The Newtown bee., 1895-02-15

| fell during the recent blizzard in conse. quence of which the trains have passed at irregular intervals. Others, also, in dustriously inclined, are waiting about the station, looking for something te turn up and anticipating repetition o1 another drifting storm.
 Mrs Hoag from Plymouth came to the funeral of c. A. Titus, and is staying s few weeks with Mrs Titus. The weather was so unsuitable that DI Spencer did not come to the Town hal on Sunday evening to hold services, and only few were at Sunday school. Mir and Mrs William Watts are in New York for a week or more.
 Bader & Bradley are filling their own ice house this year from the Echo farm pond.
 Mrs Kingman accompanied the major, Tuesday morning, to New Haven and Hartford.
 The cars and milk teams were very much hinjered by the snow storm and drifts are still in order.
 The open Grange on Wednesday even- ing promises to be pleasant affair.
 In response to the call for help from the needy, famine stricken people of Me- braska ,the good people of this town have contributed five barrels of warm cloth ing, numbering nearly 500 articles and SIS in money, for their relief. The bar. rels were forwarded on Saturday to the Bible House, New York, from which place it is said they are delivered free to mission stations in Nebraska. Two of our former townsmen are in or near the scene of destitutiop, Cornelius Allen and William Black. The former is farmer, the latter living in the city of Redfield, but as yet no call has come from them personally to their friends here; only tales of what others are suffering not many miles distant.
 Last Sunday week, the pastor, Rev Mir Carter, gave 8 summary of the con tributions from the Congregational church the past year, stating that aside from the collections for church expenses and home charities there had been $102S % contributed for missions and worthy objects abroad.
 Mir Smith of Seattle, Wis, who has been spending few days with his broth CT, s. B. Smith, left on Monday, for New York, where he will join Francis Smith and wife of Washington, D. O., and sail on Wednesday on the s.Freisland" for a three months trip to the Holy Land, re. turning through Switzerland, Germany, thence to London, and thence home. The first stop of any length will be at the Bermudas.
 The storm last week was second only to the blizzard of 1888. On Saturday the residents of Lower street got through tc the depot. However, the roads then dug out were all filled by the high wind oi Sunday night.
 Andrew Buckingham reports that he is going on to place owned by Dwight Peck, West of Roxbury Station.
 Charles Chappin, it is reported, is go ing onto Deacon Baldwin's farm neal Romf.rd.
 Mrs Gum has gone to New Yorl from whence he expects to go to hel place in Orange City, Fla.
 Oliver Warner of South Britain hal passed few days in town, the guest O c. J. Warner.
 The Methodists held pleasant socia ble, Thursday night, at Ex-Selecmai Frank Kilbourn's. It was in the naturt of basket sociable, and although ther' was not large number present, thos who were on hand had jolly time.
 Stephen Warehouse would hay wagered new dollar that his friend would not have got the best of him, thi year. It is doubtful if they could hay succeeded, but even his tried friend am neighbor, 'sRas' Hurlbut, conspiret with the rest, and MT Morehouse didn' get on to it. No one enjoyed the sur prise, however, more than MT More house and he did all in his power t. make the evening enjoyable.
 Carriage Manufacturer Woodruff is g work on big stock of carriages an spindles for the spring trade. He keep his force on duty. MT Carl is in tn blacksmith department, Fred Ecksma in the wood shop, and two or thre others. MT Woodruff also keeps on man hustling on his farm.
 Talk about drifts! There were son mammoth ones between Dr Ford's an the Depot bridge.
 A. G. Baker came up on Thursda last. On account of the blockade he ? raa;,,al ff11 da<,,r1c c vx