The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-12-16

YhQ Sftsr hsyiSg Sassed their pleasan'
fy&Ags setq tene er, and are compelled
to cross nat the mi $night hour, on theiz
return, will not par Ike of the same feel
i#a tHiSsnsW1in, Tours, &C., w. p. G.
sn RE St.Yfa9sN EE, October Is, 1877
-ssIa ~ SD
ius aReA ABLt5uFs4oFTY HEIGHTS.
hss os 'syoa
.of eE6PYf hn beee praised BY many Z
writer concerning er beautiful scene
rssodse SdlFes al healthful breezes
}IEn9HTthe isssBfkFs lis which grace her
IuLLonAfings .Ik fact, that tthisl
srthd, Old, tostK aving out political
sasdt Jyaasos5ae Resemblance to the
Holy Land of the st. Ii there be mo-
:iHss Jordan, there il she river Pootatuck,
which, unlike the &ormer river fows
NosJing has been written
Ikdht Askisgsaby4 my of the cores
q 9tJfPe BEEsand surely, ii cam
IA SeheoSast of e grest sights. It
IsSssS5,ses es&eSS.SSSSe the enterprising
'nIsge of Sandy HOOK, just south of the
nriierr cry or Jsfdsslem, now modern
1Sd SdSfnRaGfyfSTHS From ths heights
objects of Nature, which have
Gen SO graphically and POLITICALLY de-
9ibed by ''Easterly," and Joel and L"
n addition to all those things mentioned,
here is fine stream flowing st the base
4 the Mt and whose waters may be
raced for q long distance towards its
ource, now and then, obscured by some
enerable hills FxsdsSetream winds about
hem. The ynAgertesent delightful
icture, as one gszes down from the pro-
eetir rOeSI FAaIe IerOwn the heights;
nd Snildht- ahtM Nebo are distinctly
cen afar.
The readeEaH4e BEE are assured
hat the North Poe is but q short dis
ance from Mt Pisgah, for 1t is remem-
'eted thst5THt fenry,"a a citizen Of
sandy HOOK, once put into practice the
news Of one of our townsmen, and walk
eYto-th North Pole, and dwelt there
Ibou!-we have forgotten how long, but
IN account Of it was written a year or
Y gKaNdHSJ1p in the Era" OF
There has been great deal of dispute
location of Mt Nebo by
lAreH HEprers, and it is relief 70
many 10 know just where it is situatedel
dt Pisgah and Mt Nebo have been con-
ou1aedspednaa1t writers, but in New
own, there is no need of that. Mt Nebo
4 f9dfbt!l dfbtlefssffff eTfssffff snfyrftfct mountain from
dt Pisgah nesf the ancient city of Jeru-
alem,. noIt tn OF Zoar. "Easterly may
'ps1 isErsd ytgmair hills, and Joel
nd L" may feel proud of the fine views
$40 ssffPDgMtY MI SssS uH g. sheir sights cannot
'ompsre- with the noble sceneries from
III Pisgah's lofty heights. The settlers
# Newtown were not very well inform
d in the knowledge of the Holy Land to
ocate it fax Syffsg nS4n any river or sea,
nd to plscI III 4Sso far In the back
,round as to lose itself, in almost unex-
'lored regioRs rE1oh is north from
Bethel, and sek4 they have placed it to
he southeast.
HoweveY cqtfh 4y be written about
Biblical. Ae1eAea,S SAd the sceneries Of
Palestine, our forefsthers ought to have
considerate in naming these
2itSre, that we might proat by their ex1
ample. No wonder we know so little Of
.he Bible as we do.
rnere is now snother correspondent!
% name, and it is fitting that we should
hear from Jeruszffm of old. At present
We have Mt Neoo fasiloh and Mt PisgahI
= charming trio, and who shall dare td
say nay?
We hope, that when the BEE shall
aaSe gathered more honey, that it will