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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-12-29
Bulletin Of MCKAY & Race,

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LONG HILL, HUNTINGTON.

John Roberts has visited his parents in Boston.
 A Y. P. s. c. E. will be started here, next Sunday, with about 9 members.
 Miss Cora Bennett visits her brother in Ansonia.
 Misses Taylor of Norwich, who have been at Ezra Blakeman's, returned home, last week. Misses Mary and Una Blakeman accompanied them and will remain for about week.
 William Wooster and family of Cali fornia are guests of his mother at James Webster's.
 Henry Bennett and family are again at James Wasson's. Miss Flora Beard attends the Summer school at New Britain.
 Miss Susie Moulthrop, who has visited her brother in Toronto, Canada, return ed, last week, much improved in health
 Unknown to the neighbors, VIM. Eli: of Derby hill was, some time ago, ap pointed conservator over MT and Mrs Joseph Wood.
 Hay is not heavy crop, this year but corn and oats never were better Potatoes have no blight and are littl' troubled with bugs.
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LYONS PLAIN.

Miss Vesta T. Fanton has visited Mrs Edward Hawkins, Easton.
 Mrs Paulina Godfrey of Norfield was entertained by Mrs John Kellogg, last week.
 Rev k. Condit Russell of North Salem and Somers, Westchester county, will by exchange, preach in Emmanuel. Sunday, 24th, at 10 45 m and z 30 p m. : Rev MT Mackenzie of Holy Trinity, Westport, through the Benevolent and Mission society of his Sunday school, forwarded check to Rev A. Hamilton of $20 toward the additional $150 which the archdeaconery required the parish to raise in excess of the $400 salary.
 Georgie Lyon has been spending the week with her cousins, Edie White and Minnie Lyon.
 Mrs Rachel Banks is with her daugh ter, Mrs Henry Patchen. MT and Mrs Homer Godfrey.of Bridge port have been att. E. Hoyt's.
 Miss Nettie Merwin has returned t South Norwalk. w. Livermore of Toms River, N. J /. spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs A Hamilton, at the rectory.
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HUNTINGTON.

E. J. Buckingham secured the serv- ices of young man to attend his store for couple of days, last week and went to Branford, where his wife was for the week.
 A much larger hay crop is being se- cured than was anticipated in June.
 Miss Lillie Dawson from Bridgeport visits Mrs Joseph Bassett.
 Orrin Talmage has been moving the old cemetery.
 c. M. Hubbell is harvesting the hay on the Hiram Booth farm at White Hills. He is employed by Charles Judson.
 A farmer in Wells Hollow harvested his oats like hay, moving them with a machine and raking with horserake. He carted them from the field, Saturday afternoon. He did not rake the glean- ings, but, when he went, Monday fore noon, to rake them, he found the field had been nicely raked and everything re- moved. He followed the trail made by straws dropped on the way and il brought him to neighbours barn. The neighbor admitted that he raked tht field, but why was he not at church The man who owns the field is not { church member, but the man is who raked the field, it is claimed. Mrs H. K. Green entertains friends from abroad.
 The Frenchman at the Nash place ha; secured most of the grass on the place He gets it in true foreign style, using $ wide scythe, straight snath, witt crooked handles and leaves the meadows as smooth as though moved by lawn mower.
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EASTON.

Miss Sadie Craft visits her aunt, Mrs F. M. Garfield.
 Miss Elsie Garfield is in Long Hill.
 Miss Della Gilbert visits her aunt, Mrs l.. H. Edwards.
 Mrs Peck and son visit her niece, Miss Jennie Wells.
 Mir Guckert, wife and children were Sunday guests at E. V. Schwartz's.
 Miss Alice Garfield is home on vaca- tion.
 Rev Mir Peck of Mt. Vernon spends the week in town, returning to his parish, Saturday.
 Dr George Osborn and wife returned to Bridgeport, Monday.
 Miss Lulu Jacobs is expected home, Saturday, after two-months' visit with her aunt in New York.
 Rev MT Jennings of Bedding preached at the Congregational church, Sunday. He is expected to officiate again, next Sunday, 24th.
 John Hill committed suicide by hang ing, Sunday, in the barn on the old Tom Seeley place, owned by $. N. Osborn. The body was found by s. R. Wells about 4 in the afternoon. Undertaken Sherman took charge of it. MT Hill was about 8 years old and brother of Edward Hill, Easton, and Beach Hill of Long Hill. A family from Bridgeport occupy the old Hubbell place near the Center.
 Seeley Bibbins is repairing his build ings; John B. Parmelee is doing the work.
 Mrs George McDermott is slowly re- covering from grip.
 The building of the new $10O,O00 dam for the Bridgeport Hydraulic Go. at the Narrows is progressing under the direct ion of Samuel G.. Stoddard, Jr, the com pany's chief engineer. A trench 10 feet deep is being worked out in the rock witt sledge and wedge and, like the dam al Canoe brook, the heart of the dam vii be largely built of combined stone, sant and cement. A force of 250 Italians il employed and is housed here. The dan is to be 20OO feet long, 200 feet wide a the base and IS feet at the crest and is t have two pipe outlets, each pipe 30 inche' in diameter and one placed 9 feet below the other.
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There are some reasons that may be suggested for the withholding of due need of praise from our living friends. We fear, perchance, that they may pc unduly puffed up, which is not very cred- itable to our conception of them; or We grudge bestowing upon them laureis which have somehow missed our own brows, which is not very creditable to ourselves; or, failing these two. it may be that, entertaining the best intentions, we put off their fulfilment until, to our profound regret, the opportunity is for ever passed; and in such lines as the fol- lowing we find our own experience writ ten:
 "WeIl see that friend, and make him feel The weight of friendship true as steel; Some flower of fsympathy bestow;- But time sweeps on with steady flow, Until with quick reproachtuf tear We lay our flowers upon his bier.
 An illustration of this came recently before my notice. Just before the close of the year,a friend received a pretty lit. tie volume of verses from their author. They were read and enjoyed, but in some way or other due acknowledgement was neglected; and the days slipped by until one brought the startling news that the poets spirit was lowering on the boundary of the other world and pres ently word came that it had slipped sl- lently across. Bitter then was the re- gret at unfulfilled duty, but no volume of self representing could repair the omission.
 There is yet one other explanation ot this withholding of praise from the llv- ing, however lavishly it may be shower ed upon the dead. MT Richard Burton suggested it SO forcefully in one of his pregnant poems that cannot do better than quote his words:
 "He walked tor year in ways of righteous
 Good deeds unnumbered dropping from his
 hand;
 Then, To! a single sin he must confess,
 That bruited was tar up and down the land And all the people drew solemn face,
 And called him trickster, whispered his dis
 grace.
 "'Twin be a wondrous world, to heaven tul
 nigh,
 If ever men, n,whose common life Is sin, Shall do one act of good, whereat cry
 Of saint shall fill the air with ready din; The people quick forgetting all the past,
 And glad to see Gods image show at last
 Yes, that is true. We are quick al greyhounds with our snap judgments O condemnation and censure, but slow al tortoises to give heartfelt approval.
 Dear friends and fellow sinners, must it always be so , Surely not. There is time yet for eaci one of us to right about face in this mat ter. Let us sing the virtues of the be loved dead as sweetly and strongly as VI may but let us not forget to recogniz no less the virtues of the living whom our sincere, unselfish praise would indu bitably inspire to still better things ol behalf of Him who was so quick to ap preciate and applaud that which wa worthy in the men and women he met il , his ministry.-[J. M. Oxley in Sunda, School Times.
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Bronson Bulkley.

A few from Newtown's old families gathered on Tuesday at p m to pay re- spect to one who had rounded out four score and three years. A simple sheaf of ripened wheat, fit emblem, lay above the form of him whose strength had long been trouble and sorrow. Rev MT Llns- ley conducted simple service of prayer at the house and Miss Tanie Sanford, Will liam Tomlin and Harris M. Clark sang, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" A pathetic sight was the wasted and patient figure propped up on the bed, watching with clasped hands and wistful eyes as kind hands carried out him who had been join ed to her by the closest and most sacred of human ties. "Oh, it is hard to say Thy will be done,'" said she. 'I shall miss him so. We've lived together over 60 years." No tears, only trembling heart, schooled to patience. Then a gathering in the beautiful sanctuary to listen to the grand burial service solemn ly read and sweetly chanted. The choir sang: "In the hour of trial, Jesus, plead for me" and ''Rock of Ages" Pall bear CTS were P. H. Skidmore, Aaron Sanford, William B. Prindle, William H. Glover, George P. Sanford and Elmer w. Fair child. Interment at Newtown cemetery George Bulkley and daughter, Miss Pol ly, from Bolivar, N. Y., were present Henry Beebe, wife and daughter from Bridgeport, David Bennett and wife oi Bethel. Mir Bulkley died, Saturday, s; years old. The first l5 years of his mar ried life were spent in the house thai once stood in the lane back of the Beech CT mansion and then he bought the You sey house where he died. He was team ster for Baldwin & Beers before the rail road was built and for 20 years was sex ton at Newtown's cemetery.
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Mrs B. F. Leach has been called to Amherst by the serious Illness of her father.
 On warrant issued by Justice Tom linson upon the complaint of Grand JuT- or Upton, Charles Warner was arrested by Officer Tomlinson and brought before the local court. The case was continued till Tuesday, 18th, when the trial was had on a charge of theft. w. H. Will Hams appeared for the State and Staples and Storrs for the defense. After hear ing the evidence and arguments,t the court acquitted the prisoner. The complaint was entered by l.. P. Bates and, because of the high social standing of the parties in interest, attracted considerable atten- tion.
 Henry Berry spent pleasant vacation in Providence, R. l., and other eastern places.
 W. c. Lee has moved with his family to White Hills, but will continue his bus mess in Birmingham and vicinity.
 Rev MT Cooper will occupy the resi- dence of w. G. Lee at South End.
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GREENS FARMS.

Dea Hastings of the First Baptist church in Brooklyn was guest of MT Har- ris, over Sunday.
 Miss Post is with Mrs Birge, during the Summer.
 The pink tea given by the Y. P. s. C.. E., last week Thursday, was great suc- cess. The lecture room where it was given was tastefully decorated with bunt- ing and flowers and, under large Jap- anese umbrella, loaned by E. T. Bed ford. candies and flowers were sold. The supper was served from to p m and was followed by musical and literary entertainment; $7s were netted during the evening, which enables the society to pay off the debt on the piano. Many thanks are due those to whose conscien- tious efforts the affair was so successful. Rev H. Davies was able to preach, Sunday. He took as his subject, s'Love the Eleventh and Greatest Command ment."
 A. J. Hughes has leIt TOT Mohtreal, aI- ter visiting Rev H. Davies.
 Mrs Fred Bedford was in New York, Monday.
 There is talk of giving a fair in the church shortly, to liquidate some of the debts impending on the church and soc ety. It will probably occur early in Sep tember. F.
 Miss Lennox entertained friends, ovel Sunday. t'
 A pleasant sail was enjoyed, Friday by J. H. Jennings, Dea Beers, Alfred Bedford and Rev H. Davies of Green Farms and A. Jordan Hughes of Montre al. The trip was made to Port Jefferson and back in Mir Jennings's beautiful yacht, Natalie. +t '"
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STEPNEY.

Misses Elma Warner and Annie Oliver of Brooklyn, N. Y., visit Miss Emily Seeley.
 Philip Evans has returned home from Rev D. l.. Moody's school at Northfeld, Mass.
 Judge Shade of Bridgeport has been spending few days at Diamond farm.
 The ladies of the M. E. church re-or- ganized their aid society, last week, by the election of these officers: President, Mrs Annie J. Wright; vice president, Mrs Carrie Elwell; secretary, Mrs Moore ; treasurer, Mrs Leroy Sherman.
 While loading hay, last week Wednes- day, Birdsey Sherman's hired man, a Hungarian, fell from the load, frighten- ing Mir Sherman's horses, which started on full run out of the meadow and plunged headlong down the road. They struck and damaged wagon belonging to George w. Curtiss and, when opposite the William Penfield place, veered to the side of the road, tore up a hitching post and ran into the picket fence, which they demolished for a number of feet. MT Sherman's new wagon was somewhat damaged, but the horses escaped without injury.
 George W. Curtiss and Edward Corn ing are remodeling the Lower Stepney school house.
 Presiding Elder Wing will preach at the M. K. church, next Sunday at 10 30. Quarterly conference will be held imme- diately after the service.
 Harry Evans is spending few days in New York city.
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The first Gospel temperance meeting of the w. c. T. U. in the Town hall, Sum day evening, was more successful than was anticipated under the circumstances. Mrs R. H. Smith, as president of the w.. c. T. U., presided, opening the meeting by reading the 4Gth Psalm. The fine voice of Mrs Nellie Tucker (and the Street is under constant obligations to the cour- sesy and public spirit of the Hook in it's public cntertainments) was valuable as- sistanae in the singing, which was led by Miss Grace Goodsell at the piano. George c. Stahl of Toledo, O., offered prayer after which Mrs Smith made a few re- marks on total abstinence. Mrs Tucker rendered the touching solo, "Where is My Boy To-night?" Miss Susie Scudder and Mrs M. c. Rodgers following with brief temperance selections. The col lection amounted to $3 62, after which Bennie Smith recited "Yes, the Good Time is Coming" Another song and a paper, "Aim High," by R. H. Smith, was followed by Katie Carlson's song, "That Sweet Story of Old" MT Stahl remark ed on the freedom from intoXication in Kansas and Maine and, complimenting Newtown's beautiful scenery, unparal leled between the Atlantic and Rocky mountains, urged that it be freed iron the taint of saloons. z. s. Peck, a veter an in all the reforms of his long and use ful life, contrasted the experience O Newtown under the Maine law and unde license. The former, in IS years, did no see single murder, but the latter ha scored a murder, suicide or other traged. growing out of the saloon traffic for al most every year. Rosie Stuart gave song and the meeting closed with tn doxology.
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GREENFIELD HILL.

A. K. T. Nichols marketed seven bush- els of black raspberries in one day.
 Alkaline Hawkins has been on the sick list.
 George E. Lover has his pension in creased.
 Joseph Gillick of Bridgeport visits his aunt, Mrs Heileon.
 As Mrs k. M. Carr and sister were driving on Congress street near Conrad Miller's, part of the harness broke and let the carriage against the horses heels. It started into a run. They saw that it was useless to try and stop it, so reined it into fence. 1t fetched up with such force that it threw the horse, breaking the carriage, but the occupants were not hurt. s..
 Mrs I. B. Nichols has been quite sick
 A boy named Smith was overcome with the heat at Mrs Lewis Burr's.
 Mrs Clark Nichols is very sick.
 Mrs Warren Nichols's place on Con- gress street has been rented by the Band of Hope and they are fitting it up for Fresh Air children who are to occupy it in few days.
 Miss Annie c. Burr has new carri- age.
 Master Edward Morehouse had a nar- row escape. He was on moving ma chine, when the horses went so fast down a hill that he fell backward, catching in in the wheel. Fortunately, some one was near, otherwise he would have been kill ed.
 Mrs Sarah Burr has returned, having spent some four months in Brooklyn She is remarkably smart for one of her years, being nearly 81. Last week, she went to South Glastonbury to visit her son, Rev Marcus Burr, who is settled there.
 G.. l.. Burr of Brooklyn spent Sunday at his sisters.
 Misses Edith and Lottie Burr of Brook lyn visit their cousins on Burr street.
 F. l.. Sherwood has new moving machine, Osborne patent, bought of Sim con Pease, the agent.
 z. B. Bradley brides himself on th' best piece of rye in this vicinity.
 Thomas Craik and sons are again rush ing work in the hay field. With thre hired men, they have already put severa through having and are now at work ol the farm of Mrs Bradley Sanford of East on.
 Mrs Marvin Goodsell still remains , sufferer.
 R. s. Banks started his new reaper Monday. Besides his own rye, eigh acres, he has reaped several acres flo
 neighbors. FL. Sherwood drives a new horse. :, Misses Lizzie and Maggie Craik, wh 4 work at millinery and dressmaking , Bridgeport, spend their vacation home.
 Dogs visited R. s. Banks's flock :. sheep, last week and again, Monda. Q killing five and injuring several other , leaving but three sound sheep in h q flock.
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Bridgeport to Saratoga.

The first Peck excursion to Saratoga IS ended and a crowd of jolly, happy people are relating their experiences to home friends, who were not so fortunate as to be of the number. The management of these trips is perfect. The excursionist has no care or trouble about the trip; all is managed for him and the price of the excursion is very reasonable.
 Mothers who take their children and ladies travelling alone need not have the least worry about details of the excur- sion, for the chaperone is an energetic, bright womon, whom one feels to be equal to any emergency. The ride from Bridgeport to Saratoga is one continued delight. Through the Housatonic val lev. on across the State line into Massa- chusetts, through the famous Berkshire Hills, then along the Boston and Albany, with glorious view of the Hudson, the Delaware and Hudson taking us into Sar- atoga. If one is fond of scenery, this trip takes you through great variety and a good deal of it. We crossed the Mohawk, near Cohoes Falls, which gave us a fine view of the falls, which were quite a surprise, for the volume of water flowing over the rocks is grand. The water is very pretty at Falls Village, but not as fine as at Cohoes. The ride from Falls Village is glorious.
 We were particularly fortunate in ar irving at Saratoga at the beginning oI the N. E. A. association. Thousands oi teachers from all over the United States made the streets and hctels lively places. If happiness will unloose tongues, then the teachers who came to the convention were happy. Such chatter of tongues and merry laughter!
 At Saratoga lake, the view from sfoon,s lake house is too beautiful to be forgotten and fixed itself upon my mem orv forever. I asked many questions o1 the polite walters, about the lake and sur rounding country. Snake Mountain runs 1 info the lake in such manner as to seen l like an island. It deceived me, for J thought it was an island. asked a wal fer. stHow wide is the lake P ssOh VI inst, puesses ct that. madam. The lengti is nine mile; that is the particularestes part, madam
 Another favorite side trips was to Mt McGregor. During the convention. tn trains ran every hour and were filled Wifl
 teachers, every time. The day that "
 went, teachers from Iowa, Missouri an
 Kansas filled the train. Ten MissouI girls were so delighted with the fern
 and came aboard, when we returned
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laden with roots to take home. Several of the teachers spoke of trying to raise daisies unsuccessfully. heard an East ern man telling them plan for raising them. Just then an Ohio teacher said, "What would give if I could make few grow in my back yard" Just as our train reached the Mt. McGregor station, smart thunder shower reached there also. Umbrellas were raised and crowd started for the hotel on the summit. | Walking up the path from the station not more than 50 feet away, a tree was struck. It was very funny to hear the expres- sions of fright of some of the ladies. A al, with lovely music, soon made us all forget the terrible thunder clap and we were all merry once more. The views, from the observatory, of the Greer, Cats kill and Adirondack mountains were grand, but indistinct because of the many clouds.
 It was sad visit paid to the Grant cottage, sacred spot to those who love their country's dead. could almost hear the clock on the mantel, as it gave it's last tick. l was glad to have seen the home, only now it seemed like tomb.
 Coming down the mountain is a frisky sort of ride. There had been a washout lately and we held our breath as we pass ed carefully over the trestle for repairs and, as we left the train, I felt very
 much like the old woman who said she was glad to be on "terra cotta" once
 more.
 liked that crowd of teachers. One
 could never mistake the faces, keen, ,alert and fairly radiating knowledge. Those grand looking men, earnest and wide awake, with great purpose written or
 their faces, looked as though life held s r great deal for them. It was great sur 3 prise to meet old schoolmates and th'
 hearty handshake told that old ties art strong, if they were made when young Congress and Hathorn seem to be thu
 most popular springs. The Geyser il r the most wonderful. That is nearly twt
 miles from the village. The electric car take one there in a short time. A visi
 to the House of Pansa was worth tn
 cost of the whole trip. This is gran'
 Roman house illustrating the art, archi 5 lecture, mythology and customs of tn '- Roman Empire. To student, this hous 5 offers an opportunity for many weeks o
 study. We listened to a delightful tai :. by Dr Smith, the owner of the house. :. We ended our days of sight seeing b e listening to band concert on the verand
 of Congress hall and, with sweet strain
 of music in our ears, left Saratoga wit
 it's parks filled with life and gayety, fo
 more beautiful, but quieter Newtown. r. -[Excursionist.
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FAIRFIELD.

Miss Hattie Turney is with her sisters, Misses Julia and Elizabeth of Newark, at Boonton Lodge, Lake Hopatcong, N. J., with their horse and blackboard.
 Rev and Mrs H. c. Woodruff and Miss es Bartram are off to Alaska and Rev pr Garner expects to supply the Congre- gational pulpit at Black Rock during MI Woodruff7s absence.
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DIAMOND HILL, BEDDING.

MT Luther preached, last Sunday, at the Congregational church; services as usual, next Sunday.
 Mrs J. F. Abbott and son Clarence have recently visited at the Homestead.
 Neighborhood meeting at MT JelliH s, next Sunday evening. About 30 were presens, last Sunday, at J. H. Lees. The sermon, ssThe Name of Jesus,' by Dr Talmage, was read by Miss Grace Bough- ton. The meetings are interesting and well attended.
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SOUTHPORT.

Miss Phebe T. Whitney, daughter or s. V. Whitney of Woodbury, l.. l., call ed, last Friday, at the M. E. parsonage on her way to visit her brother, Rev H. c. Whitney of Nichols.
 The Sunday school of the M. k. church has accepted an invitation to join the Sunday school of the Congrega- tional church in the picnic to be held at Parlor Rock. Saturday, 23d.
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DANBURY.

Ell c. Barnum and family have been at Brooklyn.
 Alderman w. F. Tomlinson had run away, Saturday afternoon, while riding with his wife and child. The bits broke in the horses mouth and all were thrown to the ground. The News says; Mrs Tomlinson sustained bad injury to her left leg and was severely bruised. A Sash three inches long was cut in one of Mr TomIinson's legs and he was other wise hurt. The child also was badly hurt. The carriage was wrecked. A hack was summoned and the sufferers were remosed to their home' SS Morris street, where all are doing as well as can raa sonsbly bA expected.