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NEW PRESTON.
VILLAGE CHURCH JOTTINGS.

NlLLAdE CH U RCH JOTIlNGS.
 Rev A. H. Post favored his congre- gation, last Sunday, with sermon on "Foreordinatio.," taking the usual view that whatever has or does or will happen Ihas been fOreordained from the beginning of time. Even the late discoveries of telephoning are but en- blems or illustrations of divine truth as contained in Holy Writ concerning our conversation with God, the mys- terious connection of this world with the angels and with our Maker by the means of prayer. The atonement was brought about by Gods thorough knowledge of the ways of men, their fall and degradation, and through His ministering spirits and ever watchful eye. He knew from the beginning what should be done for our redemp- tion. His mercy still reaches down just as far and His taithfulness is still just as strong as when He caused the shepherds to sing, "On earth, Peace, Good Will to Men," The Communion service followed the morning sermon
 MT Post announced from the pulpit or Sunday that he should necessarily be
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BETHLEHEM.
ITEMS JOTTED DOWN.

ITEMS DOWN N.
 Mrs Edward G. Byers of Waterbury is spending few days at Carr Wat sons. Mrs Byers expects soon to join her husband in Newburyport, Mass, where he has accepted a position as superintendent of large factory.
 E. Irving Stone was in Yonkers, N. Y., last week, on a business trip.
 Burke Smith of Washington was a guest of the Hon George c. Stone, Sum- day.
 The selectmen of the town have di- videu the roads into three sections, each member of the board having the management of one third of the roads.
 Miss Ruby Sprague, who has been spending several months with her aunt, Mrs B. I. Stone, has returned to her home in Unadilla, N. Y.
 Dr Robert Crane of Waterbury was at Mrs P. M. Cranes, last week.
 Rev Dwight c. Stone is taking a course of lectures in Oxford University. Mrs Stone joined her husband, last week, after stay of several months in America. It is their purpose to spend the fall and winter in Southern Europe, visiting Italy and Greece.
 c. H. Nichols, engineer for the Wa tertown & Litchteld Tramway Co.,, is expected in town, this week.
 Postmaster and Mrs J. w. Flynn spent Sunday in Watertown.
 William F. Stoughton of Oakville is recuperating for few days at the home of his father, Frank Stoughton, of North Carmel Hill.
 Dea Bird and Dea Hayes were ap- pointed delegates to the ecclesiasti- cal council to be held at Oakville, May 1C
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applauded. A welcome address. wa delivered by Chief Ranger flaming A fine supper was served, and dancing until late hour followed.
 A fire was started, last week. by i; spark from the portable steam saw mill on the 0. B. Bidwell place, whicf burned for three or four days, running over tract of nearly 300 acres ano consuming about 200 cords of wood which had been cut for market last winter. The Naugatuck river prove d barrier to the farther progress of the fire on the east.
 Engineer Rogers made noisy trip, last Friday evening, over the Water. town branch. The steering gear of the whistle became diSarranged, and the 7.10 from Waterbury came screech- ing over the road so much behind time they were obliged to make the return trip to the city with the ''creature'' still screaming.
 H. 1T. Dayton and Charles E. Bid well finished appraising the estate of Mrs Mary Connor on Tuesday of this week. It is expected the property y will be sold at auction later.
 Charles Smith is preparing lumber for the erection of large barn, later in the season.
 MT McGowan and MT Purdy have graded up the sidewalk in front of their places of business, and put on a coating of cinders which improves the condition. But the muo2a~alked of walk from the corner to the depot does not materialize yet.
 Thomas Wilson is fitting up Mrs McCleary's hotel to be lighted by elec- Jricity.
 David Cushman is to rewire the A. N. Woolson factory.
 Joseph Suffa is putting in pipes and fixtures at corner store, opposite the hotel, for the village water.
 The Rosa Forester property is being quite extensively improved, by Dr c. w. Jackson.
 Ashph Hodges of Waterbury has rented the F. o. Bowers place.
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Taken In Battle.
THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF
 CAPTAIN WESTBROOK.

FOR A YEAR AFTER HIS CAPTURE Hf
 WAS MOVED FROM ONE PRISON Tf ANOTHER AND WAS FINALLY FIX CHANGED.
 A Confederate force under com mand of Brigadier-General John A. McAus-
 land had attacked, on July 3rd, 1864, blOckhouse ten miles west of Mar tinsburg, W. Va. Captain MS. West brook, withlthe remnants of Companies
 B and F of the 135th Ohio Volunteers, made gallant defense but when a six gun battery was brought to bear upon his position, further resistance became a useless sacrifice of life. For a year afterhissurrender, Captain Westbrook, who now lives at Ripley, H., was con fined in Southern prisons. In telling his experience, he says:
 They took me from one place to an- other till I had been in nearly all the prisons of the Confederacy and, by the time I was exchanged at Annapo- lis in the spring of 1865, I was reduced to a physical wreck. The exposure caused sciatic rheumatism which be- came chronic and did not leave me un- til thirty years afterward when l took Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and was cured.
 "The disease affected my entire syS- tenn. In addition to the agonies of the rheumatism I had indigestion in it's worst form, together with kidney trouble and heart failure. l was get ting thoroughly used up."
 ''How did you come to take Dr Will liams' Pink Pills?" was asked.
 A neighbor of mine, James M. Stout, was cured of rheumatism by this rem edy when he was so bad that he could not straighten up. So thought what cured him would cure me. And was right.''
 Rheumatism is disease of the blood. External applications may afford tenn porary relief, but to cure the disease it is necessary to treat it through the blood. Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People go directly to the seat of the disorder, purifying and enriching the blood by eliminating poisonous clements and renewing health giving forces. They are a positive specific not only for rheumatism, but for all diseases arising from poor blood or weakened nerves. They are sold at fifty cents box, or six boxes for two dollars and half, and may be had of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Company, N. Y.
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BRIDGEWATER.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

The pipe organ at the Congregation tuning.
 Miss Whaley of Danbury is the guest of her aunts, Mrs c. B. Thompson and Miss Whaley.
 Mrs Dora Sanford is under the doc- tors care.
 Edwin Evitts of New Milford was in town on Monday.
 Mrs John Greer is quite ill. Dr Staub of New Milford is attending her. Mrs Brazee is helping care for her.
 Bishop Brewster preached and ad- ministered communion at St Marks church, last week Friday evening.
 Mir and Mrs Richard Randall from Shelton were recent guests or MT and Mrs John Randall. c. N. Sanford and son, 0. G. Sanford from Bridgeport, were in town, last week.
 Homer Goodsell, who has been with c. N. Hatch, has taken a position in Woodbury. | Rev and Mrs Pond were in Winsted, last week.
 Miss Sadie Kyle from New Havel spent Sunday with her mother, MT Hugh Kyle. !, The weather of last week was of n uncertain nature. The fires we were thankful to put out one day, we wer equally glad to re>light.the next morn ing with an anxious look into the cOa bin and wood supply. Mrs Harriette L. Morgan, who Ina been spending the past two months i town, left on Monday for New Nil F ford, where she will be the guest o 2. Mrs Sherman Morgan. Mir and Mrs Thomas Richmond ( :. New Milford were the guests of MI Robert Greer on Monday.
 Miss Sadie Northrop, who attend , school at New Milford, spent Sunda with her parents, MI and Mrs Grar
 Northrop.
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Bakers Ad.

 
  
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CIRCULATION :
Ten Pages.
LITCHFlELD COUNTY.
WASHINGTON.

| PLEASED WITH WHAT HE FOUND.
 To the Editor of THE NEwTowN
 BEE:-Curious are the experiences of a
 traveller among small villages and oft
 en have various WAy farers been moved
 to write of strange incidents and odd
 characters, which infest the path of
 the leisurely journeyer. Ever since
 the day when one Washington Irving
 struggled, as it seems, into Sleepy Hol-
 low and encountered his friend, Icha-
 bod, displaying his figure on the crest of hill, small villages have heen ob-
 jects of interest and attention. I,my- self, arrived not long since in Wash ingtOn, the village-nOt the Nation s capitaI-and found much to interest and refresh. There were the woods,
 the fields, the clear air, the sparkling
 brooks, the shadows on the hill, the sunrise, and above all, the genuine peo- pie, untainted by vulgar city conven- tionality. But there needs no description of
 Washington for Litchheld county peo- PAN' AI'Sl obO ilCl hIlO"S dllu praises it's beauty and everyone, who comes near it, feels it's hospitality and goes away refreshed by it. All these qualities other towns possess in more or less degree. Other towns make one feel at home and dispense fresh air freely. It is nothing of this sort which has given Washington a pre-eminence in my regard. Neither is it. one of your ordinary queer characters with a long white beard and a tapping cane, who tells stories spiced with Yankee drawl; nor is it an old stone church, nor quaint old farm house, nor any old furniture, nor a spinning wheel, nor pot, nor kettle, nor pewter plate, ,-nothing of the kind. The strange thing which I have found in Washington is an artist with true ar tistic impulse, a man, who is a musi- elan and who contemplated a per- formance which really has deep sig nificance. This performance is the recital of Richard Strauss music for Enock Arden, accompanied by read ing of the poem. l was much surpris- ed on this casual visit to Washington to find such project going forward, surprised and pleased to find two people so imbued withIgenuine artistic motive as to wish to bring out so excellent a production as Strauss Knock Arden in so small town. ''Indeed," thought 1, "this speaks we'll for the intelligence of this little community" and I was moved to express my satisfaction by this letter to you.
 In these days when our periodicals are clacking about the absence of ar lists and genuine artistic motive, it is indeed refreshing to find, in this little nook of the world, that things are done which have the highest artistic inn pulse and which are credit not only to the performers but also to the whole community. I shall go back to New York refreshed in body by Washing tons healthfulness and encou ragged in spirit by this evidence of genuine ar- tistic wOrth.- A Washington Visitor
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GEORGETOWN.

THE VILLAGE AND VICINITY. Mrs Susan Albin of Stamford lis stopping with friends in Branchville for few weeks.
 Mrs Caroline Danielson of Church street spent Saturday in Norwalk.
 Miss Edith Anderson of New York was the recent guest of friends in town. Mrs c. P. Stanley has returned friends in New York.
 Miss Carrie Raymond was the guest of Mrs Floyd Jennings over Sunday.
 Mrs Mary McEwain is in very poor health. Her daughter is at home car ing for her.
 MT and Mrs Edwin Gilbert arrived in town, last week, for the summer, after passing the winter months in Florida.
 Mrs Charles Parkerton is having an addition built on her residence and will rent the lower floor.
 Rev MT Nordlund has been attend ing the three days mission meeting in Danbury. MT Carlson conducted the services at the Swedish church on Sunday.
 Mrs J. H. Demarest returned to Norwalk, Saturday, after passing the week in town. Miss Fanny Perry of New Haven spent Sunday at her homo in this nIace
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few of her friends on Friday evening

a few of her friends on Friday evening last.
 The Epworth League meeting was held on Tuesday evening. The sub ject was Obedience to our King" Mrs John Beers was the leader.
 Mrs Mary E. Crofut has been spend ing a week with Mrs Arthur Todd.
 Mrs Charles Barrett of Georgetown spent Sunday with George Bronson.
 MT and Mrs Frederick Griffin of Bethel spent Sunday with their par ents, MT and Mrs Uriah Griffin.
 Joel F. Selleck, IT,, of. Passaic, N. J., has been spending a few days with his sister, Miss Marion Selleck.
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the city Sunday afternoon.

Mrs Robert N. Cochrane of Bantam is visiting her daughter, Mrs J. w.. Ives.
 Mrs Helen M. Miner of Falls Village spent few days, this week, at the home of her nephew, Hon L. J. Nick erson on Plainview.
 Levi H. Drake and L. Everts spent Sunday in New York City.
 Mrs B. c. Hoag left, last Thursday, for the New Haven hospital.
 Communion services were observe d, last Sunday afternoon, at the chapel. The girls of class No. 6 of the Sunday school had arranged very tasteful display of flowers for that service.
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PettiCOatS for
 Spring Wear.

Delightfully."- dainty lightweight short petticoats of albatross, Scotch flannel and all-wool flannel; plain col ors and striped; finished with hem- stitching or with scalloped flounce daintily embroidered with white silk. They're new lot that have just ar rived and are refreshing change from the heavy winter weight skirts
 Prices $I.5o to $4.5O.
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KENT.
BRIEFLY NOTED.

Mrs Julia Ingersoll and two daugh ters returned home, Monday, from Florida, where they have been spend ing most of the winter and spring.
 MT Pratt and sister, Mrs Fletcher of Vermont returned, last Saturday, and others are expected soon, so the closed houses will all be opened again.
 A number of our young people at- tended the party at Disbrow's hall GaylordsviIle, last week and report 8 very pleasant time.
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WOmen'S Silk Wraps.

The Silk Coat has dash of elegance that can be gotten in no other fabric. And it will be the correct thing all Summer-nO matter how warm the weather; for the garments are made of the lightest weight pongees, taffetas, peau de soies and India silks. We have rack full of these elegant coats, mostly in Monte Carlo effects, varying in price from
 $Io.5o to $75.oo.
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WEST BEDDING.

NEWS AS OUR REPORTER FINDS IT.
 Rev MT Clymer was entertained at MT Durgy's over Sunday. OJoel:Barlow of Umpawaug Hill has been quite i'll with the grip.
 Miss Bessie Blackman entertained
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ed to the house for few days with a lame neck.
 MIG. Leach and F. w. Disbrow are very busy now blowing and sowing oats.
 Orange Gardner has sold his oxen to Edwin Hungerford of Sherman.
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WATERFOWL.

NEWS AS OUR CORRESPONDENT SENDS
 IT.
 The members of Court Merritt Hem ingway, F. of A., met at the Town hall, last Thursday evening, with their families and friends to celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of the or der. A very pleasing variety enter tainment twas enjoyed and liberally
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absent from this village over next Sun- day, and therefore the church will be closed. This is new departure, adopted by the committee this year, in order to lessen the expenses of the Ecclesiastical society while MT Post takes his vacation Sundays. We.ques- tion if it is the best way for the church, bur financially it may be better than fall in arrears. A church member said once: "I have been member of the church so many years and it has cost me only 25c." A sincere Chris tian old lady hearing him, replied: "Then may God Almighty have mercy on your little stingy soul."
 Mrs H. w. Brown returned to her husband and home here from Atlantic City, last Friday evening, and MT and Mrs Beeman will probably soon move back to their summer hotel, the Carter house, at Lakeside. F. s. Brown is at tending to the garden interests con- nected with Loomarwick Inn, and has one of the finest and largest gardens started about Lakeside.
 This village is passing through one of it's seasons of depression and quiet. We miss seeing the usual number of farmers as they have come here to trade and visit for an hour or two each week in past years. The cause of this may be for two reasons: First, the rur- al delivery of mail must keep some away, for as they have had to come here in the past to see if they had any mail; it is now brought daily to their doors, and second, by the crop of to- bacco raised about here last year brought prices which will not warrant any farmer for extending his credit greatly on this. years production. When crops are sold for less than the fertilizer would bring what encourage ment does the farmer receive for till ing the land? If all engage in the cul- ture of the same crop this year that they did last year we hope the finan- cial results may be much more satis- factory. Potatoes have brought a fair price during the winter. Oats and corn are high enough but there is little of those crops raised here to sell. We believe if farmers could possibly get back to the old-fashioned way of farm ing we should all enjoy as good times as we have done for years, without a great dependence being placed on one crop. The culture of small fruit, strawberries, raspberries, etc., seems profitable in favorable year. Veget ables always sell and good big garder like D. Bristol's in Marketable is al
 ways cleaned out during the summer
 by the hotels and families depending
 on the same at good prices. "Wh.
 couldn't farmer on little land d.
 better than some:do who can onl
 boast of the acres they till, but who i
 year like the last one must suffer SCI
 iously the depreciation of the crop the have placed all their dependence on
 The condition of Mrs Della Grannis remains about the same as at last wri , ing.
 John Collins has had quite sale ( feed, middlings, etc., the past month 5 at more reasonable prices than it cou] : be purchased for elsewhere
 , Col J. Minor Taylor has gone to N 6 Slade'S in Cornwall for an indefinit , stay, thereby depriving Miss c. KnaI r on Christian street of another boarde
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DOESN'T TAKE ANYONE's DUST. The roads are very dusty, but the pacer purchased by Fred Knapp does not have to take any of it. Fred Dayton has lost one of his hors- es and bought another Of Bethel dealer.
 Norris Hatch is driving pair of 2sOO pound grays which he bought or Will Hatch of Brooktield.
 The ground was frozen in some plac- es and ice formed on standing water on the morning of May l.
 Some pear trees were in full bloom and some apple tree blossoms were open before May l, which is an unus- ual occurrence Tn this vicinity.
 MT Litchfeld of Seymour was visit ing friends in town on Sunday.
 Mrs Harriet Wildman has nov ed to Watertown.
 Ira Wildman of NewtOwn passed through town on Saturday with drove of young stock.
 There was meeting of the Congre- gational Ecclesiastical society, held al the church on Monday evening to take further consideration in regard to the call extended to Rev MT Reece.
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WEST CORNWALL.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
 Mir and Mrs John Mackay of New York spent several days last week at the home of David Ross, returning to
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
SHERMAN.

THE LOCAL NEWS BUDGET.
 MT and Mrs D. B. Mallory spent s unday in Patterson.
 Mir Vale of Monticello, IN. Y., ha' purchased the Corning place of Mrs Jane Romaine.
 Mrs Edson Elwell spent two days recently with her sister. Mrs Me- Donald.
 Clifford Spooner spent Sunday in town the guest of MT and Mrs D. D. Gray.
 The Delivers held their last meeting for this season, last Saturday, with l Mrs George Barnes. Mrs Nelson Northrop of Grand Rapids, Mich., was the guest of Dea Maltby Gelston, last week. The frost, Friday night, injured strawberries and appletree blossoms SC that they turned brown and of course killed much of the fruit.
 Dea Gelston has bought horse tc take the place of the one laid by fol repairs. All were pleased to see the deacon at church again, Sunday. H. is improved so that he was able to gt to Hartford again this week. Hi daughter, Miss Nela. officiated at th' organ, Sunday morning.
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A Great Demand for SiCilians.

Everybody is wanting Sicilians. New York has had the fever for some time now it has struck New Haven. Iris safe to say that six out of every ten women are wanting Sicilians.
 Colored Sicilians, soc to $I.75
 Black 6 75c to $I.75
 Blue and black are leading favorites. We have very complete line, varying in width from 45 to 54 inches.
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LEACH HOLLOW.

M. G. Leach and wife spent Sunday in Dover, N. Y.
 Harrison Burch, wife and children, spent Sunday at Will Worden's.
 Mrs Philo Woodin has gone to Dan- bury for a while. Mrs Adelia Woodin is keeping house for her son PhilO.
 Miss Lena Disbrow has been conf1n-
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Ostrich Feather

Ostrich Feather BOaS.
 To go with the new Spring costume. In black, white, blue and black and white-45 to 54-inch lengths,
 $I3.5O to $Io.5O We are exclusive agents in New Haven for the "Royal Worcester" Cor set. All the newest styles are now ready at prices ranging from
 $I.OO to $3.5O
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NEW FAIRFIELD.

THE LOCAL COURT CASE.
 The seventh day of the trial Of Ed ward Jennings and Selectman Henry Racker was held at the Town hall, on Friday, and the time was occupied 1n examining one witness. There has been nearly 70 witnesses on the stand and the end may be long way of yet.
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At :6o cents

few days longer, owing to the unfa- vOrable weather of the past week.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-05
PAYING IN FULL.

Two young ladies were travelling In
town on the car the other day. Each
"inslsted" upon paying both fares.
Finally the one who had thrust her
dime frantically to the fore, had 1t ac-
cepted, The other closed her pocket
book with apparent reluctance yet with
snappy' rapldity.
Well" she said tartly "at" the
other.
"Oh, that's all right, you know"
came the reply, 1--WE owed you two
dollars for six months anyway"
This shows that people know where
there is a debt existing. The young
lady's intention was good but about
$1.95 shy. The public has been owed
something, too, for long time, and is
now having the debt cancelled. Bath,
the plumber, is paying in full and the
public is getting the Douglas Patent
Closet.