The Newtown bee., 1901-08-16
BETHLEHEM.
HAVING A GOOD TIME,

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On Saturday evening, August 10, a
House" on Carmel Hill and received a
hearty welcome from Mr. and Mrs
Frank Stoughton. Among the guests
are Mrs Calm, Misses Julia and Fanny
Calm, Mrs James Miskimmin, Miss
Brooklyn, N. Y; also Mrs E. III. Nc.
Candless, Miss Bertha McCandless and
Miss Grace Gordon McCandless Of New
York City. They are thoroughly en-
joying their visit and the woods have
resounded many times with shouts of
laughter. This week they intend to
give Pan-American on small scale,
which we think will afford great
amusement. Among the sports enjoy.
ed are horseback riding and driving,
tennis and croquet, and aluxury never
INDUCED in in the city, ''wading in the
brook The guests are doing justice
to Mrs Stoughton's we'll spread table,
for they have already begun to show
they will regret taking their departure
guests are expected from the city.
MATTERS WHICH DISTURB THE PUBLIC
MIND.
There is to be special town meet
ing on Monday evening, for the pur.
| pose of apprapriating funds to take
advantage of the state appropriation
for highways, and also to consider the
question of maintaining higher grade
of school. The latter question appears
to have agitated the town from one
end to another, and. has been the oc.
caSiOn Of much acrimonious discussion.
Though contrary to the New England
idea of local town government, it
| would seem to be a debatable ques-
tion whether after all the system in
vogue in the great majority Of the
states, by which schools are controlled
by more centralized authority, and
thereby rendered independent of local
bias and prejudice is not better than
our own system.
RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF THE TOWN.
Rev II. L. Hutchins, of the Connec-
necticut Bible society, has, during the
past two weeks, completed a religious
census of the town. There are ia
families in town, an average of 4.O5
persons per family. OF these, IS fam.
lilies have preference for the Congre-
gational denomination; 80 for the
Methodist; 25 for the EpiScOpal; RO-
man Catholic; Lutheran; and with
no preference.
Robert Buckmaster, of Waterbury,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs George
W. Peck.
George c. Stone spent Sunday at the
shore.
Hon E. Irving Stone and Sheriff
Hayes attended the reunion of the
legislature of 1901, at ROTOR Point, on
Thursday OF last week.
Miss Gertrude P. Kasson, of Brook
field, has returned from the Pan
American Exposition, and is spending
few days in town.
The Registrars of Voters in this
town have completed their enroll
ment of voters under the new primary
act passed by the last legislature.
Eighty-five registered for the prima-
ries of the Republican party and 10 for
the primaries of the Democratic party.
Mrs H. M. Garfield, of South Brit
ain, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Stephen Hayes, last week.
&. &. Parmelee has been confined to
his bed for several days, with severe
attack eff dysentery.
A union open air service was held in
the North Park on Sunday evening,
conducted by Rev Mr. Hutchins
A bout 100 were present.
Miss Annie Hamilton, of Hartford,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Alexander Hamilton.
Mrs A. Hamilton has been quite ill
for several days.
DIR Robert Crane, of Waterbury,
spent Sunday in town and attended
the church of his boyhood, in which