The Newtown bee., 1899-02-03

good rye fl Iur but not good buckwheat. Isaac P. Meeker also had a mill, now BIackman's, West Bedding. There is not mill in town now that makes flour of any kind.
 Comb making was quite 8 business, making ladies' back and side combs Giles Bros. did quite large bueiness, al. SD Eli Adams, Lemuel Adams, K. S5 S Burr, besides several small shops. Some of the merchants furnished stock and took combs for the stock and trade. Boys and girls did part of the work. Finally buttons took the place of combs and that was quite business for time.
 DeA Joel Foster mad woOlen mill in the upper part of the Glen, farmers talk ing their wool and he made it into rolls SO the women could spin it and then weave into cloth; then iG was taken back to the mill and dressed and fulled, ready for making the men ana boys winter sui $ and the women winter dresses. No farmers wife or the men folks thought o1 getting through the winter without a home spun suit of clothes. The first win, ter they were kept for sort of dress up, the ntxt winter for every day use.
 There were several boot and shoe mak- ers. Osborne & Bennett and Boughton & Son on the west of the town, Charles Banks near the Ridge. Every one had theIr boots made to order. In fact no shoes were worn in those days. The Fall was the busy time. Every one had to have new pair of thick boots. To. day not shoe maker in town.
 E. Gilbert started buying horses and cattle's tails about 1880 in Georgetown, then a little hamlet in the southwest part of the town. MT Gilbert cut the hair from the tails with sheep shears, the horse hair he wove into cloth for hair seves, and the cattle hair he made into curled hair for upholsterers and car risge makers. He increased the business from year to year. He took his sons, William and Edward, and sons-in- w, Sturges Bennett and E. o. Hurlbert, in- to the business under the firm name of Gilbert < Bennett, William and Edward and Ruflbert going on the road with teams, selling their goods and buying calls all over the country. Mir Gilbert having died Mir Bennett took charge of the factory. The business 30 increased that more factories were built, employ Ing more men. Georgetown soon became quite village. Finally to use the stumps of the tails, which became 8 nuisance as manure, they began to make glue and for several years did 8 large business in making glue. They finally sold the glue and curled hair business aud went to making wire and wire goods. duribert withdrawing and Bennett and William Gilbert dying, stock company was formed, Edward Gilbert, presidenC, and is at present man nearly 80 and 8 very smart business man. The plant nas grown from year to year with large braHch in C1iG2g until it IS the largest plant Of the Bind in the United States.
 Walker Bates was the pioneer of board ing schuots. He took mostly city boys and kept the school over 20 years. He could not take all the scholars that ap- piled, never taking more than or day scholars. Finally scarlet fever broke out ln the school and he gave up by selling out to Ex-oheriff Matthew Bulkley of Weston and he continued for several years. Eli Gilbert came to Bedding from RidgetieId, after Mir Bates sold out, and kept 8 select school h 1he Center for a while. Charles Beach then started a se- feet school on the Ridge, but retired af- ter few years. Then Dea Lemuel Haw- icy took ic,t0r few years, but soon gave it up. Then Daniel Sanford opened a boarding school and, with E. P. Shaw for assistant, kept large school for 8 number of years, called the Bedding h. stiGute. Aaron Wilson kept select school for day scholars. John Osborne 6ept select school, for & short time, in che basement Of the Methodist church and Caroline Fauton 8 scho ll for girls.
 T. M. Abbott made fancy sleighs for 8 few years in the Center. His sleighs had fine reputation and he sold them all over the country.
 Barney Bartram was large cattle dealer, for a number of years, buying fat cattle and taking them to New York market. He started On Thursday driv. ing them on foot and reaching New York early on Monday, that being mar. ket day. In those days farmers fatted cattle for market. h the spring he would go West and buy working oxen, of ten bringing in 50 to 75 head. He finally went to New York and became 8 cattle broker.
 George Osborne and Bradley Sher. wood were the butchers for the town.
 Alanson Lyon carried on brick kill for 8 few years.
 J. B. Sanford, accompanied by Dl Smith, left for the hospital in New Yorl on Monday. His many friends hope fo1 very successful operation.
 MT and Mrs Harry Lounsbury gave dance at their home, last Friday evening
 Prof F. J. Perrin was in New York last week.
 Miss Alice Gorham entertained yer, pleasantly party of her young friend
 on Friday evening.
 Mrs J. $. Sanford has been viaiting he hr.tgar ' F Miller n% naphs7rv