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LITCHFIELDCQUNTY.
WASHINGTON.
A GOLDEN WEDDING.

A w EDDlNd.
We .often hear of wooden, crystal
and silver weddings, but it is with add
ed interest that we hear of golden
weddings. Fortunate are those who
spend their married lives in harmony
and content and can attain the age of
the golden wedding day, the tiftieth
anniversary. Such was the good for
tune of Mr. and Mrs Henry W. Seeley,
who celebrated the golden event on
Monday of this week, at the home of
their son, Paul G.. Seeley. The hours
of receiving we're from 2 until 5 O'Clock,
and host of friends called to offer
congratulations and pay homage to
Mr. and Mrs Seeley. A bountiful re-
past was served to all present. Assist
ing in waiting upon the guests at the
table were Misses Seeley, Averin and
Hickox. Mrs Seeley's name was Abb
gail Hickox, daughter of Powell Hic-
kox, and has a brother, Dea Charles
Hickox, and sister, Miss Ellen Hickox,
residing in town. Henry Seeley was
one of the 10 children of Gregory and
Polly Seeley. His brothers now living
are Ben jamin J. Seeley Of this town,
and Edwin Seeley of Roxbury; also
one sister, Mrs Elizabeth Bryant.
Henry Seeley and Abigail Hickox were
married on December %, 1858, at her
fathers home, by Rev Ephralm Ly-
man, pastor of the Congregational
church. They started housekeeping
in Woodbury., removing to Washing
ton the next year and built the house
where they now reside. Two sons
blessed their union, Powell Gregory
and Willard Henry. Mr. Seeley went
into the cattle business with M. Il.
Smith and e. G. Seeley of ROxbury,
but in the spring of 1860 he went into
the cattle business with his brother,
Benjamin. For II years these broth
. ers worked in perfect harmony, the
older brother, Henry, never finding
fault with any trade or deal made by
= his partner. During this long perlot
of partnership they often met will
obstacles that would have discouraged
many less brave than they. But nev
q cI lOl lllOIuCuU ulu OllOJ Ia oNf
! Whenever there was work necessary
"a to be done, storm or sunshine, tn
}, work was done. "Never put off till to
n morrow what should be done to-day,
q was foreign to their practice. Thes
!. brothers had:dealings in many differ
. emit states. 1t is interesting to hea
their "reminiscences of.by-gone days. l.
III the winter Of 1861, they had some cole
rough experiences in Ontario, Canada
Day after day the thermometer stoo
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
A NEW ALTAR RAIL FOR ST JOHN

NEW ALTAR RAIL FOR ST JOHNS.
A new altar rail of beautiful work
manship has been presented to ST
John s church by Althea Ruth ScOvill
Kingsbury and Mary Ann Scovill Cur
tbs, who are descendants or John Da-
vies, the founder of St Johns. The
handsomely engraved plate bears the
following inscriptions:
In memory of John Davies, 168O-1759;
John Davies, 1711-l797; John Davies,
1735-1799; Thomas John Davies, 1867
1915.
For many years faithful upholders
of the church in this county of Litch.
| field.
This altar rail was given by theil
! descendants, Althea Ruth Scovill
Kingsbury, Mary Ann Scovill Curtis
"Lord thou hast been our refuge
from one generation to another"
| The new altar rail was dedicated ane
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
WEST REDDING,

THE CHURCH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
The Christmas exercises at the
church were decided success, the
children all reciting their pieces
equally we'll. The usual Christmas
tree with its numerous presents made
glad the hearts of the little folks, and
as Santa Claus was unable to attend,
(under press of business elsewhere) he
sent Mrs Santa Claus, who was repre-
sented by Miss Elsie Durgy, who made
complete success of the representa-
tion. Mr. Santa was driven in by Jack
Frost, represented by Master John
Carson, who was so perfect in looks he
made one Shiver. The little fairy rep
resented by Miss Anna Carson, was a
fairy indeed, dressed in white, with
her sweet song, "I'm a sweet little
fairy" which was beautifully rem
dered. Mrs Arthur Todd, Misses Liz
zie and Elsie Durgy sang solos which
we're appreciated by all. Many thanks
are due Miss Wayne B. Crofut as or
ganist, for her untiring efforts to make
the musical part of the entertainment
a success, and also the committee who
had the affair in. charge.
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used for the first time on Christmas
day. Both pastor and people fully ap-
preciated this beautiful and generous
gift, coming as it did for the birthday
of the "Prince of Peace"
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
GREENFIELD HILL.
WILLIAM II. BURR,

The funeral of William Burr, whose
place at his home in Greenfield. Tues
day, December %, was held from the
residence of his nephew, William j.
Sherwood, Thursday afternoon, at 2
O'Clock. Rev w. H. Cane, pastor of
the Congregational church, officiated.
The interment was in the old ceme-
terry in Greenfield Hill.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01

few days with relatives in Black Rock.
George f. Wilson, who has been un-
der the care of DR. Durham, the past
two weeks, is improving, though still
confined to the house.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
SCHOOL REPORT.

Monthly report of the Umpawaug
school: Whole number of pupils, IA;
average attendance, 200; per cent,
87.5. Names of pupils who have not
been tardy or absent during the month:
Emma Bronson, Georgia Page, Eben
Hill, Eugene Studwell, Josie Meeker,
Howard Light. Names of pupils who
have not been absent for the fall term
Of 16 weeks: Emma Bronson, Georgia
Page, Eben Hill, Josie Meeker, Eugene
Studwell.
The usual home gatherings tran
spired in this locality. Among the
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01

40 degrees below zero, yet undaunted,
these brothers worked from early in !,
the morning until 9 O'Clock in the
evening, having Waded through eight
miles of snow with drifts sometimes Is
feet high. They used to bring in 1876
head of cattle through such difficulties.
Such ambition and courage and faith
fulness to duty led, naturally, to sue
cess. The path between his brothers
farm and his own was frequented at
all hours of the "a, when the brothers
were at home and had tangled and
knotty problems to solve. Their con-
ferences were always satisfactory to
both. When the business Of the fat
tening of cattle failed to be profitable,
Mr. Seeley continued his farming and
entered the dairy business, in which
occupation he is still active, despite
his "A years. Mr. Seeley is noted for
his great perseverance, energy and in
tegrity. Mrs Seeley has always been
a devoted helpmeet to her husband.
1t was with genuine pleasure that
their friends received the invitation
to help them celebrate the 50th ami
versary of their happy married life.
Their son, Willard, and his wife from
Chicago we're present to enjoy the oc-
casion with them. Among the pretty
presents received was large oil paint
ing of landscape scene on the Pacific
coast and handsomely framed in gold.
Making this present more attractive,
was the fact that Mrs Willard Seeley
was the talented artist. At the close
of that joyous gathering that after
noon, w. L. Van Sinderen Of New
York, who with his family came to
help celebrate, read ''The Hanging
of the Crane" from .Longfellow. Van
Sinderen was introduced in delight
fully happy manner by Rev R. e. Car
ter.
80 fortunate, o happy day!
The people sing, the people say.
The ancient bridegroom and the bride.
Smiling, eontented and serene
Upon the interesting scene,
Behold, well pleased, on every side
Their form and features multiplied,
AS the reflection of light
Between two FURNISHED mirrorsg leans
Or lamps upon bridge at night
Stretch on and on before the sight.
Till the long vista endless seems.
o fortunate, o happy day.
The wind, the rain, have passed away
The lamps are lit, the fires are bright
The house is full of life and light"
O fortunate ones, who now can say,
'sThis is our golden wedding day."
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
Money to Loan.

Do you want money? | have
it to loan on all kinds of real
estate in large or small amounts,
from one to three years, or on
easy month ly payments. 5 and
6 per cent interest. +. Arm
ington Peavky, Mortgage Brok-
er., Dept. H, No.. 1000 Fulton
St., Brooklyn, N. y.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-01-01
'ABLET PLACED IN ST JOHN 8 CHURCH..

TABLET PLACED IN ST JOHNS CHURCH.
A tablet presen ted to st Johns by
Miss Edith Kingsbury of Waterbury,
Conn.,, seventh in descent from
John Davies, ST., has been placed in
the church. 1t is neatly framed in
black ebony and bears the following
inscriptions:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
WOMAN TO CORRECT ABUSES.
IL Sent Ont by civil Service Commits
sion To Instruct Postmasters Re-
garding Regulations.

The civil service commission at Wash
inSton has undertaken a novel means of
correcting abuses in the matter OF trans
ferring clerks and other employees in the
postal service. A special inspector has
been sent out, with instructions from
the commission to visit postmasters in
a number of central states, coach them
in the civil service regulations, and warn
them against the practices which were
disclosed by the recent post office de-
partment investigation.
Not the least remarkable feature of the
new methods of correcting abuse of the
civil service rules Is the fact that the
inspector In this case is young woman.
Miss Caroline |. Griesheim, who has been
connected with the civil service com
missions Office for many years. Her
tour embraces the states of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa. She will confer with postmasters
and local civil service boards and ex-
plain to them the recent notifications
of the rules whereby it is intended to pre-
vent the transfer of clerks from interior
Offices to the departments in Washing
ton, and to avoid the employment of en-
ployes and clerks in positions outside
of the grades to which they are legally
appointed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
QUEER LAW OF MARRIAGE.
Man from Wedding Daugh-
ter of Sister-in-Law.

Justice A'Beckett, sitting at Mel
bourne, Australia, has just decided in
the case of Smith VS.. Smith that though
a man may marry his sister-in-law, he
cannot marry her daughter In this
case the plaintiff asked for a declaration
of nullity of his marriage on the ground
that it was within the prohibited de-
grees of relationship.
Mr.. Smith married the daughter of
his deceased wifes sister and they lived
together for twelve days, when the wife
left her husband. assigning conscien-
tious objections to a union prohibited
by the church. Justice A'Beckett said
that if the respondent had been a sis
ter of the plaintiffs deceased wife the
marriage would have been valid. but a
daughter of deceased wife's sister was
within the prohibited degrees of affin-
fly. He declared the marriage null and
void.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
POORHOUSE INMATES ELOpE.
Poverty and Locksmiths Laughed At
by New Jersey Couple Who Make
Their Exit Down Wnterspout.

Steward Leida. of the courthouse. and
force of men ana dogs are tracing two
runaways, a man and a girl. who eloped
from the county poor farm at Hacketts-
town, N. j.. recently. They did not
take any valuahles belonging to the
county, but, being themselves valuable
on the farm, the steward feels that he
must recover them.
The clippers were Margaret Morris
and Charles Arthur, both of whom have
been inmates of the poorhouse for a
long time. They met in the harvest
field, fell in love. and arranged their
flight. The steward locked all the in
mates In their rooms as usual the night
of the elopement, but Chester climbed
out of his window and slid down the
water spout. He then succeeded in eff
fecting Margaret's release, and they
started for Pennsylvania. AS soon as
the steward found they had gone he and
the farm police started in quest of the
runaways, but all efforts to find them
have thus far been of no avail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
BIGGEST SALARY IN WORLD.
~eorge C. Boldt Receives $500, 700 a
Year for Managing Waldorf
Astoria Hotel In New York.

Just about the time Wall street disfov-
cred that the salary of Charles H.
Schwab as president of the billion dollar
steel trust was not $l,0OO,000 a year, as
had been currently reported, but beg
carly 100000, the statement was made
that man in New York receives a sal
airy Of 100000 for running a corporation
capitalized at $1,000. He is George c.
Boldt and he is commonly spoken of as
the proprietor of the Waldorf-Astor ho-
tel.
II should not be supposed that Mr..
|Boldt receives stated salary for con-
Quoting the big hotel. There are profit
sharing arrangements based upon the
$500. 900 year for Mr.. Boldt II he sue
ceeds in adding certain amount to the
income of the Astors. 1t is maintained
by those aware of Mr.. Boldts income and
who are fond of superlatives that he is
the highest salaried man in the world
Certain 1t is that he gets about five
times as much for running a hotel as
Senator Depew gets for running the Van
derbilt railroads. He receives more thar
six times as much as the new president of
the United States Steel corporation, and
yet Mr.. Boldt was once waiter.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
PRESERVATION OF EGGS.
German Process for Keeping Them
Fresh Any Length of Time.

In report to the department of COM
MERGE and labor Consul General Rich
ard Guenther, at Frankfort, Germany,
tells of German process for the pres
ervation of eggs, He says:
German papers state that it is pos
sible to keep eggs fresh for any length of
time by simply immersing them in ten
per cent. solution of silicate of soda,
commonly called liquid glass This
produces the formation of a coating
which renders the egg perfectly air tight
The eggs so treated retain their fresh
taste for many months. The best proof
of the efficacy Of this treatment has
been furnished by the fact that such
eggs, after having been kept for whole
year. were Matched, and the chickens
were strong and healthy.
"The preserving solution is best pre-
pared by dissolving one pound of liquid
glass in four quarts of cold water The
eggs are then immersed in this solu-
ton. which should be kept in glazed
earthenware vessel and the eggs are
kept In the solution for a short time.
If one Of these preserved eggs is to be
boiled, the shell must first be perforated
in order to prevent cracking"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
SAYS PEOPLE ARE DIRTY.
Prof zueblin. in n Recent Lecture.
Asserts Americans Have
BErbRrie Ideas.

'The American people are not cleanly
enough. | mean the native-born Amer
leans, whose ancestors date back 10 the
revolution. They multiply bathtubs in
their houses, but they spit on the side
wallis and throw refuse in the alleys.
Smoke from their chimneys covers the
land with CRIME. Their streets are in
bad shape. All these things indicate a
barbaric idea of cleanliness"
Such was the pointed criticism of the
American people offered by Prof. Charles
lueblin in lecture at the University of
Chicago recently on The Training of a
Citizen"
Clean cities" was the keynote of the
lecture, and Prof Zueblin had few COM
pliments for the methods employed in
this country. Municipal housekeeping. !"
he said, ''is not a misnomer. The task
of cleaning the city to keeping il clean
ought to be turned over to the house
wives, instead of being mismanaged by
business men,"
Take Cincinnati and Pittsburg. for
example" said the lecturer They are
extremely ugly. although each has fine
location, Pittsburg has the most re-
markable collection of hideous bridges
ever devised. The finest city bridge in
this country is at GAINESVILLE. o. II is a
Y shaped structure Of concrete"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
SAYS SUN DANCE IS RELIGIOUS.
aRtees Indians Their Right
to Celebrate II.

DR.. George A. Dorsey, curator of an
thropology of the Field Columbian Mu-
scum of Chicago, who recently arrived
at Los Angeles, CAL, has given out an
interview concerning the published ac-
counts of his visit with DR., Mooney to
the Cheyenne Indians in Oklahoma. DR..
Dorsey contends that the sun dance is
religion to the Indians and that they
have a right to celebrate 1t. under the
clause of the constitution granting
American citizens freedom Of worship
With regard to statements made TO
the Indian bureau at Washington by
Mr., Seger, superintendent of the reser-
walton school, DR.. Dorsey makes
charges of duplicity and ignorance. and
says that Seger's allegations were not
disinterested.
Concerning the torture itself, which
Mr. Seger describes" said DR.. Dorsey,
mot only did Mr.. Mooney and myself
not instigate 1t, but We actually knew
nothing about 1t until the Indian was
well on his way making the rounds of
the camp circle. This torture occurred,
by the way, on the morning of that fol-
lowing the final rites of the ceremony,
and had nothing to do with the per-
torrance of the so-called sun dance. "
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
REGAINS POWER TO WALK.
Ago, an Old Lady Finds That Her
Strength Has Returned Again. ,

Mrs. Margaret Bean, aged "a, residing
at Webster Mass, has regained the use
of her limbs as suddenly as their pow
er was taken away from her about Is
years ago. At that time she was struck
~. lightning, and ever since has been
helpless invalid. Upon awaking the
other morning she felt great deal more
refreshed than on previous mornings. It
seemed to her that she was much strong
er. Her hitherto feeble, shaking hands
had suddenly become strong and firm.
Then she got out of bed and stood erect
flor the first time in Is years. Her joy
GUS cries brought her daughter in haste
i to the room.
In the afternoon Mrs Bean went out
for carriage ride with her daughter,
the first ride she had enjoyed in years.
What interested her most was the whiz-
ling electric cars, which she had never
seen before.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
INJURY FORECASTED.
Vision of Indiana woman which L.
Soon After Verified by
Telegram.

Injury TO her husband was forecasted
in dream which came to Mrs. Charles
Michaels, of Marion, Ind. and now the
woman and her family are thorough be-
levers in dreams.
Mrs. Michaels dreamed that she saw
her husband s face. 1t was CHASTITY white
and peered at her piteously out of the
chaos of a railroad accident The i'm
preston made by the dream was so vivid
that the wife woke with a start.
The vision worried Mrs. Nichaels so
much that she could not dismiss il from
her mind. and she mentioned it to a
friend. Although the friend laughed at
her fears, Mrs. Michaels continued to fret
and grew greatly worried.
About two hours after the strange Wis
ion she received a message stating that
her husband had been hurt in 2 train
wreck Development showed that the
injury was sustained exactly as portray
ed in the dream.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
WILD RIDE FOR LIFE.
Lewiston. Pa, Butcher sewers nm Ar
terry, But Reaches n Surgeon
just in Time.

A wild ride against death occurred at
Lewiston, Pa, the other evening. While
H. c. Kipp, butcher. was dressing a
beef in his slaughter-house on the out
skirts of the city his knife slipped, strik-
ing his left wrist and severing the ra-
dial artery and all the veins.
Fortunately, there was team stand
ing on the outside. Leaping into the
wagon, Kipp grasped the reins in one
hand, and, holding the wound tightly
between his knees to act as compress,
drove at top speed for town. No at
tempt to guide the team was made, ex-
cept to urge them on at breakneck
speed, other conveyances along the
streets giving him clear track. Arriv-
ing at the office of DR.. Sweigart, he
leaped from the wagon, and, weak from
the loss of blood, he stumbled and fell,
but gathered himself up and staggered
into the office. Here again he was for
tunate in finding the doctor, who i'm
mediately applied compress and tied
the artery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
ATTACKED BY TURTLE.
h'wO Women While They
Are Out Fishing.

Mrs. Charles Sage and Miss Jc1ette
Cummens, two Elkhart women, re-
Gently had an exciting experience
while fishing at Marble lake. near
Quincy, Iii.
Having been favored with good luck
the catch was placed in strong net
and lowered from the side Of the beat
into the wafer. In few minutes their
attention was attracted TO something
mgging away at the net, and on in
vestigation they discovered a huge
turtle trying to get their fish.
The moss back" was driven on with
an oar, but soon again made another
alta *. In order to save their fish the
ladies hauled in the net, but Mr.. Turtle
would not let go. and by considerable
lifting and Juggling the net. fish and
turtle we're landed in the bottom of the
boat, whereupon the monster of the
deep became master of the situation.
and with a vengeance made an attack
upon the boats crew.
Being in close quarters the fair occu-
pants were soon standing upon the
seats while their craft drifted In mid
lake. BY the use of their oars and a
heavy anchor the enemy was finally
subdued. when the ladies excitedly
pulled for the shore AS they were
nearing the landing the turtle revived
and calmly climbed up the side of the
boat, tumbled overheard and disap-
peared beneath the waves.
The ladies claim that the big saurian
weighed at least 25 pounds, and that
he gave them all the excitement nee
essary for one seasons outing.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
CHEWING GUM FOR INSANE.
titles for Use in Restraining
Violent Patients,

The contracts awarded by the Mime
sofa state board of control for supplies
for the ensuing quarter include con-
siderable quantity of chewing gum to
|pacify the patients Of the insane asy-
ums and the state hospitals.
The observation of the board is that
chewing gum often has an excellent ef-
feet on the patients, and that it enables
fhe inmates to concentrate their minds
|bn various forms of work and soothes
hem during violent spells.
On being given gum some of the vio-
ent patients have been known to collect
their wits and diligently pursue task.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-18
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