The Newtown bee., 1889-07-05
SHELTON. !.

| Allle " NHkIusol, WILD aCeOUlpanlcu the
 Methodist and Baptist picnic to Parlor
 Rock, Friday, fell into tle water near
 the landing dock. He escaped with a
 thorough ducking and, it Is said, the loss
 of his watch.
 Miss Ella Harris will start for Rocky
 Point, Warwick, the 9th.
 E. J. Moore opened his new bakery in | Cotton Mill block, Howe avenue, Satur-
 day.
 William Minnerley, Jr, and Miss Elm ma Gould were married, last week. Officer Julius Burkhardt, Lewis Peck, | Sam Brewster and Ezra Gilbert will start from New Haven, July 9, to take ! in the principal shore resorts between New Haven and New London. They will be gone two weeks.
 X large sign has been placed on the south side of c. P. Nettleton's store. The yacht Sea Bird started for week s
 cruise on the Sound, Saturday, in charge
 of Capt Henry Hathaway, who was ac- companied by Hendrick, Newson and
 Weber. They will visit the Thimble Islands.
 A. J. Burgess is at Sheriff Wheeler's \ grocery, while the clerks are taking
 their vacation.
 A. J. Burgess, who has been handling \ strawberries for James Burr of Monroe, \ finished, last week. In 17 days, with a poor season, he handled nearly 100, 1000 quarts, in Shelton, Birmingham, Derby
 and Ansonia. Next season, MT Burgess expects to have entire supervision of the
 crop, which will be picked from II or l2
 acres of plants. They will then be ship ped to points at distance. Good prices were realized, not lower than l0c; 15c
 was obtained part of the time and the
 average was F l-2c.
 ! Julius Burkhardt of Wheeler's grocery
 takes his vacation the 9th and is to re-
 turn the 23d; w. $. Wheeler is to be ab-
 sent from July Fl to August at Ocean Grove, and Horace Wheeler expects to
 take his outing on w. SIS return.
 Erva G. Hurd is canvassing for a his
 tory of the Johnstown flood. He is
 meeting with success.
 r. $. Sanford and his father, Frederick
 Sanford of Birmingham, have purchased
 a lot of 100 feet front on the southwest cornar of proSpart ayanua mud H,Itb,,
 street.-[Sentinel.
 Fred Wilkinson and Miss Lillian Bur
 Tit are home from Mechanicsyille. Herbert, son of Mrs Charles Smith of
 Zoar Bridge, was killed, Saturday night,
 by the midnight freight on the Derby
 Extension, which cut his head off and
 mangled his body. Smith had been dos ing himself with laudanum and whiskey,
 the day before.
 All day, last week Wednesday, the
 Town hall was filled with hurrying people arranging the decorations for the graduating exercises of the Shelton High school, which took place 'Wednes-
 day evening at s o'clock. The hall,
 which was very prettily trimmed with potted plants and all manner of flowers, was crowded to the doors. The gradu-
 ating class consisted of Emily Jane Davis, Annie $. Beard, Frederick F. Hubbell. Mamie E. Davis. The program was we'll rendered.
 Invocation. Rev J. G. Ditmars Music, "The Smiling Dawn," School Chorus Mamie E. Davis Fred F. Hubben Recitation, "The Deacon's Confession" Miss k. J. Chadeayne Essay, "Trifles," Emily J. Davis Essay, ,"Afodern and Ancient Life Contrasted," Anna $. Beard Solo, "Sing, Sweet Bird" Lottie k. Clark Farewell Address of School, Frank Nettleton naledictory, Emily J. Davis D.S. .Brinsmade, President School Visitors Music, "The Morn is Beginning," Palma Non Sine Pulvere (The lsalm is not gained without the dust of hbor) is the motto of the class and the exer- cises of the occasion proved that each graduate had realized the truth of the sentiment and studied in harmony with it. shelton will have no occasion to blush for the class of 'S9, if it's record in the future is like that of the past.