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The Newtown bee., 1901-08-09
LETTER TO A. W. PECK.
VIEWPOINT

NEWTOWN.
 Dear Sir; If there is a spot in your paint where the water gets in, the wood underneath is rotting or rotten. The timberS go too.
 Such spot develops unseen in some corner-under the caves perhaps while the paint is still in good condi- tion generally.
 Look out for such spots; or paint at random for looks. If you paint for looks, you are likely to stop such spots before there are any spots.
 Extravaganza is economy. Queer, what puppets words are!
 Yours truly,
 67 F. w. Devoe & Go. According to the Westporter-H Herald, Route B of the WestpOrt Free Rural Delivery will have to be abandoned if carrier IS not secured at once. Route B is what is known as the local route, that is going more around town than routes II and l2, which takes in the towns of Weston and EastOn. William Walsh formerly looked after this route, but gave up the position, enough money in it to keep several horses and carriages. Other carriers on rural delivery routes in this county have told THE BEES representatives that they could not see where their pront came in at the present price paid by the government, and that they were rather weary of their jobs. It would seem as if Uncle Sam would be forced to pay the carriers more money if it is to be permanent feature of the mail service.
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have charge of hotel. Abram Bassett has gone to live with them.
 c: B; French is getting the hay on year.
 Little Silliman Sherwood disturbed a hornets nest, last Saturday, and was terribly stung.
 A steam saw mill has been placed in the Great Quarter woods to work for the Coe Brass Co. Charles Gray has purchased fine span of team horses and expects to work for this company when the mill is in working order.
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CHURCH INTER ESTS.


 The Y. P. s. c. E. at their regular monthly business meeting, this week, voted to give S35 toward painting the church.
 Rev MT Moses will preach in the Center church next Sunday evening at 7.3O o'clock.
 Mrs Eugene Benson and daughter, Miss Jessica, are visiting with Mrs Benson's parents, at the parsonage. Mrs D. D, Gray and daughter, Mamie, spent Thursday and Friday in Bridgeport.
 Mr and Mrs c. A. Mallory visited friends in Sharon over Sunday. Master Kenneth Barlow has return ed to his home in the Park City. MT and Mrs w. E. Hawley visited in Sharon, a few days last week. MT and Mrs Bull visited Dr and Mrs J. N. Woodruff, over Sunday.
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CIRCULATION
800 4O25
EDITORIAL INK DROPS.
THE NEW CAUCUS LAW.


 Much speculation is going on throughout the state as to what the new laws passed by the last General Assembly relating to the enrolment of voters before voting means. Politi- clans and the newspapers seem to be the most interested and the ma tier has by them been very widely discussed with the result that there seems to be diversity of opinion as to what the proper construction of the statute is and as to when it goes into effect. Some of the politicians and newspa- pers claim it goes into effect at once, or August (when all laws passed the last session of the General Assembly go into effect). Others claim it goes into effect March, 1902.
 It seems to us the latter have the best of the argument, for how the reg istrars can meet and perform certain duties they are called on by law to do after giving 10 days notice as required by law of their meetings which must be to commence with on the first and second Fridays of February and Au- gust under law going into effect Au- gust l, we are at loss to know, in view of the fact that the first Friday of August, 1901, is the second day of the month and the second Friday is the 9th.
 Query: How can they give the 10 days notice required by law? See Section of the statute.
 An additional argument in substan- tiation of this claim may be found ip Section ' of the statute, which makes it a penalty after March, 1902, to par ticipate in a caucus without being pre- viously enrolled. This by implication permits participation without enroll ment as in the past.
 Discussion of the law in question seems to disclose diversity of opinion as to whether the law is a good or a bad one. Whichever it may be it will certainly have the effect of keeping voters of pronounced political faith or preferment in their own party caucuses and will not allow the packing of po- litical caucuses by voters of different party, as was charged was done throughout the state last year in the election of delegates to the state re- publican convention. It will also have the effect of preventing those not electors of 2l years of age voting as it is claimed has been done in the past. On the other hand, it may be as it has been claimed, that the law was passed in the interest of the party managers of the two leading political bodies. The query is also raised as to whether it will not have the tendency to have | the caucuses controlled by few, which will be the case unless every man does his duty and enrolls, thereby giving him voice in the caucus deliberations. The statute covering the new prima- " law will be found in full in another column.
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HAWLEYVILYE UNION CHAPEL.

PREACHING SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY.
 Rev Otis w. Barker will conduct a service in the Hawleyville chapel, on Sunday evening, August II, at 7.45 o'clock. It is hoped that MT Barker's readiness to comply with the wishes of those in charge of the chapel'will meet with hearty response from the people.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC POST.
 TONED,

The Sunday school picnic planned by the Congregational people for Tues day, August 6, seemed to run up against a decided "spell" of bad weather It is difficult to spell some of our curious English words, but the weather often gives us spell which the Smartest stormy" and the storm of Tuesday night aud early Wednesday, made the Taunton grounds excusable for picnic
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The success of the Consolidated road in conducting rail and water excur- sions this season, has been very great. The people have confidence in the management, and then the very low rates that have been offered are an- other attraction.IWaterbury Repub- lican.
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John F. Nolan has returned home, after passing several days with his aunts, the Misses Burns, at Stepney.
 If you have baby in the house you will wish to know the best way to check any unusual looseness of the bowels, or diarrhOea, so common to small child ren. o: P. M. Holiday, of Demming, Ind, who has an eleven months child says: "Through the months of June and July our baby was teething and took a running off of the bowels and sickness. His bowels would move from i've to eight times day. I had bottle of fChamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoae Remedy in the house and gave him four drops in teaspoon full of water and he got better at once." For sale by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, San
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WESTON.
A BUILDING BURNED,

A BUILDING BURNED.
 One of the buildings belonging tx, the old Jarvis school, was destroyed by fire last Monday morning. Fire was discovered in the building about 3 o'clock in the morning, and it is thought to have been the work of an incendiary. The wind being from the north, no other building took ire.
 NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
 Miss Emma Gilbert is spending a few days in East Norwalk.
 Miss May Hamilton lost her purse while wheeling to Norwalk on Satur- day, although search failed to find it.
 MT and Mrs Albert Wakeman of Bridgeport have visited Mrs Josephine Fitch.
 Mir and Mrs Meeker and Mrs Millett, of Danbury have been guests of Mrs Lloyd Godfrey.
 Mrs J. s. Lane of Akron, O., former ly of this place, has been spending a. few days with Mrs Mabel Fitch and Mrs Hattie Coley. ..'
 Mrs D. c. Coley has been entertain ing Miss Josephine Sherwood of Cleve-. land, O. '''
 Master Lacey Foster Of Springfield, Mass, has visited his aunt, Mrs Frank; Warehouse.
 Mrs O. E. Coley of Wilton has spent
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The selectmen have issued a notice to the road contractors that has the right ring to it. All roads must be worked thoroughly, stones removed and brush cut on or before September l. At that time the selectmen will begin to inspect them and roads not found in good condition will have to be made so before they will be paid for,
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MT and Mrs w. H. Glover drove tc 'Danbury, Sunday, to see Charles Bar tram, who lies seriously i'll at the Dan bury hospital. MT Bartram was in an unconscious condition and did not rec. Ognize his visitors.
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purposes. The Sunday school people will try it again on Tuesday, August 20, and let it be hoped that the weather then gives them a better chance.
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GREENFIELD HILL.
THE DEERF1EED DISTRICT.

THE DEERF1EED DISTRICT.
 Mrs A. H. Pease has boarders from New Haven.
 Monday, to a little girl staying with her.
 Little Everett Bulkley of Greenfield has spent several days with his grand parents.
 William Baily, who has purchased the Banks place, arrived from Wash ingtOn, D. O., with his family, last week, and they have been stopping at Charles Nichols till their goods ar rived. + Miss Gertrude VanWort of Easton has visited Mrs w. B. Nichols.
 MT and Mrs Charles H. Nichols of Bridgeport have been at H. E. Dowd's
 CHURCH NOTES.
 The Rev George w. Banks will preach next Sunday morning, August Il.
 The:Sunday.s school picnicks at Pine Rock next Thursday, August Is.
 Additions are to be made to the Sunday school library in the near fu- ture.
 Work has been begun on the cellar of the new addition to be built on Sim con Pease's house.
 Mrs w. Coates and daughter, Ulah, visited at Mrs R. Whitaker's, last week.
 Miss Ruth Raymond of Black Rock spent Sunday with friends in Green field.
 Charles Scotield of Noroton has been spending few days with friends in Greenfield.
 The Country club baseball team played against the WeStOn's, at Lyon $ Plains, last Saturday afternoon. The home team was defeated by the Wes- tons just at the close of spirited and evenly contested game. The score was IA to l3. Next Saturday afternoon the return game will be played at the Country club ground in Greenfield.
 Mrs Herbert HoltOn and daughter of Danbury were in town over Sun- day.
 Hon Andrew B. Wakeman and son, Frank, are enjoying fishing trip to Maine.
 G. F. Nichols of New York is the guest of his father, I. B. Nichols.
 Rev George w. Banks and family of Greenfield are at Dwight Banks
 Miss Julia Brown, Miss A. M. Wake man, Miss Amelia Jennings and Mrs Simeon Pease have returned from a delightful two weeks visit at the Pan- American Exposition.
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Recent arrivals at Mrs James H. Weaver's Maple Grove cottage, Mt Pleasant, include Mrs A. B. Russell, Miss Russell, Miss Harriett Russell of Bridgeport, and MT and Mrs Miller of Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Postmaster George F. Duncombe, accompanied by a well-known and ge- nial Stepney citizen, will leave on Sun day morning for Buffalo, N. Y., the Pan-American Exposition and Niagara Ia He
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Mrs E. L. Beard and son, Leonard, Boards father, Philo H. Skidmore.
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BadCouqhs

Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bron- chitis, pneumonia. asthma, or consumption. Don't wait. Take Ayers Cherry Pec- toral and stop your cough.
 zSc., Soe., Sl.oe. JIG. AVER CO.,. Lowell, Mass.
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The case of B. c. Platt of Hawley vile against Jay Tyrrell and wife o1 Roxbury is returnable before Justice Ezra L. Johnson on Saturday of thi. week at II o'clock.
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SHERMAN.
TOBACCO SALES.

TUBACCO SALES.
 Vincent Sterling was m town, last week, and purchased the following crops of tobacco in the Center: Phile- tus Sturges, Lester Ingersol, D. D. Gray, B. P. Briggs, L. V. Hungerford, D. B. Mallory, Dr J. N. Woodruff. The prices ranged from 16 to l7c.
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Persons desiring copy of Public Acts passed by the General Assembly, Jan uary session, 1901, can procure same at the town clerks office,
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MT and Mrs T. J. COrbett and daugh. ter, Irene, returned, last week, from a 10 days outing at New Haven and Savin Rock.
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MT and Mrs H. B. French, son and daughter, of Bridgeport, and Miss Edith G. Long of New York, are en- toying SojOurn at the pleasant home stead of Prof and Mrs c. s. Platt.
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John B. Duncan of New Milford was in town, Monday, and bought for Shoverling, Vincent x Co. the tobacco crops of Charles Blackman and John Mulligan.
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Guests entertained at Miss Anna A. Nolan's during the past week include Mrs William Flynn and daughter, Miss Katherine Rose Flynn, of Bridgeport, and MT Zander of New York.
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MT and Mrs A. c. Moore have re- turned from a visit with friends and relatives in Newark, N. J., Bridgeport and StratfOrd.
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How to make yourself a present: Sell "A packages of Silver Dust wash. ing powder at 200 per package, and get that beautiful antique oak rocker free.
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Mrs Julia Burr of BOtsfOrd was call ed to Bridgeport, last Tuesday, by tel egram, announcing the illness of hel daughter, Mrs E. K. Sutliff.
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Selectman and Mrs L. c. Morris were in New York on Wednesday.
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Miss Beers of Chicago, Ill.,, is the guest of Mrs J. H. Warner.
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GRANGE WORK.

At the next meeting of the Grange, the state master and overseer will be present.; also some others of the state officers expect to attend. The lectur- er's hour will be open to the public.
 The first and second degrees were con- ferred on a class, Saturday evening.
 THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
 There will be no service at the Con- gregatiOnal church, Sunday, August II, the pastor being away on his vacation.
 Rev MT Sherman occupied the pull pit Sunday morning.
 There was no meeting of the En- deavor Society in the evening.
 MT and Mrs William Lineburg of Derby spent last week at Mrs $. N. OSbOrne'S.
 Mrs J. c. Beard and children re- turned home, Saturday, after visit with her parents.
 Burr Beach has moved into the Campbell place. F. R. Beach is entertaining his children from Norwalk. Robert Stevens of Clinton is visiting at She parsonage.
 Miss Grace Sherman had the mis- fortune to injure herself quite pain fully by falling from swing, but is now recovering. Mrs S. U, Sanford, who has been very sick with quinsy, is now some what better and has been spending the past week with her parents in Step ney. Irving Patterson of Bridgeport has bought the place recently owned by George Bennett and moved his family in last week.
 s. D. Powell is working for Charles Gilbert in his factory.
 Robert Sherman, who has killed d number of woodchucks this season, shot one last week that weighed g pounds.
 Miss Alice Wilcox of Hartford is visiting her aunt, Miss Frank Silliman.
 Miss Elsie Bibbins is taking music lessons of Mrs Arthur Sherwood,
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John P. Halpine of Passaic, N. J. passed Sunday with his aunt.
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Mrs Hemingway of Redlands, Cal. is visiting at B. L. JOhnSon'S.
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Master Joseph Barnett, d son of Rev F. w. Barnett of South Glastonbury, is the guest of his aunt, Miss Ann Blackman
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Miss Elsie A. Troup, a daughter of Alexander Troup of New Haven, is the guest of Miss Kathryn T. Houli- han,
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STEVENSON.
PERSONAT. CHAT

MT and Mrs Edwin Booth have mov- ed to East Bridgeport, where they are to
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EAsroN.
AsPETUCK.

Mrs P. Godfrey and Mrs M. E. Sul- ton of Weston have visited at I. C.. FantOn'S.
 Mrs Vanderburgh of Flushing, L. l., has spent week with her daughter, Etta, who is boarding at J. J. Fosters.
 A large crowd from this place at tended the ball game on Lyons Plains, last Saturday, between the Easton and Greenfield Hill hines. The former came off victorious. Next Saturday there will be a game between the Eas- ton and Greenfield hines at Greenfield Hill.
 H. s. Fanton was overcome by the heat, one day last week, while unload ing load of hay.
 After spending some time with friends in this place and vicinity, Miss Lewey Freeborne has returned to her home in Hartford. c. B. Wakeman and son have finished having on the M.; Treadwell farm in Weston.
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dy Hook; W.N. Hurd, Long Hill; A. B. Fancher, ,Hawleyville; A. B. Blake man, BOtSfOrd,
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BAPTIST CHU RCH NOTES.

On Sunday, Rev R. H. Stevenson delivered a very interesting sermon on covenant relations within the church. After the service the regular monthly covenant meeting and communion were held. A good company were present.
 The Ladies' Sewing society will meet at the hall on Wednesday, Aug ust IA.
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A MOTHER LEAVES LARGE FAMILY OF LITTLE CHILDREN TO MOURN HEF LOSS.
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ONLY A TASK.

for Tools
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20

OLKS never think little
boys need any fun.
This was the protest
made by the worst boy
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make an indulgent exception Of Miss
Euphemia. but when they heard that
she had taken up the cudgels on behalf
of oppressed boys who were dragged
into police courts for innocently playing
ball upon the public thoroughfares jim
my and his friends pronounced her a
peach of the finest type.
Jimmy's aunt was not one to let con-
viction sit idly by while hapless urchins
suffered No; she took out her convic-
ton when she went wheeling and ten
mis- playing and golf ball chasing and
diligently aired it. She huttered it be-
fore the eyes of her hostesses when she
went calling. and by and by it became
widely known in that region that Miss
Euphemia Bangs thought if was a
shame that the boys could not play in
peace Miss Euphemia's point of view
would be lauded or disparaged, accord
ing to the spirit or circumstances of
her hearers. In households where bows
We're plentiful parents Endorsed her
views While in conservative. boyless
families she was sternly criticised.
Little by little she agitated the mat
ter to the point where harassed parents
asked, What can we do about it, any
way2"
Miss Euphemia rose triumphantIy to
the question.
Give them some place in which they
san do as they please
Then she went on to tell how in Ger
tain cities neighborhoods considered
hopelessly hoodlum have been reclaim
ed to civilization by the establishment
of public Fairgrounds.
These Fairgrounds, paid for by phil
anthrOpic persons. have been of i'm
mense advantage in keeping youngsters
on the streets. Children of the poor as
we'll as Of the moderately wen to do
have splendid times in the Enclosures
There is no reason why a number Of
families might not cooperate in estab-
fishing neighborhood playground for
the benefit Of their own children. and
Miss Euphemia said So
The novelty Of the idea commended IL
self to several parents Of active chill
dren-
Mr. Simpson, the grocer, who suffered
most from the misguided activity of
small boys, gladly donated to Miss En-
phemia the use of some vacant lots
which We're at a safe distance from his
place Of business.
Then the community stood aside r.
see what the lady would do. About q
dozen boys and a half dozen little girls
at hrst wished to be included in the
playground association These Joined
the originator in clearing out the va
cant lots They were fenced in. but as
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with insertion. A ceinture Of green silk
clasps in the center with an artificial
emerald set in old gold The skirt is
fun and untrimmed except for some
tuckings and bands Of lace set into the
'front.' A dounce of creamy lace falls
over the lower part of the robe The
tight fitting elbow sleeves consist of
bands of insertion and organdie.
Besides these I have a couple Of very
simple lightweight blouses for wear
with separate skirts One of the bod
ices is of pale blue lawn trimmed with
lace dyed to match. The vest of the
lawn waist is fashioned of shaped
pieces Of insertion, the deep sailor col
lar over the shoulders being plated and
trimmed about the edge with a band of
the insertion and a frilI of lace. The
sleeves fare from the shoulders to the
wrists, where they are broadcast above
the famboyant undersleeve of tucked
white lawn. A lace sailor tie knots the
collar.
The other blouse is fashioned of fancy
pongee silk trimmed with black velvet
ribbon and tiny black velvet bows. The
collar is composed of bands of lace and
the vest of white mousseline crossed by
a wide band Of lace. The sleeves are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20

bage man Then the work of leveling
began. In the center of the plot there
were no inequalities; so tent was put
up there. The loose stones were care
fully piled in one corner and a load of
nice, white sand, begged from a
friendly contractor, was deposited in
one corner The father of one of the
boys sent some lumber, and several of
Miss Euphemia's young men friends
displayed real mechanical ability in
putting up the swings. These amateurs
also erected a seesaW, a horizontal bar
for gymnastics and q hammock AS the
membership of the playground increas-
ed it was intended to add to its fittings
The boys brought balls and bats, and
one corner of the lot was set aside as
the ball ground In another corner
Miss Euphemia laid out a tennis court
for the girls, an old tennis set being
contributed by one of the families in
terested in the project. Some one else
brought out a crOquet set, and the pros
bright.
In the center of the lot a tent was
erected. When it was very warm and
when it rained, the children would gath
er in the tent
The smaller children played in the
morning with small pals and spades.
digging in the nice white sand. while
Liz A0t SCI DCyS Dut1l forts IN the soft.
yielding material. Their masterpiece
was a model of Santiago, with MORO
Castle and other Notifications. Sections
or lead pipe served the children for
cannon, and a cast off boat belonging
to one of the boys represented the sunk
en- Merrimac in the bay American
camps. a Red Cross station and other
interesting features were included.
OF course, it was necessary that disci-
pine should be maintained in the play
ground, and Miss Euphemia according
~ organized the members into a self
governing body after the fashion of the
George Junior Republic. Boys or girls
who would not abide by the decisions of
the committee were summarily elected
from the little paradise.
So great success did the experiment
prove that 20 families united in enjoy
ing the privileges of the playground
during the summer, and, although there
was generally an older person present,
the children became SO absorbed in
keeping the place in a model condition
and their own conduct above criticism |
that the espionage was seldom needed.
EDITH LAWRENCE.