The Newtown bee., 1891-02-06
The Library Benefit.

The entertainment in Town hall, Tues
 day evening, for the benefit of the libra
 ", consisted of music by the pupils o1
 Prof c. s. Platt, pantonlime by lt
 young ladies and an old fashioned dis
 trict school. The weather was threaten
 ing and the roads muddy, consequently
 the hall was only about two thirds filled
 The musical part of the program was
 about as advertised, except that Frank
 Gilbert, Fannie Scudder and Edith M.
 Turney were absent. Bright little Katie
 Houlihan, kind and thoughtful Roy Platt,
 handsome Harry Curtis and sweet Bessie
 Beers, womanly Bessie Jonas of the gold
 en hair, beautiful little Etta Martin and
 Miss Annie Troy attired like tropical
 bird, sweet little sisters in pink and blue
 Fannie May and Alice Beers, all did
 their best and deserve praise. Arthur
 Platt, in black and yellow knee brooches
 and yellow tie, sang ssOh Maria" and danced to the delight of the audience.
 Being enthusiastically cheered, he re- sponded with ssWhen Johnny gets his un,'-this time with tambourine. Then came the gossip pantomime. Misses El- la Southworth, Grace Peck, Hattie Nlch- ols, Lillie Dikeman, Alice Sehermerhorn,
 Mary Blaekman, Ada Peck, Emma Ter Till, Lillic Fairman and Sadie Gaffney, dressed in black dresses, white muslin caps with deep frill, white Quaker neck erchiefs and spectacles, marched, shook hands, whispered, raised hands i'll holy horror, fell on each others necks and ended with d drill Their i'll nature had left no impress on their fair young faces. This part of the entertainment was ad- mired by all. The more difficult music renderen by Misses Emma and Bessie Glover, Jennie Shepard, Hattie Ferris, Grace Peck, Jennie Fairchild and Grace Goodsell showed application and, ill some instances, talent. What is sweeter than sweet young girl and some or them were fairer than the flowers with which they were adorned. It would add much to the interest of these musicales if there could be some songs and familiar airs interspersed. Then came the coun- try school:
 Miss Snodgrass, teacher, Mrs c: s.: Platt; scholars-Sarah Maria Sly Mrs c. B. Taylor, Jane Clapdoodle Mrs William C. Johnson, Tarbox Miss Emma Terrill, Mary J. SlOcum Hattie Northrop, Tirzah A. Stebbins Grace Blakeman, Susan Fray Abbie l.. Peck ,Asahel Pigsby Robert Beers, Hezekiah Slocum, c. G. Peck, Isaac Ketchum Frank Wright, Abime- leck Jones Samuel J. Botsford, Josiah Per .t,,e IItxHr rIs.xy Nar EriS Clark, Moses Auchempaugh George Beers, Iceabod Tompkinson E. J; Hall, Jnba Krum Willam W iii ocf' cali e Nortnrop, % Julius Can John Seth Crane Lee Johnson, Mrs Crane Miss Martha Linsley, Squire Small Harlow 
 Conspicuous among the pupils was the infant class, R. H. Beers, Charles Peck and Frank Wright, dressed in pinafores and short pants, with pretty ruffies around their necks and all chewing gum. In this reading class, for "Hercd the te- trach'' R. H. Beers (Asahel Pigsby) ren- dered it ''He rode the tater cart" and wept on being corrected by the teacher. For "This is a worm; do not tread on it." Isaac Ketchum Crank Wright) rendered ''This is warm doughnut; tread on it," for which Isaac was presented with a dunce cap and stood in the corner, where he chewed gum, threw spit balls, etc. A few new scholars were asked their names. To Zuba Krum C.. c. Morris) "What do you call yourself?'' II don't call myself any names, but Jotham Todd does and if he does it again I'll lick him, see if I don't. My name is Zuba krum and don't you forget it." E. F. Hawley as ''Josi- ah Perkins" dressed in lace ruffie, pink vest, white short pants and striped stock ings, was late at school, tripping at the door and spilling the contents of his din- ner basket. He afterward read an essay a yard long tied with wide yellow rib bon. Mrs k. J. Hall with braided hair. apron and wide pantalets as 'sHuidah was complete little girl. Mrs W. c. Johnson as Jane Clapdoodle" was pretty and cute. Mrs c. B. Taylor was complete little girl in braids, apron and pantalets and was pretty and smart. The whole school sang part of the multi plication table to the tune of Yankee Doodle. One of the parents (Miss Lins- ley in shawl and immense brown bonnet) came in leading by the ear her son Oee Johnson in carroty wig, short blue with abbreviated sleeves, short pants, stockings tied up with strips of white cotton cloth and brogans. II brought him, Miss Snodgrass. Meow, Seth Crane, yeou miserable little truant yeou. jest go and set deown and behave yourself as if you had some bringin' up or yeoull catch it when yeou git home and meow Miss Snodgrass I jest want yeou to make my son behave himself an eff he don't want you to fog him, not enough to hurt him for he's very deli cato child, he's a most affectionate child. Seth dear go right to studying Seth, I won't and more easily led than driv- en. But he's so nervous I'm afraid he'll never live to grow up. Whenever yeou see him playin' be sure it's all nervous ness. But mercy sakes alive my pump kin pies'll all be burned to cinder all on account O that vagabond a-settin' there and grinnin', ef I don't give you a wal
 lopin' when I git home!'' Miss Linsley
 had evidently seen some such parents
 and took her part to perfection. Zuba
 passed water around with leaky dipper.
 The arithmetic class was composed of s
 J. Botsford, E.F. Hawley, Lee Johnson,
 Mrs E. J. Hall, Mrs c. B. Taylor, Will
 Northrop, John Northrop and L.C. Nor
 ris. Zuba thought if 42 apples and eight
 pounds of beef were added together, ht