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ASPETUCK.

Mrs Van Dorm of York State has visit
ed Mrs d. B. Gould; also Mrs Hawkins
of Southport.
r. E. Boland visits his daughter, Mrs,
Helen Osborne, at Mrs Catherine Os-
borne's.
D. B. Gould is putting new roofs on
his house and barn.
q Kepler Nichols and family of Stratfield
have visited Walzeman Williams.
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HOYDEN'S HILL.

Mr. and Mrs ID. M. Reynolds, daughter
and friend of Bridgeport have visited
Mrs Z. b. Sherwood.
Miss Minnie Wakeman visits in Bridge
port; Miss Josie in New York
Mr. and Mrs l.. A. Jennings have re-
turned from a week in Kent.
Mrs David Hall and Mrs Richard Hill
lier and little daughter were recent
guests of Edgar G. Banks.
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GOOD H1LI-BRADLEYvILLE.

samuel Wakeman and family from
Bridgeport have been with II. C. Jaun-
ccy.
WiIlie Bedient has been painting his
house and putting on new blinds
Mrs r. FaIrchIld IA caring for her sick
mothcr-ip-law In wilton
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STRATFORD.

The selectmen have decided to use
stone from ledge on the lower Bridge
port road for stone ballast. Selectman
s. c. Lewis crushed finger while work
ing about the stone crusher.
Moses Knapp of Rochester visits here.
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Miss Alice Gulick's friends returned
to New Jersey, Monday.
| A family of French Canadians named
Casey are about to move into Mrs A. G.
| Taylor's house.
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STRATFIELD.

j. Frank Brothwell spent last week
with his sister, Mrs G. Fred Bennett.
Now that the steam drill is at work on
on the hill, the people of Fairfield Woods
are pleased, as they soon expect an cas-
Ter journey to and from the city after the
cut on this fearful hill is completed.
James Seeley is now seen daily driving
his chestnut colt before handsome two
seated light colored wood road wagon.
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JOHN HTBRELL.

Seldom has there been more interest
and sympathy in the sickness and death
of any citizen than in the case of John
Hubbell, who died on Thursday after
noon, 2lst, at his home on Riverside ave-
nue.. His sickness, caused by a fall of
timber upon his leg while building a
barn for George S. Adams, was pecul-
iarly sad and painful. The wound,
though slight and thought of no conse-
quence at first, became painful and seri-
GUS in a few days and the dreaded blood
poison began its deadly work. Through
the skill and unceasing efforts of DR. Rog
ers, hopes were several times buoyed up
toward faith in his recovery and it was
not till 10 long and weary weeks had
passed that the destroyer was able to
gain the victory over life and hope Mr.
Hubbell had been a life long resident of
Nestport, a carpenter and builder by
trade. Industrious and frugal, he had
on Riverside avenue, besides that in
which be lived. He had also provided
for his family va small policy in the North
western life insurance company. A man
of unblemished character, Il valued mem
Der of Christ church, charter member
of Vigilant engine company, a citizen in
whom every one had confidence, his
gain will be our loss. The funeral was
attended by Rev j. E. Coley, assisted
by Rev David Elwood, formerly of this
town, from Christ church, Sunday after
noon at 3, very large circle of friends
and relatives attending. Vigilant engine
company attended in body and followed
the remains to their last resting place.
The deceased leaves an aged mother of
over so years, who has leaned upon him
since the death of her husband many
years ago and to her the bereavement
will come with. severity only next to
the wife. The filial affection and care
the deceased has always shown her has
been noticeable to marked degree. A
wife, two sons and daughter mourn for
husband and father. Four brothers and
sister also find the family chain again
broken and another link gone. His
name and life will remain in the memory
of many household.
The sudden death of Mrs Allen, as she
was sitting in the market while her hus-
band was in South Norwalk, startled
all. Mrs Aliens maiden name was Elsie
A. Kinney of Newton, N. j., she had
been married for 81 years and would have
been 70 years old next New Years day.
She leaves, besides the bereaved hus-
band, an adopted daughter, Mrs Hattie
n. Scribner of North Wilton.
Edward III. Wadham was the only one
of the dozen Westport business men suck
ed in by the bogus Saturday Journal
smart enough to get out of the scrape
without losing money.
Miss Matte Smith of Southington has
been at Edward A. Nashs.
Miss Mollie Bennett has been engaged
by Principal Pratt as teacher in the pri-
mary department of Staples high school,
Rev Mr. Ely of Columbia, Penn,
preached at the Congregational church.
Sunday.
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Martha Burr is caring for Mrs Henry
Burr Ogden.
Miss Laura Dowd has returned from
Boston.
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MILLINERY.

Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats, Flowers and
Ribbons at half price.
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Edward I'll. Wadham was the only one
of the dozen Westport business men suck
ed in by the bogus Saturday Journal
smart enough to get out of the serape
without losing money.
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HOSIERY.

Special 100 dozen Gents Unb.saehed Half
Hose double heel and toe al l5c, regular price
25c.
500 dozen Of Ladies. Childrsn's AMID Gents
Fancy and Plain hose at popular prices.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-29

In White Goods, Table Linen, Towels and Towel
ing. shesungs IN all widths At very low prices.
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been at Edward A. Nash's.
Miss Mollie Bennett has been engaged
by Principal Pratt as teacher in the pri-
mary department of Staples high school
Rev Mr. Ely of Columbia, Penn,
preached at the Congregational church.
Sunday.
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LOST FAITH.
A Male Chnhinch Is Frightened Awal
by the Report of n Gun.

A Male Cbnfinch Is Frightened Away
by the Report of Gun.
Some years ago male chaffinch in my
garden had become so tame with me that he
flew after me everywhere in order to take
the hemp seed and meal worms which I
offered him. Wherever l went or stood in
the garden, the finch appeared from the
bushes, perched on the nearest branch or
on the ground in front of me- and with his
powerful chirp, ''pink, pink" demanded his
food. But if he had not noticed me l had
only to whistle in imitation of his chlrp and
he appeared. at last he used to come after
me even into the house and follow me from
room to room asking to be fed. Yet, in
spite of his trustfulness, could not induce
him to feed out of my hand. 1t was evident
that he constantly endeavored to overcome
the remnant of timidity which still su rvived
in him, but he could not yet succeed. Still l
strove to attain this end, and the visible
progress made permitted the hope that l
should shortly succeed. Then an unfortu-
nate accident suddenly altered the condition
OF affairs and put an abrupt end to his con-
fdence. One day sparrow on tree in
front OF my window was piping indefatiga-
bly, his monotonouS shrill chirp, which
pierces the ear the more irritatingly the
more theoretically it is uttered and the
greater its well-known deficiency of ca
dence. As the fellow had repeatedly dis
turbed me at my work i'll this way | re-
solved on his destruction, and, creeping
within range, l fired at him with small
chamber-gun, loaded with small shot. At
the shot my beloved finch flew suddenly
from the tree where he had been perched
unnoticed by me. The shot must have
passed around him. My sorrow for the ae-
cident was deep, for what was to be expected
occurred = the finch afterward carefully
avoided me, and, notwithstanding all en-
Elements. ] could only with difficulty in
duce him again TO take from the ground at a
great distance from me food which l had
scattered. But after q short time he disap-
family which he had established. Organic
Evolution (Eimer.)
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or honor in woman. A woman NAV have
resisted every other tempter; but when he
comes, he comes like Caesar, to see and con-
quer."
81 don't believe he will succeed with
Madame dc ST. Waller, irresistible as he
may consider himself" said the other man.
"Do you know the lady?"
II knew her when she was Madame
Charles Colnet, and knew her to be per-
feet wife; and yet believe she was married
to Colnet by her parents, when she was
very young. He was hardly the kind Of
man beautiful girl would have chosen for
herself-a rough diamond. ce cher Colnet@
but she never allowed society to see that he
was not the first man in the universe for
her. And IL this fellow Vivien braes of her
1avors he must be an arrant scoundrel,"
HE does not actually claim to be favored
but he declares that he will be. You know
his boastful device: If not TO-DAY. 10.
morrow l saw letter he wrote to .iuiot
Of the Sancho Panza, in which he talked as
II Tomorrow were near at hand"
they talked OF other things and bv and nv
the murmuring ceased. But St. WALLER Law
broad awake till the train steamed into III
jon. and he counted every minute that must
pass before the tardy morning train would
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-14
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take him back, stopping at three village sta
tions on the way, to st. Vallier lie Roi
His wife was at the station to meet him
with a coupe and pair. more fur rugs and q
bouillotte.
She was there to meet him, radiant, lev.
ing; yet his soul sickened at the thought
that her f0ndnesS might be a disguise to
hide heart that was already faithlesS
Yet no. he would not doubt her purity. even
though a tainted breath had passed over 1t.
s'Is Vivien still at the chateau?" he asked,
carelessly, as they drove away from the sta
ton.
He had lost so much time on the way
with that accursed omnibus train that It
was already daylight. and he could see his
wife's face darken suddenly at the sound OF
the noyelistS name. and he felt the arm
within his own tremble slightly.
Yes; but he leaves this evening by the
same train by which you travelled"
That is rather sudden, isn't it? He
talked OF staying as long AS we would have
him, in order that he might finish his novel
in the quiet Of the country"
'Ha may have found that his novel made
very little progress, and tnat the air of St
VallieE was not conducive TO literary
work.
of some impertinence to you."
Not the least in the world" his wife
answered. with little laugh, which was
meant to be reassuring; "only he has some
what outstayed his welcome. Laurie and
are of the same opinion in being tired Of his
company, and we ventured to let him per-
ceive our sentiments-of course, in the
poltest way-during your absence. Literary
men are SO sensitive, and he was quick to
understand the situation and devise sud-
den necessity to be in Paris"
GOD bless you, my dearest" cried
Maxine, clasping his wife to his heart IF
Eve had been like you the serpent would
have crawled out of Eden baffled and humil-
lated"
Dear Maxine, really don't know what
you are thinking about" his wife said
gayly. 1.-The whole business was as simple
as bon jour, and hope you will be especially
polite to NJ. Vivien on the last day of his
visit"
@Maxime had not the slightest doubt that
Hector Vivien had taken advantage of the
husbands absence to declare himself to the
wife. and that he had been repulsed with
the fearless scorn Of unassailable purity. He
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mask worn by all well-bred woman. Behind
the Roman wife there was always poten-

mask worn by all well-bred woman. Behind
the Roman wife there was always q poten-
tiSl Messalina.
He pursued his accustomed arts very care
fully. varying his tactics in accordance with
his surroundings. He was so subtle that
neither husband nor wife suspected his mo-
tiyes. st. Waller apologized to him for the
monotony of life at the chateau. ''Y ou who
care neither for hawk nor hound must end
it a very dull business" he said.
MY dear Maxine, you forget that have
to finish my novel and find title for it be-
fore the end of the year. Nothing could
suit me better than the repose Of this une-
ventful life."
II fear you did not make much progress
with your story yesterday, Monsieur" said
Lucie, Raily "You were lettering about the
gardens and the farm all the afternoon"
49,. Dear Madame, l was thinking OF my
title. That is the hardest work of ALL"
1t was to be observed that Vivien spent
day after day in the same leisurely mean
dering between garden and farm. park and
ruins OF rustic villages. or, indeed, In any
direction that Nine. de st. Waller proposed
Tor the days drive. He was not ayerse
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from riding, was lightweight and rode
fairly well for literary man; so, having
found mount of st. Vallier's that suited
him TO perfection, he took to accompanying
his hostess and Nine. Evremonde in their
morning rides and thus familiarized him.
self with every path and glade In the exten-
siYe woods.
Lucie showed him the spot where the
phantom char-a-Dancs was said to have APP
peared, point where the footpath branched
off from the road, and where a giant oak
spread bis gnarled and withered limbs, alive
and houriShing on one side and dead on the
other, fitting landmark for haunted spot.
Viyien was very joc0Se about the char-a-
bancs, but Lucie checked him with sigh.
=" If the legend were true" she said,
gravely; "if some day Maxine were to tell
me he had seen the phantom carriage!"
"You would guess. dear madame, that he
had snpped with the widow CliQnot over
night" the novelist answered gaily. He
was not going to encourage sentimentality
about a husband
October wore toward its close. A pack of
English fox-hounds had been brought over
to a neighboring quasi-rOyal chateau by an
Irish nobleman, man in whose family
sport and fine riding were tradition. The
hounds afforded splendid sport. and the
peer was a social success. dined at ST. Val
ller de Roi twice in fortnight, and made
himself particularly agreeable to the ladies
of the party. 1t was curious that, coming
upon the scene as a stranger, he should
have been the only visitor VITO saw threat
ened mischief in Hector Vivien's laDguid
saunterings and close attendance upon
Mime. de st. WALLER and her friends.
"lf was little more intimate with st.
Vallier l should try to open his eyes about
that particular friend of his" said the Peer
communing with himself as he drove home
after his second dinner at the chateau. "a
fellow who is able to SIT horse, and yet does
not care Tor riding to hounds in such a
darker game in view think know pretty
we'll what the Partisan novelist is aiming
at"
Maxine had been completely happy dur
ing those short autumn days. He lad not
ridden as hard as anybody else, yet he had felt
In better health than he had enjoyed for the
last ten years, full of life and vigor, and
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Toward tho Setting SUN

Myrtads OF emiRrants take their way. Thousands
upon thousands Of acres covered with the virgin
forest still await the az Of the pioneer. "HoIding
down claim" on the frontier. 1t should be re-
marked. has other drawbacks besides that OF dis
pnted possession. Many an enterprsing settler who.
with indomitable hardihood, has cleared the waste
just a. scanty area is ready tilage is stricken
by that foe Of the frontiersman. malaria What q
boon to that man and his family ia Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters-whar wise forethought has he
shown II no has obtained An adequate supply. The
farest fields for agricultural and mining enterprise
on this continent and abroad subject to this In
nietion. Protected by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
1t may be deed. It will do to confds in robust
constitution alone. Malaria prostrates the strong
and weak alike. Take che Bitters too for rheu-
matIsm, dyspepsia, bliiousness, kidney trouble so
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Women in Miniature"

The women of the middle classes in Japan
the women of the shop and factory-are
seen everywhere so freely, and their in
timacy is won so soon, that, without under
standing them to their very souls, one can
attempt to say a little more about them.
OF these thousands of little persons met
with everywhere-in the tea-houses, the
theaters, the pagodas-the impression that
remains is absolutely deficient of serious
ness. Whenever / think of them involun-
tarily smile.
Astonishing figuriues that see once more
agitated assiduous, little similesque. run
ming about with continual courtesies adj
dressed to everybody, among their
infnitesimal dolls baubles, in apartments
as big as the hand, whose paper walls
would fall in at the least blow. Women
in miniature. both childish and aged. whose
excessive grace, so hammered and mine
ing is 1t, turns to grimaces; whose everlast-
ing laughter, contagious without gavety, is
as irresistible as utilization and brings on
at length the same irritating lassitude.
They laugh from excess of amiability or
from acquired habit; they laugh in the
gravest circums Lances of life; they laugh in
the temples and at funerals.
Very small creatures, living in the midst
Of trifies as artificial and light As themselves.
Their household utensils. in fine porcelain
or thin metal, look like children's toys;
their cups, their tea-kettles, are Liliputan,
and their everlasting pipes are filled to over
flowing with half a pinch of very fine to-
baccO. taken with the tips of their elegant
little fingers.
Never seated, but crouching all day on
mats of immaculate whiteness, they ac-
complsh in that invarable posture almost
all the acts of their life. 1t is on the floor
that they take their dolls dinners, served
in microscopic crockery, and eaten deli
cately with the aid of chopsticks. 1t
is on the floor, behind fral screens, that
barely conceal them and surrounded with
a confusion of queer little instruments-of
little powder-boxes, of little pots-that they
proceed to their toilet. before mock mirrors
that make one laugh. 1t is on the floor that
they work, sew, embroder, play on their
long-handled guitars, dream of impercep-
tible things or address to their incompre-
hensible gods the long prayers of morning
and evening.
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Ono Little Dot"


One night as / came out of theater in st.
Louis, saw a number of hoodlums hustling
an old gray-haired woman, whose garments
showed poverty, who hung tightly to a
package Of some sort she had under her
arm. The boys were jsering and she was
pleading to be let alone / followed after,
thinking to say something at the right time,
and by and by she sat down on a doorstep
Then the young Arabs gathered about her
and shouted:
Give MS a song, old womanr'
III you II dance us jig We'll let you off p
"Open the bundle and let's see what
you've got!'
When an interval of silence came she re-
piled:
Boys, come closer around me. I've got
something here to show you"
They crowded around her and she re-
moved the newspapers which concealed the
object She was carrying, and then held it up
before them. Had bombshell dropped
among them it would not have scattered
them more quickly, What do you suppose
it was? A bit of board about three feet
long by foot wide, painted white, and on
it In black letters the epitaph:
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made directly after his marriages. will
which left his wife everything.
Before going to her bOudoir he had dis
patched a mounted messenger with a tele-
gram, asking DR.. Bianchon to expect him
at certain hour on the following day. He
would take the omnibus train from st. VAL
lier lie Roi to Dion that night, in time to
start from Bijon by tie Rapide. After
much happy talk, he told Lucie that he had
to go to Paris on particular business, and
that he meant to travel at night, both in 60
ing and returning so that he might be abb
sent for tine shortest time possible.
But you will fatigur. yourself dreadfully
by Two night journeys!' said Lncie, growing
sad at the prospect Of even this brief sepa-
ration.
mot at all. shall take wagon-lit each
way"
BE sure you do. And you will be
back"
"The day after tomorrow. much too
early for breakfast"
Il will have breakfast ready for you,
however early you may be-. l shall be at
the station with the carriage"
beg that you will do no such thing A
long drive on cold wintry morning might
give you dangerous chillP'
:" am too hardy plant for that, Maxine.
The life lead in these delicious woods has
made me as strong as lionessP
my lioness" he cried, smnthering the
ialr bright face with kisses. Queen of my
forests and of my hearth
The gong sounded loud in the vaulted
hall. signal to dress fer dinner. Maxine
hurried off to change his clothes, and to give
orders about his departure. A carriage
was TO be ready at 10 to take him to the sta
ton. The omnibus train left st. WALLER lie
Roi at twenty minutes past IL, reached
Dion in time for the Rapide, and he would
be in Paris in the early morning, with two
or three hours to waste before he could hope
to be admitted to the great Bianchon's con-
Sulllng-roOm.
lie was full Of talk and laughter at the
dinner-table that evening in the small, snug
circle Of seven, with the exaggerated vivacity
OF man who wants to hide canker in his
heart. Viven too was unusually gay; told
his best stories. flashed his brightest repair
tees, a shade more recklessly than usual,
and it may be|!hat If Maxine de ST. Waller
had not been preoccupied with his own
gloomy thoughts he might have taken Oh
lection to some of the novelists sallies. As
II was he talked and ratified on, scarce
hearing, certainly not needing what was
said by others, and hardly knowing what he
said himself In this feyerish state he sat
over the coffee and liqueurs till the butler
announced the carriage that was to take
him to the station. His servant and his
valiSe were ready.
He took hasty farewell Of wife and
friends and was gone