The Newtown bee., 1894-11-23
A CONUNDRUM.

Why is Duncombe, the travelling agent for THE NEwTowN BEE like Platt the honest horse jockey: Because he swaps a yearly subscription of THE NEwTowN B GE for $1.25, and he gives you a bargain every time. l H. A. Gilbert is overseeing the work going on around the Methodist parson- age and church. A new tar walk is being laid, this week. l One of the best showings of chrysan- themums by one individual we find on exhibition in the Twiss drug store. They were cultivated by Levi Short of this place. Only one flower was permit ted to blossom on a stalk. If we were good at guessing we should say that every flower was large enough to fill quart bowl and of variety of colors. J. M. Signor, who was thrown from his carriage and badly bruised, last week, is still confined to the house.
 -"Pound them down, boys.' s'Pound them down, and make them smooth and nce.e Your are right in the heart of Bethel. Let's give them good iob!" So says the tall six-foot-three Overseer Gibson to the paving gang at worksnear Fountain Place on the trolley track. | Where the streets have to be cut down | it becomes necessary to lower the water | pipes to put them below the freezing point.
 A great many matters this season are l fatting their own pork. A few have counted cost and find that they have paid about $9 per hundred. But they have got the pork and it's good, too!
 A few of our farmers have been dig ging potatoes and pulling turnips. the past few days of thawing weather. | The celery crop has been greatly dam aged by the heavy frost. There are acres of corn yet to pick around the town.
 The board of assessors are hard at work completing the tax list for 1894.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary J. Farman, widow of the late Ethel T. Farnam, was attended from her late home on Tues day.
 l Miss Harriett Judson of Monroe is wis., iting her sister, Mrs Herman Taylor, on Center street.
 The friends of George Dimond, of the firm of A. H. Dimond 6 Son, are con. graduating him on his good luck. His wife has presented him with pair o1 twins. Boys, wife and children are doing we'll.
 ) George Bassett and Theodore Bough
 ton of New Milford were both in town Monday, calling on their old friends. T Major Thomas is overseer over gans ! of workmen who are widening East ave
 nue. The wall layers will want 10 day
 more to finish the job. It appears now
 to be doubtful about it being finished
 this fall.
 l The trolley workmen are pushing th' | paving forward very rapidly. Tn
 work in this town will undoubtedly b. f finished this week up to Fountain Place
 The extension will be built if the weath
 CT is not too cold.
 el A. H. Dimond $ Son are very bus : with their large stove trade. They ar | also roofing the new schoolhouses witt
 tin.
 ' Warden G. 0. Durant is one of tn, I busiest men in town. The borough i'm h provements needs his constant attention ]. MT Durant is also crowding the work c 7 finishing and cleaning his new hall buile
 ing for use during the week. The nev
 glass front to the first floor is the fines
 in town. One glass, 96x54 inches, an
 one 96x60. The main glass is 96x9 :, Iinches or eight feet high by eight fee
 two inches wide. It is large enough
 let in q pair of horses and carriage wit ! ease.
 LYONS PLAIN.