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The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18

young friends. who enjoyed the elegant
music rendered by Mr. Cones dancing be-
ing one of the features of the esening-
Mr. and Mrs Eli Godfrey of Dansnry
spent Christmas with her father, Noah
Bennett.
Miss Annie S. Wells spent Christmas
at home.
The communion service of the Congre-
gational church, donated by Mrs Ma
thanial Lyon, some 80 years ago, has
been nicely re-plated, with two new
plates, through the efforts of the ladies'
enterprise society, appointing Miss Anna
F. Seeley to superintend the work.
Ladies' enterprise society with Misses
Seeley, Thursday evening.
A surprise party at Peter Perry's,
Tuesday evening
| Mr. and Mrs Cha rles Booth of Trum-
/ bull visited Mrs William Sherman, last
week Thursday.
/ Miss Emeline A. Hall has gone TO
IDanbury to canvass for two interesting
books. Miss Hall has been very sue
eessful in other towns.
1 Mrs VanWert is on the sick list.
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preferable. Power transmitters and stop
motion are both arranged for this ma
chine and all adjustable points are easy
of access and readily changed.
The machine has been on the market
about three years and already more than
1000 are in use. The demand is constant
ly increasing, Of course, for no other ma
chine will do the same quality and guam
tity of work, at the same cost. -
The general office for Connecticut is at
442 Main street, Bridgeport, where
George E. Lincoln is manager. Branch
offices are at As Liberty street, Danbnry !;
162 South Main street, Waterbury; s7
Main street, South NorWalk, besides Of
fees in many other cities in the State.
Local agents everywhere abound and
still d cry goes up for more.
Not only here in the United States, but
across the wide ocean in England and on
the continent has the name and fame Of
Wheeler q Wilson long since penetrated.
At Paris, at Vienna, at Philadelphia,
high medals and prizes were won BY them
and the honor was the greater because
Of the high character Of every exhibit
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Nathaniel Wheeler has been president
for more than 30 years and it is to him
and his energetic methods, keen fore
sight and business capacity that the sue
cess of the machine has been due.
The shops of the company in East
Bridgeport, erected some 20 years ago,
are extensive and compactly arranged,
covering over seven acres of ground.
The principal buildings consist of the
main factory for metal working, assem-
bling, testing, ETC., occupying one COM
plete square, 36Sx307 feet, under one
roof; a woodworking factory, covering a
second square, 526x219 feet; foundry
| and needle factory upon third, 36Sx232
feet.
The main machinery room in which
the principal mechanical operations are
performed is L-shaped, 300 feet in length,
2l0 feet in width in one part and 100
| feet in the other. Four main lines of
shafting distribute the power to the 1908
separate machines. This room contains
the short feed belts, which aggregate
| nearly as much more.
All through the shop, labor saving de-
vices are used to the utmost extent. No
man makes even the most minute part of
| the machine and sometimes more than
| 100 different operations are required.
Furniture for the machines is made in
the cabinet shop adjoining, where every
thing from plain table to the most ele-
giant and expensive cabinet is turned out.
A perfect smoothness is acquired i'll fin
ishing woodwork here, due to the mate
vented by Mr. Wheeler himself. By the
use of this, the time, labor and cost of
wood finishing are materially reduced,
while the finished product shows better
results, the natural colors of the grain
being beautified, fully developed and
permanently fixed.
All this and much more was seen while
passing through the shops under the
guidance of George E. Lincoln, the gen.
eral agent for Connecticut.
When taken through the japanning
room, the BEE reporter was invited to
step into the oven where the freshly ja-
panned parts were drying. The hot air
was too much for him, although the tenn
perature was but $50, whereas it is often
as high as 400. This room is also fire.
proof and is so arranged that there is no
danger from the japanning materials, ev-
en- though they should catch fire.
The capacity of the shop is 500 ma
chimes per day and force of 1900 men
is required. Besides the complete ma
chimes, duplicates and duplicates are
made of the parts most used. The shop,
however, is not running on full time and
the entire force is not now employed.
Passing out through the packing room
and shipping yard, huge piles of boxed
machines were seen, many of which
were awaiting packet transportation for
Australia, while others were for cities
much nearer home, yet thousands of
miles away.
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sewing machine experts. The parts are
of the most simple and enduring con-
struction and long experience has redue-
ed the parts to the least possible number.
The thread, brought through the table
by the needle, is caught by projecting
point on rotating disk, around which it
is carried, forming loop through which
the under thread has been thrust during
the revolution. 1t is drawn tight by the
take-up and a stitch is formed. LII from
any cause the operator allows the needle
to run off the edge of the work, no harm
will result, for the thread win neither
become entangled, snarl or break and
perfect stitch is made the instant the
needle again passes through the cloth.
In like manner, the machine may be
run backward with the same ease. The
feed mechanism is so arranged that, when
stitching properly, it moves upward and
then forward, carrying the goods with
It but when the motion is reversed, it
simply makes the perpendicular motion,
moving neither forward nor back. No
stitches are mdue. IOT blltIc - Ao ploJCS-
ton in the disk, when running backward,
to catch the thread and the machine again
does perfect work the moment the mech
anism is driven in the right direction.
Another noticeable change has been
made in the pin upon which the spool re-
wolves while thread is drawn off to sup
ply the needle. What seamstress has
not experienced delay and annoyance be-
cause the thread became wound around
the pin below the spool, causing it to
break? In the ssNo 81 this is entirely
obviated. The pipis elongated, bent at
right angles and then turned downward;
the second perpendicular, on which the
spool is placed when the whole device Is
bent to the right by hinge, does not
touch the top of the arm upon which the
spool rests and the thread Will simply
slip under the spool, causing no damage.
In short, everything that could be sug-
4ested by long experience or inventive
genius has been done to make it, as the
manufacturers claim, the one machine
which has decided superiority over All
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WHEELER s. WILSON MANUFACTURING co.
THEIR FACTORY AND FAMOUS NEW MACHINES.

No city of its size has so wide II fame
or SO well deserved reputation for en-
terprise and push as Bridgeport. 1t is
needless to say that this enviable position
has been achieved almost entirely
through the efforts of the manufacture
ers, Of whom Bridgeport has so large
share and to whom cordial welcome is
ever extended.
Goods manufactured in Bridgeport are
known the world over for their excel
lence and attractiveness, but perhaps no
single article has so worldwide areputa-
ton Ms the sewing machine. Among the
first In the field in the earliest days of
sewing machinery and always since in
the foremost ranks of the mechanical de-
velopment of the art of machine sewing,
the popular Wheeler & Wilson Manufac-
turing company have for nearly 40 years
been active and most successful workers
In the Improvement of sewing mechan-
ism. Studiously observant of the public
needs in sewing machinery, the Wheeler
4 Wilson company have produced ma
chine after machine, each in the direct
line of Improvement and progress, never
resting in seemingly secure and self
satisfied "perfection," but constantly
striving for something still better than
they had hitherto produced and setting
a shining and leading example to their
competitors, who, although pursuing
different systems, have always been kept
constantly on the alert to keep abreast
with the rapid advancement of the IA
nous company, which has never swcrved
from the rotary system of mechanism
throughout their numerous list of family
and manufacturing sewing machines.
From the time when the Wheeler s.
Wilson company placed upon the mar
ket the first machine ever adapted for
family use, their original curved needle
machine, commonly known for many
years as the Family machine, they have
adhered to the rotary principle with the
interlooping mechanism, not only for use
in the household, but for all grades of
manufacturing, whether in fabrics or
leather. Perhaps in no other line of hui
man industry has there been such keen
tOlnpeIlLlOn III luNSHblOil, lidhuldSOulS
and sale as in sewing machinery; and,
mindful of this hot strife, the Wheeler
& Wilson company have never for an 10
slant hesitated to put forth again and
again new machine embodying improve
ments upon its predecessor and, in these
efforts, they have been eminently success
full.
The great factory Of the Wheeler &
Wilson Manufacturing company is anob-
ject of interest to strangers and those
fortunate enough to be escorted through
its vast rooms and between the long
rows of machines, with the hundreds of
busy workmen, leave with new sense
OF the immensity of this corporation.
The first machine made by Allen B.
Wilson was finished in 1910 and 1t was in
1850 that Wilson met Nathaniel Wheeler
In New York, interested him in the new
invention and the Wheeler 81 Wilson
Manufacturing company was formed.
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Family machines are, of course, given
the precedence here, although the ma
chimes for manufacturers form by no
means small part of the vast number
sent out from the shops of the Wheeler
&c Wilson Manufacturing company. The
No.12 is fitted for all grades of manufac-
turing in cloth and leather. Practical
experience has abundantly confirmed the
theoretical conclusion that, in the con-
struction of machinery, rotary motion,
whenever practicable, is preferable to
oscillating or reciprocating motion. Ac-
cordingly, after thorough and long con-
tinued experiments prosecuted for the
purpose of ascertaining the best method
of transmitting rotary motion in a sew
ing machine in order to obtain the great
est speed, ease of action and DURABILITY,
the rotary principle, which has been adj
hered to in Wheeler e Wilson's interloop-
ing mechanism, extends to all parts Of
the machine that do not, from the nature
of the case, require some other move
ment. Consequently, the mo. 12'' and
SD. 12'' are machines made with upper
and lower shafts both revolving, a short
talSe-up over the needle and automatic
thread controller, together with the
latest and unrivalled stitch-forming me-
chanism.
The No.12 has an unusually large bob
bin, holding over 100 yards of No. 20
cotton. 1t is so constructed as to secure
the highest degree of durability with the
greatest facility of adjustment and least
liability to get out of order. Either the
drop -four notion feed or the wheel
feed may be used, as may be required;
other appliances for special work will be
furnished to order.
The I'D. 12'' machine has the same
stitching mechanism and the same ca
pacity for work as the 'tNo. 12,' but is
of larger dimensions, better fitting it for
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The Tie That Binds.

After saying that 90 persons waited at
Zoar Bridge totake the train to Shelton,
one day and referring to it as 'sback-
woods section" the New Haven Register
adds that two gentlemen from New York
have been over the road with a view to
purchase land on which to erect cottages
for Summer houses. There is not the
slightest doubt that the land will be pur-
chased rapidly for this use, to say moth
ing of the prospects for starting manu-
factories, as power can be obtained by
the construction of a dam across the riv-
er. There are evidently big things in
store for Zoar Bridge and vicinity.
Housatonic car No. &C, side tracked at
New Milford, caught fire and was par
TALLY burned, but the New Milford fire.
men saved it.
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WHITE HILLS.

Miss Edith Hubbell is very weak from
recent hemorrhages.
Stiles Judson suffers with gangrene in
his foot and is unable to walk.
George W. Drew returned from his
York State trip, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs D. G. Lawson are rejoic-
ing over the advent of little daughter.
Mrs v. A. Page of Birmingham was
guest at Highland Lawn. last Friday
Rev James Ditmars will hold service
in the church, Sunday at l 80.
Mrs John Tomlinson's cousin from
South Britain is expected soon for two
weeks visit.
| Rev ID. G. Lawson has been holding
series of meetings with the church at
Farmers Mills, Putnam county, n. u.
There has been steady increase in
numbers and interest. Several inquirers
after Christ have taken the front seats.
asking the prayers of Christians The
spirit of the Master has been heard sin
| the still small voice and the whole con-
gregation seems hushed into quiet ex-
pectancy, as if they felt the lord was
passing by While the pastor of this
church occupied the pulpit. Sunday
morning, Mr. Lawson supplied the pull
pit at Patterson Four Corners, to oblige
Rev w. S. Clapp, who was called to at
tend a funeral. He filed Mr. Clapp's
place to the entire satisfaction of the
people, which is high compliment to
Mr. Lawson, as it is thought by good
Judges that few can fill Mr. Clapp's place
to the edifieation of his hearers.-[ Mrs
E. X. Wixom, West Patterson, n. Y.
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LONG HILL (HuaTINGToa).

Mrs Turney is quite feeble.
Miss Ida Bennett is teaching in Put
ney.
Miss Alice SHE is at Monroe with Mrs
Charles Curtis.
The debate was postponed until this
week, on account of the storm. The
Literary will meet at O. G. Boards
Miss Ediun Curtis of Monroe visits
Miss Annie SHE.
Mrs J. j. Ewell is much improved.
A two-year-old heifer has been run
ming wild in the woods for about three
weeks. All attempts to catch her have
been futile. Monday, the boys turned
out en- masse to gain the proffered re-
ward of So. The animal, already frantic
by being chased, soon grew furiously
ugly, when the pack of yelling boys and
dogs came to beat and bite her. She
soon butted number of the boys over
and had most of them roosting in conve-
nient saplings. Wild with the clubbing
of the boys and with lacerated and
bleeding limbs from the bites of the
dogs, the heifer would rear and try to
butt the boys from the lower trees. A
long chase through the woods had pre-
viously given the dogs chance to bite
and tear and the boys TO club her fear
fully. With limbs swollen and bleed
ing, she was pitiable sight. At this
point, Bennett Beard happened to drop
in upon the scene and soon had the ami
NAL by the horns and was quietly lead
ing it away, whers the boys and dogs,
gathered from their safe retreats, tried
| to take the animal to its owner, but,
upon changing hands, the heifer again
became enraged and made more trouble.
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Henry Monroe S SICK with mump!
srRArr1ELD.

Mr. and Mrs James Screder entertain
ed select 8 O'Clock dinner party, last
Friday evening
With plenty of powder, Henry Jones
is clearing his meadows of unsightly
rocks.
to his farm, which will greatly improve
bis place.
Rev f. p. Lynch, pastor OF Stratfleld
church, will remain another year.
Chestnut gatherers Will regret to hear
that those mammoth trees on the farm
Of e. G.. Wilson have been cut.
George Warren and o. II. BrofhwelI
own rival poultry establishments on OPP
posife sides of Ash creek and the daily
record Of eggs received b soDetklnS
marvellous.
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Years of experience have demonstrate
ed beyond dispute that the require
ments of sewing machinery for the house
hold are SO different from those OF the
factory that the Wheeler & Wilson Man
nfacturing company have thought best
to make special family machine, in
which should be combined all those spe-
cial qualities desirable in 9 machine
which is to get its motive power from
the muscles of the human system. Tax
ing this practical and sensible view, the
company, after long and careful expert
ment, have produced and placed upon
the market their new high arm family
machine. the ssNo o. which is illustrate
ed above. This new machine Is wor-
thv successor of its famous predecessors
and requires no prophet to predict for It
an instantaneous and lasting popularity.
,rba names nWheeler & Wilson" have
never vet been put upon sewing ma
chine which has not proven first class
when put TO the test Of public use and
the stamp of the manufacturers has new
or been put upon more worthy product
Of the Bridgeport factory than when at
f,xed TO the Wheeler & Wilson, mo y"
In the ssNo o" machine, every point 10
carefully constructed with view to
great ease of action, durability, precis-
lon of work and perfection of stitch
EVERY part rotates that does not abso-
lntely require some other mode Of mo-
ton. Both the upper and lower shafts
revolve. There Is a short take-up over
The needle and many other points Of Inn
nrovement. The machine can be run
verv fast and there is ample provision
Tar REIMBURSEMENT and taking up lost
~ear. The finish Of the machine, the or
fermentation and the style throughout
.re superb, excelling anything OF the
Mind vt produced by this company, fam
ii as Ii always has been for the super
Ior fipiah Of its machines. The cabinet
,sork il 81 che finest description and OF .
novel and elegant design. s.
II scarcely seems possible that q ma
.E11e better fitted for Che needs OF me
i i<u.ilv can be evolved from the mind o.
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others in point Of ease, rapidity and pre-
cision of action, uniformity Of tension
and perfection of seam, simplicity and
durability, elegance of design, excellence
of workmanship, form and quality of
cabinet work and general attractiveness
of appearance as whole.
For the ssNo 8, two forms of cabinet
are provided. One consists Of stand
and table, much like those formerly in
use, save that the wood work of black
walnut or quartered oak is finished in
the best style and with the latest im-
provements in regard to folding leaf,
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18

etc. The draws, also, instead OF sliding
into close frame, are in 4 skeleton
frame, with paneled work on the draws
and ornamental turning on the skeleton
frame. The folding leaf, instead Of
hanging by the side, is turned back
upon the table. The cover is tastefully
ornamented.
Another style is called the parlor cabi-
net. When closed, it is handsome piece
of furniture, bearing no resemblance to
sewing machine. It is apparently a
substantial chest of draws, with a fiat
top, about three feet high. But just
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18
FRIDAY. JANUARY Is, 1850.
TRUMBULL.
The Station Burglarized.

Some time after the freight went up,
Saturday night, the Trumbull station
was entered by burglars. a pane of
glass was first broken from the upper
sash Of the window near the door; fail
ing to open the window, they smashed
the entire lower sash and entered. The
slide of the window at the ticket office
was forced open. but, as Agent Plumb
had taken the money home with him,
nothing of value was found. A few du-
pick checks and pennies were missed.
The switch lamp north of the station was
removed and thrown over the fence, but
not damaged. No clue was left.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18
DIAMOND HILL (REDDING)

William Banks made flying trip to
New Haven, last week.
Miss Lydia Powell, Easton, visits her
sister, Mrs B. s. Boughton.
Services at Dea Lees, last Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs Josie Hill, Easton, were in
town, Sunday.
Oscar Jones has repaired his barn,
greatly improving its looks.
The @. f. met with Mrs Julia Lee,
Tuesday evening. A pound party was
the principal feature of the enjoyment.
The program:
Piano solo, Mrs A. b. Hill; piano SOLO. Mrs
q. Read; reading, 'sThe Village school
Master William A. LounsbuIy; piano Duet,
Mrs James e. Miller and Mrs A. B. Hill; piano
solo, "Song or the Wind" Mrs James y.
Miller
About $40 was raised; also goodly
amount of fun.
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open the door in front, turn the top over
to the lett, pusha spring Wheeler g.
Wilson ssNo p" rises in position. Slipon
the belt and there you have a machine
that will do, nicely and quickly, any de-
scription Of family sewing and will not
get out Of order either. On the inside of
the. door arc receptaeles for tools and sup
plies and articles which are always kept
near a sewing machine. Another touch
of the spring and the machine drops
back into the case again. This cabinet
is compact and handsome, unobtrusive
and an ornament to any room.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18
PLATTSVILLE.

Mrs Lycest of Brooklyn has visited
her mother, Mrs NJ. A. Bright.
Mr. and Mrs Mckenzie and son of
Bridgeport spent Sunday with her sister,
Mrs q. III. Bright.
Mrs Judson Beardsley and son have
visited r. N. Reynolds.
Miss Fannie Gregory attends Easton
Academy during the Winter term, going
three and half miles each morning.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18
A Marrow Escape.

William S. Barber had a narrow escape
from serious and probably fatal injuries,
last week. Early in the morning, fires
had been built and steam generated in T.
A. Mallett's engine and hay was to be
cut for feed. The engine was running at
half speed, pumping water, when sIr
Barber assembled ladder to oil bearing
in the engine room. The shaft is joined
by coupling, from which couple of
iron pins protruded. While leaning over
the shaft to reach the bearing, Mr. Bar
ber's coat was caught by the pins and
whirled around the shaft. Grasping an
upright post, Mr. Barber elung desperate
break away. So great was the strain
that the engine was partially stopped,
but the stout cloth began to give away
and at last Mr. Barber was free, with half
his coat and one leg of his overalls wrap
| ped tightly around the shaft. He wa
somewhat bruised and scratched by tn
shaft, but went about his work as usua
His vest and pants were also torn ar
ripped. The torn clothes remain ON t I
shaft and the tattered remnants hang
the engine room as a reminder of
narrow escape. Once before, he
| shipwrecked and once he dropped f 7
stories with an elevator in Danbury,
each time received slight injuries.
Born, Sunday, a daughter to Mr.
Mrs Amariah Mallett.
| Joseph Schneider, who recently ar
ed from Germany, is visiting here.
w. O. Beach and wife have Wis tee
j. Smith of Ansonia.
Elmer K. Smith is building oou
mouse, l4N44 feet; ms father is d' ling
work.
| Mrs George A. Hall, who is q ute
BILE, is in Bridgeport.
i Mr. Chapman is building ST one
for III. N. Ayres.
The Newtown bee., 1889-01-18
SOUTH B

SOUTH nruArn
s. wait l.. MlteheH ipent last week in
Canada to buy stock for shipment here.
Dea Warren Mitch eli went to Bellevue.
Ohio last week for q visit with relatives
Rev George Z. Coburn exchanged,
Sunday, with the preacher in charge of
Sandy Hook and outhyille.
Inc scnool aIs PoOtatuck, Miss Laura
+. keeler teacnel /, closed its Fall term,
Friday afternoon i. The exercises con-
sisted OF reclta ions aud singing. A
number q the PARENTS and friends were
present and we fe pleased with the EVIL
dent faithfuln SIS of the teacher. A
Christmas tree shed it's gifts among the
HAPPY children
Inc Christi mas exercises, deferred on
account OF u storm, were enjoyed by a
good congre CATION in the Congrega-
tional ehurcI j, Sunday afternoon. The
program, m ,cluding music, responsive
readings an appropriate selections for
rectations, was prepared by the Com
Igregatlonal publishing society of Boston.
Its music as well rendered BY the choir
and the rec itations well given by Misses
Mamie re rec, Ida Moore, Susie Mitchell
and Carr 3 Ellis and Masters Joseph
Mitchell and Freddie Pierce. Master
/ Warren Mitchell represented the infant
class wi r ! brief selection.
The ,,ootinos 81 the week Of PRAYER.
Except 81 sunday and Wednesday even
4 lngs, yere well attended and profitable.
- !. French opened his store, Mon.
3Iday