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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-21
METHODIST CHURCH ITEMS

The ladies Of the Redding Methodist
church will hold a sociable at the
home of Mrs Wakeman, Tuesday even
ing, April 25. A musical program will
be given. Admission 10c
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-21

Albert Sanford has rented his new
house for the summer to Mrs Adams,
New York lady.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-21

a short visit to his place in Sanford
town, Sunday afternoon. He came il
his auto.
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REDDING.
STATE ROAD WORK,

The selectmen commenced work on
Great hill on the road from the Cen
ter to the Ridge, a state road. That
means the other roads in town will not
get much repairs for the present. Some
think the town roads are left out fol-
the state roads little too much.
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NEW METHODIST MINISTER.

Rev Mr. Wright has been assigned
to the Methodist church here. He
comes from Pleasant Valley. Mr.
Wright will preach on Easter Sunday,
as they expect to get moved he latter
part of the week.
Arthur S. Judd is suffering with ir-
tits in his lefJ eye. DR. Rodman of
Waterbury is his physician.
Miss Sarah Atwood, who has been
brothers, Homer and Dwight, has gone
to WATERFOWL.
J. B. Osborne of AnSonia was in
town, the first part of the week.
D. M. Atwood is remodeling the in
terror of his house. E. H. Hotchkiss
of Naugatuck is doing the carpenter
work.
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HOME FROM PORTO RICO,

HOME FROM PORTO RICO.
ia. Beard returned home Saturday,
April s, from his trip to Porto Rico
and the West Indies. He reports a
good time and pleasant voyage, and
brings back several curios as souvenirs
of his stay at various places.
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BULLS BRIDGE.

POTATOES IN GROUND ALL WINTER.
James Cummings p]owed his last
years potato field and found he had
quite a crop of potatoes, hard and
sound, and looked and cooked like new
potatoes. Your correspondent had
some for dinner and they were good as
early new potatoes are.
Mrs George Newton Of Kent has
been spending the past week with her
daughter, Mrs Ralph Peet.
Walter J. Lane of New Haven was
at A. E. Mallory's, Friday, also E.
Hatch of Gaylordsville and Master
Malcolm Adam of Canaan.
Master George Griffin, son Of Clark
Griffin, who was quite sick, last week
is better.
Conductor G. P. Lane of Bridgeport
was in the village calling on biz
brother and sister, Saturday, accom-
panied by William Goodsell of North
Kent.
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Monday was very cold, tedious day;
not fine day for planting garden.
Some of the city people are in town,
looking after their places here and
making plans for the summer.
Mr. Talmadge expects his sister from
Europe in a few days, aud will occupy
his new cottage near the Glen.
There were no services in the Meth
odist church, Sunday, as the new pas
tor did not come.
The Postal Telegraph Co. have a
gang of men setting poles in the Cen
ter. Fourteen board with Albert Cor
ham.
George S. Banks lost his valuable
bull, Sunday night.
J. B. Cornwall of Bridgeport made
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NEW METHODIST PASTOR.

NEW METHODIST PASTOR.
The new pastor Of the Methodist
church for the coming year is Rev J.
M. Yard, a student of the Wesleyan
university at Middletown. Mr. Yard
has been preaching at Wethersfield
during the past year.
The sociable and sale held py the la
dies of the Methodist church, Thurs
day evening, April 6, was a great sue
cess. The hall was crowded, and the
entertainment proved delight to all
present, while the financial returns
expectation. Great credit is due to
Mrs J. A. Beard and her colaborers for
the success of the evening.
The program was as follows: Band
selections; recitation, Frances Hicock;
recitation. Charlotte Hamlin; recita-
tion, Katherine Nash; recitation,
Sarah Evarts; band selection; dialogue,
"The Haunted House," recital ton,
Esther Hicock; song, by three girls;
recitation, Amelia Allen; recitation,
Currence Hicock; band selections: shad-
ows, Gan Operations" shadows, "a
Converse tion."
Rev G. L. Cobern, a former pastor of
the Methodist church, was in town
Iludy anu SdUuIudy, Apill anu Q,
visiting friends and renewing old asso-
Citations. Mr. Cobern was entertained
by Mr. and Mrs Ward during his stay
in this place.
Rev o. J. Range, while attending
conference, visited his former friends
and parishioners here.
F. B. Bradley, Mrs Cyrus Gray and
Miss Charlotte Curtis were in Water
bury several days. attending the ses-
sionS of the conference.
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ham, N. Y, will occupy the parsonage
this summer.
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SOME GREAT "oLD" MEN.

Edward Everett Hale and Theodore
L. Cuyler, eminent preachers at so.
Prof Goodwin Smith and the
sprightly Henry G. Davis of West Vir-
ginia, who recently ran for vice pres
ident, both of whom are 81.
Levi P. Morton and United States
Senator Morgan. who are so.
D. Ogden Mills, financier. and still
busy at the age of 79
President Angel of the University
Of Michigan, who is 76.
Joseph Jefferson and Senators Cul.
lom and Allison, IS.
United States Senator Thomas c..
Platt, II.
President Eliot of Harvard and Car
dinal Gibbons, both OF whom have
passed 70.
Marshall Field, Thomas Bailey AID
rich. Speaker Cannon, Grover Cleve-
land, Admiral Dewey, John Hay,
John Wanamaker, and Admiral Schley,
all of whom are between 60 and 10.
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THINK DIR. OSLER WRONG
His Declaration That Man Is Practically Useless
After 40. and Absolutely "All In After
so Is Sharply Criticised.

DR., William Osler of Baltimore
started trouble when he said: Moth
ng material is accomplished in the
Horld by men who have passed the
lge of 40 years, and after 60 years
man is useless and should be chloro
formed"
DR.. Osler's own record at Johns
Hopkins shows great part of his
,ame has been acquired since he
passed his fortieth year. He was just
that age when he was called to Johns
Hopkins in 1889, and during the last
twelve years he has published most
of the books and accomplished much
Of the work which have made his rep
utation world wide in his particular
line OF medical science.
Glad HIS Is Still Alive.
DR.. Gildersleeve, the Greek and
Latin scholar of Johns Hopkins, said:
Il am 73 years old, and | am glad no.
body thought to chloroform me thir-
teen years ago. l believe the answer
to the question as to when it's time
to stop depends upon the age OF the
man who gives it. We are all in
clined to believe the time for knock
ing off work is just little ahead OF
us, no matter how old we are" ~
Quitting Time Is 70.
DR.. Daniel c. Gilman, former presi-
dent of Johns Hopkins university and
the Carnegie institute said: With
sensible methods of living man
should be ashamed to show his face in
heaven before he was 70 years old"
Calls Theory absurd.
William Hanna Thompson. NJ. D.,
LII. D.. over 70 years old, medical au-
thor of text books. and many years
president of the Medical Society OF
New York, said in discussing DR.. Os-
ler's age limit statement: THE theory
is too absurd to require discussion.
cannot think DR.. Osler was correctly
quoted. 1t is inconceivable that a
man of his marked mentality could be-
lieve in such absurdities. What
would the world be without Aristotle.
Plato. Sophocles, Bismarck, Won
Moltke, Gladstone? l might continue
the catalogue indefinitely"
Osler Convicts Himself.
DR.. Charles L. Dana, about Sc years
old, president of the Academy of
Medicine, said: you can quote me AS
saying that DR.. Osler's own life is the
best possible refutation of his belief"
History Shows. osIer Is Wrong.
DR.. John D. Quackenbos, about GO
years old, said: "One has but to
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
At O'Hea's Party.

The Irish Christmas party has be.
come famous the world over, and last
year at Mr.. O'Hea's gathering our rep
resentative overheard the following
deliciously characteristic dialogue.
Mr.. O'Grady had just left the dan.
GERS, and had sidled up to Mr.. Flynn
"Sthep outside, Mister Flynn" he
said. "Tis afther askin' ye few uues-
tions I'd be-"
They adjourned. Outside, Nc.
O'Grady continued:
ITS the foine backyard we hove
here, wild plenty av room. And now
yen plaZe be tellin' me. as bechune
man and man, did we liver say any.
thin fornist the character of mesilf
or Mistress O'Grady?"
LAS hechune man and man." said
Mr.. Flynh quietly. "Oi never did say
ahythin' derogatoory to yersif or Mis-.
tress O'Grady: but'-taking OF his
coat-"Oi intind to!"-IOndon
Answers.
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In the Bureau of Sewers.

William H. Michales, superintend-
ent OF the bureau of sewers Of New
York, said the other day:
I'VE hear some strange things in
this offlce sometimes. Some of the
stories our inspectors bring to us are
hardly credible.
For instance, in the matter of
ignorance Of the most elementary
kind of sanitation:
IAN inspector went one day to in.
spect an old house in the country.
There was a good deal Of smell about
the old place. The inspector walked
about shifting.
"'Dear me- he said, what an un.
pleasant odor. Can it be the drains?'
The owner of the house shook his
head positively.
"'It can't be the drains he said,
because there amt none Salt
Lake Tribune.
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the sort" he answered yerbos.ly
enough now, hes play actor. He's
now acting the principal part for the
first time. Listen how he rants! a
fine actor, he! hah! hah"
"You may be mistaken as to his
state" said, and bowed to give my
words graciousness and to take the
edge off my sarcasm, for I added:
Men even with your ability have been
known to be mistaken"
Yes damned mistaken" put in Gil,
in his deep voice.
Still justice must be DONE" I has
tened to add, seeing his choler coming
up at Gil's words. What has he
done? Come, landlord" I called to
Jock, another bottle of the same !;
it's heart warming l trow Partake
OF it with me; it will help the flow
of words while it flows from cup to
lip" l added to the constable. 1t
was far from my wish to anger the
tyke at present.
Gods help! it's rot much of a tale
when all is told" he began, after he
had for the moment slaked his thirst
by most copious potation. "Only
! another Covenanter and the way OF
the tfansgressor is hard"
He raised his eyes to the rafters
overhead with a pious look more like
Puritan than Established Churchman
The former no doubt he had been, but
like many another who had served
the Lord High Protector, upon the
advent Of Charles II had deemed ii
best to change both religion and man
! ners.
I'VE have been upon the lookout
for him some time. He somehow
managed to escape us when the others
were arrested years ago. But we have
hi1a fast enough now, fast enough
He finished and rolled the words un
der his tongue as if the taste of them
was good.
Being a Covenanter would not
make him apprehens .ple," returned
There is no act out against him"
You think so?" he demurred
What if he had been one of the plot
teIs who conspired against the royal
person of the King?" he added slyly
"Of course that is differentNthing,'
I said.
looked at the woman. She had
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
By MILLIcENT e. MANN

m-cracks-glided into the vacated
seat and SO diverted them.
The demented fellow began to ha-
rangue us in choice bits OF The
Prince of Denmark" at which l won
dered. 1t gave the constable the op'
portunity he wished and he threatened
him in voice of thunder into silence.
The woman started up and besought
him to let them go.
Il will take care of him. she plead
ed: "indeed | will Please let us CO.
You need not stay with the old
ioon," he answered her. laughing in
sultingly in her face. IF he is found
guilty, the States OF Tyburn Is as good
a place as any, or Bedlam will do.
Pox me! dame with so pretty a face
need not work" He finished, and
with a loud guffaw looked to his men
for applause. and they gave 1t in the
echoing of his laughter.
The woman, eringing, sat down
again.
My hands itched to chastise the
fellow and | thought that that should
be my part to play ere the constable
and | should go our separate ways.
Gil now entered noisily, cracking
his whip. His manner was plainly
aggressive, his nustachio had more
upward twirl, and his nose was turned
to windward, like an old war horse
who scents battle from afar.
The constable looked from him to
me and then motioEed his men back.
with your permission | said.
l pulled his table between us and
called to Jock to bring bottle of his
best vintage.
Going to the assrzes?" l asked to
start the conversation.
Yes" he replied. none too polite
ly. .'And it's damnable weather to be
out in"
where are they held?" l asked
again.
"At Chichester" he replied shortly
"Indged," said l. What heinous
crime has the prisoner committed?
Acts demented?"
Nothing of the sort, nothing Of
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Poverty and Politeness.

Last Christmas Mr.. Sharp was sum
moned to his door by ring; a chubby
urchin stood without.
Wish you merry Christmas, SIR
said the youth expectantly.
"Er-quite So" said Mr. SHARP
blankly, following rule he has in.
vented for the discontinue of Christ
mas-box hunters
"An' 'appy New Year" more ex
pectantly.
Exactly" said Mr.. Sharp.
The urchin was nonplused; but he
determined on final effort.
"An'-an' all the rest of it, sir!'
he said, desperately.
There was an impressive silence
and Mr.. Sharp flattered himself that
he had crushed the young hopeful
but he hadn't.
"s'y. guv'nor," piped the urchin, "lt
wouldn't 'urt yer very much ter s'y
Slime ter you would it? If yer poor
yer can, at least, be periite! .ondou
Answers.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
EXPERIENCE SPOKE FOR HIM
Boy Remembered Recent Use to
Which Nose Had Been Put.

When Horace started to school he
had cold. 1t had been with him
most all winter, consequently he had
come to regard his nose as the very
+eystone of his existence. He was
still doing some pretty tall SMILING
when called up for his first recitation
The lesson with which he was in
reduced to the life studious dealt
with that complex and incompre-
hensible subject, Boy" The teach
ar. being woman possessed of an
analytical mind, believed in getting
right down to first principles. She
not only taught the component parts
Of the word boy" but bewildered
Horace with sundry questions CON
cerning the boy himself She tweaked
Horace's ears, gouged his eyes and
made sportive jabs at his lips and
mouth, inquiring the while what the
various organs indicated were called
and what were their functions.
Horace. in spite of his nervousness.
acquitted-himself creditably, and he
would probably have got OFF with "A
plus" If the teacher had let his nose
alone. Unfortunately she attacked the
offending proboscis and asked
And what is this called?"
BY dose" gasped Horace, thickly.
And what is it for?" she persisted.
And Horace. imbued with an. hon
esty born of innocence and long suf-
fering, straightway responded:
ITO blow"
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CHAPTER vlI-Continued.

"Oh, lawzy, no; On horseback" he
replied.
You have other guests then, land
lord?" ! questioned.
"Um, that's telling" he said and
winked at me. Then glanced surrcp-
utiously up at window.
Travelling masked-black eyed
mald-pretty as picture, eh, land
lord?' | said jocosely, and gave him
q hearty tap upon the shoulder with
the handle of my riding whip. With
that | entered the well lighted tap
room.
In a moment felt the warmth,
smelt the resinous wood, and heard
the cheerful crackle of the fire. but
there were so many hankered about
the open fire place that saw not its
grateful glow.
l made wide swath as pushed my
way to the fire. Some of the men
fell back only to crowd up again, when
Jock taking advantage of the momen-
tary gap had obtained chimney cor
ner for me-
The other chimney corner was
filled by big bloated fellow with a
pimply face. Jock was humbly gra-
cious to him in spite of the fact that
the fellows mouth was constantly
filled with indecent eXpostulations,
which even landlord catering for
patronage might with credit to him
self take umbrage at.
The reason was manifest Ohe law
has an outwardly pacific effect upon
some, and Jock was one), this glut-
tonous fellow was the petit constable,
one of Jeffrey's men. as he had said,
and they had begun to collect the
criminals from the nearby places to
take them to town where the assizes
were to be held.
The criminals were usually a low
born set of rascals upon whom no one
wastes pity. The man the constable
had in custody that day was differ
ent object-an object of both pity and
sorrow. For who can gaze upon a
person when the intellect, which made
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him a superior being is gone and not
feel pity tug at his heart strings? He
had been no mean creature else the
pale-faced woman, young as regards
years from her face. old as to events.
had not clung to him.
Evidently the constable and his men
had been at the inn long enough to
gat e~ectually dried, and in accom-
plishii,g this had completely filled the
space about the hearth. leaving the
two miserable beings yet cold and wet
huddled in corner.
The Doors, to leave a woman SO
bedraggled out of the circle of
warmth! felt my temper rising like
yeast in hot room.
I stared insolently at the constable.
He had his legs stretched out and took
more than half the fire place. let
my eyes travel the length of his per-
son, from his coarse grained visage
down to his rough shoes, with an in
sinuation not to be denied.
He fidgeted his bulky body, his face
became redder, but with hitch to
his shoulders he fortified himself for
the explosive Damned" that belched
from his greasy lips.
with pleasure" l said, and not
Whiting for his surprise to evaporate
l continued: Are these your fellows? :?
They seem in favor of a monopoly"
I[e grunted.
I turned to them who equally OBJ
trusive occupied the middle seateS at
table. "Out of the way, fellows"
cried.
They scampered to their feet more
prompt than their master gave
their table twirl which sent it spin
ming backwards. l pushed my chair
into its place. thus the chimney coraer
was made vacant.
Come nearer the fire." l said
courteously to the woman, land bring
the man. You are wet; dry your
selves"
r. looked for moment, as the con-
stable cocte' HE eimlet eye, as
though he might ee~0"se the cause of
his men. Who rnc"' ing. had clus-
tered ,bnu, him p '',e woman lead
irr tie mara Nf shreds and
matches. droll looking, too.
wifi .Na old ~ 'uit he had on
with tawdry
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10

DR.. William Osler. who has just enun-
ciated, in his farewell address in this
country, the sentiment that while a man
of 40 may be useful one of 60 years of
age has ceased to be SO. has been recent
~ chosen regius professor of medicine
at Oxford university, and goes now to
assume his new duties. He is Canadian
by birth and education. and came to this
country in 1884 as professor OF clinical
medicine In the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Five years later he was given
kins, an office he is just now resigning.
His Theory and Practice of Medicine
Is a textbook throughout the world. He
Is now IS years of age.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
FROM THE PRIMITIVE LIFE.
Scientist Suggests Origin Of Mans
General Right n ande dness.

N. Bishop Harman reviews a num-
Der of morphological facts in relation
to visceral assymmetry in human be-
ings, says the Medical Record. He
then advances a hypothesis as to the
presence of general right-handed-
ness in man. He suggests an incident
in the life of primitive man in which
two of these beings have a hand-to-
hand conflict. One learns the secret
of division of labor in the forelimbs
and uses his left arm for shield and
his right for fighting. He is the vic
tor in the fight and his offspring. af-
ter he has captured the wife of the
victim, would revert to the maternal
custom of using the left hand The
writer then cites various examples to
prove the real ambidexterity of ordin-
arily trained men.
Most men brush the hair with a
pair of brushes, using each hand
equally and coincidently in the task
Women plait the hair, using both
hands: they also hold the hand-glass,
first with one hand, then with the
other, while adjusting plaits, coils
and pins with the free hand. The
process shows extraordinary bimanual
dexterity, with hand and eye cerebra-
ton. Violin playing illustrates in a
most remarkably way the diversion of
labor between the fore-limbs. The
use Of the typewriter and the inscrip-
ton Of the Braille type by the blind
all show wonderful bimanual di.
vision of labor
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
Physical Benefit of Walking.

During the year 1904 w. Alfred
Green, a business man. walked dis.
tance of 5,295 miles, an average Of
14A miles day. Writing Of this in
Outing, Mr.. Green says "At the begin
ming of my walk my weight was 1872
pounds in street clothes, while at the
end of it my weight was 178 pounds.
This loss Of fourteen pounds was in
every way acceptable. felt. as a
result, more active. stronger and
harder. In the matter Of health. felt
decidedly better than l had done for
several years."
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Called to Book.

Judge-What is the prisoner charg-
ed with?
Court clerk-He is charged with
arson.
Judge-Swear the complaining wit
ness.
Witness-This man, your honor, is
my husband. We used to be very
rich. l went to our lawyer and told
him that my husband was simply
burning up his money and asked him
to do something. He said it was a
case of arson.
Judge-Did you catch the prisoner
in the act?
Witness-Did l. Just look at the
stubs in this check book, your honor.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
DIsPRovE osLER's THEORY.

United States Senator Chauncey M.
Depew made pertinent comments on
the statement of Prof. Osler of Johns
Hopkins university that when a man
is 40 years old he is comparatively
useless, and when he reaches 60 he
should be chloroformed for the benefit
of the race.
Il don't know DR.. Osler's age" said
the senator. smiling, but l recall a
somewhat similar statement made by
young man who had become a mem.
ber of the United States senate. He
The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
The Masters Touch,

In the still air the music lies unheard;
In the rough marble beauty hides un-
seen;
To wake the music and the beauty needs
The masters touch. the sculptor's CHS
ell keen.
Great Master. touch us with Thy skillful
hand.
Let not the music that is in us die;
Great Sculptor, hew and polish us, nor
let.
Hidden and lost. Thy form within us
Spare not the stroke. do with us as Thou
wilt;
Let there be nought unfinished. broken,
marred,
Complete Thy purpose, that we may be-
Thy perfect image. o our God and Lord
-RoDar