The Newtown bee., 1905-11-17

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| FARMERS GETTING PAY FOR TELE
 PHONE POLE LOCATIONS.
 A new telephone line is now being run through the western part of the town, which is to go from NOrwalk tC Pittsfeld. It follows the road leading by D. D. Joyces. The company pays S2 for every pole they set to the land owners adjoining the highway on | which they are set and S3 where in a | field. One party received $40 for the | poles set alongside his farm. Herbert Lake has bought the house formerly owned by Dea Somers, which has been used as one of the summer school buildings. It is generally un- derStoOd that it is to be the home of his mother and her sister, Mrs Mar garet White.
 Mrs Thomas Halpine is very poorly from the effects of chronic bronchitis and asthma. Her condition was such, last week, that some of her children were summoned home. She has been in poor health for number of years.
 Mrs B. N. Hawley started for Pitts burg on Monday to visit her niece, Mrs Grace Anderson, and her daugh- ter. Julia, in the Allegheny hospital.
 At the Alpha Whist club, held at the home of Misses Sadie and Emma Kellogg, last week, $. B. Terrill and Mrs w. B. Roe received the first prizes and Clarke Joyce and Mrs Grif- tin the consolation.
 It is reported that Ray Wildman has bought the Seth Stevens place and will soon occupy it. MT Palmer, who has been living there, now occu- pies house of LuciuS HaWley'S in the Center.
 Mrs Sophia Kellogg is in Pittsfeld, the guest of her SOD, Herbert
 M. A. Banks of Bethel has bought a large quantity of apples in the vicinity of Hawleyvllle and Brooktield, ship ping one carload on Tuesday to CleVe- land, o.
 Miss Katherine A. Hall, who has been teaching in West Iron Works, has resigned her school to take effect, November 28.
 Jean lCaulkins has accepted posi- tion in the Wheeler S Wilson shop in Bridgeport.
 Ray Wildman has bought the Stev- enS' house at the Junction.
 Morris O'Donnel is away on his va cation.
 Charles Seamons spent Sunday with his family in West Cornwall.
 We are very sorry to say that Mrs Totams is not getting along as we'll as her friends would like to have her. She had operation performed on her arm, Saturday, at the Bridgeport hos pital.
 Miss Hull has resigned her position as teacher in West Brookfeld school and accepted school in Stepney.
 MT and Mrs V. Patch entertained friends from out of town, Saturday and Sunday.
 Mrs Harriet Clark and Mrs E. Weld are in New York for the week. Miss Ruth Weld is making her home with her cousin, Mrs Herbert Lake, during her mothers absence.
 B. N. HaWley was appointed lectur- CT pro tenn for the rest of the year, in place of Miss Linda Williams, who re- signed at the last Grange meeting. It is expected the deputy will be present at the next meeting.
 A pleasant time was spent at the Christian Endeavor social, last Friday night, with games and light refresh ments. The sum of $4 was taken at the door.
 Mrs s. F. Keeler returned, last week, from visit with her mother in East Granby, Conn.
 Mrs Thomas Hal pine is confined to her rooom. Her daughter, Mrs San ford, came home last week.
 The Country club will meet, this week, with Miss Juliet Sagendorf.
 The collection at the Congregational church, Sunday, to help defray the ex- penses of repairs on the parsonage, amounted to nearly $6O.