The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-06-25

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ing their wares for sale. Next came the
fancy booth, and a fancy booth indeed
| it was, for here could be found the fam
ciest of all fancy articles that were ever
made or will be made hereafter. Few
men and ladies approached this booth
without purchasing one thing or another,
and not until everything was nearly dis
posed Of did the crowds which we're as
sembIed here dispense.
Next came the candy booth. Here
we're candies of all kinds and colors, and
| it would be indeed difficult for the re-
porter to say which were the sweetest,
the many young ladies that attended here
or the candies they offered for sale. If
purchases for his best girl it is candy, no
matter what it costs, and long before the
fete drew to a close the booth was sold
out. The French market was the next
attraction. Here Mrs A. P. Atwood pre-
sided with Miss Ruby Lewis, Miss Lilly
Anderson, Miss Lilly Smith, Miss Gil
more, Miss Bagg and Miss Wellman for
assistants. Fruit of all kinds. whether
domestic or foreign, and home made
sweets of all kinds imaginable were dis
posed of, the inmates all being dressed in
the handsome but unassuming French
market girl style. A few steps farther
south and we are at the ice cream booth.
Here in one corner sits the cashier, Miss
Helen A. Hard, and rakes in the dimes
by the hundreds. Everybody wants ice
cream, ahd the lady walters are constant
ly fitting this way, that way, to walt on
the numerous furnishing customers.
Never was so much ice cream consumed
in one evening, as was here last night.
In front of the booth were recognized the
old town hall benches, which seated SO
many wise ahd unwise town legislators
during the innumerable town meetings
we have had here during the past 40
years. Now they were filled up with an
ether kind of legislators, both young and
old, high and low, rich and poor, all
Negotiating" to dispose of the delicious
ice cream which they had purchased for
dime, and which was "legislated" away
only too soon. Talk about ice cream,
why, people could not get enough, and
the reporter saw young fellow who
took no less than six dishes, they tasted
so good to him. Now we are at the ia
blesl There were tables in green, white,
yellow, pink and red, and every one of
them artistically arranged, bending I'M
der the weight of the innumerable deli
cacies, which is altogether beyond the
powers of the reporter to mention.
Hardly had one person satisfied the
sinner tyrant," when there appeared two
or three to occupy the vacant seat. And
then you should have seen the walters,
so polite, so kind, 80 accommodating
and with their sweetest smiles, which
were irresistible, asking you, If you did
not want little more of this, or little
more of that. causing you to eat with ar
ever increasing appetite. Supper was
served here until nearly 10 O'Clock. The
first booth on the east side, going north
was the lemonade and other temperance
drinks booth. Here seven young mer
dispensed all sorts of mild drinks ant
considering the weather, they did gooC
business. A few steps further norti
brings US to another new and novel at
traction, q mysterious low tent. Here
criers in front announced with stentoriar
voices, intermixed with the sounds com