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The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

. Charlie Keeler saw two fiocks OF wild
geese flying toward the south, Sunday
morning.
10 Little Milton Williams has picked up
five bushels of walnuts, sold them for $5
and put the money in Bridgeport bank.
What little boy six, years old can beat
that? y
Mr. and Mrs William Jennings of Deep
River have been in town. .'','.' '~'.A''' -
','".i' r. ,s,4,s 80 s,,iy; - ,ts,,.s sit
1T; James Tyler and family are among the
;sicle."'i5 T"ss1 ,,,,itf' ;'>sf zig nm,t .tttH
-, Mr. and Mrs Lou Burr and son Victor
spent Sunday at Charles WintonSs.
Ernest Haviland of Bridgeport is at the
place. of his late uncle, Isaac Thorps SUI
perintehdimg the place until the, estate is
settled! ~ . 2 'i'ssttt .st.~,,s. ss,r9gitt~
=. Mr. and Mrs NJ. w. Wilson of West
port visited Mrs 4. p: Turney, Sunday
MIS- Cyrus Turneyis5 caring for Mrs
'Sarnuel Seeley and daughter. ''''f 's>'
. "NAatiE & a. a. t..ts..H ..-..,t ,..-7
Mrs. George S.. Banks attended the
y funeral Of her nephew at New Canaan,
Is Saturday. H. -.: ,..'- -. ..:i.. .;s.rt
" Nj and Mrs Lock wood of Bridgeport
have visited Mrs j. L. Perry. s;'-.' .-.
A delegation from Easton attended
the funeral of Mr. Belts at Westport
Tuesday afternoon.
Nehemiah Candee of Yale spent Sun.
day at his fathers; he cOntemplates &
J 1Ghpistntas visit to Chicag go. i II = u
Ladies' EnteHprise;society with MrsEJ
I"L.tPerry, Thursday evening, if pleasant
if notf Friday evening", 'su,,':, .,oss:A5
John Benedict Of tstepney put in ii new
double heater for E. S. Gillett.. ''''''' -.'''
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

>, The necessity for better common roads
is admitted by all, but as yet no practical
BILE method of overcoming the greatest
difficulty presenting itself seems to have
been proposed. This difficulty is lack
of money in the hands Of those most in
terested in having good roads. Some
financial help must be given to 'agricul-
tural communities, a help that will, if
judiciously expended, return itself many
times in the decreased cost of marketing
farm produce. The Pennsylvania plan
which, in brief, is that where any town
builds or>improves a mile Of road, the
county and State shall each build or inn
prove another mile of like quality seems
a step in the, right direction. But the
general government, which controls all
the great sources of income, should in
tervene in the aid of common roads and
supplement the county and State aid on
the same principal that it improves our
water courses, as neither enterprise can
be advantageously undertaken by corpo-
rations.-T Edward 2. North, G. E.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
LONG HILL.

E. Booths singing school was not held,
last Monday evening, on account of the
sudden death, that day, of Mr. Booths
cousin, Mrs John L. Beardsley of Hunt
ington. The school will be closed until
Monday evening, January 4, when the
scholars will please report for duty, one
and all, at Beardsley's hall. If stormy,
the next evening.
Mrs Ellen Mcmahon died, Tuesday,
aged 73. Funeral at St.Stephens church,
Stepney; interment in St. Michael's GEM
etery, Bridgeport.
Hurd & Jones advertise elsewhere
great holiday bargains.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
LONG HILL. HUNTINGTON.

James Forbes has moved to Shelton
and intends to sell his own place. The
move is on account of failing health.
A.. j. Richie, better known as ssLittle
jack" while drunk, last week, attacked
his brother Edward and was arrested.
His father bailed him out, next day.
H.sJ. Roberts has rented his mill and
machinery to New York parties for a
term of years.
Civil Engineer Blinsmade, with the Sc
lectmen, made a survey, Monday, to
grade the hills on Long Hill avenue.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

B. N. Beard has returned home, but is
not able to attend to business.
Miss Flora Beard returns home, this
week, for holiday vacation.
H, j, Roberts has sold his colt to one
Mcdonald. .,,.,...z 49,.
The two alligators owned by Fred
'Somers have gone to sleep for the Win
ter and are packed away in leaves in his
snaTIsr. 'sesrs''t "a t'sgt'5is5s.ss 5t4D,l,,st
sshf is,..e ,-t44s.;, t:ssl.
@. G. Beard, .Jr, will go to, Vermont,
this week, after cattle, hay and butter.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
MONROE.
Hurd & Jones advertise elsewhere
great holiday bargains. g.

Hurd & Jones advertise elsewhere
great holiday bargains. +"
Great improvements have been made,
of late, about the Center, which add
much to the beauty of the place and are
also a credit to property owners there.
y The Congregational horse sheds, which
have been in poor condition for a long
time, have been replaced by new. The
ground was low and wet where the old
ones were and the new were set further
! back and up some two and half feet
from the ground, requiring a. large amount
of work to fill them in ready to occupy.
The carpenter finished his part, long
time ago, but the remaining work to be
done seemed formidable undertaking.
The necessary courage was finally sum-
moned and during the fine weather of the
past week, volunteer company Of will
ing hands have been busy getting them
ready. When the fencing is completed,
the property will be in fine shape.
st. Peters looks well in its new dress
of white and green blinds.
The park fence has been repaired and
is being painted by. Downs & Sherman.
Born, 18th, son to Mr. and Mrs Lewis
b, Beardsley, sr M
Mrs John L, Beardsley ordered meat,
Saturday, from Butcher G. N. Curtiss
and when1he delivered it, Monday, she
had died Of pneumonia in the morning.
y No school I'M Elm street, this week, in
consequence of the sickness of the teach
or, Miss Minnie r. Edwards.
Marshall Beach is repairing and paint
Ing his house.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
DEERFIELD.

- Mrs John L. Perry and daughter of
Easton have visited Mrs Charles Mich
OILS.
E.i"H-. 90 --..f {.s.
Miss Martha M. Burr is with her cous-
in, Burr Wilson of Easton.
Mrs Kate Nichols of Fairfield Woods
has visited her uncle, Charles Nichols.
Miss Laura A. Dowd has visited in
New Haven. @"
Miss Minnie B. Nichols has visited in
Cross Highway.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
TRUMBULL.

Miss Sadie, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Amariah Mallett, who has been
sorely afflicted with throat troubles, is
now better.
The buildings on the land belonging to
the late Patrick Casey have been remov-
ed to Bridgeport.
C. V. Geskie is in the Park City on
duty at the Malleable iron works.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
wEsrfpoRT.

George A. barrow and wife led Vigi-
lantsf ball, last week. &4
Rev A. N. Lewis, formerly rector OF
Trinity church in Westport, continues in
charge of the largest Episcopal church in
Montpelier, VT, where he has been,act.
ing as rector since last Summer. His
family remain in New Haven't alladi-
UNI.
EsEfttti - 1917
Rev Mr. Wayne preached on Heli,' last
Sunday next Sunday, he will take up
Heaven. [.t>si tIf.t +<{z4/.
I The M; e. church is being painted by
James Keller.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

i One of the most interesting features
of the annual report of the postmaster
general is the suggestion concerning the
use of the telephone in the postal service.
Mr. Wanamaker evidently expects that
the Bell company will be 'unable to con-
:tinue its telephone monopoly after next
year on the basis of the Berliner patent
recently granted Anticipating, there
fore; freedom to use instruments for the
transmission of sound, he recommends
that country post offices in particular be
equipped with telephone service.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

The railway mileage in the United
States, June 80, 1890, was 1853, 500. O5
miles; the increase in mileage brought
into operation during the year was 6O3O-
so miles. Michigan shows the largest in
crease during the year, -49S.OS miles.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

The county commissioners have APP
pointed Attorney Bacon Wakeman pros
ecuting agent for two years more.
Frederick Sturges has given 500 to
instruct the young people of the Con
gregational church in music and Mr.
Wilkins comes from Bridgeport to train
them.
w. G. Clark 'of Bridgeport is doing
the painting and frescoing at the Con-
gregational church and an artistic job it
promises to be. The auditorium is fin
ished to bring out the beauty and
strength of the natural oak. In the
Sunday school room, the side wallis are
dark yellow, while, overhead, white
wreath stands out on a yellow ground.
In the, parlor, the upper side walls, are
straw color, the windows and lower side
walls ivory. Overhead a peculiar figure,
hard to describe but of tasteful design,
is laid on to a dark yellow ground. Mr.
Clark hopes to finish in two weeks more,
perhaps soon after New Years and
thinks that it will probably be February
before the church is ready to dedicate.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

The Continental flag carried by the
Philadelphia city troop in the Revolu-
tionary war is believed to be the only
one now extant. sit is spread between
two large pieces of plate glass and is
kept completely air tight. The proba-
bilities are that were it removed from
this case it would fall to pieces. In de-
sign, it is somewhat similar:to the Eng
lish jack. The design was made by a
committee, OF which Benjamin Franklin
was a member, in 1916" .. g..
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

Baron Hirsch's colony of Russian
Jews near Cape May, N. j., is rapidly
taking on the semblance of thrifty COM
munity. The trustees of the Hirsch fund
purchased 5000 acres of wooded land, up
on which as it is cleared a village is be-
ing built and farms laid out. The village
is to consist at first of SO neat cottages
costing 5000 each, a shirt factory, in
which $50 of the colonists are to be EN-
'ployed, a church, school house and, by
and by, a public library. Surrounding
the village are farms of 80 acres; each,
which are to be sold at S. an acre un-
cleared, and SIP SIP an 4 acre, if cleared and
plowed. Only heads of families are to
be allowed to purchase these farms or
the houses in the village and terms of
payment are to be made easy enough to
enable any thrifty eolonist to own his
house or his farm :, The colonists must
be industrious and have some knowledge
Of farming or of some trade and must
avoid Intoxicants, none of which will be
sold in the colony. There are already
some $50 Of them at work clearing land,
making roads, laying out farms building
houses and the like, and their numbers
are increasing SO rapidly that the full
number, for whom there is room will be
on the ground as soon as houses can be
built for them.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deep, de-
pending upon q, healthy condition OF the vital
organs AZ the liver be inactive you have a bill
lious look, If your stomach be disordered you
have dyspeptic look and ii your kidneyssbe
affected you have pinched look Secure good
health apd YOU viii have good looks Electric
Bitters ID the great alternative and tonic; acts
diEecily on these vital organs, Cures PIN
pies, blotches, boils and gives q good COM
plexion.sold at E. F. Hawley's drug store, SOC
a bottle.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

Ward McAllister has found time to talk
about the great New Years ball he is
getting up and which is, going to eclipse
anything of the kind ever given in New
York. IF there is anything in me, ~
said he, sit will come out this time, don't
you know. 1t will be the effort of my
life, you understand. No effort will be
spared. you see. 1t will be held in the
Madison Square garden January Is. The
bali will be given by 100 of the most dis
tingushed gentlemen. Limited my list
Of subscribers to 100 this year. Used to
have $50, you know. Great many more
than 100 wanted to be subscribers this
year, you understand, but had to refuse
them. Sorry, but had to do it. Invita-
lions to the ball will be extended to about
l200 ladies and gentlemen. That means
that about 1000 will. be present."
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
9ASPETUCK.

Cards ont fosstfie nrarr'ia ge of Miss
Anna Catherine, daughter of Coley NJ,
Abbott, to Robert Scholley, Wednesday,
23d, IN, at the NJ. E. church.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

Speaker Crisp's connection with the
theatrical profession is very close. Both
his parents were actors and one brother,
Harry Crisp, was for several. years a
member of the Boston Museum stock
company. The Crisp family. it is said,
for years before the war constituted Ii
band of players strolling from town to
town through the South. -,
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

A pretty bit Of Sentiment has become
organized in New York city as 1.-THE
Christhias' Society, Pr rs purpose being
to provide poor children with presents at
Christmas times The Christmas society
has engaged Madison Square garden for
Christmas afternoon j. the body Of the
house is to- be given to the. children and
their friends; the boxes are to be sold to
onlookers and the gallery seats likewise
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

go 4 bright Waterbury boy, who was TAX
en- to. church for the first time Gan Epis-
copal church), and sat with his mother
in the choir, was very much taken by the
"Gloria,' but also very much puzzled.
Say, MOTHER he asked on his return
home. ''why did Glory beat the Father? p
!''Glory beat the Father what on earth
do you mean?' said his mother. "Why,
yes, you sang it over and over again in
church this morning beat the
Father Say, mother, what had the
Father been doing to Glory?' And that
mother tries to sing more distinctly now.
T Waterbury American.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
FAIRFIELD.

The death of the wife of Juror John L..
Beardsley of Huntington has thrown the
Osborne will case over till next Monday.
The new organ for the Congregational
church, made By G.S. Hutchins of Bps-,
ton, has been put in place, this week. 1t
is the gift of j. Pierrepont Morgan, who
also gave the bell, memorials to his first
wife, Amelia, youngest daughter of JON
athan Sturges and sister of Frederick
Sturges, whose generosity toward church
and town is so fruitful of practical bene-
fit. The organ has pretty front, with
gilt pipes and is the first Hutchins organ
put up in this vicinity. It cost about
$4,000 and has 20 stops, two banks of
keys and is l6 feet high. Its voicing is
claimed as its chief excellence. 1t is said
not to have a harsh note in. it; nothing
screeching about it, though who the per-
former is, as in all instruments. makes
all the difference in the world, the work.
man says who has been in charge of it's
erection. Its finest stops are the eolian
and salicional.
H. - T.
ALL MEN ARE NOT CON-
STITUTED ALIKE. ONE CAN
EAT ANYTHING WITH A
RELISH, WHILE ANOTHER
WANTS BUT. LITTLE AND
THAT LITTLE THE BEST.
WHEN WE WANT A GOOD
CUP OF COFFEE OR TEA, WE
ALWAYS GO TO B. BELTS
STORE; HE HAS A SUPERB
OR ARTICLE, THE BEST WE
EVER DRANK AND FULLY SC.
A POUND LESS THAN WE
PAY AT OTHER PLACES. HIS
GRADUATED SUGAR, 22 lbs.
FOR 81, AND NEW CROP NEW
ORLEANS MOLASSES AT45c.
PER GALLON ARE A SUR
PRISE. HIS REDUCED PRI-
CES ON OIL, FLOUR,BUTTER
STARCH, MACKEREL AND,
IN FACT, ALMOST ALL
KINDS OF GROCERIES, COM
PEI US TO CONGRATULATE
THE CITIZENS OF FAIR
FIELD IN HAVING SUCH AN
ENTERPRISING MERCHANT
IN THEIR MIDST. 60 AND
SEE HIS DISPLAY OF
CHRISTMAS CANDIES, THEY
ARE FIRST CLASS, AND HE
WILL SELL YOU CHEAPER
THAN THE SAME GOODS
ARE BEING SOLD IN
BRIDGEPORT. "'" $50
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

An uncommonly sad case of death from
alcoholism after treatment at the Kelley
institute at Dwight, III, comes from Chi
cago. A few years ago, Dr. W. r. 'Standi-
ford was one of the most prominent prac-
tieihg physicians at Hot Springs, Ark.
Habits of intemperance grew upon him.
however and his practice began to fall
away He then went to Chicago to try
and reform in new social atmosphere.
The whisky thirst grew and, in an effort
to recover from the effects of his de-
bauches, he contracted the morphine
habit and was soon the slave of. both liq-
uor and morphine. 1t was then that his
friends prevailed upon him to try the BIZ
chloride of gold treatment. He remain
ed at. Dwight longer than is the case with
the ordinary patient and, when he left
, the institute, last May, it is asserted that
he thoroughly believed in his own mind
that he was entirely freed from the appe-
title which had so long dragged him down.
He returned to Chicago and for time, it
is said, he had no sort of an appetite for
liquor or morphine DR. Standiford was.
however, of an. experimental nature and,
as the story goes, purely in a spirit of I'M
,yestigatiop, he began to use both Liquor
lapd morphine again to asce1t tain whether
or not his, appetite for them was, com
pletely dead, as had been claimed by some
3: Of the more enthupSiastiet advocates of the
treatment. He soon found out, and il
was not long before the appetites again
obtained complete mastery Republi
sican.lt su, i 80 Il, ',tt 4. - .l.,: -tal
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
EAsTON..

Randolph Bradley has been insWash-
ington, d. G.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
BREAKFAST.

ssBy thorough knowledge of. the natural
and nutrition and by a careful application of
the fine properties of well selected Cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with
IA deIfcately fiAvoured beverage which may
save us many heavy doctors bills. 1t is by
the iudicious use OF such articles OF diet that
acoifstitution may be gradually ibuiltmp until
strong enough to resist every tendency to
disease Hundreds of subtle maladies are
fioafing around us ready to attack wherever
there is a weak point. We may escape many
a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves we'll lforti
fed with pure blood and properly qourished
frame civil Service Gazette. Made simply
" It'll boiling water or. milk. Sold only in
half.pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES EPpS g. CO., homeopathic Chemists
~-------, London, England
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

Charlie
called
NOR - =" poor.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

HILLS BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
I'll rWilI open for.W inter term, October 19.Any
who wish to make the most of their time and
money will find this School well suited to
their purpose. For circular of information
address BEACH HILL, Long Hill, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

az. CriFp,is the inst distipctively, southern
man ,elected speaker since James L., Orr
of South Carolina presided over the
House in the days. Of preparation for Sc
cesSiOn. =.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

First comes Slippers. We have vel
vet and plush, Towards, Operas and
Everetts. Goat in Black, Tan,. Rus
sets and Red. Romeos Ia slipper
designed to protect the ankles in
Black, Russia Leather and Tan from
So so to 81. Ladies' Slippers in Felt.
Serge, Kid, Patent Leather and Velvet.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-04-09

Its related - Signor Bagagiolo, whose
big bass voice used to sound sonorously
at Covent Garden few years ago, that
once when he was supposed to be repre-
senting the king in Hamlet" he was
urged by an intelligent stage manager to
exhibit some signs Of terror. He de
clined on the ground that it would be
undignified in king to be afraid Of any
thing, and continued to comport himself
with a wooden stolidity which, as his
explanation seemed to chow, was intend.
cd for regal bearing. On the operatic
stage there are not few vocalists with
no more idea Of interpreting character
than was possessed by the good humored
bass, and there is reason to believe that
for this cause good many regular visi-
tors fo the opera houses have but very
faint idea OF the plots Of many well
known works.-Satursiay Review.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-04-09
Ben Franklln,s s.stick. {"

Mr.. Fergus, who has the old woodcut
OF Gen. Grant, has another and curious
memento of other days. It Is a printers
stick, which was presented to Mr.. Fer
gus when he was at work at the case in
London. 1t differs from the stick used
by prieters Of the present day in that it
is not SO deep by nearly one-half, and
can he broken so that two measures can
be ''set" in it at once. It was used in
setting type for bookwork.
II brought it to this country with me, :"
said Mr.. Fergus, "and one day missed
it. Iwent around among some of the
Offices, and one night I found it on the
case OF German printer. ] told him
it was my stick and he gave it up.
don't say that he took it, for I don't
know that he did. You may know why
value it SO highly when I tell you it
was once the property of BENJAMIN
Franklin. Chicago Tribune.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-04-09

bestowing it upon q number Of rich
men, for whose sole benefit it would
seem the government is designed.
They have seen that they are taxed
by every possible means. even beyond
their ability to pay and live decently,
to amass vast fortunes for these IA.
vored ones. that they may live in lux.
ury off the hard earnings of the poor,
and augment with each turn of the
wheel of fortune their power to op-
press. to enforce their despotic exac.
tions.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-04-09

ANOTHER FLOOD /, ZOO YEARS
A Predicsiea Thas th6 >ean win Sub
merge she Norshe1 continent.
The map of the wox1 Is geograuhers
nave outlined 1t, sho1 that there is q
vast preponderance of ID north of the
equator. HumboldteG lated that Asia
stands ut an average ID kIt Of 1,f50 feet
above the level Of & ocean; South
America, 1,130; Mort America, $50;
Europe, $40 feet. The rage height of
all the land above I'll = level-omit-
ting Africa and Aust IA, which are
mostly south of the e@ator-is about
go feet. The landed 1urface of the
northern hemisphere i Xbout 44,0O0, 900
square miles; that OF T. A0nuthern hemi-
sphere about 14,O00, O. to 10000, 900
square miles, leaving . Inference of saw
2S, ,000, 900 square miles d land of an ay-
erage height of Ss0 fe& above the sea
level.
But as there Is the sazle visible excess
Of water On TIA soss = I. !. = that there
Is OF land ON the northern, and as the
depth Of the seas Is about the same, it
follows that the weight Of the excess of
submerged land in the northern hemis-
pbere must be added to the 2S, ,000, 600
square miles, doubling the height of it,
making the landed surface of the north
ern at least 1 $40 feet above the average
surface of the southern hemisphere, both
it's continents and ocean depths. What
is there south of the equator to balance
this enormous weight? There must be
something or the earth would not main
tain its poise.
II there was nothing, water level in
that region would be impossible. Pro
fessor Merriman believed that the bal
ancing weight might be found in that
5000, 900 square miles of unexplored re-
gion lying within the antarctic circle. II
it does exist there in the shape of ice, as
all scientists believe it does, these i'm
mense mountains of ice must necessarily
be Of an average OF ever two and a half
miles to make the southern hemisphere
equal in weight to the northern.
But this state of things cannot always
exist. At present the sun fingers eight
days longer in the northern than it does in
the southern hemisphere. This Is owing
to the earth's third motion, that Of slow
wabbling on its axis. This caused it to
approach nearest the sun on Dec. 81
1913, and it will approach equally near
on July 81 of the year 1f74S. We of the
northern hemisphere win then De in tho
midst of terrible winter, providing the
whole of the land north Of the equator
has not been submerged; but there is
good reason for believing that North
America, Europe and Asia will then all
be under water.
This terrible catastrophe will be
brought about in this way: The south
ern hemisphere viii then receive 40 Der
cent. more heat and light than it does
now. This win melt the great ice ac-
cumulations at the south pole. One
mile of that supposed two and a half, If
melted, would raise the sea level at the
north pole about 800 feet, at London $50
feet, at New York 200 feet. When all
OF it should melt the waters would stand
500 feet deep on the top of Lake Superior,
and wash the base of the Rocky mount
aims throughout their entire length.-St.
Louis Republic.