The Newtown bee., 1897-01-08
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@ Orlando Platt and children over New Years.
 J. B. Hawiey celebrated his 78th birth
 day on Sunday. MT hawley retains a
 good deal of vigor yet. and his friends wish him many happy returns of the oc,
 casion. ... ... | Mrs Caroline Dayton passed the day
 with her brother, John Tyrreli of Long
 Hill, recently. l Miss Jessie French, daughter of Wilbur
 French, left for Wilbraham on Tuesday
 where she will attend the Wilbraham Academy. Mrs Warriner also accom-.
 panied her daughter, Miss Edna, to the
 same school on Tuesday.
 A prayer meeting is appointed for
 Judd's district on nexssW Wednesday even-
 ing at 7 o'clock.
 The union meetings during the week | of prayer have been well sustained.
 Rehearsals for the old folks concert to
 be given in the near future have com-
 menced, the songsters meeting at the
 Methodist church on Saturday evenings
 and at the Long Hill hall on Monday ev-
 enings.
 Mrs Leander Wheeler of Huntington
 has been guest of her daughter, Mrs | Edwards s. Beardsley. Dea and Mrs Burr Hawley passed New
 ] ears and few days in Bridgeport with
 their son, K. J. Hawley. Miss Florence Hayes is spending few days with her parents. Mrs Patrick Lynch has been quite ser-
 ously ill.
 Daniel Platt of Shelton has been the guest of Mrs Orlando Platt. He is an
 engineer in the employment of Lewis | Wheeler, who furnishes the power to un-
 load coal from the boats and other kinds
 of heavy work in that busy center. Homer Hubbell, who has been the right
 hand man for B. Hawley & Co.,, has re- signed bis position. Andrew Leavenworth, veteran of the l Tnnnantinnt unl. | unteers, after the war was over was for | a long time in the West working as a sur
 veyor, and while there trundled his
 wheel all over Canton, O., the home of
 President Mckinley, who may now re-
 member his faithful work in substan- | tial manner.
 Mrs Wesley Penny has purchased a New Home machine, in handsome oak case. Did you ever hear of New Home getting "htty," skipping stitches" or behaving otherwise than "a lady" Hon David A. Nichols, who received
 the entire vote of this town regardless of
 party utilization, for representative, has just received from the great American Poultry Association of the United States and Canada, the highest testimonial of their esteem and regard, having unani- mously elected MT Nichols preside of this association at the annual meeting in New York City, last week. MT Nichols is well known all over the country as a most successful brerder of the highest class fowls, and is also judge of poul try, of the very first rank, his decisions always being accepted with satisfaction,
 even by those who failed in the competi-
 tion.
 the holidays in New Haven, the guests
 of their uncle, Charles H. Platt, general superintendent of the Consolidated road Miss Julia Platt is now in Wakefield, N. r., the guest of Dr Patterson. We learn that Chaplain Jones, former ly of the Baptist parsonage, is now do. ing duty on board the battleship Texas, I at present being repaired at the Brookly D
 navy yard.
 The January meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held on Wednesday, the 18th, at the usual place and hour.
 Garlic Joyce is attending the Union business college at Bridgeport. Peter Ritters' right hand man, Ernest Rhodes, is spending few days in Bridge port. Master Allen w. Joyce is spending a part of his vacation with his sister, Mrs Ernest Sherman.
 Otto Uven of New York city, who has been spending the holidays with his un- cle, Adolf Langenberg at Blanket Mead ow, has returned home. Mrs Carrie Elwell ate New Years din- ner at the pleasant home of MT and Mrs Edward Curtiss of Monroe. MT and Mrs E. s. Beardsley and Mrs L. J. Wheeler from Huntington spent New Years day with Mrs Agur Boards ley.
 MT and Mrs Charles Banks and Ruby, from Bridgeport, have visited MT and
 Mrs Robert Burns of Waterbury, MT and Mrs Miles Eastwood of Naugatuck, MT and Mrs Luzon Hubbell of Derby, and their parents, Mir and Mrs Seeley Perry