The Newtown bee., 1899-03-24
THE BEE.
Newtown, FRIDAY, Mar. "a, 1899.
CIRCULATION
January /. 1881, SO
Last Week, $500
IitChfeld County.
WASHINGTON.

The members of the Iota Chapter of
the ri Phi Fraternity are to give play
in the hall on Washington Green, Tues
day evening, March IS. The play is
three act comedy taking two hours to
perform it. 1t is written by Henry J.
Byron, author of "Our Boys" and is en-
titled, "Not Such Fool as he Locke"
The characters are:
MIR Daniel Murgatroyd, solicitor and money |
lender.
Frederick Grantley, his CLERK.
Sir Simon Simple. b art, his ward, and not |
such a fool as he looks.
MIR Mould, his messenger.
Captain Marker. his client.
Felicia Craven, his niece.
Mrs Merton.
Mrs Mould, Murgatroyd's washerwoman.
Maid
SCENE I.
Mr. Murgatroyds paAlor in which Sir Simon
| finds mother
Mrs Mould's mangling establishment in
which Sir Simon loses a mother and finds a
| father.
SCENE III
| Mrs Merton's villa in which Sir Simon is
confused amid multiplicity of parents.
| The play il full of fun from beginning
to end. No one should miss of seeing it
who can get out.
Rev j. ERbert of st Paul, Arizona,
who is in the East for his health, was in
| Washington on Saturday last with view
of finding house for the summer. He
| mot bu Eolo IrivoY1
about town.
Washington is to have Chinese laun-
dry again. A Celestial from Litchfield
has rented the basement in the Town hall,
and is to open for business in q short
time.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Cole move on April
from the tenement in Watts store to
Ernest Carlson's pleasant home by the
railroad. Mr. Carlson, as previously
! stated in THE BEE, will work for Senator
Platt, occupying a comfortable tenement
over the senator's stables.
Wasel Rusin, who has been chopping
wood for Lewis Mason, met with paic-
full accident, last week. While returning
from the woods with Jack Ryder, the
horses became frightened and he was
thrown to the ground. One arm and leg
were badly bruised and sprained.
G. G. Ford was so unfortunate as to
lose seven sheep out of flock of II little
ones.
John M. Black has had eight shr ep
} which have presented him with 16 lambs.
John M. Black, who always has some
, good working cattle, has one pair weigh
ing about 300.
, Andrew Puchsla, on the G. G. Ford
farm, has bought pair of horses OF
Couch of New Milford. He is to work
) the farm of A. G. Baker the coming year.
Thomas Connerty has had four chill
! dren sick with grip colds, but they are
on the mend.
Mr. Erickson, on the Welton farm fol-
two years, is to move this spring to his
. fathers cottage below Blackville.
Elnathan Mitchell has q very substan
tial and handsome milk wagon, for carry.
= ing the milk from his farm to the rail.
Y road station.
Mrs John Dohlstrom has been i'll with
4 the grip, and was out last Friday for the
J first time.
F. N. Forbes is doing the painting or
D the new residence of Senator Platt, anc
I is now engaged on the work.
Contractor Ellsworth Fem will builC
To- for Carl Bader cooler, 24x31 feet, which
will enable him to carry on his increas
ing meat business to better advantage.
Mrs William Hurlburt and daughter
Carrie, were both seriously i'll, last week
with grip and colds.
Miss Sarah j. Aspinwall, who has beer
quite poorly with the grip for twt
months, is better.
Joseph Veteran, the genial station
agent for the Consolidated road at thu
point, has gone to Little Falls, N. Y.
for deserved vacation of 10 days. Hi
place is taken by James McNeary O.
w luulpnukS
Anthony Walberg of Kent Hollow will
work the farm of Charles G. Ford, th,
a coming year, succeeding Andrew Pucha
la. This is the farm Of Mr. Ford's OF
the road to Romford, above John NJ
Blacks.
Miss Florence Foulois has been Ii
Brooklyn for month with her aunt, Mr.
Webb.
I'll. w. Woodruff Is building for Osca
Peterson, the genial mail carrier, a pas
senger coach which he will use next sea
son. 1t will be handsome and substan
tial vehicle.
Charles Crane of Bethlehem, the genia
and reliable dry goods and fruit merchant
- was in town on Friday last. Mr. Gran,
finds business a little slow in the dr.
goods line, but finds good demand FOL
his fruits. He hopes for large trade
- the coming summer.
: G. G. Brown, the popular foreman for
Contractor Golf on the new house OF
United States Senator Platt, went to