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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
HE WASN'T soRDlD.
But He Thought Six Months Long
Enough to Walt.

But He Thought Six Months Long
Enough to Walt.
/ had been sitting in the shade of a
fence corner for q quarter of an nour
when farmer came along with an
OK team and invited me to ride with
him. | was only fairly seated when
he said:
"sad thing happened back there
about six months ago"
"Indeed!"
eyes; that ERE blamed off OK SHE'D
at paper in the road and ran us into
ditch and tipped the wagon over
"Yes."
Martha was along. Crushed the
gizzard right out of her, and she was
dead when / picked her up. Funeral
cost me forty dollars I was lust look
ing at the bill. Had coffin with six
silver-plated handles. Ever lose your
wife,"
Never"
awful sad thing. Haw there, Buck!
She had two unmade dresses in the
house, which were left on my hands.
Guess I'll get shet of them, however
guess will. Whoa! you yaller oxt
Undertaken said we could scrape along
with four handles to the coffin, but I
told him to make them an even half
dozen. Feller can't afford to be small
about those things. Say, you know
what belongs to manners, ell ?"
II hope so"
"Gnessed you did, even if you are
afoot. want to ask you how long Al
widower has to wait before taking an
other. There's no law, yer know, but q
sort of custom. Is it year,"
"Some wait a year"
"And some only three or six months 2"
Eve heard Of a second marriage
within week or two"
"Too soon-a leetle too soon," he
answered, as he stroked his chin whisk-.
ers. Looks too sordid and grasping,
you see. Neighbors would probably
talk, too. Couldn't complain about six
months, could they?"
81 should think not"
"That's twenty-four weeks, or one
hundred and sixty-eight days, you see.
Nothing sordid about that, Ell? It's.
coming off next week"
What? Your marriage?"
"That's it. Bin engaged five days
now, and it's to come off next Wednes-
day. Her name is Feeble. Awful hard
to get up airly and keep hustling all
day. Had my eye on her ever since
the day of the funeral, but you needn't
mind telling it. Folks is gossipy, you
know. Git up, you lazy beast Say,
want to ask bout another thing"
"Well?"
Haven't got Martha any tombstone
yet. Have to get one, won't II"
"Why, yes. !"
If didn't they'd say I was sordid,
wouldn't they?"
Would you put lamb or dove on
it?"
"That's just as you feel"
"Has it got to read: Martha, the
first and most-beloved wife of Aaron
Snyder?'"
mot necessarily"
kin just put on: Erected to the
: memory of Martha Snyder, who died
: April 20, 1882"
"Why, yes"
, "And have it quietly taken up and
/ set up, and not let on to the other. I
see. Nothing sordid about Feeble, bnt
SIGH things grind, you know Do yoa
take the cross road? Wall, good day.
Glad we met. Seemed some six mont As
; was long enough, but kinder wanted
an outside opinyun. Had six handles,
f you remember, but the neighbors might
call me sordid and shut us ont on quilt
: ing bees and corn huskings. "-Neac
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

plastron of black surah, with collar and trim
mings of black embroideries.
The second is redingote Of tobacco brown
cloth lined with striped pekin, maize, and light
and waistcoat are of pekin; the waistcoat is
open displaying shirt OF gathered maize,
surah. The straw hat is trimmed with chest
nut-brown tufts of feathers. :.
By the way, hats have much reduced the num-
her of bonnets this season, and no wonder. as
the present shapes especially suit English
faces The two in the accompanying sketches
are adapted to two perfectly different forms of
face.
One has the brim lined with lace, kept in its
place by insertion, interthreaded with ribbon
1t stands away from the head like the aureole
OF saint, and on the outside is cluster of flow
ers, tied together with ribbon bows. It de-
mands. however, that the hair be dressed low
at the pack-it would be eminent1y unbecoming
II the back of the head showed the hair drawn
upward The other hat is lined with velvet, the
brim turning up in one wide point at the side
made to look high with bows, and long ostrich
feather starts from tho 'front.' and falls on the
hair: Very many such hats are being worn at
oil the fashionable resorts this year. If, how
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
1,,1r REALM OF FASHION
WALKING. PICNIC AND TEN
MS DRESSES.

;,,1 of the Craze for Big Buttons
E,s,,ion of Collecting Button Sets
nh, RcbuttOned Girl Breton Jackets
n;rrctOry Gowns.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

ever were asked to describe the shape which
the best-dressed people have most generally
worn and are now wearing, should say the
round shape with the crown covered with flow-
ers; another well-worn form is the Tudor hat,
and milliners prove their skill by converting a.
mere fiat circle Of straw into very captivating
d-gear indeed
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

The minister's charge: Two dol
lars, and as much more as the bride
groom will give.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

As THE warmer weather comes on
metals will begin to expand. A $40
gold piece reaches a great deal further
when the gus man and coal man have
relaxed their grip.-Puc'.. .
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

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The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
The Silver Mine.

When Joseph E. Medling, with his brother and his helpers, left Mount Pis- gah and the silver mine, nearly two was to form a stock company with plen- ty of capital to work the mine. The specimens of ore, he declared, were emi- nently satisfactory, so far as they had been assayed. He should probably re- turn in a short time with abundant means for prosecuting the work vigor- ously.
 few days ago, it was announced that mining corporation had been formed, with a capital of $50,000 and that the stockholders were out-of-town men, mostly of Meriden. Meriden is the home of the Bidwell family, who form erly lived in Sandy Hook and who own about B acres of land on Mount Pisgah.
 It now appears, however, that the land on which the mine is situated belongs to Mrs Samuel F. Tilson and Charles Hub bard of Adrian, Michigan. Away back in 1853, Mrs Tilson and Isaac Blackman purchased an acre containing a partially worked mine, from Mrs Sally, wife of Martin Judson. They worked the mine somewhat, but, not finding it profitable, abandoned it and Blackman sold his share to Charles Hubbard. At Miss Sally Judson's death, B acres on Mount Pisgah were deeded to Mrs Bidwell by Jerome Judson, who had charge of the estate and the present foot-path up the mountain was the boundary between the land owned by Mrs BidweH and by Mrs | Tilson.
 The mine was on the land owned by Mrs Tilson and Mir Hubbard and is | theirs to-day. - Dr Sites, who has spent many years among Western mines, is confident that the mine contains paying quantities ol traces of other metals; not much gold Others in town, though not so enthusi- astic, are beginning to think that there may be something in the mine, after all
 Medling and his men appear to have con ducted operations in more workman
 like manner than his predecessors ant
 are evidently determined to obtain meta if the ore can be reduced to metal at
 profit.
 | If silver exists in these rock-ribbe'
 hills of Southwestern Connecticut, ther
 is no more probable location than alon!
 the banks of the Pohtatuck river, jus
 before it empties into the Housatoni
 river.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
Summer Guests Arriving.

With the first of July and the closing of the Summer schools comes the out pour of the people of fashion and wealth into quiet country towns. Newtown has long enjoyed an enviable reputation for quiet, pleasant neighborhoods. salubri- ous cline and an all-peryading air of peace and prosperity. To these quiet. rural homes the city people delight to come and while away the Summer hours Already has the influx begun and hotels and private houses are daily receiving additions to their quota. It is Newtowns harvest time and those who sow careful iy the seeds of kindness and courtesy shall reap larger field in the future. Among those enjoying the sweeping breezes and delightful scenery of New towns unrivalled hills are:
 At the Grand Central, MT and Mrs II. P. Hoat T, Miss Henrietta A. Hoadley of New Haven, MT and Mrs Charles H. Wilson and daughter of New York. Mrs W.J. Tilley, coachman and horses, MT and Mrs H. Welbrock, Miss Lena Well brock, coach and horses, MT and Mrs H. Van Camper, nurse and child, MT and Mrs George Wagner and daughter. At Dicks hotel, II. Grant Thompson and family of New Haven, Mrs B. NJ. Curtis, maid and two children, Miss J. T. Hunter of Brooklyn, Mrs Erie, child and maid of New Haven.
 Transient visitors have also been nu- merous, this week. Among those at the
 hotels were: MT and Mrs J. Afford
 House and Miss Gertrude House of
 Bridgeport; MT and Mrs F.. $. Cornell
 and Sidney Cornell, Sd, of Birming.
 ham; Edward C. Beecher of New Haven; J. c. Wilkinson and sister oi
 Birmingham; Theo E. Platt of New
 Haven, at Dicks. A.Ross Matthewson of Brooklyn, J. W. Pease of Pittsfield; J W. Ashley of Bridgeport, R. P. Cornel
 of Louisville, Rev G. F. Terrence oi
 Bethel, Edward T. Howard of New
 York, M. H. Chrysten of Washington D. C., M. E. Chapman and wife, M
 and Mrs H. Benedict of New Haven. J P. Carpenter of Croton Falls, N. Y., a the Grand Central.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05

K. l.. Johnson has added to his many conveniences for making butter a cream tempering vat of 50-gallon capacity, in which to ripen and temper the cream, making n uniform quality of butter re- gardless of the weather. He made, week before last, 405 pounds of butter, the largest make of any week since he com menced operations. He Is using the milk from the dairies of John R. Peck, James Farrell, Horace Northrop, John Schermerhorn and II. II. Peek, repre- senting about 75 cows. He says that he is not able to get ahead of his orders and could sell three times the quantity he now does, if he would put in the ma chinery for making it. He sells most of 1t in Bridgeport, where it comes in com petition with the best creameries in the State and sells at the top price. He sells skim milk, but don't advertise it in the BEE lest he should have ten customers for every can he has to sell.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
Of Interest to Milkmen.

s'I never saw the milk supply fall of so rapidly at this season." said George Tobey of the Creamery. ssNot long ago, we were shipping 70 cans a day and now it is between 60 and 65. We ship 10 cases Q20 quarts) of bottled milk to New York each day. Yes, most of our milk goes to New York. MT Tuthill has two other creameries on this road, at Sheffield and Falls Village and one at Lakeville on the Hartford and Connecticut Vest ern. I think the three Housatonic cream cries ship about the same each and the Lakeville station somewhat less. All Lakeville milk is bottled. At Falls Vil- contract calls for, it is made into butter. Yes, Mir Tuthill receives over 200 cans a day from his four creameries."
 Last month, he sent about $500 to the farmers, who have distributed it throughout the community. In Winter, the sum is not so high; but, under the present circumstances, it will hardly fall below $1 ,000 month.
 r .Newtown cannot afford to lose this.
 Newtown is generally said to have two sources of Livelihood and wealth The Rubber and Mantle factories in the Hook and the Summer boarders in the Street and vicinity. A third, as important to those who pursue it as any, should be added, the production of milk and the market for it at the Creamery.
 Speaking of the milk question, the BEE is requested to publish this dispatch from Middletown, x. Y. It has lOca bearing, for Tuthill fixes his prices by lthose of the New York milk exchange Could an organization be formed here to cooperate with the Union, advanced prices might be obtained. The movement inaugurated in March fol organizing the dairymen ot Kew York, Nev Jersey and Connecticut, engaged in supplyins the New York city market with milk, in an as Sociation tor mutual protection, is gaining Il
 force and numbers. About 40 town and loca
 known as the Dairymens Protective Union
 have already been formed. The grievance [. | be amended lies in the fact that the New ' or1
 milk exchange, without consulting the pro ducers, arbitrarily fixes the market price a | figures so low as to be unprofitable. It is pro posed to adopt the system by which the Ne, , England Milk Producers association, whic supplies Boston and its suburbs, gets an ay
 craze of tour cents quart the year round.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
VOLUME XII

Movements in Newtown realty have been anything but brisk for some time, Not single warrantee deed was record ed in May and but three in June. They were: June 6, Hannah Troy to Anna E, Donlon, three acres of land; June l4, Joseph A. Turner to Peter Kelley, 24 acres of land in Lake George district June 2G, Annette Botsford of New Mil. ford to Ammon Taylor, l2 acres of land on the east side of highway leading from Berkshire to Sandy Hook; April l5, vii. liam E. Sharp, Catharine A. Sharp, Alva W. Parmelee and Kate H. Parmelee ol Danbury, E. c. Bevans and Sarah E Bevans of Newtown by William B. SharI their attorney,to Orrin c. Taylor of New. town, two acres of land at Joel Woods, Newtown. ....
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
ZoAR BRIDGE.

Mrs Nichols French, while putting down sitting room carpet, last Friday, thought it strange that she had left a strip of rag and went to pick it up. 1t proved to bea snake, which bit her on the finger. It was thought to be a wa ter snake.
 Herbert Smith was killed in Shelton by the night freight, Saturday, on the Derby extension and buried on Monday: aged 30 years.
 Mrs Maria Brown, who is over so, fel on the bridge, June 24, injuring herself Irving Wheeler broke his arm at the q bow, few days before.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
aoxBURY.

James Spargo calls the twins Adam and Eve.
 Died, Sunday, Cornelia B., wife of Mark Hatch, 77.
 Frederick M., youngest son of Charles 1T. Fogg, died of consumption on Tues day, 27 years old. Funeral from the house of Austin D. Burritt, his father-in- law, at the Station, Thursday noon.
 Eya, daughter of Henry s. Hurlbut, has graduated with honor from Brook lyn school.
 Alonzo Whitehead carries the mai from the Station to the Center.
 Curtis c. Camp, Mrs James Winters and Mrs D, c. Garrison are sick.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
HATTERroWN.

Levi Blackman has repaired John Still son's house and covered and built an addition to his work shop and wood shed.
 c. M. Thorpe, with the help of Fred Porter and Robert Lynch has shingled his barn.
 W. II. Johnson has been quite sick. Charles Wakelee's 10 ferrets and pet crow are his special pride. He has re- fused $l0 for the crow. An amateur minstrel troupe from Bethel, consisting of George H. Lyon, Harry Plumb, Fred Wood, Melville Wood and Will Collins, gave an enter tainment to a large and appreciative audience, last week Wednesday. The best minstrel show we have had in number of years.
 MT French from Steuben county, N Y., has been here, to bring about Il set clement of the estate of Andrew J. Peck
 Mrs Charles Benedict, who is much i'm l proved in health, is expected home, thii week.
 Mrs Charles Morgan is spending Fourth of July week with relatives il Danbury.
 Mrs Lillie Cook and children yisite, her parents, Saturday. ], Charles Schafier and family are spend : ing the week at Eugene Northrop's.
 Leonard Payne and Miss Edith Nichol {, ,were married .at Brewster, June p, D < Rev Mr Benedict.
 Born, June 25, son, 3 l-2 pounds, Il MT and Mrs Edward A. Bevans. Ml
 Hall, sister Of Mir Beyans, is with then 8 Wesley Penny has sold COW to Aare
 Sanford.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
School Elections,

Besides the school officers already giv- en by the BEE, these have been heard from:
 Palestine-H. r. Boyson, committee, collector and treasurer; E. NJ. Botsford, clerk.
 Flat Swamp-Michael Falls, commit tee; I. B. Goodsell, clerk.
 Gray's Plain kept it's old officers: F. Chambers, committee and clerk; Charles Warner, collector and treasurer.
 Zoar continued k. J. Morris for another year as committee, clerk, collector and treasurer, and voted to leave the hiring of a teacher to Mir Morris.
 Palestine voted to hire Miss Lottie Botsford as teacher.
 Pootatuck chose Michael F. Collins committee.
 South Center chose James Farrell, c. B. Johnson, P. Gafrney committee.
 Sandy Hook-Committee, Thomas J. Bradley, s. D. Crofut, Edward Troy clerk and treasurer, H. L. Wheeler.
 Gregory's Orchard-C Committee, J. w. Penny; clerk, j. H. Summers.
 Taunton-Co Jabez Mead ; clerk, H. E. Camp; treasurer, A. w. Fairchild; collector, Wilbur Frisco.
 Committee, Theron E. Platt
 Head of Meadow-Committee, A. l.. Peck; clerk, c. w. NorthIop; collector and treasurer, w. II. Glover.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
WOLF PITS.

Joshua ". Hoyt spends a few weeks with his daughter in Norwalk. saf Mrs Susan Sherman has been under Dr Hart's care with inflammation of the bowels.
 George Morgan has had Ireland and Lyon repairing his barn. They did good work, and Orville Lyon has since shing- lied for Will F. Hoyt. |s William H. Platt traded horses two Tor three times in 10 days. | Mrs Rachel Knapp has been visiting with her daughter. Mrs D. s. Wood. l Mrs Charles Hughes of Brookfield has been with Mrs Dickens.
 s. B. Knowles lost . fine hog, week be fore last.
 George Wells has been at Newtown several weeks, working for Mrs Harris
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
EASTox.

Mrs Plumb Hawley of Stepney is for a few days at Eli Winton's.
 Robert Seholley attended the exami- nation exercises at Yale, last week, pass ed a good examination, received his cer- tificate and is now ready for college.
 As the Congregational church is clos ed for painting, the union service will be held, July z, at the Baptist church, Rev D. J. Ogden preaching the sermon, by request of MT Gilbert, who has extra services that day. Mir and Mrs Charles Johnson of West on visit William Ward.
 Mrs Henry Osborne boards the churcf painters.
 Tuesday, Mir and Mrs Elmer Andrews welcomed a young farmer to their new home, who intends to make his hom' with them, only weighing pounds. Miss Elwood will not return to teacl in No. I; she has secured school il 1 Westport.
 NJ. H. Thorpe is school committee i No. 6 for the ensuing year.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05

By the accidental discharge of apistol, Monday night, Daniel McNamara was shot through the fleshy part of the left hand and a slight wound inflicted in Har- " r. Orgleman's side. The latter, who had been shooting frogs at Mantle pond, was some eight or ten feet from MeNam- ara, standing at the left and slightly back when he heard the crack of a pistol and felt the burn of a bullet, which had cut through his flannel shirt. Shaking him. self, the ball dropped into his trousers and he realized that it had glanced from a rib, inflicting scarcely more than skin wound. MeNamara, whose left hand was over the muZZle of the pistol, fared worse; the ball plowed it's way through the fieshy part of the hand before strik- ing Orgelman. Dr Sites dressed the wound, which bled profusely, finding no bones broken. McNamara will probably be around in a short time.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
soUTHBURY.

The oil well is down about 1900 feet, but there Is not the keen interest felt in 1t that there was last Fall.
 The children of the Ambler families have had q siege with whooping cough and now Mrs E. E. Amber suffers with 1t.
 Dr Cooley's wife was n native of Buf falo and 2s years old. The bearers al her funeral were II. W. Beechcr, Rober Johnson, Harvey and Charles Stone Alanson Bennett, c. K. Osborne.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05

Miss Agnes Roswell closed her school last Friday, with picnic.
 A number from here attended quilt ing party at Frank Hawley's in Bridge. water, last week. s
 Leander Palmer and wife of Roxbury were guests of Mrs Isaac Smith, Sunday
 A Sunday school was organized at thu Episcopal chapel here, last Sunday. Su perintendent, Rev E. l.. Whitcome; as sistant, $. F. Clark; secretary, E. II Welton; treasurer, David Barnum; Ii | brarian, Henry Bristol.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
HuLL's HILL.

School closed, last Friday, Miss Katie Judsop teacher.
 F. G. Warner of Bethel spent last week with his parents.
 Miss Julia Wooster of Waterbury is at George Wakelee's.
 George Smith entertained friends from Danbury, Sunday.
 John Stowe spent Sunday in Bridge port. Mrs Mortimer Scott and family re turned to. Hartford, Monday. Mir and Mrs Henry Murphy were here, last week
 Miss Martha s. Stowe, who has been at school in Bridgeport, is home on va. cation. F. H. Gray returned from his triI West, last week. 1 Mrs Eliza Peet of Birmingham is witt Mrs Samuel Knapp. Miss Alice Bladen has been in Bir mingham.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
DANBURY.

Peter Bernd died, Tuesday, 55; Dr Ed ward Thompson died on Monday night. Dr Vile gave reception to the medi- cal fraternity, Saturday night, in honor of Drs Love of St Louis, Matthews of Louisville, Ky, Cook of Indianapolis and Dixon of Andersonyille, Ky, mem bers of the American Medical associ- ation. Drs Love and Matthews were accompanied.by their wives. A number lof out of town physicians were present, land other guests to the number of about l5O. On his return from the convention at Newport, the steamer on which he land friends were passengets collided with another steamer and became dis Iabled. For a time, a fatal termination was imminent, but the steamer was safe Fly towed in by torpedo boats near the
 scene.
 Rev John Pegg of New York, former pastor of the Methodist church here, preached in the Methodist chapel, Sun I day. in the absence of Dr Clark, who is having vacation. MT Pegg is not do ling full work in the ministry. Early last Friday morning, barn be longing to Hawley Bradley, near his residence on Fairyiew avenue, was total fly burned down, clearly the work of all }, incendiary. Ten horses that were stabled
 in the barn were got safely out. : Alderman Walsh is acting mayor, thi. l week, in the absence of Mayor Hopkins
 who has a few days off at Belle island. I The body of poor murdered Si Dillol
 Idoes not rest in peace in his grave. 1
 was not allowed in consecrated ground
 It has been exhumed and re-interred i ], consecrated ground and trouble is antici ]. Ipated.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
HALF WAY RIVER.

Mrs Lewis Fox visits her sister in An sonia.
 Mrs James Bennett of Bridgeport vis- it's her brothers, Stiles and H. c. Love land.
 Miss Rlssa Downs of Bridgeport visits her brother, J. E. Downs.
 Webb Downs cut his foot, about [ month ago and he has had bad leg since, SO that he could not walk on it fol more than two weeks.