The Newtown bee., 1895-12-20
NOTES FROM ST JOHNS.


 There will be sale of fancy articles and supper at the hall on the Green on Thursday evening, for the benefit of St Johns church. After supper the Gun nery boys give play in the hall.
 The Episcopal society will hold their Christmas exercises in the hall at the Depot.
 Senator and Mrs H. o. Averill and Mir and Mrs Charles Ford attended the meet ing of the State Roard of Agriculture at New Haven, this week.
 Perry Anderson has had two carloads of Mine Hill stone came in on the She paug with which to lay his cellar.
 Bert Hodge of Roxbury was in the south part of Washington, buying apples, Saturday. Apple buyers are thicker than toads after hail storm.
 Mrs Edward Fenn was in Waterbury few days last week.
 Miss Jennie Wheeler of New Britain closes her school in East street, Friday.
 Ernest Black, the popular young barb- CT at the Depot, has a fiourishing business and thinks that he will have to have an assistant.
 Henry Foulois and sons had very cold job, Friday, putting tin roof on the Trowbridge residence.
 Ernest Clarke had very narrow escape, Friday, by a runaway at Judd's Bridge. He was thrown out and his carriage was demolished.
 Nelson Richmond of Church Hill butchered very fine beef for Henry Frisbie, Monday.
 Mrs Sherman Pond is visiting relatives in New Jersey.
 Several fires have recently been re- ported by the Shepaug men. Foreman Shaughnessy and his men had busy time putting one out recently.
 John Shaughnessy from Watertown has been visiting his brother, Patrick Shaughnessy, at Romford. Nelson Peterson and Miss Augusta Sager of Litchf1eld were married Decem- Der 3, at the residence of the brides fath- CT, since which time they have moved in to the Harvey house st Romford, which had been vacant for several months past. Charles T. Morrison, well known citizen of Washington, is suffering from q paralytic stroke, renderingIuseles his left side. At present writing there is little improvement in his condition. Mrs Birge of Bantam has been a guest at F. J. KilbourD's for 8 few days. MI Kilbourn's mother, who is with them fol the present, has been quite ill. Mrs A. G. Baker has gone to New York to spend week with friends. The ladies of the glee club meet once a week in the afternoon for rehearsals A concert will probably be the OutcOml at some distant day. l Those who were gazing skyWard, las week Thursday, about noon and after wards, saw fine sun dog and eevera beautiful rainbOws. We hope some O local astronomers will foretell what it signs are.
 Miss Julia Baker was home for Weel after Thanksgiving, and Miss Bessi went as far as New Haven with her 10 a visit, when che returned to Greenfield
 Mrs Dr Brown has been spending some time in New Britain with Mre Joh D. Perkins.
 Mise Jennie Barnes of New MilfOr spent few days in town, last week.
 The Echo Farm Co. is all ready { commence gathering its ice, and If th weather does not moderate . good deA will be at 1t by Wednesday. There hs been long time of fine skating for th youngeters on tho dam. this year.
 Schools close the 20th, for 1.-two Weel
 vacation over the holidays.
 The beautifully lighted and warme
 reading room in MAj Kinglnan's engiI lhouSe, kept by BnrcEiaI F0ulois, ID
 loyely place for auy one to spend 2 qui f