The Newtown bee., 1890-03-28
EASTON.

oxen, weighing 3900, of Fred Wakeman of Hoyden's Hill.
 Mrs John H. Wheeler has visited at Moses Thorpe's.
 Rufus Wheeler is working for Charles Gilbert. Johnson Ward has sold COW and calf to s. k. Wells.
 Mrs Dr Wilcox of Hartford has visited her old home; her mother, Mrs David Silliman, is slowly gaining.
 $. k. Wells accompanied Rev Mir Weeks to Bridgeport and brought up a large lot of books which came from Cali fornia.
 Miss Belle Case presided at the organ Sunday evening, in an acceptable man. ner.
 c. W. Candee and family spent Sunday with friends at Lyons Plain.
 Mrs A. J. Whitney of Bethel and Mir and Mrs c. r. Hubbell of Hattertown were recent guests of Mrs P. B. Parme- lee.
 Mir and Mrs Theodore Turney of Fair field visited Mrs Maria Knapp at her home on Rose Mountain farm. AL though in her 92d year, Mrs Knapp is about the house, reads, sews, knits, washes dishes, etc.
 Mrs D. Davis has visited her mother, Mrs Charles Briscoe of Botsford hill. Mrs NJ. Rowland of Bridgeport is guest of her daughter, Mrs Daniel Edwards. l John H. Wheeler has sold steers to Perkins French and also bought fine pair of Devons of Nelson Smith of Sport Hill.
 P. B. Parmelee enjoyed the recent snow by riding in q sleigh whose body was the cradle Mrs Maria Knapp was rocked in when an infant, more than 90 years ago.
 The Q. c. club will repeat their enter tainment in Academy hall, Thursday evening, April 3. The program has been greatly enlarged. Beside the farce, 'Ici on Parle Francais,' there will be music by an orchestra, Zither solos and college songs. The club will be assisted by E. l.. Smith of Yale. Ice cream and cake will be served after the entertainment. Admission 15c; children 10c. The pro- ceeds will be applied to the church debt of last year. If stormy Thursday even ing, the entertainment will be on Friday evening.
 Mrs Eli Winton is slowly recovering.
 Mrs Fannie McCauley has visited Miss E. A. Lewis.
 Miss Eliza Osborne of Stepney has wis ited her aunt, Mrs Eli Winton.
 Samuel Turney will leave the Oakley place, April 1, and expects to occupy the place vacated by his grandmother, Mrs Eunice Burr. Mr Ellis and family will leave Edward Hill's place. William Fan ton and family will leave the Hubbell place and move to Fairfield.
 Rev George Benedict of Quincy Mass, visited his mother, Mrs Dr Benedict at Henry Osborne's, while returning from Orange, N. J., where he preached, last Sunday.
 Ladies' Enterprise society's pie soci- able at Henry Osborn's, Wednesday even- ing.
 Mrs Frank Valentine of Cheshire visits Miss E. NJ. Hall.
 Miss Fannie Bradley of Plattsville vis- it's Mrs Louise Sherman.
 Mrs Walker Bates and Miss Mary E.. Seeley contemplate a visi; to New York to Mrs $. H. Waless. Edward Gillette and brother George sawed seven cords of wood in seven hours, Monday.
 J. Hobart Mallett denies that the Josi- ah Mallett farm or the woodland has been sold.
 Sylvester Powell has returned from school in Suffield.
 Mrs Thomas Turney has visited her daughter, Mrs Zina Beard of Oronoque. .l Members of Christ church are pleased with their new rector, Rev MT Bowles.
 E. Hill bought five cows of James Fur ney.
 I Tuesday, April l, the Easton mail will be due at the Center at , o'clock, instead z of 3.
 School closes at Staples academy, Ap- Til ,, for vacation of one week.
 Miss Louie Turney has visited friends in Stratford.
 Rutherford Wheeler has left the black smith shop at the Center and is farming for Mallett Sanford. l William Roberts returned from Suffield, l March 9 and would like to inform his 1 former patrons that he is still in the bar l Der business. l Mrs Rebecca Sanford died at the home Sof her daughter, Mrs l.. H. Edwards. on Sunday at q Ill, S4 years old on the 1 IUul LII OI lhSb 0uuCs .1AiC Nao NitioW VI Ephraim Sanford, who lived where she died and leaves two daughters, Mrs LII. Edwards and Mrs George A. Mallett of Stratford and two sons, George F. San ford of Newtown and Lacey Sanford of Easton. Mrs Sanford was prostrated by paralytie shock about a week before her death. Funeral on Wednesday at , I p m, with burial at Huntingtown ceme- tery.