The Newtown bee., 1894-08-10
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.

In addition to the barn of H. B. Haw- ley, struck by lightning and burned, on Tuesday last week, P. Collins had a heifer killed, pasturing on the farm of Clark Peck.
 Miss Susie Whitcome will act as as- sistant to MT Curtis in his school for the coming year.
 Rev Mir and Mrs Whitcome and daugh- ter will take trip to Halifax, N. s., during his vacation which begins this week. After spending a week there will visit Rev Francis Whitcome at East Greenwich, R. l. He will then spend the balance of his time at North Haven. Miss Julia Merwin will accompany the party to Halifax.
 Miss Burritt of Bridgeport was the guest of Mrs Horace Beers on Sunday.
 Robert w. Green, the leading man. ager of the New York Conservatory of Music, spent Sunday and Monday with his family at E. c. Smiths.
 Miss Emma Mapes and brother of Brooklyn are visiting their sister, Mrs F. H. Beers.
 Arthur $. Haw1ey and father are talk ing short vacation trip to New York, from there to Boston via Fall River lire of steamers and will include some of the summer resorts in the vicinity of Boston.
 The youngest child of MT and Mrs F. H. Beers was baptized at St Paul's on Sunday.
 A. H. Taylor is living in Danbury during the absence from home of Mrs Taylor at Asbury Park. The apple prospects seem quite good tn Iaro hY,t thox7 fa as they have for the last 10 days the prospects will be materially changed. F. s. Curtis and family are spending their vacation at Andover, Mass.
 Mrs Robert Smith, who has been very sick, is very much better. Leslie Gilbert is spending part of his vacation with his uncle, Orin Ward. c. T. Jackson and daughter, Sadie, spent part of last week at Fairfield Beach, guests of $. A. Blackman. | Miss Hattie Sniffen is guest of Mrs John Stuart. Martin Lake has moved his goods from Bridgeport into the house of John 1 Stuart, where he expects to live the coming year. Miss Lula Naples is visiting friends ! in Huntington. l Miss Hulda Stevens spent Sunday with her aunt in Brewster. l Misses Kate and Johanna Barrett spent last week with friends in Danbury Mir and Mrs Harry Bristol were tho guests, last week, of MT and Mrs l. Sturdevant. MT and Mrs Abel Adkins are the l proud possessors of twin babies.
 Mrs l.. Simons, who has been nursing a sore eye caused by hook from he pet COW, is so far recovered as to be ou again.
 | l.. Sturdevant has the finest crop o corn in Brookfield. I Abel Brownell is on the sick list. I A young man from Brookield at I teuded the circus ill Danbury and O I returning home had his mustache dyed
 shoe polish instead of dye, for his mus
 tache shone like pair of shoes afte
 using the polish.
 Miss Jennie Hart of New Haven an
 Miss Jennie Merwin of New Haven hay
 been spending the pasf few weeks wit their cousin, Miss Fannie Sturdevant. Miss Lucy Nicholas of New York an her sister are the guests of her grant
 mother on Long Meadow and her aunt ] Merryall.
 Mrs Emeline Sturdevant and Mrs Al
 geline +. Ferriss have entertained the
 cousins, Mr and Mrs Briston of New Tor
 City.
 ? Charles E. Jackson, Miss Crosby ar cousins enjoyed day's fishing on u : banks of the Housatonic river, last wee
 Miss Crosby captured three-pounder. William Jillson and wife spent Sunds in Bridgeport. ' Miss Cora Isbell is the guest of h :. friends, this week.
 Mrs Lillian Babcock with her so Elmer, have been guests at the Americ'
 house.
 Patsy Barrett is now selling and q
 livering grain and feed to any one wit , in several miles of his places of bu q ness. He has already made good [ e ginning.
 J Mrs Jessie James, accompanied by
 sister, took drive over to Obtuse d T trict one day, last week.
 Miss Mary Camp, after spending
 few weeks with Mrs R. A. Garfield
 Pumpkin Hill, has returned to Mrs W
 liam Parker's. Y A very enjoyable picnic has been he
 in Sherman's grove. A number fri n this place attended and report a fl 3. time
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