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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01
GREENFIELD HILL.
GRANGE ESTS,

'1ltA->"II IN T. hE1SIS
The Fairfield County Pomona
Grange met on Wednesday last as
guests of Westport Grange. After the
transaction of business the following
officers were installed by Worthy
Deputy Frank e. Brakeman of STRAIT
ford, assisted by Mrs w. J. Wood of
Westport. Miss Mae Seeley of Easton
presided at the iano.
The following are the officers of
Pomona Grange:
0Master, II. w. Andrews, Brookticld.
Ovcrsccr, Edward c. Birge, West
port.
Lecturer. Rev c. Fl. Hoyt. New
Canaan.
Steward, b. T.. Pease, Greenfield
Hill.
Assistant Steward, Ambrose Hurd,
Monroe.
Chaplain, Rev w. E. Hooker, Can
mons.
Secretary, }. II. Brakeman, STRAIT
ford.
Pomona, Mrs J. f. Osborn, Green
field.
Ceres, Mrs Patterson, Stratford.
Flora, Mrs p. B. Nichols. Trumbull.
After the installation exercises the
patrons and their friends repaired to
Grange Hall where a most excellent
dinner was served presided over by the
ladies Of WespOrt Grange. The after
noon session was called at 230 o'clock
at the Opera house, and many subjects
of interest brought forward and dis
cussed. The meeting closed at /
o'clock.
REV MIR CANE ACCEPTS HIS CALL.
A letter was read at the close of the
morning service Sunday morning. from
Rev w. II. Cane of Pcterboro, y. H..
his acceptance of the call
to become pastorsof the church at
Hill and that he would
occupy the pulpit the first Sunday in
February.
The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs
II. Burr is reported to be
A few from Greenfield attended the
select party" given by the Misses
Parrack and Maucr in EaStOn, last
Thursday evening.
S. c. Bradley returned from the
south Monday.
Henry Raymond and family Of Black
Rock. who have been spending he past |
month with Greenfield relatives, re-
turned to their home, Tuesday. |
Mr. and Mrs II. E. DOWd are confined |
o the house with an attack of grip.
Harry Williams has another sick
lDrSc.
The parsonage is being put in readi-
less for Rev Mr. Gaze and family
$. c. Bradley is having Il 80 foot
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01
OUR NEIGHBORS.
BETHEL.

MRS CHARLES FREUDENTHAL.
Mrs Charles Prudential, died Sun
day morning. at II O'Clock. She had
been an invalid for nearly three
months with acute inflammation Of
the spine, which terminated with par
tial paralysis. The deceased was IL
years of age. The funeral services
were held at the house on Greenwood
avenue, Tuesday afternoon, at 80
o'clock, Rev II. l.. Slack officiating.
The remains were taken to- Qarien,
Wednesday mornings for interment.
The surviving members Of her family
beStieS Il husband and one son, living
in his place. are a father and mother
three sisters and one brother all living
in Daricn. Mrs Prudential was a
lady highly respected in the commuE-
ity and of good standing in the Con-
gregatiOnal church and will be missed
in herhomc and among her circles of
friends
AMONG THE HATTERS.
Clarence r.. Hickok, commercial
Traveller for the Judd & Dunning Hat
Co., was on the road, Monday and
with a new line of spring
styles Of hats. Among them are the
YOungS and YeOmans hats.
Most of the hat factories are now
fairly busy on spring goods.
The milkmen say that they have a
larger demand for milk which they
think is due to an increase in work
mems weekly DaV
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01
THE LECTURES,
LECTURE IN HATTERTowN To-NIGII'

LECTURE IN HATTERTOWN TONIGHT.
Rev 0. 0. Wright will give his lect-
ure on ''Home and Country in the
evening at 7.3O O'Clock. Next Friday
evening, February s, RevG. T. Linsley
will speak in Hattertown on Glow
We Are Governed" These lectures
in the districts already visited, have
greatly interested the people, for facts
are brought out that relate to the life
of every citizen, no matter how humble
he may be. If discovering, February
should quite stormy, Mr. Wright's
lecture will be postponed to Monday
evening, February 4.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01

Sugar corn, per can,
Succotash, very fine, l.
Tomatoes, large cans,
Tomatoes, extra quality, l.
Baked beans, plain or with tomato
sauce, Il
Choice Early June peas, II
Dried Lima beans, Id, 81
California navel oranges, fine fla
vor, AZ
Florida oranges, sweet and juicy, 3:
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01
REV MIR WRIGHT'S LECTURE IN NEW
TOWN STREET.

REV MIR WRIGHT'S LECTURE IN NEW
TOWN STREET.
Friday evening of next week, Feb
ruary 8, the Beach Memorial library
will be open in Newtown street for
the lecture of Rev O. O. Wright on
"Home and Country" The hour of
the lecture is So'clock. Very few peo-
pie realize that one of the best ways to
show true patriotism is to be the pos
SCISSOR of a clean, Christian home
The home is the bedrock Ofour lib
critics.
Mrs E. Ellery Anderson, No. 1 West
Thirty-eighth street, New York City,
for her sister, Mrs George II. Linsley.
AL those who heard Miss Agnes
Platt in THE Sweet Girl Graduate, "
an representation, at the Danbury en-
tertainment, last week Friday night.
were at once delighted. and could not
praise Miss Platt too highly. She GER
tainly has a most promising future as
an elOcutioniSt. and has chosen the
of times before Newtown au-
diences and has always pleased her
auditors. Among those from New
town who were present at the Danbury
entertainments. Friday night, were W.
W. Gardner. E. V. IIaight, John O.
James Nichols, Miss Mamie
Miss Sadie Minor, Misses
Jessie and Mabel Taylor, Miss Julie
DuncOmbe, Miss Mabel Morris, Garlic
ton Hubbell and Harry s. Mason.
The popular Charles G. Peck ha
added new stopper to his stable of
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01

The popular Charles G. Peck Ia,
added new stopper to his stable of
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01

( 3 lb. pkg. Graham flour,
Fancy Table Syrup. 1-2 gal. cans
Pure maple syrup, gal cans, i
cry butter, g
Prepared buck~ heat. lib pkgs.
i o Id. pals Mackerel, 1
Choice evaporated peaches, lbs for :
Choice Prunes, lbs. for
Fancy California prunes, 3 lbs for :
Large Meaty Prunes, g lbs for .
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-01

Ladies' Muslin Gowns,
Muslin Skirts,
Corset Covers,
Muslin Drawers,
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Booker Jones and daughter,
Of Franklin, were among the visitors
to this city during the past week.
Mr.. Joseph B. Hagen, formerly Of
Spokane, has secured employment
in this city with the Pacific Coast
Company, and in the future will be
Seattleite good and true.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Clayton enter
tanned a number Of friends Friday
evening at very pleasant card
party. Refreshments were served
after the evening had been spent by
those present pleasantly gaming.
Mr.. Frank Anderson has about
completed him a home near Green
Lake and feels like complimenting
himself for the step he has taken.
There are at present some half a
dozen or more colored families who
contemplate taking the same wise
step. The car service from that
point is splendid and persons indus
triously inclined need not have TO
buy any fuel for a year or so, which.
IN the course of year, means quite
a saving to any household.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

McClure's for June is on the mar
ket and as usual full Of the very best
reading matter. The following sub
iects are treated in this number: The
Gainsborough Duchess of Devon
shire;;" Women" by E. S. Marion,
Boston; "a Plain Clothes Mans
Town." by Josiah Flynt; "The
Kings Gold," by Robert Barr;
'Bobolink," by John Burroughs;
Geology and the Deluge," Prof.
Frederick E. Wright; can Old
Fashioned Wooing," Ellsworth E.
Kelly; "Within the Gates" Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps; 'SRecollections
of the Comedian" Clara Morris
''Pike's Peak or Bust" Edwin Le-
fevre; ga Born Farmer" Sarah
Orne Jewett; ''The True Story of
Kebeth the Aluet," Frank A. Van
derlip; 'Kim," Rudyard Kipling;
"Crownshield's Brush" David BRAY;
Notable Books and Authors" hy
the editor.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

According to paper published by
a colored man in Washington City,
there are fair prospects Of a fire de-
partment company being organized
among the colored men Of that city.
From the Atlanta Constitution it
is learned that there is a colored man
in that city who has recently re-
turned from the state prison, having
served twenty-five-year term for
stealing four sticks of candy, which
was construed as burglary, and this
enormous sentence was given him
for the crime. He was but II years
of age when sentence was passed
upon him.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

Baltimore, Nd, is all stirred up
over having the colored teachers
supplant white teachers in that city
in the cOlored schools. From time
lmmemorial the higher grades of the
colored schools have been presided
over by white teachers, but now the
superintendent of schools has come
to the conclusion that he can i'm
prove the conditions of the colored
schools by putting colored teachers
IN those places filled by white teach
ers. Owing to the fact that there is
social condition in the South that
places a great gulf between the
white teachers and the col
ored people which renders
it utterly impossible for the
white teachers to elevate colored pu-
pills socially, there is no doubt bui
that colored teachers would be more
successful in colored schools than
white teachers. The same rule.
however, would not hold good in
Northern cities, and it would be det-
rimental to the colored race to make
such move in city north of Mason
q Dixon's line. It is much better
that the pupils be given the best
teachers, whether such teachers be
white or black. In some of the
cities of the North colored teachers
have proven themselves just as eff
clent and as successful as have the
white teachers, and though their pu-
pills are of mixed nationalities there
seems to be no more friction than if
the teachers were white.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

In another column of this paper
will be found very interesting lot
ter from Edward Baker, who is now
confined in the county jail, having
been convicted of burglary, which
was committed at the Leary coal
mine. Mr.. Baker denies any partici-
patton in the unlawful act and his
attorneys declare that the state fail
ed to prove his connection, but cir
cumstances in which Baker did moi
fully explain away lead to his con-
ylction. Ii it be true that the the
man is not guilty, it is hoped by this
paper that persons of color will in
terest themselves in the matter and
help the young man save himself
from utter ruin.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

And now comes the colored peo-
pie of Chicago with an idea Of want
ing to build a theater exclusively for
colored talent. The idea is absurd
and ridiculous, and the man advo-
eating it should be given the cold
shoulder by every lcolored man Of
good sense. Every theater and
opera house in this country is
thrown open to colored talent if they
can only fill it. In fact, a great
many opera houses are very partial
to colored troupes that can draw a
crowd, and colored talent finds it no
trouble to make dates with such
houses. Now, just why these colored
men feel called upon to draw the
color line in this particular is more
than can be understood by colored
people who are struggling to prevent
the drawing of the color line in busi-
ness avocations in the United States.
When the colored man shows his
adaptability to do things just as well
as the white man, he will find as
many avocations open to him as
does the white man. The colored
mans misfortune in the past
was that he has been par excel
lence in generalities, but the blank
est of blank failures in specialties.
1t is the detail man that always sue
ceeds and the sooner the colored
man understands this the sooner will
he be greater success in the busi
ness world of this country.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

The city Of Albany, N. Y, seems
to be doomed and destined for trou-
bles Of the most serious and fatal
nature. Al fortnight had barely
passed since the clash between the
strikers and the officers of the law
resulted in the death of a number
of its citizens and the serious and
fatal injury Of a still larger number,
before the wrecking of two street
cars on account Of two motormen
racing with their cars to see which
could be first on a switch, resulted
in the cars colliding and the killing
of five people and the serious injury
of some forty more. IF it really be
true that thtse men are criminally
responsible for this wholesale de-
struction of life and property, the
electric chair is altogether too mild
a punishment for them. The street
car men of Albany gained their
point not many days ago in their
strike, and none other are employed
but union help, supposedly of the
most trustworthy type, on account
Of long experience and service, and
now, if this class Of motormen have
wilfully and maliciously caused this
great disaster, the ones personally re-
sponsible for it should be punished
for murder, and the union as a.whole
should be forced to surrender all
claims they have on the street car
company to maintain union men.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31
THE COMPLETE MERCHANT

Many cOlored young men, inflated
with self-importance and overween-
ing vanity, consider themselves the
possessors Of all those qualities which
constitute the gentleman and the
sage business man, when, as matter
of fact, they are quite the reverse of
the one and merely tyroes compared
to genuine type Of the latter class.
A mistaken idea of this character at
the outset of youths social or bust
ness life not only promises i'll for the
future, but if uncorrected, ultimate
ly tends to an irretrievable catas-
trophe.
The true gentleman is not an arti-
fetal character. The qualities that
mark him-that subtle and indefn-
able something which admits of no
mistake being made are inherent
in him and the various social pro-
cesses which polish and refine there
attributes develop but do not create
them. The most jealous and con-
slant perusal Of a book on etiquette
will not make one polite. 1t is not
enough to wear good clothes and to
wear them well; for the vicious if
sufficiently affiuent may don appar i
that would eclipse all the gorgeous
raiment of an Eastern potentate.
Gentlemanliness is not put off and
on with ones clothes. Nor is an
absence of those faux pas or little
gaucheries that amuse us in the
nOuveaux-riches to be taken as an
indication of the true gentleman.
The ability to converse in elegant
phrases, the possession Of a hand
some face, liberality, savoir faire,
equitable temperament, social accom-
plishments, such as dancing and
singing, the ability to please none
nor all of these constitute the gen
tleman.
All Of these various attributes are
necessary, but in themselves are not
sufficient. Cardinal Newman gives
us a descriptive definition of gen
tleman in a monograph on this sub
ject. "a gentleman is" the prelate
states, zone who never Intentionally
lntilcts pain on another" This def
milton Is excellent, but hardly def
nitive enough. Edmund Burke like
wise descriptively defines this part of
the human character when he writes:
There Is an intangible something
which seems to permeate the very
atmosphere about his person that
makes us instinctively aware when
we are in the presence Of a gentle
man. Edgar Saltus says: 1T is not
rigorous adherence to the correct
code OF morals that makes the gen
tleman; it is rather the possession of
natural grace combined with correct
manners and elegance Of speech .
This later view is decidedly twen-
tleth century one Perhaps the
three versions taken as one will
prove sufficiently explicit to convey
as exact a meaning of the term as II
is possible to suggest.
In like manner. the requirements
are numerous to make the complete
merchant. Merely to buy and
[Continued on Page Fourl
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

In reply to our colored brother
who wishes to know "What we are
to do with our young boys and
girls?" this paper would like to be
permitted to say, 'FPut them to work
to- keep them out of mischief. for
idle hands are the devils workshop"
The idea has become too general
among the colored folk that their
boys and girls must cease to work
and be on the lookout for soft snaps:
that is to say, clerical jobs, political
positions and such other places as
Will make dudes instead of men out
OF their boys. While it is well for
the colored boys and girls to be in a
position to take all of the soft snaps
that come along, yet it is bad idea
for them to labor under the belief
that they are born for such positions
when our boys and girls have learn
ed to work and work at all kinds of
work, skilled or unskilled, then the
soft snap jobs will be much more
common for them than they are at
present.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

There are 100000 Negro pupils
in public schools in this country:
$4,000 students in higher institu-
tlons; $4,000 Negro teachers; 10000
Negroes learning the trades, and
5000 pursuing classical and scienti-
fic courses; 1900 pursuing business
courses. The Negroes have raised
for educational purposes, since their
emancipation, 100000; acquired
church property worth S15,O 100000
and 100000 farms worth $3.50, 0,O0O,-
600.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

Last Sundays syndicate letter of
Frank G. Carpenter written from
Australia disclosed the fact that
Sydney, with a population Of 45O,-
900 and I'M about the same latitude
as New Orleans does more business
from a commercial standpoint than
any other city of its size on the
Western continent, and that the
average business man Of the United
States had better keep his eye on
this city or he would loose a great
point. Speaking about Australia
and its industries, as well as the rap
id growth it has shown, the follow
ing vii be of interest to the average
reader and the commercially inclin-
ed business man:
Last year the total value Of the
products of Australia amounted to
$55O,OOO,OO0 apportioned as follows:
Pastoral, $15O,00O, 900; agricultur-
al, $140,000,000; mineral, $1OO,O0,-
600, and manufacturing, $160,0O0,-
900.
Australia's wool crop alone
amounted last year to $1O0,OOO,OOO.
No country on the globe has en-
barked more extensively in sheep
raising than Australia, and she is
reaping magnificent results from her
enterprise in this respect. Her
ranches last year contained 1O0,-
100000 head of sheep.
In deposits Of gold and silver Aus
tralia IS fabulously rich. In 1850
the value of her gold output aggre-
gated ST 100000, 900, and since 1880
the value Of her silver output has
reached $150,000,000. She is much
richer in gold than in silver. Her
silver deposits were not discovered
until comparatively recent years.
Australia's climate is varied in
character and favorable alike to agri-
cultural and manufacturing opera
tions. IL she continues to develop
at the present rate there is no tell
ing whit condition of prosperity she
will ultimately reach.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

The life of Peter Potstel, the col
ored man who saved fortune in the
grocery business, should serve as an
example to every colored man that
they, too, can do something toward
laying up dollar for rainy day.
Perhaps they cannot save as much as
Potstel; perhaps they cannot save
even $4,000, but probably they can
save $4,000, and, if they can't save
$4,000, probably they can save
$1,000, as one thousand is better
than no thousand dollars and dying
pauper. The average coIored man
too frequently earns his So a day and
spends $3.50 a day instead of earn
ing So and spending 81 a day. The
laws of political economy teach that
one should always live within their
income that the residue of such NAV
serve them for while at least when
their income ceases to come.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31
RELIABLE FACTS

England's Telegraph Experiment
Remarkable Polish Wedding
Distance Through the Earth
Klondike Royalties and Reve-
nues - London's Population
Mint's Coinage-Uncle Sans
War Expenses-World's Wheat
Crop Since Record Has Been
Kept.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

The worlds wheat crop for the
year 1900 amounted to 2,586,564,- :
600 bushels, Of which the United
States produced 522,23O,OOO, or
near one-ffth of the entire
amount, which was more than any
other country in the world produced.
Since complete statistics have been
kept Of the wheat crop the following
figures will show the amount Of
wheat raised each year: 1891,
2,432, $4,000 bushels; 1892, 2,481,-
8O5, 900; 1898, 1869, 9,174,OOO; 1894,
2,66O,557 900; 1895, 2,593,312,O 900;
1896, 2,5O6,32O,OOO; 1897, 1884,
461, 900; 1898, 2,942, 100000; 1899,
2,768,295, 900; 1900, 2,586,564 900.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

The Associated Press dispatches
tell of colored man in Hopkins
vile, KY, who died May % and who
was 60 years of age-Peter Potstel--
and he was said to be the richest Ne
gro in the South, having accumulat-
ed from $5OO,OOO to $1,OOO,OOO out
of the grocery business, which he
had conducted since the war. He
made no pompous display in the
conducting of his business, but sim
ply went on from day to day, and,
vulgarly speaking, sawed wood. He
was careful and economical in his
business transactions and leaves a
cash fortune of $5OO,OOo, with other
valuables to swell this sum to a much
greater amount.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

1t is now claimed that Henry
Lacey, who is a sergeant on the de-
tective force of the Washington City
police, is the first man of his color
to have served in that capacity in
the capital city. Mr. Lacey is said
to be a splendid man for the place
and is filling the position very ac-
ceptably.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

Charles E. Morse, a young white
student of the city Of Denver, in an
oratorical contest won first prize
with the subject, "a Plea for the
Afro-American." Somehow or other
the people of this country will keep
the Afro-American prominently be-
fore the public, and somehow or
other the subject touching upon Af-
ro-Americanism is always popular,
and those handling it generally take
first place.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

The $4,000 left by Benjamin
Franklin, who died in 1890, to the
city Of Philadelphia, and the same
amount to Boston, have accumulated
to quite large sums Of money at pres
ent. The Boston fund amounts to
$366,880, while the Philadelphia
amounts to 100000.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

Africa is said to have 2O0,000,0O0
people who have never seen a Bible
or heard the gospel preached.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

In the library at congress are
l 400 titles of works written bv Ne
groes. Many Of these books are on
the shelves and are frequently called
for by readers.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31
BROTHER
IN BLACK
Under Critical Observations
By Conservative Men.
OUR BORROWED IDEAS

Culled, Collected and Commented
Upon to Show the Progress,
Prosperity and Prominence of
the American Negro in Com
parison to His Brothers in
White-Proving Himself to be
Equal to the Emergency.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

A company of Negroes has been
formed in Nashville to manufacture
shirts.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

An argument against government
ownership of telegraph lines is found
in England's experiment in this mat
ter, she having lost $55, 100000 since
she first took hold of them, and her
annual loss in operating telegraph
lines at present being $3,5OO,OOO.,,
The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

Greater London has a population
of 6,578,784. The outer ring Of the
great city's suburbs is populated by
2,042,750 human beings. These SUI
burbs have grown from 631,8 1871 in
1871, 95O,957 in 1881 and 1906
489 in 1891.