The Newtown bee., 1891-05-29
HUNTINGTON.

Mrs Arthur Burr has visited Miss llil- lie BrOwnson.
 Miss Thompson of Bridgeport has been at T. H. Wilson's.
 Mrs Field of Mill Plain has visited Mrs Royal Birdseye.
 Miss Mary Hodges will remain with her sister, Mrs LoVerin, this Summer.
 Mrs Irwin Coan, who has been with her mother, returned home much imprOV- ed in health.
 Rev MT Park preached an able and in- tcresting memorial sermon, last Sunday morning. He spoke of the great evil of slavery and the many lives sacreficed in the late war that that evil might be de- stroyed. He alluded to the great evil of the present day, the liquor traffic, which he considered worse than slavery and said that the Lord would in some way de- stroy this evil as He did slavery. He ad- monished the people to be wise in time, that it might not have to be done by the sacrifice of life. In the afternoon at 30 the c. A. k. post, numbering about 1o, with the Ladies' Relief Corps and the Sons and Daughters of Veterans march ed into the church and with the people here and from other places, ,cOmpletly fill ed the church, extra seats being placed in the aiSles. Many stood and some went away unable to obtain seats. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and flags; even the old flag, of which so much has been said of it's being stolen, was brought into use. The exercises at the church consisted of reading Scripture by Rev Mr Park, solo by Mrs George Wheeler, prayer by Rev Mr Park and an excellent address by W. M. Peck, princi- pal of the Stratford High school. MT Peck's address was a brief review of some of the battles and incidents of the late war and was listened to with inter- est After solos by Mrs Wheeler and Mrs Nellie Upton, the audience arose and sang ''America." The soldiers and Sons and Daughters of Veterans formed in line and marched to the cemetery, where the sol diers' graves were decorated.
 Mrs R. W. Linsley has been sick; also Mrs Joseph Bassett.
 Rev MT Park gave notice, last Sunday, that he would exchange, next Sunday, with Rev Mir White of Trumbull.
 Mrs Sarah Nichols is poorly again.
 The flag at W.S.Hooper's was, by mis- take, flung to the breeze with the union down, last Sunday and was quickly ne- ticed by the old veterans in passing. MT Hooper was i'll, hence thenistake.
 MT Nettleton with two men has put up a neat iron railing at the iron bridge, about 60 feet long, on both sides of the stream and road.
 Frederick F., Brownson has taken charge of St. Paul's church and promises to make a good sexton. ..- -- .:
 The children of Walnut Tree hill enter tained number of friends at the school house, Friday evening, with recitations and readings about flowers and trees.
 Henry I. Brownson has moved into his pleasant house on the corner and Mir Bas- sett has moved to the house vacated by MT BrOWnson. 7 ,--t t.- .5-7ff
 Joseph Bassett and Thomas Quick are at work on Mir Bassett's new building.
 S.W. Linsley was present at the grad uation exercises at the general theolog- ical seminary, New | ork, last week,
 Miss Wakelee of Bridgeport is at F. w.. Wooster's. -j :.'.. .l. r-.. -.,.'
 Invitations have been received to the graduating exercises of the class of '91, Columbia law school, New York, by friends of Edmund Waring Wakelee, a member of the class. ' .1 .s.-
 Philo Bassett is located in the Arnold Hurd house. :F'ft""' .... '''.' i''.,