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The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01
SOUTH BRITAIN.
DOGS ORDERED CONFINED.


An order has been issued that all
dogs must be confined until September
6, 1906. 1t is hoped that this order
may be enforced. May the dogs thus
confined be properly cared for. Many,
through carelessness, neglect to give
them the amount Of water they would
an old poem, "Chained"
Twas only dog in kennel,
And little the noise he made.
Bat it seemed to me as heard it,
l knew what the poor dog said:
Another long day to get over,
Will nobody loosen nv chain.
Just for run round the meadow.
Then fasten me up again?
What's left in my trough is all stagnant,
Matted with tufts OF hair,
Nv kennel is Uttered and filthy
I'D rather my kennel was bare.
Bones? Why, I heartily loathe them! -
Nothing but bones and meat!
Till hate my existence and envy
The dogs that starve in the street.
Give me nv old life Of freedom.
Give me plunge and swim!
A shake and splash in the brim.'"
Mrs George Cass is visiting friends
in Baraboo, Wis, also Augusta, M ich.
Miss Belle Hudson has returned to
her home in Augusta, Mich.
Robert HOtchkiSS and family of
Bridgeport recently visited his broth
er, Charles HOtchkiss.
Ira L. Hawkins has purchased Hen
ry Canfeld's home in the village. MI
Garfield has purchased the farm OF
Mrs Susan Bryant and will move bis
family there later.
Thomas Fleming has had a tele
phone placed in his house.
Miss Charlotte Hamblin, who has
been working in the cartridge factory
in Bridgeport, has returned to her
home here.
Henry Garfield is out with a new
pair Of fine horses, purchased Of Bridge
port parties.
Mr. and Mrs George Bassett are the
happy parents of little son. born May
Is.
Willis Platt is on the sick list.
Fred Capewell recently captured tiv'
young foxes. He sold two to George
Cass and one to Gustaff Anderson.
Mrs A. D. Munson has visited al
Mrs G. P. Williams.
The recent wet weather has beef
very welcome, laying the dust ant
cheering the farmers.
| DR. Greene can respond to calls very
quickly now, as he has fine new auto
mobile.
Benjamin Mitchell and family o
South Africa have recently visited a
the home of his father, D. M. Mitchell
Mrs A. D. Munson and son, Walter
will spend the summer at their hom'
| here,
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Who'll ESALE nARkET.

WHoLEsA LIE QUOTATIONS FURNISHED BY BUCK
DARLING. BRIDGEPORT.
Strawberries. 12al5; potatoes 95a
LOS bu; cabbage 2.l5 CRIT.
Butter: Creamery, first grade, 25:
second grade, 2la22; common, Hale;
Dairy, first grade, 22a23. Cheese, full
cream, l2a14 10. Eggs, fresh near by,
l9a2Oc. Chickens, broilers, 25a2S 10. !:
fowls, l2a14; ducks, 50a75c pair; geese,
! 0Oal % pair; Dressed chickens, 20a3O;
fowl, 13a16. Calves, hog dressed, Sail
pound.
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IN Hill, after three weeks visit in
WOLF PITS.

WOLF PITS.
Henry Smith is entertaining Mr. No
bles of Bridgeport.
Stephen Fl. Benedict, who has occu-
pied the John Finnell farm for the
last two years, has moved and will live
with E. b. Sherman for the present
Mrs St Ormond, who has boarded
with her parents for the last four
months, has gone to East Norwalk to
begin housekeeping, where her hus-
band is working.
Thomas Murray, who bought the
John Finnell farm, will occupy it him
self, having moved in last Monday.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01
3RANCHVILLE.
BRIEF MENTION,

Samuel Stevens died last Tuesday
The funeral was attended, Sunday
terment was in the Ridgefeld ceme-
terry.
Mr. Partridge is sorry to learn that a
choice shrub has been taken from his
yard in the Rranchville cemetery. 1t
will be a bad job if the offender is
found.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01

PEAK SISTERS TO VISIT HUNTINGTON.
The Endeavor society of the Congre-
gational church will give an entertain
ment entitled, "Peak Sisters" in the
Town hall, Friday evening, June 8, at
8 O'Clock. After the entertainment
ice cream and cake will be served.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01
PRESTON DURANT.

The funeral of Preston Durant, a
former Bethel man, who died at the
home of his son, Henry Durant, in
Southport, we're held from that place
Sunday evening. The remains were
brought to this place Monday, and in
tered in the Center cemetery. Rev
L. M. Lounsbury read the COM
initial service and offered prayer.
The pail bearers were Edwin Snort.
Philo Gilbert, Levi Short, Alonzo
Knox, George Fairchild and George
Osborne.
Eureka Lodge, No. 80, F. & A. M,
and the Peerless orchestra are prepar-
ing to hold large lawn festival Wed
nesday evening, June 6, on the lawn OF
George G. Durant on South street.
The young son of Mr. and Mrs Hor-
ace Shepard of South street is quite i'll
with pneumonia.
The Current Events club met with
Miss M. Parloa, East street, Monday
evening. The subject Of the program
was Bacteria.
Mrs William Ellis of Elmwood has
been the guest Of friends in New York
and New Jersey.
The Seelye place on Main street,
which has been recently purchased by
Stuart Kyle, is being repaired.
Mrs Sarah St John and daughter
have returned to their home on Gold
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01
TO CURE A COLD In ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
If 1t fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
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rial church, last Sunday. He has &C
cepted a pastOrate in Berlin.

Mrs Emily Benedict and Miss Ora
Benedict of Westport visited friends
in this vicinity, last week.
Mr. Doig and family from New York
have come to their summer home in
Umpawaug for the season.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01
LONG HILL.
METHODIST CHURCH ITEMS.

There will be preaching services,
next Sunday morning, June 3, at the
there will be preaching service in
the hall. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all to attend all the services.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01

Mr. and Mrs Philo T. Platt have q
son, born Memorial day.
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GEORGETOWN.

REV s. A. FISKE RESIGNS.
Rev S, A. Fiske rendered his resig-
nation as pastor of the Gilbert Memo
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-01

Mr. and Mrs j. Fl. Brown of Eliza
beth, N. j., spent Decoration day at
Edgewood.
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e. STONE s. SON.
229 Main St.,
DANBURY, CONN.
Telephone 1914.

Take a Look at Our New
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Just Received our New
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Our New Linen Suits are
Choice, IS to $3.50.
Separate Skirts in all the
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

'he square of the Sultana Valide, great
crowd assembled, lining the sidewalks and
ocGTTErylng every available place.
.;.1 Inc pasha was mounted on superbly.at-
l1ieu elephant, gorgeous in colors and daz-
ZIng IN brightness. By his side walked an
elephant just as lavishly bedecked, upon
when when he expected to carry away the prin-
Next came an ,arubah, quantity carved and
OF small round mirrors which refracted ten
thousand spaIkles of light. 1t was drawn by
noIses' ana IN it were seated the waiting
n'ihds Tor the princess, nothing but their
large, lustrous eyes visible through the wells
winch muttted their faces.
Ine rest OF the procession was made up of
soldiers on foot, in white uniforms, with
loose red caps, trimmed with bullion and tas-
seed with blue, pistols and scimeters in their
belts. and carrying bright red banners inscrib-
ed with passages from the Koran; of mounted
soldiers, the horses with brilliant housings,
seeming scarcely to touch the ground in their
prancing, their dark names streaming in The
WIND and their bodies trembling with re-,
strained, impatient energy; of eunucbs in rcd
caps and blue dresses, and Abyssinian slaves,
win snow-white tqrbans, bright silk sashes,
ana 70, bracelets on their wrists and ankles.
There was also a gaudly-attired band the
rattle Of the drums not loud enough to
drown the blare of trumpets that were more
discordant than musical.
Among those who gathered to witness the
procession was Hanjah, little taller and verv
little better clad than on the morning he
stood by the forest of Belgrade He had OBJ
taihed his masters permission to 90 TO the
square, and was seated on the coping of a
high wall. p"e VI d
just beneath him were gathered shopmen.
workmen, ragged children, Jews in high CAPS
and eattans, Moslem women with their faces
yelled, and Greek girls in velvet jackets and
braided hair. ""u
Look at that tailor's apprentice!" sneer-
ingly said fat shopman, pointing at Han
Jah. "A boy must always have the best
place."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

''Well, he cambered to it" retorted anoth.
er. Gone doesn't rise until they climb"
eff Mutt was to climb" said "a third, with
grin. ''hed break that thick neck of his
Just as the two elephants came opposite
the group, the one that was not mounted left
its companion and swerved toward the group.
a shout of warning went up. The men
and women fled precipitately, two or three of
the latter fainting.
Hanjah had not time TO get down from
where he was perched.
He seemed fairly spell-bound with terror,
his hands clasped, his lips muttering a Mos
lem prayer.
To the horror of everybody, the elephant
seized the boy with his trunk and pulled
him from the wall. Instead of dashing him
to pieces on the hagstone, however, he gen.
tly lifted him upon his neck into the how
dah-the elegant pavilion intended for the
princess.
A loud cry of admiration rent the air.
Hanjah was amazed, but soon recovered his
" 1T is Bebec' he said, with shining eyes.
"My, but he has grown Bebec- good Be-
bec!'
The elephant heard the old, familiar voice,
and swayed his head in pleased way. The
procession had stopped; the people were
shouting and clapping their hands.
perchcd up there among all the splendor
The pasha thought him very much out of
place, and frowned angrly down upon him
An attendant pulled Hanjah from his seat
Bebec protested by low trumpeting, that
created fresh CONSERVATION. Next he seized
the attendant around the waist, walked to
the fountain and dropped him into the basin
Bebec's companion showed signs of rebellion
and there was prospect Of trouble ahead The
pasha was vexed at the interruption, and ap-
prehensiye about the result.
Though Hannah had not Intentionally caus
ed the disorder, he was willing to attempt
to restore tranquility.
"Here. Bebec!" he cried. as he pleasantly
slapped him. eve are glad to see each other
of course; but we need not set the whole city
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(copyright by James ElversOn

Copyright by James Elverson
C7ANJAH, bare-legged Turkish boy,
IH stood on the edge of the forest OF
Belgrade, which had not been pro
IGNny*N famed for more than century by
uSfdD axe or fire.
He was exceedingly handsome,
for Turkish boys generally are, SO graceful
in the freedom of their limbs, and such
liquid light in their large black eyes. be be
longed to the poorer class, and had on much
worn turban and tattered blouse.
A strong spring gushed from the rocks near
by, the crystal water pouring into a success
sion of tanks, and then ripping away into
wild thicket.
Near the tanks, and feeding upon some
grass which Hanjah had thrown down to him,
a young elephant was tethered. He now and
then turned bis small but expressive eyes upon
his little keeper, reached toward him with
his trunk or lifted his large, bat ears in
friendly, appreciative way,
The boy had named him Bebec, after the
pretty little village near Constantinople, the
place of his birth. The two had grown very
fond of each other, and little Hanjah was
especially sad that morning, for, his father
having died, Bebec had been sold, and even
then his purchasers were ascending the slope
of the valley.
"Poor Bebec" he said with moist eyes,
as he stepped up and patted the elephant
"We've been great friends but we've got to
part, it seems
Bebec didn't understand, of course, but he
recognized the kindness in the voice and re-
sponded as he best knew how, and thrust his
trunk about Hanjah's waist, as if asking him
to supplement his speech with bonbons.
Hanjah nad been Bebec's keeper He had
not only directed him as he carried timbers
for the aqueduct, but had taught him num-
Der of tricks.
"You don't want to leave me- do you, Be-
bec?" the boy asked.
The elephant swayed his head from side to
side. which meant mo"
And you will always remember me, Be
bec"
Tie elephant shook his head up and down.
which meant eyes"
When the new owners took Bebec away
Hanjah gazed after them until they were out
of sight, and then sat down and cried bit
terly.
He felt as if all that was pleasant and in
spiriting had gone out of his life
Two years later on found him apprenticed
to a tailor in Constantinople, whom he pleas
ed very much, he was so steady so willing
SO apt in everything he did.
1t was gala day in Constantinople. A
rich pasha from one of the provinces had
come to claim his bride. His retnue was
large and magnificent, and as it turned into
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

And said to her, care you the eldest
OF all the family?"
She looked rather timid and awe-ytruck
And scarcely could speak at all;
Gat she answered honestly, "No, sir;
F"pa is the oldest of all"
'What a child" cried mamma and aunties
While Bess sat still in alright;
But knew she had said something funny
When the minister laughed outright.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
T b e ED e S t

HEN the minister came to see us
IW He sat in the easy chair,
And dear little Bess came shyly,
E5lY[x5l And stood by his elbow there
His face was solemn and wrinkled,
His voice very grave and low;
He wore wonderful gold-bowed glasses,
And his hair was white as snow.
IIe lifted the little maid gently,
And perched her upon his knee.
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Copyright by James Elverson
bare-legged Turkish boy:
stood on the edge of the forest OF
4 Belgrade, which had not been pro-
as*3S famed for more than a century by
aD axe or fire.
He WAS exceedingly handsome,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23
ROUMANIA'S PROBLEM.

From Carmen Sylva's "The Jews in
Roumania" in the March Century: The
problem that confronts us is, whether
foreigners can find a subsistence in
Roumania in hard times. 1t is not a
question of whether they should or
could be harbored, but whether it is
possible for the soil to support them
question surely of too great moment
to be dismissed with a stroke of the
pen, and one, moreover, that no one
who has not lived here and studied the
situation for himself is capable of judg-
ing.
There is not another civilized country
in the world wholly without industries
of its own, importing even its most
trifling articles, and confronted every
year with the uncertainty as to
whether sufficient sum of money viii
come across the frontier to replace
that which has gone out And so the
problem resolves itself into a purely
economic one. Can we honestly wei
come a class that takes money out of
the country. but never brings any in?
For it is a fact that no money has ever
been introduced , into Roumania
through any one trade. Any that
such a man may possess, goes abroad,
first to purchase his stock and outfit,
and later for supplies to carry on his
business, even such articles as buttons
and the commonest kinds of braids not
being manufactured here except on the
very smallest scale. sa-. 49, .:a m
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23
WILDE POINT
OF IMPORTANCE
ABERDEEN SELECTED
FOR BASE OF SUPPLIES
Railroads VIII Help Boom the Town
Guarantee of 500, 600 HAS Been
Raised by Citizens for the Minnesp.
oils & St. Louis Co.

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 23.-The Mil
waukee will make Aberdeen the distrib-
uting point for the material used on
the Pacific coast extension Already
a number of car loads of material have
been unloaded in the yards in this city,
and more cars are arriving daily. Steel
rails have arrived for relaying the
track between Aberdeen and Andover,
which will be put in shape to handle
the increase of traffic when the coast
extension is under way.
The guarantee of 100000 asked by
the Minneapolis & St. Louis road before
it will build into Aberdeen lacks $4,000
Of being raised, the committee Of busi-
ness men having succeeded in raising
So, 900. While it is probable the road
will build into this city when the total
amount is raised. this is still not abso-
lutely certain, as the matter will be
finally passed upon by the headquarters
Of the road in New York.
Great Northern surveyors are sur-
veying for the permanent tracks to the
down town station into Aberdeen. The
survey includes the site of the Park
Place hotel. and it is presumed the road
will take that property at the valuation
fixed by the jury, $I7,ooo
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23

significance Of Severn's Eve Of Death
sketcha confusion Of Jan. 28, and
Feb. 28. This mistake as to the 27th
is due to the date at the head Of Sew
ieril's famous fragnentary letter to Ar
3rnitage Browne (a7th) beginning He
is gone, written four days subsequent
to the death of Keats. The inscription
on the house in the Piazza di Spagna
in Rome mentions Feb. "a and same
date is engraved on the tombstone.
But there seems no reasonable doubt
that this is simply the date of the regis
tration oil death. b. e.8. s@s, s
Keats died in Severrl's arms, and
sSevern's statement, twice repeated in
extant letters written at the time is ex-
plicit The death summons lie
wrote, happened about half past four
on the afternoon OF Friday, the 23rd"
and then followed the poignant and
narrowing details. Again in his frag-
drientary letter to Brown on Tuesday,
the 27th, he writes: Son the 23d, Fri
day, at half past four, the approach of
death came ori-increased until IL at
night when he gradually sank into
death, SO quiet that I still thought he
slept, From this it appears beyond
doubt that Keats died shortly after II
o'clock at night on Feb. 23, 1891.
Keats was born iii London in 1896.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23
WlLLISTON COUNTRY
BEING SETTLED UP

Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. GA
prominent Great Northern official ar
rived in the city last evening from Will
liston, where he has been for some days
looking over the conditions in that Sec
tion OF The state He attended the ~ses-
sions of the farmers institute which
closed last evening, and reports that it
was one of the best ever held in the
state, 1t was conducted by Prof. T..
A. Hoverstad and the same corps Of
instructors who held the meeting here.
The sessions at lWilhston were largely
attended and the farmers in that sec
ton of the state are in most pros
porous condition, not only the Great
Northern official, but the institute in
structors as WE'LL we're astonished at
the conditions which prevail in and
about Wdlliston. @s1 +f %>@
~ The country is being rapidly settled
UP and the land proves to be quite as
fertile and tillable as any other portion
of the state. While it is very dry
along the low lands of the river, the
higher the lands the greater the amount
OF moisture. The United States gov
ernment is installing an extensive sys-
tenn of irrigation and while work has
not actually begun, it will be under way
in few weeks. This will give large
area OF the best land in the state at the
very doors of Williston.. The farmers
who attended the institute were quite
intelligent and quite as prosperous as
the farmers in the Red River valley.
E%WiiistOi1i itself is GROWING as raf,ij-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23
MOTOR RAILWAY CAR.

Philadelphia, Pas Feb. al. Officials
'of the Pennsylvania railroad made an
other test with the Strang gasoline
electric motor car. This car looks
from without not unlike the ordinary
compartment OF parlor car. But in the
twelve foot space in one end of the car
AS q seventy eight horse power FIVE
cylinder gasoline engine, directly con-
nected with an electric generator cap
that wall run the car at express train
speed. Surplus current from the gem
orator is stored III storage
battery carried under the car.
The car will take any grade
that the heaviest locomotives will.
CLIMB, the storage battery offering
d reserve for short haMls Of extraor-
Edinary demands. The test showed that
the car was capable Of covering ON an
average sixty two miles an hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23
Some Curious Cures by Foreigners

kdies down, the glowing embers are COW
cred with an inverted soup plate and
allowed to shoulder more slowly, and
the treatment is discontinued only when
the confagratioA burns itself e out.
Sound travels far upon the vast, tran
quill plains, and whenever anyone is TAX
ing the comb treatment" most of the
province knows it.
Any medicinal treatment seems to re-
=qtiret startling force and energy in Or
der to appeal to the Italian. One of
his native cures for fever consists in
applying a poultice of snails pounded
up in their shellsand applied to the feet,
while. chicken cut open and still kick
ing vigorously is fitted closely about the
patients head
t7A A cure for earache very popular
among the fishermen and sailors Of the
coast is the cornucopia treatment A
cornucopia is made of piece of linen
spread with melted beeswax This fun
mel is from three to five inches long,
the length depending upon the earache
and the patients nerve When all is
ready, the small end is inserted into
the ear and the large end ignited. Again
relatives and friends of weight and
muscle are. necessary for complete suc-
cess. is When even the persuasion of
these cannot induce the patient to be
tdured any longer, the charred remains
Of the corll,copia are removed, and
the patient almost invariably pronomces
himself thoroughly satisfied.
4E The Italian peasantry are, of course,
only a few centuries behind the times
and still believe in and put into prac-
tiee ideas which our own ancestors once
equally believed in and practiced Such
a book as Borlase's Notable Things,
gives plentiful instances of the practice
of medicine during those credulous
times. when women were burned at the
stake as witches and men went about
in fear of the EVIL eye One of his
sttrest cures for headache was a hal
ter wherewith anyone has been hanged,
to. be tied about the head until the pa
ttient is relieved" Moss growing upon
a human skull. if dried and powdered,
then taken as snuff, was another popu-
lar antidote for the morning after"
This author mentions cure for Shin
giles which is little known today; the
blood taken from the tail of black cat
and smeared upon the part affected.
A toad, bound to the. patients foot or
held in the hand, was once considered
a sure means of stopping hemorrhage.
To prove the latter statement, Borlase
suggests that the. reader hang a toad
about the neck 4of a rooster for a day
or so; then, when the fowl is beheaded,
observe the lack of blood. = ~.
Even today many people are firmly
convinced that the hair upon a human
being continues to grow after death.
This apparent growth is merely due to
the contraction of the skin towards~t1e
roots, thus forcing out the hairs with
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-23

medical value. 1t is we'll known, for
example, that the great Jenner, who
discovered vaccination, was first started
on the road to this discovery by a
country woman who stated that she
could not catch the smallpox. then rag
ing, because she had had the "cowpox,"
Jenner found this idea prevalent among
the country people, and his patient in-
vestigation of the apparently ground
less belief led to the introduction of
vaccine incubation.
The fact is that our unscientific pro-
genitors spoke and thought in terms of
the animal sides of their natures to
All extent which should be very encour-
aging to believers in the Darwinian
theory. Such evidence is found in such
forms of speech as tender hearted"
true hearted and the like. showing
that our ancestors associated their bet
ter instincts with that organ. In the
twentieth century the poet and the gush-
ing schoolgirl get themselves all
wrought up over the condition of their
blood crculators. and on Saint Valen-
tines day everyone with tender fancies
sends the object of his passion a pic
ture of his circulatory system to prove
his poetry. Other such expressions are
"the bowels of compassion" so often
used in the scriptures, and the Spleen"
standing for i'll temper. How is your
liver? is by no means facetious ex-
preston in modern slang, but "a relic
of the days when men believed the liver
was the castle of. their souls