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The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

1t is told that one day during the war
squad of Confederates, wearing captur-
ed blue overcoats, rode up to a house in
Tennessee and greeted the owner with !:
"Well, old man, what are you, Reb or
Yank?" Puzzled by the blue coats and
gray pants, and not knowing to which
army his visitors belonged, Old Caution
answered: "Well, gentlemen, I'm moth
in, and very little of that"
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

immigration is a danger. But L would
be willing to leave the formulation of the
methods by which it should be brought
within safe limitations and restrictions
to representatives of the Irish, German,
Scandinavian and Italian societies of the
United States. We want no contract Ia
Dor to pauperize our industries, no GRIM
inals to prey upon our communities and
fill our prisons, no lepers to debase our
blood and deplete our hospital funds.
But we still have room for the honest,
the healthy, the industrious, the intelli-
gent, who come to us to improve Their
condition and add to our national
strength.-[Depew.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

The recent census shows that the IT.
40 acres of London contain 4,211 ,056 in
habitants, an increase of 100000 in the
last 10 years "The police district of
London comprises about 700 square miles
and has 5,633, 1872 inhubitants."r
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10
W.
McCORD.

Our stock is thin just now, but it's
well assorted. You can find what you
seek for, however, and it won't take
you so long as it will a few weeks
from now, when the Fall goods will
insist on crowding everything else out
of sight.
We haven't said much about our
Shade Department. Didn't have oc-
casion to. We take no back seat on
shades, either ready made or to order.
Plain shades, 1 I'D 2 yds, ready
mounted on spring rollers, 25c, fringed
27. Better ones more money.
Lots of Oil Cloths, all qualities and
widths, retail or wholesale. Fall pat
terms just in. Linoleum, Corticene
and that sort of thing too.
Everything cut to the bone, price
wise.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

The hotels in Newtown are filling up
rapidly. Newtown has gained an envia-
BILE reputation as Summer resort, which
need not surprise any one who has an
eye to beauty, or an appreciation ofpure,
invigorating air. Reuben Fl. Smith, for
merly of the American, keeps the New
town BEE humming and by hard work
is evidently making it a success.-CA Amer
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10
Albert Tomlinson of Ansonia has Wis
tied at S. p. Glover's.

The Colts of the Glen played a game
of ball with the Fountain Boys of Dam
bury on the Fourth and won by score
of 2 to IA. In the afternoon, the Glens
played a game with a Danbury club COM
posed of Knights of Columbus men, in
the field back of st. Rose. The Danbury
team won by score of to s.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Richard Coughlin, who died at Pater-
son, N. j., aged 81 years, was with the
Paterson and Hudson river railroads
when horses were used for motive pow
er. He is believed to have been the old
est railroad conductor in America.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

w. I'll. Hull, formerly with Druggist
Bull of Sandy Hook, was his guest on
the Fourth; Mr. Hull rode up from New
Haven on his bicycle.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

E. r. Sutlitf, wife and baby of South
ington have been visiting her father, Jul
ius Beers.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Four-fifths of the tin plate works of
Wales have closed their doors for
month; they employed q, 900 hands.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

The South is to-day producing as much
coal, iron ore and pig iron as the entire
United States produced in 1870.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

j. B. Farchild celebrated the Fourth
by delivering and setting up Wizard
horse rake for II. B. Coger.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Elan Tongue and family of Bridgeport
spent the Fourth and over Sunday with
Botsford Hill friends.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Reports agree that the peach crop
south of New England will be unusually
fine, this year.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

w. J. Brew has his barn, 24x36, raised
and covered ready to fill.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

tricity at Sing Sing, early Tuesday morn
ing.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

G. E. Gilbert is sick with diphtheria
DIR Richardson attends.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Mrs Ii. NJ. Hoyt and daughter Lille of
Bridgeport are visiting at Charles War
ner's.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Dickens's favorite flower was the scar
let geranium.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

Mr. Linsley will be at the Hawleyville
Sunday school, next Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1891-07-10

-
If suffering with Hem
orrhoids (or Piles. A
new A p pl lic q t o r ,
(Which has proved
successful In over
l0,000 cases and Oint-
ment. Sent sealed In
neat box, postpaid
for two dollars. Ad-
dress
Specific Medical
Association,
SO Church Street,
NEW HAVEN, CONN. \
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Hundreds mt a Dogs Funeral.


For number of years Colonel j. b.
Dodge, of Warsaw, has been the owner
of most beautiful and intelligent shep-
herd dog. He was very friendly with
children. Two years ago Frank, while
interviewing another dog on the railroad
track, was run over by passing train,
crushing one of his hind legs and cutting
off his beautiful tail. Thursday Frank,
who had become quite decrepit and deaf,
wandered down to the railroad again
and was struck by train and killed in
stantly.
The news few like wildfire among the
boys, and they concluded to give him
funeral such as no dog ever had in this
part of the country. Selecting suitable
location, the grave was dug and re-
spectacle coffin was made, and Frank
was placed in it in one of his favored
trick attitudes-that of playing dead.
The coffin was then closed and the grave
filed up in the presence of fifty ladies and
gentlemen, who were attracted by the
novelty, and at least 200 boys. The
whole proceeding was conducted with
the utmost decorum.-Cor. Indianapolis
Sentiment
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

Tourists and travellers to Mantou and She
mountains are advised. that from Chicago
and over the great Rock Island Route
through Sleepers and through Chair Cars
are run daily to Colorado Springs.
Take this, as 1t is the cool northern route,
and the only direct one from Chicago to
Colorado Springs, and avoid delays at
Denver or Pueblo.
Il. ST. John, JNo. SEBASTIAN.
Gen'l Man'g'r. Gen. Tiki. d Pass. Agt.
Muskegon Chronicle: The democratic
newspapers must be very anxious for Mr.
Blaine to die, or else they would not so
persistently urge his dangerous" Illness
They have been killing him off in this way
for the last twenty years at least. They
should rest and breathe awhile.
Kalamazoo Telegraph: The fight in Ohio.
with Mckinley on the one side and Campbell
on the other, is squarely on the tariff issue.
The result will be good indication for 1S92,
and Mckinley is sure victor.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
A Sidewalk of Pins.

Ansonia, Conn.,, will have almost a
unique pavement, if one of her citizens
carries his ideas into execution. He is
president of brass pin company, and
intends rebuilding the sidewalk in front
of his home with pins. He has at the
company's shop some twenty barrels of
odd and imperfect pins, the accumulation
of years, and these he will utilize.
On the corner of Broad and Pine
streets, some years ago, several barrels
of pin scraps were placed. The neces-
sary factor in this style of sidewalks,
corrosion, accomplished the rest, and
now there exists walk of solid iron.
The hardness of the walk was tested re-
Gently, when the telephone men attempt
ed to set a pole on that corner. By dint
of much hard work, drilling and blast
ing with dynamite, they succeeded in
penetrating the three or four inches of
pins and corrosion and set the pole. The
walk will last forever, after once being
laid, and neither travel nor storms will
affect it.-Ansonia Sentinel.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

Bicycle statistics prove a constantly
increasing demand for improved models,
and there is no doubt that the capacity
of the existing varieties have been con-
siderably overrated. Upgrades and
gravel roads are still obstacles which the
best inventive will has failed to over
come, and every now and then the rival
ry in the attempt of new feats leads to
fatal results. A few weeks ago the cham
pion bicyclist Of northern Germany was
astonishing the natives of Hadersleben,
in the province of Schleswig, but was in
his turn surprised to find that a local
youngster seemed able to initiate his
most daring evolutions.
Resolved to discourage the competi-
ton of amateurs, the professional then
turned into a street with a steep down
grade, and dashed along at a rate of
speed which made it impossible to check
himself in time, when he suddenly came
across fight of stone steps leading to
the Unterstadt, or riverside suburb of
the little town. For the first five or six
steps the daring rider actually kept his
seat, but in the next moment his ma
chine jumped the track and dashed him
down headlong against the stone balus-
trade of the steep terrace. The wit
nesses Of the accident rushed for doc
to-, but might have saved themselves
the trouble. The champions skull had
been broken into splint rs.-Philadelphia
Times
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

The Pennsylvania law in regard to
fences requires them to be "horse high,
bull strong and pig tight" but John
S. Rogers, one of the big farmers of
Delaware county and leading light in
politics, has jumping horse that no five
rail fence will keep in his grazing ground.
Between the duties of his occupation as
q tiller of the soil and securing the coun-
try two or three times a week for lost
horse, Mr.. Rogers is busy man.
Everybody knows the horse, but Rog-
ers has to call for him all the same at the
horses visiting places, so that counting
lost time he is the most expensive ami
NAL in Rogers collection. His owner
would sell him but for his prospective
campaign for the shrievalty, in which
the horse is already n potent factor, hav-
ing introduced his owner to more men
than Rogers could count in a single
month by constant application, and coun-
try folks are beginning to understand
why Rogers keeps this high jumping
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
A Millionaire Buys "a Hat.

Isidor Wormser was acknowledged the
other day to be the greatest economist of
Wall street. A peddler's wagon was an
chored in New street, fifteen feet from the
Stock exchange and close to Delmonico's.
He peddled straw hats. Many looked at
the hats, and yet few purchased until
Mr.. Wormser ambled along. He wanted
straw hat. He tried several.
He has colossal head, and only one
hat fitted, and that was misfit until
Mr.. Wormser manipulated it. He first
swelled the circumference by jamming
his knee into it, and even then it was a
little tight. AS a last resource, at his
suggestion, the peddler ripped out the
lining.
"How much?" he asked of the peddler.
"Thirty-five cents" replied the itener-
ant merchant, and Mr.. Wormser paid
the price without a murmur. York
Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
At the Wedding in Spirit.

A very novel mock wedding ceremony
was performed in Columbus, Ind, at
$50 a. IN, June z, at the residence of
Henry Lang, a wealthy and influential
German.
At the time mentioned number of
the friends of Mr.. Lang and family met
to celebrate on this side of the globe
the matrimonial union of Mr.. Lang's
nephew, Ernest Feldman, with Emma
Kleb, in the far distant city of Helen
bach. Westphalia, Prussia. Mr.. Lang's
daughter Emma, who sailed some weeks
ago on board the Fuerst Bismarck, for
Hamburg, acted as the first bridesmaid
in the real wedding, while Miss Ella
Martin and Mr.. Gus Kuenneke person
ated the happy couple in this city.
The ceremonies, by careful calcula-
ton of the difference in longitude, were
performed at the same moment of time.
The happy young couple will establish
their home in the old Prussian home
stead, where Mr.. Lang was born sixty
eight years ago. At the mock wedding
here very happy hour was spent. The
refreshment served was wine from Mr.
Lang's own vintage. A case of the same
wine was shipped some time ago to Pr,ls-
STA, and it was drunk at the real we'd
ding at the same hour it was drunk here
Cor. Indianapolis. Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Unique commencement Exercises.

The guests who gathered under the
elms of old Wallingford for the first
commencement of Rosemary hall were
not asked to listen to essays on "The
Pleasures of Memory" "The Progress Of
Women" and like topics, 80 dear to the
heart of the graduating school girl. They
entered the great dining room of Hon.
William q. Choate's summer residence
to find themselves in Venice-looking on
the Grand canal, with its floating gon-
dolas, and at Shylock's house, with pretty
Jessica leaning from the easement. Four
scenes from the Merchant of Venice"
were given with much spirit.
Then the guests were invited out Of
doors to see the contest for the silver
mounted whip. Four horses, having on
nothing but halters, stood under the
trees, and the harness lay on the ground.
The friends grouped themselves around,
and at the word "Startr' four daintily
gowned girls sprang for the harness.
The excitement was intense as Black
Beauty refused his bit or Joe held his
head high. The fifth and sixth COMPETE
tors were given trials as soon as harness
was available. The prize was won in
four minutes and half by Miss Marion
Hazard of Providence.--New Haven Pal
ladium
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
The Young Man tainted.

While young man and young lady Of
this place were gathering plums the
young lady stepped on the head of a
blacksnake. Her first intimation of the
situation was the presence of the snakes
coil around her ankle. She shrieked and
swooned.
The young man flew to the rescue, but
the reptile was moving slowly away
when the excited youth assailed him.
The snake showed fight, and striking
with his full force fastened his fangs in
the mans waistband. The horror of his
predicament overcame him, and faint
ing he in turn fell to the ground. The
young lady was first to recover, and
when her beau returned to consciousness
the snake had disappeared.-Abbevilio
Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
An Error Healed Their Differences,

Even the ''intelligent compositor"
sometimes proves to be the instrument
of great good. For example, on Satur-
day an indignant husband wrote and
gave to Brooklyn newspaper an adver-
tisement in which he gave notice that he
would not be responsible for any debts
contracted by his wife. He wished it to
be inserted twice, and somewhere in the
copy of the advertisement he wrote tho
words ''for two days" These the Gin
telligent compositor" interpreted so that
when the notice appeared it read as fol-
lows: "For two days after date l will
not be responsible for any debts con-
tracted by my WIFE" The separated
couple both saw the absurdity of the
thing and concluded to take the compos-
itor's view of the case. They are now
among the happiest persons in Brooklyn.
Newark On. j. Advertiser.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
A Hard Record to Beat.

Marketmaster Hibbe, of Dubuque, Ia,
who fell and broke his leg recently, has
an extended record for broken bones. AT
three years of age he fell from wagon
and had three ribs broken; at five he fell
down a fight Of stairs and broke his
right arm; at nine he was thrown by a
schoolmate and had his left arm broken;
at twelve he fell and broke two fingers;
at nineteen he was blown from steeple
by the wind and alighting on pile of
sand had his back strained; last spring,
at about thirty years Of age, he fell off
the roof of the Dubuque high school
building, breaking his thigh and jaw
and dislocating his shoulder and ankle.
He says he is still good for fifteen or
twenty more falls if they must come his
way.-Dubuque Letter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

Experiments In Growing Sponges.
1t was rumored in the sponge trade on
Saturday that a company had been
formed with 800, 1000 capital to under
take experiments at sponge growing on
the ocean shore of Long Island, opposite
the Shinnecock hills. The story caused
considerable amusement among practical
men in the business.
ut will be waste Of time and money"
one OF them said, "to try to grow sponge
In northern waters. Sponges will not
grow IN cold climate. We have grade
OF sponges known in the trade as Long
Island grass sponges. They are Of q
cheap quality, and do not come from our
Long Island across the river. They are
from the south."
Several attempts have been made to
grow sponges in this section during tho
past ten years. "a firm in Cedar street
were interested in sponge raising
scheme down at Patchogue five years
ago." dealer said. "They started in,
If my memory serves me right, by max
ing an artificial bottom of coral, prac-
tically the same substance on which the
sponge grows in the Mediterranean.
Then vessel load of sponges was sunk
on the coral bed. After time several
sponge fishers of wide experience were
sent out to the bed to gather the first
crop. They found the seed sponges
rotted and there was not the slightest
evidences Of new crop. Another effort
to grow sponses was subsequently, made
down the New Jersey shore, and, like
the Long Island experiments, nothing
came of t."-New York Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
M,ss Smiths Peculiar Suit.

Miss Margaret Smiths lately deter
mined claim for 100000 against the
estate of the deceased Mr.. Park almost
rivaled the baccarat case. Miss Smith
was described as "an Irish lady of gentle
birth, good education and considerable
attainments. Mr.. Park died four years
ago, aged eighty-two, leaving 100000
Thereupon Miss Smith produced con-
tract which bound Mr.. Park to pay her
CSC, 900 If she succeeded in marrying his
SON John. Twenty thousand pounds
was guaranteed to her in case of failure.
The trial showed that Miss Smith was
possessed of q passion for litigations
She had had fifteen of them for all sorts
Of purposes. In this case she swore that
young Park had asked her to marry him
and had given her a ring, all Of which
the young man denied, and at last Mia
Smith lost her case -London Letter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Grand Rapids Telegram-Herald: A
person would naturally suppose that the
fact that 81 will buy 90 pounds of sugar
would be sweet announcement to every
body. But 1t isn't. 1t makes a democrat
sour through and through.
We have sold Ely's Cream Balm about
three years, and have recommended its use
in more than hundred special cases of
catarrh. The unanimous answer to our
inquiries is, sits the best remedy that 1
have ever used" Our experience is, that
where parties continued it's use 1t never
fails to cure.--J. Ii. Montgomery, & Co.,
Druggists, DEBORAH, Iowa.
When began using Ely's Cream Balm
my catarrh was so bad l had headache the
whole time and discharged large amount
of filthy matter. That has almost entirely
disappeared and l have not had headache
since. Ill. Sommers, Stephney, Conn.
A woman's book has just been crowned
by the French Academy, and has, moreover
received the Prix MOniyon of $500. This is
Mdlle. Blaze Ike Bury's history of Anne
BOleyn.
The Queen, so exorbitant were the prices
on the night that Emperor William was
entertained at opera, had to pay over 81, 666
to have six boxes turned into one.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Insect Plaques.

Cold weather evidently fails to affect
the vitality of insect eggs. In spite of
the exceptional rigor of the last winter
all northern Prussia and Silesia is suffer
ing from the ravages of beetle known
as the Mai-kafer C''May bug'O, and the
south coasts of the Mediterranean have
been visited by portentous locust swarms.
In Sicily the public schools of several
villages have been closed to enlist the
youngsters in the warfare against the
common enemy, and in Algiers dis
trict of twenty square miles has been
covered with locust stratum of three
to five Observation-Disclosures Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
ROSES.

Red e. the wine OF forgotten sees.
yellow as gold Of the sunbeams suun.
flnk Is the gowns Of AuroraS pages,
white as robe of sinless one.
Sweeter than Araby's winds that blow
Roses, roses, l love you sol
Crowning the altar where vows are spoken.
Grading the form that Is still and cold,
symbol OF Joy, and loves last token,
Telling the story that never grows oldl
Spirits Of beauty, whom none debar,
Know'ye, wonder. how fair ye are2
Glory Of monarch, In palace royal,
oueenliest oharmers Of all the place;
Blooming for yeoman, tender and loyal.
Bending to kiss his toll stained face.
Roses, roses, born but to bless,
Yield me your secret of loneliness!
Emma Q. Dowd In Ladies' Homo Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Women at special sales."

Now is the day Of Especial salesn-
Occasions" as the French call them-in
all the large dry goods shops. smiled
to observe, in reading an advertisement
the other day, that one enterprising
Sixth avenue firm had borrowed the
term and announced an Occasion" of
"jupes" and "jupons," which it oblig-
ingly translated in parentheses for the
benefit Of possible purchasers unac-
quainted with ia belle langue." A
surging, perspiring mass of eager femi-
ninity fills the shops, and bears triumph
antly away bargains" on which posi-
bly, five cents each have been saved.
The loneliness of woman's character does
not shine brightly at these crises.
passed through the upper floor Of q
shop yesterday, where special sale Of
ginghan gowns was going on. The
women wer9 tendeep around the counter
and a. intent and excited as gamblers.
I paused moment to watch two well
dressed ladies exchanging feminine
amenities" about gown. One had Sc
cured the body, the other the skirt, from
the pile on the counter, and each claimed
that she was entitled to the whole gar
ment
As it was the only obtainable one of
tho desired size, each held to her prize
with the tenacity of drowning man to a
spar, and although they were speaking
with much suave courtesy about the
matter there was fixed determination
ON each charming face to carry the day.
I wanted to stop and give the judgment
Of Solomon on the child, that each take
half, but from all appearances 1 fancy
that they must have stood their ground
until the closing of the shop brought
matters to some kind of conclusion
New York Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Expensive Footballs.

While looking over the latest arrivals
In rubies, sapphires and diamonds in an
up town jewelry store the other day, a
tice stylish blond woman ask the
clerk at the counter for silver footbath.
The loiterer watched interestedly the
proceedings which followed, and saw the
clerk emerge from the farther end of the
store with silver bowl, rather oblong
and perhaps ten inches in depth. He
placed it on the counter, and proceeded
to explain the beauties and comfort of it.
"Of course" said he, "they are quite
new as yet, but all the ladies who have
purchased them speak highly Of their
convenient uses. There, you see, the hot
water faucet is here on the right, and
the cold on the left, and this little para
sol arrangement is the shower bath,
which can be made as forcible as de-
sired"
"Did you say you had sold many?" in
Quired the customer.
"We only received them week or
two ago, but we have sold goodly num-
Der for that short space of time"
"Have you any other kind?'
eyes; the golden baths"
swell, don't like gold plate for bath
purposes. / will take this one."
While her back was turned the OBJ
server took peep at the miniature tub.
It was a beauty, and no mistake; all
carved with lilies, ferns and leaves, and
frosted all over The handles of the
faucets were of pearl, and it was not
surprising to hear the clerk name the
price of $100.-New York Continent.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

In one of London's fashionable churches
the preacher made an appeal to the eff
feet that a certain baronet was, through
no fault of his own, in debt to the
amount of sixty pounds, and had no
means of paying. Consequently the con-
gregation were called upon to provide
the amount required.