The Newtown bee., 1897-10-01
Fairfield County News
BETHEL.

| ANDREW l.. BENEDICT.
The 50th anniversary of the marriage
of Mr. and Mrs Andrew l.. Benedict oc
CURED on Wednesday, September %, 1877
Mr. and Mrs Benedict were at home witt
their children and grandchildren on tina
afternoon from to o'clock to receive
their friends. Two hundred or more
called to offer their congratulations anC
enjoy half hours social chat with thi;
interesting family and their friends
This event which called together &C
many friends and acquaintance rarely
occurs in life time. The occasion will
be one to be remembered with pleasure
by all present. The out-of-town friends
who were present were as follows: Mrs
Emily Minor Benham Of Woodbury., who
was one of the bridesmaids 80 years ago
and assisted again to receive the guests
of the family: also Mrs Lewis Edwards
of Esston Mrs David Mead of Orange,
N. j.; Mr. and Mrs John Minor and
three children of Plainville. Mr. Minor
was brought up by Mrs Benedict and is
called one of the family. Among the
older townspeople present we're: Mr. and
Horace E. Hiekok, Mr. and Mrs A. Z
Barber, Mr. and Mrs F. w. Smith, Orrin
Benedict, Mr. and Mrs Edwin Short,
Dea and Mrs William w. Sherman,
Mr. and Mrs William A. Maynard, Mr.
and Mrs George Osborn, Mrs Phelps.
Rev aad Mrs Ell. L. Slack and host of
Younger people that came and went at
will. A. l.. Twiss received the guests at
the door. Six ladies who were formerly
in Mrs Benedict's Sunday school class
volunteered to act as mattresses
and very gracefully did their duties and
were "a follows: Mrs Carrie Schoonmak-
er sHswley, Mrs Hattie Judd Signor,
Mrs Minnie Barber Smith, Mrs Jen-
ME Andrews Judd and Miss Mary
Hamilton Kyle. Mrs Julia Judd
Smith, one of the class, was not present.
The class presented Mrs Benedict with
their photograph taken in q group. The
group was also photographed In 1874
The change from girlhood TO woman
hood ia wonderful change. The rooms
were decorated with orange and green.
At the close of the reception Rev Ell. l.
Slack offered few remarks congratula-
ting Mr. and Mrs Benedict on their long,
useful married life blessed with FAM
lily of three sons and one daughter and
nine grandchildren. Mr. Slack closed
his remarks and presented Mr. and Mrs
Benedict with purse of gold, token
Of good will and high esteem from their
friends. The ladies' sewing society pre-
sented Mrs Benedict, one of their men,
oers, with gold thimble. Mr. Benedict
thanked the friends for their kind re-
and said that his family
we're all rejoiced to meet them all on this
their 50th anniversary. The family con-
sists of Rev Arthur j. Benedict,
Of Housatonic, Mass, who has a
wife and three children, DR. John M.
Benedict Of Waterbury, wife and two
children, DR. Frank Allen Benedict of
Seymour, wife and three children, one
Miss Ursule Benedict, and a
sister of Mr. Benedict, Miss Eliza Ben.
edict, who lives on the old homestead in
Plumtrees and a brothers son, Rev
George Benedict, are the only surviving
of the family.
HOW NEW MILFORD JOKER CAME TO
GRIEF.
The Putnam Park commissioners and
invited guests visited the Park, last week
Thursday, to inspect the work which
had been accomplished during the sea-
son. The party included Mr. and Mrs
w. s. Workman and Mr. and Mrs George
B. Durant of Bethel, Mr. and Mrs John
a. Ferris of Norwalk, Henry Osborne
Of Redding, DIR John N. Woodruff, Ex-
Senator D. B. Mallory, and Miss Lillian
Mallory Of Sherman, William Wallace
Lee Of Meriden, Representatives Turney
Soule and George Ell. Judson of New
Representative Soule thought
to play joke on Senator Woodruff, but
as it turned out the laugh was on the
New Milford representative. 1t seems
that Senator Woodruff, WHO 10 clerk of
the Park board, accidentlly dropped
his book containing the minutes of the
board. Soule slyly picked up the book
and put it under his coat. In his ex-
over the joke he had played on
the senator he left his choice gold-headed
In the railway station and
never discovered the loss until he
reached Danbury. His friends laughed
at him until he was weary, and he was
obliged to make trip to Bethel to re-
cover his lost umbrella.
Does your headache? Ii so you can
stop it in five minutes by taking Garvin's
headache waters, 10 and 25c. We guar
antee them. Your money back If you
want it.-[Garvin's Drug Store, next to
postoffice, Bethel. ,
c. w. Bolles, the enterprising monu-
ment man, put up in the Bethel cemetery
a double monument for John L. McDer-
mott and wife. Also monuments to the
memory of Harry S. Glover and D. r.
Hull. In New Fairfield he has erected
one for Stephen Turner.
While in Bethel the other day, rep
of THE BEE encountered
Genial 'sEd" Andrews, driving hand
some stopper. What SD" doesn't
know about horse isn't worth know
ing. Animals that run away with other
people become docile under his manage
ment.