The Newtown bee., 1902-11-28

w 11 0lll1CO VI 4AIUS1hSAN3 ASSH AAs Ao' French of Sandy Hook and Miss May B. Lord assisted the pastor at various times.
 The Sunday school is making prep aration for a Christmas concert and tree on Christmas eve. Committees have been appointed and work on the program begun.
 Sunday, November 30, at 10.45, preaching by the pastor. Subject, "That Weak Brother for Whom Christ Died.' Sunday school at F. Epworth League meeting at p. m.
 DIPHTHERIA AT THE STATION.
 Diphtheria is quite prevalent at the Station. The school has been closed and few houses are quarantined.
 Ralph Seymour and family of Terry vile spent Thanksgiving at MT and Mrs Henry Hurlburt's.
 Mrs Charlotte Lennon is soon to go to New Haven to spend the winter with Mrs Josephine Worse.
 Rev A. E. Thistleton has taken win ter quarters with MT and Mrs Walter Booth.
 D. w. Holmes does not gain as his friends would wish. A number of his old comrades at the quarry quite gen. erously remembered him.
 Mir and Mrs N. P. Beardsley visited MT Beardsley's brother, Fred Boards ley, in Boston, recently.
 MT Sterrett of New Haven spent has a few days in Roxbury gathering min eral specimens. While. here he was the guest of MT and Mrs s. B. Smith.
 MT and Mrs Frank Collins have the sympathy of their friends in the loss of their four-year-old daughter. The little one was buried last Friday, the funeral being private. : Willard Hodge and family of Bridge port were guests, Thanksgiving day, of MT and Mrs Burton Hodge.
 Quite number attended the mis- sionary meeting at Mrs Bruce Hodges, last week Wednesday, and listened to an interesting address by Mrs Heib, a returned missionary from Southern India.
 There will be union service, Thanksgiving day at the COngrega- tional church, Rev Mir Pickett preach ing the sermon.
 Rev A. E. Thistleton spoke to che young men in Woodbury by invitation from Rev MT Wyckoff, Sunday, No vember 16.
 Robert McKeever finished harvest ing his corn crop, last week, and has about 600 bushels of very fine corn. A. J. Vidler was laid up last week a few days with sickness.
 Report has it that John Elwell has purchased Capt Cyrus Prindle's tene. ment house at the Center. Master Charles Hardy, who is only about seven years old, suffered slight shock, last week. Edward Garlick has accepted posi- tton with A. s. Barnes of Naugatuck in his meat market. MT Garlick will probably move his family there in the near future.
 MT and Mrs John Clark celebrated their silver wedding, Monday, October 27. MT Clark was remembered with a Morris chair and some silver to holC down his pockets. Mrs Clark was pre- sented with some nice silverware There were about 9 friends present The occasion was a complete surprise | to MT Clark.
 Mrs Amos Tyrrell is quite poorly. N. P. Beardsley has very fine hero of Devon cattle this winter. He has g head on hand at present buv is sell ing all the time so will probably no winter quite as many. Among hi 1 herd are three pair of twin steers One pair took four prizes at the Wa terbury fair and another took twt prizes. In all MT Beardsley brough home 28 prizes from the Waterbur, fair.
 Mrs Carrie Light of Danbury, ; graduate of a famous New York schoo of music, visits town every othe Tuesday, giving music and singin, lessons. Any information desired ma, be obtained at the Methodist parson age, of T. F. Elwell or of Mrs F. H Leavenworth of Painters Hill. + Mrs Leverett Castle is visiting rela tives in New Milford. | John Humphrey, who has spent tn, summer at w. D. Humphreys, re turned to his home in Massachusetts last Monday.
 The Booth Free school is nearly fin ished and is fine looking building.
 The Booth school closed for shor, vacation, Wednesday. The Weller district school has beer closed on account of diphtheria havins made it's appearance at the Station. Mrs George w. Hurlburt spent last week visiting relatives in Glastonbury and New Haven.
 Cards were issued for an invited l 1c rr Y,or If fri won Inv tho Manf fc r1I h Thanksgiving evening, in the hall. Mrs Charles Sanford and Mrs Fred