The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
FAIRFIELD.


Wednesday night, blocking travel for
hours.
small party went to Brooklyn,
Thanksgiving day, to see the great foot
ball game between Yale and Princeton.
On Thanksgiving evening, the young
people had a party st Theodore Turney's
Scamp House," The music was furnish
cd by parties from Bridgeport. The par
ty did not break up from its festivities
until early morning hours. A good time
was enjoyed by all.
The observation party at the Congre-
gational parsonage passed of pleasantly
and was thoroughly enjoyed by the many
present. The object of this party was to
test the Ave senses of hearing, tasting,
smelling, feeling and seeing of each in
dividual and have each person write out
what he or she remembers of each par
ticalar test. The one remembering the
greatest number Of things tested receiv-
cd the prize. Two prizes were given,
one to Miss Nettie Osborn and one to J.
Howard Wakeman, as both had equally
good memories.
Mrs Finnette Benson, who died at the
age of 81 years. was the Oldest inhabi-
tant In the village.
Mr. Diclxie had only $1,000 insurance on
his stock and goods and, as much was
saved, he will only recover about 800 on
those lost, while his actual loss will reach
something over $1,000. Mr. Dickie has
the sympathy of all in his loss.
Mrs William Burr Of Wcstport is re-
ported very sick with pneumonia, but it
is hoped that she will recover. She is
daughter of Mrs Esther Huntington.
The members of the Congregational
church are evidently, from their side re-
marks, becoming uneasy and impatient
under the repeated delays and apparent
inaction of the committee appointed to
oversee the building of the new church.
They would like to enquire IL anything
is being done and il not, why not? An air
of mysterious silence surrounds the do
ings, IL any, Of the committee. Nothing
has been done for a month or more and,
in the same time, nothing more has been
said or heard of any work to be done.
Some are of the opinion that, if the COM
mttee have found their task too hard,
they had better resign and permit others
to be chosen who will act. Mistakes and
delays have marked the whole course of
the proceedings since the beginning.
Other churches burned at the time of
ours are well under way, while, as to
ours, they haven't even broken ground
yet! IL the committee would take the
pains to enquire of the church members
they would, the writer believes, ascertain
that the present plan for the new church
Is far from acceptable to the majority of
the members Of the congregation. The
committee in recommending the plan ex-
ceeded or perverted their authority by
not doing as they were instructed by the
society. They simply present plan for
u stone building and not for either a
wooden or brick structure, as were their
instructions. They then adopted their
own report at meeting in which they
out-numbered the others present by two
to one and In a short time, allowing no
time for discussion. The writer believes
that something more congenial to the
tastes Of the congregation might yet be
decided upon, as 1t is not too late. Or,
that even with the present plan the MEM
bers would be quite well satisfied If they
would only do something toward be-
ginning. II.
Soon after the Congregational church
was burned, the committee of the church
went to the selectmen and arranged with
them for the exclusive privilege of using
the Town hall, subject to the use by the
town Of the hall for its town meetings.
1t has been used by the church ever since
for It's religious services, with the occas-
ional invasion by the town for its meet
ings and also one or wopublic meetings,
ms lecture or political meeting. The
church people found no fault with this,
knowing that the selectmen had no au-
thority to grant them the EXCLUSIVES use,
although they had done so. A little over
week ago, the church committee learn
that the selectmen had granted party
Of young men, known as the ssJolly Jok-
ers," the privilege Of holding a dance
there on Wednesday evening, the night
before Thanksgiving. The committee
Immediately saw the selectmen, inquired
into It and learned that it was so and also
learned, when they demonstrated, that
the church had no special privileges in
the use of the hall. This highly incensed
the members, who made free to express
their opinion OF the town fathers. At