The Newtown bee., 1895-05-24

are more like them now in existence. This room I now use for this purpose was originally intended for an auction room which I was to run in connection with Julius Fairchild, son of Legrand Fairchild, who was in New York. He was to send me goods from the city to sell
 BUT BEFORE OUR PLANS
 were completed he died and for some time Dr Bennett used it for his office. Af- ter he left concluded I wanted it for myself. My relics were scattered all about the house and so I fitted it up for my own office and you can see to what use I devote it.
 The room is just filled with the most interesting specimens in all conceivable places, and cases placed so as to take up as little room as possible, and no won- der MT Peck begins to feel he will have to have more room or stop getting.
 At this point MT Peck started up and together we examined the relics. There are. far too many to give detailed accounts of one-half of the collection but the more prominent will be given nasty sketch. Of all the collections, MT Peck values his old books the highest, and it was to the old books we were first drawn. Reaching to the shelves Mir Peck handed down an exposition Of portion of the Bible. This book is of very ancient print, bearing the date of 1632, and most of us would prefer an ex- position of later date with more liberal views. A bunch of almanacs followed, the oldest ones bearing the date of 17S5- s6 and were by Hudson and Goodwin of Hartford. There was also one for 17S6 which was gotten out by Eber A. Judd, student with pr Joseph Perry, of Litch- field. A peculiarity about these alma: macs is that on May 16 and October IF in each year. is the date assigned for the Newtown fair. MT Peck tells us that at about this time Newtown had the choice of either having the county house here or the fair and being an agricultural dis trist almost entirely, they chose the fair, which was held twice each year. There are number of years of almanacs fol- lowing and the first date of the Middle brook almanacs was noticed to be 1919. A Beers almanac was issued from Bridge port in 1920.
 THERE ARE ALSO QUITE NUMBER of United States histories and ancient l school books. One American Preceptor of the date of 1922 looked a very sensi- ble book despite it's age. Opening it promiseuously we found such valued in- formation that tea was first introduced into England in 1850 when only princes and grandees imbibed in such luxurious beverage. Coffee followed in 1852 and tobacco followed afterward, being intro duced by Sir Walter Raleigh on his re- turn from trip to our continent against the protest of the church people. He was also guilty of introducing the pota- to at about the same time.
 i The first geographies were rather odd, without any maps, and a book dated 1929, which proved an old modern ge- ography, by J. Olny, containing maps hardly to be recognized by scholars of to-day. This forms but small part of the books Mir Peck has, and most of them are of very ancient print. He also has magazines bearing the date of 1794 that are curious productions, and quite . number of amusing records. A levy was noticed bearing the date of 1761, when money was being raised for furnish- ing the Presbyterian meeting house and ibuilding bell frame. There was cu-
 CONCLUDED ON LAST PAaE.l