The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-04-19
Ten Pages.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
NEW MILFORD.

| AMONG THE HORsEMEN.
Messrs Evitts, Thomas and Smith
are out with handsome road wagons,
with running gear painted red. "Old
Yale Boy" thinks he can draw his
faster than 'Minnie tn or "French
Council" The boys say that the &C.
NAL Evitts has privately consulted a
carriage painter to see what it will
cost to paint his blue, as he fears de-
feat. These wagons were secured
through r. & A. NJ. Booth.
Landlord Thomas F. Young of the
New Milford house is driving an ele-
CANT road horse, "Domino," bought of
Peter Pratt Of Armenia, N. Y. He is
standard bred, of full Alcantara stock,
and some of the professionals in New
Milford may have to take ''Tommie s"
dust.
AS illustrating the kind of winter
weather they have in New Milford
and the undaunted spirit Of New Mil
ford horsemen, they are telling good
story on "Hubie." 1t appears he sent
out ''Pop' with "Yale Boy" for exer-
else and when passing up the Welles-
vile road, the grease froze on the axles,
setting the wheels. With the new
runabout with red body he has pur-
chased, there undoubtedly will be no
further trouble in this line.
D. Goodman of New York, owner Of
the we1l-known horse 'Freeland, one
Of the fastest steppers on the New
York speedway, was in town, last week.
He enjoyed a drive behind S. H.
Smiths horse, "French Council" and
"Jennie NJ" George F. Pixley's fast
stopper. He was very much pleased
with both horses, and predicts that
the latter will be very speedy.
MASQUERADE BALL A GREAT SUCCESS.
The masquerade ball held in Roger
Sherman hall, Wednesday evening,
April II, was notable success, the
grandest affair of it's kind held in the
town in recent years. The grand
march was highly praised by the hun
dreds of spectators. The masquera-
ders took their respective parts as If
they had been trained for the occasion.
Some of the most notable Of the COS
tunes among the ladies were as fol-
lows:
Miss Eliza Miller, gypsy.
Mrs Charles Rothe and Miss Jessie
Peters, French dancing girls
Miss Louise Planz, scarlet costume
Miss Catharine Calvin, "night.''
Mrs Arthur Sturdevant, Colonial
dame.
Miss Edith Bronson, "Night."
Miss Minnie Beebe, flower girl.
Mrs Clarence Lathrop, Goddess Of
Liberty.
Miss Daisy Lathrop, Little Girl in
Blue.'
Mrs Hubert Thomas, domino.
Miss Eugia Thomas, domi no.
Miss Julia Jennings, domino.
Mrs Robert Greer, Summer girl.
Miss Carrie Brace, Summer girl.
Miss Lena Greer, Summer girl.
Miss Grace Pitcher, waitress.
Mrs Joseph Greer, servant.
Miss Molly Brennan, italian gypsy.
Mrs Wesley Hull, music.
Miss Rebecca Kyle, daffodil.
Miss Edna Mosher, Greek.
Miss Minnie Pencil, fancy dress.
Miss Ella Erwin, Swiss.
Miss Nellie Meyers, Spanish.
Mrs J. A. Levy, fortune teller.
Among the notable costumes Of the
men were:
Gay Erwin, clown.
Robert Hunt, clown.
John Riley, clown.
John Mallett, Indian.
Joe Cox, domino.
John Greer, domino.
George Chessman, domino.
Two gentlemen from Litchfeld,
dominOes.
| Fred Brace, military.
Frank Northrop, tramp.
Clifford Hall, COW boy.
Everett Buckingham, page.
Arthur Sturdevant, dandy coon.
| Albert Hodge, Irishman.
Philo Northrop, farmer.
Stanley Hayes, Indian.
The committee, G. J. Pulls, G. T.
Erwin and J. w. Goldsmith, looked
exceedingly we'll in their prince cos
tunes.
Great credit is due Frank whitney
for providing the excellent music fol
the evening. It is estimated that there
were 500 spectators, besides Is masked
costumes. The committee can certain.
ly feel proud of the ball, as it eclipsed
any that has been held in New Milford
in many years. Ice cream and cake
and soft drinks were served during the
evening.
HUBERT THOMPSON SERIOUSLY BURN
Hubert Thompson, who resides on
Grove street, was seriously burned on
Saturday night. He was engaged ir