The Newtown bee., 1894-11-30
GREENFIELD HILL.

DEPARTED FOR FAIRER FIELDS.
 It was hoped that after James Don- nelly of EastOn met such tragic and 1 an untimely death from one of Easton's | citizens, as penalty for thieving, that | people addicted thereto would take l warning and mend their ways. But juet upon the heels of this affair comes the l | report that our own place is infested by l gang who have been more busy nights than they have in the day time, as the neighbors testify, and we trust that the career of the gang will warrant the statement. Christian Dietz, wife and children have occupied part of the house which formerly belonged to Mrs Sally Banks for some three or more years and up to short time ago was considered as man who minded his own business and was endeavoring to gain an honest living. Charles Brody, wife and three children, appeared one morning on the streets of our neighbOr- hood and telling those whom he chanced to meet a piriful story. gained partly their sympathy and ingratiating himself l into their favor they took pity on them. gave them work and sought for them a shelter. As occasion demanded he changed his place of shelter two or three times in the course of two or three months until he joined the company of said Dietz, entered the other part of the Ihouse, formed co-partnership as we suppose and proceeded to anticipate Thanksgiving by making depredations on peoples hen-houses, that is when the nights were dark enough to admit of it. As luck would have it, one of the party was possessed of very large feet, and the other one had forgotten to change
 his tell-tale shoes Eand thus the pair equipped with very large sack on last
 Sunday evening visited the hen-roost of Benjamin Middlebrook, where they
 loaded up with as many fine fat fowls as they could cleverly carry and took the road to their home, no doubt expecting that heavy rainlfall would before morn, ing hide their tracks or footprints and
 thus delude their pursuers. But the l rain fall was very light and when Mir
 Middlebrook arose in the morning and
 visited his barn, he saw immediately
 that some one had visited his hen house during the night and made ssgrab." !" Communicating the fact to his wife only,
 he immediately set out to trace the foot
 prints, although being we'll aware of the
 fact as to whither they would end, and the results verified hls convictions.
 Presenting to them the object of his mis-
 sion, they at first st0utly denied their
 guilt, but MT Middlebrook whipped out
 a carpenters rule from his pocket and
 was about to measure the boot and the
 track it made when both confessed and
 were very anxious to settle. But he
 was not quite ready to state the terms
 and being man of few words he simply
 said that "He would see about 1t in a
 day or two." Now evidently they con- ! sidered that there was fund of knowl-
 edge in those few words which as yet ' was unknown to them and upon his de- parture they suddenly took to their heels, nor have they been seen around here Ias, n,1C Cat ~lnv kI,as~ al and otherwise were taken to Bridge port and Shipped we hear to some place r in New York state, where we trust they ] can enjoy Thanksgiving chicken unmo-
 The neighbors don't seem to ImOurn their departure but rather think
 that they can for this once bear the loss ! and allow those to whom they have gone , as neighbors to share the gain.
 Mrs Ward Wheeler of Bridgeport, who
 so recently purchased or Dargained for
 the farm belonging the late Bradley Q Banks, at last concludes to remain in [ Bridgeport, although she has expended . some little money in making the interior of the house attractive, has been to the :. expense of hiring her goods moved here - and has added to her personal Affects a ? horse and wagon, yet the chilliL., blasts l of last weeks storm undoubtedly proved
 
 time was far from Paradise, and when compared to life in city, a a circum-
 stance that admits of no comparison.
 At any rate Richards large furniture vans were seen, last Wednesday morn
 ing, aLd the goods that had been moved
 here the week before were returned to : Bridgeport. Their friends and neigh
 bors were sorry that their stay among d them was so short as they were planning d to give them, after they had become
 somewhat settled in their new home, a t little surprise as reminder that coun- ] try life is not altogether without it's
 charms, if we do get little more of the t north winds and occasionally zee snow-
 bank. But as it is we shall be contented
 by the consolation of the thought that 2 what is our loss is their gain.
 Simon Bradley started for his annual . trip to North Carolina on last Thursday. :. He goes to attend the field trials and
 will be gone about four weeks.