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The Newtown bee., 1903-03-06
HoYDEN's HILL AND VICINITY


 Mrs Annie Bulkley and friends, Mrs Wesley Burr and Miss Emma Ferris, were at Mrs Albert Bulkley'S recently.
 MT and Mrs Wilbur Jennings and son, of Burr street, were at L. A. Jen' nings', one day last week.
 The postponed meeting of the Ladies club eliminated very pleasantly at Mrs Richard Knapp's on the evening of February 25. A large number of mem. bers and their friends were present. A fine program was rendered, consist ing of dialogues, recitations, readings, etc. Harry Nichols of Strattield treated the company with selections from the graphOphone. A free grab bag was presented, with presents both use full and ornamental. A pretty calendar was given as prize to the one that guessed the correct amount of beans in a bottle. Light refreshments of cake, sandwiches and coffee were served. All declared they had spent pleasant and profitable evening.
 Mrs Edward Downs of New Haven and Mrs Lebin of Bridgeport were guests, Friday, of Mrs l.. A. Jennings.
 Wilbur Beardsley, of the Easton reservoir, was calling on his friends Friday.
 Mrs G. B. Gregory and Miss Edna Gregory spent part of last week in Danbury.
 Mrs k. G. Jennings is improving slowly after her siege with the humps.
 R. Kent is out again after a severe attack of the grip.
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Eight Pages.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
PLATTSVILLE.
43OO
 900
CHURCH NOTES.

CHURCH NOTES.
 Rev H. o. Hofstead preached very interesting sermon, last Sunday morn ing, from the text Josh. 1:5. The choil sang some fine selections. The solo by Miss Carrie Hall was much appreciated by all. In the evening the League meeting was led by G. B. Beers.
 The Ladies' Aid society will hold a social at the hall, Thursday evening, March F. If stormy the sociable will be the next evening. The program is in charge of Miss Florence Hall, and will be well worth hearing. Enter tainment and supper 200. The public is invited.
 Mention should be made of the good work the young ladies of Miss Edith Sherwood's class have done in procur- ing names for quilt. They have handed over $22 to the treasurer of the repair fund and are now planning for an entertainment to be given in the near future at which time the quilt will be sold.
 Next Sunday morning the sacrament of the Lords Supper will be observed at the Methodist church. Rev A.. Booth of Bridgeport will be present.
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Ing the week or zero WedJneT Just eX- perienced.
 On Monday, March 2, the remains of EdsOn Turney were brought from his home in Weston and inferred in Union cemetery.
 A number of men in the employ of c. F. Silliman were cutting ice on the Staples pond, Thursday and Friday of last week.
 Elmer Andrews has been very sick with quinsy, but is now cOnvalescent.
 The old water-wheel at the Staples pond is being taken apart, in order that it may be moved to the home of c. H. Sherwood, who has bought it. He ex- poets to set it up on stream that runs through his land, where he is con- interest. As MT Sherwood has much native ingenuity, it is to be presumed that he will be successful in fitting up shop which will be great cOnven- fence to him. The wheel was placed in it's present location about 40 years since by Charles Jennings, now of Deep River.
 Elmer Andrews is having wood- house built.
 s. Mallette Sanford is making inn provements in and around his home barn. As making things better, both as regards utility and beauty is MT Sanrord's hobby, it is supposed that there will be nothing left out that would add to the fitness of the build ing for the purposes for which it is to be used.
 The farm of the late John Hull has been recently sold to New York par, ties. MT Metcalf, the owner of the steam SaWmill, has rented the house O1 George J. Banks, instead of the late Andrew Perry place, as reported in last weeks BEE. A New York party has rented the Perry place, with the priv ilege of purchasing if satisfactory.
 A daughter was born to Mir and Mr. Frank Perry, last Friday. The chil( died, and the mother is in a critica condition. Dr Smith attends.
 E. Williams filled his icehouse, las week, with ice from Frank Wade pond.
 Charles Perry of Bridgeport is at hi home, suffering from a diseased to caused by an ingrowing nail. Satur day pr Smith partly amputated it. The best pill meath the stars an It cleanses the system and neve Little Early Risers of worldly repute ! Ask for DeWitt's and take no subst
 tute.
 ; A small pill, easy to buy, easy to tax l and easy to act, but never failing in re = suits. DeWitt's Little Early Risel t arouse the secretions and act as toni : to liver, curing permanently. $. . I Parks, Trumbull; A. B. Blakemar | Botsford; B. Hawley & Co.,, Stepney - w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Betts & Betl : Sandy Hook; M. Beach, Monroe; w. | Beehler, Brooktield, R. H. Beers & Go U NeWtOWn.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
 A sociable will be held in Academy hall, Friday, March 13. Music by Male Quartet. Dialogues, and selections from James Whitcomb Riley. Cake and coffee will be served. Admission 10 cents. All the ladies of the parish are requested to bring cake.
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THIS IS UNSOLICITED.

People Should Know How MT. Miller Wa. Cured of Kidney and Bladder Trouble by Dr.. kennedy's New Medicine, Cal curt Solvent.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-06
Things We
 Like Best Often Disagree With us

Because VIC overe.t of them. 1ndi. pestion follows. But there's a way to esoape such consequences. A dose of good digestant like Kodol will relive you st once. Your stomach is simply too weak to digest what you eat. That's ali indigestion is. Kodol digests the food without the stomach's aid. Thus the stom sch rests while the body is strength ened by wholesome food. Dieting is m. necessary. Kodol digests any kind ol good food. Strengthens and invigorates Kodol Makes
 Rich Red Blood. l PrspareA only by E. 0. DlWITT Co, Chicago Ve0 n 6ottfs contains2h times the too. saSA
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home of MT and Mrs H. $. Bennett, was a grand success and netted the Methodist society about S12.75.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-06
SPRING IS COMING

SPRING IS COMING. Mrs G. Burr Tucker picked nice bouquet of pansies on Sunday, March l, from the open garden, noJwithstand- ing the week of zero weather just ex- nerience0
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BRANCHVILLE.

WHAT OUR SCRIBE FINDS TO WRITE
 ABOUT.
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vomen workers In France,

Official reports of the French gov
ernment on sociological matters art
always very late, but whether they
have any bearing ON the question Oh
Frances dwindling population or not
these reports, as they relate 20 the
industrial work Of women from ls6t
10 1890. are still interesting. i'm ls6t
there we're 4.6i2,O0O women workers
in the republic, and i'm 1896, 6,3s2,000
In commerce 100000 women were en-
Moved in 1896, as against ljs,000 il
1850 or one woman 90 two men. The
Increasing number Of women EN-
Moved in the post, banking, carrier
trade and transport business is still
more striking, being from $4,000 il
1s66 10 10000 in 1896, whilst in sew.
eral independent callings the mum
hers have increased nearly fourfold
II appears, too, that the trades ana
industries from which women are ex
cluded are declining-Detroit Free
Press.
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bitual incbriate act has been several
times amended, and this year we
have at last arrived at the point
where the drunkard is no longer free
To- ruin his own life and the life of
those who belong to him. but his per
sonal liberty is sacrificed for the
benefit of humanity at large. The
great question comes, however, what
are we to do with them? And this j.
where the homes at DuNhurst have,
believe. been a pioneer work.
Our Farm Home consists of col
only village. built on the slopes of the
hills Of Surrey, a breezy upland
farm. overlooking the beautiful
plains that stretch away for miles on
either side. The strong, bracing air
and lovely woods have all lent them
selves as the best possible surround
ings for our village settlement. Here
the little thatched cottages, bright
and smiling. nestle as though they
had been built for many a year.
forming q triangle round the green;
while ON one side stands the hospi-
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any rate that happiness has come to
them during their stay with us.
When we met together at Easter
time to celebrate the resurrection
festival, man. women who had left
asked leave to come back. i'm one
instance, n woman was 90 come with
her husband, another was 90 bring
TWO or three children. aud the eager
ness with which they desired TO be
with MS showed that their residence
with MS had been something more 10
them than mere hospital treatment
1T had brought TO them am under
standing Of the happiness Of being
cared for, and the realization Of
home Individual dealing with the
women, the influence of individual
character, individual happiness, and
individual thought, must i'm the end
tell for nothing but good. think
we even care in the colony what the
patients wear on Sundays; we notice
their new bonncts and their new
dresses, and an sorts of frivolous
things that go TO make up our own
home life, and ] do not think that
when We speak of these so-called lit-
tie things it makes the prayers Of
those who join together ON Sunday
in cur church any Jess dc,out
Since Duxhur.t was open, county
council rcformatories have been start
ed iu various places where women
are committed under the amended
act. These are doing excellent work,
and we fatter ourselves that much Of
the experience gained at DuXhurst
has been very useful in their CON
struction and organization, but the
class that come 10 MS can find no
home there. They are the wives Of
artisans who earn small wages; WOO
men who perhaps have not been
taken before magistrate, but whose
homes are dcsolate through drink;
servants who have lost their charac-
ters and consequently their situa-
tions. young women who, ON account
of hard work and late hours in shops
and other places of business, have
begun TO drink and are running their
lives at the very outset. An these
come TO us voluntarily, stay q year,
and put themselves of their own free
will under restraint; and the letters
we get from husbands and brothers,
fathers. mothers and sisters are
heartrending Their willingness 10
pay an that they can towards the
maintenance of the inmate, and their
eagerness to cure those who are
bringing wrctchedncss and degrade
tion into their lives, show us daily
the necessity for such a home. I'm
one year we refused 5000 eases. and
since we opened we have been
obliged 10 deny over 10000 women
admittance for want of room. 10 is,
however. cheering 90 know that our
medical man gives 1T as his expert
ence that 65 per cent. of our cases
are standing well today.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

In comparing our navy with the
uayies Of the world, while the Amer
~. N., can navy is, of
course. small, il is
'''"E'"' becoming more
formidable every year. I'm the num-
Der Of its vessels this country is be-
hind Great Britain. France, Eussia.
Germany, Italy aud japan. in tom
mage Of vessels now built and build
ing only two nations, Great Britain
and France, now exceed us ard Great
Britain alone surIa ses us i'm the
tonnage under cons rection. But,
says the tt~burg Post, the fighting
power Of the nayies Of the world is
best tested by the number OF first
class battleships ard arm oruis-
ers under construction In this
Great Britain heads the list with II
battleships, the United States coming
next with nine; then Russia with
eight, Italy seven. France six, Ger
many five. in armored cruisers Great
Britain has 20 building, France ten,
the United States eight and Germany
two In battleships we lead, and for
the natural reason that their great
province is for home and coast de-
fense.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

From Richmond. Va. comes n de
teetiye story. every detail OF which
uo, on ,h, is pleasant te
dwell ON, because
scent" it has none Of the
coarse, sordid, brutal and demoralil.
ing atmosphere which usually sur.
rounds the preparation and detec.
tion Of crime. a young woman. ac.
Cording TO the story as it appeared
in a local paper, rushed into the po.
lice station one evening i'm great dis.
tress OF spirit She had left home
She said, carrying a small hand
satchel in which were some OF her
most precious belongings, including
a 81 bill and five 81 bills As she
tripped along, unconscious OF danger
a gigantic ruflian had seized her by
the wrist, wrenched the satchel
away, aud disappeared in the gloom.
What she wanted the police TO dc
was 10 discover who the ruflian was.
put him in prison, and at the same
time recover her property. The ser
genat asked her for clews and a de.
scription of the property. She men
toned one article after another. At
last she came TO yiolets She was
fond Of yiolets, and kept pressed VIC.
let's in her satchel TO perfume its
contents. The detectives nose in fc-
tion is always long and pointed. but
he very rarely uses il for its proper
function Of smelling The two 'Jetec-
tiyes assigned TO this ease had noses
for use rather than ornament. From
barroom 10 barroom they went, and
asked 10 inspect the 81 and s. bills
received since early evening. Their
SAVIOR for the most part was of stale
beer, of onions, or Of kerosene. But
at last, in the Klondike saloon. there
came 10 the detectives nostrils the
faint, sweet odor of Yiolets. who
brought in this bill?" he asked.
BILLY Burke" said the bartender.
So the two slcuths started on the
trail Of Billy Burke, and when they
had found him, they found the young
woman's satchel, too. The evidence
was SO conclusive. in fact that the
man is now serving six months
sentence in Jail.
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MIX CARRIERS At DJXHURsT FARM

MILK CARRIERS AT DDhhOkSl fAFm.
tai. and opposite the church, and in
another meadow the long building
called the "Children's Nest" faces the
village. Far up the road i'm its own
ground, is the Manor house, which
has been opened as a sanatorium for
ladies. The most important feature
OF the scheme is the arrangement for
the recognition of the individual
among the patients. Each little cot
tage contains from seven To ten in
habitauts. and a nurse sister who
supcrintends the small family. We
long ago realized that to deal with
large bodies of people suffering from
one disease-a disease both mental
and moral-was 10 court failure. The
influence Of thought would be far too
strong to be overcome, and il was
impossible TO contemplate housing
50 many people together who were
likely only to harm one another.
Part of the success Of the scheme has
unquestiouably been due 10 this sys-
TEN of dividing the colony into these
small sections, where normal home
life can be maintained. and where
each individual feels herself OF i'm
portance in her own small circle. The
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03
A Shrewd Investor

will be glad to know how the
greatest accumulation of trust
funds in the world is invested.
a young man who is just
beginning to accumulate and
invest his savings will be
interested in a booklet that
describes the investments Of
The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York. This
information is found in
a Bankers Will" Sent free
on application.
This Company ranks
fUf-lu Assets.
fVsf-lu Amount Paid Policy holders.
fpa-ln Age.
The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK,
RIcHARD A McCURDr. President.
FRANK ADAMS. MGR.
RICHMOND, VA
W. P. VENABLE, District Agt.
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ResCuing tbe BIockIisted
WomeD Of England x y
The Work That Is Being Done at fhe Farm Home FOR
nebriafes OF Lady Henry Somerset Told by Herself


cottages are simply furnished with
just such utensils as every sclf-re-
specting laborcr ought 90 have at
home clean, dainty and pretty
and the women take immense pride
In what they call "our little homes
The occupation that is given to them
is almost entirely out of doors, for
we have realized that wc are combat
ting am evil which b. not only moral
but which is physical also, and that
therefore 10 is absolutely necessary
To give them am antidote for the poi-
son which has destroyed their lives.
Nothing better can be found than
the wholesome outdoor work on the
lawns. among the fower-heds, in the
vegetable garden, and in the forcing
houses; and the way i'm which the
women who have come to- us utter
wrecks are built mp, the manner in
which they regain their youth, and
the brightness which once more be-
comes theirs. proves that our theory
is correct. Early tomatoes and cue
cumbcrs are grown for the market
under the superintendent Of lady
gardener from Swaulev. All the
vegetables for the colony are grown
by the women themselves, and /
think that we shall be able to prove
that gardening is not only health
ful occupation, but a good opening
for the industries Of women.
We have had most encouraging
cases. vs. have also had some bitter
disappointments; but 1 may safely
say that when the women leave MS
it is sometimes impossible 20 be-
licye that they are the same who
came to us - months before, and
parting with the patients is so sor-
rowful q scene that we realize at
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

Housewives who complain about
the "price Of things" may ble.s their
stars that they are not in Johannes
burg. From letter recently re-
ceiyed is taken the following: "The
hens at Madeira provide us with So
called fresh eggs which we get re-
tailed to us at SIOs a dozen; new-iaid
eggs, when you are fortunate enough
to get any, are from $40 to $l9o
dozen. Somehow the hens very much
neglect their obvious duty here.
Mutton is sold at 30 cents a pound,
hungry looking fowls at 50 each. and
turkeys about SIS each
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

the book publishers, according TO
the Philadelphia Record, who intro
duced modern advertising methods by
taking large space in the newspapers
say that fetching advertisement will
sell even the poorest book, but that un-
less a book have merit the sales stop
when the advertising stops. "Newspa-
per advertising" they say, "has been
essential TO the success Of the most
deserving books"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

The Cubans have discovered what
Americans have long known, that
railways make business. The head OF
the post Office department announced
recently that the postal receipts had
doubled since the opening of the
railway through the center of the
te1oud
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

Announcement is made Of hair re-
storer that will grow hair in 30 min
utes. Turf investment people, CORE
spOndents Of matrimonial bureaus.
Anneke JAMS heirs and gold brick pur-
chasers will all believe this.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

England stands IN the unrnildDle
position Of being almost the only na-
tion that has a drunken womanhood.
Woman has been specially associated
hitherto in England with the sale Of
intoNicants. and the fact that her
presence is to be found i'm every
drink-shop has caused the safe
guard, that surround her in other
countries 10 be set aside; but the
hour has come when more people
have begun 20 think, and it is to this
arrest of thought that ] believe we
owe the legislation that has been
granted during the last few years.
Some time ago, short penal sem
fences were the only means by which
hahitual drunkenness was dealt with.
j. was looked upon wholly as a
moral crime. and men had ceased 10
remember that from a moral crime
ii passed into a physical failing, that
the habitual drunkard was utterly
unable To resist the craving he had
created when he came face 10 face
with temptation, and that conse-
qurutly when the term Of imprison-
mcnt was over. the wretched inebri-
ate went back TO his former life as
certainly as he was turned once more
upon the world.
u was in order to meet this great
evil that the Farm Colony at DuX-
hurst was started, but since that dsy.
now nearly eight years ago, the eyes
of many have been opened. The ha-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

spartacus-llas Cumso that same
old itching after Office?
Smartacus-No. lie was candidate
and everybody scratched him.-Balti-
more American.
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lhe kidneys are ycur
blood purifiers. they fl
ter cut the waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
Of order. they fail TO do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from eK-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due 10 neglected
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

and cured with two applications of Dixie
Nerve and Bone LinlmouL 10 viii cure you.
owens & Minor Drug CO.,
Richmond, Virginia,
Gentiemen:-l have been using Your ~ 4.
and Bone Linlmcnt on my back ana .nl it
scfs itrea charm. For eight days I had
been on my back and could not move ana
amer two applications ann now out ana To
business.
Very truly yours,
&c. OGHuRS, North View, Ma.
Sold by White & Co. and winston Drug No'
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

Mrs. Topper-Is first love best?
Topper-Not always, my dear; that
first love ~ a bonnet you showed me
at the millifer's was far more expen-
sive than the second.-Town Topics.
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HIS Query.

THAT man never said an unkind
word TO his wife"
"Well," rejoined Mr.. Meekton, what
was his reason, chivalry or prudeneeT
-Washington Star.
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"He doesn't call his wife pet names
any more. does hep
zone. lie says he can always call
her dear without compunction.'-
Pbilade,plia Bulletin.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

The mortality of the colored pop
ulation in the United States IS nearly
double that of the white population.
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A Topeka woman was asked il her
husband gave up anything during
Lent. "Not a cent more than usual, 8"
she said
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

81 don't believe that half the sto-
ries the gossips tell are true"
Neither do ]. ," answered Miss Cay
enne. "But half's plenty. Wash
inrton Star.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

When YOU take Groves TastelesS Chill
Tonic because the formula Is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that II
is simply Iron aud Quinine in TASTE
less form. No Cure, No Pay. SOC.
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La Grippe Cough

cured with Dr. Davids Cough syrup OF pure
Pine, Tar. HOrehound and Wild Cherry. Best
on earth for coughs colds, cramp. cOnsuinp-
tion Bronchitis and All throat and lung uou-
blee. Large bottle 25 cents as White & Co
and Winston Drug 60.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

} GREATER problem faces
the people of my country
than how to arrest the
alarming increase Of in
cbriety among women.
The English people cannot
bee blind to the fact that
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03
StOp ThatCOugh

before Il stops you. Dr. David's Cough Syrup
will cure IL, as numbers will testify. IL is the
best on earth. Large bottles y cents at
White & Co. and Winston Drug 20.
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Typewriter For sale.

nesecond hand Remington in as per
feet condition as new and offered at low
price. Sold for cash OF on easy terms.
Annlv to W. p. Venabe.
Farmville. Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

1t is said that no habit is more diff
cult to quit than telling lies.-AtchisoI
Globe.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-03

Some people 90 through life singing;
"Shall we know each erthere?' who
never speak to each other here. Z