The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-03-06

Mrs George A. Wells, whose death oc-
CURED at noon, last week Thursday, at
Black Rock, was buried, Saturday after
noon and the funeral services were at
tended by large number Of sorroWing
friends. As she lay in the casket. she
seemed indeed '.buried in lilies, ';,lth ough
other flowers and tokens OF loving re-
membrance were by no means ah.t.nf.
Not only from friends in Black Rack.
Fairfield and Bridgeport, but from the. e
in New York and elsewhere we're floral
tributes received. Mrs W.. ~ " bo was
daughter of Isaac Keller, married Mr.
Wells in 1887 aud lived TO celebrate her
golden wedding. She was one of those
pleasant folk whom it is ever ii pleasure
to meet, whose mission in life apparently
is to "Do good to others and so fulfil the
law of Christ" She was IA true hearted
woman and given to good works. Not
by her own family alone, but by those
with whom SHE had cone in contact and
all Who had karued t" know her ttt.e
wur'b Of character, go i..
mourned.
Programs tor February "a, 1891. o4 !:
anniversary of Lougfeliow's birthday:
Greeting song, school; Sketch of Longfel-
chair, recitation, Miss Florence Wakeman Be
kind to the loved ones at home, song. school;
Sketch OF o. w. Holiness life, Miss Eta Sew
ard The chambered nautilus, recitation, Liv-
ingStOne MorehouSe; The children'S hour rec
itation. Jamie Hewitt; Nicodemus, solo and
the song, recitation, Miss Bessie Child; The
boys, recitation, Robert Grannis; Where are
those dreamers now, song, school; King Rob
ert of Sicily, recitation, Miss Edna Kelsey;
How the old horse won the bet, Henry Ram
dolph; The bridge, song, Four Girls; Rills
from Longfellow, recitations by the primary
room; The old clock on the stair, recitation,
Miss Clara Baldwin; The last leaf, recitation,
Miss Louise Burr; Homeward bound, song,
school.
The choral society met at the parson-
age, Monday evening, in order to drill
once more before Mr. Child, its conduc-
tor, took his vacation. At this meeting,
a constitution was adopted to form per-
manent organization. Almost all pres
ent signed it. In the absence of Mr.
Child, the society will meet at William
Burr's and will be under the direction
of A. P. Wakeman. 1t hopes to be able
to give a concert some time in April,
when the cantata, pilgrim fathers will
be sung.
A largely attended and interesting con-
secration meeting of the Congregational
Y. 2. s. C. +. was held, Sunday night.
The fence around the Lockwood place
has been removed and work has begun at
grading the yard in front. The shrubs,
peach and pear trees and currant bushes
and are being removed to New Haven.
Scholars in Middle district school
whose average in department and schol-
arship for February, 1891, was over 80
out of possible 100:
Peter Petersen, Nellie Bryant, Robbie Dick
lie, Willie Jennings, George Petersen, Chris
sic Wyrtzen, Livingston Morehouse, Florence
seward, James Hewitt, John Martin Robert
Granniss, Molle Nc Caffrey, Ora Flint.
There were two runaways in Fairfield,
Monday: Miss Eliza Smith was at the
depot with two aged ladies in carriage,
when the horse became frightened and
started to run. 1t was fortunately stop
ped before it did any damage. The two
ladies missed their train, however, and
were badly frightened. M. Bracken's
horse also ran from the depot, throwing
out the two men in charge and stopping
itself by winding rens about the hub.
F. J. kingsbury is again able to be
about, after a rather severe illness.
The guild met at the Fairfield Episco-
pal church, Monday afternoon, ID. fne
meeting was partially for business, as
plans Tor ID chapel were discussed. A
the society ha> alieaut acquired -Ouie
$1,000 tfoin he faii auu Ii, -ub>, pt .on.
II l. iinughi nat III but,iIug will SOON
br undt%r broadway. AnoDg ,ho<e pres
aS Lnr nE'rLing we're sirs L. w. Har-
r"i. Nr> r. j. hihg bury. Mrs w. N.
.,tl,",. .'is- " .ui:.iu h. clover aud Mrs
:iide'k"
y '..m.a'g :. t'su,,: ''ii fam
firiu beach winch coui:.,Ie,. iuilian
rkuil. Ii had eviucntIy been III ifr- Mater
for Il long time.
Mrs ". Nj. BuikIey of Fairfield is the.
owner of one uf The finest bred Gordon
settlers i'll Tlie country. Its full brother,
owned by Frank Burgoyne of Bridge
port, Was entered at the New York
bench show and secured the 500 prize.
Mr. BurgOyne stated that, could he have
entered both dogs, he would haue easily
secured the prize of $500 offered for the
best pair of Gordon puppies, as they
were exactly alike and few competitors.
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