The Newtown bee., 1901-01-18
NEW PRESTON.

NEW PRESTON.
BIG CROWD WITNESSES THE H)RsE
TROTrING ON THE ICE.
The gala day of horse racing on
Lake Waramaug WIS Wednesday Of
last week. Several fine horses from
New Milford were there besides the
trotters Lakeside can now boast of.
William l.. Hopkins horse was in no
tit condition frr speeding and cOnse-
luently his competitor of the week
previous, James Marsh's ''Ackamar,"
won the race; trotting with greater
ease than either horse could have
done ii Hopkins horse had been in
trolting condition. William @. Bee
mans PAGER, ''Tommy b." beat E.
Wheeler's horse of Warren in three
straight heats. Andrew Booth of
New Milford drove Wheeler's horse.
Beenan's colt, "Walter r, "also was
winner in another race. So Lakeside
horses were not to be ignored that day
| but were Sin it" Notwithstanding
that the Editor .of the Gazette
was present and in his report put
them in another class. They did we'll
and if the condition of the ice and
horses had been more favorable New
Milford steeds might not have carried
off more honors than the week before.
Some of them had passed through too
many scrub races and torn boots and
limbs on the ice previous to show off
in any manner their best speed on the
9th. The races called out the largest
crowd of people and number of teams
from this and adjoining towns which
will be seen about the lake this win
ter.
Mrs II. B. Tucker and eldest son suf-
fered from an attack of quinSy, last
week.
Mrs E. H. Beardsley and youngest
son were confined to their home, the
latter part of the week, with grip
colds, which seem quite prevalent at
present. Drs Marcy and Abbott are
both kept busy as much as their time
permits. DIR Marcy took his public
initiation step in politics in State
Legislature at Hartford, last week,
and will necessarily be absent from
this village one half his time for the
six months to come.
While there was upwards of 800 to
be seen at the races at the lake, last
week, the prayer meetings held in the
church parlOrS were most thinly at
tended in observance of the customary
week of prayer. AS there was church
Sociable in the New Preston Hill So
ciety on Tuesday evening, it was
deemed best to hold the prayer meet
ing on Tuesday afternoon and was at
tended by perhaps a dozen. On We'd
nesday evening only six found their
way to the church parlors and the in
clement weather of Thursday evening
prevented every one from going. So
the week closed with the religious ele-
ment and fervor as low as it has SEEM
ed to be for several months. Your
correspondent has his doubts if horse
racing and church going assimilate
readily and still he knows that the
impOtency of a church cannot alto
gether be attributed to a horse or any
thing but the impotency or deafness
of the heart, the dormant faculties,
made so by the selfish inactiOn Of all
who evade their known duty. The re-
suit is dead church but a lively
| world outside for Satan to xvnrk IN
| Mrs B. Griswold is at present num-
bered with the sick here: also Mrs F.
J. Hosford.
A. G. Caskey left, last Saturday af-
ternoon, for trip to his former home
in Detroit, Mich.
Sherman COgsWell, I'd, is again Suf-
fering from an attack of rheumatism.
Sherman Cogswell, ST., is again get
ting out from his woodland as fine a
quality of wood as is sold in this or
any village at most reasonable price.
Mrs B. Rowland has felt obliged to
go to Bridgeport for medical treat
[ment and will be absent from her
home for a few weeks.
Rumor says that Henry Bronson,
Mrs G. f. Lemmon's farmer, has been
a married man for two weeks.