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The Newtown bee., 1908-02-28
d the funeral of Henry Kinney in New Milford, last Friday.
Roxbury.
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.

AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN. J. Woodin is entertaining company from Danbury.
 Miss Emma Garrison is improving, after a painful experience of running a nall iii her foot.
 Walter Cole and friend spent Satur- day in Danbury.
 Frank Dickinson delivered his to- bacco to parties in New Milford, Mon- day.
 Several from New Milford attended services in the hall, Sunday. MT Page delivered a very interesting sermon. Mir and Mrs Light of Danbury are ex- pceted to have charge of the meeting. next Sunday. All are cordially invited.
 Agent J. P. Erwin is expecting to take an extended trip for several weeks, taking in South America and other interesting places.
 Robert Cypher visited relatives and friends in New York State, last week. c. w. Hodge was out of town on business, Friday.
 Several of our young people attended the dance at Bridgewater, Friday even- ing.
 Miss Minnie Nasse is sewing in New Milford.
 We do not see much difference by New Milford having no license as there are more intoxicated on our streets than before. If man wants drink he is going to have it if he has to walk to Hawleyville for it.
 A family from Roxbury Center has moved in the house opposite the depot.
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lU CeIllS.
 The dancing class held their recep- tion, Friday night, February 2l. About 75 couples were present and an enjoy able time was reported.
 The many friends of Miss Raymond were sorry to learn that she resigned her position in Bridgewater on account of i'll health and returned to Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The Ladies' Shakespeare club will meet with Miss Mary Morris, Friday afternoon.
 Frank Bostwick will move into the Congregational parsonage about the | first of March. l.. S. Dickinson and Grover Allen have delivered their tobacco crops tt the American Tobacco Co.,, in New Mil ford.
 Mrs E. R. Wooster and son, Edward spent Wednesday and Thursday of las week in New Haven, visiting Mir Wooster's son, L. c. Minor.
 Wallace Treat was the guest ove Sunday of his brother, Robert Treat, i New Haven.
 Mrs R. NJ. Warner entertained he nieces, the Misses Jennie and.Elizabet Randall of Shelton. the last of tn week.
 MT and Mrs William Kinney attend
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Cornwall Bridge.
EDWARD SWEENEY.

Edward Sweeney, an old resident of this place, who has been in New York and Bridgeport, being treated for a cancer in the mouth, died at his sis ter's in Bridgeport, Saturday night, and was brought here for burial in St Bridget's cemetery. MT Sweeney leaves an aged mother, two brothers and two sisters.
 A mad dog scare is in the air and the selectmen have asked those in the im- mediate vicinity where the scare orig mated to keep their dogs in close quar- ters.
 Howard Sheldon was an over Sunday guest at Mir and Mrs Charles Delebar's.
 Mark and Arthur Wedge of Bridge port were over Sunday guests of their mother, Mrs Lucy Wedge, helping her celebrate her S9th birthday. custom the family have made for several years to spend the day together with mother.
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: Bedding.
GRANGE NOTES.

Owing to the storm on Wednesday evening there was no Grange meeting. A special meeting was held on Thurs day evening at which time Worthy Mas ter Emory Sanford gave report of the State Grange meeting held in Hartford in January. Stephen Sanford gave an interesting talk on "The Raising o1 Early Vegetables" The date of the next meeting is March 4.
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DEERFELD ITEMS.

Mrs H. E. Dowd and daughter gave tea party recently. Those present were Mrs Thomas Bradley and daugh- ter, Miss Alice Nichols, Mrs Jesse Pratt and children and Mrs Wilbur Jen- nings and son. .A
 Mrs w. E. Ni,hols spent few days in Bridgeport, last week.
 Mrs Lucie King has been the guest of Mrs Edward Brotherton at Cross High way.
 Thomas Bradley and daughter were guests, Monday, of his sister, Mrs Mary Fanton at Weston.
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THE WHIST CLUB.

The Whist club were entertained by Mir and Mrs William c. Sanford on Monday evening. Every member was present. The first prizes were awarded to Mrs A.'G. Barnett and Ebert San ford the second to Mrs Daniel Sanford and Emory Sanford.
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I'rurnbull.
TO GIVE ANOTHER ENTERTAIN
 MENT.

Those fortunate enough to be present at the last entertainment given under the auspices of the Music committee and conducted by Don A. Adams of New Haven assisted by local talent, will be pleased to learn that MT Adams has kindly consented to give another entertainment in March. Mir Adams will give a number of his very pleasing readings and musical selections anc will be assisted by a violinist from Bridgeport.
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The following is copied from Brook lyn paper under date of February IA:
 "Lucinda c. Mead, the widow Of Francis Mortimer Lane, a resident or this borough for nearly 70 years, died on Wednesday at her residence, DIX McDonough street, from Brlght's dis- ease. She was born in Manhattan January 8, 1882. and is survived by two sons and four daughters. Funeral ser vices tomorrow evening with burial in Greenwood" Mrs Lane has resided some of the time with her son, $. W. Lane, in this village and he attended the funeral in Brooklyn.
 At the annual meeting of the Library Association held, last week, the old board of officers were reelected.
 Word has been received from Green- wood. British Columbia, of the birth of son on January 2S, to MT and Mrs Charles Oliver. Mrs Oliver will be remembered in this village as Miss Beatrice Kemp, having resided here nearly two years with her uncle, Will liam Oliver.
 Mrs J. E. McCready visited rela- tiyes in Seymour several days recently
 Senator Smith entertained W.D. Bos, Ter of New York City over Sunday.
 Mrs Rose Hartle of New Haven is visiting Mrs Memmott.
 Mrs Elizabeth Varney of State Line 1 is spending several weeks with hel daughter, Miss Lula Varney, at R. w Deans.
 c. A. Miller returned Sunday iron the hospital at Pittsfeld. While Mi Miller is not entirely recovered, his con dition is much improved and all ar glad to welcome him home once more
 Nurse J. c. Wheaton is again out o town.
 Mrs Birdsey Smith and two sons O Cornwall Bridge spent Sunday at tn home of E. s. Bierce.
 Last Saturday Selectman Clar brought H. W. Embler from East Corr wall to this station on his homewar trip to New Haven. MT Embler the agent of the S. N. E. T. Co.,. an
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Miss Alice Booth of Massachusetts IS visiting her sister, Mrs J. L. Beach.
 Rev J. l.. Cross is spending a few weeks in the West.
 Mrs E. T. Nichols is recovering from a broken wrist. Her daughter, Mrs William Fuller, is staying with her.
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Lyons Plain, Weston. The wedding will take place next month.

The pound sociable given by the Christian Endeavor society at the resi- dence of George H. Merwin, last Fri day evening, was largely attended by the young people of Greenfield Hill. A delightful time socially was enjoyed by all. After refreshments the mysterious looking packages, each containing nc less than pound, were sold, netting nearly SIS for the horse shed fund.
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Brideewater.

ENTERTAINMENT IN TREAT DIS
 TRICT.
 An entertainment followed Dy a SUD- per and other attractions will be given in the Treat district schoolhouse, Fri day, February 2S. A good time is guar anteed to all who come. Admission 10 cents.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Bethel.
4 WASHINGTON PARTY.

A Washington party was given, last Friday evening, at the home of Miss Madalene 0hlweiler on Blackman ave- nue. About 30 guests were present from this place and Danbury. The young ladies were dressed in Colonial costumes. which made the scene very effective, as the decorations of the rooms were large flags and evergreens. Dancing, games and music helped pass the hours pleasantly.
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rooms were large flags and evergreens. Dancing, games and music helped pass the hours pleasantly.
 WILLIAM ELLIS SURPRISED. A party of about 40 of the friends of William Ellis gave him surprise, last Friday evening. The guests were dressed in all sorts of fantastic cos tunes and wore masks. Many of the maskers were so we'll gotten up that the host, who was obliged to identify each guest before he or she unmasked, found the task in some cases very difti- cult. A very pleasant evening was spent.
 About 25 friends of Miss Rosalie Oh | Ter gave her surprise on Saturday evening. Games, music and the serv- ing of luncheon made the occasion a pleasant one.
 George A. Porter of East street. who has been confined to his home Tor two months with the grip, followed by bronchitis, is able to be out again.
 Henry B. Meeker,' who sustained a paralytic shock some months ago which rendered him helpless for many weeks, has so far recovered as to be able to walk about the house and to be taken for short drive.
 Charles Beecher, who had the misfor- 1 tune on New Years night to break one of his kneecaps, is fast recovering. The plaster has been removed from his limb and it is expected that he will be able to be out in few days. Keeler & Nichols, who have rented the store on Center street next to the Chinese laundry, are fitting up tht same in a neat manner, for their pain and paper hanging business. The parish social which was helt in the parish house of St Thomas Episcopal church, last Thursday even ing, was very pleasant affair, ant was we'll attended. A good program was rendered, consisting of recitation by Mrs L. Davis, Miss Kate Judd, Mis- Edna Laurence and Leslie Davis; song by Mrs M. P. Bowie, Mrs J. L. Mich ~ ols, Howard s. Gilbert and Master Joh , Nichols, and piano solo by Miss Elsl Chinn. After the program refresh ments were served, then followed sev eral hours of dancing. which was par ticipated in by some of the older peo ple as well as by the younger ones The music was furnished by Winthrop Bassett, violin, and Miss Adelald Mansfield, piano.
 There were 165 present at the indoo picnic in which the members of tn
 Methodist Sunday school participated
 last Friday evening. The tables wer
 spread with all sorts of good things t y eat. The affair was thoroughly CT joyed by all present.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

Cedar ulun. Saturday 18th.
Sturgia. Monday iTth.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

Dear Aunt MARY ~ you have
asked the sistera for an oarhang. of
Ideas. | ~sli give a good substitute
Tor "a double boiler. Place an open
can rms In the bottom OF tho dinner
containing The cereal Ia be cooked ::
no Ill acsd hn placed on tho buckle,
ma the lid Tor the pot ~!li serve a# n
It'd Tor both.
HOME CIRCLE READER
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

Egypt. Saturday 18Th.
Tina. Monday iTth,
Prairie. Tuesday 18th.
New Hope Church. Wednesday 10.
HrandH Store. Thursday 10th.
Hamilton. Friday :in,.
Caledonia. Dawdlc Schoolhouae.
Saturday 22ud.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15
CONDITION OF CORN CROP.
Government Estimate Makes Corn
Crop Condition Practically u
Same as last Year.

Washington. ID. c. Aug. THE
Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau
of Statistics of the United States De
partmcnt OF Agriculture finds. from
the reports of the correspondents
and agents of the Bureau. as fol-
lows:
The condition OF corn on August
Is; ms S2.5 per cent of n normal. as
compared with SIS last month. s2,S
on August /. 1907. and S3.l III" ten
vear average on August Let.
Comparisons for important corn
States and divisions follows:
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

Attend your fnImrsn' Institute
ana subscribe for The Southern
Farm Gazette. IL comes low every
week and costs only u dollar IA year.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

When writing advertisers. please
mention this paper.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15
Mississippi Farmers Institutes for
August.

Tho following is a llat of Farmers.
institutes to DO hold In MIastaalpr.
after Angus; 18Th. The date In each
case representing the day of the
month and the namc representing
tho place Of tho meeting.
The reader should go over each
Hat carefully. 10 make aare that ha
h0s not overlooked a place near him.
where an institute will DO held.
koaciuako. Saturday 18th.
Sails. Monday iTth.
shady Grove. Tuesday 18th.
Providence Church. Wednesday
18th.
Rain water School House. Thurs
day aoth.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

Ripley. Saturday 18th.
Oxford Camp Grounds. Monday
corecyillc. Tuesday 18th,
G~rayaport. Wednesday 18Th.
Big Greek. Thursday 20th.
Slate Springs. Friday 3iRt.
Timber willie. Saturday 22nd.
The Appeal., 1908-11-28

and told that important business con-
siderations made it desirable that she
perform for them a very delicate task.
She should appear at the Office and go
to work, apparently as an ordinary
employe. Her purpose in doing so
should be to cultivate the acquaint-
ance of the third partner. But she
should bide her time. There should
be nothing in her conduct toward him
to suggest to so shrewd a man the
possibility of plot. Yet when the
time came she should recognize the
moment and play the game. ~@-~>@
The time finally came. The partner
asked her to go to dinner with him
the next evening. She had been to
dinner with him before, and had
gained enough of his confidence to
know this dinner was not to be like
the others. But she lost no time in
accepting the invitation, and still
more promptly told her cousin.
An hour later the cousin was in a
private detective agency with the
chief. Carefully he told the story of
how he and his agreeable partner had
tried to buy out the disagreeable 9TH
er fellow, and, having failed, had en-
gagged a man to shadow him to Eu-
rope. Even more minutely he went
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the names of the two detectives as
signed to the case, who woud also be
taken into custody.
abandon this scheme. Go to your
ottlceto-morrow morning and tell your
partner you came within hailing dis
tance of the penitentiary tonight, but
luckily escaped it. If ever you have
any honest detective work to do I
shall be at your service, but this case
l would not take for a million dol
lars"
On another occasion a firm of big
operators wanted to get inside infor-
nation concerning a multi-million-
aire' sultimate plans for the devel-
opment of great property. They
knew what he was doing at the time
and what he probably intended to do
six months later, but they were not
sure what he might do the next year
And it was what he intended to do at
this later period that would determine
whether they should become buyers
or sellers of his securities.
There was no use of sending men to
brush up against him. He never
talked to men. But he had evidently
promised his aged grandmother he
would never be unkind to woman,
so they determined to capitalize this
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ShadolUi11g Fi1,anciers;
Almost Every Day and Night They Are Constant,
ly Under Watch

Ihe man of many interests can no
more get away from the penetrating
rays of publicity than cat can get
away from its TAIL" said the old-time
detective. I'm the first place, the
nation at large is keeping it's eye on
him. But that's only one eye. There
are a thousand little blazing orbs
that follow him wherever he goes dur
ing business hours. Let him be alb
sent from his Office. -atu-a.- time when
the bankers, brokers and traders be-
heVe he should be there, and straight.
way goes notice over the ticker for
every one of them"
j. p Morgan is said to be detained
at his home by Illness" runs the mes
sage, if it be about him, or, "J. H.
Hartman, who is not at his Office to-
day, is reported to be about to make a
trip to the Pacific coast"
Whoever it may be who has tempo
rar1ly dropped out of sight a rush is
at once made for his office.
The representatives of the ticker
service, the financial bulletins and
perhaps some bankers and brokers
make anxious inquiries concerning the
absentee and the cause of his dis
appearance.
During the panic last year Mr.. Nor
gan could not have been watched
much more carefully if he had been
a special train running mile min
ute under the constant observation of
the best dispatcher on the road.
Yet it is not in such daylight opera
tions, lasting only a few hours, that
business" shows it's greatest acute
ness of vision or it's mot unfagging
persistence. 1t is when the big finan-
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ciers want to force somebody's hand
or to obtain inside information regard.
ing another's plans that the eye of
hawk becomes, III comparison, like
that Of a grocery store Goldfish. In
such emergencies beautiful women
have sometimes been hired to follow
men for months-to Europe and back
if necessary-to get one word of busi-
ness between two words of idle chat
ter, as women have also been en-
ployed to seek. the confidence of wives
for the same purpose. In another
case a man was sought to court the
daughter of a captain of industry, and
even to propose marriage to her, if
necessary, to get certain information
with regard to her fathers ultimate
plans concerning great industrial
enterprise.
But as an illustration of what bust
ness men sometimes do in the way of
shadowing, the following incident sur
passes any other:
In the financial district is a firm,
capitalized for many millions, that is
rated in Bradstreet's at AAA1. There
are three partners. Two of the part
ners did not like the other one. He
was intractable, disa greeable, hard to
get along with. They decided to get
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S2.40 PER YEAR.

over the fuel before lighting will start
it burning merriy. Afterward one
need only glance into the chimney
now and then to see that there is
enough fuel. ,-. "
Sparks and black cinders will fly
upward and then settle over every
object in the room, including the
guests, if the charcoal is dropped into
the fire carelessly. The proper way
is to let it fall gently to the bottom
of the chimney or else remove the
samovar from the room during the act
of replenishing. Studio tea hosts and
hostesses favor the samovar on &C.
count of the picturesque note it gives
to surroundings. Others have looked
upon the Russian water heater az an
affectation, useless and awkward, be-.
cause they did not know how to use
it. Restaurants have given it a place
of honor on the tea table and consider
it essential to perfect tea making and
serving.
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UNIT RULE FOR TREE GROWTH.
One Inch in Four years Is the Swiftest
Known.

One Inch in Four years Is the Swiftest
Known.
An inch in four years is the swiftest
growth known in the race of the
trees. Farmers and fruit growers are
said to have no reliable unit rule to
govern them in knowing how long it
takes for tree to grow an inch, but
some carriage makers have found out.
They asked about forty of the coun-
trys prominent vehicle and wheel
manufacturers drawing their stock
from territory where hickory, white
oak, ash and tulip trees grow to Sc
lect and express to them short cross
sections Of these woods from odds and
ends about their shops. These were
to be selected for the average width!
Of growth, and the size Of each block
inch across and IA of an inch thick
was to be about one inch lengthwise,
one inch across and one fourth of an
inch thick.
They examined these blocks care
fully and marked on each block a one
inch space across the average size of
growths of the annular rings They
then counted the number Of rings
within the inch space on each block,
and registered the total in ink there
on. Then they counted these totals
on all the samples of each Of the sew
eral kinds of timber submitted, and in
the usual way thus ascertained the
average number of years required for
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rid of him, and offered to buy him ont.
He wouldn't sell. Then they offered
to sell. He wouldn't buy.
They haggled around for several
months, during which no progress was
made toward relieving the trained re-
lations existing between the friendly
two and the undesired third.
FINALLY the two hit upon plan.
Their partner had announced his in.
tention Of taking trip to Europe.
They would send a detective with
him. Perhaps he would do or say
something that would be to their adj
vantage. Perhaps, upon his return,
he would be willing TO sell rather than
to have the detectives report sent
where it would be read with the great
est interest.
SO the partner and the detective de-
parted. The partners visit dragged
on from week to week, and finally in
to months, and upon each returning
ship came the reports of the man who
had been sent to watch him. But the
reports were of no interest, even to
the men who read them. Their part
ner seemed to be conducting himself
| admirably, so far as his own interests
were concerned, though quite unfor-
tunately for those who wanted to buy
him out. But they knew him-or
thought they did-and waited for
more reports.
But the rest of the reports were like
the first, and the man himself came
home without his partners, having OBJ
tanned the kind of information they
wanted.
1t was then they shuffled the deck
to play what they believed was their
trump card.
One Of the partners had very pref
ty cousin, young woman. She was
summoned to the home of her relative
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almost say, for the sake of tasting
the dainty, piquant morsel as it fairly
melts in her mouth.
Americans now have the distinction
OF being called tea connoisseurs- and
this is a distinction indeed when one
has sampled few Of the foreign brews
OF afternoon beverages that are made
in a tea pot. Not only do we know
good tea, but we understand the art
of serving it, which is quite as i'm
portant as the selection of leaves.
English breakfast tea with cream is
the favorite brand served in restau-
rant tea rooms, while Ceylon, For
mosa and some of the special blends
taken with thin slices of lemon and
sugar have a host of devotees.
Each cup of tea, to be properly
made, should be prepared separately
and served promptly, in order to get
the best results. A samovar is worth
its weight in gold in the making of
perfect tea. In fact, tea rooms de-
pend entirely upon those tall Russian
water heaters for the perfect prepara-
tion OF their afternoon tea. where cup
after cup is made in quick succession.
And in nearly all the fashionable tea
rooms you will see these brass orna-
mental objects steaming merrily be-
hind tall vases Of flowers and sur
rounded by a regiment of china tea
pots! Water can be kept hotter in a
samovar than in any other kind of re-
ceptacle. The water surrounds the
cylindrical chimney which is packed
with charcoal, and as long as the fire
lasts the water remains at the proper
temperature for tea making.
Novices who preside over samo.
var often encounter a great deal of
difficulty in lighting the charcoal and
keeping the fire burning. Where the
tea hour extends over long period
and hot water must be at hand all the
time the samovar requires occasional
replenishing both with water and fuel.
After the handful or more of charcoal
has been dropped into the chimney
and it must be remembered that the
charcoal Ahould be sorted and only the
good pieces retained, as the others
will smoke-a little alcohol poured