The Newtown bee., 1896-12-04

Kate Hurlbut. The evening with it's en- terrainment, musical and material, it's good feeling and social blending will long be remembered.
 Truckman Benny Thomas is out with 8 new horse, a sorrel, something like one his father has.
 Alton Wusey has taken large wood contract of the sergeant to cut and deliv- CT to his house.
 Mrs Pierpont, formerly Miss Belle Pitcher, is at her grandparents, A. w. Nilsey's, enjoying a season of the meas les. She came from her New Milford home here to be treated.
 James Botaford is thus far the boss pork latter, 4G8 pounds. Let us hear from some one higher up.
 The Petit Brothers were cut again on Tuesday evening on land of c. T. Squire and captured two more coons for the ser geant. These animals are quite noted for chicken thieving. Of course there is no danger of their transmitting the same to the jolly sergeant.
 Capewell tE Miner have commenced their fox hunting. They tramped around Rocky Mountain and vicinity on We'd nesday last and captured one.
 Since the starting up of the Garnet works Perry Smith, the grocer of Orton, has found it almost impossib e to supply his customers. His place of business is the next block west of the postoffice, fronting on railroad avenue and the rear entrance on Shepaug Boulevard. This place. Orton, was formerly Tyrrell's Bridge, later Roxbury Falls, now Orton.
 We think that gray squirrels and rab- bits and other fixius make good enough Thanksgiving dinner if turkey and duck, spare rib and few such things are there to finish off with.
 Sergeant Nicholson finished stripping his tobacco on Thanksgiving day. He believes in making hay when the sun shines and to strip tobacco when ready. l Therefore he broke his rule and worked instead of keeping Thanksgiving, he properly made Friday his day ofrest and thanksgiving, although he had the Thanks giving findings as to eatables or Thursday, coons, chicken pie, baked pud dlngs, etc.
 r1Loco +oboooC ~a;aora thot 0id DOt pa their tobacco stripped the past week art far behind the times and not up-to-dat' farmers.
 Charles Gilbert is night watchman 8 the garnet mill.
 George Pierce is making some neces sary repairs on his barns.
 c. B. Squire is asserting tobacco a New Milford at the shop of Carl Schov erling.
 Eugene Ward has purchased of GeoTg Crofut his oxen, yoke and cart. He Ina taken contract to furnish 1000 ties fo the Shepaug railroad. John Clark is t get them ready for drawing. Fran f Pierce also gets out the same number. , Dr Karrman of Woodbury has bee r called in to see M. P. Beers, in eonsult' 2 tiop with Dr Pons, as they consider h condition critical.
 F Not being satisfied with having take f the honey of the Warner ladies, certa7
 thieves have taken their turkeys. If tf
 rascals that have been mean enough ., do this could be found out they ought '- be given job for the rest of their liv' S breaking stone.
 F. E. Wetmore, Jr., the energet
 young man in charge of the saw al
 grist mill at Judd's Bridge, advertis
 that he is ready for saving. He will
 glad to get out shingle to order, and c'
 save you money if you only deal wi
 him. People in that section of the tov
 are glad to have the mill in operation.
 Miss Daisy T. Hill closed her schc
 in the Weller's Bridge district, Thanl i. giving week, for vacation of two weel 7 Under the direction of their teach "A Miss Stella BeacA8 the cni1aE6A ~ Nof district have collected money fo G school library. Success to the scht
 libraries.
 After an absence of over five wet S Frank E, Wetmore returned from . Bridgeport hospital, November q.
 though still under the doctors care. q health in much improved and we h'
 so n bo see him as well as ever. S Miss May Wheaton is spending VI S with friends at BridgeWater. @ A. J. Viddler has been home for
 days.
 % On account of i'll health Mrs ". Ho
 has resigned her position of teacher