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The result of the town election again Illustrates the doctrine, that the right will ultimately down the wrong and that the rights of the people must be respect ed, even though there are great odds to overcome If certain town officials in the past two years had done their duty with out fear or favor and decided the ques- tions that have come before them to be solved fearlessly and right and as their conscience dictated, rather than for pOliC- ical favor and the power there was in it, the present conditions would never have arisen. Their defeat at the polls lies at their own door and they have no one else to blame, for they were warned that their course was a wrong one. But the cleo ton is not only rebuke to the past but a warning for the future, for if this movement is purely for better govern ment, as we believe it is, the citizens will frown as quickly on any future misman- agement as in the past. It therefore be hoves the successful candidates to so conduct the affairs of the town that the monies will not be wasted in paying un. necessarily large salaries, keeping oper unnecessary schools and the like, but ex- pended in such way as to give the peo pie some equivalent, and at the end o1 the year a surplus to apply to the already too large indebtedness. Let not spite and spleen have a place in doleing out the town jobs, but let them be given out fairly and honestly. Conduct the towr business as carefully as you would you own personal affairs and every true hearted man in town will but approve ot such course of action. It is no true re form that does not aim to accomplish the results above stated.
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THE GRANGE FAIR.

The first annual fair of Trumbull Grange will be held at the Town hall, Friday evening, October 9. The admi8- sion will be 10c. A supper will be served. The public is cordially invited.
 Plumb Nichols has recently put his residence in the hands of K. H. Rogers, iobber and builder, and MT Thrope ot Nichols, painter. A great improvement has been made.
 Mir and Mrs w. $. Plumb left on Wed nesday for Hartford, where they vii attend the State Sunday School conven tiop. They will also visit PoQuonnock
 Rev and Mrs w. F. White attended tn, meeting of the Fairfield association 0 Congregational ministers and Pastors Wives Club which met in the West EnC gatioDal church, at Bridgeport on Tuesday.g
 Several of the people have had tn pleasure of hearing Dr Watson's lecture in New Haven, last week and this. D Watson has greatly endeared himself { the reading public on this side of tn water in his 'Beside the Bonnie Erie Bush" |" and other books.
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make the flag raising on Mill House Square in Aspetuck on October 3, such a grand success. The speeches were all fine, but the addtess of E. J. Hill was considered by all to be most masterly effort. The music by the Fairfield drum corps was excellent, and every one who
 had the pleasure of attending expressed
 themselves as surprised and pleased to think a small place like this could have
 such good affair. There were about | 300 present,
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THE BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.

Selectmen, Frank c. See 123; Henry Whitehead l09; Eugene Adams d 133 George Kuntze 90.
 Town clerk, J, N. Nickerson 12l; J. B. Sanford Ill.
 Town treasurer, William H. Hill l47 J. B. Sanford 89.
 Assessors. Uriah Griffin l52; George Sherman l40; John M. Sullivan q g William A. L0unsbury 89
 Board of relief, Jesse l.. Sanford 15O Albert Gorham 147; J. B. Sanford d 80; M. B. Mills SC.
 Constables, D. S. B4rtram 147; George D. Stevens 14G; Edward Ryan 88; T. Drlany So.
 Grand jurcr, John Todd 149; G. A. Sanford l50; G. o. PIatt 88 Stephen Sanford S8
 Collector, II. o born T I50; W. c Stnford SS.
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LONG HILL.
METHODIST CHURCH ITEMS.

Received on probation last Sunday Mrs Gabler, Marion Wolcott; baptized Sadie Craft; received into full member ship from probation, Edwin E. Sher man, Della NJ. Sherman, Grace k Sherman, Mary D. HansleiI, Eljzabett Lord, Jennie Dayton, Elward Gabler Amelia J. Willis, Hattie F. Latin, Ali son H. Sanford, Joseph NJ. Farrar, Edns l.. French, Sadie Craft.
 The prayer meeting on the 18th vii be at the house of Joseph H. Williams.
 The Meriden praying band will conduct services, at the hall on Saturday, Octo Der F, at 80 p. m., and at the church on the 18th, at l 30 p. m. A most cor dial invitation is extended to all.
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with nuptial mass. The happy couple will reside ip Union City, Pa.
BEDDING.

BEDDING GOES NO LICENSE BY ONE VOTE.
 The town meeting was more largely attended than usual. About 240 votes were boiled. A 15mill tax was laid The sum of $2, POO was appropriated for schools, and $2,00O for the roads and bridges. The library was voted down, on the score of economy, though mary who opposed it offered Go subscribe lber- ally for the purpose if plper was cir culated. No license prevailed, by 8 vote of 105 to 106.
 The republican ticket was successful by about 60 majority, except for select men and town clerk, there being a spli in the party on these cfices. The bal lots did not succeed in downing the regu lar nominees, though coming near it.
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Our Neig.hbors.
SOUTH BRITAIN.
THE VOTE IN sUrTHBUKY.

THE VOTE IN SOIDHBURI.
 Town clerk, Charles 4. Bradley IF; Harry N. Hicock ( 94.
 Treasurer, Henry B. Russell I5I James k. Baldwin 9l.
 Selectmen, Robert C. Mitchell l3l; Curtis H, Smith l37; Jacob Wentsch d lO7; Theodore F. Wheeler d I2l.
 Constabes, Charles A. Bradley l49; Bethuel x. Treat r I3l; William C, Beecherr l23; Amos N. Allen 132 Theodore F. Wheeler d lIG; Charles 5. Brown d IOS; Isaac Wentsch d llG; Charles l. Beard8ley IF
 Board of relief, Edward A. Platt I I33; Herman Perry l33; Henry M. Can- field IF; James Short l2O.
 Tax collector, William E. Mitchell ! I34; Charles $. Brown d III.
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It was a surprise to TIE BEES man. agcrs that the printing of the town re- port in the local paper, rather than in pamphlet form, came up before the town meeting, this year. We advocated tFe change two years ago, as we believed it would give the rcror, better circulation among the tax payers Of the town and at the same time save them some s20. The sense of the meeting two years ago was against us and we supposed that would be the last of it. However, the same question has come up both years since, unbeknown to us that there WAS any thought about it, and while the motion has had some strenuous opposition from quarters where it would seem that some thing else other than the saving to the town treasury and the best way of circu latjng the report was the motive, it ha. also received support, and we thank the friends for the kind words in our behalf We still think our suggestion of having the report in the paper giving it s wider reading at less than one-halt oi the expense to the town of the present method, is a good one. We should like to see it tried for one year.
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M0NR0E.
DEATH OF AUSTIN CANNON.

Austin Cannon died October }, after a lingering illness. The funeral took place on Sunday, The interment was at Sand Hook. He left wife and six children. Patrick Cannon of Newtown being the eldest.
 A large proportion of the population here attended the Newtown fair.
 The democratic ticke3 was elected by 17 majority at Mondays town meeting Stephen B. Hayes 90, William R, Fer ris 95, Andrew l.. Burr 82 for select men; David A. Nichols town clerk IF.
 Miss Adelle Gordon of Greenwich has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs A. Goldsborough,
 Mrs A. R. Lurz of the Congregational Sunday school, and Miss Edith Hill of the Cutters Farm Sunday school have gone as delegates to biennial convention of the State Sunday School Association.
 MT and Mrs Justus Hawley of Bridge port have visited Dr Stevens.
 A mill-maids' drilf will be given in the near future by parties from Bridgeport. l. Jokout for the date in the next issue of THE BEE
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NICHOLS.
AT TRINITY CHURCH.

Nineteenth Sunday after Trin ity, Oc- tober II; AL 2 pun, Evening Prayer and sermon.
 Miss Laine, having resigned as teacher of Nichols school, ge ntleman has been secured in her place.
 A small party of friends enjoyed Mrs Warmers delightful hospitality on Tues day afternoon.
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LONG HILL AND VICINITY.

O. G. Beard, IT,, and Bennett NJ. Beard are home from Vermont with car load of young cattle.
 Mrs William Buckingham is visiting her sister, Mrs William Beard.
 Miss Carrie Bennett died, Wednesday night, after a long and painful illness, and was buried, Thursday, in the Long Hill cemetery. Rev A. G. Parks at- tended the funeral. Her nephews, Ma than s. and Frederick Bennett, and Frankling Wells and Frederick Beard, were the pail bearers. A large number of relatives and friends gathered to pay the last tribute Of affection and respect.
 o. G. Beard, sJr., wife and child, re. turned to Bridgeport, Tuesday.
 Miss Fannie Bennett of Meriden is spending few days with her aunt, Mrs E. Turney.
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the guest offriends in HuIl's Hill district.
 Miss Christine Mccormick visited her parents, last Sunday, in New Haven.
 Misses Carrie and Alice French of White Hills visited friends here, last week.
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BLOOMFIELD.

AN INTERESTING LECTURE BY DIR B. G
 NORTHROP. On Wednesday evening, October IA, a lecture will be given by Dr B. 0. North rop, at the hall of the Curtis school, on 'Japan, The War and it's Results" Ad. mission 25c.
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was used in printing the Vermont Jour nal or Universal Advertiser. In the case with the press are incomplete files of the paper printed on the presa. The earliest issue of the Vermont Gazette or Green Mountain Post Boy in existence, is volume l, No. s, dated Monday, April }, 178l. On the first page is printed the following piece of "news, of special in- terest to the followers of General Israel Putnam, wearing the Continental uni form ''Hartford, March 20.-Last Fri day afternoon, His Excellency, General Washington, arrived in town from New port, and on Sunday morning proceeded on his journey to the army"
 It seems to be the unanimous opinion that most of the profits of the fair need to be expended on the grounds to put them in better shape for next year, and probably it will be done. Several public spirited premium winners have suggest ed that those of our local townsmen who do not need money give the premiums they won to the society so that they car have more funds to do the needed work with. This isn't d bad idea and the orig inators of the idea, who won premiums themselyer, a,e going to start the bal rolling and let the society have theh premiums for this purpose.
 The great Danbury fair is in full oper ation this week, and, as usual, attracts attention over wide area of country According to the papers the crowds aro larger than ever, the exhibits better ant the morality of the side shows much i'm ] proved If such are the facts, Danbur, is to be congratulated. We havn't ha
 time to visit the big shaw personally
 yet, but hope to before thegend of week
 when we can speak more intelligent
 about it. Friday and Saturday promis ; to be big days, as usual.
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State of Ohio, City ot Toledo. ]

10 ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 6 Co.,, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of $i00 for each and ev- theAuse of Halls Catarrh Cure.
 Frank J. Cheney. sworn to before me and subsc tibed in my presence this 9th day ot December, A. D.IsS6. Seal. A. ". Gleason,
 Notary Public. Halle Catsrrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F.J. CHENEY < co, Toledo, O. Bg~sold by Druggists 75c.
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HUNTINGTON.
THE CENTER AND VICINITY

THE CENTER AND VICINITY,
 MT and Mrs James Smith are at A. s, Smiths.
 Miss Fannie Peck of Milford is the guest of Mrs D. A. Nichols.
 Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Annie Huntington Gorham and William Harriot Callan, to take place at St Paul's church, Wednesday, October II, at p. m.
 Mrs o. G. Beard of Long Hill is visit, ing her parents, Mir and Mrs N. B. Nichols.
 E. Ross Hawley has entered the Yale University, musical department.
 At the town election, on Monday, the straight republican ticket was elected by large majority.
 S. B. Bronson has housekeeper, Mrs Russell Bedient.
 D. A. Nichols is having his tenement house painted. Charles Etzel is doing the work,
 A family from Orange is moving into H. D. Shelton's house. The place is un, dergoing 8 thorough renovation.
 Asa Blackman has smoothed over the street with the road machine. Mr and Mrs D. A. Nichols took tea at Century Farm, Thursday.
 Mrs George A. Benedict and daughter are spending the week In Danbury.
 Mrs Benjamin Burkhardt is taking iu the D lnbury fair, this week.
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AaPETUCK.

The Mckinley < Hobart club Of Aspetuck desire in this manner to thank all those who assisted in any way to
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STEVENSON.
PERSONAL CHAT

Mrs Lewis Fox of Huntington is visit ing her sister and friends here.
 Miss Carrie Radcliffe of Huntington is
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The cloth iron

The cloth iron . overcOaC is made 1 and the seams st ] your attire be ul . ance. IT may W
 haps if you don { to put t on, and
 no longer use i
 clothing that no
 has the proper g
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 the artist in it's , to be well dress
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ing room wb
 sisC in the iuu53 our town. Ever public library i
 Bennett, JT.
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The Editors $ Familiar Chat.

''Thc best report of a fair ever present cd," says a citizen of the town in our of flee on Monday. Ut pictured out the fair so your readers could sec it. corg-atu late you on the report"
 The spirit of co operation which was manifested by all the citizens of the town in reference to the fair, was high ly commendabIe, and in this lay the secret of it's success. Almost every per son in town took personal interest ID the fair, and as long as this spirit pre-. vails the Newtown fair will go on from glory to glory
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BAPTIST CHURCH AFFAIRS.

The collection for the Baptist Home Missionary Society, which was to have been taken October i, on account of the storm was postponed and will be taken Sunday, October II.
 The Ladies Missionary Society will meet Wednesday,, October II, at the church at 30 p. m.
 Preparations are being made to pack 8 barrel for missionary's family in Min nesota. Fms will undoubtedly enter in to the interesting features of the meet ing on the l4sh. All invited.
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to be big days, a usual
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Successors to the late A. T. STEWART &

Also an elegant lime ot heavy TWO c.a~i gloves tur street wear 4. co 1I-t r,.'~. ta. - Uruwaa and blacks Pr.sc Si, 5a and 5- ueI pair.
 Our new line 0t Fall C'ovr- now cnlnl.t: with all the novelties ~cl'rt your CClur early, bptOTe the a-9uItmc.. { grts hroNen-
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Castoria.

''Castoria isso well adapted to ochTdren that trecommend it as superior toany prescription known to me.'' H. A. ARCHER, M D.,
 III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY.
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BlacE, Trrmzdo't tyc, U "a fl Ha:. Tan, Ig 2c ;l pair. Compare with what H. ~r .utto.c a~k h.. tor.
 Frol.' If Ncnr.-.tzI,
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Henry Georgs on Indirect Taxation.

In Henry Georges Protection or
Free Trade" the author thus clearly
shows how oppressively indirect taxes
and especially tariff taxes-bear
upon the poor. while the rich almost
entirely escape:
ga still more important objection
to indirect taxation is that when I'M
posed on articles of general use land
it is only from such articles that large
revenues can be hsd) it bears with far
greater weight on the poor than on
the rich. Since such taxation falls on
people not according to what they
have, but according to what they con.
sumo, it is the heaviest on those whose
consumption is largest in proportion
to their means.
Gas much sugar is needed to sweeten
q cup of tea for a working girl as for
the richest lady in the land, but the
proportion of their means which tax
on sugar compels lch to contribute to
the Government in the case of the one
is much greater than in the case OF the
other. So it Is with all taxes that in.
crease the cost of articles of general
consumption. To bear far more heav-
lily on married men than on bachelors;
on those who have children than on
those who have none; on those barely
able to support their families than on
those whose incomes leave them q
large surplus.
eff the millionaire chooses to live
closely he need pay no more of these
indirect taxes than the mechanic. /
have known at least two millionsires
possessed not of one, but of from
six to ten millions each-who paid
little more of such taxes than ordinary
day laborers.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

1t is huge folly rather to grieve for
the good Of others than to rejoice for
that good which God hath given US of
our own.-Jeremy Taylor.
Despise not any man, and do not
spurn anything. For there is no man
that hath not his hour, nor is there
any thing that hath not its place
Rabbi Ben Azai.
To do great hurt, some genius, some
knowledge. some talents, In short, nat
ural or acquired, are necessary; less,
indeed, far less, than are required to
do good, but always some.-Boling-
broke.
Grace leads the right way; II you
choose the wrong, take It and perish,
but restrain your tongue; charge not,
with light sufficient and left free, your
wilful suicide on Gods decree.-Cow-
per.
Science Is astruly arevelation Of God
as Is the Bible, only in another form.
Those who stand at the gates of ma
ture, and seek and find and bring forth
his great truths and powers to bless a
world are worshipping at the affairs Of
the Most High.-Dr. Thomas.
Death is very successful teacher Of
that faith we all long to possess-the
conviction Of the unseen. We may
play with the arguments against an
other life when our affections are neu-
tral, and may even pretend that the
case Is not proven. Let one Of our
flesh and blood bid Us good-by and
pass within the veil, and reason sur
renders the place Of love. A young
child with Christ does more to Dlumi
nate the other world than all the bool
that ever have been written, and Il b:
OFTEN come to pass that at the touch
this unseen hand hard and sceptirs
men have arisen and set their faces
towards God, for the hope Of seeing
again golden head on which the sun
was ever shiD'ug.-Ian Maclaren
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Involved In ObscurIty.

The pratice OF the wife assuming the
husbands name at marriage, according
to DR.. Brewer, originated from a Rom
an custom and became the common
custom after the Roman occupation.
Thus, Julia and Octavia, married to
Pompey and Cicero, were called by the
Romans Julia OF Pompey and Octavia
Of Cicero, and in later times married
women in most European countries
signed their names in the same man.
ner, but omitted the of" Against this
view IL may be mentioned that during
the sixteenth and even at the begin
ming of the seventeenth century the US
age seems doubtful, since We find that
Catharine Parr so signed herself after
she had been twice married, and We
always hear OF Lady Jane Grey mot
Dudley, Arabella Stuart mot Sey-
mourn, etc. Some persons think that
the custom originated from the scrip
tural teaching that husband and wife
are one. This was the rule so far
back as Braeton (died 1868, and II was
decided in the case of Bon VS.. Smith,
in the reign Of Elizabeth, that q womsn
by marriage loses her former name
and legally receives that Of her hus-
band. Altogether, the custom is in
volved in much obscurity.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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ENGLISH HAIRDRESsINo.
The HIdeous Frizzsd, CurIed Bang stin
Has Full Sway.

Tue HIdeous Frizzsd. CurIed Bang stin
Has Full Sway.
Lady Helen Stewart, a fashion-lead-
er of England, has decreed that So
ciety-that is, the feminine element
must part its hair on the side or ex-
pose the forehead guiltless Of coquet-
fish curls, says the Philadelphia Press.
And fashion-that is, in England
Is beginning to sway bit in her direc-
tion..
While the American girl would look
with horror on this unfeminine coiffeur
for her adoption, yet she gives a sigh
Of relief when she thinks that maybe
Lady Helen's example will take effect
among the world OF Britain's elect.
That frightful, curled, frizzled bang
that the princess Of Wales insists up
on retaining has spoiled the faces OF
many women who might otherwise
have been called pretty.
l shall never forget once seeing a
famous English actress make her toilet
for a reception. She had invited me
to her room. She was combing her
mass Of yellow hair down over her
eyes and thought ii was only trick
Of getting her back hair out Of tangles.
Judge of my surprise when she frizzed
up this mass with the comb as one
does feathers with a knife and let IL
hang in front.
On went the ever-present English
toque over this heroic bang and / did
not wonder that bellboys stared.
But she was only arranging her hair
as all Of her set do. Therefore let
every lover of beauty hope that even
the formality of Lady Helen's plain
forehead may make Roadway against
the untidy, unbecoming coiffeurs Of the
women of the English nobility.
What change the sleek, well-groom~
ed head Of the American girl must be
to themi
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American Manufactures Abroad.

The latest reports of the Bureau OF
Statistics show that the remarkable in
crease in the exports of American
manufactures which began soon after
the Wilson tariff took effect still con-
tinues to break all Of our previous
records.
The official figures for the eleven
months ending with May last show
that the total of the manufactured ex.
ports was s206, 591, 69l, which exceeds
the total for the corresponding eleven
months of the preceding year by nearly
$40, 900, 900. If the returns for the
month of June last are as large as
those of May, the exports for the fiscal
year 1896 will be still more excep-
tional and cheering.
The notable aud steady increase
since 1894 in the sale of American
manufactures to foreign Nations marks
q new era in our industries. Protec-
tionists have vainly attempted to ex-
plain it away by alleging that the IN
crease is mainly due to the large ex-
ports of mineral oils. But the figures
show that mineral oils account for
only about thirty-five per cent. of the
increase. Among exports In the eleven
months ending with May manufac-
lures of cotton show an increase of
81, 500, 900; builders hardware, 1885,
900; machinery, nearly $1,000. 900 I;
manufactures of leather, 50, $50, $50 (;
even the manufactures Of wool in
creased 1927, 26S.
These results ought to encourage
American manufacturers to put forth
great efforts to extend the sale Of their
factory products abroad To do this
requires no new Legislation, but only
courage and enterprise. New York
Herald.
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The Rev. Ronard D. Worth, a Bap-
ost preacher Of New York, has been
granted divorce in Oklahoma. It ap-
pears his wife objected to his leaving
home on Sundays to preach, and even
spoiled his Sunday coat and filed hia
Sunday shoes with water" These are
somewhat novel reasons for divorce
but they are also novel methods of an
noyance for a woman to employ. 1t is
evident that Mr.. Worth, being q
preacher, was forced to preach, and II
is also evident that he could not preach
with satisfactory results in a spoiled
Sunday coat and with his shoes full Of
water. 1t is a unique matrimonial
complication and Mr.. Worth must be
commended for his resolute stand
against permitting wet blanket to be
thrown over his religion. 49,