The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-05-10
CIRCULATION:
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
THE HEART OF A HERO.
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.

The excitement for the coming week
is to be crowned next Thursday even
ing, May Is, when the friends of the
Grange and Library will present the
domestic drama, ''The Heart of a
Hero" at the Town hall. There has
been a great deal Of work done on it at
rehearsals and it is hoped the public
will give it a liberal patronage.
The price has been made low so all
can attend, Csc for one and all. Every
one can afford to help for only 25c cost.
The following will appear in the
cast of characters: ,.-:s=az'"sA'~
Gilbert Westover, ESQ.,, owner of Mammoth
Mills, 8. j, Botsford. '~-<14a
Seth NARROW, to self and honor true, H. 8.
Mason. "A
Clarence Denton, an enemy in disguise, J. j.
Northrop.
Arnold Payne, from the city, J. B. Nichols
Cyrus Bodkin, a lone widower, A. I. Platt
Robert, office boy at the mill, H. A. Clark
Caroline Westover, the Squires sister, Miss
Julia Dikeman.,
Salina, his daughter. in love with Seth, Mrs
F. II. Mitchell.
Title Sloan, village belle, Miss M. E
Blackman. -...s-----..y
EN-, not much Of any body, Miss H. NJ. Nor.
throp.
During the intermissions Miss Ella
Hickock of Bethel will appear in pleas
ing solos and Arthur, I. Platt in comic
songs. There will also be number in
elocution on the program. The enter
tainment will be followed by socia
dance, for which tickets will be only
SOC. Every one is cordially invited t.
remain. No further notice will appear
in The BEE. Please bear the date ir
mind, May 16.
A few reserved seats can be had To-
1Oc extra at R. H. Beers & Co.'S
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
FELLOWSHIP MEETING AT BROOK
A fellowship meeting is to be hell
in the Brooktield Congregations
church, Wednesday, May Is. Re
G. w. Francis, the pastor, earnestl.
asks for a good delegation from New
town. Rev Mr. Barker is to have par
in the program. The morning session
begins ito and the afternoon session
at 2. 4T
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs Ernes
V. Haight, Robert Edward, was chris
tened at the parsonage, last Sunda.
afternoon. 1t is perhaps of little in
terest that the water used was brough
from the river Jordan by Mr. Barker il
1895.
Miss Helen French Green, head
worker in the Hartley House, New
York City, whose probable date o
speaking in Newtown was announced
as Sunday evening, May II, has beer
obliged, through sickness and pressure
of work, to abandon the trip altogeth
er.
Ever since Easter Sunday, when ;
liberal collection was received, thu
Easter Offering envelopes, just abou
at that time sent out, have been scom
ing in until now the grand total of tn
Easter offering has reached the splen
did sum of $40. This is result upol
which those who dearly love the littl'
church may heartily congratulate
themselves.
The annual meeting of the New Ha
ven Branch of the Woman's Board o
Missions is to be held in the Cente
church, New Haven, on Tuesday, Ma!
IA. Mrs f. E. Clark, Rev, Edward
Fairbank Of Bombay, India, and Mis-.
Fenshaw of Constantinople, Turkey
are announced as the speakers. A
party of ladies are planning to go tx
represent the Newtown church. Re
duced railroad rates are offered. ~'"",~-
A few months ago we were eager TO
the latest news from China, One ca
blegram would report all the foreign
ambassadors at Picking, with man.
missionaries, slaughtered, and anothe
cablegram would contradict it. 1t wa
as exciting as when during our Civil
war knots of people around every coun
try postoffice waited for tidings from
Gettysburg and Charlottesville. Re-
Charles E. Ewing went through tn,
horrors of that siege, which, now tina
it is all over, seems like hideou
dream. He will tell the story of thu
experiences there in the church botf
at the morning and the evening serv
ice, May 10.
AMONG THE HORSEMEN.