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BRIDGEWATER.
LOCAL JOTTINGS,

Miss Mosier has resigned her posi- tiOn in the postoffice to take effect April l. Miss Belle Orr is to take her place.
 Thomas McCaslin, who has been se- riously ill with pneumonia, is now | slightly better. Arthur Strong has moved from Botsford Hill into the house with his father, George Strong. MT Strong and son have leased the old Fred Peck place, which they are to run in connec- tiOn with their own for the ensuing year.
 Lee o. Dickinson has engaged Gal win Gardner of New York state to as- sist him in his farm work the coming year. MT Gardner is to occupy Chau un- cey Beers tenement house.
 Miss Mary McEslin of Ansonia is spending a few days in town.
 Mrs Stone moved, this week, from the residence of Mrs Kyle to one of Mark McEslin's $ tenant houses east of the churches.
 Mrs John Kavenek and son, Antonia, are on the sick list, this week.
 Thomas McEslin is ill with pneumo- mia and trained nurse from New Ha- ven came to take care of him. His condition is a little more comfortable at this writing.
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WOODBURY.
HOTCuKISSVILLE AND VICINITY.

HOTCHKISSVILLE AND VICINITY. Quite a large number from here went to Waterbury, last Thursday, to see ''The Old Homestead" played. Will Salmon of Woodbury jammed his thumb quite seriously on drop in the knife shop, last Friday afternoon. E. H. COwleS carried him to pr Rod. ger.
 Charles Millard's sister, Mrs Baker, is ill with pneumonia at>his home.
 Miss Bessie Terrill is visiting in New Haven.
 Miss Alice Dayton went, last Fri, day, to live at MT Sage's in South Britain.
 The Singing school will meet at William Clay's hereafter. | Mrs Charles Tanning is reported ill with pneumonia.
 Misses Mary P. and Sarah Roswell have been quite poorly with grip.
 Thomas filling has been confined to the house with grip. The Painter Hill school closed, Fri day. The school was shortened on Good Hill on account of the teacher $ efficient teacher and if health permits will resume school work, the 18th.
 Fred WOodin of Bethlehem is living with Thomas Madin. He is learning the knife trade.
 William Hopkins has moved to the William Murphy place. c. R. Hurd, with the assistance of Edward Fewer, has secured an un- usually large woodpile from the tree tops and other waste left by the steam saw mill operators, last winter, and has kindly given his neighbors the same privilege provided they make clean work of it. A. D. Leavenworth started the saw William O'Brien will raise tobacco on Mrs Hurd's land, this year.
 Levi Hotchkiss was sick, last week.
 Mrs Cornelia Botsford has returned from visit in Bridgeport.
 Miss Ethel Bellamy visited in Wa terbury, New Britian and New York, last week.
 Daniel Galpin and wife from Thom- aston were recent guests of T. C. Gal pin.
 Mrs T. O. Galpin is quite sick. Dr B. l.. Smitb attends her.
 William Dakin suffered partial stroke of para lySiS, last Monday night.
 The cake and ice cream sale was postponed to (this) )Friday evening.
 Last week Wednesday, Mrs Leonard Hotchkiss went to WOodbury to live with her daughter Mrs James DeFor- est.
 It is said Hotckhissville is to have a fish market in the north part of the postOtfice. John Amber, having bought out MT Daniels, will locate in the aforesaid place.
 Mir Wright has bought the old paper mill buildings and is tearing them down. He will use what is good to- ward building house and barn on land recently purchased of Seymour Brown.
 The river was so swollen with the rain, last week Monday, that at the bridge in Weekeepeemee it overflowed the road, carrying off part of a stone wall and washing large ice cakes through small barn of Frank Win tons, damaging farming utensils stor- ed there last fall. Selectman Johnson promptly cleared the road of ice as the water receded.
 Mrs Joseph Fairclough brought a geranium covered with beautiful red blossoms to Sunday school, last Sun day. A duet" 'Tis Midnight" was ren- dered by William Clay and3Miss Ma belle Ford by request.
 Mrs Alfred Eyres is ill with pneu- mOnia,
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NEW HAVEN COUNTY,
SOUTHFORD.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

l Attorney A. N. Wheeler from New Haven visited his mother over Sunday B. c. Pope has been working at car penter work for c. w. Atwood, the popular feedman. MT Atwood is SCOT to build quite an extensive addition t( his feed store.
 Henry Wells has been burning brust on the old Bristol farm.
 MT and Mrs Edson Atwood recently visited their mother, who is gaining rapidly under the efficient care of D1 Henry s. Hartmann of Woodbury. OListen to the warble of the happy birds, these warm mornings. Mrs Lida Wooster and daughter, Miss Lura, have been recent guests o1 MT and Mrs J. U. Strong.
 George B. Garlick, Jr., visited his uncle, Henry B. Garlick, of Roxbury, last Thursday.
 Cornelius N. Hard is the first to clean his dOoryard.
 House cleaning is near at hand, and soon the ladies will be very busy in that capacity.
 John Williams is soon to leave the employ of Harley B. Warner.
 Peter Marsh of Oxford, paper hang CT, expects to do that kind of work in the suburbs of SOuthfOrd soon. MT
  nishes all the paper if you desire. Nearly all the farmers have their woodpiles worked up, and are in readi- ness for their spring work. It is hoped we may have an early one.
 Charles Beers and MT Burrell are two of theappraisers of the paper mil property.
 Christopher Happen is suffering from rheumatism.
 From January l, 1900, to January l, 1901, Mrs George B. Garlick made 1850 pounds of butter that was mar keted; no account being made of any butter or cream used in the family.
 Harman Morgan is cutting wood for s. F. Wheeler.
 The travelling is simply terrible.
 MT and Mrs David M. Wheeler of Southbury were calling upon friends in this vicinity, also visiting their old home, the farm now owned by George B. Garlick and son and which was the home of MT Wheeler in his boyhood.
 William SWaine has hired to do farm work for Homer w. Atwood.
 Charles Meyers has had the brush cut along the roadside north of his resi- dence, which makes marked improve ment.
 John Pope is having large quanti- ty of wood cut for the Waterbury mar ket.
 Clifford Hawley is going into the chicken business and will sell some of his COWS.
 The village school will soon close for a short vaca tiOn.
 Rev and Mrs Shaeffer are to spend Friday of this week at the home of Mir and Mrs Joel U. Strong.
 Lee Armstrong has engaged a gen. tleman to do his cooking. Clinton Russell is soon to move back to Vermont, it is said.
 Peter Marsh has been whitewashing for Mrs Sarah Oatman.
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truck for the Coe Brass Co.,, of Torring- ton, and are fitting it with the Morse roller bearing axles. The roller bear ings are made 'by the Bantam Manu- facturingCo.
 William H. Doyle was in New York two days, last week.
 Miss Hattie Ferris of Milton is visit. ing her aunt, Mrs Samuel Bennett.
 Chester Thomas returned to Ban tam, Saturday night, having spent the winter in Newark, N. Y. two weeks witha bad stomach trouble.
 Selectman George w. Clammous will have an auction, Saturday, the 23d He will sell horses, wagons, harness, farming tools, etc.
 Rev c. w. Potter remains quite ill.
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NIGHT. WAS HER TERROR.

II would cough nearly all night. long," writes Mrs Charles Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind, ''and could hardly getan sleep. 1 had consumption so bad that if l walked a block l would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $1.OO bottles of Dr Kings New Dis covery wholly cured me and l gained 58 pounds" It's absolutely guaran- teed to cure coughs, colds, la grippe, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Price soc and S1.O0. Trial bottles free at R. H. Beers X Co.,, New town; William J. Beehler, Brooktield; A. B. Fancher, Hawleyville.
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Counterfeits of DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salve are liable to cause blood poisoning. Leave them alone. The original has the name DeWitt's upon the box and wrapper. It is harmless and healing salve for skin diseases. Unequaled for piles. R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; s. c. Bull & Co.,, Sandy Hook: A. B. Blakeman, Bots ford; B. Hawley & Co.,, Stepney; A. B. Fancher, Hawleyyille; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill.
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MARBLEDALE.
LOCAL TOPICS.

TUPICS.
 Minor Warehouse spent day or two in New York, last week.
 A baby girl was born to MT and Mrs Nelson on Wednesday last, which was also his own birthday.
 Lenten service was held last week at the house of Robert Armstrong. This week it will be held at the house of Dewitt Platt.
 Darius Bristol is seriously sick with nnaumOnla
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BANTAM.
DEATH OF AMOS KILBORN.

Amos Kilborn, lifelong resident of Bantam, died March II, at the home ofhis daughter Mrs Plumb, the wife of Edward Plumb. The funeral was attended from the house, Sunday after noon. Rev Hiram Stone, chaplain of the Grand Army Post, conducted ser Plains cemetery.
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ROXBURY,
THE STATION AND VICINITY.

THE STATION AND VICINITY.
 R. T. Blades, who has been employed by the Mine Hill Quarry Co.,, will soon move his family back to Boston.
 William Stevens, foreman of the quarry men, takes the position held by R. T. Blades.
 w. C.. Mower, who was for long time interested in the quarry has been in Litchfield for some time.
 Mrs Ira Booth and daughter have
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BETHLEHEM,
SPRING CHANGES.

William Blakeman is soon to return from WatertOwn with his family and take up their abode at their residence, which has been occupied by Samuel Allen and family. Mr Allan is to Oc- cupy the late home of John Stevens, which has been vacant since the death of Mrs Stevens.
 Mrs John Holloway is still in a criti- cal condition.
 Edgar w. Benedict has so far recov- cred from his severe sickness as to be able to go out on his veranda.
 Mrs K. P. Hayes is visiting friends in Derby, also her son, Abner P. Hayes, in New Haven.
 Mrs Fred Thomson is the guest o1 her sister, Mrs J. w. Hull, of New Haven.
 Mrs A. c. Lake has passed several days with her sister, Mrs H. B. At wood.
 Howard, eldest son of late George Hoyt, has found home in Bristol with an old friends of his mothers. MisslMary KaSsOn has ma9e a recent visit at her grandparents, Gilbert Al lens.
 Miss Mary Bradshaw, only daughter of Mrs Vestina Bradshaw of Pennsyl vania, is visiting at Ex-Senator J. D. Dayton's.
 The Bloss sisters have had recent notice of the death of cousin, George B. Pierce of Roxbury. Mrs Bessie Cook Redgrave and daughter spent few days with he1 aunt, Mrs J. Hunt, last week. Hel husband, Rev MT Redgrave, is on ar extensive tour through the west. Mrs Redgrave will spend about two months in Connecticut. Mrs Lewis Sherman died in Wood bury, last week Friday, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery on Monday Mrs Sherman spent nearly all of hel life in the east part of Bethlehem an( was 82 years old.
 Dwight Baldwin has returned to his home and is keeping bachelors hall He spent the winter in Bridgeport.
 Mrs F. P. Hayes, wife of Ex-Repre sentative Hayes is away for visit 1T New Haven and Derby.
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been visiting in Shelton and Water bury for few days.
 Mrs McLochlin has returned to Stony Creek with her mother, who she has been entertaining for a few weeks.
 John Treleven has been sick with grip for few days.
 Allen Joyce and R. T. Newton are on the gain from their severe sickness.
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been in town visiting friends for few days.
 The Calhoun street schools closed, last Friday, for vacation until after FnCtor
CORNWALL BRIDGE.
DEATH OF MRS MARY PAYNI

DEATH OF MRS MARY PAYNE.
 Mrs Mary Payne, the dear old lady who so kindly remembered the entire Sunday school on Christmas last, pass ed to her reward on March 10, having passed the four score mark some two years ago., A short service was held the 12th, at the home of Mrs Edward D. Bierce, her daughter, where she had made it her home of late, prepara- tory to leaving for Unionville, Conn.,, her former home, where the funeral service was to be held and also the place of burial. She leaves in this place a son-fn-law, Edward Bierce, and wife, above mentioned, and grand daughter, Mrs Genevieve Curtiss, wife of pr William Curtiss, also the little great granddaughter, Miss Mabel Cur tiss, besides host of friends to re- member the pleasant smile and kind word of Grandma Payne.
 PLEASANT SURPRISE.
 Quite a pleasant surprise overlook Rev MT Nash of this place on Satur- day, the 16th, when Seymour Hollis ter, one of the foremen of the tobacco shop, kindly invited him over across the way to the shop, supposedly on business. On arriving there work seemed suspended and the men were at their ease in various places about the shop. The foreman, Seth Chapman, approached him and asked him if he was good at work. Undoubtedly the parsOn thought they were in need of more help. Then MT Chapman asked if he would accept pile of eatables which had been contributed by the boys, consisting of barrel of flour, beef, pork, tea, coffee, sugar and every thing that goes to make up a general sum of household necessities. Using surprised and dumbfounded he could not say anything." However he, in few words, thanked the boys for their thoughtfulness and respect.
 Mrs Fairchild Stone is on the sick list with a severe attack of pneu- monia.
 Mrs Russell Bierce is on the gain.
 Della Willard has an attack of the grip.
 Burt Wolfe hadsthe misfortune to cut his foot quite badly recently, re- quiring five stitches to keep-it in place.
 Mrs M. I. Willard has returned home from short visit at her old home in Middlebury.
 Miss Hoyt, who has been spending some time with Miss Hattie Hollister, has returned home. She will be much missed by the church-going people, as she has been quite active in that work since she has been here, giving Bible readings each Tuesday evening for the past few week.
 Mrs Georgia Gould, who has been visiting friends here, is in Kent at tending the wedding of Walter Hall and visiting friends there.
 Henry Chapman has settled satisfac- torily with the insurance company N. A. McNiel represents for the dam age the fire did on his residence, re- gently.
 Rev Mir Nash wishes to express to the boys of the tobacco shop, through THE BEE, his thanks for their thoughtfulness of him in the donation which they so kindly made up for him, last Saturday, as the surprise came so suddenly that words failed to express his appreciation of the respect they had shown him.
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Flynn X Doyle are building tene- ment over the meat market, also one over the ell of their house opposite their shops.
 Mrs Samuel Bennett is raising the ell of her house for a tenement.
 Flynn & Doyle are building heavy
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WORKING "A HOURS A DAY.

There's no rest for those tireless little workers-Dr Kings New Life Pills. Millions are always, busy, cur ing torpid liver, jaundice, 'biliousness, fever and ague. They banish sick headache, drive out malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice,
 work wonders. Try them. p cents at R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; William J. Beehler, Brooktield; A. B.
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A BUSINESS CHANGE,

Charles Morehouse has bought the grst mill business of William Marsh and is prepared to furnish all kinds of grain and to do custom grinding.
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SOUTHBURY.

Reuben Barnes is sick with the grip AlansOn Bennett has another son. o. w. Amber is doing joiner wo. k at ROXbury.
 Dr Green has lost his COW fiom get. ting at the meal barrel
 Stephen Collins has purchased d one horse farm wagon of H. H. Brown.
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THE SUMMER COLONY.

Mrs Vanderhoof of Lakewood, N. J., has rented the house of w. A. Watts for>fve months from May l. and will conduct high grade summer hotel. It is said she pays about $l40O for the house. This is most desirable and attractive place.
 It is understood that Mrs B. K. ROSSiter and daughters will spend the summer in Europe and that MT Rossi- ter will rent his fine place for the coming season.
 It is reported that John Carlson has rented his cottage to the Valliants for the coming season.
 Mrs w. Hamilton Gibson has rented her beautiful residence for the summer season to Justice Miller of New York. son will pass part of the summer at Chatham, N. Y.
 IN GRANGE CIRCLES.
 The Grange held a very pleasant af- ternoOn meeting, last Wednesday, more especially for the older people. There was fine display of articles of Eye Olden time" brought to look at: daguerreotypes, candle molds, bellows, tow and cards, foot stoves and daSher churn. Mrs Averlll brought some beautiful old linen, a pewter tea pot, long handle shovel used for taking food from brick ovens. Among other things displayed by Edwin Whitehead were two army canteens, one Union and one Rebel. It is hoped they never contained anything stronger than wa ter or coffee. Mrs Hollister brought a curious old medicine grinder. A num- Der of brief speeches and talks were given. MT Cogswell and Charles Fenn spoke of their early recollections of farm life, of the good times at ''gener- al training' and ''house raising" Mrs E. G. Clark gave an account of how some large families lived inside the farm house in earlier days but no one seemed to long to get back to the ''good old times of yore.'
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MIDDL LEBURY.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
 c. H. Judd is gaining, after an ill., ness of 10 days with pneumonia.
 Miss Belle GriswOld is at home for a few days, as her school in Simonsville has been closed on account of diph- theria epidemic there.
 There was a party at the pleasant home of MT and Mrs Marvin Steery, last Friday night, and good time was enjoyed by those present.
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exchanges which are located at pres ent in many of the large cities. The plan is briefly as follows: Take for in- stance the Pomona Grange, which holds Jurisdiction over 15 towns in the vicinity of Waterbury. Let this de- partment of the organization take hold of the matter, open an exchange in the city of Waterbury and have the members bring their products, home made pies, preserves, cake, fancy work. in factanything for which there is a exchange. These goods would sell for fancy prices, as there is always a de- mand for home made goods It is ex- pected that this plan will be put in operation within a short time h the city of New Haven and will be in charge of the Pomona in that district. The scheme looks well and the promo terSof which Mrs Lewis is leader,are enthusiastic in regard to the success of the venture. Mrs Lewis is an in- teresting and instructive speaker, and those who prayed the rather inclement weather of last Thursday evening to be present at the meeting were amply repaid for the effort. The address oc- cupied nearly an hour, and during the whole time the interest of the audi CllSC llCNCl IdSSCu lO1 Mrs Lewis was accompanied by her husband, c. c. Lewis. While here they were the guests of MT and Mrs o. D. Estey.
 Taft school closed the winter term, last Tuesday.
 Nova Scotia school opened the spring term, last Monday. Columbia lodge, No. 12, K. of P., will celebrate it's anniversary, Thurs day evening, April f. The grand off. cers are expected to be present.
 The regular bi-weekly Guernsey town social will be held at the resi- dence of D. M. Atwood, tonight. Elmer Hubbell has moved to Thom- aston, where he expects to make his home for the future.
 Joseph Hoey has entered the employ of c. B. Mattoon.
 Louis J. Fox has taken the position vacated by MT Hoey with D. Nj. Hard.
 Miss Ethel Pegrum is visiting friends in town.
 Several cases of scarlet fever are re- ported in town.
 Mud is the most plentiful thing we know of.
 At this writing Burnham G. Atwood is reported very ill with pneumonia. The coming fair given by the K of P. promises to be one of the best. this season. Tickets are selling fast and everything points to success. The w. A. c. will open the season, after Lent, with an entertainment and dance in the Town hall, Easter Monday evening.
 The selectmen have commenced work surveying the highways in the Center in accOrdance with the VOte taken at the recent town meeting.
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MISS ADDIE WOODRUFE.

After short but serious illness with pneumonia, Miss Addie Woodruff passed from us on the 18th of March, just year since her mother died. Her father died about two months ago. Her sweet quiet life has given an ever lasting benefit to the church, Sunday school, Christian Endeavor and mis- SiOnary meeting.
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CIRCULATION:
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
WASHINGTON.
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WASHINGTON.
 HORSE OBJECTED TO TURN ITS ATrEN-
 TION FROM THEOLOGY TO AGRICUL-
 TURF.
 little fun at the expense Of Rev MT Carter, the popular pastor of the Con- gregatiOnal church, and Samuel Hol- | lister, a genial farmer. It appears MT Carter went away for vacation of 10 days and in his absence turned his docile horse over to MT Hollister for care. Desiring to give the horse little exercise MT HOllister occasionally hitched it up with one of his horses to carry the milk. One day, last week, he sent the team with a load of milk rived safely at Elnathan Mitchell's creamery and was in the act or loading up the empty cans when the horses started on a wild run. In two seconds they had disappeared over the top of the hill in the pasture lot, headed to- wards Woodbury. In about five mi nutes they were heard coming back with a wild rush. MT Mitchell closed the gate at the street entrance and so further damage was averted: In their wild dash they overturned the | might have been averted had the man used his hitch rope, but knowing peO- pie winks the other eye and say they think the horse objected to turning from topics theological to the consider ation of the milk problem and other matters agricultural. Anyway it will cost the genial Samuel handsome sum, besides the damage to his feel ings.
 s. B. SMITHS HORSES FURNISH EXCITE,
 MENT.
 A pair of horses belonging to s. Burke Smith furnished a lot of excite ment at the Depot, the other day. He left his team standing in front of the store of Watts & Coggswell, and in less time than it takes to say so, the horses had started on three minute clip to- ward the Town sheds. They collided with a door on Ezra Hull's blacksmith shop, tore it into kindling wood, then made the circuit of the Town sheds, round the postoffice without stopping to get the mail and out into s. Ford Seeley's lumber yard. From there they went on to the railroad tract and made straight fer the railroad bridge at a wild pace. One of the horses fell through the ties but the other having a taste for excitement stood with three legs on ties and one resting on the rail. A big crowd soon gathered and after time the horse was drawn out of it's perllous position. It was badly cut and bruised and it was with difficulty MT Smith got the horse home.
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SOUTHVILLE.

THE LOCAL BUDGET OF ITEMS. Mrs Laura WeltOn is on the sick
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The Bemis Tobacco Transplanter.

the market be by makes its
  
  and largest this to ouro order STAUB & MAIIETT. Cor. Main and Church Sts., New Mford
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WHERE SNOWBANKS HAVE STAYING
 OJTALITIE ES.

The lower Church hill road between c. T. Woodruff's and Miles Camps was not opened until last week. The Snowbanks of this airy region have great staying qualities. And yet there are compensations, for this Monday morn the song of the robin, blue bird and early song sparrow sweeten the air and take off the SnOw's cold chill.