The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
Ten Pages.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
NEW MILFORD.

THE TEMPORARY CITY ON THE PARK.
 A stranger stepping into New Mill ford, Monday, might have imagined that he was in the midst of booming Western town, to see the small stores springing up on all sides. The writer counted about 100 men welding the saw and hammer on the temporary buildings going up on the Park. It was busy scene and spoke volumes for the energy and recuperative pow CTS of the business men. Driven out of their places of business in night they did not sit idly down and mourn, but hardly before the ruins were cool men were at work clearing up the rub bish, while the owners of the building lots were figuring up their losses with the insurance adjusters, and one or two had begun to figure with contractors on blocks to replace the buildings des- troyed. Hardly an unharmonious note Ss6s heard. The writer did hear of one on two cittilcns who. looking through the scenes with narrow, dfsjc1nted and selfish spectacles, had the temerijy to raise an objection because the business men were building on the Park. If this is really fact that such persons exist (hard to believe) we should advise them to read over again the Golden Rule, and endeaver to get out of the control of notions that are not credit to men and women living in an en- frightened New England town in the 2Oth century,.
 LARGEST TEMPORARY BUILDING ON THE PARK.
 The largest temporary building on the Park is that of w. G: Barton, the hustling dry goods merchant,::who has had building erected, 2Ox80 feet, on the north side of the park, adjoining the sidewalk. MT Barton was in New York, last week, and selected a fresh, up-to-date and desirable line of dry goods, and will sell at the same favor able prices what made his old Bank street store so popular. MT Barton will be ready for business in earnest by the time THE BEE appears, which car ries with.it his cordial invitation to the public to visit his temporary store. There will be the usual Barton vel come, and people have come to know this is cordial and sincere.
 THE BOOTH X. BENTLEY co. TEhPo- | RARY STORE.
 The enterprising Booth & Bentley Co. will have very comfortable and de- sirable quarters for their temporary store in the residence of c. H. Booth on Main street. The three parlors on the .ground floor are being fitted up with shelves for sales rooms, while a portion of the piazza is being boarded up. It will make cool and pleasant place for the shoppers, and Manager Bentley will see to it that attractive values are offered to the visitors. Or Tuesday the Booth & Bentley Co.,, ano c. H. Booth personally on his build ings destroyed, made satisfactory set clements with the adjusters.
 KINNEY x CO.,, GROCERs, TO KETIR1
 FROM BUSINESS.
 The longtime and favorably know
 firm of Kinney &. Co.,, grocers, wh
 were burned out last week, have de
 cided to retire from business. Collec tor of Internal Revenue w. F. Kinne
 began business in New Milford, Novem
 Der, 1875, and two years later Henr q Kinney became a member of the firm : Collector Kinney, in speaking to reE n resentative of THE BEE, spoke wit y evident emotion concerning the mai s ter. He said: ''It was no light thing t give up business in town he had com d to love and was closely identified wit o in many ways. But he thought he ha
 come to parting of the ways when
 was advisable to retire from his pos . tion at Hartford or his business, an he chose to give up the latter.''
 FRIENDS SWORKEDvALIANT. TO SAW ,f HIS PROPERTY.
 The loss of Frank Evitts'did not b " gin to be what it would have othe
 wise, owing to the energetic work of
 few good friends. When it was sec
 that the store he occupied was sure