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CHURCH DIRECTORY
pREsnYrEEIAN curncH.

LEwIsTUwS Regular services arc held every
sunday morning at ll:OO o'clock. SABBATH school
every sunday $500 p
Ihristian Endeavor society meets every Thurs
day evening Mt 5;3U
GEO. EDWARDS. Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
LEW IsTOwN-Seryice every sunday morning at
IL O'clock and evening AT 7:..U sunday School be-
fore morning service Prayer meeting every
"Wednesday evening. l. r. HAWK. Pastor.
FIiILBEuUN.-Monthly appointmebt--l-t sun
day Ihst. ID q. m. and l.. IA; Beaver Creek,
srd sunday, II a. Ia. and =, M; Phi ok. 4uG
sunday, II a. M. and p. m; WILLOW creek iJh
SUNDAY, II a.
;.stuI's residence. Philbr0Ok.
Il. 81. CEAvEN. Pastor.
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ScrOfu!a
Ia Its Worst Form" White S,relt-
iagv Cured.

En Its Worst Form" White S,celt.
ing" Cured.
The remarkable effect of Hoods Sarsapa,
rilla in the following case, illustrates the
power of this medicine over all blood diseases;
My son. years old. had a white swelling
come on lis right leg below the knee which
contracted the muscles so that his leg was
drawn up at right angles. Physicians laEced
the swelling, which discharged freely. but did
not help him materially. considered Linn
A Confirmed Cripple.
/ was about 10 take MIN to Cincinnati for an
operation, expecting his leg would have to
be taken off, and began giving him Hoods
SarsaParilla in order to get up his strength.
The medicine woke up his appetite and soon
pieces OF bone were discharged from the
sore. We continued with Hoods Sarsaisa-
rilla, as IL seemed To be doing him so much
good, and the discharge from the sore de-
creased, the swelling went down. the leg
Strengthened out, and in a few months lie
had perfect use of his leg. He is now appar-
emily as well as ever" JOHN l.. McMUR-
RAY, Notary Public, Ravenswood, W. Va
Hoods SarsapaYiIla
Sold by druggists. 81; six for IS. Prepared only
BY c. l. HOOD a CO., ,Aoothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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On the route we took in q visit to the proposed location of the new reservoir in the same hills. It struck us very pleas antly, and as being very feasible. It IS pure as mountain water can be, clear and cool. The drought is very severe now. MT Sherman says that the water is as low now as he has ever known it, and yet we judged that there was sufficient water es- caping to fill a six or eight inch pipe. The height is sufficient to carry water over the top of the creamery tower, and Mir Cowles tower in the 'Ville. We hope the water company will go ahead in their undertaking with 'scelerity and dis patch.''
 Misses Katherine M. Woodruff, Fannie J. Curtiss and Daisy Curtiss have return ed from their four weeks visit to the Worlds fair and the West. Like every body else who has returned from a visit to the fair, they pronounce everything beyond praise and beyond description They were on another part of the grounds and happily did not witness the terrible slaughter of the fireman. The other fire, the destruction of the hotel, they wit messed at distance.
 We had very pleasant call, last week. | from Rev Mir Powellson, former pastor l of the old First church. He gave very
 interesting account of his experiences 1T
 the extreme West.
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NEW FAIRFIELD.

John Roley, ST, who was thrown from his wagon sorle two weeks ago. injurine his spine, was taken to his last resting place on Thursday last.
 J. Treadwell, F. P. Beardsley and others have been clearing the grass from the Andrew J. Peck farm in Newtown for the past week.
 The shower of Saturday morning done good deai of good, although things are pretty dry now.
 The tobacco crop is looking fine, and some are topping it this week.
 Most of the hay is cut and housed and now the oat crop is coming on.
 Napoleon B. Wildman has been laid up for week or 10 days with the rheuma- tism. He is now able to go around lit- tie.
 The whortleberry pickers are so nu- merous that there are about two to one berry. The pickers are full and plump but the berries are dried up.
 Reuben Wixon was thrown from a moving machine few days ago. hurting his back. He is improving and able to be around again.
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wooDBURY.
A BIT OF THEORY

Our friend, Bennett A. Sherman, took us out to the region of the Scuppo hills, the hottest day last week, to visit the 'Moraines," left by the glaziers, which once rested over New England, and the northern part of the Far West for untold nons of time before changes in tempera.. ture melted them, and the land became inhabitable. As the glaciers disappear ed, they left large collections of sand, gravel and boulders of various kinds. Those shown us consisted of large fields of sand on the tips of the hills, and a huge collection of pure granite boulders at the foot of the hill at Sugar Swamp, so called, near MT Sherman's land. The direction of the glacial drift was from northeast to southwest. All llthrough the region coursed by the glaciers are found scratches and indentations in the high rocks, all having this direction, which is also proved by the deposits left by them. For instance, the granite boulders left near Sugar Swamp are different from anything this side of Maine and New Hampshire. A single pure, light gran ite boulder, 20 feet long and nearly four feet square was found by the writer in the dense woods of the high hill former ly belonging to Warren Atwood, which was utilized in the erection of the Faith : ers' Monument. These smorainesr are undoubtedly proofs of the glacial period
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Fairfield County News.
FAIRFIELD.

The little children of Mir Hewitt were out driving, recently. Some person ran into their carriage and badly injured 1t.
 A telegram was received by friend announcing the death of Mrs Boice ot Brooklyn, daughter of Mrs James Rowland. She has left a husband and three children, one baby of two weeks, to mourn her loss.
 The colored people of this town enjoy ed picnic and moonlight supper on the beach, Tuesday evening. The young men furnished a tent and music, and the ladies refreshments.
 Great crowds visit the beach these moonlight nights, many coming from other towns to enjoy the fine bathing.
 s. Clinton Warehouse, one of our able young barristers. was married yesterday at Mansfield, Mass, to Miss Alice Wetherbee, formerly teacher at the Academy, and great favorite with our young people.
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LANEsVILLE.

Gaylord O'Dell and Fred Halberg have each lost horse. The loss falls heavily upon them as they could i'll afford to lose them. Miss Almira Burr will spend the wiz ter in Seymour.
 Miss Amanda Camp, after visiting her brother and sister and their families in Washington, returned home, last week Thursday.
 Zelos Shove of New Fairfield hrs call ed upon his old neighbors here.
 Mrs Clark Smith has entertained her little granddaughter, Mabel Crosby.
 Perry Hall of Park Lane, with the assistance of his hired man, is securing hay crop on the estate belonging to the late Hiram Manville.
 Mr and Mrs Levi Mckinney of Dan bury were guests of Mrs R. A. Canfield, last week Thursday.
 Will Hamlin drives fine stepping iron gray colt, and if any one doubts his speed, let them try to pass him on the road.
 George Cummings has entertained his brother, Egbert Cummings, of New York.
 Fred Knowles, with his family, accom- panied by his wife's nephew, Joseph Degenhardt of Poughkeepsie, have called upon friends on Pumpkin Hill.
 George Cummings with his brother and son went to Green Pond fishing one day last week and succeeded in captur- ing II of the lining tribe. Who's the next to be heard iron,
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DANBURY.

Some Danbury physicians who know a toothsome thing when they see it, with Dr Vile, possibly, as the chief spirit, had clam bake the other day, thus setting their patrons good example in moder- atlon and plenty of it.
 The mercury reached about the highest figure, 9S in the shade, Wednes- day week. It could not have been much Showers in the afternoon cooled the atmosphere. Lightning struck the chimney on Whites fur factory. No damage.
 Commander Dickens and wife came to Danbury. He it was who chaperoned, eff that is the word the Spanish Duke of Veragua and suite around from Wash ington to Chicago. Dickens will become an admiral sure, if he lives long enough. He is off again cruising in charge of a training ship.
 Lee, Hawley & Ratchford, the hating firm, burned out recently, will remain in Danbury. They are fitting up in Canal street to resume when orders resume. Matters hereabouts try to think the look is little better.
 The American Mechanics turned out very generally on the excursion to Bridgeport, Friday, last week.
 Danburians still go to Chicago. "Splendid'' s'immense," sum up what they all report when they return.
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sTRATFORD.
oRoNooUE.

It is not often that we have the inci- dents of q cyclone to report, but about o'clock, July 26, this locality was treat ed to one of the genuine, orthodox sort. Thunder, lightning, rain and hail were terrible and for about two minutes the wind mixed everything movable and many things apparently immovable in such inextricable confusion that it was impossible to tell what wonder would show next. An immense tree was blown directly across the school house, leaving it complete wreck. Through piece of chestnut timber owned by F. E. Blake man strips few feet in width were lev eled through the whole tract where not a tree was left standing. J. H. Blakeman counts among his losses a slight damage to woodhouse and chimney knocked from kitchen by a falling tree and within a short distance Il full sized apple trees and one large pear tree were completely destroyed, while as many more lost more or less branches. Some of the largest hickory and other trees were torn up by L1G TOUbS UT bWiSbCu LII lihG q T ECus A singular feature was that the greatest damage was done in the valley while on top of the hill very little effect of the. storm is seen. No person was injured, though some very narrow escapes from falling trees and limbs are reported. The regular Sunday evening prayer meeting will be held for the present atthe chapel in Putney until the dilapidated school house can be repaired or rebuilt.
 Mrs DeGraw, a wealthy lady from New York, is having built summer cottage on the river bank near the residence of B. c. Ryder. This is a charming spot and it's popularity is proven by the house full of guests now being entertained by Mine Host Ryder. ssl
 Dull husiness has caused work It the
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NEW PRESTON.
CHRISTIAN STREET. .

Crops are looking finely on this street. Some of the farmers have finished hay ing and others will do so the coming week.
 Miss Bessie Taylor, with her grand mother, Mrs A. M. Whittlesey, returned last week. They had a very pleasant trip, having visited many places of inter- est in Boston, Providence, New Haven and East Haven.
 Rev Horace Judd and family of Hunt ington, l.. l., have been visiting at her fathers, I. c. Crofut's.
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Scene Town of Washington.
 Locality: New Preston Station.
 Date: July 4, 1923.
 Subject Rise of growing village.
 Alighting from a Pullman car on the Shepaug road, on the morning of July 4, 1923, a representative of THE BEE found himself at the thriving village of Wood- ruflville. To the person and stranger, who has been absent from town since 1893, little explanation may be neces- sary. The Shepaug valley has "forged ahead" with the rest of the world. What was formerly known as New Pres ton Station is now Woodruffville, vil- lage of 1000 inhabitants. Here are To- cated a large carriage manufacturing establishment, a wholesale furniture establishment (perhaps a branch of Ba- ker's), a knitting industry Chat years ago contemplated locating in Roxbury), and the car shops of the Shepaug rail road. A branch of the Shepaug has been built from New Preston Station, beg pardon, Woodruffville, to New Preston, and during the last season 10000 people were carried to the lake. The village has half dozen stores, (no saloons thank God D, three churches and large public school. There is a considerable rivalry between Woodrutfville and Washington Depot, which latter place however, numbers 20O0 souls. Station Agent Haynes, now few years older to be sure, still presides over the She paug station. Your correspondent would scracely recognize the place as h' saw it 30 years ago. Not a plot O ground, scarcely remains unoccupied il the valley ground. Two roads pas across the river to the hillside, where half dozen pretty residences have beel built. Oh! what changes the year bring Parish.
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[. N. SippeT|ey,
 SIPPERLEY'S MILLS, WESTPORT, CONN

very sick, but we gladly report her im- proving.
 Walter Beardsley is quite poorly, hav- ing a complication of diseases.
 Mrs F. W. Hawley has 10 New York boarders and expect more next week.
 Mrs Lucinda Johnson has visited heI daughters in Bethel and Danbury.
 Mrs Nettie Curtis and Mrs A. A. Lane have visited friends in Bridgeport.
 Miss Clara Cornwall of Bridgeport is the guest of her uncle, John Beach.
 Mrs Susie Frey, who has been con fined to the bed for five weeks with heart trouble, was able to walk into the next room, Monday. for the first time.
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MORRIS.
A SHINING MARK.

The community were saddened to hear of the decease of Prof E. Tompkins Me- Laughlin of Yale. He was the only son of Rev D. D. T. Mclaughlin, who was pastor of the church here for several years. In his early boyhood, Prof Me Laughlin gave abundant promise of the rare scholarship which has made his life such marvellous success. Our sym pathy goes out from full hearts toward his parents, so suddenly deprived of the staff of their declining years.
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THE TOBACCO CROP.

Most of the tobacco in this vicinity will be this week clipped at the top to prevent the weeds from growing higher and the farmers will watch for hail but hope, O! so earnestly, that it will not come till their crop is properly sheltered and hung in buildings ready and waiting for the samel
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senior warden for many years. "The memory of the just is blessed.''
MoKE ARour coI. NEWTON.

Col John E. Newton, s2 last April, liv- ing in East street and who has been re- markably we'll for one of his age, arose as usual on Sunday morning, assisting his son Walter in ''doing the chores, said to him as the milk wagon was ready
 to start, "I do not feel very well this morning; you will have to go with the milk" He went in and lay down on the
 lounge, saying he felt badly across the chest, and that he was troubled for breath. In a short time he ceased to breathe. He was native of this place, having been born in the house in which he died. When a young man he belong ed to the cavalry, of which he became colonel. He represented the town in the Legislature of 1869, beside holding other offices in town affairs. He was a life long member of St Johns church and had been superintendent of their Sunday school for 52 years and also member of the choir for great number of years. His wife died a few years ago, since which time he has lived in the family with his son Walter. They together have carried on prosperous business in farm ing. He was honest, upright, and en- joyed the fullest confidence and respect of all who knew him. Two of the octo- genarians alive last spring are gone, leaving only two, Dea Baldwin and Will l liam O'Dell. Col Newton's funeral was attended Monday at 2.30 p. m., by large concourse of citizens and friends, Rev Messrs Griswold and Alcott officiating
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MONROE.
LIGHTNING ON A TEAR.

Last Wednesday afternoon during the heavy shower, while MT and Mrs Lyman Beardsley and Miss Wilcox, from Strat- ford were in the sitting room, the light ming struck Mr Beardsley's brick house, completely demolishing one window up stairs and splitting the southeast corner veranda post. Lightning played in near sly every room in the house, tearing of paper and otherwise leaving it's marks. MT and Mrs Beardsley felt the shock, but were not seriously affected. Fof- tunately nothing caught fire.
 T little Miss Nellie Osborn has been
The Newtown bee., 1893-08-04

s. H. Clark of Marbledale has been chosen executor of the last will and testa. ment of Watson Cogswell, deceased, ir place of Mrs Cogswell, who was by the will designated, but declined.
 Painters Hull and Tyrrell completed | their work on the exterior of k. A Hayes residence at Lakeside, last Satur day.
 l Miss Abbie Beeman of Lakeside has been with her aunt, Mrs Myron Willard at Cornwall Bridge, during the past two weeks.
 John Carter of Geneva, O., is at pre- sent with his family at his cottage at Lakeside. Dr F. G. Kelley of Conneant | O., joined his wife at Charles Carter's on Thursday evening of last week, for a months stay.
 Mrs F. 5. Brown was taken suddenly and at first thought, alarmingly i'll, at Loomarwick on Wednesday evening of last week, but her condition has steady
 
 have been the complaint.
 Mrs Lucy Jones has at present few guests from the city.
 Theodore Boynton and family are a present visiting at B. Griswolds, Jr's.
 Mrs Charles PattrilI returned from William Maryin's to her home in Meri- den, last Friday.
 sherman Cogswell, Jr., is tastily paint ing and trimming Maj Walter Burnham's $ new horse barn with the majors favorite color of rubber paint. light yellow and dark green trimmings.
 c. Kuchenbecker of Brooklyn and MT Ecklekamp of Hoboken, N. J., joined Mrs Ecklekamp at Mrs Isaac Browns, over last Sabbath again.
 Miss Mary K. Hosford, with her maid from Brooklyn, arrived again at F. J. Hosfords, last Saturday evening.
 Miss Myrtle Perkins of Terryville was at H. w. Browns again over last Sun day.
 Mir and Mrs c. w. Pickett and two young ladies, all of New Haven, arrived at Mrs l.. M. Sperry's, Saturday evening.
 A young man from Danbury canvass ed this village, the first part of the pre- sent week, in the interests of crayon portrait and copying firm located in the above mentioned city.
 MT and Mrs David Wooster and Mrs Frank w. Bolande of Bridgeport, after a two weeks stay, returned to their city home on Wednesday of last week.
 H. Hine of New Milford, with assist ant painters and decorators, completed their work at the Village church, last Saturday ,and next Sunday it is confident ly hoped that the edifice will be again opened for public worship.
 Ex-Representative Hayes and Frank Stoughton of Bethlehem were in this placeslast Saturday afternoon.
 J. R. Johnson of New Milford was called here officially last week.
 Master Harold Judson came up unat- tendedssfom Bethel on Friday last to visit his grandparents here, MT and Mrs E. Hull, for a few weeks.
 Sherman CogswelI and H. 0. Averill attended the county meeting of Pomona grange at Bethlehem on Wednesday of last week.
 Mr and Mrs J. B. Stillson are looking forward expectantly to the first week of October as the dEte when they will be
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AT THE FALLS.

Mrs John Williams, who has been very sick the past two weeks, is slowly recovering.
 The silica mill and other small build ings near it, owned by Jay Tyrrell, are being improved by fresh coat of paint
 John Tyrrell spent Sunday at the Falls with his parents, MT and Mrs Amos Tyrrell.
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The friends and relatives of Leprand French residing in Trumbull attended his funeral held from the Easton Baptist church, Sunday, at p. m. Mir French died of apoplexy. He was half-broth- CT of Nelson French of this place. His home was in Easton
 Mir Tait entertains friends from Brook lyn for few days.
 The storm of last week, although quite severe, was accompanied by no great damage by lightning or wind, as in oth. CT places near. A large limb from a tree in front of William Wheeler's was twist ed off, which fortunately did no injury to the house against which it fell.
 Mir and Mrs o. B. Burton and sdaugb- ter visited New York, last week.
 Miss Fannie Eaton of Ware, Mass, has been at the parsonage for few days.
 Rev W. F. White and family are at Smith cottage, Walnut Grove, Milford, for two weeks.
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en route for the World s fair at Chicago. Fortunately, MT and Mrs Stillson have several relatives and friends in the above mentioned city who have extended to them a cordial invitation to come West for visit, especially during the continu- ance of the fair.
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AT THE VILLAGE CHURCH.

Public worship was held at the Village church parlors, last Sunday morning at 10.45. Rev Mir Evans also preached at the church on New Preston Hill in the afternoon. Public services for the day closed with a meeting of the Y. P. s. C.. E. at the church parlors at D. m.
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GRANGE EEsrIy1rIEs.

Washington was well represented al the Pomona quarterly meeting at Beth lehem on Wednesday, July 20. Worthy Master Averill of Washington presided. Worthy Master Flower of Bethlehem made the address of welcome. Brother Pegrum of Watertown responded. An original poem was read by the worthy lecturer, Mrs Crittenden of Watertown. An interesting debate followed on the question, s'Resolved, That the unequal distribution of the burden of taxation in this state Is due to weak and inefficient tax laws.n It was supported in the af- firmative by Messrs Averill, Percy and Flower and in the negative by Dayton, D. B. Hotchkiss of Mad River grange and E. A. Hotchkiss of Beacon Valley grange. It was decided in the aflirma- tive. The debate was followed by a poem by Miss Baldwin of Beacon Valley grange, q song, "Old OK team," by Washington grange quartet, poem by Miss Benedict, "The Newspaper es- say, "Our business as Patrons," by Mrs Clark of Pleasant Valley; song by H. Peck of Beacon Grange; music by Cogs- we'll and Smith of Washington; poem by Arthur Skilton of Watertown grange. A goodly number were in attendancs and the affair enjoyed by all.
 DEATH OF coLJonN ERIN sMA DE NEWTON
 Entered into rest, Sabbath morning, July 30, Col John Brinsmade Newton, aged s2 years. MT Newton was mem- Der of the Legislature in 1869 and had been selcctman, justice of the peace, Iudge of probate and held other offices in the gift of the town. He united with the Episcopal church e5 years ago, since be- ing one Of It's warmest supporters and
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ARRIVALS.

MT and Mrs Aston Of New Britain are at Edgar A. Alvord's.
 Willis Savage of Hartford is guest at Dea s. A. Whittlesey's.
 Mrs Julia Farnham and daughter of Suffield are at Dea Farnham's.
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GUESTS Ar A. G. BAKERS.

Among the city people at A. C.. Ba. ker's charming hillside home are MT and Mrs Murdock and three children oi Brooklyn, Erastus Brown and wife Of New York and the Misses Kenyon ot RrooI<lyn,
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castor.

paper mill owned by H. J. Roberts to be discontinued indefinitely.
 Farmers have nearly finished harvest ing good crop of hay in the best pos sible condition.
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BRIDGEPORT.

A. l.. Blood is taking advantage of the dull season at Wheeler & Wilson's by visiting his brother and friends at Lowell and Worcester, Mass.
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sTEPNEY.

Edward s. Beardsley sold the two cowss advertised in THE BEE to H. F. Boyson.
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WILL THAT RAILROAD COME?

Hon c. P. Lyman and Frank $. Brown attended the meeting at New Milford on Friday of last week of the stockholders and directors of the electric railroad which is by many believed will run to this place from New Milford before this date of next year.
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TRUMBULL.
A NEW STREET.

Warren Plumb and Burr Beach have taken contracts to open street from Plumb Brothers store to Tait's mill. Work upon the upper half began last week. < It is expected that the street. will be opened by September