Litchfield enquirer., 1829-09-17
THE ENQUIRER.
LTTCHFIELD, SEPT. n, 1890.


monthly meeting Of the LitchReld County Temper.
aHce Society will be held at ElarwlntOn on Tuesday
the 2od inst.
lit DO admitted that in.emperance Is the cause Of
an unreasonable amount Of evil Ia our countrYi nnd
irthc prac,cabity Of renedyng this evil grcas MS II
is be already demonstrated BY the degree of reOrmA.
ton which has already resulted from temperance MS.
soc;a,;ons: should not then those who ore well wish
crs to the progressive continuance Of such reformation
aid. not merely by their good wishes and prayers
hut BY their efforts, an enterprise which gives promise
Of such an incalculoblc amount OF benefit to the hu
man family ID.
Commencement at Yale Cokegs.-Ths annual ies.
tival was held at Ncw.HaVen OH Wednesday Of last
week-and was attended, we learn, by an unusual
Concourse Of distinguished strangers well 90 citizens
Of neirhboring towns. The exercises arc spoken Of
as being uncommonly good,-the following 10 the
der Of them, which we copy from the New.HOvcn pa.
pers:
Forenoon.-1. Sacred Music. 2. Prayer by the
President. 3. Sau.a,ory Grafton In Latin, by Joseph
Edrdgc Yarmouth, NJ. 4: Grafton, :on the wan, Of
encouragement for Natural Science in the United
States by Asa Drury, Athol. Ms. s. Grafton, on
the System of Instruction introduced by PesNloSSa,
by Edwin Randolph Gilbert, Hebron, c. 6. OrG.cn,
on the Importance Of just Of the dignity Of HW.
man NATURE by Williuin Perkins ApthorJ, Quincy,
Me- Z ColO9"y on the true 70 nature Of pG,ee,ry by
sertaiion ION the benefits Of. lmanation in tho prac.
teal concerns Of life by George Henry Aphorp,
2sGy M o'1 W." DYKE T;""1
Tsvy,' by Julius Alcxandcr Reed, East Windsor, Ci.
and Ss ' Ss SS Thoas SoSc
Waterbury, CT. l2. Discussion, on the improvements
oftne age; BY William Watson, Hartford, ct-J. n.
dridSe, Yarmouth Ms w. Watson Hav,iord O.. 10.
criterion Of Grea,ness,' by James Woods McLnne.
Mess!s.Sorsh Co. ~ e. Il D!::sr" .le". ?" ae
'Gs" xm S"ia"' pSe
by A. Waters, Milibury Ms. 10. Dramatic Fragment,
The G1erilia Chicf' by Daniel Ullmsnn, philadol.
paa. Alv"rsds, Duke Of Catalonia ). f. L%nneST'
Rs.. ayS ssSE'ct Ssn s. G H.
mann, Philadelphia, Pa Scene, near aCaSe 10 Cat.
aionia. Time, the 9th Century. II. Sacred Music
the interference Of The respective states 10 the con.
ccrns ofthe General Government by Dan'l Umann.
Philadelphia, Pa. 3. Grafton, 'on the prospects Of
age, BY Samuel Porer, Fsrmisg'o" g. i. drs!ic",
Aon Literary Enthusiasm by Henry Augustus Walk.
or, ALBANY, N. Y So!6a"y, Scene from 9,',, ORA
o os's +'' Il. 'e oss. S'"s sp""h ns'e
Dultom, Lebanon, CT. Braganza, Prince OF Portugal
J. EIbridge, Yarmouth, Ms: Scene, chapel on The
Address, by Henry Augustus boardman, Troy,N. Y
2. Degrees Conferred. O. Prayer by the President.
The degree Of Bachelor Of Arts waS conferred on
~ young gentlemen, whose names follow:
George II. Ap,horp William r. Ap,horp. Oliver ,,e
Diings. Henry A. Boardmen, John F. BOardman
Thomas Broneon, Bernard NJ. Garter, Fairfax Cat.
LETT, John d. Church. WIN. r. Clemson, Mason +.
Thomns Cowes, Leman W. Cutler, Rober, DixOn'
Asa DrMry, Aaron u. Dutch. Warren d. Dn!!on,
Joseph Edrdse Joseph M Fly, William aS. L. F ti;
Griswold, George +. Hand, A.a J; fiinckley, John
~ M"GEEG TnO@ os.d r. SSSH GSSCVf 'G%s'
Lewis, James ". McL.ene, W@: j; Msstin, George
q Meredith, Robert a; Niso, Wp: IL: Norrss, WIN.
r. Rail-, Julius A. Reed, John II. Robertson, Alex.
nndcr c. Rolinson Charce d. Robinson, Charles W.
vhi SANFORD, Henry sherman, WIN. D. Sherwood,
james II. Shorter, Thomas A. Spence, George g.
Tenney, George r. Todd, Joserh b. Tyler, u. IN.
Ws,;.r n w " WATSON. @" S aane os F"s. VIII
ting Sydney i. Williams, james Wood.
The degree Of Master Of Arts WINS conferred oh "A
persons, alumni Of Yale, and four others; the do.
gree Old. d. on the Rev. Caleb q. Tenney, Of Weth.
ersied; and the degree Of IL. d. on the Hon. Tim
o.ly Pikin Of bennington and Roger NJ. Sherman Of
Fairfield.
The degree Of Doctor Of Medicine was conferred on
% gentlemen by the Medical Institution attached to
the College.
II 10 stated that the admissions for the next FRESH
man class already amount TO about 70-and Il 10 ex.
pected to be very full one.
The anniversary Of the Phi Beta Kappa was cele.
brated on Tuesday. The GRAFTON was delivered by
WIN. M. Holland, Esq. Of Hartford. Il was expected
that Ebenczer Bailey, Esq. Of Boston, would deliver
a poem before the Society; but he was prevented by
his other avoca,ions from attending.
Mli.Gy.-A correspondent. in the norther part Of
the county says, that "a, meeting Of the field and
commissioned officers Ct tho third regiment Of Caval
ry, holden at Norfolk the ID inst, Major Norman
Kellogg, Of New-IIartford, was elected Colonel in
the place Of Colonel J. D. Phelps resigned; and
Captain Lester Newton, Of Hartand was elected Ma
jor, in the place Of Major Kellogg promoted. Both
gentlemen received the unanimous vote Of the board"
Fie.-The large dying and finishing house belong
Jog to the Wolcoitve Factory establishment in the
village Of Wolcouvile, entirely destroyed by fire
on the evening Of Monday last. The fire was frs,
discovered about o'clock in the evening breaking
out from the roof. From the detached situation Of
shis building, no damage done to any other
Besides the building and machinery, we understand
that about 80 pieces OF brOadco.h, and considerable
W. ava hoar eha loea