The Newtown bee., 1889-09-20
zwrows. CONN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
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 Rev Mir Pegg occupied the NJ. E. pull nit, Sunday.
 Rev Mir Pardee of Christ church has gone South to be absent two weeks. Mrs farsiee will return with him.
 Men are engaged setting the soldiers monument. The usual committee are in Iattcndance to see the work Is properly done. Mrs William II. Curtis has returned from her trip to westfield, Mass.
 The members of the Chowder club who started on q trip to the eastward on the Jerome May have returned home safely. Some anxiety was felt in regard to them, but they were fortunately able to reach | n safe harbor before the storm became < too severe and most of them finally re- turned home by rail.
 Curtis Thompson, Esq, an old Strat- ford boy, now successful lawyer of Bridgeport, Is to deliver the historical address on anniversary day.
 Mir and Mrs Sanford Saltus of New York have been at O. $. Hubbell's for some days.
 Miss Morgan of New York Is visiting Mrs Bedoll Benjamin.
 Rev Mir Livingston was expected to be present at the Sunday services at the NJ. E. church, but hate on Saturday teie- graphed that he was not we'll enough to come.
 No new cases of diphtheria have de- veloped Ut the Children's home and the sick ones appear to be recovering. Miss Phelps, the matron, Is away resting after her iaborious duties, but the nurses con- tinue most faithful in their attendance. It Is thought by the committee that at least 5000, in addition to the 5000 voted by the town, will be needed to carry out their plans for the great celebration. A committee Is canvassing for the neces- sary funds.
 George K. Wilson has again taken up his duties at the pharmacy.
 A tent will be erected on the green north of the soldiers monument, large enough to hold 1000 people, at the time of our great celebration. This will be used to feed the multitude of visitors who have signIded their intention to be present.
 Col Blakeman, who Is the grand mar. shal on Anniversary day, is in daily com. municatlon with the various committees arranging details of the great parade.
 The storm washed up immense quanti ties of shells and deposited them on the beach, making rich harvest for the har Dor men. Large quantities of clans were also washed out and have been shoveled up by the wagon load.
 Edgar Osborne Is running his cider mill and goodly number of apples arc being brought in every day.
 The granite works are SO rushed with orders that the men are working from F to II hours per day.
 Mrs Lewis Curtis is SO far recovered as Go be able to walk about the house with assistance.
 Eddie Burns, who had the misfortune to break his arm some days since, is do- ing nicely and able to be out.
 Roadmaster Curtis did good thing in placing covered sluices on each side of Main street near the post office. It has been impossible to cross at this point, during wet weather, without wading through water from four to ten inches deep.
 All the ladies in town are busily en- gagged In preparing decorations for An niversary day.
 Of Ephraim Wakelee's sons, four fol- low the water for living. Nelson J. is captain of tug Annie R. Wood, which runs to Derby, Milford and New Haven and the shore towns west to Norwalk. This is Capt Wakelee's third season on the Annie R. Wood and he reports this seasons business not as good as last for towing. His vessel will soon be hauled off for repairs and new boilers. Charles and Ephraim, Jr, own two steam barges, which ply between Buffalo, New York and the Sound and also have another boat which has been repaired at Boards ley's marine railway. Samuel wakelee Is mate and pilot on the Peoples line ply ing between Norwalk and New York Homer lives at home and does occasional work at piloting.
 c. l.. Youngs has the BEE for sale al four cents copy.
 There Is considerable dissatisfaction because the monument, called by somt the 'stin" monument, was not built oi stone and there is further dissatisfaction that the dedication of the monument k to be mixed up with the towns first set clement, since each Is widely separated both in spirit and historically, one being sommemoration of peace and the other of war, while both are of sufficient inter est to demand separate celebration.
 LONG HILL.
 S. J. Burroughs tried his new cider