The Newtown bee., 1901-07-19
sTEPNEY.
sTEPNEY NEWS AND COMMENTS

| sTEPNEY NEWS AND COMMENTS.
 Dr Henderson, a missionary from in the Baptist church, last Sunday morning,
 Miss Harriet E. Walden, the success full Sunday school worker, has just written a short story entitled 'How Standstill Was Moved," a home de- partment story which sells for 10 cents per copy. This has been highly recommended by home department workers. Any one desiring copy can obtain same by sending address with 10 cents, to Miss Harriet E. Walden,
 Mrs w. B. Craft has a New Ideal sewing machine, purchased of c. B. Osborne.
 Mrs Sylvia Northrop has been suffer ing with felon on her finger.
 Miss Hattie French moved this week, into the south half of Miss M. E. Seeley's house.
 Rev. K. P. Braman and wife expect to leave on Friday next for a two absence, the Baptist church will prob- | ably be closed.
 Dr Henderson and family, lately re- turned missionaries from India, were guests, last Wednesday, of MT and Mrs R. H. Frederick, of Blanket Meadow. Mrs Orlando Platt, of Bridgeport, was guest, last week Wednesday,, of her sister, Mrs Elmira Porter. Mrs Elmira Porter, who has been out of town for number of weeks, is again at her home.
 Miss Sadie Craft of Long Hill has 1 been visiting at w. J. Candee's. 1 Micc Anno No1on Tohn No1o,, of Newtown, passed Tuesday in town, guests of Miss Burns. l Washington Lodge, F. & A. M., will work the first degree on 29th.
 Mrs Leich, of Brooklyn, her daughter Edna, and son Barker, are boarding at Mrs A. Purdy's.
 MT Kaufman, of Jockey Hollow, has his house filled with New York boarders.
 | New York bOarders, of the Jewish per suasion. A party of about l2 arrived on Thursday night.
 John F. Keane, the well-known Bridgeport clothier, with his ia mily, is enjoying sojourn at George Abbott S.. ] Gladden. Beers and son, frOm m Bridge port, spent Sunday with Mrs Mary B.. Beers, at Stepney Depot. If any one wanted to get up a loan exhibition, they would find a fine lot of old guns in the curiO room of George Sured of Walter BeardSley, of Pepper street, was carried in the war of 1872 by Jonathan Bulkley of Huntington It also saw service in the revolutionary war. A Mauser rifle which did ser vice in Santiago, with some marks of the conquest upon it, has special his tOric interest. He also has very large collection of old and curious pistols, some of them brass mounted and very ancient. MT Turner's room is an in- teresting place to drop into when wait- ing for train, and he is always glad to explain them to his visitors when not engaged.
 Merchant Stephen French has a timely offering for his customers in a fresh supply of fancy cakes, Kennedy's graham crackers, soda crackers or butter gems. The man of the house. hold should help his better half out during this hot weather by buying more of these goods, saving the housewife working over the stove. l E. A. Johnson of Brooklyn, F. Dues berg and William Kennedy of New 1 York, are recent arrivals at F. w. Hawley's, at Cutters Farms. 1 Mrs Lucinda Johnson, of Monroe, is spending a few days with her daugh- ter, Mrs William B. Craft 1 Mrs Charles Ruggles and friend, of Bridgeport, were guests, last week, of Mrs Jane E. Taylor.
 1 James Atkinson, who has been Spend- ing number of weeks with his sister, Mrs James Deas, returned to his home in Newport, last Monday.
 Mrs Augusta Uven, Miss Hermine Uven, and Frank R. Uven, of New 1 York city, are spending a few weeks 1 with A. Langenberg. John Burritt has rushed his having, finishing the job on Tuesday. Lothian Kennels shipped a hand some collie dog to Elway, Virginia, on Monday.
 Abner Slade has very badly swol- len hand and arm, which receives the care of pr. Hill.
 Just nov the young people and many of the older ones are entertained by the cute talk of Polly Hodge, of New Haven. Polly is fine specimen of the green parrot, and is an exception ally fine scholar in English, having a voice like the human kind. Mrs William Craft has bought a new sewing machine of c. B. Osborne Charles B. Nichols is quite sick. Mrs Merrill of Claremont, N. H., widow of the late Rev MT Merrill, who was former pastor of the Baptist society, has been visiting his old friends in this vicinity, returning home on Tuesday.
 Theodore Patterson of Stamford and MT Cutter of Staten Island have been guests of COley Fields. Mrs William Craft has bought new sewing machine of c. E. Osborne Charles B. Nichols is quite sick.
 George Edwards entertained as guests last Sunday, Mir and Mrs Charles Gaines and daughter of Hartford, Miss Ethel Warner of Brooklyn, Miss Ber- nice Hull of Ansonia and Miss Seeley.
 Mrs Harry Nichols and son of Dan bury, and Sylvester Nichols of Bridge port, have been guests of L. o. Osborne.
 Mrs Sophia Hunt is convaleScent, after fall which she sustained about 10 days ago. She bruised her head badly. Mrs Hunt was 8l years old in March. She is affectionately cared for by her daughter, Mrs John Bene- dict.