The Newtown bee., 1896-06-05
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hLj44 Ejm1 S'"Vru4 r. ~Drndi9g u few dus w-h fri"nd in N"rW4.E.
 FEr&r-
 IGNORING THE 8ULDIhEs DEAD.
 MgHurol dUV ubavrvurct4 were very
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 U br l'lc Brthcl drum corps, nalch"d tG an" ~uufb street ctmg trTY tU the front Of
 ha auldirF-' munumcht N here the follnW- 'pg txe-risca were observed: Male chO- ru~; pJayur, Rev II. l. SIacb; recitation, Ibr Army of the Daad, :" Edward Fran Gi~ troiut la grandson nf the late Col t"urG" 9. CfuiWJ; recitation, 'B!uc and Gray" Miss Margaret F. .k"anc; rpcjra ri0a, ''NC keep Memorial Ia},' Ab1an Mr}crs; selection, Iualr quartet, |, E,.itu, r. Smith, Ii Woudmau, l.. smith recitation, ''Our Ran}<S ar2 Growing ihn, Frederick Parsons; recitation, "L"vp of the Nation, Mrs Amy Meckcr. H"V William MurrGI delivered the ad- .;rt--. Capt James IJ. Jenkins made few appr Jprate remarks which were highly appreciated by Lho hearers pres out. ''AmCrir3l" W;ls sung and the bcuc d.clion was offered by Rev C. A. kuesa|. iEt. snldicrS' grave W>rodcccratrd. 4 llrgo nuHbcr of Both"l citizens visited UaHuury in thu aiternoon to witness the Interesting memorial cXrr~i,cs in timt town.
 Fut;Ml,Ii HtIlIELITEs IN TOWN, Alfred Bcn"dict of Boston, Mass, i5 -pvldug :. few weeks in town. Iuet a art.h he called Ou hi- HIumtrcrs friend s. i 3Io learned the hat tuishcrS trade in ] li.tlIrl Hrl has worked at his trade in ! B.='yu lh" pI-t l. years. Mir Benedict ] .- H veteran nl th" late WAT, ard WIS dur l Ing his scryig,' a> " soldier Hu inmate of i j.jbhv pii-uu, @ ptj.Orcr of war, Mir { Benedict has ai>yH5 ~ lived it life of single ] H." sstlur... ju rot9pmring agrs with ! t}v writer ic appears ike many others, i ! .ltie G..5catr rg the age quc-Llou. i '|rHaps uur old friend ha- some matri- l HnGl.t hopes lglt. if so h. hH- the best 1 wI-},r; If .l lust ot o!3 friends in town. l Ii alH Mrs EU@.no Williams of Wa-h- iuAzlni5, D. c., -v&-, 3H4t W.aE. u guest of 1 his ~j~l.r, Mrs F."HrrjrE Mackenzie. Mr 1 " Il')uHl1 r1I"ya Via4J A1uuug his ruiA- ] i|"s Hud friends. H.. fr.'us Ju Ttuoul- ] bN his b"yhond ,j.y@ in E th~I aid his 1 old home F. th gI.at dra, of pleasure. ] II W4z during hi4 HPprpnHce days a7 a l halter that A" cujl-ird iNcu he service Hnd horamc a soldier in tiIa late war. At ] the t]uec If th" war hc rc-tNlistra into l ,tlr regular army and did active 4r~vic( during the Iudum troubles of the North l wet. .At the rxpirttjon of his term oi service m th" army Mr Williams took i Ipnsttiou in the weather bureau office il i Washington, u pO-itioU which hc stiI 1 fills with credit to himself and to his ua tive town and country.
 Mir and Mrs LYuu9 Whitehead have been pending A week in New Milford. Henry FerrY has il fine patch of straw hu1i"s which hc commenced picking N3iy 3S.
 l Lyman Whitehead is making I3 Ipuunds of butter a week.
 Edgar I, Andrews is building an at EtrlctVc home on Highland avenue f0 Frank 9teIZ"i. Gilbert Brothers are do ing the work.
 Master John Andrews i~ out of school this week, nursing the measles.
 Two new families came to Plumtrccs
 Last week, William Sturgps, Jr., ha taken Mrs Harriet EdmOnds' house ant lJHmcS Whitehead from DAnbury hu lmnIod into j. S. MayhpW's tenant house Wbirh was recently Vacsted by JOhI Carson,
 Key George Benedict of IIavcrhll Mass, js sprn0ing q few days with his aunt, Miss Eliza Benedict in Plumtrces Mir Eru"dicr preached an interesting ser mon at th" Sunday morning service ii 1 the Congregational church.
 Capt James II. Jenkins and wife of Mi Vernon. N. l., were ill town on Mcmor. l ial day.
 The resident, on Maple street and the l IlumtrCcs road were greatly excited OV- cr runaway horse attached to a car
 riage with a lady and little child riding, which proved 10 be Mrs Augustus Fry and child Mrs Fry got control of the 1 horse going across the flat. No damage i done. The old horse went back home l iuCilC as a lamb.
 Cornelius Mackenzie of Chicago, Ill.,, l is spending a few days in town. 1 Barnum's fountain has been put in re- l pair and the basin is now filled with wa l Crr. A supply of water tn run the fOun- 1 Cain in full force would drain the reser- i yUjr in time.
 | The water commissioner was busy, sunday, putting in new hydrants in the wesern part of the borough. The water supply was all cut otr a part of the day. pr Frank Benedict and family of Scy- mour has been spending a day or two N th the doctor parents, Mir and Mrs A. l.. Benedict, on Center street. Judd Brothers sold an extra fine litter
 of eight pigs 10 w. J. Nichols, the Iiv- oryman. The pigs were a cross between a thoroughbred Red Jersey and a White Chester.
 Home grown strawberries gre & short crop. What there are will find a ready home market.
 Mrs Thomas c. Ely died at the home of her daughter at Bedding, Pa, May 2S, aged e years, She was B sister of Mrs t4eorge Andrews of Bethel.
 Miss Rubie J. Carter, aged II years, a daughter of David Carter of Derby, died at her home on Friday morning, May %, after an illness of many weeks duration. The funeral services were held at the hause, Sunday afternoon, at o'clock, in Derby. The inCerment, Monday at 12 30 o'clock, was in South street cemetery, Bethel. Miss Carter was 8 granddaugh ter of Mrs Burr Edmonds of Elmwood school district. Mrs Carter, the mother of Rubie, and only daughter of Mrs Ed monds, died a little over year ago in AnAR,nx apI