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600 1850
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
HATTERTOWN.
PERSONAL CHAT.

PERSONAL CHAT.
 Edgar C. Northrop, who has been sick with neuralgia, is improving.
 John Summers has been visiting his brother, A. J. Summers, and family, in New York.
 Charles Roberts is putting a new roof on his house.
 Mrs Julia Platt has been quite sick with fever. Dr Hill has been treating her and she is improving.
 Jerome, T. Peck of Chicago has been the guest of c. D. StillSOn.
 Mrs Henry Pratt and son, Arthur, ,o1 Bridgeport, have been the guests of Mrs J. w. Penny.
 Miss Edna Booth of Stevenson was at her home in this place over Sunday Ernest Northrop returned to his work in Bridgeport, Monday morning Messrs J. B. and D. B. Parmelee have been rebuilding the bridge ovel the Pootatuck brook. It is now in first class condition.
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ST JOHN'S
TEN-CENT SALE.

The ladies of St Johns parish will hold 1O-cent sale of fancy and useful articles, things good to eat, etc., at 5. P. Glover's residence, Thursday after noon of next week, November 19; and will also serve light refreshments on that occasion. If the weather should be very stormy on that date, the sale will be postponed till the first ia ir day.
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daughter were recent guests of Lester Ingers0ll.
 Miss Marion Briggs spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents.
 MT and Mrs D. B. Mallory made a trip to Patterson and Haviland Hol- low, last week.
 Frank Boerum of New Fairfield spent Monday night with w. B. Haw- ley.
 Henry Stearns and W: Taylor of Patterson were in town, Monday.
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AN ENGLISH AUTHOR WROTE:

"No shade, no shine, no fruit, no flowers, no leaves,-November!" Many
 Americans would add DO freedom from catarrh, which is so aggravated during this month that it becomes constantly troublesome. There is abundant proof that catarrh is a constitutional disease. It is related to scrOfula and consump- tion, being one of the wasting diseases. Hoods Sarsaparilla has shown what is capable of eradicating scrofula, com- pletely cures catarrh and taken in time prevents consumption. We cannot see how any sufferer can put of taking this medicine, in view of the widely published record of it's radical and permanent cures. It is undoubtedly America'S Greatest Medicine for AmerjcaS Greatest Disease -Catarrh.
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REDDING.
A NEW ENGLAND SUPPER.

On Tuesday, November IT, there will be New England supper held at the home of Rev and Mrs William Jepson, the rector and wife of Christ church. The supper will be served from o'clock to g and will incl ude all kinds of palatable viands, such as chicken pie, baked beans, doughnuts, nut cakes, etc. As the proceeds will be used to purchase horse and buggy for the rector, it is thought reason able to request 25c for the supper.
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GREENFIELD HILL.
DEERFIELD DISTRICT.

Mrs William Hermann of Brook lyn is spending few weeks at Charles Nichols.
 Mrs s. T. Bulkley and children of Greenfield have been guests of her father, T. E. Bradley.
 Miss Alice Nichols has returned and Brooklyn. Misses Florence Field and Inez DeVeau of Brooklyn accom- panied Miss Nichols to COhOeS.
 A gang of men are repairing Burr's highway.
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W. H. BANKS TO RETIRE FROM THE
 STORE BUSINESS.
 It is reported on good authority that w. H. Banks, who has conducted the grocery and general merchandise store at Greenfield Hill for the past nine years, will retire from the business, December l, the store having been sold to MT Banks sisters, who will as sume charge. MT Banks will devote his attention to the poultry business in the near future and has already made extensive preparations along that line.
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Deputy Sheriff Fred E. Crofutt was in town, Monday, and attached the real estate of the Tweedy Mannfac- turing Go. in Taunton in the interest of Dexter o. Tiffany. The latter claims s25OO damages for failure to pay balance due on draft.
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Danbury Music School and School of Elocution,
 900 and 268 Main Street,
 DANBURY, sCT.
Season I0O3-4. Schools
 Reopen Sept. IA.

Faculty and Examiners: Albert Rose Par sons and H. Rawlins Baker of New York City Ella A. Curtis. Marion H. Tweedy, Mrs kittit MiddebroOk HntOn. Mrs Fredrick Weichert Fannie Close and others.
 Private Sand class instruction in Piano Voice. Violin, Theory, Ensemble, Sight Read ing, German and all branches of ElOcutiOn in- cluding Voice building. Medical Gymnastics. Delsarte. Physical Culture, Drills Reading. Recitations, Monologues. etc.
 Send for catalogue containing full informa- tion in regard to Scholarships Diplomas, Re- citals, Tuition, Testimonials, etc.
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Mrs Annie E. Platt is in Hunting town with her uncle, PhilO DimOn, where she will spend the winter.
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TRINITY CHURCH.

The rear room in the basement of Trinity church is being frightened up and put in shape for the use of the in- fant classes of the Sunday school. F. B. Burwell's men are doing the work.
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CARD.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on 50-cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded.
 R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown.
 Betts S Betts, Sandy Hook.
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THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.

At the special town meeting, Satur- day, 5000 was voted to finish up roads on the Ridge; on the road from the Center to Bethel and on the road from Adams corner to Bedding station.
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NeiIs Rasmussen IS improving his house by having it newly painted. Wilbur French is doing the work.
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F. E. Burwell has finished big con- tract for the Fabric Fire Hose Co.,, having painted 10 houses, the two fac tories, sheds, water tanks, roofs, etc.
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Henry B. Coger keeps things moving at his mill at BotSford. He has un- loaded, this week, a car of oats and one of corn.
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STEVENSON.

MERCHANT GOULETTE's NEW STORE.
 Merchant Goulette has his new store nearly completed and expects to occupy it soon. The interior is handsomely finished in hard wood in very modern way, and is amply lighted with large plate glass windows. MT Goulette is to add a meat market to his other business and for this purpose the store is divided by handsome arch into two sections. The front for boots and shoes, dry goods and groceries; the egant office is also partitiOned off at one side. With this spacious building and the store room he now occupies, he hopes to be able to handle his con- stantly increasing business. His many friends will wish him continued pros perity in his handsome new quarters. TO CLEAR UP RIVERSIDE CEMETERY.
 The Riverside Cemetery Association met at the residence of R. $. Hinman. Saturday evening, and the following officers were elected: President, Charles T. Sherwood; secretary, R. s. Hin- man; treasurer, Fred J. French; sex ron, J. w. Sherwood; directors, M. Bryant, J. E. Downs and c. B. French. It was also voted to have the ceme- tery moved and cleared up.
 Mrs Carl Smith and Masters Ray and Neil Smith of New Milford were calling on friends here, last Saturday.
 Archie has resigned his position with Louis Goulette, and Grover LOveland has taken his place.
 Miss Anna Hartnett, who is suffer- ing with typhoid fever, is slowly im- proving.
 Miss Edna Booth, who teaches in Half Way River district, spent Sunday with friends in Bridgeport.
 MT and Mrs Albert LOveland of Bridgeport are guests of MT and Mrs George Martin.
 MT and Mrs L. B. Bradley enter tained Rev MT Yaggy, this week.
 R. s. Hinman has purchased three horse power gasoline engine and saw. and expects to "get up wood pile" without much trouble. this year.
 Tuesday evening, November "A, has been decided on for the concert to be given by Derby talent in the Metho- dist church.
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H. w. Wright has been thrashing with his power for B. M. Peck in Hun. JingtOwn, this week.
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Thomas Kinsey, with his usual help CTS, is digging the we'll at the new home of MT and Mrs A. J. Smith and the Misses Scudder.
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Mrs D. L. Pike and daughter, who have been visiting Mrs John G. Gay, returned to Bridgeport, Tuesday.
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c. William Northrop is suffering with that vexatious trouble, tonsilitis.
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Samuel Lindsteadt, who has been running John H. Franks blacksmith shop in Huntingtown, has gone to Bridgeport to make his home.
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Will Banks, who fell from a tree, last week, is about again.
 Mir and Mrs George w. Banks of Philadelphia, MT and Mrs J. B. Corn wall and son of Bridgeport, MT and Mrs K. A. Judd of Danbury and Miss es Lucy and Annie Wilson took din ner with MT and Mrs G. A. Sanford, Sunday.
 MT and Mrs Banks expect to sail for Cairo, Egypt, December l, where they will spend the winter.
 The assessors meet at the Town hall, one and two days in the week,
 The Putnam Park commissioners are filling in and grading the park near the south entrance.
 Miss Edith Burgess has closed her house in the Center and gone to New York for the winter.
 Mrs M. J. Scribner, who was burned out, has gone to housekeeping in one of her tenement houses.
 George B Treadw well and J. Henry Duncan are hauling railroad ties and timber for Nettleton, from Weston to Bedding station.
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~' WHY BIRDS ARE SCARCE.


 It was generally expected, last spring, when quails were unusually abundant that there would be good hunting this fall. On the contrary there has not been a season in many years when there were so few. What has become of them? Many claim it is due entirely to the cold and exceS- sively wet weather. Those who have had much experience in chicken rais- ing can realize the losses that must Oc- cur where the young roOst on the ground, as quailS do. In some instances large numbers of the young have been found which had been drowned.
 The Thanksgiving service will be a union service as usual and will be in the Congregational church in the morning.
 Quite large number of our potato growers are selling good part of their crop for cash, averaging about 75c a buShel Many are holding for Sl later, as they think the loss by shrinkage will still leave quite a profit above present prices.
 The corn crop does not improve by picking. It serves only to show how poor the crop actually is. Some farm CTS say their crop is so badly shrunken Ul1dU O SOA u OAC1AOA VIII AOO oASA AOs
 Mrs Arthur Osman of Brooklyn is spending a week with her parents in ObtuSe.
 The Connecticut apple crop has a black eye this year in the black spots which in some cases nearly cover the apple, being the worst on greenings. Nearly all the crop is more or less af- fected. Where the apples are on heavy ground or much shaded, they seem to be worse. The appear ance of the spots issomething like moth patches. In it's worst form they run together making the apple nearly black. These spots do not affect the quality:seriously, but it .is the looks. and this goes great ways in selling d crop. It is a fungus growth which some claim can be remedied in part, at least, by spraying. K. W. Beers is try ing this method and hopes for good re- suits another year.
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MT and Mrs s. c. NickersOn of Dan- bury have been passing a few days with MT and Mrs J. A. James at Hawley- Ville
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sANFORDTOwN BOOMING.

New Yorklparties were in town, last week, looking at property in Sanford town for summer residence Sanford town is booming.
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WEST BEDDING.

CHURCH AND PERSONAL JOTTINGS.
 James Carson had the misfortune to lose a calf, nearly ready for market. thiS.Week.
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TRUMBULL.
CHURCH NOTES.

NO1 CSs
 Preaching Sunday morning and evening by Rev William Henry Hayes of Andover, chaplain of the last ses- sion of the House of Representatives. The young people of the Grange give social dance this evening (Friday) at the Town hail.. The committee in charge are s. s. Walker. Howard Beach, William Fuller, Miss Olive WatrOuS and Miss Millie Burton.
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Mrs John Ashley, who has been spending the summer in the West, is now at her home in Huntingtown for the winter.
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John M. Ferris, the veteran Stan. ford cattle man, was in town, Tuesday. He stopped at the Grand Central hotel.
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Frederick B. Mcguire of Bridgeport is passing the week at w. c. JohnSOn's
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MT and Mrs Edward T. Clarke passed Wednesday night in Bridgeport.
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Subpmnas were served by Deputy Sheriff Johnson, this week, upon Charles M. Thorpe, Mary J. Thorpe. Jesse c. Lewis, Thomas Perkins, Eva Northrop and Levi s. Porter of this town, pr Seth Hill of Tashua, Daisy ,Tyrrell of Stepney, to appear in the Court of Common Pleas at Bridgeport n Thursday, to testify in the case If State vs. Joseph Duplies. This case occupied several days in local justice Ourt, last spring.
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Saved Death
THE RESCUE OF MRS VAN AIS.
 TYNE AT JOf1NSTOWN.

HER LIFE WAS DEsPAIRED OF AND SHE CRIED BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.
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James Corbett of Huntingtown has had his house newly painted, this fall
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Miss M. B. Blackman passed Sunday with Hawleyville friends.
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The pulpit of the Long Ridge Meth odist church was filled, Sunday, by MT Cole, a student of Drew Theological college.
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SHERMAN.
LOCAL MENTION.

LOCAL MENTION.
 MT and Mrs George Corbin were guests of L II. Hungerford, Sunday. MT and Mrs Charles Ingersoll and
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John G. Cav passed Sunday in the Park City with his son, Charles c. Gay. w. w. Foote of Danbury was in town, Tuesday.
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Amos T. Camp is sick and under the doctors care.
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vllie has been the guest of her daugh- ter, Mrs Fred Foster.
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The Ladies' Aid society realized from thelr sociable $l5. There were many kept at home by the weather.
 Mrs Charles Bronson and daughter, Emma, visited friends in Georgetown, over Sunday.
 Arthur Todd has started his lime kiln under very flattering prospects,,
 Miss Carrie Knapp has been improv- ing her buildings by putting new roofs on nearly all of them. MT Senior of Bethel is doing the work.
 The Asbury Fpworth League union will hold their second and third Quar. terly meeting, on Friday,at p. m., tt the home of James Griffin.
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JUST A REQUEST,

Will our new selectmen give look at bad place in the road below the Center schoolhouse? It will not take long.
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ESTABLISHED 1865.
 PlautS' Winter Jackets.
ESTA RIISHED 1865.

We have stock the largest and best selected asort ment of Ladies' and Misses Jackets shown Tn thls city These garments you will find be of thoroughly reliable quality and workmanship and entirely new in design Our prices to be the lowest Here are few ot our many special offerings:
 At SSo8-Sylsh Jackets made of good quality beaver cloth the loose fitting effect and trimmed with satin band and fancy braid
 At $II.5o-Jackets extra quality kersey, loose back double cape collar trimmed in Panne velvet and lined with Skinner's satin.
 At $I6.oS-Very stylish Jackets, 3.4 fitted back and Gibson peat cape collar and trimmed with velvet and fancy metal buttons.
 .Reneher that facilities give you perfect fit are the best have experienced coakmaker the premises
 J. ID. Plaut & BrO.,
 2O1 Main St., Danbury, Conn.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-29
DEGENERACY IN THE EAST.
Glass of Poor People in Small Com
nectieut Towns Who Are
Socially Corrupt.

In paper read before the Fedora
ton Of Churches in New Haven re-
Gently, Rev. Mr.. Hutehins declared that
in many Of the small towns of Connec-
ticut a class was growing up similar to
the poor whites of the southern noun
tains. They seem already to be a
fixed type he says. They are the
hewers Of wood and drawers Of water
for the class just above them. They
are ambitionless, improvident. ip-
norant, sometimes not able to read or
write. loose in family relations Zone
o. the greatest curses, oy the way in
the state), socially corrupt. given 10
hard-cider drinking and sometimes
the opium habit | visited a dilapidat.
ed house Of about four or five rooms. in
which dwelt the old patriarch of the
tribe tperhaps 60 years old, with his
wife, son and an orphan grandson as
one family. Another son and wife. with
wife, with five children in the proud
possession of another room to them
selves, then another daughter and hus-
pahd with three small children; still
another daughter, husband and baby,
loath to leave the parental roof. with
two boarders besides. No farm seemed
connected, but all were living compla-
Gently onwhat odd jobs they could pick
up. They were happy, contented and
religiously disposed, the apt material
for use in a got up revival One not
having seen it can hardly conceive of
the filth and vice reigning in some of
these places called home. A barbar-
ism differing from the city Stun only
In its stagnant inertia and touched as
little by church influences as if in the
heart of Africa"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-29
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

A harness-broken zebra is worth S1O,-
900.
About 100000 wage earners will be
represented by the American Fedora
ton of Labor convention at Boston,
Mass. in November.
The United States signal corps will
establish wireless telegraph stations at
Fort Davis. Safety Harbor, st. Michaels.
Fort Pigeons, Bates Rapids and at
Valdez, where connections will be had
with the submarine cable at Puget
sound.
Dr. John P. Frizell has arrived in
Portland, ore, from Climax island,
one of the Aleutian chain, bringing with
him fine samples of carbonate of iron,
and says that there are thousands of
tons in the Aleutian deposits The
only other deposits are in Bavaria,
which supplies all the carbonate now
in use.
Only three OF the Is members of the
famous electoral commission of 1877
ex-senator Edmunds, Senator Hoar
and Gen Eppa Hunton, of Virginia
the two last having been chosen on the
part Of the house of representatives.
All of the five justices of the supreme
court who sat on the commission long
since passed away.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-29
CURIOUS 0BSER vATIoNS.
A bare foot-12 inches.

A bare foot-12 inches.
Standing well in the eyes-tears.
Only one way to brace up-get mar
ried
Never sought for, but often reached
--old age.
To have a good ear for the drum one
wants good drum for the ear.
A left-handed man is often right. but
right-handed man is oftener left
When single you have your own wav
When married you halve your own way
perhaps.
Prodigious strength makes the race
horse all the harder to pass; not SO with
the butter
A Georgia paper made mention OF a
negress 80 years old and referred to her
as Aunty Belle In another column n
mentioned a negro. Elijah Houston. 100
years old, and referred to him as ante
bsllum.-N. u Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-29
A FRoLICSoME PHEASANT.
Funny Antics of Game Bird which
Had Become Very Fond Of Its
Keeper.

One season the keeper made a net
of young'cock, which became so com.
pletely tanned that even after taking
up his abode in the cover he would NJ
the familiar call, cautiously emerge.
compare the general appearance Of
the man with the voice, and. being sat-
isfied as TO his identity, walk quickly
toward him, ready for the usual frolic
says animals in British Parks" by
Annie II. knight, in Century. The
keeper would initiate that peculiar
whirring sound of the bird and make
a sidewise lunge; al the same time The
young pheasant would raise his wings
and dart forward and backward before
his advancing and retreating opponent
and, watching his chance. dive at the
keepers hat and knock ii upon the
ground, then, turning swiftly. MAKE
for the cover, his vanishing figure pre-
senting a ridiculous appearance If IN
ward and stifed laughter.
This same cock, which was rather re-
markable for the unusual expansa -
white around his neck. afforded +bs
keeper much amusement one dav &
q conversation with the cowman yybo
wanted to know il an that white was
natural" No" Taylor replied. tax.
Ing advantage Of the others ieno.
rance; 4 catch him every Saturday
night and change his collar" There .
exclaimed the exultant eowman. ~
told my wife it couldn't grow that
way!"
With many others, this interesting
bird came to bis death in a most uns
fortunate manner. At the sound -
an approaching moving machine Il
took refuge in the erstwhile profec,s
Ing length Of the grass. and was ep,
and mangled in the knives.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-29
NOVELTIES IN JEwELRY.

Hatpins having hand-painted china
heads are seen.
Enameled mandolins, guitars. tennis
raekets and other like things are seen
among the belt buckle designs.
A beautiful brooch is in the form NJ a
lizard and is made Of small diamonds
Down the center Of the back is a row OF
emeralds and the eyes are rubies
A pretty piece Of jewelry is a large
bowknot Of diamonds, with the long
ends and loops dropping downward and
having at each end a large solitaire.
To hang on the long chains are small
spheres about as large as an English
walnut, which come in gold. silver or
gun metal These small balls unscrev
and display hidden in their centers lit
Tie powder puts.