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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
Business For Commissioner Wright.

James Sullivan of Southbury was ar rested yesterday by Special Deputy Marshal Cate of Bridgeport on a war rant charging hlm with illegal registra- ton, as he was not 21 years old when he presented himself and was made a voter. Sullivan was brought before United States Commissioner Wright in New Haven and held under $500 bonds for hearing on Saturday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23

SILKS.
 22 inch Black Sdrah Silk, worth 69
 at S7ic 20 inch Black Surah Silk, worth 9s
 at 50c 20 inch Black surah Silk, worth 125 20 inch Changeable Surah Silk, worth
 1 25 at 75c 20 inch Changeable Taffetta Silk,
 worth 25, at S5c P inch Pompadour Sicilian Silk,
 worth 1.5O, at soc All the latest evening shades of China
 Silk, 32 inches wide, worth 75c, at 47c p inch Plain and Fancy Grenedine
 Silk, 9S and upward.
 One lot Black and Colored Faile and
 Grograin Silk, 59c and upward.
 DRESS GOODS. 36 inch Boucle uitings in Plaids and
 Stripes, worth 15c, at Sc 36 inch Storm Serge, worth 25, at 124c 36 inch Storm Serge, worth 37 at 25c 3S inch Colored Henrietta, worth soc,
 at 25c 45 inch Heather Plaid suiting, worth
 soc, at 25c 40 inch Colored Henrietta, worth soc,
 at 37ac 42 inch Blarney Cheviots, worth 69c,
 at 474c AZ inch as Amalgamated suiting. worth .o 42 inch Crocodile Suiting, worth roc, at 55c 40 inch Whip Cord suiting, worth $1, 54 inch Habit Cloth, worth s9c, at 65c 54 inch Broad Cloth Suiting, worth 100. at 75c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
VERDICT OF S2,975.

MT and Mrs Kelly Win Their Suit Against
 Ex-MayOr Baldwin.
 The jury in the case of Mir and Mrs William J. Kelly of New York against Charles R. Baldwin, ex-mayor of this city, on trial at New Haven, this after noon rendered 8 verdict for the plain tiffs to recover $2,S75.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
Killed By an Explosion,

BRANFoRD, Nov 23.-William John- son and August Littleton were killed by an explosion at the Beattie quarries at Leete's island, at noon to-day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
Kenosha Residents Alarmed.

KENosHA, Wis, Nov 23.-A meteor shot across the sky at o'clock this morning exploding with report like a cannon. The people here are greatly alarmed thinking the phenomenon means the approach of the comet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
CONLON BROS.

Special gale Entrance Floor consisting of Silks Dress Goods Lang Brothers stock of Trimmings and Notions Brothers stock of Woolens and Merino Underwear and ThOrne's Millinery
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23

54 inch Norfolk Cloth Suiting, worth
 100, at I 54 inch French Broad Cloth suiting,
 worth ,50, at 1, BLACK GOODS. S6 inch Paramatta Cloth, worth 25c, se inch Silk Finish Henrietta, worth
 37c, at { 40 inch Silk Finish Henrietta, worth
 soc, at & S6 inch Storm Serge, worth SIC at 36 inch Fine Dress Flannel, worth 37c
 at 39 inch all wool Surah Cloth worth 75 at 3S inch Imperial Serge worth 75c at 3S inch silk finish Henrietta worth 75c at 20 pie ccs 54 inch Storm Serge in frieze and astrachan effects worth $1. 50, at One lot silk finish Crepons Alligator and Crocodile Suiting worth $1 .25, at { A complete assortment of Second Mourning Dress Goods in plaids and stripes, at prices that cannot be du- p]icated.
 TRIMMINGS and NOTIONS. One lst Silk Braid, Lang Bros' price 16c our price
 One lot Silk: Braid, Lang Bros price 20c, our price One lot fancy colored Silk Braid Lang Bros price BOG our price
 One lot fancy colored Silk Braid Lang Bros price 42c our price One lot very fine Silk Braids and fine Trimmings, Lang Bros price 100, 1.50, 1.75, our price
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
We Are Not Giving Away
 Trimmed Hats

But we are offering at popular prices a line of Trimmed Hats for Thanksgiving for which selection suitable to any taste can readily be made. You will not have to confine your choice to a few styles, as our stock of Trimmed Hats comprises every desirable shape, color and quality. During the coming week our millinery de partment will be specially attractive in goods and prices, and an invitation is ex- tended to our customers to take advan- tage of this opportunity by making early purchases.
 I. HASE3. EXCHANGE PLACE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
NOTICE,

NOTICE, Tomorrow being Thanksgiving day, in accordance with our usual custom the DEMOCRAT will not be published.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23

Dr 0. ". s. Frost. 177 Bank street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-23
"The Old Homestead. !"

The opera house was packed to the doors last night at "The Old Home stead" performance. The company in cluded the only Denman Thompson and an excellent cast. The singing was an enjoyable feature of the entertainment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
,0ork u)anico.

Males
WIN. l.. HARTU 80.
n. EaJcrt Accountant and Auiitor,
B4rnc, building Room 40. q PARK ROW.
GENTLEMAN. Gcrman-EngliSh, who
n md II years experience ~ the manu-
factu M of doors. ~1-ne,. hllnd-' w. ara
.riub,r bus n,s-. Gcsi - Ia "a ,c 'iahs
gamble ~ Uisirg cliafer oi once shu h'ii
II pu figure, best rcicr 'n',h IN .l.,l,i,I
. .urlty. Address A. b.. boN Tribune
OlIcr.
~ AMERICAN genil man. Of good 'dn-
a. eaton and burine.- trs!nlht' nv 4
thorough knowledge " ne lnrol'f'n OH
scat AID the pIincip'l n'ln' 'i a. "a
AN. 10 give a., highest rcie eh.r- on -
o. iiV dc. RS . position ~ a"eft III i"f"lf
al .nm. nr-Lcia nn1ncId. inHt-tuti"l or
basirc-, Addrr,, j. c. D.. BoN - IND
unc Ollie.
GrNrIENIN. having a handsomely
\ fnrni.l led e,aftmrnt iu tn "a l-rI.
Nj a.t--i .nr~i -tug 81. lht.p ara iNo
bedrooms a.l -0utl.fn 'Npo-''' y t,i tI'.
.foieIo. 900 and abulnaat cIo>rt-. N"i'u III. 10
meet a llfL,lnf Of rhaiir-'' ana position
,..ft ,',a,, H.. could hif tl' arcOmmoda-
tl,n- and ,,pcis,,. best 81 i'irr'nr'' ..h
nd fc0uir,d can ar add. .. j.. " Ap-
DIN. 1T 1..c Chelsea, or lad Liberty 4.
n NOW OPEN ~ lucrative and re-
\ -p0n-lile position; city pc manrncy
u.rrsrtle ur financial Inc h'i'Ii a 81
ct,ritv am be- giNen tor an Al position am
- "a a, dn GOOD business seconds may
-.," -tan,n.' Bls 2N5. Tribune Uptown
oSee. i q. Proatvay.
. SSISrAXT BNtTENptR want -itua-
4 lion IN good house. where thor i a
chance ~ adVanccmn; god RI renc"s:
Address NJ. =. c1i" ~ N'"''u. lVl west
4,th--'. -
.npIr ,rfslilc ~ nan ~ ~ .evcral
"A .~,,.,- rurnfif d.siff ?, Obtain a
-po. ibl~ position be-i IA. .ferences !;
.; t,al. In l,,.t 10 .itioi. Adfr',- JIEMAS,
mn -th-st.. south u ooll'n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Real Gsiate to Cf1banse.

LOTS in growing
u town; 10 minutes distant, adjoining
depot Pennsylvania HailIoad SIDE trarh
Lr4utifllI r-s.depc- plot. u exchange for
city property. Addicss ATTORNEY lib
une once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
domestic 5ituations Uanie0.


n OAC HMh M BY a man who thoIcuphy
y under lads his business In taxing car"
y hOr-e,, carriage, a.. and a good care
I'M driver; >ti .tly attentive 10 MS Wcih
" Hing and o0ligng. which ~ references
iron ~ 'Ist ana former employers VIII Ger
tfy To Ac.r,ss r. H.. 200 West 3Oth-'t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
flats % Cri, llnfurnishso.

ssrJ,HE oAKLEY,' 2i2 West li .t,,,,ii,,.
Choce roomy apartments. beiIthuliy
oocor,,ac IN Iet In ch- new house rents.
SIS 20 $50: good management; nan "''e"u'
ance: strictest references required.
ITO LEI. Elegant single fats % East
4 SSth-st. ----------
es,U,HE WIESBADEN," 40 West ioth-
stone choice roomy apsrthen.'
third floor. beautifully DECORATED 10 let ~
this carefully managed mousse rc"'' go
strictest references required.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03

COACHMAN.-- A lady would ,ltu1un
y FOR her cOschmal, who has been ~ her
-eFVlcr Ii wears: highest recommended tons
Tor ,Ob,i,ty, honesty thoroughly cNper.-
cncCd. Apply 10 q. o. G.. 70 J.h-ay-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03

A FIRST-CLASS French dressnaker from
"A Paris, newly Established ia this city,
desires some more customers elegant taste
perfect NJ guaranteed terms mod rne :
short nOtice; highest references. Adde'S
EORFS SSj Lemon ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03

CHAMBERMAiD and WAITRESS.-By
L Young swedish girl good refereneei no
ca.ds. 22l Lexing ton-aye.; LIST bell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Citn Real Csiatr for Sale.

n Office To SPECTATORS Choice
! property. 1913 and 10 West 5Oth.>i {;
must be- sold inWci iGtely 10 settle estate.
For particulars apply 10 WI w. FO"".
$50 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Dom.snc Gituatlons Wanteo
Females.

Females.
~ HAMBERNAiD aud SEAMSTRESS.-
~ rcspec table coior,d girl city reference.
Address j. T., 10 Mess o2d-st.. TOP nooT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Dressmdklng.

A RTISIIC Grcssmsking; imported fash
"A ions hotel orders at snort notice gCod,
purchased II desired. Mrs. McELEOY. 81
East 9th-st. opposite Jennings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Uork UInIc0.

Males
s,TKONG NOf-NE NAN ~ wt.be.
- ',...o. -. a.y - Ad.r.rs C.
o-bDr. Jos Miiow-a,e.. hOboa'n. y. }.
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ALFRED ,NILGWoOD as Fat l2ih.st.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Real Gstaie tl)anieo.

~ ARMS. HOTELS ana country residences
wantcd FOR ycll.lOcated. cOO1-pdying
city and Brook yin property. TAYLOR l7o
Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03

CHAMRERMAID AIT Il T. 5 or
4 UOCStWORh.- by al r'nslisP eiri la
small fs4.iiy; 8 yeas personal character.
l.3 West 0Uth--t - its.Cc bfll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Cor 5alc.

4 HotH f TfrNI ~ ri 2iL Li'B BE NF rye
>ElNID At THE UPTOWN offices.
30. - Broadway corner Tuuty-Gr-t-,t;
=. n; 30 W',t Tueuty-thlri.st.. corn,
-ih-a-c. 10 6th-tvt.: 1j3 four,h-l,c..
corner Foure,nth-t.; 100 Ih!r,l-1,e.. COZ.
~ tort - .'eath..,t 90 Third-aye., near
or 90, -0.f-,t. oS2 COiuu'us-ayc..
LILO Nmih-ate.. corner 12i-st.; -
A9orty-,ti >! A."o1u,c.. 4 1923 Thifd-ayc..
hludr t.if dts rnty-iith-st. ~ 10 D. H..
and 20j Wt-t Onr-hIutr -sai-tNrlti NTH.
-. at regular Office rats.
4 I'VE ALLIGATOR 81 '.ct iong. piIce
Il - VI'r f... ans exhibition bon live
faifhon, b'"n' iui p.unhg. c4c" 10
,qtu", Il 60. WI. CLARENCE VAIL.
I ADY MUST ,ELL beau'lfui 3-..dal
u .nel uP- % pano fos $50; sacr'hce.
.fi West i-t--t.
DIAEO-. p.gut. o. GOD ori -. must De-
.'.t, "a.t oi r''n. Ii- Au-.-.t
vNURNINu LATHE 4aeufuiiy ia sA,d
1 Js-- vita -Ll.. ra-:. t4ures, tools.
C-a~'r- &C.,; an amateur outfit. Apply
'VNrlWGIi Ii.-i.'mm-tpi tep.wrt'i ,n
E'oi % t..' vtl .a or f-nt cheap.
1fPIN fiTiE. BaN 500.
VJALNcT CFFICEPAKTliIoN. rtt0 q for
W tanL u1,l;ln- o coun IN. -hos-.. ch rp:
also roltop do-k-. new and -.'ond-naud.
II Bond--t.. near I}fo'dway.
% nnO -Hti.i.- - treasury -torR I'm a
,VOU n'U Montana .ilN"r Win- IT
90. -lar. foi lH particulars inq.Ie
- Broadway. Room 10.
81. 800. O0Or,,s,it:.. CANT ~, m MIR ,tp
81. lIusrIei ca aloguc ire. DANIEL
+. BEATTY Washington. y. j.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
GonnIrp Rral estate for Sale.

20
AGENCY FOE &ONTCLAIE.-Dwel
handsome building sites; terms easy.
TUBES & TAYLOR. Bcchnan-st., \. y.
A -A.-PKCPEKIY OWNERS in West
"A. chester County and on the sound, who
desire thor properly for salc or rent entered
On our catalogue Tor lcJ2, Will please sehn ioi
ccscrpNc blanks; we have bargains ~
farms and country seats IN WcstchestD
COUNTY. WI H. HOYT & CO.. ) Van.
oerbilt-sve. opposite Grand Central Depot.
A GENCY for NUTLEy HEIGHTS. y. J.
~ dwellings iDr s-i4e OF T. let; handsome
bl.idiug sites terms easy 30 minutes ron
city. FOLSOM BROTHERS. s26 Broad
way
EXTRAORDINARY BAKGA1NS.-B,au-
Il t.ful village farm II 900 Hudson River
buildings. TAYLOR, l76 BrOad~sy.
II OR SAIL or EXCHANGE-Fam 11s
i ares; Mgh, dry. h,sithy 1eaut,iul
tered Ho,,tein cattle. would make beautiful
country ies dencc eNr hange for city prop.
er;y. Or for county p.oprty 4 free and
clear. Address OWNER, 1872 6h-aNc.
Eroc.ayn.
Il ACTORY FOR SALE OR LEASE,
Neycr-failns watcrpower raj ana
water transportation Within a quarter Oh
mile. JONATHAN D1CKINSQN, Real
Estate Agent. PouchkeepNie. y. \.
on ACRES. free and clear. near White
w Plains Depot; improved country board
irg.hO, Ulster County. Away OccUpic ;
farm, beautifully located on CHESAPEAKE
PAY mineral land, elegant loteI OF
an rights. opposite ilavrr-de-C'race
,Inous ducking grounds; VIII trsac one OF
III equities for city improved OF unimpiONod.
SAN Co. 100 Wet l-5tA-9t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
miscellaneous.


A ny person having any suitable Article
"A Tor county trad" sddrcS, JOS. IL.
JOHNSON. Bon 80. Bound Brook. y. j.
4 DVlE11stMENrN FOR TIE NEW
"A YORK. TRIBUNE WILL BE RI.
CLINFD At The UPTOWN OFFIC rs.
No. 2fS Broadway. corner Thirty hr-t-st. /,
Lao Broldway. corner 2Gth-st., uuul .
p. M; 20 We. Twenty thir1--t-, corner
otl-lNc., -. 6th-iNc.. 1873 foulth-d,t %,
corner Fourteenth--t.; 100 Thri-sN".. cor
rcr Forty Dyenth-st.; r.G Thrd-aNe T., u'ar
SiXty-nr-t-,t LOS Fir>t-aNc.. ioG W. ~
torty-,ccoid-st.: 092 Coluubg--aNr d.
l.l7O Nnth-1Nc.. corner - i--t., 90
Lib"r ty-~t.. ,, Avenue a 1923 Third-avc..
ana the HARLEM OFFICE. $50 f1st one
hgndr d.and twenty hfth-sf.. UP 10 . y. NJ,
and ?06 West Onc.huuir d-and.tWcnty fifth
st.. O. regular o.ice rates.
ENTIEMEN wishing 20 dispose Of their
VI left-on clothing at fair Nalu" viii
please call on or address EDWARD
MILLER. SO Gth-aye.
- PEktHE>. poems aud short st1Iic,
- written TO order. Addrcs, lSOC RATES.
Tribune once.
w EXCHANGE oil painting. fHned,
w for seal or old mink Wral. Adir'@-
Any STYLE. tCb W,-t i2d.si
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
Board tOanic6.

xxTANTED.-A home for gin q ~ IN
w refined private family. "he,e she can
make herself tl-cful for her board and >ina,
.',,nnonsation. Address REFINED, Ad-
verti-emcnt once. sth-aye. ard 2Sd''t'
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-07

A company has recently been formed
in Hamburg for the purpose of putting
into practical working shape novel
plan for the transportation of passen-
gers and freight in pneumatic tubes.
The line consists of pneumatic tube
large enough to take a car forty inches
in diameter and about six and onc-half
feet long This car is divided into three
compartments, each of which will ac-
commodate passenger, Each COM
partment is to contain an apparatus
dlled with compressed air, so that pas
sengers can have an ample supply of
pure air as long as they remain boxed
up. The car is to be shot through the
tube at high rate of speed, but with a
gentle sliding motion. One of the for
eign papers, in referring to this rail
road, remarks; Travellers will be al
lowed limited amount of baggage, but
smoking will be strictly prohibited. +"
An experimental line is to be built on
this principle between Hamburg and
Buchen, distance OF about fifteen
miles. which the cars are expected to
traverse in eleven minutes
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-07
Tho Mystery of Mark Island.

Mark island, the ledge off Small
point, where a schooner was wrecked
the other day, says the Lewiston Me-
Journal, was the home for two or three
years of n mysterious family The cot
tage there was erected five Or six years
ago by man who came with fine
yacht, his wife and mulatto boy and
took possession, They made friends
with no one and never allowed any body
to land on the island unless some one
broke an oar or was shipwrecked.
There is only one place where land
ing can be made, and from it's beach a
path leads to the house. At this path,
at point which commanded full view
of the landing, the tnulatto boy stood
from daylight till dark with musket
on his shoulder Two or three years
this strange family spent on the island,
and then one spring they did not come,
nor have they been seen or heard from
since. But three years ago this fall a
man was arrested in either Boston or
New York for passing counterfeit
money who answered to the description
of the one who lived on Mark island.
No attempt was made to find his work
shop, but some folks think this was the
plaoa
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-07

One of the most terrific and effective
blasts ever made in the extensive stone
quarries at Glen Mills was made the
other day, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger and Transcript. In the face Of
that portion of the quarries which is
opened, about eighty yards in length.
nine holes twenty-five feet in depth
were drilled at equal distances apart.
In these five hundred pounds of dyna-
mite were placed, and all responded to
the touch of the electric button ut the
battery, several hundred yards distant
Hundreds of thousands OF tons of stone
were raised and broken by the eXplo-
sion, raany of the pieces being as large
as freight car The arrangements for
the blast being generally known in
that section, hundreds of PEOPLE as
selablcd to see it. The amount of
stone loosened by the explosion will be
sufficient to keep busy the several large
crushcrs for many weeks.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-07
EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN.

SIR Edwin Arnold Says the Little Ones
Are Not Heedcd.
II was astonished," Sir Edwin Ar
mold said to a Pittsburgh Dispatch re-
porter. "by the news of such terrible
earthquake In Osaka and Naroya.
Never, If memory serves inc, has an
earthquake visited that region before.
The usual scene of seismic disturbances
is in and around Toxic and islands near
the capital are pointed out as their
foci. Near there is also the great vol
cano of Fugisan. Thirty years ago
twenty thousand persons ere said to
have perishcd by earthquake and food,
but this recent loss is evidently greater.
Osaka and Nagoya are busy. populous
cities.
"Nagoya is about two hundred and
fifty miles from Toxic and on the south
coast. A railway runs between it and
Toxic. The country abounds in hills,
many of them volcanic. and no doubt
fires underlie the ground. 1t was here
that last year the Japanese troops ex-
ecuted their military maneuvers under
the eye of the emperor. II is large
city of wide. well-plunncd streets and a
population of one hundred and twenty
thousand The principal occupation of
it's inhabitants has been the production
OF silk and cotton wove goods, and it is
very famous for it's porcelain. Osaka is
very rich and prosperous manufac-
turing city on the border of a river that
leads to the sea. 1t is not SO much
damaged. I imagine, as Nagoya.
"The great danger in earthquakes is
due rather to fire than to any commo-
tion. The houses arc usually only one
story high and are of thin woodwork
and paper A bad earthquake easily
shakes down these fragile houses, and,
as every one contains firebox and
petroleum lamp, general bonfire is
the result. Light earthquakes are so
common in Japan they attract little
notice. They begin with little COM
motion, twice or three times repeated.
The vibration increases and roar fol-
lows. When you begin to wonder what
is about to happen it ceases and all is
quiet. To guard against these frequent
shallings the japanese have invented
an ingenious contrivance.
''In my house at Azova the column of
cherry which supports the roof was
pivotcd under the floor to q stone like a
cup, SO that the earthquake did not
cause it to tumble down but only made
it oscillatc. An earthquake door has
also been invented which is fastened to
strong, massive joint, which slips
along the beams. Thus the danger of
being struck down in the doorway is
removed but the danger arises chiefly
from the ignition of the ruins. as have
described. The consequent floods, too,
are very destructive. The earth is lifted
up by the shock and huge wave swells
der"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-07
HAPPY OLD MAIDS.
Their Curious Organization and It's Work
in Milford, Conn.

Their Curious Organization and It's Work
in Milford, Conn.
This town boasts of as many pretty
girls as any in Connecticut, and it also
boasts of some odd ones. At Minor
Smiths Shore hotel yesterday there
was an assembly of girls" who proba-
bly, have no counterparts in this state of
hasty marriages and easy divorces.
They used to be called the "Bee Hive
society of the First church of Milford"
but at their meeting yesterday they
voted to adopt "Old Maids society" as
the title of their organization.
Thirty-five years ago thirty young
women belonging to the church organ
lied the bee Hive society" for fun as
well as work in an evangelistic way.
They passed Il rule that only unm ar
ried women might belong, and that if q
member SO far forgot her promises as to
marry, her name should be stricken
from the rolls, and her picture on the
wall of the socicty's club-room was to
be draped in mourning. Each member
paid twenty dollars initiation fee. This
money was invested. and the interest
was to be used in providing an annual
dinner. The principal could not be
touched until only one member was left,
when the whole sum, with accumulated
interest was to revert to her.
For several years the society -four
ished, but at last Cupid came, and the
youngest and prcttiest member fell a
victim to him. Her picture was draped
with black and she was formally ex-
PEELED. The next year two more of the
original thirty withdrew to marry, and
SO it went on in spite of the earnest
protestations of each member that no
man living could tempt her to marry.
This year just half the original num-
Der remain, and they were all present
at the supper at Smiths hotel. The
oldest member confessed without
bushes to being sixty years old, and
the youngest is forty-cight. They are
handsome, sprightly women, and only
one wears glasses. The president called
attention to the fact that not n set of
false teeth could be found among them,
and wanted to know where the reporter
could find fifteen better-looliiag or bet
tcr-spirited women of their age.
Residents of Milford are watching
the club with interest. Their work
among the poor of the church and town
is spoken of with the highest respect
by the pastors and selectmen, and, al
together, the Old Maids society is not
such bad thing. The original fifteen
hundred dollars which formed the as
sets of the club had been SO well in
vested that the amount is now five thou
sand dollars.