The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-11-08

IL OlL w ilildlu SOdu VI NEW LcdldIu
has been received by Mr. and Mrs Ores
ties Hickox.
Thames, New Zealand,
September p, 1901.
My dear friends: Just Il few lines to
let you know what Shock it was to
the people in this part of the world
when the cable news came to hand an
nOuncing that your late President Nc
kinley had been shot by the hand of
an assassin, and later on that the Pres
ident had died from the injuries sus-
tanned. The news of the shooting
reached here on Saturday afternoon
and the next Acknowledgements pray
ers were offered up in nearly all of the
churches throughout the whole of the
Australian colonies. On the following
Sunday the news of the President S
death came to hand just about church
time in the morning and the sad news
was announced from the pulpits, when
special reference was made to the ter
rible calamity which had befallen the
American nation, and special prayers
were offered up on behalf of your coun-
try and the late Presidents family.
Flags were hoisted to half mast as
early as possible, and genuine grief
was expressed all round. Since then
special "In Memoriam" services have
been held in nearly all the churches,
and tie Prsident's favorite hymn,
"Nearer My God to Thee" together
with other appropriate hymns and
music, rendered. In fact almost as
much sympathy and respect has been
shown by the people in this part of the
world to your nation and the bereav-
ed family of the late President as was
exhibited at the time of the death of
our late beloved Queen Victoria. The
American Consul in Auckland has re-
cieved hundreds of letters and tele-
grams from all parts of New Zealand
sympathy and coincidence to
the American people. The newspapers
in many instances also went into
and in order to show you
what was done in that respect l am
forwarding you Herald of September
Is date, which will show you how the
sad news was received here 1t is
really wonderful the amount of SYM
pathy that prevails here for the A mer-
can nation in it's sad bereavement, and |
shows there is something more than |
mere sentiment between the two Eng
ish speaking nations.
CoNGfEGAT1ONAL CHURCH ITEMS.
Rev DR. Carter of Flushing, L.
athcr of Rev r. E. Carter, gave an
practical sermon, in the
church last Sunday, on
he duty and privilege of ''Religious
'oy.' "The joy Of the Lord is your
trength:' "Rejoice in the Lord al
way, and again | say, rejoice" He
aid not one half or a quarter of the
,lndneSS and love of God could be eX-
'ressed in language. 1t is unfathom-
bic. TO illustrate the uselessness of
worrying, he said he asked an aged
IAN on his death bed what he had
Uttered from the most through life.
lie replied. "From things which
ever happened. He said no one
Ould be miserable unless he was wick
q. Joy is life and strength. Mourn
illness is weakness and misery. Do
lightly and you will be blessed.
r FOHp TAKES A TRIP TO MEXICO. I
DR. w. j. Ford left last Thursday. [
october 81, for New York to 90 as
MUSICIAN with the mining and engi-
eering expedition on their trip to G
'eW Mexico. ROssiter w. RAYMOND. 6
no resides here summers, is one of /
he chief men of the party. A young
MUSICIAN from New York, DR. Weisby, i,
ikes DIR FOrd'S place.
Mrs Jane Clark of New Milford has a
cen staying for week with her d
tughter, Mrs c. II. Woodruff. v
John Duncan has had Amasa Hal
OK to repair and shingle the addition +
} his house.
M. :. Woodruff and help have paint II
Mrs keZiah Mitchell'S house and L
g now at work on w. Fl. Church's q
)uSe. The past beautiful weather