The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-07-03

jects: History, geography, grammar,
arithmetic. civil government and physi-
ology. The examining committee are E..
Livingston Wells, j. d. Toomey, Jr, and
John L. Morehouse.
A successful entertainment was given.
last week Thursday, by the Sasquanaug
in Washington hall, which
was decorated with flags, flowers, etc.
The hall was opened at 4 p m and was
crowded till 10 o'clock. Small tables
were on one side of the room, at which
could be had strawberries, ice cream and
cake, or supper. They were well pat
ronized. The candy booth was presided
over by Mrs l.. b. Curtis and Misses Ma
ry Wells and Elsie Buckley; the fancy
table by Mrs Dill; cake table by Misses
Sturges and Eliza Pike; Strawberries
and shortcake, Mrs Lot Buckley and Mrs
E. NJ. Buckley. Lemonade, not of the
picnic kind, but excellent, was ladled out.
A performance by the children was Civ
en- on the stage. The net receipts were
S120.
Simon G. Sherwood is putting down
broader wall in front of his residence.
Mrs Edwin Buckley and family have
come for the Summer.
Thomas w. Stiles was guest of Mrs
Edwin Bulkley. Sunday.
The iron bridge for two tracks over the
Elwood crossing was put in position,
Sunday. 1t is on the south side of the
bridge. During the week, it has been
riveted together and on Sunday the
rails will be removed and the bridge
pushed into place on the north side of
the bridge.
An interesting service was held at the
Congregational church, Monday evening,
at which several students from the ia
nous Hampton school assisted. The
speakers were introduced by E. B. Mon
roe and the songs of the four colored
young men listened to by an apprecia-
tive audience. The speakers were the as
sistant treasurer of the Hampton school,
a colored man and two young Indians,
one nephew of Sitting Bull. He has
been in the school but short time, but
is overcoming the great difficulties before
him and hopes, in time, as indeed they
all do, to return to their own race and
work for their civilization and Christian
ity. Rev Mr. Shelton, always warmly
welcomed in Southport, made a most
stirring appeal for the Indians. One
could not but believe that Providence
was touching their hearts, when those
Indians could sit still and listen to the
account of the horrors which took place
at Wounded Knee and be silent. Rev Mr.
Holman made short address in the in
terest of the colored race, but the hour
was growing late and this pleasant meet
, ing came to an end.
C. A. Grammar is visiting his brother
in Birmingham.
At the annual meeting of the South
port Congregational society, Tuesday af-
ternoon, the old officers were reelected
for another year. Each pewholder is
J expected to continue and occupy the
, same pew, unless written notice is given
to the treasurer.
1t has been suggested and the sugges-
ton is worthy of careful consideration
that the ladies of the Sasquanaug associ
> alton could hardly spend an equal amount
of money in a way that would be more
pleasing to the people and more general
ly acceptable, than by placing street
, signs at the principal corners of the vii
lage. The expense of this would not be
great and large proportion of it would
doubtless be borne by individuals. The
names of the streets could, in many cas-
es, be put on the street lamps. AS to the
names of the streets, doubt and confus-
ion exist in the minds of nine-tenths of
, the people of the village. Main and Wa
ter streets are well known; so is Carpen-
ter avenue, yet the true name of the lat
ter is said to be First street. Pequot
street is another appropriate, but half
forgotten name; half the people hardly
know that there is such street in South.
port. There are a number of copies of a
, map of Southport, published a score of
years ago, perhaps, in which the name
, of every street and every property hold
, er in the village appeared.