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The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Earle Curtis Peck, owing to his hav- ing the whooping cough. was not able to continue his studies at the High school to the end of the term and ow- ing to trouble with his eyes is now talk ing treatment with a specialist in the Park City,
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Are you planning to spend the Fourth away from home? Don't you need new hat to wear? E H. Dill lon & Go. of 11O5 Main street, Bridge port. have on hand a large line of hats, just what you want. They carry sc large stock you cannot fail to be pleased with what you purchase from them.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Mrs E. M. Peck, Mrs F.. E. Gilbert, Mrs w. O. Gilbert, M rs L. c. Gilbert, ST., with Mrs 0. L.. Curtiss, Mrs M B. HawleY, also Master Clayton Haw- ley, Miss Bertha Gilbert and Miss Blanche Gilbert spent the afternoon recently with Mrs Edwards Beardsley at her pleasant home in Stepney.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21
Huntington.
CHILDRENS' DAY.

Children's day will be observed in the Congregational church. next Sun day. June g. There will be no morn ing service but the Sunday school will convene at 12 o'clock and the Sunday school concert will begin at l o'clock. The Wells Hollow Sunday school will unite with the children and take part in the exercises
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Parties visit O. E. MOrgan's pond in Hattertown nearly every day and go away with good catches of fish. There are lots of bull heads, carp and perch in the pond, this summer. and one is sure of getting good string if he visits the pond.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

John Frank, ST., says it pays to ad- vertise in The Bee. He advertised pigs for sale. and orders came in by telephone, so they were all sold before Tuesday noon.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Hollister Sage, who has been pass ing the winter at Golden's Bridge, N. Ya., stopped at THE BEE office, Tues day, enroute to Waterbury. MT Sage is still as genial as of old.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Envoy A. H. Antisdale of the Sal vation Army and Mrs Jennie Brins- made of Trumbull were callers at THE BEE office, Tuesday.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

John c. Everetts moved, Monday, from Harlow Benedict's tenement house in Palestine to Norman North rop's tenement house on Sugar street.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Curtis E. Cook, the principal-elect of the High school. was in town Mon day and visited the High school for g short time
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Mrs J. P Corbett, Miss Agnes Kelly apd Mrs John J. Heating, Michael J. Keating, P. F. Keating and P. J. Kel- ly attended the Bi-Centennial at New Milford Tuesday,
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Mrs John F. Heating and sons, Master John and Joseph Keating, have been passing a week with her sister, Mrs P. J. Griffin, of Brooklyn.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Roller skating at the Town hall every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day evening and Saturday afternoon.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Use Sanderson's Formula B, the greatest tobacco raiser in the field. Stands the highest test of bright, brainy buyers. of sharp. experienced buyers and of intelligent. critical smokers. These are the tests that tell.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Robert H. Beers and sister, Miss Annie Sanford, passed Monday in New Milford, taking in the Bi-Centennial celebration.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

William Peck's house and buildings are looking fine in their new coat of paint applied by Brown, Banks & Go.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Mrs Stanley Blackman of Hawley- vile spent last Tuesday in Berkshire with her parents, MT and Mrs c. E. Minor.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Mrs John K. Keating and sons, Mas ters John an6 Joseph Keating, return ed, last Saturday, after a weeks visit with her sister, Mrs P. J. Griffin, of Brooklyn.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

w. Walter Finch, a popular clerk at R. H. Beers & Co.,, passed Tuesday at the New Milford Bi-Centennial.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

MT and Mrs F. B. Hubbell and chill dren of Westport were guests, Sunday, of MT and Mrs Arthur J. Smith.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Mrs Henry Beers. who is still in the Bridgeport hospital, is better and hopes to be able to return to her home at Botsford in a few weeks.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

Starr Barnum, Yale 'O8 Scientific, MT Dunbar, Yale 'O8 Scientific. Miss Barnum and Miss Dix from Mont clair, N. J., came up in their auto from New Haven for Sunday on Curtis
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

A Very Successful Ending to a Year of Happy Work.-Parents and Pupils Alike Are Delighted With the Results Shown
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21
The NewtOWn Bee.
 Newtown Friday. June 21. 1907

CIRCULATION J.aaa-y issz eoO Last ws--k 45OO
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Various Matters from Various
Sta points.
LED AWAY BY LEADERS.

The Union Signal gives the Montpelier
Journal a dirty slap for having COM
mented in a fair, conservative manner
on the Hayward case, winding up with
these words:
1.-The union men of Montpelier should
ask the Journal to put up or shut up"
This is as plain CAL on the union men
in Montpelier to boycott the Journal as
is possible and keep. out of the clut hes
of the law.
1t is characteristic of many of the lead
ers of organized labor in Vermont, to at
tempt to bulldoze all who dare to express
an honest difference of opinion with them
on any labor question.
notwithstanding the handicap of in
capable or bad leadership, the unions
have done much to better the condition
of labor in Vermont, and the sympathy
of the public is with the men in all rea-
sonable demands.
Good leaders are, however, sorely
needed. Burlington Clipper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
SpeIlman Gets Reply.

John d. Spellman of Rutland, who fur
nished Attorney General Clarke G. Fits
of Brattleboro with copy of complaint
which was sent to the assistant judges
requesting the removal of the license
commissioners of Rutland, has received
reply from Mr.. Fits in which he says
that he requires the states attorneys of
the counties TO prosecute all matters of
this kind whenever it is the duty cogni.
zance and that he cannot personally
have charge of or interfere with prosecu-
tons of this character unless it is made
to appear that the state attorney is fail
ing to do his duty, and if such is shown
to be the case in any instance that he re-
CARDS it as his duty to take charge of the
matter. He says further that he has re-
ferred the complaint to States Attorney
r. A. Lawrence and asked Mr.. Spellmat
to give him any information he might
have in support of the same. This Mr..
Spellman says he will do.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
PEACE DEADLIER THAN WAR.

More lives have been lost by accidents
on American warships in the past two
years than were lost in the navy during
the war with Spain. Sixty-one officers
and men have been killed in the navy
by accidents in the past four years,
which is many times more than the de-
struction in the navy during the war of
1898. In the past ten years 1926 officers
and men have been killed in explosions
and other sorts of mishaps on six or eight
vessels.
What has been the cause of all of this
estruction-carelessne lack of skill,
or defects in the guns or machinery! A
service periodical named the Navy, in an
article published before the recent explo-
sion in the turret of the Georgia, intimates
that the American war vessels are not
so formidable as they look. 1t says
there are defects in the guns, in the
machinery which works them, and in
the hulls which carry them. AS the war
vessels of other nations, however, have
had similar or worse mishaps. the de-
fects Off there be any must be widely
extended Newspapers and public men
are not quite SO free in the European
countries in expressing their views about
the armies or navies of their own lands
as they are in the United States, and
this reticence probably conceas many
things which, if disclosed, would disturb
the public. Occasionally, however, even
in Germany. as seen from two books
printed in the last year or two, inside in
formation is divulged about the army
and the navy which shows that the
greatest of the worlds military powers
has defects in both of the fighting arms
of its service which show that the United
States does not stand alone in this I'M
pleasant relation.
But in both army and navy the United
States needs closer approach to perfec-
ton than any other of the great nations.
Our army is smaller than that of any
second-class power of Europe. Although
the length of our coast line would rem
der it necessary for us to have as large
navy as England's, we are far behind
England in fighting power on the water,
and also far behind France. Man for
man and ship for ship, we need a better
army and better navy than any other
country in the world, so as to partly
make up in quality what we lack in
quantity. The attainment of this stand
ard of excellence should be insisted on by
the American beople.-From the Poult-
ney journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
Bird N otes.

Two swallows entered our constable
and inspected for nest-building. At the
end of one week they decided to build in
singular place, it being upon what we
call our "medicine shelf" This shelf,
attached to the side of the stable, is 3 feet
long, IA inches in width and about feet
from the main floor; upon it are bottles,
basins and many other things.
These swallows courted our acQuain-
lance. By actual measurement their
nest is just 3ft. Gin. from both our cream
separator and the sheep in the power,
while the writer's head is often only IS
inches from the nest itself During in
cubation, while the separator was in full
blast, amid all the noise and confusion,
the old bird sat quietly on her nest in
plain sight apparently unconcerned.
But the strangest thing is yet to be
stated: These swallows made their nest
without mud. Certainly none is appar-
ent. This fact was communicated TO
John Burroughs, the naturalist, and he
astrological publication. To be exact,
these swallows put few mouthfuls of
mud on the board, here and there, and
straightway brought in hay, straw etc,
in great abundance. They finished with
feathers, using enough for a small feath-
er bed. But the nest thus made was
large, and so flat that some Of the eggs
rolled out. The writer made it over and
replaced the eggs, all of which seemed
satisfactory. Of the five eggs, three on
ly Matched, two having been chilled.
These swallows fed their young with
railroad speed. To ascertain how
often fourteen observations, varying little
from thirty minutes each were made at
different times in the day, including fair
weather and foul, covering the entire
nesting period, and the result was aston
ishing. The average time between feed
ings, day after day, was just two minutes
and half.
During these observations at close
range, few items of interest occurred
Once the old bird tried to catch small
ant which she saw on large bottle, and
the bird flew round and round after it..
The ant escaped.
The cry of alarm was always given by
the male, never by the female.
These swallows always kept their nest
perfectly tidy.
One day after heavy shower the old
birds brought food every so seconds.
The little things soon showed signs of
feeling pleasant pain" and refused to
eat. In three minutes-the old birds
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
Famous English m an Comma.
East Mortified, Mass, July 3

East Mortified, Mass, July 80.
Announcement has been made that
Rev. j. Stuart Holden, of London, is to
be alspeaker at Mortified during August.
This is his first visit to the Conferences
and as he is prominent in all religious
circles in England, he will be a decided
addition to the platform here.
MIR. Holden is pastor of st. Paul's
Chapel, Portman Square, London, and
has preached in the famous st. Paul's
Cathedral His predecessor. DR.. Griffith
Thomas, was well known at Mortified.
He is leader in all the evangelical work
of the Church of England, and of special
prominence at the great interdenomiDa-
tional convention at Keswick. AS rep
resentative of that body he has visited
the mission fields of China, Japan and
India. and has also been active in preach
ing on the continent. He is closely
allied with the Young Mems Christian
Association work, and aided in develop
ing the Associations of Palestine and
Egypt In educational circles he has
also been prominent so that he has been
invited TO preach at Columbia during his
American visit.
1t is expected that Mr.. Holden will re-
main for some days after the Conference
closes, on August IS, to give the Post
Conference addresses. This year prep
arations will be made for large number
at the final meetings on Northfeld's sum-
mer program. They are becoming in
creasingly popular because of the fewer
speakers, giving more time for study and
for enjoyment of the beauties of nature
around Mortified. DR.. Arthur T. Pier
son, editor of 1.-The Missionary Review of
the World, who has been filling DIR. F.
B. Meyers pulpit at Christ Church, Lon
don, while he has been in Mortified,
will lecture in September at the two
Northfield Schools, and many other Bible
addresses Will be given in connection
with the schools. The Bible department
of Mortified Seminary, which has been
united with the Bible Training School,
offers full schedule Of religious instruc.
ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
Saws Action Was Unauthorized

Cincinnati. July 31.-When Senator
Foraker learned Of the action Of the
Republican state committee he gave
out the following statement:
II cannot add anything to what
said in my open letter published this
morning. | wrote that letter foresee-
ing the result and feeling that il was
my duty to give notice beforehand
that would not be bound by any such
Unauthorized action. The committee
had no more right to speak on that sub
ject for the Republicans of Ohio than
any other 21 Republicans of the state
might have had and the action of the
committee will not affect my course in
any way. The next state convention
viii have authority to speak, and by
the action of that convention il will be
the duty of every good Republican to
abide"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02

1t goes without saying that the new
country is the country for the young
man. 1t gives the greatest chances for
individual effort and affords the best OPP
portunity of working out ones destiny.
Western Canada is the young mans
country. 1t is the Land of Opportunity.
In it there is no honorable employment
that cannot be made use of and for which
the commensurate value will be given in
exchange. With its assured growth and
certain development, the young man
steadily broadens his scope of influence
and continually increases his material
welfare. In the Land of Opportunity
the young mans stock need only be in
dustry.' 1t would be better if he had
more, but this alone will yield dividends
which will go to make more capital. In
dustry was about all that the pioneers in
all countries-the men who first laid the
foundations for empires, and who blazed
the way for prosperity, intellectual and
material progress-had; and they were
young men, too. Drones have no place
in new country. They have no place
in any country. The pioneers of all times
were young men, courageous, strong
hearted, optimistic, honorable young
men, who believed in and practiced the
Gospel of Work. In Western Canada,
where tremendous crops have each sea-
son returned to the tiller of the soil his
principal and interest, there is need for
young men. The consumption of all
manufactured products is greater than
the production. There is need for mills
and stores and factories, and mechanics
to build them, and men-young men-to
run them, and there are scores of other
things to be done and made, the same as
in the development of any other country.
There are opportunities everywhere for
young men, but none so good and so sure
of final satisfying reward as in the new
Countrywide last new country-West-
err Canada-the Land of Opportunity
The Home Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02

The folio Beautiful Vermont" is at
hand and reflects great credit on the
futile Company of Rutland which print
ed the work. 1t is good piece of typo
graphy and press work; but the.Green
hills of Vermont might look even better
than they do in the book if some other
shade than blue was used. Scenery
printed in red, yellow or blue loses its
effectiveness. 1t is surprising to note
how many things man can learn about
his own native county. Take, for in
stance, the cut showing the water-power
of Shoreham, in Addison county. With
out the aid of this book an Addisonian
would hardly realize that there is wa
ter fall in Shoreham that looks startlingly
like Niagara Falls. But it's in the book,
so it must be so. Another important
thing is that Addison County has three
towns in it-Middlebury, Ferrisburg and
Vergennes. 1t would seem, according to
this more or less valuable book, that
Bristol, one of the prettiest little villages
in the State, was unworthy of place in
the work. The sins of omission are SO
glazing all through the book that an un-
itiated person looking it over gets the
impression that the compilers had a great
many Old grudges to pay off or else had
numerous tired feelings.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02

Not all banks in Vermont keep up
with the times but there are some that do
and among them is found the Lamoille
County Savings Bank & Trust company
of Hyde Park. This is the bank of which
ex.Gov. Carroll S. Page is president and
that fact has had much to do with its
prosperity-it has crossed the million
dollar mark in deposits-and also for its
paying four per cent interest, for what
ever the governor takes hold of, calf skins
or finance, pays and pays big money.
This is one of the safest institutions in
Vermont, all of its money is invested
in the State. and it is now among the
best interest payers
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
Keith s Theatre.
Vermont

Never since the Fadettes have been
coming to Keith's Theatre have they
scored more heavily than they did when
they commenced their sixth annual en-
gagement last Monday, and never has
the superb organization played better.
Mrs Nichols conducts in the same
charming way, while the programs are
selected with great taste and Judgment.
the encore numbers being particularly
bright and pleasing. Admirers of the
Fadettes should not forget that their en-
gagement is for five weeks only this sea.
son.
notable feature of next weeks bill
will be the appearance of the well known
actor Edgar L. Davenport and his COM
pany in a dramatic sketch entitled 1.-THE
Man About Town. Mr.. Davenport has
played many parts in his time as those
who remember his career at the old Mu-
scum can vouch, but it is doubtful if he
has ever been better cast than in this
sketch.
Another event out of the ordinary will
be the professional debut of II. ID. Gard
ner, who was the star of the most recent
OF the Bankers Theatricals. He is To do
monologue of stories and songs.
Matthews and Ashley are to present
the latest version of their capital CONVEX
satlonal and singing skit, "A Smash-Up
in Chinatown, one of the most amusing
turns in vaudeville. The Elton-Polo
Troupe, in great casting act; the Otto
Brothers. two Boston boys who have won
much success as German comedians;
Ray Cox, a Southern girl who sings
Southern songs very cleverly; Sophy Ev-
erett and company, in drol sketch;
Stevenson and Nugent, singers and dane
ers; Charley Farrell. delineator of the
old-time darby and the Kinetograph.
with timely pictures, will complete the
bill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
DOUBLE TAXATION DISCOVERIES.

The commission on double taxation is
discovering what good many students
of state conditions have suspected for a
long time, viz, that half the taxation
troubles arises from the acts of the lis
tiers. In two towns already examined, a
large and a small town, the commission
found Just one list made out according
to law. They also find it practically i'm
possible to secure anything even approx
mating intelligent information from the
average town clerk. These two facts are
mere details in the problem, but indicate
the enormous scope Of the subject and
the difficulties that confront the COM
mission. 1t is probably true that noth-
ing in the way of practical recommen-
dation can be arrived at by the commits
sion this fall. 1t is also true that about
half the injustice and inequality of the
taxation system might be removed if
listers that knew their business and ap-
praised property according TO their oaths
of Office Montpelier journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02
CHANCES ProvinciaIls Law.

Montreal, Canada, July 27.-Important
changes in provincial laws relating to
the inspection of factories were recently
made. The most important Of these is
one referring to the employment of boys
and girls in factories, and is undoubted-
ly step toward compulsory education in
the Province of Quebec. The clause
reads as follows:
Every child and young girl less than
sixteen years of age. employed in an in
dustrial establishment, and not able to
read and write, shall, so long as he or
she continues to be so employed, or until
he or she is able to read and write, con-
tnuously attend night school within the
municipality where he or she resides, if
there be one there; and no employer shall
receive child or young girl into his es-
tablishment without ascertaining that
such child or young girl can read or
write, or (as the case may be) without a
certificate from the principal or other
teacher in charge of such night school
that such child or young girl is attending
the same. Such certificate shall be kept
in the establishment and shall be shown
to the inspector whenever so required by
him."
\ further regulation that has Just
come into effect is that in future no
children under the age of fourteen shall
be employed in factories. The age pre-
viously fixed WAS thirteen years. A
movement will be made at the next SEES
sion of the Legislature to prevent child
rem from working more than ten hours a
day in factories, in order to make up for
the half holiday on Saturday; in other
words, the hours of employment for
children to be fifty-four a week instead
of sixty, as at present.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02

The jury have pronounced William D.
Haywood innocent of the charge OF the
murder of Ex-Governor Frank Steunen-
berg. This is the gist of trial which
has covered tremendously long period,
and which uncorked a tremendous
amount of oratory.-Free Press.
And we at this distance know very
little of the inside workings of the ire
mendous labor upheaval out in Colorado.
One conspiracy seems to have been so in
terwoven with another that the real
truth is very difficult to get at How
ever, we can thank our stars that we are
living in State where anarchy has
gained but very little Roadway.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-02

Only few weeks ago several gulfible
Poultney parted with nearly $50 of the
coin of the realm for the privilege of
getting an inner view of the depths of
the depravity of human nature-or in
other words, they bought A fountain
pens, at 81 apiece, from brazen- throat
ed and vlsaged adventurer, who herald
ed his coming-but not his going-with
trumpet One evening this week a
like individual, probably the same party,
hawked his wares on the village square
in Middlebury with remarkably good
success. He succeeded in charming $62
from the gaping populace and passed on
his way. If one of our local merchants
put the same goods in his show window
with the price marked one-half of what
the sidewalk orator charged, he would
not succeed in getting rid of a dozen in
a week.
No doubt the same goods could be had
by post from some of the big mail order
houses, like Seers, Sawbuck or Mount
Dummy, Wart & Co The only draw
back in this case would be you couldn't
get the free entertainment thrown in
with the fountain pen. Would suggest
that the local merchants give a free
show occasionally, just to keep the con-
sumers in good humor and retain few
of their shekels at home.