The Newtown bee., 1901-07-26
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
BROOKFIELD.

quently all streams of running water on the surface would naturally and in- evitably seek the equatorial regions and flow southerly in the Northern hemisphere and in the opposite direc- tion in the Southern.
 Ages before Columbus was born or any Norsemen or Vikings of old Scan- dinavia had discovered or visited Ice land or the American continent or any of its adjacent islands, waters of Hud- son bay and perhaps the overflow of renee outlet to the sea, ran down the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic rivers, having the Catskills and Palis- ades range on it's right bank and LOv- CTS Leap projection in southwestern New England, northeast of the Brook field border on the left bank of the great water course to the ocean.
 In after ages the superficial con- formation of the earth had become so modified that some of it's waters now flow northward, like the McKensie and the great Yukon rivers and the more tranquil current of our own Still river, coursing toward the north star and the inf1Owing streams of Hudson bay which all empty into the Atlantic near the 6Oth degree of North latitude JuoU UOJoA1O U11O HUI UA1OdoUClI lAIU O1 the U. s. A.
 Now Brookfeld sands on dry ground on the right bank of the Hou- satonic river, with it's boundary limits respectively 60 and 65 miles in an air line from the cupola of the City hall of the great metropolis of the new world, access and egreSS to and from more than 20 times daily, Sundays ex- cepted. It occupies the foothills and valleys on line between the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Blue Ridge Range of the Middle Att lantic States. The highest peaks of either range, though covered with snow in the sunshine, are rarely visi- ble to the naked eye, except perhaps from the giddy heights of our new | sidewalk, so long in construction, and yet only completed where it is finish ed, but when the spectator sufficiently shifts his horizon or uses long dis tance telescope from balloon eleva- tion in clear weather, their outlines of figure and form distinctly appear, with or without their sparkling crowns of snow.
 The sidewalk conceived and con- structed by the Village Improvement society was begun in the 4O2d year after the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus and his gang of adventurers of the Latin race from the Mediterranean states. Nothing like it before was ever seen in these parts until this enterprise was under. taken. Seven long yearS at intervals tion thus far. How much longer will be required to complete the enterprise heaven only knows, but seldom reveals such cOnundrumS for us. Its present completed length is about three-ffths of mile or more, exactly 3110 feet and four inches, with an average 1 width of five feet, shrinking in spots to accommodate rocks and trees from three to l3 inches, but always giving passage room for those who kindly wait while they tread the new path way.
 It contains l5, $50 square feet of sur face measurement, laid in mixture of aSphaltum, sand and gravel or con crete rubble with blue stone or gran ite pavement at street crossings anC driveways, with oval central rise from one to one and half inch elevation above the edges of the walk to prevent puddles and wash of pathway accord ing to it's ascent or depression in con formity with the surface ground ano rock or swamp near which it runs.
 Should profile perspective of tht walk be taken as it winds and wander! around rocks or trees, up and down, 1T the vain search for some one, or per haps for all of the cardinal points O. the compass in the sky, or perhaps fol that looks upward and onward beyond "this vale of tears" and thus avoid the allurements of the 'primrose roac that leads to the everlasting bonfire ,
 BeantOwn is found to be situated or the earths surface just seven mile from the Brookfield Bungalow, whose enterprising proprietor has already jOurneyed two and half times around our planet and when out of his bunga low is sometimes seen in Beantown or the hill overlooking the new Cour house and County jail. This bunga low man, at his sole expense, pavet with stone the new sidewalk confront ing his Brookfield property, and ths late Henry B. Hawley and of Mrs Juli; Skidmore(whose front yard gate open on the acme of the sidewalk)have fol lowed MT HOuSeman's $ example aSkin( no odds or funds from the treasury O. the said Improvement society. "Le' your light so shine," etc.
 Your scribe has been assured tha up to this time the total sum expend ed for this improvement of the village sidewalk will not greatly exceed 5000 not dime of which has been collected or imposed as tax on the people This amount, however, does not in clude the expenses of the missionaries employed in the outlying districts O1 has been projected, especially on tn, northerly side of Stone Arch stree1 and Broadway in Ironworks, also Rail road way to St JOe'S church in Dublin precinct But Danbury avenue mus wait until East and West Ironworks school districts are consolidated into an academy or select school for tha1 busy village. Since the new sidewalk has so far materialized the denizens o1 the two formative counties and espec ially of the triple towns partly incor pOrated into our municipality O1 Brooktield are casting longing glances in this direction and wondering how their sagaciOus predecessors could have thrown away, like Esau, such g birthright for such mess of pottage on that mOmentOus morning in June in 1788, 113 years ago last spring, wher Brook field was born and now no less than IA other municipalities and set dement's in the different states anc territories of our National Union lex elusive of our Insular possessions that have come to us since the late Spanish war; are both proud and pleased to be known and called as Brookheld.
 It now appears that some of oul foremost citizens, including our pop. ular hangman and favorite jail keeper for Fairfield county, born here but obliged to live near or even inside the | pricon wal Of itS nrinp1nal citv after as we'll as before his recent over l xuhn I'm inlr iArit u for ra-alectiI inn tf