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The Newtown bee., 1901-03-22
LIME ROCK.
THE LOCAL NEWS BUDGET.

Several of George Doty's children are sick at their .home at Lime Rock station.
 Charles Kipp will work NJ. B.. Richardson s farm the coming year, Killmer, the man who was to come here, not being able to do so. Your correspondent thinks Kipp is all right. He was originally a "York State'' Dutchman, and Lime Rock always gets it's thoroughbreds from the Empire state. Edward B. Bradley is home from Albany for short vacation.
 Charles Brasie lately bought from Charles Vosburg, the 1st, good lively roader, for family use.
 Mrs May Hervey and Mrs s. Madden of Pittsfield were at J. w. Harvey's over the Sabbath.
 Little Edith Carter has been sick for week with pneumonia. Is some better.
 R. w. Card and Irving CoWles of Plantsville were here Friday and Sat urday.
 John Parsons of Salisbury Center has peen drawing car wheels from the foundry to the Salisbury station. Last Friday a wheel got on to him and broke his right leg below the knee. He was unloading the wheel when the accident occurred. It is hop ed he will get better soon.
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MONROE.
DEATH OF MRS ELI CURTISS

The many friends of Mrs Eli Curtiss will be sad to learn of her death which occurred early Sunday morning, March 17, after long and painful sickness. She had been in failing health since last August having been confined to her bed for nearly four weeks. She bore her sickness with Christian fOrti- tude and patience. She was of a very charitable and loving disposition knew her but to respect her. She was a member of the Congregational church for many years. She was 61 years of age having been married 40 years. She leaves, ,her husband and two sons, Edward E. and A. Herbert Curtiss, to mourn her loss; also an aged mother, Mrs Birdsey Beers two sisters, Mrs Charity Turney, Mrs Elizabeth Wade and one brother, Ransome Beers. The funeral was attended from the house at , p. m., Wednesday, Rev Carl Stackman, her pastor, officiating.
 Rev Mir Grantham of Philadelphia lectured at the Lenten service, Thurs day evening, at St Peters church.
 Rev MT Mathison of Shelton otticiat- ed, last Thurday evening.
 The Mission sale was held, last week, Monday evening, at the house of Marshall Beach and there was a good attendance notwithstanding the in element weather.
 The ladies of St Peters are making preparations for a church fair to take place after Easter.
 The Salvation Army gave an enter tainment at the Millwood hall near Monroe station, Tuesday evening, part ly for the benefit of the Methodist parsonage fund.
 a few days with her daughter, Mrs Edward E. CurtiSs, last week.
 Miss Fife J. Clark of Huntington has spent week with her uncle and aunts, HObert B. Beardsley and sisters.
 Albert Wheeler has purchased Jer- Sey COW and coli of Wilbur Selleck.
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BETHEL.
WOLF PITS.

Miss Sarah Seeber of Mt Vernon N. Y., has visited at home.
 Mrs w. F. Hoyt, who has been sick, is on the gain.
 Miss Lucy Smith has been sick with the measles.
 Mir Mead has new bakery wagon bought in Bridgeport.
 Joseph Seeber has been confined to the house for week with lame back.
 George Seeber, who has been Spend- ing his vacation at home, has returned to his business in MamarOneck.
 MT and Mrs Nathan Bennett of New York were in town the latter part of last week and spent night or two with MT Bennett's mother, Mrs Clarin- da Bennett, at the old Williams home stead in Plumtrees.
 Mrs Samuel Wunderlich and little daughter of New Haven are spending few days with her parents, MT and Mrs Sidney True.
 The roads in the borough are dry and in very good travelling order.
 The late freshet has been a great benefit to East Swamp meadow. The old water channels which have been clogged a long time back have been pretty thoroughly cleaned out by the sudden discharge of water through them during the late thaw and rain spring as they have not done before in many years, and will produce better quality of hay. A large quantity of 1 silt has been left-on the land which al- so has a.fertiliZing effect to increase the hay crop. The hillsides lose good soil and become poorer to help out the low | land meadows which become richer and more fertile.
 The borough caucuses will be held next week.
 The annual borough election will be ough tax will probably be laid this year. The voters, of both town and borough begin to see the necessity of curtailing expenses. It is hoped that every voter will be patriotic and work for the best interest ef~the town. Keep the expenses within the appropriations and not run into debt. Then we take one step towards prosperity. 1 Rev William MOrrell, rector of St Thomas Episcopal church, met with a painful accident, Friday evening, while making call in Greenwood ave- nue at the house of Eli w. Ferry. MT street, when instead of going down the stone steps he made a misstep and walked off the steep bank and fell into the roadway. He was badly bruised and cut about the face and his clothes were badly torn and soiled. The ser vices in the church, Sunday morning were conducted by Rev Mir Hamilton of NOrWalk.
 Dr Anna K. Bailey of Danbury ad- dressed the mothers meeting held in the parlor of Mrs Howard Mackenzie on Grassy Ridge, Tuesday afternoon. Dr Bailey is one of the best and most interesting speakers in the town. Her subject to the mothers was highly ap- preciated by large number of ladies.
 All the household goods belonging | to the late l. H. Wilson will be sold at auction, next Saturday, at p. m.
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1aaeEM&MALLN@'
The Annual Sale
 of Spring
 MEDICINES And Household sa REMEDIES As

This sale is just another one of those once a year oc- as ons when the demands of tic. public for everyday needs are met more than half wa with low prices. Omega Oil. 45c w nslow's Soothing Syrup, 200 Wycths 25c grain Lithia Tablets 19c Wyeths grain Lithia Tablets 2sc Liebig 25 Beef Extract 19c grain 25c Quinine Pills 100 for Ioc 5tuart's Dyspepsia Tablets 3oc Hoff's Malt Plain. 2oc
 Hoff's Malt with Iron 33c
 Pabst Malt, 23c
 Canada Malt, ,c Williams Pink Pills 43c Doans 3 ;c Kidney Pills, 2oc Cart rs Liver Pills, 1-c
 arter's Iron Pills. 3oc
 Hood's Pills PC
 Ayers Pills, 25c
 Sch, nk's Pills. 1oc Lydia Pinkham Pills 200 Beecham 1oc Pills, TAG
 Brandreth Pills. I5c
 SC Ripans Tabules SC
 Pyramid Pile Cure, 45c
 Seidlitz Powders 10 1-2c I-2 doz.
 Allco k Plasters 12c
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LONG HILL,
MRS CORDELIA WHEEL

Mrs Cordelia Wheeler, widow of the late Ebenezer Wheeler of this place died at her late residence in Bridgepor1 Monday, the 18th, aged 80 years anC seven months. She leaves two sons Hobart R. and Wilmot Wheeler, tt mourn her loss.
 Mrand Mrs Thomas Foster of Spring field, l.. l., are spending a week witl their daughter, Mrs Walter Hawley.
 Charles Burr, who has been lvingIin Providence. the past year, is visiting his saunt, Mrs Ella Smith. Mriand Mrs E. NJ. Beardsley, who have been staying at Southern Pines for several weeks, returned home the fifteenth.
 Frank Gabler is visiting his parents. MT and Mrs Peter Gabler.
 Mrs Farren of Bridgeport has been calling on friends in this place.
 Mrs Edward Sherman is visiting her sister in Danburv.
 Mrs Samuel l}eardsley is home from her stay in Bridgeport.
 John Radcliffe is making some inn provementGbout W. N. Hurd's house.
 Miss Marion Hurd spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs 0. B. Burton, in Trumbull.
 B. Sherman is having an over supply of milk just now.
 Frank Wells left his business in Bridgeport and come to stay with his family in Long Hill. He expects to do some farming by the looks of the team wagon he has brought with him.
 The presiding elder, Dr Pullman. will be here to hold the last quarterly conference, Wednesday afternoon, at p. m., March ?.
 The sale of Row kure continues to increase and the reason is the farmers are fnlingOu it is the best article to keep COWS in a healthy condition and help to increase the quantity of milk. W. Y. IIurd sells it.
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E. s T o N E, 9s9 Main Street, Dsnbury.
NEW FAIRFIELD.
A DAIRYMEN'S INST

A DAIRYMEN's INSTITUTE.
 : The Connecticut Dairymen's $ associa. tion will hold an institute in the Con. gregatiOnal church on Wednesday March 27, o'clock p. m. There will be able and interesting speakers and large attendance is desired. All are welcome.
 GRANGE TO HAVE USE OF TOWN HALL
 At the special town meeting on Fri. day last it was voted to reSeat and otherwise improve the Town hall, and grant the Grange use of it two | nights in month for five years. REAL ESTATE CHANGE. Carl Merton has bought the Dyke man farm of no acres, at Balls Pond. Price $35OO.
 l.. c. NickerSon will move, April l, to the Betsey Gray farm on Cupboard Ridge.
 Eugene LaBrague, whose house was burned two weeks ago, has moved his family to Danbury.
 Will WixOm was out with his horn ed animal again on Saturday attached to buggy. Instead of bells tinkling on the brute as at previous times, he had belle chatting, on the seat by his side.
 Miss Kate Briton of Short Woods took trip to Danbury, last week, for the first time. She is 2l years old and had never seen sidewalk and did not know what it was for;therefore took the middle of the street through the mud and slush. A policeman conducted her to Capt Ginty, who interviewed her, and concluded it was case of ig- norance. He instructed the policeman to start her on the right road to New Fairfield, where she arrived after about a week.
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OUR NEIGHBORS.
sTEPNEY.
INTERESTIN TALES OF AN OLD-TIME
 CITIZEN.


 INTERESTING TALES OF AN OLD-TIME
 CITIZEN.
 They tell some interesting and amusing stories of William Porter, fla ther of John Porter, who died along in the seventies. He had an original way of expressing himself and few ever got ahead of the old gentleman. It is said that Lewis Penteld was one time remonstrating with Porter be- cause he did not attend church often ''The Bible says you must watch and pray: you go watch and pray, and I'll watch around here and keep Pentield's hens out of my corn" His fund of humor held out up to his dying day. The night he died, \ man now living, watched with him. It appears he ask ed for spittOOn, and then chuckled as he told the story of the man who was in a public place where there was a spittOon, but who persisted in eX- pectorating on the floor. Finally one and another pushed the spittoon up toward the stranger, who kept on dec showed the spittoon up to the strang CTS feet, when he retorted: "If you don't keep that thing out of the way | I'll spit in it.' A citizen relates how the boys used to sell him old scraps of iron and spikes they picked up on the railroad after the road was put through. Some of the mischievOus onesWould sell the iron to Porter, and then slyly steal lot of it and sell it back to him again. One time neigh bor had friend from Bridgeport vis- iting him and going by Porter's lot, the neighbor put his visitor up to ask Porter about his corn .'How is your corn getting, on, MT Porter?' was fields hens are getting on all right"
 Stephen French, the popular post master at Stepney Depot, reports the total number of pieces collected and delivered on Route No. IA, R. F. D., as SIS and on Route, No: 15, as 4,678.,
 Perry's orchestra played, Tuesday night, at Candee's hall in Easton. About 300 pounds of butter weekly are now made at the creamery of Watts & Agnew, but in the summer time 1000 pounds and more is turned out each week. MT Agnew finds an active demand for his butter.
 John Benedict, Jr., of Bridgeport made flying call on his parents, MT and Mrs John Benedict, on Saturday night. .. OUcpI1eIl f feuCIl Has duueu udnu- some stopper to his stables, having traded with Mir Reid of Bedding Cen ter on Tuesday. The horse is eight years old, weighs HOO pounds and can road it good style.
 Washington lodge, F. & A. M. of Monroe will work the second degree on two candidates on the evening of April l.
 o. J. Waite of New York will spend Sunday with his sister, Mrs Peter Ag- new.
 Mrs Peter Agnew is recovering from her illness and is now able to sit up a part of every day.
 For cup of good coffee try French $ B. B. Java or Blue Ribbon grade. These coffees cannot be beaten.
 Aaron Mallette, who has been indis- posed with an attack of the grip, is re. ported as improving.
 B. W. Voorhees of New Haven, rep reSenting the Mt Carmel Children's home, spoke at the Baptist church on Sunday morning and at the school house in Lower Stepney, Sunday even. ing.
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REAL ESTATE DEALS.


 There have been some transactions in real estate the past week. H. s. Osborne has sold to George Sherman IA acres of land formerly owned by H. B. Bradley. w. A. Gorham has land in the Center formerly iowned by Mrs Collins.
 Ben Artis has sold his place to Henry Brown.
 George Sherman has sold the wood on his lOnd just purchased,tO be converted into ties.
 Stephen Sanford is making extensive repairs and additions to his house in tsse valley.
 Mrs Tod, who presented pulpit to Christ church, has added to her gift a beautiful altar cloth which will be used for the first time, Easter.
 A certain man on the Ridge adver- tised for situation as farm hand and in answer he has received about forty answers and they keep coming. Moral: It pays to advertise. H. Whitehead has sold a tract of land in SanfOrdtOwn, formerly owned by Anne Gorham.
 Miss Finely Hill greeted her old friends at the Methodist church, Sun day
 Henry Jones is helping out E. M. Bradley with his spring work.
 Miss Elsie Sanford is home from her school in New Haven, ill with the measles.
 Stephen Sanford is building on addi- tion fo his house. The McCollam Brothers of Easton doing the work. Fred Driggs and wife of New York have been in town for a few days. They expect soon to begin the erection of their new house on the site recently purchased by them in the valley.
 Miss Theresa Ryan is spending few days with her mother, Mrs Mary Ryan. Mrs Perry Steadwell is entertaining her sister from Bridgeport.
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LOCAL MILK INTERESTS.

James Lee will begin receiving milk at his home April l, receiving the dairies of P. Collins, F. K. Hawley, A. H. Taylor, B. N. Hawley, Charles Stuart, H. D. Lake and c. $. Williams. The milk will be sent to New Haven, a large part being skinned in hot weather and the cream only being sent.
 Mrs John Warehouse, who fell on the pavementS in Danbury and broke her hip about a month ago, last week had to undergo quite a severe opera tion, as the bone near the fracture ap- peared to be in an unhealthy condition.
 James Lee got in some ice last week from the pond of Amos Hawley, which varied from II inches to three feet in thickness and of a fine quality. This week he is filling an ice house at Shef- field, Mass. He intends using only the cream.
 MT and Mrs H. w. Andrews, Mrand Mrs F. H. Beers and MT and Nj IS E. N. HaWley attended the Pomona meeting at Trumbull, last week.
 Ms Henry L. Foote is somewhat in- disposed and unable to attend to her household duties.
 Unless we should have advanced
 "".o' AOA'o"ilS Dy d Ied'y lIOSC or freezing weather the fruit pros poets, especially peaches, promises ul- usually well. There are no killed buds of any kind unless in low situations.
 Mrs Mary Camp, who has been quite indiSpOsed since her return from an ex- tended visit in Waterbury short time ago, is out some now.
 Mrs Horace Crofutt, who had bad fall a few weeks ago, is quite seriously ill.
 Mrs George Ball, who has been quite sick, is improving.
 Mrs B. T. Jackson, who fell few weeks ago injuring herself quite badly, is able te go around the house some.
 People of the 'Iron WOrks' are glad to welcome among them the family of MT Dixon, the new and efficient black smith who has rented the Hawley shop, and is ready to do your work in the most satisfactory manner. MT Dixon has moved his family into the Hughes place.
 Silas Elwood who has been on the sick list, is out again.
 Benjamin ElWood is in Waterbury for a few days.
 Mrs Mary Camp received word of the death of sister in New Haven, few days ago, but on account of ill health was unable to attend the funeral
 WOrknen have completed the new culvert just above the fur factory.
 Thomas Hinton of Danbury has
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SOUTH BRITAIN,

AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL ENTERTAIN.
 MENT ASSURED. The pupils of the South Britain tainment in Munson'S hall, South Britain, Friday evening, March 29. The program is quite varied, contain. ing drills, recitations. dialogues, songs and tableaux. The proceeds will be used to increase their library. LOCAL JOTTINGs. R. H. Ford has been confined to his bed for the past week and is now very low. Dr Karrmann of WOodbufy at tends him. He also has a trained nurse.
 John Pierce has so far recovered as to be back at his work in the Purchase
 Martin Wentsch and his bride spent the Sabbath with his mother.
 Rudolf Riesenfeld has been visiting his friends in the Purchase.
 Charles, infant son of MT and Mrs Frederick c. kenhue, died, last Satur- day, March Is. The funeral was held noon, at 2o'clock, Rev H. Dewitt Williams officiating. The burial was in the Pierce Hollow cemetery. MT and Mrs Kenhue have the sympathy of all their friends in their bereave- ment.
 Miss Susie Bradley is spending a couple of weeks with friends in New Haven and Westville
 $. w. Post is reported slightly better.
 Mrs o. s. Northrop called on MT Oliver Mitchell Tuesday.
 Mrs Fred Capewell and children are visiting in Woodbury
 Mrs C. A. Bradley returned Tues day from visit with friends on Staten Island.
 Master Walter Munson recently spent two weeks with his aunt in Brooklyn.
 P. H. Rusher left, last Friday, for a business trip in Western New York MT Rusher expects to be gone about 10 days.
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RUMBULL.
CONGREG ATIONAL CHU

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH INTER Esrs.
 The long looked for church manual has just been issued from the press of c. Howard Hall of Bridgeport. The committee on preparation of the let ter press and publication, of which Horace L. Fairchild is chairman, and the pastor, and Willard S. Plumb and Orville B. Burton are members, has been at it for years, MT Fairchild's ap- pOintment dating as far back as the closing years of Mir Merwin's pastorate.
 In appreciative recognition of the chairman's long continued and invaI- uable services the church at the morn ing service last Sunday rendered him a vote of thanks. The list of mem- bership for the organiza tion of the church 173O is complete, the records having been kept with unusual tdeli- ty and clearness. During l32 years 1900 persons have been members of the church, the membership at the present time being 145, nearly twenty names having been dropped from the roll for
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WILTON.
BRIEFLY NOTED.

Fred Weston of New York was in town over Sunday.
 Mrs G. c. Gregory will take possession of the J. NJ. Betts place, April l.
 Mrs Comstock entertained the Read ing circle at a sample Party" on Fri day afternoon.
 The funeral of Samuel Ruscoe was largely attended at his residence in North Wilton on Sunday.
 Mrs Julian Gregory, who has been for some time in New York, has returned to her home in Wilton.
 The poultry business is on the in- crease in Wilton. Some six new incu- bators have been purchased.
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WE SELL R. & G. COrSetS.

Every woman knows what the R. & G. Corset is: It is the corset of comfort with the essence of style. It is the only corset that will not cannot, and does not stretch. If you buy an R. x G. Corset that does stretch or proves un- satisfactory in any way, bring it back to us and we will give you new one.
 We have in stock the famous 397, moderate ly straight front, which is popular with most women, who do not demand an extreme straight front. We have them in black and white, $1 pair.
 Those who demand an extra straight front: eos, very cry; @ extreme % Straight @ % front, se pair Batiste, No. 570 and Empire No B. at s1 pair
 Our young lady in the corset department
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R. III. Beers g. e;
 N-open Monday Wednesday and Saturday Evenings.
R. H. Beers & Co. received, this week, p tubs of fancy creamery butter, which they are selling at 25c pound.

Theodore Hemml ngson has moved into w. R. Terrill's house, South Gen. ter, and has furnished the blacksmith shop at Johnson's mill, where he will carry on horseshoeing and general re- pairing. MT Hemmingson comes to town we'll recommended. having work ed 10 years for H. w. Woodruff. the hustling, wide awake carriage manu- facturer and horseshoer of Washing ton Depot, also for the last three years with one of Waterbury's leading shoers. Ten years under one ''boss.' This speaks we'll of any man, and with this recommendation MT Hemmingson will work for his share of business.
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Annual Spring
 Sale of Kitchen Furnish. ss in&c. V

The biggest values in kitchen furnishings ever shown in New Haven. No mail or telephone orders can be tilled-artic1es going too fast for that.
 100 Clothes Pins. Ic. 100 Feet Clothes Line. Ic.
 Agate Ware. at. tea pots, 15c
 1-qt. coffee pots, SC
 Tea kettles, 27c
 12 in. Wash basins oc
 Dis pans. 200
 2-qt lip sauce pans. g. 2-qt lip preserving kett'es. oc 9-in. pie plates. e
 2-quart pudding pans, 7c
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KENT.

The trial of the case against Brittor and Winstauley for illegal sale of liuuol and for keeping and maintaining g nuisance was held before Justice c. L.
 Spooner, last Saturday, the 18th. The defendants were found guilty and Judgement rendered against them, the fines and costs amounting to about S7O0., The defendants appealed from appearance before the Superior court.
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built has been painted.
 Edward Bennett is painting his house.
 MT and Mrs LeGrand Olmstead visi- ted relatives in Norwalk, last week.
 Miss Mildred Curtiss, who has spent the winter with her aunt, Mrs Horace Nichols, has returned to her home in Bridgeport.
 The Methodist Sunday school are preparing a short program far Easter
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NICHOLS.

TIE LOCAL NEWS BUDGET. LeGrand Olmstead has purchased the Lewis Skinner property in Strat- ford
 Frank NOoman, who has been sick with scarlet fever, is on the road to re-
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Rf MOVAl SALE ! Of Mems, Boys and Chill
 dren's Clothing at
 IT. GOldfarb's, 25 Bank St., New Milford.

Remember that this Removal Sale will last only flow days, and all prices have been slaughtered. This sale will be a good chance for the people of this and surrounding towns to get some of the greatest bargains in clothing, etc. Do not miss this great sale, because such opportunities do not come very often where you can get such wonderful bar gains at almost any price.
 Fine strictly all-wool Thibet, 45 Mems suits, single breasted, round cut sack. sizes 34 to 42, black or blue, regular price S9.67; now you can have them for A2O
 Strictly all-wool Cheviot, 56 Mems Suits, sim or blue, well made and trimmed regular price S1O.45. Now $4.68.
 60 Mems extra imported suits, sizes 37 to 46 all wool plaids and checks, satin lining and made in the latest styles impossible to men tiOn, all worth S14. During this sale S63S
 B Mems OvercOats, sizes from 36 to A. single or or double breasted, black or gray. regular price
 40 Mems fine tailored overcoats, sizes from 37 to 46. Single or double breasted all wool Oxford, Kersey black, blue or grey, $5.1s.
 6S pair mems evening trousers. sizes from B to A, neat mixtures or stripes, 70 cents.
 ChildrenS OvercOatS, UlSterS ReeferS Mel tons, kerseys Chinchillas, s1, S1. 10 and $1 .25.
 Childrens knee pants, IA cents. Corduroy knee pants, S2c.
 Hats, Caps, etc. will go at any price.
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STEVENSON.
PERSONAL CHAT.

Mrs Louis Goulett is on the sick list.
 The seats for the Union church have not been received yet, so the services have not been resumed.
 Miss Rose Booth has returned to An sonia after visit of several weeks in this vicinity.
 Edwin Booth has sick horse.
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rented Major Greene's house at the
 Iron Works. Major Greene will move his family to New York City, next week, and advertises in another col