The Newtown bee., 1908-09-25
THE PLAY I SAW LAST NIGHT.

 went to see play last night that made me
 laugh and cry;
 That took me back to childhOOd's days, so
 many years gone by. The actors took their parts so we'll, 1t seemed
 SO real and true
 thought was a boy again. among the boys
 knew vg-
 Forgotten sights and sounds and smells came And Quincy Adams Sawyer was the play
 that brought the tears, j. r The folks were those Eused to know. the men The things him s they did did were just the same as
 those we used to do.
 The scenery was real to me. knew each
 field and tree, The fun was all so natural. l laughed aloud
 in glee,
 liked to hear the jokes theymade couldn't
 tell you half. And Quincy Adams Sawyer" was the :. play
 that made me laugh. t~.' The church choir seemed as if they were the
 same I used to know, The husking bee was just like one went to
 long ago.
 The pretty girls and strong young men re-
 sembled friends knew. .} s,' saw that same old country store way back
 in Sixty Two.
 felt just like boy again. I'd thought l
 never should. ..- ,-, And Quincy Adams Sawyer" was the play
 that did me good.
 All business worries left me, with their cares
 of stocks and bonds heard the bullfrogs croaking in the long
 grass by the ponds.
 The wild birds songs came floating on the
 clover-scented breeze, -.. ., The locusts chirped above me in the shady o,, maple trees ao,nors c,,,s+orod ,ro,nd tho
 dear old farmhouse door. For Quincy Adams Sawyer" made boy of
 me once more.
 -[By Quincy Kilby. This play will appear at the New Mill ford Opera House. October l.
 The October Everybody's is now on sale at P. M. Cassedy's.
 Football and Basket ball suits, at P. M. Cassedy's. Noble booth has returned from trip to Pennsylvania. Mrs J. Lee Ensign of Falls Village. Martin Strong of Salisbury, william Thurston of Norfolk, T. L. Van AL styne of waterville, and MT and Mrs Arthur Van Alstyne of Seymour and Mrs Jessie Drum of Canaan attended ! the funeral of Eugene Decker, Satur day. =. ., Mr and Mrs W. J. Croker of Bridge port passed Sunday with friends in town. E. L. Osborne is assisting in the store of Miller & Hodge while the pro- prietors take vacation. | Mir and Mrs A. E. Hatch of Great Darlington, Mass, have been guests of Mir and Mrs F. J. Hatch.
 Rev J. D. Kennedy of Danbury was in town, Monday, the guest of Father Egan. A big stock of meats, at lowest prices at the store of Charles 1. Leach. Fancy creamery. butter, prime and nice, at Charles 1. Leach's.
 The prospects for starting the new industry in town are very bright. Hermon Bowers of New Haven was in town, last week, and says the to- bacco crop this year is the best quality t'baccO Tn years. lie hopes to buy con siderable around this section. Mir | Bowers represents the Connecticut Cigar Co.,, New Haven. r Watch and clock repairing promptly attended to at the store of M. w. Hill.
 For refreshing glass of soda water with pure syrups call at the drug store of Albert Evitts.
 Take your watches, and clocks that need repairing to c. E. Riddiford, New Milford. F. E. Soule has the sole agency for New Milford for the Buck Cigar. Homer Odell, an up-to-date farmer, has his oats thfashed and has 800 bushels. Howard Clark thrashed them for him and now he has his silo almost filled. His corn cannot be beaten and ] his potatoes are going to yield great jeai better than he first thought. ' c. E. Riddiford is headquarters for