The Newtown bee., 1902-08-22

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 Lawrence Mannion is recovering iron an attack of cholera infantum. D Barker was in attendance.
 MERRYA-L DISTRICT.
 Robert Peckham visited at H. B Bostwick's, last week.
 Mrs Vanderhoof returned to hel home in Newark, N. J., Monday, aftel a weeks visit with Miss Goode.
 MT and Mrs Cronan of New Yorl are so(ourning at Hiram Peck's. MI and Mrs Orlo Cook of Bridgeport are Pepper at Miss Fenn's, also Miss Eva Ives; Mrs B. T. Sedgewick of Nauga tuck at H. w. Murray's and G. N AbbOtt'S after an absence of two years.
 Tobacco cutting began this. week.
 MT and Mrs John Wells and Miss Iva Murray have gone for week. $ outing at their cottage at Spectacle Lake, there to be joined by George Bauman and family of Wallingford and John Bauman of New Haven.
 The deluge of last week did but lit. tie damage here, aside from flooding some of the lOwland meadows. We, beside some of our sister villages, ha we been very fortunate as to storms O1 any kind, as the hail did but very lit. tie and most of the crops no damage at all
 Miss Anna Stone has returned from a visit in Danbury. l MT UpSOn gave us plain and prac- tical talk on the life of King Ahasuer- us, last Sunday. It is always interest ing and instructive to listen to d Bible story as explained by him. A Polander employed on contract work on Mrs Blacks property was found to be suffering with an ulcer on his leg. Dr Barker operated on him and he was then sent to the Danbury hospital.
 Peter Newman was unfortunate enough to injure one of his fingers badly. Dr Barker dressed his wound and he is now all right again, and as happy as clam at high tide. Ernest Wagner has taken a position with J. B. Cox.
 Miss Annie Cox is in Bridgeport, the guest Of her aunt, Mrs McDonough, of Lexington avenue. John Duncan has finished an exten- sive job of grading about Carl Schover- ling'S new residence at Lake Wara- maug, and is once more on duty in the tobacco warehouse in New Milford. GuStave Puckel, the tailor, has en- gagged quarters in the new Kirsch block on Bank street. Burton Chamberlain of Hartford is visiting MT and Mrs F. k. Soule. A popular poultry farmer on West street is said to be raising brood of rOOsters that have a crow which is d cross between the whistle Of the loco motive engine and Long Island Sound steamboat. They are said to be very proficient early in the morning. Miss N. G. Byrne is visiting in New Haven.
 Miss Alkaline Buck is arranging for dance by the young sOciety people on the evening of Labor day at Roger Sherman hall.
 Mrs Allen has let the contract for her block on Bank street to Wiley Blackman of Danbury. The store in this block will be occupied by La Hait s Thomas.
 The enterprising F. E. Rowe CD. have taken the contract to build a barn at Still River for the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Go. The barn will be 32x5O feet, with basements.
 The Methodist church has been new ly rOOfed with Walters metallic OK idized Shingle, furnished by C. A. Way.
 Mrs KirSch had decided to put a front veranda on her block. As the other property owners had agreed not to do this, c. H. Booth went to Milford to see Mrs Kirsch. She was very pleas ant about the matter and agreeable to MT Booths suggestion and decided not to put on the veranda. This will make the street front more uniform and be better in every way.
 Miss May CheeSeman of the Park City, who has been visiting her broth CT, returned home on Saturday.
 D. McMahOn was in New York on Monday.
 J. B. Walls of BrOcktOn, Mass, rep resenting the Emerson Shoe Co.,, has been at the store of D. McMahOn, this week. He arranged handsome win dow display of the Emerson shoe in MT McMahOn's store.
 Howard Hubbell was so unfortunate as to cut himself severely with an ax on the left hand. Dr Staub dressed the wound.
 Leslie Osborne was in New Haven on Monday.
 MT Bailey. of the freight depot, has moved into the new house of J. Butler Merwin on High street.
 Engineer Parish has moved from Mrs Peck'S house on South Main street to a part of Dr Kings house on Bridge street.
 . Charles l. Leach has put in an at tractive line of trading stamps. By this method he gives a handsome pres ent with every sale of $50. Step in to the store and look the presents over. The Farmers Trading Co. are giving away a handsome decorated china cup, saucer and plate with pound Elm City baking powder. This is bargain to all seeking premiums. Call and exam inc our premiums, with Searchlight coffee.
 Free for the asking, a sample of Re- liable prepared flour, ready to use in a moment. Makes delicious biscuits and short cake, at Farmers Trading Co. $. Irwin AtchiSOn, of the firm of HOyt & AtchisOn, attended the donation given Rev MT Chichester by the Co., burn church in Sherman on Friday last.
 John w. Hoyt was in New York on Monday and Tuesday. MT and Mrs Frank EvittS enjoyed a drive to Lake Waramaug on Sunday. B. J. Calvin, an energetic farmer on Second Hill, has just completed very fine silo. It is built in the most ap- proved manner, a great improvement, he thinks, over the cheaply construct cd Western SilOS