The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18

Ten Pages.
New Milford.
A SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MISSIONS.

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 A SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MISSIONS.
 Next July, in New Milford, it is pro posed to hold a Summer school for the training of missions study class lead CTS and other home workers for mis- sions. The inspiration of the schoo will be the study of the Bible, the class to be conducted daily by Bishop Hall of Vermont.
 Following this class each day there will be study classes on the various mission fields occupied by the Ameri- can Church. Bishop Brewster, Bishop Hall, Bishop Potter, Bishop Talbot and Bishop Kinsolving, of Brazil, are to be present and take part. Dr Lloyd, MT Wood, Miss Emery, Miss Sibyl Car Archdeacon Hughson and Eugene Camp are some of the probable leaders, who will present facts and interesting information in regard to missions in the various fields assigned to them. l The program is not yet completed as to speakers and subjects, and further announcement will supplement- this preliminary statement.
 Ingleside, the fully equipped girls school at New Milford, has been kind ly offered by Mrs Black, and every of the surrounding country makes this place an exceedingly attractive spot for summer vacation.
 | The hours of study will be so ar | ranged that the afternoon will be free for driving, walking, fishing and other recreation. Golfing, tennis and bowl ing afford abundant opportunities for exercise, while large lecture rooms, parlOrs, library and studio will give all that can be desired for the purposes of the school and the comfort of it's mem- bers.
 A missionary exhibit, and leafet and book store, will be provided. The Bishops of Connecticut, New York, Albany, Vermont and Western Massachusetts have appointed special committees to cooperate with the committee of hospitality in Connecti cut. These will assist in organizing the school and aid in it's promotion. Officers of the WOman's Auxiliary in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Central New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, also have consented to act in this capacity. Through the instrumentality of these agencies it is hoped that gOOdly num- Der will be present.
 The dates of the school will be July 6 to July 16, members arriving before tea on the 5th and leaving after break fast on the 17th.
 A conference of men will be held on Friday evening, July 8. At the same time Miss Emery will address the women on "Our Women Missionaries and Their Work .''
 There will be celebration of the T11x Ho, iNv, of iy, terceSSOry prayer each morning at ! o'clock in the Church of All Saints, two minutes walk from IngleSide.
 The terms for members will be $1 or $2 per day each, according to the rooms. The school will accommodate about 100. Applications for membership should be made as early as possible to 'Miss Jarvis, Brooklyn, Conn.,, Secre- tary of the Summer School for Mis- si ions. .''-[The Spirit of Missions.
 HISTORY OF THE TOWN BRIDGES.
 The washing away of the town bridge has awakened interest in the history of the bridge and previous bridges across the river. Turning to Orcutt's History of New Milford, pub lished in 1882, we find these facts:
 1.-The Great Bridge" was built across
  what is now the foot of Bennitt street, and was, as stated by J. w. Barber, in his Connecticut Historical Collections, the first bridge built over this river between this place and Long Island Sound.
 The first settlers located on the east side of this river, at New Milford; which is quite a mystery to this day, since the rich bottom land all ready for cultivation, called the ''Indian Field," was on the west side. The crossing of this river so frequently, in attending farm-wOrk, was matter of great inconvenience, and led to the building of the bridge thus early. The place for fording the river which was most convenient, on account of the depth of the, water, was near the mouth of Rocky River, a mile above the set clement, and in quite low water there was place for fording below Wannup- | pee island.
 On December ', 1720, the town voted to build boat for the purpose of cross ing the river, the expense to be borne "by the polls." The boat was proba- bly, built, and served it's purpose about 16 years, or to the time the bridge was erected. It has been supposed that this boat, was the one sunk in the mud below the present bridge; but this is probably an error, since another boat was built in 1902, when the bridge was carried away by a flood in September, which is undoubtedly the oneI referred to as still preserved in the bottom of the river.
 May 4, 1736. Dea John Bostwick, Capt Stephen Noble and Samuel Can field were chosen committee to order all the prudentials in building bridge over the Great River at New Milford in the place that MT Edmond Lewis with workmen to build the bridge, tc receive the money that shall be gath cred for that use, and to pay out to the wOrkmen.
 At the same meeting Thomasi Pick f ett, William Drinkwater, David Noble and Joseph Collins were chosen to carry brief Ia subscriptionl under the di.