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The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26
The NeWtnun i,,,4. Newtown, Friday, March 26, 1909.
New Preston.
DANBURY PEOPLE GET ICE AT
 LAKE MARAmAuG,

DAABURY PEOPLE GET ICE AT
 LAKE WARAmAUG, Representatives of an ice company or panbury called r. ]. H0glnrd, last week, and afterward effected ar- judgements TOT the filling of Hes lofu 8 largest fee house at the lake Tor lhelf use, They thus secured 800 tors or nine inch Ice, which nelpF make up the 7000 cons the firm will want for ths warm season.
 d. Block, real estate agent of New town, passed three nights of last week in this village. Several pieces or real estate in this vicinity have been placed in his hands to sell and nearly every week report has beeu heard Of his success in adI0lnlng towns he has recently Interested himself in the Carter house at Lake side and has reported fair prospect ot sale to parties of Jewish origin.
 h. S' Morgan was fortunate on sunday, March 14, to find cowslips enough In his trayels to give him a meal Rather early in the year to secure that kind of greens.
 A bridge party was recently en- ioyed at J. B. Stillsons.
 John Griswold was engaged in painting at ]. J, Beardsley s in Kent Hollow, the latter part of last week.
 several Iron this village attended 1he concert given by Gartland's or. chestra Of Albany al New Milford or thursday evening of last week.
 pr il. G Stevens felt obliged to re- maln at his home, last Saturday d With a severe cold, almost causing tonsl!itls. He commenced riding again, Sunday, on his practice.
 ]ol E. E. J0hEsm moved his house. mold goods and family from Warren i to hls house in this village where he has kept barber shop for years and . which he has occupied as a dwelling place before, the house occupied by P. G. Douglass.
 MT and Mrs Frederick Clark passed last Sunday in Torringlon.
 Mrs Louisa M. Sperry returned to the home of her daughter, Mrs Nellie Lyman, last week, from a months stay with her oldest daughter, Mrs ]. E. Wilson, in New Milford.
 Mrs Frederick H. Cable suffered ast week with an attack of quinsy.
 Parties from abroad looked over Mrs C. B. Stillson's farm, last Satur lay, with a view to purchasing tho ! anne. Miss Brandeth, whose name is on he New Haven Registry of Nurses, 'lsited Mrs Nelson Mercy in town 'ver last Sunday. Miss Brandeth losed her professional duties at F. ]. Gibson's, last week. Peabody, scientific optician, at M. V. Hills jewelry store, New Milford, E 'onn., April , to II. '
The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26
Roxbury.
ITEMS OF INTERESr

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
 Mrs D. c. Garrison and grand. daughter, Viola, visited in Mt Kisco N. Y, few days. Her daughter, Mrs Edgar Cummings. returned with her J. P. Irwin of Shelton called on his many friends in town, last Sun day. Ali were d, lighted to see hfYtr.~
 Mrs L. Palmer is visiting friends out Of town.
 William Retallick and family are nearly settled in their new home.
 J. Heating has moved into the house vacated by William Scully on Pleasant Street.
 The mary friends of Mrs Ella Wildman regret to hear of her re- cent illness. She was stricken with a shock a short time ago, but all hope it may not prove serious.
 Mrs s. Benson returned, Wednes- day, after visiting her daughter, Mrs Jennie N. Sturges, in New York City.
 Mrs Victor Shelton was calling on friends, Friday.
 Little Marion Cypher, who has been sick most of the winter, is im- proving.
 Mrs William Allen, formerly of this place, is improving with her broken limb, which is pleasing news to her many friends
The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26
IT SAVED HIS LEG.

"All thought would lose my les, ' writes J. A. Swenson, Watertown, Wis. "Ten years of eczema. that Is doctors could not cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it sound and well" h. fallible for skin eruptiors, eczema, salt rheum, boils, fever sores, burns, scalds, cuts and piles. 25c at R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & Go, Sandy Hook; P.J. Gsrvin, Beth ell; L. Goulett, Stevenson; H. W. Os- borne. Easton; w. B. Hawley, Sher- man; Smith Bros, Cornwall Bridge;
 Conpory Bros, Georgetown; R, F.
The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26

w. N. Noble, New Milford; E. H. Beardsley, New Preston; Wetterau & Williams, Washington Depot; Har- " Brown, Southbury; C. P. Will
The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26

Smith, West Cornwall; s. J. Black man, Hawleyville; c. ". Hurlburt& O., Roxbury; Allen Joyce, Roxbnry Station; G. W. Hatch, Bridgexater;
The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26
Yes, Joe,
Frank Favereau,
 Bedding Ridge, Conn.

Horseshoeing, Carriage and Wagon repair
 ing and General Blacksmithing. Full stock
 of Neverslip horseshoes on hand. Sizes to 6t all; horses,
The Newtown bee., 1909-03-26

Hams, South Britain; Perkins Bros, Warren; W. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Penfeld & Craig, stepney Depot.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
LEGAL DECISIONS
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Validity Of Bulk Sales Law-The
Bulk Sales Law of Illinois provides
that all sales Of merchandise not in
the usual course Of trade will be pre-
sumed fraudulent unless certain
formalities designed To protect
creditors ara complied with. One
who hal been unsuccessful in the
grocery business sold her stock at a
fair price and applied tho proceeds
on a note which she owed bank. In
Charles j. on a. Co. Morehead. SIS
Northeastern Reporter 2Gi 1t was
contended that this sale was void on
the sole ground that the formalit' es
required by the Bulk Sales Law had
not been observed The Supreme
Court of Illinois held this act uncon.
stitutional as 1t singled out a par.
ticular class, and imposed burdens
upon them from which all other
classes are exempt, thus depriving
them of liberty AMI property. In that
they are not permitted to contract In
respect TO a particular kind Of prop.
erty subject to the same laws ar.
Pllcable TO other classes Of property
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

A call for help came last night to
the people of Cairo from The mayer
of the cyclone-stricken town of
Brinkley. Ark The people of Cairo
have never yet failed 10 respond TO
the cry of the distressed Brinkley
is not near to Cairo geographically,
but human suffering and human sym
patty obllterate distances and ami
bilate space; and the voice of the
distressed from much greater dis.
tances than Brinkley has been needed
fE Cairo's generous citizens. The mes
sage from Mayor Jackson last night
was addressed to Mayor Parsons, AMI
It, together with the Cairo mayors
response Is given elsewhere Contfi-
buttons sent to Mayor Parsons Office
will be promptly forwarded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

4 play may be technically well written,
follow all tie recognized rules of construc-
ton, tell an interesting story and by means
of excellently drawn and naturally deveI-
oped characters and yet fail. | will tell
YOU why, in my Judgment, it does SO.
Because. in spite of all its good quail
ties, some of which have enumerated, the
play lacks dramatic vitality. 1t has no
genuine theatrical interest
The play is for the theater-frst, last
and all the time. Broaden the interests
of the stage as far as you will, they remain,
for successful plays. extremely cireumstan-
ave added, if thev constitute the heart of q
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Relies Lost 20 Germany.

The artloving public of Germany
sustained a heavy blow" says the
Morgen Post. Berlin, when the won
derful Marfels collection of watches,
Including unique specimens of the sew
enteenth century and enamels OF beau
tiful design, acquired after many years
and at great cost. was purchased by
an art dealer in Paris. The collection
contains many specimens which can
not be found Ia any German Museum.
and IL Is TO be hoped that the fate OF
these valuable trinkets viii not be
like that which OF late has overtaken
50 many art treasures. that they be
sent TO the new world and become lost
forever to Europe"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

One erroneous statement made at
the Merchants Luncheon Saturday
calls for correction, 1t was that the
city now paid nothing for street i'm
provemeats out Of the general fund.
AS matter of fact the city has been
paying many thousands OF dollars an.
nually out OF the general fund on ac.
count OF street improvements. It
pays attorneys $1,000 year, pays in.
spectors about the same; pays ccm-
missioners who apportlon the ass S.
nent thousands of dollars. pays for
all sidewalk intersections. pays engi-
neers, and variety of other things.
II is expected that In future assess
ments for improvements some Il
these expenses will be included in
the amount apportioned to the prop.
erty owners.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

UaI. Tie new lnltItsIs you Hd't dEVu II w V'''
drama, will not give it life.
The vital interests of play are and will always
remain elemental The most sophisticated writer
he with the widest knowledge of life cannot write
successful play without appealing to emotions that
are primitive in us all. In running oyer the brief
list of successful writers for the stage ou may think
of some who are exceptions TO this rule. But close
ANALYSIS of their pieces will prove that artfully con-
cealing art as they do their appeal is made elemen-
tally just the same.
An inevitable subject-one that everybody is in
teresed Unjust be the heart of play, pumping
life all through it. Love is one universal
subject that all races of all ages have agreed upon
theme for the theater 1t is not the only one-but
the Others that will occur as theatrical schemes for
uccessfu exploitation are as universal and elemental
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Biography.

Frank Moss. who recently succeed,
ed Or. Parkhurst as president OF the
New York Society for the Prevention
OF Crime, was born in Cold Spring,
New York, March 16, 1860 and was
'ducated In the New York City pub
lie schools. For a number of years
he has been active in city campaigns
on reform issues. He was president
OF the New York City Police Board In
1897. associate counsel in the Lexow
Investigation and leading counsel in
the Ma2et Investigation, AS presi.
dent of the City Vigilance league he
movements for the suppress,
sion of crime and of alliances be.
tween criminals and corrupt officials.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Men and Dress

There is no doubt that a natural
taste for "frillies" is inherent in both
man and woman. The best OF men
succumb to II, and all but the most
pious of women. After all. it was
man who first discovered the POSSIBLE
tiles OF dress. II was he who started
the fashion of gay md gorgeous raj
ment. and he only gave IL up when
he found he could no longer com
pete With woman, once she had taken
" Initiating him.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Observation-Disclosures
CAIRO IN 1869
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Cairo Bulletin published by John n.
OberIy & Coz

The Cairo Casino society cee
brated It's first anniversary on Jan
rary 25th by a grand masquerade
ball at Washington hall On the com
mlttees were w. Alba, c, Feuchter
l.. Blatteau AMI C. Schulz
The directors Of the City National
Bank elected w. p. Halliday, pre- 81,
dent; A. B. Stafford, cashier. and w.
EIyslop, assistant cashier
Marion Wright was clerk on the
steamer Cumberland, an Evansville
Cairo packet.
Thomas j Kerth, deputy city col
leetor. and his bride, returned from
their wedding tour on January 18th,
and We're serenaded by the Egyptian
Brass band, and 4 large number of
friends.
The Bulletin stated that of the
male inhabitants OF Cairo in 1878.
there remained in the city in 1869, p.
Coreoran b. Shannessy. VIM. Ken
dali p. S. Harroll II. H. Baird.
Hiram Hill. Geo. Weldon, John Shan.
messy, Ed Shannessy, John Corcoran.
Old Pill lee, NJ b. Harrell. Thos.
Till, NJ. w Parker, y. A. Devore. C,
ID. After JAS. Gordon. j. Gatlin an
II. aud r. Whitcamp.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

The Evening Ostrich, with its head
In the sand up to its crop has been
asking The Bulletin for proof that
the "Murderers' Protective Associa.
ton" has strange hold" on jus.
tice In this county Perhaps the only
kind of proof that would make any
impression upon the mind of such a
bird under such circumstances would
be the contents of a biunderbuss dis.
charged with due precision at it's
rear elevation. The contemporary's
suggestion that The Bulletin submit
Its proof TO the states attorney that
he may bring action against the
guilty men Is. of course, Intended as
q joke. Ass long as. the Murder
Trust" controls the machinery of our
court il is blly to talk of Furnishing
any member of the gang through
that court. sAnd yet. surely. the poo
pie OF this city ana county are not
utterly helpless, are they? There is
some way in which they can rid
themselves of this bloody monster. Is
there not? II there is not. then
Heaven help the town AMI the coun.
ty' Possibly there will come a day
some time. when these men who have
been disporting themselves in our
Temple of Justice as though Il had
been a Strumpets Castle will dis
cover that there is a power which
makes and unmakes circuit courts
and everything thereunto appertafn-
ins; and that day may not be very
far on.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TODAY IN HISTORY A.:
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1751-James Madison, fourth presi
dent of the L. S. born. Died
June rs, 1896.
1S02-A military institution estah.
lished by the government at
West Point.
S62-Commoiore Foote commenced
the attack on Island No. 10.
lS67-MeXico evacuated by the
French
l90S-U s. supreme cout decided
that railroads must not vary
from published freight rates
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
FUNERAL NOTICE.

soWERs-Died Monday. March Is
at l2:So O'Clock Richard Martin Sow
ers at his home on Sycamore stree.
Funeral services at the residence
today at IL. 80 O'Clock and the 70
mains will be taken to Wetaug for in.
terment leaving at 2:35 o'clock this
afternoon Friends of the family in.
yited.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
February Circulation.

The above is a correct statement Of
the circulation of the Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1908 and for the month
of February, 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9Th day of March. 1909.
LEO j. KLEB,
Notary Public.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1908. ........ 20s4
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of Febru-
ary. 1909 ..... ...........22 7s
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

Remember that you cannot be carried to success
in carriage with the hinges oiled, the backs padded
and the seats cushioned you must trudge on foot
along the dusty highway.
If you are not willing to take of your coat
and work like man you must either be loafer
your friends and relations or marry an heiress.
The heress who will take you, however, will be as
wanting in good sense as YOU are in clear grit.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

II the revenue problem of the city
o. Cairo is settled from the point of
view. of the people OF Cairo, AMI
their needs as an up-to-date. progress
sive community are fully mt, then it
will be settled right and it win net
be settled right In any other way.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Avoiding Embarrassment.

hickey, said his mother, when
you divided those five caramels with
your sister did you give her threes'
NO, ma. | thought they wouldn't
come cut even. SO / ate one fore /
began to divide United Presbyter.
Ian. :
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
ATTENTION M. 8. OF A.

All members of NJ B. of A. are ra-
quested TO meet today at l. o'clock
noon at the home of our late brother
Richard Sewers In Future CITY n
attend his funeral.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

the recipient Ofm tie least worthy for its
choicest gifts
There in the worlds history when pluck
The competition fierce that the
the swift and the battle the There
only the and qualified hope
filled with competitors, the
professions repeon and both ndeayor
only those pluck and hope withstand the strain and
ont in the esl.
Yet there still the top but cannot expect to reach
YOU pull and oe and argue and wange At the
You grit teeth and Il will
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
c;Ns,.+.ye lsl+ens< 6e4e

Gut the head off pluck and YOU have
luck, thing of different color altogether
and one which is disclaimed, disowned, re-
pudiated. ignored by pluck The latter
never looks to the former for assistance, but
depends solely on itself.
Luck shows favoritism, pluck never
does it only casts its mantle over those who
have the spirit and encourage to depend
upon their own exertions to bring them to
the front BY honest endeavor
But luck exhibits such Partially that
no one can tell on whom it may shower
its fayors without any regard to the merits
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

born equab composed that them smut
themselves the noisy world For others difficult.
For perfected experience Yet is for ALL
In the silence hear the always
proachu but In the silence nuion lu-
experience In the silence the departed
least counsel and comfort Only in the silence
feel the of God the of indwelng and rng
Impotence the three gifts feean insight.
control When the world qud when the relation
of the world life when control of the
world then hope understand and control the life
The steps of growth in this life the silence simple and direct
but for they the of the problem of character building
We realize the world fact That thought life reality
much the outside world and closer We realize the need
the outer world for supreme nterptae directive influence
and that this furnished by the life The little segment
and life with which deals presents itself confused
until apply the key of understanding and bring order and
control.
The life in the silence not reputation of the world Hindu
asceticm has it, but withdrawal the world for recovery of
pose for vision and Instruction. for renewal of strength that
may return to the world better
equipped for all demands rNot4A~e %oI4tLt< E3ahh
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
ne EIUerence.

Tnere Ia high palmistry. and then
mere is low palmistry. Low palnIstry
reads fortunes from ones hands High
palmistry takes fortunes of ones
osnds New York Evening Post
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
MAKING PROGRESS.
MOUNDS AND MOUND CITY SET
TIE MATTERS FOR INTER
URBAN RAILWAY.
General Manager Fischer Will GO TO
Marion Next--Reduction of Gas
Effective April I.

General Manager L. f. Fischer, oil
the Cairo Il St Louis Interurban rail
way, was in the city yesterday and
with Superintendent Armstrong
drove TO Mounds to confer with cit
liens and city council there regard.
ling the rightof-way through the city,
This, il is stated, was granted at a
meeting last night AT Mound City
tory. Mr. Fischer will go from here
TO Marion on similar mission. He
expresses himself as well pleased
with the state of things and hopes to
have operations begun at a lively
rate as soon as the water goes down.
Right-of-way is being secured along
the country and Mound City roads,
the idea Of asking for ii on the coun
ty road having been abandonedd.
Mr.. Fisher repeated or confirmed
the announcement made in this paper
some time ago that the price of gas
would be reduced The reduction will
be % cents per thousand feet and
will go into effect April /. This will
bring the net price to SIPS per thou
sand.
The company has been hampered
in its work on the new
power house by the water covering
he ground Work on the gas plant
las been going forward with much |
Energy AMI expedition.
Right-ofway will be asked on |
street for track to |
each the power house and another
N second street which will give the
company access to the
Iepots.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Inerad lcsble TaInt.

A few things gained by fraud de.
stroy fortune otherwise honestly
No1.-Gcrnan pToyefb.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Money In Pearl Industry.

Three thousand persons ara en-.
gagged In the she'll and peerl industry
OF the nesteIR UHit0d SIa.Ss.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
REFLECTIONS.

A stitch in time can sew I'D the
mouth OF gossip.
OF course Cupid is nervous. He is
never without culver.
That worm that turned probably
went straight back to sleep.
When the right man meets the right
girl all the others get left.
IL is better TO be cheerful idiot
than a grouchy Intellectual giant.
A freckle is a hieroglyph. indicating
that this girl has been kissed by the
sun
See, the eonquering hero comes 10 a
halt-and the yoke he passes under is
the arch of No 2h slipper.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

After careful, persistent prayer, any
earnest preacher can discern tho call
OF duty, with increased salary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

Many man has good reputation,
because people don't know what he
coneeals concerning his true charac.
ter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

selfpeeeptIon.
Bacon: Every ones reason Is bis
orfvats way OF deceiving himself
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
=
The New
Thought
No Mystery in the
New Doctrine
of Silence
BY REV. THOMAS EDWARD BARR.
Pastor Peoples Church. Milwaukee.

UGH is made in all the phases of spiritual teaching popularity
clased thought of the silence the profit of entering
into the silence.
This is not mystery 1t means withdrawal in thought
from the outer world, contemplation of spiritual things
quiet of soul Our chief occupation with the outer world
the camorous confused world We succeed in it only
to from quiet and ordered inner world to which, for
renewed strength We frequently return
This power the silence is natural. Some
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Slaughter Of the sIrds.

II is seid that the aHnual bin
siAaa -tei fof pliimes aud other decdia
Tons l. 300.0llV00.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

BY heaping Goals OF fire ON the head
OF an enemy. a man usually gets his
own fingers burned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol
lowing places:
coIeman's, 214 Eighth Street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

AT the vaudeville you can always
find that the bald-headed men get to
the front
No players batting average 10 In
creased by the number of high balls
that he strikes at night.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

You can't always measure q goo,
time by the price
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
.cYNiC PHILOSOPHY.

The rolling stone is never on the
level.
Happiness IL merely not being mis-.
cradle
You can't always measure q good
time by the price
A man can't hold his own unless he
can hold his own tongue.
A man may be all right In his way.
but he wants ii TO be In his own way.
The man who succeeds Is the one
who makes use OF other peoples mis-.
takes.
Tell lazy man to hump himself
and he will Immediately get his back
up about IL.
1t takes a good buffer to keep the
other fellow from finding out that we
are afraid to fight.
There are men who don't consider
they are taking their own part unless
they grab the whole thing.
The theory that love makes the
world go round may account for the
fact that SO many girls are giddy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Cairo, Alexander County, ,ililnois.
Population 16,147.
Clerk, X. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. THOMAS f. MAHONEY
City Attorney, FRANK MOORE.
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN
Police Magistrate. A. j. ROSS.
Chief OF Police. M. S. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 27,467
County Clerk. JESSE r. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk. ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff. FRANK z. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX. WILSON.
County Superintendent OF Schools,
PROF. s. e. GOTT
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED ID.
NELLIS.
Board Of County Commissioners.
J. j. JENNELLE, Chairman.
c. V. NEFF.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

A man can't hold his own unless he
can hold his own tongue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

The rolling stone is never on the
level
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

Happiness is merely not being mis-
cradle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16
Why
Some
Plays
Fail
By DANIEL FR0HhAN.

The you have Added they CONSTITUTE the heart OF 81
drama will no give it life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-16

A man may be all right In his way
but he wants it TO be In his own way