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" Brownies " are coming to
the New Haven " Hyperion'
Theatre.
Going to stay one whole
week, beginning Monday
March iith. Thousands of
parents and children will
come to see them, to say
nothing of the big folks.
'Twould be a great big
mistake to go away without
a Souvenir of this Brownie
Show. So before you leave
drop in to the Big Store and
get a free Brownie Souvenir.
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IttlBAI.MAECHJS, 1898
CIRCULATION:
JANOAfiT 1,1883.
LAST WEEK.
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Around the Fireside.
THE FISH POLE A3 A HEAH3 OF G It ACE.
PAPER READ BT REV C. H. SMITH, PLY
MOUTH, CT., BEFORE THE NAUGATUCK
VALLEY ASSOCIATION.
"The first men that our Savior dear,
Did choose to wait upon him here, Blest
fl-hers were ; and fish the last food was
that lie on earth did taste, I therefore
strive to follow those, whom He to fol
low Him hath chose." So sings a lth
century poet by the suggestive name of
Basse, In his "Angler's Song." It must
be confessed however in this presence
that it Is exceedingly doubtful whether
the brother man who of a Sunday morn
ing, with a lunch and line in his pocket
and a dozen hooks on the inside of the
lapel of his coat, steals out from the
town about the time of the first bell
ringing, is very intent upon following
Che Lord Jesus in adopting for the day
the profession ot Christ's disciples. But
nevertheless he is obeying the text "I
go fishing," if be does make a sad shat
tering of the Decalogue, and according
to the example of some theologians who
build mighty systems of theology on the
flimsy underpinning of garbled texts, he
may comfort himself with the thought
that he is obedient to one Bible verse.
However it is not my purpose in this
ramble afield in the interests of intellect
ual and spiritual, health to take up a cud
gel to beat the Sunday fisherman over
the head. The clergy realize that the
flsh pole cannot be much of a means of
grace to them on Sunday. They are
easting that day into
THE DEEP POOLS OP LIFE
with the sure bait ot the Word for the
landing of Immortal souls.
But on Monday they may untie the
knots in their brains by some babbling
brook or get Choler over this sinful
world baked out of them as they cast
about lu the pond from the bout for the
pickerel or bass. If it is necessary to
bolster up the art of fishing as a means
of recreation for the minister from the
Bible, we would respectfully suggest that
evn one of the prophets, Jonah, was used
for whale bait, while the fishing pro
clivities ofJPeter and James and John
are too well known to need even a word
of comment. Isaac Walton in his "Com
plete Angler" declares that "We may
say of angling as Dr Boteler says of
strawberries 'doubtless God could have
made a better berry but doubtless God
never did,' ando, if I might be judge
God never did make a more calm, quiet,
innocent recreation than angling."
There Is but one objection which I can
discern in attempting to interest the
clergy of the Naugatuck Valley in the
use of.the fish pole, and that is that if
they attempt to flih in the noble stream
which laves the borders of this fair city
of Waterbury anywhere between here
and tidewater they are more apt to catch
the cholera or a dead kitten than a live
fish.
Seriously, brethren, it is a wroDg done
to all the inhabitants along this water
course which might be one of the finest
salmon streams of New England that
the negligence of the many and the lazy
greed of manufacturers permits the fih
of the Naugatuck valley to be practical
ly annihilated by the injection of mill
refuse and city sewage into Its waters.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH
ot fish food are lost to the people of this
section, and noble opportunities for
xport destroyed, because of this defile
ment of the waiters, to say nothing of the
multitudes of green mounds which dot
over God's Acres, the victims of typhoid
fever .and diphtheria. Where is the
Jeremiah that will lift up his voice and
spare not In a loud and long Jeremiah
until the great and general Court that
slttech in Hartford shall make laws to
give us back our flab again. But I wan
der from the subject. Let us return
To have the fish pole a means of grace
and a source of comfort perpetual, there
are three things which are to be taken
into account. Let us weave our yarn
on this trinity of spindles, equipment,
bait, brains. .
And first as to the equipment. Let
no man who aspires to be a fisherman
and get genuine comfort and health,
and spiritual blessing out of the sport
imagine that it is necessary to be a mil
lionaire in order to get all the equip
ment that he needs to catch fish. A 75
cent basket, a $2 jointed ash pole and
reel, a 50 yard line and half a dozen No.
5 snell hooks, a pair of hip rubber
boots which these drifted times make &
necessity anyway, with a cast off Sun
day suit, and you can trout all the sea
son to your heart's content. In fact
there is a certain benefit I believe in hav
ing the minister get into his old clothes,
in this way of going fishing In them.
The aroma of better sermons than be
can preach now, clings about the old
suit. The parishioners and small boys
seeing the dominie in his old tags re
member once more that he is flesh and
blood. And the good man himself feels
a little of the veneer of pnlplt black
walnut trimmings rubbed oft from bis
life when he gets into that rusty old
suit and sloshes around in the brook
with his rubber boots. Beware of the
man who Invites yon to go fishing with
him and then boasts of his $50 split bam
boo rod and his gold mounted double
back action triple motion, lightning gy
rating reel and his velvet lined mink
trimmed coat. Such a man catches his
fish with a silver hook,
TRUST HIM NOT!
Like a good deal of certain kinds of
theology floating round the world, such
equipment is good only for show and
not for service.
Besides these material equipments of
which I have spoken there are two spir
itual equipments which a man needs to
pack into his mind as he packs bis lunch
into his basket. One of them is a good
ly modicum of patience and the other a
headful of sunshine. The value of fish
ing as a means of grace is that it teaches
you to be patient. The line will tangle
on the alder bush, the hook will catch
on the snag. The fish will fail to bite.
But the wise parson fisherman knows
too much to fret about it. He learns to
handle a line as he handles his grouty
deacon, with a great deal of care and
slow pulling, and twisting and turning.
To give a jerk breaks the line as it
breaks things up in the church. If the
fl-h do' not always bite, as they wll not
always do, the patient man studies the
moss on the rocks and the flowers on tbe
bank, seeing sermons In sheltered rocks
and babbling brooks and fickle currents
of. the stream." -' Then, too, if you
would be successful in tbe fishing line,
you must cast more than once into the
same pool. It takes patience to discover
whether the fish are under the bank or io
the ripples or in the middle of the stream
You must try, and try with patience in
order to succeed. So you observe the
fi-h pole becomes a means of grace in
teaching a minister to rival and eurpass
the troubled Job in the exercise of pa
tience. I am not aware that Peter ena
merates sunshine as in the catalogue of
Christian graces. It is, however,.atuong
the necessary qualifications and equip
ments for a successful fisherman. I here
record my belief that a roving, misan
thrope will have poor luck in pond or
stream. In fact there is a certain vein of
jollity. In the camaraderie of",flshermen
When we get to grumbling that we have
toiled all night and caught nothing, the
very flsh seem to hear the growl and re
fuse to bite. I suppose that we are
ministers of hope. As such we need to
exercise it all the time we have tbe fish
poie in band, as well as when we lay it
down.
BUT LET ME REEL OFF TO YOU
the second spindle which is marked
"Bait." Allow me to quote at. the be
ginning of this line of thought a little ad.
vice from Dr uray of the "Interior" in
his book on "Camp-fire musings." He
says "As for bait it does not make
much difference what you use. The
philosophy of a school offish is the same
as the philosophy of schools of men or
women, that 'blessings brighten as they
take their flight.' " You must make a fiib
believe that you do not want him to get
your bait, that it is trying to get away
from him. Then he will chase it and
catch it for the fun of the thing though
be may be already too full to eat it. My
expeiience is that tbe doctor's advice
must be taken "cum grano sails'' or per
haps with a tea-cup of salt. Bait, like
sermons, must be fresh to catch flsh. It
must be suited to its kind. You don't
catch bullheads ordinarily with the
royal coachman. You might as well
expect to save souls by preaching on
the nebular hypothesis or to attract
a Sunday afternoon street crowd
by talking about the folly of foreordina
tion as to catch 'fish with a kind of bait
they never eat. It is often to a would'
be-fisherman a means of grace to find the
bait which he would or could use. As
difficult perhaps as to hunt up a text for
a new sermon on Monday morning. It
certainly calls for the practice of the
afore-mentioned patience to grub in tbe
garden for an hour in search of earth'
worns or to get down on your knees
and chase crickets around an old hay
stack. That is a sort of knee drill which
Gen Booth has probably never thought
of, but the practice may be of service to
us in case in the fulness of time we come
to church union by being swallowed up
by the historic episcopate and kneel for
half an hour for the benediction of the
bishop's ordainiog hand. Then too in the
matter of bait a man does well, if be is
pond fishing especially, to have a variety.
A minister will not gain the highest suc
cess who always ends up bis sermon byja
few reflections on baptism and so Q. E. D
A fisherman must not always depend on
the worm. Like good bread and butter,
however, the worm is tbe standard bait
But if you arc going for bass let me ad
vise you to take along some live bait,
I gome crickets and some helgrammites,
and if you
ARE IN A FAIR SIZED TROUT
brook have a few flies to fool the big fish
with. My observation as a fisherman is
that well fixed bait, like well prepared
sermons, catch the flsh. Let the poor
worm look as natural as he can under the
circumstances, as the current floats him
down under the bank where the fat old
trout is waiting for breakfast. ' Even the
flsh seem to prefer to be caught decently
and in order. I suppose pages might be
written as to the way to use the bait
most effectively. Like books on "Homi
letics". their name Is legion. Remember
however in brief that the bait is for "the
fish to eat and not for the sun to dry up
or the mosquitoes to dance upon. Find
where the fish are and then let them have
the good food that you have prepared.
Which is also sage advice for gospel fish
erman. My third line to unreel is dubb
ed "Brains." Here the clergy need to
prick up their ears. For without brains
you will return so ofren with an empty
basket that you will become the laugh
ing stock of the small boy who uses his
In this business, as well as of your fellow
fishers, who are of the craft but not of
the cloth. Any man who will use the
brains God has given bim may be able
(when he gets into some one's presence)
to return home exultant, bringing plenty
of fish with him. Brains are necessary
in having, the fish pole as a means of
grace in order that you may observe the
weather. Find out by study whether the
sign is in "Pisces," whether the flsh are
heading up stream ; whether they are ly
ing with their tails pointing skyward and
various other wise saws of fish lore about
which the veteran will . acquaint you.
Don't as a rule expect to catch perch in
a farmer's barnyard pool. That is there
for the cows to drink from so that city
people who use the milk may enjoy thf
doctor and a siege of typhoid fever.
Don't be so blind that you cannot read
the signs "Keep off the grass" when you
go on to the up country trout brook. ; In
case you do your pocket book may suffer
to the tune of $7 and costs. Don't
imagine that the chief end of fishing Is to
catch fish. Let your brains tell you that
you are . there to get fresh air, to enjoy
nature, to see God in his creation and in
cidentally to get fish enough for break
fast. : No clergyman should descend to
the level of being a pot-fisher.
USE TOUR BRAINS ENOUGH TO LEARN
WHEN TO STOP.
Last and not least beloved, use your brains
to tie up your tongue when you are
tempted to tell fish stories after you get
home. I suspect that in no way may the
art of fishing become such a means of
grace to a minister as to teach him dis
creet silence about his catch. We shall
be tempted to talk as long about fishing
as we do in prayer meeting. The scaly
beauty we lest will be so large (in our
eye) that' be will make our auditors stare
and whisper behind their palm "the Jpar-
son lies." Use youi brains,Lbrethren,'In
tleing up the string of your tongue over
your flsh stories. . Remember as DrGray
says in one place, "As for flsh lying most
people who have good preaching at home
do not indulge in it." So as you value
tbe reputation of your pulpit ministra
tions beware of hyperbolic ministerial
licence. Your license to preach does not
cover the license on fish stories. Bear in
mind George Washington and bi3 little j
hatchet and tell only what you can sub
stantiate. - So you will preserve your
character, keep your good health and
your conscience clear if you become a de
votee of the fish pole.
Among the Horsemen.
BLOOD TELLS.
fFROM TUB MIRROR AND FARMER. J
While Rysdyk's Harubletonian has
the greatest number of eons that pro
duced speed, or were sires of accelerated
speed, in 1891, George Wilkes is first in
the prepotency of his get, these being
credited with no less than 453 perform
ers, or dams of performers last season,
which is simply enormous. He stands
champion in this respect, , . Commenting
upon this wonderful record "Grifflo". in
Turf, Field and Farm says: "This is a
most impressive Ehowing. ;- Eighty-two
sires, by one horse, responsible in a
single season for over 450 performers of
standard speed, probably one-tenth , of
the entire number, for it must be'' borne
in mind that reduced records and dams
are included. But while this horse
stands at the head there are many other
facts in it worthy of attention. The in
evitable kysdyk's Hambletonian .has
more Eons in the table than George
Wilkes, but they were not as prolific.
It is 45 years since he was foaled and he
cannot much longer be a prominent
factor in the second generation, but in
the third he will long lead all others."
John M. Wilkes, by Marabrino Wilkes
3380, is a black roan stallion, 3 years
old, dam Margy M. by Kent 5560; grand
dam Topsey by Darky 325. He is the
3-year-old that won two races at the
Woodstock (Vt ) fair in September, and
directly after his shoes were taken off
and he was turned loose in a paddock.
Last Saturday he was taken up, shod,
and given a little exercise on the ice.
Johnny Moore drove him four quarters;
tbe first in 45 seconds, the next in 37 1 2,
the third in 27, and the fourth quarter,
making one break, he covered in 36 1-4
seconds. John M. Wilkes is a smooth,
easy-gaited pacer, and being like John
R. Gentry, 2.03 3 4, and Joe Patchen,
2 04, a grandson of George Wilkes, his
friends are looking for a good horse
wben matured. So far he has bad no
regular training, and what speed he
sho w8 is natural. He stands about 16
hands, and in comformation resembles
his handsome sire. He is owned by W.
C. Danforth of the Bradlaugh Stock
Farm, Barnard, Vt.
"We are among those who rejoice in
the triumphs of the pacer, and we aie
gratified to see him take his place side
by side with the trotter ; but even if it
were desirable, which it is not, that the
trotting horse of America should be
crowded out by tbe pacer, we do not
see tbe remotest probability of such a
consummation," says tbe Kentucky
Stock Farm. "Both horses and men
will have to be created anew before any
such results can be reached. The ten
dency of the future will be, we think,
toward a closer approach to equality
between tbe two varieties of harness
performers. There will always . be
people who prefer the trotter and there
will always be those who prefer the
pacer. As Nature made both, so she
created a taste for both in the human
mind. Which will eventually be in tbe
ascendant no one can tell, but it is en
tirely safe to predict that neither will
ever completely overshadow the other.
Neither breeders of the trotter nor of
the paces need lose any sleep or suffer
and mental perturbation on this ac
count." Spirit of tbe Hub contains the fol
lowing sensible explanation -of Direct
um 'a defeat this season : "Directum,
after the race of Rigby.and Nelson, was
so sore that he could not step out of his
stall. Nelson had carried bim up the
back stretch at a fearful clip, and Hick
ok drove him every step of the way un
til they swung into the stretch for home
There were no reporters loafing about
Rigby for twenty-four hours after that
race, none there to see creep out of his
stall, hardly able to get one foot before
the other, and crawl to a sand bank,
where be lay down and rolled over in the
sand at least half a dozen times. The
roll in the sand was a better work for
him, and exercised his limbs and body
more than a half a dozen miles jogging
would have done. His. shoes were
pulled off as soon as be bad finished the
race, and be was sent barefooted to
Boston. All this talk about this horse
barring Alix, is wrong. With a winter's
rest Salisbury may be able to achieve
wonders with him another year, but we
do not believe it. The horse shot his
bolt last season and will never be able
to equal his record again." . .
; "When Hal Braden was a three-year-
old be had an attack of azoturia, the
effects of which did not wear off with
training and his death last month is
said to trace back to the old disease.
To any one who has ever had any ex
perience with i azoturia." says The
Horseman, "it Is a great wonder how
any horse, after (having been stricken
with that terrible malady, could ever be
put into form for covering a mile in 2 04,
which Braden did when he forced John
R. Gentry out in 2.03 1 4 The disease
leaves a horse very helpless in the hind
quarters, and it is a long time before he
is able to walk with any degree of cer
tainty ; tbe step while convalescing is
of the trottering, shaky kind, that makes
a man feel sorry for the brute. It is
usually brought about by throwing a
horse out of active work for a week or
so and keep'.jg op the regular feed; and
then taking him out and putting to work
again. Perhaps before he has gone a
mile at a walk or a slow jog he will
break out profusely, and the chance are
that an ambulance will be needed to get
him back to the stable. If care and
Judgement are always exorcised In feed
ing and exercising horses azoturia. will
not make its appearance, and in nine
times out of ten it is cheaper and mora
human to put a horse that has been
afflicted with thia difficulty, out of his
misery than It isto strive to build him
op again."
" Live' Farm Topics
FROM CEHTBAL C0S8ECTICUT
TOBACCO SETTERS. A NEW PLAN FOB
HANGING TOBACCO. A NOVEL DRYING
SHED.
"J. I." asks for information about to
bacco planters, of which I made mention
In some of my letters. He wishes to
know where they may be procured, and
would like to hear - from your corres
pondent as to their utility." Any dealer
in agricultural implements should be able
to say where and how these machines
may ba obtained. There are several dif
ferent makes of tobacco setters, but tbe
principle is the same in all, and each kind
does about the same work in nearly the
same way. Their utility Is undoubted
The tobacco setter, up to date, is a heavy
and rather clumsy looking affair, but it is
an ingenious mechanical contrivance. It
is drawn by two horses, and three per
sons are required to" manage it; one to
guide the horse, and the others, two
men or a man and a boy, to feed tbe
plants. The machine is regulated to re
ceive and dispose of plants at regular dis
tances apart, from 16 to 24 Inches, ac
cording to the variety of tobacco and tbe
ideas of tbe grower. The machine as it
passes along opens a cavity in tbe ground,
drops the roots of the plant into it, and
draws the soil around them. At tbe same
time water from a barrel carried on tbe
machine is thrown to the bottom of the
cavity, where the plant gets the full ben
efit of it. Slow and steady horses are re
quired; fast walkers or nervous animals
are quite out of place attached to a to
bacco getter. ,
Cabbage and other plants can be set
out with as much facility as tobacco
plants. . The backache and weariness in
cident to the old way are avoided, and
transplanting made tolerably easj for the
driver and on-lookers, but the feeders
can't stop to watch the clouds. The ma
chines cost some $50, more or less. What
is needed is a lighter and cheaper imple
ment small tobacco growers could bet
ter afford, and that might be easily drawn
by a single horse. Here in Connect'cut
most of the large growers now have o
bacco setters. The smaller planters who
do not feel disposed to buy a machine,
which they would use only a day or two
in the year, can hire men who own these
Implements, and , make a business of
transplanting tobacco during the season.
With the fields all prepared, they furnish
everything except plants,and do the work
for $5 an acre, or less. It is worth con
siderably more to transplant an acre of
ground to Havana than to seedleaf.
A gentleman in Homer, N. Y., sends
me some cuts which illustrated a new
plan which he has devised for hanging
and drying leaf tobacco. As this is a
subject of much . interest wherever leaf
tobacco is produced, I will briefly de
scribe the plar. Planks seven inches
wide, one and a half to two inches in
thickness and 14 feet in length are used
instead of poles in the sheds. Notches
are cut out of the planks on either edge
at alternate distances. Catches of sheet
iron are nailed to tbe planks over the
notches. When tobacco is hurig, the
stalk near the butt .end is slipped into the
catch, and is-held in place and prevented
from falling out by three sharp points
With the stalk grasped with both bands
it is readily drawn into the jatch. When
ready for taking down, it is said one
sweep of the arm will remove the stalks
from the catches as fast as a man nerd
move along the sides of the planks. The
planks are adjustable as to distance
apart, and may be moved into place one
by one as they are filled. Wben not in
use they may be packed away in little
space, leaving the shed free for other
uses if desired. By this plan the plants
must all be placed at equal distances
apart, and careless helpers are prevented
from hanging the stalks so that the leaves
can touch each other.: This gives a free
circulation of air around each plant,
causing - them to dry evenly, of uni
form color, "and with less danger
of pole sweat. This plan Is the device
of Charles O. Newton of Homer, N. Y ,
who believes that his system of hanging
tobacco would so improve the color and
quality of tbe leaf as to add materially to
the selling value of crop. Tbe catches
aie patented.
Mr Newton has some notions about
handling and curing tobacco that at
least possess the merit of novelty to some
extent, although similar methods have
been suggested by others. After tobac
co is cut and wilted, he thinks it should
be laid very carefully upon a low-down
wagon, wiih springs and padded plat
form. When conveyed to the drying
house, each stalk should te taken off in
tbe order In which it was laid on tbe
wagon, and banded to tbe man who is to
hang it. Such ,; care would prevent
bruising or breakage of learves. , : . ;
A curing shed, high enough for haDg
ing two tiers of tobacco plant?, he thinks
it might be built quickly and cheaply
by covering tbe aides ; with heavy
burlap curtains and the roof with tent
cloth. Between where the curtains are
fastened at the bottoji and the ground,
a space may be left open to permit a
free upward circulation of air through
all tbe banging plants alike. This,1 he
believes, will insure a better and more
uniform circulation than can be obtained
by ODen doors at sides and ends; but. if
such a method is preferred, the curtains
can be folded back so as to leave f re
quent openings.
Inventions are being developed, and
improved methods thought out, for ob
tailing better results in tbe culture and
manipulation of tobacco. The field is a
broad one.,. Here in Connecticut, a bill
is now before tbe legislature providing
for a special appropriation of $10,000 to
the use of tbe State Experiment Station,
a considerable part of which is to be de
voted !:to : experiments u in raising and
curing tobacoo. Growers of tobacco
cannot fail to be encouraged by the close
study and Attention ; now bestowed 1 by
scientific and practical men upon their
long neglected branch of agriculture.
S. B. Keach in Country Gentleman.
. HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM.
Arago, Coos Co.,-' Oregon,' Nov. 10.
1893. I wish to inform you of the great
good Chamberlain's Pain Balm has done
my wife. She has been : troubled with
? henmatism of tbe arms and hands for
six months, and has tried many remedies
prescribed for that complaint, but found
no relief until the used the Pain Balm ;
one bottle of which has completely
cared her. J take pleasure recommend
ing Ic for that trouble. Yours truly,
fC. A. Hullo d. 60 cent and 91.00 bot
tles for sale by E. F. Hawley's, New
town, and S. C. Bull, Sandy 3ook.
BLACK CLAY
We have always been headquarters
Whip Cord or CLAY WORSTEDS. We
goods that can be produced for the money, and we do not intend to havef
iinis year an exception io me rule- we
spiuciug vii Bio tins weeic men s ui&y
$10.
!Hade from the very best stock to be had and made by the well known
and reliable manufacturers of Clay Worsted, the Vassalboro Mills, of Vas-
r2 p
These goods we will guarantee strictly all wool and fast colors Aa we
have need these goods for the last 12
iiooi ii u ucsibucy iu recuiuineuuing inese Bulls. . . !
! These suits are made in the two most popular styles, single breasted
Sacks, and Three Button Cutaway Frocks, they are ftced with the same
.material as the eutside, satin piped edges, good lasting linings, narr w
stitched edges, the latest in tailoring art
j They are the best Clay Worsted Suits that can be turned out this season
if ir a $10 bill- Step in and examine them. You're not obliged to buy
They are on inspection aid for sale too.
.We are showirg something nw in
jBuff Kersey with six buttons, and lapels on pockets. The very latest fad
ifor spring wear
( New Spring Style hats ready for inspection-
MEIGS & CO,
327 Main, Cor. Bank St. Bridgeport.
BIliliXItfGS &, CSjAEZPETT
FORMERLY WITH L. W. BC0TH & CO.
CIT Y FHAfl MAO Y,
36 WALL STREET,' BRIIGEPORT, C0MN-
Can be round a full line of
PURE DRUGS and DRUGGISTS' SUPPLIES
We mean bnsi-ess and will not be undersold. Fraacriptions ear folly compounded. Agents
for the Hrcules Powder Company. Dynimitc. Fpecial atteotioe giTtn to eoua'rj trads.
In Fairfit-k! 0inity.
TRUMBULL
DEATH OK MRS EMMA ACKERMAN.
Mrs Emma Ackerman, wife vt George
Acfeerman, afcer lingering for-a long!
time with that dread disease, coneump j
tlf-n, died at her home, VTedner day,
February 26. She was a member of the '
Cor.gregat'ona'. church, unitirg in the)
early winter and possessed a ttue Chri-j
tian character. She wa a faithful, '
patient loving mother, tuddfuiy cut;
down in tbe prime of lif-, beiug but 42
years of sge. She leave., four on and
a hu-band to mourn h-r loss. The
funeral was held from her late residence
at 2 p m , Friday, Rev Mr White fficiat
ing. The interment was at Riverside
cemetery.
Mrs William Tait is recovering f-om
an attack of pneumonia and Mr Tait is
suffering with the grip.
Mrs Samut-1 French i.- confined to the
house with the grip.
STEPNE7.
W. J. Candee sold a fine pair of horses
to F. D. Clark of Milford, last week.
George S. Co!ey and wife have re
turned to their Stepney home, after vis
iting their children in Bridgeport eince
tbe holidays.
Scott's
Emulsion
the cream of Cod liver Oil, with
- Hypophosphites, is for
Coughs,
Colds,
Sore Throat,
Bronchitis,
Weak Lungs,
Consumption,
Loss of Flesh,
Emaciation.
Weuk Babies,
Crowing Children,
Poor Mothers' Milk,
Scrofula,
Aneemia;
fn fact, for all conditions call
ing for a quick and effective
nourishment Send fr Pamphlet. Free.
Scett A Bone. N. V. All Druggist. 60c and $1.
VISIT R. HATCH & SONS'
11 you neea anytnin
Wagon line they have 25 Buggies like this cut
all complete; also feather i Tup Carri
ages', Corning Carriages, Surreys, g-seated side
bar Pleasure Wagons, broad tired Farm Wag
ons. Wsgoos for the Bntcber and Baker,
The Doctor and the Undertaker.
100 Wagons different styles and kinds, all
our own make and fully
see these goods before buying elsewhere. -
11 HATCH & SONS,
NEWFAIBFIELD,
SUITS.
for Black Goods, whether in Cht viot.;
always lead in havrre the choicest I
nave satisfactory proof cf this by:
"Crswu onus for
years and never had a complaint we
vests- ' The Continental." made of
Makers
and
Betailers
of
Good Clothing
W. I. Douclas
Ql CUAE IS THE BEST.
ajfcj OnULriTFos AKINS.
. cordovan;
nKNCH 4VENAMCUXO CAtP.
t4.3 Fine CALF&KANGAmn.
3.yP0LICE,3SOLES.
2.l.7?BQYS'SCH00LSH0a
LADIES-
BROCKTONJUIS.
Over Ona Million People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
Ail our shoes are equally satisfactory
They el ve the best value for the money.
They equal custom shoes la style and fit.
Thalr wearing quatltleo are unsurpassed.
The prices are uniform, stamped on sole.
From $1 to S J saved over other mekes.
If your dealer cannot supply you we can. Sold by
E. F. HAWLEY,
Newtown,
Conn.
THE LADY OS THE PEER Has nA irreat
foretbough tn selctlng9uch means ot con
veyance aa she la thm enabled to lead all
competitors and sound the pral of Wal
lace's "Elite" Milk Crackers which are ao
kowlnrtKed the beat In the market. Inaist on
the "Elite." AUgrocera.
ADVERTISING
HATES.
Coloma 8-4 Col. l-2Col. 1-8 Col- 1-4 CXI
Sf - X
X. fV' I I
'fr- mi'i lM7 law
jl. .-i-
YEAR, $100 ' $80 $60 $48 $40
6 MOS. BO 48 88 28 24
8 MOS. 40 82 24 80 16
MONTH, 20 18 .12 10 8
WEEK,. 10 8 8 4
4 In. 8 Ia. S In Inch 1-2 la.
TEAR, $8 $25 $18 $10 $S
6 UOS. 18 15 10 6 8
8 MOS. 12 10 7 4 8
1MOKTB 5 4 8 I
I WEEK 8 251 8 1 leawoH
Local Votiafi in reyitr Type, lOo a Lint
THE NEWTOWN LIBRARY:
W1M he onen forlrawlD Bonks f Tory Tue
dav 1 to 8 p ro and 7 to' in thevnln; "ator-
,1rt. frfTK 1 t, ntoQin t-h A-wntTiS'
m tne Lainaee or
warranted. Come and
QQIUI
The Traveler g' Uuide.
HEW TORK, KKW H VPN Al KARTFOBD
BKMSHIKt IMViautM
NEW HAVKN-KorUi.9t.-A a. ir... JM p. m.
South. II a m,tp in.
SH ELTON North. lo.Hi . 4-M p. m. fou'Jj.
lOJUa-m., 7-st p.m.
STKVESSON Kortb, 10 23 a. m, 6-03 p bow
South, ld-23 a. m-, 7. 18 p jn.
UOS KOB .North . a. m ItM p. m.
South, HO.17 a. 1l.lt p. m.
BOTbKORO North, 736, lull a. m, 1J-S IjM,
6.1. 7j06 . m SuD.lay.8JU a. m. Soulfe, 10 Jl
a. m., 7-07 p. m.
BKWTOW S North. 7 44. 10-47 at IX SS. i 12
6.23, 7-1 p. m- Sunday, 8. ID a m ttouth.
7 -on, SAi 1U Oi. II Jt7 a. in.. 4-ia, J -fp m.
ounomy, e.i p. m.
BA W1.EYVI1.LE 1
LB North, W-Se a.
14-56, 4.41, 430, 70 p. m. Sunday, S37 a. m.
7 a. .
IV A1
south, 7J.lwi.t. K M, 11.1 a- in , 4 SI. 1
IS fit
i. m. uiHiav. n. m.
BROOK FlkLD JUNCTION North. IHi 11 1
- -, S.M.&.45. 7p. m huifcla, M
a. m. South. aju, 11 J a m, 4 Ju,
SAo, 6-4ii. m. mihU; 441 p. m.
BBitoKMkLD North.Bjuci, 11.15 a. m, IAS.
4 50, 7J(4 p. in. Sunday. 41. South. 4.-4T.6JU,
II a. in- 4jm, JM p. m. Sunday, 4J7 p. m.
I.ANfcAYll.LK and STILL KJ Vtd North, 8.IS
m. na , ijw, j p. m. south, a 41, 8 10 a. m.
Via. (iX p. m- Sunday, north. f-47 a. m-.
south. t5--26 d. m.
KKW MILFORU North. SJS, 11.17 a- m.. t IS.
5 36, 6.10, p. m. 6ut.day, M a. m. fouib.
SM, V.i. 10-4 a. m-.X-M,4 10, e p. m!
Sunday. 4 iu.
MfeKWlNl-VILLR North, 8A5, ll-S9a m.. 4.44,
e-z p. m. ounday .vjuajn. south, !' a.m.,
4-&4. 6.urt d. m. Sundav. 4-47 . m.
KKNT North. BV4SL II Al a.m. t-M. asa p. m.
bunday4 a. m. South, 10 3 a. 1 3. 4.1.
&Mp. m. Sunday .4 A7d. m.
4-OHNWALL KttllK,K Nolth. 9X16 a. ISjO.
4 -So. BJrt p. m. Sunday, 0-ga. m. South, 10.11
ft. m.. S.1. S JO. 5.41 a. m. Kunil.r.li n m.
.STCORNWALI North. SJ4 a. mT 1J li.
4-SO, 7JJI p. m. Sunday JtA7 a. m. South. Mu4
a- m., 4-ub, 1.SS, 4 p. m. aunilftyol p. to.
BUTSFORD TO BKItKiEfOKT.
60TSTOUU North. 7J16, IG-i a. m lijfl. 5.04.
S H. 7.05 p. m. Sunday, S.10 a. in. South. 7.17.
8.45, UJti n-m, A7. TmI pan. Sunday,
p. in -
STEPNEY North, 7-SS. 10 -it a. m, m 4
S.&5 p. m. Sunday, S a. m South, T-2s. tjut.
11.44 a. m, 4.45, 7.I6 p. m. Sunday, SJs p. m.
LONQ RI1.L North, J.22, 10.IS, 1141 a. m.;4.4J.
649 p. m. Sunday, 7-64 p. m. South, 7-4,
A4, ll-4 a. m.. 4-al. 7.21 p. m Sunday (lis
p. rn.
TEl'M BULL North. 7.16, lo.li, 11.48 . m
4.41, 6.43 p. m. Sunday. 7.47 a. m. South.
7-Ss. 8.14 11.54, a, 4-ie. 7-3K p. m. Sunday!
tO.40 p. ITS.
BRIIXiEJ-OKT North. 7ju5, to, 11. 1C a. m, 4 AO.
6 -M p.m. Sunday, 7A5 a. m. Arrive, 7A0.
a. li-lo, 4,10, 7-4J p. m. SnDday7.ua
p. m.
DAJIBUBT DI VI 81 OS.
OANBCRT North. 60, J.s.ju,8.10. WSJ, a.
m., SJO, 4.18, JO. . p. m. ouii. s.10, 7 JO.
J. a. m., li.40. 4-i3, &57 p. m. bun.lay, cuts a.
rn.. ft.Ctt p. m.
BETHEL North, SA6, 7.35, 10.4 . u.,
S.S4. S.OS, 4.4a, 6.46 p. m. Sunday. 10.17 a. mZ
8.20p.m. South, 6.17, 7-S4 10 ot, a. in-, 17.
t'. 7-t. 1- in. Sunday, 8.1i a- m, 4.1Sp.m.
REDDLNU North. 7JB a- m, ls, Mi
p. m. Sunday. 10.11 a. in.. 8.13 p. m. South,
64 a. m., 7.10, p. m. Snnriav. 8.1 S
a. in., 5.18 p. m.
8ASFORt North. 7.iOa. ui, 1.S4, SJM p. m.
Suuday, 10 08 a. m., in p. in. routu, Sj sv
m.. li-M, 7.1S p m. Suuday, 8.2 a. m..4-l p.
111.
BUANCHVILLE North. 7.1S, 10.35 p. m, SJ7.
5.37, 6 JO p. tn. Suuday, 10 a. in., 8.i p. m.
South, a.34, 7.53, 10.18 a. m, l.Oi. 4.44,7.11 n. tu.
StiniUy, . a. m., 5. ia p. m.
EOtttiEToWN North, 7JW a. mi-IS, lil p.
m. Sunday, -57 a, m, 7 .48 p. n. South, J
p. m, l.ua, 7.36 p. m. Sunday. 8 Jl a. ui-, 4JU
p. m.
NEW YORK A SEW ENULAJTD R. R.
Oc-oberis, law.
Went 8 a- m, S p. on.
SfrWTOWN-Eaut f7J0 p. m. Wrt f8f
a. m, ri-Vt p. m.
flASDY HooK-Kbm ij.'j fjj .
Vi -t 8.48 a. dj 2-48 p. m.
80UTHBURY fcaet ! 7-S7 p m. West
S-3e a m; iJt p. m.
tTrins atnn hi lgnaJe4 wly .
SHFPAl'G RAILROAD.
November la, ImW.
BETHEL Leave 7.-7 a. 111, S 1J p. m.
Sunday S.12 a. m. Arrive Hi, , to- M.
t. tn Sundav 6.14 n. in.
, HA W LEY 1LLR North. 45 a. ro p. m.
-unday, JS a. ni Leave lor Betknl M a.
I m., 4 3o p. iii Sunday, p. at.
ISHEfAL't. North, iu t. ui-. t&44 p. m.
' Sunday, rrt-4 a.ui. South. a mf 147 p.
I m. Snmlay, iJSe p. m.
OXBURY FA LI- North, if-Sta-m.. 'iM
p.m Sumtav, tej; a m. soulh.mfO s-n, (4.44
I p.m. SniKtay, fS.JS p. m.
' - - ., u I . 1U. OUU-
day, y.10 a. m. Soulh. .U a- m . s 51 r. m.
St'nday, 4 15 p. m.
JCII" BailtuE North, t!0. a. m, WX p.
m. Sunday, ti.17 a- in. south, ts.4 a- m-
tS 03 p. m. 8un.ly, UXO p. in.
WASHINGTON North, 11.07 a m, 0.17 p. m
Snndny. 9.37 a. m. South, J3 &. n i io n
m. Suuday, 4k p. m.
SSW PftKiTOX-Xorlh, ll.IT . m, t!I p. tti
Sunday, a.43 a. m. Sooth, S-4H . na 3.1 j Jn.
8unlay. 4-1p p. m.
ROMf UhO North. 11 Jl a.m tfcJo p ni. gun
day, a. m. South, b0 a. m- tiXt p.m.
Sundav. 4 n. m.
MOH11KS Nortli. 11 40. tJS n. m. Run
day, !0.o a. m. South, tet li a tn 1 At b. m.
Sunday, 4.18 p.m.
BANTAM North, I3.pjii&44 p. m. Suurtay,
10 s. in. booth, a- a- 1 -Sv p'. m feca.
dar,4j7 a. m.
LaKK-N't-rih, mot p m..ifA p.jr. St-cdav.
t!04 a. m. South, te4 a IS., 1liJ pn. ena.
nay, jh p. m.
UTCHHr-LD-Arrive W.lSjp n,, tSJp. ra.
Quuiiny, iww in. POULn, a2U a, IP. 144 p
m 8tudny. SAO p. cc
PIANOS
"Merrill"
"Smith
Wflcox & White
iORGANS
Sewicg Machines
ALL FIE ST CLASS. KOIE fi SITES. F&ICEB
LO'y.
Osborne,
STEPNEY, - CONN
THE
jerlin Jron Jjridge (o
OP EAST BKKLIX, t'OSX.,
Cam sell Y"ot? A
GOOD IRON i STEEL ROOF
KS"At 2 1 -iic per sir. lot.
Writ" then :r putlc lars.
MR3W.0.TRASK,
il ax utactorer ol
and Ladies' Hair Work.
Combings atraigbtened, roots all on tray,
apecfaliy,
KTDDLEBCST. COHX.
Write for ti lfinnur; nikir ttinp.
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Send model, aketchorphutofaphof ii.vetunjn. with
description and statement as loadranixf-e. claimed.
W flmrfre in tnarfe far in. opinion ma ia
pnlr-tqbUiti, and my tee lor pro&ccutirig th
applicatioa tr-Wi mnt 4m tlM fur VHtifihi
pntnu iJt aiiomeO, 1nvb1'oks' t;oIOI, cm.
tainlng lull Information sent free. all fiailBtat
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