The Newtown bee., 1901-08-30
WEST BROOKFIELD AND VICINITY.

W EST BhOOhFlElAD AND lClNlI1.
 MT and Mrs Paul Shetland have just returned to New York after spending i a number of days at Buffalo. They vacation at EdgewoOd farm, the pleas. ant and attractive home of Mrs Shot. l lands parents.
 Tobacco in this section looks un. usually we'll. It has made a good growth and is good color. The soil in this section is well adapted.to grow 1 ing tobacco. Some fine crops remain l unsold yet.
 Charles Camp is building an addi- tion to his tobacco barn. Charles H. J Hatch is doing the work.
 RESULT OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
 A special town meeting was held last Saturday afternoon for the pur- pose of resembling the vote taken a year ago in regard to the appropriation for the State road. This does not mean that the idea of having section some where worked under this law, but the State commissioner has been unable to get here to do the work. Under the vote of the State apprOpriation,w which our appropriation must come under, it cannot be done, as the time expires September l. Hence new vote must be taken in order to come under tn e sum voted by the last Legislature. The meeting was adjourned one week.
 Mrs s. J. Meaney and sons, Clifford and Francis, are spending few weeks with her mother, Mrs Hannah Kane.
 M. T. Kane and Michael O'Donnell spent Sunday in Bridgewater, the fc f>f h
 Miss Mamie Higgins of Jersey City is spending her vacation at her home in Obtuse.
 c. L. Dean and wife spent Sunday the guests of Miss Bridget Myers.
 Frank Wildman and wife spent Sun day at Andrew Bradley's popular sum- mer resort in Maplewood, Danbury.
 The West Iron Works school will open Tuesday, September 3.
 MT and Mrs Nichols of Elyria, O., are spending the summer with their daughter, Mrs James Bateman.
 George Hendrickson has accepted a Electrical Works of Danbury.
 P. H. Dixon, the genial blacksmith, is very busy at the present time.
 Frank Miller and wife of Bridgeport spent Sunday at S. c. Osborne'S sum- mer resort.
 A number of our citizens have al ready attended the Pan-American ex- position and speak very highly of it.
 A number of Brookfeld young men are mourning the absence of two young ladies from Waterbury who have been spending the summer in town.
 The recent guests at the Brooktield Inn are J. H. Root of Hartford, Dr J. F. Smith of Brookfeld, R. w. Lowell of Springfield, Mass.
 A number of Brookfield young people are rehearsing for an enter tainment under the tuition of Miss Clara Gray of New York for the bene- fit of St Paul's chapel.
 Arthur Mansfield and c. E. Vroman are delivering coal. They have re- ceived several loads of coal and are de- livering it in the village for S6 25 per ton.
 At a recent meeting of the Brook field Drum Corps, H. J. Pixley was elected president.
 William and Peter Concannon have resigned their positions at the Lenox Shear Go. and have accepted positions in Bridgeport.
 wife of Danbury are spending the summer at Frederick Jones'.
 The Misses Mcdonald of Water- town are spending few weeks, the guests of Miss Mamie McNamara.
 M. F. Kane has purchased one of F. W. Wildman's valuable English point CTS. These dogs have the reputation of being the finest in these parts.
 Miss Daisy Clark of Hartford is spending her summer vacation with her cousin, Mrs William Hubbard,
 Miss Mamie Higgins, now of Jersey City, is spending her vacation at her home in Obtuse.
 Maurice O'Donnell the popular l station agent, has been spending his 10 days vacation in New York and He returned home Mon- day night much pleased with his trip.
 Edward Quinn of East Hampton, has been taking the place of Station Agent O'Donnell while on his vacation.
 Mrs Charles Miller of Bridgeport, who has been ill at her fathers, Will | liam O'Iayer's, is improving as fast as can be expected.