The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10


Fred Beers of Brooklyn and Miss Flor
ence Beach of Bridgeport were with Hon
l.. G. Beers; Mr. and Mrs G. Peck of
Danbury at f. l.. Turney's; Miss Alice
Wheeler of Birmingham at A. A. Halls.
Frank Gabler burned his face badly
with powder while celebrating the
Fourth.
r. c. Tousey's factory caught fire, one
night last week, but, fortunately, did not
burn down.
Mrs Mary Porter is still confined to
her bed with grip.
Mr. and Mrs Drake of Poughkeepsie
are visiting Mrs Amelia Angevine.
Miss Eva Knapp has spent few days
with Mrs Clarence Radcliffe.
The minstrel entertainment at the hall,
Monday and Tuesday evenings, was
decided success. The colored gentlemen
did we'll and everyone was pleased with
their fine acting and singing. But Mil
ton Barlow, the comedian, was the CEN
ter of attraction and, whenever he APP
peared on the stage, he was greeted with
applause. He kept the audience in
roar and some were very near Mysteries.
He is fine actor and we all wish to
thank him for the pleasure he has given
us and hope to listen to him again. Ell
Al coxyaral fna ca1antinnc
on the organ.
Ed Hendrickson of Bridgeport is
Mrs G.. Bennett.
Misses Fannie Walker, Edith Turney,
Lora Tousey attended the music teach
ers' convention at New Haven, last week.
Mrs Sinclair Tousey of New York and
Master Lester Turney of Birmingham Wis
it r. c. Tousey.
Mrs Joseph Hawley is in Paris.
The entertainment given at Long Hill,
July and Z, by the home talent styling
themselves Long Hill minstrels was a
great success, the gentlemen all acquit-
ting themselves artistically and credita-
bly, ,giving the citizens satisfactory and
enjoyable treat. The receipts of the Sec
ond performance fell little short of the
first, owing to the inclemency of the
evening, but Mr. Barlow, the manager,
turned over to Mrs Sherman, treasurer OF
the ladies' benevolent association, $35 50,
''and the work goes bravely on
Mrs Milton Barlow is at Coney Island.
1t caused quite stir, last Friday after
noon, among the people because of a
seizure of 20 or more large kegs of beer
from the picnic at Parlor Rock. The
manager of the ground lets the privilege
to any one to sell, regardless of law and
order and the officers of the road sane
ton it or they would stop it. Last Fall,
the town voted no license and, in the
face of all law and respect to the people
of the village, it is allowed to be sold on
the ground and in three other places. OF
course, it is money in the pockets of the
road, as we'll as the manager of the
grounds, but no credit to either and gives
a bad name to the grove. About three
weeks ago, there was long article in
the BEE about raiding three saloons,
signed L. We hope the writer of that
article believes that the readers of the
BEE in town think that the expenses OF
those trials, which he admits were less
than 500, would add very much to the
tax of the town, with grand list of
100000 and or mill tax. Let every
reader think moment how much it
would be. He says, too, that they keep
on selling just the same. 1t can't be ex-
pected that it will stop in a moment,
when public opinion is with the saloons
and does nothing to stop it. If the writ
er of that article would use every infiu-
ence he could to put the evil down, as he
used to do over 40 years ago when lectur-
ing on temperance, it wonld have it's eff
feet for good. The people of Long Hill
want liquor sold; if not, they would rise
in mass and help put it down, instead OF
finding fault with what is done. If one
place is shut up, is not that one step to-
any, but the people want it or it would
be stopped. When we see men spend
time on Sundays at these places and come
home at night intoxicated to wife and
child, as waf the case, last Sunday, and
beat and abuse the wife, it is time some
thing was done. Is that what the peo-
pie in this pleasant village want to see
1t is for them to say. If it is to go on,
it is because the people want it, rather
than the better way. Just think of this
and not think so much about penny or
two extra tax that you might have to
pay.-[F
There was small party from New
Haven, Tuesday.
Several are talking about having
street lamps. We hope that it will not
be all talk, as there is much need of them.
Let us keep up with other places, have a
little enterprise and show what we can
do.