The Newtown bee., 1895-06-28

There was "Grange art social" at AL bert Titus on Church Hill, Wednesday evening.
 | Rev MT Turner will spend his vacation here. He now speaks nearly every even- ing in behalf of Hampton. We hope he may preach here some time during the summer.
 Walter Gillette of Waterbury is visit ing at D. Gillette's.!
 James Shaughnessy is keeping horse blanket that he found near Samuel AL lens, for the Identification of the owner.
 Miles Emmons has adopted the modern and rapid way of transit when going to | from his work. He is wheelman ot ability. Walter Benedict has met with several dangerous catastrophes while en- deavoring to initiate the example of that rider.
 Miss Edna Mallory is dressmaking at D. Gillett's.
 The district school closes this week. | VACATION AT THE GUNNERY SCHOOL.
 Gunnery school closed, last week, and the boys gave hearty good by to town. The Sanchez brothers remain here through vacation.
 The Masons on the line of the Shepaug went to Bethel, Tuesday evening, on an lodge there.
 Calhoun street school closes, Wednes- day, with fine picnic in the grove near MT O'Hara's.
 Mrs Martha Gold expects to take charge of the Sunday school at the Town hall, through the month of July.
 Miss Annie Gibson is home from Sher- man to spend her vacation.
 MT and Mrs Arthur D. Woodruff came up from New York on their bicycles, taking about three days for the journey.
 Miss Mary D. Brown is staying at the Ridge for few weeks.
 During the severe thunder shower, Sunday afternoon, not great quantity of water fell. Lightning struck a tree near Arthur Titus house.
 George Baker and friend from Flaw leyville drove up home on Saturday morning and back Sunday afternoon.
 The Christian Endeavor sociable at Charles Mason's was we'll attended and under the direction of Rev Mir Carter, ,the chairman, was made very interesting.
 Since the parlor car has been put on the Shepaug, there are excursion tickets now from here to New York for $4 10 every day.
 Mrs Raymond and family of New York came to John Carlson's house for the summer, Tuesday week.
 pr Murray and family of Princeton have rented c. B. Colds house for the season.
 Rev Robert Carter was in New York, last week.
 Mrs Kezia Mitchell has house full of lodgers who take meals at Miss Mary Church's and Dr Ford's.
 The Echo Farm have put their delivery milk team on for the benefit of the city people.
 Henry Cady is home from Thomaston, and is painting Miss Laura Whitehead's house.
 Miss Annie Gibson is home from Sher- man for her summer vacation.
 In Roxbury, June F, George w. Ed wards cultivated seveL acres of ensilage corn in four hours and a half with the new American steel cultivator, mounted on wheels, working two rows at a time and doing the same in workmanlike shape. Again, the 22d, with the same team cultivated nine acres of measured ground in four and one half hours, stop ping once 15 minutes in the time to rest. The team used are moderate walkers, so that 8 lively team can easily cultivate 20 acres in 10 hours, taking the place of three horses and three men. In the first cultivation the team did not sweat hair this can be vouched for by those that saw it done. Brother farmers, beat this if you can with your walking cultivators.