The Newtown bee., 1891-07-17
FAIRFIELD.


ians employed along the railroad live as
long as they do. Already they are shak-
ing the trees and consuming the green
apples and other equally indigestible
fruit. They are sometimes taken with
cramps, but never visit a doctor, as there
is a medicine chest in the company
store. Many of them have become SO
poisoned by mercury and other things
that they cannot see to work and are in
constant agony from the burning and
itching.
Guests at the hospitable Turney home
stead: Miss BERTHE Price, A. j. Thayer,
M. D., I. Lyman Turney and sisters, all
of Newark, Nh; Miss Mary Loveridge,
New Haven; d. K. Lewis, Florida.
L. Lyman Turney has been in Georgia
on a business trip.
Preparations are making by the COM
mittee appointed some time ago for the
annual picnic of the Congregational Sun
day school. The committee consists of
DR. Donaldson, Benjamin Belts and Will
liam 0. Burr. High Rock grove is the
place decided upon and the date is Au-
gust 20. A syecial train on the Consoli-
dated road and Naugatuck division will
be secured. 1t is proposed to issue invi-
tations to all the daughter churches and
to have monster union picnic of the
Sunday schools of Fairfield, Black Rock,
Hope Chapel, Southport, Greenfield Hill,
Green's Farms.
With the completion of the second pier
for the viaduet at the depot, the stone
work there will be completed, save for a
retaining wall at the north approach.
This pier was begun, last week. The
bridge will not be ready for crossing for
some time yet, as the retaining wall must
be built and there is much work to be
done in the way of filling the approach
es. Few teams are now at work here
and the only material carted is rock from
the quarry. The entrance to the south
has been begun and the ounce
trees in the yard of Postmaster Wakelcy
have been sacrificed. The work of fill
ing that portion of the park needed for
the approach was begun, last week. Post
master Wakeley has succeeded in gain
ing the consent of the railroad commits
sioners and others to a change in the To-
cation of the entrance, by which the ap-
proach is put 30 feet further from the
house, making it much more agreeable.
Last weeks BEES were late here, be-
cause, though delivered at Bridgeport
early in the morning, they were carried
by to New York and did not arrive here
until 2 p m.
Postmaster Wakeley has one of the
fine places of the village and the new
railroad approach will not injure the
view or the pleasantness of his house.
There was crowd at the concert of
the American band at the green, Friday
night. The new band stand, which is
plain staging erected in the middle of the
green, was ready for use and the band
began to play about s 30.
E. Smith, Jr, of Mill Plain has painted
'iiS anu 4CIiANc. tolh3 bloHh
with dark chocolate for trimmings.
A low retaining wall of granite is
building through the park, at. the east
side of the approach to the viaduct.
Miss Mamie Burr left, last week, for
visit with friends in Sherman.
Miss Emma Wakeman started for Can
ada, this week, to be gone for couple
of months.
Work at matchmaking the Main street
began again, last week and will now be
carried through to Toomey's store with
out interruption. The crusher has been
running constantly and there is now
large pile of crushed stone ready for use.
Festival and cake sale by ladies of the
Congregational church of Black Rock at
the chapel, Thursday afternoon of this
week.
cit is of no use to try to give anything
to those fellows said local merchant
as couple of Italians stepped out of his
store after buying few cents worth of
coarse food and bidding him the "Good
night customary with them. "They will
give extortionate prices for what they
are compelled to buy at the company
stores and those who are allowed to buy
at the stores in the village will pay the
price asked without word, or else re-
fuse the article; but / tried to give them
,o1a az, r
some time ago. The food was perfectly
good, but there was no sale for it and /
decided to give some to one of the Ital-
ians. tried for at least half an hour to
give it away and couldn't do it. When
at last the men were induced to take the
food with them, they appeared afraid
that they had gotten themselves into diff
ffculty. If offered the same article at
fraction of the cost, there was no difficult
ty about disposing of it,
Philip Ryan, who died, last week, at
the age of 81, had been boarding with
Michael DALEY for about year, but had
been living in town for about 80 years.
He was a native of New York State. A
carpenter by trade, he has been unable
to work at the business for some years
because of increasing feebleness. He
had been a Protestant during his life
time, but died Catholic. The funeral
was attended at st Thomas church, last
week Thursday morning and the burial
was in St Thomas cemetery.
Edwin Smith of Mill Plain has made
alterations and improvements about his
house.