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The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
In New Haven County
SOUTHBURY,

MT and Mrs Edmund Leavenworth have visited in New Haven.
 $. L. Futile was at Milford, Tuesday.
 Mrs T. Reynolds has been quite ill.
 Miss Bessie Hopkins of Shelton is as- sisting Miss Lucy Bennett at South Brit ain.
 The hunters report lots of game in the woods near here. Station Agent Reardsley has been
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
MERRYALL.

Miss Lillian Hall has gone on a visit to her aunts in New York state.
 There will be another dime sociable given at William Ives, Friday evening, October 20.
 Services will be held at the chapel, Sunday, as usual.
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HELP THE GOOD CAUSE.

The long talked about clearing up of the cemetery has become reality Peo- pie are surprised that so much could be done with so little money. Any one wishing to contribute towards a fund to keep it clear are requested to send in their dollars to Town Clerk J. F. Gibbs, or to Rev W. F. Bielby who has under r. taken to raise a subscription for this purpose. Right here perhaps a word might be appropriate. Do not plant a spreading brush or a running vine in Gods Acre. unless you mean to take
 care of it. The chances are instead of being a thing of beauty forever, it will turn out a decided nuisance to yourself and to everybody that has a plot near yours. The finest covering for any cemetery is a clean, even sod of green grass which can be easily mown. Again do not bank up a grave. It does not look well. It is hard to care for, and in dry soil, for three quarters of the year it looks like last years hay cock that somebody forgot to carry into the barn.
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DEATH or MRS GEORGE nrRLBrRr.

DEATH or MRS GEORGE HURLBURT.
 Mrs George Hurlburt also died the morning of the 18th and was buried the 10th. She was an cstimable lady in every sense of the term, none knew her but to love and respect her. She leaves a husband and four sons and two daugh- ters to mourn her departure to fair and better land.
 Ihn b idgemrn have come at last and we shall probably have the pleasure of using the main road between the station and the center soon.
 Fred ryr"cll is building d neat cottage at the Falls.
 T. E. Mower and wife have returned from the Worlds fair.
 Dea Sceley, wife and son are in Chicago.
 Mrs Preston remains about the same
 Dwight Evans is slightly improved in health.
 Mrs Pons is very sick with malarial fever. Drs Bacon and GriswOld of New Milford and pr Ford of Washington have been in consultation with Dr Pons.
 Most of the typhoid patients are on the gain, with the exception of Mrs Pons; she is not much better, if any, at this writing :; also Dwight Evans, who has a compIi- cation of diseases, is very low.
 Mrs Phebe Castle went home wish her daughter, residing in Huntington, for a few weeks recreation.
 William Barnes and family from AnsOnia drove up to his fathers, Friday night, to make q visit and spend Satur- day hunting. The weather being quite unfavOrable Saturday, he only spent a short time in the afternoon and ca blurred four greys, returning to Ansonia Sunday evening.
 George Crofut returned home from Chicago, Thursday last, and reports as being well paid for his time and money spent.
 Alton Wilsey is laying the chimney for Fred Tyrrell's new house.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

cf New Haven are the guests of mr and Mrs D. E. Randall.
 MT and Mrs Thedore Clark and son are visiting friends in town. Mr Clark has been in California for number of years.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
CRANBERRY PLAINS.

Everet Shipman has entered his saddle horse in the running race at the Norwalk fair grounds, on Thursday.
 John Barthol has returned to his home in this place, from Norwalk.
 MT and Mrs Frank Blake of Norwalk
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ROXBURY.
DEATH OF SAMUEL BALDWIN.

DI71N T TT VT 01N'T T7I- H1NI.I W IN'
 Samuel Baldwin died the morning of the l2th and was buried the 14th, Rev Austin lsham conducting the services. He was - years of age. He leaves a widow and two sons and large circle of friends to mourn his loss, which is in deed a loss to the community at large as one of the first citizens of the town as regards uprightness and kindness of purpose. He was always ready to help in every good work.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
In Fairfield County.
MONROE.
ACCIDENT TO MRS BURR

On Sunday, as Mrs Philo Burr and son were on their way to church, in try ing to avoid a muddy place, the carriage struck rock, turned over, and Mrs Burr's arm was broken between the el- bow and shoulder. Dr J. G. Stevens was called.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
TRAMPS VISIT WARREN. Tramps are getting plenty here,
TIE HEAVY GALE

The sheds back of lhe Congreg gational church present dilapidated appearance since last Fridays gale, the like of which we seldom experience. Rain fell in tor rents.
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DEATH OF MRS NORWAY.

The death of Mrs Frank Norway of Watertown, brings sadness to many hearts in OFT midst. While on brief visit to her cousin, Mrs Edwin Clark, she was taken with pneumonia and died af- ter very short illness. In the prime of a beautiful womanhood, Mrs Norway has been called away from parents who depended largely upon their only child for sympathy and society, from below ed husbands happy home and two sons, to whom mothers wlse counsel seems almost indispensable. We can only say, ssIn His hand leave whatever things thou canst not understand.
 ARRIVALS.
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THE SEWER A REALITY.


 If the presence of surveyors with theodolite and chain means anything, we shall have a sewer in the main street of Kent. We hope that they will find it feasible, not only to carry of the sew age but also the surface waters. It is also to be hoped that Lane steet will not be forgotten and those living thereon will be so stirred up about it as to have one of their own.
 Mrs John Judd is still quite sick but hopes are entertained of her ultimate re- cOvery.
 Mrs Ball of North Kent, and sister of Mrs Helen Vincent of this village, is quite ill.
 Charles Lee, our genial representative, and Fred Chase, the popular storekeep- CT of South Kent, have gone to the Worlds fair at Chicago, and with them, to keep the boys straight we suppose, they have taken John Chase of Ore Hill. We wish them pleasant time.
 Tuesday mornings frost was a breath from Old Boreas and made the boys think of skating. Ice formed on vessels full of water left in exposed places.
 Mrs Lyman D. Mills of Middletown. Ct., is spending few days with her sis ter, Mrs W. F. Bielby,a the rectory.
 Last weeks gale knocked the chest nuts out most beautifully and tine boys made the best of it. But, alas it also knocked out many an English sparrow, more thoroughly indeed than the famous Nigilant did the Vol-ku-re-a, the boasted yacht from Albion's shore.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
LITcHFIELD.
RESULT OF THE BIG BLOW.

Cider is at hand, and plenty of it.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20
Children Cry for Pitchers castorIa.

nica salve cured him entirely. Sold at E. Hawley's drug store.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

A severe gale visited old Litchfield Saturday morning and blew down the frame of Shepard Knapp's new house on Prospect street and damaged the under pinning to some extent.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

Charles Woodruff and family leave for the city this week; also John LudleY and family.
 A musical and dramatic entertainment
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c. H. BOOTH

will show the leading styles of Trimmed Hats and Bonnets on every Thursday at the store of Edgar F. Hawley. An expert trimmer will be present to take orders, or to execute any orders that can be done during the day or week.
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

IN A RECEIVERS $ HANDS.
 The creamery has passed into the hands of a receiver and the business Is
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

Mrs R. A. Peck and Miss Minnie Peck
The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

Mir and Mrs Burgess rejoice over the advent of a daughter, born the Sth inst.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
Worms Oh the Brain.

6, Fl. French. of Carbonate, Ill.
writes to Science as follows: "Or
April 7, 1890, two common bitterns
were brought to me to be mounted.
One of them was still alive, but did
not seem to be just natural-seemed ia
lack what we might call bird intelli
gence, and was smaller than the other
and poor in flesh,
when the head had been skinned
and was ready to sever from the neck,
which was done by cutting through
the skull, the brain cavity was found
10 contain a mass of thread worms. oc.
euPylng about one-third of the brain
cavity These were seemingly like the
ordinary gordius, OF hair snake, about
the size OF q gordius, that is three
inches long, and coiled in a mass in
the upper posterior part of the brain,
and extending some down into the
spinal canal.
AS near as / could say without re-
moving them, they occupied the
eubarachnoid space and had. absorbed
much of the cerebrum and the upper
part OF the cerebellum. the outlines Of
the arbor vita being plainly visible.
! have never see anything like this
Ii any other bird, nor have I seen anv
account OF worms being found par
aslt1e III the brain before"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
Sale BY Candle.

Sale by candle is 6 method 0 ftnction
that WIS common ct one time through
ont England and Scotland. and Is still
spoken Of in the latter country. At
Bremen, until about ten years ego. it
was the legally established mode OF
auction. Every Friday afternoon q
Judge and his secretary took their
seats IN the Old Exchange. attended
by a crier and a servant dressed in a
t~iame-colored coat, carrying q box of
tiny candles. each OF which are III.
tended to burn minute. A candle
Is lighted. and the bidding for the
article on sale begins. At each offer
from a would-be purchaser the burn
ing candle is extinguished. and q new
one is lighted. and the property is
only disposed of when a candle burns
itself out ere q fresh bid has been an
nounco by the crier. This custom,
dates from medieval times. and il is
said IN Bremen that for five hundred
years sales have been held and cand!e>
have been burned ever FRIDAY without
interruption. Philadelphia Ledger.
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AT a Spanish Ball Fight.

The bull, already showing some
signs Of fatigue, has now to face the
most provoking Of ell his antagonists.
The banderillerosA stand i'll front Of
him, holding a dAt in either hand,
inviting him to c9e and make short
work of them as 3 had done with the
horses. But wKen he charges, ex-
pecting easy victims, be finds the swo
| darts planted in his neck, while the
intended victims skip nimbly aside.
Certainly q clever feat and it is re-
peated until, at another signal from
the President, the prima espada, or
matador, comes forward. Fifteen
minutes Of life i'll the ring are allotted
to each bull, and now but five mlnutes
remain. Or course the huge heavy
| creature is by this time tired, haffled
and slow in his movements: otherwise
the matador's duty would be too dltt1-
cult. Even as it is he runs some risk.
For example. this very bull killer III
green satin was SO gored two years
g that he had the distinction Of lying
at the point of death, With all Seville
aolicitous about his fate, A clumsy
matador he seems to be, Turing and
teasing the bull very much as the
chulos had done, but with his red flag
instead of q cloak. Then, watching
his opportunity, he plunges his sword
into the bulls back, The stroke 1s III
directed the sword has to be drawn
out. and the attempt made once more.
The second effort also fails, and a third
becomes necessary, Then at last, after
several minutes of blundering, he does
succeed in reaching q vital point. The
bull staggers, blood gushes from his
mouth and noetrils, he goes down Oh
his knees, and then rolls over on his
side. The rascally servant deals him
3 final blow behind the ears; then the
gray mules with red trappings are
driven in to haul out the ~carcasseg the
hand continues its selections from q
merry opera the audience a%pplauds,
and the green satin professional bows
most gracefully, One bull has been
killed. Before SIX o'clock five Others
follow him to the shades-wherever
hrute-martyrs GO. Only ten horses IA
small number) die this afternoon,
The bulls are rather tame. The audi.
ence also does not indulge in any wild
enthusiasm, this being only al average
day. Still some hats and gifts Of
small value are thrown into the arena
at the matador's feet. ] do not find
it true, as is commonly asserted, that
Spanish women hold fans before their
faces to shut cut the most revolving
features of the spectacle. They are
present in great numbers. and among
them are many fine ladies in wonder
full white lace mantillas and all, with
out exception, appear to enjoy the
show. The most eager spectators il
my neighborhood are some pretty chill
dren.-Lippincott's
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
THROUGH THE MEADOW

When you come through the meadow, May,
At the golden mark Of noon,
Low laughter echoed all away
Across the fields Of June.
The buttercups their amber bowls
Brimned full Of sumner sun,
And drank until the thirsty souls
We're tipsy, every one.
The bluebells rang a merry cheer
When you came through the meadow, dear.
When you came through the meadow, May,
You spoiled the daisies maps
Beneath their faces round and CAV
They tied their ruf1ed caps.
And bodied queer little downs and ups,
Pretending TO be shocked
At Jolly. tipsy buttercups
That swayed and reeled and rocked.
The happy news spread far and near
When you came through the meadow. dear.
When you came through the meadow. May,
The sau"y bobolinks
Flew past the primmest hawthorn spray
With wicked little winks.
The piumy grasses nodded, too.
And rustIed with delight,
To think that one az sweet as you
Should pass within their sight.
The dimpled brook laughed silver clear
When You came through the meadow, dear.
When you came through the meadow, May,
The bees, with golden spurs,
Went juggling down the fowery way
Among the purple burrs.
4 royal, jocund butterfly
Bent low on blazoned wing.
And kissed the beggar-roses shy,
Forgetting he was king
For they-and I-lQnged to be near
When you came through the meadow. dear.
Florence May Alt, in Outing.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The series of oficiaT reports setting
forth the material and educational
progress of the country, recently is-
sued by the Mexican Government,
though not marking SO great an adj
vance as expected, is still very encour-
aging. During the past twenty years,
che period covered by the comparisons,
the railway mileage has increased
twentyfold, and the telegraph mileage
elghtfold, followed in each case by a
proportionate increase of business.
Exports and imports have largely in
creased, as have also manufactures and
agriculture, and the appropriations of
the Federal and State Governments
and municipalities for educational
purposes has advanced from 81, $780,.
10 to So, 500, 900. Peace and pros.
p atty have been secured, especially
drSing the Presidency of General
Diaz, who holds the reins of Govern
ment with o firm hand, and who is not
afraid to suppress the tendency to
revolutionary movement by the prompt
application Of military force, The
country still suffers, however, from
the lack of esteem for productive in
dustry enthe part Of the upper classes,
whose chief ambition is to hold public
offices, initiating in this respect the
srgentines, and the absence of trained
.lahits Of ministry on the part of the
N liar. and mixed races, which consti-
!. lte iour-ifths of the population.
that is most needed is industrious i'm
a.isrants to develop tie vast natural
resources Of the Republic, a factclear-
" perceived by the Government, which
has already permitted the establish
msat of Mormon colonies in Chihua-
haa and Sonora, and bid for immigra.
ton from northern Europe.
@M Il
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The United States produce 1920
pounds of grain to each inhabitant
Denmark, 1925; Canada, 1900; Russia,
1900; Roumania, 1850; Spain, HOO;
France, 800; Sweden, $50; Argentine
Republic, $50; Australia, $50; Ger.
many, 700; Belgium, 600; Portugal,
800; Ireland, 500; Scotland, 400;
England, $50,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

Henrik Ibsen, the Swedish dramat
list, is DESTROYS of visiting England
principally, as he declares, to see the
old men. "In all other countries, " he
says, "the best work is done by men
between forty and fifty years of age
IN England q man of seventy or eighty
is still in his prime. I should like to
see such men as Gladstone, Salisbury
and Herbert Spencer"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

1t is mentioned as an instance o.
what the fashionable world has come
to that Q recent private concert given
IN London cost the hostess $12, 500.
According to this figure entertaining
ones guests will soon be impossible,
and society must inaugurate some new
method of keeping its end up in that
line. First-class artists over there ask
sums ranging from $1,000 TO S25Oo for
three or four songs, but, fortunately,
the number of these artists is limited,
and those who employ them are the
painfully rich.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

A learned German who has devoted
himself to the study ofphysiology and
allied sciences makes a startling asser-
ton that mustaches are becoming
commoner among women in the pres
emit day than in the past. He says
that in Constantinople among the IN
yelled ONE one out of ten possesses
an u~nmistakable covering of down on
the upper lip.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
necticut.

It is reported that the Ghezirah
palace, situated on the banks Of the
Nile, is to be converted into q hotel
that q line of steam ferries is to plv
across from Cairo, and that the Nile is
to be tunneIed.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA
NSIONSI

W7Aor OF JUNE 81. 1890 Pensions soldiers and sailors Of the wr Of ~
lebeHhon III served so days AMI were onorably discharge from the services and
dnn, dependent parents fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commences from the date of filing the formal application (ater the passage of the
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau o or after June u, 1890 date Of the
Act OF if not in the form, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary The rateae
child offs soldier under sixteen years; aud diff the widow dies, the child or children
can draw such pension. The soldier is entitled to any rate from Sc to sl3 Der
may apply under this one, Or a penMoner under this on may apply under othsr
dersr sailors case:
o. An honorable discharge.
() That he served at least ninety day.
(O A permanent physical or mental inability to earn support, but act due
vicious habits: Ut need Tot have originated in the sevicej
r That the saer or soldier served at least ninety DAYS.
() That he was honomby discharged.
81 Proof of death, but it need not have been the results of his Array or
Naval service. ' "
GlsThat the widow is "without ether means of support than her daily
~ That she married soldier prior to June o. 1890, the date Of tn. Act
DEPENDENT PARENTS CASE. "0 A"
~ That the soldier or sailor died of wound, injury or disease wbi.b ,.
der prior law, would have given him a pension. ' Az
~ That he left n o wife or minor child.
81 Lht the mothero or father Is at present dependent OF her Or his ow.
m,,n"ai LABOR berg without other present means of support than their avn nan
ua! DIOR, or the contributions of others not legally bound for their unnnrt
re benefit OF The first section o the Acto of J1ue q, 1890, are nt confined to
the parents OF those oservedi in the wal of the rebellion, but are evterde5 ~
all parents where reasonable dependence has arise, IN account o. tbs death death = !" -
abilities contracted before or since discharged, !" u"
Al nat ID cas- q minor nldM insane, idotc OF other wise permansnNv
heipnss ne ne pension hall continue during the period of such disability and thS
under this or any former statute and such pensions sbaI merc fa E ga 49, a..
o. application Therefore after passage Of this Act. ' '
The rules and regulations Of the Department will ycvsr, oil .n,r.o... o.
- onder Act Of June q, 1890, pensions are granted to, Soldier. and suza,
~ NoTlCRl-Dr. W. R. Lastrapes having reoentv ba,n nroin.5 It q
examining Surgeon for Pensions al opslousas, L., ns now Of svseial int.r rtfr
tn y an nov" be examined without having to sustain the exnsnsss nf aonr ~
Q ' orlsns or medical examination, at whsh place thew nave berstofSsrs ibemn
HART 70. SANDOZ.
U. s. PENSION CLAIM AGENT.
tW "Sfso& ~A HH Jhn NJ 0ga~, gNQeaaas Eousana.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The American mosquito has6rossed
the Atlantic, is entertaining itself to
its hearts content on the blue blood
of England, and, according to the
New York Ledger, is getting in its fine
work most effectively.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The nominal price Of wild land III
Cape Colony, South Africa, is twenty
five cents per acre; the real price is
generally about twelve cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
BROKEN ENGAGEMENT,

BARCLAY and
Elizabeth Murry
never understood
each other very
well, and yet they
had been engaged
for 9 g They
had known each
other long before
h e engagement,
too, but although
man seldom quite
understands a We.
e Tom was even
Q dense in thie
respect than most
men, andElizabeth,
more difficult than
most women for
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The owner OF some once busy ship
Yards in Waldboro, Me-, has been
blowing them up for conversion into
grass fields.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The average number uf assassina-
tions and attempts At assassination i'll
Italy is said to be fully 5000 p vcar.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

An estimate of the size of Texas
may be obtained by considering that
it is ffty-four times as large aa Con-
necticut.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
THE ALLIANCE

Is an organization incorporated under
the laws of Congress at Washington, u.
G., by well-known citizens to enable its
members to visit the Columbian Expo.
s1t1on at reduced rates, and also to pro
j Headquarters at Chicago for the use
Of members free @tost, where they NAV
send kilograms, mail, baggage, etc, meet
trends by appointment, register fot
Identification, cash checks, money Or
ders, etc, secur accommodations in
advance by letter Or telegram without
tear of extortion at reduced rates guaran-
teed reputable in every way by the ALI
ance, and also receive a discount on sane
For references the directors refer. to
any Hotel Proprietor, Bank or Business
Man in Washington, also any Senator
or Member of Congress. Send for circu-
lars. Agents wanted everywhere, good
pay. Address, enclosing stamp, Lo-
ret1zo G. Warfeld, Box 4or Washing
ton, D. Mention this paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The finest draught horsesin the world
are gem in the streets of English
cities.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

A citizen Of P~endleton, Oregon, the
ether day killed a rattlesnake with ten
rattles and a button that was lying in
tae grass near some playing children,
which it did not attempt to modest.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

in 1878 the whole number of fail.
I'll IA this country was only 51S3.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING re .n;Iy Inlt and r,fnrn'shcd
II hr,ughrut. ny B.rhtr Snip, | am
10 IRE AIRED, with cIea ed ia lit g +,
toservs the public in F'fst-fl's* ST. lr
my new al rters b tween Brand NJ
sriarj VS.. Shaving, lar 'utin9.
Sbanp.oing. etc. done 10 The hig'e t
style of the arr. Give ne - cat
z. A. BODEMCi.LER.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
Worlds Fair Visitors Alliance,
Of Washington. D. G.

Subscribers of this paper will be given
the first chance to secure tickets allotted
to us.