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The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

u Court, Nov 18th, 1905.
Estate Of Ohioe Bassett, late Of New
town. in said District. deceased.
Upon the application OF Charles F. Ridge,
Administrator, praying for an order to sell
real estate belonging to said estate, as per ap-
plication on ale more fully appears. it Is
Ordered, That said application be beard and
In said district. on the LIST day OF Dec,
1906, at II o'clock in the forenoon, and that
notice be given of the tendency Of said ap-
plication and the time and place of hearing
thereon, by publishing this notice ! time
said district. and by posting q copy thereof on
the pnblic sign post In the town of Newtown,
| in said district.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

John'L. Hughes of Taunton, who has
been on the sick list, is improving.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

The reliable Ball Band rubber and felt
boot and the Hood rpbbers at r. Il. Beers
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23
TRINITY PARISH NOTES.
SUNDAY SERVICES.

SUNDAY SERVICES.
At II a. M, morning prayer and ser
mon by the rector; at II M, Sunday
school. The new quarterlies will be
given out at this session; at p. M,
evening prayer; at 7.45 p. M, service
at the Observation-Disclosures
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23
DISTRICT OF REDDlNG, IS. Probate Com
~ Nov. 10. 1908.

~ Nov. 10, 1905 ut.
Estate Of Joel Perry, late Of Red
ding, In said district. deceased.
Upon the application of James L. Blackman
Qate conservator of said deceased) praying
that hearing maybe had or. and an appoint.
the settlement of the estate of :said deceased
q. e.: Joel Perry) a9 per application on file
moro fully appears. 1t Is
Ordered, That said application be heard and
determined at the Probate Office in Red
ding, in said District. on the 4th day OF De-
cember, 1905, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and
notice be given of the tendency of saidsappli-
cation and the time and place Of hearing
thereon by publishing the same two'timeS In
some newspaper having a circulation in said
district, and by posting copy thereof on the
public stgn.post in the Town of Redding.
In said District
John N. Nickerson, Judge.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

All the delicacies for the Thanksgiving ia
BILE, white grapes, fancy mixed nuts, oranges,
etc. At r. 81. Beers & Co.'s.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

Mrs T. w. Barnum passed Monday
in BRIDGEPORT.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

THANKSGIVING DAY.
Thursday at 1890 q. M, service In
the church with sermon by the rector.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23
Girls Dresses,
So to S..

Just as we have clothed boys so well
for years have we began to provide for
the girls. Our present effort finds ex-
preston In series of very pretty
dresses for girls to IA. The dresses
are made from good, .Serviceable ma
terials In spite OF the little prices
serge and cashmere In brown, red and
blue. The models are Russian blouse
and lace-trimmed blouse dresses with
kilt skirts. Come and see them.
Wome,'s Section, Center.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

DROBATE BONDS With individuals for &C.
i curity are often unsafe and frequently un-
satisfactory to heirs. Don't ask friend to sc
on your bond, for he would always rather not
1t Ia our business to act as security on Pro
for Information any evening. U. 8. Fidelity
Guaranty Co.. Charles G.. Morris, Newtown
Representative.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23
The Rowland Dry Goods
Company,
Bridgeport, Connecticut.

For Sale.
. smal n Bridgeport city limits,
land, house. large barn. Bargain $780,
Nice country place miles minutes trolley
house barn and shop city convenences easily applied $500
r. N. BURROUGHS,
So Fairfield Bridgeport
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

Crib blankets of wool or cotton from
SOC for cotton to "a. so for wool.
North Star blankets, pure white
wool with narrow-stripe borders, "a by
80 and 80 by los, $40 to go.
Wool blankets for single beds, So by
"a, weigh 3 to lbs, 50 to $3.50.
Wool-and-cotton blankets, small-bed
size, Sc by 78,-$2.60 and $3.50.
Cotton blankets, white and gray,
single-bed size, POO, Soc and 62}c.
Cotton blankets white and gray, me-
dunn size,-85c and @1.25.
Wool-finish blankets, white or gray
cotton, very woOlly In appearance be-
cause made by new process, u by 70,
s1.50, % and $3.50.
Atwood blankets, Diamond Valley
and Australian brands, pure tine soft
wool In white, gray and scarlet, in
sizes 70 BY 70, "a by 90 and 80 by 108,-
81. so and $40.
IA hlankofland tito handsnne Not
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

EOR SALEr-A beautiful upright grand pr
= ano, elegant case and tone; guaranteed
for ten years First class in every respect.
half Its worth. Great chance to get one. All
cash not necessary. Cause of selling. death in
family. Address H.. BEE Once, Newtown.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

NOTICE TO STOOKHOLDERS-Ata meet
IN ing of the directors of the Newtown Agri-
ed to wind up the affairs OF the corporation.
A special meeting of the stockholders will be
urday. December l. 1905. at p. M. to act on
the above vote. p. 81. Mccarthy, Secretary.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

/. Part.wo6 blankets, white with bor-
ders In color, 66 by 70 inchos-e2.2 Is.
Close-woven blankets, wool and cot
ton mixed, Y by "a inches, weigh Al
lhs.-3 so.
North Star blankets, Y by 70 inches,
weigh lbs. and made of ! cotton and
I wool, particularly strong and fine.
white with colored border,-N.50.
California wool blankets, white, gray
or scarlet, with fancy border, u BY "a
inches, weigh trifle over lbs, have
just enough cotton In them to prevent
shrinking, come from the laundry as
fresh and fine of looks a. when new
Is.
Australian and California wool
blankets, thick and soft, Y by "a inch
e., weigh lbs, white, gray or scarlet,
$3.50.
Heavy cotton blankets, Sc by IS,
weigh Al lbs 80.
The novelty of the year is the pi
big glazing shawl plaid;-but little and
tractive. It is shown In blue, pink, I
measure u BY 70 and are wool with vel
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23
Cattle Notice.

Will be at the Newtown Station, Friday
m,itrw J. B. SHAW
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

L
the best teachers in town. l am in
terested to give that teacher a better
opportunity TO do the good work of
which she is capable.
But how about Mr. Corbett? He lives
in my district. Have any of his chill
dren gone to this district school? Ism
the teacher good enough for him? OF
is it necessary to import all the chill.
dren he can get from other districts in
order to make good showing in his
own school in Sandy Hook? What in
terest has he in our school? 1 venture
| to say that If he had not gone on still
hunt to prevent this projec being car.
ried out, it would have been cOnsum
mated by this time to the satisfaction
of every parent of the children in the
two districts.
To sum up the whole matter: A def
mite plan was proposed in open dlstric,
meeting to unite the Middle and NORTH
Center districts. A committee was
appointed to find out the sentiment OF
tine people in the two districts. HI
was offered place on the committee
but refused on the plea of his lack Of
interest in the subject. That commit
tee published the plan in TIE BEE
and consulted with large number O.
voters in both districts, and found NJ
opposition, but general approval. L
was proposed by myself to call dis
trict meeting in August; but it wa
postponed on account Of the hot wealth
er and because the voters we're to,
busy. Again a meeting was proposed
in September, but it was found to-
late to hold meeting before the nee
essary Is days notice before tow
meeting. - 1t was also regarded as un
necessary, as every one seemed in ia
vor. Meanwhile Mr. Corbett goes on
still hunt and gets some of his friends
not by any means a majority of tn
voters in the two districts, to vote witt
him in the town meeting to postpon
the subject and cuts off discussion
His excuse, when asked for, was tina
the matter had not been sufficient
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-23

HIDER-To Keep 1t Sweet use Smiths Cider
Sale. Empty kegs for wine or cider. For Sale,
Franklin typewriter in good order, IS. For
For sale, Shetland Pony, years old, well
broken and gent 9. Wanted, good Southdown
or Shropshire ram. 8. w. Smith & Co., An
sonia, Oonn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
EASTER
Annual Carnival Enjoyed by Wash.
ington Children on the White
House Lawn.

Ten thousand children, varied In age
and size and color, perhaps 100, 900 vivid
hued eggs, and upward of 10000 grown
folks watching this strange amalgama-
ton of color, is the essence OF the Easter
egg-rolllng carnival In the presidents
back yard, This monster e%gg.rolling
fete Is a custom which has been handed
down from one generation of children
to another. Where and when 1t origi-
mated no person in this age has been
able to determine, but all Washington
combines to guard 1t as a privilege in
violate. This great "play~time' Is not
devoted exclusively to the pastImes
wherein the Colored eggs are an all-im-
portant adjunct, for many of the little
visitors who have come unprovided
with baskets of the fragile playthings
spend the entire day skipping the rope,
playing with dolls, sailing miniature
boats in the great fountain basins, or
INDUCING in some other diversion dear
to the childish heart. OF course, eggs,
IctOldtth III many DilShI tDibIhl tHA-
ployed in any one Of a dozen ways, con
stitute the reigning fad" The older
children In the vast hssemblage on the
White House lawn usually indulge in
games Of toss and catch" a pastime
which Is likely to seriously deplete the
stock Of eggs, or egg picking" which
necessitates an eyen more ~prodigal use
of the delicate souvenirs Of the day.
picking" consists In the striking Of
two eggs together until one or the other
is cracked, whereupon the owner Of the
shell which has failed to stand the novel
test must surrender the damaged egg
to his victorious competitor,
Another game Of the same order may
be played by two youngsters seated
upon the ground several feet apart.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
THE RABBIT AND EASTER.
How the Little Animal Came to Be
Connected with the Celebra-
ton of the Day.

The part the hare plays in the cele-
bration Of Easter has nothing whatever
to do with the resurrection Of Christ,
1t is a survival of Teutonic folklore OF
unknown antiquity, and its religious
connection is with nature-worship, and
that phase of it in which the moon was a
chief divinity. The hare became a SYM
Dol of the moon, for several reasons
because 1t ONE out at night to feed:
because the female carries her young
for a month, representing the lunar
cycle; because the young are born with
their eyes open and were tabled never
to close them, thus resembling the
moon, "~open-eyed watcher of the
night" in way or another there
grew up a fund of stories in which the
connection Of the hare, the lunar period
and the paschal full moon, which fixes
the date of Easter, developed so that 1t
gave rise to many popular customs, in
Germany, among the Scandinavian
peoples and in England. The dueerest
bit of this folklore If that of the white
hare, which the children are told comes
into the house on Easter eve and leaves
In corners eggs adorned in beautiful
colors, which every good child may
have. The egg was in religious legend
from the oldest times a symbol of
opening life and Of Immortality, and
naturally OF The resurrection, so here
we have the people coupling the two.
AS for the rabbit, he is not the same
as the European hare, but he is his
nearest American congener, and other
legends concerning the rabbits foot
and the full of tho moon exist among
the negroes of the south.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
EASTER IN CAIRO.
Observance of the Day Most Notable
Event Of Year in the Eeyp-
t!an City.

AT The Greek church in Cairo, the ob.
seryanCe Of Easter is The most notable
event of the year. A Traveller who at,
tended a service there thus describes it,.
"A goodly portion of the early sery-
ice was conducted within the farther
depths of The altar behind the iconostas-
is. There was nothing In sight bur
the magnificent screen, but we could
hear voices that seemed to come from
the reCesses of a cavern alternately
chanting and ~intoning in strange, un'
familiar accents,
During this part of the service the
church was dimly lighted, and the curl
ously garbed figures moving through the
gloom in the body of the church seemed
s~ingularly weird and unCanuy. At a
given moment the lights were turned
up, and each person in the audience
lighted his candle. The great dome re-
iected the myriads of lights until our
eyes were almost blinded by the sudden
glare.
AT this point the golden door In the
center of the %iconostasis opened, and
there came forth from the holy of HOLES,
into which no layman may enter, a
pageant of semibarbaric %spiendor. A
herald with staff Ia hand and wearing
the dress of the native Greek cleared the
way. His short, white kilt stood out
like the gauze skirts of a ballet-dancer:
he ore coarse, white stockings, gar
tered above the knee. and a richly-em-
bToidered 2ouave-jacket.
Boys carrying incense burners pre-
coded the patriarch, who was followed
by a~colytes, bishops, priests and other
ecclesiastical dignitaries all in full
canonicals and each carrying a lighted
candle,
The vestments Of the venerable
patriarch We're gorgeous with gold m
broidery and precious stones. Some OF
the dignitaries carried palm branches
in their hands. Of the two who were
neal the end of the procession, one car
ried an icon-sacred picture-the frame
richly set in jewels, which he turned to
the audience for veneration, while the
other held In his hand a large Bible set
with precious stones.
Forth from the royal door they
through the center of the church,
and with slow and measured step made
their way into the ~courtyard-a mag
niicent spectacle. The dignitaries gath
cred about the reading desk. while the
patriarch recited the liturgy under the
starlit sky."--The Pilgrim.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06

Each selects an egg from the basket at
her side and simultaneously they roll
forward the bright-colored ovals, with
the hope, Of course, that a collision will
result and the relative strength OF the
two eggs be determined, Every year
finds dozens of new egg games" In"
vented.
The features of this gala day at the
home of the president, however, which
are likely, after all, to most deeply i'm"
press the casual spectator are found In
the beautiful democracy of the fete and
the almost unfailing go%od-nature which
prevails among these acres Of children.
The junior members Ct the families or
cabinet ministers and senators, freed
for once from the sovereignty OF Nurses
enthusiastically roll eggs to the grimiest
and raggedest little youngsters in all
Washington. Rich and poor, black and
white, mingle together for this one day
on terms OF perfect equality; and
strange as 1t may SEEM, seldom o
there creep TO the surface any mani
lestatlon of envy on the part of the
poorer children for the possessions oS
their more fortunate playmates. 1t Ia
only the happy pOsSessor OF a goose"
egg or turkey-egg who stands superior
to his fellows In this vast assemblage.
Mayhap he is a piccaninny in tattered
clothes, but as the champion "egg-pick'
err" he Is for the time being the idol ota
band of loyal satellites -Woman's
Homo Commander.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
HISTORY OF EASTER.
Day Commentaries Resurrection OF
Christ-A Movable Festival
Among Christians.

1t is we'll known that in the early
Christian church for a long series Of
years warm disputes took place as to
The proper date on which to observe
Easter, The churches of Asia Minor,
following what Is called 1.-THE tradi-
tion of st. John" kept the fourteenth
day of the Jewish month Nissan. The
western churches, however, supported
by the church at Jerusalem and a few
others, said 1t was necessary that a
Friday should always be set apart to
commemorate Christ's death, and a
Sunday His resurrection. The con-
test grew so warm that each side ex.
communicated the other. Surely triv-
lalities could hardly go much further!
1t is difficult for us to imagine that
our fathers could have disputed, and
separated the n from the other, over
a matter of this kind; but it is true
that the apple of discord which
seemed to the people Of that age to be
made of gold, to their successors ap-
pears to be made only Of iron or clay.
With us, as Is we'll known, Easter il
what is called a movable festival. It
Is always held on the next Sabbath
after the vernal full moon, with the
exception that of the vernal full moon
should fall on a Sunday, then, to
avoid all conformity with the Jewish
practice, Easter Is not kept till the
following Sabbath. The vernal full
moo is that which either takes place
on March Il or on the next date after
March q. If the vernal full moon
falls on March II, and that day hap
pens to be a Sunday, then Easter
cannot be held till April Is, which is
the latest date on which Easter can
fall, the earliest being March 20.
This Is certainly n very mechanical
contrivance, and one which most peo-
pie find 1t difficult to understand or
remember. Owing TO obvious connec-
zion between Easter and the Jewish
Passover, the French call the former
Paques (from the Hebrew Pesech,
which means a passing over, and OBJ
giously some such title as this would
be more appropriate than ours, which
comes from the Saxon goddess Eostre,
believed to the same as the Syrian AS
Earte and the Greek and Roman
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06

Venus, who was specially w~orshiEed
in the spring season as the mother
and giver of animal and vegetable
life. From the earliest ages various
customs and superstitions have asso-
ciated themselves with Easter, As at
Christmas it used to be believed that
all water was turned into wine and
that all cattle knelt in their stalls in
alteration of the infant Saviour, so 1t
was held that at Easter the sun
danced in honor of Christ's resurrec.
tion.-Chicago Standard.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
THE EASTER BONNET TRAGEDY

Her pretty easter bonner
Had a f~ull--dedged garden on II,
And fifty yards of ribbon--by the mass!
And of birds I counted plenty.
q am sure they numbered tWentyD
Half the songsters of the settlement
alasi
And 10! there came n wonder;
When the organ pealed in thunder.
And demurely in her cushioned pew She
sat
While the minster-hells were ringing,
All the ~birds-they went to singing
In a Wild, tunnaltueus chorus of1Nher hat
And the bees-from meadows golden
Came buZzing down the velvet aisles and
DIM
They left their native bowers
And sought honey In the flowers
The roses on that Easter bonnet's rim!
Then the saints-they grew excited,
And they fed the scene ~affrighted.
And fans and other weapons did they
seize.
And that lovely Easter bonnet
With the fuli-tiedged garden on tt
was surrendered TO the mad, marauding
bees!
IF, L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06

A native Mexican Easter is a curl
Gus exhibition of ignorance and super.
stition. The people delight in pro.
cessions and in weird ceremonies. At
various places they enact passion
plays which are very real to the In
dams. The characters in the play
carry out their parts with great real.
ism. Until recently 1t was a COM
mon occurrence for a man to yolun.
teer to be crucifed, and actually to al
low his bigoted countrymen to per.
form the awful act. The volunteer
was a criminal, who, IL he came out
Of the ordeal alive, received a full
and free pardon. Il not i~nfrequently
happened that the man was killed, for
he was made to ride with his face to-
ward the tail OF a mule, while the
bowling mob was privileged to beat
him with sticks and stones.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
AN EASTER REMEMBRANCE
Pretty Booklet Which Can Be Made
by Any Girl for a Friend at Very
Little Cost.

A pretty Easter remembrance can
he made in the shape of a dainty
booklet, containing an appropriate or
helpful poem for your friend, These
booklets may be made In two ways,
The leaves and cover may be made
twice the size of the page desired,
then folded and stitched with silk
cord or narrow ribbon, and tied in a
knot at the back. Or they may be cut
into pages instead of leaves, holes
punched at the back about an inch
from the edge and a ribbon run
through and tied. Cut sheets Of the
tinted paper to the shape and size
you wish your book. Unruled tinted
note paper, wholly out of place far
correspondence, may be used to ad-
vantage, as it is already of a suitable
size. Other paper may be cut in long,
narrow sheets, to be fastened at one
end, The poem Is to be written or
typewriter, using as many pages as
desired, but only n side Of the pa.
per. The booklets sold at the stores
are good models Of how much or how
little to put on a page. Select a pic
ture, or several of them, suitable to
the poem, and mount them on pages
OF the anne size. From fancy board
cut a cover a little larger than the
pages. On the front of the cover put
a picture or an Easter greeting. Bind
with ribbon.-Florence Marian CrItch.
low, in the Woman's Home Compan.
ion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
THEIR SECOND EASTER.

Last year her Easter hat was grand"
She was q recent BRIDE
In church he held her little hand.
As they sat side by side,
She has a cheaper hat this year,
For they have had to buy
So many dainty things and dear,
And baby food IL high.
But what care they, the foolish thingsf
with happy hearts they gaze,
And hear the whir Of angels wings,
While Heaven receives their praise.
$. f.. Kisor, In Chicago Record~iicfhia
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-06
A Favorite Wedding par

Easter Monday is the H~ungarian's
'avorite wedding day, as it is supposed
hat 1t Is especially fortunate for
marriages. and the priests are usual
" kept busy that day. The rest of
he week Is filed with social gayeties.
ind the quiet OF the vigorously OBJ
served Lent Is fully atonei for.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-02
DOCTOR GUSTAvO MUNOz

DE LA FACULTAD de
Medlcina de Madrid y Ex-pro-
fesor Clfnico del Hospital del
San Carlos, de la misma Fa.
cultad, de regreso de su viajeI
d Madrid, ha establecido sui
ofcina professional en- la cane |
de Tetuan nQ 81.
Horas de consulta de 2 al
4 p. m. Telefono nq 326. d..
En- 10 sssi6n cslebrads snoche
por sl Ayuntsmlento de ssta ciu.
dad, fae acuerdo pase & informss del
Contador Municipal 10 solicitud en-
gus don Manuel Barcsnsr pide 90 le
auxilie CON oil imports do paaaie para
los Estados Unidos con sl an de &c.
guir alli sstudios ts6rieos y prAesicos
dc mecanica, recomendando & dieho
funcionario tal solicitud por ser los
dessos del Conseio atsnde. & ella.
Aver talleci6 On el msnicomio el
alienado don Joi6 Ma Gonzales Fra
goso, natural do la ACarolina y att.
quo federal que luch6 valisnssmense
contra el rigor do las turbas On el
ano 1900.
-Hs regresado dc gu excursion 1
Ysuco IL aprseiable sefiorita G sorgi.
M Llabres, tipe,c1fter de la cfcina de
10 Contadurfa municipal.
-Anoche 90 suicide on Arecibo,
dispai dadose dos tlros dc revolver
Odonel Gonzalez. Sc ignoran les eau
sss que mot varon tan exsrsma reso
luci6n.
Para curar un resfrlado on ur
ola, tome el LAXATIVE BROMO.
QUININA. Fl boticario 10 devolverae O.
dinero ai no no cura. La frma dc e
w. GROVE 80 hAlla en- cada cajita.
Aver fu6 detenido por Ia policis
de Aguas Busnas, el prsso G .rard &
Lopez, que estaba requsiioriado POI
Ia Corts municipal de San Juan.