The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-08-28
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Joseph Squires went to the beach and
brought home an eel less than six feet
long, which he captured with d great eff
fort.
w. E. Duncomb has a bureau about
seven feet high with nine draws in it,
over 100 years old. Eugene Adams has
sand papered and vanished it, so it is
now relic well worth seeing and of
great value.
Mrs Ward Wheeler has a beautiful
work basket brought home from the
Thousand Islands, made by an Indian
squaw.
John R. Hill has taken the agency for
William Wilson & Co., nurserymen and
will call early to take your order.
r. o. Smith, who taught the Academy,
last Winter and boarded with j. N. Nick
erson, committed suicide, last week, at
the Carleton hotel in Buffalo. Having
procured pound of ehloroform, he went
to a photographer and his picture taken
with the bottle in his hand. The picture
was sent to his people with a letter that
he wrote, giving the details of his plans
in matter of fact way that fairly chills
ones blood. 81 do not" he says, s'fear
Death. What | do fear is failure. 1t
must be awfully embarrassing to make
an attempt at suicide and not succeed.
One gets all the slurs and none of the
sympathy. My plan is to soak a cloth
in chloroform, lie face down on it and
cover up my head. If fail, better luck
next time" His plan was carried out to
the mnutest detail and death must have
speedily resulted. The young man was
% years of age, of exemplary character,
brilliant mind and highly esteemed by
all who knew him. He graduated from
Cornell with high honors in the class of
80. He had obtained a good position in
a college in Indiana and his prospects
for the future were brilliant. No cause
is known for his sad taking off, except
temporary insanity. His remains were
taken to Avoca, n. Y, where his aged
father resides, who looked upon him as
the support of his declining years.
Charles Nordman has hired out to j.
NJ. Sullivan and will work in his black
smith shop. James Boutwell, will take
his place in the shop of Ell. S. Shaw.
Patrick Flood had the misfortune to
lose his horse, last week. For some I'M
one side and Mr. Flood had to kill it.
Miss Elizabeth Sammis of New Haven
is visiting her uncle, ID. Sanford.
Quite respectable quota of Readings
inhabitants have been camping out on
the beach at Cedar Point. AS one party
returns, another takes its place. The
temporary house erected by j. E. Miller
and tent afford shelter. Among those
who camped, last week, were w. III. Hill
and family, Aaron Read and wife, W. H.
Lounsbury and family, Ebert Sanford
and Arthur Sherwood, with their wives,
w. II. Beers and his son Marcus and
many others who made flying visits and
enjoyed the hospitality of the campers.
L. F. Sanford wishes the item in last
weeks BEE in regard to the sale of his
place contradicted. He says it is incor-
rect in every particular.
E. P. Shaw supplied the pulpit at the
Methodist church, last Sunday, in the
absence of Rev d. Taylor. The church
will not be opened, next Sunday.
H. B. Jennings moved small OUT
building standing near III. Whitehead's
barn across the road to a position near
the store, where it will be used as a store
room.
During the storm of Sunday night, a
small tornado swept through the Hollow
near f. H. Whitehead's, tearing up a
number of apple trees by the roots and
demolishing fences. The rain was well
come, though it had little effect on the
wells and streams, which still remain
low.
While Mr. Burgess of the Center was
on his way to the river to procure bar
rel of water, his horse started to run
when near j. e. Miller's and Mr. Burgess
was thrown out. The horse was not
stopped till it reached the Ridge. No
damage was done to horse, wagon Or har-
ness, though Is half grown turkeys be-
longing to j. Tucker, which were in the
road near his house, were run over and
killed.
Hawley Williams and family of Wes-
ton were on the Ridge and visited Miss
1. Beers and Mrs Miller, Mrs Williams's
sister.
Mrs Ballard, mother of Mrs III. Hill, is
recovering from recent illness.
Miss J. V. Mallette has been guest of
Mrs M. Lyon.
Miss Julia Bartram is with her sister,
Mrs Myers of Brooklyn.
H. Bartram has sick horse.