The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-05-05
LITCHFlELD COUNTY
NEW PRESTON.

NEW PRESTON.
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR PLATT's MEM
| DRY.
An unusual hush seemed to be in
| this village, Saturday morning, April
| %, as the news came that our most
Senator Orville H. Platt had passed
away at his cottage in this town.
Flags were displayed at half mast dur
| ing the day. The front entrance of
the late residence of G. P. Lyman was
draped with flags and crepe.:by Mrs L.
| M. Sperry and Mrs Lyman. This vii
lage with so many others of much
larger size feel they have lost most
esteemed friend and helper. This
town enjoys the worthy title of being
his birthplace, as we'll as others dur
ing the past century of world renowned
personages like Bushnell and Day,
atOr Platt remain in the memory OF
all who knew him and perhaps never
again in this good old town will be
seen the procession of notable men
and officials with hundreds of others
who followed bis remains to their last
resting place in Washington cemetery
on Tuesday afternoon of last week.
We resent the slur cast by that CORE
spondent in the issue OF the Bridge
port Standard of Monday evening
while giving the order of funeral serv-
ices wrote "The casket will be con-
veyed to the church in open wagon as
there is no hearse in the village"
That was gross misrepresentati ton.
At the funeral OF the late DR. 0. Brown,
last year, the same order was observed
and likewise some years ago at the
funeral of Frederick Gum, the found
err of the Gunnery. The faithful
servants of the family in each case led
the horses and the reinS lay unused
over the dash, by arrangements or
suggestions made by the deceased men
while living when speaking of their
own approaching obsequies. AS fine a
county and only by special request on
the part of those most interested has
this special feature been observed in
town. We consider it also a most
proper and significant procedure and
which should receive no unjust criti-
ciSm from any one.
Mr. Shea and friend of New York
City were guests at Lakeside house,
the latter part of last week and over
last Sunday Mr. Shea and bride were
at Hotel Villa Luzerne several weeks
last summer.
Claude Beeman passed his Easter
Sunday in Huntington.
The remains of Mrs G. W. Pickett
we're moved, last week, a few feet
the village cemetery, where they were
inferred last November, in order that
her grave may be on direct line with
that of Hon G. P. Lyman who was
buried there in December. Two hand
some monuments are expected to ar
rive for the plot by May Is and when
erected will present more SatiSfac-
tory appearance by being thus in line
together, leaving the deep front as it
has been for several years and as we
hope will remain for many years to
come undisturbed.
John Graham of South Kent moved,
last week, into Maj Walter Burnham's
tenement, just west of what was for
merly the Irvine factory building.
Miss Kate Brown returned from
Bridgeport, last Saturday evening.
This village and public school again
opened it's spring term.on Monday, aft
er an Easter vacation of one week in
both departments.
Charles Burnham of Richland Gen.
ter, Wis, arrived at Maj Burnham's
on Thursday Of last week, where he
was seen and at Dea Burnham's Is
years ago, not then having reached a
decade in years. 1t was complete
Burnham, who was visiting in Bridge
port at the time of his arrival here
and did not return until Saturday
evening, being kept in ignorance of
the surprise till she had left the train
at this village station.
Mrs Bennett aunt to Mrs D. Burn
ham, who has visited her niece here
for several months, left on Monday of
last week for South Britain.
George N. and F. Raymond Boards
ley were at their home here over Eas-
ter Sunday: George returned to New
| Britain on Monday morning and Ray
mond to Bridgeport on the same day
| by the afternoon train.
Charles Buher has recently add
ed running spring water by pipe
to the kitchen Of his residence and has
erected a tasty building over the
spring about Is rods north of his
house.
| Charles Stephenson was confined to
the home of Ezra Douglass here, last
week and over last Sunday, with dis
eased foot, which necessitated the
amputation of one toe by Drs Marcy
and Pendleton. He was conveyed,
this week, to his family at Watson
Harrington's near East Kent.
Mr. Hutton, superintendent, while
erecting new telephone lines in this
vicinity, is making his stopping place
at G. S. Lyman's.
A. H. Bolles delivered and set fine
piece of monumental work at the
grave of George Wedge in Washington
cemetery, last Saturday. The work on
the headStone was so intricate as to
require the services of special carver
from New York City for several days
previous to it's delivery.