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The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

the finger nail, however firmly pressed, it was inferred that the bone was sshard > the marrow within showed that. though hard as stone, the bone was by no means as heavy as stone. The small bits of a bone that had been exposed to the action of fire and been broken up, were passed among the children, and they soon dis covered that what was left was stlime, 5 or the mineral part in the structure. The class were told that if that same bone. instead of being placed in the fire, had been put in acid, the lime would have disappeared and then the bone could have been twisted into almost any shape with out breaking; this was evidence that, in its natural state, the bone was brittle. And so, by question and by having the class all put on their thinking caps, oth- CT facts were brought out, how the bones have great strength and power of resist ance, how they afford protection to the soft and delicately formed parts of the body, how they assist in movement, and so on.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
WHAT VIEWPOINT BOYS ARE
 DOING.
AN INDUSTRY TRANSPLANTED FROM NEW
 TOWN.

The J. X G. Griffin company, which moved from Huntingtown to Shelton two years ago,i5 very finely housed in a brick factory of it's own, on the canal opposite the Shelton depot. John Griffin, the founder of the business, who lately pass ed away, began the manufacture of but tons in building now used by John k. Tomlinson as a saw mill about 4G years ago. George Griffin, son of John Grif- fin, entered into partnership with his father about 1861, and Marshal Sears was at one time member of the firm The firm at present is composed of George Griffin and Bruce N. Griffin, both practi- cal men, who do not fear rolling up their sleeves and pitching into the work with the best of their men. Their factory, by the way, is a model one of it's kind. The main building is ll5x3G, four floors, and has two els. They manufacture hoof and horn buttons and imitation of ivory. Some of the modern machines they have for turning out the buttons are really marvellous. One machine, which requires only one girl to tend it, will punch out two barrels of buttons in a day. These machines were invented and perfected by the Messrs Griffin them selves. Another fine machine is a hy- draulic press for pressing out the hoofs. The firm have enjoyed a splendid busi- ness during the past few years, but just now the business is not as rushing, ow- ing to the general depression. Still, while many concerns in Shelton have been shut down, and running on reduced ti.le, they have kept their force at work. A representative of THE BEE called at their factory, the other day, and was shown the process of the button manu- fracture from the crude hoof, to the finish ed article. The Messrs Griffin still re- tain an interest in old Newtown, and get up to Huntingtown every week to pass Sunday with their mother.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
SCHOOL METHODS OF TO-DAY.
INTERESTING POINTS BROUGHT OUT FROM THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE AT
 SANDY HOOK.

The program, arranged by order of the board of school visitors. and carried out at the teachers institute in the Sandy Hook school house, last Friday afternoon, was an excellent one. It revealed the new and approved methods that are DOW being rapidly introduced everywhere in educational work, and the interest mani fested by the teachers present showed that such meetings can be made decidedly helpful to them. The thanks of all who attended are due those who had the pro- gram m charge, and the earnest hope is expressed that this meeting may be only the suggestion of even better things in store as the interest deepens and as more come who see the great importance of such interchange of views.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
AN INCREASING MALADY.

The increasing frequency of eases of kidney disease. of aggravated and dangerous charac- ter, is matter foI serious concern among med ical practitioners. No kidney disease can be trivial, nor can it safely be neglected, even tors day. When the kidneys imperfectly dis charge their functions, and fail to eliminate the uric acid from the blood, or set up inc secretion of caleareous matter, an hours delay in treatment is fraught with the gravest p eril. Temporary palliative medicines only begnile the sufferer to false hopes, while the diseased condition of the organs is steadily growing more dangerous. The only medicine that has shown itself efficacious in thus curing thous- and ot the most severe cases of Kidney Dis eases is Dr David Kennedy's FavOrite Rem edy. It has even restored perfect health to patients who had been given up by the physi- cians
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
IN GRANGE CIRCLES.

At the installation of officers in Har- mony Grange, Monroe, January p, MT and Mrs J. J. Schermerhorn, Mir and Mrs w. c. Johnson, Will Northrop, S. J. Botsford. and c. E. Johnson were pre- sent. Worthy Deputy J. H. Blakeman of Fairfield county performed the ce re- mony in an impressive manner. The worthy deputy was ably assisted by Worthy Master s. J. Botsford of Pohta- tuck Grange, No. 129. Harmony furnish ed refreshment and members of No. 129 took an active part in these exercises also.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
EASTON.

Friends of Mrs Edward Hawkins are pleased to hear that she is slowly recov- ering at the New York hospital, where she is for treatment. Her husband is sick with grip at his mothers.
 Rev Mir Aver was pleasantly entertain ed, three days of last week, at Mrs Ed ward Hills.
 The Enterprise meeting, Thursday evening, including the peanut hunt and also the cake with ring. gave much pleasure to those present, at Mrs Edward Hill's,and the sum netted was pleasant surprise to all.
 Miss Annie Booth is spending a few weeks with Miss Mary F.. Seeley.
 The next Enterprise meeting will be held with Mrs George Parrack, ,on Thurs day evening, the 22d of February.
 Edward Gillette is filling his ice house with l0-inch ice, from the Center pond.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
PRINCIPAL T. J. CORBETT,

of the Sandy Hook school, illustrated with two classes of his school what could be accomplished in language work by the application of little inge- nuity to methods of teaching. He said that he would not dignify his device by the ambitious name of being either plan or method; it was simply a scheme which he had found by the prac- tical test of the school room would do good work, and that was the aim with every teacher. With it he claimed that in few weeks, or months at most, of patient study, a fairly bright scholar would obtain such a knowledge of the regular and irregular verbs as would be sound knowledge and which he could never forget, and that was saying more than could be claimed for years of plod ding in the old Lindley Murray style His scheme was simply
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
HUNTINGTON.

AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. church have decided to hold fellow ship meeting in their house of worship on February 2S, beginning at II o'clock a. m., and closing at 4 p. m. The pro- gram will include addresses on and dis cussion of topics of practical value and interest to the welfare of the cause oi Christ in the community. The pastor is arranging to hold series of special meetings, if the weather permits. begin. ming February B.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

Friday evening, to make out the pro- gram for 1891.
 Wellington Wilkinson is unable to re- turn to his business, though convalescent.
 Isaac Bennett is spending the winter with his cousin, Mrs Elizabeth Turney.
 Tommy Murphy is attending the busi- ness college in the city of Derby.
 John Wilkinson and Sadie were at home over Sunday.
 Miss Sadie Wilkinson is teaching in Middlefeld, Conn.
 The storm of last Wednesday evening did not prevent about 30 of Miss Bertha Clark's friends meeting at Mrs Zina Boards home to give her a surprise.
 Benjamin Coles condition is no better
 Although the snow drifted consider ably the sleighing is very good.
 Miss Alice wakelee is keeping house for her mother while she is making visits.
 A letter from friend spending the winter in Dresden, Germany. speaking of skating says, they flood the tennis courts there. If our Connecticut poung people could do the same it might prevent some cold bath here.
 La grippe is finding many victims in this community but so far it has not proved fatal, yet quite severe, in some cases.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

If you are contemplating purchasing a piano write to NJ. Steinert t6 Sons Co.,, 359 Main street, Bridgeport, or TT Chap el street, New Haven, ionn. They will mail you, free, beautifully illustra ted catalogues of Steinway & Sons, and Er- nest Gaber & Bros. pianos. They have constantly on hand large assortment of second hand pianos of every promi- nent maker, both in uprights and squares, in which you can always secure a bar gain.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
SHELTON.
A PROSPEROUS CONCERN.

At the annual meeting of the Silver Plate Cutlery company, held January 26, the following stockholders were elected as board of directors for the year 1894 J. R. Brinsmade, D. s. Brinsmade, s. A. Abbott of Birmingham, pr G. A. Shelton of Shelton and Judge Morris B. Boards ley of Bridgeport. At the meeting of the board of directors officers were elected as follows: J. R. Brinsmade, president and treasurer; Judge Morris B. Boards ley, vice president; pr G. A. Shelton, secretary. The treasurer's report of the business for 1893 was very favorable, considering the great business depres- sion. The firm employs from 90 to 100 men and have an annual pay roll of S60,- GOO. The benefit of such a concern to Shelton is apparent.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

William c. Johnson's new mill is to have warming up this (Friday) even- ing. The Bliss orchestra will furnish music Messrs Homer W. Baldwin and Asa H. Hawley are the committee and lively time is expected.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
A COMPLETE DIAGRAM

of the various notifications of the verb placed upon the blackboard and kept be- fore the pupils eye till conjugation and infection became second nature to him. The ease with which the children took hold of the verb in all it's intricacies of infection, shows that Mr Corbett's ideas materialize successfully, and he is to be congratulated on the result.
 Miss Mabel l.. Cummings, an assistant teacher in the NewtoWn Academy, ex- plained how she would teach the difficult terms in physiology to children. She took the class that had recited in lan- guage and put questions as she would if they were to have lesson for the next day, on the subject of the bones in the human body. Some bones just taken from the meat market were handed to the boys and girls, and they were asked to tell all they could find out by car eful l ly examining them.
 FROM THE FACT
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
AN EDITORS RECOMMENDATION.

c. F. Davis, editor of tbe Bloomfield, Iowa, Farmer, says: ''I can recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to all suf- ferers with colds and croup. 1 have used it in my family for the past two years and have found it the best I ever used for the purposes for which it is in tended" 50c bottles for sale by k. F. Hawley, Newtown, and s. c. Bull, San dy Hook.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
GREENFIELD HILL.
DEERFIELD.

Miss Laura A. Dowd has visited her friend, Miss Clara A. Bradley of Bradley street.
 Mrs H. R. Elwood of Burr's Highway has entertained her cousin, Mrs William Ferris of Merwin's Lane. Miss Edith Bradley has visited her cousin, Elsie Sherwood.
 Fred Silliman has tuned and put in or der Miss Clara Bradley's organ.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
Fairfield County News
TRUMBULL.
A SURPRISE FOE MIR NICHOLS.

Quite large number of grangers met at the residence of Plumb Nichols. last Thursday evening, and presented their chief with substantial proof of their es- teem. The success of the grange move- ment in this place has been in no slight measure due to the earnest and eflicien t efforts of MT Nichols.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
UPPER WHITE HILLS.

Miss Susie Beardsley and her niece, Katharine Ambler, made short visit, last week, at East Lyme. While there Mrs Burch gave party for the little folks. Marion Beardsley made charm ing little hostess as she presided over the table filled with delicacies and beau. tified with flowers.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

Hyperdermic injections of morphia are ire
 quently prescribed by physicians for cure of neuralg1a but it's effects are only ephemerai and you will have to repeat the injection every day. Discard this seductive cnchanter and use Salvation Oil, which goes to the seat of the trouble and effects permanent cure,
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

The Foundry ice house has been filled by ". c. Johnson, but owing to the un- certain weather he has been unable to fill his large ice house which holds several hundred tons, and is situated on his premises.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
fairs About Town.
MATTERS OF BUSINESS.
GO TO THE WORLDS FAIR.

GO TO THE WORLDS FAIR.
 You can easily do this by getting an assortment of stereoscopic views at Nor throp's art store, 3l John street, Bridge port. He will also furnish you with a stereoscope from B cents to $2. He has lot of colored comic views; original views of New Haven, East Rock, etc., for 35 cents dozen. Buy one of those 13x4 games that he is selling for 10 cents and you will get dollars worth of fun out of it. He has lots of barga ins in books, pictures, frames, toys and fancy goods. When you go to Bridge port, do not fail to visit the little store around the corner.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
AN UNUSUALLY PRECOCIOUS

little fellow, three years old, was found by actual count to have a good knowl- edge of the meaning of 1900 words. Emerson said: "Books are good only Sd far as boy is ready for them; you send your children to the schoolmaster, but it is the children who educate him. You send your boys to the Latin master, but much of their education comes when on the way to school" Where in our common schools are heat, steam, any of the forces whose operation constitutes so large share in the study of the men who are moulding and shaping the on- ward movements in the world to-day ? Where is electricity that is producing our electric life? The teachers ought to control what is being done in our schools. They should be constantly asking, what l is education for? When this boy gets out of school, how much better off will he be? Watch lawyer in court,
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

MT and Mrs c. M. Penny entertained Benjamin D. and David Fairchild of New York City, over last Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
IT IS REMARKABLE

how much more the average boy and girl know than they ever dreamed that 1 they knew, and how much of what is set down in cold type in dull text books as a task to be painfully mastered by the pu- pill is already his acquisition if he can on- ly be skillfully led to think so. Miss Cummings possesses in a large measure the qualities of teacher who appreci- ates the fact that the boys and girls be- fore her have active brains from which good ideas can be educed, drawn out,' rather than the thought that they are minimizing blocks of wood into which knowledge must be laboriously drilled.
 Prof A. B. Morrill,, principal of the new state normal school in New Haven, closed the program with very interest ing talk given in his characteristically bright and happy way, on the
 RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES of the teacher. MT Merrill began by saying that he was surprised, as he talk ed with prominent and we'll educated men in his travelling, how slightly they attributed their success to the common schools and the knowledge that they had there received. Almost all put greater stress upon other experiences as furnish ing them the necessary equipment for the real battle of life. He asked the lead ing architect in Boston if he ever used cube root in his calculations. "Oh no," was the reply, mo use for that, but car ry Colburn's arithmetic in my back pock- ct with me everywhere and constantly drill myself on the combinations of num- bers.'' We go into our best schools to- day and fiud the scholars still struggling with the same old Virgil and the same old 47th proposition of Euclid. The ideas of boys come from the experiences of skating and playing baseball more than from the lessons of the common school.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
DOES HE ASK QUESTIONS

because he always has asked questions? He has special purpose carefully work ed out in everything he does. The teach CT must have something to teach and know how to teach it. An important requisite is to be able to teach reading rightly. A baby, being trundled through the street, saw in dooryard the stone image of lion and shouted ssbow wow" The child thought the lion like the dog he had seen in his picture books and at l once associated the name and the object. l That is what learning to talk consists in. l Children must be given tools for reading as for talking. The first thing is to
 make the child have association of words and objects. The child must see a word
 and have an idea come up when he sees it. After two years of practice childrer
 ought to know how to read almost any
 thing.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

The best salve in the world for cuts bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains. corns and all skin eruptions, and posi- lively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. For sale by E. F. Hawley, Newtown, and s. c. Bull Sandy Hook.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

William D. Stone entertained his fath. CT and sister of New Milford, last week
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
THE CHILD MUST BE TRAINED

to want to read. You should train pu-
 pills to read as citizens and give them a
 taste for the very best books there are
 Let the child get hold of the idea that it is delight to read. Keep forever ask. ing the question, whys what is this for? !?
 Have the aim of the boys education al-
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
BURGLARS, BEWARE,

The breaking into Horace Fairchild's house in Nichols has a lesson for those who have desire to burglarize country houses. It is an exceedingly dangerous undertaking to enter any house, day or night, no matter how favorable the con- dition, or how we'll the work may have been planned. It was only by the mer- est chance that sufficient suspicion was not aroused to have led to an easy cap- ture of these offenders. We do not have 'cops" on our roads, but we sometimes do have those that are quite as danger ous. It also has lesson that no one in these times should keep any considerable amount of money by them. Farmers, as rule, do not have money by them as much as is supposed, but none should be kept, or more than is strictly necessary It is not improbable that during the win ter other attempts will be made to bur glarize, and the slightest irregularity ob- served by any one, day or night, should be cautiously investigated and with means for capture. The escape of the above persons under the circumstances eau only be excused on the ground that this was the first attempt.
 Leroy Patchen will occupy a part of Mrs Dwight Brinsmade's house.
 Edwards Beach, an aged and respected resident, passed away after a brief ill., ness at his home in Daniels Farm, Fri day. Funeral services were held from the house. Monday afternoon, Rev c. w. Boylston officiating.
 Those who have timber to haul are im- proving the sledding. Logs are begin ming to accumulate, as usual, at Wards mill.
 Erwin 5. Fairchld will read the third lecture in the Chautauqua extension course in the Congre gational church, Wednesday evening, February :.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

Miss Jennie E. Shepard passed Sun- day in South Britian.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

Mrs John Campbell of Sandy Hook is recovering from an attack of the grip.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

ways in view, so that when he goes out into life, his employer will not have to say, "Somehow this boy does not seem to fit in here" Thus natural science is to be taken up, because it is the educa- tion that is needed out on the farm and in the store, so that the children may know what they see on their dinner ta- bles and what they see on the street. One woman can now tend 500 spindles and spin 2000 yards of yarn a day; this great result came from the use of brains. Go back to see the brain work which gave us the engine, and you will find that Watts invented it when he was
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02
LOOKING AT SOMETHING.

As the teacher stands before 40 or 50 in- dividuaI boys and girls at the growing age of life, she should feel the oppor- tunity for influencing these lives that is hers. Above al., teacher must be gen. uine. Tbe public are watching; no one can conceal herself even in the most out of-the-way corner of the state. A teach CT must always be just what she expects the children to be.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

LONG HILL. The grange met at William Beard's,
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-02

hat the surface could not be dented witt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-07
CEORCIE saw IT.
he 6luded Maternal Vigilance and
Saw Barnum Come to Town.

6eorgie Is five years old ana like scores
OF other adventurous kids he figures on
Delng an early riser at least two mornings
in the year-Barnums day and Fourth OF
July. lie has succeeded for two years
IN preserving his sound existence and
ultimate identity with the household
lie Possessed himself OF the alarm
CLOCK last night before retiring TO
rest, and after some tall manip-
ulatlon be set the machinery SO as TO
strike at j. IN. He wanted to be on hand
at the depot when the menagerie
was unioaded His mother dropped
10 MS scheme, and she craftily
secreted his shoes and knock about suit
under lock and key. The gong sounded
and he made break for his apparel. IL
was under cover, but he dropped TO the
scheme to thwart him OF his
trip dow"l town. He made no
russ at the discovery, but he hunted mp a
cast-off rig, jumped into his rubber boots
ana sneaked out the back door.
He returned In time for breakfast
and proceeded 10 describe the
show on Exchange place with
ill-concealed glee. He was threat
ened with trunk strap and the punish
ment OF absence from the matinee per-
formance. But his cuteness and ingenuity
IN carrying out his runaway enterprise
were all powerful in engendering spirit
OF forgiveness, and finally his susceptible
parent spared the strap and took chances
IN spoiling the offspring by taking him TO
the show. He promised not TO repeat the
trick on the Fourth, but he is fertile in
expedients and bis memory Is as treach-
eerous as that OF the average kid bent upon
Deing hrst on hand TO see the sights.