The Newtown bee., 1907-10-11
The Newtown Bee
 Aewtown. Friday. October II, iac.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
 Bethel.
THE BOROUGH AND VICINITY

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 chauney Donalds Was badly para. llzed. last week. and is unable to per. form any work. Mir Donalds expected to run his cider presses this week. but will not be able to oversee the work until he Is better.
 Charles Hurlbut is running his cider presses when work comes in. Apples in the vicinity of Bethel are very plentiful. Sweet cider Is in good de. mand.
 The borough roads need considerable repairing before winter sets in. The late rains have made rough travelling.
 For some reason the old cemetery near the Congregational church has been sadly neglected this summer. The grass and especially the brush needs cutting. A bush which has come up by the side of many tomb stones indi- cates the slack way in which the work has been done the past few years. We hope there shall be some one employ cd who will do better job. 1 Il. C. Judd received an apple by mail from his son. Elmer I. Judd. in North Dakota. which was the product of his farm and was Il part of the first crop raised on q two-year-old tree. l Dr Leroy Stone, veterinary surgeon. is making himself useful among the cattle men. His operations have been quite successful of late.
 Bethel highways are reported to be in lirst-class order, this fall.
 It was reported by telephone. last Monday. to Selectman C. T. Hickok that a large tree had been blown across the highway north of Putnam Park. The tree lay so as to obstruct public travel, so the selectman was obliged to hu tile around to procure help to remove the obstruction. The high winds did considerable damage to fruit trees, breaking limbs and thrashing off apples.
 Mrs C. T. Hickok of East street and MT and Mrs Nelson Taylor of Plum trees district on Monday attended the Goth anniversary of the wedding of Mir and Mrs Granville Taylor in Great Plain district, Danbury. ! The Catholic parochial residence here has been improved by being newly painted
 George Bassett. who works for the Baird I& Untiedt Hat Co.,, will move his family from New Milford into the old Wilson place on Chestnut street.
 Roger True. who underwent an oper- ation at the Danbury hospital for ap- pendicitis on Saturday, September 2S, is now gaining nicely. Dr Stratton of Danbury and Dr White of Bethel per formed the operation.
 F. B. French was in New York, pur- chasing his Christmas goods, last week Thursday.
 They are showing fine line of new postal cards at the drug store of Charles l. English and have some very pretty views among them. Call and look them over.
 Henry A. Brennan, the blacksmith of Greenwood avenue, is looking for first class horseshoer and blacksmith to as- sist him at his shop. He would take a good reliable young man to learn the trade. "A. ,,.,. 7. ,.aS.y
 MT and Mrs Frank Nester of Starr avenue, Danbury, had 129 pound boy arrive at their home, one day last week.
 Burr Godfrey of Grand street, who suffered a shock, last week, is seri- ously ill at his home.
 William s. Bain, Ph. G., who is in charge of Charles I. English's drug store, has successfully passed his exam ination before the Connecticut Con- missioners of Pharmacy. MT Bain had been licensed in New York for 10 years and is a graduate of the New York College of Pharmacy.
 B. F. Bassett, the painter from Red ding, has just completed the contract of painting the barn for George Wal ker on Grassy Hill and now has the contract for painting two houses on Elizabeth street for Mrs E. N. Pillows.
 MT Edwards on the Seth Andrews place in Elmwood district, is erecting very large new hen house for his poultry business.
 William Ellis was in New York on business, last week Thursday.
 MT and Mrs Thomas Bracknell of Elmwood district welcomed little daughter to their home on Friday, Sep tember 27.
 Dr George E. Bolles of Greenwood avenue, who has been i'll at his home with typhoid fever, for several weeks, is now gaining slowly. His many friends will be pleased to. hear this good news.
 Bethel seems to have a good number of hunters, as there is a goodly number of licenses already taken out and all are not young men. One man of 73 years has taken out license and evidently enjoys the sport of hunting as well as ever.
 When you need anything in the gro cery or meat line call at the store of Me Dowell & Taylor on Center street, if you want the best the market affords at the lowest prices.