The Newtown bee., 1889-11-15


 Among the leading characters may be mentioned Mir and Mrs Charles Biakes- lee, Mir and Mrs -Beltien, Mir and Mrs J. U. Sammis, Misses Emma Curtis, Sally Coe, Hattie Curtis, Florence Allen, Elsie Powers, Annie Taintor, Winnie Todd, Florence Curtis, Lulu Wolf, Mrs F. II. Allen, $. C. Lewis, II. c. Evans, Walter Bristol, John Judson, William Stevens (who represented the giant old ferry man), w. K. Stagg, George Appleyard, Frank l. Curtis, Frank c. Curtis, As pei, <. II. Bunnell. The first tableau pictured the first nights bivouac of Strat- ford's settlers at Sandy Hollow, with their big kettle and frying pan preparing supper, while Indians stood curiously observant at a distarce. The Indian chief and his warriors were then seen bartering with their new neighbors, huge pair of steclyards figuring in the transaction. The minister and his wife, accompanied by men with muskets on their shoulders and children with foot stoves, were next discovered en route to church. Anon appears Moses Wheeler, the stout ferryman of l653 who could lift n barrel of cider and drink from the bung, his boat load of passengers and freight being about to land. The meet for the wolf hunt and two men in stocks, with another in the pillory as true as life, continued the days of old, when Goody Bassett appears before the court on trial as witch. There is no positive proof that she was hung, but d credible tradit- ion to that effect, preserved by the local names of Gallows bridge, Gallows swamp and the witch's stone she was reputed to have marked with her fingers. A kitch- en of 1885 represented the evening at home, with tallow candle, apple pairing and work going on at the spinning and flax wheel. Rev Mir Ives called particu- lar attention to the bare condition of the room as compared with modern bric-a- brac ornamenting every corner. The corn husking called forth the most pro- longed applause, the curtain being thrice raised to show the maiden finding the red ear and her gallant striving for kiss. The Spirit of '76'' represented the paint ing In which the mother blesses her son departing for the war. The costumes were elaborate in the wedding scene, where Scottish Lord Sterling marries a Stratford lass and the we'll rounded pro- gram closed with the graceful, stately steps of the minuet. The management of the affair was in the skilful hands of Mrs Ellie Curtis and Robert II. Russell Especial thanks are due F. c. Beach for his kindness with reference to the calci- um light and to Christopher Gunther and Miss Helen Stagg for the excellent music which was selected from ancient melo- dies as far as practicable.
 Mir and Mrs s. k. Bunee have visited Frederick Beers of New Haven, Mrs Bunce's son.
 Miss Llndsley has roofed her ice house and prepared 1t for storing plants in Winter.
 F. IT. Fellows has shingled part of the house and barn at Charles Curtis's ten ant house.
 Frank Sammis has been preparing to move to his new house on Monument hill, this week.
 c. J. Hughes has erected monument seven or eight feet high and two fences of Quincy granite at Milford for D. E. Ingersoll of New York. It is cottage stone and preserves the family history. Also a Scottish granite monument at Milford about l3 feet high for Mrs c. c. Seeley. He will also set double gram ite headstone at Willowbrook cemetery, Westport, for Ebenezer Coley.
 Watson H.Smith's store and LII. Todd & Co.'S store were visited by burglars, one night last week. Some of the rooms in the graded school were visited also, probably by the same parties, in search of valuables. A few dollars from the drug store was about the extent of the loss.
 Mrs Clemmens of Davenport, Ia., is visiting Mrs D. w. Judson.
 Miss Carrie Fields is quite i'll.
 
 sojourn at Orange, Mass.
 An attempt is being made to raise funds for n flag for the graded school.
 First lecture of the Winter course, Thursday evening, 14th.
 Charles Blakeslee is building a yeran da on his residence.
 A large delegation from the Congrega tional church sewing society went tt Putney, last week, to meet the societies from Putney aud oronoque at the resi- dence of Dea Charles Wells. The gen tlemen put In an appearance in the even ing and an old time sociable was enjoyed to the utmost.
 The elm trees all over town are cover ed with eanker worms. If a piece O thoroughly tarred rope is fastene, around the tree, It will stop them iron going up and, probably, save the mex seasons foliage. A careful examination discloscs thousands of the females climb lng the trunks looking for snitabl place to deposit their eggs, which hatcl out in the early Spring
 Section Boss Burns, who for a humble of years has had charge of the section o railroad from the station east, has sen