The Newtown bee., 1895-12-06
BETHEL.
PLunTREEs.

Samuel Case OF Sandy Hook has moved
into the house with r. Z. Couch.
Byron Stearns has rented j. s. May
hew's tenement house.
Clifford Morgan for the past two weeks
has been engaged packing apples.
Mr. Jones, who is running the feldspar
mines Of Wild Cat, has opened mine In
the rear OF Clark Stones house which
promises to be success to Mr. Stone rs
well as Mr. Jones.
Mrs j. b. Morgan returned home, last
Thursday, after two weeks visit with
her sister, DR. Benedict of Bridgeport.
The mills are still grinding and the
stream runs large from the press and
your correspondent doesn't know what
we will do with all the cider here in our
little temperance town. We can never
drink it if our good temperance friends
don't turn In and help us drink it up.
The EpwOrth League Of Bethel held a
prayer meeting at the house OF Miss Eliza
Daniel Wildman and wife spent Sum-
day with Mr. and Mrs John Carson, Jr.
Rufus Couch has lost horse with the
distemper and Fl. B. Hodge has one sick
also.
Starr Barlow of Southburyz allied on
friends in Plumtrees, Thanksgiving day.
Mr. and Mrs Cortez Smith spent
Thanksgiving with 81. +. Tomlinson.
Arthur Judd, first selectman, was In
town on Thursday and settled with Mr.
Stark to his full satisfaction for the loss
of his calves killed by dogs.
Hodge and Wildman have been making
necessary repairs on their ice pond and
are now waiting for the cold weather.
Mrs Charles Schnell Of Danbury spent
Thanksgiving week with Milo Stark.
Thomas Bartram of Plumtrees is exer.
cising }. E. Barnum's colt, which is q
| fine one. 1t took the first premium at
the Danbury fair. 1t is OF BarramOre
stock.
MOLE CLEANS OUT A DRAIN.
The water from the late rains partly
filed the cellar of W. S. Bassett who
lives at the foot of Hoyt's Hill on East
| street. Mr. Bassett's drain tile had be
come clogged with sand, which stopped
the water from running out as usual.
| Digging up drain tile to cellar is a Ia
borious task and always to be avoided
If possible. While looking at the job
Mr. Bassett discovered a ground hog or
| mole blowing his way a:Ong under the
sod in his yard which he caught. 1t
then occurred to him that he could
put the little animal to more useful
work by putting it in the drain tile to
bore a hole through to let off the water.
The work was effectual and Mr. Bassett
was well pleased with the experiment.
Charles Dart Meeker, who advertised
for a lost dog in last weeks BEE, had a
| letter from gentleman in Southbury
who wrote that he found hound near
the railroad track with one leg cut off by
the cars he thought, which he killed tc
put out of its misery. The dog was evi.
IDENTIFY following the fox trail and tool
no notice of the coming train. Foz
hunters say that such accidents are liza.
BILE to happen to fox hounds.
The selectmen have settled all damage
lately done by dogs.
Judd & Co. have put down q new
cross walk from their factory to the op.
posite side of the street, which accom-.
i modates their workmen in wet weather.
Frank and Howard Mackenzie, who
have retired from the firm of Andrews
! Mackenzie & Durant, will soon start &
new firm to manufacture hats, either IL
Bethel or Danbury. Should they con
clude to leave Bethel it will be on account
of being able to lease factory in Dan
bury better suited to their immediate
wants.
! F. w. Smith & Co. have closed theil
factory this week to take inventory.
4 Most of the factories have orders
enough to pay for heating up about
three days in the week.
Amidee Oliver fatted two spring Pig
that weighed over 900 q piece, which
cost him 81 per hundred
Rufus Couch and daughter, Mr.
Osborn, and her son, visited friends ii
Ridgefeld, last week.
Edward B. Judd, who left Bethel {
year ago for Colorado on account o.
poor health, is now strong and hearty
He expects to spend another winter il
that country. Perry Park, where he re
sides, is summer resort In the mountains
about 40 miles from Denver. Wild deel
and coyotes are quite common in tha
section Of the country and often come
up near the farms in the night.
i Edgar T. Andrews has sold his cele.
brated road mare, "Betsey,n to 60 tt
England for breeding purposes. He re
Gently sold her mate to DIR Barber.
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