The Newtown bee., 1896-05-29
STEPNEY AND VICINITY.
Al TEII. CREAMERY


 Peter AgueW is now making quite a little butter al the creamery and those who have triJd his product pronounce it a ,uprror article. MT Agutw knows now to make A No. l, butter and no ui -rtke-
 Ms Cora Oliver of Bethel hus been a gur~t of her aunt, Miss iicurjeCta Tur- ""@, at the Depot.
 Mr. ". l., Smai!ey paid a visit to her old home at New Canaan, the first of h. week. returning home on Tuesday evening.
 M-- Edith Turner, daughter of G. S. Turner at tho Depot, has been wonder ing huW -he gof the measles.
 Arthur E. Curtis would be plcascd t. rXlihit Lha advantages of Cho ''SilVCr hr"Z" ro any oue anticipating the pur-
 Mrs Julius UeWlcY has d remarkable 1 tja" bu h ot snow balls jn bloom in her l ya.l a2d has been sh4rjng tbom witt l @tt Eu 1gubHr~, that they m4ght also ou~ 1 inl hlg h"ol4 t. If tAe b.o2~ onas. Mir and dss ,Inh0 Clare attended t @"'lItE If tgland@ in Bridgeport, la-t
 a r.n.aic-. the stove man. ha- { a.. FulEj04 }" >t new hot water heater ! f.. 'r-"r2" J #4"Duyue of Aanroe, th.~ "cer. M~ \...Ipu5ue j7 preparing to ] k. + rrHt. v.seush in ti= home the 1 yt"' e5uund.
 Hr.j. 5. "har.cr has enrcrtaGuod her sj- .r-. Ii 5rs i,enGuid of DtnDury aud 1 Ai G*Ij "4a..H ol B.ilgeposC. during C5 r p4-. u. cE.
 '.u"I praEr, ,vho wa- rncroug sri 'ls~'- hu'. ~ now able tn Uc out and . lb IL urs t'1+c}r-.
 j La.i French VA vi-!tjng foTjnCr . @r"pmcy l~Ieuds during & part Of last i Ht-s k.
 Nutl.r'- Farm school had ail plans .a. ,t' fur a il z raising on Tuesday after ia-u If thl, week. combined win au en- iC .thjr time lDr the children.
 Mrs Goorgc Sears has been pazsirg 7"me days as gue-c of Bridgeport JIguds.
 >}rz Weller ha< rcmey,d her hou~e- D4d gond- from ncr former home 10 the 5 IT, place for -rcrage.
 're-ldIng r. d,r Beach visited tn ; apury Methodist church ana preached au excellent and practical sermon in thl tegenmg The ticsC quarterly conference for the ye@r Wa held with the chutch.
 |. Hawlcy < Co.'S team of rhreG h9r-es abreast tndu'gcd in little ruDa. way on Friday of last week. They started from C. F. Dsb0rne's and ran as far as Leroy Shcrmans where Mir Sher u.Hu stopped them. No damage resulted from their HLtie trip. If they had me- any teams on the road there probably would have been trouble. . Gr0rg2 Ii. Lyon made living trip 1c ' Bridgeport aud return on his bicycle ole day last week.
 Arthur Tyrroll is riding about in 4 newly decorated buggy thaC makes quite a shine.
 Merchant Burr Hawley was in New ! ork on Monday and Tuesday of tht> week purchasing goods.
 F. A. Brown of New York passed Sun. day AS guest of his friend, Key Edwin Warriner, at the parsonage.
 The children of the Methodist Sunday school are rchearsing for a children concert which is to be given in the church on the evening of the second Sunday in June,
 Mir Rowland and J. TyrrelI of Bridge. port were guests of D. Edwards, Sunday.
 Miss Minnie Davis is visiting friends in Huntington.
 Arthur J. Garfield of Bridgeport spent Sunday at ". B. Davis.
 Mir and Mrs Edward Curtiss, Miss Hattie Taylor and Mir French of Monroe were guests of MT and Mrs ". F Seuecn, . Sunday.
 Mrs D. 5. Leavitt and daughter ot Long Hin are spcndiDg a few days at F NJ. Canfield's.
 Pastor Warmer will take charge of a prayermeeting at the house of Alonzc PurdY in Lower SteDney on Friday even ing, June ,. All the neighbors are in- 7ited. The meeting will begin at 7.45. lC is intended to hold similar services at different houses on Friday evenings.
 A. B. Curtis has had Ernest Sherman and Seeley at work on his barn putting a new roof on it. Mr Curtis is also pre- pairing 10 have Levi Downs and George fl. Lyon put new dressing of paint on all his buildings about the Depot,
 Mrs C. E. Lyon has visited Miss Wil- coxs0n in Stratford.
 1 /elmon Purdy is visiting relatives in Brooklyn.
 Mail Agent Edson Hayes made five trips Co the Depot CD Monday, having a load If passengers each trip. Leslie Purdy has visited his aunt, Mrs Fowler, in DanbuTy.
 Miss May Osborne has been the guest of Mrs William Beard in Bethel.
 Edwin Shelton has been appointed school visitor, by the selectmen, to fill the vacancy iD the board caused by the removal from town of Benjamin H. Preach, who had for many years been i CshIGGJEu WlUA LuC BDdIA o1 GQuSabIUus One our neighbOrs has a cute little pig, for sure. Quite often when he is fed the owner will kindly rub and scratch with a stick, the little piggy, much to his de- light, causing him to roll over and quiet ly enjoy the operation. Recently the owner was away for night and another had the care of the pig, which, when he went to feed, he supposed was dead, for although he pulled it around by both ear and tail and even opened the mouth to see if it was choked, little piggy did not stir, 80 he went to the house and inform. ed the family that the pig was dead, WheTeupon the pen was visited by them to look upon the remains, but Mir Piggy was very much alive and stirring He was only keeping nice and quiet await ing the usual caressing.
 Miss Clarice Clingan, the talented au. thoress of New York, will spend q few 1 weeks with her mother, Mrs Thomas Clingan. Miss Clingan has just publish. ed new work entitled That girl from Bogota.''
 l Miss Emogene Sears of Trumbul1 has ! been the guest of Mrs Kasson.
 c. E. Osborne has sold two of the ever popular New Home sewing machines to