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A Genuine English Inn.

II ERE in the first place, is an English inn.
1t is like a club house. There is no hustle
about the door, no ''ofice" crowded with
loungers and smokers; there are women for
hotel clerks, and tne gentleman, looking as
dignihed as the Duke of Westminster himself,
who take your luggage and show you to your
room. The halls are wide. and hung with Pic
tures and set out with tables and chests OF
drawers, with plants by the windows, like the
halls of private mansion. Your room is OF
generous proportions, with furniture which
doesn't look as il it were manufactured in
great hurry by the hundred thousand, with
look of welcome which gladdens the heart.
Presently you go down to a table dhote dinner.
served in great state, in a dozen courses, with
decorated china, and the best of everything in
the bill of fare. with cheese made in Cheshire,
within few hours ride of the hotel, and with
Strawberries looking like young peaches
the cost of all this luxury being 81.
Outyou go TO the cathedral. You can see its
square towers from the windows Of your room.
There is service there. They are singing the
Litany. You kneel down beneath that vast
roof, with the Transcripts on either side. one
reaching out long arm to the right, the other
with bishops marble tomb in it; behind you
stretches the great nave, with stained windows
and walls glowing with mosaics; before you is
the choir and chancel, with the screen lifted
up between you and the singers, exquisitely
carved. The priest kneels at the entrance to
the choir and sings the appealing petitions, and
the choir within chant the responses like avow-
ing voices of angels. 1t is celestial. 1t is
door opened a little way into heaven. At last,
you say to yourself, have really been at
church. Nothing afterward will quite equal
this-this singing of the Litany at this quaint
old Cathedral of st. Werburg.'
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July .. 1881 September I9, 1881.
To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
Please give me the date when President Gar.
field was shot: also the date of his death.
PITTsBURG, July 28 s. 8.
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LORD SALISBURY has discovered ere this
that James g. Blaine was loaded.
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IT MAY take several more "Jealous Jim"
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that James g. Blaine was loaded.
A KANSAS paper says you can actually hear
the corn grow these days. That's pleasant. Next
winter you will be able to hear 1t burning to keep
the farmer warm, and that will not be so pleasant
IT don't matter much what nation owns the
seals The hides of majority of them will event.
ualIy be found In this country covering the backs
of shivering humanity.
THE relations between Minneapolis and St.
Paul are still very much strained, but yet no
paper in either city is crying for boycott.
PHILADELPHIA BARRIERS have come to the
conclusion that the Sunday closing law is still
force and will hereafter give not only their
hands, but their mouths, much-needed rest at
least one day week.
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ruin. The great central tower fell here
in l470. They were reckless masons, those old
church builders. Few records are more com.
mon in the annals of medieval churches than
the fall of the central tower. And when the
central tower fell, it was pretty sure to break
something. All the ruins cannot be traced
back to the Puritans or to Henry VIII. When
the tower fell at ST. Johns it crushed the choir
and chancel What lamentation among the
monksl What a passing about of money boxes
to get funds for rebuilding! But people were
poor. The best they could do was to wall up
the broken end leaving out all the ruined part,
shortening the church by half. The rest stands
as it stood a week after the disaster. Vines
grow over the brown walls, the sun shines
through the old window whose tracery was
once filled with the forms of saints in colored
glass. Perhaps it is more beautiful now than
it was in the days of its completeness.
1t is certainly more beautiful than the
church. The great round pillars Of the nave
within the church show the WORK Of Norman
architects. Above is a fine triforium, along
whose aisles we can imagine monks in gowns of
brown or black passing in procession. won
der il everybody who goes to Chester sees the
remarkable tomb which stands in st. Johns
Church. The guide books make no mention of
It. and have never seen any description of it.
1t stands in a dark and OBSCURE corner in an old
side chapel at the east end of the south aisle.
The organ hides it But you climb in behind
the organ, and there it is. Diana Warburtou
was buried here in 1903. and they built an altar.
tomb to keep her in everlasting remembrance.
And behind the tomb, In the place of q reredos
they set an image of Diana herself carved in
deep relief in marble. 1t is the skeleton Of
Diana Warburton! There Is the skull turned
upward, as if in petition, and the long. CHASTITY
arms outstretched, and in the hands held
out to the beholder a long scroll reach
ing to the knees, recording the good
woman's manifold virtues. Below are
death's-heads. Everybody knows about
Lady Nightingale's tomb in Westminster
Abbey, where death as grisly skeleton comes
out from beneath and aims his spear at the
poor lady who lies in marble above. While her
husband with a look of agony upon his face
vainly tries to ward away the blow that is hor.
rible enough. as everybody knows. But this is
sufficiently dreadful, this skeleton statue of
Diana Warburton behind the organ at old st.
Johns.
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Quiet, Ancient, PICTURESQUE.

EVERYTHING IS quaint in Chester. The
streets are like no other streets. You re-
member old pictures as you walk along them.
Here are old timber houses, queerly orna-
mented. Here are streets with double side
walks, one over the other. You 60 up steps
and you come upon second street over the
lower one, with second line Of stores, in the
second story, like walking along the roofs Of
continuous porches Here are the old walls.
built first by the Romans, in those long-ago
days when Chester was camp Of Roman SOL
diers, to keep out the wild Britons; and built
up over again when the English of Chester
held out against the Norman William; and
built again in the stormy days of the Middle
Ages, when peaceable people wanted good
sized barriers between them and the robber
barons; and standing to-day in the old place,
adding a unique picturesqueness to the quaint
town. You walk about on. top, making two
mile circuit, and seeing the town. Here
Charles ]. stood one day and watched his army
getting badly beaten at Rowton Moor near bv
Here runs the Dee, with its great mills. Here
you climb the wishing steps," If you can run
up and down seven times without taking
breath, you will get whatever you wish for!
We can promise you that safely.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
WESTPORT.

a fashionable wedding took place
Wednesday evening, April 30, at the
country residence of Mr. and Mrs John
Q. Adams of Brooklyn, when their daugh-
ter, Miss Grace Adams, was married to
Leverette Ii. White of New York, Rev
James 4. Coley of Westport, rector of
st Matthew's church, Wilton, officiating.
The parlOr in which the ceremony occur
red was adorned with potted plants,
palms and flowers. The bride appeared
well in a gown of white faille Franchise,
wearing diamonds and carrying a bou-
quet of white lilacs. Miss Ella See of
Tarrytown, cousin of the bride, was maid
of honor and Percival White of Brooklyn,
brother of the groom, best man; ushers,
John L. Adams, brother of the bride, and
Mr. White. A reception followed at which
immediate relatives and friends from
Brooklyn, New York, Baltimore, Jersey
City, Tarrytown and Westport were pres
ent. Beyer's Bridgeport orchestra dis
coursed sweet music and there was an
elegant spread by Hanford. The bride
was the recipient of many elegant gifts.
The wedding tour embraces Washington
and points South, at the close of which
Mr. and Mrs White will reside in Brooklyn.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02

Miss Louise Bailey was quietly married
to Alfred E. Dixon, foreman for a.. J..
Rivers, Wednesday afternoon. After the
ceremony, which was performed by Rev
4. b. Fisher, Dir and Mrs Dixon depart
ed for a trip to Boston and elsewhere.
An enjoyable concert by the Wesleyan
banjo and glee club at the First Metho-
dist church, Thursday evening.
OF Mrs G. A. Phillips, who died at her
home on Warren street, April 2e, the
Standard says she came of line of au-
thors and that her own writings. both
prose and poetry, showed rare genius.
She was descended from one of the old
est Boston families, who trace their line
age back to the Towards of the time of
Elizabeth. She was born in North New
Berlin, n. y, but spent most of her life
in Berkshire county, Mass. s.Her chief
attribute adds the Standard, twas her
great love for her daughters, of whom
five were with her. For them she had
for years devoted her entire life and to
them she had been mother in the truest
sense of that dear word.'' The funeral
was attended on Tuesday from her late
home, Rev III. A. Davenport of the Pres
byterian church officiating. The inter-
ment was in the quiet old cemetery at
Sheffield.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
STEpNEY.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold a Thank Offering service
in the Methodist church, Sunday even
ing, May 4, at 80. Mrs c. Fl. FitzGer-
aid of Bridgeport will deliver the address
of the evening.
John @. Farnam has traded cows with
D. Davis of Easton.
The Swedes whom Mr. and Mrs Farnum
took, kindly cared for and sheltered when
they had no friends or money. nursing
the wife through her confinement, have
cleared out and left them in time of need
and in debt. They have gone back to
their uncle, Mr. ADJUST.
At the Baptist church, Sunday: Sun
day school at IL 30. Preaching at / p
m, subject, "The Lords supper memoir
ial SERVICE" Communion at 2 Is m.
Lecture on Abraham at 80 p M Meet
ing in Hattertown school house Wednes-
day 30 p m. Meeting in Judd school
house, Thursday 80 m. Covenant
meeting tomorrow Saturday Up m.
Mrs D. B. Nance is visiting in New
York and Brooklyn.
The young peoples association of the
M. E. church, appointed for this (Fri-
day. evening, is postponed, owing to the
teachers convention in Bridgeport and
Evangelist Pease's meetings in Cutters
Farm.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
LONG HILL, HUNTINGTON.

G. w. Shelton has sold his farm to Mr.
Platt of Goshen. He will hold respon-
sible position at the brass mill in Shelton
and it is supposed that he will make Long
Hill his home.
William c. Catlin will move to Coram,
eventually moving into new house to
be built by Charles Wakelee on the old
Wakelee farm.
John Wilkinson brought farm help
from New York, Saturday.
Robert Gordon Is improving the land
bought of George Smith and intends to
put up house soon.
Shad fishing is not paying here, but a
few good hauls have been made further
down the river.
Mr. Hine, on the Webster place, has
bought a COW. lie and his wife walk to
and from their work in Shelton daily.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
BRIDGEWATER.

Mrs Burton Garfield is able to be out
again.
Rev and Mrs J. +. Temple of Preston
have visited her mother, Mrs A. J. Lyon.
Glad to know that Mrs c. NJ. Living
ston is ut her old home. She has been
absent for several months.
Harry Gillett was home, Sunday.
Hiram Pitcher has moved to his old
place in the village.
Eli Minor represents this church at
the installation of Rev Joseph A. Free
man as settled pastor of the First Con-
gregational church in Woodbury., May /.
Town Clerk Woodman is executor on
the estate of Mrs Sophia Lyon.
The seats in st. Thomas church were
rented, Monday evening
G. +. odell, a former Bethel merchant
was married to Miss Emma X. Graham
of Kings Bridge, N. Y.
David Sloan has been granted pen
sion.
George w. Roe is welding his artistic
brush on the residence of Judge of Pro.
bate William Ii. Judson, on South street
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02

Druggist Damtoft does not think that
it will pay him to open his soda fountain,
this season, on account of the high price
of ice.
lors of the M. f. church, Tuesday even
ing, April 20, given by the Epworth
League, called out an audience of about
100, who listened attentively to the fol-
lowing well rendered program:
Voluntary, FEE. Northrop
Quartet, speed away" Messrs Elwood,
Northrop, Wheeler, Jennings
Reading, George Eddy.
Solo and chorus. "Only to see the dear old
home again." Mrs w. c. Jennings, Mrs A. j.
Hart.
Essay, "a trip to st Petersburg in 1910" C.
s. Jennings.
Trio, Miss Kelsey, Messrs Northrop and
Churchouse,
Reading, Miss Gertie Jelliff
Duet, cardboard Watch" Mr. and Mrs Hart
Debate, "Have the writings of men or WON
en- exerted the greater influence on public
opinion?" George j. Northrop, Miss Gilbert
Quartet, ASHAMED of Jesus"
Essay, "witcheraft," Miss Eva Hubben
Duet, "Pass under the rod" Mrs W. c. Jen-
nings, Mrs j. Harte.
Remarks by the pastor, Rev G. A. Hubbell.
solo, accompanied by the banjo, Al. Harte.
Dialogue, "Dolly Warden"
Trio.
Remarks by the president, II. L. shepherd.
Quartet, when shall we meet again."
There is to be an adjourned meeting of
Trinity church in the chapel, Monday
at 80 IN.
The committee appointed by Trinity
Parish to confer with Bishop Williams
went to Middletown, Tuesday morning.
1t is generally understood that Attor-
ney Z. l.. Wells has retired from the
control of the Advertiser. John John
son is to assume the responsibility of
editing the paper.
William Buckley started Monday on a
trip through the Western states.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
MONROE.

Mr. & Mrs William Gilfllan of Brook
Ign spent last week with Mrs A. w. Hin
man.
Martin J. Mallett is earting ties for Mr.
Smith from Minott Booths woods.
G. A. Abbott has done large amount
of saving at his mill, the past season.
LIB. Sterling has traded his Elm Street
farm with Bridgeport parties.
Z. Booth has been offered $500 for his
place, but says that he will have $4,000
for it, or nothing.
A surprise party of neighbors and
friends at w. b. Lanphear's, Wednesday
evening.
Walter Mitchell was in town, Monday,
looking for purchaser for his land, for
which he traded with l.. b. Sterling.
Prof Plat, who meets his class at Mr.
Kraemer's, would like one more scholar,
TO take the place of Miss Stephens, who
has finished.
Lewis Burr has been at work on his
road. If Mr. Burr will do as we'll by his
road as his predecessor, all will be salts
fed.
An adjourned meeting of the Elm
Street cemetery association will be held
at j. G. Johnson's, Saturday evening,
May 3. A full attendance is hoped for,
as matters Of Importance will come up.
Miss Belinda Burr is with her sister,
Mary b. Tibbals, In New Haven.
At the Cutters Farm Sunday school,
"a were in attendance, last Sunday after
noon.
i Mrs Arthur Banks, at the E. p. Fisher
place, has 90 young chickens.
Harmony Grange with e. A. Daley of
Cutters Farm.
1t has been decided to raise the Con-
gregational horse sheds, make them all
into double sheds and repair and paint
them.
WIN Drummond of New York, vic
tim of consumption, Is with his uncle, A.
Sinclair.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
NICHOLS.

The rehearsals In progress for the tenn
perance drama, ''Dot, the Miners Daugh-
ter" promise fine entertainment. II is
Is to be given at Cooks hall for the ben
eft of the Trinity repair fund. The role
OF darkies, being filed by two of our best
amateur actors, will furnish much amuse-
ment for the audience. Cast of charac-
ters:
David Mason, n farmer, william G. Brooks.
Herbert Mason, David's son, Herbert Smith.
Royal Meadows, foster son of Mrs Clifton,
Warren Plumb.
Arthur Floyd, n villain, August MUIR.
George Clifton, Pnrson Swift and Return
ell Californian, Horace Nichols.
hin Torrey, boatman, Floyd's confederate
and police officer. Stanley Nichols.
Ebony, u eolorod individual, George F. Am.
bier.
Mrs Mason, David's wife, Mrs Alice LInder.
Dolores, the miners daughter, Miss Edith
Thompson.
Mrs Clifton, George Clitton's deserted wife,
Mrs William Cooper
winifred Clifton, Mrs ClIfton's daughter.
Mrs O. j. Thorpe.
Hepzibah, u lady of color, Mrs G. Y. Amber.
Remember the date, Tuesday evening,
May 6; If stormy, Thursday evening,
May 8. Supper will be served by the Ia
dies, consisting of Ice cream, cake and
lemonade, all for 25c. Curtain rises at
8 o'clock.
Ezra C. Smith has fine span of horses.
The Methodist sociable passed Off fine
ly, Friday evening; good turnout.
David Ii. Noon will give another recit-
al, May 2s; fine program is expected,
Miss Ella Curtis Is home on short
vacation.
Miss Nina Nichols Is spending week
with her brother Charles in Monroe.
Mrs George Peet is to build Il new
barn; Frank Baldwin will do the work.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02

dition, last week and is getting it in good
condition for soup.
The Eagles were successful in the ball
game played with the Stars of Bridge
port at the athletic grounds on Sutton
avenue, last week.
The Vanderbecks have moved into
their new house on Strawberry hill.
The ladies' aid society of the NJ. f.
church held package sociable in the
lecture room of the church, Tuesday
evening. The price of admission was a
package valued at least Zoe. These pack
ages were afterward disposed of at auct-
ion. There was a large attendance and
cash receipts must have materially ben
Gifted the treasury of the aid society.
There is talk of Il store and meat mar
ket on Strawberry hill.
Emmett Beardsley is doing the mason
work for new house on Elm street.
Letters have been received from j. III D..
Martin, who is now living i'm Butte City,
Montana. Mr. Martin is well pleased
with his new location.
The Cupheags have been adding new
furniture to their club room. They have
arranged for game of ball, Memorial
day.
At the annual meeting of the cemetery
association, the old board of directors
were elected as follows: A. Wilcoxson,
f. J. Beardsley, G.. III. Spall, r. III. Rus
sell, c. ID. Curtis, j. w. Thompson. Ezra
Whiting, Stiles Judson, Sr, and Robert
G. Curtis. The purchase of new ground
was left with the directors. At subse-
quent meeting of the board of directors,
II. ii. Russell was appointed president
and Nathan B. Wells, secretary and
treasurer.
Bag worms have appeared upon the
trees. IL prompt measures are taken,
their ravages may be largely checked.
Letters received from John Edwards
and wife, who are in the far West, report
Mrs Edwards's health benefited.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
NEW MILFORD.

Albert Evtts is on trip to Washing
ton, ID. c.
\ beautiful window will be put into
All Saints as a memorial to William
Black, once a member of the firm of Ball
& Black of New York. The window is
made by Tiffany and is a gift to the
church by Mrs Black. Mrs Draper, mo-
ther of the rector, is to give a handsome
brass pulpit in memory Of Mrs Goodhue.
There Is prospect of branch insane
asylum at the Rogers place, formerly a
boys school, branch of the asylum at
Middletown.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
WESTON.

No service in the Congregational
church, Sunday, as Rev l.. D. Place and
wife were visiting their daughter, Mrs
George Raynor of Manor, l.. 1.
Drs Gorham of Weston and Smith of
Redding met at Lewis Randel's and
thought it best that he go to a hospital
for treatment. Mrs Randel accompanied
him to New York.
Miss Ellen Walton has had seven tu-
mors taken from her head by DIR Hitch
cock of Norwalk and is feeling better.
Mrs Betsy A. Dikeman has bronchitis.
Mrs Caroline Kicks is very sick with
erysipelas.
James Phillips is taking down the old
barn on the ID. 5. Hurlbutt place. A
new and larger one will be put up little
north of the old foundation by S. s. Car
yer. He has his steam saw mill in the
woods and the frame nearly ready.
Ladies' aid society at Mrs V .Godfrey's,
last week.
Miss Hattie Bedient was brought home
from Norwalk, Saturday, sick with dioh-
liberia.
Messrs Geopple & Bradley Have again
started the road machine; some places
were almost impossible in the night.
S. S. Carver is moving into the Row
land place.
Edward Bradley has been confined to
the house with tonsilitis.
Miss Lena Fairchild is improving.
Mrs Crossman does not seem to recover
from the grip as we'll as expected; Drs
Frank and Andrew GOrham think it will
be some time before she will get around
again.
Miss Effie Budd has been with her sis
ter.
d. S. Hurlbutt, school visitor of Will
ton, has commenced work on the farm
recently purchased and thinks his health
already improved.
William Hurlburt, Sr, "A years old,
walked from Cannon to see his little
grandson, Friday.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02

Quite breeze was raised in business
and financial circles in New Haven by
the reputation in open court by Lawyer
Simeon E. Baldwin of the agreement be-
tween the Derby railroad and the city, by
which the Derby road closed several
streets in entering the city. Property
owners have been trying to secure their
money and one of the cases was on trial,
during which Prof Baldwin stated that
the road did not intend to carry out it's
part of the agreement by which the
Housatonic and New England systems
secured an entrance into the city. Ar
guments were begun before Judge Rob-
inson of the Superior court and he has
appointed Luzon b. Morris, formerly of
Newtown, with John S. Sloan and Sher-
wood S. Thompson, as arbitrators.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02

Miss Louise Nichols was guest of Mr.
and Mrs Stiles Nichols of Shelton, last
week.
Gould Tomlinson lost his horse and is
in quest of another.
James Glover is out with new buggy.
Rev Mr. Bosworth came, Sunday, re-
gardless of threatened rain and gave a
good sermon. Service next Sunday at 2 !;
Rev Mr. McKinny will preach.
Clark Beardsley has bought the Smith
place.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
HATTERTOwN.

Ed Booth is driving tea wagon for
the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
DIR Il. j. Peck has gone to New York
to pack his furniture and move it and his
family to this place.
Henry Morgan recently bought horse
Of George Turney.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Hubbell are in
Naugatuck.
C. McCarty, who is sick with lung
trouble and rheumatism in the back, has
employed G. ID. Stillson to take his place
In the Pohtatuck school for few days,
till he is able to get out and take charge
again himself.
The Newtown bee., 1890-05-02
SOUTHPORT.

Miss George ID. Nichols and James G..
Wentz were married ON Wednesday at .
D m at the residence of Mrs Charles Bulk
ley, the grandmother OF the bride. DIR
Robbins, dean OF the cathedral at Alba
ny, N. Y, performed the marriage cere-
mony, In the presence of members of the
family only. J. Holbrook of New York
was best man and the bridesmaids. Miss
es Leake of Albany, were nieces of the
bride. The bride was charming in a
gown Of white faille Franchise, en- traine,
with diamonds and roses. A reception,
continuing from 30 to s, followed the
ceremony and many friends from out Of
town we're present. Among the guests
were Miss Katie A. Buckley, Judge and
Mrs .H.Perry, Miss Wells, Moses Bulk
ley, Miss Elsie Buckley, Mr. and Mrs o.
+. Sherwood, Mrs b. III. Wells, Mr. and
Mrs y. A. Curtis, Miss Sherwood, Miss
Annie Buckley, Miss George Bulkley,A.
o. Jennings, George Beers, +. L. Wells,
MIR and Mrs X. II. Leake, Miss Eliza
Buckley, Mr. and Mrs Wentz, Mr. and Mrs
III. A. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs John M .Haw-
ley, DIR and Mrs Sidney Bishop, Miss
Trubee and others. The rooms were fill
ed with roses and palms, making beau
tiful scene, while exquisite music was
furnished by the Wheeler and Wilson or
chestra OF Bridgeport. A bountiful we'd
ding supper, provided bya New Yorl
caterer, was enjoyed. The bride and
groom left on an evening train for an ex
tended tour which will include Canada
The presents we're numerous, elegant
and costly; over 100 were received On
their return, Mfr and Mrs Wentz will
make their home In Southport.
About dozen young ladies have form
ed a card club and will be known as the
.sFour o'clocks." They are to meet fort
nightly at the house Of member.