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The Newtown bee., 1901-08-23

with painful accident last week. He fell on scythe, cutting deep gash in the fieshy part of his leg, Il stitches being necessary to draw the wound to- gether.
 Burr Sanford, of Providence, R. l., has been home visiting his parents, MT and Mrs Seth Sanford, for short time. His brother, Seth Sanford, Jr., returned with him on Monday last, having taken position as shipping clerk. We all wish him success.
 Miss Hattie Barnum is visiting her sister, Mrs Kimball, in New Haven.
 Miss Lena Sherman, of Poughkeep- sic, has been making Miss Adella Bahret a short visit.
 Fred Gursh and wife, from New York, are visiting MT and Mrs Stone, who are boarding at Edgar Crofut's. Mrs Howe, of Ridgetield, is visiting her daughter, Mrs William P. English, of this place.
 Miss Sadie Sanford is confined to her home with pleurisy. Charles Hill, of Umpawaug, is seriously ill with typhoid fever.
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from her recent illness. Mrs Lizzie Northrop had some very handsome and fragrant lilies to deco rate the church on Sunday.
 Arthur Sweezy's many friends are very sorry ito hear of his departure from town, and hope he will soon re- turn and make his home in TaShua.
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The NewtOWn Bee
TOWN TOPICS,
 HATTERTOWN.
600 1925

PERSONAL BRIEFS.
 George rofutt of Orange, N. J., has been spending several days with his family at Hill Side cottage. G. R. Parmelee, J. H. Summers and LIB. Goodsell, with their families and visitors, picnicked at Putnam Park, last Thursday. Master Willie TOmlinSOn of WOOd- bridge has been spending a week with his brother, Harold TomlinsOn, at c. D. Stillson's.
 A family by the name of Thorp are living in o. E. Morgan's tenement house.
 Henry Morgan returned from Long Island, Wednesday, sick with malarial | fever.
 Martin Woolsey spent several days in York state, this week. visiting his uncle and aunt, MT and Mrs Charles Thorpe. George StillSOn has been visiting rel | ativeS in South NOrWalk. Mrs Horace Porter of Hebron is spending several weeks with her daugh- ter, Mrs H. A. Pratt. William Patchen of Waterbury is enjoying a weeks vacation among his old friends in this place. Charles Hubbell is new employe at Pratt'S shop.
 H. A. Pratt has built very substan- tial truck for business firm in Dan- bury.
 Miss Pauline Taylor, Miss Josephine Briscoe and friend from Danbury have enjoyed short vacation at Miss Fay lOr'S home in this place.
 Harry Morgan is with his brother, Charles, on Long Island for several l weeks.
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LAST EXCURSION TO PLEASURE
 BEACH.

The last excursion of the season, to the popular resort, Pleasure Beach, is announced by the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford R. R., for Wednes- day next. The favorable reports of excursions on previous trip, has add ed not little to the renoWn of this locality, and that another opportunity is to be afforded, for which the un- usually low rate of 50 cents for the round trip from Newtown has been named, will be fully appreciated. See advertisement The train schedule and excursion rates will be as follows: New Milford, 8.05 a. m., 85c; Brook field Junction, 8.25 a. m., 75c; Hawley- vile, 8.45 a. m., COG; Newtown, SAP a. m., soc. Due in Bridgeport at 9.2O a. m., and Pleasure Beach by steamer at g. 50 a. m. This is limited excur- sion, no tickets are sold beyond the seating capacity of the train. Buy your ticket in advance and avoid dis appointment on the day of the excur- sion. Returning, the excursionists will leave Pleasure Beach, by steamer, in season to reach Bridgeport station at 6.25 p. m. at which time return train will depart.
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MAY BUILD A SUMMER HOUSE.

Rev l.. R. Streeter of East Pearl Street Methodist church, New Haven, has been spending a few days in town with his family at B. N. Sanford's. He is thinking some of buying place or building for summer home.
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jeweler, has inaugurated rummage sale of Jewelry from his regular stock odd pieces, but first class goods. This sale eclipses anything of the kind ever held in the Naugatuck valley. Large crowds visited his store last week and the interest is not abated. .
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Mrs James Sturges has been serious ly ill for the last two weeks.
 Mrs Charles Kernel has spent few days in New York.
 Miss c. L. Wakeman has returned to New York, after spending week with Weston friends.
 Mrs D. L. Coley and two children have been spending week in Vest port.
 Mrs Frank Warehouse is spending week in New York
 Mrs Emma Stulges and family are
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BEDDING.
REAL ESTATE BOOMING.

Fred Driggs is having new barn built near his log cabin. A friend is negotiating for farm near him with view of putting up rustic cottage for summer home. Real estate in the Hollow seems to be booming.
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THOSE FREAKIsH LIGHTNING BOLTS.
 During the thunder storm of Satur- day night, Jesse l.. Sanford had a valu- able Steer struck by lightning. Partly insured.
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Miss Laura Nolan of the Boulevard has been visiting at c. l.. Smalley's ir Stepney, .s
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BERKsHIRE.

Mrs Irene Lake of Bridgeport is vis- iting her grandmother, Mrs Evarts.
 Curtis Hawley returned, this week, from weeks outing at the Pan American exposition.
 Mrs A. H. Curtiss of Monroe is spend ing some time with her parents, MT and Mrs J. w. Partridge.
 Miss Hurd of New Haven is visiting at Mrs Samuel Curtis
 Mrs E. w. Smith is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs c. k. Minor.
 Mrs c. l.. Page and children have re- turned from two weeks visit in Kent.
 H. w. Hill of New York City has been spending a few days at B. D. Beardsley's on Mile hill.
 Mrs Beard and lsOn, Leonard, who have been visiting at P. H. Skidmore's, returned to Cambridge, Mass, on Sat urday.
 George B. Fairchild returned on Tuesday from an enjoyable visit with friends Tn South Britain and Stepney.
 The E. c. Platt Co. of Hawleyville have bought out A. B. Fancher and will take possession of his store on September l, when MT Fancher will go to Winsted to join his son. MT Platt says that his business has in- creased so that he needs more room. The back room of the store will be occupied as the offices of The E. c Platt Co.,, and in the main store they will put in line of builders hardware in connection with the grocery buSi- ness already established. NewtoWn people are sorry to lose MT Fancher, for he was one of the toWn's esteemed citizens, but The K. c. Platt Co. will conduct the grocery and hardware business with the same energy that their predecessor has put into it.
 Miss Myrtle Goddard, who has been spending several weeks with Miss Mill dred Dikeman at Mrs E. C. Dikeman's on Mt Pleasant, returns to her hone in La Crosse, Wis, this week. Miss Dikeman accompanies her.
 R. Randall Davidson, the AnSOnia
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THE DEERFIELD DISTRICT.

Miss Abbie D. Wakeman is spending a few days in Hull's Farms.
 Floyd w. Burr is caring for the church at Easton during this month:
 Mrs Samuel T. Bulkley' of Greenfield has been a guest at her old home.
 w. o. Bailey went to New York, last week, and purchased a horse.
 Mrand Mrs James:L. Pratt, who have been away on a visit, are expected home this week.
 Miss Charlotte Burr of Brooklyn has been visiting her aunts the past week.
 Mail Carrier Wells is moving to Mill Plain to-, be nearer the postotfice in Fairfield.
 Mrs and Mrs K. Marberg of Fairfield spent Sunday with MT and Mrs w. H. Burr.
 Miss Louisa Fehrman of Brooklyn has spent week with MT and Mrs E. R. Burr.
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last Monday, Harry w. Vaughn was selected for janitor of the public school building.
 The school committee have engaged a young lady from Worcester, Mass. to ill the vacancy of assistant teacher in the high school.
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FOR PERMANENT ROAD WORK.

At a special Town meeting, the sum of $2, 900 was appropriated for the bet terment of the roads during the next two years.
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The entertainment at the church, given by the Grange, was well attend ed and very pleasing to all and tinan- cial success.
 Floyd Wood and his bride of Red- ding called on his grandmother, Mrs Rachel Knapp on Saturday.
 Isaac Leach, who has been suffering from an inflamed eye, is out of town consulting an oculist.
 Tommy Thompson has gone to Dan- bury to work in the hat shop.
 Mrs Theodore Post has returned from the Danbury hospital.
 A. A. Brush is spending the week in Buffalo.
 Mrs Alice Coyne became the mother of twins on Sunday night.
 The property belonging to the es- tate of Thomas Briton was sold at auction on Saturday. l. s. Knapp bought the farm.
 A few tobacco crops have been sold at IT cents pound and over.
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WESTON.
A GROWING GRANGE,

The first and second degrees were con ferred upon a class of l5 candidates, a a special meeting of Nortield Grange last week.
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BARN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

BARN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
 Mrs Seeley Bibbins' barn was struck by lightning, Saturday night, and con- siderably damaged.
 Martin Whitaker spent few days last week visiting his uncle and brother in Newark, N. J.
 The Sunshine society will give fair on the Green, Wednesday afternoon, August 2S. A fancy table and a bread and cake table and other things will be on sale.
 Herbert Hutchinson of Bridgeport visited his grandmother, Mrs B. S. Hopkins, Sunday.
 The ball game played on the Country Club grounds, between the Greenfield and Weston boys, last Saturday after noon, was very interesting game. The score was l9 to 4 in favor of Green field.
 Mrs John Hull gave tea to several of her neighbors in honor of Mrs AL bert Sherwood.
 K. Burr of Southport, G. Fowler and two sons of Brooklyn were calling on rela tives, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Mrs Kuschke and Miss Mary Kusch- ke of Wilkesbarre, Pa, also Mrs Will liam Kuschke and son of Bridgeport, were guests over Sunday at Mrs Tom lin's in'the Street.
 Don't holler" or take your spite out on the office boy be- cause your poor cheap fountain pen has made it unpleasant for you! 1t probably did the work after a fashion as long as it lasted. But it didn't last long, and the extra expense of repair ing would have bought you good one in the first place. The economy of Swan Fountain pen is the economy of all good things, it wears and works perfectly. The Postotfice News store in the Arcade at Bridgeport, sell the Swan Fountain pen. which they guar antee or your money back if not satis- factory.
 If you have baby in the house you will wish to know the best way to check any unusual lOoseness of the bowels, or diarrhOea, so common to small child ren. o. P. M. Holiday, of Demming, Ind, who has an eleven months child says: "Through the months of June and July our baby was teething and took a running off of the bowels and sickness. His bowels would move from five to eight times a day. l had bottle of ChamberlainsC Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoae Remedy in the house and gave him four drops in teaspoon full of water and he got better at once." For sale by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & O., San dy Hook; WIN. Hurd, Long Hill; A. B. Fancher, Hawleyville; A. B. Blake man, Botsford. When you buy watch, the best place is to buy one where you can de- pend on what they say. We have sold many watches and fail to ind dls- satisfied watch customer. Every one | we sell is fully guaranteed and should one happen to give you trouble we give you another movement. "Every customer must be satisfied" is the guarantee on everything we sell in our line of diamonds, watches, jewelry, clocks, silverware or optical goods. We make speciality of testing eyes thatare weak.-[Reid $ Todd, jewell CTS and opticians, l054 Main street, Bridgeport.
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spent Sunday with Miss Gertrude Buckingham.
 Miss Gertrude Buckingham is quite Daniel J. Morgan has been entertain ing his friend, Will Peck, of Bridge port.
 Mrs Ernest Upton of New Haven is keeping house for Mrs Rehnberg dur ing her stay in New Hampshire.
 Mrs Stiles Nichols has gone to New York state for few weeks.
 Seymour B. Beardsley, who has been seriously Ill at his home in Bridgeport, is cOnvalescent.
 Mrs T. w. England of Bridgeport wall are at Mrs M. A. Wilson's for a few days.
 WHITE HILLS.
 Miss Flora Beard, who has been guest of grandmother Mrs N. B. Nlch- Ols, the past week, left for her home on Monday. She goes to Orange, N. J., in two weeks, where she has spent the last five years as teacher in one of the schools.
 Charles Bidwell is on trip with his wheel to Winsted and other places.
 The Christian EndeavOr Society will give lawn party at the parsonage grounds, Wednesday evening, August 28. Cream and cake will be for sale. The money is to buy books for the Sunday school library.
 Mrs Fred Drew, in company with Miss Adeline Smith, went to Preston City, last Saturday, to visit their friends, Rev and Mrs Prindle, for a week.
 Mrs Hattie Wheeler entertained guests from Shelton over Sunday. Miss Erma Wheeler is expected home this week.
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Mrs Beard and lson, Leonard, who have been visiting at P. H. Skidmore's, returned to Cambridge, Mass, on Sat urday.
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Mrs Kuschke and Miss Mary Kusch- ke of Wilkesbarre, Pa, also Mrs Will liam Kuschke and son of Bridgeport, were guests over Sunday at Mrs Tom lin $ intthe Street.
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c. E. Osborne of Stepney was ir town on Monday,
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George B. Fairchild returned on Tuesday from an enjoyable visit with friends Tn South Britain and Stepney.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
NEW FAIRFIELD.
PICNIC OF THE SONS OF NEW F

PICNIC OF THE SONS OF NEW FAIRFIELD
 The Sons of New Fairfield had very enjoyable time at their picnic, on We'd nesday of last week. There was about 7CO people present, and provisions in abundance for them. Even the bare footed urchin from Danbury had his fill of watermelon. James s. White head was elected president for the coming year,sand George Nevins sec retary. A new committee was ap- pointed.
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R. Randall Davidson, the Ansonia
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H. w. Hill of New York City has been spending few days at B. D. Beardsley's on Mile hill.
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PROPOS De SAISON.

Nous approchons rapidement dc
Ia grande fete de Noel, ct dams tous
les pays chretiens on sc prepare .
faire grande liesse. Car pour une
majorite du genre humain la fate
de la naissance du Christ est une
occasion de bien manger. de bien
boire ct de Sc livrer aux folies joyeu-
ses. Cest le jour on fhomme sat
tribue le plus le droit de revaler les
instincts de Ia brute qui sommeil-
lent en- lui: il s'enivre, il se bat, il
commet toutes sortes de desordres.
En Amerique, Noel est lie jour oh il
se commet le plus de meurtres ct
d'exces, on il se produit le plus
d'accidents ct le plus d'incendies ;
c'est aussi celui dn tapage ct des
cris profanes. II est vraiment re-
grettable que cette fete etablie pour
comnemorer Ia naissance du Prince
de Ia Paix, venu pour enseigner
aux .hommes Ia fraternite, la con-
corde ct le bon vouloir, soft ainsi
consacree aux appetits les plus bas
OF aux passions les plus mauvaises.
Pour les Anglais. c'est le jour du
pudding" des "pies." ct d'autres
mets indigestes. Dams le pudding"
on place ordinairement trois objets
qui. des qu'on les decouvre dams Ia
part de Fun des convives, soulevent
aussitot des transports de gaite. Ce
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cents ct un bouton de chemisel
L'anneau signi6e, bien entendu,
marriage proclaim /; les dix cents,
gain imprevu, heritage quaint au
bouton de chemise, il indique que
celui auquel il echoit est voue fata-
lement au celibat Jugez du deses-
poir de lamoureux, de Ia jeune file
coquette dams les parts desquels on
. touiours soin de le glisser. Oh!
ce bouton. que de chagrins il cause
parfois
Mais i cote de Ia Noel pantagrue
lique. il y la fste du christianis-
me, Il vraie fete de Noel, ct celle-la
est la plus populaire ct la plus ai-
NEE dams le monde oatholique. Ellie
me- pour ellie nj l'aspectl de ID YER
dure. nj lsclat du soleil. nj le char
me de l'ombrage ct des Aeurs comme
les fetes du printsmps ou de rets,
mais ellie evoque an grand soove-
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La delivrance. Par son avenement.
10 Christ n'a-t-il pas proclams raf-
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pressions. de toutes lee servitudes,
change les pivots ct l'axe moral de
L soci6tep
En Louisiana. on celebre la fsts
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10 famills. Son reveillon q survscu
: tontes les agitations dss epoques
tumultueuses ct tourmentses, mails
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temps oa nous sommss. La sup
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= fait IN grand tort. II stait Il
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r. On pilier. De voir Il fouls 6 pros- |
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CUEILLETTES.

POUR DES NOUVEAUX MARES.
On dit que c'est On feuv' que Ia vie
Gu chaqu' mortel, an courant dPeau,
Ave-: du beau temps on d'la pluie,
Conduit, CONNIE y peut, son bateau.
On navigue ! deux dams marriage
Mon Dieu j'vous pdemande 4 deux
genoux :
Faites, pour nous,
Que lvent soft doux,
Accordez nous
Des pitts mat'lots pendant rvoyage,
Qui ram'ront pour ramour de vous.
CEUR PAIEN.
4 t 4
Entours de sa petite famille, NJ. Prud-
homme prologue des conseils.
Mes enfants, quelles que puissent
atre plus tard yos enterprises, commen-
csz toujours par Ia base.
Meme ell sagit de faire un puts,
papa I
= =
Une maftresse de maison disait 1 la
nouvelle servante qu'elle employait:
-Je dois vous dire aussi que je mad
NETS pas d'amoureux dana Ia maison.
La servante, qui comprit 4 ca facon,
s'ecria
All! madame. 1 votre age ct pour
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teuxi
Cest Ia iendsmain dun incendie. Les
curieux s'assemblent de grand matin sur
10 lieu du sinistre ct posent toutes sortes
de questions.
"A quelle heure le feu a.t-il pris 1
pheteli demande Pun d'eux i un POM
pier.
IA minuit.
EFT on pu sauver tout le moude I
Tout le monde, sanf le veilleur dc
mutt qu'on ma pn rsveiller 4 temps.
Au restaurant, dams le coup de fsu du
diner:
-Gareon! garcon gareonl
-Voila VOLTA VOLTA!
-Gareon... mon poulsts
IN saute.
-Garcon. mon fromassi
III marchs.
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visits eodtait dsux dollars.
L assnns du payssn s<nut Do rs
nssns d6psase 6 = d<eida 1 dsnasdr
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