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Newtown Bee. Leader VOLUME XX. NEWTOWN, CONN., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1897 EIGHT PAGES. NUMBER 13. Ft THE CONGDON & CARPENTER CO., j-Iron & Steel, Carriage Hardware, Blacksmith and 438440 WATER STREET, i Halt a cent Dliys enougll Co., Sherwin Williams, John W. Masury & Son, Devoe & Shrrwin - Wjw iAMS PAINT Raynolds Co., Paste and liquid colors, Atlantic, Jewett & -vi v.-yc nn square loot of surface. HALLOCK'S HARDWARE STORE, DERBY, CONN. We have a few more of those large WOOD HEATING STOVES! On hand which we would be glad to part with just now for very little money. We will sell them to you at first cost rather than carry them over. If you are expecting to buy in the fall allow us to say you can save money with interest buying now at 3HE .Sl Hjb SANDY HOOK, KID GLOVES FOR SPRING! SPECIALS: One lot 4 button in Tans and Black, at 50c pair. One lot 2 clasp in Tans only, at 75c pair. REGULAR GOODS. Genuine French Lamb Skin Gloves, in Tans, Modes, Ox Bloods, white, Butter and Black at $1 pair. Also a Full Line of the CELEBRATED "MAGGIONF GLOVES In Tans, Modes, Browns and Blacks. MC LEAN BKOTHERS, 211 MAIN ST. 245 Main Street, (Formerly Danbury Dry DRY GOODS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. For Up - STATIONERY And all the latest reading . a call H H. JACKSON, sru u ATN STREET. f.V.lltlH, 0liMllWl, BRIDGEPORT SAFE DEPOSIT AND STORAGE VAULTS. "e Deposit Box... Marsh. . 1 rantw! at reasonable rates. JMorWln Kortagea on Brulepott. " '."'vT.fnSr"- MainSt WaWjaman, . IE3ic3rcles The unprecedented success of the Dayton Bicycle, its instant recognition by experts as the coming leader, and its rapid growth in popularity among appreciative riders the world over, nas torv ol the past two years. Be sure and give us a and second-hand wheels on prices. ILTcrw is tls.o Tlrrxe to i We have a full line always one Sterling lead, Dean's linseed brushes and dusters. Prices -AT- 31b S 9 CONN. DANBURY, CONN. 9 Danbury.Conn. Goods Co., Main St.) to - Date SUPPLIES! in books and magazines give us BRIDGEPORT. CONN J htert Allowed Vaan. vvpomm. , -THE- 6c Tandems . Decome a part 01 me oieycie nis call before purchasing. New hand at all times, and at all Tinners' Supplies. BRIDGEPORT, CONN in stock", II. W. John's M'fg. oil, Japan Drier, Tainter's are Right WM. B. SNIFFEN JEWELER -AND- OPTICIAN SANDY HOOK, CONN. POBTEAIT PHOTOGRAPHER, : Has Inst received new and elegant back grounds and accessories lrom new designs especially adapted to the latest style ot pic tures. All work ot the highest grade ot ex cellence. 2 MAIN ST., DERBY, CONN. THE ALBANY DENTISTS, 388 MAIN STREET, 0pp. Cannon St., Bridgeport PAINLESS DENTISTRY AT MODERATE PRICES. WHITING'S A SPECIAL SALE OF WHITIBG'S PAPER, PAPER Five quire package Whiting's satin wove or oream laid 30c, usually 60c. 126 Envelopes 26c. Post Office News Room, NO. 11 Jr. O. AftUADJS, Bridgeport, Conn. XTXWTOWH SAVINGS BASK Newtown 11 conn. ineoroorated 1866. PHILO CLARKE. President: C. H. NORTH ROP, Treasurer. HOURS a. m. to S p.m.; atonaays, i to p. m. Paul U. Sunderland, M. D., Phjiieiaa and,iSurg;9on, Nichols' Block, Cor. Main ft White Streets, uanoury. Residence. 72 Elm St. Honrs : Until 9 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m jr Leave orders at Grand Central Hotel. nawwwn. , . . . EDWABDS M.SMITH, M.I). FHTSXCUL&T AJSTD STJHQBOdT, Offias aad Besidsaet Sivtova Stntt. Tttepheas OoaaMtioa. . DR JAMES W. G0BD0K, jtujroivuut sum wiugouu, BANDY HOOK, CONN Renidenoe at Mrs P. Callahan's, house, o posits the old mill. Bull's drug store. Telephone call 8. D. P. KICUAKDSOU, M, PHT8ICIAS AID .SURQEOH, Offios ana R3idna. Sandy Hook. D. Telephone Connection at Ball's. Drug Store JDK It. S.TODD, Veterinary Surgeon, . Sew Milford, Conn Will be at Leonard's Jiotei, mesctay mornings until further notice, and at Bail's irug htore in afternoon. A. W. OltlSWOIiD, M. J)., PHYSICIAN 8CSGKON, Office and Resldenoe, F. A. Bennett Place, srooKneia. -leiepnune, rr . .seen - lei's Store. CKIxEST A. EEJTKBICT, IS. D., PbytleiaB ui Sorgson, , I.StaU St, BrifieepM t. KlMtrioit 0B)l of tbt Ul.rapeBtl agtcU. Of. Sm kswl fnm 10 a, m. to U m m 4 p. wmmmmmt mi 1 i . i i ji.h 1 1 r New Houses For Sale. Bargain Prices and Very Easy Terms. 1 Cottaee, Beeehwood Ave. 2. Two Family House, Beeehwood Ave. 8. Cot tage, Poplar St. 4. Cottage, Gem Ave. 5. TwoFamily House, Seaview Ave. 6. Cottage, Seaview Ave. 7. Cottage, Jackson Ave. Inquire oi BRIDGEPORT, CT , ) WALL STREET, A. G. BAKER'S AD Do you want to buy a piano? We have a good assortment in stock now to select from in all the different styles of wood. Now don't fail to call upon us before you buy. We are willing to stake our reputation on these pianos and in addition to the manufacturers' warrant we will personally guarantee every one of the high-grade instruments sold. We have a very large and well selected stock of goods on hand, suitable for the regular trade. Fancy Rockers, Chairs.Tables, Desks, China Closets, Pictures, Bamboo Work, Blacking Cabi nets, Foot Rests, &c. Carpets, Rugs and Mattings. Remember we deliver goods free of all freight charges any- wheie within 50 miles of Ilaw- leyville. A.G. BAKER, Hawleyville, Conn. FIRE INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE, INVESTMENTS. jmW Just now I nave a sale 7 per cent Invest ment tor a limited amount. B. H. MATTOON, Pythian HsU, Watertova, Gona Telephone. F.H.BASSETT, 6BADUficiAH from one of the leading optical institutes In New York with 18 years experience, and all the latest optical instruments, I can guaran tee satisfaction. Examination FREE. 79 H0KTH MAIN ST, WATEEBUEI, CT. DR F. G. ATWOOD. Graduated Veterinary Physician and Surgeon. 3-Orders by telegraph or telephone romptlv attended to. Local Telephone call o. umce ana Hospital, Minortown, conn. FIRE INSURANCE Old Ssliabls Companies. Lowest Sates. W. A. LEONARD. Newtown, Conn. JAIECHILD & MEAD, General Insnrases And Real Estate Agents, (U FAIRFIELD AVEHUB, BRIBGEP ORT, C0BN Warner Building, Boom 3. CHAELES JONAS, MERCHANT TAILOR, Church St., Newtown Conn. COUGHIiTN BROS. Bridgeport. DE1XKBS IH FIHK GOLD WALL PAPEES, OIL TIBTS. FRESCO BORDERS, DECORA- HOBS. WIHDOW SHADES, FIXTURES, XTO. A. W. Orgelman, Manafaetnrer ad 4Ur in Earana, Bsddlii Bridlei .CoUari, Blanket!, ats. . W.E.BATTAM, New Milford, Conn- DB B. K. SUOPP, All Anesthetics administered. Office Honrs: 9 a. m. to S. p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays vx Wasnlngton. uuxumuanyuuij!,, vunrt. E. STONE. NEW SPRING ATTRACTION! Thousands ot dollars worth ot new and seasonable Dry Goods at extremely low prices . DRESS GOODS- Never wbb our assortment 1 irger than now nor our prices lower than this sea son, we are showing the very latest styles in ail wool goods and exclusive effects from 25c to 75c per yd. SILKS. 1000 yards of Fancy Tafleta Sllfe suitable for Waists, worth 59c per yd at 39c yd; ueuer goous ai oho, wis ana iOc. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. We have just received and open for sale and inspection a larfje-nvoice ol . Ladies' Suits, Spring Jackets and Separ i ate skirts, Bicycle Costumes, etc. SPECIAL. 120 pieces of White Towelling, going with a rush, good value at tc yd only 3e. El- ST02STB, 229 MAIN STREET, DANBURY, CT- D0LLAKS AND SENSE! It Takes Sense to Win Dollars. We Help You. Our Graduates are Bread Winners Begin at Any Time. No Classes. Nearly a Hundred Now Enrolled- Stillman College, 276 MAIN ST. DANBURY, CONN. Business and Shorthand Circulars. Send lor MARTIN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF STENOGRAPHY & TYPEWRITING. Booms S3 to 87 Sanford Building. 403 Main St. , Bridgeport. Have in use in their Typewrit ing department, the Reming ton, Yost, Smith Premier and Franklyn typewriters. DO YOU WANT! PIPES! For'Kailing and t encing For. Carrying Water? O tttit T ni For Water Flumes, OilililjljO; For Water Tanks. TANKS! BoJ: KjfW e Also Buv Scrap Iron and Met als. The Bridgeport Iron & Metal Co. HOTJSATONIC AVE., BRIDGEPORT. aper, AT 4e PER ROLL- We have now in stock most artistic and largest line ot Wall Papers ever shown which we are selling at very low prices. White Lead, Mixed Ppints, Oil Colors, Oil, Varnish es, Brushes, Glass, etc at very low prices. W. W. WALKER & SON, 500 Main Street Bridgeport, Conn. FIRE INSURANCE! LOANS WantedJ"on 'first-class real Estate. RENTS Collected and Property Cared For. -FOB Carriages, Wagons, Buggies, Sleighs, Heavy and Lidit Sleds. Harness, Blankets, Lap tt- -. tt 1UI1US oi noise ruimsumg AT VERT LOW PRICES, GO TO 3". L. 266 MAIN STREET, Second Floor, DANBURY, CONN. Opposite Danbury & Norwali Railroad Depot. 30 3CE.3D OP HOESES ! Just arrived. Farm and .Business VV agons, uarts, ourreys, Traps, Runabouts, Harness, Robes, Blankets, etc. Ask to see r ' - - t, - i TOOT T: 1 C'QA our special $ Harness. t is a up to $125. Solid rubber iires CT OI-iTJlWEBXTiS STABLES, PECK & LINES' 157 to 181 Middle St-, BURR & KNAPP, Bankers and Brokers, 363 Main Street, - - - BONDS, STOCKS, MORTGAGES STEAMSHIP AND 1 sold on available TAKE NOTICE! A regular first-lass dinner served for 260. Electric fans. Good service guaranteed. lve us a call. C-R. BLANCHARD, 81 FAIEFIELD.AVE, BBIDGBlrOJiX. Kext Door to Park City Theatre HORSE BLANKETS! and everything else In that line ot fur nishings. Bvery size, quality and ' price. Repairing a specialty. WILSON & W00STEB, S91 Water St., Bridg8B0rt,CL NEWTOWN'S CENTRAL MARKET 3. H- BLACKMAS, Proprietor. Native Beef. - Newtown Street. NEW HAVEN. F. M. BROWN. D. 8. GAMBLE. F. M. BROWN & CO. oun OPENING DAYS QF EASIER BEAUTY AND SPRING STYLES IN MILLINERY, CAPES, SUITS, SEPAR ATE SKIR1S AND WAISTS, GLOVES, PARASOLS, SILKS AND DRESS GOODS, OCCURS ON MAECH 31, AND APRIL 1. SPECIAL OFFER INGS IN 27 DE PARTMENTS. FREE FARE one way on all purchases of $10 or over within 30 miles of this city. NOTARY PUBLIC. G-a,xza.ex Sc ROOM 7, SANFORD B'L'D'G, BRIDGEPORT Correspondence Solicited. Robes, Whips and all -n : u : Dargain. xoo t uivyw, put on at our own lactory. unagenon uona . - - tfridgretiort. uonn AND DEBENTURES. INSURANCE RAILROAD TICKETS er'cent. Deposits received subject to draft and Interest commission. lureijfa uixu ua ejLuuuaiKo. in all parts ol Europe. WITH OB WITHOUT PI.4.TBS. piafPB that fit well, look well, are easy to wen.r and that vou can eat with as easily as with natural ones. Crowns and Bridges that enhance the beauty ot the mouth, and that are strong and durable, warranted 82k Gold, at half usual prioes. All operations painless by our new painless process. BOSTON DENTAL CO., 4!M MA1JX sr., J3BiiiBjrijir. DR E. S. WARNES, DR 0. M. PENNY, !5ES:. EUtlft Local Afiairs. 'Aunt Martha" A Lively Corpse. THE FIRST SELECTMAN AND A GEXIAL CW DEBTAKEU SENT FOR TO "PREPARE FOR BURIAL '-AUNT" MARTHA EDWARDS. SHE PROVES A LIVELY CORPSE. A good story has leaked out in which our chief public official. Mayor Hubbel), and a genial and well-liked undertaker, played a prominent part. As Is well known "Aunt Martha Edward?," a col ored lady 70 years or more, liyes with her husband In a small cottage in Sugar street. They are assisted in their ad vanced years in supplying the necessar ies of life by the town, and this is how our highly esteemed mayor came to be a leading figure in the drama. "Aunt Mar tha,' it seem;, is subject to poor spells and on a recent morning was taken with one and fell in a swoon on the floor. Miss Peck, a neighbor's daughter, went over to the house to see if she could help the old lady, and found her prostrate upon tbe floor and apparently in a sinking con dition. Her brother, a young man of IS or 19, hitched up his horse and drove to the Street to notify the doctor that she was very sick. His imagination must have got the better of .him, and by the time be reached the depot he bad "Aunt Martha" dead, and so notified Mr Hub bell. Prompt to do his duty he hitched up his trotter and started to find Mr Mor ris, to attend to the necessary duties be fore burial. Seizing his satchel, contain ing the instruments used in the undertak ing profession, he joined the mayor and they started for Sugar street. Mean while Dr Judson had visited the old lady and after administering restoratives re turned to the Street by the uppei road. The mayor and undertaker went by the lower road and so did not pass. Arriving at the house, Mr Morris seized bis satchel and started nimbly up tbe walk, when he was accosted by Neighbor Peck,the fath er of the young man who had spread the alarm. He informed them that the old lady was very much alive, and Mr Mor ris glanced through the window he saw her eDjoying a cup of tea. He quickly returned to the carriage and the town of ficial and the undertaker started for home, doing some heavy thinking on the way. Meanwhile the young man respon sible for the amusing situation has been reciting that well known maxim, "Be sure you are right, then go ahead." THE SCIENTIFIC FAEMJJTQ QUESTIOS- U. W. WRIGHT ASKS A FEW QUESTIONS OF REV O. O. WRIGHT. Mr Editor : As a reader of The Bee and a farmer I would like to ask Rev O O. Wright what he calls "Scien tific Farming?" I am as vet a voudp man. Farming Is my occupation and .likely to be for aught that I know of in the future. I was born in a town in this state that has been called the garden of New Ergland and have seen the sum of $700 and $S00 taken from one acre of ground from tbe raising of farm pro duce, a good sum of money some will say, and yet tbe management of that farm was not on a scientific plan ; far from it. Still the owner made money. I have a small farm which if near a good market, I could make a bonanza farm out of and realize handsome profit. As it is now I am 10 miles from the nearest city and that not a very good market ; 13 and 16 miles to the nearest other two cities. Now the markets for what we here in Newtown raise on our farms as to distance is far from a scientific basis. We can not all own farms near the city so as to have a near market for onr farm products. As to scientific farming very few farmers here In Newtown as in any other town in like position can attain a scientific point of view and make money. I have- often been aeked this question : "What is a man to do who is poor and has a poor farm? What can be do to make even a living?" Well the position is worth a great deal of time, experience and study for any one to giye an answer to that man that would be safe for him to follow. If I dared to offer advice to the above it would he this : If he has good health and habits, is industrious and is possessed of a fair share of good common sense, he has a chance to Im prove his farm and his fortune. One thing, is requisite and that is faith. If this is weak it must be strengthened by exercise. Work hard but do not be & drudge. A few hours' labor will accom plish a great deal and encourage one to continued effort. Be prompt, systema tic, and here I'd drive a big nail, go to bed eacly as yon can. Get up when you wak-, but take sleep enough. A man better be home abed than at the tavern or grocery telling stories. I mean this as a rule. ' There are exceptions in all cases. Keep up with the times, read and study papers and books devoted to ycur occupation. . But don't rely,, on these altogether. Agriculture is an art and must be followed as such. : Science will help and help you wonderfully, But ! it never has and cannot dispense with Industry. Chemistry throws a great light on the art of cookie g, but a far mer'a wife, if a good cook, will cook a turkey better than a Lie big. It mutt t the practical experience that's to be your best teacher in all things. Now if Brother Wright can go into the details of scientific farming, I for one who am ever ready to learn anything that will be of profit to me either intellectually or financially. I should be pleased to hear from him. kWho knows but that we the people of Newtown are on tbe eve of a new era. Things are pointing trat way in many respects, but the end of many things is not yet. So speak I for tbe present. H. W. Wright. THE BEE BUZZ. OUGHT TO BE IN EVERY COMMCNITr A TEACHER OF THE CIVIL LAW. It is said that tbe best lawyers make a constant and thorough study of the Holy Scriptures; because all good government is based upon the principles of right, equity and justice ; and all law, in the highest sense, is the will of God. The end of the law is the greatest good ot all. Law-makers may err, and the law may be of none effect because public opinion is . indifferent or opposed to it, but the intention of the law is the high est welfare of the people who live under it. Now it seems to me that as the law yer studies the Bible because the civil law is founded in the moral and relig ious relations of men ; so the minister of the Gospel, the moral and spiritual teacher, the prophet and priest of God, ought to be a student and teacher of the civil law ; because the public statutes embody the highest ethical and the deep est spiritual convictions and opinions of the people who rule the state. If the civil law is according to the righteousness of God then crime and sin are one whenever the law is violated. It has always been the duty of the prophet of God to rebuke sin and crime. It is the duty of the minister of the Gospel to proclaim and defend the civil law when ever the civil law and the morel law are one, and whenever the religious welfare of society is at stake. It is the duty of the priest and prophet of God to teach the people righteousness in all tbe rela tions of life, social, civil, industrial and financial, as well as religious, else tbe preaching of tbe Gospel of the Son of God is a failure. Indeed, what sort of religion must it be in any community where there is not moral stamina enough in it to enforce the civil law against the vice, crime and public abuse which make the very name ot the place a symbol of corruption and disgrace! How can a good churchman, for instance, go on and on, praying the Almighty Lord 'to bless and preserve all Christian ru'- ers and magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth," and still do nothing to enforce the law which is continually trampled under tbe feet of the lawless? If men were will ing to testify in court what they are say ing in private, there might be a different moral atmosphere. There ought to be in every community a teecher of tbe civil law. The laws ought to be published and explained to the people, not simply for the sake of knowlege but for the moral effect. Many times people do not understand the mor al effect of public abuses because they do not know the law. How many, for instance, ever heard of the following Act? PUBLIC ACTS, SESSION 1895. Chapter CXLI : An Act conoerning leports ot public officers. Be It enacted by tbe Ben- ate and House ol Representatives in General Assembly, convened. Section 1. AH reports or returns, in any re spect concerning public finances, or the re ception or disbursement of pnblio fond?. made by selectmen or treasurer ol towns, and auditors or treasurers ot ciliea, regularly In the line of their respective official duties, to any body, meeting, or committee acting In a public capacity, shall be verified by tbe oath ol the person (or persons making the same. Section 2. Every per on who shall so veri ty any return or report, known to him to be false In fact, or which In any material re spect intentionally snpresses or conceals the truth shall be imprisoned in a jail not more than six months, or fined not more than $J0O, or both. Approved May 23, 1895, - . O.O.Wright. Hermon H. Peck has set out two hand some maples in front of the residence of Lawyer W. J. Beecher. They are the largest trees that have been transplanted hereabouts. Mr Peck has rigged up an ingenious contrivance for unloading and carrying the trees. ' Arthur T. Nettleton attended . the funeral , of his aunt, Hiss Carrie P. Nettleton, in Brldgewater, on Sunday, in company with his brother, Joseph Nettleton, of New Milford. William Howard Baldwin of Hawley ville and.Miss Belle Brown cf Bedding were united in the holy bonds of matrimony on Friday afternoon, March 19, at tbe parsonage, by Eev Otis W. Barker. The happy couple will make their home with the groom's parents, Mr and Mrs William Baldwin of Hawleyville.-