The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12


 ABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 'sNo 'postponement on account of weather" might almost be taken as the motto under which the Congregational church ladies sail their craft. If they start out to do thing, 1t goes, If en- ergy, pluck and grit combined can make it go. There seemed & a Pfqvi. tSat Providence has to do with OUT com mon affairs. The sun peeped out from under heavy clouds at noon long enough to give encouragement to those who were for the time being clOud-gazerS, to go ahead, and then the King Of day disappeared as if he could be excused from further service. Exactly to the minute when the booths were d1sman. tied and the last person had stepped out of the Town hall in the evening, the rain began to fall in copious show CTS; but .complacently, the man wno smiled, and did as they do in Spain, let 1t rain.
 The annual fair of the Ladies' Aid Society was held in the Town hall, on Wednesday afternoon and evening, August 10. The hour for opening was set at o'clock; but the small boy does not go by the minute-hand, on Oc- casions when his stomach has some- thing to say about it, and so some time before the stroke of the hour, big popcorn balls were seen in the hands eagerly munching. Scissors were used by the children In the "Snip Sale" to cut packages of all shapes and descrip- tions from upright screens; and those in charge said they could we'll judge of how things were going by the tncreas- ing stickiness of the scissors. Miss Kate B. Reynolds and Miss Mary Lamport attracted every child in their direction; we: think that not one that came into the hall escaped their charms. Prof Ross Jewell had done his souvenir postal cards with pictures of the Congregational church, ROnaldS Castle, interior of the Beach library and Newtown Inn sold like hot cakes in January. Miss Eleanor Northrop, John J. Northrop and Miss Hattie Northrop sold these views. A mail box was improvised and with Uncle Sam's postage stamps right at hand the poStalS were soon on their way to i many points. The center Of the hall was occupied by the booth for fancy articles in s chargs gs,a or Mss Mon1a S@,a .nd 6 Miss Mabel D. Morris. The judgment of the ladies was that the articles of- fered for sale were prettier than ever, and their prettinesS was certainly ap- preciated, for the returns of the even ing showed ia clean sweep" Miss Jessie M. Taylor, Miss Mabel l.. Fay Tor and Miss Etta Martin served the sweetmeats, fudge, chocolates and what-not. Instead of ''Sweet sixteen, it was sixteen good sweet ounces tc the pound that made Huyler for the while retire. Miss Grace Everetts Miss Ethel McCready, Miss Love
 grove, Miss Lauretta Hayes and othert
 "busy bees" fitted. back and forth
 across the room in bringing touch o1
 the North Pole to those who were willing to pay ten cents to see how
 the North Pole seemed. Mrs W. Fl.
 Hubbell, Mrs c. B. Taylor and Mis- Mary Bacon took their posts behind , the cake table and did the honof'
 there. Mrs W. M. Reynoles was here there and everywhere, the efficient head and director that kept the ma r chinery running. A Jul came at sup
 per time; but all the rest of the tim
 up to o'clock and more 8 stead
 stream of people was pouring into tn hall. The net receipts were SIPS. 35
 The pastor and the workers in tn
 church most gratefully thank all wh :, in any manner contributed to the spleI did success in which all rejoice.-[*