The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
BETHEL.
BETHEL FRIENDS IN ENGLAND.

8ethel relatives. She writes as follows:l We have arrived in Leeds again. We to go to York before this. We enjoyed London more than ever and wanted tO stay there longer. We went 'o Hampton Court one day and spent & built by Cardinal Wulsev and presented by him to Henry the 8 h. The palace and gardens are something like Yer sailles, only not so grand. It was used as royal residence by the Stuarts until the time of George, the 3d. The next day we went to the British museum in the morning and to Hampstead and High gate in the afternoon. Hampstead Heath is beautiful and is very high ground. The view tow ard London must be mag nidcent on clear day. There was magnificent view in the other direction. We could see the tall spire of Harrow in l the distance. Hampstead Heath has l been favorite resort of literary men for l years and years-Dickens, Steele, Pope, l Keats, Shelley, ColeridRe, Du Maurier- and is now Of Besant. We saw the house | in Grove street, Highgate, where Cole 1 ridge lived. From Hampstead We walk. l ed to Highgate, about two miles. When | we reached Highgate it was almost sum- | set. We wantad to zee the place where l George Eliot was buried. We inquired l where the cemetery was and hurried as fast as we could; then found it was not the one. Then we went down 8 steep bill to another, looked around 8 little while and found the one we were looking for was way down at the foot Of the hill. The man who told us said it would be closed. However, we ran all the way down the hill and arrived just as they were shutting the gate. The keeper let us in. It is beautiful cemetery. Vel found George Elios's grave marked by simple shaft. It Des not seem possible that there could be such place as Hamp- stead Heath, so near London. Our trip on the Thames from Westminster Bridge to Cheyne Walk gave us fine opportu- nitY to see the Thames embankment and the various bridges. On Cheyne Row we saw where Carlisle, the sage of Chel. sea, lived, very plain house. There is a statue Of Carli> le opposite. We saw the old Chelsea church and the house where George Eliot lived and lots of interesting things. Chelsea used tu be an aristo- cratic suburb of London. It has been
 swallowed up by London now, though
 Horace Walpole once lived there. | should be tempted to tell you about Stoke Pogis church, the scene of Gray's
 Elegy, and the place where he is buried.
 It is beautiful old country church, al-
 AASGG SOsCA CA "ibh tlHGSs W1bA & full ap roach. The bell was ringing for
 service when we arrived. We saw the
 old yew tree to which Gray refers so
 beautifully in hia elegy. It is & grand
 old tree and the fOrefathers of the hamlet are buried beneath 1t. Gray is buried in the tomb with bis mother, whose loving epitaph he himself wrote. I never real
 ized before the beauty of the poem as l did in that quiet country church yard
 There is monument to Gray in Stoke
 Park and verses from the elegy are writ ten upon it."
 OH FOR A SLICE OF THAT RYE BREADl
 The New England farmer will see the
 necessity, this year, of raising more rye for bread stuff. The percent high prices
 for wheat fl lur will largely tax the farm er's income; especially so if he keeps Erred help and has large family to feed. Rye flour should be ground close to make good sweet bread. The blacker the bread the sweeter. Years ago the farmers far and near sent their rye to be ground to grist mill in the lower part of the town of Bedding, which was run and owned by 8 miller named Thomas Treadwell. He had the reputation among farmers of being an honest miller. He could make 100 pounds of rye four from three good full bushels of rye, B l3 pounds of flour to the bushel, which made bag full of four and 8 very smal, bag of bran. Rye bread in those days was black, but it was good and sweet. Perhaps the bread was better for being baked in the old-fashioned brick oven then n use. The bread was good, real good. There is no reason why 8 farmer should not raise his own bread stuff and nearly all of his own provision used in the family.
 Rye and early sowed oats and peas are looking finely. Potatoes are high and ! scarce for Eeed. A large number of acres will be planted in this town. Mechanic 1 al industries are dull. The workmen are paying more attention to what they can ! raise in their gardens. Many are hiring | a small piece of land to plant; others are l working on shares. Some say that they | will buy potatoes next fall for 25e 8 l bushel.
 George H. Hickok is improving his residence on Chestnut street by adding | more room and bay window. Arthur | Senior is the contractor.
 Gilbert Brothers are building an addi- l ton to the store occupied by 0. H. Freu. l denthal on Center street.
 A meeting of the school board was | held in George w. Roe's place of busi- | ness on Monday evening. The vacancy | in the school board, caused by the death | or John Q. Beebe. was filled. An excel lent choice was made in Gideon s. Peck. |
 large flag was raised on Monday at | Fountain Place.
 Miss Katie Camp of NorwaIk was the guest, last Sunday, of her sister, Mrs l. F. Judd. of Maple street.
 Albert l.. Benedict of Boston has made 8 short stay in town. MT Benedict is on his way to Rochester, Minn., where he expects to spend the early part of the summer visiting his sister and family.
 Mrs Mary K. Glover accompanies her cousin to Rochester, Minn., on & visit | there with friends.
 Mrs David Mead of Orange, N. J., has made short visit in town.
 Among the social events of the week was whist party at F. A Judd's on East street, last Friday night. The fortunate winners of the prizes were Willis Judd, gortez Smith, Mrs CIarence Hickok and l.. D. Judd.
 The funeral of the late Theodore s. | Benedict tonk place on Saturday morn- Ing last at Il o'clock. from fhe residence oT M rs Y. S. Ferry on Greenwood avenue Rev William Morral, the rector of the Epi copal church, offieiated. Tue bear srs wire Messrs H. s. Gilbert, George K. shepard. John R. Mans field, Henry Wheeler, Frank schoonmaker and E nsr Afvord.
 MS HoratiO Barnam of East Orange, |