The Newtown bee., 1907-04-19
JESSE WAKEMAN.

JESSE WAKEMAN.
 Jesse Wakeman, after a short ill., ness, died quite suddenly of heart fail ure at the home of Mrs Charles Lock- wood in Deerfield district on Sunday, April IA, aged 63 years and l month. The body was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs Eli l.. Goodsell, in Eas- ton, where the funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, Rev MT Maurer officiating. The burial was in the Aspetuck cemetery. MT Wakeman is survived by one sister, Mrs Eli l.. Goodsell, of Easton, and two brothers, Henry Wakeman, of Easton, and Chauncey Wakeman, of Clinton Corners, N. Y.
 AN EPIDEMIC OF wHOoPING COUGH.
 An epidemic of whooping cough has broken out among the school children at the Greenfield Hill school. Several children are already absent on account of the disease and new cases are being reported almost daily.
 E. Warehouse has sold a promising | pair of Devon calves to Charles Hull of Hull's Farms district It is expected that Harold will have them trained and entered for competition at the l Country Clubs cattle show to be held next fall.
 Everett Banks is the owner of an att tractive young horse, general pur- pose animal, which he is breaking in for future use on his milk route. l It is said that George Ferris has leased the Acker homestead, formerly the Eunice Wilson place, and it is ex- l pected that he and his family will move in by May.
 l Joseph k. Robinson and family have arrived at Verna Farm for the season, | after passing the winter in New York. A. J. Gray, one of the oldest of our townspeople, who has lived at his son's
 home on Greenfield Hill for two years past, has now returned to his own resi-
 dence in North Banks district, where he is being cared for by MT and Mrs
 John Smith, who have taken up theil
 abode with him.
 The friends of Mrs G. Frank Monroe will regret to learn that she is agair
 confined3to her bed, suffering lfrom
 renewed attack of stomach trouble.
 Mrs Harry Bedding, who has beer
 enjoying visit with relatives here
 returned to her home in Bridgeport
 Sunday. MT Bedding was also visit
 or in town, Sunday.
 Mr and Mrs Frank Whitehead o
 Westport have been recent guests al
 Henry B. Ogden's.
 Mrs A bram Banks, who is suffering I from rheumatic troubles, has improved
 little under Dr Dunham's s care.
 John F. Sammis, Jr., and family o | Burr's house in Banks North district opposite Frank l.. SherwoodS. l Edward P. Morehouse of CongreS street has some fine young Devon stocl
 he is raising. Among them are yer. nice pair of yearling steers and tw' . yearling heifers.
 Theodore Sturges has been spendinl l several days at his pleasant home here getting things in readiness for tn , summer. MT Sturges and family, wh have been spending the winter il t New York, will come to Greentiel for the season as soon as the Sprin , weather gets settled.
 II Robert T. Gould of Aspetuck ha captured, thus far this spring, 27 fin trout. The largest one weighed neal , ly a pound.
 w. Sanford Jennings, who has ha charge of Miss Susan Nichols affair 1, for the past seven years, has resigne s his position and will move, next Mor . day, with his family to. Biddeford, Me t where he has taken a farm and expect !; to locate permanently. MT JenninQ !. and family leave behind them a hos