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The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
SHELTON.

MEMORIAL SERVICE.
 Memorial services were held in the Baptist church on Thursday afternoon at 230 O. clock and continued nearly two hours. The pastors of the churches took various parts in the services and addresses were made by Rev B. O. Tree and Rev T. A. T. Hanna of the Meth odist and Baptist churches respective ly. Both addresses were very excellent and appropriate. The two favorite hymns of the late President were sung and the others "Jesus, lover of my soul'' and "Rock of Ages" The ceremonies were very impressive.
 WHAT'S DOING IN THE BOROUGH.
 The board for the admission of elect ors will meet in the Town hall on Sat- only P names presented to the regis tars The hours of meeting are from 12 to o'clock as they meet in the Gen. ter Tn the forenoon.
 The fine residence of Mrs D. w. Plumb was broken into, Saturday night, and quite lot of silverware taken, some of it being highly prized family relics.
 Two men in one of our factories, who remarked that they were "glad of it" when President Mckinley's death was announced, were summarily dismissed by the superintendent.
 The damage of the cyclone or tor nadO was very great in uprOOting valu- able fruit trees and orchards, as well as in other ways.
 David T. Beecher lost valuable horse, which in some unaccountable way had run d rough piece of wood in- to it's body over foot.
 Warden Lewis issued proclamation requesting all places of business to be closed ontThursday and the people to join in the memorial services on that day.
  eral years the uperintendent of the Methodist church Sunday school, was recently presented with handsome silver set, by the teachers, which was well deserved tribute to hls faithful ness.
 The churches will unite in holding temperance meetings on Sunday even- ings September 29 and October 6, at which the pas, OrS will make addresses
 Rev J. c. WoJdworth, D. b., of the TougalOs University, Miss, which is under the auspices of the A. M. A. sO- ciety, gave a very interesting address in the Congregational church, last Sun day evening, upon the work of that
The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27

Hatch and Mrs S. F. Clark attended the wedding of Miss Katie Bowers and William Richmond in New Milford, last week. Mrs Clark remained to visit friends there for few days
 Mrs John Henrietta is caring for her daughter, Mrs Henry Hallock, who is quite sick.
 John Henrietta lost a valuable horse recently.
 Plumb Brothers are still selling the "Peerless'' wall paper at prices that defy competition. Can furnish the goods in four days after receipt of order.
The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27
ASPETUCK.

A large number of friends gathered at the home of John F. SammlS, ST., last Monday evening, giving him a surprise. The occasion was the 55th anniversary of his birthday. A very enjoyable time was spent and all sat down to a table loaded with all the good things to eat.
 Miss Lulu K. Patrick, who has been suffering with chills, is somewhat bet ter
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school duties on Wednesday.

The people that have occupied the G.J. Banks place during the summer months have returned to their home in Bridgeport.
 G. B. Tucker and James s. Tyler, registrars of voters, met on Thursday to receive applicants to vote at the next town meeting.
 G. Burr Tucker sold on Saturday quite large collection of antique furniture to New York parties.
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WESTON.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ITEMS.
 The Congregational Sunday school has elected the following officers: Superintendent, A. c. Bradley; assist ant superintendent, Mrs Charles Scoville; secretary and treasurer, V.
The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27
EASTON.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

 MT and Mrs F. H. LyfOrd of Bridge port were guests on Thursday of MT and Mrs c. Burr Tucker.
 Mrs Keplar Nichols and daughters recently visited at the home ot MT and Mrs IIanford Lyon.
 Mrs G. Burr Tucker was taken sud denly ill on Saturday last but by the prompt and skillful treatment of Dr Reid soon recovered and resumed her
The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27
TRUMBULL.
ITEMS OF LOCAL NOTE.

ITEMS OF LOCAL NOTE. J. o. Warner expects to move into the Skinner place about October l. Charles B. Weed is expecting to return about that time and occupy his place.
 MT and Mrs D. J. BOtSfOrd, Frank
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institution among the negroes of the south.
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The NeWtOWn Bee
CALCULATIONS:

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Lend your presence for the occasion a Every reader of The Bee invited. rains the fair will be held over to Friday
 See posters and hand bills for furthe-
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Great list of entries the Speed Department nsu1 did trotting Just to the NewtOwn Fair if you some fast stepping. All other Departments will be in keeping with the It will be Old Home Week in NeWtOWn next wee
 Excursions Rates
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
A Bogus Baron.

Penn Steele writes very entertaining
ly in the November Era in answer to
the question: who was Baron Mum
chausen?" OF a fakir we read:
This parsonage appeared in Halber-
stadt in the year 1902.
HE gave out that he was Baron Karl
Friedrich Munchhausen of that
branch of the family which was set
tied in Gourland.. His mission in Hal
berstadt was to look after certain prop
critics that formed part of the estate
of his lately deceased father. Incl
dentally, however, he married there a
lady of mature age and of some Tor
tune, named Anne Margaret Heintz.
She was dazzled not only by his title.
and by the blue ribbon of the garter
and other decorations, given him, as
he averred, by reigning sovereigns, but
by his stories of fabulous wealth that
was eventually to be his. Meanwhile
he persuaded her to sell off a few of
her houses to defray running expenses.
The couple then made a trip to Jeyer,
in North Germany, where the high
sheriff was a Munchhausen. They
called upon the latter dignitary and the
Baron easily persuaded him of his re-
lationship distant one. The sheriff
introduced the strangers to the best
society in the place. Unfortunately the
baron one day told the sheriffs wife
that his first consort had been daugh-
ter Of Maj. Gen. Won Werder and had
died in childbirth. Now the sheriff s
wife knew the Won Werders and knew
also that there was only one daughter
married to a Saxon gentleman named
Hassler. She challenged the Baron's
story. He blushed furiously, and final
ly admitted that he had been lying
Even yet, however, he was suspected
only of braggadocio and prevarica-
tion
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
A Word Saved His Life.

did you ever hear how the word
but saved a mans life?" asked Repre-
sentative Burleson of Texas of a group
of newspaper men on the Row the
other night. says the Philadelphia
North American. well, it did. There's
an old judge down our way who swears
that If he hadn't managed to slip i'll
that word at the proper time he would
have experienced a swift and painful
finish. 1t was at the time of the Paris
lynching. which took place not far
from the judges place. He heard
about what the mob intended to do,
and, being a law-abiding citizen and
somewhat Godfearing, he was horri-
fed.
"'Oh, that is horrible, horrible he
said to his son. I'll have to go down
there and stop this. Get me a horse
You'd better stay away from there,
pop, the kid said. That crowd II shoot
YOU
"'Oh, no; it must be stopped, the
old man declared, and he mounted his
horse and started for the place They'd
built a rough platform and about 500
Texans were Standing around it, ready
for the ceremony, when the old Judge
rode up. He spurred his horse through
the mob, jumped off, tossed the bride
reins to a bystander and mounted the
platform.
" Fellow citizens he yelled, you are
about to drag the fair fame Of our
community in the mud of everlasting
disgrace
AT this iuncture there was ar IN
terruption from a man in front, who
said:
Just shoot the dern head ofr'n
him..
"A dozen guns were leveled, but the
CID judges presence of mind didn't de-
sert him.
But he yelled-the pistols wav-
credit we must take the law into
our own hands. let US proceed about
it iii quiet and orderly manner
THE mob cheered and made the old
fellow the master of ceremonies.n
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
BRIGHT BITS.

No Heroics-She (eagerly)-"And
what did papa say whenlyou asked him
for me?" He-"Consented at once"
She-"Glorious" He-"Oh, l don't
know; he might at least have given me
an opportunity to tell him that Ia
marry you even though we had to
elope." Ohio State Journal.
1t Stands-"The death of Ii Hung
Chang has been reported so often that
I didn't believe 1t this time until the
news had been confirmed" remarked
the Observant Boarder. "Oh, this time
his death proved fatal" declared the
Cross Eyed Boarder." Pittsburg
Telegraph.
Desolation-"Well," remarked Noah
thoughtfully, as he looked out over the
waste of water, at will be pretty lone
ly when we get ashore" yes" an
swered Japhet; there won't be enough
of the neighbors left to get up a court
of inquiry and prove that we didn't
know how to run the ship" Washing
ton Star.
The Real Peril-Sympathizing
Friend-"It must be a terrible thing to
have ones boy so far away from home
and to feel that his life is in danger
every day. 1 can imagine just how it
must seem to YOU" fearful Mother
"Oh, it's not the son that's in the Phil
ippines I'm so uneasy about. It's
Dicky He's Joined the college foot
ball team. Chicago Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
A CONCENTRATION OF CAPITAL.

At a labor meeting a day or two ago
one of the speakers declared that un-
less the government controlled the
great industrial and railroad combina-
tions that were being made it would
not be long before the trusts would
control the government. There is no
doubt that there is Apprehension of
the power of these great combinations
of capital, but the fact must not be
overlooked that in forming them there
is no purpose 70 control the govern
ment. Whether or not there will be
such a purpose at some future time
will depend probably upon conditions
which do not now exist. AT present the
purpose is self preservation.
The combination which has just been
entered into by the Northern Pacific
Union Pacific. Southern Pacific. Great
Northern and other railroads was nee
essary for the preservation OF these
roads. Competition with each other
meant ruin. Their conflicting interests
came near bringing on a panic last
May. Now that they have been con-
solidatsd they VIII cease warning with
each other. Rates win be maintained.
and shippers win be better satisfied
than when there wnH constant cut
ting ~ rates, because they can make
contracts with fhe knowledge that ons
shipper Nln not De- giYen an advantage
over anothfr
ghs Ereat danger ln these c0usblna-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
Personal.

More than forty guides have been
insured free against accidents by the
Swiss Alpine Club at an annual cost
of 10000 francs.
Sarah Bernhard says she is not a
victim of the automobile craze, but has
been forced to get one of the machines
and ride in it to escape being run over
by one.
Ten thousand English sovereigns,
said to have lain nearly 125 years at
the bottom of East bay, Lake Cham
plain, have been recovered and are
now deposited in the Allen National
Bank in Fairhaven.
The new Governor of Porto Rico
was classmate of the Governor Gen.
eral of the Philippines. Judge Taft
and Judge Hunt were friends through
out their course at Yale, and gradu-
ated together in 1878.
When Seth Low returned to New
York from few days rest, which he
took after the election, he found that
only 1 per cent of the communications
wal ing him were applications for Of
flee. The number of the communica-
tions, however, was $500.
Some one now writes a long article
to prove that no person could go over
Niagara Falls in a barrel and get air
enough to sustain life during the pas
sage. to say nothing of the hard bumps.
The theory advanced is that there were
two barrels, and some sharp strategy
by the dime museum manager in the
background
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
Appeal to Reason.

Reason, speak, thy boosted strength,
thy penetrating power.
Can surely light and comfort give in
dis ressing hour;
Nature to thee her treasures yields, her
secrets deep makes known,
In ways unnumbered, Pride of Man,
thy guidance, clear is shown.
Thus pleads the one who fain would
trust in Reason for relief,
When pain and trouble crush the
heart extinguishing belief
In Him who guides the planet and the
comet in its course,
And who alone of ma ure is the Mind.
the Soul, the Source.
But Reasons answer to the soul that
cruel fate distresses
Is family heard. if heard at all, when
sorrow sorely presses;
And disappointed is the one who looks
to her for aid
When troubles come, and whose belief
on her alone is stayed.
Still, Reason rightly understood, will
tell us that the plan divine
Which holds the universe in love, must
needs include your heart and
mine.
Then Faith and Reason should unite
to cheer the one that's crushed
by fate.
And so, a reasonable faith would
prompt the soul TO hope and wait.
Nov. Is. 1901. James NJ. Palm.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
WHY "BLINp TIGERS. FLOURISH.

There are Prohibitionists who can
not understand why it is that a pro-
hibition law cannot be enforced. They
seem to think it ought to be an easy
matter to put a stop TO the sale OF
whisky illegally: that is. there ought
to be no difficulty in suppressing what
are known as "blind tigers" which
flourish in prohibition counties. The
question of opening the saloons in the
city of New York during certain hours
on Sundays, on the ground that the
law closing them is very generally vio-
lated, is now being discussed in that
city. There are those who want to
know why it is that the law cannot be
enforced. Answering these inquirers,
a writer in one Of the daily papers says
one reason is that the cussedness OF
the customer aspires TO procure the for
hidden fruit" and another is that the
saloon keeper is out after the profit
and let's in the one after the fruit"
SO, in the case OF the blind tigers
in the prohibition counties, the desire
for whisky is greater because 1t is for
hidden fruit. and because II is forbid
den the profit OF selling It is greater,
and, hence, the desire of the dram
drinker and the cupidity OF the dram
seller combine and we have the blind
tiger"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
Lauded by Cushman X. Davis.

When war with Spain was about to
be declared, the question of appointing
Wheeler to responsible command was
taken by President Mckinley and his
friends, says the Philadelphia North
American. Among those whose advice
was asked was the late Senator Cush-
man K. Davis, of Minnesota
What is your judgment, Senator, on
the appointment of Gen. Wheelr," ask
ed the President of Davis one day
when number of old soldiers, among
them Hawley, of Connecticut; Shoup,
of Idaho; Henderson, OF iowa, and 9TH
ers were present.
II think it would be one of the best
appointments you could make, Mr..
President" replied Davis, frankly Il
am a living witness of Wheeler's grit
and persistence. During the rebellion
ne chased me like the very devil
through about five states"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT

Is the Work the British Doctors aro
Doing at 13 York street, West
Henderson Building, by Giving
Their Services Free of Charge ana
Thus Demonstrating Their AbiIitv
TO Cure Many Maladies that Are
Called IncurabIe.
staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
of a large number of patients under
their care in this country, ESTABLISHED
a permanent branch of the Institute in
this city at No. Is York street, west. i'm
the Henderson building, rooms l, . a
4, opposite post Office.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
cided to give their services ENTIRELY
free for three months medicines ex-
cepted) TO all invalids who call upon
them for treatment between now and
Nov. so. These services consist nor
only of consultation, examination, and
advice, but also of all minor surgical
operations.
The object in pursuing this course is
to become rapidly and personally ac-
quainted with the sick and afflicted
and under no conditions will anv
charge whatever be made for any ser.
vices rendered for three months, to all
all who call before Nov. 80.
The doctors treat all forms of dis
ease and deformities and guarantee a
cure in every case they undertake. At
the first interview a thorough exam
nation is made, and, if incurable, Won
are frankly and kindly told so, also ad-
vised against spending your money for
useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrb
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture
goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and all
diseases of the rectum, are positively
cured by their new treatment
The chief associate surgeon of the
Institute, is in personal charge.
Office hours from 8 a. m. till p. m
No Sunday hours.
Special Notice.-If you cannot call
send stamp for question blank for
home treatment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
THE STATE FAIR OF 1901.

The Georgia State Fair Of 1901 came
TO an end last night. after ten delight
full days. 1t was a success in every
particular save one-flnancial results,
as shown at the box office. However,
very few expositions or fairs are mon
ey makers. The Buffalo Exposition
came out at the little end OF the fnan-
cial horn, as did also about every 9TH
er exposition held in this country in
recent years. But box-office receipts
are not the gauge by which to measure
the benefits Of fairs and expositions.
Their good works live after them, and
for a long time to come Savannah will
profit by the fact that she gave Geor-
gia the greatest State Fair that she
has ever known.
The management of the Fair did
very well indeed, all circumstances
considered, and one and all the gentle
men deserve the sincerest thanks and
congratulations of the city and the
state. They had many hard PROPOSE
tons to solve, and they solved them
all save only the one of making the
Fair pay for itself. Another time, with
the experience they now have, they
may accomplish that also. There may
have been loose ends left hanging
which could not be foreseen. Next time
these can be guarded against. 1t has
been said Of the Buffalo Exposition
that if the management had it to do
over again they could give just as good
a show for one-half the money That
may not be true of our Fair, but it Is
quite certain that when it is repeated
there will be certain items OF expense
cut out, without loss to the Fair as "a
show.
Meanwhile it remains a fact that the
Fair, considered in itself and not as a
financial proposition, was great sue
cess. President Pope Brown OF the
Georgia State Agricultural Society,
bore willing and enthusiastic testi-
mony to the fact that the agricultural
display exceeded anything Of the kind
ever before had in Georgia. 1t was
display we'll calculated to open the
eyes of all visitors to the possibilities
of Georgia farms, and to compel home,
seekers to the conclusion that there is
no more fruitful soil to be found any
where in the United States or the
world. And that was the main purpose
of the Fair-to demonstrate to all
corners that we have in Georgia the
finest climate and the most fruitful soil
Of all sections; that our resources are
practically unlimited. and that no per-
son of enegy and intelligence need lack
for opportunities to win independence
within Georgia territory. These things
have been shown by the Fair, and the
advertising that has been received by
the state and the sections represented
will bear fruit for a long time to come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17
A GOVERNMENT OF BUSINESS MEN.

In a speech in Edinburgh on Thurs
day night, Lord Roseberry said that
he would like to see an experiment
for year "of a government formed
entirely of business men, such men,
for example, as Mr.. Carnegie and Sir
Thomas Upton"
Isn't it probable that the experiment
would be disappointing to Lord Rose
berry? Business men make as many
failures in business as politicians make
in government. But a small percen-
tage of business men is successful.
Only here and there is there a busi-
ness man who attracts attention by
his ability. So there are only a lew
successful politicians-men who un-
derstand the questions pertaining to
government and who have the ability
to conduct great government offices. 1t
is by no means certain that business
men of the ability of Mr.. Carnegie
and Sir Thomas Upton could conduct
the government of Great Britain with
greater ability than it is being con-
Quoted now. Mr.. Carnegie knows all
about iron and steel and Sir Thomas
Upton is an expert in the growing and
marketing Of tea, but what assurance
is there that they could deal success
fully with questions relating to d.
plomacy, war and the revenues? In
our government business men sent to
Congress do not make wiser legisla-
tors nor do they when appointed to
cabinet positions make better admin
istrators than politicians. 1t is GER
tain that in municipal governments
business man does not show to any
better advantage than a politician. Of
course there are some business men
who make regulations in affairs Of the
government, and no doubt there are
politicians who would be successful
in business. Success is in the man.
There are men who are certain to make
names for themselves whatever the
field of endeavor may be in which
their lot is cast. A government in the
hands of men as eminent as politicians
as Mr.. Carnegie and Sir Thomas Lip
ton are as business men would no
doubt be fully up to what, in the es-
timation of Lord Roseberryi a govern
ment should be.