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The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
ASPETUCK GLEANINGS.


 Mrs Alice Wheeler and Mrs John Ogden were the guests of their sister in Tashua, Sunday.
 Miss Sadie Banks of Greenfield has been visiting her grandparents, MT and Mrs H. $. FantOn.
 Miss Emily Moore spent Sunday at E. P. Mills.
 Fred Van Worse, who has been work ing in Bridgeport, is home on a vaca- tion.
 MT and Ms E. P. Mills attended the funeral of their sister-in-law, Mrs Florence Mills, of Greens Farms, Sun day.
 Mrs Catherine Sherwood, who has been spending the last six months with her daughter, Mrs Jennie Allen, has returned to Bridgeport.
 Mrs John Shea, son, and daughter, Miss Bessie Ketcham, and Fred Wa terbury of Bridgeport, Mrs Annie Bond and daughter of New York, have been visiting at Charles Wakeman's.
 Mrs Jennie Taylor is staying for a short time with Mrs David Parsons.
 Miss Georgie Lyon is visiting her uncle in Saugatuck.
 A family by the name of Siffins is boarding with Mrs Evelyne Wakeman for the summer. Frank L.. Sherwood is selling his milk to Arthur Buckley of Greenfield.
 LOCAL BRIEFS.
 c. A. Elliott has moved his family to Danbury.
 MT and Mrs Charles Littman and son are boarding at Peter O'Donnell's.
 Mrs Henry Osborne and Mrs Jesse Wheeler spent a few days, last week, at Fairfield Beach.
 Albert and Frank Johnson were home over the Fourth.
 Mir and Mrs J. Arthur Sherwood at tended the ordination of Rev Oscar B. Maurer at Great Burlington, Tuesday, July 3.
 Mrs Charles s. Clark has been mov- ing her furniture from her former home in South Wilton to her home in EastOn.
 Miss Maud Silliman and Miss Mary Silliman are spending few days with Mrs Wesley Bradley of Westport. Miss Mabel Fanton was home over the Fourth.
 MT and Mrs John P. Fitch and Mrs Josephine Fitch of Weston were enter tained at John z. Mellen's, Sunday.
 Rev Irving Maurer occupied the pull pit at the Congregational church, Sun- day morning. MT Maurer is stopping at F. E. Sflliman's for few weeks.
 Mrs Charles Williams of Bethel was home, Sunday.
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SHERMAN,
THE SEVERE STORMS DO DAMAGE.

In one of the recent severe storms, considerable damage was done by the wind in this vicinity. A large silo on the Voorhees, place was blown down, many trees were broken or uprooted and large tobacco barn on Charles Carlson's farm was blown down. After having his neighbors and friends are going to help him take the ruins apart, ready for raising again.
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Ing In 61e care Of Mrs H. B. Wheeler, since her fall. Mrs Wheeler is slowly gaining.
 Mrs Abbie Williams celebrated her birthday June 25, at her home in Lyons Plains, with her grand and great-grandchildren and neighbors. MT and Mrs Eugene Beers of this place were among the guests. A very pleas ant time was enjoyed by all. We wish Mrs Williams many happy returns of the day.
 Misses Grace and Annie Williams, of Easton were guests at William Os- born's recently.
 Mrs Horace Banks and Mrs H. Whit lock spent Monday in Bridgeport.
 Word has been received that a little daughter was born, July 4, to MT and Mrs B. Davenport of Bridgeport. Mrs Davenport was formerly Miss Julia Perry of the Forge.
 c. E. Cook was an over Sunday guest at H. B. Wheeler's.
 MT and Mrs Arthur Mead of Bethel were guests at H. B. Wheeler's, Sun- day.
 Mrs Patrick Coughlin returned, last week, from two months visit in Ire land.
 Miss Minnie Williams, and friend from Ridgefeld, were Sunday guests of MT and Mrs Rawley Williams. Thomas Donnelly badly crushed his hand, one day last week, by getting it caught under large stone. Dr Frank Gorham is attending to the injured member.
 MT and Mrs Morris Andrews spent Sunday on Greenfield Hill. Miss Saunders of South Norwalk is the guest of Miss Louise Coley.
 Mrs James Robertson and son have returned to New York after few days visit at the Congregational par. sonage with Rev and Mrs J. L.. Shively.
 MT and Mrs John Fitch and Mrs R. K. Fitch attended the patriotic con cert at the Congregational church ir Easton on Sunday evening.
 The Misses Ethel and Verna Gregory of Norwalk have been spending few days with their grandmother, MT. EbeneZer Fitch.
 Miss Louise Ball has returned tt New York after few days visit with MT and Mrs Charles Scofield.
 Wesley Fancher of Bridgeport wal an over Sunday guest of Samue Fancher.
 Mrs Joseph M. Perry of East Nor walk has been spending a week witt her father, H. B. Sturges.
 The party of Norwalk and Bridge port people who have been spending { week in camp, near the old Godfrey sawmill, returned home on Monday.
 The sum of SIS was realized from thu ice cream and cake sale held on Satur day evening at the residence of s. B Fancher, for the benefit of the Congre gational Sunday school library.
 Mrs Mabel Fitch spent part of this week in Cannon. | Ira Andrews has accepted position with hardware firm in Stamford.
 Miss Mary Hamilton has returned tt South Norwalk, after spending weel at her home here. 1 Miss Maude Lockwood has spent , a few days with her grandparents, M and Mrs J. M. Lockwood.
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Washington at Esther Johnson's; MT and Mrs s. Vincent of Bridgeport at N. T. Hungerford's; Mrs John E. Nor throp of Essex at Miss Gelston's; two lady friends at' MisslAnna Stuart's, and Miss Helen Hungerford came out from Danbury to the quiet of her own home over the Fourth.
 The donation picnic on the Fourth was success financially, although the stormy morning kept many away, among them the elocutionist, Albert Newfeld of Danbury. The nice sum of SIP was very thankfully received by our pastor.
 The Sunday school is to beorganized next Sunday at Coburn.
 MT Tiebout is not quite so fleshy in the face as he has been, as the pain is subsiding somewhat from distressing tooth.
 Young MT Bidstrip who sprained his ankle before leaving Cornell, has had the misfortune to spra1n it again, but is improving now.
 Dr,Smith has returned to Brooklyn to take up his practice during the month of July. Mrs Smith and daughter were returning from Patterson, one day last week, when they were over- taken by a runaway teamIbelonging to Charles Jennings. The horses had freed themselves from the wagon else the injuries might have been worse than they were. Mrs Smith was thrown backward and hurt her back, but nothing serious is apprehended Dr Custis brought her home.
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mrs Kittie M. Holton, who has been spending the early part of her vaca- tion here, leaves, this week, for Chau- tauqua Lake, N. Y., for her annual two weeks outing.
 Mrs Edwin Sturges of New York is expected to arrive in Greenfield, this week, to be the guest of her son, Theo- dore Sturges, for the remainder of the summer.
 H. c. Raymond and family of Black
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
STEVENSON,

ATTENDED VETERAN MASONIC RE-
 UNION.
 w. s. Bradley attended the meeting of the Veteran MaSons at Highland Lake, near Winsted, last Friday, and reports very enjoyable time. Miss Rose Dillon is home from New
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
MONROE
OSCAR J. SHERWOOD,

Oscar J. Sherwood of East Village, who had been in poor health for some time, died quite suddenly at his home, last week Tuesday, July 3, aged 63 years. The funeral was held from his late home, last Friday afternoon at 1.3O, and from the East Village Meth odist church at 2 o'clock. Rev A. J. Smith, D. D., of Danbury off1ciated, assisted by Rev William Harris, the pastor of the church. The burial was in the East Village cemetery. The burial service was in charge of Wash ington lodge, F. x A. M., and was with Masonic honors. MT Sherwood is survived by his wife and one daugh- ter, Mrs Arthur Smith of Naugatuck Also two brothers, Charles Sherwood of Stevenson, and George A. Sherwood of East Village. MT Sherwood was a man who had been prominent in town affairs and will be missed by a large circle of friends
 Rev A. J. Smith, D. D., and family Of Danbury were guests, last week, of MT and Mrs John w. Waterbury.
 MT and Mrs Sylvester Clark were the guests of friends at High Wood, New Haven, on the 4uh.
 MT and Mrs James Phillippi and daughter, Miss Elsie, and Mrs George Heisler, of Bridgeport, and Master Elmer Sharp, were guests of MT and Mrs Sylvester Clark on Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
DEATH OF MISS TEALE.

Miss Teale, who lived with Miss Monohon on Quaker Hill, died last Sunday morning. Funeral at the house on Monday at p. m. Funeral director N. T. Hungerford had the arrangements in charge.
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take LAXATIVE PROMO Qui- nine Tablets. Druggists refund mon- y if it fails to cure. E. w. GROVE $ egnatu re is on each box. 25c.
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OPERATION AVOIDED
 ExPERIENCEOF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation Was Inevitable. How She Escaped It.

When physician tells a woman sui fering with serious feminine trouble that an operation is necessary, the very thought of the knife and the operating table strikes terror to her heart, and our hospitals are full of women coming for just such operations.
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
Financial Institutions.

We own aud offer for sale line of approv- ed COUNTY, TOWN, OIrY, SCHOOL AND TRAC- TON BONDS; also LAND MORrGAGEs In the Middle West Interest net to 6 per cent. 2a years successful business
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
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PATRIOTIC CONCERT.
 The following program was given at the union patriotic concert at the Con- gregational church, Sunday evening, July 8: Chorus by school, "We Come;" prayer, Rev MT Beckwith; chorus, 'God Bless our Native Land;" opening address, Mary Gillette; solo and chor- us, "Liberty Chimes;" scripture read ing led by J. c. Fanton; solo, MT Marsh; recitation. Miss Maud Sterling: chorus, ''Happiest and Blest;" recita- tion, Florence Candee; solo, MT Dun can; recitation, Marguerite Sturges; song, "America," recitation, Dorothy Huggins; chorus, "Old Glory" recita- tion. Leroy Wheeler; solo and chorus, "Home of the Free;" recitation, Lora Clark; duet, Emily and Ralph Gay; song, Henry Wakeman; recitation, Daisy Knapp; recitation, Edith Logan; concert reading; addresses by Rev MT Cunningham and Rev MT Maurer; chorus, Patriotic Parting Song, " benediction, MT Duncan.
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13

Mrs Gilbert Green and children were returning from New Milford, one day last week, when the horse became frightened at an automobile and threw them out of the wagon, breaking Mrs Greens arm.
 Some of the recent guests and board CTS in town are MT and Mrs Fred Briggs and sister, also MT and Mrs Charles Barlow at Isaac Stuart's; MT and Mrs Gilbert Miller of New Haven at J. H. Duncans; Miss Carlson of
The Newtown bee., 1906-07-13
SCHOOL NOTES.

SCHOOL NOTES.
 The following teachers have been ap- pointed for the coming year: Miss Florence Nichols, Academy: Miss Ma bel Hayes, Center; Miss Florence Can- dee, Adams; Miss Catharine Hull, Wakeley; Miss May Buckingham, Sport Hill; Miss Lena Fanton, Aspe- tuck; Miss Annie Logan, Judd.
 Miss Elsie Bibbins aud Herbert Tur- ney received first prize and Mattie Andrews second for attendance at the Academy. Miss BibbiDs was absent only one day in the whole year.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-05

ing a sovereign power Will seriously hesitate 10
abrogate its sovereignty in any degree and TO
delegate II TO others even to so estlmable a
body as the court at The Hague or to any com
bination of It's peers. A fundamental and es-
sentiaI principle of such body as the confer
ence at The Hague or the PanAmerican Co =
gress is that it is composed of sovereign equals,
voluntarily associated together. No nation Is
likely to walk into a trap or to assent to having
its own hands tied its own Independence I'm
paired, its own honor, integrity and destiny COM
mitted TO the control OF others. The less there
Is heard. therefore, about forcing mediation
or arbitration on any country the better 1t Will
be for the promotion OF those excellent prfn-
ciples.
The compulsory principle applies not before
but after arbitration. A nation Ia to submit Its
case to the court voluntarily, II at ALL but after
1t has done so it is under compulsion to abide
by the verdict This point well stated by
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. In discussing
the settlement OF international claims, when he
said that 'if a state. after having submitted
controversy regarding claims and debts due to
individuals to arbitration, whether by another
state or by commission. refuses to pay the
award ii loses credit and leaves no alterna-
"tive with other powers than that of refusing
intercourse or OF an ultimate resort TO war;"
II that principle Is applicable TO the class of
cases described II is similarly applicable to all
cases OF international arbitration. The stronger
the compulsion is for a state to accept the YER
dict the stronger is its title to exercise Its
VolitiOn in regard TO entering the court; and
conversely, the greater its freedom of voliton is
the greater is it's obligation. both moral and
legal to acquiesce loyalty in the result.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-05
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau-l


vr,sh,nr,on Apri 4-President Roosevelt held
confsrence to-day with Senators Piles ana b"in
ham and Representative Hamilton on AiasA%n a.
road affairs Several OF the companies which az
preparing to construct lines in the territory haNe
requested government aid. and a NUMBER OK IN
gressmen believe that assistance OF some soI'
should be granted It was decided at tue eonis'
ence that government aid at this time Woolu 0o "a
advisable -.
Representatives Hepburn, Of Iowa. talked with the
President about the Railroad Rate bill. After MS
call Colonel Hepburn expressed the belief that tue
bill would eventually pass the Senate by iarse
majority.
Lieutenant Edward Scharrer. formerly OF 'Do
German army accompanied by his bride. VINO was
Miss wilhelmina Busch, daughter or the s'' ' A
brewer called under the escort Of Representa,iVe
Bartholdt Mrs Scharrer told the President ti'Ss
her father had said he hoped Mr. RooseVei' "'
remain In the White House all his life
The President received a call from j. Horace "
Earland and William B. Howland. president anu
secretary OF the American Civic Association, anu
Frederick b. de Berard. OF the Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION OF New York, who called TO leave d PiO
test against the report Of the American section OF
the International Waterways Commission on tns
preservation OF Niagara Falls from the encroach-
ments Of the power companies. The CIVIC @ll
Manufacturers' associations demand that the ui'ei
sion Of water from the Niagara River Do s'0ppoN
once. instead OF allowing the companies 10 use
the flow up to 5000 cubic feet second as 'Ae
waterways commission recommends
Among other callers at the White House were
Senators Hopkins and Ankeny. Representative
Tawney Kinkaid and Lever and Captain Seth
Bullock.
The President has promised to meet the members
of the Society OF the Daughters Of the American
Revolution the afternoon OF April IL the second
day OF their annual congress here.
Mrs Roosevelt will return to Washington from
her cruise in Southern waters either on Saturday
or Sunday unless something unforeseen happens TO
prevent She has been much improved by the short
rest and change OF scene.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-05
TO IDENTIFY AUTOMOBILES
Correspondent Suggests Designation by Let
ters in Front, Instead of Figures Behind.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
sr; VIII you allow me 70 suggest our Iegis-
Iators method by which great deal OF danger
GUS automobile driving. and especially over our
country roads, may be almost certainly prevented?
The great reason why there Is so much OF IT Is
found in the fact that it is almost impossible to
identify the offenders Automobilists of the baser
sort know this and take advantage OF it. For
what opportunity has a man who Is driving a
frightened and restive horse OF turning his head
at exactly the right moment and correctly reading
the automobiles number?
Not one in hundred II the machine ia going
fast. and II the unfortunate man happen to be in
the ditch. not one IN thousand. The telltale fig
ures on Its little swinging tailboard and especially
when they happen to into the thousands are
too many and too small to be deciphered by ordi-
nary eyes If any one doubt this let him drive
the safest horse he find at the rate Of six
miles hour, meet an auto going at the mod
crate rate OF fifteen miles an hour along a
dusty high road and for himself how Otter. he
will correctly read its number.
My first suggestion is that the identifying mark
upon the automobile be placed In front OF the ma
chine where. unObscured it can be seen at a
glance, and not behind 1t. where. hidden by mud
and dust and CRIME and very often smoke also IL
cannot be read at all
My second reason is that the usa NJ a1,lrss n.
wholly abandoned and three letters SO arranged
TO form syllable be substituted for them We
have twenty-sx letters in our alphabet and six of
them are vowels- With these our disposal the
number OF possible syllables is overwhelmingly in
excess Of all our conceivable requirements I say
syllable" because syllable is much easier 10
read and remember than arbitrary combination
o: letters in which there is o vowel sound These
letters should be not less than six inches IN
length. "
OF course the automobilists will object 70 this.
some on the ground that being reasonable persons
they would dislike to go about the world ticketed
with an unmeaning monosyllable. and others be-
cause II would rob them OF the amusement now
safe enough Of frightening and occasionally MAIN
ing ana killing their neiahbOrs.
But as II is the automobiles which rrtOhte, tha
n4tSes nor ana not the horses the automobles sub
OF the automobilsts which ought TO be considered
rave you any doubt, sir. that IL some such reClI-
Ihtl0n as this could be enforced during the present
session many valuable life would be saved dur
ing the coming summer which under present cir
cumstances Is certain to be sacrificed?
,-, W. H. CASEY.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-05
TIE TREASURPs RECOVERY.

After many months OF stringency and hand
tomouth housekeeping, the federal Treasury is
beginning 10 accumulate modest surplus. The
fiscal years 1903-04 ana 19o4'05 both produced
deficits. In 10000 a normal surplus of So
100000 was converted into a deficit OF S41 100000
by the payment in cash from the Treasury OF
S5O.OOO.OOO for the plant and title OF the French
Panama Canal Company and a perpetual right
OF WY across the Isthmus Of Panama. In 1904
'o5 excessive appropriations Of Congress caused
a shortage OF S25, $4,000. The deficit for the
first two months OF the present fiscal year was
SIs,bS9,O00. But between September and March
] that loss was gradually made up. On Febru-
Hry p the adverse balance was only $2S3. .130,
and on February IS surplus Of 81 10000 was
reported Treasury operations IN March have
increased that balance TO S5,772,473, and last
months showing may be taken as positive proof
that the year viii end with a surplus instead
Of a deficit IN spite OF Secretary Shaw's eau
tious prediction last December OF net loss OF
about Ss,OOo,OOO.
March 1905 was a much better month for the
Treasury than March, 1905. A year ago the
receipts from all sources were 46.267, ,756. This
year they were S50,63l. .169. an increase Of 81.
363413 Expenditures in 1905 were S45 299 900 :
IN 1906 S45.90OO0O, an Increase Of only S66l 600.
Last years March surplus was s96s, ,7J6. This
years is S467l, ,l69. The difference of s.. .7O2 Ala
n
since July ]. The nine months to date have
shown increase I'm revenues OF S34.5OOOO0
and expenditures have increased a little more
than S4OOOO0O, SO that the net gain for the
three quarters is $3OOOOOOO. A year ago at
this time there was a deficit Of S24 4s2 600.
Now there Is a surplus Of S5772OO0
The Treasury situation would be even more
favorable than ii is were Il not for the TEN
poraTy and abnormal drain on its cash OF Pan
anna Canal disbursements Congress last year
exercised exceptional care in framing the ap-
pnOpriedOn bills. and the results OF that policy
are already apparent The cost OF maintaining
the military and civil establishments had been
steadily Increasing for several years. But at
the last session Congress tried resoutey 10
check this increase. Its good work j. evident
in a reduction OF Sl.500OOO IA the civil and mis-
cellaneOus account OF Sl,5OO.OO0 in the Indian
account and or 100000 IN the army and navy
account But the saving these items has
neen more than offset by increased expenditures
for public works. In the first nine months Of
the last fiscal year toe outlay for public woras
was S34, ,337 $40, but IA the nine months jIst
ended the sum spent has risen 10 S49.025.S77. In
New-York tribune., 1906-04-05
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New-York tribune., 1906-04-05
TOPICS At THE HAGUE.

II may become a question whether the con
ference at The Hague should be called peace
or war congress. OF the three groups Of topics
tentatively proposed for consideration by that
body, two-and they the largest-relate directly
10 the laws, usages and conduct Of war That
however, is not TO be regarded as a cOndemna-
tiOn OF the conference or even as a reproach
to IT, Granted that the best thing would be
the entire prevention OF war; certainly the next
best thing must be the amelioratiOn of conditions
OF such wars as are not yet preventable. There
are hot gospellers Of peace at any price who in
sist that all wars are of necessity equally cause
less, wicked and sayage-tO wit that our capture
Of Richmond in 1865 as barbarOus and in
human as Tillys sack of Magdeburg Rational
men, however, recognize that In the Declaration
of Paris, the Geneva Convention and other inter
national agreements for the regulation of war
fare there has been great gain for humanity
and they will gratefully welcome a further
adoption Of rules eXemptng non-belllgeren.s
from the perils and pains of war.
The one point IN the reported programme
which is most likely 10 excite question and CON
trOversy is that which suggests enabling a ma
jority Of the powers 10 force" a settlement q,
ole uf their number against its will There arc
conceivable cases in which such an exercise or
force may be Justinabls But generally spsak.