‘ - Mr. Mid Mrs. William 8. Folunt. ‘ " "I ‘ The members of Mayflower ‘WM mum Ml! “tighter your ear. the ‘t of the now were at» n we r . the welbhbotvn d visits mental. will leave tomorrovtv Resonator. sums his studies at Pennington Elem~ inary. Mr. Benedict has been spend- ing the holiday vacation at his home in Hall Norwalk. and his many friends have been pleased at the opportunity to greet him. Ml‘. Benedict is high ly regarded at the school. as well as here. as is shown by the honors be- stowed upon him Last year he was editor-inchlef of the school publica- tion. a very meritorio s one in its class. and he is now it airmen of nth pupil Robert Scalzl 8' desires customers at his clean ton- . 7 ury. are guests in town of role. urea tot: blur the New Year period thy Wiioltwlre. of New Britain. is . ‘ over the New Year holiday of (invoice Levy. of the Washington bridge. Wit s most of the stores will be closed all dpy today. several of the business concerns. including the Cres- . cent Laundry. will have a regular working day. Donna B. Foiant. young daughter of of south Osborn avenue. is a guest of her rebut; Mrs. Henry R. DeWitt in Kings. ton,'1itis:w, York Mr. and Mrs. William'ii. Baker and sun. of Billie avenue. left Saturday af- tampon for Yonkers. New York. to be guests over New Yearr of Mr. link are brother. Percival Baker. em captain Albert Ayers has been quite ill for several days but is now getting along very nicely. He is at present firm on his sleep Albert. which is io- at the rear of the Crescent Mandi-y. ' The song people last week took to aka 3 on the harbor and found it quite between the Washington street bridge and Norwalk. especially in the vicinity egos-tor ahoii Point. but the rain yesterday put an end to the sport. captain George W. Bell. of Second street who hale been seriously ill for several weeks. is now getting along very nicely at his home He is not yet well enough, however to resume ‘. his duties at the Benedict Farms Haf- tier store. Hook and Ladder Company wil be out in I, force today. entertaining numerous ex- . booted guests. This firemen will have open house throughout the day and evening at their line headquarters in Van Zandt street. A party of lllaat Norwalli young peo pie went to Wilton Saturday night and attended an old fashioned “hoe down' dance and had a fine time. The trip was made by carryali and the new fear was quite well established before hey reached home. i Tile regular meeting of the East walk lmveine at Association will held Tlil‘uesd January 3. at 3: 80 will he held in the aytlowr se in Van Zandt 'mrecaz‘dnl fingerleral meeting Board of Direc listing at 3 o 'clock. The week 3;," “‘ng 3‘ services at the As z ‘ exist Church will eulas‘ They will . ' li luillng Friday. but feudal. special aar- ted they will be resent week. as custom for sev in! L. Hll. who with his wife. name re from Detroit for holiday season, gbgought wblth nun Ire a as can so- is "it a“! Thai of the sur- gchuntry.‘ tli which he is liar. this mMbelug his home. Mr. Hill . employ of the party. of New serial parlor. where yen will get the best workmanship. Also ii full line of Cigars and Tobacco. Miss Maria Mlllspaugh is ill. Mrs. Mortimer-L Weed has bud a new house started on her property in Cudllpp street. The Reliance Social Club will hold their regular meeting tomorrow after- noon at 8 o‘clock. Miss Mabel Thomas and niece, Miss DOWdy. of Cambridge. Miissachusells. are guests at the residence of Rev. William H. Thomas. ...—"W”... . .-.. .... Russell Griswold, who attained not a little notoriety sort-val months ago. is now said to be on the stage in New York. in Joe Weber‘s company. Albert Lynch. who has recently been located in Lynn. Muse. has been spending the holidnys at his purmtis' home here. and will assume another position this week. Mr. and Mrs. Curt illing have re- turned to their home in Leonie, New Jersey, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Lynch. They have mentiy moved into a new house in that place. Th: fou’utlntion is completed for the removal of the Tuthlll residence, which has recently been purchased by Wll item .1. Kent, and the building will be moved to its new location in a few days. Mrs. Susan C. Petty and son. (‘haries R Petty. of Raymond street. are are spending New Yeni' s at a family reunion at the residents MI and Mrs. John R Petty, iu Btai port, Long island. W A series of revival services was started in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday evening. and despite the decidedly unpleasant weather there was a large attendance. and much interest was manifested The service was conducted by the Rev. Richard Tiader. who has had much ex‘ variance in this work. The cantata, Santa Has the arm. was repeated very successfully in the Rowayton Hose Company’s quarters. Saturday evening. There was a attendance. and the proceeds. which will go toward the new furnace in the chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church. were very satisfacwrv. The heating apparatus was used for the first time yesterday. The youths and some of the older people of the village. Saturday night. celebrated the outgoing year and wel- comed in 1911. There was the great- est din which has been noticed here in years. Powerful whistles were biotin. bells rang and there were tin horns. and other noise producers which kept the residents awake for fully an hour. ! The Rowayton Yacht Club held its annual New Year’s eve smoker. Bat- urday night. in one oi the parlors of the Hotel Mshackemo. About a desert members were present. and the affair was an unqualified success. Commo- dore it. iJvlngston mickey was at the head of the arrangements. a guarantee that everythi moved smoothly an. to the satisfac on of everyone. All are looking forward to the event which will usher in the next year. ' The books listed below will be ready for circulation at the Bowsyion Library. Jenner 3. 1911: Bonita added l’ purchase: , twillful-Fiction. Burns. late :Poeticai Works. W Gage. ,. Palestine. _ Fiction. New Jersey. to se- . Five Little Peppers Midway. Five Little Peppers Gorwn Uil inronslo Poppa The Stories Polly Pepper Told. The Adventures of Joel to Mr. Five Little Peppers Abroa Five Little Panels at School. ' Five Little Peppers and Their Friends. Ben Poppa Five Little Peppers in the Little Brow House. Dou t Miss SpeCiai Sale Saturday. December 31 Boston Grocery Co... Tel. III-3. DIIILI IUILDlNI Mill till Illiiliilll. The Norman lieights fire company is planning to have a supper and dance at the fire house on Tuesday evening of next week. The new year broke in upon Darlen very peacefully and quietly and finds the inhabitants in an ordinary happy frame of mind. ilurlng the year there have been no extensive calamitiesin the town. though a number of proml neni titizt-ns have been called to their final rust the last to pass on being the late runner Bonnier Munsbury. who died only last week. ~40 John Davis. a well-known ilnrivn painter. was very seriously injured a few days ago in ii peculiar manner and is now undergoing realiucut iii St. Luke‘s Hospital i New York city. Mr. llavla fell all some ice neur lbi“ Oberlsuidut- llifll‘t' on the turnpike and was fearfuily ruptured. Everything possible was done for him here by Dr. G. H. Norton. who advised his removal to a hospital. Mr. Davis was taken to New York by ilnnfcrd Smith. a The body of a man found on Thurs day night on tho railroad at (ileu- brook has [con identified as that of George W. Savage. who was s foreman in the employ of Contractor Shelton. of Newton. The identification was made by R. P. Shelton. Jr. Mr. tissue was about 33 years of age and s as live of Augusta. his. where ho had reintivcs. lie was not married. The remains were forwarded to Augusta Saturday evening by onerous a Mac- key. undertaken. llarrled fifty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Stevens. of 39 Greenwich avenue. Stamford. are to here a gold on wedding celebration on Tucadny neat. from 3 p. in. until 6 p. in. They have invited their frinnds'and act it- ibors to help them celebrate the a ‘i versary. Everybody knows hit. Bie- vans. He is a New York messenger. and for upwards of twenty years be has been melting daily trips between New Yorlrand Stamford Three years ago he fell on a pavement in New York. and hurt his kneecap. The is- iury left him lame. and it troubles him not a little in very cold weather Not withstanding this and his threoscors and more years he misses but few trips to the Metropolis week in and out. The house at 89 Greenwich avenue has been the Stevens home since their marriage. Mrs. Bievens' s petunia. Mr. and am John A F'lnney. lived there then. Ira. Finuey waaiu ill health. and her daughter wished to be with her Notwithstanding her seeming delicate health. Mrs. ll‘lnney attained the un- usual age of 98. Bits died about elgll teen years ago. Her husband media. ceased her. Mr. and tire. Stevens have continued to occupy the house. They have no family. but one of tire. Blev- ens' e brothers. George A. Finney. lives with them. Joseph li‘lnney. another brother. lives on Hubbard's Hill. Harpy Finney. of Bridgeport. is another brother of hire. Stevens. Ir. 8t.- vane'a parents are dead and he has no immgdiate relatives. His father was (ll-ant Stevens. n grocer in Darlen. Oil- Heater? We, have There Ger. Relive“ Ave. O Neill hum drummers.“ THI‘IMTOR RIGHT". , 4 AreYOu insets of in Bill. Ill! ”l“ b week. and pyrngm EL is composed of the Very Oholoesth Belected coffees Mm some of the beat plantations in the world Ilended title manner. portions being used the Coffees entering Into the blend are allowed to . thoroughly ripen before ~ being picked. therefore draw your own conclusions as to the quality. etnngtll. delicious aroma such a Coffee. This Coffee is always packed in one. pound ire-mark green base. and for sale only at the We have no hesitation in etatln no better drinking Coffee on the mar at. 35¢ 3 Pound ‘Extra Stamps with Adl' stores. there is TEAS fill Stamps with - pound Tea at to Stumps with 1 pound Tea at 2?. Stamps with 1 pound Tea at 20 Stumps with 1 pound Tea at ‘ mrreeantji tokens curators this lb. of at. YAD cornea will receive . is- Slims FREE besides the litre Stamps given with it in this foam MW. Jen. at to Iaturdey. Jan. 1. ‘ "fills new [god out; natures: Jan. 7. RYAD extraordlnary val smoothness It in the most selen- equal. You can exact pm The AOP Stores You can stale. and perfection of pet and you will none. This Cdffe that .............. 60c ............. . 50c .............. 40c .............. 35c 25 Stumps with l 2d stamps with i 1:. Stamps with 1 20 8“!th Willi l le~Coupon-Goilee Cut out this Councils. present it at our store this week. and by bums 10 STAMPS FREE besides the lstrsrutamps given with it in this, ads» from Monday, Jan. 2. to laturday. Jan. 7. ‘ This moon not “one after nature-y. Jan. 7. PLAZA We consider Pleas Coffee 1 lb. of ”MA corpse you will receive us. For strength. flavor and has .no not buy Coffee in any store in town that will couture with it. are sup. plied Awioe a week with Coffee fresh from the toasters—M chance to get Try a package. than pleased. Use Plaza Coffee and be liberal to the We know you will be more have a cup of Coffee second to e is always packed in trade-mark Orange bags. Take no other. 30¢ a Pound Tees and Coffees COFFEEB pound El Ryad iii ............ 35c pound Plans at .............. 30c pound Sultana tit ............ 26c pound 8 0‘0 at ............ 26c ”(*1le t‘wumory Buttery. a pound .. illlocsr. a pound Ath Milli. iluylcr‘s Cotton, a can Ii cans for ........... a ...... Special Cut Prices .............. 35c Evaporated ir‘cach .............. 20: String liouns. ............. 25c lllill lliile. .............. 170 n imk‘ on. It pounds for .............. 25c :i t‘lillil ior ....................... 25c ~ ................................ 56 Sale Matches. a dozen .......................... 5c Extra Stamps with Groceries 15 Stamps with 7 cakes A&P Laundry Soap. 25c ill Stumps with 1 bottle illivr- (iii in Stumps with :3 relies Ah? Sweet Chocolate. us..5e id Stumps with 2 runs Sultana Pens, ouch ..... i .12c 10 Stamps with 2 cans Sultana Tomatoes. ench.. m ........... 22c it) Rinlpps with :5 l0 Stamps with i it) Stumps with l .100 pounds Hurley. curl; ._ .- ..... 5c package Mlllllil“ Tupiut‘u. . . . 10c inr A&P Smoked liccl. , ....15c it) Stamps with i but. C. dc Co‘s SauCc .......... 12c The Great A&P Tea Company l24 WAIHlNQTON 8T“ 30. Norwailt. W Mrs. P. B. Perry is again seriously Ii] Charles Horn is at his home here. over the holiday. i i Mrs. James A. Smith is recovering from an attack of grip. "-..—......” bliss Ethel Salmon returns to Allan sheny College this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kearns. ofl Bristol. have visited in town. ‘ ...—4...... Mr. and hire. George Cores have visited relatives in Pound Ridge lies Alice Noaherry returns today from a week's visit in New York. Ir. and Mrs. Charles Cores will on. tertaln a large family party today. ...... ...—“...... lies Ethel bookwaod has spent a few days with fir. and Lira w. P. Lockwood. Mrs. Mills and hire. Clifford Mills. of Georgetown. have visited Mrs. Theo- dore Hamilton. alias Dorothy Treadweli and broth er Walter it returned from a few duye’ visit in lites. Miss Florence Banks and the illness Treadwell return to their school du- lies in Namath tomorrow. Dwight li'aaton returned to atom College tomorrow after spending the holidays at his humans re. Ridgedald friends will be New Year's guests at the residence of air. and use. Hurley Williams. ...-M John Russell has resigned as delim cry clerk for the trunnion grocery route tumueli law and his plane has bicep taken by in. cultivan. or tied ding. William Benin has enter. ymun. b r visualise“. the Hi ss- N9" ndsew rise" Perry. of sleet all: . . MIl’l'll 4 Tel. No. 900. Deliveries 8:30 a. ‘ if’iiii’lli“ up until .ceelmieeieaer Iacllensld Says They lay Continuous insur- anceBuslueaslnCcnnecticui Local and state policyholders in the fourth class insurance section of the supreme lodge. Knights of Pythlna. many of whom feared that the state insurance department might proceed ,ugalnat the lodge for the purpose of cancelling its licenseio continue busi- ness in this state. need have no more anxiety. No such action is contem- plated. neither will there he an in- vestigation of the stairs of this frn~ lernai insurance organisation by State insurance Commissioner Then. dors H. Macdonald. of New Haven. “The lodge has done nothing illegal in increasing its fourth class insur- ance assessment." said Commissioner Macdonald yesterday morning. In dis- cussiqu the announcement yesterday of State Superintendent of insurance Hotcltkies. of New York. who has de- nied an application for the cancella-t tion of the license of the supreme lodge. Knights of Pytbiaa to do busi- ness in the latter slate. Bupevlntend out Hotchkise rules that the increase in assessment was necessary and do clam further that "the question is whether the action of the supreme lodge in greatly increasing the rates of its members in the fourt class of its insurance department makes It unsafe. or inexpedlent for it longer to trans act the business of insurance In this state. it is an all sufficient answer to the applicants’ contention to say that in the opinion of this department it might have deemed it unsafe and inert pedlent for this fraternal beneficial society to have longer condoned to do business in New York had not such society taken the «lion consuming which com lalnt is made. The truth is that. will a many advocates of frater» as! insurance have long shut their eyes to it. the representative men oi all these moieties. as well as the heads of insurance depertulents in the vsrt ouI states. are new of one accord in the belief that unless prompt and wise action bets sea by the states to tag tot "wobble lebat‘ at th m. and 2:30 p. at. Free Delivery. ‘L pittance with the “law and with good insurance princi ion. in June liliil. ere were. 61.941 poll nice in force in the'fourlh und Mill claaa insurance motions, with or. aggregate of insurance or 388.183.9553. Between 1885 (lid mill. there were paid in death benefits 330.882.1534. he mean those years. the average rate of moriailty was “.18. The average ago of those who died was 53.41. ...-arr ADVIRTIOED LETTERS. -——-—a Below is a list of letters remaining uncalled for at the following poet oili- ces for the current wees. Norwallt. Mr. W. R. Blanchard. Miss May M. Booth. Mr. John Crowley. Miss A. Dowe. Fred Erke. Bartolomeo Florelia. Chas. A. Oreonlaw. Sarah Johnson. J. T. Levi. Miss Dinars. care ll. P. (loudnow. Michael Ogrady. 9 Chapel at. 8 Miss Gertrude Bushman. 30 Camp t. Thomas H. Bloc. Miss Usale Robinson. Miss Alice Smith. til Harbor ave. Mr. in. J. Smith. hirs. Kate Taft. lilmllla Tackowns. 10th Ave. John Thiroff. George V. Van Buoy. Mrs; luvs Van Scoy. Sarah Wigton. Florence Youngs. H. Youngs. 10V. Cross St. iii. 8. ADAMS. Acting Postmaster. MITIOBlTIB FALL IVIRY HOUR. (Strand Maurine.) Meteors. or shooting stars. as they are more usually called, have from the beginning of things been bombard- lug the world at a rate estimated by the highest authority at many thou- sands au hour. of which. however. an average of only five or six are visible to teh naked eye during the same period of time. Fortunately. owing to our protecting envelope of air. very few of these missiles reach us. in also, meteors vary from a few ounces to many pounds in weight. and it is only very occasional 1y that one is of suiti- cleut dimensions to survive the pee esasefaototuiliniiesthroughan at mosgbere toe in density as the leap pi'oaoll' 'i‘l‘ib speed at which they” enter the atmogherafioan c at. l 'seuondmm “fits”... ‘ friction that the meteor principal reduped , inlet " dodging Which elliullcnsllle l2 limits Wm Prosperous lines um NEW YORK. Jan. l.~—-'l‘he past you is likely to linger long in the inclination of those who have their being in w is popularly known as Wall St . For the banks and duanclsl insti tlons generally. it has been a pm one year. but of the rank and ills ed the Stock Exchange. whether 0i commission broker. the net sea has been far from satisfactory. m ’ the very outset the year was ' with developments of varying clliti‘lua tor, but dimest uniformly adverse their results. The first few days it passed it severe setback in prices dill! primarily to a fuller disclosure of little government' 8 attitude toward the puiations. This was folloWed h wave of depression and a v . though temporary. rise in mo ~. rates. The second month b «c _ more unfavorable dcvolopmen ‘ iciuding the failure of a prom banking house and further liqulr ' of stalks. Labor troubles add the confusion. but the strain was iieved in ii measure by a check in decline of prices. , improvement marked the opening oi .lho setond quaiter of the year. floss pilo new action by the government Ill the Standard Oil and American To» baton cases but the period was made .. niuinoia’ble by the beginning of scam; palgn on the pint of the railroads to miss freight rates and the successful. ufiulls of the federal authorities to 1 till h sut- h u movement. By the mlddla in: the your the securities' market fell bat-it again because of a renewal of government activity against corporate interests and the withdrawal of pro- (tinned freight rate increases by the “villain roads ut the instigation 0|! President Taft. This together with reports of severe draught in the until! we: led to heavy selling of the liaise. chiefly the Grungers. " i July was in some respects the mos unseiiiud month of the year. Pri dxiticd downward until well into th‘ third week. when the collapse of the Pearson Farquher Syndicate mark ~ the lows price level of the year. Til stock he in a of the syndicate wet rukcn ovoi an international basin lug house and the elimination of t interest was followed by a general We rovt-ry. August was a month of. W titoment and anxiety in that the » liilli situation had taken on is proportions and there was “of? doubt as to the outcome of tin The situation was further strain the operations of a group of known speculators in grains and ion. Events of the neat few days w rather more encouraging. A good mood for bonds was one of titfl i'eilvt-mlhg features of that period A CIOil prospects were then already I , ly good. ‘ With the beginning of the last act of the year politics dons! situation almost exclusively. Roosevell' e speeches and the the socniled insurgent mov rolled much uneasiness its circles. but for more than a i preceding the election Will" foresaw the defoat'ct the ' . party in this state and this . twill: assurance ofra record > corn crop was used as a W7 width lo advance the Ital-bet. using ' sign. the bull party , continued its operatloiidr " ‘ .menl attracted little Duluth“ ‘ . pad the outcome was large ' ‘ The most . ‘iillunclal month It! ' ‘-‘ . laige scale of the Midtown The demand came in large l ‘1’ . institutions and privsta lavas ‘ ing an outlet for til r Jan denil returns and w on a plete change in the market . securities. which had been Ill ment of congestion the the your. rinsing on the mum dill year was much below that . This applies to bonds as . stocks. Taking the hall which constitute the great: year‘s business. declines M day of Will ra frameig Pennsylvania at“ in St.a Hill and Harrimaa stocks are _ to at points below and U. 8. 8: down almost 20 points. Depleaaion in the steel uses such long standing and soy. »’ recovery that a detailed mm ditions ls superfluous.“ ., The view prevails that the ~ tut-mm producer and. censure be utilised by “filling silo, terlal pllre concesfloiil. " lion in the copper trade is ca colouring. curtailment of and shading of prices having almost entirelvto tostllnulats . . crease demand. ' ‘ . There is some divemnce - concerning the immediate the part of the moneyed in on one point all agreed—«hat , tion cells tor economil and all." contact vatlon. APRON AND NEW“! The Ladies Auxiiinry. A. ‘ their apron and necktie see day cvhnlng in the 11.10 1% Wall street. lovable and a decided success. my” m“ mPit ed the ii.
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