The Newtown bee., 1893-12-22

those who think they do not now enjoy | reading enough and do not feel financial ly able to subscribe for more. There are many readers in this little hamlet, all willing, we hope, to contribute some- | thing, and together good mutual bene- | fit society can be formed With privi- legged few here generous supply of reading matter is found on their tables, but with the majorty we fear there IS dearth felt and only by public library or such reading club as l have men, tioned, if we cannot have the library. can the need be supplied in measure. If applied to, help it on all you can. A public library we think would be best of all but that at present seems as vague as public hall. We have hoped, and hoped ere this, that suitable building would be erected for hall With that, we could enjoy many an entertainment which can- not be had now, simply because there is no place here for a travelling troupe to show or a lecturer speak. Hundreds of dollars have gone from this place to other halls and places of entertainment, which might as we'll have been paid here if the room had been here for the entertain ment. Why can't we all look at it alike? A hall can be had here if there is only unity of feeling and purpose on the part of those desiring the same. Two years ago we thought the project was near | ErTit hut O If mi in regard to location, size of building, etc., seemed to postpone the matter for a time. Suppose all of us try once more and succeed? So the mention of the vil- lage reading club has led me at some length to speak of other needs of New
 Preston.
 DEATH OF MRS EVELYN LENNON.
 News reached Hon c. P. Lyman here
 by telephone early, last week, of the
 death in Memphis, Tenn, of Mrs Evelyn
 LemmCn, widow of Henry Lennon,
 Esq, who died three years ago there.
 The ladies sewing society met at
 George c. Hopkins on Friday afternoon
 and evening of last week. The weather
 being inclement but few gentlemen were present, excepting MT Hopkins family.
 D. kenney, of the firm of kenney X
 Hosford, furnished conveyance for near
 ly all the lady members and escorted
 them to and from. The literary exercises
 of the evening were anticipated in by Mrs A. E Corning, Mrs F. J. Hosford
 Miss Alice Humphrey and H. o. Averill , Miss Mamie Norris returned to heI ) home at Lakeside from New Haven, or Thursday of last week.
 A small hop was enjoyed at N. G ! Iaylor's on Wednesday evening of las week
 Carpenter Holcomb is fast completing the alterations and repairs on Mrs o. J Wnans' cottage at Lakeside, and he i also experimenting the erection of F. J Hosford's ice house.
 w. s. Watson closed his cottage a Lakeside, last week, for the winter ant left his horses and wagons in charge O ] F. J. Hosford MT Watson intends tt s go to Mexico this winter.
 George N. Beardsley has taken tn,
 agency for the New York Evenins
 World and has commenced to received roll of B copies each evening for dis tribution among his patrons, at the nomi
 nal price of one cent per copy.
 t. Last Saturdays rain here was tn ,. heaviest rain fall in six months.
 4 cottage prayer meeting was held a
 Silas Wright's on Wednesday evening 0 / last week, under the auspices of the W tt c. T l..
 >, Mrs Watson Cog well iS at present wis S ting at James Oeborn's in Woodville. d Mrs J. A. Glover has the past week n been more ill than usual, although l. portion of the time able to move about tn Y house. We hope before next writin
 her condition may be improved.
 Sherman Cogswell, Jr., Prime Wrigh and Charles Skif' finished stripping tbei
 crops of tobacco during last Saturday
 storm.
 J. J. B. Stillson had the finest oysters r. his market, last week, we have seen her n this winter.
 } Mrs c. E. Lennon of Christian stree " who is at present visiting in Michiga ' and Iowa, is reported i'll but slowly COT ' valescing, and when able will retur Y with her daughter, Miss Lucy, to he