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The Newtown bee., 1898-01-07
FAIRFIELD.
HOYDEN'S HILL AND VICINITY.
a social even

HOYDENS HILL AND VICINITY.
The school exhibition which was rem
dered the 21st was repeated on the 23d,
with fair audience. The receipts
amounted to over $l2, with which to
start new library. Much credit is re-
fiected to both teacher and and scholars
as the program showed much labor and
training. Mrs William FL. Wilson kindly
acted as organist and other friends of the
! school added by their help to the success
of the entertainment.
Charles Jennings has purchased new
horse.
Miss Cora Buckley spent several dsys
with her brother here.
Mrs C. johnson and son, Albert, spent
Christmas with her daughter in Brook
| Ign.
e. B. Sherwood and family ate Christ.
mas dinner with L. A. Jennings and fam
lily.
William Bennett and children from
Brooklyn and Bridgeport were to b,
home for the holidays.
Miss Minnie Lewis is spending her va
cation at her home in Monroe.
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BROOKFTELD.
of prayer.

A SOCIAL EVENT ON LONG MEADOW HILL.
A fine party was given at the residence
of Ezra Thompson, New Years eve.
Considering the unpleasant weather a
goodly number were present. The mus
ic consisted of violin and baDio playing
by J. S. Turner and j. Lee. The dane
ing continued until the ''wee sma' hours
OF the morning when all went home well
pleased with the nights entertainment.
The floor mana er was Charles Bennett
and the prompting was by Mr. Oscif,
who did their parts well.
Homer Wildman has visited his sister,
Mrs Caroline Wildman.
A few from this place attended the ball
in Bridgewater and had q fine time.
Norman Thompson OF TorriDgton has
visited his parents here.
Mrs r. A. Garfield has beer quite in.
disposed, the past two weeks, from the
effects OF severe cold.
Mr. and Mrs Levi Warner have visited
in Danbury.
Much sympathy is expressed for Nj
and Mrs Frank Drapeau In the death o
their youngest son. He was taken aIel
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Mrs Stark, Pleasant Ridge, o., says,
'sAfter two doctors gave up my boy to
die, saved him from Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the
quickest and most certain remedy for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. &. #. Hawley, Newtown;
s. Q. Bull, Sandy Hook; A. B.
Brakeman, Botsford; B. Hawley &C.,,
stepney.
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Sunday evening, the pastor preached
from the text, 1.-THE half has never been
told,n and at it's close the choir and con-
gregation sang the hymn of that title
very impressively. At the morning
service the communion was observed
and eight persons united with the church
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MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFLICTED
With severe he daches,
Caused by torpidiiy lof
falt... AArrna. N ~. - ~. A

NFltl51tE
The liver. Hoods pfilsN
BY invtgorating the liver,
Quickly overcome the headache, cause
the b 0 ID to circulate naturally and bring
about complete relief. Hoods pills act
directly upon the liver and bowels. They
are prompt and reliable and yet gentle ID
action. they tone and strengthen III.
stead OF weakening the system.
The Newtown bee., 1898-01-07
Fairfield County News
SHELTON.

DEATH OF EDWARD M. HUNT.
Edward nj. Hunt, young man or ~
years of age, died suddenly on Saturday
morning, January l, after weeks III
ness, which was not thought serious
until short time before his death. He
was q very exemplary young man, 9
member of the Methodist church, assist
ant superintendent of the Sunday school,
and president of the Y. 2. S. G. E. He
was quite active in religious work. His
loss will be deeply felt BY his many
friends. The interment was on Tuesday
In Riverside.
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W. G.. WHEELER HAS A BAD FALL

W. G. WHEELER HAS A BAD FALL.
William G. Wheeler had a bad fall
while in his store, last Monday, which
necessitated his enforced stay at his
home for Few days. He was reaching
up to hang up some article when his
footing gave away.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
The Congregational charch Sunday
school, under the lead or superintendent
Booth, had q pleasant observance of
Christmas, last Wednesday evening. the
vestry being crowded with the children,
and their friends. After quite number
Of recitations and songs By the younger
children, who did very nicely, Santa
Claus, imperaonated by Harry Vaughan,
made call and saw that the children
had their presents.
At the Congregational church, lass
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The following letter was received by
George r. Wilson of Taunton district,
from one of the fresh arr children be
entertained, last summer:
Mr. Wilson We got home safe at O'Clock,
am going to school and n having D. very
good time at home. L am working for a man.
am getting $40 a week. 1 sent my best re-
CARDS to Bell. George and Emma and to you
and Mrs Wilson. Answer. Oblige. Louis
smizers, Brooklyn, November 80, 1897.
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ETA Hull aud friend from Nepaug
visited Mr. and Mrs VIII Lee of Hawley.
vile, recently.
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with diphtheria, as were other members
of the family, but they have recovered.
EASTON.
DEATH OF MRS RACHEL HULL.

DEATH OF MRS RACHEL HULL.
Mrs Rachel Hull, widow of the late
John Hull, died at her home, Sunday
evening, December 26, after an illness of
about four days, aged 70 years. The
funeral services were held ton Wednes
day, at 1 p No., at the house, Rev E. P.
Shaw officiating. The interment was at
G. B. Tucker, Henry WakemaD, Charles
Goodsell and George Jennings.
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Newton Shepard, who has been ON the
sick list for TO days, has resumed work
at the Rubber.
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Master Leonard Shepard is i'll with tn,
mumps.
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PLATPSVILLE.
AT LEES CHAPEL

The Christmas exercises Of the Lees
chapel Sunday school, were held last
Thurs day evening. The cantata was
finely rendered. It was interesting from
beginning to end. Presents and candy
we're distributed.
The blacksmiths are kept busy in this
vicinity. There is just enough bare
ground to wear IF the horses calks and
ust enough ice to make them slip
CENTER sTREET-METHODIsT CHURCH
NOTES
The Epworth League of the Center
street Methodist church, will hold their
second business and social meeting at
Mrs Hattie Wakeman's on Thursday ey.
ening of this week. All are welcome.
Come and bring your friends and enjoy
social evening.
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CENTER sTREET-METHoDIsT CHURC
NOTES
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= II you want GO
crops, and q Deernd
Steel Harness Is q
best for plowing
Z tor truck work n
horses can be hs
messed IN their sta
and coupled outEtd
: / senlots of them.
" / have q hne line
Champion sprt1
Lumber Wagons Il
r pole never whips al
u the draft IL one thi
lighter than that /
other wagons
Ny Carriages a
= othaT pleasure 4
hicles are Stylish al
able and cheap
price.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
CATS AS BEER TESTERS.
Malt Substitutes Tried on Patient Fe-
lines to Determine Their In
furious Qualities.

In considering whether corn and
other substitutes used in the place Of
malt in the manufacture of beer were
directly injurious to health, Philip
Schidrowitz, appearing as an expert be-
fore the beer materials committee of
the house of commons, said he had ex-
amined the effects of residues of brew
ing sugars, and the residues of all malt
beers on cats. In some of the cases
where residues of brewing sugars were
administered to cats, either actual vom-
iting or retching was caused within
from half an hour to an hour, and in
two cases slight ataxia was produced.
Seven experiments were conducted
with the residues of aH-malt beers, the
cats having been from 1S to 90 hours
without food. The substances were in
troduced into the stomach in the after
noon of one day, and the next morning
all the cats were found to be quite nor
NAL, no symptoms of any kind having
been observed.
The cat was chosen fer these expert
-ments for two reasons, says the ST.
Louis Republic. First, because it is
a carnivorous animal, and, secondly, be-
cause it is extremely resistant, the lat
ter characteristics rendering it prob
able that the effects following the adj
ministration of the residues were nona-
inal and not maXimal. He thought that
further investigation in this direction
svas necessary.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
EARLY POSTAL SYSTEMS.
Rome Had the Best Organized Sys-
tenn of Delivery of All the An
cient States.

We find the first recorded postal sys-
tenn in the Persian empire under Cyrus
The Elder; but it is clear that Rome of
all the ancient states possessed the best
organized system of transmitting let
ters through its numerous provinces.
All along the great Roman roads houses
were erected at distance of five or six
miles from each other. At each of these
stations 40 horses were constantly kept
and by the help of relays it was easy to
travel 100 miles in day.
These services were intended for the
state only, it being imperative to secure
the rapid interchange of official COM
munications. In the time of Julius
lCaesarthe system was so well organized
that of two letters the great soldier
wrote from Britain to Cicero at Rome.
the one reached its destination in 26
and the other in % days. Private citi
zens had to trust to the services of slaves
and it is not until the end Of the third
century that we hear Of the establish
ment of a postal system for private per-
sons by Emperor Diocletian, but how
long this system remained history does
not say.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

a Troublesome corn required the at
tention Of Mrs. Ann Miller, aged 70, of
Jersey City. and she proceeded to pare
it. While thus engaged she caused the
corn to bleed. Blood poisoning result
ed, and the woman died.
Four odd marriages were recently
witnessed in st. Marie, Quebec. Two
neighbors, named Morin and RAeauIne,
have eight children. NORM has four
daughters, and Rheaume has four sons.
Bheaume's four sons married Morin's
four daughters.
Twelve eggs sold by Brooklyn dairy
man had among them five that were
decayed. The purchaser returned them,
saying that he wanted the product of
healthy hens. These, said the pur-
chaser, must have been laid when the
hens were not feeling well.'
There was a long hunt for the money
known to be possessed by William Hoey,
a wealthy farmer, who died many years
ago, in Shenango, \. Y. 1t escaped the
searchers until the otheTday, when sew
eral thousand dollars were found con-
cealed in a tree on the farm,
Spectators amazedly watched Thomas
G. Greene, an insurance broker, as he
began eating oysters on a bet, in the
Eastern hotel, this city. In 80 min
utes he had eaten 228 Blue Point
oysters. One of the spectators said to
Greene: "Tom, your legs must be hol-
low"
Heroic is the heart that beats in the
breast of little Harold Thomas. aged II,
of pittston, Pa. He ran away from
home and tried to enlist in the navy, at
Brooklyn, n. Y, to get chance TO
wkacll the Spaniards. The officers at
tie navy yard tod him to go home, and
wait until he grew.
The mosquitoes Of the Yukon are
more bloodthirsty than any others Of
the species. From May until Septenl-
Der they are engaged in a perpetual
picnic, bleeding men and animals. In
a few hours Yukon mosquito will tor
ture a dog to death, and force a bear to
seek relief by piunging into stream
of water.
To escape revenue tax for the sale Of
liquors some restaurants and hotels
serve wine free at meals, but add the
price Of the wine to the charge for food.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has just decided That this trick viii no
longer be effective, and that the hos
telries which serve free wine must pay
4 special tax as liquor dealers.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
SELDOM'S THREE-DAYS' RUN.
Hard Experience of the Cat Of the OEd
Alaska, Which Lived and
Died q Sailors Death

Seldom was the name of a cat on
board the old sloop of war Alaska. His
full name was Seldom Fed. It's sig
nification is sufficiently explained with
out further explanation.
Seldom was, for a cat, most intelli-
gent one. He belonged to the petty
officers mess, having been brought off
by member of that mess one night
inside the shirt of the tipsy boat
swain's mate. Seldom was nearly dead
then, a weak, starved kitten, but he
soon got well and grew big and wise
on hardtack, salt horse and plum duff.
He knew his master, usually slept on
the foot clews of his hammock and al
ways stood watch with him, sometimes
walking up and down the deck with
him, at others coiled on the tackles Of
the gun by which the boatswain's mate
paced up and down continually. Sell
dom rarely went on shore, but when he
did go there was a high old time; his
was always rough liberty.
l remember once his going on shore
in San Francisco, after having been on
board ship for four months. 1t was his
first visit to the city-and the last. Yes,
he came back after a three-days' run.
Cne eye was closed and bleeding, one
foot he could not put to the ground,
something had bitten his tail; all over
he was scars and bruises. Seldom was
decidedly the worse for wear.
He got on board ship, noticing no
one, and no one noticing him to speak
to him, though everyone locked at him.
lie was helped by his owner, the boat
swain's mate, up to the top cf the en-
CINE hatch, being too much bunged to
Jump up, and the1e he lay, like any old
drunken sailor, for "a hours. Then Sell
dom Joined his mess, ate his meals and
in due course of time got well.
What became of him? He was
drowned. Seldom had way Of going
out on the muzzle of great gun and
sitting near the extreme end to enjoy
the cool breezes of the tropics and
watch the side of the ship as she bowled
along the sunht seas. One day the ship
gave a lurch, and that was the end of
Seldom.-N. Y. Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
a Place That Is Full of Exciting
wonders and the Beauties
of Nature.

OF the four national parks of the
west, the Yellowstone is far the largest.
1t is a big, wholesome wilderness on the
broad summit of the Rocky mountains,
favored with abundance Of rain and
snow; a place of fountains where the
greatest of the American rivers take
their rise. The central portion is a
densely forested and comparatively
level volcanic plateau with an average
elevation Of about 5000 feet above the
sea, surrounded by an imposing hostof
mountains. Unnumbered lakes shine
in it, united by famous band of
streams that rush out Of hot lava beds,
or fall from the frosty peaks in chan
nels rocky and bare, messy and .bosky,
to the main rivers, singing cheerily on
through every difficulty, cunningly di-
viding and finding their way east and
west of the far-off seas.
And besides the treasures common to
most mountain regions that are wild
and blessed with kind climate, the
park is full of exciting wonders. The
widest gcysers in the world, in bright
triumphant bands, are dancing and
singing in it amid thousands of boiling
springs, beautiful and awful their
basins arrayed in gorgeous colors like
gigantic flowers: and hot paintpots,
mud springs, mud volcanoes, mush and
broth caldrons Of every color and con-
sistency, FLASHING, laving, roaring, in
bewildering abundance. In the adja-
cent mountains, beneath the living
trees the edges Of petritied forests are
exposed to view like specimens on the
shelves of a museum, standing on
lodges tier above tier where they grew,
solemnly silent in rigid crystalline
beauty, after swaying in the winds
thousands of centuries ago, opening
marvellous views back into the years
and climates and life of the past. Here,
too, are hills of sparkling crystals, hills
of sulphur, hills of glass, hills Of Gin
ders and ashes, mountains of every
style of architecture icy or frosted,
mountains covered with honey-bloom
sweet as Hymettus, mountains boiled
soft like potatoes and colored like a sun
set sky-a' that a. that, and twice as
mucl1le's a that, Nature has on show in
the Yellowstone park. Therefore it is
called wonderland, and thousands CT
tourists and travellers steam into it
every summer and wander about in it
enchanted.-Joh ohm Muir, in Atlantic.
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WANTED TO 'NLIST.
Didn't Care Whether 1t Was in the
Cavalry or 'Ksantry, BGt Wanted
to Wear "YGIler Stripes"

A company Of officers were seated in
the tent Of Capt. Craig, the provost mar
shall general OF Camp Thomas, when
four dilapidated coloFed youths pre-
sented themselves. Their makeup
would have been their fortune in a va
riety theater. Suppressing a disposi-
ton to laugh, the captain gravely asked
what he could do for them. a converse
ton ELECTED the Information that Jim
had come to Mist"
"All right" laughed the captain.
I'm not a recruiting officer, but maybe
I can help you. Do you want to go into
the infantry or the cayalry?"
Jim scratched his head. 81 doan
know jess what you mean, sah,' he
finally answered.
"Why, do you want to march on foot
or ride a horse?" explained the cap
tain.
.sWen, it's jess dis way" explained
Jim. 81 doan know nothin' bout dis
we're cavalry or dis yere Infantry, but
l wants to go with the soldiers what
wears de yaller stripes down dere legs"
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
The HAN III TEE TRUNK.
: New Way She Thieves os pa-;e ua~a
OF Getting the BorsIar
Into the House.

Two well-GTessed men from Paris
drove up to the best hotel ia a country
town in the department Of the Cure, re-
lates q Paris correspondent, and en-
gagged a double-beGdeG room. They de-
posted a very heavy trunk ii 4 corner,
and then went cut 10 see the town, tell
iag tie landiadx. a widaw, tist they
would return i night. Dut night came
and the two men did not come back at
the time specified TIE landlady wait
ed, much surprised. ard kept her estab-
lshment open after the usual hour fer
closing. This WAS soon observed by
the local gendaTEes On duty, who en-
tered the hotel and reminded the pro-
prietess OF lie place that The curfew, or
It's modem substitute, had tclled the
lnell Of parting day, AID that il was
full tine 10 extinguish lights in all inns
and cafes. The widow said she was
waiting for two E.en Who had left biz
trunk Behind the1a. This caused the
gendarmes to reflect Little. One of
them, wen xersed in criminal annals,
suddenly remembered The Cou4fe case.
lie also thoC3 ofthe ycElg stamp col
lecteor who was murdered in Paris a
few years since. and whose body was
thrust into trunk. Anxious to secure
all the credit ofa discovery which might
lead to promotion and glory, the gen
GorEae learned in criminal lore asked
the widow to let him see the trunk, and
told his companion to wait for him at
the bar or ICvette cf the hotel. The
landlady accordingly led the man TO
the room, ard he tegan to gauge the
weight cf tie big box, when suddenly
The l;a few Up ard out jumped a WY
littie Ga2a wk0 brandished q b.gTcyciv-
er in his right hand. The wit6w
screamed ard the sendarire was ts H.
pcTaTily thrown off his guard, but he
soon pailed himself together ard erar-
pied With the Person who Ead been act
ing 5ac,s-in-tke-bc.,. Tie ether gem
car1-e, hearing the landiady's sAriehs
and the seuf1ing overhead, was scoG en-
the scene CT action and Eelrcd L:s eel
league to raracle the mysterious per-
sca who had jumped cut CT the trunk
and to take him TO the lockup. There
the fellow refused to give his name or
TO say anything about his companions,
WHO a-c supposed to have returned 10
Paris, leaving him to plunder the inn
when the owner and her servants were
eep.-St. Lcuis Republic.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
CoMPLEXITY OF BATTLEsHIPs.
Almost Every Move Made by the Mod
ern Sea Fighter Is Controlled
by Machinery.

In the Iowa it may almost be said
that nothing is done by hand except the
opening and closing of throttles and
pressing of electric buttons. Her guns
are loaded, trained and fired, her am
munition hoisted, her turrets turned
her torpedoes-mechanis of them
selves-are tubed and elected, the ship
steered, her boats hoisted out and in,
the interior lighted and ventilated, the
great searchlight operated and even or
ders transmitted from bridge or con-
ming tower to all parts by mechanical
appliances. Surely no more striking
view than this of the development Of
35 years could be afforded, says Cas-
sier's Magazine.
This growth of complexity and elab-
oration and this almost infinite multi
plication of parts and devices have en-
tailed upon the naval architect and
constructor demands and difficulties
never dreamed of in the earlier days.
The staff required to design and con-
struct an Iowa is multiplied in number
and the complexity of its organization
is augmented as compared with that re-
quired for the design and construction
of the New Ironsides almost indefinitely.
Similar conditions apply to command
and management, so that while the
building of modern battleship entails
enormous work and responsibility on
the naval architect, constructor and
staff, the effective use of her as tool
in the trade of war presents an equal
variety and intricacy of problems to
students of the art of naval warfare.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
Honesty in the Empire CITY.

The proprietor of one of Manhattan S
most fashionable hostelries ordered
5000 worth of table silverware the
other day. When the goods were de-
livered he refused to take them at any
price, as the name of the hotel had
been stamped upon them. He explained
his strange action by saying that people
often dine at the house only to take
away knives, forks and spoons as
souvenirs. IF the name of the hotel is
not on thcm," he said, "they leave them
alone, for their only reason in dining
here is to steal these stamped goods
and show them to their friends to prove
that they are in the habit Of patronizing
fashionable hostclries.''
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-09
SCIENCE and INDUSTRY.

The elephant has no fewer than 40,-
coo muscles in his trunk alone, while a
man has only 577 in his entire bcdy.
Air in lis pure state is composed
thus: Nitrogen, Il per cent; oxygen,
p percent; other compounds, two per
cent.
It is a noteworthy fact that sheep
thrive best in a pasture infested with
moles. This is because CT the better
drainage Of the land.
A London specialist says the most
expensive drug in physostigmine, an
ounce of which would cost nearly ST.
CC0,Co0 1t is prepared from tie Ca-a-
bar bean, and is used il diseases OF The
eye.
Glass bricks are gradually coming
into use, and it is said that glass viii
soon be used for making statues for
public squares, as it tresists the cerrod-
ing effect Of The weather mGcA better
than marble or granite.
The so-called liver or Pygoric caeca
Of the common starfsh, has been found
by Miss Ellen Stone to be closely re-
lated il function TO the Paneroas CT The
yertebrates. The work was done j r
the laboratory of Brown university IN
der the direction Of Mr.. Il. ". ToWer.
The largest stock yards in the world
are in Chicago. The combined plants
represent an investment Of over $10.-
0Co,oo0. The yards contain 20 milcs
OF streets, 20 miles Of water troughs, 50
miles Of feeding troughs ard Is miles
Of water and drainage troughs. The
yards are capable Of receiving and ac-
commodating daily 10000 cattle, 90
Geo sheep and 10000 hogs.
Drops Of Air.-It is not an uncom-
mon sight in laboratory where ex-
Periments with liquefied air are being
conducted to see drops OF air falling
on. q lecture table and running about
exactly like drops Of wafer on a hot
stove. In fact, the table may be called
as "red hot" in comparison with the
temperature OF the liquefed oxygen
and nitrogen, Of which the drops con-
sist