The Newtown bee., 1901-08-23
Barnum had to take them to New town with truck. Your correspondent wonders if they did not wish they had one of New Milford's fast horses.
 BETHEL.

BUSINESS.
 A citizens meeting was held in the Town hall on Monday evening, and organized new Board of Trade.
 Efforts will be made to start business in one or two vacant hat factories in town, and also to encourage other firms to locate in Bethel, where an abundance of water, public gas and every other facility for doing suc- ceSSful business may be found.
 The present factories are working on full time, and all have full cOmple- ment of good steady class of working men and women. Intemperance in the town is an evil of the past. Our pub lie schools are the best in the state, and our highways are as good as any in the state.
 CHURCH NOTES. Elliott D. Smith, local preacher, oc- cupied the pulpit of the Methodist church, last Sunday, both morning and evening, preaching two interest ing sermons. Rev Dr Adams, who is now away on his vacation, will not be here to preach until after next Sun day. His pulpit will be supplied next Sunday morning by Frank Barry, of Danbury, and in the evening by Rev Mir Veitsl of Bedding Methodist church.
 Misses Carrie and Hattie Oliver have returned to their home in Springfield, Mass. having spent several weeks in town.
 Miss Eula Dunlap is visiting in Bridgeport and New Milford.
 Rev H. L.sSlacka and family have re- turned from the seashOre. Mir Stacks vacation ends about September l, when he will take up his work again at home.
 Miss Cora Judd has been the guest of MT and Mrs George HannOn. the guest, last week, of Mrs Seeley Taylor, in Elmwood district.
 George Hill, of Brooktield, and his mother, dined, last Sunday, with MT and Mrs H. E. Judd.
 Mrs Fed Warmers good rye bread is selling beyond her capacity for mak- ing.
 Mrs Archie Evans is also making rye bread with success, land has great demand.
 Howard Banks has hired the Couch farm, and is taking in young cattle to pasture.
 A fine calf belonging to Frederick Werner is missing, and has strayed or been stolen. Every effort has been made to recover the calf.
 MT and Mrs H. Cornelius Judd and son started, Saturday morning about } o'clock, and drove to Peach lake, where they spent the day fishing. They brought home large mess of fish for Sundays dinner.
 Miss Martha Judd, teacher in New York, spent Sunday with MT and Mrs Arthur s. Judd, on Ches nut Ridge. is spending a few days with Mrs Charles Thompson, on Maple street.
 Samuel Kyle, of AnSOnia, is Spend- ing a weeks vacation with his father, Dea Samuel Kyle, on Elm street.
 John and Harry Mead are in Hart ford, working at the mason's trade.
 Peter Mcdonald, contractor, is grad ing the walks around the public school grounds.
 Frank Freudenthal, who has been assisting his father in his grocery store has taken position in the Broadway National bank of New York City.
 Judd X Judd, the dealers in feed, have had an eight foot addition put on the front of their building and in the rear are now having another ad- dition, 16 IS feet, to accommodate an engine, boiler and feed mill, and have had the whole building thoroughly equipped for first class feed store. They will in few weeks be prepared to do all kinds of feed grinding and well be in shape to take care of their customers in every way.
 H. E. Mackenzie has his home at Grassy Ridge full of summer guests.
 Orris $. Ferry of Elmwood district has an acre and half of extra fine tobacco. It has very nice color and stands about five feet high, the top leaves measuring two feet long and IS inches wide