The Newtown bee., 1896-07-31
WOODBURY

] INTERESTING Ills ruIA CONNECTED WTrit
 THE FIRST cJIuEcu PARSONAGE.
 The ladies of the First Congregations Sociuly have employed Wallace G. Ward to erect vcranda. on the parsonage. He has finished the front piazza and it is q great Improvements in the looks of the house. This house WAS built by the }a;e Hon Noah B. Benedict, son of the third pastor of the church, in the early part Of thi4 century in the stYJc of that day, which was a great improvement on that which preceded it. Mr Benedict died in I~,}0, and this gave 1his hume9tcad to tue Ftrs. society by Inc following remark. able provision jn his will: "I give anG drv.~u to thr First tougrrxationui oy rir-hyle:i3u S-cncy in Eaudbur} ~hcrrof thc Rev samuel i;. Andrew Is now lHstor,thc I4uGund building" above mruJiaucd, ''to h" bv said society used and forever improv d As-u parsonage and never uDtrr any prrtense, or supposed hcneh, whsdc'rr, lo be dispo~ed of Or ,Ijru,:ld; and any alteration of the same ny sud ~ovjtty ohali work d forfeiture 'in rrut Jo my heirs ;et law, But 1t is Gur- tlu.r be understood, that it + my wiH. Dt,aJ !r IL" of said prnpcry .hall b. Hp- pr"p~I1r' i tr lh,' urp@rr i 'E" prr#cu-
 nE Itc g.'ar't j,l l.,. t..su r T pu3Iic .yo ship turChrr north Gsm the present h"1.", or church, winch has been built ~I,Ajn a few years, and l~ now occupied by aid soclcty; u0r shall >ud society take co benefit ol this o,qucSt if 1t shall crA~n Jo maintain lue pure doctrine of the Gospel u5 now hatA, preached, and un- der Joud by cur p4.}pr and his rcople If the -aid society shall become extinct. or shall cease to mAmtajf the preaching of the Ro-prI for such unreasonable augth of tnur as t,, show lhlt it is no intended permanently .o support the pub
 jt. worship therein this device shall reas, and the estate revert 10 uiy heirs"
 pHIErK LOCATES N WArLuIEY.
 Dr rN.t...I',>h.tts well huoWa uehtiat. atDrr @a rrag payticc in Wuodpury are vicinity, will at once opou an office in tho odd Follows block, Waterbury. Di Peek came 10 Woodbury J5 yc.rs ago and opened un office here. lie has bccl Ill continuous practice ever since, ano during aI that Jiue says he bas not becn sick day. For over 2U years he has made weekly visit to Washington, anC people along the route he took could al. most get their clocks by him, sU regular ne 1yas. Many A time, he says, he hat been called inJo the field to pull tooth u5jIg rock or Mother Earth for den cisL'o rhar For the same number 0l years hr has been a weekly visitor to Wa ,cTJury. During the last 35 years he says his office has done @ l0O OOO worth 0i dentistry. He has 5, very pleasant hom, ncro, and hr says bc hates to leave. Hc| says inc mere than likes Woodbury, hc| loves it. Dr Peek says that he hears some people are iHclincd to laugh uJ the idea of dentist of his age locating in al city. But he says he has engagements enough now to Inst him till November, and he doesn't worry. Dr Peek will bel succeeded ill Woodbury by DrI.. 4. Peek of New Jersey, a nephew. Dr Erbc, who has been with him, will leave in the fall 10 take further study at the dental col icge. Dr Peck says the fact that he is older than he was once is oue cause for his settling ill Waterbury, and also be cause Mrs Peck is in poor health,
 HorCUkls5YILLE AND VICINITY.
 Mrs John Hall and Miss Hall of Bridge port are visiting relatives here.
 Miss Florence Linton is visiting her sister, m the state of New York.
 Mrs George Thompson has as guests her sister and children.
 Mrs William Daben has been spending a few days in Milford.
 Sarah smith rides a new wheel, and l for beginner does remarkably well.
 Mrs Wheelock and Miss Wheelock are l at Lake Ontario for the summer.
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