The Newtown bee., 1901-10-04
SHERMAN.
ISAAC ROMANO.


of the Center, died on Tuesday after
an illness OF a few hours. He had Wis
tied Mr. HaWley'S store in the morn |
ing and was stricken with fatal illness
soon after reaching his house. He was
IS years old, and is survived by a wife,
one daughter, Mrs Albert Corbn, and
two sons, Fred and Dewitt Romaine.
| The funeral was attended on Thurs
day, the burial being in the cemetery
near the Center.
THE BEAUTIES OF QUAKER HILL.
The editor enjoyed ride on Satur-
day across the beautiful Quaker Hill
ridge. At Miss Monahan'S elegent
place he was courteously shown about
by A. T. Brill, Miss Monahan's expert
gardener. Mr. Brill's ability in the |
line of landscape gardening and field
garden work was shown in the fine
condition of the place. Miss Mona
han carries on splendid charity in
the Hill Hope summer home for New
York girls. The house is commodius
and handsomely furnished and is loca-
ted about 500 feet; north of her resi-
dence. Mr. Brill provides all the vege
tables for the house, some 80 or 40
girls being entertained at one time.
Miss Monahans house commands a
magnificent view of the Harlem valley,
with the village of Paving and Pat
terSon in the distance. About mile
south is the magnificent Mizzen Top
hotel. Miss Monahan has a tine farm
of 80 acres. She is now having her
farm buildings remodeled in thor
Ough manner.
Mr. and Mrs William Osborne and
daughter OF Newburgh, N. Y, have
been enjoying a SOjOurn at the slightly
home of Akin Briggs.
Akin Briggs has secured more barn
room by placing connecting roof be-
tween two barns. Mr. Briggs has
raised fine crop of tobacco, two acres,
which is curing down in splendid
shape.
Editor and Mrs A. P. Smith and
Miss Hazel Smith of Newtown passed
Friday night in town, the guests of
Town Clerk E. P. Briggs.
Mrs Louis Powell and Miss Minnie
Powell have returned from visit at
Bridgeport.
W. B. Hawley, Sherman's popular
merchant, is having his house imprOv-
side. John Chase & Son of Webatuck
: have done the work in their usual sat-
iSfactOry manner.
Town Clerk E. P. Briggs is prepar-
ing to have small addition put on
the rear of his house and rear porch
added. The work is to be done by
those first class workmen, John Chase
& Son of Webatuck.
! Walter ID. Snedeker has sold his to-
bacco to Schoverling, Kinney & Co.
> for 16c.
} NJ. G. Leach, the we'll known hustler,
has sold an English trap to Arthur
Mansfield, business wagon to Hollis
, ter Sage and buggy to Marshal
,, Treadwell. Mr. Leach has bought a
cream separator of HOLSTER Sage.
Excellent and thorough work has
been done on the roads, this fall, by
the road gang in charge of the veteran
l worker, John Fl. Worden. The bitches
, have been cleaned out in good shape
, and bad places attended to. Opposite
, the Town hall the sluice was cleaned
out and a bridge laid. Selectman
Barnes has evidently secured the right
man in Mr. Worden to look after the
road work.
Town Auditors Mallory and Hunger
! ford were engaged on Saturday IN
f auditing the accounts of the select
man and town treasurer.
Albert Redding returned, last week,
. from Highland, N. Y, where he as
: sisted r. j. Hungerford in gathering
his fruit crop. Mr. Redding's son,
George Redding, has now gone to take
] his fathers place.
, Representative Mills Hungerford is
having siZeable addition put on his
house, to be used for kitchen purposes
Contractor Boinay of Charlottesville is
doing the work.