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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-11-02
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-11-02

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The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
FORGOT THEIR DIFFERENCE

in rank and color and locked each other to their arms, joined by the great con- mon tie of sympathy. aOne touch of nature makes the whole world kin.n
 And that is just the reason why Christ is able to sympathize with you, my brother, with you, my sister, in the trials of your daily life; that is just the reason why He is the great burden bearer of the world, why sorrowing souls go to Him and throw all their grief down at His feet or press it upon His great warm heart, and that is just the reason why they never come back unrelieved of their sorrow or enlightened of their load.
 "All our weakness thou dost know;
 Thou did'st tread this earth before us;
 Thou did'st feel it's keenest woe;
 Lone and dreary, Faint and weary,
 Through the desert thou did st go.''
 Oh! l pity you, my friend, whoever you are, if your life thus far has been a summer holiday, without sharp trial, de- void of difficulty, and you have had no occasion to sing a song of thanksgiving in the night of your woe. Only for those who confront the sea can path be cut through it's waters, only to those who are in the desert can water gush from the smitten rock. If your life has been unplonghed by the discipline of suffering, it will be very apt to grow the tares of selfishness and worldliness and pride. Look out You know 2 sweet verse in your Bible: For 50 He giveth
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
PLATTSVILLE.

Mrs George Sturges of Westport has been spending a week at her fathers, Edwin Seeley's.
 Miss Allie Bright has returned from a visit to New York.
 Mrs Dewitt Smith made flying visit at L. N. Reynolds, last week.
 Miss Edith Sherwood, who has been quite i'll with grip, is now slightly i'm proved.
 Mrs s. A. Case is visiting her son in Bridgeport.
 If our town is not one Of the cleanesi on record it surely will not be the fault of F. F.M.Valentine. While his machine is rough on dirt, it is very easy on the clothes, free from the ordinary wear and tear of washing. MT Valentine is stop ping with his uncle, l.. N. Reynolds.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
MY SECOND POINT IS THIS: :

The song in the night is one of which others will catch the strain. While Paul and Silas were praying and singing, the other prisoners were listening to them. The word translated sSheard" is a rare word in the Greek. It is little used be- cause it's meaning is so seldom wished. It expresses the keenest and closest at tention. And why is not it's use most ap- priate here? Paul and Silas were in the inner prison where the worst and vilest criminals were confined, those who had committed some heinous offence, or those awaiting execution. Probably they were the only prisoners in that inner cham Der. The other prisoners were in the cells above, and, through the trap-door by which Paul and Silas had been low cred, at midnight there foated song. No wonder every ear was strained to lis- ten. 1t was so unusual; such strange place to be singing and such strange timei
 I dare say it was the first time that those prison walls had ever re-echoed to such singing. Vile oaths had been there before and low mutterings and songs Of coarse ribaldry and vulgar mirth, but never song of praise to God. Don't you see how goodness is always conspicuous, how it always bears shining mark ]? There is no association of righteousness and mammon, and there can never be. White must be always white and black must be always black, if they arc to be
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
THE MID-WINTER FAIR.

Not having seen any account of the Mid-Winter Fair in your paper, I want to send you little item for it is we'll worth seeing. And hope many Connecticut people may be able to visit this lovely country of sunshine and flowers and see the Mid-Winter fair in all it's beauty. The buildings are fine and when lighted at night it truly is fairyland. The dis play of fruit is wonderful and makes you want to sample it all. There are some special attractions every day and Satur- days are made gala days, with fireworks in the evening. Saturday, February 5, was the unveiling of Miss Harriett Hos- mer's beautiful statue of Queen Isabella with very interesting exercises. Miss Hosmer is a very interesting, quaint lit tie woman. San Francisco of itself is a most beautiful city with it's perpetual summer, lovely flowers and hospitable people. It seems to Eastern people a dream of delight to be able to pass win ter amid such pleasant surroundings. Every house has flower garden with lovely roses, calla lilies and rare and beautiful flowers in bloom. No thought of ice or snow. Every one seems happy and above all very proud of their coun- try.-T Mrs v. B.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
DON'T PUT IT OFF.

The necessity of spring medicine is universally admitted. This is the best time of year in which to purify the blood, to restore the lost appetite, and to build up the entire system, as the body is now peculiarly susceptible to benefit from medicine. The great poI Iularity attained by Hoods Sarsaparilla, owing to it's real merit and it's remarkable success. has es- tablished it as the very best medicine to take in the spring. It cures serofula, salt rheum, and all biliousness, dyspep- sia, headache, kidney and liver com plaints, catarrh, and all affections caused or promoted by low state of the system or impure blood. Don't put it off, but take Hoods Sarsaparilla now. It will do you good.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
NEW PRESTON.

Mrs B. Griswold improves in health slowly since her late paralytic shock. Mrs Boynton of Bridgeport still remains with her as nurse and housekeeper.
 Mrs H. w. Brown is at present visit ing in New York.
 F. J. Hosford was among the first to commence the filling of ice houses here and we think he must be among the last. Saturday he filled the ice house on the estate of the late Watson Cogswell, which we think must be among the last to be filled here this season. The program of the 'Peak Sisters" at the ladies' sewing society, held at Mrs A. E. Corning's, last Friday afternoon and evening, was carried out to the sat- isfaction of all present. Songs were sung, essays read, and the most inter- esting part perhaps to the majority was the rendering of a sermon by Miss Myra Cable, the composer of the same, from the cupboard
 The ladies' literary society met on Monday of this week, with Mrs Waiter Burnham, where they considered the character of the worlds greatest con- poser of oratorio, also concerning the latest noted American singer, and also the first singer mentioned in the Bible, besides other themes our memory fails to recall.
 Mrs W. G. Granniss of Litchfield was again at her parents here,J. A. Glover's, over last Sabbath.
 MT Davidge of the Davidge Fertilizer Co.,, of Brooklyn, N. r., was at E. H. Beardsley's, over last Sunday. Mrs Watson Cogswell returned to her home here, last week, from a months stay at James Osborn's in Woodville.
 Henry M. Bolles is again able to ride out on pleasant days.
 Mrs George s. Humphrey is improv- ing in health and strength and felt able, last week, to take short ride through this village. Dea Humphrey was un- fortunate, last Friday afternoon, while trimming apple trees, to strike his ankle with an ax, making a gash which requir- ed Dr Marcy's skill to close and will cause Mir Humphrey to remain quiet at home for few days.
 Mrs Edson Cable arrived last Thurs day evening here to her husband and children from several weeks stay in Waterbury and Naugatuek. They in tend to rent part of what is known here as the Lyon house, new owned by Harmon o. Averill, for the year to come, as their home.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
CIRCULATION:
Around The Preside.
SHUT IN.
JANUARY 1, 1882, LAST WEEK,
WRITTEN FOR THE BEE.

shut in. How weak, how frail is man,
 From strength to weakness. but a span He boasts of health and pow'r t'endure
 Yet of to morrow, is not sure. To.morrow's sun, has not yet rose,
 Tell who can, what twill disclose, The curtain may be lifted quite:
 Reveal eternity to sight. Give an account, may we not hear
 Asheav' ms messenger shall appear: Thy soul shall be requir'd of thee
 Be lost, or fully ransOm'd be. The fell destroyer, will he stay?
 Can he be bribed to still delay? Such query, not us, does concern.
 But fit to dwell where seraphs burn. Shut in and are we hid with Him?
 Eternal glory we shall win. Wen scale the everlasting hills
 And rest in Him, whose fitness fills. Shut in, is not the teaching sure
 That we but little can endure? This human harp with one string gone
 Worthless the rest, our works all done. But is there hope, that health once more
 May come to us on this worlds shore? That we emerge from our shut in
 And new lease of life begin? Oh yes, we all do have our ills
 Sometimes they're cured by quinine pills And other drugs, we need not name
 Some sweet, some bitter, all the same. Our times are in His hands you know
 Both when we come, and when we go, If longer life to us be giv'n
 We'll live to turn our earth to heav'n.
 II Rev Austin Gardner, Warren, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
The Biggest Sale

i'll the February Series will run into March quite a ways if the goods hold out. They are MEN's SHIRTS of all kinds, DRAWERS, SOCKS, HANDKER- CHIEFS, NEcKrIEs, and SUs- TENDERS.
 Bought at so cents on the dollar and are going to be sold about the same way. If you cant get into town, don't fail to write. Strict attention will be paid to your order and goods sent promptly. But of course we'd rather have you come. Always glad to see you. Always glad to show you goods.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
In Litchfield County.
WARREN.
MARCH HAS ARRIVED.

March has come with it's warm sun shine and melting snow. But does it not seem that we have passed from the frigid to the temperate zone? Twelve de- grees below zero was the coldest recorded here in Warren. It is not improbable that the thermometer went four degrees lower in some localities. Who can tell of the snow banks blizzard days, uncom- fortable even by fire, what has the Watchward been in hundreds of homes? He or she has the grip. We hope there is relaxation of this much to be dread ed disease and the warm days of spring will bring renewed health to the mass of the people. Noble B. Strong has been under the doctors care for several weeks. Weakness is his complaint. He does not suffer pain, but lacks vigor, strength. George Lyman is apparently on the mend. There are no new cases we are aware of in this section.
 WHERE DID THEY GET THE LIQUOR? We saw load of hay burning on a sled on Thursday F. M, at the corner near the head of Lake Waramaug. Two men were on the load with a bottle of liquor and a lighted pipe. Both were under the influence of strong drink. At that point in their journey New Preston way, the hay took fire from the lighted pipe. By the presence of David Strong, who came up with a span of horses, the sled was saved by turning off the burn ing mass with 8 yoke of cattle. So much for rum. So much for the habit of smoking. The teacher in the Pond school was obliged to reject two large boys, l6 and 17, from school, because they said they must smoke in the school room at DOon time. They must smoke. l Habit was tyrant.
 The North street school has closed
 Bernard Gritman teacher. The Center, l College Farms, and Pond schools close l March 9.
 We need not recapitulate what the blank weeks have failed to record. The events are painful above measure. We are sorry to learn that Mrs Sturtivant is in precarious condition, from hemor- age of the lungs as stated. Dr Marcy at tends her. We hope that later news will be more favorable.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
Fairfield County News.
EASTON.
ACCIDENT TO MISS NJ. E. LYON.

ACCIDENT TO MISS M. F. LYON.
 Miss Mary F. Lyon, while hastening to give the alarm at last Thursdays fire, caught her foot in the hard crust and fell, sustaining, as she then, in the ex- citement, thought, only severe strain of the arm, but which has since Froved, as Dr Hill, who attends her, says, smuch worse than break, as many of the liga- ments from the wrist to the elbow are broken and bruised. She is in danger of losing the use of two or three of her fin- gers.
 Cards are issued flor the marriage of John l.. Patterson to Miss Abbie Burton of Bridgeport, March s, 1894. MT Pat terson's many friends wish them a long and prosperous life.
 Arthur Favreau has moved his mov- able property to s. Adams's and is work ing for Lorenzo Clarke. George s. Burr is confined with a se' were attack of the grip. pr Hill is in at tendance.
 | Mrs George Sherwood's conservatory is looking very fine, with it's green foli age, frightened by the many beautiful blossoms with their bright tints anc sweet fragrance, displaying a great Va riety of choice plants. It lacks nothing that could make it more beautiful or at tractive.
 Little Miss Hazel Sherwood of Red ding has spent week at her grandfath CTS, George Sherwood's.
 Hanford Lyon, Jr., whose hand was cut by glass at the late fire. is danger ously ill, blood poisoning having set in His wife, who was i'll at the time, ha: suffered relapse and is also in critica condition. pr Bill of Bridgeport ha: been called to counsel with pr Hill. who attends them.
 Washington's birthday was observed in District No. by appropriate exer- cises by the children.
 MT and Mrs J. Nichols have moved to the house of Mrs Eliza Rowland for the present.
 Miss Rosa Spencer is suffering with a sore throat.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09

shade off into black in order to make bet ter harmony, it is no longer white, it is gray,s
 NOW A CHRISTIAN
 must always maintain his separateness from sin, or else he must take down his colors. If he is in Rome and the Romans do ungodly things, he must not do as the Romans do simply because it is the fashion there. If he is in palace and the rules of the society that hold there are not such as he has been taught to follow, he must not be afraid to show that he belongs to commoner type. If he, by any chance, falls into place where low buffoonery and coarse tests and impure talk are the style, he is plainly to show that his ideas move in different line.
 And, mind you, there will always be others that will be 'listening'' to him. He may not know it nor think of t,prob- ably it never once occurred to Paul and Silas that the other prisoners heard a word of their song or prayer, but the world will listen all the same. An the world does listen to what Christians say and pray and sing. Believe me, though it~may not openly avow it, the world has Ia good deal more respect for the ways of Christians than it is generally willing to allow. An honest word the from lips, or generous deed with the hand, or heart felt song that expresses the deep feeling of the life of the consistent Chris tian, finds a far larger audience in this seem- ingly unheeding world than most of us care to think.
 This song in the night is song of which others will catch the strain. Were those other prisoners in the Philip plan jail the only ones that heard that song? Why, no, Paul and Silas started a singing school that night which has en- rolled in it's membership hundreds and thousands and millions of Christians in all these ages since, and this has been the grand key note of their jubilant an- them: "Yet, the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life."
 Millions in all these ages since have taken up the echoes of Paul's song and have been strengthened in heart to bear their burdens because he used his trouble so as to help others by it.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
MILLIONS HAVE JOINED

in the singing, but I'll tell you the first ones who heard the strain. Read the last verse of this 18th chapter of Acts when you get home. This is how it reads: And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia, and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed" They went out of the prison, not to whine over their hard lot or to complain of what a terrible time they had had, but to con- tinue their night-song of triumph, to say that God was very present help in trouble, for they had just tested that truth anew, and thus to comfort the brethren and then depart to encounter fresh persecution.
 What! they comfort others, with their backs mass of confused and mangled flesh, with their limbs aching through exposure in that filthy dampness, they comfort others! Ohow much they need ed to be comforted themselves! No; if you think that, you've utterly missed the spirit of their lives, and you have no measure which is equal to the grandeur of their heroism. They could comfort the just because they had passed through terrible fiagellation with rods and had lain in the grime of the prison. Lydia and the brethren felt that their testimony was worth something, for it was backed by solid fact.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
NO ONE CAN MINISTER COMFORT

in affliction like one who has himself been in the dungeon; no one can stand by you when the deep waters of sorrow threaten to whelm you in their engulf- ing flood as one who has felt himself sinking and cried out in sheer distress, "Lord, save me-" A minister whose pastorate was in small town in Virgin ia once told me that after he had been there 8 short time, there died the wife of the leading member of his church, a man who had once been wealthy plant CT and had kept many slaves before the war. The minister went to him and tri- ed to extend words of sympathy :; he was young then, new in the work, and this was really the first time that he had been called upon such an errand. He soon saw that his efforts were fruitless and that all he could say failed utterly to bring any comfort to the sorrowing man. AS he was standing there, an old negro, who had been one of the former slaves owned by the planter, came up and said: 'sMassa, I hear you done lost de old missis. Now rse mighty sorry to hear dat, Massa, she was always mighty kind to me. Bless her soul, she'll get to Heaven, Massa, if any of us ever expect to be dar. We'll, now, Massa, reckon I can sympathize wid you and give you warm hand, for rse done lost my missis lately, too." tYou did, my fellow, why had not heard of that, that's too bad.'' And the two. the wealthy ex-planter and ex-slave owner and his former poor, ignorant slave, the white man and the black man.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
A Quiet, Refined

tone predominates coming Dress Fabrics. Particularly will Street Dresses avoid elaborate or cXtravagant designs. Marrow lines, natty little checks, hard twisted feeling cloths occasionally illumincd with silk.
 Others dotted and criss crossed. Such are the finer ies that daily reach our counters. Priced any where from 30 cents to $2.oo a yard. Splendid things for women to pass judgment upon who have ambition for tasty dress ing.
 A line of Covert Cloths exactly correct
 n coloring and weight 90 inches wide,
 ofthe new collection of rcal Japanese
 Silks at 5s cents a yard can say, no
 better goods sold for Sl0o yard.
 Seen them in the Window !? They harmonizc beautifully with the Swivel Silks at same Price-58 cents.
 A wonderful blending of lace and lawn, of colored twigs and sprigs in the lovely new Lace Striped Lawns. They are either prominent or pale, lively or languid. Prices 25, go, 39 and IS cents a yard. MALLEY*NEELY44sqp@o. " 5. COR. CHAPEL AND TEMPLE SITS,
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The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
THE SONG IN THE NIGHT

Is THE SONG OF TRIUMPH.-THE SONG OF WHICH OTHERS WILL CATCH THE sTRAIN.-THE SONG WHICH ONLY THE CHRISTIAN CAN SING.-A SERMON PREACHED BY REV OTIS W. BARKER ON JANUARY PATENTED BY RE- QUEST.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09

If the hair is falling out and turning gray, the glands of the skin need stimu- lating and color-food, and the best rem edy and stimulant is Halls hair renewer.
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
A FORTY MILE RIDE.

E. R. SWetnam, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, says: IA party came forty miles to my store for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and bought dozen bot ties. The remedy is great favorite in this vicinity and has performed some wonderful cures here" It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, and whooping cough and is favorite where ever known. For sale by E. F. Hawley, Newtown, and s. c. Bull, Sandy Hook.
 Victims of morphine, liquor, tobacco or other offensive habits, who desire to rid themselves of the appetite will read with interest the announcement of the German Remedy Company, found in an other column.a
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09

Text-Acts lG: 25: "And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them."
 o Paul, can you sing songs in such place? Let us see where you are. The inner dungeon of Roman prison, under ground, black with unnatural darkness, it's undried walls dripping with the dampness, and the whole apartment rocking with vermin and putrid decay. And let us ask what is your condition. Possessed of frail body, of a sensitive and shrinking nature, little fitted through natural weakness and through long con- tinued privations and i'll usage by mobs and by tempests to undergo much suf- fering, your back has been laid bare and beaten with flexible rods in the hands of merciless men until every inch of it's ten der surface is bruised and broken with quivering and lacerated flesh. And yet, Paul, you are not cursing the fate that brought you over upon the European shore, but you are joyfully singing a song? Well, you have something in your makeup that is not put into ordinary men; l believe that you know how to get the true delight out of every circumstance in life and have determined to make all things work together for your good.
 Paul, if you had been walking merely by sight, you would have "assuredly gathered that that vision which ap- peared to you in the night when you were in Troas and entreated, "Come over into Macedonia and help us" was only fig ment of your disturbed slumbers, and that you were a man thoroughly de- ceived. Oh! it's grand thing to have faith in God like that, to see the light of
The Newtown bee., 1894-03-09
HIS APPROVING SMILE

even in the blackest night of suffering and trial, to discern His hand leading even through the storms of sharpest peril, to discover His finger pointing the way even through the bowling mob and into the filth of an underground cell, and to be able, with it all, even at the hour of midnight, to sing a song of thanks giving.
 Some day, Paul, I am going to ask you what you sang that night in the jail at Philippi. l am anxious to know, for I strongly wonder what could have been the strains that gave you so great con- solation. Perhaps it was a selection from the Psalms of David, for he had been in similar circumstances in his early life, when Saul chased him through the the caves of the earth. May not these words have formed that midnight song "Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high because he hath known My name. He shall call upon Me and I will answer him; will be with him in trou- ble; I will deliver him and honor him.,
 That is what caused the song. The dungeon was fearfully dark, but there was the light of a glorious Presence there. Luke, the historian, does not in so many words tell us so; but know that in some way the angel of the Lord spoke comfort to Paul and "the still small voice. whispered "Be of good cheer" some time before there came the earthquake shock that threw the prison doors open wide.