The Newtown bee., 1892-01-15
MONROE.
GEORGE FERRIS .

ship with Col Richards and married hi only daughter Abigail, who only lived | short time. Housed to travel from Mon roe, through Bedding, Ridgefield ant other towns to the State of New York wholesaling the scythes to the merchants In 1856. he married Eliza Shepherd, by whom he had four children! Abigail R.. who married George 0. Hill and lives il Eau Claire, Wis.,; William R., who mar rled frat Naneie Sherman, 1863, whe died in is74i in 1876, hs married her sis. ter, Sarah E.; Augusta, now wife ol George Ii. Turney of Birmingham and Mary Jane, wife of Oscar Hubbell ot Shelton.
 By the death of Mr Ferris, we lose one of our oldest and most respected citizens, d man whose word was as good as his bond, who was never sued and who hey- CT sued any one. He was essentially a home man, but held the office of select man for four years during the civil war, discharging his duties to the general sat- isfaction of the public. MT Ferris had a remarkable memory and could tell the date of anything that occurred during his long and busy life.
 He had lived in the same house 70 years and set out, when 2l, the row of splendid naples in front of the house with his own hands, the trees now being nearly three feet in diameter. MT Ferris will be much missed by his neighbors. He was all ways genial, free hearted and ready to accommodate, with a pleasant word for every one. He was his life long Demo- crat, staunch and true. A man of whom it may be said he was ''sans peur ct sans reproche.' Mr Ferris was buried, 9th, in the East Village cemetery, aged 86 years. His second wife died in 1887 aged 7s years.-[E.] Rev Charles Dixon con- ducted the funeral services and the bear CTS were Julius A. Beers, Charles Bots- ford, John H. Hawkins, F. W. Wheeler.
 The Van Duynes came up from Brook. lyn to spend New Years and remained a week.
 Mrs Charles Clarke does not rally from the grip, but Louise and Homer are bet ter.
 Albert Wheeler is better; Mrs Merritt is out of danger.
 Howard Wheeler, who has returned from Norwich, has so far light attack of grip. Mrs Chauncey Wheeler was taken, Monday; other members of the family have the symptoms.
 Mrs R. B. Curtis is home for short time.
 s. D. Sharpe has lost d cow.
 Henry l.. Wheeler of Sandy Hook, while driving in a sleigh between East Village and Hammertown, was upset, the horse, clearing itself, ran and was caught by F. W.Wheeler near the house of William R. Ferris. Mir Wheeler and Charles Botsford led the horse back as far as Mir Hollister's, where they found H. L. Wheeler; harness and sleigh injur- ed somewhat.
 Mir and Mrs Frank Clarke of New York are with their mother, Mrs Betsy Clark, who has been so ill.
 Try a Wanzer lamp for the best light. One inch wick, half pint of oil used each evening. Handsome table and hanging lamps and hall chandeliers in every style.
 Mrs F. Hawley boards the men survey ing along Great Hollow stream to locate q reservoir.
 There will be preaching in the Congre- gational church, as usual, next Sunday, Rev Seeley officiating.
 On Thursday, 7th, Harmony Grange installed the following officers:
 w. M, Erastus A. Dailey.
 w. O., Louis B. Beardsley.
 W. L., Estella M. Byxbee.
 Steward, Howard H. Wheeler.
 A. s., Albert Wheeler.
 Chaplain, F. C. Burr.
 Treas, Y. II. Lockwood.
 Sec, A. Sinclair, Jr.
 G. K., Robert Sinclair.
 Ceres, Mrs William E. Brothwel.
 Pomona, Mrs James Burr.
 Flora, Mrs E. A. Dailey.
 l.. A. S., Rose A. Sinclair.
 The Grange meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.
 Misses Ruth and Vera Beardslcy, who have been visiting Dr J. G. Stevens, have returned to their home in Shelton.
 Miss Jennie NJ. Burr, having spent the mid Winter holidays at home, has return ed to Mt. Holyoke Seminary.
 After installing officers, last week, the grange proceeded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the inception of the grange. A fine banquet and speeches, songs, stories, etc, whiled away the hours until the incoming day, when they separated, imbued with the idea that the grange had come to stay. other column concerning the restraining of dogs in Monroe.
 STEPNEY.
 Mrs Eunice Hill Peet, one of our old est residents, died, Saturday night, at the home of Isaac Sherman, her grand son. She was widow of the late Abel Peet, d private in the war of 1912, enlist ed September l6, 1914 and mustered out November 3, lSl4, stationed at Fairfield