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The Newtown bee., 1893-06-30
SOUTHPORT.

Mir and Mrs Thomas Murray of Bridge port have been the guests of Mrs c. T. Booth, the past week.
 John Minor and wife of Roxbury, spent Sunday with his brother, Merchant c. l.. Minor.
 The school taught by Miss Shelton closes, this Thursday. On Friday she intends to take the flock to Quassapaug, inviting the mamas, also others in the place, to enjoy the day with them.
 MT Bishop, one of the men employed at the paper mill, has returned from Canada, bringing with him bride. At present they are boarding at the Oatman house.
 Granville Warner and Edison Mallory of Hull's Hill are on the sick list. Dr Cooley attends them.
 MT and Mrs Eddie Curtiss of Ansonia spent, last Sunday, on Hull's Hill.
 Frederick Warner and family of Bethel was in this place, last week,
 Rev MT Cokely of Southbury is ex pected to preach on Hull's Hill, next Sunday afternoon at o'clock, instead Of last Sunday, as he attended the funeral of Charles Wakelee, last Sunday after noon.
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SOUTH BRITAIN.
VILLAGE TOPICS.

Miss Abbie Mitchell is home from her school in Vermont.
 South Britain school district held it's annual meeting, Friday evening, and se- lected George w. Mitchell to all the dis trict offices for the coming year.
 Mrs Perkins is doing very we'll and D. M. Mitchell is improving.
 Mrs Jesse Baily returned from the show on Tuesday. MT Bailey came on Wednesday. The rest of H. P. Mitch ell's family are expected on Saturday of this week.
 Mr and Mrs Andrew Bradley are spending week with MT Bradley's fath- CT, L. NJ. Bradley.
 Miss Abbie Mitchell returned from school, last week.
 Mrs Origin Pierce returned to her home in Thomaston, early in the present week.
 John Bryan and wife are visiting out of-town, for two weeks.
 H. L. Downs, wife and friend, were in town over Sunday.
 Dr A. A. Cram and wife spent Sunday at H. M. Canfield's.
 Mrs Catherine Hayes has returned to her Waterbury home after three week $ visit with her niece, Mrs John Fleming.
 John Bryant has returned from a months stay in New Haven.
 Mrs Truman Pierce and children are visiting friends in Watertown.
 Mrs Edson Shephard of Brookfield is with her granddaughter, Mrs Charles Manville.
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TRUMBULL.
CHURCH NOTES

CHURCH NOTES.
 At the annual meeting of the ladies' aid society the following officers were chosen for the coming year: Mrs O. B. Burton. president; Mrs w. F. White, vice president; Miss Cora E. Beach, sec retary and treasurer.
 At the semi-annual business meeting of the Y. P. $. C. E. the following off, cers were chosen for the next six months John L. Beach, president; Mrs w. F. White, vice president; Miss Cora E. Beach, secretary; o. B. Burton, treas urer.
 Rev MT Moore of the American mis- sionary association, spoke in the Congre- gational church, Sunday morning.
 Station Agent J. l.. Beach spent Sun day in Great Harrington.
 Lewis Brinsmade is having his house painted.
 B. $. Beach has bought COW of James Burr of Monroe.
 White Plains school meeting was held, Monday evening. Sterling II. Booth was chosen committee, Plumb Nichols treas urer and l.. A. Hawley collector.
 Rufus Wheeler and family spent Sun- day in Milford.
 Mrs Franklin Ward has returned from a lengthy visit with friends in New York.
 Mrs James Vans of New York is with her father, John Ward.
 William Hungerfurd has moved into Beatty's tenement house on Dye House Lane, Daniels Farms.
 Mrs Robert Barske of Bridgeport is at R. Bleosch's.
 Charles Wheeler of Yale college is home for vacation.
 Daniel's Farms new road is nearly completed. That event will be welcom- cd. For the present, jolting over the rocks of the unrepaired old road is un- pleasant, if not dangerous.
 Miss Elsie Elzabe tn Nichols and Miss Jennie Louise Sherwood of Trumbul were graduated from Bridgeport higt school, Tuesday evening. The exercise: were held in the Grand opera house, ant many friends from Trumbull were pres ent. The zeal with which these young people have persued their studies, driv ing to and from home in all kinds oi weather, and still maintaining an honor able rank in their classes, is certainly commendable. It is to be hoped tha other young people may avail themselves of the advantages of this excellent school.
 Miss Hillhouse of New Haven has beer visiting Miss Jennie Wheeler. Daniels Farms and White Plains schools closed, last week Friday. Botf schools went on a picnic to Parlor Rock Friday afternoon, and the children had 8 delightful time.
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Our Crop Reports. A GOOD HAY CROP.
FROM OUR SPECIAL coRREsrospEsrs.I

NEwTowN.-The outlook for a large hay crop is exceptionally good this sea- son. We have now reached the time for harvesting the crop and we can base our judgement on the condition of things as we see them in our own locality. And what will hold true in regard to New town farms should hold equally true for the county. May was very wet month and the old saying ia wet May. the barn full of hay was often quoted by the told timers'' as they worked amid such wes discouragements to get their plant ing done. It is safe to predict there will be from one-fifth to one-third more hay gathered from the same number of acres taking the town through than was gath cred last year. And the quality of it is very, very good. There is great growth of red clover showing itself every where, and the bottom grass is made up largely of white clover, which makes the best of fodder. A careful ex- animation of inc fields will show great CT variety of grasses, than is often seen in any season, and when we get the greatest variety of grasses in our hay mixture, we get the best quality of hay for dairy cows and growing stock. Last season's crop was all used up~during the long severe winter that followed, and the barns are all empty and in readiness to take in the crop that will soon be; gathered. The grass is in good condi- tion and the sod is SO thoroughly soaked by frequent storms that there is but lit tie inclination any where of premature
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JOHN G. ROWLAND.

rapidly as his friends wish from the in- juries received from a fall from his wag- on.
 Rev MT Upson of Plymouth church, Milford, occupied the pulpit of the Con- gregational church, Sunday morning, by exchange with the pastor.
 Quite number of our people went to Milford, Sunday, to attend the dedication exercises at the new Taylor Memorial church in that place.
 The graduating exercises of the grad. ed school, will be held, Friday evening in the Town hall.
 Edward Burritt has left Todd & Co.'S store to take position in Smiths new hotel.
 Robert W. Curtis has maple tree raised from seed he planted, 20 years ago, which measures P inches in diame- ter, 13 inches from the ground.
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Across the big pond, Great Britain is getting worked up on the temperance question and it is likely that Parliament will pass some laws restricting the liquor traffic. The Lords have already before them two or three restrictive measures, among them the Bishop of Ches- ter's modification of the Gothenburg plan. This bill has had it's second reading, and is said to be likely to pass. The Commons has betore it a bill which comprises practically our local option method. The Englishmen call it the direct veto bill, meaning thereby that the bill gives to communities the right to veto the safe of intoxicants within their linn. its, or prescribe the conditions under which that sale may be carried on. The government is practically committed to the support ot this bill, which will also have the votes of many liberal unionists and some tories. It is being bitterly opposed by the liquor interests, which, as usual, have raised a large fund with which to fight it. On the other hand, mass meetings are being held all over the three kingdoms in support of it, and an enormous meeting was gathered iu Hyde park 10 days ago. Probably this bill will be one ot the first 10 be taken up alter home rule is dispos ed of, and it will probably go through the Commons with comparatively little opposi tio-
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A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

Aunt Arrity Benedict, mother of Steve Benedist, was 7S years old on Tuesday, the 27th. The old lady had forgotten that it was her birthday, but her friends had not and they surprised her by ap- bearing in force loaded down with tempt ing delicacies. After jolly time they departed, wishing the venerable lady many returns of the happy day.
 William H. Burr had the misfortune to lose valuable horse, last week. While against a stone, broke his leg and had to be killed.
 Emory Sanford has returned from the great fair and reports that it is simply beyond description"
 Mrs Ezequelle has been appointed ex- ecutrix on her husbands estate. She is anxious to rent her blacksmith shop to some good mechanic. It is an excellent stand.
 Mrs k. P. Shaw and her little daugh- ter are on visit to Holyoke and Lowell, Mass. At the former place she visits her sister, Mrs H. W. Atherton and at the latter her mother, Mrs J. R. Parkhurst. She expects to be gone two weeks.
 s. c. Shaw has returned home from his school in Radford. Va, for his summer vacation. His friend, Edmund Driggs of Brooklyn, spent Sunday at Miss J. H. Sanford's.
 Miss Alice Driggs and Mrs Edmond Driggs, Jr., are visiting Miss J. H. San- ford.
 D. s. Sanford. previous to returning home, will spend 10 days at the fair in company with some of his pupils from the Brookline high school, of which MT Sanford is principal.
 Miss Ada J. Todd, well known in Red ding, and teacher in the Bridgeport high school. has obtained fellowship in the University of Pennsylvania, where she will perfect herself in comparative phil ology and Sancrist. She is a graduate of Syracuse university.
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LONG HILL.

A. L. Blood and Clark Hurd were in town, Sunday.
 Miss Sears is with her sister, Mrs B. Turney.
 Miss May Sweezy entertained friends from Bedding, Sunday.
 Miss May Robb had friends from Bridgeport with her at church on Sun day. When people come into this or any other place on Sunday. to see friends that are church going people, would it not be better to take them along.
 Misses Pixley and Florence Angevine have gone to Springfield to visit friends.
 MT and Mrs E. Nj. Beardsley have re- turned from the Worlds fair.
 Nelson Burr has a shingle up announc- ing his place for sale.
 Harry Bennett was home over Sunday.
 pr DeWolf and wife of Danbury were at R c. Toucey's on Sunday.
 August Smith is engaged to run the ing machine for Mrs $. G. Boards icy. through having. She was fortunate in securing good help.
 Some one left poor lame horse on the street, Sunday. It is disgrace for any one to turn horse on the street without being cared for.
 There are four more lamps to be put up at the lower end of the street.
 R. C.. Toucey has very much improved the hill from his house to the depot, by clearing it of the small stone.
 Mrs e. Radcliffe is having an addition built on to her house; also shingling the house. J. Radcliffe and Seeley Perry are doing the work.
 Mrs Peter W. Kuhne had a birthday surprise, Tuesday, June 20, from Milford friends. Many valuable presents were left as tokens of friendship.
 D. c. Beach has his new barn, 24x36, covered and nearly finished.
 George s. Kuhne and family, Edward J. Kuhne, Mrs Wilcox and Lulu Rotes are to be Fourth of July guests of Peter W. Kuhne.
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A good man passed away in the death of Judge Valentine E. Chamberlain, one of New Brltain's prominent citizens and native of Colebrook. His death occurred suddenly on Sunday night from agina pectoris, soon after returning home from church temperance meeting, at which he had delivered an ad- dress. Judge Chamberlain served with dis tinction in the war, having enlisted in Co.A., Seventh Regiment, under Gen. Hawley, and was promoted to Captain. He was elected treasurer of the state in 1884, and has served as judge of the New Britain probate and DO lice courts. He was president of the Mechan- ic's bank and connected with various public enterprises. He leaves widow and 10 chtl- dren, two of whom ar boys.
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LYONS PLAIN.

Rev Alexander Hamilton entertained his father, Gen Alexander Hamilton of Tarry town, N. G., at the rectory. over Sunday. Sunday morning he assisted his son in the services at Emmanuel. Although he has passed the three score and ten mile stone, few could read as clearly and distinctly, and with so much feeling. Miss H. Louise Cable of Vest port presided at the organ at the mOrn- ing and evening services.
 Mir and Mrs H. H. Nichols entertained her mother, Mrs Spruel and brother, Henry, of Danbury on Sunday. A fair vii be given by the ladies of Emmanuel church, on Monday evening, July 3. If stormy, it will be held on Wednesday evening, the 9th. A sale of fancy articles, also table will be laden with the good things to eat and drink, cake, ice cream and lemonade, Master Clarence c. Smith attended the birthday party given by Mir and Mrs | Clarence Bradley in honor of their | daughter, Inez, at their pleasant home on Greenfield Hill, Tuesday, the 27th. | Mrs NJ. D. Treadwell is suffering with rheumatism.
 1 Mrs H. B. Coley and Mrs James A. Smith were the guests of Mir and Mrs l Stephen Chase on Tuesday, in Greenfield. | Thomas c. Merwin died. Tuesday, the 27th, aged 40. The funeral was held or Friday at o'clock, and the interment
 was in the family plot in the rear of Elm.
 manuel church.
 | Mir and Mrs H. McConkey of Bradley. vile visited her sister, Mrs Lyon, or
 Sunday.
 Mrs L. R. Hoyt returned from Bridge port on Tuesday, where she has been spending a few days with her sister, Mrs
 F. E. Silliman.
 Mrs T. W. Treadwell entertained or Saturday, Miss H. N. Adams and Miss | NJ. Alice Quick of Good Hill.
 Mrs Caroline Crofut spent Saturday
 with Mrs H. B. Coley and Mrs J. A | Smith.
 | s. c. Bradley and wife have been re cent guests of Mrs H. B. Coley.
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TIE DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY.

At a meeting of Lady Jefferson coun- cil, No. 20, D. of L., held, last Friday evening, the following officers were elected Councillor, Hiram H. Brotherton :; vice councillor, Jennie Waterman; as sistant councillor, Anna Hull; assistant vice councillor, Julia M. Mead; record ing secretary, George w. Roe; assistant recording secretary, Thomas J. North rop; financial secretary, Frank E. Per kins; guide, Elethea Beckett; inside guard, Hannah NJ. Sanford; outside guard, Willys $. Mallory; trustee, Julia NJ. Mead. These officers will be install ed at the next regular meeting of the council, which will be on Friday even- ing, July If. The installation will be conducted by N. D. c. George w. Roe.
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EASTON.
BAPTIST SOCIABILITY.

 The social given in the hall and tent by the Baptist society, last Thursday ev- ening, June P, was delightful success, notwithstanding the unfavorable wealth CT. Over $30 was added to the treasury. Much credit is due to those who so ably planned and managed the affair, and also to those who so kindly assisted in carry ing out the entertaining program, which was as follows:
 Recitation, Grace Williams. Tableau, The May Queen. Duet, Mrs Pierce and Miss Bowdy. Tableau, The Batchelor.
 Tableau, Her sisters and her cousins and her aunts.
 Tableau, Taking the veil.
 Whistling solo, banjo accompaniment, Nil Roberts.
 Tableau, Rock of ages.
 Recitation Arthur Sherwood. Tableau, Journeying to the Worlds tair. Solo, Miss Maud Bowdy. Tableau, Silent bells. Tableau, 1793-lS93. Tableau, The first party.
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MONROE.

Julius Beers has entertained his daughter, Mrs Sutliff, of Southington.
 Damon Coley of Weston has visited relatives and friends in town, recently.
 The Congregational society cleared $20 at the festival, last week. Both Wednesday and Thursday evenings proved stormy, preventing large at tendance.
 William Goldsborough is at home for the summer vacation and has entertain ed two of the Cheshire school boys.
 The farmers are getting their hay, which promises large crop.
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BETHEL.
BADLY SCALDED.

Burton Pillow, the engineer at the forming mill, was quite seriously scald- ed the other day. He came in con- tact with the escaping steam from a blow-otf on one of the boilers, and both arms were so badly scalded as to cause the skin to peal off in large pieces nearly to the elbows. His neck was also some. what burned and those who were around at the time of the accident, say that it is a wonder that the man escaped as he did, without fatal injuries MT Pillow is now at the home of his sister, Mrs Frederick Bailey of 19 Well avenue, Danbury, where he is doing as we'll as can be ex. pected.
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The editor of the woodbury Reporter gives vent to his enthusiasm over what that propos- cd electric road is going to do for his town in a double leaded editorial. This is the way he warbles "with these homes. business will rapidly gain in magnitude. property will ad- vance 50, loo 200. or even 800 per cent, in very short time" "our population will in. crease as rapidly as did Waterbury, or nearly so. our fields will be turned into building and "business iots' of the value of Bridgeport (wash.). and we win then have reached the first rung Of the ladder Of civilization and com mon sensen whewl whatanticipationl Let us hope Aheshi's fond ambitions will not be dashed. We advise Waterbury to look to her laurels. EIE
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NICHOLS.

Miss Josie Tomlinson of Shelton has been guest of her grandfather, Lucius Nichols.
 Mrs George Peet and daughter have returned from visit to W. $. Peet in Virginia.
 Miss Grace Hawley is home for vaca- tion, having finished her school at Win sted for the~year past.
 Mrs Burr Curtiss and Mrs R. c. Am bier were among those that started for Chicago, last week.
 c. B. Nichols is shipgling his barn. D. M. Nichols does the work
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BRooKFIELD.

Miss Miriam Taylor is home from school in New York for the summer va cation.
 Miss May Fierce of Brooklyn is the guest of Miss Sagendorf.
 Charles B. HaWley and family of New York are at the old homestead on Whis- confer hill.
 Pattie Collins is pending few days with his parents.
 Miss Julia N. Hawley is home from St
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ANsoNIA.

All that remains to be done to make this town city is the signature of the governor to the bill which passed the Legislature, last week. The city limits will be the boundaries of the town,
 Many of the young ladies and gentle men have returned home from boarding school and college to spend the annual vacation.
 Boys seem 70 pc more reckless than prohibits their use only on the Fourth, but the lboy seems to understand that when they are placed on sale they are ready for use.
 John King sold his Prospect street property to David Johns, Jr., last week.
 William Balfour left Ansonia, Friday, for Glasgow, on visit to old friends.
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Bridgeport, Friday, June 80.

Ideas from the brightest mak- CTS and our own best thoughts have been worked into the sum- mer footwear--so that they are not just like everybodys. Bridge port women are appreciative, and the demand now upon this stock proves that it is pleasing and serving them well
 Itis not my way to buy shoes simply to get profit out of them.
 It is for the store's interest to act always for the good of pat rons-- charge a small commission for labor and pains--the profit comes from the large volume of business.
 Does anyone know 8 better principle of business than this? JOHN G. ROWLAND.
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All England has been thrown into mourning over the loss Of the battle ship Victoria and the drowning of her crew. The ship was run Into by another vessel and sank very quickly. some zoo lives wore lost and there is great mourning at the death of so many brave men. A fund for the widows has been started and Qaeen victoria has given $500. The accident causes Hartford paper to make this terse comment "rf modern armored ship, one of tho finest of her kind. can be sunk in I5
 minutes by well direotsd blow. Is not this lmmsnss outlay to make her proof against
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Katherine's Hall, Davenport, Iowa, talk ing in the exposition on her return.
 H. A. Andrews is marketing fine crop of strawberries. He has sold up to this week, % crates. The wet weather the first of the week wasruinous to those already ripe.
 Mrs E. c. Smith is with her daughter, Mrs H. W. Green, who is in very criti- cal condition at Wernersburg, Pa.
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Everyone who is at all familiar with the work of Hampton institute, has only words Of praise to offer. Gen Armstrong, it's noble and enthusiastic founder, Is dead, but the good work is going forward. Newtown people should feel Interested in the meeting in the interest of this institution, to be held, next week. in our Town hall.
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Gen Horace Porter thinks that every person in the land possessed of liberal public spirit, or actuated simply hy curiosity, ought to see the Columbian exposition. He thinks that be- tore the season Is over every one who can possibly procure the means will visit the phan- tom city Of the fair phantom-like in its color, phantom like in the suddenness with which 1t has appeared before the eyes of man.
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Hundreds ot young men and maidons, the country over, bid farewell, this week. to school associations and books, and will turn to the stern realities of lite. President Dwight ot Yale in his baccalaurate sermon, uttered this noble sentiment: "Our message to each Of you Is that the pathway ot lie Is a beautiful one, when we arc under Gods lead, ing" It Is thought any school graduate may ponder with profit.
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piojectles rather thrown away? It looks to landsman as if to secure gain in one direct. ion too much had been sacrificed in another.
 Apropos Of this there is a rather startling
 ships are top heavy; which has always been considered a bad fault in n vessel" And when
 one such ship sinks suddenly it means the loss of hundreds of lives and millions ofmon-
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A concession is to be made, 1t seems, to the demand for new and shorter name tor the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. The lines of the company west Of New Lon don are to constitute hearatter what will be called the New Haven system, and those east Of New London the old Colony system.
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to be moved, will be brought to Fair field.
 gang of iG men are employed at Mile Hill on the large dam, which Her. bert B. Sherwood is having built to create an ice pond. The work is progress ing finely.
 The children of the Middle school dis trict will hold fair and ice cream sale, on Thursday, June 20, the proceeds to go towards furnishing school library.
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This Is the way they do it down in Mississ- ippi The onlce ola newsbaper in that state, honest and plucky enough to conoemn white cap outrages, has been attacked by a mob, the type thrown into the street, and the furniture smasned The editor recognized several men In the mob, but whether he can obtain redress, ,or will have to leave the place, remains to be seen.
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has been prepared in connection with it.
 Edward Roe has been smitten with the Worlds fair fever and is taking a trip to Chicago that the wind may blow it away.
 Lost, strayed or stolen, the barber pole in front of Ohlweiler's barber shop. It disappeared from it's usual place some time Friday night, and Louis would be glad to hear of it's whereabouts.