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The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
NEW MILFORD.

VIII Senior of Bridgeport has visited
in town.
DIR Allen and wife spent Thanksgiving
in Norwalk.
Mr. and Mrs Ii. w. Plumb OF Bridge
port spent Thanksgiving with Ii. S. My
gait.
Mrs Howard Staples of Bridgeport has
visited in the village.
Mrs $. Durgy and Mrs Woodruff OF
Southbury have visited in town.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
sTEPNEY.

Rev Mr. Nance spoke grandly sound
works ON the temperance question, at the
Stepney Depot Gospel temperance meet
ing, last week. The leaders Of these
meetings were much encouraged. He
does not believe that our Lord was 4
wine bibber and dared to unfurl the ban
ner of prohibitions. Oh, for more such
mep, who shall implore divine light in
this matter and, having received the true
light, shall no longer be found in tAt
ranks Of the moderate drinker, hBl
squareIy, vt once and forever, Tor pro
hibition Of the liquor traffic. This Fri
day. evening, Mrs B. Curtiss will ad
dress the meeting. Come and hear her.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
GAINESVILLE.

The Lanesyille and Hill and Plain
schools began, Monday, with Mr. Wanzer
and Mrs Manville as teachers.
Charlie Smith was in Sherman, Sun
day.
Levi Warner suffers with Inflammation
of the eyes.
Fred Osborn. Levi Warner and Charles
Smith began working in H. o. Warmers
tobacco shop at New Milford, Monday.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

II. Leonard Smith has moved to Plum
trees and Mrs Smiths mother, Mrs Ma
than Burr, will make her home with her
son, Nelson w. Burr Of Long Hill.
Frank Burr was home from Providence
for Thanksgiving.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
AsPETUCK.

Mr. and Mrs c. j. Hyatt of Norwalk
spent Thanksgiving with G. NJ. Abbott.
Mrs Charles Jennings of Bridgeport is
visiting her father, William Wakeman.
Mrs j. J. Foster bought a fine road
b. Hunt.
William Harding and family of New
Haven spent Thanksgiving with Frank
Gould.
Miss Emma Osborn is in Brooklyn, n.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
BETHEL.

has built an addition to its car house.
Joe, oldest son Of Ignis Buzzer, is
home from his Summers work with his
uncle in Monroe.
Mr. and Mrs Matthew Hall Of Hoboken
were Thank giving guests Of Mrs E. v.
Benedict.
John Hodges died at the residence Of
his father-in-law, Charles Dikeman, and
was buried, the day alter Thanksgiving.
lie has been sufferer with that dread
disease, consumption, for oyer two years,
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
LONG HILL.

George Hurd has moved from the Had
ley place to the house Of Edward Plat.
George Sherman has repaired his ten
ant house on Pork lane.
The house built by Erastus and Frank
Ryan, near the depot, is nearly finished.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Ladies not already supplied are in
search Of the dry goods store where warm
seal, plush or wooden wraps, scarfs, etc.,
may be had ut fair figure. At f.
stones Main street store, Danbury, pat
rons are assured courteous treatment and
everything required In the line Of ladies'
furnishings or millinery at right prices.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Miss Annie Troy was the most popular
lady at the Kickapoo entertainment, Sat
urday night, receiving prize of IA bead
ed boot. ii. Lang was the most popular
man. The Kickapoos left for Ridgefield,
Monday.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
sTRATFoRD.

g.. j. Hughes was in Sharon, Monday,
setting handsome marble monument at
the grave of Mrs Caroline Woodruff, who
died in Brookfield. The monument,
which consists of six pieces, is seven feet
high and two and half feet square at
the base.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Well, my dear, Christmas Is almost
here and it's almost time we were select
ing our holiday presents. By the way,
have you seen what fine line, every
thing you can think of and no old goods
either, Il. F. Hawley has. 1t won't be
necessary to 60 out Of town, this year !;
besides, l find that he sells them much
cheaper and it is much easier to select, as
the goods are all under one roof.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
nIsTRICT OF NEwTowN, IS Probate Court

Z
~ November Is, 1890
Estate of MARY e. PARSONS, late of New
town, III said district, deceased.
The application OF Smith Z. Glover, of New
town, praying that instrument purporting
to be the last will and testament of the said
Mary E. Parsons may be proved. approved,
allowed and admitted to probate and letters
testamentary may be granted to the Executor
therein named having been received therefore
ORDERED-That said application be heard
and determined at the Probate Office in said
Newtown on the LIST day of Dec 1890, at 1
O'Clock in the afternoon and that notice be
given OF the tendency of said application and
time and place OF hearing thereon by publish
December 1890 in the NEwTowN BEE a weekly
newspaper printed in Newtown and by
sending by mail, postage prepaid copy of
said order to each heir-at-law of said deceased
and by posting a copy of the same on the sign.
post in said town of Newtown and return
make to this court Attest, WIN j. BEECHER,
Judge,
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Misses Mamie and Nellie Hubbell,
Grace Goodsell, Fanny Scudder were
Thanksgiving guests of Rev J. p. Hoyt
ut Cheshire. Fred Hubbell Joined the
young ladies and accompanied them
to Newtown.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Misses Annie Heating, Katie McMa-
hon, Mary Mcmahon attended the ball
of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen
at Norwalk, Thanksgiving eve.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Men from the Stratford marble and
granite works were here, Monday, letter.
lng stones " the graves Of Mrs Roswell
Parksr IL the Center cemetery and Miss
EaUjet eHtb n tbe old ccmetefy.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Miss Grace Caskey of Port Jervis, N.
Y, spends few weeks with her sister,
Mrs X. ID. Smith.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
Single Copies of the Bee for sale in

BRIDGEPORT:
Plnmb \ Beardsiey,
Eeorge II. Counor,
y. n. Petite,
NJ. u. Buntcn, Bulls Head,
William Skidmore, 1918 Main sire II !,
Henry ocsau, East bridgeport.
FAIRFIELD:
Postmaster wakeiey.
SOUTHPORT:
AT the Post Ofiice,
Willie II. Smith.
1880 wEsTPoRT;
William T.. Nash.
DANBURY:
James Mcdonald,
John r. Cum.
S0UTHBURY:
Hickok Bros.
WOODBURY.:
DIR l.. Y. Ketcham.
BETHEL;
George II, Cole,
>. ). Owen.
SHELTON:
Dockery Brothers.
BIRMINGHAM:
Robert y. Gardner.
SANDY HOOK:
Postmaster Sniffen.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Owen Cromwell has bought, repaired
and occupies the Alexander Smith place
and his brother has recently moved from
Bridgeport to the james Beers place.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Grass widows, it is said, owe their
misfortune to the fact that they would
not economize and help their husbands
save money by using Brussels soap.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

les, on Gobelin tapestries, on Dutch tile
and najolica cup, framing radiant saints
in ancient windows, carved on pillars in
Gothic cathedrals, springing up around
the grave of Marguerite of Bavaria, at
Dion, wrought in delicate filagree work
by the Genoese, wreathing the Florentine
goblets of Benvennto Cellini and his pu-
pills and starring the ground beneath the
feet Of Raphaei's MadoDnas and Angeli-
cos angels.
The daisies, the daisies, emblems of
fidelity and constancy. Let us learn a
lesson of the daisy. Be cheerful and
make our lives SO sweet and pure that
some day we may be worthy to ''walk
among the daisies in the Paradise of
God.''-[ Miss Jessie c. Drew in Observ-
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

The dashboard is piano upon which
women can play Il tune of happiness with
n cake of Brussels soap.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Mrs Patrick Mcnamara and NJ ISIS Mag
gle Hurley have returned from few
weeks with their sister, Mrs Thomas
Griffin of Matteawan.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Landlord Taylor has been laid up for
several days with an injured knee, caused
by fall while hunting.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

william Nichols OF Cincinnati, o., is
at the Grand Central.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Mrs johnson 4. Platt has removed
from New Haven to New York city,
where she Is engaged in literary work,
being one of the sub-editors of the Ma
tion Encyclopaedia OF American Biography.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

The next time you go into Il. +. Haw-
Iey's, notice the frame pictures In front
of the cashiers desk.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
Enumeration Of children between and

A total of 24O, one less than last year
Ed Bradley has taken Daniel Dorgan's
place at Mr. Kelley's.
The venerable Mrs James Sanford en-
tertained her children and grandchildren
George Wells, who has been very sicl
with erysipelas, is better.
j. w. Alexander is confined to the
house with a severe attack of bronchitis
S. G.. Shaw and his roommate, j
Treadwell, took in the great football
game between Yale and Princeton anC
spent the rest of the vacation at Miss j
FL. Sanford's.
Representative William II. Hill and
family were guests Of j. N. Nickerson,
Thanksgiving day.
w. S. Bassett has built a small barr
for Ii. Whitehead, to accommodate his
numerous horses.
The Catholic fair, which lasted through
three nights, was Il success and netteC
quite nice sum for st Patrick's church
Scarlet fever has prevailed in the fam
lily of Dennis Dorgan, though in mild
form. The daughter, who lives in Nor
walk, was first taken and, returning
home, gave it to her brothers.
Daniel Dorgan has left Mr. kelley's
and accepted position on the horse cars
as driver.
Miss Libbie Sammis of New Haven
spent Thanksgiving with her aunt. Mrs
d. Sanford.
Union services in the Congregational
church on Thanksgiving day; Rev d.
Taylor preached the sermon.
Rev G. w. Kelley has sold his oxen,
advertised in the BEE.
Rev ID. Taylor is holding a series OF
extra meetings at the Long Ridge church.
J. Miller and family spent Thanksgiv-
ing at j. l.. Sanford's.
ii. Baldwin has returned from week S
visit with his son Martin.
Miss Kate Reid entertained at Thanks
giving Mrs Nj. Lyon, Miss E. Olmstead,
Mrs j. A. S. Burr, Mr. and Mrs ). Read.
A noble turkey was one of the attract
ions of the bountiful table.
Miss Nj. Carroll has been home for
Thanksgiving.
q. Is. Tucker has built " God shed for
Miss Il. Beers.
Mrs Lavinia Bradley and son have been
at the homestead.
Rev Mr. Linsley of Newtown preached
an instructive and scholarly sermon, Ad-
vent Sunday.
b. Banks of Greenfield, Mr. and Mrs
Burritt and baby, Mr. and Mrs Meeker
ate Thanksgiving turkey and other lux
uries at Stephen Sanford's.
Miss Ada Belle Burr returned to her
school, Monday.
Mrs 5. b. Gorham has visited in
Green's Farms.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
HOYDEN'S HILL.

Jesse Wheeler and wife have been with
her mother.
A company of about 10 children and
grandchildren, the pastor and wife kept
Thanksgi with A. Jennings.
Mr. and Mrs E. Downs Of Bridgeport
have visited l.. A. Jennings.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

There Is nothing the Newtown boy in
the city would value more than an album
of Newtown views for sale Mt f. +. Haw-
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

DIR James w. Gordon is to be Mt Tay-
lor's hotel, every Sunday on and after
December Z.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

George w. Graham of Sandy Hook
spent Thanksgiving with Samuel Harper
nj Naugatuck.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Rev DIR Maxwell of the First Congre-
gational church, Danbury, was buried,
Saturday,
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Everyone expecting to give Christmas
presents should ask to see the photo
graphic albums Of Newtown at f. f..
Hawley's.ss
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

George Ives has moved from near Bots
ford to the Capt n. w. Seeley place in
Pepper street.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

w. b. Andrews and family
ate turkey with Hawley Jennings ;
Mr. and Mrs Jabez Mead In Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
MONROE.

Samuel Huntington lost 4 valuable
COW, last week, from garget.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

The Botsford hill Sunday school will
meet, next Sunday, 9TH, with II. l.. War
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

JOHN W. sANFoRD's FUNERAL.

The funeral of John w. Sanford took
place, last week Wednesday at IN, the
burial being in the Ridge cemetery beside
his wife. The bearers were "A. Tread
well, ID. G. Wood, j. Close, r.. S. Mead,
S. Sanford and e. P. Shaw. His son, E.
j., arrived too late to see his father
alive, but in time to attend the funeral.
He returned to Tennessee on Friday.
Rev G. w. Kelley has been appointed
administrator on the estate of his father
in-law, j. w. Sanford.
Emory Sanford has gone to pough-
keepsie to attend Eastman's commercial
college.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
DIAMOND HILL, REDDING.

Miss Phebe Selleck Of South Norwalk
visited her aunt, Miss Polly Selleck, last
week.
Mrs Charles Banks of Brooklyn has
been guest of Oscar Jones.
Mrs Sherwood, sister of Capt Beers,
who died on Monday, was buried, last
week Thursday. Rev Mr. Taylor preach-
ing the sermon. Interment at Umpa-
wang cemetery.
Mrs Charles Bates and son Wallace OF
Norwalk spent Thanksgiving with Mrs
Samuel Benedict.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Mrs Lesbia A. Aiken, long reader OF
tho BEE, has moved from Adrian, Mich,
to Sioux City.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Lasts twice as long MS cheap soap for
laundry use-Brussels.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Miss Norah Lynch of Danbury has
visited Mrs Crotty of Gas street.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Miss Lizzie Scudder was home from
New Britain for Thanksgiving.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

Mrs f. ID. Briseo is seriously Ill.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

INSTRUCT oFNEWrOWN SIS, Probate Court
~ November IL, 1890.
Estate of CHARLES NORTHROP late of
Newtown in said district, deceased.
The Court of Probate forthe District of New
town hath limited and allowed six months
from the date hereof for the Creditors of said
Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement
Those who neglect to present their accounts
properly attested, within said time, will be
debarred recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment to WILLIAM N. NORTHROP, Ad-
minjstrator.
NOR SALE-Fourteen new mich Cows and
L Springersr one 3-seated platform spring
Wagon; one Blackboard suitable for carrying
four cans of milk, one breeding Sow, etc. GF.
DUNCOMBE, Rotsford, Conn
TOR SALE-Horse,H Harness and Buggy Horse
+ first class roadster, trot in minutes, kind
and gentle for any business. No reasonable
offer refused. j. N. SPICER, Southport.
The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05

hISTKICT UF NEWT n, IS PrODatt Court
~ November 20, 1890.
Estate of THEOPHILUS NICHOLS, late OF
Newtown, in said district. deceased.
The application of William n. Nichols
administrator with the will an
nexed on said estate, praying that
he be empowered by order OF Court to
sell certain real estate belonging to said es-
tate, having been received, as appears by rec
ord, therefore,
ORDEREp-That said application he heard
and determined at the Probate Office in New
town in said district on the 29th day of Nov,
$780, at 8 o'clock Il III and that notice be
given of the tendency of said application and
time and place of hearing thereon by publish
ing the same one time before the 29th day of
Nov, 1890, in the Newtown BEE. Attest, WIN.
j. BEECHER, Judge.
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
Mr. vanderb,lt,. Picture.

There seems a certain confusion as to
The Venetian picture by Turner which
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt has purchased.
That he has bought it and paid the SPLEEN
did price of a hundred thousand dollars
for it there is no doubt, but we may re-
ceive with a very large grain of salt the
rumor that the millionaire was ambitious
of acquiring Meissonicr's "Rixe," which
is one of the ornaments of Windsor, and
that he actually offered the queen half a
million dollars for it. The fact that the
rumor came around by way of Paris is
sufficient reason for fighting shy of it.
The art of talking" originated in Paris.
where it had already attained colossal
grandeur before the first American jour-
nal had been printed at Boston.
Whichever of the Grand canal pictures
by Turner Mr.. Vanderbilt has bought lie
has got a good one. Turner understood
Venetian color, and had a peculiar pro-
cess of his own, taken from the early
Flemish school, and made his own by
the extraordinary manner in which he
applied it-for rendering the cxquisitely
:'aminous atmosphercs of the "Queen of
the Adriatic." And he was true-as true
as any mortal IAN be in the ever vary
ing, evanescent glorics of sea and sky.
Euskin hit it when he said of Turner,
after accusing him of "exaggerating all
he saw" that the foundation of all he
did was truth. The vivid and warm
colorings of nature he painted with the
deepest reds and yellows; the grays he
attempted to initiate with blues of too
strong a tint; yet the whole was true in
principle, both in general and in particu-
lar.-Cor. Boston Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
StraliYnrinA,

We are always glad to pick up any
items relating to the eminent Stradiva-
RUS and his tiddles. There is a dispute
pending in the court of sessions, Edin-
burgh, upon the merits of which we
would not breathe a syllable, ever though
we had an opiniont to breathe; but, in the
course of a prolonged inquiry, some in
teresting details have come out. The
plaintiff is a wholesale fish salesman.
Music has always been associated with
the sea and often with fish. The story
OF Amphion recurs to every mind. The
plaintiff bought a "Stradivarius" seven
years ago, which he now repudiates
upon the ground that several inches of
the rim are not genuine.
In support Of his grievance various ex.
perts have been called, who enlightened
the Edinburgh jury upon things in gen
eral connected with S~tradivarius. They
have learned in particular that he was an
eccentric genius" who never made fid.
dies zone after another all alike'-this
information, we should think, must have
been rather embarrassing than sustain.
ing to the good men in their responsible
position. AS for the particular instru
ment in question, its belly was made by
Stradivarius, and the varnish on the bacl
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
Tough Old Zulu Chiefs.

The old chiefs in South Africa know
nothing about trekking, and OH several
occasions became SO impatient that they
started off on foot ahead of the wagons
One day they had to walk thirty-seven
miles before reaching water and then
had to wait two days on scant rations
before we came up with them. One of
these men is IS years old, but tho tough
old Zulu the Matabele rulers are of Zulu
origin) was none the worse for the esca.
pade.
On another occasion, in spite of our
warnings, they left us, armed only with
assegais, in the worst part of the lion
country. When we followed a few
hours afterward we saw that their foot
prints in the sand had been partially OBJ.
liberated by the spoor of q lion. Fort
unately, however, he had followed them
only for some hundred yards, and then,
probably not being hungry, he wan
dered off toward a pool of water.
Such vagaries were to us a source OF
constant anxiety, for how could we face
the king without bringing back his In.
dumas? Our own lives would not have
been safe. We should have been claimed
as impostors or accused of witchcraft.
However, we managed to divert their
minds and keep them employed at the
wagons by shooting twcnty-six gray
monkeys for them. The skins of this par
ticular species are only worn by royalty
or big chiefs.-Cor. London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
Beans and T,lushe.-

The conversation of a little group ran
the other evening or the odd replies that
people often make through misunder-
standing other peoples remarks; and one
of the company told a story of a humil-
iating circumstance of this sort of which
he was once the victim. It happened
quite a number of years ago, when the
hero was a younger man than he is snow,
and when it was the fashion, if one had
ladies at the theatre, to take them to
Copeland's to supper afterwards. This
young man had taken two young ladies
to the theatre, and when he entered the
restaurant with them it was with the
determination to do the wildly magnif-
cent thing, and so distinguish himself
before the ladies and all the other people
in the place, that young men usually
have on such occasions. But before he
ordered he wished to consult the young
ladies' preference. He benttoward them
and remarked softly:
"What shall it be?"
The tall young waitress who stood be-
hind the chair must have heard the last
word and caught a familiar sound in it,
for she spoke up, quite at the top of her
voice and loud enough to be heard all
over the restaurant:
"We're all out of beans!"
And it was quite out of the young
mans power to get a public reputation
for magnificence~ that night Boston
Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
Wonders Of Alaska.

We'll, you must recollect that Alaska
contains 600, 900 square miles, and it will
be a considerable period before all her re-
sources can be named with certainty;
but relating to my observations and re-
liable reports of experiments in several
localities, I will say that Alaska can raise
about everything possible to the more
temperate belts. First, there are de-
licious wild berries of all kinds, and es-
pecially the strawberry. which grows in
abundance and is of fine flavor. Within
fifteen miles of the great Glacier bay our
exploring party of ten Indians and three
whites picked enough of these berries
within two hours to furnish us with Law
ish dessert for three days. Nowhere in
the world can finer vegetables and root
crops be raised, while sheep and cattle
raising has been tested to satisfaction,
and encouraging experiments in grain
have already been made. There is no
doubt in my mind that the harder fruits
will do excellently in Alaska"
"Rather a dreary country after ALL"
"Dreary! 1t is the kind of dreari-
ness that sent over a thousand tour
lists into the country last season. 1t
has spots of dreariness that rival the
wonders of the Yellowstone park and the
grandeurs of the Yosemite valley. The
glorious visionOf the famed Glacier bay
is worth crossing a continent to see, and
makes pictures on the memory that will
last a lifetime.
vegetation grows with tropical rank
ness to the south and west, while to the
north The Arctic sun on the Artic seas,
glaciers and snow fields invite the most
prosaic and practical men to regret that
they are neither poets nor painters; but
when I discuss the fisheries, salmon can
neries and mines and agricultural posi-
bilities l grow tedious, and when 1 am
permitted to expatiate on the natural
beauty of that country I am simply in
terminable. "-Interview in Washington
Post.
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
New Jersex,s School Euna.

New Jersey has a school fund of
$4,000, 900, and does not know what to do
with it. 1t can not be used for anything
but the public schools. and not very
much of it is allowed to go there, only a
part of the annual income being avail
able, 30 jealousy has the state constitu-
ton guarded its sacredness. Meantime,
it is piling up every year, and the COM
m%issioners are at their wits end to find
an investment for it. The original idea
was to have a fund large enough to en-
tirely support the public schools through
out the state, but that, it is said, would
take S70,0OO,O 900; and, besides, it is gem
orally believed that it is better for the
school system to have the local schools
directly provided for by local taxes.
People take more interest in something
they have to pay for.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15
An Electric Pig.

In front of a butchers shop in st.
Paul, a half pig, nicely prepared and of
appetizing appearance, vas hanging on
an iron hook a few days ago. A dog
came running up the street, and happen.
ing to see the little pig. went up to it and
longingly snuffed around it. Hardly had
he put his most on the pig when he ut.
tered a cry of pain and ran bowling
away.
A second cur soon appeared and Jared
no better; he ran away bowling as if a
ghost had laid its hand on him. Gradu-
ally as a third and a fourth dog had
shared the same fate a crowd gathered
and every one looked with distrust at the
porker.
One of the owners of the shop, who
wanted to find out the cause of the trou.
BILE, at last went up to the pig, touched
it, and also flew back as though a taran-
tula had stung him; he had received an
electrical shock. An Investigation proved
that an electric light wire had come i n
contact with the hook on which the meat
hung, and thus the pig was completely
filled with electricity. Philadelphia