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The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
EASTON.

Miss Elosia Selleck has returned from
 visit in Woodbury.
 MT and Mrs Samuel Fancher and son
 have visited W. F. Selleck.
 MT and Mrs c. W. Garfield have been
 at Mrs Harriet Canfield's.
 Mrs J. K. Field has been in Shelton caring for her daug hter, Mrs William Wheeler, who has been ill.
 Alderman Tomlinson, wife and son have deen at Perkins French's. MT French, who has been sick, is better.
 In your obituary of the late Dea Sid- ney Staples, you could have added that he was the third generation of deacons of the old Stratfield Baptist church. El- der John Sherwood was convert of the great evangelist Whitfield, when Whit field preached in stratfield and took up preaching when about 50 years of age. Elder John had sons and a number of daughters. One of his sons, Stephen, father of the late Dea David Sherwood of Bridgeport, was in social intercourse with the celebrated lawyer, R. M. Sher- man and urged him to abandon his inter- course with the noted Hartford conven- tion near the close of our last war with England. The descendants of Elder John were very numerous; about all the Sherwoods of Easton were among them. One of his daughters was wife of Dea John Staples, ST, who was grandfather of John, Jr, father of Sidney. The two Johns presided as deacons in the Strat- field church nearly 100 years. Original ly there were two houses of worship known as Stratfield church, one three miles north of Bridgeport and the other in Stepney. The Easton house is a branch, of which the late Sidney was the third deacon and of the fourth generat- ion of Elder John Sherwood. The Silli- mans, Wakemans, Sherwoods and Seel-a eys were also of the fourth generations of Elder John. It is possible that they might have continued to hang witches till the present time, had it not been for the Staples ancestry. [Old Fairfield, June B, 1892.
 Dea Sidney Staples left one sister, Mrs Deborah Silliman, aged 92; brother, Horace of Westport, 90, and another brother, AlonzO, 86, of Greenfield; five children, Mrs H. B. Bradley of WesEport, Mrs s. Seeley, New York, James and Horace of Brooklyn and Mrs Henry Douglass of Hartford; nine grandchiId- rem and one great grandchild to mourn the loss of 2 beloved father.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Rev Dr J. 0. Peck, father of Rev George c. Peck, pastor of the Methodist church, preached, Sunday morning and evening, for his son and to the great pleasure of his hearers. The evening discourse was a fine and powerful por- trayal of the character of Daniel and was listened to by full house. The doctor has been one of the most successful preachers of his time, statistics showing more than 5000 conversions under his ministry. Yet he appears like man in his prime. Seldom can father and son, of such noble mein and breadth of brain,
 be seen in the same pulpit.
 Tuesday evening, all Westport were out on dress parade. The occasion was the annual musicale of Misses Sturges. The entertainment,w which lasted till 10 30, reflected credit on both pupils and teach CTS. The house was crowded and, about II, the young folks began to dance, which lasted till the wee small hours of We'd nesday.
 It would seem as though your report era few weeks ago, had found some one's diary, by the way they reported the pri- vate affairs of we'll known man, stat ing what he was doing, what he was go- ing to do, what he had done, how much money he had sunk over in Greens Farms and Southport and was suing to collect and a large amount of private business that showed poor taste, before returning said diary to its owner.
 The delivering of electric light poles along the streets establishes confidence in the credulous that Westport will sure ly be lighted with electricity and fur nished with water. About 90 days re- main for the completion of the light con- tract and the water company will proba- ply push their works along as fast as possible.
 The sale, Saturday, of the J. R. .Jessup property to Taylor & Richards is one of more than usual significance. This old homestead has been considered the finest residence property in the village of Vest port and the dock property second to none for convenience or value in Vest ports earlier days. From this dock, thousands of bushels of rye and corn have been shipped to the Boston market, carried by Westport vessels and manned by her own citizens. Westport will lose nothing by having one of her most enter prising firms resume business again at this property.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
The Gaits Interchangeable.

The dam of the pacer Bunco, Jr, whose
 record of 13 IA was made race horse
 fashion, last season, recently foaled colt by the pacer Don Pizarro, record 3 II 34 as three-year-old. It is no- ticeable fact, and one that has good deal of significance, that the owners of fast pacing mares or mares that have produced fast pacers are almost without exception breeding them to stallions
 which have records at the pacing gait and it is also apparent that, when it comes to a choice of pacing stallions, those that are trotting bred seem to have the call among men who have fast pac- ing mares from which they desire to raise colts. This means that on general prin- ciples man would sooner play game where he has two chances of winning than to confine his operations to one in which those chances are reduced 50 per cent. Tn other words, in breeding to a pacing stallion that is trotting bred there is a fair chance of getting either trotter or pacer, assin nearly every instance such stallions can show reasonable amount of speed and in some instances extreme speed at either gait. With this fact established, it necessarily follows that under such conditions a stallion has q good deal better chance of siring speed at either the trot or the pace than would be the case were his speed limited to one gait and were he simply horse of only moderately good blood lines, as is the case with most stallions that are what is called pacing bred. Take, for instance, the greatest sire of his age that the world has ever seen, Sidney. He is intensely trotting bred and could trot so fast as 3 three-year-old that had he been kept at
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
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 ABSOLUTELY PURE
LONG HILL.

Mrs Howard Lewis and two children and Miss Elma Mager of Danbury are guests of F. l.. Turney. Married, Wednesday evening, 29th, al the rectory, by Rev c. W. Boylston, Miss
 Julia Gabler to Frank Packard. Frank Hadley has been on the sick list Miss May sweezy is spending few weeks with an aunt in Brooklyn. Mrs Seymour Beardsley and Miss F
 Walker are to teach the Long Hill school for the ensuing year. The pupils of the Long Hill school
 completely surprised their teacher, Mrs Seymour Beardsley, last Wednesday
 evening, 22d. The evening was spent ir
 a very enjoyable manner with games
 music and fine collation.. Origen Downes and little daughter wis it old friends in Long Hill and Easton MT Downes is recovering from severe attack of measles. About 150 friends and neighbors help
 ed Milton Barlow celebrate his birthday
 Wednesday evening, 29th. Mrs Fannie Beers visits her brother il ! Brooklyn.
 John Radcliffe is preparing to build {
 steam laundry opposite the depot; alst
 8 dwelling house near his own residence Will Gabler intends to move into hi ! new house some time in July. R. c. Tousey intends to close his shol l through August.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
Friday, July I,

Tldays July 4. Words ofpraise for my stock of Summer shoes gladden. us frequently.
 Recently a purchaser of girls russet shoes said, T couldn't get them where I usually trade. They told me that russet shoes were out of style : Not even excuses here. The goods are what customers want.
 No such stock of women's Ox- lords anywhere about.
 There's 8 pretty style of Women's Oxfords at $1 30; kid with black suede, patent tips and facings.
 For all around merit at the price l know of no equal to the women's Oxfords at $1 25.
 JOHN c. ROWLAND,
 hD.xx Tpx,;1
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
FAIRFIELD.

Druggist Kinsella starts in by giving away Wakeley's celebrated soda, Satur- day evening, to p m.
 The hearing on the lawyers bills in the Burr Osborne case was postponed for a week, Wednesday.
 Removal. The drug store known as the Fairfield pharmacy has removed to the old post office where you can find a full line of drugs and chemicals always on hand at bottom prices. Thanking the public in general for the kind sup port they have given this new enterprise and hoping for continuance of their patronage, I remain, respectfully yours, -F William Kinsella.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

that gait there is no doubt at all that he would have become standard as trot-
 ting performer, but he preferred the pace
 and was allowed to make a record of
 ? 19 3-4. Many of his get inherit this
 characteristic of being double gaited, and at the same time they possess unusu- al speed at each way of going, as for ex- ample the yearfing lilly Fausta that took trotting record of 40, last season and l within month made herself the cham pion pacing yearling of the world by go- ing mile in 2 9 3-4. If Fausta had ae- complished nothing as yearling but a mile in 40 at the trot, the performance would have made her famous, because even in these days of precocity at the trotting and pacing gaits, it is still some thing of sensation when a yearling steps mile in 40 or better. Ot course in the glamour of her wonderful pacing mile in P 3-4, the comparatively slow 40 trotting mile of Fausta as yearling will be overlooked, ,and indeed it is doubt full if many people who do not give the subject of records particular attention have ever heard of it.
 It is becoming more and more appar- ent, says the Breeders Gazette, as the production of the trotter and pacer goes on, that not only are the two gaits inter- changeable, but that, where the posses sion of both gaits is one of horses char acteristics, such animal is more liable to become the progenitor of trotting and pacing speed than is stallion or mare which can go fast at only one of the gaits. The appearance every season of lot of strictly trotting bred horses which pace
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

It is now diyulged secret that the vestry of Trinity church, Boston, has extended a unanimous and fiatteringly urgent call to Rev Dr David H. Greer, now rector of St. Bartholomew's, New York and that Bishop Phillips Brooks in personal letter has pressed him to ac- cept it. But Dr Greer is very busy and entirely contented where he is. He has conferred with only a few persons, Mr Vanderbilt being one of them, but he thinks he knows that his New York par ishioners generally are as attached to him as he is to them.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

A New Jersey woman stopping in Bedding has raised 92 chickens, this Spring, with the loss of only two and one of those was killed by accident. She set 11s eggs under nine hens and 94 matched. The first came out on March r and, by May 12, they were all on the roost and the hens had all begun laying again. They were fed at first on swet bread and cracked wheat and, after the first week, almost entirely on whole wheat fed dry. They were we'll supplied with water and allowed to run at large after the dew was off the grass. Can any of our Connecticut women report better success?
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

The Rural New Yorker says that no where in America are there to be found more good farms, no more skillful farm CTS than in New England. While it is possible that, outside of limited circle, slow progress has been made in the ap- plication of advanced methods, the in. creased interest in the attendance at the farm meetings are indications that farm CTS realize the necessity of improvement in this respect
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Mendelssohn's daughters, Mrs Wach and Mrs Benke, one of whom had not been in England for 19 years, recently at tended service at Westminster Abbey. The anthem was Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayerp and they expressed them selves delighted with its performance.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
ASPETUCK.

Chester Downs has gone to live with his brother Fred in Fairfield Woods.
 Willie Wakeman, who has suffered with toothache, is better.
 Mrs Moses Wakeman and Mrs John Ferris have visited in Southport.
 Wilbur Sturgis has visited his son Henry at Mill Plain.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

ssWhat do you ask for this article P said gentleman to pretty shop girl. sFifteen shillings, sir.'' Aren't you g little dear2" said he. ssWell,' she re- piled, blushing, sometimes the young men tell me so.'
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Miss Elizabeth More of Edgeworth,
 Pa, has built small house with her own
 hands. She laid the foundation, did the
 carpenter work, plastered and painted. The only help she had was from another girl.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

A young lady having read very long paper at missionary meeting, the min- ister gave out the hymn beginning, ''Hallelujah, 'tis done," and wondered why everybody smiled. &
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Storey <E Roy ARE OFFERING GREAT BARGAINS IN LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS, WRAPPERS, TEA GOWNS AND BLAZER
 SUITS 40 dozen LADIES' PERcALE SHIRT WAISTS 5o the best waist in the market at the price Ns-~--------ro o'
 A Very Large Assortment of Waists ill
 PERCALE, sATEEN BLACK AND WHITE LAWN at all prices The Of Wrappers 98 worth S1 25; Ladies' Shirt Full Skirt at Sl 25 great bagain very
 better grades at moderate prices. Bargains in Blazer Suits Blue Skirt at S2 75 duced We have received another dered Lawn Suits and will and S2 5Ofot 1-2 yad 45 inches wde this the gain Of the We have sold 250 suits and this
 IS the last lot we can get; 50 Suits in coos at
 third the original price, In white Embroideries Founcings, had bargains 0 from 20c S1 % showing Special Bargains Ladies'
 Camps, Lawn Hats and Caps
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01
WESTON.

Miss Florence Gregory visits Miss Ann Dikeman.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Rev H. N. Wayne officiated, Tuesday evening, at Christ church at the marriage of Miss Hattie F., daughter of E. H. Nash, to Ira l.. Stringham of New York. The chancel was beautiful with flowers and the welded couple stood under a daisy bell. The bride wore travelling costume and carried pink roses. Miss Marion Nichols of Montclair, N. J., cous- in of the bride, was maid of honor. Charles w. Nichols of New York, anoth- er cousin, Joseph Marvin, Charles Fable, Harry Wagne ushers. James E. Yates of Tarrytown, N. N, presided at the orean. MT and Mrs Stringham will re- side at Port Morris.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Mrs Howard Lewis and two children and Miss Elma Mager of Danbury are guests of F. l.. Turney.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-01

Henry Wakeman and family of Brook lyn spent Sunday with Mrs H. B. Wake man.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-12

tered that it might not come again into practice
for fourteen years shows conclusvely the citizens
estimation Of the wrinkle" Humanity does not
court wrinkles.
AT the close of the services Sunday the War.
den addressed the inmates briefly in relation to
the new system of discipline that is soon to be in.
troduced in connection with the parole law. He
said that he hoped to see the penal laws SO
amended by the next legislature that even second
timers and life men would not be entirely cut off.
He closed by saying that the success of the new
move rested largely with the prisoners themselves
The doctor has dorg; he is doggie dorg of
the pug dorg variety; he is handsome dorg, as
pug dorgs go he is a good dorg reckoned by the
bologna makers standard; he is stylish dorg and
wears his tail tightly curled. There is only one
thing lacking in that dorg's appearance which is.
as every one must see, cigar in the corner Of his
mouth elevated at an angle of forty.fve degrees.
Give him that and if he does not carry the vote of
his ward in his pocket then-we'll eat him un.
ground.
There mishap in the Irvine factory
Tuesday by which one of the breaker cards was
badly damaged. man cleaning out under
the machine when his wooden scraper was caught
by the spikes in the cards and was jerked in. The
scraper being of hard wood the card unable
to digest it and before the machine could be
stopped its internal organism seriously disar.
ranged. Supt. Hanlon says that hereafter if that
machine gets another scraper to eat it will be
of soft pine.
1t was advertised that Foreman Sullivan was
booked to sing solo at an entertainment in one
of the city churches. The fact of his being an
amateur warbler put evil purposes into the heads
of some of his less gifted acquaintance. and they
made up hoodoo party to 60 and queer him when
he should get up to sting. They paid their ten
cent pieces and were given front row of seats.
Mr.. S. came out and made his bow; the hoodoos
stared at him. looked at eachother and ali
hemmed, but the singer seemed to not know they
were there. He went through his piece like a
hungry Dutchman through limberger sandwich.
They encored until he came out again. but they
were no more successful this time than the first
he even did better-seemed to have got his second
wind. They came away sad owners of joke that
had failed to explode.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-12
WAR

War Has Been Observation-Disclosures
tons will Begin at Once---The
Old Must Give Way to the
New.
The Board of Managers met Friday.
All were present. but Judge Norrish, who
is in California for his health.
At the April meeting Managers Hall and
OBrien were appointed a committee to
draft rules and regulations for system of
grades and marks for the prison. At yes.
terday's meeting they presented their
scheme. which was adopted and is as fol-
lows:
Section l. There are hereby established in the
Minnesota state prison three grades, to be known
the first, second and third.
Sec II. All convicts committed to the state
prison shall be entered in the second grade, and
shall be promoted or degraded. according to their
record.
See. III. COnvcts now in the prison who have
maintained perfect record for the past six
months shall be placed in the first grade. and all
other convicts shall be placed in the second grade.
Sec. w. Promotion from the second grade to
the first shall be conditional upon the earning of
within six consecutive months and the loss of
more than two marks in one month shall cause
the convict to be reduced from the first to the
second grade; or. from the second TO the third.
The convict thus reduced may, by clear record
and the earning of nine credit marks, regain the
next upper grade in one month.
Sec V. Convicts may earn nine credit marks
each month, and shall be marked on their con.
duct, work and mental advancement.
Sec. VI. Convicts may lose their grade First
for such violation of the prison rules as shall
subject the convict to solitary confinement sec.
ond, for general disorderly conduct; third, for
continued laziness, untidiness or negligence.
GRADE DISTINCTIONS AND PRIVILEGES:
Sec. l. First grade men shall be dressed in suit
OF gray. and shall receive from 10 to IL cents good
time money per day They shall be permitted to
write letter once week. receive visits from
friends once in four weeks. and Shall receive such
letters and weekly papers the Warden may
approve.
Sec. 2. Second grade men shall be dressed in
check suits and shall receive eight cents good.
time money per day; they shall be permitted to
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-12
Our Cordial Greetings.


And farewell goes out signing
said Shakespe are in ''TrOlius and Cressida."
Did he mean by WELCOME" our usual cordial
greetings? If so, let us see what they are:
In United States and England. How do
you do? or, How are you?
In France. How are you carrying your
self? Comment vOuS porter vOuS?)
In Germany. How is it going? (Wie
gehts?)
In Italy. How are you standing. sir?
(Come state, signOre?)
In Spain and Mexico. With God, sir!
(Adios, senOrD
In Poland. How do you have yourself?
oak sic masZ?)
In Russia. How are you living. brother?
(Kak pashevayesh. bratets?)
In China. You had yonr rice to day. l
suppose?
In Japan. How is your belly?
In Turkey. Peace with you! Answer:
With you peace! (Salem alahem! Alahem
salemD
In Arabia. O. Allah How great is Thy
friend?
In Sweden. Good morning! Answer: va!
In Minneapolis The same as in Sweden.
In Honolulu. ct is we'll known that
Honolulu can be everywhere. The news
papers are using that name 6guratively for
every place, which by some special reasons
they do not care to mentiOn). Two friends,
A and B. meet:
A. How do you feel to day?
B. It's none of your business. sir!
A. l beg your pardon. did not mean to
interfere
B. It's none of my business, sir!
A. Well. good bye!
B. Mind yourself, sir!
If Shakespeare should have witnessed
such a greeting, wouldn't he have refrained
from writing that welcome ever smiles?"
LEO.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-12

Now that the chief executive of the great
state of Minnesota has seen fit to establish
a system of paroles. whereby the prisoners
confined in the state prison may. by good
conduct, and showing of spirit to lead a
better life, regain their liberty by serving
half of their original sentence, the paroled
prisoner will mingle with the working class
and should be treated with that respect due
to fallen mankind trying to rise. and given a
chance to regain his manhood and respect.
ability.
A great many people entertain the idea
that it is unwise and nearly impossible to
combine sentiment and business in dealing
with the employed, but facts do not war
rant that thought. l believe that these two
qualities are combined wisely. There may
be found the master who is willingly and
faithfully served, for men are not mere ma
chimes. but are deserving of thought and
consideration. Whether they are parOled
prisoners or not. they are somebody's sons
and daughters and get tired and homesick
at times as we'll as anyone. and cheerful
word to respondent man will drive away
his sadness. When the employer shows a
fatherly interest in bis servants they are
more inclined to serve him faithfully and
remain longer in his employ. | know that
the man who treats his help with the same
consideration with which he would wish
and expect his own son to be treated under
like circumstances is not often found. One
such, in one of our large cities, does not
think it beneath his dignity to occasionally
sit and chat with two of his workmen who
are parOled prisoners. He keeps himself
informed of all their family affairs. in fact
he is interested in their welfare. conse-
quently they remain with him year after
year. serving him faithfully.
sincerely hope the parOled prisoner will
be given an honest and fair chance to be-
come a useful member of society. Let it
be remembered that there are black sheep
in all fiOcks. Some may prove unworthy
of their trust, but there are many men here
who will prove worthy. A great deal will
depend on those who first receive the ben
etits of the parole system. WAY. :
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-12

write a letter once in two weeks; receive visits
from friends once in six weeks and shall receive
such letters and weekly papers the Warden
may approve.
Sec 3. Third grade men shall be dressed in
stripes and shall receive eight cents good time
money per day. They shall not be permitted to
receive visits newspapers. neither shall they
write receive letters Except on matters of the
greatest importance). and then only by permission
of the warden.
Sec. A. The system Of grades and marks shall be
under the direction of the Warden.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-12
Whisky as a Detective.

To those who believe that if the doors of
all the saloons in the world were closed
and kept closed, that in short time the
doors of all the prisons might be opened
and left open, I wish to give little OF
my experience. do not claim to have had
very much experience in this matter, but 1
do claim to know this, that if it were not