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Catoctin clarion., 1892-07-21
S12.00 a ton

Saou, IHCluuiu5 o"6o SIS WA Ses~
lots of12 tons or over, less guam
titles $3.50 per ton, no charge for
drayage. POwell's Dissolved
sc. Bone is generally conceded
to be the best made. As proofof
this in the States whereit Is most
largely sold the Agricultural
Experiment Stations give 1T tho
following values:- Ohio, s2S.o5
per ton: w. Va, s24.sl per ton:
which is from 800 to $500 per
ton greater than other brands.
allied free on receipt Of three 2-cent
rmers' Clubs orders,
barge.
.I1GR MANUFACTURERS. Importers
ether isstiIizIas ChsnIeals. osaisfs
! terilliIlap materials. :.
Catoctin clarion., 1892-07-21

NOf:S A fine residence PEAR Mcchan-
'rslown: 9 ncr, + of land. large frame dwell
ing. sable etc. \ fine summer residence
suitable II. boarding house. Price $3.50
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

D. G. Wood has bought the William J. Gorham place of about 95 acres from H. s. Osborne. This tract, in addition to what he already owned, makes Mir Wood one of our largest land owners.
 Tony kolosky, Stephen Sanford's hir- ed man, ,met with quite q severe accident, last week. While going down Ryan's hill in an empty cart, the oxen ran and, be- ing thrown out, ,one of the wheels passed over his thigh. He is able to walk with the aid of crutches.
 The latest victims of the grip are E. II. Whitehead and W. c. Sanford. Their sickness is unfortunate, as they supply the horse railroad with hay.
 H. 5. Osborne has sold land in Sand fordtown to the De Brycers.
 Wednesday,, January 2z, was the cold est day of the Winter, the thermometer , was the coldest day of last Winter. If Candlemas day fixes the weather for the rest of the season, then, according to the old adage, the hardest part of the Winter is over.
 Most of the ice houses in town have been filled with a fine quality of ice.
 The committee appointed to make a se- lection of books for the church library held their final meeting. Monday night. It is to be hoped that the books will be obtained in a few days, so that they may be read during these long Winter evenings.
 Owing to the absence of Rev W.J J.Jen- nings, quite a number of his congrega- tion were at the Methodist church, Sun day.
 Peter Olmstead. an old time resident, was greeted by his old friends, Monday. Since leaving Bedding, he has been quite d traveller, going as far West as Colorado.
 T. M. Ryan sold three cattle to Jew butcher, and, Monday night, they were butchered at J. NJ. Su1livan's barn ac- cording to the Jewish method.
 The single tax theory is exciting quite an interest in Redding owing to it's advocacy by an eloquent advocate. Most anything would be an improvement on the present system, where the burden falls on those least able to pay.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
SOUTHPORT.

A little daughter was born to Mir and Mrs Eddie Hinman, last week.
 A social dance at Oatman's hotel. las week Thursday evening, was enjoyed.
 Rev Mir Munson of South Britain preached at Warren Stoves, Sunday evening.
 Prayer meeting at the house of War ren Stowe, next Sunday evening.
 Mrs Charles Smith returned to Anso- nia, last Friday.
 Mrs John Brennan spent Sunday with her parents in Gaylordsville.
 Mrs Ella Stanley of Hartford cares for her grandmother.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
Mrs James Bakev.

Hannah, wife of James E. Bakey of Hawleyville, while entering the sa- christy at St Rose, Tuesday morning, to attend the s o'clock mass, fell back into her husbands arms and was a corpse in only few minutes. Mrs Bakey had suf- fered for some months with heart troub- le and had consulted Danbury physi- clans, as we'll as doctors in Newtown and Brookfield during early Winter, hav- ing been under Dr Williamss care She felt able to ride to Newtown, though against her husbands wishes. The body was removed to the priests house until Medical Examiner pr E. NJ. Smith could be summoned and it was nearly noon be- fore the corpse was placed in Taylor So Blake's undertaking wagon for removal to the now desolate home.
 Mrs Bakey leaves, besides the strick- en husband, five children to monrn her loss: Julia F., Annie F., John, William and Winnie, child of four or five years. Her mother, now Mrs James Egan, sur wives and two half brothers, Edward and James; also half sister, Miss Martha. Three married sisters live in Danbury: Annie (Mrs Patrick Mofit), Bridget (Mrs Michael Ratchford), Winnie (Mrs Simon McInerney).
 Mrs Bakey was nearly 40 years old and had been married 20 years, this month. The stricken husband, quite broken down by sudden and terrible grief, as we'll as the motherless little ones, have the warmest sympathy of ma ny friends in the hour of trial and be- reavement.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

There Is an amusing incident Mrs Jackson tells descriptive of her husband, Stonewall Jackson. A day or two after Manassas, the news received at Lexing- ton was wanting in authenticity and the excitement was at fever heat. The post office was thronged with people. A let ter was handed Rev Dr White, who at once recognized the generals handwrit- ing. ''Now we shall know the facts," said the clergyman. He was mistaken. This was what had been written: My dear pastor-In my tent last night, after a fatiguing days service, remembered that had failed to send you my contri- button for our colored Sunday school.In- closed you will find my check for that object. which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience and oblige, yours respectfully,-CT. J. Jackson.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
SOUTHBURY.

The remains of Charles Hartwell of New Haven, son of the late Rev Mr Hartwell, former pastor of the Con- gregational church in this place, were brought here, Friday, January 29, for in- terment in the South cemetery.
 Mrs s. L. Futile has so far improved as to be able to sit up.
 Miss Edith Warner has returned to Woodbury.
 4 nice hanging lamp has been present. ed to the Athletics for their club room.
 Another social dance, Wednesday evening, 3d.
 Miss Mary Perry has returned from visiting friends in South Britain.
 The skating on the Pomperaug river, last week, was very .,ood.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

'"The swedish physicians" Minister Thomas tells us in his new book on that country and its people, do not make out any bill to their patients. What you pay your doctor is entirely optional with yourself. The rich pay him liberally, whether they have need of his services or not, if he has once been retained by them. The poor pay him small sum and the very poor pay him nothing at all, and yet he visits them and cares for them as assiduously as he does the rich. On the evening of the last day of the old year, you place what you consider proper sum of money with your card in an envelope and send it by a servant to your doctor. The servant brings back the doctors card in a sealed envelope direct ed to you. No receipt passes and no question about money is lever raised. The amount sent, whether the doctor has been employed or not, varies from 100 to 300 crowns Cor from $25 to $l25) accord ing to the position of the family in soci- ety. If you send nothing at all, he will come the next year and so long as you live just the same, and he is too dignificd ever to say anything about money"
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

Spurgeon's appearance was anything but prepossessng. He was shoit and stout; his forehead was tremendous, and hung over pair. of small eyes. His nose was fiat, his lips thick and chin protrud- ed. His hair was brushed back from his forehead and his fringe of beard did not lend attractiveness to his face. His pow CT as preacher was ill his wonderful voice, his dictIon, his gestures, the clear ness of his language and singular mingling of realism and fancy. His chief hold was over the middle classes, for he appealed neither to the upper classes. as the Established church and it's clergy do, nor to the lowest, as the Salvation army does. He was practically self educated, and never received even an honorary scholastic degree.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
The School Board.

The school board held an interesting session at the Grand Central hotel office, Saturday, January 30, as the keys to the town clerks office could not be found. The members present were Messrs Brew, Corbett, Johnson and Northrop; absent, Messrs Clark and Richardson. It was voted to renew the certificates of the teachers in Flat Swamp, Miss Lottie E. Senior and Gray's Plain, Miss Lena I. Sherman. In regard to the other schools, the visitors not being present to report on them, it was voted that the secretary confer with the visitors and, if reported favorably, the secretary should grant certificate. It was also voted that all teachers intending to teach in Newtown for the school year of 1S92-3, without exception, be required, at the opening of the school year, to take the examination and have certificate signed by ma jority of the board. The action was most of the teachers, who found fault because the board sometimes granted certificates to teachers, without examination, who continued in the same school and were reported satisfactory by the visitors. It is the intention of the board, we under stand, to give all teachers, who pass a good examination and who continue to teach in town and keep good school, a general certificate, which will entitle them to teach in any school in town without further examination. It is a step in the right direction, as it will give the public an improvement in the disci- pline of the schools.
 Another subject which has required the attention of the board for a long time was necessary change in geogra- phies. The old Monteith's series has been in the schools for over eight years and is considered as almost out of place. Many of the teachers have been obliged to buy new books for the desk, to in- struct their pupils from, in order to keep pace with the times. New States, new surveys and the new census are included in the new series, making almost an en- tire revision of the old book. The board thoroughly discussed the subject and voted to adjourn till next Saturday even ing, o'clock, at the town clerks office to further consider the subject,
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

William Trumbull of New Haven, once resident of Chili, gives his views of the trouble with the United States, in the New Haven Palladium. In the first place, Minister Egan not only shielded Balmaceda refugees in the legation's residence, but took them by rail 115 miles to ship them out of the country, an unwarranted assumption of power. In the second place, the Gillian conten- tion is that the affray between the Balti- mOre's sailors and the crews from other vessels in the harbor first arose in the Main Top, one of the most disreputable brothels and dance houses in Valparai- so; that the fighting was thence trans ferred into the streets, the mob constant ly swelling in numbers; that the police were obliged to interfere between the combatants, treating both sides harshly and arresting d large number of both Americans and natives.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
Mrs 5. B. Camp has been quite sick.

Fear not the grave! Hast laid thy loved ones there? They await thy coming; And, when life's long gloaming Shall break to morning fair, Thoult find them still thee loving, still thine
  In that great land where stands Thy holy
 throne. There is no grave! Why fear the grave? Iris not myself alone Who first must try its gloom, Be locked in it's cold room. Another, ages gone, Went down before thee; all it's darkness
 claYe Giving sweet light therefor, to make thee
 brave. Christ lit the grave.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

Mir Sturgeon was d very English Eng lishman--a John Bull of the John Bulls in build, features, tastes, preudices, modes of thought and conduct of life. His will was as robust as his body, his voice or his theology. His power in the pulpit was largely that subtle power of personality which cludes analysis {; but it is explained in part by the strength of his doctrine-your average middle-class Briton likes his doctrine very strong in- deed-and in part by the strength of his English; the sinewy English of Bunyan, Defoe and John Bright. He was .'higll'' Calvinist, and the latitudinarianism of many of the younger and more scholar ly Baptist preachers cauSsd him acute pain of mind, ill these later years. Yet he had vein of poetry in him, as most of the great preachers have, and his heart was larger and tenderer than his creed.-[ [Courant.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

The work done by MT Sturgeon and under his direction was enormous. Since 1855, MT Sturgeon has published d ser mon each week, the series now number ing upward of 2259; the publication has q circulation of nearly or quite 25,000. He likewise published an exposition of the Psalms, "John Ploughman's Talks" in several series and still other works. In 1867, he founded the Stockwell or phanage, where 800 boys and girls are maintained. In 1856, he founded the Pastors college, where men are trained for the Baptist ministry. He carried on a society for evangelists in Great Brit ain and another one in Africa. He started the book fund, which, under Mrs Spurgeon's management, distributed each year to needy clergymen more than 10000 volumes. The Tabernacle organi- zation supports upward of so colpor
 teurs in various parts of Great Britain and maintains some 30 missions and schools. Since 1859, he edited the ''New Park Street Almanack'' and since 1865 weekly paper called Sword and Trowel.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
BETHEL.

Died, Saturday morning, of pneumonia, Mrs Della Benedict, widow of Cad Bene dict, formerly of Hattertown, having been sick only about a week. She was 72 years of age and leaves two daughters to mourn her loss, Mrs Arthur Senior and Miss Nellie Benedict, both of Bethel. A beautiful pillow of flowers with the impressive word "Mother' and bouquet of calla lilies were given. The funeral was held at her late residence, II a m Monday and the remains were laid at rest by the side of her husband in the family plot at Huntingtown, Rev MT Langlois officiating. Her four nephews were bearers, Washington Wheeler, Hor- ace Wheeler, Charles Benedict, Jerome Morgan.
 The community was suddenly called to mourn the loss of Mrs Fife Lockwood Crofut, wife of George Crofut and only daughter of Mir and Mrs A.B. Lockwood, who passed from earth to the realms be- yond at II 30, Tuesday, January B, of puerperal fever. She was married June 21, 1888, in St. Thomas, by Rev MT Tor rance. It was sad blow to her husband and parents to think that, at the age of midst, but ''His ways are past finding out." Her tender and loving disposition won her host of friends. The funeral was held from St. Thomas church, Fri day p m, Rev MT Morrell reading the service. The church was filled with mourners to pay the last sad rites to one who had been friend in their midst. Flowers were in profusion, the coffin be- ing lined; pillow, gates ajar, wreaths. basket of beautiful cut flowers and bou- quets. Six young men, friends of the family, were bearers. The remains were laid at rest in the Bethel cemetery. A floral piece from former rector, Rev c. F. Terrence of Zanesville, O., was among the tributes at Mrs Crofut's funeral.
 Edwin Short, Mrs Robert Dauchy, MT and Mrs Levi Short attended the funeral services of E. s. Riggs of New York, which were held at New Haven, Satur- day.
 / N. B. Sherwood was in town, last week.
 \ number of cases of humps are re- ported among the children.
 MT and Mrs Levi Short spent Sunday with Rev F. G. Howell of New York, a former pastor of our M. E.. church.
 4 large number of Bethelites went to Danbury, Sunday, to attend the dedica- tor, services of the new Disciples chn1ch and witness the marriage of the pastor, Rev E.J. Teagarden. Those who were not at the church before were obliged to seek some other church, is the church was filled and doors fastened before that hour.
 Charles Judd was in town, over Sun day.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
HATTERTOWN.

Mir and Mrs Leonard Payne of Bridge port spent Sunday with J. B. Nichols.
 Miss Nettic Benedict has entertained her friend, Miss Rita r. Loucks of Dan- bury.
 Mrs Potter of Long Hill spends the re- mainder of the Winter with her daugh- ter, Mrs l.. B. Stillson.
 Mrs Deliah Benedict, who died, Janu- ary 20, at the home of her son-in-law, A. H. Senior, Bethel, was a native of Hunt ingtown and, for many years, resident of this place. Her husband, Cad Bene- dict, brother to Ralph, died in 1881.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

There was not hitch in the execution of Borjesson at Litchfield, last Friday and the body was laid in the potters field of the Litchfield cemetery. Borjes- son confessed to killing his sweetheart, but said, l believe my mind must have been insane and that an evil spirit got into my body. l am willing to give my life for her life, bat, if l had any chance do so again. l would be good man.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

A great deal of charity, so called, when analysed, will be found to consist of good natured, patronizing self con- placency and prudence. There is sort of kindheartedness W hich, though purely seltish,is often mistaken for love. l was much surprised that my neighbor was so attentive to me until I discovered how very useful 1 had been to him. But such experience only serves to make real charity all the more divinely beauti- ful W hen we do meet with it.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
Chicago's Clay Foundations.

The manner in which the great weight between Is and 24 stories is distributed Is ingenious. Wherever one of the prin- cipal upright pillars is to be set up, the builders lay Il pad of steel and cement of such extent that the pads for all the pill lars cover all the site. These are made beams crosswise, ,one upon another. Each pair of courses of steel is filled and solid flied with cement. At last, each pad is Is inches thick and, perhaps, Is feet square; but the size is governed by the desire to distribute the weight of the building at about the average of ton to the square foot.
 This peculiar process is necessitated by the character of the land underneath Chicago. Speaking widely, the rule is to find from seven to l4 feet of sand super imposed upon layer of clay between 0 and 40 feet in depth. It has not paid to puncture this clay with piling. The piles sink into soft and yielding sub- stance and. the clay is not tenacious enough to hold them. Thus the Chica- go post office was built and it not only settled continuously, but it settles un- evenly. On the other haud, the famous Rookery building, set up on these steel aud cement pads, did not sink quite an inch, though the architects calculation was that, by squeezing the water out of tile clay underneath, it W ould settle sev- en inches. Chicago's great office build- ings have basements, but no cellars [Julian Balph in February Hsrper's.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
WHITE HILLS.

Captain and Mrs Beardsley have gone to Danbury for months visit.
 Miss Lucy Smith of Shelton was guest of Miss Susie Beardsley, over Sun day.
 Miss Fanny Wixom was given sur prise party, Tuesday evening, by school mates. A jolly good time was had. Sn- sic Hubbell and Emma Wheeler got it up.
 D. 4. Nichols and 0. w. Drew have filled their ice houses; ice eight inches thick.
 Susie Hubbell entertained Mary Crit tenden of shelton, over Sunday.
 Miss Louise Nichols is with her sister at Nichols.
 N E. Prindle gave an interesting Bi- ble reading. Sunday, on the atonement. Services in the church, next Sunday at the usual hour.
 Miss Williams is having weeks va cation from teaching; also Miss Annie Dimon, who is teaching at Long Hill. This is an improvement on the three weeks vacation in mid Winter.
 A substantial ice house is going up at David Wheeler.s.
 Mrs Walter Hubbell, last week, visited her mother. Mrs Nelson Iomlinson, who has not fully recovered from her recen. severe Illness.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
NUMBER 6.

True is the heart in the universe, And tender and loving, I know, as true. Though seemeth that Life is frown and a
 curse,
 True is the heart in the universe. And, when it has carried its loving through, And into the better has grown the worse, He will see, as when clouds from the sky dis
 perse,
 Leaving the deep and the finer blue, That true is the heart in the universe, And tender and loving, know, as true.
 - GJ. M. Scott in Christian Register.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

The double quartet Of whist players who meet at Dicks hotel weekly have finished the first series of POO points. Messrs Northrop and Dr Smith won from Messrs Clarke and Cliff, 200 to 1S9 and Messrs Leonard and Wright beat Messrs Peck and Cole by the same score. The winners at both tables will now try conclusions, while those with the smaller scores get what consolation there is in winning at the last table.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
MONROE.

Miss Lottie Beardsley has returned from Westport.
 Miss Matte Hurd is suffering with a severe cold.
 Mrs Austin Cannon is still quite feeble. Her daughter Mary from Bridgeporc is assisting in caring for her.
 Mrs phippeny. who has been quite ill. is better.
 Mrs Chauncey Wheeler is gaining slow
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

For many years, Mir Sturgeon lived at Norwood, d suburb of London, in house given by his congregation. His mail was said to be surpassed in size only by that of Gladstone and he employed constant ly five stenographers. MT Sturgeon was fond of flowers and of outdoor life. He was teetotaler, but was fond of good cigar and gave as good as he got from any one who found fault with him for smoking. He leaves a widow. three sons, who are ministers, two of them his assistants and a daughter, married to a minister.
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05

In an article on the great sheep ranch es of Australia in the February Scribner, Sidney Dickinson says: "Many of the Australian stations are of magnificent proportions. old Jimmy Tyson, as he is familiarly known, who is reputed to the wealthiest man in Australia, worth at least $2, ,000, ,000, pastures 10000 head of cattle upon a single one of his properties and owns stations, both in New South Wales and Queensland, each of which is larger than Bavaria. Mir Alison of New South Wales, in his two adjoining sta tions of Mergular and Canobar, holds an area greater than Belgium, and in the same colony William Halliday's Brook ong station Gone of the finest in Australia) comprises POO, 900 acres and carries 250,- GOO sheep. Figures like the above might be quoted indefinitely, but it ia enough 10 say that at present the pastoral lands of Australia include an area somew what In excess of that of all the New England States, New York, Pennsylvania: Ohio, the two NirginiAs, Kentucky and Tennes- see combined.'
The Newtown bee., 1892-02-05
It Should Be in Every House.

J. B. Wilson, 3n Clay St., Sharpsburg. Pa., says he will not be without Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption, coughs and colds, that it cured his wife who was threaten ed with Pneumonia after attack of grip, when various other remedies and several phy ysicians had done her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport. Pa, claims pr Kings New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used for lung trouble. Noth- ing like it. Try it. Free trial bottles at E. F. Hawley's drug store. Large bottles. soc. and