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The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
GREENS FARMS.
AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
 Rev MT Cutting of New Haven preach ed in the Greens Farms Congregational church, Easter morning. In the evening the usual meeting of the Christian En- deavor society was held in the lecture room from 7.15 till 7.30.
 Mir and Mrs Alfred Wakeman of New Haven spent Easter Sunday with Mrs Henry Wakeman.
 MT Macbeth of New York and MT Hughes of Bridgeport were the guests of Mrs F. B. Wakeman, Easter Sunday.
 Fred Bedford of Brooklyn has been spending few days with his grandfath- CT, Fred Bedford.
 A reception will be held for Rev Henry Davis on Thursday evening from to 10 in the lecture room. The usual business of the ladies aid society will be held from 3 to 4 on Wed. nesday afternoon in the ladies' parlor
 Rev Henry Davis spent Easter Sunda y 1 in New Haven.
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BROOKFIELD.
EASTER AT ST PAUL s.

The Easter services at St Paul's were well attended and everything contribut- ed to making it such a service as al could enter into with the true Easter spirit. The children's service in the after noon was also we'll attended, the child dressed them on the topics of the day and the report of the mite chests was read, the amount reported being SIS. The offering of the congregation was $36, making a total of $54. The contributions from the chapel at the Iron Works was $25, from the children and the congregation. This would bring the whole offering of the parish up to $79.
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TRINITY'S ANNUAL MEETING.

At the annual parish meeting of Trin- ty on Monday, the usual reports were presented and the following officers elected Clerk, D. G. Beers; treasurer, A. F. Clarke; assistant treasurer, D. C.. Peck; senior warden, D. G. Beers; jun for warden, H. A. Hawley; vestrymen, E. l.. Johnson, A. F. Clarke, D. c. Peck, H. II. Peck and c. F. Beardsley; audi tors. F. Sanford and H. G. Curtiss; col lector, c. F. Beardsley; delegates to con- vention, E. l.. Johnson and pr M. Jud- son; substitutes, D. G. Beers and c. F. Beardsley.
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LONG HILL.

R. c. Tousey has hired a man from Bridgeport to take G. Weena's place.
 Born, March 13, daughter to Mir and Mrs Charles Sweezey, Jr.
 Royal Jennings has visited his son. Percy, in Brooklyn.
 Mrs Ella Burr Smith has moved into Erastus Ryan's house.
 Mrs B. Turney is still quite poorly and is cared for by her sister, Miss Emo gene Sears, and her aunt, Miss H. Sears.
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BERKSHIRE.

Mrs Sarah Evarts, who has been in Bridgeport all winter, has returned to her home here.
 Mir and Mrs Judson Marsh of Danbury visited Mrs J. Hawley, last week.
 Mrs Samuel Curtis is on the sick list, this week.
 William Partridge, who has been with his son for two years, has gone to Bark hamstead to live with his daughter.
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Fairfield County News.
GREENFIELD HILL.
A soCIAT. AFFAIR.

The sociable held at Deacon Nichols was enjoyed by over 50. The company was treated to some fine instrumental music, skillfullv rendered by Mrs Carr, Miss Alice Nichols and E. Sherman. Games were entered into by young and old, but the greatest attraction was the fish pond. The evening being fine, the fish bit remarkably well, and long before it was desired, the pond was exhausted and LLe fishers were obliged to seek other amusenents. The nice little sum of $7 was realized. A fine collation. was seved. Several hymns were sung hour, the company broke up, wishing the deacon and his family many thanks for their kindness.
 Adeline Hawkins spent few days with her daughter at Hoyden's Hill.
 Misses Millie and Bessie Jennings are two more to add to the whooping cough list.
 The auction at F. Sherwood's was well attended, but owing to the quantity of things to be disposed of they were obliged to continue it the next day to make finish.
 Dr and Mrs Durham expect to take up their residence here about May l. tn cupy the late Charlotte Nichols place.
 The parish meeting was attended by the usual members. H. Pease is to be sexton.
 John P. Warehouses steam engine has arrived.
 Mir and Mrs T. B. Bradley entertained company, Thursday evening. MT Brad ley treated them to some fine music or his clarionet.
 Miss Millie Jennings spent Easter with her friend, Miss Ada Jennings o1 Hoyden's Hill.
 Easter was observed in the Congrega 1 biOiidL w ibti Ii OIlaSI tACiSlSCS The pulpit and platform were decorated with ferns, plants and flowers. A mem moth calla was one of the great attrac tions among the plants, lent by some of the ladies. The music was fine anc all deserve praise.
 Mrs H. B. Banks spent Easter il Brooklyn with relatives.
 Andrew Wakeman drives new horse
 Albert Buckley has come home.
 William and Charles fill speat Easte at their fathers.
 Misses Inez Hull and Ada Jenning have visited their schoolmates at R. Jennings.
 Eben H. Burr was in town, Sunday
 Willis Hutchinson spent Sunday at hi grandmother's.
 Rufus Atherton has cut 10 cords o wood for Frank Lockwood. He has als cleared over an acre of bush land.
 The Band of Hope have adjourned til whooping cough ceases to be so preva lent.
 Herbert Hutchinson spent Sunda with Edward Knapp of Bridgeport.
 Mrs Horace Burr's mammoth call was at church, Sunday. Miss Lizzie Banks has been spendin few days in Brooklyn.
 About 50 attended the Enterprise soc able at Deacon Charles Nichols, las week. It was very enjoyable occasion Music, games, fish pond, refreshment and social chat constituted the program of the evening.
 A very pretty floral display was mad at the Congregational church on Sunday
 Miss Sarah Banks and Miss Sara Hopkins attended Easter service at tn Congregational church in Southport o 5 Sunday. Mrs Kelly of Bridgeport vi sited ht mother, Mrs Hellion, last week.
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MONROE.
EASTER AT ST PETER s

St Peters was unusually we'll filled Easter. The chancel was prettily dec orated, though not as elaborately as usu- al. The chancel window was unveiled and the clear sunny day served to show the rich colors in all their perfection. AS one opened the swing doors to enter the main aisle of the church, the glorions picture was startling in it's beauty. In the main, the colors are different shades of olive green, relieved by little dark blue and rich crimson. The center pan- el is a front view of the Saviour, as if saying, "Come unto me and 1 will give you rest.' The robe is of light olive green with a border of dull purple. Thrown back from the shoulders is seen small portion of cloak of a magnifi- cent royal crimson, lined with a dull shade. The folds of the robe are so won derfully true to nature, one could hardly imagine it only of glass. The back ground is filled in with rich shades of ol- i've, brown, etc. The side panels are smaller. The center of one has a dove, the other lamb, the background of each being of dull blue. Above and below them are fancy squares in shades of ol- i've. The window came from MT Booth, New York, and is in memory of Elisha Ezra BeardsIey, senior warden, who died in 1852, his wife, Laura Ann Burroughs, who died in 1886. One side panel to George Lucius, their son, who died 1852, and the other to their daughter, Adeline by the Beardsley family. The window is certainly very beautiful and of rare workmanship. Two more windows, one on each side, are, we suppose, in process of construction. When we look at the church as it is, and then think how the past generations used to come, some from Long Hill, and sit in bare pews, without any fire in the building in the coldest | weather except few coals in the little foot stoves which some ladies carried, it seems long step, and great change. with the fine Howard furnace, now work ing so nicely. Rev Alfred Goldsborough delivered two excellent sermons on the text, Cor: 5-7, s'Christ our Passover" ," ANNUAL PARISH MEETING OF ST PETERS. The annual parish meeting of St Pet er's was held Easter Monday and the following officers elected for the ensuing year: F. w. Wheeler and Hobart E.. BeardsIey, wardens; Samuel s. Hurd. clerk and treasurer; Hobart E. Boards ley, superintendent of Sunday school !; John S. Hurd, librarian; George W. Bennett, sexton.
 Miss Jennie Burr is home from H0l- I yoke for the Easter vacation.
 1 Miss Lottie E. Beardsley has returned home from Hartford.
 MT and Mrs Sutliffe have been spend 1 ing a week with Julius Beers.
 R. L. Goldsborough, Dr D. NJ. Rich ardson and wife. Ernest Staples and wife and Elliott NJ. Beardsley and wife spent Sunday in town.
 Friday evening a small cottage on the premises of E. L. Smith, occupied hy the l case taker, was burned down.
 Coughing Leads To Consumption. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once.
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other damage. These "northersn usua- ly blow for three days, and then giving back, presume until the desert gets it's breath again. They are one of River sides draw draoks. Albeit it seems to me that it must drive out foul air and keep the atmosphere purified. The rainy sea- son started in on the last Wednesday of January, and lasted out the month, rain ing most of the time in fitful showers with patches of dark blue sky between clouds, resembling those you see at home after summer thunder showers. Some times the rain comes down in floods. Dur ing the week between two and three ;n- ches fell, about as much as they had in the whole of 1880, dry year. Our rainy spell lasted about two weeks taking in the last week in January and the first week in February, winding up on tho eighth with steady, heavy rain, nearly the day long. They say it was the heav- fest rain for three years. Riverside HAD A BAD FROST
 year ago last December and is also dull because of a collapse of real estate boom at Los Angeles and San Diego. It is hoped to restore Riversde's boom by a new county with Riverside as a county seat. California will yet be two states, with Los Angeles, the Chicago of the Pacific coast, as capital of the lower half The gathering of the orange crop begins in December.
 In an orange orchard 1 visited in De cember l found them beginning to cut ou the ripest fruit, though it will be next July before all are gathered. The trees were l5 years old, p or more feet higt and are gathered on a ladder, the picker having a sharp pair of pillars and putting the oranges into sack swung over tho shoulder. They are then temporarialy placed in boxes and taken to the packing house where a curious machine sort each size into a separate box, girl talk ing them, wrapping and packing as they fall from the machine. From 96 to ove POO are put into box, according to size and over 200 boxes are put into car The medium size orange is preferred t. either the very small or very large.
 THE WINDFALLS
 are made no use of for market, as n, orange is packed that has not been GU from the tree with part of the stem lief or the orange. There are large packing houses here, one of brick, where the frui
 is got ready for market. They are lOca ted along the railroad, which is severa blocks east of the business part of tn town. Letters from our Eastern friend drop in upon us like sunbeams. One ha to leave their friends, I find, to reall know how dear they are. Though ey cry one seems kind here and will 0 course be a solace for the past, yet, fo the present our dreams are of the hom friends and we are often at the postof1ice It is a great comfort to me to see I'll BEE buzzing along so prosperously. for believe that it is yet to prosper as neve before.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
THAT SWAMP FIRE.

A fire kindied in William Stillson's swamp, last Saturday evening, spread with great rapidity and but for the as sistance of neighbor would have re- suited in burning barn owned by Miss Mary StillsOn.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
2.22s,672.

These figures represent the number of bot ties of pr. Kings New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, which were sold in the United States from March, '91. to March, '92. Two Hundred and Twenty Eight Thous- and, Six Hundred and Seventy Two bottles sold in one year, and each and every bottle was sold on positive guarantee that money would be refunded if satisfactory results did not follow it's use. The secret of it's success is plain. It never disappoints and can always be depended on as the very best remedy for coughs, colds, etc. Price DOC. and $1 .oo. At E. E. Hawley's Drug store.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
STEPNEY.

Fred Hawley and Miss Alice Hamlin of Birmingham, visited friends here, last week.
 Mrs Miles Eastwood visited in Bridge port, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

Orders were received at Hawleyville, this week, that after Tuesday night the United States Express Co.,, was to send express matter over the New England road. The American Express Co.,, which has been using this road for some time, will also keep it's men on.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
DEATH OF REV SYLVESTER SMITH.

Rev Sylvester Smith, a former minis ter of the Methodist church in Sandy Hook, died at the residence of his son, the postmaster in Seymour, last Friday, aged S5.
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w. Pitcher has moved from Brookfield situated on the road from Obtuse to South vile. MT Hall and family have removed to Wallingford.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

Ambrose Blackman's house, store and barn at Hawleyville are to receive new coat of paint, this spring. Edward Pitcher will do the work.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
NICHOLS.
A DRAMATIC EFFORT.

For the benefit of the village improve ment society, comedy drama in five acts, entitled, ''The Deacon" will be given at Cooks hall, on April 9 and 27. The characters are all good and being taken by home talent no doubt will meet with success.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
Lung Trouble
AYERS Cherry PectoYaI

ing Miss Winnie Beard of Wells Hollow.
 Mrs James Beard of Shelton has re- turned from her visit to her sister, Mrs Ditmars in Brooklyn.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

The warmer weather enables John Mc- Donald of Hawleyville, who has been ill so many weeks, to once more be able to walk about out of-doors.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

The weeks business at Bakers Haw- leyville furniture warerooms include some quite heavy sales in Bridgeport, Hartford, Danbury and Ansonia.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

Treat & Starr of New Milford have re- modelled their store and will put in a package and cash carrier system to facil- itate their business.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

Mrs Annie Downes of Newtown has accepted position as stenographer and typewriter with the Consolidated road at Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

The subject of the next Sunday even. ing lecture at St Johns church will be, "Guide Posts.'' The service will begiE at 7.30.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

The ladies of the Huntington Congre- gational society will meet Wednesday, April 12, in Temperance hall, to decide concerning the carpets for the new church.
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Town Topics.

A. II. Davis, the well known cl0thier at l29 Main street, Bridgeport, calls at tention to his large and we'll selected stock of spring goods. Mir Davis has been located at the corner of Main street and Fairfield avenue for the last II years and has the enviable reputation of selling reliable, well-made clothinght reasonable prices. He is building up first class trade in custom clothing which can be had ut a small advance over the ready made prices. Read his advertisement.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

The rehearsal of ssThe Prodigal Son, next week, will be on Tuesday night.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

The ladies' prayer meeting is appoint ed next Tuesday at o'clock with Mrs H. L. Wheeler.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

Bennett Blackman of Danbury visited his son, J. H. Blackman, on Wednesday
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Mrs William Griffin has been seriously ill, but is on the gain.
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Aaron Sanford will sell at public auc- tion for Charles Scheidell at Leonard's hotel yard in Newtown Street, six good cows and six good pair of working cat tie. The sale will take place at Il o'clock shaIp on Saturday, April 8.
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Rev E. H. Butcher was in Sandy Hook on Tuesday calling upon his many friends and left on Wednesday morning for con ference.
 John F. Beers of New Haven, who married Charlotte Parsons of Sandy Hook, died, Friday afternoon, March 3l at his residence on High street of acute gastritis after an illness of two weeks.
 MT and Mrs Ezra Hall spent Easter Sunday in Bridgeport, the guests of J. R. Smith.
 Quite number from Sandy Hook an ticipate visiting the Methodist confer. ence in Danbury, this week.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

When in the city of Bridgeport don't fail to call on Ellison & Middlebrook and see the Majestic safety bicycle that they sell for $ll5 it will surprise you. They also have large stock of secondhand safeties for sale cheap.
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|
 Howard Keeler has started business in the old shoe shop belonging to Arza Peck. His line of business, making and repair ing harnesses. He is starting off well and We wish him much success.
 The screen in front of the organ room in St Paul's has been moved out about IS inches, giving more room for the choir and portiere screening the lower part of the window and door to the organ.
 Patrick Ratchford is building new house about 40 rods south of his old home on the west side of the road
 Jay Potter has rented the farm of E. c. Smith for the year beginning April l.
 Among those home for Easter were, Mrs Florida Kellogg, Miss Susie Whit come, Miss Florence Kellogg and Miss Henrietta Rnggles.
 John Foote is assisting Theodore Howes in cutting up wood pile.
 Mrs Lucy Thompson and son, Johnnie, have visited friends in Danbnry.
 Henry Foster of New Haven and No ble Foster of Staten Island, have visited
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ANNUAL MEETING OF ST PAuL's-

At the annual meeting of St Paul's parish on Monday, the following officers were elected E. N. Hawley clerk; Sam uel Sherman, senior warden; E. N. Hawley, junior warden; Charles Stuart, .C. D. H, hellogg, Stanley Terrill, W. J. Beehler and F. H. Beers, vestrymen :; Stanley Terrill, treasurer Charles Stuart and E. N. Hawley, delegates.
The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07

Standard shoes, good goods, too, for the money, are what Ellsworth & Starr keep at their boot and shoe house at s Bank street, New Milford. Give him n call when in New Milford.
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The millinery parlors of Mrs George Durham at 437 Main street, Bridgeport, are the scene of much activity this spring weather. No wonder, for here the ladies can find great attractions in spring hats.
 r. H. Fales, the Bridgeport shoe deal CT, has a new advertisement. Read it.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-04-28
STORY OF a sToNE-cuTrER.

Why San Luis Potosrs City Hall Grows
slowly-A Strange Narrative.
A strange story is told by Louis I.
Hunter, ex-conductor upon the Mex
lean national road, says writer in
the st. Louis Republic.
In the city of San Luis Potosi is a
city hall which, when completed, the
inhabitants claim, will be the eighth
wonder of the world. It has been
many years in course of construction
and has cost millions. When it will
be completed no man can say. There
is a present cause of delay which
promises to continue indefinitely.
The front of the building is beauti-
fully Ornamented in stone. The Mex
leans wanted skilled stone-cutters for
the carving. so they imported doz-
en- experts from Pennsylvania. They
were all young men tempted by con-
tinual employment at high wages.
One Fourth of July member of their
band got drunk. His name was Rob-
inson He stood in one of the little
saloons of the city and at regular in
tervals yelled:
''Hurrah for the Fourth of Julv!n
To him entered drunken Mexican
who responded with, Viva ell cinco
de Mayor
The Americans patriotic repartee
was prompt: ITO hip said he.
''wit the 9Th of May! 'Rah for the
Fourth!''
The Mexican drew dirk and made
savage rush. Robinson shot and
killed him.
His American comrades left the
city in all directions He was tried
and condemned to death. 1t struck
the authorities. however, that with
Robinson in the grave there would
be no one to finish the carving upon
the vast expanse of the hall front. So
they deferred shooting him until the
task was ended, and set him to work
Every day, Sundays excepted, in
the shine of summer or the blasts of
winter, he may be seen pasted like a
fly upon the front of the building,
chipping away, while file of
soldiers stand guard in the
street below. When the days work
is done he is taken back to his CELL
But life is sweet, even to Robinson,
and they say that he is in no hurry
to finish. The marvellous skill at
Sinking which he has displayed,
challenges the admiration of every
one of the millions of men who re-
gard work as an imposition.
1t is calculated that at his present
rate OF progress the carving will be
completed in about $40 years, if he
should live so long, which seems un-
likely.
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The First tn Cross.

Mrs. Lawrence Turnure, of New
York. who died a few days ago, was
known to the oldest residents OF
Batavia as Miss Jane Redfield. third
daughter of the late Herman j. Red
field, of Batavia. Mrs. Turnure was
woman of unusual brilliancy of
mind and a noted beauty in. her early
youth. She was high-spirited and
daring, and as an. instance of this
may be noted the fact that in the
collection of the Buffalo historical
society is an iron cradle, used to carry
persons across the chasm of the
Niagara river upon cable during
the building of the suspension bridge
to which is attached q card stating
that '.Miss Jane Redfield was the first
woman to cross the Niagara gorge in
this cradle.''
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-04-28

her 30 that his figure shielded nc1
from the room. .as~ !.
you bring me q present from my
friend in London, = he said softly and
rapidly in excellent English.
For answer she slipped the packet
into his hand.
He gave sort of sigh of intense
relief. and concealed it at once with
out the least sign of confusion on his
face.
When she raised her head to look
after him he was gone.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon q
month later q curious little scene was
enacted outside the entrance Of. q
certain large block of Offices in the
city. A young lady drove up in q
four-wheeler and sent boy into the
building with a message.
A moment later a man came
out, whose perplexed face sud
denly crimsoned with astonish-
ment and delight as he
saw her who wished to speak to him.
He shouted to the cabman to drive
on-anywhere, sprang into the vehi-
Gle and clasped the girl in his arms
Cecil, my darling!''
Frank
why didn't you write to tell me
you were coming homer" he repeated.
why are you back again SO soon?
What does it mean?"
II wanted to surprise you. Oh,
Frank, I've good news for you-snch
good news. What should you say il
told you that what we've always
longed SO for is ours at last-a little
capital that will enable you to start
in business for yourself?"
Then, incoherent with happiness
and excitement, she told him all. He
heard her story, and when she had
finished touched her cheek with a
| gentle hand.
''But, my dear, can't accept sc
much from YOU"
Then you value money more high
~ than you value mel"
Cecil, what an idea? You don't
believe it?''
Il shall believe it if you still re-
fuse. 1t must be so since you are not
| willing to take the $4,000, and
she hid her blushing, happy face on
his shoulder-''and you are willing
to take me"'-St. Louis Star-Sayings.