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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15
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Mrs Russell of Southbury is passing
the winter with her daughter, Mrs
Theron E. Platt, in Hopewell.
All complaints of any nature in re-
gard to rural free delivery service in
Fairfield county should be addressed
to James E. Camp, Room 5, Postoffice
Building, Bridgeport. Mr. Camp will
have supervision of all routes in Fair
field county and through him all rec
concentrations for changes of routes
will be forwarded to the postottice de-
partment.
Rev T.NB. Smith was in Westyille,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

Rev Patrick Fox, the esteemed pas
tor of St Roses, was in New Milford,
Monday, the guest Of Father Cronan.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

J. G. Baxter, a representative of the
Southern New England Telephone Co.,
was in town, Tuesday, looking over the
system on the usual quarterly trip of
inspection.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

Measles have invaded the families O.
Charles Winton and w. c.. Gilbert.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

E. G. Platt, the popular Hawleyville
lumber man, is making some improve
ments on his residence, in the way of
larger and modern window sash.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15
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After FEB. 13, this S:3rc viii l:a.c hior-
days at P. II.
Use Corner Or Temps >;rS.> .-::.,'',-!t,s.
We are rebuilding
Tile .irt E-th,blt aoAlfA
obrns nc,rI .iLouaar, PROMISES
TO * oHc offhc NEST beaulz/1i
bud/zc s>/o7oluss ct the marcel
ous s,'o1-k o/ 9ohlfA the human
fingers are capable. Entries
rcce1veK this 70eek-not later
WlA1uery Salon.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

Mrs I. B. Goodsell left on Tuesday
for visit with her daughter, Mrs F.
B. Hubbell, of Westport. Mr. Good
SELL who has been with his daughter
for some time, is improving, under the
care of DR. Wilson of Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

A powerful engine cannot be run
with weak boiler. and we can't keep
up the strain of an active life with a
weak stomach; neither can we stop the
human machine to make repairs. If
the stomach cannot digest enough food
to keep the body strong, such a pre-
should be used. 1t digests what you
eat and it simply can't help but do you
good. r. II. Beers & Co., Newtown;
$. G. Bull & Co., Sandy Hook; A.
B. Brakeman, Botsford; B. HaWley
& Co., Stepney; A. B. Fancher, Haw-
leyville; W. n. Hurd Long Hill.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

W. NJ. Reynolds reported the ther-
mometer at four degrees above zero,
Wednesday morning, on breezy Wash
ington hill.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

President Aaron Sanford and Treas
urer Nettleton Of the Savings bank
were in Greater New York on Lincoln
day. Mr. Sanford visited his son-in-law,
Harley T. Proctor, and other friends.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15
New Silk GingI1arns.

handsome
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-15

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ties for the New York and New Haven
road, doing the work all alone. This
is good record for man IS years old.
Howard Wheeler and others have
cut a lot of chestnut timber and drawn
it to point near where the factory of
the Botsford Brothers stood. Later
they will hire steam mill to come and
convert the logs into ties.
Mrs Dora Taylor, the esteemed So
prano soloist in Trinity choir, was un-
able to come to Newtown on Saturday
as usual and SO was absent from her
place in the choir of Trinity church.
Her little daughter is i'll with the
measles.
Rev Patrick Fox, the esteemed pas
tor of St Roses, was in New Milford,
Monday, the guest Of Father Cronan.
J. @. Baxter, a representative of the
Southern New England Telephone Co.,
was in town, Tuesday, looking over the
system on the usual quarterly trip of
inspection.
Measles have invaded the families of
Charles Winton and W. G. Gilbert.
E. G. Platt, the popular Hawleyville
lumber man, is making some improve
ments on his residence, in the way Of
larger and modern window sash.
Mrs I. B. Goodsell left on Tuesday
for visit with her daughter, Mrs F.
B. Hubbell, of Westport. Mr. Good
sell, who has been with his daughter
for some time, is improving, under the
care of DR. Wilson of Bridgeport.
W. NJ. Reynolds reported the Their
mometer at four degrees above zero,
Wednesday morning, on breezy Wash
ington hill.
President Aaron Sanford and Treas
urer Nettleton Of the Savings bank
day. Mr. Sanford visited his son-in-law,
Harley T. Proctor, and other friends.
For the weakness and prostration
following grip there is nothing 50
prompt and effective as One Minute
Cough Cure. This preparation is high
ly endorsed as an unfailing remedy for
all throat and lung troubles and its
early use prevents consumption. 1t
was made to cure quickly. R. H. Beers
& Co., NtWtOWn: S. c. Bull & Co.,
Sandy Hook; A. B. Brakeman, Bots
ford; B. Hawley & Co., Stepney; A. B.
Fancher, Hawleyville; w. N. Hurd
Long Hill.
Recent experiment show that all
classes of foods may be completely di-
gested by preparation called Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure, which absolutely di-
gests what you eat. AS it is the only
combination of all the natural digest
ants ever devised the demand for it
has become enormous. 1t has never
failed to cure the very worst cases of
indigestion and it always gives instant
relief. r. H. Beers & Co., Newtown;
S. G. Bull & Co., Sandy Hook; A. B.
Brakeman, Botsford; B. Hawley & Co.,
Stepney; A. B. Fancher, Hawleyville;
W. N. Hurd, Long Hill.
A powerful engine cannot be run
with weak boiler. and we can't keep
up the strain of an active life with a
weak stomach; neither can we stop the
human machine to make repairs. If
the stomach cannot digest enough food
to keep the body strong, such a pre-
paration as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
should be used. 1t digests what you
nnf RI rt II 1>o1 l,,A =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21

ner, thrashing the water as little dogs
do, with their forefeet, making no at
tempt whatever to use the hinder ones.
Look at that pup now, launched out
for the first time beyond his depth;
see how he struggles-his mouth wide
open and his eyes fairly popping. He
turns instantly to the beach, ere he
has fairly struck out from the point
whence he launched in, and so the re-
ceding swell which first carried him off
his feet and out, now returning, leaves
him high and dry. For a few minutes.
He seems so weary that he weakly
crawls up; out beyond its swift, return
ing wash, and coils himself in immedi-
ately to take recuperative nap He
sleeps few minutes, perhaps half an
hour, apparently rested, and at his
swimming lesson he goes again.
"By repeated and persistent attempts
the young seal gradually becomes IA
miliar with the water, and acquainted
with his own power over that element,
which is to be his real home and his
whole support. Once boldly swimming,
the pretty pup fairly revels in his new
happiness"
The same general story could be told
of most, if not quite all the members
of the seal and walrus order Thus
the seal hunter has been telling of the
Californian sea lion that the old ones
keep their infants with them for many
weeks, teaching them by their own
parental actions how to move over the
broken, Shiny, rock-bound shore or up
on the sandy, pebGly beaches, and to
dive and gambol amid the surf and
rolling ground swells.
Another whale hunter named Stain
laus was telling that some of the fur
seals needed to be urged into the water
by the elder ones, and that in a few
instances he had observed the parents
take them by the neck and carry them
into the water, and when they had be-
come tired, return with them to shore
again. Mr.. Stainlaus, the old whale
hunter, however, never saw anything
like this; his long acquaintance with
fur-seals convinced him that the
fathers and mothers of the herd paid
no attention at all to the efforts of the
pretty creatures i'll learning to swim.
Their furs are very rich, soft and
dark broWnish in color. STRABO,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21
Written for The Prison Mirror
The Triumph of Justice.

JUDGING from what comes to the
surface from time to time, there
~ must be pitiful tragedies of
which the public knows nothing.
Those implicated in the diabolical
crime perpetrated in New Jersey, have
received their just dues.
The accused had every facility the
law allowes for proving their inno-
cence, had that been possible. They
had in their defense legal talent in
abundance. These men learned in the
law made the best defense possible.
Instead of showing their clients as
deep-dyed villains, they were represent
ed as men of fine tender feelings, good
Samaritans, in fact; but eloquence and
legal ingenuity could not obliterate the
awful facts that could not be explained
on the theory of innocence. Let the
grave close over the scene, and draw
your own moral. Doc.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21
PEACE VS.. MAN.

tarism after crawling through forgery,
falsehood and perjury, was at last re-
duced to cover its defeat with the ri
diculous verdict at Rennes the out
come of which we all know. May not
this be our fate if we insist on going
ahead as we have in the past three
years? 1t appears that by some in
formal act of congress the command
"Thou shalt not kill" has been super
seded by "ThOu shalt not remove the
American flag from any place where
it has been raised" This seems to
have been the motto under which our
congress has allowed the past century to
end in blood
We cannot avoid the fact that the
blood outlines of war rests on the
chief Protestant nations. 1t is Protes-
tant pulpits that clamored for Spanish
blood 1t is Protestant missionaries
that shrek for Chinese heads. And
do what we will as civilized nation
we must see the shame of it ALL And
whether the coming century is to swell
the outrages of war or bring the quie-
tudes of peace will depend on the abili
ty of the scholars and thinkers of the
future to recognize that man alone is
the providence or this world, that the
nation will be what men make it, that
there is law of retrogression as we'll
as law of progress and that on man
it rests to restore the control of reason
and Righteousness, and when these have
been brought to their consummation
we shall behold the American eagle
with the emblem of peace in his talons
where he now has that of greed and
ayarlce. r. 0. L.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21
Written for The Prison NJ MirrOr
How Seals Learn to Swim.

L seems to surprise people generally
to be told that young seals must
learn to swim, and that they find
it a hard lesson. 1t seems as though
animals as familiar with the water as
these are, ought to swim naturally like
fish. But the fish are Matched from
the eggs in the water, and are lifted for
no other life, while the seals are born
upon the land or on the ice, and spend
large part of their time lying there.
The seal whose habits we know most
thoroughly, perhaps, is that fur-bear-
ing kind which dwells on the Aleutian
islands. In midsummer enormous
gatherings of fur seals take place on
certain rocky isets where thousands of
squealiDg babies are soon added to the
herd. The little fellows-the seal
hunters call them "pups"-grow rapid
ly, and early in August make their way,
moved by a common impulse, down
from the ridges to the edge of the sea.
Some of them may be five or six weeks
old; yet if you should seize one by the
nape of the neck and pitch him into
the water, his bullet-Iike head would
go down, his tail would fly up, and
after few wild struggles he would
drown, because he would not know
how to raise his head above the surface.
When the pups have scrambled down
to the shore, therefore, they find them
selves stopped by new element, of
which they are very shy. Pausing at
the tide-margin, where the alternate
ebbing and flowing of the tide covers
and uncover the rocky points and the
sandy beaches, they first touch the
moist weeds, venture into the little
pools, or founder affrighted when a
higher wave than usual overwhelms
them with the wash of the surf
"After this beginning" says the seal
hunter, "they make slow and clumsy
progress in learning the knack of swim.
ming, For week or two, when over.
head in depth, they continue to floun.
der about in the most awkward man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21
Modern Socialism.
HHE progress of the socialist
movement is phenomenal. 1t
has spread with amazing ra-

movement Is phenomenal. 1t
has spread with amazing ra-
pidity over the civilized ma
tions of the globe and has become in
ternational and cosmopolitan in char
acter. The movement is coextensive
with capitalism, being the necessary
outcome of modern industrial condi-
tions. 1t is world economy based up
on universal principles and destined in
no distant future to transform society
into a higher state of civilization.
Today you will find that socialism is
greatly favored among people of ar
tistic temperament. Many poet paint
ers and authors have been enthusiastic
in support of the cause. The unfavor-
able atmosphere for art and literature
produced by competitive society is the
explanation of the growing sentiment
of socialism among the Intelligent class
es. Both art and literature demand a
suitable social environment. The
widening gulf between classes is fatal
to these accomplishments. What is
needed is more leisure and comfort for
the masses and a higher public life,
such as will furnish the atmosphere in
which they can thrive. Socialism
would furnish the suitable conditions.
From the religious field the ranks of
socialism is being daily recruited. The
"a, of nd
faiths have been led into the movement
by seeing the incongruity between the
demands of what the religionists call
the Kingdom of God-by which is
meant condition of social Justice
and the demands of our economic
system. They have come to realize
that it is hopeless to expect the ideal
of the ages-peace, justice and plenty
would ever be realized under the an
tagonIsm of our competitive system.
Christianity and capitalism are in
cialism is practical Christianity.
The present system is one of antago-
nism in which the interests of every
man are set against the interests of
every other man, thus negativing the
law of love through the law of strife
Socialism would make the interests
of all identical, thus realizing the soli-
darity of humanity. 1t is the neces-
sary outcome of modern economic con-
ditions. The change in the nature of
production brought about by the in
dustrial revolution, the introduction
of improved machinery and methods
wrought the downfall of the small
producers and turned the once inde-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21
An inhabitant from Little Hale il

An inhabitant from Little Hale, in
Lincolnshire, answered the following
advertisements: "a suit of black for
IS. 3d. Send height, width of hips, and
chest. Guarantee to fit" He received
through the post box of blacking
with a brush, and directions thus:
"Suit of black herewith enclosed.
Mind how you put it on, but it is sure
to fit" Christian Register.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21
Written for The Prison Mirror.

The Gray Old Hills.
long to go to where the hills
Loom blue 'gainst the sky,
And gaze upon northern lake
And see the ships go by;
long to stand while others still
Are fast in blissful sleep
And see the suns first crimson glow
Spread out across the deep.
And while. in fancy as gaze
Out on that limpid lake,
Another looks across the wave
And thus the silence breaks:
"Oh! that might behold the hills.
The gray old hills that rise
Like monuments to God and lose
Their SUBMITS in the skies.''
You count the treasures that you have
And sigh and turn away.
And envy someone else who seems
So amply blest today:
And yet his heart may ache and he
May have his longings too,
May count your blessings not his own
And watch and envy you.
STRABO
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21

1t is not necessary for a man to be
completely satisfied himself before he
begins to feed others. Free Baptist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-21

Paper Read Before the ChautduQud Circle
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19

Short, to Mrs. Alice Gibbs, whose
home was in Grafton, Mass, who for
the past two years has been living in
Waterville, Maine.
Mrs. Gibbs arrived here Friday
evening. She had never seen Mr..
Short and he had never seen Mrs.
Gibbs But through the kindly offices
of matrimonial agency that had be-
come correspondents and this led to
a match. They exchanged satisfact-
ory reference and made the deal. The
lady is a Handsome and buxom Young
widow and came clear out here, trust
ing to the honor Of her lover, and he
did not fail her. Both have a. salts
fed smile and apparently the goose
is suspended at an immense altitude.
The lady was expected day earlier
than she came but missed a connec-
ton, which probably saved her life.
Had she not missed it she would have
been on the Inflated train on the
Wabash which was wrecked few
days ago in Michigan.
There are some strong advantages
that might be made to appear in con-
neotion, with such a courtship and
marriage. For instance, the girl
would not be bothered with fixiog
fire in the parlor, cleaning up the
house, curling up her bangs, instruct
ing little brother what not to do, etc
as would be necessary in case her
best fellow came to see her. And the
"old man" wouldn't need to kick
about the kerosene or electric light
bill being 30 much higher. Afelow
wouldn't need to dig up gum, candy,
theatre tickets, etc. There are many
advantages, come to think it over,
and Mr.. Short and his bride seem to
have enjoyed all of them. Here's
long life and happiness to them. May
their shadows never grow shorter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19
AN To VA SHIP

1t is queer thing ttat Iowa, go
far removed from the sea, should
furnish the world tho largest tow
boat ever built. This boat was
launched last week by the Iowa Iron
Works at Dubuque, and the Globe
Journal speaks oft as follows:
THE Peter sprague is 275 feet long,
exclusive of wheel, 64 feet beam and
7 to - feet deep. The hull contains
1 200 tons, or 80 car loads, of steel
one-quarter to five-eights of an inch
thick. Yet such is her symmerry that
she drew when hOated only q incht 3
OF water. When completed she will
contain 800 tons of steel and will
have 1900 horse power, or six times
the capacity of the ordinary Missis-
sippi river packet. SHE will be ussd
in towing coal from Pitsburg tolNew
Orleans and will tow feet of tixty
barges covering seven acres and con-
tanning 54 900 tons of coal
Strange that a ship 80 many miles
inland and far removed from the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19
4 NEK WOMAN EDITOR.

Des Moines Register: Mrs. Carrie
M. Ogilvie completed arrangements
Saturday by which che will become
the owner and manager of the Des
Moines Mail and Times. The first
issue under her management will be
that of the 28th inst. No changes will
be made in the corps OF assistants at
present, but there will be constant
endeavor TO improve every number
of the paper. Mrs OgilVie has had
years of experience in newspaper
labor, and she is Of the successful
class of editors who feel that they
must write. Her first newspaper
work was on The Register, when Mr..
]. s. ClarRson was the editor OF the
paper, and the next on the Mail and
Times, which has now passed into
her hands. During the past fifteen
years she has written for many other
papers and periodic 1ls, and her anne
has become as familiar to the public
as that of many editors. In addition
to the writing over her own signature
she has assisted all of the daily papers
OF the city IN reporting meetings and
conventions, and by sending them
items of news and Information that
first came within the range of her OBJ
servation; therefore she will receive
a generous welcome to the local news
paper circle, as well as from the N many
people who have been pleased by the
skill and grace with which she has
treated many subjects in the articles
and letters printed over her signature.
The Mail aud Times has been favor
ite family paper for years, but it will
be still more popular now that Mrs.
Ogilvie is to devote all her time and
talents to making it a more general
public favOrite.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19

that are little more than sheds whers
old fashioned and worn out heating
stoves and in many instances moth
ing but delapidated cook stoves serve
to temper the biting air that crowds
in through a hundred cracks Too
true in many cases the poverty and
suffering is due to the dissipation of
the parents, and more especially the
father, yet this is no FAULT OF the
children and the infirm, and it Is to
ameliorate their condition that
charity should be directed First and
foremost in this noble work Is the
Associated Charities OF Oskalooss,
and the noble ladies of this organiza-
ton deserve the support and encour-
agement of every person in comfort
able circumstances. In the same
field and working with the same OBJ
iects in view is the Salvation !Army.
Added to their relief work they are
now preparing a aholiday treat for one
hundred of the poor children of the
city. 1t is their intention to give
each child an article Of clothing to-
gether with small treat of candy
and nuts. To this end contribution
boxes have been placed in many pub
lie places about town, and for them
we appeal to our people to drop
something in the slot if it is only a
penny. You will never miss the coin
and Heaven only knows the good it
may do.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19

The weather permitting, all pre-
vious parades of every nature within
Trans Mississippi country will be
eclipsed by the one in preparation
here for Friday, December 20. By
proclamation of the governors of all
the states and territories within the
Louisiana Purchase that day will be
observed as Louisiana Purchase
Flag Day ;"commemoratiug the form
al transfer of the western American
empire from France to the United
States, which occurred at New Or
leans on Dec. 20, 1903. In st. Louis
the day will have special signitiCance
for it will mark the actual beginning
of the physical construction OF an In
ternational Exposition in beautiful
Forest Park.