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The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09

that began to be formed 30 years ago next month, when Ed and first met in New Haven, demonstrated for me the reality of these celebrations. An other thing that impressed me, as l was again for a little time in New England, was this: You have your very serious religious problems there in New England as we have in this new great West. They are not the same and yet they are the same. The foreign invasion of your far East has the churches of New England that are just as serious and difficult as the problems of the West. Indeed the problems of an invasion may present even more difficult complications than settlement of new territory, for the latter may be what we call normal, while those of the invasion may be the derangement of the normal into the abnormal. Capt A. T. Mahan has given us this wonderful conception of the issue that is upon us in this 2Oth century: 'The great task now before the world of civilized Christianity, it's perish, is to receive into it's own bosom and ralse to It's own ideals these ancient and different civilizations by which it Is surrounded and outnum- bered." Christian America is face to face with this problem. We are being invaded from the East, i. G., Europe, and you meet this wave, and from the West, from the old and effete civiliza- tiOn of the Orient, and that wave we meet. Our work is ''to raise these peoples to our level" The forces with which we must meet it are the public schools, the Sunday schools and the church, and our most hopeful field is to educate and Christianize the chill dren. To them we can give new and higher ideals and their lives will be shaped by them. Our tools are the text book and the Bible in the hands of Christian men and women who live out their teachings. I greet you then as fellow workmen, grappling with mighty problems that are to effect the future of this and other lands. Let us determine to them solve aright, in Gods ways: by Gods strength. Very truly your fellow-worker,-tW. c. Mer- ritt.
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Now over eighty years have passed. Since this life began; longer term than what IS oft Allotted unto man. My early days were full of hopo, Spent in rural home. If we looked north or cast or west We called the land our own. Ono neighbours house not far away, Half hidden by hill, Did much to cheer our loneliness In dreary winters chill. Our house was one that grandpa built Soon after war was o'er; They'd fought and won the victor's palm, And England ruled no moro. No brighter rays of sunshine fell
 On any costly dOme Than ShOne upon my fathers farm That grandpa first did own. Our church, then called the meeting house, Was but two miles away; Now living water is brought nigh
 Where then we met to pray. The summer after I was nine.
 That church, too old to stay. Was taken down and new ono Set
 West side the public way. The churchmen lost their olden church, In eighteen twelve, by fire; To put a now one in it's place
 Was then their hearts desire. What though their church with messy roof, In curling flames did rise. The prayer, like incense. offered thsre
 Had waited to the skies. church. now ninety-two years old,
 Stands OCT the hallowsd ground, Where for so many, many years
 Gods praises did resound
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OTHER LETTERS.

H. H. Hurd of Bridgeport made the following remarks: MT Chairman and Old Friends, I was made freeman and a voter in the old town hall out wonder 46 years ago. l we'll remember when Capt William Judson tested me to learn if I could read. but those school teachers down in Trapfalls dis trict, Edgar Wooster and his two sis ters, Misses Harriett Wooster, Har- riet Buckingham and others had taught me to read and l have been learning something ever since. en- listed from this old town and served three years in the War of the Rebel lion in that model regiment, the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery. MT Hurd closed with stirring appeal to patriotism.
 Tacoma, Wash, August 16, 1904.
 To the Huntington Friends Assem-. bled for Old Home Week: should much prefer speaking to writing. It is quite easy to greet you to-day since our too short visit among you a few weeks since. But that visit revealed to me the real basis of this Old Home celebration as it pertains to the wan derers, for the delightful experiences that came to me in the renewal of ties
The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09
A BOYS WILD RIDE FOR LIFE.

With family around expecting him to die, and son riding for life, IS
 miles to get Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption, c Coughs and Gold, ". H. Brown of Leesville, Ind, endured deaths agonies from asthma; but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. He writes: q now sleep soundly every night" Like marvellous cures of consumption, pneu- monia, bronchitis, coughs, colds and grip prove it's matchless merit for all throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles soc and S1. Trial bottles free at R. Fl. Beers & O., NewtoWn; A. w. Twiss, Bethel; W. N. Noble, New Milford; W. B. Hawley, Sherman; Connery Brothers, Georgetown; c. D. O'Dell, Cornwall Bridge; R. F. Smith, West Cornwall; Peck & O., Brook field Center; W. J. Beehler, Brook field; Allen Joyce, Roxbuu Station; Betts & Betts, Sandy Hook, drug stores. -~
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secured, or rather the Indians released from any claims, a large portion of what is now the northern half of the township of Huntington, in which were some sandy hills of light color and hence the name White Hills Pur- chace,' by which the territory was designated on the town records"
 ''ThiS purchase which cost the town of Stratford $40 quieted the Indians just 13 years, when another squad of claimants grew up or made their ap- pearance and, doubtless for a consider ation, confirmed the previous sale. The first deed was signed, or rather marked, by nine Indian witnesses with unpronOunceable names. The confir- mation was signed by eleven Indians April 28, 16S4.''
 Hoping we may have many pleasant Old Home Meetings, Sincerely yours, Isabel Sherman Upton.
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MONROE.

CHURCH AND PERSONAL MENTION.
 Miss Benkard was out of town, last week.
 $. w. Smith and family, who have been spending the summer at their country place here, have returned to their home in AnsOnia.
 Col Cheves of Zenith, Ga, and Mrs Cheves spent Wednesday of last week at F. w. Wheeler's.
 The Parish Aid society of St Peters met Wednesday, the 31st, at Mrs Agur Beardsley's, in Upper Stepney.
 Miss Julie Hoffman, who has spent a fortnight at F. w. Wheeler's, re- turned to her home In Norwich.
 MT and Mrs Robert Goldsborough of Brooklyn spent Sunday and Monday in town.
 Samuel s. Hurd has spent a few days at the shore.
 William Douglas entertained guests on Sunday and Labor day.
The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09
A POWER FOR GOOD.

The pills that are potent in their action and pleasant in effect are De- Witt's Little Early Riser's. w. S. Philpot. of Albany, Ga, says: During a bilious attack took one. Small as it was 1t did me more good than calomel, blue mass or any other pill l ever took and at the same time the effect was pleasant. Little Early Risers are certainly an ideal pill. '' Sold by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; A. B. Blakeman, Botsford.
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Dyspepsia Yields.
A NINE YEARS VICTIM FINDS A
 REnEDY THAT CURES.
FOR TWO YEARS TOO WEAK TO WORK A DOZEN DOCTORS HAD TRIED TO CHECK DIsEAsE-TREATMEN THAT SUCCEEDED.

Troubles having their origin in some weakness or disorder of the digestive organs are very common.
 Pain and burning sensations in the stomach, nausea, headaches, palpita- tion of the heart, vertigo, nervousness, sleeplessness springing from this cause are vexing multitudes. Every organ of the body is impaired by lack of proper nutrition, strength and nervous energy needed for success are consumed in enduring discomfort, and the feeble ness of age is reached prematurely.
 All sufferers will read with lively in- terest the story of the complete re- covery of Mrs Nettlie Darvoux from an advanced stage of chronic dyspepsia which was thought to be incurable.
 "To be ailing for nine years is not a very pleasant experience" said Mrs of her illness. "For two years I was critically ill and could not attend to my household duties, and at one time 1 was so weak and miserable for some weeks that could not even walk. My trouble was chronic dyspepsia. be- came extremely thin and had a Sallow complexion. I had no appetite and could not take any food without suffer ing great distress"
 'Did you have physician"
 "Yes, took medicine from dozen different doctors, but without getting any benefit whatever"
 'How did you get on the track of a cure?"
 'sThat came about in peculiar way. A book concerning Dr Williams Pink Pills was thrown in our doorway one day. My husband picked it up and read 1t through carefully. He was so impressed by the statements in it of those who had been cured by that remedy that he immediately went out and bought three boxes of the pills and insisted on my taking them."
 "Did they help you at once?"
 "I began to feel better the second day after started to use the pills and by the time I had taken the three boxes was entirely we'll. I have proved in my own case that Dr Will liams' Pink Pills can cure even when oughly, for a long time has passed since my restoration to health and I know it is complete and lasting."
 That Mrs Darvoux's stubborn indi- gestion yielded so promptly to Dr Will liams' Pink Pills after so many other remedies had failed is convincing proof that the surest way to make sound digestion is to give strength to the organs concerned in the process. Dr Williams Pink Pills act directly On the blood and supply it with clements essential to the vigOr of every organ The stomach instead of being allowed to grow weaker through inactivity is reused to do it's work and soon does it perfectly. No other remedy aots so quickly or so thoroughly on the blood and hence no other yields such radical results in cases of indigestion.
 Mrs Darvoux lives at No. 497 Sixth street, Detroit, Mich. pr Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists in every part of the world. As the diet of dyspeptics is matter of great inn portance, they should send to the Dr Williams Medicine Company, Schen- ectady, N. Y, for new booklet en- titled 'sWhat to Eat and How to Eat .' Among it's contents is very valuable chapter on the treatment of constipa. tiOn.
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RECALLS OLD-rlME MEMORIES,
WORD FROM NEW HAVEN FRIENDS.


 To our Dear Friends in Huntington. Greeting: We are in receipt of your kind invitation to be present at your "Old Home" picnic, on Tuesday next, and you cannot know how much we re- gret that we cannot be present, but circumstances (of which a broken an kle is the chief prevent. Your re- unions and ''Old Home" affairs that your desire to keep alive the feeling of fellowship and interest in the old Huntington Center" its churches and people, and we are glad to have been resident there. had no idea when I first came there that I was coming to the town of my ancestors, but learned through my cousin, D. H. Chattield, that my great grandsire, Dan Chattield, lies in the old church yard there. At this moment I can- not recall whether he was one of Hunt ingtOn,s sons or not. There are many "reminiscences, grave and gay, of the time lived among you, and as re- call them I am forcibly impressed with pathy shown at each respective occa- sion. The Fourth of July celebrations, the lawn fetes on the old green, the dedication of a new church and 8 beautiful drinking fountain, are few of the occasions which proved that en- thuSiasm was no stranger tOyOur make up. Of your patriotism no one can doubt, when year by year, on Memorial day, you prove to the veterans of the Grand Army that you are interested in their work of the past and their senti- mens of the present, and that by your generous interest they are enabled to decorate the graves of their comrades, with the feeling that it is not a hollow mockery. Of your sympathy as con- munity, let those to whose home has come sorrow and trial, attest. nO- ticed, while living there, that light ming had 8 wonderful affinity for the Center and vicinity, with utter disre- CT element (if such it may be called) has been particularly busy and success full in the past l5 years. l speak of "Cupid" and report says he has some arrows left yet. I can recall, without any effort, 6 dozen or more who were little children when we came there in '89, now married and gone from the old homes to make new ones for them selves. Thus we are continually re- minded how fast "Time flies" and al- though he does not skip us in his flight. yet we can keep our hearts young and feel that you are indeed doing your share that way. MT Hooper joins me in again expressing regret at not be- ing present, and again thanking you for your kind remembrance, and wish ing flor you perfect day and Gods blessing, we are, Very truly yours,-[Mr and Mrs Hooper.
 New Haven, August 20, 1904.
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ISABEL SHERMAN UPTON
GIVES A BIT OF EARLY HISTORY. IT Sedgwick St., Bridgeport, Ct.,
 IT 1O0h

IT sedgwick St., Bridgeport, Ct.,
 August IT, 1904.
 It was very kind of you to invite us to the Old Home Picnic. Some of my ancestors, the Hubbells, were among the first settlers of the town and some of the oldest graves are marked by their stones. The part of the town dearest to me, as child, was White Hills, but fire and the woodman's ax have long since destroyed that which was most familiar.
 Are there any children at the picnic that want to know how we the Yan- kees first bought the land, White Hills, from the Indians? MT Orcutt tells us in his "History of Stratford." You know that most of Bridgeport, Hunt ington, Monroe, and think Newtown, were included in Stratford. Ut was agreed that the town of Stratford should pay, or cause to be paid, for and in consideration of the premises of Musquatt or his assigns, ten coats, and five pounds of powder, and twenty pounds of lead. By this purchase was
The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09
SWEET WAS THE SOUND OF THE
 OLD CHURCH BELL.
A WORD FROM MIR AND MRS s. H BLACKKAN.

A WORD FROM MIR AND MRS s. H. BLACKKAN. Dear Friends: MT Blackman and myself wish to express cur deep regrets at not belng able to be present on account Of MT Black mans illness. We would adopt the words of the poet:
 Count new friends good
 But old the best" We are with you in spirit. Our minds often wander away to the old home church with all it's hallowed associations. Our feelings are expressed in this little poem: Sweet was the sound of the old church bell,
 Calling to praise and prayer;D We have heard it oft. 1t seemed to tell
 Of blessings waiting there. Yours in Christian love and fellowship. [Mr and Mrs s. Fl. Blackman, Shelton, August a. 1904.
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HAD STONE IN THE BLADDER

and my kidneys were affected. None of the means taken for relief produced any lasting benefit until began the use of .Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y. The pain ceased-the calculus or stone having been dissolved by the medicine. am ready to testify that my recovery was due to Dr Kennedy's Favorite Rem- edy.IE. D. w. Parsons, Rochester.
The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09
A WORD FROM REV s. WOLCOTT
 LINSLEY.
WITH BIT OF HISTORY AND REMINIs-
 CENCE.
WinSted, Conn.,,

JuIy ZS, I9U4.
 My Dear Brother: Let me in thank ing the committee for the invitation and the coming celebration at Hunt ington, congratulate the town upon this timely effort to connect the pres ent and the past. Here are invalu- able data now obtainable which if not soon collected will be lost. May the festival see some systematic effort ini- tiated to gather and preserve them.
The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09
A REMINISCENCE OF CHILDHOOD.

BY SUSAN c. HAwLEY, GRANDDAUGHTER or CAPT TnADDEUs BEARDSLEY, WHO WAS AN OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTION AND DREW A PENSION SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH. HE DIED AGED LIGHTWEIGHT YEARS.
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100 Per Cent

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Text: Gen. 30: 25: Jacob said unto Laban send me away that l may go unto mine own pl Ice and to my country"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
Ex-JUDsE LEARNED FOUND DEAD
Served Many Years en- the Supreme Court
Bench, Succeeding Justice Peckham.


ALBANY, Sept. 2O.-Ex-Supreme Court
Justice William L. Learned, for years the
presiding Justice Of the old General Term
Of the Third Judicial District, was found
dead here to-day while seated at his desk
in his law Office on State street.
Although SO years old, Justice Learned
had kept up his active professional practice
and was apparently in the best Of health
when he arrived from Selkirk, his summer
home, a few miles from this CITY, this morn
ing. When discovered he had been dead
for an hour or more. Death was probably
due to heart failure
Justice Learned was born in New London,
Conn, and was graduated from Yale
in 1871. He. ssttled in Albany, and in
1870 was appointed by Gov Holm an as
Justice Of the Supreme Court to fill the
vacancy caused by the elevation Of Justice
Rufus w. Peckham, father Of Judge Peek
ham of the United States Supreme Court,
to the Court Of Appeals bench. He was
afterward elected for two successive terms
and only retired in 1892 because Of the age
limitation. He was a lifelong Democrat.
He was actively identified with the educa-
tional interests of Albany.
He was twice married and is survived
by his second wife and by one daughter,
the wife OF Brig Gen. John Fl. Patterson,
U. s. A., retired
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
HID MONEY IN ASH HEAP.
Cash Lost In . street Car Recovered
Negro Showed 81 900 Note.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Sept. 20.-T. s. Hill,
Kansas City manager Of the Southwestern
Mercantile Company's retail store at
Coalora, N. NJ, reported to the police yes
terday that he lost package Sunday even
ing on Fifth street car containing 1880.
Detectives Phelan and McCosgrove were
assigned to the case by Inspector Halpin
and last night arrested Ben Vaughan,
a negro living In the rear Of 1915 Washington
street, and a negro woman, Cora Fields,
on suspicion Of knowing something about
the money
The money consisted Of two 81 900 notes,
$500 note and draft for A,750. Vaughan
admitted finding the money on the car.
The money as dug up this afternoon
by detective in an ash heap in an alley
in the rear Of the Washington street house,
where Vaughan had buried II. In his ex-
element after his arrest Vaughan could
not remember where he hid the money
and supposed that another negro had seen
him bury 1t and had taken it.
Vaughan said he threw away the draft.
Vaughan displayed a 81 900 note and $500
note in a saloon. This led to his arrest
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
DIED WATCHING A PLAY.
Mrs. Marshall wanted to Rescue the Herr.
tue and Fell Dead as She Arose.

Mrs. Marshall wanted to Rescue the Herr.
tue and Fell Dead rs She Arose.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. oo.-Mrs. Brutus
Marshall, one OF the best known women in
Logsnsport society, attended the theatre
last night where the melodrama why
Girls Leave Home" was being presented.
She seemed deeply interested In the per-
Torrance from the first, and as the play
advanced to the third act Mrs Marshall
seemed to he under great nervous strain.
With cry of distress Mrs. Marshall got
up from her seat and was starting to the
stage TO rescue the heroine when she was
seen to stop, look dazed for a moment,
and, with her hand pressed to her h cart,
sink to the iioor. 1t was thought that she
had faintod. but when friends went to her
assistance she was dead.
The autopsy to-day showed that she had
died OF heart disease and that in her nervous
and cxcitable condition all that was going
on on the stage was real to her, and she
was so wrought up that she started to
rescue the heroine from the peril that
see ned to confront her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
KUROPATKIN'S ARMY GROWS.
More Men and Guns 70 Meet the Japanese
Attack at Mukden.


Attack at Mukden.
Special Cdole Despatch 10 The SuS.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20.-It is stated
that Gen. Kuropatkin has been reinforced
at Mukden since Sept. o by ITO guns and
s. 900 men, a majority Of whom are picked
troops from western Russia
OF the "a, 200 wounded men at Hardin, it
is asserted that $1,000 will be practically At
for service In ten days.
1t Ia understood that long despatch
was received from Gen. Kuropatkin to-day,
but It has not been published. Somewhat
more than the usual activity IL noticeable at
stat headquarters. There Is talk Of i'm
portant developments impending at Muk-
den.
Gen. Kuropatkin reports: "A recon-
noissance made Saturday established the
fact that the Japanese position at Baniput2e
Is strongly held by q brigade with guns.
There was no enemy east Of Baniputze,
but Japanese reenforcements arrived Sept
10 in the vicinity Of that village. Large
Japanese forces from Liaoyang have already
crossed to the right of the Taitse River
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
SISTERS DIE ON TRACK.
They Lie Down Together in Ohio TO BE
Killed by Train.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept 2o,-Mary and Lizzie
Keherer, sisters and unmarried, who lived
alone on little farm five miles south Of
Bucyrus, committed suicide late last night
by lying down in front OF passenger train
on the Ohio Central Railroad.
The women left the house and walked down
the track to curve. Each carried bed
spread Wrapping themselves in these
they lay down upon the tracks. Their
mutilated bodies were found by the Sec
ton men on going to work this morning
They had become tired Of life and had
several times intimated they wished that
they were dead. They were nearly SO
years old.
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LOCKOUT IN ERIE SHOPS.
BOfIermakers and Helpers Discharged
New workers Under Guard.

BINaHAMroN. Sept. 2o.-The Erie officials
locked out to-day all the boilermakers and
helpers at the locomotive shops at Susque-
hanna. Pa. $50 men in all, and installed
two carloads OF men in their stead.
boarding house has been established
in the shops, and the men are guarded day
and night by armed railroad detectives.
For some weeks the Erie officials have been
placing hunks. stoves and provisions in
the shops.
When the men came to work this morn
ing they found notice posted on the door
stating that their services were no longer
required and that they would be paid OF
at O'Clock. The men went quietly to their
homes and union meeting was called.
It Is feared that this lockout will eventu-
ally affect every department The Erie
has been antagonistic to union labor in
the locomotive shops and has discharged
the leaders in the union movement, giving
as the reason that they were asitators.