mr. Rounds has done carpenter work
for b. French.
Bessie Wheeler entertained Miss Bots
ford of Bridgeport, Sunday.
Mrs d. G. Lawson has malarial fever.
Patrick Cribbens has sold several
building lots near the road recently cut
through to the river road.
Miss Sarah Beardsley spends the Win
ter with her niece, Mrs ID. A. Shelton.
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to pay expenses to Washington to attend
the Inauguration festivities.
Miss Minnie Havens of Wethersfield
has been guest Of Mrs George X. Wilson,
The Congregational pulpit was 0ccu-
pied, Sunday, by Rev Mr. Beute Of R0cka-
way, where Rev Joel Ives preached.
Rev DIR Ely of New Haven preached at
Christ church, Sunday morning and Rev
Beverly Warner of bridgeport in the
evening.
Mrs Betsy Lampson, IS, died ut the
home of her son in Waterbury and was
brought here for burial, Monday. She
was native of this place and always
lived here till some 10 years ago.
Rev Mr. Pogson of New York lectured
Town Hall, Monday.
Lester Young has removed his news
room from Joseph Dufour's store to Ben
sons shoe shop.
John Latin has his singing school in
successful operation So capable a teach
er should have a crowded class.
The literary association held their an
nual meeting, last week. The old board
of officers were reelected, with the ex-
ception of. Rev Mr. Walker, whose place
was filed by ii. Ill. Judson. The officers
report a favorable condition Of affairs.
The Silver Key club connected with
the Baptist church gave successful ex-
hibition, clearing some $40, to assist
them in their work. The church was
filled with the beauty and fashion of the
town. 1t is seldom that so full dress an
affair takes place here.
| Charles Graham, an employee OF the
granite works, will remove to Bridge
port, this week.
ii. j. Lewis is shipping many oysters.
Messrs Patterson and Patterson report
the supply not equal to the demand.
Mr. Hughes of the granite works is suf-
fering from a severe cold.
Frank Hughes is in charge of the Allen
place.
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Chief among these, for extent of works,
beauty of goods and prosperity in all di-
rections, stands the Derby Silver Co., a
corporation organized under the laws of
the State Of Connecticut. Its first sub
scription for stock was ON February 6,
1878. The original subscribers were Ed
ward ". shelton, G.. Henry Cheeseman,
Watson j. Miller, ID. w. Plumb, George
w. Cheeseman, Charles Durand, Edward
T.. Britton and w. +. Osborne. They
started with capital stock of 100000.
The starting of the company was in
n mill known as the "Stone Mill' in Shell
ton and here they commenced the manu-
facture of spoons, forks, ladies and goods
known as fatware. Having purchased
or the Redfield q Rice manufacturing
company OF New York their tools at
Woleottville, now Torrington, they re-
moved them to Shelton and started the
manufacture of ware known as silver
plated fiatware. They continued the
manufacture of this flatware until the
Spring of 1878, when they built one of
their present mills, a brick structure with
A tower and entered into the manufacture
of silver plated hollow ware In addition
TO the line of fiatware. AT this time they
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oRosoeUE.

The entertainment given. last Friday
evening, at Putney chapel was decided
success. The room was well filled and
the frequent encores showed the appreci-
alton. Miss Bailey is deserving of high
place as an elocutionist, while the violin
solos of Mr. De banks and the singing of
Miss Cook and Mr. Smith were of a char
acter and quality not often heard in so
small a place.
The sewing society met, last week, at
c. d. Blakeman's. The ladies are busily
engaged on an order for a barrel of dolls
for the Five Point mission. The bodies
are corn cobs dressed in all the various
styles that the feminine mind knows so
well how to invent.
The body of Frank Curtiss, formerly
of this place, was brought from New Or
leans, where he died and was inferred in
the Putney cemetery, 22d. Rev Albert
X. Teele and wife (Mrs Teele is sister
of the deceased) were here from Milton,
Mass, to attend the funeral.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-25
CIGAR BOX, CLOUDED FINISH.

Guided by Superintendent Newcomb,
Bee reporter made tour of the mills
and witnessed the process of manufac-
ture, from the plates and pigs Of metal to
the finished gand beautiful goods. The
buildings cover more than an acre and
ARE practically two mills, so constructed
that IL the machinery and ware in the
process OF manufacture are destroyed,
the finished goods may be saved. In the
eaxne manner, II the second building
should burn, the machinery might be
preserved and the manufacture of goods
continued.
All goods are mnde from the compound
known ls ssSterling metal, - whose COM
sonents are 4 secret and whose success
Il phenomenal, This metal. mixed IN
Ill shops. Ii ran into pigs and plates for
7aS&. III another room, the plateA ~se
}g51S1ufs<} and rolled 70 the requisite thick
@x2. then cut into squares Or paraiIelo-
I;2'SxIsS. whose thfclneess md size varies
]1< "a requirements q ~ arfle'es -
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Richard Riley, an aged resident of
Shelton, is quite sick.
! Attorney Munger of Ansonia, partner
of E. l.. Staples i'll this place, has dis
solved his partnership with F. w. Hol-
den in Ansonia.
! The accident which L. j. Wheeler re-
Gently sustained will cause the loss of an
| eye.
Henry Thompson has received Unit
ed States bounty.
George Tomlinson of Oronoque, Mon
day, took Gideon Tomlnson, Samuel S.
Hurd, John w. Anderson and James G..
Field up to 2oar to view the place of the
Wheeler-Beardsley accident.
| The store recently vacated by John
Michigan is to be occupied by Donald
Ross.
A. E. Hewitt has brought suit against
+. G. and NJ. B. Perry to set aside a
mortgage given them by E.. c.. Maltby.
Joseph Tucker has recently sold two
lots to John I'll. Donovan.
Wilcox & Howes and the cotton mill
are running on full time.
| Arthur G. Booth is slowly recovering
James R. Brinsmade is just back from,
a trip to Canada in the interest of the
Silver Plate Cutlery Co.
George A. Sweetland, who came from
| Bristol to this place and engaged in the
tea, coffee and spice business and after
ward went to California, has visited
friends in town.
Wilkinson Bros expect load of spruce
from Nova Scotia, which they will make
into paper.
Engineer Brinsmade and Selectman
Palmer, assisted by Engineer Church, in.
spected the viaduct, Monday. A CORFU
gated iron roof is to be placed under the
bridge, to prevent passers from being
overwhelmed by the drip and dust of the
roadway above.
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be finished. Anothee machine turns off
the corners and the glittcring disks are
sent to the spinning room.
Here are machines resembling turning
lathcs, holding wooden mould or chuck
OF the exact shape and size Of the hollow
article. Fixing the disk against the CEN
ter OF this and causing both to revolye
rapidly, the workman, pressing against
the disk with smooth tool, bends it
gradually until it conforms, in every re-
spect, to the chuck beneath. As a new
chuck Is necessary for each different
shape, a large assortment is necessary.
They are made OF gum wood and are
turned out by the company's worlSmen.
These shaped pieces Of sterling metal
are next turned down by expert work.
men md even the minute threads thrown
|oH from the lathe are preserved and
utilized, sd perfect Ii the system to pre-
vent leakage In any detail Then the
ornamental work around the edges,
es;ied beading, h put on. This bending
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NICHOLS.

Mrs Sheldon Curtis and Mrs Charles
Curtis are both confined i'm bed. Mrs
Beach Plumb is quite feeble.
Dewitt Humphrey cut his foot badly,
while chopping wood, nearly seyering
house, Charles Hubbell taking his place
as engineer at Fairchild & Sons.
Robinson's team is carting wood to
Bridgeport from the Staples tract.
Mrs Joel Curtis has returned from two
weeks in Bridgeport
Birdsey Curtis lost a valuable COW,
which choked with turnips.
The sociable at Rurr Curtis's was
largely attended. netting about 81.
Miss Ella Curtis has returned TO school
in Hartford.
Ii. l.. Fairchild is having the large
boulder in his garden removed by dyna-
mite. Hugh Higgins and Elliott Latin
doing the job.
4 dramatic entertainment will be given
at Cooks hall. Thursday evening, Feb
ruary z, for the benefit of the NJ. 4.
church. The entertainment will be car
ried on by members of the society, as
i sisted by talent from outside, all of
whom have often been before the public
in this place and been favorably re-
ceived. The entertainment will consist
of the farce, '.Thirty Minutes for Re-
freshments." The east of characters:
John Downly, w. Starkweather
Clarence Fits, colored servant, G. Amber
John Foxton, Ii. Smith
Major Pepper, A. MUIR
Mrs Foxton, Mrs G. Amber
Arabella Pepper, Mrs A. Under
Polly, Miss Emma Quick
1t will conclude with the laughable
farce, "a Quiet Family" The charac-
tiers are: - 49, -.
Mrs Benjamin Bibbs, Mrs q. Amber
Miss Selma Summers, Miss Emma Quick
Snarly, Mrs A. Under
Mr. Benjamin Bibbs, A. MUIR
Mr. Barnaby Bibbs, w. Starkwcathcr
Peter Parker, H. p Nichols
Grumpy, IL. Smith
A fine supper will be served at the
close. The admission is only l5c. All
are cordially invited to be present at 3
O'Clock sharp. If stormy, first faireven-
ing.
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FRIDAY. JANUARY rs, 1859.
HUNTINGTON.

Isinglass school has procured money
enough to get maps.
The widow of Agur Wheeler, who died
suddenly, last week, was buried in the
old cemetery, Rev W.. G. Magill ofiiciat-
ing.
+. j. Buckingham has purchased
new show case for his store and filed it
with cigars.
G. E. Quick has quite tract of land
for sale.
Patsy Brennan is working for Oscar
Hubbcll.
Papers have been circulated to start
grange in the Center.
Sidney Laborie seems to be doing a
Henry Bassett of Booths Hill lost
horse, last week.
Mrs E. X. Morgan has been in Bridge
port.
To compromise between those who
want all day and those who want half
day services at the Congregational church
the committee have decided to dispense
with the afternoon service until April L.
Mrs Fitzgerald organized branch of
the w. G. Il. u, last week Wednesday.
with Mrs Mary Park and Mrs Mary E.
b Buckingham vice presidents, Mrs Fannie
Nichols recording secretary, Miss Bella
Park corresponding secretary, Mrs Anna
Potter treasurer. There was an inter-
hibition Temperance union. Mrs Fitzger-
aid and Rev Mr. Park gave excellent adj
dres ses, with fine singing and reading by
the members. Officers for the next six
months: Rev A. j. Park president, Mrs
George ID. Nichols vice president, S. T..
Blu ckingham secretary, Miss Jessie judi
son assistant, F. N. Potter treasurer,
George D. Nichols, Mrs F. n. Potter and
Mrs Charles Quick executive committee.
Next meeting, first Wednesday in Feb
ruary; w. c. L. u, first Thursday in
February.
| Mrs Stella Marks of Lockport, n. Y.
is with her mother, Mrs Cornelia Judson.
| An excellent entertainment was given
| last week Thursday evening, by Miss
Bella Park and her Isinglass scholars
receipts 81 10.
Annual meeting of the Congregations
society, last Friday afternoon. O. G
Beard, II. >. wooster and George ID
Nichols society's committee, F. n. Pot
ter clerk, ID. A. Nichols treasurer.
John F. Every is doing carpenter worl
for Abijah Hubbell in White Hills.
Walnut Tree Hill school is supple,
with new set of Camps physical am
political outline maps.
4 party ut Frank II. Nortlirups, las
week Thursday night. Dancing was en-
ijoyed till "A lute hour.
Mrs Wood of New Haven has been /:
IeanCief }. Whecier's.
No services i'm the Congregation;
church, last Sunday evening. The morI
ing service will begin at IL, with no a
. ternoon service, but an evening servie
until further notice.
The pail bearers at the funeral of Nj
Agur Wheeler were Wells Allis, Henr
or Wells, Ii. Fordyce Glover, Eliakim ]
s. Walker, Reuben w. Linsley, S. Byro
L. Brownson.
Several Masons from the Center a
e. tended the funeral of Charles Brook
IN last week.
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is of many ornate designs and widths
and it is all engraved on steel plates,
from which the design is transferred to
the metal. Many of the parts must be
cast and for this is required an almost
infinite variety of sizes and shapes of
moulds. They are stored in a fire proof
room and always carefully guarded.
All these parts are assembled and
fitted, then soldered together and the ar
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PATENT FOLDING TRpLICATE MIRROR OLD SILVER FINISH

All work which is of a circular pat
tern and can be FURNISHED by power is
rapidly polished by means of blood
stone moistened with sour ale; intricate
designs must be FURNISHED by hand and
hard, polished steel is used. a rouge
buff, that is, a bufing wheel supplied
with rouge, puts on the final lustrous
burnish, which is equal to that of a
mirror.
Since the rage for all that is antique,
however, a great deal of the ware, fully
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may be inferred. 1t cannot be realized,
unless by personal inspection.
The BEE is under obligations to Man
ager Miller and Superintendent New
combe for courtesies extended and long
may the Deby Silver Co. prosper.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-25

1t is not many years ago that the viii
lagos at the junction of the Housatonic
and Naugatuck rivers were mere ham,
lets, prosperous in their way, but realiz-
ing nothing of their future position and
But demand for manufactured goods
arose and factories and men advanced to
meet It, The natural advantages of these
villages, with their water and rail COM
munications and the unlimited and reli-
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able water power always at hand, were
quickly perceived and as quickly seized
upon. Mills were built, houses erected
to shelter and stores established to feed
and clothe the workmen and their FAM
lilies. And so a new era dawned for the
erstwhile quiet hamlets and now the
thriving villages, grown almost into cit
les, are famed throughout the world for
their manufactures.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-25
SHELTON.

Eighteen-year-old Charles Halper fell
into the canal while skating, Sunday
and narrowly escaped drowning.
=. NJ. Curtis and Al. b. Ruggles are
appraisers on the estate of the late
Charles 3. King; Joseph Tomlinson adj
n1inistrator.
The Transcript says that more than
81 900, 900 are represented by nanufac-
turers along the canal.
It has been stated that .. w Spooler,
announcing himself as an agent Of the
bridgeport 83 Pants CO., had taken or
llers without authority secured the de-
posit on III and foti. HE has returned
that He took only one ord y and has since
refunded the ~ to show that lie mad 10
tent 10 eheat III 50
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sent to the plating room, where they are
immersed in a bath composed of acids
and pure silver held in solution, while a
bar of silver, on which the acids con-
stantly feed to replace the silver depos-
tied on the ware placed in it, is sus-
pended in the acid bath. Electric cur
rents passing through the whole cause a
coating of silver, whose thickness is
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regulated with EXTREMIST nicely, to be
deposited upon the articles to be plated
The first electro plating machine ever
put into mill is still in daily use here
and does its work as well as when first
set up in December, 1882. 1t is often de-
sirable to gid certain portions of the
finer descriptions of goods and this is
accomplished by covering the portion to
be gilded with acid and allowing the
acid to eat into and deposit bar of "a
carat gold.