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The Newtown bee., 1891-01-09

W. +. Hoyt Of East Bridgeport has VIZ
ifed IN town.
The Newtown bee., 1891-01-09

Lasts twice as long as cheap soap for
laundry use-Brussels.
The Newtown bee., 1891-01-09
william A. Gordon of Danbury has

Judge Huntington was at Litchfield,
last week, at the trial of Bjorsen, the
New Milford man who murdered his
sweetheart. He was convicted of MUIR
der in the first degree, and sentenced to
be hanged. Judge Andrews presided at
| the trial. This will be the first hanging
in Litchfield county in about go years.
The Newtown bee., 1891-01-09
HOW YOU MAY FIND US.

Yes we've moved It is old story now but you may
looking for the clothing which burned out think
ing they have few Owe that sold at the
Fire Sale We've got about 100 40 Overcoats not solo,
last ct Spring before the insurance let
than they ought bring but insurance money
still these and afford to- We are opposite
the old Danbury savings bank Main street. White 'front.'
White sgn White letters glass and white treatment
side. We selling goods at price $40 for an all
wool Chevio Suit for boywe cait the McKin
ley Suit Mothers you dress your boys wool
Jersey Suit for So.
The Newtown bee., 1891-01-09

Married, in Roxbury, December 81,
1890, Fred J. Tyrrell to Miss Lydia j.
Holley of Woodport, N. j.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION,

O. NOW THE CAN
non laundering to
the sky,
The thic X en- In z
fumes that scent
the heated air.
Recall the camp and
spread fore
mine eye
The pitch of battle
and triu m D h
there.
III,
The summon'd plow-
man grasps the
ready gun.
And swiftly strides
across the fur
rows sod:
The smith, ere half
the heated shoe Is
done.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03
TO BE CONTINUED
Famous Gems.

The most famous extapt gems are
perhaps the Comma Augnstea in
Vienna. q sardonyx nearly quarter Of
n yard long. on which the triumph Of
Augustus is cut in the rarest workman
ship by Dioscordes of Rome. There
are magnihcently cut antique anne
thysts, though rock crystal was and 10
mainly used for vases and cups. 1 saw.
says writer in Blacktooods. ~ beauti-
full modern vase ut ObeIstein the shape
of shell. twelve or fourteen inches
long-cbieHy. however, filling me with
regret for the vanished beauty Of the
one perfect crystal out of which il had
been cut The man asked f5 for it.
A much larger cameo than the.
Comma Augustea was lost in the storm
of the Tuileries in 1913. About the
largest extant genl-a sardonyx worked
in five layers and representing Tlberius
and Livia and various other person.
ages-there is an odd story. 1t 10
called La Cameo de Ia SaiDte Chap
ellie, and was given to st. Louis Of
France. who set IL up in the Ste.
Chapelle as representation OF
Joseph's dream.
The art of cutting gems fingered on
in Constantinople after the fall of the
empire, but few stones were cut in
western Europe. Charlemagne used
as his seal an antique gem with the
head of Jupiter Scraps; Pepin lie Brief
one with Bacchus on it. In 1855.
however, Giovanni Bernardo cut stones
so beautifully for Lorenzo do Medici
that he was called Giovanni dele
Garniole. and n contemporary Of his
was named Domencio del Kamei. The
Picklers, Tyrolese artists settled in
Rome in the eighteenth century. cut
gems so perfectly that they had to sign,
them to prevent them passing as veritr
able antiques.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03
MT. VERNON IN 1850.
Warrington Hoped 90 Find Happiness
in Seclusion.

I'm SeclustOn.
In a letter from Mount Vernon, dated
July 10, 1859, Washington wrote as fol-
lows: 81 am now, / believe, fixed In
this seat, with an agreeable partner for
life, and hope to find more happiness
in retirement than / ever experienced
In this wide and bustling world"
This was no utopian dream, trans
iently INDUCED amid the charms of nov
city. 1t was deliberate purpose with
him, the result of innate and enduring
inclination. Throughout the whole
course of his career agricultural life APP
peared to have been the beau ideal Of
his existence which haunted his
thoughts, even amid the stern duties Of
the field, and to which he REQUIRED with
unhagging interest, whenever unable
to indulge his natural bias. Mount
Vernon was his harbor of repose, where
he repeatedly furled his sail and fancied
himself anchored for life. No impulse
of ambition tempted him thence, moth
ing but the call of his country and his
devotion to the public good. The place
was endeared TO him by the memory
of this brother, Lawrence, and of the
happy days he had passed here with that
brother in boyhood; but it was a de-
hghtful place in itself and well calcu-
lated to inspire the rural feeling. The
mansion was beautifully situated on a
swelling height crowned with wood
and commanding a magnificent view up
and down the Potomac. The grounds
Immediately about it were laid out
somewhat in the English style. The
estate was apportioned into separate
farms devoted to different kinds of
culture, each having its allotted labor
ers Much, however, was still covered
with wild woods, scanned with deep
dells and running water and indented
with inlets-haunts of deer, and
lurking place of foxes. The whole
woody region along the Potomac from
Mt. Vernon to Belvoir and far beyond,
with its range of forest and hills and
picturesque promontories, affording
sport of various kinds anu was noble
hunting ground. Washington had
hunted through 1t with old Lord Fair
fax in his STRIPPING days We do not
wonder that his feelings throughout
his life necessarily reverted TO 1t.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03
SOME LOST PAGES
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE
REVOLUTION.
A Scene from tho battle OF Mon
mouth---The Execution OF Major
Andre, n British spy---''Irish Mol
ly's' bravery.

The Fourth of July of half century
ago used to recall vivid pictures of the
strife that preceded the birth of the
greatest nation on earth. But those
veterans are gone now and it remains
with the historian to keep green the
memories made sacred by the blood of
our forefathers.
There are so many inspiring chapters
to record that the historian has neg
lected many Incidents worthy of note
that followed the uprising of the patri-
OTIS. Indeed soma of these incidents
would have made the brightest pages
in the nations history.
At the battle of Monmouth was en-
acted a scene unequalled by that at
Fontenoy, or Orleans. Washington
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

Swings on In haste, and rides the steed I'M
shod
The mason filings his gllttering trowel by,
And leaves behind the pale and weeping
few.
The nliller's wheel above the stream hangs
dry
While DER the hill he waves a swift adieu.
".
Lo all the air is throbbing TO the drum;
In every highway sounds the shrilly fife;
And flashing guns proclaim affair they come,
Where hurried banners lead the way 20
light
Though rude the music and arms are rude,
And rustic garments fill the motley line.
Yet noble hearts, with noble hopes imbued,
Thrill through the ranks with energy
divine
Thrill through the ranks until those sounds
become
Celestial melodies from Freedoms lipsl
These arms an engine to strike despots
dumb.
And leave oppression bowling in eclipse.
VII
Half clad and barefoot, bleeding where
they tread,
Where hunger and disease allied consort
TIE pale survivors stand among their dead.
Aud brave the winter In the snow-walrd
fort.
Then comes the struggle, raging loud and
long
The seven years OF battle with ba nded
foe
The tyrant and the savage. and the strong.
Grim arm OF want with all Its direful woe
TX.
But heavier than the storms which fold the
earth,
When all the Ills which winters hand
commits
The bitter thought that at the sacred hearth
OF unprotected homes some horror sits.
X
But God Is Just; and they who suffer most
Win most; for tardy triumph comes
lDsti
The patriot bravely dying at his post
Has rivaled oil the CAESARS OF the past
XII
Right conquers wrong and glory follows
The cause OF Freedom indicated stands;
And heaven consents, while staring DER the
Old Europe greets US with approving
hands
II now n film o'erswims my agod gaze,
Or III tremor In my voice appear
~ IL tHb IntUlOTy VI LnOSt kiOTlOub uhJS
Which moves my falling frame and starts
the tear.
Kill
Oh on this sacred spot again to rest
Where passed the Patriots. ere this old
heart faintsi
Then depart with contented breast
Where they are walking crowned among
the saints
XIV.
Hero ON these steps. made holy by their
tread.
l list their kindlIng voices as OF yore;
And here that bell now hanging speechless,
dead,
Which rung for Freedom, broke, and rung
no more
XIV.
Broke with the welcome tIdlngs on its
tongue
Broke lika heart with joys excessive
note.
IT'S we'll no cause less glorious e'er hath
rung
In silver music from its hallowed throat
Anon.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

shall nnd her" He spoke with al sincerity
and conviction. i looked at the paper with,
] am bound To say, great amount OK euriotSH
y:.
rston had drawn his inspiration, his sketch
was vigorous and natural enough. i hayo
already mentioned his wonderful power OF
drawing portraits from memory, so was will
ing to grant that he might have reproduced
the outlines of some face which had some
been this one? His drawing represented tho
three-quarter face OF q man-an ordinary
man-apparently between forty and fifty
years Of age. 1t was a cOarsc-featured, i'll
favored face, with ragged ruff Of hair round
the chin. 1t was not the face OF gentle
man, nor even the face OF gently-nurtured
man; and the artist, by few cunning strokes,
had made IL wear a crafty and sullen look.
The sketch, as i write this, lies before me, 50
that am notspeaking from memory.
Now, there are some portraits OF which,
without having seen the original, we say,
what splendid likenesses these must be-"
1t was so with Cariston's sketch. Looking
ut II you felt sure II was exactly like the man
whom II was intended to represent. So that,
with the certain amount OF art knowledge
which am at least supposed TO possess, 10
was hard for me, after examining the draw
ing and recognizing the true artists touch In
every line, to bring myself to accept tho fact
that II was but the outcome of diseased inn
aginati0n. As at this very moment glance
at that drawing, scarcely blame myself for
the question that family frames itself in my
innermost heart. Gould It be possible
could there be in certain organizations pow
ems not yet known-not yet properly investi-
gatedp'
My thought, suppOsing such a thought was
ever there-was not discouraged by Carris-
ton, who, speaking as il his faith in the bOdi-
ly existence of the man whose portrait lay in
my hand was unassailable, said.
II noticed that his general appearance was
that OF a countryman-an English peasant;
30 in the country shall lind my love. More
the top joint is missing from the middle lin
ger of his right hand. AS it lay on Madeline's
arm noticed that
argued with him no more. / felt thai
words would be but wasted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

was sentenced to the death of n spy.
Great efforts were made to save him.
General Clinton offered large sum to
save him. So young, SO amiable, so
gallant, and to meet felon's dooml
but, in ten days he was hung.
Arnold lived; but, with the thirty
thousand dollars-the price of his
treachery-he lived miserable
man. And one impressive lesson
which this story teaches is, that the
consequences of guilt do not fall alone
on the guilty man; others are often in
volved in distress, disgrace, and ruin.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03
TX.

A day or two after had witnessed what I
must call Carriston's second seizure we wcro
favored with visit from the man whose ser
vices we had secured TO trace Madeline
Since he had received his instructions we
had heard nothing of his proceedings until he
now called 10 report progress in person. Car
riston had not expressed the slightest curiosf
ty as to where the man was or what he was
about. Probably he looked upon the employ
ment Of this private detective as nothing
more useful than salve TO my conscience
That Madeline was only to be found through
the power which he prOfessed 10 hold OF see
ing her In his visions was, felt certain, be-
coming rooted belief of his Whenever
expressed my surprise that our agent had
brought or sent no information, Carriston
shrugged his shoulders, and assured me that
from the first he knew the mans researches
would be fruitless. However, the fellow had
called at last and, i hoped, had brought us.
good news.
He was glib-tongued man, who spoke in
n confident matter-of-fact way. When he
saw us he rubbed his hands as one who had
brought affairs TO q successful issue, and now
meant to reap praise and other rewards. His.
whole bearing told me he had made amin
pOrtant discovery; so l begged him TO be seal
ed, and give MS his news.
Carrston gave him a careless glance, and
stood at some little distance from us. He
looked as II he thought the impending COM
munication scarcely worth the trouble OF list
ening to. He might, indeed, from his looks,
have been the most dsinterested person OF
the three. lie even lett me TO do the ques-
tioning.
Now, then, Mr.. Sharpe" said, "let US
hear IL YOU have earned Your money"
II think so, sir" replied Sharpe, looking
curiously at Carriston, who, strange 10 say,
heard this answer with supreme indifference.
II think may say have, sir" continued
the detective-'that is, II the gentleman can.
identify these articles as being the young
lady's property"
Thereupon ne produced from thick letter
case ribbon In which was stuck silver pin,
mounted with Scotch pebbles, an ornament
that 1 remembered having seen Madeline
wear. Mr.. Sharpe handed them to Carriston.
He examined them, and i saw his cheeks
flush and his eyes grow bright
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

you win fight against these seizures an much
as you can. II you don't you VIII be raving
mad in month"
II can't promise that" said Carriston,
quietly. "See her at times must, OF shall
die. But / promise 20 yield as seldom as
may be- know, as well rs you do, that the
very exhaustion now feel must be injurious
10 any one"
In truth, he looked utterly worn out Very
much dissatisfied with his concession, tho
best could get from him, sent him TO bed,
knowing that natural rest II he could get II,
would do more than anything else toward
restoring a healthy tone TO his mind.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

July Fourth is known TO I'll civiliza-
ton as the universal charter of Free
dom. The constitution of the United
States now rules nearly all mankind.
All countries arc looking TO our proceed.
ents and profting thereby. A free
press rules in many European coun-
tries. This has been glorious boon TO
the masses, and the predictioris made
that before another century every
country in Europe will have its distinct
I've Fourth of July.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

The erandest sycamore tree in New
England. perhaps. is Mt Newton, in
Connecticut. says letter to the N. Y.
Sun. 1t is So feet high, 2l feet in cir
conference, and the crown casts o
shade 100 feet in diameter. The
foliage is so dense it is impossible to
discern a ray of light falling through
it, and twilight reigns all the summer
beneath it. The leaves are five inches
long about four inches wide. and are
of a beautiful. glossy line. When the
wind rustles the leaves the sound they
make is like that of falling rain. Tho
blossoms are large and like silk floss.
amt, falling. cover the ground inches
deep with an elastic robe that Is like O
wonderful snow-white siIken carpet.
The giant tree is landmark in all the
region and Is visible to q person on
tie hilltops miles away, vast dark
pillar. overlapping all other trees.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-03

The Independence was the first
steamboat to navigate the Missouri
river. She left St. Louis May 10. 1919.
and stopped near Boonville, where =.
great banquet was rendered.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-11-19
Extravagance Of De Mores.

PARIS, Nov. 12.-The Due de Val
lombrossa has brought action before
the first chamber of the civil court, in
which he asks that his son, the Mar
ouis de Mores, be placed under control
OF a conseil iudiciare; that is to say,
his property shall be put in the hands
of trustee to prevent him from
squandering it. The petition Is Joined
in by Marquise de Mores, who, by the
way, is an American, and who was
Miss Hoffman, of New York. She
asks for the separation of her personal
estate, amounting to $4,000 francs a
wear, from that of her husband,
which, though originally amounting
to 5OO,OOO francs, has been greatly
reduced by the payment OF his debts.
The petition sets forth the various
ways in which Mores dissipated his
fortune. In 1889 he undertook an
exploring journey to Tonkin, with a
view of establishing a railway through
the French possessions. During the
same year and in 1890 he undertook
a political campaign in which great
deal of money vas spent without any
| other result than to involve the mar
| ouis in an unsuccessful and costly
lawsuit. The case was heard by the
court, which will not render a decision
until next week.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-11-19
One Of Thres Men.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The Re-
publican victory in OHIO puts Mr.. Nc
kInley up near the head OF the list
presidential possibilities. OF course
this event uality was constantly in the
minds OF the people OF the country
from the beginning of the campaign.
The knowledge that the canvass in
that state would, in all probability,
furnish q candidate for one or the
other OF the great parties for 1892
test attracted universal attention.
LII Campbell had won he would go into
the next national convention OF his
party with a prestige and potency
which could not tail TO gain Tor him
the nomination. The west would be
solid Tor him and the anti-Cleveland
men OF the east and south would en-
roll themselves under his banner.
With Mckinley the situation Is some
what similar. AS the chief Trainer oil
measure on which the canvass ol 1892
is to be waged, and as the successful
champion OF that policy in the most
exciting canvass OF 1891, he stands in
the popular conception as one of the
two or three chieftains whom the party
must rely upon for management and
direction, who represents its interests
and aspirations, and whose career re-
fleet and typify its fortunes.
If the result in Ohio had been differ
ent only two men would be promi-
nently mentioned in connection with
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton. These are Benjamin Harrison
and James G. Blaine. William Nc
Kinley must now be added to the roll.
Predictions at this time OF course as
to which one of these will be selected
are no better than the merest guess
work. The choice is, and of necessity
must be, subject to the exigencies and
developments OF the coming six or
seven months. A year ago Blaine's
nomination appeared inevitable, but
the uncertainty as to the exact condi-
tion of his health and the doubts as
to his feelings in regard to the candi-
dacy have introduced a disturbing
factor into the calculation. One or
either of these three men will be the
choice. Each has his admirers and
these will not be slow in revealing their
preferences. Perhaps the secretary OF
state is still first in the regard of his
compatriots, although the president
has been growing in strength in the
last half year. Undoubtedly, how
ever, at the present time the governor
elect of Ohio is the most potent and
aggressive personality in the party,
with the possible exception of the sec
retary OF state, and his doings bet ween
this time and the opening of the ma
tional convention will be watched with
he most profound interest by the
country.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-11-19
The Good Old Days.

"Iguess these farmers who are groan-
ing about the wrongs they have to
put up with, to say nothing OF low
prices and high taxes and who long for
the good old times, before railroad
monopolies ground them, and when
every mans hand was not raised
against them, don't remember much
about the good old times" SAID a
well-known Orange county farmer, who
has lived in that county over seventy
five years and owned farm for sixty.
Il can remember when We used to haul
our grain, butter, pork, eggs, and
everything else We had TO sell all the
way to Newburgh, taking one day to
go and another day to come home.
We generally got l D cents a bushel for
oats and 10 cents a pound for butter.
Anything like 1o cents a bushel for
wheat was fancy price. II we got
q or cents a dozen for eggs we
thought We were doing well. Nice corn
fed pork, dressed, we carted to market
for 30 hundred. The butter we put
on the market in those days was the
genuine Orange county article, yellow
as gold and as hard as a walnut. 1
have sold tubful after tubful OF the
choicest butter for 10 cents pound
that would get me 10 cents if had it
now. That was before the Erie rail-
way came through here and put us up
to selling our milk instead of making
it into butter. We didn't have any
lime-preserved eggs to sell in those days,
either. As for taxes, paid 500 on
my farm OF 100 acres when l was get
ting 10 cents for my butter. On the
same farm now / pay less than $50,
and / sell my entire dairy of milk for
what would be more than three times
10 cents a pound for butter. / tell
you there is good deal OF humbug in
being the golden age OF farming. They
were nothing of the sort. New York
Sun.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-11-19
The Fallen Idol.

All, Jerry, little did wedream, an little did
we know,
When you got the nomination all to Con.
gress for to GO;
When you pitched intew the plutocrats a.
give 'em all such knocks,
An showed your bare and sunburned shins
to prove you had no socks.
We never once suspicioned that you,d ID
played US mighty tine,
Till you met them there aristocrats and
drank their champagne wine,
For we thought you loved US Jerry, and we
all believed that you
Was with the horny handed crowd, a yeo-
man stanch and true;
That pork and beans were jest your style,
but stead of that, you goes
And dresses in a swaller-tail Ian mebbe
black silk hose,)
And jines in with the big bugs that air rob-
bin me and mine,
To eat fried oysters, also pie. and guzzle
champagne wine.
But you've gone and done it, Jerry, and
your little game is played;
You're a green.goods package, Jerry, an OF
sawdust you are made.
Fer the golden calf has caught YOU, and the
ship of state you've wrecked,
And I'm freee to tell you, Jerry, that the
heft of us expect
That with Arnold and Iscariot in that land
you'll weep and pine
Where there isn't even water, not to men,
ton champagne wine.
j. Hay Seed in Indianapolis Journal.